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im?mh&Bk lTAft??MAN> Established April, ?S?? .Let all the Ends thou Aims't at be thy Country's, thy God's and Truths. THE TUCK SOUTHRON. Established Jane, 184?6. > Jil ?3i 1 Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1886. New Series-Yol. V. So. 30. N. G-. OSTBf?Ni SUMTKli, S: C Tf?KMSi . ! -. ?ta^'SquHrtr.'firs: :usert?ou..<.iw.i;..St '<)? /Svecy surquen: insertion.... 30 Contrxcts Vor ihm* moults, or tonger will t-s mxde a' redared rat*?? " *rr "; AircOiomnm^tion* whick sut\scr?-~ nrire.w aterests will tietth.tr<;ed for RsaOTe-^?^en?si. s.1 i--- ^bi??;tr?e< xml rri ha?es of r?ssj?ee; *?.>*>; ">?: jai likarvM? for By WXLKXJS COLT.Tffa. ? 8?? ?? IBJODl ?C THT, mi OF X Y?U?TG GIRI* jKSsatwc $r*oc?* ! . ." ** . - , - . r w<,? nw. r, XHJS SJtCOMX tn ?ta COVE mr. - ; . ^?HAPTER XVI. ?Sta * ^5**% hw court to tho ex^hoolmistress .: ?: ?.ti? next day, Hardyjaan made weh excel ^2 ^ikjf. i^^pf-hiaopportunitie? that the visit to .thestu4 farm look place on tho day after. IT* lipo ownearriage placed at the disposai . I i O? ?aholawi har aunt, and hi? own ??ter M?; waopceeeat to confer special distinction on 5? > tissraceptioa of Mi? Pint ??? ijdttaSoaUatqC Tft?gi?T?d; which *wwTly --z.^?MmWmim thtmiU?mjof itslegislator*ia honor of a hors? rao?, it is only natural sud proper v. : J?hat4he cosnfort of titohors** should bc th? -.totobject of.coaitteraiion at a itndfarm. |?to ta??uof the land at Bnrdymana farm %ge? ?ora devoted* zn ose ?or or another, to the Jssi ?obisqaadEOped with tho low forehead and * sn tijojioag noaa -, Boor? hcjoasity woo satisfied '-' wita second rote and third rate accommoda - tica. Uh? irroatontil grounds, vary poorly;: :hsfc*.OOt? *?r* ?Iso re ry incited io ezteHS; ; ojtdjOJ tnr the awolfcag boase, it Tras literally * - J aeottag*. A parlor ?ad a kitchen, a smok . ; *n ^tag mum, O 00000X0. ead a ?pare chamber h&zAmsm) irisad?, oit scantily farniahedV o?fficed , ^ ::Jor the modest waaia of tho owner ol the Se* property. If yt* wished to f?a<t your eyes - oa faXt*TyyoQ weatto thei4abh^ ? ^:"r-.T!? studforia Oeing doaeribed, tito intro- ' daction of Hardyman s sister follows in due ^ThoHoo, toriaa* Hardyman waa, as all ?t-z* patona? io QToawy ai? w^ia?rri?d rathe* lato - .:. itt?fe te flea. Dmaibtade it saying a - :gXBOtd?al? bot itisaot saying to? much, to -. ^ Qua? 9m Hfrm Jramfahtdo a? tho laost mis wtaaaa of her ag? ia all England. of her lifo; to place people ia falos podtioifr, to dfvolg? secrets to undermine friend were the of ?ajBjjoast from which this dan 1 drew the iaexhaustible fund ef ;good spiriOl that made her a brilliant hxhfeiathe sfioUl sphere. She wa? ooo of the prrvflegod siaaers of modern society. Ir? worst aiischief that sh? could Work was ascribed to har "exuberant vitality." ' She hod that ready flMtliiirity of manner which is Oa her daaw a> rarely discovered to bo ia jMgtfco. Her power of easy found people ready to accept her: oa. oar own tanas wherever she wens. Shs was coe of those big, overpowering i womea* with blunt laanners, voluble tongcos ! a and goggle eyes, who carry everything ^ j ? Jot*? them. The hajhest society modestly . roaiida i iitoaUiadongor of bemg dull in i .tit?, absence Of Mrs. Drtxmblade, Even .. Bardyman himself-who saw as little Of her > as^wc?ble. whoso frankly sim?ghtforwsrd ? aafcre rscoileii by instinct from contact with his sister-could tlnnk ot no ;3ttrr pc?r iomake Jiiss Pink's reception agreeable ! - . to her while ho was devoting his own atten- ? tiona to her nieoe. Mrs. Dromblade accepted tiJOr position tim? offered with tho mose ami-! abie reed mest. Jn her own private mind sbe piaf td te. interpretation on her brother'* xaotives which did him tho grossest injustice. . She believed that Hardyma a's designs on j . s lwhol coa?emp>ated the moot profligate re - oolt :To^?s$isfc this purpose, whoo the girl's i? srorest relative wa? sopposed to be taking *Csweof her, was Mrs. Dnxmblade's idea of H : "fun." Her worst enemy admitted that tho ? - li EesiorahJe Lavinia had redeeming qnahtiei, i ~ -aa*owned that* hom -netof humor was j omof'hermerite. . j c .?rw49?g| Umr'&t?k** likery parson to ??B?* tae - --fa??tiiofli'iM: of Mrs Drnmhlaxk-? Alas for ..'. tiOw?-?heolrnist^ * Before' she had been j fr? mffinl63 at the farm Hardyman13 sister . J had ashed for ber, caught her, landed her. t*o^Xa*?inkr - ' Mrs. Drcmblade could assume a grave. dignity of nrnmer when the occasion called *w Jar ?hsu was grave, she was digniSed, j ' ^wben Hardymaa perfecmed the ceremonies . vof n?trodocijon, She would not soy she was charmed to meet Mas Pink-the ordinary shiagof socfcwjrwas not for Maw Pink's ears ^ ' tia o I milt my ^ho felt this introduction as -- a prrvilsge. lt was so seldom cae met with .of trained intellect in so-aety. Mrs. was already informed of Mho : i earlier triumph? in the-instrnction of I?' Hrs. Dromblade hod not been ' blowed with ehfldren herself; but she bail '?Opbews ?h?/ nieces, and rito was anxious .bout their educotion, especially the nieces, a sweet, modest girl Miss Isabel was: waa oho could form for her i would be that they should resemble ? Ma? Isabel whsa they grew up. Theoues Mea wa? os to the best method of education. ' Sao wouhfowtttbot ?ho had selfish motives -ta^becoosmg acouamted with Mao Pink. '- They -were ot tho farm, no doubt, to see - * Alfred^ horse?. Mrs I)rmnbiade did not m> " Asitiiiif Tinrnrn her mtereet wa?' in. the ; . aaestion of education, ' She aught oren * * ecafewthat she had accepted Alfred's nv j v-?tat?rm in the hope of hearing Mis? TteV^riewa There would be opportuni ' ' ^T^'trusfod, for a Utile mstrnctrve coo mwrtrr oa that subject. It was, perhaps, 'Aflculous to talk, at h?r ape, of feeling oatt st? were Miss Pink's pupa, and yet it ex r-1 atfiy ?peprewsd tho natano of the aspiration which was then in her m md. IQ these terms, fceteg her way vtft tho utmost nicety, Mrs. tfrwmWano wound tho not of nattery rom.J "tndroralMfas Pink, until ber hold on that - Innocent lady was, in-every senses" of the word secure. Before half the hors^ had been pissed under review Hardyman -and Isabel were out of sight,'oed Mrs. Drumblade and M?as Pmk were lest in the intricacies of the stables. "Excessrrely stxrp;d of me. Wa bad better go back, and establish ourselves comfortably in the parlor, "When my brother misses us he and your charming niece wflf return to look' for us in the cor? tege." Under corer of this arrr.ngeni-ir.t the asparat?on became complete, ii ii? Pink held forth on education to Mrs. Brnmblade in the parlor, while Hardyman and Isabel were on Selr way fo a paddock at the farthest limiu ,r J,thoproperty. .yffJam .afraid you ?re getting a little t?red,".said Hardyman. "Won't you take .myarmr Isabel was on her guard ; she had not for ?Jpotton wnt?Xady Lydiard had said to her. W ;*2fo, ;ti?aok you, Mr. Hardyman; I am a . better walker than you think." : Hardyman continued the .conversation in Usbhmt, resolute way. "I wonder whether jsou will believe me," he asked, "if I tell yon .that tins ia ono of the happiest days of my h?r "I should think yon were always happy,' Isabel cautiously replied, "having such a pretty place to live in as this." Hardyman met that aa wer with one of his cruietly positive denials. "A man is oarer happy hy himself," he said "He is happy with a companion. For instance, I llb happy with you." Isabel stopped and looked back. Hardy mans language was becoming a little too explicit "Surely we have lost Mrs. Drun> rhy?f und. my annt.