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lViiumalsoT (lie Period
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?Y ojll'UKUfl C. KKltlt
! n%OB?T?| ta ?A|H>?^ r? ,*?->rt,fc', f .
Inno used chninphcnr- to light her fire the
fusfev.
"We hxy her to vent," intoned the past?r.
! il&Jto JLstXi rJtin enifr*-.,* V-?V
Smith blow llio gas out, ere Ihobod ho glid
ed for.
Leaving his- family quite unprovided lor.
To learn if charged, .lories breathed into Iiis
following-picco,
H is ? iilow h uncle will support Ii is hvwliug
niece.
drown thought fce'd Hirt with Si?i|is?n's
w |fc a lit lie.
The.jury stood a dozen for acquittal.
??I ll shave,*' said Ruth of woman's right:
> the fori runner.
"The razor nuisl hiive slipped." observed
the coroner.
Stiles jnnibcii up to reach amoving rail ear'
j)lai form.
A home S liereavmcnt shocking is in tlmt
form.
'Tint whiskey one ran starid," fxl'l Toinp
kins. "try oh, lcVs'.''
Ills sh-cpis sweet hem-nth the" early violets.
11 if shop jftls put on topmost Moor, did
l'-lnney.
Afier the fire ihey d'du't count so many.
.link? tried to utop, hy hand, a sorab'hitig
or- ol hot* in >:uv.
"My daughter's next slinu't?nioke,'' remark
ed lire rnoi her-in-la w.
A PLEASANT HTOKY.
It was n Collage. |)(?tl'l tell lie the!
I iliui't kimw. tl.iVell t'I been there t??
?-'illher jwj.-cs and leant oifVl i awberj it s ?
No ! it was n? t a cottage y<c/cr< -f? I here
was not hing: Kreuch iiiud about It It
was purely A liicrjc.-in, nnd hnrwbmized
sweel'.v with | he d< dig h I fill see n, ry. No!
it hadn't a liat room, nor a portico:
nothing at all of the kind. ISul (lieu i
iiad mw viiHis running all over the
w .n low?, and whole colmii s of wrens
that In.ilt 'their nests an:! sang bem.yt'n
its eav. s. To the ri.ht na? a Held n
elo'cr, red with bfo*-oms ; oa the left
v. as an o'chard from whence winds
scattered a shower if. blooq: in front
was a green lawn, shaded with s.m.c
massive Walt.ut trees ; and to *hc rear
opened a long grass laue tbr? ugh wh o ?
the cowsj walked every nmrning to the
pasture b?yund, and returned at night
1 know well enough to whom thi.
cottitge belonged. No, it wa&u't tu u
sein hi teacher, n >r a preacher. Wr an
author?no such thing. It was hu I
by the hand of' him who owned it and
and lived in it, and 1 h 'd always ;d
milted his excclluiit taste in blending
the useful w itb the beautiful, tlmuuh I
hm! never seen him?my Visits having
been lo his wife, and dur'ug hisnhs*-nee.
t had learned of him though ; heard
enough lo make inn intensely curious i ,
sec him j for not a female I ? um tic iu (lie
ucighboihood approved ul' his, win'.
ehoieo.
'What is the matter with him V 1
a.-ked ; 'is he immoral V
'Not Lh.it 1 know of,' was the rejoin
der; -but to tell the truMi, Imily, he is
insufferably ugly?his f.ice is all scar re I
and cicatrized, 1 should think by lire,
and you know it h'fwiys makes mu
nervous to look at anything ol that
kind.' ;t f ..truTO/" ->M t f %' t '
'Poor man ! perhaps he got burned nn
rescuing >ome child or feeble woman
finm the fhiiers,' I said.
?PoiiX know; uuvcr heiid; m v.r
made imjoiri's; you know ihcy only
can c to live ill I his m ighb u hood la-l
summer, and I never dared ask what <
disfigured him, ^ b$M [) Jn-h that yon
would.'
