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D.IILI I MOV SF.KIF* *'»!.. ILIT- NO. 7417.
UAJLV Kl.dlUil -VOL. XVI— .NO.JJS79.
I THE DAILY RECORD-UNION.
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A GENTLEMAN WITH. A. FEW HUNDRED
./ V dollars, and who is a K*ood book-keeper, would
like to purchase an interest in some genuine whole-
sale commission business. Address, stating full
particulars, and giving San Fraucisco references if
possible. J. 8. LEDYAKD,
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WOOD WANTED.
T>IDS WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL JANUARY
J) 20th, for delivering IN THE YARD at this
office, lIMI CORDS OF OAK WOOD. The wocd
must be four-foot, and cut from livo timber within
one year past. Delivery to commence by the Ist
of FKRKUAKY, and be completed by the Ist of
MARCH. Ja9-tf
$1,000 REWARD.
THE UNDERSIGNED WILL GIVE ($l,0OO)
1 One Thousand Dollars Reward for the arrest
aud conviction of the person or persons who at-
tempted the assassination of James Skinner at his
residence at Green Valley, El D.trado county, Cal.,
on the night of December 11, 1879.
JAMES SKINNER.
Green Valley, December 17. 1579. dl3lm
TO LET OR FOB SALE. ~
AilTerttaements of five lines in this department are
roMrted for 25 cents for one time; three times far 50
oeuU or 75 cents per week.
-171URNISHED ROOMS-A FEW COMFORT-
1. ably furnished ROOMS— A FEW COMFORT-
abIy furnished loomi to let at reasonable ratts
in a private family. Please apply at the southeast
comer of II and Seventh streets.
ja9-lw MRS. BR"WN.
NICELY FUKNISHED ROOMS, WITH GAS,
X^l to let at No. 008 M street, betwc.u Sixth and
Seventh, opposite the Pavilion. jaB tf
"\TICE PLEASANT ROOMS TO LET AT 904 L
.1.1 street, between Ninth and Tenth. Inquire at
tiie premises. jaB-3t*
/Jbm aa WILL BCY A CORNER BRICK
V i<>)\'U Store, centrally located; second
story nicely llttcd up— -first class family residence.
Also, adjacent! dwellins. Huildin^^, 40xs0 feet.
Inquire at No. I-JO 1, street. Address CARL
STKOBEL, Sacramento. jiS-lw*
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE, IN
mmi to -uit. fjaT>-tf| r. BOIIL.
Ti LET— A .SUITE OF FURNISHED BOOMS,
I at reasonable rate. Apply at No 806 J
street, between Sixtl and Seventh. j.i7-;i
rVV> LET— HANDSOME SUITE OP ROOMS
JL at the Howard House, X street, between
Frout «nd Second. }«6-lw
■|.V>K SALE— THE ENGINE, BOILBB AND
JP other machinery used iv the California Oar
n:i^.' Factory. Good v new. Will be sold at lea
than 60 per cen*. of first cost. Apply to
d!2-tf THOMAS J CLUXIE, Sacramento.
URMSHED ROOMS TO LET, IS SUITS OR
single, with or without LET, IN" SUITS OR
sinirie, with or without board, at No. 92S 5!
street, between Ninth and Tenth (near State
Capitol). ■ dll-tf
__ ~ FOR SALE,
O/a ACRES LAND, 11 MILES FROM THE
-£\f city; six acres of Strawberries and other
improvements. Apply SPI.NKS & ACOCK, No.
402 J street. : jaS-lw
FOLSOM PICNIC GROUNDS
TO LK.4SE.
PROPOSALS WIiL BB RECEIVED TO LEASE
f.>r one or more MMM the beautiful grove
and piCDlo grounds of the Natoma Water and Min-
iiuf Company. Apply in person or by letter at the
corui>any's "tlice, I'olsom, where full informatian
cmn be had. ■_ ja3-5t
STORE FOR SALE.
rfIUE STOCK AND FIXTURES —--wK^ek
I of a Hardware, Tinware and'^*«CSgS'
Airricultiiral Imnltment Store, in the -^— «^H—
town of Chico, is offered for sale at aaKaaß
bargain to close the business. To a responsible
party a good opportunity is offered to obtain con-
trol of an old established business at a very low
figure. Capital required, $4,000 or 85,000.