<" she said. "I dont Me them anywhere. " "You will seo thom directly; they are only oloag way behind'' With this assurance ho returned, zn his own obstinate way, to his one object in view. "Miss Isabel, I want to ask you a question. I'm not a ladies' man. i I speak my mind plainly to everybody-wo? men.included. Do you like being here to , isabel's gravity was ?Ot proof against this Very downright question. "I should be hard to please," she said, laughing, "if ? didn't enjoy my visit to the farm." Hardy^naa poshed steadily forward through the Sbstat?e df the farm to th? ques? tion of the farm's master. * * You like being beref* he repeated. "Do you like me?" This was serious. Isabel drew back a little and ?ooked at him. He waited with the most impenetrable gravity for her reply. *'I* think you can hardly expect me to an? swer that question,'' %he said. "Why not*" "Our acquaintance bas been a very short - o**i Mr. Handyman. And if yow are 90 good 2S>T^ forget the difference between us, I think I ought to remember itn . "Whatdifferencer 'The differ eur ? li rank.* Hardyman suddenly stood still, and em? phasized his next words. by digging his stick into the grass. **If anything I haye ?aid has vexed you,n. he bogan,. *teft me so plainly, Hiss Isabel, and Til ask your pardon. But don't throw my rankin my fa**. I out adrift from all that nonsense when I took this farm and got ' my Hying ont of the horses. What.has a iona's rank to do with, a man's feelings?" he j weston, with another emphatic dur of bis : stick. "I am quite serious in asking if you like ?asa for this good reason, that I like you. : Yea, Ida You remember that day when I bled th? bid lady* dog. WeH, I hav? found ont .?mee then, that there's a sort pf incom I pieteness th my life which I never suspected before. Ifs you who have put that idea into ! my toad. You di lat mean it, I daresay, but you have done it all the same. I sat f alone here yesterday evening smoking my j pipe-and I didn't enjoy it I breakfasted alene this morning-and I didnt enjoy that. I said to myself, She* coming to hmch, that* '? ob?:. comf ort-I ehtdi enjoy lunch. . . That* - what I feel, roughly described. I don't sup [ pose I've been five minutes together without j thanking of yon, now in ona way and now in - I another, since the day when I first saw you. ? When a man comes to my time of life, and : has had my experience, he knows what, that j means. It means, in plain English, that bis j haart is *>t on a worraii You're " MFoV re th? woman." Isabel had ?hus far made several attempts to interrupt him, without success. Bat when Hardyman* confession attained its culmi? nating point she insisted on being beard. "If you will exente me, sir," she interposed, gravely, "I think I bad better go back ta the cottage. My aunt is a s'ranger .here, and she doesn't know where to look for u .'5 . "We don't want your" aunt," Hardyman remarked, in his most positive manner. "We do want her," Isabel rejoined. *'l won t venture to say it* wrong in you. Mr. ' Hardyman, to talk tb me as you have just . dene, bu: Pm quite stire it's wrong in-ms to *l?s??nl*~ He looked at ber with such unaffected sur? prise and distress that she stopped, on the point of leaving him, and tried to make her? self better understood. "I had no intention of offending you, sir," she said, a little confusedly. **I only wanted to remind you that there are some things which a gentleman in your position--" She stopped,-tried to finish the sentence, failed, and began another. ' 'If I had been a young lady iii your own rank of life," she went on, **I might have thanked you for paying me a compliment, and have given you a serious answer. As it is, I am afraid I must say that you have surprised and disappointed me. I can claim very ?tt?e for myself, I knew; but I did imagine-s o long as there was nothing unbecoming in my conduct-that I had some right toyo?r'respect* ; Listening more and more impatiently, Hardy man took her by the hand, and burst out with another of his abrupt questions. "What can you possibly be thinking off* te asked. ' She gave him no answer ; she only looked at him reproachfully, and tried to release herself. L Hardyman held her hand faster than ever. : "I believe you think me an Infernal scoun? drel,'' he said.- "I can. stand a good deal, : Miss Isabel, but I ca?t stand that How have I failed in respect toward you, if you I pitase?. 1 have told you you're the woman. my heart is set on. Well? Isnt it plain what I want of you when I say that? ?abel Miller, I want you to ba my wife !n k t Isabel's only reply to this extraordinary proposal of marriage ' was a' faint cry. of astonish rmnt, followed by a sudden tremb? ling that shook her from head to foot Hardyman put his arm round her with a gentleness which his oMast friend would, have been surprised to in him 1 "Take your time to think of it," he said, dropping back again into his usual quint tone. ' "If you had known me a httle better, you wouldn't have mistaken ine, ?nd you wotJdn't be looking at me Sowas if yea were afraid to believe your own ears. What is there so very wonderful in my wanting to marry yon? I don t set up for beinga saint When I was a young man I was no Detter (and no worse) than other young JD$TL Pm getting on now to middle lif~- I don*twant romances and adventures; I want an easy existence with a nice, lovable woman, who will make me a good wife. Your? the wo? man, I tell you again. . I know it by what I've seen of you myself, and by what I have heard of you from Lady Lydiard. -She said y< u were prudent and sweet-tempered and affectionate; to which 1 wish to add that you j have just the face and figure that I like, and j the modest manners and the blessed absence j of all slang in your talk which I don't find I I in the young women I meet with in the pree ; eut day. That's my view of it I think for myself. What does it matter to me whether you're the daughter of a duke or the daugh? ter of a dairyman? it isn't your father I wast tb marry; it* you. Listen to reason, there's a dear! We have only one question to settle before we go back to your aunt You^ wouldn't answer me when I asked it a little while since. Will you answer now? Do you like me?" Isabel looked up at him timidly. "In mv position, sir," sha asked. "have I any right to like you? What would your re? lations and friends think if I said Yes?" Hardyman gave her waist a little admoni? tory squeeze with his arm. "What! You're at it again? Anice way eo answer a man, to call him 'sir,' and to get behind his rank as if it were a place of refuge from him! I hate talking of myself, but