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VOLUME XVI. in fwrmi i i i*v(r SMtt

cape may city, new jersey, thursday', may *5, 1s71. ■ ■ — -t i ' - • • :: _ '

* WHOLE NUMBER 835

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^ 1 j^iS'iic-h-iTSiivT:: » TUm Old Majmr Krplalnm. IT MET IIABTI*. « Wen |.U cat. the Uat U. CuAxatJ. I ikiai'l Aaoaa 5 ZsS"S^ZZi1Zm ,i )imi hec. tny MJA ' IkciahoOlliT Why! Uau'a ike day »c Imkc their Baa at ,| Hot "Art! Eh, OoltaoL «*AA-t Ut Tc mutd J Thry WM IhA -IMtX BAAr ^WeB «AU. *■> I I acAl^THA't .n*af»lo<o«A opoBlhciahiff 5 TW am A1AA In Ike let* I aaothi! Tbrynlkal a Aim "a*AiairlBg Jka.'l lhc r^eai i >ic tmibai Iiim AI OrUyalmrr I mlnJ iltr T A Stile MJ brtu. IW km. II mux kr jTrcia Ualalby. ' IvahAIM tkAt'a »h> IW takta alaml, l*tkf klm : IDBAloaUy." ; Wall. A all. rxrmr me C.CaB.1. km i here AT, ^ raacalA. *• Iko— ak! ^ | nil the mr. sheds' c0urt8hip. [ III! via known M a bit of a phllano- ' jiuit up anil down tlie Sacramento t long before nor flooda; when naviga* I linn waa lively Uiere with aloopa, . acboonrra, and almoa! anything capa- [ bio of freighting up from "Friaoo.'' ; lint nailing the main atvmnl not alto- ' gc liter the llii.il occupation of aueh a ' plilluaoplaer n» Mr. Caleb Sbcda. It i wna go.il for lu opportnnltlea to dash ; out the evidencra ofhla mental aupeI I ri'arlty over hia ahipmaios— the name • 1a ing a hearjr lumberman from Maine. I who owued and commanded the ' j Acbonner Red Rover, and the young . but inactive half Mexican, who smiled at CE k'b's infrequent Jokes, and lis- ' toned a good deal when Caleb orated ; | and the "Iamb" or the schooner slept; yvt for frrq^n^oyiortunlties for ob- | Caleb had come recently lo thinking it not equal to his requirements. A week on the river, from port to port, under a very warm sun. ofleu went ' without a chat with any other i than his Icllow seamen, l.ood wages, , with tare ivcanlona for laying them i out, lie had learned were good, but his '. resolve io stay by and keep hi. coin [ had finally in succumb to his taste fur [ social life! That too, made him re- • nuance his rigid economy, and give up i iiis dream of an rariy period for "aria- ] tocracy airs." "Gm'l'm'n," said lie. finally, "you '. won t see Caleb here nflt r five mlnotes , from this, 'canso this "ere is Saturday night, and that there wag'n cross this •levy' is going toward King's in moruio\ and this aailor ain't never goin' io i Is* known as a river shade any more. 1 Don Hosev. stick tolbe Urns, and don't I you never forget the Icnooi'o morally > yuo might lia' got from my olsrr»a- ! tions, ef you'd only knowed enough to | understand and do sumrthlu' 'a sides ' grin all the time when I was saying r my srrinuaeAt things; ami boos, you , won't he abort of hands long, you know, though maybe yoot ucver her a pnsscn who conk) learn how lo splice an end and recite instructions to the T sudBnce at the same lime, as I've 1 dona, ye ktruw. Well, I a^yi carry | lack with me, baa*, but I don't take i It away every time, you bet.'' i The "boaa," who waa a* quiet iu hia ( nature a* the whllsm tailor was given 1 lo talking, nodded "brwell," as the I little person awnng up on the rircr • hank. And he half smiled as lip ' said, sonic time sfterwanl, to Caleb's • successor at the helm. "If that Caleb ! would talk about things he didn't know everything about he'd bs skipper of this or some other craft before the month waa fiiirly half over." And I the Red Borer caught a pleasant "] brerre from the west, anil glided down | the river Into the bay ai the month, ; leaving tta (orrner niato oot of eight j i and speech, and almost out of mem- * YVhcn the legator sUgc started out in . the chill morning air, with three pas- ! ' sengrrs Inside and one on the box with J the driver, the eaaaal observer would . J- hare rveognljad at a considerable dls- j ; tanee the thick majrely of Mr. Sheds. I i That gentleman had determined nns t , an advance toward the Interior. • "That," he thought, "I'll get me • clear out of this Yre port, and when 5 I've M slip my cable there I can Just | J drop my lead and find out If there'" 1 pleasant aoundina in them parts.'