'I am considerably ntfquatotbu wfth
Mrs. W'inslow,' I replied; 'I thought ol
culling upon her this morning ; perhaps
she will tell me without asking.'
'Do; that's a dear gnul Polly !'
And I did
Tho wholo atmnxphorc scorned reJol
1 ent with musionnd fragruuee; 1 couldn't
tell why all tho birds had taken it into
their heads to sing, warble, nnd build
I their nests there; and I didn't know
why it was that i he roses, buttercups,
I violets and daisies should prefer that,
place to nny other j but they seemed to
judging from tho profusion in which
they grew.
The whole aspect tfhs delight fully
rural nnd picturesque, and over all
lingnrcd ati influence of quietude and
repose.
^ narrow footpath, crooked as foot-'
p:.tlis nlway nie, woimd along tlo/ough
iIn- l iwn, .boncath ihr shtdows of' <ri;inif
\v . 1 fjnti and by' this, I n'?proui I?. d
entered the little ?afc. ami ascended the
1 gravdod walk. -hordcVol hy bed of
flovorS, to 11?C dodV. It was open and I
went in.
Alone?a serene nnd pcactjful Ijuah
nstitl within (The balmy win 1 nestled
i) the-wveathesjof'snowy drapery hanging
at the window, wher^ i^nvit white and
red roses bowtid tncTr graceful heads,
ami the warm, rich sunlight came in
bright bars ol radiance upon the floor.
2sdt qujte alone either?;i cradle was
lucre ; and it required no cooj lining to
ti'll that cradle bad an inmate? a self
d -.?iilied. tboughtI'nl, imperturbable
title baby, whose quiet calmness I could
Did. understand. I was wide awake, au 1
us grout *hluc eyes staring with infant
persistence at so.nctl it"_'. f cotilan'l Sell
wluit ; tin ti tl>.ry turned upon iiih and I
returned the gaze. Hut it ma Jc no
difference : the baby bad not a 1? ul or
evil thought to hide; it was riot con
sei?.u; of a sin in w ud Of do i I ; hence
lltcrj U|UUO tin blush to that delicately'
ri utided check, no lulling to thai calm,
quiet pyQ, limpid as a lake ill summer.
Serene tin the heaven?' in Juno.
There wna a rustle and a flutter ul .
hi?sKii, the piuii.il of a slight, spring) j
stop, the glimpse of a fairly form, and
Mrs. Win-low stool before me. She
was not very beautiful, but sparkling
and vivaeioii-i, with a ?16vr ol health "ii
her" check and it- light in her eye.
Thy baby bad roused now, to be KUICj
no more of its quiet .ami uthtilless, rm ;
n.ore of" its thi nghiiulriof s und serenity I
Its iittlc form lhsily fluttered with joy ;
it laughed, clapping its dimpled b tirdS.
'You've come to-stay all day With nie, '
haven't you ? ami the baby hail ,-uch
good company while mamma wrts guue,
hadn't it she said in a light/chirrup**
way tb .t set off .the little Icllow with
renew e<l dtfli{.ht
Her invitation had only seconded iny
design to rciUOVO my bonnet ami in in
liila. while she-sat Uuw i uii t!i i rouker
ami look the b iby. we prepared to Cllj >\
lliC day in euch other s socict.y.
1 can't tell you wharf we talked nb'iut
Si ; it IUs not balls p r operas, it
lion, nor si^'ut-.. N-; ""l 1 neighbor'j>
ihnrnctcr was disojtod. No ; the infirm
it .cs of the clergyman w< re not shown
up. No; not a inuracl nl privuto scandal
fua cut ami carved. Hut the time flew
swiftly and plcneanUy niter dinner, nnd
i* hen the great n nml sUn was s'nkin"!
bclfilld the trees that burned ami glowe I
in the rich, warm light, sho came In
where I-was sittitie, and w.thout a word
laid a portrait in my lap. It was that
of n noble looking intiu, with m ist ex
pressive and |aullli'-s foifurcS.
