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VOL. y. NO. 23
Called bj the Ajigels.
The farmer's wife is sitting alone
In the dusk of a winter's day,
While over the hills the shadows fall,
And over the meadows gray,
And the cares of many a busy hour
Steal fast from her heart away.
Her eyes have wandered through mist of tears
To the churchyard under the hill,
Where the snow, like the wings of a brooding
dove,
Lies soft and pure aud still,
And where her treasures, so long ago,
She laid at the Master's will.
And, ah! how oft, as the days go by,
She starts, as her listening ear
Has almost caught on the passing breeze
Voices so sweet and clear.
'Tia the angels calling!" she thinks. " Ah,
me!
It is weary waiting here."
The farmer comes from his work, at last,
In the dusk of a winter's day.
And he sits him down by his faithful wife,
And she parts his locks so gray,
And looks in his face with a loving smilo
That years steal never away. ,
And back again, as her dim eyes turn
To the hills where the shadows fall,
She thinks: " My treasures are lying there.
But He has not taken all,
Since one is waiting beside roe still i
Till the angels' voices call."
Bat the weekB are slow, and the aged two,
In the dusk of many a day, ,
Will watch the shadows come and go j
O'er the meadows cold and gray,
Ere they, at the Master's will, may lie
Where their treasures are laid away. 1
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How Lore Built ft ?W School House, j
In a village near Chicago, the school \
directors of the primary department j
were sorely annoyed in securing a per- ,
manent and desirable teacher. Four or 1
five ladies had successively been em- |
ployed, but after teaching two or three
months on a six months' engagement ]
they had surrendered to the attacks of j
Cupid. Plenty of gentlemen offered to
hike the vacant position, but it was do- cided
that ladies only were adapted to it,
and that unless one could be obtained *
the old schoolbouse should be uuoc- s
cnpied. The logs of this 44 temple of t
learning" were rotting down, the
benches and seats were dilapidated, the ^
well had caved in and the roof leaked, j
Yet, strange to say, none advocated its j
repair by a dollar's expenditure. t
Tin old schoolbouse was tenant less f
when Miss R tnney appeared. She was ^
a Yerrnouter, and a teacher by profession.
How she could have traveled
along singly for twenty-six years was a r
mystery, for she owned two bright, affcctionate
eyes, an exceedingly winning j
countenance anci a graeeim ngure. rne j.
directors held a meeting to decide if the ,
lady should have the school, and, under ^
the influence of their erratic and obstinate
chairman, unanimously decided that
unless Miss R. would obtain surety,tin a
bond of one thousand dollars, to keep
the school for six months, she should not 11
have the desired position. Her uncle r
resided a few miles off, and it was in- c
ferred he would become her bondsman. 1
Now, the lady was exceedingly desirous c
to secure the office, and, having not the *
remotest idea of matrimony at the time, ?
besought her uncle to be Iter surety. He J;
aoceeded to her wishes, the bond was
duly filed and the new mistress in- ?
stalled.
For about two months everything went
ou charmingly. The directors and pa- ?
trons of the school fancied they had at last
secured a permanent and most desirable a
teacher. But, alas for the insufficiency a
of human foresight, who should arrive c
in the village one evening but Ned Brad- ?
ford, son of the old squire. Ned ha l 13
left Illinois three years previous to en- ^
hance his estate in California, and had
there been successful in increasing his r
worldly goods. He was probably thirty- 7*
four or five years of age, and was a flue j1
specimen of a stalwart son of the great
West Now, Miss Ranuey boarded at a
the old squire's, and, as a matter of | ^
course, the young man soon fell in love ^
with her, and Miss R. recognized the
affinity. Ned was impatient for an early ?
marriage, aua was scaruea ana Burpnseu i ,
when Miss R. informed him that months : .
mnat elapse ere they oould be united?
that she and her uncle were under bonds P
for one thousand dollars that she should ?
teach to the end of six months. Young ^
Bradford had lived in California long P
enough to be capable of forming sudden a
resolves. So he asked the lady if she ^
would marry him at once if he would ai
arrange witn the directors about that .
bond. An affirmative answer was re- 11
ceived. Ned immediately posted to the ^
directors and arranged for meeting them
all together the next day on important 0
business. When assembled with thera *
he asked if they would release Miss 0
Ranney's uncle from the penalty of the ?
one thousand dollars bond if she mar- "
ried him.