. ° Mr. Sheds, bring a stranger, was s was not at first coramtmleatlvr. Rut • he was not caaipanhmlns. Ills pipe , discooAolatr man, thai fills the void i in ons's life which the work and IncaI pa hie wit of man could not otherwise ! I do.' He Ut hU pipe. IH* wit w» r Rem;, ami his syui|«lh'M« mm wider. ,, Tbey earned him AgraduoBt into ». - it quaintanee with tlie driver. He ad2 vnnerd, and, imlarally .-rough, toon began a running eooveraatleo With ■' Hint poreou. Their talk was -Arieo*. « but eoutimsouA. It louehad the as IT port of the rmuitry, the ellaate nf - of those parts, and so forth. Farther • oo, an appruaH. — made to mere peneasl lophrs. hanfiff tetbeenee I..

JJ I the individual tendencies sod experi leucea of the speakers. Their lives ha. ! been qnlle dlSerent, and the experi eatsd Mr. Sheds especially, since hi "* liad wearied of his old occupation, mm' , , I tad determined to throw up the oU hand and shuffle for a new deal. "I been mate with the old AroOB1kI took lumber skipper grin' oo nigh twenty months. He done all the quiet, c and 1 done most all the talking. That soited'a tar's It went, but it didn't go '" Car enough.'' a* "Y'on talk pretty smart, strikes me; us 'u if talkln's what be hired you for, seems to me be must ha' been mighty re hard to suit ifho wa'nt satisfied." M "Well, may he's how It wata't in the papers that I was te talk for my ai wages, bat he had loo much. Them fellows that don't talk maeb. they like to get Instruction, you know." A "Had pretty good wages ?" "Took lo my regular forty every » Iripi bus euclAt) 'a a ooeAAAAtx psiisf my bein', and drifUn' an the Sacramcnler'a well enough for a Maine lag, •* but It is not suited la my nat'ral tastes.'' r" "Ever try steer in' on dry land!1" ^ "How ?" "Ever hold the helm abowsl" Willi >• a lifting of ribbons and a geatieular M crackle of hi* whip. ' Sorter, but no great; 1 wa'n't no ., great with them thing*," and he pointed to the reins, l'ears like I'd Iter U> turn round a backward, so's to hcv the steerin' gear behind roe. " 1 "Well, p'r'al»,"'aai(l liiscompnnion ventuisomely, "p'r'aps, you'd like to " tackle up 'Jane' and 'Mary' on bey hind;'* as if to dnll the edge of his jest, lie snapped bit whip at the lead- * ere, and spoke gently to his fovorite Tlie last speaker was Mr. Samuel Trim, for short railed "Sime," at present the trusted chief engineer of the l'ioneer Unc of oraches flora Sacrah menlo to King's Flat „ Y'on could tell when Caleb was 0 turning any matter serlonaly in hit r mind. He was silent Y'ou *w lib lf tongue rulUng In his cheeks, scemlngly .. dislodging and relocating some cooaol- * atory morsel. He would turn hi* bead , sideways and scowl to the extent of a two well defined perpendicular lines in t the centre of hi* forehead. Not to I, conceal anything, it would uri be sale ._ to say that he did not expectorate at . ramparativcly frequent intervals. He did somewhat of each of three on that e day. The ride was lone, involving U two change* of animals, and change j of climate from cool morning to very , warm now, and a change of relaj tiona between him and Mr. Trim from . being utter strangers to a conscious. . nets of sympathetic tastes, at least. Caisii > Jnunjcy was begun with no . 1 special ptau, other than to got clear I out of Sacramento. When tho horse* dished up at "Phil's" at the end of I tlie ride, he had ranceietd another r possihlc plan of life. He might posti1 lily he going to bo a stage driver. Travel had been increased of late ot , "from here up to Jones' Bar. and tho , 'old man ' who owns the line la going, r to put on some coaches in that direc- . tiou," as Slme had remarked. With p such it prospect Caleb had naturally , moillficd the opinioD previously suggested as to his ability to guide a team. , His hope of occu|iaUoo was baaed upon a the supposed influence which the wild y Slme. being an old and fav-.o.l