you force me to it -'Here is my position ia the world: I have got an elder brother; he is married, and he has a son to succeed him in the title and the property. You understand so far? Very well! Yearj ago I shifted my I share of the rank (whatever it may be) on j to my brother's shoulders. He's a thorough good fellow, and he has carried my dignity for me, without once dropping it ever since. As for what people may say, they have said it already, from my father and mother downward, in the time when I took ? to the horses and the farm. If they're the j wise people I take them for, they won't be at J the trouble of saying it all over again. No, j na Twist it how you may, Miss Isabel, ; whether Fm single or whether I'm married, j I'm plain Alfred Hardyman; and everybody ; who knows me knows that I go on my own j way and p'ease myself. If you don't like j me, it will be tbs bitfei^_disaj>pomtment I ever had in' my'?fe; but say so honestly, the sama" Where is the' woman in babers, ph whose capacity for resistance would i have yielded- a little to such aa appeal this? "I should be ah insensible wretch,'1 she plied, warmly, "if I didn't feel the honor y have doo eme, and feel it gratefully." "Does that mean you will Lave me for - husband r asked downright Hardyman. She wa? fairly driven into a corner; :t (being a woman) she tried to sli^ through 1 fingers at the last moment "Will you forgive me," she said, "if I a for a little more time? I am so bewildered hardly know what to say or do fon the be. You see, Mr. Hardyman, it would be a dre* ful thing for me to be the cause of your gi ing ?Atense to your family. lam obliged think of that It would be so distressing f you (I willi say nothing of- myself)1 if'' yo friends closed their doors on me. They mig say I was a designing girl, who had tafe advantage of your good opinion to raise ht self- in the world. Lady Lydiard warn? me long since not to be ambitious about m self, and not to forget mystation in life, b cause she treated me like har adopted daug ter. Indeed-indeed, I can't teB you how feel your goodness and the compliment-tl very great compliment-yot?" pay me. l? heart is free; and if I followed my own i eli nations-" She checked herself, conscioi that she was on the brink of sayinjr to-? m ucl ''Will you ?ive me a few days." a^e plead? "to try if I can think composedly of all thi I am only ? girl, and I feel quite dazzled b the prospect that you set before me." Hardyman seized on these words as offei ingall ^ enc?m*ageme?Vth?t he desire to hissait ./;.. ? "Have your own' way in this thing, and i everythmg;!" he said, with an unacenstcmie fervor of language and manner. "1 am s glad to hear that your heart is open to mc and that all your inebriations .take my part Isabel instantly protestedagainst this mi' representation or what 'she had reallv said "Oh. Mr. Hardyman. you quite.mistak mel* _ / He answered her very" much as he ha : answered Lady Lydiard, when she had trie to make him understand his proper relation toward Isabel "No, no; I don't mistake you. I agree t every- word you sav. How"" ca?' T expec you to marry me, as you" vert pr?perlv re mark, unless I give you' a day. or two t make up your mind! lt's quite enough fo me that you like- the prospect If Lad' Lydian? treated you? as?-o?rdau^hter. wh shouldn't you be tEf rrifeT If stenos t reason. that you're quite' right to marry i man. who can raise you in the world' I Uki you tobe ambitious, though1 Heaven know it isn't much I can do for you, except to lov you with all ^ my heart " Stilt it's a ?crea encouragement to hear that her ladyship' views agree with nrfne--r-* "They dont agree, Mr. Hardyman,? pro tested poor Isabel "Tou are entirely: mis representing-^-* . ~ Hardvman cordially concurred ra tbis.viev of the matter. "Tes! ves!; I can't pr*?t?n< to represent her lady-hip's langua-ro. o yours either; I am'obliged to take my word: s s they come to me. Don*t disturb jyoursei itfs all right-I understand. You bavi made nie the happiest men living. J sh-il ride over to-morrow'i?> vonr aunts hon? and hfiw what-yon bave to"S&y "ttrrne. v_M int youie at horned. Not-. a dax'mustr'pass wit h out my seeing von. I do love you, Isabel do indeed !" He stooped ?md kissed bei hearti?T. "Onlv to reward me," h? ex plained, "for giving you tune to" th?nk." She drew herself away from him-reso lutely. not angrily. Before ?he could niaki a third attempt .o place the subject' in ?? right light before him the luncheon bell ran: at the cottage, and a servant appeared w deutlv sent to look for them. "Dont forget to-morrow," Hardyman wh" - pered confidentially. *T11 Call early, an then go on to London and get the ring?' CHAPTER XVTL Erente succeeded each other rapidly after the memorable day, tc* Isabel, of the lun cheon at the farm On the next day (the ninth. of the month) Lady Lydiard sent for her steward and re? quested him to explain als* conduct 'in re? peatedly leaving the house without assigning any reason for his absence. She did not dis? pute his claims toa freedom of action which would not be permitted to an ordinary serv? ant . Her objection to his present COUTS? of proceeding relato! entirely to the mystery in which it was involved, and to* tho un cer? tainty in which the household was left ai io the hour of his return? On these ground, she thought herself entitled to an explana? tion Moody's habitual roservo-^-strengtb ened on thfc occasion by his dread of ridicule if his efforts to serve Isabel ended in failure -disinclined him to take Lady Lydiard into his. confidence while his inquiries were still beset with obstacles and doubts. He respect? fully entreated her ladyship to gran:; him o delay of a few weeks before he entered on his explanation. Lady Lydiord's qniofe tem? per, relented, this request. She told Moody plainly that he was guilty of an act of pro sumption in making his own conditions with' his employer; He received the reproof with exemplary resignation, but he held to his conditions nevertheless. """From that moment the result of the interview was no longer in doubt Moody was directed to send in his accounts. The accounts having been ex? amined, and' found to be scxiipulously cor? rect, he declined accepting' the balance of .salary that was offered tb him Th* next day he left Lady Lydiord's service. On the 10th of the month her ladyship re? ceived a letter from her nephew.. . - - . The health of Felix had nc*improved. Ho had made np his mind to go abroad again towards the end of the month. In the mean tame he had written to his friend at. Paris, and he had the pleasure of forwarding an answer. The lefter inclosed announced that the lost ?500. note had been made ' the subject of careful inquiry in Paris. It had not been traced.. Th? French police "offered to send to London one of. their-best men, well ac? quainted with the English language, if Lady Lydiiid was desirous of employing himV Ho would he perfectly willing to act with' an . English officer in conducting the investiga? tion, should it be thought necessary. Mr. Troy, being consulted as to- tho