"Release Miss Ranney's uncle ? Is r
the lady going to marry you ? Confound
it! will we never be rid of the bother of
these marrying school marms ? No, sir,
we won't release the bond," was the re- ?
ply of the most influential director.
" Well, then," said Ned, " I will pay P
the bond, for Miss Ranney must be 11
mine within a month. But I would lik >, ?
fentlemen, that the one thousand dollars
shall pay you be devoted to a specific ^
ouroose?the building of a new school- J
house." I!
The directors wore vastly please*.! with , j
the proposition, and soon agreed to ac- r
cept it The money was paid and bond I \
\ destroyed. Within the next ten days |1
Ned and Miss R. were married and s'art- ?
ed East on a vist to the lady's relatives. j.
In less than three months the village had J
the handsomest little schoolhonse for ?
many miles aronnd.
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A short time ago a lady residing at 1
Clifton, Eugland, having an income of c
?5,000 a year, was so struck by the do- | t
votion of a young crossing sweeper to f
his mother that she proposed to him, }
placed him in the hands of a tutor for a >
oouple of months, and when ho had been e
intellectually veneered and polished, I t
married him at Well's cathedral. The (
amjriment was not a success, And the t
ItJjf ii a?w ioiag for ? divert j i
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Matrimony by Mail.
A man writes from the far West to
Miss Jennie Collins, of Boffin's Bower,
Boston. Enclosed in his letter is $5, to
be used for the girls aided at the Bower.
After explaining the design of this enclosure
he proceeds as follows : While
writing, I wish to ask if it is not possible
for you to do me a favor and at the same
time, perhaps, assist some good woman
to find a home. I am a bachelor of
forty, neither rich nor good-looking, but
I am in business and doing well. I was
born in the State of New York, but 1
have lived sixteen years in California,
and nearly two years in this State. As
you have probably guessed ere this, I
am in want of a wife, and would ask you
if among your acquaintances you could
uot pick out for me a nice, virtuous, and
true woman, one who has no home and
would appreciate one of her own and a
kind and loving husband (as I would try
to be) to protect and provide for her. I
do not care how poor she may be, as far
as money is concerned; but I would have
her well educated and accustomed to
good society, for I should take her among
those who would meet her with open
arms, and I should introduce her among
the best society, both here and in New
York. I would not object to a nice little
widow, provided she was homeless,
young, virtuous, and in every way a
good woman. You will probably wonder
why I do jiot go among friends and
acquaintances to pick me out a wife, and
I will tell you the exact truth. I spent
ten months two years ago visiting my
friends East, but the marriageable ladies
all seemed to be well to do and to live
in stylish happy homes, better than I
was able at that time to give a wife.
Then I would sooner give some good
woman a home who now has none than
ane who is already in possession of u good
liome and otherwise well provided for.
[ believe it is in your power to put me
in correspondence with some lady
who would like to find a komo and a
ausband, always provided, of course,
hat we were suited to each other, and I
will, of course, give her undoubted proof
;hat i" am what I represent myself to be.
To these and similar epistles Miss Colins
always makes suitable replies, and
n some cases she is really the good
genius who makes easy the first steps towards
a happy home. In one instance a
gentleman wrote to her for a wife, and
vhile she was considering what she
should do about the matter there came
o her a girl who was an orphan, an educated
girl, but like so many others, not
rained to any particular calliug. The
etter containing the request "was handed
o her, and she answered it. The geuleman
aaw from her reply that she was
lot only a young woman of education,
)ut of str >ng common sense, so he nr anged
for an interview with her. This
nterview took place, and they were marled
after a brief courtship. Of their
ifter life Miss Collins knows nothing,
\nf cika kai i attao fliof lyiovnonrrt wo a o
/ill oiiu uciic? vo tuui iiu jaaiiiu^r ?no <i
iappy one, in spite of the somewhat
>ecuiiar manner in which it was conracted.