em- . ploye, had upon the "old man. " But a short time thereafter and n 0 new road to 'Jooea' Bar' proved a tucrets. The new line, which commenced t running in the middle of July, had y proved so profitable by the last oT Ocr toher, that it stand worth expending j more to insure good road for tlie rainy , Mason near at hand, which made j stage riding over an anballnsard road a an unpleasant piece of lRialoeas. j There waa oqc change or horse* at ,. Green Genoa, a little more than half r the way, and alter really the unplca*e uiitesl part of tlie road; but the fine e prospect up through tho gorge at this .. place, the charming location of tlie 0 station at thssfoot of Taft't hill, and the deep verdure of evergreens that s climbed up its aide, gave a sense of j relief to the dttat covered traveler*. „ Not that there natural object* were r much commented on at firit. Bat It . ha* been remarked many a time, that , after an opportunity had I ecu afforded I, lavsseugrrt to uncoil their limbs, and *t » s«h away the meniory of their tedious _ ride with whatever wash was available „ at "SlmMns Exchaojp '•— The station j for changing hortea— and cigar* were q lighted, and every body was aboard „ once more, and Hlmpkin* had "hoped gcnlhaen 'd drop again," and the 1 j driver had noddnl, wlUwut speaking . to SimpUns, as be always did before starting, some one would be (lire to „ J ]wy nflore a compliment, even though it waa in rather a arant pbraae. h ' "Klbil o' sniffy spot, this tire, for ] old Simpkins, eh. Bill?-, To. which the gentlemen addrewwd, not being so , j much a Hosier of phrase* as of oilier 0 1 thing*, would suggest, "that's well ' i nough for Stmky, I s*pnao bat I don't * think the dust around licre'U assay „ . any particular amount anyhow- which it j might Involve a huinoruu* alinslna io *, the deposit of Iree tall *o his garments with wow hint of tlx- somewhat llro- „ Itrd patronage of the Exchange. ,1 The real of the way, with a fresh toam, though a lea level road was M. quickly and pleasantly traveled; and Id sapper time a reach load of hungry' mt Inlnlty or youth, was unloaded, ra- „ err to accept the utmost brepltalitkw ,. ri milk bust of the "City Hotel." at d- Here BcrthoU. Kiagen kept the „i . Oty Hotel. Fran Martha Kragen It, cooked foe the borders. . 1 FnmWn Maria Theresa Kragen did j what limited waiting the gursi* re„f qniredal the table, and reeeivad what* „ ever mrUUc rosnpHmmts might be « paid to her hsauty by tlw oeeasbma: tranrient admiier of thnt virtoaan

erl- daiuscl. . JJaus tlx- "riiipiJ Ihtubhad man," as be was thought to he, "teneri- tied bar" and was hostler and at tend - tcr- ant, and did "chore* round iik place" he generally. This was the entire catabind lishromt and retinue, Caleb was accustomed to a varkly af life, lie had seen lu phases of fivir oa- i and stormy weather, a* a forty-moe gh In the diggings, as woodman on the let, Santa Cm mountain'-, at chief male sat on the Sacramento; and be was now not easily discomposed by any change of circumstances. Individuals became je: . u ui formally object* of iadUhtuutlud. or, after he waa fiiirly settled Into his ity I place, as drircrofthc Pioneer line. It would have been hard lo tell where he had -found Ulc yielding the most mi He litrd moot of the time on stagvkc ] box— arriving at either end of tho root at dusk, lu a condition ready to rest, and was off at early morning, ry • After a considerable exprricnev with of lids u.uds of lift, *7 U.