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[EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
VOLUME XVI.
BIDDEFORP, ME., FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 16, 1860.
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He prayeth well who loeeth wall
Doth luan aud bird an<! beast.
—T*s Jneienl Mariner.
Little Bell wt down beneath the rock*—
Tosacd asiile her gleaming, gulden lock*—
** Bunny bird !" quoth she—
" Sing me >our boat sung before I jfo."
" Here's the very finest song I know.
Little Bell," said he.
And the Blackbird piped—you never heard
Half so gay a mhik from any bird—
Full of quibs and vile*.
Now so routxl and rich, now m> soft and alow.
All A>r love of that aweet face below.
Dimpled o'er with smilca.
And while the bonny bird did ponr
Ilia full heart out freely o'er and o'er,
'Neath the morning skies.
In the little childish heart Mow
All swvetness seemed to Krow and grow.
And shine forth in happy overflow.
From the blue, bright eyes.
lV>wn thrdvll she tripped, and through the glade
Peeped the Spiirrrl fr</in the hand shade.
And froni out the tiee,
Swung and leaped, and fruliced, void of fear—
W hile bold IIIuskbirl pijie-l that all might hear,
•• Little Bell !*'—piped he.
Little Dell rat down amid the fern—
*' Squirrel, Squirrel ! to your task return—
Bring me nuta !" q«»ih nhe.
Now away ! the frisky Squirrel hiee—
Golden wood-light* gleaming in his eye*—
And <W wn the tree.
Great ripe ruts, kissed brown by a July sun.
In the little lap drop one by on*—
II irk ! how Blackbird pipes to see the fun!
" H »ppy Bell !'* quoth he.
Little Bell looked up and down the glade—
•' Squirrel, Squirrel from th« nut-tree shvle.
Bonny Blwkbir I, if you're not afraid.
Come and share with me!"
Down can « Squirrel, easer for hi* fare—
l>«-wn came bonny Blaekbird, I declare ;
Little Bell gave each his honest share—
Ah ! the merry three!
And while the frolic playmates t w »in
Piped an-l frisked from bunch «e»in,
'Ninth the morning ak:c«.
In the little ch*i«li»h heart below
All the sweetne#* seetned to tw»,
And shining out in happy overflow.
From her blue, bright eyes.
Uy her snow-white cot at cl<»«e of day,
Kuelt sweet Bell, with folded palms to pray;
Very calm uxl clear
Rote the praying voice to wher«. unwen
In blue heaven, an anircl shape serene
Paused awhile to hear.
•• What good child is this," the angel said,
" That with happy heart beside her bed.
Prays so loviagly f"
Low aivI soft, oh! very low and soft,
Crooned the Blackbird in orchard croft,
" Bell, dear lleilf** crooned he.
" Whom Oo<rs creatures tote," the angel fkir
Murmured, '* God doth bless with angel's caie.
Child, thy bed shall be
Folded safe from harm—love deep, and kind
Mhall watch around and leave good gifts behind,
Little Bell, for thee "
—London .Ithtntum.
Jgricitltoni
The Apple Worm and Curculio.
AppUa in this quarter are last dropping
from the trwe, though unripe. Must of
them have worn* which cause their
oarly dropping. Winur .pplos falling,
though we have none to
Theoe worms increase r«pwi, from TW to
yrnr, tod iobh method sruMihl "U adopted to
check th.«m. It is suppo*<<l tUt tU Cup.
culio, which belongs to the plum trw, has
gone over to tho apple for lack of hi* U*ur.
ite plum. Having destroyed that fruit he
nth>ru to the apple.
The apple worm buries itself in the ground,
on quiting the apple, and riM* out of it in
the spring cwrlv enough to g"t into the bio*.
dim of tht* upplo und Ltv it* rgg. We my
egg, for not more than one wurrn is found in
a tingle fruit.
It is thought that the worn remain* for
some time in the apple before it qui:* for ita
burrow under gTound—therefore picking op
the wonnjr apples cleun and giving them to
the hogs will tend to destroy them.
When the surface under the tree is even,
a hoe will aid much to rut them in small
heaps—then a shovel will quicklj help thetu
la to a basket.
Yet a much better mode i» practised where
an orchard stands by itself, us all new or*
chords should Jo. Turn litter* of pigs in
i»nt] they will pick up ull the wormy appl.-s
as fait u« t icv fall, und before the worms get
into the gr .uml. I'igs will not only cat the
apples, hut if any cankcr worms nr.- upder
the surface, they too will stand a poor
chance.
Pig* sit months old will not injuro apple
trees when they have the runi?- of the or
chard, ami when they can lie feiic«"d in prop
erly; they will do moreg.ssl than harm to
all fruit tree*.—Ploughman.
O nan it*.—'There is infnitely less atten
tion |4tid to orchutds than theiM should h<>.
Kveryf«ody knows the value uf good ln.it,
hut few farmers take the (tains to pr.iduco it
in perfection. Yet nothing is east r thin to
*• manage un orchard as to render it, in an
| average iifywio, one or the in wt profitable
I portions ot th« far>n. All fruit troiw must
'*• treated lib.-rally to s:ich maniinn as are
' b.«t adapted to the cote lit i >n*of their growth.
They should oetnisionally hav<*a dr»-*iing of
cnmp<*t. and their hark "liould ho scrap -d
and k pt perfectly clcuu ol lutjsn and free of
in*M.-t*.
Wash roii Fur it Taws.—A gallon of
soft soap, one |iound ot the tl >nr of sulphur,
one quart of fine ailt; stir these latter in
grvdients into the *>ap, and apply with a
piiut or whitewash hruslt.
