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VOLUME XVL i'fei JJiiS

CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, APRIL «, 1871. tSfe" .... -i V : —— . -.=Uirfrrr4rr-. ' ."il =£===— .l .. - • .... -- 4*. \ L - — - . , M

WHOLE NUMBER 838

OrsocA, the Viper. ^a^jatSeats^ • Tdm tly st^sa.s, ssi^Ms d <— *c^itsJStissis^£:2s fs? a 1 '**■■*?' «•" MTC • la lr.,*s I s gtounC *afyegr^^_. "i rSStaransKSsf"' ■ • •©Jpfflfe-- ' F^CsMbsa* •- rues- .Upl wall !Osl a«kl AUtrr^'tZ^ko-Eln""' "ia7j"V£mmT:XnW ***'' 3S5ifis^8C! im »*•** ro "iTiiwiitJ. i *#"- ■saiii-i:?-srag»» — ^ teVysasJ^sss wiajU'.r Tasdw&^ssjr* tM3nffSSrjSSST*m- ..*•■* i,nW stress "l» Ha swret slrey- • (Mail |m> Caaaa irLaar) . "ggHigjM. Qg» flwr. i Will bo to^mt father. X. " A UUtenU-fc.bi.ilwd cl amber, pud a little old-fasMranl occupant. A I prim, tiny mom fhilufqusiul treasures ! and fanciful uufcahh-usld" devices; a < prim, tiar bead allli.- wlr.Jow, full of quaint urosun* ton, and f. netful ....- < faahlraobk idma. A to*- 1 which the I Mar moonlight limM r tlbrr sadly. 1 aa Nelll.. O'Neill rnlsrel Ih < Wind alum- i if and loo!* 1 op; up her ald the uu- 1 moved wbue blinda oppeJta; up beyond Ito tltra nn which lb; moonlight glial coed white ami wet; up beyond 1 the pure pale m># itarll'. a-arcbluu the atrip t4 deep nnflilhemabte blur I which hum; abow the rxmwrqulot I ■hart. Prrhape Iba wtethil, cl.lldMke rye* , could read no answer ttov u* Iba one ■ great qui alimi which iroiblcd the in, for wton Nrttl* drew tto blind d»wn ; again, aa liogrringly aa ah., had raia. il i it, (tors wo* a great serloutneaaoa tor She mnred bur drmlng-table back inln Ua plan before the wtnilnw, lighted , h-r cradle again, and, standing in lla light at her high narro r cheat of draw era, opcurd licr desk. , Bach thing, taj to be takrn out separately that It might t> put In pro- , prrly afterward*, "otj mrallshlv." aa j Nettie uaed to any. PI rat the llulc square embroidered caar with "postage atam| a" wurksdelaborately nu one aide, and containing the own stamp -attlt, arhteh had ( lawn put Into it at lla macuf-ictura.— j Th.ii dw-teadsd pra-wipsr. aha- Ink - confined to the htxck rl-th. tracing the * a little flu lag of thin while ailk, with ' 'WowjS" worked In b'ark letters j for In It there lay ooh focr letters, and though Ibry were uiite , allow ur , EH:rAv5f3; a second Utile lam. >* id" > ailk this. ( ^ lore, not very bulky in .tppraranre, " for thorn lay but one tmaitavered tor laU. Thia Nettie drew out and atawly J uperad. U in* but no. stoat uf note >' ' XSl " X* T i aflfcOamte form. wire new 'and dali- j 1 Vttan toirTbJ'd^d™1 li'oher tod i " •rrhfoo to loir fifteen yegra tqftn.- [jj l'.rtofe to. a., try ing lo reed lu tha|» eol pa iuwww la that d' uht which '' StK 'j ssasArss S frit'isr' fofi'h T"r *• „i 11 atoK i! a*" a'^SI S*J-fer I SNSL'

• BMirvaWtrefkmi ' vro rarely aoter. la thia what your " mnlrtn' ufoold nave witoed, my drar? Ia thia the lib yoo can four to think ahe looks opon? I know her ebn|i» » s^Kxwsjtaais. I lsnda With ua. Who a» praper In he a • mother to you, Mettle, aa your matber'a only aiat- r? Corar and be a daughter tome, andaalvtrrtollniiam; the only rniialn yna ban- io the worll; ■ oud in coming you will do the only good that ia In your power to the man I am aahanwd to call y.mr lather Remember that any acroplra you may urge I ahall look upon aa Inaalu to yoor ruather'a memory; and I only ex - I goot^tohear bow aoou Uraham may "I am, , dear child, your own loving aunt. "Ellxx LrrT*I.TOX." 1 There waa a long ailcnco la the room after Nettie had nail thrae word, aloud u> tier or If, then the oaodle waa lauSd with a quick, resolute little hand; and Nettle, .till .landing against the high drawers, began hi write the i .fifth answer ahe bad composed lo this letter, which had dbly reached her tw. 7 to oac should b. poatnl; Ihitoould he the real oar; bat How bard It waa to know exactly what pi my! She wnile, slowly and carefully, that ahe could not cu, that bur first duty lay with her Calhcr, aak|ng who eu to her with him, or care fir him. If hi. own daughter would n.*»Wlinac doty, or pleaaure, (put In with rather a gulp,) .lOghl-R to b«, If not hcraf She .igned her name with many words if love and gratitude, read the 1 I. Iter over twice, f.id.< araled, and add rowed It, put on ibe noe stamp out of the perforated case, ami then In ,a new baato jumpad Into bed, and tried ' U. think Of Infinite raruliy, and ao (all ' asleep. Bat Ujrlng lo ihlnkul niitbing la the very way Pi think of every thing; sod the puul.d lllll. toad upon ' iu pillow .B> as for Horn sleep aa 11. thoughts were from vacancy. The lo^yeyea iraaW keep an wide and ' wakeful in tlic moonlight. Their lids ■ might tore been bad fitting ones for their pcrfoct* Incapacity for keeping clnawl. while the quick ears were op.-ii ' to every sound. They need not lo H. bveu very quick though to eate^ Ufo ..mud that bndm the .IHire at ioat; a ' peal that clashed tlireugli Urn houra ' with peremptory iiapmianoo. NeUie • •pemiig.BU of bed mnl allppid nn tor . dreaa with nervous hurried fingers, | onA.temd the d.mr a« the bcllaunied 1 the Silence ooer more. "Haw. fog kept nu- waiting long enough yatl" waa tha am. ring 1 greeting the reratod, a. her fother I paaard her, steady ing his steps with difficulty. Such a {touching, pitiable figure. d-.plfo.Ua height -and good prepor- , i lions. Such a mean, unmanly fore, iie.pl te lu regular fcaturea and a-.fi ' grey hair that R did wvtl to hasPn out ol the shamed monullgfat. Into the gi.a.ni of lbs little passage, whete llw ; girl atmal with hare fret on the worn floorcloth. S.r you, father. Tinr raid you should ' hare your toy." "Did IT' to drawled fumbliiig la ouo jaickrl. "Then why didn't you glre It to roef" *-XdW. You took It with ynu," said quietly, aa ahe .Phipixl to boll Ibe door agwia. •Dou't argue wifh me. Where's 1 my supp-rT" "It's just oneo'ctock," the girl sail, low, without raising her hnul; "rarely y.m have sapped?" "That's on baainrae of yours. Oct « wane hot water. ' ' ' "Not to-night, fother." whi.prred ' Nellie, coming nearer to hbn. "The 1 fire ia out, sod it la so tale for tan t„ ' Hghl another." 