■r oatef bt 8» ■>* iUit.

"Year,” 1 Bald, and tm

Death draw life to eona to bar,

Oh! Bjiuart! And I fall pn

The dead faar, and aay, "I vfflahan fat U> 7 AH the Kkifa'of the nation lie tn (torr, Thej ratfnad In their liteUas aith'iiMncra and

Wiinse AT THE BTATION- “ What place did yon Bay f" Mary Sage aakod the etmdnctor, aa be came along with bin oolleeted ticket*. “ObeUford atation," ha replied. ■' PaaaeBgera in the morning train from Uu Olifik change core here.’ 7 tioned him, and wmfalarae&’Siht ehe would hare to wait at the Cbelaford elation three bottra before the Old Provinoe train arrind, by which they were to traeel kameward. ’ blnatered up to the platiot and froway in ante of . irown linen dresser, Japaneaa fane, and leather bags of comeatiblaa. Sereral trunka were madly toaaed out of the baggage oar, and then the rolled down the cut through a

appeared. The og-took off the

expected paaaangnra with their luggage, the ataring aohool-girle atrolled homo again arm in arm, and the loaf era commanding Ute beuchea turned over their tobacco quida and aliently stole away to their tnrebee among the Tillage etwee.- The ticket teller dapped down hie window, the candy Trader draw a barrier aeroea hie den, and ailenoe reigned within the elatiou ; dmnghtaof dr rad eoUd eunboama were meatera of Mary waited patiently till her companion, Idea Whitlow, waa adjusted aatiafaotorily, rad than watoaL Prom wary point of the compass ehe Tainly tried to diaoorer some familiar. landmark. Away beyond the tree* she aaw the aplrea and roofa of the Tillage, and took at random one of the roedi in ita direction. It waa a more lane through

! stahofthecape

STAR OF THE CAPE.

VOL. V.

CAPE MAT CITT, N. J„ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1873.

go back to year cousin Ann, and bahaae aa you are expected to behare. The idea Of moonlng^aftcrdead^ rwDantio aermnmndate each crons. Taa.ni rotom ; x ii laas wain by and oomo back on the other aide of the street. Who weald bare thought of my opportunity of aeeiug old Obaiaford again, whore X took mudo-Ieeeona, and had each a gar summer? And now mother ia dead, rad I am dead—an old maid, I meanend life ia a tiresome falsehood.” She wee walking swiftly, unaware of her footsteps A clock struck ; the wind brought its slow strokes to her ear; an Uowhad paaaed since she left the station, and her heart had counted urery happy day she had erer spent in that time. As she passed along on the other aide of the way she looked at the settee again. The sleeper had changed hia position; ha waa sitting up, hia hat wfl pulled orer hia forehead, rad hia head was bent in,a listening attitude. An moon trolable wish to eee this man’s face aeinsl Mary, and almoet nroluntarily the turned again and crossed orer below the terraae. “ Suppose I do want to see him I" she argued, crossly. “lam the one to be hurt." Stepping by the terrace as noiselessly as possible, f w fear of being beard, the had come close to the lawn gate, and, with a fasting of forlorn hope, railed her eyee end met those ehe wished to meet. Their teoee were not f arepart, Item below, hie shore—earnest, sad faces now; deep, inquiring grey eyes. For a moment they wen speechless, he amaxed, aha breathless. “ Mary Sage, la It you f ••Tea, Edward Orafton.” "Osmeupherel some in 1” be urged. “No," “Whyare you hen in thii strange

ayf”

" Because the Old Prorince train on't come in. An you a railroad di-

icctor r

“When here you been alliheseyein, and why should t noror see you, Mary ?*' be asked, with a rising irritation. She did not reply at once, but looked at him. Indeed, they measured each other with profound wonder rad curiosity. How well she stiU looked, he thought. Her complexion was brilliant yet, her I eyee beautiful aa of old. Ana she thought bow little he bad changed. Hia hair waa a trifle gray under hia hat, and he waa bigger than erer: hia eye* wen bsolutely the aame. “I wonder,” she at length aaid, in a dreamy Toiee, “if all these yean might hare taught ue a right understanding of each outer.” “Waa it a wrong ” ”

tys?"