Compost roii Tiir s.mie.—Fivo hushels of
lituc, two loads of wcll-iottcd manure, four
loads of river or marsh mud or woods mould,
two hushels of Nine dust, five bushels of
ushes, one bushel of plotter, and two bushels
of refuse salt. Turn the a'sive into a heap,
layer by layer, and let it stand three weeks
to ferment, then shovel it well over, und i»|»
ply it to the Und. Plough it under, harrow
and roll. The above will l>e found a si.in
dent dressing for an u*.rv.—Rural yew
Yorkrr.
Tue Garden.—The garden i* a hound vol
ume ot agricultural lilu, written in poetry.
In it the farmer and In* family »*t the great
iuduMtric* of the plow, npide un<l hue, in
rhyme. Every beu of flowers in unacrMtic
to nature, written in the illuxtrutcd capital*
of her own ul|>lmhet. Every b.«d of U-et*.
culery <»r wttorv routs, or btilha, in ti page of
Mam- verm?, full of Mfts UUrtt ofagricul
ture. The farmer may bo wen in hi*garden.
It contain* the *vno| *!* of hi* character in
letters that may tie read ucro«N the nud.—
The (urometer hung by his dour will indi
cate certain fact# aliout the weather, hut the
garden, I vine on thecunny »ide of the liou»e,
mark* with greater precision the degroe of
mind and heart culture which ho ho* reach
ed. It will embody and rellect hi* tast'M,
the bent and bias ut his penvptionn of grace
and heautv. In it lie hold* up the mirror of
hit* inner fife toull wiio |u«* ; ami, with un
ohtu-nunt eye that may all the feature
of hia intellectual 1icing in it. In that
choice r»d of earth he r»t\>rd* hi* progress in
mental cultivation and pfoleadonnl expert
enoff. In it he m irk*, by mine intelligent
sign, his scientific und tuc<w»lul ocon uni *
in the corn field. In it you may ceo the
germ* oi hit moling, and can almost tell the
uumher and nature o>" hi* liook*. In it hoi
will reproduce the wed that he bus culi *1
!r>»ni the printed jwg<* of hi* library. In it'
he will pout un answer to the quc»tiou wheth
er he ho* any taste fir reading at idl. Many
a nominal farmer"* house ho* been poMed hy
the hook agent without a call, braus< he
uw a hluilt negative to the question, in the
garden or yard.—Khhu liurntt.
Miscellaneous.
Jack Marlin's Story.
A WHALE TOWING A UKIG ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC.
[The following yarn l» Ukrn f>"iu *' Salt Water
llui>.iu Mm cuurMufpablloatluu luliiv tkatoii
Jtmrnmt.j
Th« brig Pocahontas too nil n-iuomh r
tho old brig I'icuhontu*. of I'orijpiouth,
(•'lipinatcs, a tlull sailing emit witli how*
tike it breud-truy, and a *1- rn lik<* u Dutch
galliot. WVII, the <i|J brig Pocahontas was
I S~jni.ll on a rovage *r*»n» U<*t<>n to " Cowes
and a market," und I was lucky enough to
make one of the crow. Wo wen- up with
tin? eastern edge oCtMiti^'i II ink in thirty
six hour*, ha\ing made n glorious run of
morethan two hundredmiles, with tin* wind
Mowing a slivering brceau Iroiu tho west
north* west.
I was on tho HturUmrd watch. At day
light wo huil ju»t pit a pound in thirty-live
lltthorns of water, rocky bottom, and wore
beginning to woah down tho docks, when
It »b Morrincthi r.who wo* standing between
tho knight-heads, working away at tho head
|Hiuip, celled out in a loud voice that he uw
■onto strange ohi»*t ahead.
Wo all rushed forward, and enough,
almut a quarter of a mile oil, a couple o«
Itointoon the lee how. we saw a large, black
.Miking object projecting out of the wut«'r or
resting upon the surlacc.
" It isu n»ck,"suid one. " Itisashoal,"
shouted another. 44 It is a sunken wreck,"
scrvaiuod a third.
44 .Shut jour clamshells!" cried the second
mate, who had eo-'n such thing* nelore, hav
ing beeu two whaling royug»*eout of Povince
tuMt) to the Weetern Islands and tin* Ilr.uil'
I tanks. " It is nothiug but ti lubberly whale
fast asleep."
Ami a whalo it was, as sure as I'm a Alitor
—a bite fellow, too—stretched at lull length
in the regular truck arrutw the ocean, and
indulging in a sound nap; perlui|« enjoying
pl«u*.int dreams uK>ut his friend* ami young
family, far away, frolicking and sporting
among the sua Uuim around the North Pule.
" I'll wake hitu up!" exrlaiutcd Mr. Grif
fin, who wae ii|^d ol a frolic himself. " I'll
make him roueo a bit! wh it bnsim<«s has
that over-grown fellow to stretch himself out
like a spread eagle on the top of the water,
MS if to block Up the |w*Rige and make
tr .uMe! A whale here taking a sn.ios«« in
limtd davlight ? Who »*ver hmnl such a
thing? lh> <*ight lobe ashain"! of hiinsrtl*
f«»» aetting such on exam pi.-! Pobt TOCR
usui. Ton!" he sung out to the man at the
wl>M. •• I'll make him open his peepers?
,Tim**, steady tiut will do! •• I II rouse
tk ^ MP w,*b a vengeance!"
i w,u tolerably smooth, nnd the
•nip, with a px.J hn*ese, was plodding lei
surely along, »hout six knots through the
water, lorn sU*r«>.l directly for the whale.
jTbe atm of to* old Hocalmutiu struck the
buy ra»al on th« surh,qiwrtw aml
gave him an awful push IKmr|v tmuod
him orer.