Ts this your husband Lsked.
'.My kilobaud as he was.' sh > irnswered
with u siyh. 'Von have seen hi iii V
1 replied hi the ii gative.
?You will stay with me this ereningV'
1 replied ! h it. 1 mIi ii! 1 bo hui.i.- \A
form his acquaintance, and again looked
at his porlrait
Tie. ?1 (isn't look like that now.' she
answered, wiping aw iy a tear; 'yet he
says he -hall i v r have cause to bless
the lire by which In- lo\t his <Vi| 1 I inks
but which Moo fur him what In- esteem
ed a thousand time- more valuable.'
'What was it V 1 asked, with unto
conn table dulh ess ol nppr hetisioii.
She pointed archly ami with a s.nil ?
to her wi d?Vr >t i trli
'|)o tell me I he st ry ; 1 slmuld be
delighted to bear it.'
Aj-'aiu she smiled, fruyyig :
'I do not know that you will consider
a very interesting' however, several
reason* coiis|iinj io make mo wish that
von should know all, and since y m
have lif'Vi r heard, peihaps I muy ;i?
well t?dl you '
'('ertainiy, certainly.'
?You see, when Mr. \ViiisloW fird bc?
gm his utttiiliotis to ii.e, I wax n't at all
plcnstd. lie Was ban 1-oin ??, 1 knew'
but I bad sot my miml, Very foolishly,
I suppose, on having a rich husband
and OUO that Could keep in.- ab ivu the
necessities ol'woi';. So f slight od and
rppulsed In in on all neeasi mi*?, treating
him u<>t merely with indifTcrcueo, but
with actual loathing and scorn. Sm h
treatment ? -one might huvo supposed
would have quickly oblitcratvd Ijjs
passion; on tin* contrary, h-iwcvur, it
seemed only to increase it.
'About this time I formed the
acquaintance of a city geptjomun, whom
rumor veported immensely rich, and
whi-FO intense oeltshucss w.is voilol
beneath a manner of the utn*> ist suavity.
His at lent iuris to nie were marked, and
not to bo mistaken'?nnd though he had
not spoken ol'love, he acted and looked
it, and I believed htm.
?It .was in October. T think,the
atmosphere dry and cool, with night
winds, when, as we were returning from
a party, late (it night, I was surprised
nnd shocked bv fho appearance, in the
distance, of n deep, red light, that
seemed to climb the sky lind quench the
very stars. A wild uod awlul presenti
ment of* approaching evil ;ft I ho same
instant crossed my mind.
'If that should bo our Uou.se,' 1
almost shii- ked.
'Nonsens,?it is tijurh further off,'
exclaimed Hurton.
"Hut I was not satisfied, and hurried
on eagerly, dragging him wiuj hip.
'We came nearer, nearer." My fears
Were all too true.. It was'indeed our
beautiful home, wrapped i-aono broad
sheet of smoke and dame, or with forked
tongues lapping the pill is. an 1 shooting
Ire 111 the windows, while up at cue of
the sky lights stood my mother in her
ll'ght dr. ss.
?With crio wild shriek real led the
attention of the crowd In her situation.
Hundreds of people by tlfia time had
collected, though chiefly, aCU sccmsd,
lor the gratification of* curioyty. Same
were running with ropca Bid bidders, t
others shouting and givlug pvdqr.4,
which no one seemed incliftflj to obey.
?Mv mot her my m other,' I eri?id,
'Will no one go to the arista neu >d* my
mol her '{'
'Kvcry moment the Huinft ioortoascd
with i|6t?iiisbiiig rapidity, nlrgiiig au 1
roaring like n si a of sterns Stiil my
(liothuv Mnod there surveyii?* the scene
with the resign lion of a maVtyr.
'llartoii ! llartoii '.' | slrViCKCU,?'for
('. fl\ ?akl! Ii !p o.y .... Lhcc.Jj .v
?lie stood still I implored an 1 urgel
him. At length he turned tu ward me
w it Ii a Prow li, a ying :
?I can not i is k my life t i save even
y, ur mot her.'