expediency of accepting this proposal, objected to the. pecuniary terms demanded as being extra va- j gan tly high. He suggested waiting a litt io before any reply was sent "to Paris; and he ! engaged meanwhile to consult e London so~ j Mci tor who had great experience in eases of ! theft, and whose advice might enable them to dispense entirely with the services of the ; French policer Being now a free man again, Moody was able to follow bis own inclinations in regard j to the instructions which ha had received from Old Shanon. The course that had been recommended to him was repellent to the self-respect ard the ' sense of delicacy which were among the in bred virtues of Moody's character. He j shrank from forcing himself as a friend on ! Hardymans valet; he recoiled fror a the idea of tempting the man to steal a specimen of ; his master's handwriting. After some con- j sideratioh he decided on applying to the agent who collected the rents at Hardyman s < London chambers. Being an old acquaint? ance of Moody's, this person would certainly ? not hesitate to communicate the address of ? Hardyman's ban?ers if he knew it. Tho ex? periment, tried nuder these favoring cir cum- ! blancos, proved perfectly successful. Moody proceeded to Sharon's lodgings the same day ? with the address of the bau ker 5 in his pocket? book. Thc old vagabond, greatly amused by ? Moody's scruples, saw plainly enough that so ! lcfcg as he wrote the' supposed letter from ,' Hardyman in the third person it mattered ? little what handwriting was employed, seeing ? that no signature would bo necessary. The j letter was at once composed, on tho model ? which Sharon luid already suggested to Moody, and a respectable messenger (so far j as outward appearance went) was employed j to take it to the bank. In half an hour the answer came back. It added one more to the difficulties which besot the inquiry after the lost money. No such sum as ?500 had been paid, within the dates .'. entioued, to the . credit of Hardyman's account. Old Sharon was not in the least discom? posed by this fresh check. "Give my love to the dear young lady," be said, with his cus? tomary impudence, "and tell her we are one degree nearer to finding the thief." Moody looked at him, doubting whether he was in jest or in earnest "*Must I squeeze a little more information into that thick head of yours?" asked Sharou. With this question he p-oduced a weekly newspaper, and pointed to a paragraph which repor*"d, among the items of sporting newSj Hardyman's recent visit to a _salc of bor?es ?fr a town in the north of Frances "We know he didn't pay the bank note in to his'account,'' Sharon remarked. "What else did' fie do with ic Took it to pay for the horses that he bought in France ! Do yea see your way a little plainer now? Very goodt Bet's try next if the money holds out Some? body must cross the channel in * ear ch of the note. Which of ns two i>- to si: in the steam? boat wich a white b*scu on his lap? Old Sharon, of course.' Bes opped to count flin* money still left out ol' the sum deposited by Moody to defray ?he ^cer ot the inquiry. "All right!" h3wem on. "I've got enough to-pay my expenses there and back. Don't stir out of London till you hear from ma I can't tell how soon I may want you. If there's any difficulty in tracing-tue note, year hand will have to go into your pocket again. Can't yon get the lawyer to join you? Lord! bow 1 should enjoy squandering nts money I It's a downright disgrace o me to have only got one guinea out of him. 1 could tear my flesh off my bones when I think of it," The same night Old Sharon started for France by way of Dover and Calais. Two days elapsed and brought no news from Moody's agent. On the third day he received some information relating to Shar? on-not from the man htmseh, but in a letter from Isabel Miller. "For once, dear Robert" she wrote, "my judgment has turned out to be sounder than yours. That hatrfu old man hat confirmed my worst opinion of him. 1 ray have him punished. Take him before a magistrate and charge him with cheating you out o.' your money, i mel?se the sealed letter which he eve me at the farm house. The weeic's time fore I was to open itcxrared yesterday. W :s there ever anything * ? impudent and so inhuman? I am too > ex* an i angry about the money you have wa-:ed on this old wretch to write mor Yours, gratefully and affectionately. "ISABEL" The letter in which Ol Sharon had under? taken (by way of pacify: .vc '.sabol) to write . the. name of the thief. ca*j&a ned these lines: "You are a charming girl, my dear; but j you still want on* t hing tr m axe you perfect and that is a lesson m patient.' I am proud and happy to teach, you The asms of tho thief remains for & presen; Mr. -- (blank)." From Moody's point '>? view there was bat ' one thing tc be said of this-it w? just like Old Snarer: ! lsal-el's letter -ras of infinitely greater interest to him. : > e feasted his eyes cai the words above the signature; she signed : herself, '? 'Yours, grai*'::i'.y and affection- : aTerr." Did tis 9 last wed me n that she waa ' really beginning to be ou*, of htm? Af .er kissing the word Le. .; .-JWPortinglet? ter to her, in which a~ .. . hiowett to keep a watchful eve .>..> - ?-? ?.. , and.to trust him with no more money aari. ha had hon? es1 ly earned it fir>t " '. A week passed. Mood dmgiug to see ; Isabel) srili waited iu vai : ,or n* vs ir^ax France. He had jus: de i!<? j -av his visittoSouth?Morden ao lo: r . ..-1 he errand boy employed by. .>. . -.ousht mm this message: ." he ou', o:.'??, and wai rin' to sec- yer. j CHAPTER XV! IL - Sharons- news was not o- vn ..^oourasrag ; character. He h id m : wi:h ert?nt d?Bcul- j ties, and had 3p?ut thy -a.?. farthing ot j Moody's monry in artm>t?ug to overcome j them. j One discovery of ir. to: ? *. ce he had cor ! tudy mad-; A hera*- wit? .drawn from the j nal- was th? only ho-,r. ?be?. tta-i met with j Hardy rn?T * aoprov- L . had s<:-cured tat j animai at t?v* h-.gb reserved T>rice of twelvt tfcon.-Au? francs- being feu?- hundred and ! eighty ponaos ir. E Kllsh-mon^y^ .?a nt l had paid--.villi an Ky,: isu aa : o e The j seller (a Freuet ?f'rv- l al ... . id?at in- ; Brussels) ha-i returned to o g.u.-n inroe*-' diatery on ..onipletmg t;?e m^ot?atioB. Sharo? ha l asco; tain ed h s a !