„ m-AAAA AAOi a- dent, Mr. Sheds wu struck with an ' ig, Idea; and it might never hare occurred ral to him, but that some reason the stage i was not to start one morning for an hour later than usual. He awoke Ihc ' | same a* ever but in* trad of striking j th ' a light at once; to help the lagging ; ar down, he simply turned over. Not lo sleep, however, for it wa* after , io | two bells. So he ran naturally lo he thinking. In his "look out in tlic forvrigging"— as in memory of his id marine exiwricnce he denominated hi« sr front atic room, he hail nothing particularly noticeable. He could not hare m told wlwther tlxrre wa« anything to tlierein other than the bed he lay on. e- lie never went to it till hi* weariness lit compcllod him, and be left its unatd- tractive barrenness as soon as room- * te lug. But here was Mr. Sheds an akcj and motionless, at the City Hotel ' el He opened hia eyas wide, and then j »- shut them up again; bat they opou-il i no again at once, at If sleep lull lost its i a- power Upon their lids. He had begun 1 to think of something. He looked up 1 as tu the ceiling. He bolstered his bond ! is am! looked around. Ho suddenly no- J I* Herd that hit table had a neat w hile ' ly cloth. He perceived a hook or two lying ; I- ou it. If you had seen Mr. six-d* I id at that moment, you would hare to- i t iced a momentary cluiuge iu his iciun - u iroanrr. nit eyebrows were slightly ' ck-rated, and his lips a little projected, j fe Plainly enough, then- was going ou ; at tonic mental process. After n short j lo time he raised himself ou one elbow. ; it ami rested. It wa* ck-ar tint a new j Ig idea MB* u|"'ratiug. and he wns Is-ing 1 gc impelled along its current. Just ns ry his old craft on tlx; Sorrametltn might ' »- have been touched on the stem by a I 111 poMiug steamer, even, accidental); , •- and sent drifting op against the bankI. of the river, or into an unexpectedly io |iIau*ai lisven fiw.thc nlcliL ar YVhcn Caleb began to •|s-;ik. it was e* only a kind of mutter to himself, "Maybe so; yea, may beso ■ Then cr he stupprtl indecisively, and gazed at d- a thing out of the window . Then Iiis r. lips moved once more, ami he was omit versing with Mr. Shells himwlf. and ic only said aloud. "Pcrhap*. how; I S, don't know. YVcll. 1 wonder!" and o- then he half smiled. Aomcwhal slily, ;h and as hi- did so, said aloud: "Slio!" ly and started at a rapid gait, is if he g- were somehow being betrayed, a. For four mouths Caleb had driven a in couch. IYu*eugers had found him Id entrrtalniug at times, and seldom the ii- oppoeitc. Hcrr Kragen liked him, partly because uf a facility in undcrstanding the somewhat jagged English c- which was tbc beat at his rommaud. id The dame liked him fur hi* blunt id kindness, and pcrhap* the more, bct- cause of a certain ahytica* which he ig never quite rid ill in fcroalw society.— ty The ftauleln Maria Theresa hail idle way* a ''gooil morning" for him, id though the is* him but little. Ilsns, o. w*s doubtftil whether or not he want altogether the right kind of person to ilf have at the house three time* a week, •- though this was a late thought of his. ao Singularly enough, however. It was an iia idea, the value of which seemed to iulie crease. There waa noapparcul reason id for It at first. Bat Willi Han* there at was one thing always In view, and all other considerations were of little ac- *. count lu tiliu. 11c held within hi* re square Dutch bosom a secret hope. which had boco growing in strength at for tlie seven years during which he rd hail Iwro the tight-hand nun of Ilfrr *1 Kragen, since they came together from oa Fatherland lo lire In this distant 'le spot. an "Doom day Maria shall ho my vifo ra ell. Here Kngcnl1" And the old rd landlord, who bad always had a kind rd of paternal feeling for the young Han*, be would look half sternly at him. and »g say between the whiffs from his pipe; re "Hans, yon pettcr go away mil you. ami harness Op de thtago for Caleb.— fh He pc down now right avny." And then lie would turn at if he had heard br no alhtslou to posslbb. matrimony, cb anil place himself bchlod the little liar in one cornet of Use largo front room, n-r ready |o mart Use demands of tho not el' Infrequent custodier*. I't Caleb came to Ids btcakfntl' Unit ay morning, a* u*im!, with hit top coat ch buttoned up. hi* thick gloves sticking ont of one |n<rkrt, a pipeatetn from the it* oilier. He ale w|lh Aomewhat more n>- deliboralion llian usual; be talked not so much, and hi* appetite evemcd more *h speedily MUrikd than at other tiroes, •a* Tho ftauleln wa* Joyous as a lark, ml