"On my part, yea. Quietly unlatching

for bar to belt CTO ii

lips. It _ _ to bourn, e might " , weather . _ good many people wen haring queer trades. She examined Mias Whitlow closely to eee if then waa an thing

thought it bad been an uncommonly hot dOT, which Miea Whitlow denied. '■Did you particularly notice Mr. rafton V' she asked. “ Why, yea; I thought him a Tery good-looking middle-aged man, and —'te polite. When did yon HeaTen help me, Oouatn A) hare loTed that man fifteen yean, and ' to wait at Gkelsford atation to disNot to him, I hope,” said Mil Whitlow, gnaely. “ He guesses It well enough." It ia ill nonaensa. Of oonraeyon n

take. When I refused Deacon Watki Tar allowed mgntalf to suffer a mi though he had the beet house Walton. You an flghty in your disposition, Mary, rad always will be. You an aa red in the face a a a turkey-cock

■ gate, he held

“Mary I wish you would oomo in, I

>m glad to see yon.”

“It ia impossible, lor I must return

lot I must

■ho wails for me at me

freaks the in-

ginstlon plays. When I found myself at Cbelaford, after so many years' absence, I thought I would test Ay bump

of locality. •’

'•Hare you passed the terrace more

tn once?” he asked, abruptly, the hlnahed redder than a ro

Mary was thankful when'the coach opped in Saekrille street, at their door. She ran up to her room like a young gM, aa Bridget, the serrut, declared. In ita familiar solitude Mary hoped to neoTer composure, and be able to judge rightly of this, the most astonishing day ehe erer passed. Afterward, when retired for the night, she looked in the glass, determined to t ■ t account of erery indication ;

.enough

forty, said the glau: a smooth cheek, abundant hair, shapely «—»- an erect, well-formed person. titled by dirine right to carry that “-’-•ore on the tablets of her heart. anticipation, what right to that ? None, her 'reason told her. Had not that obdurate Edward Grafton shown himself to day, aa he had shown himself years since, determined to bo un-

derstood in hia own way, < bo sought rad won at he

seemed to her for an inatant aa u ne naa been thus long waiting for her to pass hia gate, like a spider in hia web. Dot she had refused to go in, tbit waa a ' t; and then ahe fell to crying r, rad longed to haTe the chance to her rnee more. What waa ise of his mysterious conduct ? ahe queried. The summer ahe had spent beneath hia mother’s roof together with bar own mother had ita history. Edward's cousin Helen had

obrained an

isn't quite sure, sue stammerea "Oh, 1 see: another experiment. "How curiously things do tuna up!"

aha wisely remarked.

"Very, indeed."

“I suppose I must go now.”

“Where do you say yon are going?”

"To our town, Waltoa” “Your cousin is with you ?”

“Yes—Miss Whitlow. Have yon lired

lare erer mneer

“Oh yes, exocot a few yean abroad." “Wefi, good-tho ming. '*

“Good-morning.”

Dixxy and confuted she sprang forward, but at tho end o< the petb looked round, like Lot's wife. He waa gaaing at her with all hia might, and, womanlike, the walked straight baek to him, Md cried, “You looked so always, Edward Orafton. I know now how few wan the words yon spoke to me, rad yet I thought I had a nnmbariraa mam-

-ry."

" You said aa few. I judged you as supposed you judged me. Our eyee we said to be alike. Waa than a lognage in them for me ? Waa I diahonost to let miue tall my atory ? Whaloonld I Bay, then ? My circumstances were patent There came a One day, and your mother swooped down on you rad bore you off I acquiesced, > you did.” --‘time Mary looked at the ere but my u*it*ier,”_he

r, let me see-your lenaano. it toward hia, and he pulled I her glore. “Ah, was aD ha aaid, rad kept the glore. Maty wished that it was not a mended one. The longer she staid, the more silenced ahe frit and that was the old spell; but somehow ahe beliered man. Why xnxld ahe not hare been thlrtyrite when ahe wee aerenteen! “Things do come round curiously I” he repeated, with a quiet amile that made her oolor deepen again. "Inerer frit more lonely than l aid an hour ago

in fault consio Helen jilted why did he not follow Mary Sage? VTiy not, man fashion, ride into Walton town, and tne the worn . . . . be his wife? Simply expected too mooli of h of a heroine were not bestowed upon - sw to-day that ahe waa just she promised to be, and be to coerce her; opened hia threshold. He had always propped hia pride and spirita with the belief that rite lorad him ^retj deeply; now he

take seats, h rr expected tc

oool^ ssked her if she

of the of oounu, peas through

the town."