1 For an instant, a silly softened l.»A c •bde over hte fcro at tor touch. In I the next it was gnoe. and something 1 he tittle guv*.,.! of wa. gone with it. 1 lis gam bar an impatient path. * "Uol flicgir. op p. light it. Urea, and y.m go to tod. I never can art " what use ynu are in the tinner Call 1 the girl up. X say. and let ore bare ' a. unr h d water. Ynu seem to aw pi 1 forget who la matter here ' ' "Would yna rather 1 lameintand 1 that, than that you were my fother?" ' raked Nettle, atokrty. 1 ! bith,'' he anawond. trying to strike a ■ I light, but foiling In the attempt, ami. k | auto did en, luutfoirel vrnrtli which ll | nmle Nettie slradder, as thechiil ulglu air bad 4o power to do. "Well, what are yne scaring at?' '' j 'I wo. ttylng." said tin, girl, turn- 1 I Iter ryce (lowly away; "I was trj- 1 | ing to do aa yoo aay-to raaremher « ! UiHt yoo an. both I will light the fire, I If ynu rraBy mean It to be lighted. " '' ! "Are I a fad to my It If I d .. not? 1 haote about It." " The great ekwk of St. Uartla'. waa | striking two. wtoa Nettie atoh- took 13 into tor little tod-r-m-dark now. | foe lbs moon had giidwl away to |..,k >- on other tighu— and the two heavy strain* eibrateti thsnugh her Hkr two 1 toata of tor wwa toout, .. at.»d baalfottag. a raU.ulr no her redd bare foe t, the. hard, wkkad words .la. j the darkmra. 1 . Striking a light, aire opened to* neat 1 1 lltilc desk uuee urere. and Iregan P. | write. Neither Jowly unr crcfolly ! ■ this dm-, an I pa'.iin ■ in an WarJ thti ? was antrecraiary, do hem. tra word .4 . * thanks. She only told: -- reisrsr-j^ssri;!: otre to letch me. I hat.- ttowght. nn I ,b^to,an,(retoj^U.^Yr , Noutedkfut read this orer. She and fcala— I the .mrelupc with ranch J

- reilj -.uppaaradic Jraaid ho (smptot « i,. post the first I It would, to aafor, ^ crhapr, to tUkuoy that -mo, preaerv g tog aoly the stamp; an ahe tore the v idaborale, careftilly-writteo letfor' into fifty frattinmu, anil totrai them ell — J Then once more lb- aio.ll few lay upon lla pillow; and the dawn, creep a ing In with iu cold aweet smile, found e the wide, desolate eyes, searching— * rearrhing still! Twelve! St. Martini toU told atoh { stroke languidly, whlio lbs sunshine 'i ihtnred round tire grey old tower, sod " .rem trade s few alight, fickle alJ lem|rt« to reach tha low window, of the . funnel trauma below, and look ia r clieeriogly. Twelve 0'cVwk. and Nettie sal at 1 tire table waiting hreakfost, tor hair and her dreaa neat and prim as ever; 1 to r work ia one idle band, aa alio ' leaned over the prettily arrang-fl ' breakfast table and softly moved with J the ottor a .pray of fading hawthorn, 1 iu a glass near Jier father's real; 1 looking at It, and touching it very ' th-mghifttlly. 1 At tto souwl of the opening door alia starPal np. nadiug her follwr's fare rather infontly oa aire grw.-U.-l him ' I'.mr child! there was llulc to read ' llrerc save utter moodiness sod disremtenl. ' "Is tbl. all yna have lorhreakfou?" ' to naked. aiUing down before ito llltlo dish of ham. ' "Vr*. father, that Is all today. " He dropped hi. knlf • sad fork and pustosl hi. chaii a little back, tapping | hit foot impatiently. Nettle look him bla cup of tea. hardly woodcring , why lie had an relish for hit find. "If you want eniueof thia, help ymir- ' self." be said. "1 eopi«w you wno't cry about that, th. ugh. Ynu ran go Pi tod when you like to-night." . "Y>m are away a great deal father, " raid Nettie, with an odd little catch in [ tor ."tea. "I nerergn aaray nt all." "You ao- wvlcoioe to go," to said, ' careteraly, "if anybody iikca lo have you." "Shouldn't you rare V" she asked, with a pleading wiatfblaoaa lu tor ; vj~" "Not a bit." to replied" ill ttolkwa are * tumnoc of the impnaaibHilyuf tto truth ' of his word, being tea tod. "What w.mld it matter P> me? Now, then, Wtoa N. tlic brought It to him, aha laid one m-rvuue little hand upon hi. 1 •<." mse, open tto door," to- began , impatiently. "llat My good-bye, father; you an- ■ going away, you know.'1 "Faugh I what tragics. How tunny "One. • "Take It than." "Father," said Nettie, looking into small fitce, "1 believe If are were parted forever v.m wonld u d kiaa ma or your own five will. Should you? obould "Take you arms away, ynu baby. ffton you are going away forever you ran judge for yourself. That ia not Pi happen yet awhile. Open Standing back almisst ahrlnkingly in tlic little |iaasagv, N.