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VOLUME XVI. ,"v •• _S_ ftAitfiiif1? 4& ,=

CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, APRIL «7, 18T1.

WHOLE NUMBER 831

PoMmr. ■> The a ilmnet Small otc't 14*1. IS w wtwbe2i?to»,*« »*• taws' j My tttg sad mutt, rltf Wh wW. n». ^ | ■ lot xnim» tttA torahaj~fflfa.. Ths reds si»raidtata.HsjUd.aKiw^ ^ So U.I Mdjwwe tmhro. MmW ine TSatijinmyMte:! ton to pa r W"- "I'C- routine nlcM." Aod sll lb* Ann* tksl tom.shd nur of kail dab ny petite arias tfoO Ibo krone, — IVtoa brrnk. il» day I Iwltisi tool »twl fetf 1o tasks bof iris an* aateb tk* vlaaruas \X«afi tor tewr cab sdfl renkwllk Wr And la'tte Isst *• to ssd^ "-sras:1, ; Quit Srotr. j A PAIR OF SPECTACLES. L «_ ' . U was the spring of 1870. ( ■u growing green under the inllu- , ruce of thai sweet moatti of April, , assure na, the toraos frisk end the birds build awl sing. Asa rule, lambe do , lint frisk on the Paris paw menu, nor , were tbry visible there on Ike particu- • lor sftrnwin in question. 1 ul plenty of J children, squally pteWrrohtK «"d far . lea Inconvenient, were lo lie seen skip- , ding merrily beside their nurse-maids j The birds hepped book anil fbrth from ( tree to balrooy, twittering and chirp- | lag witliall their little miglit,1mltate<l , by many a featherlrss bi|«d in the f street below, wbo, as light of heart If c not of wing, bum mod In walking gay , sualcbea of eong. The solo apparent exception lo thte genera! hilarity was a j. young man eanntering slowly alone, with a thoughtful If not bored ex pros- p siou on his good-looking face. When I f| add that he was on his way to "Char- , ley's," I would not be understood to g . state cause >t nil effect, far in the mere „ unqualified fist of gobig to .-lChar- , ley's ' there is nothing lo sadden any saw human being. On tbo contraryl s llucfar tboae unfortunate- to whom ^ ' Charley V. Is only a mine, ifcw , words of explanation may be ware- a wiry. . In n strert just fir enough ptf the u Itouk-varils to be remored from the tl vulgar crowd Is a small restaurant, „ opening, without ceremony of court or vrstitalr, Into a rootu adorned by in- p erirau fouwters of the Instiluslon, be. j side equally bad portraits of the first „ anil list Presidents of the great West- , cro Republic The place, ".I mutt bo f, cunfiwred, I. not a gargam'S noe; hut ,, the .Vmerlctin cissw to pine for vain aptcodnrs, when, sitting down In one „ of Oh** pltln little talilre, br is served 0. hy s sprightly-youth—' Ch trig*" him- rl self, indrod- m brefirtrak, takerl pots- jj toes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, or whatever other native drlirtcy hie may „ desire. S-Mom do Other let profane » the threshold; rarely doss the srnptv babble oToiher tonsues >ar with thow- y Yankee, Southron. and VstUra main- ,, dire ofsprorb which oomhtue to farm a lbs grand harmony of the American f, language. lieorge Carrtck, on his nay to this earthly Paradise, wss nevertheless In ft n serious mood. A step ft .un the door ,, ■ he paosed to look ahdraetrtlly up and lD down (ha street, turning at length to cuter. wUfc a suddenness a hlch some- m MitdAlTibSiCminr^' U| risrtni, and dropped from her over- j iiiadrd hands a lockage from which rt the wrappings .lipped far enough In w object, a pumpkin pie. The young man caught it before U could crash on (he pavement, rearranged the cover- .. tint lime, i,c l"uked atteolively at the |w t iu ligun- i^heVnlds or a thick Tdsdt' ^ S faliiug backward pennilied no srander- 2 iug treeare to appsar; BnaBy, a jrtr of Woe spectacles com pistol a whole _ Which had nothing to ndrem It save I, ts s, however, too common In ber bo- " hokWChappynaUvefaml to attract t\ i hh- ii. ..gi.ts.aahe, inures1, a^! 'm" vayed Uk room faa th„ ft;. md be ex- *

T? Mstorsa faflMlli. together. "It's like a nightmare to be always K expecting tboee swful blue goggles. I 3,'Srk*.'SS , fellow, yon know, who was always 4. | looking tor the ghost over bis shoulder." • - '■ ' : Miss Bert lis Csrrick laughed rather (libaeotly. "Apropos, whom do you t; thick I saw today 7** *•! "SU% appeared to you too? Thou | she must be the family ghost, and j something Is going to happen to "What nonsense you are talking, ■ George! Blue spectacles indeed— wilh those lovely eyre of here!" "Then why apraprel"' "O,— because the used to have the ' 1 1 queerest horror ef goggles. How I ' have heard her go oo!" "And whs may she be?" "Why, Ennre Payaon, my roommate a year at Madame Doqncsne'a. You. have beard me speak of her at i the time. I'm sure. She was J oat a i ' yrar yonngor. and we were coming out together, hot her hlberdiedaod specu- 1 „ lated— " ] i "Which first. I wonder?' i "It's uuthing to laugh at. Georgai |j And poor Laura had lo kssvasehoal of i . course. That was four yware ago— ! ■ and I actually have net sren her since i till today!'' But where dIJ yon see her to-day?' "At Church. 1 really thought I j must be dreaming when I saw ber eyes looking straight dnwu at me ftum the ■ ; gallery. She turned away directly and would not look again, but II was i , impossible to mistake lier eyre, and i alter service I went straight to her « and said so. I made hertet me take ber home Only 'fancy, George, she < is living In ooe of those passage-ways, f near the Rue Jacob, you know.— sp I dark and narrowl actually wo had to • gel »« Si the entrance; there s wasn't room tor the carriage to t ' "You don't mean she 'a there alone?'' 1 1 "Of course not; she got in a panic 1 1 Shout her mother's going biind.-ib« I ' a silly sort or woman," continued t Csrrick, meditatively, and with I an alarming confusion of persons,— : *not exactly silJy. pertiaj*, but weak, I not ju tho ieaal like Tmuts; ,kut bring a mother of course makes a dlfler- t cncc, and abe Is devotud to ber, and t her here to are Doctor , i whom she had besril so modi of. I t , this may by one of his wooderihl u for 1 am sure they could not a aflbnl the useless exprasr. " 0 "An they an^iu or? Uow du they b at hornet^ ■ <i "Thoji maaayu aamahow ou a little • place In the country, aJth ow servant c cveaythlng. fiodlflkretii from tba a she was brought op, pnor laurel h .She laugbrd arlmiwhe dasenbed it to u butU mult boa trial; she a nature r ally very proud.