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DEMOCRAT
l8^b\ishe at St. Cloud, Stearns County,
Minnesota,' ©very Thursday afternoon.
OWictf^Cmsn. Tamu AVENUE AN» WASimreTOJt
«wi "v.- S V.
W. MITCHELL, Editor & Proprietor.
S I S
TWO DOLLARS A TEAR, IN ADVANCE.
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Legal advertisements at statute rates.
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isquare, nnd cards will be charged propor
tionate to the space they occupy in brevier
solid.]
O W O
,Of all kinds executed with neatness and
dispatch, and at reasonable rates.
Heal Estate Agency,
S O I N N E S O A
IpXl'ENSlVEvt
Explorations of Land in
this Distric subject to private entry,
and long experience in Land Office business,
give the undersigned peculiar advantages
in the
S a
An location of Land Warrants.
a W a a
For sale at a small advance on New York
prices.
Contested Pre emption cases prosecuted
pei'ore the Local and General Land Offices.
Attention paid to
HE PAYMENT OF TAXES
In Benton, Sherburne, Morrison and
Stearns* counties.
Town lots for sale in St. Cloud.
v6nl8-tf L. A. EVANS.
H. O. WAIT
A N E
AND LICENSED DEALER IN
a a W a a S
a S O
—AtSO
DEALER IN REAL ESTATE
Collections and Remittances promptly
made.
Taxes paid for Non-residents.
Office on Washington avenue, one door
south of the Central House. v6nl8-tf
W I I A PARSONS,
Attorney and Counseller at law,
V. S. a a a A
ST. CLOUD, MlNN.
PRACTICES
in all Courts, State and Fed-
eral prosecutes claims before any of
the Departments at Washington.
fi®1* Particular attention paid to the col
lection of Bountv and Arrearages of Pay
of Soldiers, Pensions for Discharged Sol
diers or for the heirs of those who have
'died in the service.
Office in 3d story, Broker's Block, over
J. C. & H. C. Burbank & Co. v6n23
E W A O. A I N
Has resumed the
A I E O A W
IN ST. CLOUD, MINN.
Office, Tive Doors south of H. C. Wait's Bank,
GEO, W S W E E
ATT9ANET AN& COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
WILLdattend
promptly to Collections,
an payment of taxes in Stearns and
Benton Counties. Special attention given
to cases before the Local and General Land
Offices.
Office oa St Germain at., over Broker's Store.
ST,.CLOUD, MINN.
A A
ST. CLOUD MINN.
J. W E N
S IC IA N N SURGEON
Will practice Medicine in all its branches,
including midwifery and operative-surgery.
St Cloud, Minn, Deo.,11th, lS6v2r
WM. R. HtrKtiSR,
S I I A N A N S E O N
ST.CLOUD .... MINN.
J. W E
MANUFACTURERS'-OT
vCABitNET
S ,.'
WARE.
Building and'- Carpentering attended to.
., Hear the" Stearat Hoaie, Lower Town, '..'
ST. CLOUD ..
I A a 4 I O
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SOB ^ipriRt,
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ST. O BOOK STOKE
J. ROSENBERG ER,
ROQK8ELLEH, STATIONER tC\NpWSDEALER
Has always on hand a Fine Assortment of
nI S art i«» A
.'•' ,'.''? —*ts»—
$75 00
40 00
25 00
45 no
30 00
1800
800
5 0
THE LATE8T PAPERS & MAGAZINES
fHE STANDARD SCH00LBO0KS,
And everything usually found iq $ first
class Bookstore. ., Vbul 8-ritf.
PHOTOGRAPH" A E
PHOTOGRAPHS, AMBROTYPES, &
TAKKN AT
Fav-wfell'fs a
Opposite the DEMOCRAT Office, Lower town.
Hours between 9 A. M. and 4 p. M.
Every variety of Albums, Frames and
Cases kept on hand? v5n52-tf
O. E E
fFItOM LIVERPOOL."]
WATGtfUAKEB AND JEWELER,
SAINT CLOUD, MINN.
N. B,—Watches, Clocks, Timerpieees, Mu
•j3i sic Boxes, Jewelry, &o., &c.«..
Neatly Fixed and Warranted.
Old Verge and Lupine Watches made in
to New English Patent Levers at a smill
cost.