Address W. J. BLACKWELL, Chico or
M. C. HAW & CO., Sacramento, or San Fran-
ciMQ. jaslplm
DENTISTRY. ~
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"TVENTIST (LATE WITH 11. 11. IMER m
If son), successor toT. D. Reid, No. 317 zSgi
Jstreet, betw. en Tnird and Fourth. Artificial Teeth
inserted on all bases. Improved Liquid Nitrous
Oxide Gas, tor the Painless Extraction of Teeth.
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~~~ until DEPOT:
gJSJUt MASONIC TEMPLE, COR. >!XTH|f»|pfc
sfW^ 1' I h »trei Is s!^^u
W. O. THRAILKILL, D. D. 3., Editor and Publisher
of the Dental Jairu.i, a Monthly Journal of Dental
Scii-nce. ' d!8-lptf
. B. B. nKEWEK.
TT-WENTIST, SOUTHWEST CORNER Of g^gm
Seventh SOUTHWEST in Bryte's Or'gJßfas
f Seventh and J streets, in Bryte's new^^^fj
buildinff, up stairs. Teeth ex .racu.l without pain
br nse ot Improved Liquid Nitrous Oxide Gas
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H. 11. riEBSO.N,
TAENTIST 415 .1 STREET, BETWEENMHM
\j Fourth a!'..'. Fifth, Sacramento. Arti.JsJjpD
ficial Teeth inserted on Gold, Vulcanite and all bases.
Mtrous Oxide or Lauirhing Gas administered for the
painless extraction of Teeth. dl«-lm
"' F. r. TKBBETS.
TTVENTIST. 1.-3 .1 STREET, BETWEF.NjMI
If Fifth and Sixth, Sacramento. Artifi-S-grß
dal Teeth inserted on Gold »nd al bases. Xitruua
Oxide 01 Lanzhins Gas administered for the pain
eaa extraction teeth. dl.'-lm
J. ll\l!l\, JK..
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, NO. 0}
136 J street, between Fifth and g*\
31xth Just received, a very fine lot of jjL
rVatoties and Jeweln , which will be sold at "tTiJßs>
a Tery low price. Watches and Jewelry carefully
repaired. ja7-lmlp
HIIIIH! IS. Mil. l.i:i:
(Late with Flober^X
NO. 190 J STREET, NEAR SEVENTH, j»
J3l Watchmaker ana Jeweler. Importer ££%
and dealer in Watches, Silverware, Jewelry, JL^^L
Etc Repiirini: a specialty, under Robe'rt^alßsw
Harsh. All country orders promptly attended to.
d29-lptf
JOHX COXBAD,
■JAEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, fi>
L" JEWELRY, Etc., 113 J sireet (op- /B*\
pmite Kirk & Co.s). All Watches »n<IJEI«L
O.ockssohl in ray establishment warranted. •■■■•
RjrudriTic Clocks and Watches mvspedaltv. iIS-lptf
" J. K. KLF.VE
(Late with Wachhorst, and miccessor to Floberg),
■"fTTATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, NO. -p
\j 60 J street, between Second and f^rjv
rhird. Dealer In Watches, Clocks, Silver- ft-/*
varC, Jewelry, Etc. Repairing: in all its v&4)sft
branches a specialty, under Mr. FLOBEKG.
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SACRAMENTO DAILY RECORD-UNION.
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SACRAMENTO, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1880.
PEOPLE'S STORE. '
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PEOPLE'S
STORE !
"HO FRIENDSHIP IN TRADE"
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No trner axiom has ever been repeated, and
comes home with more telling truth than the words
quoted as above. The masses who have Cash in
hand will go where they can buy the cheapest.
When people/pinched with hard time«, and whose
Cash is light, see these matches prices that appeal
at once to their own interests, they seek to know
WHY and HOW we have gained such masteiy over
all our competitors. We are ready and willing to
tell the secret, for it is bo hidden truth :
Ie Sell Only for Cash !