- too proud, 1 know, o to writs to mo after abe left srinal — tl Still, I always maaut to look ber up, h I bare been abroad so much, —sod it then oh never srema l" hdlre time far ii anything in aoriatg." - • - n "Mrs. Orondy la a hard mistress, n is n't she? And does she require you o sacrifice n» to a call ou this friend r of your youth?" it "I suppose so. but 1 shin not," re- p plied Mies ' Hrrtha, composedly. "I C don't warn jou to Judge of Laura iiu- \ snch dtsedvaiitagta. She has prom- n and you must wait till then to see the L friend of my youth, as you eery impo- ■< call her." „ "Xa U my fcnit ir as American girt ii of twaatpdwo is looked u|>on asa kind I. of fiaall?" inquired bur brother, prod- .1 ently thrnugb the crack of the door ready to shkld his retreat. w "Never mind, Bertha, yon'Usuon be tl out of It; nobody knows or cares about pi a married woman's are."' Is Whsu George L'arricfc rethrt lata ou cl rvcuiug.cu tared hia sister's II he Ibond her gursm ail tl asiwmbled. lie was surveying tbeiu si frem the doorway with a kind oT pro- fii par-jtorr scrutiny, when his aye* were ct fixed by a young lady standing net far U him, just-where the blare of the c\ itreamed down fWl oo a glitter- In torreat. of lutir. which be meotally ni pronounced wonderful in llrelf and yet I,! woudariUaa eridently growing u, ujmn the haodU adorned. Just thru hi Bertha cam* up, and, reminding him hi of Miss PayauB'a presence, took him »c straight to the aubjretef hie thoughts, fa who turned aad oeaftaafted Mm with K, a pair of eyre that matched the hair w both In color and beauty." w George Csrrick had born retaDlng d! tbe dictum of some wise individual- ui MasaelfbMdrwXdhbt-who, |n a drop o to his own saaiifis lliai at least, that at the outer growth of the byad was in iu versa ratio to its inner faraiahiag; or, es to vary the old rhyme, "Htm hair, It much wit; much hair, none of It."— H By which rula Miss Hayaou was un- ex qoaatkmably an Idlof, a fkttrriug c*,. cluaioo. balttap faswfaaofsom bar own he manlfbid trwra-a. imly to ta levaUrd. i, Imrued away. wUarly annihilated by til ooe look from bar gnat, bright brown t, *3m- Then, thought Mr. Csrrick, even the learned earayrat must die- u mount from his bobby, ami roufca. the ^MmBcrtha Cqrrick, tfasn whom no ^ matters, at ooceperrai rod her friood's ch lb. poinu toV in the sj^ » fgmi

Carriok proved [ d, herself a real artist of her sort, in deferring to Totals, whom she did not rt rate high, bees nee abe taw that tons I might brat be achieved the perfection iy necessity, in the other it was a virtue, i n and the more reluctant Ua concession rt the greater the triumph. Samson1- like, Laura's strength was In ber locks, sqd Miss Csrrick was reaolvod they i ■j should be so wen— a thing very u practicable In these dishevelled days " — aa to prove them a glory all her < n own. So It cams to peas that like 1 d Godlva she ibaafcbewiippM singleU t a to her knee, and eissl np under light of toe lamps |fa«fHd with gold u ■ with a garment. r i On the whole, the friend of his sis- a tart youth was an agreeable surprise s to George Csrrick. ' s' "So that's your Cinderella, Bertha, c [ he took occasion later to observe; r "that rraplsndaot young woman, wbo s understands getting herself up, at any I' - rate." I "It's old family finery, modernized," 0 t answered Bertha, laughing; "Hobaon 'a 1 i choice, you ace." | ii t "Hobaon'a a man of taste! Anil ; b . I the hair, that's somebody else's fiaery ' d j too, of course.'" , tj I "Now, George! when 1 planned it ' ! | Just so that it might bu seeu to grow . tl f her own head! ' ! "Planned what?— the hair? TlifU I • I lie a wig, aod that's worse " G "George, I am ashamed of yuu! b IV hat will yon oome lo If you distrust I fallow -creatures so already?" ai "What shall I be at City, cb? Ten- C i puts It more neatly, you tee." sr "I>o you moan to stand thereqoot* w Tennyson to your sitter, with so ei many responsive young ladies In the w room?" h. Responsive young ladies there were T certainly, but Mr. George Csrrick pi funnd hit sister much mora entertain- Ic Woman Is s social martyr, and si sacrifices herself both from Initinc*. la and principle, while man, on the ooo- U a selfish animal seeks his own ui enjoyment. So It It bard to say bow lo this young man might hare found ol In his brart to stand there neglecting dl obvious duties, If he had not been drawn toward the piano by Miss Laura L 'ay son's singing. hi Now Miss Pay sou sang charmingly, to Her voice would not have grade a ten- m sal Urn on the stage,— except a sensation of surprise as to bow it get there, si it was very clear and fall within txmipata, and exceedingly avmpn- t» thetic, so her listeners' attention was d< not wholly complaisance. Presently of those people wbo invariably a favorite song, and as invariably i u it on all occasioor. Miss Psywas very ready to comply, but hi could not. quite trust her memory, and to tumbling over of tbe music sheets yr lo light only a two-part sr- eu langrinetu. It was obvious that Miss m however willing er gifted, cwold net singly sustain a duet, and to musical maniac had begun to tear oc hair, when suddenly, iika a Jack- ra a little Frenchman popped I view with a profustou ef boweand vr n|»ol<i*ic«. -Would Mademoiselle permit bltn to do himself tbe booor to m-- Iu company ber? be fait an intimate conviction that their voices were fanned so accord!— this with a delicate cm" nc phasis extremely nOkusIre to George lit little at he knew It mrant.