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'Sonic, day, my <lc;ir fellow, if lifo and health nrc spared me, I will repay you lor this,' 'You put entirely too much upon nn action that liny lunn would huvo done. But between us, Martin Peter- there is the strongest possible b ?uda of friendship and next to relationship.' 'And you can soon slain even that. When you. Clark Wilbur, and my sister Ettie are married we will indeed be brothers ns ire have long been in heart. But about the bravo deed youbavo done do not think I snail ev'ei forgot or look upon it iu the smne light manner you would have rne. It was at the risk of your own life that you saved me and that too when your happy wedding day was so near. '1 vi h you would spej).k no more <d it'!' and the brave man blusllcd at praise oven more than at, tho mention of his love. "I tell you it was but a little thing ? not more th .n any other would have done?than you would have done for me and I don't w.mt you to mnkp ft moun tain out of 3 molehill, Mart.' 'You are altogether too modest, but if you won't let my lips' give the praise you richly deserve, (.hose of Ettjc shall do it with int? rest ' *Theic?(hero ! Be oti'vt now You! are excited and nervous. I own it suiicihiug of danger wc p issed through ? a trifle?'but not so touch as ynfj would have my ^iarc uppc.tr. Hut you i need rcBt and if jou must talk about it. wait until you .ha? c rtfooiprpd your st might mid c ilinnuee. tin to sleep if you cm. 1 will comu hull see you ugtiin { after a litt l .-.' 'Hut remember that if over ?n opporsJ Junity comes, 1 will give my life fur y a 1 as freely us you would hive Jone yours 'or me.' Light as Wilbur would have made j Abu matter appear he hid in reality Jnr d Very much in saving his friend Thevu had been u great und sudden freshet in the. river?both were engaged in raf itlg?the one had missed his b ot inj: :in l gone down between the gtitnling splintering whiiling [oga when the ojL.ei had thrown himscll boldly ?offered liiinsell to the alm?xt certainty of a hurriblu death, and At last dragg :d his bruised and nearly drowned lijoud to a place, of safely. Tit CD shrinking from the applause of| his cl.ts?, who kin w far better than any . thers could pofeiblv do, the risk he Had /run he ba,U corned Peters home. Et tie Peters felt very proud of licr 1 lover, as fhe listened to hor b other, while prnped up with pillows in an ei-y chair he told her of the danger lb it Claik Wilbur bail encountered in ryhf uiug him fro at what would have been certain death. Jf ( lark Wilbur bad been auAdoVtsful in stopping the words of praiso yf tji. man he eouhl not Jo so with his sister. With the impulsiveness oi lier wnriti and true heart, *W A,r 8,1 b'ir excite mtmt all the coyness of girll.o d Elite I'e.iers lb tew her a r i i.i ?? around tlld neck of her Jiovorwhotl they met, and mule his iliaiily li'pt and hrotivcd checksl! rill with her kisses. And in vain ho eti'Joavored to mako light of his daring. She woti'd none nl it. If love h id before tr.mslig tycd the strong-armed man into au idol he now became n hero ? one mat h!e-? in her eyes tim^haart. n ^ 'I would nave dose far more. Ettie,' lie said, 'if only for your mU. .Cut Murlin aud J havo nlways In o<i I k brothei.". Be Would n-.t h ive Irositud had he !>e( n me in like danger, nor would the vest." liMdli NO B1 v ?i \\uti ? 'Hash ?!' hbo veplio'l placing her little hand over hi: mouth. 'L will not hoar you take away n Hin^lo iota from tho indde. deed you have done. Am for th< the rest", they nro cowards," and her rod Ups eurlcd scornfully. 