and there, at hi* side awl at other's ry sides In turn. Nobody could haw m- told Awn looking at bit oounleoanca ra- what was going on wilhln the mind kw and heart of Mr. Sheds. In a most roent he was oo tho hex, and hail driven round to tbc front vulrancc, the ready for pnaecnger*. Before tbey -en were all aboard then: was a pipe, already filled, that wanted a Utile fire lo did comph'U- the perfect utisfscUiry stale re- > far a pipe lo ik iu on a morning like g\l- ! that. CI* fob Shed* needn't have taken the trouble io go to hie apartment nal I "jn»l for *oux-thlog," as he said, tar •oa I he knew well he wren for nothing-

:h- ] that i», nothing to speak of. And m- ! when he was retnraimr. It would Ik id- I useless to say that he had not expected e" I to meet a young person ' whom, by ili- ; reason of hi* early training, he always called Ma-r-iali. fur that wae llw rewly soo br stood in Ulc narrow pataagoilr way, scratching lad for* and'letting ne them go out, a* If somehow he could he > get no light in hit pipe. And then, ito ' when ho knew everybody untslde was iw , walling for him, and that young bine i ge ' eyed person came along, hamming an < ne | old German air, he stood there quite I nl . "tupldly. and . scratched another I lis . match, and beM ont his pl|ic. and i it brought tlx Ili*- Ii.nr it. and hesl- I re tried, ami was going to say. "Mariah. I St 1-1- " hut he only drew ai his pipe, I ami h"-ld the fire too for away; and I i« | then, without saying auothrr word, t jc : walked to the door, leaped to the box, I ably swift speed toward bimpklnt' I I, Exehauge. And the bir Maria t n j -mifod lo herself, und tlieu kmnd law I •1 - ii" half Washing, ami then standing < .,, tlxrre saying nothing atoll, and •rnrre- ■ n ; l.v even heeding Hans, who came near t ir just thru, with a superfluous ami oft- f . repeated question runrrrning domestic * * ! " TtaMlri I I S , , ilnrnt that day at usual. For some I ,, not apparent reason be handled his a ,t- whip in a nervous maniK'r, clipping o i, off the tope of the flower*, a* he reached them on the roadside, and for o >. many n mile holding iu his mouth a d n pipe well flllrd, but emiltiiig uo smoke, t .. Inti rrogalories met only abrupt, iqooie b i. syllaWe replies, and Ihc casual apeak- c A er soon settled into a stale quite • I- s|Krrhlra* ami silent a* the |wraou ii i- 1 spoken to. YVhcn the stage stopped » r | at the Exchange, Mr. Sheds, who was n I 1 not given lo much patronage of the * n j chief article for sale at that somewhat n ,| i solitary spot, walked tip to the cbun- J' * b r, and took sonx-thin' atralglit,' ami v u'a good dial of it. The bo- uf this v ji | gentk-man gave uo hint whether joy 1 ,1 j or grief reigned most iu Iiis Ihwoui, c a I or whether either were struggling for i p ! the throne. v K j It ia well kuowu that Jiime. whom 1^1 Caleb met always on the returu tri|is li » | al King's Flat, wn» not of a domestic, k i- i nor or a auspicious nature. He did p j- not go Into female society when he t I. ; i- slid avoid it, and in that part or the o ii j country it was not dittlcnll to avoid. I q lie WW* not married, and he did not t ■, j stnpeet others of bring »o; and tbey k v j generally Were uot. Consequently, I g | Caleb's Initiative state of comparative i * | quiet did not hint to sime of anything e it J in particular. The fact that hi* friend t > 1 paid a trifle more attention to hi* per- r sonal appearance w-a* not luseded In g , tlie cxirv' of a few weeks, if Sitae had l r farm some other, lie might have no- t [* haps, that Caleb, who had habitually I n tiuually a |<arcrl or two to take lawk t it to Jones' liar. But Slaie dldu't no- n is tiro, and held his friend in as high .