A Clever Trick.
One (lay, seeing a large ship with the
ippearance of a well laden merchantman
tear the shore, the steamer Speedy gave
hase. On nearing her she suddenly
aised her ports, and Lord Cochrane disovered
that he had to deal not with a
ich, helpless merchantman, but a large
Spanish frigate, crowded with men, who
lad hitherto been kept out of sight. To
Ight the Spaniard would have been a
imple act of folly; to escape from her
>y taking flight was equally out of the
[uestion. Some of the officers were
nxious to try the fate of an action, but
jord Cochrane, fire-eater as he was, posessod
a clear, well balanced mind, and
aw that the Speedy would have no
hai.ee. He therefore had recourse to a
use, for which he had prepared beforetand.
Having heard that the Spaniards
rert particularly bitter about the Speedy,
e had caused her to be painted so as to
esemble a Danish brig, the Clomer,
rell known on the Spanish coast. He
a^l also shipped a Danish quartermaser,
and provided him with a uniform of
n cfficer of that nation. As soon as the
pauiard disclosed her real character, the
peedy hoisted Danish colors. The
paniards not being satisfied with this
vidence of nationality, sent a boat to
oard the British brig. Had the Speedy
een boarded, the trick would, of course,
ave been discovered in a moment. To
revent such a catastrophe, and at the
amp time disarm suspicion, the Danish
uartermaster, in his uniform, was
laced in a prominent position on deck,
nd told to carry on a conversation. The
ellow quarantine flag was run up at the
ame time. The Spaniards have always
ad an abject and unreasoning terror of i
at? un/1 tln'u AAAAoinn
-ii.* viiuu, oxiu uii tuio wiaoiuu IUUII IUIUD
rere increased by the intimation given by :
be Dane that the ship was only two days
ut from Algiers, where the plague was 1
aging. This intelligence was quite i
nough for the Spaniards, the boat at
nee returned to the frigate, which imaediately
set sail, the Speedy losing no ;
ime in making off in the opposite diection.
Tlie Pearl Fishery.
Ceylon newspapers mention the excitelent
prevailing in that island in March
a connection with the resumption of
earl fishing. The pearl oyster produces
bs best pearls when about four years
Id, so that the great object kept in view j
d i in ^ f? Tr O ntlTT fliof It O T'O
'J Ul>CiO ID IIW IV Uiac uuj lUrti/ j
lot reached that period of existence,
fttis had led the authorities to prohibit
isking on the several banks except at
niervals of four years, but this system
ias resulted in "other inconveniences,
nasmuch as the mollusks are beset with j
livers dangerous enemies, who, it is
(intended, make frightful havoc on a
?iuk in one season if it be not lislied.
[ha government is now intent upon disoveriLg
what is the right time for a bed
0 lie dormant. The experiences of re:ent
years give ten million oysters as the
Lverage crop of a bank, and the average
jearls found would amount to two per
eat. When one thousand oysters pro- !
h*ce $100 worth of pearls it is considered
1 very remunerative product. A hundred
jearls of the size of a pin's head are not
vorth one as large as a pen. Ten tlioi>
land persons are directly or indirectly
mgaged in this industry. In the lust
preat haul in 1874, a million and a qunr- \
;er of oysters were taken on one hnuU,
vldch were sold for ?50,000,
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Our Wat Map.