Engraving done to order. v5n5l-ly
SADDLER AND tiARNESS SHOP
OaxH'ittjg'fe Triiiiiiiiiig-i
TRUNKS, SADDLES, (of every style)
Horse Collars' Whips,
BRIDLES {fancy and plate?) B'JRVSHES.
S
And everything necessary to a complete
outGt, kept constantly on hand.
Work and S.ide Harness made to order
on short nojtice..,.,
Carriages trimmed in any desired style.
Shop on St Germain street.
JQllfi SCHWARTZ.
St. Cloud, Aug. 6th 1863. vouls-ly
N E W S A E SHOP.
"\\TE have just opened a New Saddler
Shop, on St. Gbruutin street, where
we.have.a complete a ssoi'ttnent of every thing
connected with our trade, Comprising
HARNKSS, HORSE-COLLARS,
Saddles, Trtihks,
W I S BRIDLES, S E S
Curry Combs, Spurs $'6., Arc
This is the only establishment in town wheje
CARRIAGE TRIMMING
can be done properly.
..'• HANSEN & DUEBER,
St. Cloud, Sept. 9th, 1863. y5n49-ly
St. Cloud
O O J^lfTlD S O E
S O
JAMES BIGGERSTAFF
HAVINGGermaid
opene a Boot and Shoe Shop
on St. street, two doors above
Burbank & Go's store, is prepared to make
boots and shoes, of every style and qual
ity, at
REASONABLE RATES.
Repairing done with care. He respect
fully invites his friends to call and see him
at his nt$W Stand.
JAMES BIGGERSTAIF.
St. C!oud, Sent. 16th 1863. v6nl8-tf
A N O N SMITH
BOOT AND SHO E S O E
A full supply of
Boots and Shoes,
BUFFALO OVERSHOES & MOCCASINS,
Kept always on hand, and for sale at fa
vorable prices.
,A good stock of Leather and Shoemaker's
Findings.
Particular attention paid to CustomWtfrk
The highest market price in Cash paid
for Hides. ANTON SMITH.
Washington av., St. Cloud. v6nl9-ly
E N W W E A
CARRIAGEM AKER.
I
A E removed to my new shop near
the Bridge, rhere I am prepared to do
all kinds of work in the Carriagemakiug
line. Wagons, carriages and sleighs made
in a neat and substantial manner at low
rates. Particular attention paid to repair*
ing. 3-tf
O A S O N E S
BLfiAekSMITH.
A kinds of Work done In the best
:JEJL-:
MINN
pofcsible manner. Patt-icular'.atten-good
tion given to' horse an4 ox-shoeing, plow
work, itid repairing of al) kinds. Shop in
samebuilding with Henry W. Weary.'
N M^^z^iid^H
:/\'!i! l*€ AN/E A I O
WOULD,call
invite his friends and. the pub-
lic to and examine his New Styles
of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods. Partic
ular, attention paid to custom work,
Flows like a- crimson sea
ST. CLOmMINNMto^
E E A O
[Ifany of oqr readers slic.uid think iiiotohe of the
following syiiitcd linen a little, too, sJuipuinary, al)
we have to iiijj,' is that they are'the production of Mrs.
M- ••¥. TuqW,, the widow of the late .Xieut. E. L.
-Tu'ciier 6T Hie Fourth afichtgan Cavalry:^Ed. SaL
Eve.+Pbat.] ,, |j
Forth in the car]y inoru he rode, ,i vjjjj
With spirit scorning fear,
The Runlit 1 it on his armor glowed,
My noble cavalier!
But see from hidden covort dim ,"
(0 ol curse the dastard foe!)
A iteadly bullet aimed at him,
.,. Has laid ujy darfH&Llow.l
Oh,irien''l- my Vi-omanann is ft-eak,
Avenge my dead for mo 1
Nor stay your'hands till rebel blood
The golden sunshine of tho South
(Dim bo its glory now)
Had never kissed KOHwoet a mouth,
Nor sheath the trusty stfeel,
E'en though the victory is nvon^ ,i.
And traitor minions reel '.'•:••
But charge upon their broken line
Oh follow where they flee't -''''•''I
Nor Stay your hands till rebel blood
Flows like a crimson sea!
Would Mercy with her syroh tongue "i
Beguile the from the."trust'? ...