“ Bern ember, then, that my boras open, if you eboqpe to come to it. II aa there, I will open my gate and w< come yon with alt my heart.” They shook hands as they parted, ai Mary looked bock to him es he stood <

to be fixed elsewhere. _ * that dreadful creature shakes my with her goings on." “Mr. Thafton ia in tho parquet," aaid M ^h! be ia; he era ' the walla in Ohelafoxd. Does an want tp oomo up t~ "I dare eay,” replied Mary, oareleaa“He looks distinguished, and .me when the curtain falls Miry looked at her gratefully.

Whitlow first. A youthful blush man* tied in^Mary's face aa^she felt thejmeai vacated a seat, rad he took it; the ir did not return when the curtain again, and the moments that followed were the sweetest Mary erer ’new. The music, the brilliant comany, lent a magic to the dear reality. Id ward forgot himself, his pride,' his ighta, only remembering bis present - ire; sad Miry, forgetting nothing,feeling all, was ready to lire or die with him, just ea he chose. They ware young again; the Toloe of passion from the stage, its song of longing and rejoicing ’ grief and despair, sustained by orchestra, intoxicated them. They arid Tery foolish things to each other. If Miss Whitlow had heard them she would have called for two strait-jackets. “May I go homo with you?" he asked, humbly, when the performance was over; end he was so carofnlly adjusting Mary’s shawl that Miss Whitlow, to speak the Ternaeular, smelled an animal of the rodent kind. Latinised as

"We go to the Pelham Hotel, "That is my hotel also ; we g Miss Vniitlow graciously asked him take a seat in her carriage, and all s way along, when a street Ump shone

in, two pairs of gray eyes were iixed c

each other with delight Edward ■ —vd to Mary to join him a few mil he drawing-room after Mias Whit properly disposed of. They sat in the deep embrasure of a ’ for half on hour. Little was sata, enough; rad then Edward loft y at the door of her room with a kiss —eh made her recall once m days of the post. She sighed. “ Whnt is it. mr love ?’’ he if

ir promised

over him, and held him as husband. When Mary appearou, uuriaxd straightway fell in lore with her, — J •' open way gave evidence of u which he believed, when he had rsieen to suppose Mary ratunud it wooM lead to its proper end inevitable result. Helen herself, his mother, her, must see that it was the that they should be united. Lore was to be all ud all—the Bible of tool, teaching a religion before i consequence oftLis fine theory waa I Mary’s mother took her home imliately; hia owl mother was brokenhearted at the failure in choosing hapeaa for him ; and Helen, after play- _ fast rad loose with him, suddenly married a young man in the neighborhood who was devoid of every attrae- - — ' ' — card went

fMSg

prayers. A rumor reached him that Mary Sage waa engaged; then it waa contradicted. He thought of her eoostantly at thkt time, and could not forgive her for forsaking him. Aa the yens went by he counted them, and finally settled in the conviction that dary had grown too old to be ray longer remembered ea a young man's ideal; too old, indeed, for him to seek her with ray sentimental object, and so, aa bethought, hia love ghost was forordinsry point of view, his oonduot was Dot to ba accounted for. Mary eon--i-a-a jj, past had ^vould ia ended her apeoalationa here, sensibly went to bad. Edward Orafton returned to i that day he entered it with a eriing; a now void waa there. The flying joy rad hope he had tees flattering in Mary's eyes had vanished.

hia duty to give her a home. Peris " ““.IT - “ he should aak her hand in rind the® 1» knocked hut ex* like nine-pins. So three v rosined sport. A short fetal nod one the work of years; for they i both longing and miserable, where had been cheerful and contented. interfered in their

the jraCwyiaed at fnfi Iragth “ in futuribue," entting his toe! remainder of the femily J!

groom can amile who are

What is it, my love ?” he jealously Nothing, only that my hair ia

prise ; said, in fact, she had been looking forward to Mary's marriage. She went into a calculation about spoons and sheets, and waa in aht

home to get M suaded her to rei and during that

consent to a hotel wedding,

hatever yon did in she said to them, “1

any thing bat what you do in the dry.