<l a :*l hid wri tea to him at Bro??l>. inclining thf number of the lost baafc-oo e n two a r? he ba i received an an>w*:- inf nnin r him that the horse dealer had been called to England by the illness of a relative, and that ? he had hitherto fal .ed to send any address to which his letters could be for ?arda 1. Hear- : big this, and having exhausted his funds, ! Sharon had returned to London It now rested with Moody to decide whether tha course of the Inquiry should follow th - horse dealer next Tnere was ih? cash aceotfot, showing how the money liai bean spent . And there was Shor-.m. with bis pips in his mouth and his dog oa his lap,- walting iof ! orders. Moody wisely took time to consider before | ba committed himself toa deci^on. In the meanwhile he ventured rer-.rnraend a new ; conree of proceeding wai oh SuarooV report had suggested to his mind. - 'lt seems to m?," he said, f'that we hare taken the roundabout way of getting to our j end in* view, wnen the straight road Uv ba* i fore na If Mr. Hardyman K?s pasted tho ; stolen note, you know a? Wall at I do that he i has passed it innocently. Instead of watting ' time and money .in trying to trace nj stranger. Why not tell Mr. Hard jrman what j has happened, and ask him to give ut the \ number of the note? You cant think of j everything, I know; but it doe? seem strang? j that this idea didnt occur to you-before yon ' went to France." "Hr. -Moody," said Old Sharon, "I shall j have to out your acquaintance. You are j a man without faith; I dont tike you. As if I hadn't thought of Hardyman weeks siueeV* j he exclaimed, contemptuoualy. "Are you ; really soft enough tb suppose that a gentle* ; men in his position would talk about hit j money affairs to me? Yon know mighty j little of him if you do. A fortnight since I j sent one of my men (mo^t respectably dres.ed) j to hang about his farm ana see what inf or- ; fhation he could pick up. My man became j painfullv acquainted with the toe of a boot ! It was thick, sir: and it was Hardy man's. 1 "I wdl run the risk of toe boot,f Moody ! replied, in his quiet way. ? "And--put the question to HardyiBanf* "Yes. . - - j ffVery good,' said Sharon. 4 If yon gat I your answer from his tongue instead of nts j boot the case is at an end-unless I have i made a complete mess of it Look here, 1 Moody! If you want to do me a good turn, tell the lawyer that the guinea o- >inion was the right oe* Let him know that a? wantha uTell the Icwrytr thal the. ow'nra opinion ita* tfte r^ght ons." fooL not you. wh<m he ou . toned up hie pock? ets and refused io trust me. And, 1 say! pursued Cid Sharon, relapsing into hu cus? tomary impudence, "you're in Jove, you know, wi.h that nio.* gi: I. I like her myselr'. VVhea you mar-y ber invit? me to the wed? ding. Iii raako a sacrifia*?-I'll brush -y hair and wash my face in honor of the occa? sion." Returnin-: to his lodgings, M ody found t-vo 'eitel* waiting <>n t.-e tal'ie. Oae of them bore t-->.e boiith Morden postm:?rk. Hr opened th-.-t letter first --It was wriiten by Mi** Pink. ! be first lines contained an urgent entreaty to k??e > the circumstances connocU.d with the loss of the five hundred pnnrd ; the strictest stnre-' from every one in general, and from Har-iv man in paiticular. l he re vsons assigned for making the strange request were next ex? pressed in these terms: "My piece .sal>el is 1 am happv to inform you, en.'_ra?ed to ? married to Mr. Hardyman. If the slighic-t hint rea "hod him of her having been asso? ciated, no matter how crue.ly and unjust! -, with a su'spiciOD of theft, the marriage would be broken off, and the result to her.vslf -.nd to everybody connec ed with her would br disgrace for the rest or our lives." On the blank spaci at the foot of the ^age a few words were add?^ in Isa el's writing: **Whatever chancre* tb*?r<? muy be in ray Ufo. your place in my he^rr. is one thai no other pfrson can fill; it is ih? pince of my dearest friend. Pray wn'te and leli me that y(^u are not distressed and not aogrv. My 07>e ahxi-ty isthat you should renwm^r what . hftve always "told you about the st_te of my^own feelings.- My one wish is that yon will ?till 1-t me love you and va.ue you as I might have loved and valued a brother. * The loiter drop-ed f'om Moody's hands. Not a word, not even a s; rh, passed his lips, n tearless silence he submitted to the pang ttw.t w.ung nim-di u arless silence he con .**mph* ted the wreck of his life. OH THE 22D OF FEBPJJAR?, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AGO, George WuhlngW? Was Born-A Few of tb? Many Bepresextati?ns of th? Karo Wbese Birthday We Mo? or. Hew Composite Photographs are Made. No other Amer-can has been so often a ject for the painter's brush as George Vv . -hlngthu. Artists and sculptors, native a - foreign; have expended their ak ill upon rim with results which refuse to agree. .?;..<>-n pi ciurs and bust represents a different wau in looks and character. No two re so.ivi 1& -ach other. But for the tact .Kn th y are labeled "Washington," it v? be impossible to guess who the !?".nai had been. Oy^r tur e hundred portraits, busts and . us* cf the great Pater Patria by paint ? .-sJ. sculptors who were distinguished ht .- day ure in existence. They depict their ->n-aJ subject in as many different cu.- Sometimes they make him a noble E'o-an, with a nose that equals the bravest O? th.m in contour and a mouth as grim ms s s tone wah ; again they make him a sinister o'd bi vr is ter, a wily diplomat, a bespangled br.?and or a smirking courtier. The follow iou. pi : tore is from Gilbert Stuart's painting need in 17%. It Was long since discovered that ?very I one put som? of his personal ty and even hi-J j nat ona ity into his work When the work is picture making, particularly portrait mak? ing. ch? subject undergoes a denationalizing process and comes out, when tbs picture is ti.- ; tied, a cotmtryman of the artist This kr?'* e farcy; lt's an undeniable and rather :. -ic fact Photography will dj the sam? 'i - r tor its subjects. biog on has suffered this kind of Idrmation with greater' frequency and cy .han any o her xiSSP*?* ? r dead or alive J$jStfjf?^\ grandest Amer- t^^?? Ji .-?.1 of'all the truest wffifS|^\\ P<; riot, has been? sent IMras cu on canvas and in BK^fc^ L. .. ole as a Frenchman, JSm^ x^ 13M c';m%n an En?- ?Jfi^^?^ssi>tv i a : ".ud every ^S?S. .r kind of aman ^U?^^^l&?w t?e waa not Ia 1?? ^Kv^* I TO demonstrate Ur i: fact, we reproduce here a few of the J .ur?-> of Washington by artiste of dif- ' ?er?it nttional.ty. A bust made in 1792 by 1 tCeracchl an dalian, I makes an inflexi^e j Roman of him,stern and i grim as Cato. TJr.con ciousSy the Italian artist itaiiaBised him. A picture by Wright an English man, made in 1790, transform? him into a haughty old Briton De Brenan, a Frenchman mada a bust of bim in 17?, j _ which depicts him as a ..*?? French hero; - Moui n, eiso Fi eush, in 1875, completed a Wa-hing tor? bust .??.hick could weli be mistaken as having had for its mo'el a remittee? and sie? rra' ; : French scientist Li 1779 Du Sim it 1?re painted a Washington portrait:, which is so cdiy Freuch that it ^jRSlS&h. n.u- -.avt intouished /^0^^\ tie ^real American j .pirro* himtelf. Bt j^^^U lie - in. in 1798, ?dmo^t /Rarfr^1 ?r .?j e*l?*d him ia tue pe- jp}*7%& V_._J cn.iar art of painting X/M/XQ *y f??- A . ericas into a j&T / F r::cura.ta. Kis p:C- juTo"-^ \ ?'jr - is ihe typical old Vt^F^^^^^ French nob ema-, of 'Hy* th v. re an 1 d hi ni fiel * o o; rcann<-r.s. Sharpless, an American, v* 'fibril ? 17%. ermitting him tobe r. Aterir?n -:-n American of that grave ... -ni ed ttra*, v.-. ot he-e ie ven profiles modern in gecui y ?a^ evolved, by means of composite ?yffij;, hotography, oar; pic /^^>C\. ture which contains the ?. **** **** ?nd ^ :n protaNlity bears yr^ y^l? .';T a stronger resemblance j Sr**i1?