-tlic watch ttoUll tiguru lii-sit tic a inomcnt on tbu stop l-Mikmg up Uu- street and down, then turn off slua ty out of sight, with never die backward glance which little a eltie would have grasped at in this mons. nl of doubt and iodecteiuu. If. The dainty .lusdows roibd smoothly aliHsg Ito level lawn at lireenlands as coyly over the broad face of tto white August wo; and aa ttoos shadows hurried on tto-y nu up Nettte'a while j dn sa and taoch-M for n ramamt tto Utile Ihoaghtfnl rare. But they poawil qoiekly and reftly. a. sh ul-iw. sh-aild pass (ban a young ami guilds** fisee. though ems ow strolling towards thinks that there flitting shadows stay loo tag in ito big, radiant ryos. enmmer suit, sad an oU foil hat on tto very back of his handsome band ; and aa Nettie sits <rtl tto gran j tlilnklag how sweetly and sadly the i-hiine from Ito distant steeple break, the valley, to stands and tain down tor wfth a vary tender light io his laughing gray eye*. I w under you did not hide in my abscoca aa you generally da. I waa gathering this," bo said, holding oula "How tosutifbl, Uraham," aha said In* whisk* fore showing the pas. innate lore that had grown op within her for laiaahfci when at humc. "la it for , "Nat" to answered, shorty drawing I hla hand, and hegiunutg lo fatten tto rose lo bis c-at, "nut unless you ask aw prettily," ^"Tton wa may aa w»U go lo Ira ; the till boa rung." 8he hi ua toil a little io tor effort to took ditoiftsl, but Uraham read the childish nature, to thought, amy easily . knew wlielbor hU rau I uu leader ( tpeeehn hurt or pleas--d tor. j "lasok straight into my eyes,'- to ■ said., laughing, and aay-'Xtoar Gra- | ham, give me tto flower, pie ire. " Yon j kaow exactly bow to p trail when you < Ilttki laJy." . "1 hava osvur auy thing to pirad for now." ato raid, quaintly. "I kinr a j **>'■ What .Iran 1.1 1 plead for ?" ! "liksoivln you p> havcevaryJ thing you want J" naiad Uraham tantm. "k ou know it is, "-ahe aoM with a | little gulp. "Oaim, let ua *o. " | "SPqs. NsUK" to raid, slipping n a g . "a asking you atatt your prat T" thw^rfa?tof +**-

nd sHghtfagly af Um or show hfau so wsl nr. is Hie character of a tmrat (GrtbSm | t oboaa the mildest term to coitedAbtak he ofl ua ynu must doll ynu tell us to old privstloas; therefore I srtTfSgM9 — sprak of It again if I can ty but will try tto hirder to roSflak | p- y->ur home hriaht and happy anmntfa I ■ id to mtka up to ynu for thrae past jrgia, i , — and nuke you forget all tliS aftSilunaU that lie behind. Only, Nettie, youj :h wlU never talk of leaving ua as ynu ' oa tore lately frightened ma by dtacg | id sometimes. Promise me." it- She waa looking far of toy . ml tha j . he earnest, handsome face, and the little hi ; partial Upa were qulrsriag painfully. "Y..0 are happy with me— with as, - at Nettie ?'• be whispered. Ir "Too happy. Graham." slw aald, . ! r; bringing tor trca slowly bock lo hit ' « fnos, "too happy io ou way. O, ; d you don't know what It is to be petted ih and viilurd and l ived —after " 1 n, "I coo fancy It," he said wry tow, i si .'s*.! Um petting, and tto valuing, and ,t; the loving arc so delicious to us — to me ry especially. Nbttic.'fc She did uot blush at his heartfelt or words, ready aa her hloshre ware at 'a ottor times; nor had her eyes quits a lost tor distant look. * id "Graham, I have put off sprakiag s- day after day." she raid In harried, trembling tooce, "bi -cause I have been .*• s i c iwmnlly, so afraid of going back to |„ hardships and coldaeaa ; but 1 must now. 1 feel as if I cuuld at teat You know what we sang thia morning wtoa id ' we went into church that qnlte deIg cidrd roe. Graham, if auaty will let i k me, If you don't mind, I would be hap i "Are you hot oat here? Do yn*i re je illy wish logo h imj?" aakod Gra'I ham mleiapUmf to rise careless ty but ■o pulling hla hat a little over his face. "I tunaa home to my father." "Such whims little giris aometimi-a ia lake,'' to answered, striking her hair J ■■ S-Iltlj. - Collie, ii u Ira linis, yeM i. know." W re ••Oralutm, I really, Rpqlly mean It. 1 1 O. lisu-u, please." J, "I Will not believe yuu mean it. Nal-,-r tie." he said huskily. "Mr. O'NoiU , Has mida no effort to reuaH you, has >- n- vi-r bred as a fsttor to you. "How ( li c m you aet him before us who you love | it aodrarly? ltia oru-i to us if it fas not - i, t-rrq-l to ynorarlf." "0, busb," she cried, covering her , ie fore, tuddaaly, "I thought you would , Is l»lp me to sro what was right.' "Do you trust to me to abow yna ?•• . n "Yea." "Then it ia Ibis ; to stay and he a v | .lear little tolpfol daughter to your ■ uratlier'a aiakr. and to be— 0. it would , y take me a tag time to Bay what— to make strougsr than a fall or 'a— stronger , a hundred liases, than siach a Gather's , 0 a> yours." ^ , <1 iu tint world. ' said NeUto with a pit- , ir court sadness hi ki-r great innooani , d eyes, "and yoo made me out off one , of them, or two. " "Not I," said Graham eagerly, "it u was to who did it first, this loving ; it fother of yuan. Let us talk no more . u "f him. Here is your rrar ; it will , s rati brighten up tto sad Hub- fare-." j u " riios-i wunli we rang hare haunted , II toe ever aiucc. liraham," she raid. , p walking slowly beside him, taking up , n Into bis foce with eyes be could not :r fathom. ' 'X Will rise am? go lo my , i- fothi r.' Do you renwmber ?" r "Ttnt fother was a gvnentua, loving , one." hu answered, genliy, 'lira his , ton would not have gone liaek to him , y you may bo sure. Here is mother | , coming to tto door lo took for ua.