As the long expected war between
Turkey and Russia has at' last broken
out in full earnest, and as it will probably
be the foremost topic of interest for
some time to come, we deemed it advisable
to procure a map showing where the
rival armies will operate and the battles
be fought. Accordingly we procured
thi3 map from the New York Herald,
and our readers will be able to follow up
the marches and locate the fields of battle
in an intelligent manner. At the
opening of hostilities the Russian forces
or*Mimed Kischeneff. a town on a rail
road not far from the northeastern boundary
of Roumania, and lying midway
between Odessa and Jasclii. The advance
line of the Turkish troops was
stationed on the Danube, at various
towns from "Widdin to Silistria. The
Roumanian army guarded the territory
lying between the Russian and Turkish
forces, and a Turkish fleet held sway in
the Danube. Should the Turkish
strongholds along the Danube be taken,
then a retreat could be made to the second
line of defenses in the Balkan range
of mountains, where the Turks are
strongly barricaded. The mountainous
nature of the country makes this position
an admirable one for an army on
the defensive, and the Russian advance
on Constantinople will have to passtlie-je
fortifications before it can go further.
THE YOUNG CUBAN.
One evening, just after the eight o'clock
gun had fired, I was seated in the Cafe Fernando,
in the Calle de Santa Maria, Havana.
smoking a Spanish cigaritti, and
watching the crowd of persons passing in
and out, or pacing up and down the hall,
in that earnest, conversational manner
which characterizes the Spaniard.
I sat quietly smoking when a young
Spaniard?whom I had seen in the United
States?passed my table. I at once pronounced
his name. He stopped, and, after
regarding me for an instant, a bright, warm
smile of recognition lighted up his fine
countenance, and he sprang forward, and
clasj>ed me in his hands, while he expressed,
most cordially, his pleasure at meeting
me again.
Tfu f/inb- o cnit liv hip <ind nftcr T Hnrl
told him how long I had been in Cuba, and
where I was living, he answered my inquiries
by informing me that he lived witnin
half a league of the walls with his mother,
and that his house was at my service as
much as if it were my own. Having thanked
him for his hospitable offer, we talked of
our former schoolmates; for we had been at
school together near Boston.
Young Carlos de Armas had been popular
with us. He was of a slight figure, nut
perfectly symmetrical, with the most elegant
shaped hand and foot I ever beheld.
His hair was as glossy black as the raven's
wing, and flowed with silvery beauty about
his neck. His features were delicately
chiseled, and full of expression and energetic
beauty.
" You will go out with me to-morrow?"
he asked. " 1 remain in to-night, to attend
the opera, where you must go with me. 1
will take no refusal, mi amigo Americano.r
he added, with his captivating smile, as he
laid his jeweled, olive-colored "hand upon
my arm.
I was about to consent, for I had come to
Havana for mv health, which, having !>cen
entirely restored in that delicious clime, I
had some davs' leisure before I contemplated
returning to the States. But as I
was in the net of replying, a richly dressed
officer of middle age and haughty air came
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in, attended by several young officers, glittering
in gold and plumes. There was no
vacant table, and as the officer was looking
around to see where he could find a seat lor
himself and party, his eye fell on me,
whose complexion and blue eyes (and national
air, doubtless), stamped me as an
American.
" Here is a table, gentlemen !" he said,
striking his hand on my table, by way of
taking possession of it. " This is an American,
and ought to he in prison instead of
being permitted to go at large here!''
Thin was all spoken in Spanish, and so
grossly, that J[ felt my eye flash, and my
, blood boil. I had half risen, previously, in
order to leave with Carlos, but I now resumed
my seat, quietly resolved that I
would not resign to rudeness what I might
have yielded to courtesy, and had he properly
approached me.
" It is the General ! I beg of you,
do not resent, for he is capable of doing you
mischief. Yield quietly, my friend. Havana
is not Boston."
This was said to me very rapidly, in an
undertone, by Carlos, whose naturally brave
soul was intimidated by the tyrannical
power which crushes everything noble in
Cuba.
