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* t - -- k- a r ~~Z& ...- -- - -- - 2.r. t *-r--.--U: - 2 2-- ---- -.-- --.-.--- ---- DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIG1; 3k MOCRACY, NEWS, LITERATURE CNCE ND THE T wiveJ .1. FRA1-c SP -proprictor. - Ott' V 1 ,AT - t .'-. .-- ----__-_ _----- _ - _ __- - - -- _----_-- --_.---._ VOL- V.SU TUE ERV, S. O. JUNE 18, 1 1. E 4)so C *' _ I1 ZBIetMIecof Natural Uistor. From Arthur's Home Gazetto. AN9CDOTES Q $l BaIr , ai' . ih and Reptile ; witk the Poetry and Philosophy qf their Respective Lives A and Habits, as Drawn from Life. By C. W. WEBBER, Auiior of "Shot in the Eye," "Old Hicks," &c * NO[1. 3[y Humuminug Birdq. VONCLUDED;I.] The first thing on reaching the hou, with our captives, was to try ourtnectar, of the homemade manu facture, upon the young strangers, who Istantly paid us the compliment of recognising its merits in a hearty -draught, which seemed to set thema pe~fectly at ease with the world and 'with themselves. They now left the ne ant'd perched upon our fingers with the most lovely confidence, and we saw that they were aotually full plumed-though I doubt if they had yet attempted to use their wings abroad. . They seemed to take the .Sudden change in their snrroundings with, a most consummate people-o1 .the-world sort of air-just as if they had been taught to consider it as un genteel to look surprised or startled at anything, or to exhibit more than a .,ery cool sort of curiosity. We wrere greatly amused at these aristocratic -airs, and were ourselves very enrious to"know what might chance to be the titles of our noble friends in their own principality of air. Much as they anade of thems<.lves, I thought our ;Ruby-throat received them with a certain degree of hautcur, which was respondcdto withi the most superci 4 lious inditfereno at n (aast t -Ath paggt ood brewdiK2 ~A imN days, howo iier, sufficed to hr. a1 a V the city crust of formality, and they .began to appear most gradually awa-o of each other's existence. In , -a few weeke we hung the cage outC with open d, rs again-finding that all the birds were beginning to mope and look as if they were going to die, as had been the case with the Ruby breast several times before. lie had .always been relieved by letting him .out ; but, as he instantly disappear .ed, we. could not discover what the antidote he sought might be. When we. opened the cage this time, it was a bright summer -norning just after sunrise. What was our surprise to see'the Ruby-throat, instead of dart ing away as usual, remain with the young ones, which had immediately sought sprays, as if feeling it little .uncertain what to do with themselves. Scarlet flew round them; then he would dart off to a little distance in Athe garden and suspend himself on -the wing .forkn. instant, before what I at first could not perceive to be anv thing iore than two hare twigs, then he would return and fly around ,themsagain, as if to show them how caj it was. The bold little fellows did not re quire long persuasion, but were soonl launched on air again, and in a mo ment or so were using their wings tgr all we. could see- with about as much confidence and ease as Mr. UIiby-throat. They too commenced the same manceuvrcs among the s'hrubbery, and as there were no owers there, we were sadly puz~zled think what it was they were dip ing at so eagerly to the utter neg d'mect of the many flowers, not one of which they appeared to notice. We anoved closer to watch them to better advantage, and, in doing so, changed sour relative position to the sun. A t once the thing was revealed to mec. I oaught friend Ruby in the very act of abstracting a small spider, with the point of his long beak, from the cen tre of one of those beautiful circular webs 'of the garden spider, that so abounds throughout the South. The :thing was done so daintily that he dmd niot stir the dewv drops which, now glittei'ing in the golden sun, revcaled .the gossamer tracery all diamond strung1 'Ilah ! we've got your secrect, my friends ! Hiab ! ha, halt !' And we clapped anid (lanced in triumph. Our presence (lid not dis tur-b thorn in tihoolest, and we watch edl them catching .spiders for h~alf an hour. Theys frequently came within tw4e fddt of bur faces, and, we could distinictly fr'e' thern pluck the little 0pfaer' froothO senti'o of its wheel wher it lies, and swallow it entire. After this we let them out daily, and ilthough we watched thom closely ind with the most patient care, we iever could see them touch the spi lers again, until the usual interval of tbout a fortnight had elapsed, when ,hey attacked them again as vigor >usly as