^' to th? bigina1 than any . <ni ?t th?m. In this ! j? <^ - Mk the seven artists pr?? ts^ V^^v^sB ient, in one face, their ^fel''^-V^& impressions of the great ^3> Y \ vj WasW?,Stoa's appear V'f; - zs ar.es. Eacii artist con ^vl? : ib?itcs only one-sev? enth of the whole. No one m* u cpp->rtuuity of p itting more of hi,: . i lat? p c ure than ha is entitled { o. M -J -fist's work differs from the j evo:v:.'.- fr?:ri ad isdii- . T.rs photograph is ^^^?f the work of >.V. Curds Jl^^^SiS /jj 'iaylo:', a leading pho- s^^^?^??? j tographer of Philodel- ^^^^x^^f ph a who foun-i his Jfiw^^^sA lubjects among the cob ?r^jj&sft^\xS\ lectio:i cf Wi liara S. ?S?\T\\\*V Baker, of that edy. T^\ Vv^VAv ' Possibly all the world V V j may not yet know that *M^v composite photography ^9* has been ? rought to something like per? fection, and that its tues are ennob'dng. It glean? from many the bes-? sud builds up a ^>(f^s^ single picture which f /*T" \ represents the spirit of o1' Jw ak many. Its efforts are . r&k *JuX not con^ne^ to pictures jW^>5^^^3 ^ro:n rainy facen it ^S?L ^ ^^^^^^ cau ev?lv'0 o?? that nv%r\ have th? besuties t^^^^y^^t' ?* ?il1 tb?t contributed Tr^^T^ Nf . to ^ ao^ none of their TS&W?^O DEFECA ' J * I > A composite photo* graph is made bv ex? posing a plate an instant to one face, an in* ftes: to another, and so on until as many impressions hare bees taken as the artists determina shall con trionts to the comp?- ?O?? \ Tram bull, another HRH t A %\ Amsrican artltt, ^^CT; i4 painted Washlagton in 5??#W 1790. Hs was from 0 Ba3^ Connectieut, and he has JH Bfea^ made bh BUoJeot a '^^Wtiff?Kl Yankee - an elegant Sw Yankee, to be Mire, but \W'^r .Sn a Yanko?. r*" * OiiV*rt Btnart's portrait of Wasbingtor?. painted in 1796, is the one the American pub? lic regard with the greatest fondness. It has been copied of leuer than ?hy o tb er, and I baa fastened itself j on the mind of the generations since it was painted as the ! ideal Washington. ! lt comes np to our | conception of what he must have been? The features are firm and strong. The face is sym? metrical and grand, the expres? sion calm and noble. The he-id ls maj artic j enough to hare boen cut out of granite. The painter waa aa Ameri? can, and he has made Washington an Ameri? can-a godlike Ameri? can, what all might be and few are. This pic? ture could well be used as a model of the per? fected American. In the face are the strength, heroism and cal m wisdom which di - tinguished the character of Washington. It U majestic, ennobled, grand. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 22, 1886. Send a thunderous sound. Ocannon* from your throat and iron Ups To the life that led chained Freedom from the shadow of eclipse. Mock with bracea- throated laughter,on this glorious natal morn. Boondi of woe and battle-travail, 'midst which Free? dom's stat? waa boru! Bloom with red and white, 0 banners! on the ook? and wintry air; Shine, O utan, In field* of azore! on tba deeds walch placed thee there. Bak, O freemen: full enfranchised, la the light ot! Freedom's son; Ttunk again the god of battles for the gift of Wash? ington. Shoat aloud tfll they caa hear yr)-cowering seatfc a despot's rod That through him whoe birth ye honor ya are men before your Ooo. Ah! thoo Fat ter of oar Country,-not dost thou oar homage, need We who reap the glorlbtts harvest" from thy sowing of th* seed. For thy faro J shall growls lester av is added age to ? age. Through the ?plandorof Ute scutcheon, which thoa left-as herltag?-. } Ncr rr hand of thine hadst carved thee oat a path to ' fame more clear Hadn thoa grasped again the ?word hilt cast away < hy Belvidere. ? Fer for Freedom thou unsheathed it, and Its strokes more potent were Than that miracle of splendor, Arthur'ti brand. Excalibur When thy patriot hand withdrew lt from the hiding scabbard's nhade, - ?hone the glint of Freedom's sunburst on (he glory of Its blade. H ever sought thoa blood of fellow, that Ambition's ghouls might gorge; Kot th? sword of Freedom tempered was for this at Valley Forge, Bright lt flashed at storied Trenton, smoke-eclipsed at Brandywine, aieaming with a fiery splendor forktown saw Its meteor shina Kot till Phrygian-capped was Freedom's brows with oil ve crowns enwreathed Wa? the blade drawn for thy fellows back returned onto Its sheath. Never thoa braved wintry waten for the honor* ? moa mlghtst don. As the mighty Roman Caesar passed of old the Rubicon. We shall see the breath of cannon, when from oat ' grim Tnoaths 'tis rolled, j I To thy whitened locks transmuted, which thy fore- \ < ht ad aureoled. < ? And wheadon the nation's birthday it UM flag thoa j i gav*st enshrouds. We shall see thy face of grandeur looking down : from out Its clouds. Thou wert grander than tho Roman when he thrl-e refused a crown, Where by banks of singing Severn there thou laidst thia? honors down. Lapse with requiems, 0 Potomac! on Mt Vernon's storied shore. ? Where are urned his tarred ashes, Freedom's Mecca evermore. . Though through eamp-rho fields of heaven may by others still be won. He amidst al! consta , la tiona still shall shine os cen tra! sun. Ba whom Freedom named as Father still ls Father of the Stat?. Though thc Nat iou claims ot ho roes now a great tri um^lrate. Never shall hts name rank lower on Fame's mighty minter roll* Who so goes to claim Valhalla's apotheosis of soul* Bxs D. Hot ea. THE MOTHER OF WASHINGTON. The Woman Who Gave a Groat Son to tb? World. Mary Washington lived in an ag? when th? mothers of great men and woman were not such objects ol interest to the world as they are now. Butlltte was thought in the then new country of the mother's share in producing and developing an immortal fig? ura Enough is known to support the supposi? tion that from her he inheritel his-strongest menial qualities and splendid phyvque. After he became the nub tn ry hero of his country every tirang pertaining to his pa? ternal ancestry was gathered and t re ? tired . with zealous care, but no one thought of the maternal genealogy. Mary Ball was the daughter of a well-to do Virginia planter. ' Sbo was born in 1706; was carefully brought up ?nd religiously trained. On March d, 1780, at the age of 34, she became the second wife of Augustine j Washington, a friend and neighbor . of her j father. The wedding was celebrated wk h the j old time generous hosp tal i ty of Virginia The Washingtons were planters of con? siderable means in Westmoreland county. Mary Washington found herself the step? mother of >everal children and the mistress of one of the most corni o rab la- homes that section of the country afforded. It was a one-storied frame he u-e with a steep roof, j I four large rooms, and an entrance hal} [ 1 of old-fashioned width. At each end j of the house on tba outside was an enormous chimney, lt was situated on an eminence j about half a mi!? from the Potomac river, ! commanding a view of the Mary and shore for miles. Here, on Feb. 22. 