"Is the Yankee going to move?'' demanded
the officer, fiercely. ]
Several Spaniards, who were seated at the
little tables about, sprang to their feet and
servilely offered him-the places they had
occupied. But he bowed negatively to 1
their obsequious proffers, and fixed his J
glance upon me, as if expecting that I
would cringe before him, like the Cubans, i
I quietly sat smoking, and tried to induce
Carlos to reseat himself. But he was disposed
to conceal his acquaintance with me,
and withdrew from the table, losing himself
in the crowd that was gathering areund.
Finding that I remained seated, the general
ordered one of his aides to remove me.
As he extended his hand to fasten his grasp
upon my collar, I dreAv a revolver and deliberately
aimed at his heart. There was a
general retrograde motion of the party.
Some one behind me wounded me with the
nnint nf a sword. I turned and fired, and
I -
then making a circular sweep with my pistol
around m^ I took advantage of the
space which I had cleared to walk through
it and quit the coffee house, leaving behind
me the fiercest uproar.
I had no sooner reached the street than
Don Carlos hurried past me, saying, as he
did so, in my ear:
" Fly 1 Conceal yourself! He has sent
for a file of soldiers to arrest you. Follow
rue, and I will show you a place of safety."
I placed myself under the protection of I
my friend Carlos, who led the way across i
the plaza to a narrow street, which we entered
and traversed for some distance i
through the darkness. At length we came
to a small shop, over the low door of which i
was a cigar box for a sign. The shutters
were closed, but a faint thread of light i
streamed through the crevices of the
window. i
" Here is the shop of Pedro Alva," said
mv friend ; " he is a cigar roller, whom I J
have befriended when sick, and who is attached
to me. You will be save here, as he
may be trusted."
He knocked on the shutter, and related
the name of the occupant of the humble
tenement. <
"Quien la * Quien estaf" responded a i
hoarse voice within.
AVe heard an exclamation of satisfaction, <
and the hslf leaf of a door was pushed cau- i
tiously outward. The light from within <
showed him the face of De Armas, and he I
quickly threw the door wide and admitted
us. " i
" Now, shut, bar and lock, good Pedro,"
said De Armas, aiding him.
Pedro, who was a short, dark visagod
Spaniard, with an enormousgray mustache, i
iron spectacles, and a bald head, soon
secured the door.
" 1 am glad to see your honor," hs paid
respectfully, " and yon*1 lordship's fHehd,"
bowing to me; "but I hope thcr*
| ing wrong, wnores." i
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MAY 24, 1877.
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"My friend, here, has been mo unfortunate
as to make an enemy of General ,
and I wish you to conceal him."
"If he has made such an enemy, he had
better leave the island as soon as he can,
senor," said Pedro.
" And until he can do so, I wish you to
keep hiin securely here. To-morrow 1 will
try and arrange for his departure. Xow.
my friend," he added, addressing me, and
taking my hand, " I beg you keep close,
and suffer no one to see you until you hear
from me again. If the person you shot is
killed, your life is at stake."
" El Caballero is wounded, Senor Carlos!"
suddenly exclaimed the ci^ar roller, examining
the floor with his light. "Here is
blood he is standing in."
" You did not teil me so," he said, reproachfully.
"I forgot^it, and did not feel it, until
now reminded ot it, 1 answered ; but now
th-t I thoughtrof it, I suffered pain. I>e
Armas made me take off my coat, and upon
examination, he found that the sword passed
through the flesh of my left shoulder, making
two orifices of the breadth of two inches,
and that the wound bled freely. It was
soon hound by the skillful Pedro, who h d
been in the wars, and had experience in
such matters, which it seemed to afford him
great delight to have to do with again. Do
Armas, having seen me safely in bed, in a
small closet, half hidden by a pile of tobacco
bales, took leave of me, promising to
come ami see me the next day, and report
how affairs stood.
The soporific influence of the tobacco
soon overpowered my senses, and when I
awoke it was ten o'clock in the forenoon.
Pedro had locked me in, and through the
chinks of the door I saw him at his work,
in the front shop.