'Great heavens! and I Irive I ?vod this
man.' The thought rushed seething
and heavy through my brain.
?There was n shout, nn txcl-intatinn.
?it .m-e ol brave, sti'Ougw ?r U. .v'oai ?
iiei'vVma ai" u h id \ lace 1 a lad h r. and a
man mj< lapidly mounting?on?
thi< ugh the ilciise smoke?through sing
ing flames. Scorched by the intense
stirpciise the crowd swiiy?d und .nur
muri d like a wind swept Waive. II
appeared Again ; I sanv ftiy mother in his
arms; I knew that she was saved] Th to
waa a crash of the roof, iiiioglud with
wild exclamations; a great rnist swam
bcloru inv uym ; a noise not ituiiku that
of the i'oiifiug n lines was tn my ears,
ami I lost the consciousness utaurrouud
ing obi( els
?1s it necessary to tell who :t in- tli'ti
thus rescued my mother? whatcnioiions
I cxperieiit'ed upon Inuring I. ?w deeply
I w s in leb ted to the Ii au 1 Ii ol des
pisfd'i It i> necessary, how ver, fu
me t ? tell you that there and then be
lorevcr lu-d the goad looks *h:eh yWu
tidmire in that portrait. The ulothes
wire huriied from his body, and the
flesh from ii.is l ie and neck sea red and '
sordid t I! the skin #seeined to have
t ho consistency '?!' leather 1
?'I hero ; I here, my dear*.' said a manly j
voice at the door,'you have toid enoiTgh;
let in,; finish.'
1 looked un: n man wits there, ou
Whoso countenance there v re deep
traces of lhe fiery element, hill lio d'tlil'l
look ligly tu t'mi at all Ivich >'ir,
seethed r t li or a badge of homi. and th>
ver) soul of t rut li and hobloriew- b.ramed
radiantly in Iiis eye*. IJis wit ? p.e.
sooted him, ami as be gave ui his hand,
he said :
'One whom my dear wife 1**100111-.so
much cannot he a hi ranger lo me* and
n W. * ii e jhu has told )'oU p it?for 1
have been ii sad caves dropper?del inc
loll you the rest
I ju) fully a. -i ille.l.
'Then and there,' he Ii g?n, I heard
the IIamo*i roucine, nrotind im . itnd fell
its Bury bl'oath scorching my clu cks
ami looming to lap up the very springs
of life, but was coiiSch of only a great ,
joy nt mv heart, lor the liu.tlier of the
prize one was in mv arms. I knew
when 1 touched the ground with my
precious cht rgc, by the acclamation
that rent the air, but could only think
that 1 had made her happy, and in the
bli-s of that assurance lorg t for tIn
time my sufferings, the world and every
thing. I 1 y ill through several weeks
?through days and nights that would
have been anguidicd indeed had I not
known whose; care it was thai provided
everything essential to my comfort" liatl
not such a ploasatit face bout over me,
such a sweet voice murmured in my cor,
such a soft hand ministere d tomy wants
Never, in the proudest days of my h"ulth
had I Experienced shch oaquisttc fedicity?
ami never in my weakties*; now, when
she lint beside me, when sho rood to mo,
when she brought, ma fruits ami flow urt
when sheti she put her hand in mim:.
and whispered something that, would
Bavo repaid sufferings a thousand times
hitter th in mine.',
?Oll, W illi.ii?'.' she cried, blushing t,.
the. rotds of Kcr hair, ?don't i. II Imv
silly and foolish, i was.'
?It was neither silliness not folly,' I t
exclaimed, 'hut the reward of great vir- i
t ie ami hcroistn. Let him go "ii ; 1 am i
deeply lutcre t.d. mid long to kn..w all.'
?J have 11in. 1 i11lo morn to !? II.' lie ro j
9timed, "but when I grew s'rongand w< Ii
enough to walk about. I observed that
all tho mirrors had been retn >ved.