1732, Georg?, the first child of Mary and Augustine Washington, ! was born. Six children were even ually I born to them. They were named, raspee- ! tive?y, George, Betty (afterward Mrs. Lewis), ! Karnuel. John Augustine, Charles and Mil- j dred The la-1 ramed died In infancy. Th? throe sons inherited separate plantations in ! Virginia from their father, and there lived j and died j When Gee i ga vas6y*?rs old the Wash- ? ingtons removed to a larce pl Elation of . farm on the Rappehaanock river, opposite j Frederick >ur g. Th? Washington* owned many slave?, and j the spinning wheel and loom and sewing i room required constant care from Mrs. 1 Washington It was a religion* household. j Boih Mr. end Mrs. Washington were members , of tho Episcopal church, and family pravers, i 1 at which A 1 the servants were present, war? 4 th/ ru a of the hova , The mo her was a soriou?, earnest person, i whose reproofs to he.* children were often j 1 made in "CriptursI language. ' flo.ior iby fattier and nuttier" was a coram*nd so thor? oughly instilled Jn^o their young mind* thal the)- were rs obedient an 1 reveren in their later rs ;n ir*:r earlier year-. Mrs. Wast j inj:t<-n wa.* left a widow when i-eorge was but lt 3rears old. i^h'- was th* guardian of her stepchildren as well aa her own, intrust? ed with the revenues of ?heir propertv until tbev severally came of age, a trust she con? scientwusly iu.fidel. r-ho ruled kind.y Int firmly, exacting j defprenee as well as ob: dtente, and this, it j is said, her children willingly paid to the day of l:er death She was dignified to the ; point of being severely tately. From her, j dou 'tie's. Gen. Wa-hiuglon inherited the j awo-inspiriop manner l.e was said to pos- ? sess There is an old -^cry des erl Ling the j discomfiture of a man. an officiai of high j rank, too, tv bo oi-ex* familiarly put his hand j on Washington s shou'dor. He ?-aid ho ! wouldn't do it .-.pain to save his own life. j That mother andeon were much alike in ; chirac .er. apt-earancc and conduct, the: e ? can Lo no doubt. Koth vero lacking iu j bunn r ?rd .ni -g nation; both were silent, ? re: ervrd. Kcif-c< niair.cd and S T ons. George frequently spent - his holidays et . Mourn Vernon ^ : .h !;i- brorhtr Lswrence, why w-is large.y resj.-ousiole for putting him 1 in th? way o? a military career, and who , bequeathed to him Mount Vernon. When he wes but 14 years old a midshipman s j position on a British man-of-war could have' i been secured for him. but his mother refused' her consent This little incident doubtless saved biro from obscurity. Later she cheer? fully assented to his departure to the French and Indian war, and from that time on he only saw her un occasional visits. Before starting north to assume comm an 1 Washington visited his mother, and daring his absence wrote her repeatedly. When j ?he heard him extravagantly praised she an- ! fwered that Pi ovidence ordered all things; j or said simply that he had been agood son and ' she t ellered be bad done bis duty as a man should. She did not see him for six years. After the surrender of Cornwallis st York? town, Washington visited ber attended by his staff. > The people of Fredericksburg gave a bail in his honor, which was attended by the most distinguished officers and citizens. That was the only occasion when 3d rs. Washington appeared in public with her ?on. "rho was then over 70, and received more courtly attention than any other figure ! present her illustrious son not excepted. ' She is described as "the picture of beautiful simplicity moving among the dazzling throng dressed in the appropriate costume ufa Virginia matron of the olden time." Tba Marquis de Lafayette visited Fred erieteburg especially to bid Mia Washing? ton good-by. He found her in a homespun, dress and sunbonnet, working in her garden. "Ah, Marquis,*' she said, 'Von see an old woman; but come, 1 can: make you welcome to my poor dwelling without the parade of changing my dress.'' j When Washington was elected president he paid her a farewell v sit This was the year of her death Both felt that the part? ing was the last in this world. She was then fast journeying to the life beyond, having for veers been tffllcted by a cancer, keeping her ailment a secret as long as it was possible to do sa She dial on Aug. 25,1789, in her KU year. Her grave was unmarked, even by r head stone, till the the year 1833, when j FiSSident Jackson laid the corner stone of a 1 monument to her memory.' A colossal bu>t j of Washington was io adorn the shaft and that surmount? 1 by the American eagle sus? taining a civic crown above the hero's bead;- This was to be its inscription: "Mary, the mother ot Washington.'' But alas, the pedestal is moss cove: ed and un- ' finished, and the marble from which* the ?haft was to bare been made lies beside it ; crumbling to decay. The accompanying picture, drawn by W. O. Hasard, of Fred? ericksburg, gives a faithful transcript of its appear Recently the citizens of Fredericksburg j have petitioned Mr. Croxton, their represen- j tative in congress, to endeavor to have the bill soliciting on appropriation to finish this monument introduced last winter, referred to an appropriate committee, and acted on without I008 cf time, in the hope of securing its pa-sage during the present session It is Marcel? possible that congress will turn a deal car to* this appeal THE OLD CONTINENTALS. In their ragged regiments'? Stood the old Continentals, Yielding not When the grenadiers wer? lunging ?Ad like ha l fell the plunging Cannon shot; When the flies Ol the isles. From the smoky night encampment lore the banners of me rampant Unicorn. And grammer, grammer, grammer Bolled the roll of the dru tam er, - Through the morn, Then with eyes to the front ali, And with guns horizontal. Stood om* sires; And the balls whlstkd.deadly; And In stieam-t fla*hlng.redly Biased the titea; As i he-roar Gm the shore Swept the serong battle breaker*, O'er t he gxeen-*odded ant? of the plain; And louder, ouder. louder Cracked the black jun powder. Cracking amain! "Sow like-smiths st their forges Worked the red St George's Canneaer-; And the "villainous saltpetre** Bong a fierce, di verdant meter Bound their eats; As ths swift Storm drin With hot, sweeping anger. Came the horsegajurdV clangot On car flant*; Then higher, hierher, oigher Bumed the oM-fa^foaed-flje Through the raak* Wh'*n-the old-f sshfsned colonel Golloped through the white inferna*.' rowder-cload; And hi* broad sword was slinging, And his brazen throat was ringing "trumpet loud; Then the hine But eu flew, sad the trooper tacket? redden At the touch of rh? leaden Rifle breath; And mander, minder, rounder Koa red the Iran alx-poundt-t, Hurling death! (?TY Hnrrmticr XcKisxsn A Historic Landmark, yrannee'i tavern, where Washington had bia quar >n when the British evacuated .New York, 1? ?tin it anding. The picture represents lt as fe ia It lean Immense bnt'd'ng, locate! on th? cerner of Broad rod Pearl s?ret t\ near the Battery- It was there the prneipa' officers of the army yet remaining In the ?er? fee took l^ave of their beloved chief Wa-bing lon entered the room where they were as-ensb ed, ind. ta ^ i ru a glass of wine in hts band, ?aid, vith a avert fail of love ?nd gratitude: "I n?w lake lea**? ?t you. I moat devout y with chat your hat er day? mar be a? proa-wrou* and happy a* your former nnes have he- n glorious and honorable." On* bv ?