I softly rapped, and he came to me, and
pretended to be assorting cigars on a shelf
over the door.
"What news from Carlos?" I asked,
eagerly.
" Nothing, scnof. He is, no doubt, a-.ting
for yolir safety."
Pedro passed me a cup of fragrant coffee
an 1 a light roll, and I ate a hearty breakfast.
lie closed the door between the two !
rooms, and thus enabled me to come out I
out of my confined lodging place. We had ,
a consultation, and I resolved to quit the I
refuge of his shop, unwilling to expose him
to danger. Ha warmly insisted upon my
v:?n? t i,
remaining* 1 nianj JL mnuc XMIV^II IV uiui
mv plan, which was to dress in a suit oi
his clothes, and with half a dozen bales of
tabacco on my shoulders, sally forth into
the streets, and try and get beyond the Tncon
Paseo, into the country, where, three miles
from the city, dwelt an English merchant,
whom 1 weil knew, and where I felt 1
should be in safety. The change in my
wardrobe was soon completed, or rather, instead
of changing my dress, 1 put on Pedro's
coarse habiliments over my own. He
stained my iace with tobacco juice, and
then piled upon my shoulders several parcels
of the broad leaved tobacco, which
Happed over and about my shoulders and
face, completely concealing it.
I then t Id him to inform Senor de Armas
where I was going, that he might, it he
wished, come and see me, and grasping his
hand, I went out of the door.
At last I reached the last sentry of the
city outpost. Here I felt that I should be
most in danger, since I learned from Pedro
that strict orders had been given to watch
carefully every avenue out of the city. Ity
the time I reached the gate, 1 v. as nearly
overcoma with weckness and fatigue. The
(lesh wound in my shoulder, heated
and rubbed by the tobacco pressing
ujHUi it, had caused it to bleed sifresh, and
I could feel the blood trickling down, even
to my feet. 1, therefore, determined to sit
in the shade of a tree? near the gate, upon a
stone bench, till I in some measure recovered
lay strength, and got a little restored.
I had not been seated ten minutes?during
which time I had seen the guards re- *
lieved?=when one of the soldiers lounged >
up, Htid took his seat on the bench where I
sat, Without ceremony, he pulled a !< ?$
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| from my bundles of tobacco, and smelling
it, like an epicure, lie seemed satisfied with
its quality, and deliberately began rolling
it up in the shape of a cigar.' When h<
j had completed it?and lie made it very
neatly?he lighted it by a match, and commenced
smoking.
11 Buen cigurro, hombre," he at length said,
without deigning a glance at me. " Where
is your shop? I will send for some. You
have good tobacco here.'
" My shop, scnor soldado," I answered, " is
in C lie de San Juan, No. 18."
" Buen ! And where do you take tobacco
out of the city? People bring it in
usually." "
We have a large order to fill, and I take
it out, to get this made up by a friend, who
sometimes helps us."
" When you come back, leave me a
dozen," he said, " and I will be your customer."
"As you make cigars so well, senor, I will
give you half a score of leaves, as a present
if win upp <rr?in<> tn lie mv customer." 1
VM#M ? .,v- v R O ? "* ??r * -f ' said;
and suiting the action to the word, I
pulled the leavts from the bundle, and handed
them to him, to his evideut satisfaction.
I then passed on. and was soon beyond
the gate, and traveling on the dusty road,
betw. en gardens fragrant with orange trees
and tropical flowers. I at length reached
the villa of Mr. W., who was in the cit?-;
but I made myself known to Mrs. W., who
at once gladly welcomed me, and offered
me the refuge I so much needed. When
Mr. W. returned in the evening, he found
me in bed, with a high fever, brought on by
the inflammation of my wound. I was tenderly
nursed for twelve days, and at the end
of three weeks, I was entirely recovered.
From Mr. W. 1 had learned the excitement
which had followed the scene in the coffee
house, and of the search made for me, by
orders of General , who represented me
as a spy of the Americans.