•*• t |. Irern as CVgr. Tlx- regular reroptiou , f d oi.eiTtain oomi» iiMiilon at the end of j the week, with the "privilege of the i u d l«tr" al Iwth end* *1 tlie route, and ; t Hie occasional rntcrtaliiment wliicff a " game of chance afforded, were in his t e opinion about all that was essential Ui r man's content. Tnis was partially a the *ecrrt of his lack of understanding 1 n any further ambition in any out- else, e Caleb has these, he knew, and so there t i, was In hit mltxl no query as to that r- person's happiness. Meanwhile, Mr. t h Sheds wa* shrewd enough not to ( I. startle Sime's friendship too tuddualy. i it But the more he went on mcrtiug ■ > him ctreiy other day, and thinking a < » good deal upou a subject which ho was - conscious Simr waa not thinking of, I 1- the more he thought that maybe be i, himself; mlghHr rash and wrong.— ia, [YVonld Slme advise him? Then lio j is siuoked with great violcucn, and toon « antweml the query to hia own satis- 1 t, faction. Slme was his "sort o' pord- , i. oer'' at this end, but at the other end n ho (bit that be was not the person • i- whom be wa* considered to ho by I n Siine. About where the mctamorpbo- i v i|s commenced, he did not Inquire. I II It wa* a pretlv long drire, bat Ik i :- found himself always ready to start. is It wa* uik of the sad things of this s, w orld that we have to know, that tlie : h female heart, wherever found, is burie denetl with deceit and cruelty. Ylak- I T ing bsllave it is not what It is. It is not ! n eon tent with it uwn bounteous wealth, i it but seeks and gain* dominion orer the susceptible heart of man. The sweet- I u net* of femininity, conquering many t Id hearts, feeds litem all fora teason'opon I id hope which fill* the desire at first, but I t, finally, to all but one prove* to be no i id more than a* the husks that do not 1 e; nourish. Verily this U a vanity that ! j. glows In the dark eyes of the city and _ the *oft bine eyry of the mountains id alike ■d "Maria, vat you do mil our Caleb, y, ah? He go around here more shy like ir than ever. Mine lltlfo girl, you re0, member* all dc time d.ri next veek yon ot be Han*' vifc, eh? Ami the young person odd retard smiled • through het at blue eye*, and lialf curtsied to her st father, and ran out of the room . wilbjg ont saying a wen]. And Here KmIk gen dldu't luilf remetuber what he tied rc spoken to her, hut whllfod at hi* pl|K, ot and sliook bit head, and when Iw. lu re a few momenta, found llans by htmb, self iu a bar-room, that |Kr*on hraid k him saying as If to himself. 'Veil. veil! she certainly Uh a h-tla viteh'" „ Mr. Shetls wa* a man of modesiy. « Hi* cneounlcr with the fondly otiicit i „i Kragen wa* tlx- first meeting, for many years on anything like a tsmiliar ul basis, with, as b<- himself casually rec, tuarki-d. "Hjq sex that cheers, bat not sy inebriate*.' It was hard, at find lor ii- him to foce the dame and her da ugh- , to tcr, but experience! made it quite rosy .1,' to chat with somii gayrty, and lo be j ke undisturbed; thru it began lo ik hard cn again. at The apparent awkwardness of new br love la not characteristic of youth — alone. Caleb was over thirty, and he

a could uot Artfully begin the cutrac c which provertlaBy nerir rwsswoetb, I ami move oa by regular advances to r tiff prufjundcat depths. His mnflj- " tloo with rtiereocr to the yoang per - sou called There**, was TsueguUsJ by - hia contcioinnws. very maeb as light - ; ning from the rireumamhtat dark1 net*. It came suddenly bat unmls- . Ukably. i Caleb bore that anouutcluuxncat as a • new harden not adjusted to hit ahouli dcrs. lie tottrred, and looked, and - frit awkward. His heart termed to be - crowing everything np Into bis cheat I and threat; and If Mart* did'ot touch ■ sooKhow with her soft hands he feared this issue. As others hare n, Caleb was— blind, else he might derived seme advantage from bis ordinary eyesight. Bat he heeded nonot even Hum. who trolled daily, curiously but silently, the hour the cooch lo start. Mr. Sheds had , not made. In direct phrase, anv pis- • |w*aa1 in tEr> joune woman of the remtuinmation which he could hare been caught slyly winking at himself, while all the Umo his heart was beating tumultuous prophecies of a very sweet fulure. Moreover, the driver, who a taciturn and briufin tho month of m-mcd not the same as the joyous and talkative