We have no thousands of dollars idling and
rottitu' in a musty ledger, locked at night in brass-
bound safes. No accounts ready to give to the
Constable, for fear of, their being outlawed. No
Collectors running after you, day and night, pur-
suing you, as a housebreaker or a .villain: but for
every article we sell we obtain CASH DOWN—
ready at a moment's notice to take advantage of
any bargain that requires the SOLID CASH.
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Pnrchai<e<l FOX CASII at a Closing Sale,
A choice lot of Imported European
CLOAKS AND DOLMANS !
COMPR SIKO :
so
Beaver Cloaks at $5 Each.
i
DESCRIPTION— Pockets and Cuffs trimmed with
S*tin and Whalebone Fringe ; Arabian braid, with
Jet Ornaments.
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Beaver Cloaks at $6 Each.
DESCRIPTION— MaItese Binding and Jet Orna-
ments up the back ; Gothic Scalloped Cuffs, and
Pockets edged with Satin.
Black Beaver Cloaks at $6 50.
DESCRIPTION— binding up the back ;
finished with Whalebone Ornaments; Pockets and
Cuffs trimmed in Silk, Velvet and Bullion Fruge,
edged with Satin.
12
Better Quality Beaver at $7 50,
V (Trimmed same as above.)
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Castor Beaver Cloaks at 19 50.
DESCRIPTION— EIegantIy trimmed with Pckin
Striped Satin, and Heavy Whalebone Fringe, with
. Ornaments.
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Beaver Cloaks at $10 Each
DESCRlPTlON— Magnificently trimmed, in 2 inch
folds of Satin down the back, finished with orna-
ments ; Cuffs and Pockets trimmed with bands of
Velvet and Satin, and Superb Whalebone Fringe.
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£3T The above description Is given for
those living at a distance, so that In
ordering a fair idea of onr Goods Is ob-
tained. ;•_•■?
One Hundred other styles always on
hand, and every Cloak a bargain" and an
advertisement for onr honse.
.WE HAVE ALSO A CHOICE LOT OF
000000000000000000000 00000
! DRESS GOODS ! ii
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1 Case, 1J yards wide, (BonretUs (all colors), at 25
cents a yard ; good value at 75 cents
20 Pieces Fancy Novelties, at 77.12$ cents
10 Pieces Mixed Novelties, at. 19J cents
40 Pieces Silk Striped Plaids, at , 25 cents
13 Pieces <0-in. Colored Cashmeres, at 43 cents
tS" Samples sent on application. Address:
"SAMPLE DEPAKTMEXT,"
PEOPLE'S STORE,
No. 600 J STREET,
Southeast Corner Rlxth Baervncnto
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SET IN A SILVER SEA!
A ROMANCE BY B. L. PARJEON,
AUTHOR OF "BLADE O' GRASS," "BREAD AND CHEESE AND KISSES," "JOSHUA MARVEL,"
" KING OF NO-LAND," " THE BELLS OF PENUAVEN," ETC.
THE PBOLOGUE.
THE LEGEND OF THE SILVER ISLE.
Part I.— The Si.v.
This precious stone, set in a silver sea,
was an island, from which a bird might
fly to England's shore and back within the
limits of the shortest day. A most
precious jewel, graced with loveliest form
and color ; on one side rock-bound, plashed
day and night by snowy spray and foam,
and, on the other, lying asleep in a bed of
velvet sand, over which the salt waves
idled and murmured sweetest dreams. It
was Nature's holiday ground. I'he valleys
were summer-warm long after summer had
passed away, and as one lifted one's head
to the beauti'ul sky, the Bun's bright rays
shown upon the face, while the crisp fresh
air, with a taste of the mountain snow in
its breath, kissed brow and lip. The
seasons were in sweet rivalry. Sometimes
even in December the eye would light
upon a wonder — young blades of grass of
tenderest green peeping from the earth,
as though spring's wondrous birth
were near ; while on the north side of the
Silver Isle, where rock and peak were
nearest to heaven, lay a basin of eternal
snow, its white bosom beaming in the
sun's eye from year's end to year's end.