" If you had not been an American," said
Mr. W\, " he would not have insulted you
as he did in the coffee house. The search
for you is now over, as it is supposed you
have left the island: and you will be able
to get off in the next steamer without difficulty.
It sails day after to-morrow.''
But I did not wish to leave until I had
seen or heard from Don Armas. I proposed?for
nij' saspicions were painfully
roused?that we should send to his mother's
villa in order to ascertain if he were th* re
or not. Mr. W. advised me not to appear
abroad, openly, and rode to her residence,
three miles distant, himself. Upon his return,
the expression of his face showed that
he brought ill tidings.
. "lie is in prison!" he answered the inquiring
look 1 gave him, as he alighted.
" In prison !" I repeated with a sinking
heart.
"'Yes. His mother is in great distress.
She says that three weeks ago last night "?
" The very night I last saw him,'' 1 said.
"A Spanish officer, with u file of mounted
soldiers, rode out to the villa, and entering
it, searched for the papers of Carlos,
and carried off every letter and scrap of
paper they could find, and every letter he
had written to his mother from the United
States, when he was at the university there.
Upon her inquiries why this was done, the
only reply she got was that Cados was a
state prisoner, and arrested on suspicion of
sympathizing with the American invaders."
* * * * K ;
" I)o you know what prison he is in V I
asked of Pedro.
"In the government prison, near the port
side."'
" This is a strong place."
" As the Moro itself, senor," answered
Pedro, shaking his head. "I know all
about it, for 1 was once in the guard, and
have done my duty in it many a month.''
" Then you must go to prison, and chat
with your old comrades. You must make
them presents of fine cigars. You must not
be without a flask of wine under your
i jacket. YoU must make friends with all
in the guard-house. It will take two or
t!?pec dnjKj twice a day, to accomplish this
?-till yo? *?Hkv them faoiille* with your
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presence. Throw out hint* that you think
of enlisting again."
" I will do it, senor,' answered Pedro.
"If you will, I will afterward plan some
way of liberating him." I answered.
After about four hours' absence hereturned.
He informed me that his success
had been far better than he anticipated,
that he had not only been let into prison by
j one of his old cronies, now a sergeant, but
| had seen Carlos and spoken to him, by the
; sergeant's permission.
; This relation of Pedro filled me with joy
: and hope. I at once directed him to procure
a stout rope, and half a dozen files,
! and convey them to the cell of Don Carlos.
! The next day at ten o'clock, when he knew '
' that he should find the sergeant at his post,
i he went to the prison, and conveyed these
| articles. He placed them through the iron
J window, in the hands of Carlos, who said it .
; would take him two nights to file off the
! bars, which were thick. He said that if a
( boat could be brought under the window at
! midnight, on the second night, he would be
ready to descend into it.
This was good news to my heari. I now
sent Pedro out to purchase a whale boat, or
some light, safe boat? that it would be possible
to cross to Key West in, if necessary.
This boat he pulled round to a place near
the prison, and moored it by an obscure
pier.
It was a starlight nightT Fortunately,
we met no patrols, and reached our boat in
safety. Here, to my surprise, I found that
Pedro determined to embark with me. He
said he would not remain, for the escape of
Carlos known, suspicion would light upon
him, who had been'sc recently in the prison.
I was glad enough to get him to aid raefurther
in my enterprise, and, pushing of! our
boat, we were soon rowing, with noiseless
dip, under the walls of the prison. As the
clock tolled midnight, we came beneath the
window. I looked up but could see nothing
safe the obscure darkness of the window.
"Hark!" whispered Pedro, "he is still
filing!'' '
I listened, and distinctly heard the grating
of the coarse file on the heavy bars.
" You are right. He has not done ali bis
work," I said, with misgiving.
As I spoke there was a humming in the
air, and, with a splash, a piece of the iron"
bar fell into the v. ater. We held our
breaths. We believed it would be impossible
for the sound not to attract the sentries.