'I know it all, ?They rtoud tr?iiibiiu,g ou tlyi hank wlnlu you rushed in.nloue, and good boa von '. if you t-hoolri' lrtivo perbhctl," und her br.gl>t blue eyes filled with toara ns even the thought of such ft. bitter chlalhity ? i" i i -i drilt^j, o^c^hrr.iutt.d. Ah Etiie, yuu magnify the danger on flccqunt id'yopr-luvc' IV, 'I da. UQt,?do.Dot,' iitidhho continued her praise in terms ho, ouuld uot re rttBt....jhwntnal J And whowbuld have wished to h ive reared ioT' n':"1 W'Uld hate dand pjfery much to have be.en no rewarded by a beautiful girl It wt? worth more. than all other Hvordly In mo, ar|d WHIiam was IW (Vom being proof against it. Tt drew tu cut still nearer together, broke down even the semblance or rp serve that existed between them, nnd made their coiutuunion more sweet, lint more than all, it gave to tho nun the opportunity to conipnss win t he desired ?an early wedding day; and when thev returned tn see tho brother, the hour j hud been nppointcd and all of suspense was nt nu end in their hearts. Jiovu nnd danger hud lor once at least joined hands to smooth the path Und j hasten the time of human happiness. I It was only until the brother sum* eipntly recovered that tho marriage should, bo consummated and th tt cihio fully us soon ns the most afdunt nature could h ive wished. The rVaut > of M u-. tin Peters was no punny one and exer else had made his muscles and nerves like iron. It would hive required u much greater shock, tnueh more aoverj injuries, to have tnufincd him for any length of tinle anl his reo>v"ry cimrt So so irt th tt th i 'overt w ir j sc iroo ly prepared. IJut there was far ni ire of heart than fashion in th sir w > ?ins: and ! would bo in their marriage and after life and upon tho appointed day they breathed the vows that would hin 1 them until death shall part. A few month* of extrem) happiness passed for their tnd >n nj honey w i> not to bo measured by the silver one of the skies, an 1 tho llo.vers thit hil wreathed the head of the bride hi 1 (figuratoly) ti ?t fade 1 nor lost *h dr p?r fume, though the chilling winds rj!'a long winter had bluvu over |.ho:n. With the spring rime a change. No: iu their lives, but in th. ir plans, for the future life?for sowing tho seed that' would wchl a harvest for their age?nr the patniug of we.ilth, TUo djulifornin fi vv \ had ju?*l Inokim out, and tltcy at ! once determined lo t ike advantage of it, an 1. and making their preparations were anvuig the first to start. i Being partners in th> venture and dressing iu tiie gaftib fashion as well as boing of about the s.une height, and | having heard, hair, an 1 eyes of the bsnie color, they looked .very much like- tnore so. evn than is usual with bn U>i >'*? 'I hiit was so miich the eu>o a> tn be the subject of remark rttlion^ their companions, and strangers were frCiiuen tly pu/./.lfd as to their identity. And on this hung the sartling. mi comrnon life saving and death-seeking episode of th-ir future. Thil journey was necessarily roado in company, and that company in th ?sc eally days was the ve ry reverse of s leet. and tn any were forced into companion .-hip they would not only have been a-humed o(", but have avoided lit home This, many found out when too late? found that they we.ro daijy brought into association wnh those with whom thej were not only disgttstdd, but stool in fear of, and bore the burden a> best they might, hoping for a short journey and then a fluid soptxatiott. So h knowledge uutne to Lhdcrs and Wiibur and both saw that they were destined to be tho companions; of rough men of the very worst character and whose (Oil versa t ion told ol even far blacker deeds than those twin mated with gambling op^n the* frontier?ol dcedd tiiat had lclt a c,rirusoii st iiu where they had been Cutioted?deeds of robbery and murder. Jlut even this would h ive cau?ed hot little unot.siiics.s had another thing hot boon coupled with it '1 hey saw, lo their nl.u m. that envious: n,nd lorigtup, eves were east upon .the aosy ui:d happy f.ioe ol the young wife?that ?he was coveted by more ihau on( of the lawless men Nothing, however, COtlfd Ko don" but to conceal their suspicions a id watch them more narrowly, though Jutcriiiincd t?i resent the slightest approach of insult, end eonfideul i.i their ability to protect her at all hazards and f'iiil in tie belief that therj was ctinugri of good in the purty to secure jtiriiioe?hud that hour came tar sooner than they expected. Wheu far beyond the limits of civili zation? out of reach of any parly ol emigrant*, iu the midst of a wildcrne?? of prairie, the young husband and wife w.nidcrul away, one evening, from the wagons, fur a walk. If. had already grown dusk, but