You are aa silly i ”

- -lady’s

A Had Case of Hydrophobia.

. lobie, presenting

pafefnl in tercet, occurred in St Louis. In the early part of January last a young woman named Mary SohtmmeQ, living withher broth- — — Seventeenth street between

tnd Warren streets, was bitten

on the hand by a dog about four months old, which waa observed for several days to have symptoms of hydrophobia, and which had bitten two other dogs within a day or two previous. Tho feelings of alarm which are usually fo' both by the young woman and her friends, but the death of the dog a day or two afterwards eompletaly disarmed

their fears, the death being with them, aa with many^era

raBsIrat guaranty that the yonng womafi would not be attacked by the dreadful disease. For a considerable time the wonnd^wae^watched with careful interontirrir healed, and having baas alight in ths first instance, did not

- time the yonngwi

— little eon of Mrs. Schim- l men also received a alight wound from 1 the teeth of the animal ' “

thought possible that ii young child it might be :

‘op serious oonseqt , ed to take some precautionary area. The young woman and child therefore takeirto Oarondriet te

tin Smith, who 1 ' ^believed* thrillh^

comforts and luxuries with which have heretofore been snrr

Elegantdreeajng-oasee,salnable — * *—’— **■” "“rat linen bedding in ty, while scarcely a week paasee that presents from friends testify, not only to their remembrance, bnt to their wealth and liberality. Yet these men lie down with the stare for their canopy, the earth for their bed, the n>en n i., n

_ "roughing i said my informant, “ they work like galley stores. ” A great deal of English capital has been invested here, which

shares not only in railroads,

» are held by their capital! _

to be eroeted at Mani ton Springs ’ jr an English Loro, and

n that country is jui wntifnl residence then i. aa a physician, of

I ■■ t London that be ' > peHtt . in riding, last week,

use of a German Btuuu, n hoeing in the garden, hia lady at work In the kitchen.

u recently paid A4,- , whom he had jnst . last week, we called

fewra^l-

ine of hydrophobia. The te luting of the girl's h

og waa then for the first t. . mind, that being the part in which -M moat alarming symptoms presented themselves. The hand soon became num and powerlaas, aa if affected by

which spread to the arm and

The Swiss Times gives the following Mount of asuieide at Bulla, Ora*--riburg, under somewhat peculiar . l miter CCS "A woman .■wa.plal to the authorities that her hcvouid had aed her and had threatened to take Ufa. Severe! gendarmes proceeded .. re bouee, but only suooeeded in cap-

i luring the culprit after considerable

f trouble, he being a mu e

t agility and strength. Bhv—„ him, they had to conduct him to the

prefecture on a cart. There be waa fly, bnt *—1 in a aril in which them — ” — ! “”-

a young man. Soared/

ito the bottomless gulf. The

incessantly fret and moan sgaii— cliffs of Danger Island, which on all sides descend sheer into the deep, so aa to appear from a distance perfectly fe-

lurveyingship.traveising * ' directions for scientific pa

iched this wild rock,

considerable distance along oe foot of tho precipices, one gentleira discovered a small fissure, through rhioh he felt confident they conld climb o the snmmit; and tho boat being pushed quite does to the rocks, two or three of the most daring landed, and after nodight toil and peril reached the top. The prospect which then presented itself waa truly extraordinary ■ed green ea an emerald by the of bidden springs, the whole of the island was thickly strewn ;gs of innumerable ocean birds, , rising from the task of incubation, formed a canopy of flattering wings overhead. The eggs were of all colors—white, light chocolate, ud cerulean blue, dotted with brown or crimson. —* 'so, or black. Here and there protruded from the shells; and the mothers, though scared away for a moment by the nnuaual apparitic "? men, soon alighted near their jounj

The Blister Fly.