>ae \h y ca-p.'d h's hand, w bile tears and fobs st fled lh??!r word*. He le as d each cn--, iir.d v.-<?pt v>i-h th nt Heroic >.ouU *h;-y had urn* ibrough th?, ?ocg ?nd awful v, ar wir h dry eve?, but when lt was crt?r, and peace s?parated them, they wept lite wemen. H? l_nd lt with His Little liatcheC ABOUT MOUNT VERNON. A Glance at Freedom's Mecca and Its Treasures. The great of many lands joanr-y to Mount Vernon to loo? upon the tomb of Washing? ton 'TisbaTowed grouni. The spirit of the past is about it. L k? a picture of a vanished time the old Virginia dwelling and its fair surrcnrmfhtg'i greet the eyes of the pilgrims who vi-jit it The:scheming, striving atmosphere of the capital taits away from ona like a garmmton entering that holy retread There mern ries of the man who lo ved liberty so well that ha gave his life to her service extinguish the worldly ambitions of the day. Bator? that plain but eloquent tomb all stand hi reverence. It holds the clay garments ?f a hero. There heads are uncovered and beat, eyes grow dim, and reverent lip3 pray. m * Mount Vernon was named' in honor of Ad? miral . Vernon, under whom its .fouodar; Laurence Wallington, served in the British navy. It was built in 1743, is in Fairfax county, Va, located on tha right .bank of the Potomac, seven'.een maes' south of Washington. The hoifra,- or manion, as it waa originally called, is two stories high and contain? six rooms Of moderato siz? o a tba ground floor. The picture represents it as seen from the river. Gen. Washington bequeathed Mount Ver? non to Bush rod Washington. v, Ac Bushrod's death it passed into tba hm Ls of his nephew, John A. Washington.^ who, in 185^ sold ifc to the Ladies' Mount Vernon as ooiation for 1200,000, Edward Everett contributing over $68,000. The association hold'' the place in trust, as a place of public interest, and upon the dissolution of the association or i s failure-to perform the objects for which it was formed Mount Vernon will re vert to the state of Virginia. The tomb, is a lbw hundred yards from tira horne, near a .mall wooded ravina Tba picture represents ' the entrance. The body of Washington, wa? removed thither from the old family Yan! t in 183L A plain and poor structure, 'indeed, ia the tomb where rests the mortal part of the great patriot. Its front is rough, and has a plain iron di or insertad in a. atone casement Over the door, on a stone, panel, is graven these words: **I am the Resurrec? tion and the Life ; he that bal le ve th in I Me> though he were dead, yet shall ne live." A brick wall, twelve feet lugh, Incloses the tomb. Its iron gateway extends several feet in front of the vault door, over which, tn the stone coping, ls a tablet with tins in? scription: ."W?hinthis indosore rest tha remains o? Gm. George Washingtosu'r The sarcophagi of Washington: ~ ancf* his wiie are in the ante chamber of the tomb, r ir rn in plain, sight; "That of / V V '?X ' Washington has %C lid. J * >*? \ V on whiah. ia^culptcred f\ \ the American shield / *\ \ .iMP^ded^er.^cwfes / ^roSrlk l?00*^ ftagaj. Aneag?* / _* wkn open wings perched I *WSnfffiH,^?7^r^m **** ^P61**0*" bar I ^^lljlii!^^ /of thc shield.forms the I W^?l?lllr^ / cre5?s ^ engraving of l\ \!?l?'i!tV^ / wbi h is herewith given. 1 \ VS?W^ * / '?ut m mar.tIe below tha I V Ns?7\\ I dssig11 is the ramo 1 \ j "Wasningtort^ I When i \ ? I Washington wa^ nrst 1 W/GW?afl*\/. . entombed asi2verplate \ f in the form'of a shield 1 \VV \ ? / "?ns placed on tba lead?n l \ V \ 4 / co~^ Its inscription 1 \\ \ 1 ; / .was: ^G^OTgeWashmg I V \ / ton, born Feb. 22." 1732; ?--:-? died Dec 14,1 ?S?* hx the north room ot - the mansion Washington entertained his political f rienda Among the pictures on its walls was a small portrait of himself, on the back of which some ooo un? known, presumably an Eagish gentleman, wrote the following nobie tribute, a~ perfect epitome of the character of the great patriot: ? "Washington-the defender of hf? country-the founder of lib-rey- the friend af man. Hi ?or / and tradition are explored tn vain <Or a para'Iel to M* character. Ia the annals of modem greatness he ?rands- alon?; and the noblest names of ant?cjnlty lose their la>tcr in his presence Bom.the benefactor of mankind, he united all the qualities necessary to? an ?rasirioos cara.r. Nature made him -great; he made himself virtuous Called by his country t-> tba defence of her libcr?ie-, he triumphantly vindicatif the right? of htun-nls .-, and on the pillars of national Independence laid the foun iattoasof a great rep.ib 11c. Twice hive ted with supreme magis rac/ by tho ua-ninxKu voice of a free pc? pie, he surpassed in the eahinct the glories of the field. andorolnntarlly re t-lgnlng the scepter sui the sword, retired to me shades of private Uta. A spectacle so h?w*and so gu bil '.ie wa* con em plated with, the profoundest ad? miration, and the name of Washington, adding new luster to humanity, resounded- to the remotest re? gions of ihe ear h. JiagnanlMiou* in youth, grorious through life, great la death; h.s highest ambition th ? happiness of mankind; hi- hoblest victory the con <rue-t ?f hiros;,l\ Bfeqaeathlar tn po-terity the is b-ri tance of h's fame. and buiWlug his tnouun<eut . q the hearis of hU countrymen, be ivod the ornajben; of the eighteenth century; he dred.regretted by? m jarnlnj world." The Land of Washington. I glory lu the sages Who, la the dav? of yore. In combat met the rot-men An>; rirovs th -rn from th? ?hot?: Wb > fl ung our b*nne*V starry fielf In rriunii'h to th? brease. An ? spread broad maps of cities whare Once wavc? the forest freos. I glory In the spirit Whfch goaded th m to rise, And form a mighty nation Ben-atb the western sletes. Ko clim* TO bright and beautiful As that where sets the sam Ko land so f=?rti-e, fair an t free as that of Washington. _QEOITOK P. nc ?an. Guide-Books on Two Feet. IXcw "Sork Tribune.] Con^iderinT tiie amount of information that ii j s been pu bushed about the burial place ot Gm. Graat at Riverside the public would be - up? el tibe pretty familiar with it- features. R.-ceatly a group of worn sn from tba city or vicinity, otter vNitinr the t>mb, stood for several minutes observing t?e cam;) of tbs guard at U.iitai States s wdier.N uThi. is Camp Grant,* re mnrlted ona of the vi iW.s. ". f the Grant Army of the K public. *T didn't think it was th it," an wervd another dubiously. '.Yes, it i\" empLaticaliy; ''io you see tho e soldier ? in uniform? Tuey are Grant Army men. T ey oav^ these camo> ai over th 3 couniry." Dr. Ebarc, the snrgo n <>f thi F..th artill-ry. 1 H>:??d from ai; ta it io -ev who was h< liing tha coavjrsiftion. "Isn't tii C ra J Gran ?if ' a-^kel th? fir^t speaker? "it is," replied t.;o sur^eo?i gravely. "Therev I cal l you sc:" she exclaimed, clinching tha ar?u aie nt a $ tho ?roup m^ved away?