- hr M.uh-innisc-ilc assenting. Mr. Varignon's oooddenoe proved nowise mis- co |dacuJ. His voice, indeed, was of a to, mmfa higher order than here; a pure, to iwrrt t. -tuny-soft, too, as PrenWi toofg At -Mom are. lasteoing. Laura fargut fat olaurd little figure, toe fierce intra- <« larli- and drainyic ;-•* which had s truck ber so ludicrously at first. a I George Csrrick. ou tbe ooolrary. rather glad to rememlwr all these Pa as hr witnessed the undisguised to of this girl whom be, at k-ost. not found of that "'rreponsive" eo to which kit sister hail alluded. had breu struck at onae witoeomc no peculiar In her manor r, which yo at the lime be eould not precisely ds- wi fine; "on* thing which was neither wr constraint nor merrc, yet suggested with nomswh.it of tbetr dtscon- ds ccrting eflkct. Thinking over it now, told hlmeslf that she was simply pe nut "iwtpunalre." At which puiul In rn| his mental analysis its subject looked and met Ms eyes, which betrorad yo as eyes will sometimes do. If lie hers had fallen with ever so little coo. ru to Ills ranily, Init after re- un curding him coolly far a loo moot they Oo wandered ajqwbe^i in a matter-of-fact uti whMfiapHed toe moat attar In- ats aa to whether they reeled go upon Mr. Gourg. Cerrfek or a lore curtain tin Not the less, however, did he takn tin an early opportunity to pny his respects bn to this uorespomurn young lady, and ha aJiopa that she liked Paris.— tbi appcurd that she aot oaly liked pn hut was flunlliar with It to an extent which Msrprisvd him. ret "What an explorer you must be!" brl exclaimed. "Old resident as I am toi I must look tn my laoieU. But wait you aw it iu June Hi the bright of tm Ugtovy!" wl "But Wears going homo in May ," tin •aid Ijsurs, with a hitter sigh wc "tlolBg homel-Mmmfaur Varignoa win be In the depths of daapnlr. (Was bo *. Varignont despair a ewer, passi. '«b My. for Umi disappninUnent of some tor OM else?) I trail lira fcUrity a." .-x- go a lew compliments with bim tnc today. He la erideotly looking for- wo manl to a seventh beaven of h.rmooy ssUli the Amerieainc Msara with the d« look and voter of an angel, hi. own etc afe-xc-A ^sn1'!^. 'fat «

i "How cruel!"' raid George, -fUM« ■ rather a ravage pal! to that malkad • which. guHtkra of wax, wasslMBftfi i wander at its own sweet wiU. "il* t won't stay far tba girat cvenl?^ hnftfa 1 , sutoed after a pause- "I hardly knierI how Bertha will bring herself to Ik Ml ' I - your dceertleo. "She's cooattng am | , you, you knew. You really woart] I slay?" "I really osn'L It is not quite a : i matter of choice,— ss Bertha sriU un- 1 > dentond," replied Miss Fayson, quleti ly, but balding tier head pretty wall Bertha may bare understood, but I ■he persisted as long ma possible hi ig- 1 coring toe necessity. At last, when abe found that Invitation and parens- ', •ion were useless, and that Laura would art listen to toe voice of too charmer, she mads the most of all that remained to her by taking complete pae•esaion of her friend far tbe brief period of ber tray. So It happened that llie last weeks were very lively, happy I .aura thought aba oouid never those glimpses of gay, bewilder- 1 ing Paris, smiling under the bright skies with which May, that awwet | ilvceiver, lores to beguile us to put our ; iu ber uncertainty. ' But happy; days para quickly, and "Atulwbeu you tec me again, Laura. shall be s 'prosy humdrum— Do look 1 are one of those puppet with goggles'. Isn 't it like the dsll that ' aim '" very nose, Laura?" and Miss 1 Carrick's gloomy anticipations of the ' sober matron hood of a few weeks later 1 brought to a sudden close lefore 1 of those Punchinello shows with 1 which in pleasant srealhcrtoe neighbor- 1 of the Champa Elysees abounds. ' Tbe curtain had risen and tbe pup I were moving thr>ntfa their parts < their own wooden with all too ' stilted dignity ..siiillnu . awn on the > stage they mimicked. —a caries < ture of a caricature. One of these tig- ' loncd doctor, sportnl a fall-sired pair 1 blue goggles, to which Miss Csrrick I the others' attention. 1 "Un't It like?'' she said, aod as ' aotwsred.George Csrrick turned I bead quickly sad looked from her the puppet with a smite which did ' not escape ber, slight as it was. I "You seem amused, Mr. Carrick,' 1 said hastily. "If so, lie bad not hrun conscious of 1 betraying himself "I beg your par- ' don?" he raid rather guiltily. "Certainly, but far what?" rejoluoi! 1 Laura, with an unusual persistency. '-Nothing really, only— something - Iu your voire reminded me—" , | "Of here!'' exclaimed bis sister, as ■ he hesitated, fallowing his glanoe to ' poppet once more. "Well! Laura. 1 ought lo feel flattered. If ybu 1 eould hear the description Ik gave j "Ladies would be too charming if 1 eould grasp the whole subject at ' once?" broke In George, evidently ' rather Battled. ' You might recollect 1 told you then sho had toe sweetest 1 voice I ever heard— " "Sweeter than yoar's, Laura! he's 1 a complimentary mood, today." 1 with the exception of Miss Payson's. " continued George, loftily lg- " noriug the Interruption, ' which at ibst 1 time I had not had the pleasure of ^ "Than it's hard to see bow you ' could Judge— There, don't lose your ' George; (hr once we do grasp ' subject and understand you. How I delightfully puzzled Laura looks! I 1 you don't know toe history of I Mis wire." '•Hut Bitot, yon mean; don't give a ' a istsc coloring to tbe ease." 1 "Hut bow did U and?" asked Miss I altar listening with interest 1 the story. "Sure enough; George what has be- 1 come of her?" 1 "That I cannot inform you. I hare I not sera hsrainos -sloe < - Let mesne 1 came from Nice oo Thuradsy,— 1 well, not si ooe your recoptt co-day the 1 week after. " 1 -'He actually remembers the very day " 1 "Certainly I do; i recollect that day |<erfectly." with a slight emphasis not " especially Intended far tits its tor's car. ' "Well, fieace to ber si>xtacla! Do ° know, Laura, socb is man's vanity 1 I auspaot George fancied hoc the ' victim of OB unrequited passion.'' 1 "Don't insult the sacred flame by ] mentauning it in tbe same breath 1 any man hare the courage to 1 utter tender nothings under that rtony stare? It's liks making lore to a Got- ' goo." ' Very shortly after tbe parting of ' throe two young iadlra took ptece. la 1 any need to describe it. — tin em- ■ protqrtattona, promises? Whs t not witnessed each a f»~. and b it, even in IU exaggeration, a * preuy right? d "And you will write directly, Laura " remember? We shall be going home 11 before the winter, at any rate, and b then- " « **W«"meant the speaker aod ber ft>- b worse.- half that Mr. Raymond where Lrinra had never yet seen, and 1 pares was mere eloquent tore T words, signify in many things. " "Now, Mlra derrick. I don't wish to " a brute," observed her brother. " you ranBymosteut abort year * tender farewells, tin Ism you mean to go to America too, and leave Bay. • mood in the larch. I daresay he b wouldn't mind so modi." "Isn't ha odious? Wall, good by, 1 dear, and dent f.rx-et "-etcetera, " etcetera. b Bivau^^ira^lfaywM'^wordsare j i b