Tbe brig, as well as'the whale, received *
tcrriMe thock. Her way waa entirely stop
i ped, aad as abe swung round, tbe saiia were
! nil taken aback. Captain Wtlling'ord with
the chief Bute, eo k, steward and nil hands,
came rushing up un deck, clad in nothing
hut what they stood in, thinking that every
I tim'wr in the ship was shivereJ to flinders l»y
striking against a rock. As for Don Whis
| kerando himself, an the skipper afterwards
called the whulu, ho must have been dread
fully frightened, as well as hurt. And no
wonder ! Tu be awakened in this rough off
hund uiunner out ofu pleusunt and refresh*
: ing sleep, was enough tu ustonish und | r>u
volte a man, us well as a monster. It was
taking an unfair advantage, hs oiio might
NT,
The whulu hy hi* actions showed his din
gum ut such unhundnoiii" treatment, and ev
idently auOH to the concluMon that if sneh
was his hrutal reception among civilized folks
on the top of the water, thes>oncr he could
take French l uvu und goboljw without siv
ing good hye, und mingle 0111*0 more with
better eoiii|miiv, his old friends, the liig f'sh
es and mons'< rsof the deep, the better. Dot
it is sometimes uisier tu plan, than to ex
ecute, as the shark said, when turning over
on his luck in order tu tuke a nip frum the
thigh ofu sailor, u hurpoon was sent by a
strong hand through his vitals, which eifce
luallv cheeked his operations.
I" © whale uft» r receiving a blow which
would huvo demolished uti icefierg, recovered
his Italanco with u convulsive shudder, und
threw ii.tu the air bin hug.; tail, which lo ik
ed fur all the world like u half moon, only u
great ileal bigger—you know, shi|:muten, u
whale always show* his fluke when ulsiut to
di\.*—).ut unfortunutely lor him he brought
it down with tremendous force against the
I arbunl bow of the ship, und r.iiwd u terri
ble rumpus, starting t o cut wu or, spiing
ing the bowsprit, carrying uway the cat
hiwd, staving in the plunk-shcur and making
destructive work umung the planks und tint
lier-hi-ads. But what wus more strange und
unfortunate for him than ull the #st, lie
struck bis tail with such violence uguinst
the hill of the small bower nnchur, which
wus hudied to the cat-head and gunwhule,
that the fluke of the anchur puiwd through
the luhlK-r, entered the hard solid flesh, and
II si itself firmly just in front of one of the
juint* of his tall! And there we hud him,
shipmate*, or he had us! At any rato wo
were ft toned tog tlicr, und nothing hut cut
ting th ■ cable, one end of which was la«t to
the a id hor, and the other clinched uround
the fo.vmost, could separate us.
Thus foiled iu his attempt to divo be!ow,
Don Whiskerando next started off on tho
surliico of the water,und tho way he carricd
<»ut the small bower cahle wan a caution to
windlasses and walking sticks. He tried
onee to throw up hi* tail again that liii* head
alight go down, hut ho made un awkward
and unsuccessful job of it on account of the
weight of tho hemp and iron, that hung
about his starn.
When the whole cable,after capsizing the
windlass, was run out to tlie lietter end, tho
old tellow wan brought up all standing.—
This sc-ined to surprise him again, and mudo
him unoasy. lie floundered about for a time
at i great* rate, plunging and rolling and
pitching like a higli mettled horse when he
Kn iHN Ihi'i p'ta sailor on hi* buck, or a
deep-11don bark in u head sea nil'tho Cape of
(■o*k1 II <po. At I 'tigth iitiding hccuuld not
shake oft the harnem which he hail so clever
ly put on. ho *t tod off* to tho eastward,
towing the old brig along after him at tho
rate ot mono fifteen or twenty knot*!
Mr. Uoxt'-r, tho chiof mate, wo* greatly .
t Trifled?** well ho might bo, at seeing tho
domBJ old craft travelling off MM tho
water at such maddening up *d. He bawled
out with all the strength of his lung*, " Cut
tho cable ! where*s tho axo ?"
Ho adzed tho shar|>-odgod instrument
which was lying by the cabo*#.*house, and
in another minute would have fr.od Hon
WhinkiTamlo from tho hea\y Uwlv which
hung ii|miii hi* heels, if tho cujitain, a man
of undaunted courag'and admirable presence
of mind, had not shouted, *' Hold on !" and
seizing the mato by the arm, lie prevented
the threatened blow.
A bright thought entered the noddle of
Captain Wollinglord. The whale had fairU
taken the brig in tow. lie w.in a strong fei
low. in good condition, rather l.uy withal,
ami it would do him good to nu reise and
wiiii*'1 liimtelfhT t<jwing the brig lor u spell.
And if he could bo petvaaded to tow in the
ri^ht direction, ami if the anchor had found
K>hm| holding ground, the pomace over the
Atlantic, thanks to the hroad shoulders nr
Don Whiskeraudo, might be shortened
amazingly.
Captain Wellington! took his measure*
accordingly. lie was a mil Yankee, and re*
h him* in the most puzzling emergency never
tailed him. He ordered all lb* Mlh tj l>e
furled, ex< cpting the topsails und the foretop.
mast-stay Mil; he stationed two men at the
wheel; for when a vessel cm* twenty knots
through tin' water, every IhkIv knows that
she r "quires a quick helm an<{ constant ut
tent ion ; he loaded the dozen muskets we
had on hoard with a stiff charge of duck shot,
and whenever Don Whiskerando showed a
di«|>o*ition to yaw broad off from tlio true
course, the captain, or one of the officers en
trusted with the l.tokout, let llvft chaige of
shot, slap into the side or his head n* n broad
hint that ho was ofl his Qburae, and must
steer small, and make a straight wake. And
whenever the Don got laiy, and showed a
dis|m»ition to lag a little, or take another
nap, a jjrist of leudon pellets, sent into the
•dd fellow's starn, proved as powerful a per
auudt-r an u divp*ruffrUM apur 10 n norm*, or
u long-tined pitchfork to nn elephant, and
started liiin off again nt full apeed.
llv attending cltsely to them little matters
by and by <lay, everything went on
nwiiuininKlv; and the old IPocahontas (lew
John liilpen-like, at horso-race speed, across
the water* of the Atlantic.