ever-but the foray of one norning seemed to suffice. We also )bserved them carefully, to ascertain whether they ate any other insects han these spiders-but, although ye brought them every variety of Jhe smallest and the most tender that ve could find, they did not notice hem at all-but if we would shut hem up past the time, until they be ,an to look drooping. and then bring mo of those little spiders along with )ther small insects, they would snap ip the spider soon enough, but pay io attention to the other's. We were horoughly convinced, after careful !xperiment upon two families of then, hat they neither live entirely upon ho nectar of flowers-as the old nat tralists supposed-nor upon vario us mall insects in addition to the nectar, Ls Mr. Audubon asserts. The fact s they can no more live beyond a cer ain timne-about a fortnighit--ipon - iectar alone, than they can upon air lone, nor do I believe that life could o preserved beyond a few days upi' ii spiders alone. There is anuther ather curious , observation we made,|I hat SO ong as the white cup was not i ry, for so long they did not Condes end to notice tie thousands of flow- C rs by which they were surrounded.|. Ve used to starve them a little sonie i mes for fun, and then would have to I ide, for they would make such a i n ! if we appearerd-flying close to ur faces, peching gently at our teeth i nd eves, li gliting on our hair and t it, or on our shouldersi ras i i.m~usmrg o aanno~,in. A t ist they would go awa; 'ith evi.nt eluctance to the garden, nid tear up bout half the tlowers they tried, and arting towards us tie moment wet ppeared again with the magical rhite cujp. Such was the spell it ex reised upon them, that whlien any of ur friends, who came visiting us, lesired to see them when they were uit and perched aniong the trees, ither of us had only to walk into the d, and holding up tire white cup lbove our heads, imitate their own hiryr to attract their notice, and in mi instant one after another would .Omfe dipping down from the branch s above, and cluster around the rim. fter a draught, which was alway3 Ie first thinrg, they wonbi sit al'd lime themiselves. stopinig every ow and then to ask one ol thile stran crs with their steady eyes, s.2 lile Aack dianiwnds 'Who are you, pray ? What'l fou take ?' Thecir movements were so Iight I inig-hik e tha t thou gh theyv wouhll Iet von get your haind necar einugh fo'r them to peck it, yet it was hnp1ossile LCo catch them. They woul let us do t soimetAnnes, hbnt neVer a stratnger. Now comes the, to me, tnst inte DStinig lortion of' this narrative. Ouir ebiarmiing little farmilyv remain od with rus on theso pleaisiing termxs until the middle of Sepatembher, arnd thein, as they began to exhibit the usual restlessrness of' migratryv birds, thre sad question of parting lhad to be met. What we hadl alreaIdy seen of them, convinced tme conclursively that there must have been something of romance in the story that hiad so on. chanted inc in the resc51tale~ i ge of' Port-folio, (luring may fanrcifurll childhood, and which so roundly as serted that tire birds had been kept through two winters ! Now it is barely possible said conservatory may have had a due supply of' spi (ders, for of one thing I anm very sure --that no Humming irdl could have been kept alive without them any miore than gold-fish coul he' kept alive ini distilled waiter', in which all tire anirmalcubuh, which constitute their natural food1, hiad been dlestroyve. We came, at last, to tire conclusion that it would be selIlish rind abomriina. hly cruel of' us to keep the delicate things with us in tire blustet ing north, to (lie of pining for' tire scented bow era oft their far surnry home. We let them out, and with many teatrs saw them dart away at once towards thre south, as if' they felt they hand al i-eadly tarried too long. We saw them but for an instant )n thb air, and our'sweet 1ets were ,,one! It took us a long time to reconcile mrselves to the loneliness in whielc hey loft us, but'our consolation was, hat' the ndxt spring I should find nother nest, and - they should be earlet-throats this time, and we hould know better how to take care )f them now, as we knew better how o find them from experience. Such L lovely family as we wore going- to invo ! We made a new and elegant iouse during the winter leisure in mnticipation of the new tenants-that vere to be ! In the meantime, as I ilways had some half dozen different cinds of pets-oi hand, we found occu )mation and amusement in taking care >f them and occasionally adding to the tock. This, together with the win er hunting, trapping, and books, are swift wings to