Disdaining to be merciful,
Oh, men be "onlyjuat »j
ru
I charge you.by the widow's wail,
And by t.he-orphan's woeV,'''.V p. .,.
charge you by'the hopes'that'fail—
:. And.by the te^rs that flo.w,^- JJ .• i:
Oh, pierce Rebellion's cursed heart!
Strike deep for mine and.me •.
Nor stay your'hands till re¥el blood
Flows like a crimson sea j,
Mawn, Mich.
"Boat, gSnUemen? It will dci you a
'deal of'^odd, i\tr. Fred 'and'you too Mr!
Wood,"'said old. Daii, coming across the
beach to where we were lying
"1 can't go.to-day,"answered1.'Wood, i'f her out^ a&, he" called it^aad^eil us^j
have aconfoundedengagement. Shall you"|. jiT
I'd, Astley?" T" IV
"Yes, I think sOj" I said, 'looking at. the
sea, which just stirred, by a slight freeze,
rippled and danced in the sunlight.
"All right, then. I shall have to.bolt
in a minute. .: What,an- awful row there Is
Ihis morning." ,
"The beach is very full, tir," said Dan
"and sec, you are in the middle of tin
ovawd."
We were not far from the batliing ma
chines' and on every side of us were
groups of people, laughing, talking, 'iflirt
ing^ali'..supremely iaerry, and not over
careful about modulating the tones of-their
voices The man with the guitar appear
ed to be the only person on the whole
bedcli who wag not making a noise'., Ite,
poor fellow, had broken one of the strings
of his instrument, and was sitting by him
self,, disconsolately, trying, to mead it. A
family ,df foreign minstrels had settled
themselves in front of the lapidary's shop,
and the eldest boy was singing, ah .Italian
song, doing his. utmost to make himself
heard. He was,, I ow,n, singing under dif
ficulties. The laughter ,of the bathers
and the buzz of the talkers hardly con
duced to render his. voice the more audible
while the old bells of St. Augustine's
church on the cliff above were ringing a
loud wedding peal. .''J
"In the middle' of the infernal regiohs'j I
should say. I never heard such a horrid
Babel in my life," muttered Wood, as he
stalked off, and I went to the boat,
"1 jeipected that you would come, Mi*.
Fred," said old Dan. He always called
me* Mr. Fred. We had been great friends
ever since he gave me my first lessons in
rowing, when I was a very little fellow.
I believe I took to him then wonderfully
end since that time he had never seemed to
me to have changed nor to have grown
older. He always was, as far back as I
could remember, the same sturdy, broad
shouldered man, with the same bronzed
t'aie, and the same clear, keenj gray eye.
He had been for several years on board a
man-of-war, but he was not a great talker
on any subject, and never. I believe, spoke
of his younger days A superannuated,
half-witted veteran,.who lived in the town,
declared,that he was with Dan Baker en
board H. M. S. Etna. But the veteran
knew nothing about Pan's hisfory and
Dan himself never told it to any one.—
There was something jti it he evidently
wished,to conceal, and the odd name of the
boat, the Faithless Maid, was the enly
ground on which curious people could
build. He was, in spite of his taciturnity,
a great favorite with us young fellows.—
We had christened him Cato be seemed,to
have such a kindred spirit to the great Bo
man censor. He was so unyielding and
exact so frugal in his diet,' never drink
ing anything but water, eating very little,
ani never smoking. He always gave the
impression, when he spoke, that he had a
vast amount of knowledge in him, but
which he was unwilling to impart to others.
He talked very slowly, bringing out each
word with' the greatest deliberation, as
though he chewed and digested it well
mentally before uttering it. But he was a
boatman,' and was much sought after
by the people, who were accustomed. to
make use of the pleasure boats,at Cliffgate*
"Strange scenes in these boats some
times, Mr. Fred," the old fellow said sud
denly, after he had pulled, for some min
utes without speaking.
"Ah, I suppose so," I answered careless
ly, and without thinking what I said. My
thoughts were just then turned upon abet
I had made, and which hud happened rath
er oddly.: Itwafe between six of n#t Ned
Darwell, Wpod, Lucas and on'6 of: his
cousins, Andrews, and -myself. And he
who shook'hands first with a certain young
lady, was to win the stakes. Ned called
my attention to her as we were walking in
tlie Row Gardens, listening to the band.
"By Jove!""i he *aid,i-nipping my arm*
"thero'8-a jolly girl."' I
Shehud v*ry:4ark hajr.hnd: eyes, which
r^ra3
Nor crowned so iair a brow.