Some folks who think they know some
thing when they don't, pretend that a whale
or any other fi»h can't awirn without wagging
his t.iil. But I know better than that.
Don Whiakerando went aheadbv tbo mero
force of hit flippers, and the inachinenr
which aet them in motion being well oileu,
never gate out. Wsg his tail indeed !—
Why. hia tail waa kept ateady by the cable,
which whji all tho time aa stiff aa an iron bar.
IK* could not wag it an inch. It atuck out
atraight behind him like the hind leg of a
loon. %
And it muat have been a curious aight to
have aoen us aca>upering and acudding across
the Atlantic! Firat came Don Whiakerun
do, pulling «n<l tugging away aa if for dear
life, like a noMe, <*a«ilv managed, atrong fel
low that he was, with'hts head and part of
hia liody most of the out of water, puffing
and snorting like a whole legion of porpoisea,
and carrying" a bone in hia mouth ''as white
as ivory and looking liks a row of breakers
on Charleston bar after an mstcrly gale.—
N»*it eamo t'e old Pocahontas under may
aiil, with the yards sqnire. tho wind being
IKurly aft, dr ving tnaidly through the water,
as if urged 01 ward by some hidden power
nori* dreamtd of by aortal man, with a vol
; uuie of foam umler her b «ff bows whi«ih
would have as* xiulicd the maelstrom on the
count of Fimiiark.
Wo fell in with several vessels on tho pas
sage, which tried to speak us: they hoisted
their colon, and Pred guns. Dot it wus of
no use ; we could not Mop, and only showed
our bunting, being in too grwat a hurry to
hold much confab, althong » Captain \\ ell
ingford would have been glad to get a cor
rect rejxirt of hit longitude, for we truv< Hid
00 font we could not hesive a log, and it was
bard to keep the icckoiiiiig. One sl ip, the
K.ileii1oMao|N>, belonging to New York, and
bl ind hom > from Liv. rjxxd, f' ll in with us
about hall s&ts over, and 011 her arriv.il r -
jnirted, to tbe surprise and ang> r of our own
cm. that the brig Pocahonla*— the name wan
painted on the starn, you kn >w, shipmates—
wummnmi on a cvrtain iLty und<'r wliolj toj>
nailn in full ohas.) ult<ru whale, und k«'pti.|
the chano 1.mil the whilt wan out of night.
Another Htupid Unit-Jack of u fellow, who
commanded a "rig bound Iroai St. L'bes to
Salem, n ported having lalltn in with u sea
serpent two hundn*! tout lohg, and a) big
round ut> a meeting house, which was con
tinually spouting firu and smoke, and run
nintrod* with a limton brig, paddling awav
a« if for a wag r. while the unforturat* cr. w
of the brig could bo seen runiiihg uWnit tho
deck*, wringing their hands, firing inunketn,
and imploring help to get out of the ilutclio*
01 the sea mounter!
Capt. Wellington! kept the ship's ray.all
thing considered, with wondi rfuh utcuraey.
lie got a Meridian o'wervation of the sun ev
ery day, which gavu him tho exact latitude;
and wo knvw pretty w. II when wo struck
soundings the other side of the big pond. Iiy
t1 eco'or o ' tho water and tho fttl of tho 1 •
tnusphero. Wo dodged the Scilly Isles ha d
somoly during tho night, after a boat n> n
nod by a couple of half-starved ragamul ns
from St. Mary's had made desperato but n
efl'ectuul attempm to Iniard us ; and wo 11 udj
the Liuard Lights just lie fore daylight, oi.ly
a couple of poiutnon the larboard bow, one
of tho b»*nt landfalls 1 ever mot with in all
my long experience at sw».
Old Whisherando was licginning to pet
tired ami show leg-wear in -ns; and the C. p
tain wan afraid to trust to his guidance in
the British Channel. lor he might ut ui y
time tike it into hi* head to r.ii*e a mutiry,
Nheer hroail oil', and run tlio brig hard and
fa*taahoru Itofore we knew it, in wliieh «a*o
tho under writer* would rufuM to pnv tho
inmi ranee, them being no protision for such
kind of tow-lioat in the |>oliiy. H.*id«n, the
wind continued to Mow fresh from the we»t>
ward, for we carried it along with ua all the
way itcro** the Atlantic : ami we wore toler
ably *ure of reaching o-r port in a couple of
day* at farthest, even without theuid of Don
Whibkcraudii. Si the Cuptain, in consider
ation of tho stvIoh which the Don had mi
dered, generously concluded to forgive him
the damage hit* tail had indicted on tho Imiw*
of the PiKXihontas. andgive him hi* freedom,
cut him loose, and let liiiu go on hin way re
joicing. with material enough in hi* noddle
to furniNh yarn* of adventure lor hNchildicn
und grandchildren to hi* «lying day.
Sail was now made on tho lirig. Tho
i*our*cs ware »'t. a No the top-gallant sail*,
royal* and ntudriing sail*. The axe wan got
ready. Tho*kipt er wan loth to j»art with
tho unhlu and tincnor, but there wan no alter
native—it must l>e done. Mr. (irilliu flood
Ity. Tint captain j;ave tho word "Cut away !"
»nd two heavy and well direct*! blow# sev
ered the connection which, during five days,
had bound the good brig 1'ocahont-is and
Don Whiitkerando together within bailing
distance.
•' Uood-byo,old fellow!" exclaimed the
captain. •' A pleasant cruino to yo !"
lint the men. with generous and grateful
feeling* which did them honor, jumped into
the main rigging, tookoll their cups and hat*,
and waving thein above tiieir heads, gavo
him three lusty chirr*.