On the breast of the loftiest range in the
Silver Isle, seven thousand feet above the
level of the sea, rested this basin of eter
nal snow, soft, and still, and treacherous.
The road to it lay over sharp rocks and
dangerous surprises formed by chasm and
precipice, into many of which a ray of sun
light had never wandered. The islanders
avoided it in terror. On moonlight nights
they would point fearsomely to the shadows
gliding over the white surfaces, never for
a moment still, ever changing with the
chanting aspect of the moon a3 the clouds
passed across its face ; and, walking in the
plains and valleys, would cross themselves
as a protection against the evil spirits that
haunted the spot and held unholy revel
there. From their youngest days they
were warned never to attempt to reach the
snow-land that looked so fair and pure.
"Sin is there," they were told, "and
Death. Its bosom is stained with blood.
Who ventures there is lost." On stormy
nights, when the heavens were black,
their imaginations conjured up dread
shadows moving on the hights, and, sitting
by their firesides, parents would relate to
their children strange stories of the mys
terious world that almost touched the sky,
and the little ones would tremble, and
hide their faces in their frocks at the sound
of thunder pealing over the moutain tops.
Then, mayhap, a lull in the storm would
occur, and the mothers would say :
"Be not frightened, children. The
storm has ceased. Evil flies from the
presence of the White Maiden. She is on
the mountain."
These stories, handed down from genera
tion to generation, lost nothing of the fan-'
tastic in their transmission. They grew
like the spreading of circles on the surface
of a peaceful lake, and gathered weird
terrors from the spirit world which sur
rounds the real. The islanders believe] in
the supernatural ; in their primitive life
t!ie invisible was a power from which rare
streams of fancy flowed. Spirits lived in
the mountains, and haunted their woods
and streams ; and Nature's voice, heard in
wind or breeze, in the hushed harmony of
forest life or the sweet plashing of the
mountain rill, in drowsy lullaby or the
tierce contention of the elements, was
pregnant with significant meaning. Apart
from these poetical currents, the Silver
Isle was rich in themes of passion and
suffering, and. the legend connected with
the basin of snow had its origin in a seed
sown by human hands.
How many years ago no man could say,
for the deed lived only in the memory, and
was not witnessed by the oldest grey-beard
among them, an unforseen and fearful
crime was committed in the isle. In that
little world were two men who, by force of
natural gifts, grew to be like kings in the
land. The influence they wielded over
the community was unbounded. Famous
were they for their strength and beauty,
for their knowledge of husbandry, for the
love they bore each other. They were the
idols of the island, and gave the word
when to sow, when to reap, when to gather
in the harvest. Questions of moment
were submitted to them for decision. All
men yielded to them, followed them,
obeyed them. Their word wa3 law, and
their power was maintained, not by the
strong hand, but by gentleness and wis
dom. Their house of pine wood was set
on the crown of a hill, above the valleys
in which the warm winds lingered. It
seemed right that they should live apart
from their fellows. They were the eagles
of the isle, bright-eyed, strong limbed and
long-enduring. In hunting, shooting and
feats of endurance tney were the masters
of all. The land around their house had
been cleared and made arable by their own
strong hands, and in a community of able
tillers they were renowned for their skill
with the plow.
Celibacy was not uncommon in the Silver
Isle ; and for that reasiJn, and because the
moral stature of the brothers was so far
above that of their fellows, it was not a
matter for wonder that they had not found
their mates among women, i'or their sakes
many women remained single, unblessed,
and uncomplaining, for the brothers trifled j
with no maiden's affec'.ions. But it is not j
for men to lay down a law for themselves
in this respect ; n?,cure is not to be denied,
and when the brothers had passed their
decade, the spirit of love touched their
hearts. It pvoved their destruction. They
were both 'irawn to a lovely girl of eighteen
summers, an orphan, who exercised an al
most rp.agic power over the islanders. As
the brothers were the heroes, so Evange-
litKs was the heroine of the Silver Isle.