But ah the look of-tendcr trust,
.The loving smile hath fled, 'J
His dear form moulders Into dust,.— oh hy 31:
Up men avenge my dead
Bear on- the standard that he bore
Wave high the banner freo '.
-Nor stay your hands till-relVl blood -..
Flows like a crimson ssa 1
Amid the hell of shot and shell, ..,
And bullets rniaing fast,
And (lame and dash, and roar and crash,
'Riiig but your bugle blast! (J'It
Lift jip your sabres in- thq sun 1 ,,
rendered the^more attractive byabe-
witchiugilittle imauve hat, -with a white
veil tiodr back in a bow. She was rather
tall and slight, but very-graceful,' and tier
little feet as they peeped Out every now and
tneD, u»^,«c!
a
her muslin dress—for,the
grass was rather damp, and the dress had
to be.held upr-nseenied: perferrtion. .She
was acqompanied byaii 41*, soldierly-look-:
i.hg gentleman, and a young fellow,, of,
about twenty-t*Q:qr twenJy?three years of
ge? Was. walking by. her other side
"\yho is she 11 asked 'n
!"IvdQn't know,'' answered Ned. "Some:
new importation.:,, Hullo l: here!s. Lucas.
he is, sure to know, I.s.ay,rLucaSj.my boy,
who is that .dark,gii withthp-hat?'' ",
"Oh, hang the ,givl iwitb the rum -shaped
nat! She's Levi««a Turner. Everybody
knows her .Hgly-phjz."
I 'No the one with 'the mauye hat and
white,veil. There,.!. man al^ve :can't'3rou
.See j^There!.: just turning round at the
end.of the wal£, ijo yoti see her now.?'
'J9.4'tJiuow her at all,' .-said the.other,
'Do y«u, John.?? hejftsked, turning to his
cousin. tab vicj.-l
'Netejr saw, her before .^aid the cousin,
•Bu^.shq's awfully .swjell.!-! ..,.
Th.qn, -Wood and Andrews, ^tr.oiled, np-n.
('Th'fej
psked:us the very., qncsl,ion ,we:Were
going ts ask Uiem^j so we /Jiscpyered: that
the young .lady was a per^ecl.straqge? to us.
all., Whiiwupon Lucas ^q^criLonk to rout
a
Lucas,: sftid^e^ wlip
jealous of the asceudancy ^ucas had gain
ed over Us in the hqaorjOf nuding out and
becominglacquainted,with different young
ladies, "I'll bet you -anything-you like that
I'll shake hands with her before you,will.
j*ere, Lucas, my biy, there's^ a faisvbet for
O
I 7.
And then, the rest came ,forward,, each
willing to make the same offer.
Sn-iha liot woo morlo, jwrd'cifc Vlf.S, about
it that I wiis Hilhking wfrcn "L'in"-spoire nr
me.
'Very strange scenes,' he sajd-again,
nodding at me" oVer. his oars. I suppose
the expression had been' well digested and
proved .wholesome, so he repeated it.-^
'They say,a London cabman could tell a
good deal' he continued, still nodding.
'But bless you sir., what can they, se,e or
hear? There they sit flogging their poor
horses while the people are .behind them,
shut up in a rattling rackety thing. They
can't hear sir. How can they Now* we,
you see Mr. Fred, when we Come forward
like this, we could almost kiss the people,
much more hear whatthey say.' To prove
his assertion,iold Dfiu suited his action to
his words and bent Oyer his oars, leaning
forward as far as he could. Having finish
ed his long speech, he nodded again myste
riously as if to say, 'There I have enlight
ened you,, quite enough for in'e day,' and
then pulled on again.
As he seemed inclined, to be silent, and
did hot.speak, my thoughts gradually re
verted to biir bet. Lucas had told us that
the young lady was Miss Leith, that the
old gehtletftari was Major Leith, and that
they and Mr. Henry Leith were living at 6,
Marine Gardens. So much information he
had gathered from the Cliffgate Chronicle
but that was not an introduction, and 'I
see ino cbarise of getting one.' he sai.d.to.me
carefully. All his numerous cousins had
proved perfectly, useless on this occasion.
Among us Ned had been the most lucky.
Miss Leith had. bo wed and thanked him
when he picked up a book which she
dropped upon the parade. I came second.