•d [ iriUredhMtfy, foe tn ber brart of hearts n, abe rafara thought so too. Bertha |» was a«y fend of her hrotom, and that id j any rxri aftsolu or could dislike him, ». f Ihragh toto re Bttle, raurad haracerw- tola aoMaMlMHtol .to which would Illft iii i iodlgnation hod the • i eftriefiraftran nny other than Laura. — t j ThsMUttoeharis on Linn s manner ! she had oftre felt aa a puzale and a rex- : utioo, — a vexation all the greater that i- j she had raaretfy hoped far something I- quite different. So, although «hc at II one* contradicted George's words, it i was notsrito that genuine warmth from it j which he had perhaps hoped to take •- comfort. a [COWTHUKD XKXT WEEK.] i THE DOCTSrS HATTMU. .t "Now, doctor, there wss a queer h thing happened to a student lo my class _ to the seminary . I dont aoppera that t you are much interested tn a lore ato- . ry. but I would fuel like to toll you i this ooe, because I think yen dare not .. apply your woman a right principle , to It to ovary part. Theories often t fail when practically applied, you "Goon, Ho, goon; I'd like to bear J tbe story. And as for my principles, they'll hear applying anywhere," and the old doctor rnbbsd his hands togelb- [ er confidently. _ , "This friend of mine, Henry Gll- , bcrt," raid Hn, "wra Uke mysslf poor . A long time ago. whes be was a boy, , the ton of a poor widow, the lot on , which he lived Joined at the back . tbe lot on which lived a Mr. MgcUn. . at that lima a thriving merchant, now [ tho prindpnl eapttoHit in that part or . the country- A* there was a back wean tbe lota, ray friend was tbo tho constant playmate from earliest i childhood of Jennie Morton. He i ber a playhouse out of old boards, , moulded clay bricks for ber use, ami carved tiny toys out of pine blocks for amusement. As he grew larger, sud Jennie's father grew richer, and cams to lire to greater style, Henry ; grew more «hy. Bui by oil the unspoken language of tho eyas the two i never failed to make their unchanging ; regard known to each other. "Henry went to collage early. At I vacation -time the two mcL But the growing difference in their social position could not but Im ML Jennie's friends were of a different race from r own. Her parents never thought of Inviting him to tbeirentertainmenU. And if they had, a rusty cost and a I of money to spend on kid giorce, | would have efikctoaliy kept him away, j , He was proud. This apparent negloct stung him. It Is true Ills I ftranls . , Morton was all the more kind. But quick and foolish pride made him that-beftinsil prig in bar kin-l-Aod yet all this made him de- , termined to place himself Ln a position In which ha oouid ask her hand aa her . r equal. But yuu do not understand, doctor, aa I da, haw irresiaUblc is this . cwnrtotion of duty in refold to tho ministry. Uader that pressure my friead routed it that he must preach. A ail now then was before him s good years of poverty at least What should he do about it? "In his extremity ha took advioe of favorite theological professor. Tbo professor advised him to seek the hand • of a rich glri. She would not he suited to the trials of a minister's life. But | that Hairy was firm in his J opinion that this seuod general prtoci- ' pis did not is tbe Mast apply to this , particular enra, the professor proemloed , touch the teodenal chord In the , ' man fa heart. He told him that ' it would be ungsaerous, sod iu some •ease disboasraMt few him to take a woman deliastoly brought up Into the poverty and trials Incident to a minister's life. If you understood. 91r, bow morbid his sense of hxoor is, you would not wonder at the Impression this suggestion mads upon him. To give up tbe ministry was, in his mind bo a traitor to God. To win ber, if he could, was to treat ungenerously whoro happiness was dearer to him . thousand times than hit own. " "I hope be did not give up," raid ! "Yss, hs gave ber ap, in a doubts , spirit of madirival sslf-oaert Ace. -Looktowards the ministry, he surrendered tala lore ra some of tbe old monks sacrificed bis tare, ambition and all other things tn ooosciratu. LoaUpg , •t ber happiness, he tncriflaed Ms , hope* In more than kindly devotion , ha welfare. Tbe knights some- , times gave their Uvea. He gave more. , "For thrra years be did not trust , himself to return to hie home. But , graduated and settled himself , Mm month* over a church, there do reason why be shouldn't go to . his mother sgsin. And ones In ; lbs Tillage, tbe sight of the old school- , and the church retired a thou- , aasd memories that he had ban en- , to banish Tbe garden j walks, and rapeetaHy the apptotraro, . that are the meet unchangeable ef , landmarks, revived C& old passion with undlaltosbsd power. Ha paced bis room at nights. Hr loofed out at the new honra of Ms rich neighbor. Hs chafed under the restraint of the ] net to think again efJsnntaMor- , It was Hm old story of the monk . who thinks the wold subdued, but , wbo tads It all at once about to as- | tome Use mastery of him. I do not , know how tbo struggle might ban , •odod, but it was Ml. aloncr stopped "There resulted him a rumor that j was already the betrothed , wife, of Coloosl Psora. k. who was her , partner Id bnaitMsa. Lnd ia- , deed Catnool l'oeraoo want tu sud out , of Mr. Morton's gate every evening, aud the father was knewa to favor his | "Jennie wra not engaged to him \ however. Tkraa times she had refused , to her father's wWrea, el- had eon- !