— , 1 How she will smile at yonr bk-U no- , , Iran. Noitie dear! " ( a N rttir t«n. up to tor rowo whim they , j n-arbul the house, and Mrs. LyUteton ; e turned to tor sin. , ,| •'VVbstl the matter with tto child. . d Graham V , "1 1-ipect she win tall you herself " ( a he avid fretfully as to stood oppoaitr s her, iraulng against tb* doorway; "1 ; ,, think she is hankering after that mire , , crahls life y,m rescued tor from." , „ ■ Ximranea lit la Impossible." , "I fear It Is ao. mother Boas ridi- ., cutout notion of duly arctua to have , c Irvn always la her I wad. You know , 1 how happy she has bean ; you know | ,, how changed ahe la. Surety you will | , to able to cnavinx tor that it would p.. ir little tll-aoed " , "Hush, dear; oD that will not be t ,i tH*cssary. She oaunot really mean ll, ) . she is ate happy with us. ' • , 1 "1 hare thought so, but I suppose , t i wado u it und-rataud tor," to said, , r Spas kill 11 wearily. "8he will be sure , , to apeak of it again to-night and wa , r must try what our united perauaatoos , will du." | K Tto Sunday twilight crept down tlie , i <1 isunt bilte, and tto quiet valley rataA | u under iu droopiug wings; but the , aliadow of those soothing wing* til ( « I warily and radly upon Um little group ( around that open window, through ; o which summer evening fragratK* crept t * In wiwdagly. Tto mother, hurt and disappointed , r na her g-tllle argoinenta foiled to era- , vitro- the girt whoso votoa vna ao firm , * while tor raft, child-like foe- paled , I- and quivered, watched tor son aa to , a Stood over Nettle, pleading with and , u rarnratoraa, or paced tto room with , Ihu and an<ry vrurds. that pie-trod tto , * lil.ii* brrakiag toort which tltiv of hia ha,l .tirred Into a new hfc, atal brobgbt ■ e bill siiarp loan iiilo the eyes that , i-mtod rat amoug the deepening shad- , i- -rardiiag for something beyond their , keo. | » They pictured tor two tomes in aU , i toil better rantrasL The) reminded ,

tftara .OfXtto—wer was Ml «m3| I 1 [Tb« thtel" two friends pleaded their I t I own tesifor tor, tbrir loneliness if .to I p|-Ty lIJJ. fingers kull tightly ia each j < ,4 other**? ito young Upa were porker- 1 I r I sd Wteh pain. Then they tried to show I i j bar ttesi it was emu;, aclflsh, and uu- . , i grat^ fo tara tor mother's frieoda, , i ] and go lack gtteer awn accord to a sin- , i , ahadowWHft. I I Tfco liute tired toad dsooped against i I ! Uic window, aad the ryes grew bcwil- i drred io tlieir search among the shadI own. ;■ ■ "You will have thought better of t those silly foodes io tto morning. Net- , -' tie dear," Mrs. I.ytWtoci raid at teal ' kissing her aa she rose. "If out, I ahall , have recourse lo a Uttle wboclaomo aoi ihoritj, sad refuse you parmiaata or , powar lu leave me; but you will obey I roc, I know, though, without my having to takarefiigr in those means. Now i . ; lot ua go la bud,-' ahe added, kissing I tto young tsoe suras In sredden pity, : > "and I am quits rare you will have I forgot inn these arguments by lo-mor- i t row.1' t Hut there were a few words NeUte i i cuuld not forget -a few words auog tlrnt morning io tto white church on ' the bill; aad ao it was that next day i when Graham came iu front his ride 1 i retrod to the form, and sought his llt- > tie love, he could sot find tor. 1 i Nettie aad her Utile shabby dress ' i were gone. They only found io Ibe I i sunny chamber the pretty clothes io ' > wtdcti they hoddekghtrd to ses her. ' . nnd/t little peuitaollotter that breathed 1 quaint, resolute bravery through all its pathos, and had only one line blot- ' i led with tears. "I will nriee and g" to my father." 1 Uraham —alone ia the bright empty 1 room -covered his tyre with hla ahak- I log bands, god tried to imagine for ; i what threw lean had tocn oh-d. And I Ida sod, dry eyes could read, in thofow ffiK>r-»ui»<Hl words, a little of tto . Mguuy the louely child bad suffered on I . j that Suuday night. in. ; " Where shall you be to night, 1 O'Neill X" 1 The person addreosod. a tall, elderly 1 ' gentleman with a haggard face and 1 1 listless step, Stopp-d and turned Indo1 tally. "Nowhere, Grey Nowhere ia par- ( ticnlar, I suppose , or rather in auy ' »pH to whlcn the spirit takes roe. " 1 "Why didn't you honestly put It 1 plural at onus ? I'm glad to Ix-ar it. though. We have a little party at 1 1 Harris'; I'll call for you on my way. Wc shall to able to make a capital ' 1 night of it." Mr. U'Xallllfooe bad flushed oddly. J ' The time waa oat very for behind him wton this man dared not have spoken ' him so; dared not hart taken it for J t'Er,^1tS'S!SS!!-iS»,!S ; through years of carebss diiaipuion. ' which be hod even shusned sod avoid1 ed through Itoss later more reckless j years. f "I am not snra that 1 can come," . ! Ill* began, but stopped, seeing bis cum | : pinta's broad gin of curiosity fixed 1 thia flame that would rite hotly ' his foes against Wa wUi. He shook the limitation away with a pride which ^ meaner rind foteer far than the ' shame that bad caused it. "I do not know that I have another appointment." "I'm sure- you haven't,'' said tto ' ottor. roughly '-Yoo owned that to ' with, and I rather suppose you dra t intend to sit at tome in single ' nras, and shed a tear for tto | departed daughter. Oh, what a milaneholy Bhyiock. and yat no docata gone, only a ttaogbter! You look ' much like a tenanting parent. let roc recomtnan! ynu to mourn ' longer. Cast away your weeds. She has tag-Mien all about her old "lift 1 this time. Ynu should have forgot- ' all about tor too. " ' ■ ■ 1 have forgotten, " raid Mr. O'Neill, , lo sudden heat, "though it is no htuiof yrara. I have no duubt 1 ' shall to at liberty. You wlU call in 1 bra. Grey, will you ? Good-evening." 1 Why should net to go there ? Why ' should be not go anywhere now ? Who waa there to contaminate except 1 and was there anything to ] 1 keep hi mat home? Bat foul anything ever been there 1 that coakl keep htm at home ? whispered coasdeoce. Coaecteoc* had not ' a soothing companion to him lately, white the ooe evil spirit of old 1 ■loud with seven ottor spirits mage ' wicked than himvelf within the very 1 threshold of tto boose that was being ' swept and ptrotetad by weak, irreeulutc hands; and, ss he knew, stepped 1 boldly forward wheo tho consent was given. Ho put Us toy lata tto door, 1 almost unconscious picturing the little ' figure that aaad to open U lo him ao 1 readily, hia step etectooed involuntarily in tto narrow passage. He cn- 1 ' tared tto allliog-tuom (so changed, to since tto "oldwaaidioh' little fin- 1 ' had been busy there ) with hla toad ' beat a little, aa It get* rally was now; 1 and something lathe vary atmosphere 1 »f tto room-even before hia eyra won. 1 nuaod — brealtod of a change. U* 1 ' quickened a little, aa to almost J expected evra before be had lime to I 1 think of it— that a light step would ; 1 come towards him. But there came 1 nunc, and to looked op. ' WaaUrmlly the daU changed room? 1 This, with IU window open to tto 1 evening breeze that had aoaae - 1 ' lingering fnwbnaoS in It still, and r ^v^rrrof *** or u.