Oar old cowninion alined dreadfully,
bothm-d when lie found ho had gut rid of
tho hri^> He took a wild sheer to starltoard, |
an I then wont round on hi* heel ami Hln»..k
hims-lf, a«if to get dear of the cnh|j ami
anchor lie was carrying away, hat which w,m
Mill linuly fast.n-d to his hind quarters l»v
something stronger than u tiiiiln-r hitch, and
must have niadu him fuel rather uncomforta
ble. II then tried to go down, hut nt firitt
it was no go, with such a lu-avv weight fan
t n»*d to hid starn. Alt'-r three unsuccessful
a'tempt", he cot his hctidu'ldr water, thr-w
• p hit* tail and whisked it in defiance, then
diKi|i|M!,tre<| k-njatli the surfaco, and vro saw
him no more!
We w-p* really i>orry to port with tho old
Iluti. and M»on U-gan to realize the value of
his 111'hint. The captain, when too late,
w {thed he had held on to liitn a few hour*
longer; furKoon alter lie left tm, although
we were jogging along with a fair wind, and
carrying as uiuch <onva»s an wu could stag
ger under, the log wmb hove, and the dull
h tiling craft wan only going seven knot* !
And we had more tl-un two hundred mile* to
go before wo should reach tho end ol our
passage.
We did not get into port until the
afternoon of the n< xt dav, having made the
whole passage in wven day*, and only five
day* from laud to land—from Ca(>e Cod to
the l.itzard !
What do you think of thnt, boys? It was
the shortcut passage ever mnde, iind although
we carried «»ut nowsjwnerB and letter* dated
mi the dav ol flailing, tne stu|>id Frenchmen
doubted tlie captcin's word, lucked by the
oaths of tho cicw ; and in spite of protests,
and newspaper dates, and tlm broken liowsof
the brig, they have never believed even to
this day that tho old clump crowed the At
lantic, making the passage from Button to
Havre in seven day*.'
Tho Hundred Dollar Noto.
XT SEUA SMITH.
There livedo few yearn ago, in the interior
of one of the middle Suite#, a sturdy farmer,
wcll-to do in the world, by tho nuiuo of Wil
liam Wilder. He had wandered nwnr from
Yankee land in hit younger days, to seek hia
fortune; and having hjcn employed by a
respectable Quukcr, to work on liis'farm, ho
hud contrived by true Yankee adroitness, to
win thoaQectionsoftheuld man'a daughter,
and married her. Ilia wife, having espuuaed
one of the world's people, contrary to the
rulesof her order, whs, of course, 'read out
of the societyif anything, lie felt a little
rejoiced at it, for he thought it teemed to
bring her a little nearir to him.
Mra. Wilder, however, never overcame the
hacita which had grown up with her hi child
hood and youth; she always callcd her
huahand \\ illiarn, and continued through
life to speak tho Quaker dulect. But this
from her lips, waa never ungrateful or un
welcome to William'a ear*; for one of the
iwwtrit sounds that ever dwelt In bis memo
ry,was when he asked her a certain question,
and her r-pl was: •William, thee has taj
heart already, and my hand shall be iiise
whenever thee unit be pleased to take
it.*
William Wilder wtui a thrifty and rtirrine
man ; and in a few yeara ho found himself
the owner of a good farm, and was going
abend in the world as fait as the licst of his
neighbors. Nor has the whole sum of his
fortuoo yet been stated. lie was blest with
a daughter: a bright, rosy oheeked, heathy,
romping girl, full of life and spirits, and, in
his eye*. exceedingly U-autifnl. The daugh
ter at the period which is now tnoru particu
lar l_\ d> scr!x<d,had reached the ago of eighteen
your*, ami w s an object of engnMing love
to lar pirents, and of general attention to
the n.'i^hborhood.
•There's that Joe Nelson ulongsido ofDehby (
ngiiin,' mid Mr. Wilder to his wife rather
|iotti»l.ly, as they came out of church one
warm summer afternoon, and commenced
their walk hopieward. *1 wish he wouldn't
make himself quite so thick.'
_ •Well now, my dear, I think theo has a
liitlo t. o much feeling about it, returned Mr*
Wilier. 'Young folks like to be together,
and Joseph is a dev. r and rospcctablo young
man; no K*ly ever says anything against
him.'
•Yes, he's toocleverto lie worth anything,'
said Wilder,'and he'll yet take it into liis
head, if he ImMi't already, to coax Dohhy tu
marry him. I've no idea of her marrying a
|uii|m r; I've worked to hard for what littlu
prujierty I've got to bo willing to st-o it go
iov.nl a vagabond,who never eani'd anything,
and never will. I don't believe Joe will ever
>*! worth u hundred dollara as long us lie
lives.
'My dear, T think thee is a little too hard
upon Jo*-ph ; theo should rememlter that ho
is but lust out or bis time. His father has
boon sick several years, and Joseph has al
must entirely sin p trted the wholo family.'
'Oh, I don't u. ny but bo's clever enough,'
said Mr. Wilder; 'all is. 1 don't liko to see
him quite so thick along with Dehhy. How
nhould you feci to see him married to Debby,
up'1 n •» worth a decent suit of clothes?'
'I should 'eel,' said Mrs. Wilder, 'aa though
thoj wcro starting in lifoas we did when wo
wt rw first .nurriea. We had decent clothes,
und each of us u good pair of hands, and that
wan all w< had to start with. I aon i minx
we should have gut along any better, or been
uny lm| pier, if Oiee hud lieen worth a "bun*
dr-d thousand dollars when wo were mar
ried.'