Hitherto, in my:deep.hiippinu*n, I had
th.night little ol the BCitrS, which 1
should have known would lofodO my
features Thistincidenl reminded urn of
t. and exoitod my curhsity. Whort I
request od one t<> he brought, thatSQi
plored me lo desist; now; but. thauk
God it didn't tdiook me in the least. I
took her in my arms and whisperedthai
since her b auliful face had In come
mine, I saw no cause to r grct the joss |
of the ?dl on.-; and wouldn't for the '
World change back ngtin. \nu have i
seen and loved tue now, I s;iid, whereas j
\..u didn't before ; you ku ?w till my uis
(igiitcment, ami with it your manner
has changed Irum'scnm to kinlu:-s, SO
I have nothing to mourn for.
"Evi i v day <d" life has since p. nvmced
nie inoro and mole that 1 spoke til
truth;' . **
A IJneei* Conclnsion
,\?K ViKN AND WOMCN k'OSU OF KAMI
OTII Kit.
Th ? Pall M ill DaJtutte i> rrofclfle]
over the question whet lief '^'ftibil a"r*
linn.' iiiteie^ing to men than ivouiss nro ,
an 1 whet".er women fin 1 iimicin wotu'en
to inter. -; them (hail th- y ?1 ? iu in on.'' j
The 'Gazette comes to 'he uiiweleouie
eoitilnsion that l\ic p'otoddod fondue** j
of th two - xe.s for nne an >tlnT i- the
great fundamental hypocrisy ol'ihn raoo
It won] i b> unfair to d voll tuo uiuell
?.n the j ii ? i ustance th t th >v make ono
am tie r uncomfortablo iu a nay that
men never make men. n-r women w .
tnon taking thnt fact by itself. 'Thif
might he a mere result of tlioir being
different licit fa r.-views of tlio whole
eiivc ti i ds to estnhlish a general in ;.>ru
piitihiliiy between the two. .Things
will h (vo o .ilter very much if in tin nu 1
women arc to get along wt II ln'.'eth. r
The priteuee that fll'oy are dy ing ??! ,
>'?. er hk ine lor one a not hot" i? not t?ul\
m t proved, it is disproved. Not merely
i. thlil kind of mortality wholly.a'.-jon:
from ihe returns, but alter all iUni<
rcnlurcs ti;a two sc\es greatly keep
nloii i ? ii ? tiuolhei"
When yo; c:ni get n glimpse of their
true loudcUicica. it onus out clearly
enough that IIICU and WOtllCU are .1 on -
tic creatures, undo: compulsion.. All
kimi- oi - " . .1 pontrivauces hue been
tried tlie real purpose ..f uhi.li. no not
to- how it may be disguised U t > sojiti
rate the sexes, and so >.cue lor e.eh
tie pleasure "I hei ig ou'y iti it^ own
soeietyj There is po s.^r.fieo men will
not make to get tit's luxury, Th -y
will r tip pur I the costVeSt chili. Thy
will, sti ok ?, they will pretend any o l
of recreation from ends dawn to .bil
liards, sooner tit 111 u t to apart from
women a p.uiion of their Inno. The
like thing hoi.)- of llie ladies in the s i lie
way. 'I he inability of men <>> stay at
home allows their wives i i assemble mu
t ii .1 clubs in {"heir ow > dra viti: r > > us,
..ml they do so. For one club the
nun h iv -, I|ie women have liuudrudd ?
just us mmy a* there are houses.
'J he trulb ? the tasie of the sexes
radically differ. At h one feminine
likings prevails, und th ro is no mm
who ig liol more or Ic.-k aware that tho
minor aiT.iiigciucu's and wonl.-rful and
lo hi in supertlu'iis filigro like oriiaiiioutti
linn ol his home are not for hiiu nor for
Iiis sex, but for the. ether, .lust us
little can it be d tubtcd (hit men. and
women dress each lor their own sex;
that? it is tho admiration ol their own
kind, not of the opposite one, they lay
themselves most) out for. Men and
Women arjj Iii a p.rpottril condition df
surprise, nnd scoff at eacr) Others, styl'1,
both always omitting criticism of their
own.