the hours for ine. Ninter broke up--sprinTg came with ts tender wild flowcrs and fickle miles. Spring in the time for poe rv--wheii one is yet in the teens nd I had fallen intoa dreamy mood a which I was permitting the spring o go by, without nothing its flight, dItI I was suddernly roused one lay morning by a most curious and mexpected incident. I had gone into the garden sum nCr-house with my book as the ex use, but dreaming as usual, without Aticing the letters on its jages, when soft, whir ring noise, close to my Ice, caused ie to look up. * About 1 ne foot from ie a Ifuimming Bird, oised so steadily upon the wing that I .s body seemed perfectly motionless, I >oked with its bright., knowing eye I xedly into mine. it did .not move diebe I lifted my head, and retainig bis position foir nearly a quarter of a ainute, with a slow chirp darted out ud settled on some flowers near V rim its plumes. I startil nV, wih l\y whe!e fr. 1 The bird sat st!i. ran with my utmost speed to th( ouse, and, catching a glimpso of my ister, cried out to her, anost besidt vself with excitement 'Get the white cup ! Get (ur cup AmIe honey ! some sugar I-here's lie water !- quick dear ! -uick ! for eaven's sake !' 'What is the matter with you, inther ?' exclaimed the (istracted :hild, endeavoring at the same time o execute these imultil'arious orders LI1 at once. '0, our bird's come back ! I saw in just now ! Where are the closet <eys *? ', he's come back to us all lie wayv from ',outh America-the ittle darling I thou ght lie couldin't orget us I, 'Ilkit, brother, you are mad-how ,all you tell it from anlother Illumti ing liird-I've seen a dozen this (h :I know- it was one or the coungI ones -he emine ini :n101 looked ne in thle e ye ever so lUng .' Do you tnke has te !' 'Te audxtuire is completed and off bve run ini trei~ nig eagreses -for hlis test we knaew~ would decide for >r aginsliet us. We r-eac-h the Suil nier-ho~ use-th e umi a ea l white cup is raiSed be ofore us5, it is st ill sit ting~ onl hle flower, we give cn e chirpt as of ald, and without an instant's hiesita tion1 it darts to the cup, alights uapon the rim and plunges it's little thirsty bill up to the v'ery eyes ini that deli eiouAs cup, and takes the longest, deepest draiught, I ever saw taken belbre by one of them; and this coni vinced~ me that it hand just arrivedl, iad had c ome st raight, to its old lhome for food ad love. 3l y sisteir burst ito) tears and seremins of joyous laughter, and as to what ridicul'us capers I might have been guilty of, I cainnot tell-I only remember the self' contented and philosophical main ncr in which the returned pilrim continued to plumel its storm-rullIed feathers, uttering nowi~ anid then the old chirps on the side of that cupI) wyhicah positioni it conitinuied to retain unitil we boro him oin it to his newv h ouse, of which he ass ;med posses sion with a remnarkably imatter of' faict, or riaher matter of course, air. About at week after this, while walk ing in the garden one mfornaing, I ob served two 11lumming .ihrds engaged in c!hasinlg each othier in a veryv coy aind lovinag mannier. Somethinig in the tame and confident mannor ofonie of them made me suspect it was our hird enmgagedl in making love. went back for the white cup, and this time,.oo inn mIani m-me t sl invincible-for both birds cain with out hesitation and settled upon the ruin-tie one which took thelong and eager draught 4i if peifijng of fitigue and hunger, proved to te the feniale that-had just arrived. It was a little larger than the male, amd seemed at first somewhat shydr than he though a few days were sufficient to make all right as ever between us again. How wondrous strange and inconiprellensible it seemed to us: Lhe acuteness of senses-the strength 3f memnory and aff'ction--th weird sagacity, in a word---that-could havo brought these tiny creatures lihck to is, from so many thousand miles tway, straight as the arrow ilon the b)ow. I have never ceased wondei-ing it that strange incident--but there is mic yet quite as droll to come. The ove season had now fully comnmenced md our birds began to be abj6nt for seve- al hours together, and '-we ob served that at thesetimes thef darted 3traight up into the air until they 6vere out of sight before they took eiir couzse, so that watch as we night we never could find out which ,vay they went. They also adopted he saine precaution in returnuinig, lie they seened to fall perpendicu arly from the clouds. Thev did.not ippear any less tame for all this---but, hough I tried in every possible way o find out their secret, yet they en .irelv bafiled me, andrI I am not sure hat I ever saw their