Tliis argument came with such force to
Wilder'sown Itosom that ho inudeno attempt
to answer it, hut walked on silenco till they
reached their dwelling. Debby and Joseph
had arrived there before them and were al
ready seated in the parlor. Seeing Joseph
as they j*u«ed the window, Wilder chose
not to go in, but continued his wallc up (he
road to high gronnil that overlooked some of
his fields, whero ho stood ruminating fur
half an hour on the pro*|iort of his crops,
and more firticularly upon the unpleasant
subject of I)obby and Joo Nelson. The young
man lnvame so f.uiilliur and so much at
home at his hous», that ho could hardly
doubt there was a strong attachment growing
up lietwoen him und Debby, and ho hegnnto
feel very uneaay about it. • ilo had always
been fond of Dobhy, and her presence was so
necessary to his happiness, that tlio idea of
marrying at nil was a sad thought to liiin ;
but if she must murry, he wus determined it
fhould l>o, if |Kimib|nt to u person of some
property, who would at oneo place her in a
comfortable situation in life, and relieve him
from the foolish anxiety, so common
in the world, lent his own estate should
lie dishonored by family connections not
equal to it. Wtiilo he remained there in
his musing mood, he recognised Henry Miller
coming down the road, and he resolvod at
once to tike him to su per. Miller was u
dashing, business young fellow, who kept a
store u'mut a mile and a half from Wilder's,
and wtis re|>orted to lie worth five or sis thou*
Kind dollars. He had heretofore been a
frequent visitor at Mr. Wilder's house, und
there was a time his attentions to Dehhy was
such an toemiao tiirn t.>esj*Tl that tho tunny
young trader would h. come hi* son-in-law.
l)ohhv, however, jriu not sufliciontly pl< aw d
with iiim to encourag) his attenti »na, and
for aotno timo post his visits had been dis
countenanced.
•Good afternoon, Mr. Mi.ler,' Mid Mr.
Wilder, pre* ming hia hand, 'glad'to seo
you, how do voii do?—fine duv this.'
•Yew, line day,' said Miller, •exHlcnt
weather for crops; how do you nil do at
home ?'
•Quite well, I thank you,' anid Wilder.
'Come, go down to tho houao with mo and
take r.ipper,' said ho.
Miler colored .and raid ho did not think ho
could Rtop. Mr. Wilder, however, would
not tuke no for an answer, and, on conaidera
h|e importunity, ho prevailed upon him to
accept hia invitation, and they descended
tho Mill together, and went into the house.
•D 'hhy, hcre'i Miller,' said Wilder, u*
thev • nt» red tho (Mirlor.
llehhy roao, handed him a chair, and aaiil
•good evening,' hut her face waacoverod with
Itliiahes aa she returned to her aeat. As Mr.
Miller a -nted hiinaelf in tho chair he glanced
hcimm the room and recognized Nelson. The
two young men nodd-d to each other, and
both eocuiid somewhat etuharassed.
At thia moment Mn. Wilder entered the
room.
. How dtx* thee do, Henry,' she mid pre
senting Iter hand. 'I urn glad to ace thee;
I hope tliy mother is well.
•Wry well, indeed,'and after a few more
remark'* she retired to superintend the pro*
paration ofauppcr.
'Excuse me, Mr. Miller, a little while,'
mid Wilder; 'I want to ahow Juaeph that
field of corn of mine wo were looking at haek
of the hill. According to ray notion, it ia
the atouteat pieoe in the town. Come, Joseph
go op and look at it.'
•I think it it the stoutest pieco I've teen
this year, aaid Joseph; 'I saw it about a
week ago.'
4 Oh, it haa gained amazingly within a
week,' aaid Mr. Wilder; *couie, go up and
take a look at it.'
Jcoeph waa altogether unacuatomed to
auch attentions from Mr. Wilder, and h«
looked not a little confuaed aa he took bia
hat and followed him the door.
They went up tbe road, and Mr. Wilder
took him all around the Held of growing
com. and examined hill after hill, and look
ed into the other fielda, uud found a hun
dred thinga to stop and look at, and talked
to Juaeph more than he had before for six
montba. Joseph auipected that hla walk waa
undertaken by Mr. Wilder for the purpose of
louring Miller and Debbj la tbe room togeth
er, hut he bore It patiently, and answered all
Mr. Wilder's renurka about tbs weather, hla
crops, and bia fields, with apparaot interest,
for he knew too well tha state of Dabby's
feelinga both towards himself and towards
Miller, to feel any uoaasinsaa. At length
Mr. Wilder concluded sapper most bo nsarly
ready, and tbsy returned to tbs bouse. On
entering the parlor they found Miller alone <■!
reading n ncwsfiuper.
Mr. Wih!«r looked vexod.
•What! all alone, Mr. Miller?' said
Wilder ; *1 shouldn't hare staid so long, but
1 thought Debby would amuse vou until wo
got hack.'
•Miss Debby had some engagement that
required her attention,' said Miller, 'and
asked to bo oicused; but I bate found my
self quito in ten's tod in the newsier.'
Wilder went out und inothis wife In tho
hall, and asked hrr how long it had been
since Debby luft Mr. Millsr nlone hi tho
parlor.
'She loft in three minutes after you went
out.'sai I Mr. Wilder'aud I couldn't persuade
her to go back again. Sho said she knew
vou wont out on purpose to laare her and
lienry alone together, and she would not
stay. It's no use, William, theso thlngi
always have their own way, and it's no uso
trying to prevent it.' •
Tho supper pnssod :>ff rather awkwardly.
Mr. Wildur enamvored t<a bo auclahla and
and polito to Miller, Mflkn. Wilder, as
usual, was mild and complacent to all. But
an air of em harassment pervaded the wholo
company, nnd when they rosu from tho table
Henry Miller asked to ho excused, and said it
was time for hiin to return homewards. Mr.
Wilder endeavored to persuado him to stop
and spend tho evening, but llenry wiis de
cided and mid ho must go. After ho had
gone, Debhy and Joseph returned to tho
parlor, where the* were joined a part of the
evening by Mrs. Wilder; but AY ilder after
wulking up and down tho dining room for
an hour or two, retired to bed, not however
to sleep. Ilis mind wan too much engrossed
with tne destiny of Debhy to allow repose,
lie counted tho hours as tfiey were told by
the clock till it had struck twelve. Mrs.