ra, days and trad net called upen ha, end ru all the weary waiting •■■■id la vain, ha When the cotoaelfa week was nearly lat out she hoard that Henry was to irars n. in two days. la a sort of desperation jt- she determined to acospt Colonel Pearlid aoo without waiting for the time aphe pointed for her answer, llut that geu- - t lemon spoiled It all by his own overcr confidence. x- "For when bo called, after Jennie at had determined on this course, he ig found ha so foil of kind pros that be at hardly knew haw to behave with moderatlon. And so be Ml to flattering ra ba, and flattering himself at the same to time that he knew the inns and out* of a girl's heart, he complimented her on the many offers the had received. "'And I toll you what, 'he proceeded, •there ore plenty of ethers who would I lay their beads at your feet, if thty tr were oolf your equals. There's that » young parson, Gilbert, I think they it coll him, is visiting his mother, in the >- un painted and threadbare looking Uiu tie house that stands behind this one. t I've actually seen that fallow, in his ! • rusty, musty coal, atop and I oak after [ a you os the • trcct, and every night when : n I go home, be is sitting at the window - that looks over this way. The poor r fool is in lore with you. Only think , of it I And I chuckle to mysslf when I i see bim, and ray, Dou't you wish you - could reach so high! I declare it's so j fUuny." "In that ooo speech Colonel Pearson dashed bis chances to piscro. lie , could not account for the sudden return i of winter Id Jennie kfortoofa manner, t and all his sunshine waa powerless to , dispel it, or to bring back tbe least ' approach of spring, f "Poor Jennie ! you can imagine, : doctor, how tbe paced the floor all i that night. She began to understand I something of the courage of Henry » Gilbert's heart, anil something of the , manliness of his motives. AU night I lsng tbe watched tbe light burning iu ' a room tn tbe widow's house; and all ■ night long the debated the matter 1 until her head acbed. She could reach ' but ooe conclusion: Henry was to - leave the day after to-morrow. If > any communication tbonld ever lie I between them, she must begin 1L It was as if she had seen him drtfUug ' away forever, and mutt throw him a > rope. I think such a woman 's-righta - man as yourself would hardly justify > ha, however, in taking any step of j ■ tbe kind." ' "I "certainly should." said tlwL 1 "But abe could not find a way-dsbo • bad no rope to throw. Again the 1 ' ! colonel, meaning to do anything else but that, opeucd the way. At the j breakfast-table tbo next morning the received from him a magnificent valcn - 1 tine. All at once the raw her method ; It wot St. Valentine'' day. The • rope was in her hand. Excusing herself from hreakflud she haslrnod to ha room. 1 "To send a valentine to the faithful : lover wss the uppermost tboughL— J But bow? She dare not write her name, for after all, abe might o fiend | his prejudices or his pride by so direct { an approach. She went to fumbling a drawer for^Brtlooery. She drew ^ out a little pin^P^J that Henry had whittled for MTf "many years before, j He had named it 'Hope,' hot the com- . bined wisdom of the Uttle boy and girl could not succeed In spelling the name correctly. And here waa Uk little boat that he had given, raying often ! afterward that It was the boat that ' they were going to sail in some day. 1 The milapelt name had been the sub- > ' Ject of many a laugh between them. ' Now -but I m ain't he seatlmenul. ' "It did not take Jennie long todraw 1 an exact llkenera of tbe Uttle craft. ' And that there might ba no mistake about It, aba spelled th name aa II was ou the aide of tbe boot: 'Hoop.'- j ' There waa not another word In the ! ' valentime. HooUug it up, she hurried ' out with it, and dropped it to tbe post 1 offloo. No merchant sending all hjs • fortune to sea in ooe frail bark, oter ' watched the departure and trembled 1 for the result of the venture as tbe did. Spain did not pray half so fervently 1 when the invincible Armada railed. It was an (muttered prayer — an un1 uttyakie prayer. For heart eod hope were the lading of tbe Uttle picture ' boat that railed out that day, with no ! I other wind but her wishes to iu nib. ' "She rat down at bar window until ' aha raw Henry Gilbert para tbe nest 1 street corner on hit morning walk to 1 the post office. Three minutes after. he went home, evidently to a great ' state of excitement, with ha valentine ' open to his hand. After a while be ' weal hack again toward tbe poet office, and returned. He had taken a reply! 1 "Jennie again sought the efllae. ' were peapbaU round wilh throe 1 hideous things they roil cemie volenti or* open in their hands. And tbey ' actually seemed to think them fanny! She had a reply. It did uot take her ' long to find ba room and to open 1l j was anothgr picture of a boat, j the name on. its side read 'Dee- i 1 pair.' And the* Wds were added: —■Your boot b the phases teal, but 1 understanding there was no vacant piece upon it, I ban been obliged to 1 take passage to this.' Slowly the ' moaning forced itself upon her. : had hare that she whom he ' thought engaged was enqueuing wilh I think, doctor, you wiU hardly ; justify ha in proceeding fartha with "Why not? Hasn't a woman as , much right to make herself understood j ' In such a matter as a man? And , when the social adrantagra are on ba | side tho burden of making the advancra often falls upon ba. Many ( women do it indirectly and are nut ( "WsH you know, I'm conservative, J doctor, but I fan glad you're consistent. ( She did aeoJ another vabBttoe. • .1 am ( afraid aha strxinud thin figure of s|»«ti | abMtlhsttert. Hat when everything in lbs world draMde on ow metaphor, it ' wiU not do to be fastidious. Jennie ' ' drew again the Bttb rafaapril s wee.