one of thr autumn. It was Indeed the satno, but in a different stage of devciAOd It is a foct that the frauban had of late seemed gracious to an extraordegree. From tbc uncertain state iu which she had lormcrly secjbd hesitate In her reception of daXf cumpUmcnta from tho geutlcmeu wlx> guest* at her fother's hostelry, including Caleb's, the had reroutly seemed to hare taken on the blootn of maturity, with a rvassuranro of personal dignity, In spite of the aowlyniade attempts at gallanty of the sojourner* of that rrgiou, and had somewhat mare the air of one haviug somewhere a hope worth resting upou.— of course, did uot escape the coofident gaze of Mr. Sheds, whb viewing her from his standpoint, pot on a very reasonable interpretation. I laleb't confidence in hi* friend Trim h-ul not yet extended lo placing In hia keeping any sreret on which reated hht rsoual luippinvM But he began to that ih- might do so. He thought of many plaaaanl things on llio way to Simpkins'. He thought tlie tame thing over again after he left SirnpHe had never been more entertaining to passengers, noranswered lln- thousand inquiries, asked anew div. with more fullness. Hi* was aglow, his pipe waa lllled and refilled. Ills whip snapped inteiligcutly. aud tlui horsea, Munehux- jiai - taking of hia joyotuneaa, whitknl over tlx- road with fleeter feet than ever, and brought the stage iu foil half U" hour ahead of any previous trip.Trim had already arrived from Sacramento. The brightness of the sky, and of tlx sky, and of the fairs, seemed invite Caleb to toll his secret to hi* friend. "Slme," said In-, at tbey leaned 1 uuay from Phil's bur, "noticed any, (liiug special lately?" "Can't azy It," replied Trim; "rouud tlx- Flat there, or is it up to haera"Xo, Slme; It* right here; 's ncar's "Don't sec, but you're as rusty as tlx- fust day we rid together. " lhit Trim's view was finite, lie Inquired along thcllnesof men's fores for answers of any kind. He devoted his care mostly to himself, and * hit curiosity was somewhat excited when his friend spoke again. "Slme, I'm tired o' hcin' nothing a one-horse team.'' "Eh?" "Ifn been goin' on alone a Initp •>' J "Well," replied Trim. "I never yon hain't got along spry enough." "Slme," said Caleb, hesitatingly don't know me u I am inside here; I've been a good deal uucaay," and be took out hie pipe end fumbled fot hi* remnant of tobacco, "jest •» i not bein' ne much uf a man as my fotber was." "Y'our dad a rirry superior pentm, : Sheds?" - "That ain't ucilhur hare iter there; ■ ll'a reek'n'd respectable, hime, an" : I'm jest chain' out these bachelor days Mr. Trim beard hia friend, and felt - tliat rcmouatrance from him would ' not bo In place. While be vta^jifeut i for the spare of a minute, aa^Rhped I pick up a chip to whittle, a good ■ queer queries ran through hie 1 uiiud: "Wee Shads a spooo, and not 1 know it before?— ted he been losing 1 more ptroea at hia evening's rutrrtaiu- • tnrnt than he ted gained, and did Ik feel a necessity of being put under , bonds ? — wu there any obligation » cloaked under this aaoming phase of - |Knoual choice, impelling him to a i deed which attained to the rank of I rashness?— wasn't It qaeer that Caleb t should be thinking of snch a tiling ? r and a good deal more queer If lo - should do it?" And then he began to e think aloud; "Wonder bow uh duct 1 yon held your toem in band so well at , to drire up in the gxl In thu fast j |>laoc ? I t-pose UYt a gal. eh, - Sheds?" I "Y'ou 'd ucver ask that ngtoo, el you . waa to acc her. I ain't drawn a taut sheet, aud run Into harbor elosc hauled . with the wind right square la n.y r eyes, mant '* the tin* for uothin'. r without know in' whether I can hoard r a craft in her place. Fact b, 1 hain't . yet hailed her, but there the It, just I ridn* at her anchor, and I know lost r what answer 11 coo* hack when I da r| ''"Know her well ?'• ci "Xo mlstakr," j "Hain't hronght it equatv out that von waal to many her?" e "Well, Brae, I knew how tho witxl h biowi wteo l aasterpinnantaflyls."