Universally beloved, she brought happiness
to the young and comfort to the old. She
was not conscious at first of the passion
which possessed the brothers, nor that the
irresittible influence of her sweet nature,
no less than that of her beauty, made these
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strong men weaker in her presence than
the weakest reed. Her soul was the soul
of a chaste and modest maiden, and her
conduct was innocent and pure. Truly
her heart was bound to the elder of the
brothers, and the time came when the
lovers stood hand in hand, bathed in the
light of the sunrise of love.
"Rejoice with me, my brother," said
the chosen one. " Blessed as my life has
been, it is now to be trebly blessed. Evan
geline is mine. "
" Thine !" exclaimed theyounger brother,
with a haggard look.
For him, in that fatal moment, the world
grew dark. But one bright star remained
— the guileless maid who raised her face to
his to receive a brother's kiss. All other
light was blotted out.
He kissed her with lips as cold as snow,
and she stood between the brothers with
unwavering faith in both.
"You are my brother, now," said Evan
geline, gazing with innocent trust into the
face of the younger man.
Then said the happy lover, "If aught
befall me, my brother, thou wilt protect
Evangeline."
"To the death!"
This was a sacred custom in the isle.
One brother dead, the other remained to
comfort the bereaved heart — with a hus
band's love, if it were so agreed.
When it became known that the elder
brother had chosen Evangeline for his
mate the hearts of the islanders were tilled
with gladness. " The race of heroes will
not now die out," they said. Fetes were
held to celebrate the approaching union of
one of the heroes of the Silver Isle with
the loveliest maiden who had ever graced
it. It was a time of universal rejoicing.
The wedding-day arrived — a fair and sunny
day. Smiles were on every lip ; the houses
and the church were bright with flowers.
In the morning the bridegroom's brother
presented himself at the house of the bride
to conduct her to the church. He gave
her the bridal flowers, and she placed them
in her bosom and in her hair. Her waist
was engirdled with white roses. Her
heart was a garden of sweet thoughts.
They walked to the church, followed by
the islanders, who made this day a general
holiday. By right the bridegroom should
have been in the portal of the sacred
house to receive his bride, but he was ab
sent. The sun-dial marked the appointed
time, and the man who should have been
the first to arrive did not make his ap
pearance. It was strange, for he had
never been a laggard. His brother was
(juestioned.
" What detains him?"
" I know not."
"Saw you him this morning?"
" No. I saw him last at midnight. He
said he wished to be alone, to commune
with his heart and with God. Such would
have been my desire had his happy lot
been mine ! We kissed and parted."
"He was well?"
"He was well."
"Whither went he?"
" I cannot say."
"In what direction ?"
"In the direction of the snow mountain."
At the words "Such would have been
my desire, had his happy lot been mine,"
Evangeline suddenly turned her eyes to
wards him. Some unaccustomed note in
liia voice had strangely moved her ; but
only on her ears had it fallen with sig
nificance.
No other man in the Silver Isle had in
formation to give. Many on the previous
, night had seen the brothers depart from
j the valleys with their arms around each
: other, embracing. They walked towards
: the hights in loving converse, as they had
; often done in the by-gone time.
The day waned, and still no bridegroom.
The islanders stood about in clusters, en
| deavoring to account for his absence.
I They sent scouts in search of him, who
1 returned unaccompanied and unsatisfied ;
mo trace of him could be discovered. The
! islanders questioned Evangeline. She did
not hear their first words. Her eyes wore
; an inward look ; she was searching the
past for new meanings to words, gestures,
glances, which, at the time they were
I given, seemed capable only of honest con
: struction. She was as one in a troubled
I dream.
" Kvangeline, listen to us."
"Ah, pardon me ! What do you wish
to say to me ? "
" You know no cause why your bride
groom should not be here ? "
" I know of none. Uod may ; Ido not."
" All was well between you ? "
"He never spoke ungentle word to me,
nor I to him. There was nothing con
cealed between us, nothing to be con
cea'ed. I knew his heart ; he knew mine.
Dear friends, my trouble is great ! "
They turned to the brother again.
"Last night, when you parted from him,,
he said he would be here to-day ? "
" Assuredly. To be united with this
sweet flower who was to bring heaven into
his life." He might have added, "And
hell into mine ! " but he kept his thought
close.