Ml Xtfthn time added five words: 'Tba rly "And quite hie to the aftecuooo, ra the reply was left at tbe door: 'I am do an applicant for the vacant ptecr. if ,r- you srflt take'that of master's mate!' " p. "Good." cried (ha doctor; "I always ■n. advocated giving women every liberty it- In these mature." "Bat I will stump you yet, doctor." le said Hubert "That evening Gough ie i was to lecture to tbe village, and my i 10 ! iriend went, not to bear (tough, but to j- 1 see Mlte'Jenuic Morton at a distance, ig Somehow in the stupefaction ef rets vivod hope ba had not thought of go a ing to the hoom to aee ha yet. Ho ,r had postponed his departure and had thrown away his scruples. Knowing 1, hew much opposition be would have 4 to con land with, be thought, if be ; y (bought at all, that be must proceed 1 y tbe lecture began lie discovered tbe ie baton family without Jsnnic! SlowI, ly It downed upba him. Sho was at . -. home waiting for him. lie was insir ■ I the front of the church in which the r lecture was held and every inch of n I aisle was fall of people. To gel eul v i waa not easy. But as he thought uf ! v ' Jeoule wailing It became a matter of ' k Ufa and death If the house had been un fire be would not have been more 1 u intent on making bis cxiL 11c reached : ■ ; tbe door, he passed tbo happiest evvti- j ing to his life, ouly to awake to ear . row, far Jennie's father ts 'rloid set,' e against the match." a' "He had no right to interfere. " said . ' the doctor vehemently. "You see I a stand by my principles." t i "But if I tell tbe story uni I am < afraid you would not," said Hubert. "Why, isn't It done?" 1 I beg your pardon, doctor, fur hav1 iug used a little craft. I had much at 1 stake. I have disguised this story in e ite details. But it is true. I aiu the t hero- " i Tbe doctor looked quickly towards 1 his daughter. Her haul was bent low r over ber book. Ha long hair hung i about it like a curtain, abutting uut j all view of the (ace. The doctor f walked to the other window and looked i ouL Hubert sat like a mummy. Afl tor a minute Dr. Hsod apokr. i "Cornelia!" » She lifted a face that was aflaiuc.— i Tears glistened to ber eyes, and I r doubt not there was a prayer in her f | heart. "You area brave girl. I had other „ I plans. Y ou have a right to choose for I yourself. God bless you both. Uut 9 it's a great pity Hubert is not a taw0 ' yer. lie pleads so well." So raying, 0 he put oo liis hat and walked out, c leaving the young minister and his betrothed alone. ° I to* ' Last summer was one of the most pleasant summers that I have ever seen ! j in Ohio. It was rather dry. but we ! had rain enough to make good corn. " | The crop Is the beat that we have had ] fur many years. : There were more acres of wheat •own fast fall, Iu this county, than soy ' previous one. It came up nicely, lias J ! wintered well, and is now, in its growth, ooe month in advance of any " previous year. If It meet with no " misfortune botweu this and harvest, ; it will I* the heat crop ova grown to " tliis county. ° : "There fa n pretty prospect for all 3 . kinds of fruit except ;mu:hes. But tbe ' failure of the psach crop is nothing " ; It fails about nine years out of ten. ' J The pear, plum, and chetTy trees ure r • Tbe Colorado potato bugs destroyed " ■ Tbey°have* Irtite^d «nd are " prepared Ibr their summer cami paigu. One man pullsd an old slump '! out of the ground, where be bsd pota1 1 toss fast yrar, and ibond about ooo t bslf bosbel o! them beneath It. He burned them up, and we are glad to " know that we bare that many lees. [ Mr. Bditor, this is do "flsb story," such ra you Jeneymrn love to tell. ' but a bug story— a reality. Tbey ore . traveling east, aod you should keep a | good lookout air, for If one should ~ light on your " handsome Roman nose," and mistake it for a potato, : you would wish the St. Domingo bug hunters had bim to their pasrmion. j Every so* appears to rejoice that the-wintrr fa put, and that the time t of- the singing of the birds lira come The farmers are to the fields, with ' their fat bones anil big plows, turning ' over the rich and fertile soil of this . noble State. Their wives and daughters, with (Ma ra red as roses, bavq ; taken op tbe shovel and the lioe, /(ul | ! *re to their gardens turning lira Mil j ; upside down. Tbe churches have not locn u successful this winter as to years past. . Tliey hare had a few meetings, how- . ever, and a goodly number of souls ! Iiave been converted, and added to j the Methodist and United Brethren ' churches. We hare a gnat many hard men in [ this county. They trill drink wbis- , kry, steal horses, and sometimes com- , niit murder. UrcnlUnger. the wife . murderer, was hung to our county " fall at Lima, on fast Friday. I must close, u It is mv watch below. Good , by . H.S.T. ' A Journalist with a staUvUml turn 1 ^ lias found out that the Izwdoo oewsI papers have contained in the fast'lhrre ! 1 1 jrars zwt ices than ooe hand red and , ' seventy-eight obituaries of I>r. IJv- (, 1 logstooe, tho African explorer. And , ' although the newspapers hare dfa- , ' liocllj said that number of times that , the Doctor was dead, here ho is acta- , ally living out ta V«HW. ur Igigigi, , or some such place! Wedonot perceive , ' bow the Doctor can atooe for the to- | ' dignity hs places upon these journal- , ' IS by ladng alive, uniera be oocnss , 1 and dira ooe hundred and>ereai ty-eighttirara. L'nfera a free pram Is 1 ; to ba msdaridiautoas to the eyes af a I , scoffing world, samathing of the kind