the fire light was too plain to permit their getting lost, and when at a little distance, they sat down to converse, asthej opufu not do in the crofd. .Theu lor the first time, Kltie gave utterance to the fear?that troubled her, and she told of the held looks of some of the rnep, how ettc feared thuri, tienblcl at thoir approach^ uqd lodged lor tlio eqd of jho jonrucy. lief husband spoke icuoctily, and even made light id'her fears, utttibuting the looks she spoke of to admiration. But it was well the darkocss w is too great for her to sec his face, to uotioc the deep-drawn breath ana set tooth. There was a volume of revenge in them, that would have made almost a*ry man hesi tate bofori) ho did aught to awaken it into action. But he wisely gave no sign of his feelings, and changing tho conversation to more pleasant topics, siiecodod in calming her-j ami they wore about to return, when (he action of the timbered looses called their attention to them, and holing her remain where she wna standing, tie. proceeded to investi gate the cause of the disturbance among tho animals. Almost instantly upon h'u departure, his place was filled by utiu -d' the worst of the men who had evidently been watching. 'You take long walks JHonc in tho dark.' ho said in a sneering tone. Look ing for a lover I suppose, while your husband is fool enough to believe you arc sleeping.': 'Sir!' replied the alarmed woman, drawing up her slight form and clench ing her little bauds as if she longed for the power to str.kc hitu dead at her root. 'Oh, pshai;" '.' was the answer, ac coinp,^hied with a low, coarse laugh. 'I know all about your putting on airs, find there is no use in trying to play the insulted rjUOen with inc. 'Come, give tue a kis.-: No? Then hy heaven I'll not take one, but many !' 'Clark, Clark ! Husband '?' rang out in accents of agony upon tho night air. as the tili.in clasped her in his strong arms. Therd waatn 1 aslnng*-V?swift Vent, through the prairie?the report of a pistol?the thud of a bullet?the falling i !' a heavy body, and Wilbur caught tho form of his fainting wife;, while writh ing in agony; and with his heart's blood rapidly ebbing r.way, the insulter of innocence poured out torrents of curses with his dying breath. Like on- entirely stupMtdd, Clark Wilbur remained motionless ? without thjukivg of da in?er. wUltott.ltbiu.kiug of tlpj d ;ir lorm he was straining to h:. hcait. The icy chill of httvtug coin mil le?l murder was nil n bombing? banished for the time everything else. 'I In u he saw that the report of the pistol h. d called unit.bets fron* the CtlCamp uit.iit ; that he was surrouninj and wak ing from a terrjblo dream to a more terrible lv lity. lie boldly avowed tho act and pleaded;ho oau*cirt justification. There v is do ttiornjur td disapproba tion then but when the midnight watth was set and Wilbur had taken his p| ico a*. ti.-ual tip'-u it, wi.eu the poor wife had s'olihod herself jto sleep h-j became aw no that ihi di ed he had dor.e was not so light |y to bo pasted! over that he was to he t ried for murder ! Taken to *ot uc d ist a u on tho mockery of I. lining a court tu- gone through with; a judge and jury appointed court so! pro and von selected ?a uoekery bitter but shallow, for he w i> not in the slight*:*! d 'grcc deceived mi 1 know that his caso was prejudged- -that the. majori ty of lawless inen hud mid won! 1 nwc and override the luin rifv. and lb it his lease of life w is very short. Still, he made a depp*.%ratc elTort to sure it. ih< urh for in rc lor love of her who Mould be lofta widow, than frpm fear of wh i was lo conto. But he migh' as well &ave talked to tho wind ? hare pleaded to s mho'css stone. A show of hsti ning. Oven of p'ty w i> made und thai was all, l)lQtlgD he W IS ably dofendod, dcfcudoil in a manner that would have told with unprejudiced moil nay. he was even siven Hpe nsunl ihuucu with such frontier juric?*nud which in a fair trial would have gut:e very far toward lite iicfjuitirl ol tlto prisoner. ?If but a idi.glo one auy.s yuy uro innocent you will go free, said the judge-. 