- . city saouto. Tto tea table bright and i ' naat, a buaci. uf hooey -suokk-v at h'l« ' |date aad s targe gtasa of wild rora. • in Ito middle of the table. Aad to- ' 1 teds it -evrnsa and sunny above all— » ; hi. little girl tore-lf. In tor old frunii[i 'shlalag n iih age and wear, but hav^■■BHraSiS

I break tto dream. And tto UUk foca. ■ j in Its child-like purity, and in Us i brave unselfish tenilsrnsss, ssemad to I come towards him across the tainted ' J current of hia backward Ufc, showing ' > | somrthlog that mighl.lk beyond. ' lis felt an odd. childish longing lo < stretch oat bis arms to her, and let tor , guide him out of reach or bearing of ' tnrbid rush. Perhaps nncooacioatly ' to did so. for bis arms were round to* ' ; and the quiet little head lay at rest 1 against hia beating heart. ' "Father,'' the whispered, "will j 1 yoo take me back— though I have I r honed?" He drew her, ckteer, but no words ' ; could para those close, tight Hps. 1 I "Are yon glad, father?" (There 1 > were each sobbing tear* in the low < r voice.) "Kiaa me if yon are. There 1 - la no need to tell me . an io words; ' . we shall naderauod each other always 1 Uttle Nettie, ia all hbr tweuty-ooc 1 : kiaa a» that, and ll brought Ito tears 1 . that struggled In her voice straight np 1 to tor eyes. But she did not hide "Father," ahe aald, looking at him i with great glad eyes shining through 1 . them, "it Is for, for better— to me— ' And tton tto fother— remembering ' the life hla child bad led lo thin home i of hia— ivowed hia head on tors, aa<| ! , childish tears Row as ,'ltoy I i would bom bis own tired eyes; knowing, perhaps, they wunld add nothing - I to the stained current. I Such a tea it waa ! Perhaps no ' •t rouge r than usual, bat so diflkrcoL With the dainty little figure at the end - - of the table and tha flowers, and tto care and tenderness, and the gay love- ' . talk. But how rudely it waa 1 - broken Into by that sharp ring at the < front door toll "Shall yoo be away long ?" asked i , Nellie, wistfully, as her lather rose i to leave the room. Only a few minutes. 1 do not want 1 —that person to be brought in here." And in those aatnc few minutes he re" . turned, and, with a tigh of wonderful ' relief, nt down at the open window. "Now we an together," said Nettie, softly, as she took her place beside him. "father, shall I sing yon one of tto hy una wc sang at church yesterday morning— the words God sent to bring . me homo again ?" i Tto sunshine had loft tbo narrow sttccL There were no smiling aocnled moodowt around tor. No struct clumittated from the distant hills. N» i earnest pleading voice was there, foiling with untold tenderness upon tor heart. No brave ayes— bright and soger— read tor unspoken wishes. No - gentle, motherly kiaa fell softly on tor lips. Yet the Wide, happy eyes searching gale. And she bad tor reward, beside the greatest of all iu Ibe performance of < to-r duty. Tto parent whom only a few months before nothing could ' (gave changed, and whose habits i sea trail fixed for life, at one effort with out the utterance of s word to his ■oust Intimate cronies, or even to the 1 child that all at once ice rod lo be iorxpresslttly piedous io hia At, he 1 marked out and pursued a ^HMif<He a ha ml rami bis old haunts, ind all ' connected with them; spent hie eve- ' uiogs at home in reading a.ei games with bis daughter; kind neighbors and ' friends viaited them now. Mr. O'NoiU ' gave hie daily care to hia forms, and 1 every way strove to redeem both 1 hia estate and hla reputation; and in a 1 little while to could be seen regularly 1 every Sunday attending worship with hia daughter, and becoming aU that 1 tho devoted child could expect in a 1 father, and an esteemed citizen, tak- ' ing an active part in tha afStin of the 1 country calculated to promote the 1 public wraL ' 1 f there waa a happier daughter than O'Neill, aha waa unknown at ' the time this was written. Her Aunt 1 and Cousin Graham soon heard of the miraculous transposition of things and tho latter waa not long In finding hla wgy to "Unds O'Neill's" as to called him. If be had been surprised and an unbeliever when Nettie', letter apprised them of the changed affairs at Jiuroe, he was still more so whoa he was met al the door by his unelc, a grand, handsome nun. still In the prime of lite, cbeerfU, of fine , cuorenSliooal powers, and proud, if a father was, and as well be might ho, of bla only child and danghAa to Nettie, tor fother 'a reformation bod mode bar a different bring. | Her happinoaa was ao great that when | she look her cousin's band she bunt , tnlo tears and sobbed oat her gratitude , u> God for all He had done for her. , Nevertheless, womanlike sbs could . not resist Grahaml persistent lore. , and with the full consent of tor fottor , she prutu i red to become hie wife, but , only ou condition that to would come to tor and abide there. She would be separated from tor fother , again. Tothia to acceded after a while, and then