Yet it seemed as though Evangeline had
some consciousness of it. She looked into
his face for a moment. He returned her
look with a wild and tender smile, aad with
the words :
"He will come."
She drew him aside, so that no other
ears could hear what passed between
i them.
"Are you sure?"
"/ would — from the grave. He will
I come, if he love you as you deserve to be
loved."
"Did he not love me? Ah, me! Did
. he not so love me ?"
He made no answer, bnt peered around
t into the air, expecting a presence that vaa
; not among them. Again she looked into
I his face. Again he returned her look with
! a wild and tender smile.
"Have yon a secret?" she aaked, in a
whißper.
" Yes. A heart secret."
" Can I read it ?"
He replied with a sigh that was like s
.:roan. Ho held her hand in his. Hen
was cold as ice ; his, hot as flame.
The day drew its slow and mournful
length. A gloom like a funereal pall fell
upon the isle. The islanders made many
efforts to induce Evangeline to accompany
them home ; she would not yield to their
entreaties. "We will stay yet a little
while," she said, and "yet a little while,"
again and again. Evening came ; the
western skies were stained with blood. It
was useless to stay longer. Evangeline's
friends made a last effort to lead her away,
but she still refused to quit the church.
" I must stay here," she said.
"Alone? Dear child, be persuaded;
come with us !"
"I must stay. I shall not be alone."
She spoke now to her brother. "You will
not leave me?" j ..
" I will never leave you !"J » ' TT".'^'.
Faded flowers lay" about her feet. Her
friends still lingered, but she entreated
them to go.
"Am I not in safe hands ! Here stands
my brother, who will protect me from
harm. Go, dear friends ; it will be best
God tella me it will be for the best. Good
night!"
"Good night, Evangeline! Dear child
of our hearts, good night ! We shall watch
and pray for you. All will be well to
morrow ! "
They pressed {ier in their arms, and
kissed and embraced her; then slowly left
the place, with many a fond aud lingering
look behind. "When night fell, only Evau
geline and the younger brother were in the
church. For a long time there was si
lence. No sound was heard within those
sacred walls until the man heard a voice
cry :
"Cain!"
He replied with a shudder :
"Who calls?"
Again he heard the voice :
" Where is thy brother ?"
"I know not. I my brother's
keeper?"
And in those familiar words, uttered in
a tone of suppressed agony, upon the girl's
affrighted soul flashed the awful truth, of
which, indeed, she had already a vague
foreshadowing. She heard not the ques
tions, for they proceeded from no human
tongue, It was the man's conscience that
had spoken in the dread stillness of the
night.
Only for a few moments did Evangeline's
heart faint within her. Her hand slipped
from the man's grasp, and she sank to the
ground in a passion of silent grief and
horror. Then she bit her lips until the
blood came, and rose and stood close be
side him.
"Evangeline," he whispered, "have
you ought else to say ? I am ready to
answer."
He had a pitiless desire to be questioned.
The torture of his secret was almost too
great for him to bear.
" I have said nothing," she replied. "I
have not spoken."
"Whose voice, then, did I hear?"
" If you heard any," she said, "it was
God's."
"So be it. Evangeline, you are very
unhappy."
" Most unhappy !"
"You must be tired. It has been a
weary day."
" A day never, never to be forgotten in
this world or the next ! I did not come
prepared. The ftswers you brought me
are still in my bosom. What mockery !
What mockery !"
" You are not afraid of me ? "
"No, I am not afraid of you."
"Why did you elect to remain here
with me ? "
' ' To hear your confession."
' ' Listen to it. I love you ! I love
you : " ,
" Ah, me ! Is love a poison, then ? "
"I love you ! No man ever loved wo
man as I love you ! No woman can ever
again be loved as you are loved ! Time
aud the worlds contain for me but one
hope— Evangeline ! "
All the passion of which man'a nature is
capable was expressed in this utterance.
It was as though the man had said : " My
a.ilvation is in your hands. My crime was
yours." In that senso she accepted it.
"Come," she said, "and let me see of
what I have been guilty. If there is blood
upon my soul I must face it."
" What would you do ?"
"I would know the truth. I would see
the truth. Come, Cain, and show me my
crime."