'I I i wrotched mhn h nketl from face face, in bonos of lul ling something to quicken mercy, buj iti vain and waited as one around whoai the lire is already budded for the bald to ajjply .the torch ' ?-wait.':'!, httt not pug. ' 'How say you Ml,' was the qucs tiou. 'Cuilty'.' was the .answer of every tongue. 'Then,' added the Judge, it would ho mercy to have tht sentence executed aa Boon us p'isible. I will load twnwy rifles ? ni}(> hull with ball Bit?) tho other with ponder so none can toll who fires the fatal shut. Such is the frontier law.' 'My wife ! Oh, God my wile!" groaned the prisoner the thought of her driving away all others. 'Vho had her brother to take care of her and we pledge our word each for himself and the others that she shall bo protected .'iB if she wore our own sister and when the journey is finished enough shall be given her to provide against want for many months,' Even iu their black hearts there was a shadow of pity and they endeavored to still conscience by bribes.' HpW long bavfl 1 to live'/ was the momentous question. 'You can, if you wish; have until the change of the guard. That will be three hours hence., 'And tny wife?' 'Hotter that you do not sec her j again.' 'And my brother?' 'The same with regard to him. Dut if thute is anything you wish ' to say. speak, and it shall be faithfully execu ted.' 'Nothing:' Ho realized how useless it would be todoso?that the show of justice and mercy was but the most hollow of pre tense as he nerved himself to meet, his fate with only the grain of comfort that the brother remained to look alter the widowed wife, and that when ho was gone the hearts that were now hard as the neither mill stone might soften to ward-, her ami her borcavment and helpless sorrow make her sacred in their eye.-. 'U'e shall bind you hereto this tree,' said the Judge 'and leave you. One ol you tu?: 11 cover his eyes.' No, nevar ! I niu a man ! I hnve-. faro 1 death before ? can do so again without shrinking nn I must?aye will J look upon my?1113' murderer ." The lust word produced far more , impression than any other?than all the ; rest, had done and after hastily, th ?ugh j firmly securing h;m iu an upright posi ! tiou agaiufct the trunk of a tree he was loft to his own sad thought:-left to prepare for death ? his sasaSsiliB (for th-y were worthy of ti? better namo) glad to grt boyond hearing of his voice 'Like wolves they will sneak Up an ! slaughter ire' be murmured. 'I?ut for that 1 care little. Oh, God I Etttic. my ttie \ For on hour all was silence around him save the rustling of the gra-s. tHo sad moaning of the night winds rind now and then the distant howling ol* wolf as i!" it a'readv scented the s on to be shed blood, and Wai licking its jnw.t in anticipation ol" a b.imiu :t of human fle-h ! Then the rustle of a stealthy step was heird and the brother of his Wife stood by his side. 'Clark.' he said iu Imr and guarded whimpers, 'I hava codirj to take your ?Von/ Your are mad.' was the 10 ply as he wrunj; the prnfFored hand. 'I'd,1 and as the bob Is Wci\3 IdoiCifcd lie c uitii.ued. 'I know all. You hi'ttsl go and I will remain iu your place 1 l/ong since 1 pledge 1 my word tu du sg and now it .-hall be kept.' 'Never,' 'Think ol your wile.' 'l>on't?don't cntiri iy unman mo.' 'Think of Her and listen to nie I have nothing like the tie- to hin 1 me to caith 'hit yon lave Aye, think ol poor Kit to. '1 have, but never ?hall eo'isMit to your dyi'ig in my place,' ?Then we will both die ! I swear it shall be so. I will remain and .when the rifles uro fired 1 will step in front of y! 11 and my body shall receive the most i of tho bull? t?-' 'Great bcaven '? yr>U are m id.' 