brood- even hough about thil time wnen they mnhIit to have been out we used to iotiec more birds than we.caIld well tccount for around the whit cup in Ie cage; yet, as those stra eFs ap >eared to bie somew hat sh w did lot press In acquaintaco tas kothing more than conject n our naurbs. y father had some men it work "cgettiwyn u - I L14 mi lfl"-at i -alled-on a oAsiderable creek soIme Lw Imilc off. Onle of them, who knew of mny passion for the-se birds, mentioned to me, that le had twice, while watering his horse at a certain 1 erossing in the woods, observed a 1lumnmin~ ird fly past over the mid dLe of the channel and up the stream. This, lie said, was about live o'clock, both times. This was enough for tme. I ordered my horse aw in a f'ew moments was under whip and spur- -fur it was nearly that time now-for thi little 1ord. I reached it a few minutes before five by brid path. I sat upjoni my horse until dusk in the middle of the stream, but no lhuming-bir'd. Next day I came at noon-staid an iu- wit no avail. 1 went at four again and staid until ahlast five, hb it still no b.ird. I was not discouraged, but as 1 rode slowly home, determined to chiange lmy tactties~ neixt dlay, ihr I re mremnbered thatd my im aient horse hali been pawng inm thtte water all the time, and this, no doubt. ha.1 alarm ed the cautious l~irdts, and caused them to cha'ng'e their wtual course. N ext da 1 Ihs lioy i ' l iden udera stmie thick~ overhl ang Lini trtees, whlerie I couild see andl not beN seen. I dji nmot see them ott the mmomin g watch. Inm the afterntioon,. prec~hly at five, the male ceame h, amnd I had the rat isfaction of seeing that i: wvas a Ruby-. throat. I jimled fr-om thae height at whlich it flew that the nest wtas not very imr off. Well, to taake a lon g story short, I camne the niext day and t0ok my~ staden~m a hundrled and fifty yards fath em' ump thme streama-saw theln bor amss at tire, fl'.ing, th~oughAt, ju-et a little hmea(r; the net(N I eening I tmoved'' s'.ll1 farther' up1 with the samte retit T.lhe nu x t 1 dlid noat mnove S, far-lor hexa was~ a strait st m etch of th1e eb :anel 1' c unsiderale lenugthi, amid I coutld econunrand' it w i th miy eye f-rm where I stol. i]fere I saw them go' by, oine ai few inutes aflter thle other; aui iibhsermv ed tat their flight was now very how; but af'ter' they had passed mue a shmort dis tanmce, each of them sahot suddenly amnd per'pendicularly ump into the air until I lost sight ol' them. The next eveintg, it was the sano thuing and now I was coniviniced that the nest must he close at hand; that they r'ose in this~ sudeni mannner ion man~ n ner. pendicular descent which would baffle pnrsuir, from all oeinemies.. Iwatched near this place three-evenings more -changirigmy positioi only-h little each ti me--before Ihad the satisfa'e tion at last of sceine the female come down like a falling teriolite from the clouds and drop upon her nest;:I had thus spent more than a whole week in this patient pursuit, and.now that it had been crowned with success I wheeled my horse and with an in. describable feeling of both pride and joy, galloped home with the news to my sister. I had conquered one of the stubornest secrets-of nature-not this time, by accident bat by sicnce and perseverance. 1 was proud of it and so was she. At the proper time I brought the young birds home in triumph. There were only two though as in the other inistance, there had been three eggs.' This curious fact is common to several families of birds, and1(1 seems to he a provision nIaninst accident, though r believe. the third egg is seldom permitted to hatch. We hal now two families which seemed. to get along tagether vcry amiably. The nmale of the Ruby throats was easily distinguishable by the dark feathers on the throat which marked the )laco where, on next moulting, that breast-plate of glitter ing mail shoull appear blazing like a talisman of carbuncle. We were greatly distressed that we sihoulal v IaaVe to run all the risks of their problem atic return in the following Spring befbre we should be enabled to solace our eyes in the enljoymenat of this coveted pleasure We now frequently captured old birds in the library, and never failed in tainiuag theiii e;tirelv in a few s At one time, our family con - rua we land bit, to walk d ..ad v i v ve them one -'ut I could iever. consent to trust mV delicate people in unaccustomed h.an4S, except inl a sinagle instance,~m which the fair pleader bewitched me w% ith eyes so likeu those of the bird, that I gave her one of the old ones, and heard to. my sorrow that it died mn R week. Our lovely famiily broke up with the Autunn. One after