W. had been two hours asleep, still he hud
not heard Joseph go out. After a while the
clock struck one, and in a few minutes ufter
that ho heurd tho outer door rather softly
■tpencd und clostd, and then heurd Dubby
tripping lightly to her chamber.
'Ah,' thought Wilder to himself, 'it is as
my wife suys. theso things will have their
ortn way. This staying till ouco'clock looks
like rather s.*rious business,
The next day Dobby had a long private in
terview with h<-r mother, and alter dinner
Mm. Wilder wished to liuve some convenu
tian with her husband in th%|)arlor.
'Wall, mj deer,' said she, 'Dehby and
Joseph are bent upon l>eii?g married. It
seems that they made up their minds to it
Home months ago, and now they have fixed
upon tho time. They say they must bo
married week after next. Now I think wo
had better Tall in with it in us good leeimg
us we can, and make the best of it. Thee
well knows I have always said these tilings
will hara their own way, and when young
folks get their minds made up. I don't
think it is a good plan to interfere with them.
As long as .Joseph is respectable and a good
plan to work, I think wo ought to feel con
tented about it, r(though ho is poor. It
soems to me that there am as many folks that
marry poor that make out well in the world
as tin m are that marry rich.'
After a little reflation upon tho matter,
W ilder enmeto^be cojk-:u«I »n tha» bis wife
had nearly tho right of it, and told hor ho
would raa'ko no farther opposition to tho
match ; they might get married as soon as
thev chose. .
4\Vcll, my dear,' said Mrs. Wilder, •Debbv
needs a little change to got some thinga with
this week, in order to iret married.'
'How much will sho want this woek?'
said Mr. Wilder.
•II thee can lot h r have fifteen or twenty
dollars,' said Mra Wilder, *1 think it woulii (
do for tho present.'
•Well, now. I've no money by me.' said
Mr. Wilder, 'except a hundred dollur bill,
and it's impossible to get that changed except
by sending to tho hank, a distance of ten
niilrfl. I tried all over the neighborhood last
week to get it changed, but couldn't succeed
I shall he too busy to go myself tomorrow,
but if Dabby ^ is a mind to get on the old
horse, in the morning, and take the Kill to
tlio hunk and get it clmnged, flic uiuv have
miiio of the money.'
This proposition was soon reported to
Dubby, who suidt 'she had just as li-uve tuko
the n<l<« tin not.' Tlio matter U'ing thu>
amiaiMv arranged with Mr. Wilder, there
wiui notTiiiifc to hinder going forward with
comfoot «nc despatch in making prvpanitions
for the wedding. Debby was in excellent
spirits, and Mr Wilder wuh in unusual good
humor toward* Debby. Having brought hi*
mind to ument to the arrungment which ho
hud to strongly opposed, his feelings wuru in
a statu of rejction, which caused him to re*
gurd Debby with uncommon tenderness.
The next morning the old grey horso was
standing ut tho door eating prorendcr, full
two hours before Debby was ready to start;
und Mr. Wilder hud hwn out a half a dozen
lim^s to see that everything was right, and
had lifted up his horso's feet one afteranothcr,
nil around, to see if any of the shoes were
loos*. And when at last Dubby was ready,
he led old grey to the horse block, and held
hiin until she wan seated in tbo saddle, and
then ho handed her the bridle, and shortened
the stirrup leather, and buckled the girth a
little tighter to provont the saddlo's turning,
und when he had seen that all was right,
he stepped into the house and brought out a
nnmll riding whip and nlaccd it in her hund,
and giving her a hundred charge* to take
rare of hervelf, and be easeful she did not get
a fall, I r stepped up on the horse block, and
stood ard watched her as she turned into the
road and ascendod tbo hill till she was out of
eight.
Debby (rotted alone leisurely over the lone
road she bad to travel; bat the was too full
or pl**aaant thought* and bright anticipation*
to Joel weary at the distance or lonely at the
eolitude. The road waa but little traveled,
and she mot but two persona in the wholo
distance—one ai she was aaccnding • hill
about a wile from home, and the other in a
lone valley of dark woods, about midway on
herjourney. Had abc been of a timid dis
position, she would hare felt a great deal of
un<aulneas when ahe aaw thla laat person
approaching her. Ilia appearance waa dark
and ruffianly, and they were two mike from
any houae, In the niid»t of a deep and ailent
wilderness. But Dehby'a nerves wore un
moved; ahe returned hia bow in paaaing, and
kept on her way in perfect oompoaure.
She reached the end of hir journey in due
time—hitched her hor*e in the ahea at the
village hotel, and inquired of the waiter at
the door the way to tho bank. Aa be waa
pointing ontto her the location .sheobeerred a
tall, dara looking man, with dark whiskne
and heavy eyahrowa, looking steadily at her.
She, however, turned away without ooticinc
him any farther, and went to the bank.
When sbersaohed the door she found it
rloaed, and tu rned from the bvstandete that
the bank.forft me reason or other.wae cloeed
that day. In her exceeding disappointment.
'!* ^ . , *ot fc*»o«ne time,unoertaln what J
ibe should do. j
**** *h &ere anything I can do for you, MIssT*
mid a gentlemen at the adjoining ahop
door.
Debby replied that ahe wanted to change a
bill at tne bank. «.
•Oh, I'll change it for you,' Mid the gent
man. 'if it isriH too large- oome atop in
ber®-' - Af, 1
She accordingly stepped Into "tjffstore,
and siring him many uiaoka, handed bim
the bill.
'Oh, a hundred dollar*!' aaid be. *1 can
not do it: I haren't hair that amount in tba
■tore. But ir you go across there to the
apothecary's I think it likeljr enough may do
itV
Dehby thanked him again, and wrat across
to the apothecary's. Here she made known
her wishes, but with no better succees. As
she turned to go out, sb« encountered a man
bohind her, who seemed to hare been looking
orcr ber ahoulder.