'No, it is yotl that at j so. Well ?s my sister Lives mo it is as nothing to that she bears for you. 1 have framed an excv.se?got her away from ihe wagons?havo selected the two most r-wi11* and powerful horses iu the aotll pany --have plic d 11 supply of provisions upon ihuui and you can easily ride back until you meet n train jtud gain protee 'io:.. Noue will ever know us apart in the dirkncsS and here 1 remain, come what will. Tt must not-'-shall not bo.' ?It must and shall ! If you desire that both of us should porish and Elite bo left without any protector, obstinately remain ; if not, go and may heaven 1 b!. : y )u both'i I t? Terrible indeed was tho ^struggle. If his own lifo had been the only thing to bo thought of, there was, uo power on earth that could have moved Wilbur. Hut his wife was thrown into the stale, and aho almost weighed down reason and manliness and resolution. His nerves trembled as they had ncycr dope before, and his eyes uore full ot tears as he answered : 'Yuu wwuld force me to cowardice?to dishonor?to do a thiug fur which I shall curse myself.' 'Kttic !' 'Oh! heaven that I had porished among the floating, crashing logs?that I had never been born.' ?Kttic !' 'Hush, for the love of heaven J' 'Kttic'.' . ' There was still the same answer say what he might until it became evident that but littlo time was left?that decision was forced upon him. lie did all that man could do to change the decision of his friend?then in tho very madness of agony hugged him to his heart?wrung his hand and dashed away not daring to l>ok again. Truly the one had more than redeem ed his promise?had given hja lifo for the other. Standing erect and in tho same posi tum that the prpfuUwf had d?>ne, Martin Peters waited the coming af his murder ers, lie knew that tho exchange would never be discovered?that he would be hurried into a grayo if aburlod at all. But there was no dimness of the eyos ? no shaking of limbs?no quivering of lip. lie had calculated wo!l the oost and would die as a brave man should. I 'Come on ! I am ready, lake certain aim,' he called out as the men gathered in a body at a lit tie distance rifle in hand. 'Fire! ayd my inrjoceut blood be uj'oaj?ur heads ' The report and blazing of a scoru of rifles Was the only answer and ho foil headlong to the earth ! And <j?;:ij at that moment came the cry i f Indians {' npd without waiting to bury the coVpstf; tho assassiut rqsljod hack to'[the wagons to lind their homos stamped)d?leaving the dead to the ! wolves and lIic vultures * * * * . * * * Three days lat'-r Wilbur ami his wife and hei br th r were seated together in tin' midst of a friendly c i nn my and a 1 few words explained all. 'If the plan had failjd, it was your only chance of escape,' said the latter,' 'and the few frion.ls 1 had in camp were fearful it would.' Tint how did yojj ,"sgipc tho bullets, ?1 asked the Bister, quivering with excitet mcnt. ?ThcrJ wore none it* the rifles, but not even that would ImVP saved me, had not tho lalsc cry of-Indians !' drawn the tu away.' ? 11 eaven he praised !' 'Yes,' responded the husband reverent ly, 'and may it kindly keep us Iroiu ever ngiin being put to the tost of I giving a life Jbr a lifo,.' (iirls. Stockings. fiirls love their stockings bolter than any article of dress, though tbey nie the least appreciated. Sitting iu .their own rooms they will discuss them for hours. We have noticed also that tlwrc is a fcnse. of elevation and calm superiority in weat ne a line u n bleach fdBalbrtggiin that nothing else can give; (his seems the greater from the J tct thitno nno is any the wiser, it partakes of the attitude of steru devotion to principal and boars proportionate fruit. A dainty stocking , above a trim slipper induce real ropO'C of soul, and hall the charms ol croquet he in the secret conciousness of striped Blockings! l!tlt a girl's devotion to h?r sfookings is dearly earned. Thou shalt not wear !i ilofl in your stockings, is ouc .of tho ton eouimamlmen's of girlh.i ?1. What re OolUlQlious nro there of weary afternoons made tolerable only by the promise in the Tar away future of a good hvsband ? promise made by maiden aunts, dcorepit uncles, ami fond grand in rtmiis. A good husband?that is tho straw hold under the feminine noso from leader youth while lifo holds out a hope. Posoibly it was not conveyed in so many words but conveyed rather in thrilling histories of tho accidents that befei girls who sewed tip .the holoc, who patched them 'vith muslin, end oven white paper, and a heart-rending account of (he beautiful Miss Tlittergibbjt wlu nica'Jexl hot black silk stocking* with court-plaster that uuluckily poeled off before her