He accepted with a ghastly smile the
name by which she called him. Had he
not already answered to it? They walked
into the open. There was a glimmering
light in the sky ; the moon had not yet
risen. He gazed into Evangeline's face,
and its pallid beauty pierced his heart like
a sharp knife.
" Does my misery hurt you f she asked,
"lam sorry. You must already have suf
fered much."
The hapless girl's voice expressed such
utter desolation that a terrible yearning
took possession of him to console her. He
held out his arms entreatingly to her.
"Evangeline," he cried, " trust me with
your future. Find comfort here."
A gasp of most exquisite suffering es
caped her. With her open palm upon his
breast, she kept him from emWacing her.
" Teach me frrst to forget," she said ;
and then she asked plaintively: "Why
have you loved me ?"
"Why are we glad when we see the
sun ."
"There are so many better than I, more
worthy of you, closer to yon in wisdom
and strength. I am neither wise nor
strong ; I am but a poor unfortunate girl,
born to destroy."
" Born to bless, to Bave : In all this
world there moves not a being so fair, so
beautiful."
"And believing thus, you loved me."
"Accept it so."
"If," she said solemnly, "my beauty
has ensnared you, you must not be con
demned for it. lam truly most guilty,
lend me your tablets."
He handed them to her. She wrote a
few words upon them, and, entering the
church, laid them on the altar, and after
wards rejoined him.
" You know that your brother l,wcd you
with a most perfect love."
" So loved I him, until ''
"Until," she said, with a wild sob, "I
stepped between you, awl led you to
destruction. Ah ! how he worshiped [you !
You were the incarcAtion of all th&t was
noble ; you wero the embodiment of a
divine beauty mid. strength by whose ex
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ample men were led nearer to their
Creator. All that was ba»e and sordid
withered at your touch. You were his
hero, his angel, upon whose lightest word
he would have staked a thousand lives,
had they been hia to lose. He taught me
to look up to you as Ido to God. Truly I
revered you. In all our plar.s, in all our
hopes, for the future you were the first.
You were to guide us iv all things. 'If
any crisis in your life occurs,' your brother
said to me, ' and I am not ne%r, place your
hand in my brother's hand. He will
shelter and protect you, a» J would do.
Have full faith in him, in his bravery, in
his heroism. What is right to be done he
will do, at whatever risk, for your sako
and mine.' I have treasured his words.
A crisis in my unhappy life has come, and
your brother is not here. I place my hand
in yours. I have full faith ip you. You
will do what is right to be done."
" Demand it of me. I will do it."
"Take me, step by step, over the
ground you and your brother walked last
night. Do not fear. I shall not faint by
the way."
A strong in.-in'd strength seemed to have
entered the body of the weak and fragile
girl. There was no faltering in her steps
as, hand in hand, they walked togethar
towards the mountain of snow. The un
frequented route they traversed was
marked by.falling leaves from the bridal
flowers in her bosom and hair, and now
and then she plucked a rose from her
girdle and scattered its leaves upon the
road. Onward they walked, steadily, un
relentingly. Only once did they look
back. They were on the hights, and
paused, prompted by Evangeline.
"It was from this point," she said, "our
dear friends below saw you and your
brother clearly, with your arms round
each other's neck, embracing. It was a
brigliier night than this, but if they are
looking this way they can distinguish our
forms, and they will know by our quiet at
titude that we are outwardly in harmony
with each other."
She gazed wistfully upon the houses of
the islanders which dotted the plains and
valleys beneath. Her own cot was within
view, lighted up more brilliantly than
usual, to woo her back to peace and home.
She knew the sign, and answered the
pathetic entreaty expressed in the lights.
"Never again! Oh, never, never
again ! " and then she breathed the word
"Farewell!"
{To be continued.)
NEWS FLASHES
Of Events, Condition, Progress and Hatters
of Pacific Coast Interest.
Eighteen degrees below zero atTybo last
week.
Now that the rains have made water
abundant, we hear of mining being carried
on extensively all over the mineral portion
of the county. — [Oroville Mercury.