She looked up at him and recognised the
tall man with black whiskers, whom ahe
bad noticed at the hotel. Leaving the
druggist's, she observed a large dry goods
store, and thought iho would try her lack
there. Still she was unsuccessful.
Assho was leaving the store, she met the
tall man with whiskers again, lie looked
smilingly at her, and asked her to let bim
see the hill; for he thought ho could change
it. After looking at it, ha returned it to her
agnin, observing, *if it had been a city bill
ho would have enanged it, bat' be did not
liko to change a country bill.'
Having tried at two or throe places with
out effecting her object, Dobby found sho
must give it up, for she was'now told it
would not be possible for her to get it changed
till the hank should be opened the next day.
consequently, she concluded to return irame.
diately home. As she rode out of the hotel
yurd she observed the toll man with black
whiskers standing at the corner of the house,
npparenttT watching her movements. But
ahe rode on, and waa no aooner out of aight
than he was out of her mind, for her own
perplexing disappointment engrossed all her
thought*. She paased over the first two
miles of her homeward journey almost un
conscious of the distance, so busily was she
turning over in her mind various cxpedi
rnenta to remedy the failure ol her pre* nt
undertaking, Sho thought of aevtral of her
neighbor* of whom aho thought it not im
possible to borrow a few dollars for a ahort
timo. But then ahe knew her father was ao
atrenuoualy opposed to borrowing, he would
not allow It to he done; and would never
forgiro her ahould he find out that aho dono
it without hia knowledge or conaent. She
might get trusted for moat of the article* ah*
wanted ; but aomo of them of the moat im
portance were at Henry Miller'a atore, and
aho would not ask to he t mated there, if aho
nerer obtained tho article*.
Her reverie* were at length broken off by
the aound of a horao coming at rather a
nnick trot behind her. Sho looked over her
shoulder, and there waa tho tall man with
black whiakera mounted on a large and lieau
tiful black horao ; within a few rod* of her;
ahe shuddered a little , at lirat, at the idea of
having hia company through the woods, but
aa ho came up and accoatw her with audi
euffj an't until# inmiwri, aim moon rrri»cml
from her trepidation and rode on vtitli her
wonted composure.
'Rather a lonely road here, Mis*,' aaid tho
atrunger, looking in the dark wooda that
lay in the valley before them. •How far do
you go, Miaa?'
•S.'ven or eight niilef,' aaid Debby, heaita
ting a littlo.
'I am happy to have company on tho road,'
aaid the stranfpr, 'for it ia rather lonceomo
riding alone. I trust you will allow no to
be vonr protector?'
Debby thanked .hita, hut aaid ahe waa
nover loneaome and never afraid ; still, in a
lonely place, it waa alwaya agreoablo to have
company.
•Did you make out to get that bill changed?'
asked theatrangcr.
No.' aaid Debby. 'I tried till I waa tired,
but could find no one to change it.
The Mrungtr undo himself very agreeable,
and Debby begun to think that nor feelings
at tint hud d »n * him injustice, and ahe tried
what »ho could to make him amenda by be*
iugaocial iu h -r turn. They hod now
readied the dcapcat, darkest part of the vul
lev tlirough which tho road lay. The heavy
woods wero about them .and not a Bound wm
to bo heard except the uinrmuring of a little
brook over which tlicv had just paawd. rho
stranger suddenly rode to tier side, and scix*
iug the n?ina of her bridle, told her at once
sliu must give him tho hundred dollar note.
•>»ow, this is currying the joke to far,' aaid
Debby trying to laugh.
•It ia no joke at all,' aaid the stranger,
•we will go no farther till you give ae the
bundml dollar bill.'
Debby trembled and turned nale, for ahe
thought slio saw something in the stranger'a
eyo that looked as though he was in earn
est.
•But surely you don't mean any auch
thing?' aaid Debby, trying to jrnll the ruin
L'om hia hand. It'a loo bad to frighten mo
so here.'
•We roura't dally about it/aaid the atran
Ptr, holding tho rein stiU tighter ; 4you se«
am in earnest, by this, drawing a pistol
from hia pocket, and pointed towards her.
'Oh! merry,' aaid Debby, *yoo may bava
the money if you will let me go '
'The money is an i want, mu WIO >uair
£r, 'hut tberu mutt ba no more delaying ;
» sooner you band it orer the batter.
Dubby at once drew tb« bill and attempted
to hand it to tha stringer, but bar band
trembled to that it dropped from her fingeni
juat Iwfore it reached bit, and at that moment
a guat of wind wafted it gently toward tha
bmok. Tho stranger leaped from bia bona
and ran back two or three rode to reoorer
it, Debby waa not eu far gone in bor fright
but that ehe had her thoughts about bar;
and aeixing tl»« rein of the etranger'a hone,
ahe applied the whip to both homes at onoe,
and waa off in a canter. The man called in
a lood, threatening toot, and at onoe firied
bis pistol upon ber; butas she did not feel
the cold lead, she did not atop or turn even
to giro him a farewell look. The remainder
ofthojourney paaaed tha dwellings of her
ncifhbora, many ware the heads that looked
from wlndowa and doore, and great was the
wonderment at aaeing Debby ride home ao
feat,* leading euob a fine strange boree.—
Iler father, who bad seen ber oome orer the
bill, mat ber aome rods from tha houaa, as
claiming, with aetonishmeat:
•What bare yoa here, Debbj? Wbots
boree is that?'
•Dabby what has thee bosn doingr said
Mrs. Wiiaoo, who waa bat a few Apt be
hind bar husband, 'thai doesn't look wall,
what ia the matisrr
As soon as they ware anted In the booae,
Debbj told them the whole story. Mr Wil
der fait so rejoioed at hie daughter's escape,
that be began to b« in excellent spirits; and
lad the etrange horse to the dear, and began
to examine him.