*j /. 0, 4.F. n ADDRESS | ; f* Frindi un-f B/rttrre:— IVcare gatii- 1 cred tliis erenlng— for tbe purpose of ' _ ■ installing into office, our officers, far ' * i the ensuing term. This wr have done 1 ■ I publicly, and you have breu our wit- 1 '' ntsscs. Though not our usual prec" 1 " ticc yet it is allowed by the Grand ' F" Lodge, which we endeavor to obey in ' ^ all her mandates. And now, M. W. ' F" N. G-, perhaps there are some present ' ? who have sceu something uf Odd F«l- 1 lowshlp for the first lime, mid |aihaps, t * sir, there are thoac here also n ho are ' * j prejudiced u gainst our beloved order, 1 , | for wc know there are such, > rvu among I ' us, but wc trust that if llierr-should ' be any here lo-uigbt, wlio liavc hod 1 " any prejudices against us, as Old Pel- t lows, or the Order as an institution, I ' now feel more favorably towards IL— ( For, Eir. we feel salisfirel that to lave • ° and respect Odd Fellowship wo only i |( j Deed to be acquainted with her, to ' |f : her kindly olllocs. And urn, perhaps, « , i some one is asking, what are those I ' kindly offices? Sir, of which you spook, r 1 j that wc may know and Judge you £ I | .night. I would answer this question i . Noble Grand, by naming a few, such • as visiting the sick, and administering c , to their necessities, burying the dead, c educating the orphan, and caring for the widow. These Sir, you and every true <1 t Odd Fellow knows, are but a few of Uk 1 many that might be named. But, says * one. do you do this? 1 answer yea, and f mora. o But time will not admit, nor hare: 0 wc tbe ability to ret forth all Uut 1 t there is in Odd Fellowship lo rccom- ' mend it to others; but we would say 1 u Hut if there is any good in this Na- '' zareth "come and see.'- Wc do not P , claim that Odd Feliowsliip is nil aux- " r Wary of the churah, for we believe Uut " Uk church could get along without » t our help. But wc think Uut in farr UKring the teachings of tho Scriptures, 1 j it would not he egotistical on our part, " . to say that Odd Fellowship, at least, c lends her aid. ■ We lure had many to- 1 terraUugoourenptioos with men whom ' wc Isclievc to be Cliristains; and, sir, 0 , they all agree Uut to be a good (Md 1 r Fellow, a man must be a good Chris- 1 tain. And we certainly think Uk npos- J r lie right, when ho wye "one man UreUi to himself, and no nun dicUi to him- u t wir." Therefore every two Odd Fel- " lows tliniild live so, that nlheie may 1 • la Is'iictllted by his precept and exam- !' pic Aud then when he is called frum ; X | (Im subordinate lieiow, to the Grand ' * laolge above. Ids precepts will be en- : b graven upon, nnd his example reinem- " I -.ml in (be licarts of his brethren. - s Again, Uw Apostle James says "pure ' c religion »ud undrlilcd before God aud I ' I tin' Father is tills: to visit the father, j » i lew aud widows iu their affliction, and 1 1 ; to keep himself unspotted from tho . world." With these and mauv kin- 1 I died passage.-, which might Ik quoted , n from the sacred wriL wc hold tlut ' " t OiM Fellowship harmonises and i l' r teaches, both ,by prsocpt and example. J " s But savsnuiHbis isall very nice, yet i b ■ you hare only shewn the fair side «f ' " r your picture, let us sec the other side, j 11 9 Why do you practices., much secrecy? j , If there is nothing wrong to your Or- 1 " I dcr, and so much that Is good, why ' not open yourdoors, Alul all nuy sec J " 1 aud know Uut what you say is truo? I " e My friends, yuu may have ear doors I » < opened to and for you, wc hare uothing ! b . within of whicli «v are asluuiMd or I J1 3 afraid to ace. Wo unly seek b> pro- 1 1 i toct ourselves from iui|»*diion, there- i 8 I fore you must allow us to open and •' . close our doors for you, until you, -by b d your initiation, bare learned to opcu " - and close thorn correctly. Oh, ray " t you, tlial is Just the reason wc objoct " ■ to you. Wc would come to aud do for 11 s ourselves without assuming any or '' b your obligations, and then if, we donot ll 9 like 11k institution, we eould learo. b My Friend*:— You have tbe privilege 1 ' of leaving even after we hare opened * . our doors to you. If you do not like lire J s secret working of the Order, and you 1 i hare uo oldigatlau resting U|«xi you. 1 1 Well, hut it costs something to hare ' i you open your doors. No, we tako do ) , mau's money without his willingly i I contenting to unite with us, aod to bocome one of us. aud we ask no sacrifice t of religious or political opinion, nor do ' b we ask anything of any man, that ' will make lilm anyjoao. a good citizen, 1 1 an affectionate husband, and kind fa. ' ; ther. Why tlien, say you, I do aot sec 1 ■ why you are so tenacious of opening ' - and clusipg your own doors. I will tell I you friends. Wo haveoor doubts, nnd * F we think we hare a right to them.— 1 Wc do not know wbo are worthy, and 1 who are unworthy at sight, any more r - than gold can he told from some of the . yellow earth, hut by Uk chemistry of ■ - our initiations, we are enabled to judge i the better of our material, and Uk us ra ' J didate Is led ulUmately to primary * i truths. Well, rays another 1 could get along f \ with their secrecy. . but the namo of - (Md Fellow, why, the name U enough - kill them. It Is true, friends, we have 1 b on odd nau*, aud It is aa novel as it 8 r is odd. and as significant u It fa novel, f I Friendship, Lore and Truth, under- * I lie tbe whole superstructure. L poa " this foundation rests Uk whole fabric; mid* here, wc might quote tbe fas- 8 1 gunge of Uk IWmioL "Heboid bow ' piquant it fa for Brethren to dwell to- n ' gether in unity." For not even tbe 1 shuck oGpolitiosI rebellion, and dril ' Vu-f^.-jptiicli so recently distracted our n 1 (iwrtjoiovcd country, srad caused bick- ■' ' crings. heartburnings, aud discord be- " - the sectional branches of almost > ' ' every urgaalzoUou to our country, " the church not excepted, could sever <* : Uk ootd of friendship and brotherly 1 that existed bctwroa our Northern and Southern Odd Follows, and y I Ik Grand Lodge of the United States ■ meL and enacted and tranaactsd bad- fe . urns, ull hod done to tiara port, on« 9 SO hope ra sbc will for all Has u ■< omc. Am! there Is troth , though lad *