one, they disappearel suddenly,and ve were left alone----alas, this time forever none of them ever came back! T11(e WolfI Olsakw. During the winter of 1844, being engaged in the not thern part of M:ane, I had much :isulre to devote in the wild sports of a new country. To none of these was I more passion aely addicted than to skating. - Th'le deep and seqjuestered lakes of this State frozen by the intense cold of northern winter, present a wide field to the lovers of this pastime. - Often wo'uld I bind to mya skates and glide away up the glittering river and wind each nazy', streandlet that flowed benaea th its letters oni toward the pa rent uceana, forgettinig all the whlilIe timte anid distanie -ini the lutx uru a m sensa.e of the gliding motion tinuk ing oft nothinig in the easy l liht buit rather dreamiing as I looked tharoughl the transp;arent a:e tut thae long weeds(l and er'esses that nodded in thIae cuirren atben,,meath, and seem ed wrestlingu with the waves ti liet themt ni'o I wouild follow in the track of~ somte bex o~r otter and run m, skates al ang the mar k hec had left withl his dlragrging tail until the trail woul en-. ter thie woods.- Sometimes these ex eur-sions were umade by moonlighlt, andl it was on one of these exceursionus thiat I land a renieounter, which even naow, with kind faices around me, I cannaot recallI wi thutt a nervous look ing!-over-a 'm-sihlde feeling. I had left my friend's house one evening just before dusk, with the intenitionm of skatinig a short dlistanme up11 the) noble K ennebehe, wvhaich glided dliretly before the door. The night was heauatifully clear. A peerless moon redeC through an occasional flee cy cloud, andt~ stars twinkled fronm thme sky and froum every frost-coveredl tree tin millions. Your mind would won der at thle light that came ghisteninig frm ice andl snow wreath, and in crusted branches, as thme eye followed for miles the. broad cleam~ of the Kennobec, thatlike ajewplcdone swept between tie Dhighty forests on. its banks. iAnd yetVall was still. The cold seemed to haveo frozen" trees, and everything: living that moved. Even the: ringing -of my skates on the ice echoed back from the Moccasin Hill with a it'artling clearness, and the prackle of the ice. as I passed over it in my course, secned to follow the tide of the river with lightning speed. I had gone up the river nearly two miles, when coming to a small stream which empties into the lairer, I turn ed to explore its course. Fir and hemlock of a centry's growth met overhead, anid fornied an archway ra diant with frost work. All was dark within, but I was young and fearless, and as I peered. into an unbroken rorest that reared itself on the bor ders of the stream, I laughed with very joyousness; my wild hurra rang through the silent woods, and I stood listening to the echo that reverhera ted again and again, until all was biushod. I thougzht how often the [ndian hunter had concealed himself behind those very .tregs-how- often his arrow had pierced the d this very-stream, and his wii'* . had11 here iang foi his victory.& Lhen, turnin" from fano I watched a couple of that sat in their hood hiffidn pantnletts an ' :lebating in silent coritaite >f their own frozen lering if theyff9f ii A were a cold O wen Wal irose,-it sermedto re as mme from anea h-?holikeo(e Ad low and Cro itf maded in oiio wl yL palled.' N vo rod ii loise met my ears and ~aicht a uthruken L a ch t :1) forelvad with a bound tCat :ir'! mV skin nm ad I fa'. relieved that I had to euntc..d wit'h things earthly, and not of spiritual nature-mv energies returned, and I looked around me for some means of escape. 'The moon shone through the opening at the mouth of the creek by which I had entered the forest, and considering this the best means >f escape, I darted towards it like an rrow. 'Twas hardly a hundred vards distant, and the swallow could tot excel may desperate flight; yet, as I turned my head to the shore, I could see two dark objects dashing throuigh the underbiush at a -pace nearly double in speed to my own. By this great speed, and the short yells which they occasionally gave, I knew at once that these were the much dreaded grey wolf. Ilhad never met with these ani mais, bumt from the description given of them I had but little pleasure in making their acquaintance. Their untameablo fiereeniess, and the untir ing strength which senms, to be part of theoir nature, rendered them objects of dread to every benighted traveler. * With, thir bro n .p w~ hieh ca-n 'ire. iThe dlevr-hundi a hat.