hia -mother waa induced to , join them. Tto honac waa soon aa | greatly changed aa everything else, and ; truly tto abode of coolratmrot. | It was tto attraction of tto nalghbor- ' hood. All tto beat people found a , : welcome there; and if anybody ever , I referred to Mr. O'Neill's previous life. . It was iu whiapgn and at a forbidden i; ■**•*-. . . ! The Wyoming papers ray that tto i! people artist territory are about to | 'abandon woman suffrage aa both mlt- , etiievoua and impracticable. - , > A California boy kicked a mule, iwier. Then tha mule kicked the bnj . once. Tto male is aa well as cirr; but • the toy now "sleep* hi the raDey." if George Francis Train and Vic , toria C. Wood bull are not disappoint- . ed, wo will have tw J president* m 1ST? , -which win to "i moot Aa artist baa painted a ph-lur* culled - ^Tba rsrn-r^lnT torero ritudy-j-

DRIVEH TO THE WJUA- 5 "And draft you know when yra» wBl past through this port of the „ , country again, Mr. Verley?" ,| "No, X draft," aald 'the oM toch- , clor, decidedly. c He was something .if a bear to an- 1 e, r *0 crustily wtoa Barbara Smith ; u stood ic tto doorway, with the shad- • p . owy lashes drooping .over the soft eyes, and rosea melting into i .. deep carmine on tor rosy checks un- i j, til tor mnslin dress waa plain io comI pariaon. Such a pretty, big-eyed, loving little Barbara aa* ahe was, in ! \ , all the blonde freshness of her eighsummers, and tto soft alglt that 1 , fluttered from tor Hps as tto one-horoc j c carriage drove awav, waa checked lo- 1 j > stanlly. Barbara tod no Idea of be- • t . coming a victim to unrequited love, j „ | though she tod rather fhncied Mr. ; Veriry during hia brief s. jrani at her , , father's heuac. ; V...W, J.—. - — j ~i'. •»- 1 „ , nut bug green draperies of the sum- [ „ , lanes, whistling sadly aa toff rove. | , , "I atoll to in very good time for the i 12.*) train," he meditated to himself. ! r , "Punctuality ia tto aoul of business. , , irod I never was one of the behind- . hand tribe, thank Provldcticr. lie- : | sides, I think It was toconilngdanger- , ras to remain In that place any longer. , I am thirty-nine to-morrow, ami that I ia Just twenty years too old for itw to j l go making a fi«l of io)-*«lf. Fancy , . roe getting married' No you don't, | , Jnoepb Verley, my friend. •' : ! As to settled himself romfiwtaUy In | ; , tto crowded railway car, and opened I, , the letter, tto suiiject again occurre.1 to | hit mind with curious persistence. ] ; , "The letter of my poor brother's ' , . executor enme just In time, ur I should I , i certainly have fuoletl away more time , tton would hare been sen.iMc or pro- • , II table. Poor dear Harold; I don't , I see what on earth posooeaed liim to ' ( , fall sick and die r.u hi, way home | (Vom Venice and tare his daughter | I ou my hands, too. Why rould to not | , , have left a son instead "f a daughter'' , I never did understand of woman's • wars, and what's mure I don't want , I to. I am to meet her at SpeedvIHe, , and take her home with inc. "O!" , , groaned Mr. Verier, referring dee- , i pairingiy to his letter. ' And what | f I'm going to do with tor when I gel ! ; there I'<l like to know! I suppose • she's a great creature, with ripgleU ( and ribbons, and Just as likely as not ■ on Italian lover talking sentiment lo , I tor — a creature that reads Byron and i keep* att album, and eata slate-pencil" s . and chalk. I'll send her to a board- | ■ ing school, thatl what I'll do with i r my niece— and perhaps when she has , I graduated there tto schoolmaster ran , > suggest some means of getting rid of ■ , large trunks, and a braoet-box and n | • oarrot's cage— that's the way women generally travel, I tolicvc. I am glad i ■ I am out of the way of Barbara's fits- , f ct nations now." , Mr. Verley looked out of tto car , I window, in a sort of calm desperation , i at the prospect before him. , "I suppose she'll want a piano, and t , moybo a poodle dog, and there's no , knowing what else. I don't see why , , Harold wanted to die and leave his .laughter to my care just now. Speodville station — twenty-seven mile* far- ; I ther. I wish It was twenty-seven • . mile*— that's what I wish.1' , , And with this vindictive sentiment ; I in bis mind, our hero tied a red silk . handkerchief over bis head, nu.l tried | lose himself in a series of bricl, , , troubled dreams, wherein tto vision of | , a tall nice young lady figured conapic- r uously. _ t i "Are we" tore alrtwdy?" to stiun- ; mored, standing to his feet, as tha , , reradnctor bawh-d out, " Spoedville , . Station," and selling umbrella, valise , and traveling shawl, with the bustling , i bewilderment peculiar to poople just , aroused ftotu sleep, to alighted. ; , speed rilie wis rather a huge-aimtl , village, situated at tto Junclira of sev- . , rrai railways, with an Imposing Atner- , i lean Gothic structure for a depot.— , lute tto building Mr. Verley walked, , looking right an left for tto young : ] lady whose guardianship to waa to , "Of course," he responded mental- , . ly, "she'll to nn tho lookout for me; , , women are proverbially curious." | , But Harold Verley' a daughter waa I not on tto lookout lor tor uncle.— , Wton tto crowd incident to Ute evrar Ing train bad subsided and tto people , i had goo^thairfflSAunt ways, tho only , , remaining occoptnta or tto depot were | Nr. Verley. a lame old man who sold . peanuts and appiaa, and a decent-look - ing colored woman, with a bright , Mad rasa Urban on tor toad who took l care of the building. Neither of throe , . could to hia nisw-, ao Mr. Verity, , after a little perplexed hesitation, ad- | dressed himself to the colored woman, , who waa busily polishing the window 't with a piece of crumbled newspaper. , "Atom! I was to meet my niece , , here to-day. and I draft ace her." , I "Your uieer. 