lov er's eye?, apd ho being a highly respec table young man broke the emgngement in consequence. An 1 this was contrasted with the plain but industrious Jane Iliggins, who darned hers so thoroughly thore was none of the original material left, who ono fortunato day she caught her foot in a crack, when the asti enable, und wealthy AlouaO Maognicraon ran to her relief, saw tho darned stocking* and proposed on the spot. Tho leaching Is inferential, but none the less potent; so the girls darned their stockings. That is, all oxcept the frivolous crea tures who held the future at a distance with their strong grasp on the present, and whose only rcspon~e was, I danced with a girl witu a hole in her stocl.in? Tho prettiest girl in tho room. How that stroke of fancy put to night a whoje brood of disagreeable fact! Tho poet chose his partner because she was fresh and blooming, which sho could not be if sho darned nnd sewed, and doubtless ho viewed that blessed hole, revealing her white ankle, with a port's r.iptuous eye. Thon why should tho pleasant spring days be spent iu darning? Why, darn the stockings? The sun is warm on tho hill, tho wind is breathing through the trees and the violets are hidden among the roots. Coruo, lor Ue dnnepd with a girl with a hole in her stocking? Tho pretticsi girl in tho room. Thcro is a habit peculiar to w?Ik*f? whivh Punch, some years ago, touched upon satirically, but which seems to have survived the jester's ridicule. It is /.hat custom of stopping friends in the) streets, to whom we have nothing what ever to communicate, but. whom wo embarrass for no ether purpose than, stmpty to show our friendship. Jones meets his friond Smith, whom ho has met on nearly the same locality bat ? few hours befuro.^ During that int.srfal, it if. highly pro bable that no event of any importance to Smith, nor indes 1 to Jones, which by a friendly construction Jones could imagine Smith to bo interested in, as occurred, or is likely to occur. Yet both. I geutlemeu stop and.-hake hands earnest ly. ' Wert, how goes ft?" remarks' Smith, with a vague hope tbsi. some thing may have happeued. "So, so.'' "How aro you knocking them?" replies the oicquebt Jones, feeling iuiuitiyejy thedoep vacuity of his friend answering to his oyn. A pause ensues, in which both gentle men regard each other with an imbecile smile an 1 a fervent pressure of the hand. Smith draws a locg breath and looks up the street; Jones sighs beav^y oajd gazes down the street. Another pause, iu which both gentlemen disengage their respective bauds and glanoe anxiously aground for some conventional avenue of escape. Finally Smith (with n sudden assumption of having forgotten mi important engagement) ejaculates, ' Well, I must be ofT"?a remark instant ly echoed by the voluble Jones, and these gentlemen separata, only to repeat their miserable formula tbo next da^. In the above example I have compas sionately shorteno 1 usual leave-tak ing, which* iu rkillful hands, may be protracted to a length wljich I shudder to recall. I havo sometimes, when an activo participant in these atrocioua transactions, lingered in tbo bope of pay ing something natural to ray friend (feel ing that be, too, whs groping in tho roszy luhyrit.th of his mind for a similar expression), until I havo felt that wo ought to have boon separated by a police man. It is astonishing how far tho most wretched joko will go In thoso omergonci's. nnd how it will, as it were, convulsively detach tho two collaring pmtoles. I have laughed (albeit hysterically"* at some witticism under cover of which 1 havo escaped, that fivo minutes after ward I could not perceive a single grain of humor in. 1 would advise any per son who may fall into this pitiable strait that, next to getting in the way of a passing dray, and being forcybjy, disconnected, a joke is the most offte*, cious. A foreign phraso orten may ;bo tried with success I have sometimes kuown.u'/ revoir pronounced "o-reivoer,'* to have the effect (as it ought) of sever ing Iricnds.?Bret Hart. What is tho difference between an, accepted and rejected lover ? Odo, k iff es his misses, the othor misse* his