We have before ns in a common gla bottle, says a Western exchange, an assortment of the distinguished blister flies which are just Dow ravaging the

if our subscribers. Not a common to the blister

Railroads.

bad a barn and stables consumed , from a locomotive, and sued the railroad company for damages. The buildings were some distance from the railroad, but dry grass and weeds in -•—lance occupied the ground over itervening space, and uy this long communicated the farm bnildings. Tha-jury-found for the plaintiff and 93,800 was awarded. * The railroad company appealed to a

.nomd"be“^f,diy

removed from the teeth by means of a toothpick of quill or wood, but never of metal. Camphorated and acid tooth powders are injuriana. both to the ' ’ the gums, and if employed,

tally rinsing, tfiie

it trial v

ground that

i the

ssgt __

difficult far her to brrethe, ai

lotion was almost impossible. a pitiable condition, the horror usually evtneed at tho sight of water being

fjv shown iii her rera, and thewlavirt — ’ ranees to ere® the slight draught begs® to cry for assistance, whereupon by the waving of afsn appear- the other ceased hia operations, irithe most excruciating treated him, rad meraoed him with

rival stepped up to the other oeou of the eell, announced his intenth bang himself, and threatened to der him first if be attempted to hinder him. The young man dare not speak a word, and his companion proceeded to adjust his belt round hia neck previous

pies happened to

They are abont tht of chalk or resin, and are of

'Struggles that the terrified tstorof the deed dared jsTout again for assistance. When it arrived the

Tho habits of known, except that they!

partiality for potato plants, and will demolish a paten with wonderful alacrity. They vArit in swarms, rad move in ekrads like grasshoppers. Agmtleun who has tried it says they era be read ly driven from a Arid with switches, at that when onoe expelled they will n

responsible

i, bnt only from ledistc causes. The sparks from locomotive did not fire the barn,

which fimTlbo barn.

It was the duty, so tbo court decided, the farmer to guard against tbo possibility of such accidents, by not lesv-’--a train of -litter to communicate fire. While a pwty was liable fot cages within ^reasonable limits, it for the parties injured to show that ’ had taken reneonable precautions heir part to avoid the chance. Tho

S * were therefore "

ue of the grasf

A ScnooxeGmL’e Fonrun.—The Harrisburg Patriot says s The will of Thomas McKep, of Allegheny, whose death waa announced a few days ago, has been filed in the Register's office. Nettie Adelia McKee, a dgpghter aged abont 30 years, who has spent a portion of hot Ume^ attending school in this ^city, is immense wealth, estimated at from ♦!,-

xl it terit fire, actually

All That is I OIilx tiig np and burning the poor fellow's

^.rr, ' “Mr. ,, A*j! l5 Aleiander of Wood burn

, | Woodford county, Ky., recently sold

’o-yoar-old heifer '

ed as a sum not very far below her real value. She is said to bn^p-Beautifal

'cry particle e

or old, should turn their "jaws into nut

wing. It is not

, food or drink, ipecislly.if immediately followed by nything cold, in contact with the teeth.

if the thread in

Trapping Tigers,

rriter in the London 7Vmi iey^ trap tigera in Indio, a untrjr. Strong posts al

?kftd _ i of pal-

same way <n „ space ef a foot and a half between t two. In the enter circle a small door i made of a width equal to the space bt tween the circles. A goat or calf is tie to a post in ths centre, and the door i opened, so that it stands across th space between the circles. The tigs cornea rad walks round the enter elrel till be finds the entrance. He on ten and walks round the space till he meet the open door, which be pushes back into Ue place. The space ia too narrow for him to torn round or exert hia great strength, and he con tin ne* to walk round and round till morning, when ha ia easily killed, and tha bait extrisated

cal Scir perhaps the most extraordinary i —* - ud deprav-’ “

latpetT Toraro,

weight did not exceed o attracted tho curiosity of tho snrgeon major of his regiment. From the day of his enlisting ha got quadruple rations, with pickings and waste meat; bnt he would often slip into the dispensary and swallow a poultice or two. One day he was .seen to seise a largo oat, and after sucking its blood, bo in a very short time left only cleanly, picked bones. He swallowed serpents and eels whole. Ho on one occasion consumed a meal which had been spread out for fifteen German work-people; after which performance he was blown oat like a balloon. Again be swallowed at one sitting thirty pounds of liver, etc. It was ones attempted to tarn this ravenous appetite to good account, by baring him carry in a box within bis stnmrah a eortespoodenoe between Gen. Beanharnais and a French ooloo. l, bnt the fallow waa eanght oqd soundly thrashed. After death hit stomach waa found to be enormously enlarged and in a very disordered condition.