We expected to l>e hailed, or fired
,IT| -1- ?- ? /tvnAotonf tl,u
into. >1 "lie we were inu.i iaj^ioui-,
rope IV 1 hum the height upon my head. I
caught it gladly, :m<i drew it Lul. I tried
my weight upon it, and found it secure. ?
The next moment Carlos was in the boat,
and his arms about toy mck. Pedro took
the oars, and I the helm, and wc pulled
noiselessly out from under the frowning
walls. The guardianship sentry haihd us
with the sharp u Qtritn, 11 f but we answered
him as we had done others, by calling
ourselves the boat of an English vessel of
war, that we knew lay outside, and to and
from which the town boats plied at all
hours.
When we had reached the Moro we
breathed freely; and as there was a wind
outside, we stepped our mast and hoisted
our leg of-mutton sail. Ky sunrise we were
| eight miles north and west of Moro Castle,
i and steering gallantly for Key West, so near
as we could guess.
We ate a hearty breakfast of rolls and
fish, and lighted our cigars. At noon we
dined after the same fashion. Seeing in the
west a large ship, I bore toward it; and
soon found, from her bright sides, that she
was a Yankee merchantman.
As we approached her they discovered us,
, and watched us through, a spy-glass. We
were at length received on board, and as I
had the good fortune to.be known to two of
I the passengers, we were at once at home.
| Carlos, whose property had been confisj
cated after bis flight, is now an active 1 adt-r
in the army, and the day may not be far
distant when he himself shall be the instru- *
raent of freeing Cuba from the yoke of
Spain. _____
The United States navy at the present
time copsists of 146 vessels of 150,157
tons measurement.
"That portable stove saves half the
fuel," said an ironmonger. "Faix thin,
I'll take two of thim, and save it all,"
replied his customer.
"Give me a fifth-story room, next the
skylight, so I cart get out one way at
least," said a traveler as he registered
his name at a city hotel.
An unsuccessful lover was asked by
what means he lost liisdivinity. " Alas!"
cried he, "I flattered her until she got
too proud to speak to me.
What is a young man to think when
he meets a young hidy shading her eyes
from the sun with a pieee of music, the
title of which?"Kiss Me Good Night"
?is turned in full view ?
The Pacific Coast States make a loud
wail against the t ramp nuisance. The
climate is very favorable to these people,
? ?1 al/ion rtnt nf doors comfort
II? llicj tau o*w^/ vmv w. ? ?_
ably eight or nine months in the year.
Previously to the invention of hats,
both men and women generally wore
close-knit woolen caps; the man's hat *
was invented at Paris, by a Swiss, 1404,
first worn in England in Henrv VII.'a
time and first manufactured in London,
1510.
There are now sixtv-nine daily, weekly
i and monthly periodicals iu Bengalee
1 and Tamil, the two languages of India
. in whioh the greatest literary activity is
| shown. Twelve of these are devoted to
Mussulman interests and about twenty
! to Christian.
When a Buffalo young lady ho writes
, a correspondent?parts from her beau,
who is too basliful to understand the
nicer usages of h!s position, she will say:
| " William, if jov. were to kiss me you
might be afraid ma would hear it But
J if I creak the gate she won't know the
difference 1"
(
I A boy in Cumberland county. Pcnn.,
| forty years ago lost a shilling that his
) father had given him to pay his teacher
for a school-booh Last month the boy,
now nearly fifty years old, learned where
i his old teacher is living, and sent him a
letter, detailing all the circumstances
1 connected with the unpaid-for book, and
inclosing the amount of the little debt,
wiih fo.ty years'interest. - A
bombshell was plowed up in Morgan
county, Tenu., a few dnvs ago, which
had been fired from one of General Georf e
Morgan's cannon during his retreat from
Cumberland Gup in 1862. The finders,
to test its keeping qualities, took it home
and put it in the lire. A man about two
miles away ol a hill reports the experiment
ri highly <rocce*rful, but the actors
in the scene have not yet been heard
I from;,