The county property of Was hoe county,
Nevada, is valued at 871,271 78 ; besides
which she has !*0i,234 80 cash in the treas
ury. The total debt, bonded and other
wise, is only $00,430 38.
Elizabeth Lake is in the semi-tropical
county of Los Angeles. But notwithstand
ing this warm fact, the thermometer went
ilown to II on thenijjhtwf December 24th.
On the night of the '2'M\ ultimo ltj" were
registered.
The Yankee Fork Herald claims for that
section of Idaho a production during the
last summer of §100,000, and a total yield
from the discovery of the country to date
of §400,000. There is not yet a quartz
mill in that section.
A thousand tons of wheat have been
shipped from Dixou the past two weeks,
;md only two thousand tons now remain in
the warehouses. There are also a thou
sand tons of barely, none of that grain
having yet been shipped.
At Modesto the lawyers last week called
County Judge .Stone from bed to admit a
prisoner to bail. When the Court got its
clothes on and took the bench, the bar
produced the prisoner, in the shape of a
handsome gold wafcli and chain, which
chain and watch were presented to the
Judge with much speaking and cham
pague-ing.
The Riverside correspondent of the San
Bernardino Index informs that paper that
the raisin product of that locality the
present season may be safely estimated at
12,000 boxes. He also says that there arc
fears that the cold weather of the past few
days has dine serious injury to the frnit
trees, but it is too early to form any relia
ble opinion as to the extent of the injury.
About live o'clock p. M. on New Year's
day, two men namtd Archulita and lliego
Nie'O got into a quarrel in the bar-room of
the h tel at El Monte, and drew weapons.
Jesus Berreras, who was present, attempt
ed to separate the combatants, and re
ceived a wound in the head from a pis.tol
in the hands of Nieto, which resulted, in
his death in a few minutes. Nieto was
arrested and had a prdunman examination
;>nd was hold to appear before the next
Grand Jury.
The year that has just closed has been a
successful one fur the people of this tow a.
Notwithstanding the fact tliat the farmers
have had a hard time, and many of them
have been compelled to take the benefit of
the Insolvent Act, yet as a general thing
our merchants have made closer collections
than ever before, and with the opening of
the new year they find themselves ia a far
better condition than they were last Janu
ary. — fOroville Mercury.
The Nevada Tranxcript gays : Tits re
cent cold weather lias caused the suspen
sion of washing in all the principal hy
draulic mines of the county, including the
Blue Tent, Sailor Flat, North BluomHeld,
Milton, etc. Water was turned out from
most of the dhches as soon as the mercury
commenced to go down, but where permit
ted to remain in an occasional one it froze to
a solid mass. Kven the large Smartville
ditch, which a gentleman who worked
along it for twelve year* says was never
before affected in a similar mar hit, is only
open for a few inches aluag the center, and
the water that rushes down it is thick with
broken, ice and snow.
Our own county oi Butte, the richest
county in the northern telt of the State,
we speak of with a degree ci pride in
spire! by a twenty yoars knowledge of
our almost unlimited >03ource3. . Her min
eraL belt of 1,000. tquare miles with its
net work of quart/. ' ledges, developiag
from day to day in response to the Labor
of her miners a richness unsurpassed by
any equal extent of territory in the State,
la addition to Jier gravel ranges traversing
, the county from its southern to its noxtk
ern limit, embracing hundreds f>f locations
; equal in richness to the celebrated Spring
Valley Company's mine at Cherokee, with
its produ«li in the y«ir just closed of
§214,000, marks he* as posswwiag. wealth
to Mi-t.-ii.-j a kingdem. i When -is. added to
her mintral resources the production of her
400,000 acres of agricultural laatls, evei y
40 acr«a capable of sustaining a . family in
comfort, without exageratioa worthily
named the garden spot of California, 300, -
000 acres • of ; : ' which are in grain —
principally wheat— for the coming
year, all within tho never-f*iling r,\in belt
of the State, we may be pardoned if, with
such resources in cur surroundings, when
wishing a happy New Year ta our patrons,
we say £ that in no ' county iv this broad
land can the people indulge with more
reason in the hope of increased prosperity
in tha : new-born ■ year, ■ than ■in this oup.
county of lOroville Register.