Conversation cnnitlly* betrays tli 1 -?
natural nnjmsition. Tl' the sexes bad
real respect for one another] would they
indulge in those unbcJievable coinpli
incuts? Neither does it to those of their
own kind whom tney honeslly lik"
The artificial style of talk which i-t the
traditionary custom ol tlic Sqxqs is plain
ly that ofcrcutun s who do nM uuder.-t md
(Midi other and have mtit'uil sus] ici >ns
Being strange they betake themselves to'"
coniuliuiruH.
A cjunh'ticatjoh in re.fi -re nee' to the
family relation h is to be made. To a
ma l his mother is not a woman?she is
a divinity. Ti e like partly holds in ft
girl of h'r- fat her, ami tri thcrs and
sisters are nd i.f'any sex. Hut got n il
sale of this lion >-ex:ial cirele, arid the
antipathy combs qtift*Ki!* into play. 1'oys
nearly h glrr, and the letting'is re
turned. Old men care nothing fur wo
men of any age, except as nurse?, old
women creep together; It is only dur
ing the eentr.il portiuu uf l?*e that the
sexes can be said to be civil to one
mil tin r. In fact, if nature had not
lorced men and women to !ov<5 cacti
other during that portion willy-nilly,
ana gi\e* them that fflcrtfaiWtl art!
perploxiug biib ; of clilf Iron; it is doubt
fill whether they ^otttuuuvo any niu"
toil liking. Love is all that eti&fs*
bet ween th ? nr.
It is astonishing, considering what n
complete, intricate, long assortitioii the
bridging ftp a family ttos a'cuipif to.
that they d> not h v-,,nic mote redly
intim tte ffi in * t h**y d i oven in the hr*t I
eases. Doubt may well be feit that
thcroWwo low li.i bri Is hna wives' who
in Bpi(e of all the trials they have'
shared, have not at the bottom of their
Ii (arts a sense ol'grievance one against
the oilier.
It is till very sad : b it itcintiot bv
holpc'd; The -exes tire a parti il failure.
and snjnchow litis arisen ffn*ononii?ills'
\ ig.-ei-i'be.i of their liking for one
another. Look at cajinly.*Yne interest
. ,. h hits f -r tue "'.her i- w - -filly fa-';
ihg in ve -at'vt. ;'it is alike m fft?totl?'t <'
au I small?nitre love, in f*?c*i ? :
__ j.. ,??
The Only rein il.' M.ison.
*. ,'; ! '' ' . to.f *.t.t?t ? <fff
ittiw sur. on i ai.n^u. n;:rt l>>' .r.F.r. -
Hsva eoi: i it Air in kvi:.i> j.ui>;;:
V.iiOM l\ TOE I.AKT?.
The Tfon. Kli/.ale'h fet. t?Scr^t?
the only Fiuualc who was over nflfla%n
into tl c mvstcry of freemasonry, ^hr
has bid two degrees?the 11 r t' :iu\
st c oi l ? conferred oil li. r. As it ni iy
le interesting t ? the geifciul rotier, ire
jjjtVU the st >ry as t > how*' Miss l.egl'V
obtained Mils non >r. prornisiii'|j OjSi the
inf o to itioti o on-s !: i;n' the nest o1
? ei:c s! l.m-d r>otu ia'.Ie, lINs *t.