In passing once I was honored with asec
ond look. The rest were nowhere aiid
just a week had elapsed since we made the
bet. Up to the present time Miss Leith
had been invincible, though we had all
done our utmost to obtain ah introduction.
Not that any of us cared for the stakes
they were trifling enough but there was
a spirit of emulation at work within us for
the honor of the first shake of the hand of
the young lady. The more difficult it be
came the more eager we all were to win it.
We had found out that nobody in the town
knew her, so we were thrown upon our own.
resources:
She went down to the beach every morn
ing when it was fine and walked upon the
Parade ih the afternoon but was always
accompanied by either her father or the
young fellow announced in the Chronicle
as Mr. Henry Leith. Whether Mr.
Henry Leith was her brother or her cousin,
and in the latter case her lover, we could
not find out. But we put him down for a
brother.
We had told Dan abent our bet aticf tie
had promised to help us,if he could. That,
perhaps was the chief reason why I seized
the opportunity of having him to myself
for ah hour.' ,'..'.
•Seen Miss Leith, Dan
The old felloW shook his head. "Heard
she was fond of pulling though,' he said
after, a short time, '.
•Oh, indeed!^-. I answered as a thought
struck me
boat for twp or three hours aKlay for the
next week or' l'6.
1
'•'•1'\'""
Now Dan had been in the h^bit of lend
ing me his boat because he knew I could
pull and manage it .praperly. I did not
anticipate any ,tro.uble in getting it, so I
surprised when he appearedrto hesi-
Utti iBiii -ya .:h la ntjilti .-. uaa
was
ifatcf
'What are you going to do wih it sir,
tnay'I jafek^?' \Aa tiliu I., nU
rm
|*i .|Never,you mind-Dan You lend .-me the
boat, nW/haJ I.dp with the boat ia nothing
to you that is as long as I don't,, damage
'You are right sir.' Ybu shall iiaye it.'
lie smiled as he "spoke, and11cduldeasily
see that he guessed for what purpose!
wanted the boat. However, he said ndth-.
ing tiU tho.hourj ',WPS ,,up., Then aa Twas
•gettingpu.t hie.called me by name, and said
'\n a law, tone
'I have known you for a longtime Mr.
•Fred. Do"jrb'ii 'mind1 what^ you are about
sir. !Young women are changeable crea
tures. .3 khould not like you tobetakeniin
Ilis voice was sosadj! aud'fris!oj,d,h^(oji^ed
face looked so troubled that I knew he*was
speaking from, experience—perhaps from
Some bitter lesson he had" 'icarfi'efl in his
youth and which in some way accounted for
the odd name of liisf boat.
"Come, old Cato," I said, "It is only to
win the'bet I am pot in love with the
young lady. .See.ypi) tc-tnorrow. Ta ta."
i. The utxt morning according to our agree
ment, Dan brought' the boat round to the
part of the beach nearest 'to thy hbuse" ,'
did not live in the towh.'but some ten min
utes' walk I from it, along the clill' and
there, was path.from the li9iise doVm.to
the beach.. He found.me,there, dressed in.
an old boating suit, with my face hid as
mpch as possible'by a large slouching hatV
I was then .twenty four, K'ut Tooked a Uttle,
older, and I meant in
rthjs.disguise
Jscke to Miss Leith.
to lay
"Be.careful, Mr. Fred,": were the only t„re.
wqr&3 he said as we,exdianged places,
:a
I had spoken al much like the Cliffgate
boatmen as I was able. Lucas, too, had
heard me, and looked up but did not seem
to recognize either me or my voice, and
that emboldened me. Then the Major
came down with his Times, and Mr. Leith
left them for his morning bath. I saw him
plunge in and swim, out to sea and, as I
wanted to follow his example, I determin
ed to pull home and change my clothes.
"Well, I will have' one more try," I
thought, '-as I have to _pass the Major.
Perhaps he may like to go."
When I came up to him he had put down mistake
the paper, arid was watching his son through
a field-glass. Miss Leith was sitting at his
feet, sketching and talking to him.
"I am afraid Harry is goiDg out too far,
Helen," I heard him say,'..Ii
"But he IS such a capital swimmer, papa.
Where is he now She then closed her
sketch-book and stood by his side, looking
across the sunny water for her brother.