-, the~ huntelAr's fire."' they purisued~ thet.ir preyv-never str-aying' front the track of' their vie tm adas the wveary hunter thinks le ha~s at last outstripped them, be finds that they but waited for the eveninig to seizc their prey, and falls a prize' to the tir(eless animals. Tlih ushes that skirted the shore dlew past with the velocity of lightning as I passed on in my endeavor to patss thme opening. Th'le outlet was nearly gained; one second more and I would be comparatively safe, wihecn my pursers atppear-ed on thme bank dietyabove me, which htere rose to heheight of ten feet. Tfhcro was no t iimie for thlou ght, so I bent my head and dashed madly forward. Thie wolves sprang, but miscalculat inig umy speed spr-ang behind, while their intended prey glided out upon the river. Nature turned me homeward. The light flakes of snow spun from the iron of my' skates, and I was someC distanmeo from the pilrsumers, whten their fierce howl told me I was still their fugitive. J (did not look hack, I did nmot feel afraid, sorry, or glad; one thought of home, of the bright faces awaiting rmy return of their tears if they shou~ld nmever see me, and then~every Energy .of body and mind was exerted for escape.- I was perfectly at home upoht-theJ " Many were the daygeJ upon my goodskate,nev at one time they would b6 pAjK_ - means of safety. Every hal n an alternate yelp from my fiere tendants made me bun to e that they were in close . Nearer and nearer they V 4 heard their feet pattering nearer still until I could fee 1, breath and hear. their imiffii Every 'erve and muscle in my was stretched to their utmost tensib The trees on the shore e danceO in the uncertait iight ?4 brain turned with my own MO. speed, yet still they seempd,~1: l forth their breath with a horrible, when an involuntaryih on my part turned irme 014.-o course. The wolves close befi and unable to stop, and as . turn on the'.mboth ie slipedUj fell, still going on fir bead; tongues were lolling out,. their tusks glaring from their, io -0 mouths, their dark, shaggy-b were fleeced with foai, and as thi passed me their eyes glared .andh howled with fury. The thought - flashed through my mind, that 0 * 4 means I could avoid the; vi. rning aside whenover - they: for 'they, by the p66ul1:4orF. 'f their feet, are uiablot9 rW ek . ept on a sraigj ine. tely acted upop this4Ou,. having IregainedAh,' directly- towards ' newed twenty YaV iW .they were ok; when i gd elgre olves, ed onw edl nu whi a ads at can -~ turnIng. isgepeated twio - 111 on Uz n, IX. 11i am vsz-ethati the are tu w c ",am *er my dress as they sprag t) seizo rae, and their teeth clashed- together like the Xrid Vdf fox trap. Had my skates failetb*"f one instant, had I stopped ona or caught my foot in a 6'side ice, the story I am noW elling I* never have been told. I tho0 the chances over; I know where-e would fizst take hold of me if I fellI thought how long it wgld' 'b I died, and when there wo search for the body- thdat wl ia. ready have its tomb: for i ^ hoWfis man's mind traces all the draid 7 ors of death's picture, only those wNo have been near the grim onginat ca tell. But soon I came opposite the house and my hounds-I knew their'deepg voices--roused by the noise, bayed furiously from the kennels. 'ileard their chains rattle; how I wished they would break them, and then I wduld have protectors that would belye to the fiercest denizens of thd~ foest The wolves taking the hint conve 4 by the dogs, stopped in~ thek~p career, arnd after a moment's consid6 oration, turned and fled.. Iwatcbeda them until their dusky formsdigp* peared over a neighboring bil~ Then taking oftf my skates I wended my way to the house with fcol6g which may be better imagino4 thsa described. But even yet, I never seo~t~~ shoot of ice in the mons ~ * out thinking of that and those fearful thingsA lt me so closely down the frozen1 nebec. OT lIn the way of theft the fdin trnys skill. It is frain a 8Sen~~~ paper: -1 Deetams Thef.--We dersta~i 9that a lady hnd a valuable diamond jinr tlel from her finger (?). whilst ea soiyeae.~'e evenings nigo. t She had weornitutside-her glove, and had danced with asrn tof persons before she missedijtliu moust have been extyemeypm.cpi4 with someu "flatte'ring talo" .to haara the removal of the *ingA~ .. The follbwvigfrotia the ene evidence of' female hie ' WeU Done>-Adouthfiial ~ 4 modest bearing, passing along 16 a ble hlaste, was savagely attack dog, which had set upon het byV of m:schief-loving bnys.. The qmn tearing the girl's dress atti " bite her, when jmiopin g a ato the quickness of lighta'd pistol from her bosom,' ~il ho ft assailant dead upon the Mip6t. tofr-i 4 less toiay.-thatthn boys" aft&~ -witess this summary disposal ofaheir do,4df& t ofFer to agaljakitageolt