le . er's jutjw r, a very ZCtlToVIs "M'asvfu
' e'-l a warrant, ft*ln o ?ci-Td ri!p; op*5na1
fudge tit fhoi'tH'lillu Tio"s.\'his II ns a vi
some' intim'.f* ffiffld.4 as Mi?g-j &h? ft
Is sti'd that iicver\vere Masonic done
niore ngorousiy pciTo^nifcrrtHnn by th
brethren uf No. 1%, ihc.nuuibcr </ thc'n
. i ? ? ? 1 - ? ?; t?? r t
wah ant. I j
It appears that j r< vious to th ? ii.i'a ,
t ii'ii of a gentlemen to the first Je_'r c
ot Mjisohry, Mi-* S't l^.ger, win \v.- a
young girl, qappcrrdu lo bb tn^dh aptrt
uieut adjoining the room gcno?tt*fy As*?d
a* a u iTgo rpotn, bu*, v.hot!u?r the yotrig
ladt wa-theri by doi^u or in ore 'y :iWi.
uetit, w'c eanijot c u'u) .-ntly ItaiRr The
room at the time'was u md S"injj So n?i
atteratlpii ; an rug other things the wall
was eo -',b . ably reduced i i oro' part-fro
the purpose of making a saloon*. The
;..iing l ids having hearil th" vob'es of
Free nasoiiJ."Sind' being ihdite l by the
curiosity nadir il fo till to sec this trtys
tery, so l .mr and s'> eTcbiVtfj locked uj>
Iroifi the j ublio view had the Courage
to ?ick a brick from the wall with her
scissors aid tliu** w:tiic.?s' the two arst
slops ol the ceroriioyy,
Curiosity gratified, **qpB ^t.mp'o ftyok
possess iron ul her mind, and I hone \,ii.
umlersland lbi?* pnssago well know ivljii
the feeling of any poisou mu4 bo Mho
could unlawfully behold that eormiiojiy;
let them judgo what wero the lecliiig of
a young girl under such citradrdimiry
eireuiiistauces. There was uo .ui >do pf
escape exuopt through the vyry room
where the coucludiug p ut of thosccuid
ctcp was still being soleuuii-iw'd at tbo far
end and tho room a very largo ouo.
3liss fc"t Leger had re.vdutiou euoiigh
? . * * N .
.. .7r?:u-..* = -------- *m"B?m
to attempt h.t <*.?e.ipo th it way. au 1,
with light but trein'ding steps, glided
along unobserved laid her hand on the
handle of the door aud opened it hut
before her stood to her dismay, a grim
tiler with his k-ug rfwotsd uinhoath
A shriek that'pierced through, the
apartments alar rtied* the members of the
lodge x&\<\ all rushing tothe door, and
finding fli if Miss Bt..Tjegir ha*l been in '
the room during the cerdbn my, rosoivnd
it Is sii l in th.; p iryxystu of their rage.
In put the fair -p 'C iLie*s to death, bui
el tint moving aifd earnest supplication
? f her youngest brother, her life was
spared mi ennditiou of h"r going through
i ho iwo reinainin * stopi of tho solema
?eere tiony she hud unlawfully wit0<3*sod?f <{
This she comcutoi to, and they'conduc
ted the bo lutiful and terrified young,
lady i hr -ugh those trials which are
tometimo* more than einugh" for tn,isfe'u-f "*
line rcstmifion, little thinking they Wcnr -
taking ih>? the boson of thoir craft a
uietnber that would reflect a lustre on
the puna's ofOIasonry..^mm w j \omum\ ?
Miss St. Leger was eoasin to (Gcjeral
A dioiy St. Leger who ius.'tuted tho
ijntcn stin - nee and celebrate 1 T)o:icls
ter b't. I.eger slakes. Inventually sJiQ
married Iliclt.tr 1 Ald-vorth, Es p, of
Nowmarket a member of a highly hoi
)i a'd -an 1 au i m fmiily. Whenever a
b nefit. was given at anyo "thft thoutrcs
iu Dublin or Cork, for the Masonic Fe
rn.!-Orphan Asylum, Mrs. Aldworth
walked at the head of Freemasons with
apron an 1 oth r'.n ijjniiot" l'r jctnasonary
sal iti Irunt row oltuo's'tago box. The
h-v.is w : ?? rdwiys ornwlo.l on these
o.-.-:'-'r>:i-. Tie* portrait of this estima
ble ?voinau is iu thelodgo room of almost
every lolgoiu lioUind. v.