'air? what Is tor r name?" , "Vortey." I , "Oh! Tea air; she has bran hero , these two hours, blcaa tor dear heart; I ibe ia asleep now. '' | "Asleep!" gasped Mr. Voricy; hot 1 tto stewardess only answered him by , 1 hnatliog into tto ioner deportment r and bringing out what appeared to bo a compact bundle, with a pink fore at j one end of it, and a mass of loog trail- , ing embroidery at tto other. Joseph Verley reooiled aa fisr a* tto | e angle of tho door would permit him. ' "Why— ill a baby!" l "To to aura it la, air." said the woman, "and aa fine a little girl as ; ever I saw; hlcas her sweet bheceyva." | t "lint isn't there a nur* or srnno ; each person tore, who would take ~ charge ol tor!'' I " "There waa a nnrsa brought tor on, | sir, a i|ueer, foreign-looking ttiing, a with a yellow akin nod hair aa black m , aswffdKiaciissss the nett steamer- 1 couldn't nodoratand

New York on the two o'clock train." | Joseph Verley shod aghast, staring | at tto rcwy baby aa it lay crowing in woman's arms, and wondering which of hia Inckv stars to should , call on to aid him in thia unlooked-for , I emergency. A full-grown young lady , niece would have Vwn had enough— , j a baby! j "So this 1* my ttiocu," lie muttered. | "And what am I going to do with | : lie turned suddenly to the woman | ! "What time does tho next train for , I Win field leave?'' I "In au hour, sir." , "Wonld you bo kind enough to lake ; ; of tto child till then? I suppose ; 1 most take it hoax with me: for I , 1 can't very well drown it. Or throw It ( j "Sir,"' ejaculated the astonished , j stewardess. | But Mr. Verley turuud *« liis heels ' un*t Mrote out oi the depot, scaraety able at tlrst to coiopretond tto disasthat had licfallen him. The train waa at tho depot when be returned and Ibe woman awaited him with tile sleeping infant in tor arms. , "Asleep, eh?" commented Mr. Ver- ( | "Well, that's locky." "Where's tha nnrae. sir?" in<|Ulrod ■ j "The nnrae? What nurse?'" | "Why, X suppose you want to get a ! "Never rare* Ihougfat of it!" eiacuI Istod Jowqih madly amiting bis fore- ' "Ilero— give the thing to ma j quick, tto train it moving." He had hardly lime to spring on | hoard as the locomotive garo on unearthly shriek, while the bahy followed { suit vigorously. lie staggered to his mat. holding the I umbrella and tto child in one total. I while in tho ottor hia vaM»e swung I and forward. "There! ttore, blcsi its litllr liaert!" ] exclaimed. Imitating the colored I " Wc won't cry— «o we But the baby evidently tod an opinof her own on the subject, nnd would cry in splto of various blandishments practiced by tto bewildered undo -such as .linking tto umbrella | swinging his watch, and trottoopic began to look around reproachfully; young Indira giggled. "UuehijMHiTrihere't a darling?" whispered Mr. Verley. But still the baby wept and wailed, and gnashed its guuia, for of teeth it had but (wo. Mr. Verley togun to look arouud lu the car io search of >otno matronly dame of whom to csuld seek counsel, hut in vnin.— Ttore were only three lad ira iu tto car. and they were yotmg, with round anil dimpled chocks. "They don't know anything about groaned Mr Vcrfey, iu anguish of spirit. "Oh! why didn't I tore -n sense enough to gu and get n nurse? I suppose there it no danger of a bubj- bursting its lungs: but 1 should think ifltoni wot such a contingency, this toliy was In a fair way of meeting it. Well, roar sway, my young friend; I utu -taud it as long as you ran." Vain hattt, no Lull, as vain, as Mr. Verley very voon discovered.— toby not only cried, but it •creamed, it kicked, it doubled iuct-' mote ways tlmu a contortionist's wildcat dreams could imagine, and ap|*areutly frantic with paS•len. The perspiration broke ont in heads no Joseph's brow; hia fooe flushed aud slid tto rare thundered dcred, holding draprrately- oo to the struggling infoot by tto sash that encircled iu liuie waist, and watching IU purple fore with a species of detestation. "1 don ft wonder Harold diod. ahall die In s week if this thing go* a on. And It aoctns ao rosy C>r Hirbara Smith lo take care of tor little broIhctt and sister* If Barbara Smith here." And Verley pulled the toby up into sitting posture with a snddra jerk. "t'lldo it," quoth Mr. Verley.— "I'll lake the back express at four ia tto morning and go straight there. Ah, you may stop crying, you liula bat it wont do any good; I'tn not to bo caught twice in the Barbara .Smith was watering tor tatorosra iu tto bright sunshine, when he arrircd with hla vol is* and "Dear tun, Mr. Veriry," alia ejaculated, blushing "ceirttial rosy red." "Why, what a sweet baby." "Yes, very swool," to responded, dryly. "iH s my niera that I was to maetappaadtlUe.' "Why, I thought that she wis s young holy!'' "So did 1. hut it scetns she's not. Barton, wbaldnynuioppraebroagfat mo back?" he added, .peaking wry last for fear tto toby wonld cry. "I don't know," loitered Barbara, crimsoning still more. Perhaps yoo something." "Yes, I did." "What wis U'f" said Barbara, a little disappointed. "I forgot to ask you if yoo would marry me!" "Dear toe, eras that all?" said lbs young kdy, demurely. • Isn't that enough? Say, Barbara, will yoo?'V "I'll think .Jtt," answered BarcrsstTcly. "No, but toil me now. tjaick-tto ."SKTSfefo' Barton had tabu tto UUfo thing tor arnta, and disappeared before it 1 tod lime lo otter lu waking yell. A wtek afterwards Mr. Joseph Verlook tto 12.*) return train with - wife and nleoc, tho happtaat of; reclaimed old bachelor*, sod it wis all ! tto unconsdous babyl wort. Ctorlra K. Laodis has tera spptfinL j rd Postmaater at Vincisod |