• "oatd u the; foundatioo of on* befared order, U net letttl Truth, Out 'cnaWc.ua to fay sride afi *a«4 eonsidentka of sell, "i our- ' selrea as not living eo much for onvscire, a. for one another. *jtb, . thai gua that shooM dedktbe brow of r every nau. aud doratfack the brow of true (Md reBew; sro her ra she I slu enthroned there, foofcfeg orer aud above tbe folWre of the poet, nobfe, and ouobdng all wV> wotr IL I Is the connecting link between friendship and truth, and is of (he kind mentioned by Haul, suefc aa "sulfcrrth long, and 1s Mad; rejoice th not iu iniquity, but rvjolcctli to the truth." Thcuwv hare raid, ore the of our bclorad Order. Let sec how itcJI they are obscrred. if yuu please, see yonder gentlewell Wad, rending hit way toward yonder cottage, It cannot latitat he reside* there. It is not to keepwith hi. appearance. No. that fa not bli home, hot II fa the reaidrore of pour Brother, and this gentleman one of the vfalUug committee, and is nut ashamed to be aecn oa hi* there, aod if need be to keep vigil through Uk alleut watchca of Uk niuhL Or sec you that poor wayfaring man yonder, wounded, or rick, may be unto death; Ustm, j* _ somethlug it is not understood by tbe crowd, but one there is that sloops to catoli Uk whisper, and to. Immediately a surgeon is called, his wounds and hi. fcrenxl brow Uuhrel tl.c hand of thfa gewd Somuritaa lio, like David of old, feels Uutbabna maimed sou uf U,c boamhok! of Saul, and from Um love he liotr. our Jonathan UiC I. O. of O. F., bra conveyed to comfortable lodgand carefally. provided for ouui be rceorers or departs thfa life. And the latter, pay. Um lut tribute of respect to hla earthly remains with as much respect, y», mom Uiau be would Dives. And what r~i-t (h;,v you; oh. they Were Odd FbHostk True Odd Fellowship knows no distinctions other truo meriL B r all stand ou Uk ramc level rtra ex ccpted. Tlie Stccbznic, the Farroer.ond the Sailor, stand side by side with the and (irofaraiooal men of our land. "There, there, ray* one, Unit fa my objection, I lik. du,inc. lions, very well my Mead, Mdl m likes, wc are Odd Fettows. And now. N. G., pazhapa it would uut be out ul order to ray a word concerning our own little Lodgu. Our statKtii-s show thai (ids le|p has iiutltutod about twoaty-Onre i udTwall uaura """rtofed* Many lure pusacd away, Tl •hall sac them oa earth so marc ; swwal lure became Inert, rarae br cwrvtiwanou, and some otherwise. Vt'r an active membership of fortv . ! members vrith a caah capital »f tlmusand four hundred dollars. There ha* been paid toto tba Lodge since II. urganizaUt* eight •hoaraiwl ■ nluc hundred and slghty-tix Mara and forty -Wgtit eonta W* bare' paid , Widows and Orphan, one thaaram) hundred doUors, and for fanfrnl i (our hundred shdlars, ami for weekly benefits and nUier crprtlx - j thousand, eighty-six dollar, and forty-eight eenta. tesstog the halaiiv I first named to the treasury oTfiSMn N. G., V.G. officers and brethren | "( Tuckahae Iaalgv Xa C7, I trust feel bMilgbt Bore sealoos, if pu.Bible, to (Md FdknreMp, thau rrci [before. Wo I runt tint, nadcr the judtcioae g.nvrnmrot of egr officersikcfi Uisl we shall feel surely Mendship and lore assert their mild domlnand Umi faith and charity comto bless Uie mind with peace and •often ths brart with svatpatby. ami the time soon Come when the law Of universal brotherhood shpfrhind all nation., tongues fand kindreds of the earth, aud mas' as wc are called one one tu leave the Lodge here below. I" gathered logeflierlu Uk Graui! above, In that city "not with hands eternal to the heavens." the Grand Master of UmUidmsr iu and may thfa be oux happy lot Uk sake of Him who kit thfa glorious pnxept, "nil things whotaosv, i would that men should do tale yen do ye even so Unto them." Him/r Hi* a Finr-— Ferrtn, the of tho Werimlnfater Hotel, in New York, fa not oftan nonpturaed, but lut August a dapper UttleTicacbstaggered him for a moment alking np to ths office, bo accosted Ferrtn "Hh: "If ynu pkasc, laoaaieur, you shoil scud bill de Are to my room." "A what!" raid Fotrin. looking at the thermometer, which tad fraud ninety-two dognra. "I Wish BO MU de lire to my apartment," repeated the Frenchman. "An right, sir," said Ferris, with that outward imperturbability with which the Iron hotel keeper receive, ,n order for anything. If ll bo grid dusl pudding with disnumd |iluqis "John! fin to 10,001." "Yra, sur-r-rt" raid John and by the time Uk Frenchman hod attired at hi. room, John, with pttegtnrttoa punting off him, bod the grata fitted, and a blare roaring op tbe ehimtKT mad. "Vat * dlabfe yuu do?" said she "Hnili a fire, -Wr, lsfy* Ordered.' rc|diod Uw other axils. - "Fire be Ura."'raldrimF— iliiu. • I -hall root myself wis tcheaU" and rushing down stairs, he apprazed at office With inflamed buie mi moistened shirt collar, exclaiming: "I oak you not for ze fire. BTmt! rink I i-li to make mysrtf more hot, fh? I ■all flir tilt! tin Hn roMTlraaiKi so can sat inyseif sriz m* ffirafaa." ' "BiB of fara? Ofetjfea, *£..*oid'I teg your pankBC." And forlhc day, fau IpririTrifr! «BMM of >ba hill ul tboMrer agteteMnfirab. suMwi of