- ? ?'-? ? " -
The Mail Who Has Not Tiato to 1j3
Posl master.
-?'i_? \\ * ;?--irti'v^'iaa
The IV stmaster General has received
the following lct*or fiom a person who
w-is recently appointed p ).-tina?tcr (at a
satYry1 of.fTJ per annum) of a town ?in
Ift&l V I** ' ***** iej at ii'jjf j* <
'?to the gincnil pest master at Wast',
iiigt ol ("itty my lb-are Piiutlds i hop*
you will Abi nppint uro postmoster in
this here town i hain't got no time ti
fetid to it i suppop* you git the paper
sinn, t,,.'w my friends sent up Heekimin.
den ti:< lvf iliaiutgot tim- to do the thing
up ;t ort to., be done In tact i don't
know hardly Ash.it i3 a go in to be dono
? eir shoomakor would he a v<jry gcrii
man only he was Groly square out which
yi it know* ontGts him for tho* position
thV-ii there is o*?r sforewlCrper* B-*>
th:f w ins- the position mightty bndbut
as shnra a* you are a liriug mnn ji.u B
kaltil tWi govi wriiin and thits the
tri Urblft Von ??? them that wants it doat
kti or crieff to t "oi it and the n their
tint does d-mt want to t ike it jim B-^
wti? ra*ed rret in the eountrey and jc-jt
.* in.* to t-v.vn last week and don't know
en et ft to be pn*tm*is:er but do m yQ\
think ??nit spirit - me4 haiS*t
_-.t titm* ever y-??if frind-, A*cf. ^
Is IfolrtJnt^^t-'tiiradity-Nalioul n
Diviuo Kcrvlrb ! '**
- .l u.:, j?i Httt I ?t3f*i *ui\m *fug > - ad*
he. v?1rv ?11 va! fj vir.T ,?bw??'.
In Au.u-t.i townshtu. Northumbcr*
* * . * ? *f
lull cunty, th ? l.uth-rui and German
11 for ie d vleii esin tt't vi.s jointly 0\Vn a
church and w.u.-hip in it. When tha
eliureh wiis constructcej an agreement
was ma Ic between the two congregations
tin*, nothing but ?divine service" should
be allowed ther.-in. Subsequently Sun
day schools were held by the two jo
iiupiuiati iiw in i - ii i ?I hoitso in the
vtcluitv. The biothten il'u! not dwell
-?- j "t-^i v ui? ? I '.^jai!? jut*, -.'ivjh .
loug toge?n r in unity b '.tore irrccjncila
blu dilh-re ie. s allc.ee 1 i separ.iti ui, aijd
tJlclliUtheaaiis apnropiiatcl the? c nur oh
Sunday school service dd not. como
, . 1 ' , ' ,p^'
under j.he cla-s:n:ation of '"divjnc SOIV
vice" th'*Jl^f^n.ied "4>?i?UiJiL:,t'on Pro?
Ncvulcd :l.c lm:]ierans. T^e-daW sui?
resulted iu Judge HuvkleJior sustutnipg
ihe delcmiat.::,. Ti.c cse was ^rjrjcd '
lo the S.uprem- yjd thutrihgnal
Iwn.ius. incised, the d^j^^.^ho
1-e.uvt below. w k t9?,Ai u ,><>u^
'?.." "" 1 \??? \ ,
A New Albany man has two sousangl
fifteen daughters. Ho tluirVs orsJJri
V * -ll>Tc *tlTii* *ut m nissi a at fl
mg a sb.rt lactor. , , .
? r m-'dh***-.w
MissGracie (Mark, o^'WWaff,^ liKhvd'
eighteen loveYs, and yrA^lwl rrcVejr^aw a
-steamboat in her lift. '
Mrs. Jtiufi*. say^Jwu: husband is a
three handed m iu ? right. baud, Ulli
hand, and a fit tie bchjud Mod.

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