IfHMiPl M AMV tlSSM-tS XtWtpiKSX ' Tlic nlunber of newspaper, published in Engtiahspeokinn America Is about 8.S19. It is difficult to state with exactness, for they spring np and die by hundreds daring every year.- - lias only IS, and Nsw York •OC." Now England to. most ncvriin proportion to iu papulation, _ and tto country journal* have the largest average circulation, being sboat l.Otai copies weakly. Io New York sn.l Fannvylaaala they will average about TOO; hi tto valley of the proper, shout 230; an I the South, about 2J0. Then, at, nbnut 830 doilias, varying In drcula- ; lira trom tto naighbochood of too dailv to 100,000. Now York ia tto great . 1 ent re of newspaper commerce. Thenare 32 dailies io ttoldty— «tx in Gere 1 man, two la French, oae In Bcandln.-. ' vlan, sod the mat la English. Sever -if throe doibra are known m "tto Net York Associated Frees,'' and aapph 1 all the real of the coctrry with new., ' which Jbey sell. Ttov print 111000,tlXlaheNa anaaally, and receive 9,800,00(1 dollsn from sdmrisemrnta. • Their total receipt* are about 8, **).(»> ' dollars. Tto ottor 85 dailies prin' 110, 00", 000 sheets annually, aad their receipt* are about 3,100,000 dollar* it. ' alL Bolt will baarao that the New York 'tally prero aloou has an lacuna ot I H,7ta),SOO d»llara, contrihoted by th public for tha purpose of knowing th ' news of i today The ottor periodica;, ufthedty, semi-weekly, weekiy.mrath ly and quarterly, Uaoe 160, 000, Of. " *.i*|4ra daring tto year, and their total reoripta are about 17,000.000 dolbra — Philadelphia ia Dext after New York in number ofdaHiae, of wtekliro, an ■ of ottor period tool*, end also prints tin greatest quantity ot stoeta in a year, - We tore leaned, since lost wetk, 1 tbo names of tare of throe four new " kinds of bogs discovered in ban Domingo by the entomologists of tho ' Commission. One is tto jstyr*' ' ipkamocroeofpa iksrirlc, and the ' other a variety uf the ertrknidi Ueor- ' lino laraniolato, with tto pocuOaritie-* 1 of the umbelliferous aud leguaoiaouv orders. The reader will perceive at oocc that if we du not appropriate forty uiillioo* of dollar* for tto purchase of throe bugs and -their Halite home, tho sun of America will est forever, and ito Grains of Liberty will • tote to clothe herself in ssckdoth acd 1 ultra, and dishevel tor hair, and weep. ' A country that has no pkyfef «pia>•mrroeerpa lisristts, ami cannot call ' an tiraciafe/M lucre tina larontokuo its own. ought lo become a howling wili dcrocss. to an led only by tou aad owlo. Wo would rather give up lit" income tax than surrender the privi- ' lego of ownership in these two mod< ' of patent straddle bugs. » A citizen of Massachusetts boa dii lotted iu bis will that after death hli ' skin shall be ruado into drum-heads, - aud thai annually at ouariae on the f 17th of June, Yankeu Li* iodic atoll be I played upon tto drum by Oliver Won- " *1.-11 Holmes, who is required to stand ou one leg oo Ito peak of Banker HU! » MonunMBt, and ling the Star Span- - glial Banner at the same lime. What 1 Olivvr will thlak of it wo d toot know. - but we wouM giro vast auras to are 9 htm perform Um may die cootratoi 1 H Mr. Holmoa could be twen in that ■ situation, with oae log pointing out > lulu Utimitabto space, and his toad. ° making Ito welkin ring with tho*. > tunes. (They have a Hoiking in Broton, of course.) „ Out in Ahuks, In tto "Want" col- . . umn In tto dolly paper ttore, s man • advertises for a "Itcpbo Lexomekoki- . raokoproekakt'ky."' If anybody In this n*-igl|horboo<l to* sue of ttom, wt I hojic |atlna will be taken lo forward it , immediately to thia man in Alaska. Nobody knows uow much suffering , inay ensue if tto advertisement do*.--not procure speedy relict Wo fisvt „ not tto sllgbteat Idea whether It* article In quratioa la a kind of cort.- . salve or a now variety of hem mar for a a sewing-machine; but we out caailv t imogiuo the little chlldrcu of that a Asiatic of Alaska drooping and dying l; 1. -cause they have cried far H In vain. " Mrs. Sarah Mortto ho* applied tor a |>roiUoa as public executioner lo x x county in Missouri, and she will pro- '■ hably get it. AU the criminals *ho hire ever tocn killed by Mrs. Martin hare always firmly n-fttard, oftgrwards, to let aqybody eiao hang Oicm. Tills la a strong recommendation ; hut ll it oflbrt. In a measure, by tto ' fact that as soon oa Mrs. Martin vrxx 0 Dominated half of tlx* tucn in the county began tnnrderiug the other • half Just for tto purpose of eqjoylnj tho pleasure of being escorted to th- ^ gallows by Mrs. Martin. ^ „ y Soxmonr has glron a droll fan phrase of George Washington and Ito . hatchet story. Ha says Gra. Batter n and Wendell IftuUins were to the garden of the W hi to House .waiting tost" tto IVtidenL Ttov were kept tbsr>fur seme Urns, wton Bailsr, ptoklo, a up a hatchet, began ratting tho troc. to beguile tto Umo. Grant srao oftri , npticared, and saked, "Whububacn J hacking these tree* ? ' nutlersnawvm! "I cannot toil a lie. Mr. President . o it was Wendell FhtBpa." In order to meet the Incidental n- , qolrementa for umbndlM daring th ieeping month at April, ortifca of i tot kind tan bora (nvratsd which " 1 sdira eon foid up and put Sway anogly in ttoir pockata tor use when occaatot 0 require*: You remember that "tfeampini old woman" who baa toon dying all over 1 the cuuulry.for a vrar or two, at an » SSTSL-ffiiTiSJ. lucky, aged U4 ysara. i" When should s wwman go Mto Kff a h lumbrr buainas ? Wton £s plnra ty ;;5TaarJaggv5gs