,,... ., ,.,
cry from Mr. Leith reached her ears
.,
"Pull, man He has got the cramp A
hundred pounds if you reach riim before
he sinks! Harry! Harry!" he bawled
out, "keep Oh, iny boy! for God'B
sake keep up Pull with your left. Now
you are straight. Pullboth. Hard!"
I have often rowed in a race but I nev
er pulled with such a will as I did on that
day. The boat was the best in Cliffgate
and it seemed to fly oyer the water as I put
all my strength and weight into each stroke.
I have just a dim recollection of seeing
crowds upon the beach running about,
while the Major stood in the stern, without
moving or speaking, watching his sinking
son.
"Oh, my God, he is down burst from
the old gentleman, at he sank backwards
upon the seat and covered his face with his
hands
I can remember dropping the oars, and
•earing off my hat and boots'. As 1 turned
round I saw, scarce,six. yards from the
head of the boat, a hand rise, then a head
—it was his last struggle—and then both
went down together. A moment afterwards
I was in the water, catching hold of some
thing large and white, and rising with it
to the surface. Howl found it I don't
know but I knew it was the young man.
I say Dan, I shall want your' I felt his arm* cling to my neck, end his
nd, «otiV there'he''lit,faijxi}*''Miss Eeith^afd
then I pulled.leisurely to where the visitors as Ipa^se'dl''"' 'Ji '3^'i1 'to a
generally resorted. I'low all' this would 'Ah,-'so he-isi. Aleve my man we will
help me to obtafn an introduction I 'was
not quite clear bht I was, to tell the truth
go
jealous of her having spoken to Ned and-l-jj'ope
Itlio'dga't thal,, al any ratet I, thould be! «liy, Jove) I doh't know how to think
able, in my capacity of boatman, to get a jyou,' said' Mr.' Henry, shaking my haiid
word from her. I had al.o a hazy idea
that I might possibly give her hand a little
siiaKe as hcipe^keVouta^thc boat treV-'
er I were fortunate enough tq p'ersuade
her to compin. .1 thought that it would be.
extremely agreoable to sit opposite to her
for an hour, hearing'her talk,'and almost
near enough to kiss her, as Dan said, when
ever I leant forward. ..
"Boat this morning, sir?" I said, as I
pulled past I lie plac'b where Miss Leith and
her bro.her were silting.
"Not this morning, thank ou," he aji
swere'd.
weight pull me down I could suim well start I was sittinp in the window rt3I h«
and as my head rose above the water, and ,-tnting I had just decided^ that I woulk,
I saw the glorious b.right puni: my Idve of|not go wjren Nai V^fapT'"T^S3fh»' garden^
earth seemedt.so strong and the thought of and stepped int&fW'wfcm. .•'£
d4th sp terrible, that I struggled hard to /WeljtciiKfetipri yoh'i! Dela^,* he said,
keep afloat. But my clothes were thick tapping my keees with his stiA 'Don't be
and impeded my linibs. His arms were
tightly elasped around my neck, and his
deadweight was pullirg,-forever puling,
me'down -:.. ... ,. .,: ,i
ThenSqlnething d^rk, came between me
and the light" and the old boat with the
:I'he,ard
as soon-' as he was in the beiati. 'But I
wantto have a jaw wjth yoursoniejime.'.
"~Theu'flie7 iflydr^ muttcr,ing~someiJianfcs,
iieid out. hi3 hand,
rand
me her brightest s.'iiile which I prized more
than.all. .'
'How strange papa/' she said, reading
the 'name of (lie boat'. 'You know Miss
demery told us to have this'one before we.
a
I thanked him very much but ttotd
him tHat I liked my life very welL In fact
1 was fairly st umped as what to say. I felt
half inclined to laugh at being taken for
old Dan and yet I felt that the Major
ought not to be allowed to continue in his
'You seem very young to be such a her
mit, Comfi you. must marry I will find
you a wife and keep .her well too.'
'Vesyou must, forget the Faithless Mad
now,' said Miss Lciih smiling again. I
suppose site had heard some of" the conjec
tures about D^n's llftR.""^ ,","'
'1 do not mean to be inquisitive,' the Ma
jor said, *but"l cannot bear to see a young
"There That little black speck is his man like you aud one too who is' so superi
head. He is coming back now." to this sort of work, settling down td such
"Oh, what a way he is out! Oh, papa!
.. ,. ,„ .,
a
what is the matter she sard, as a strong Will you not teli me your trouble 1 may
a
Nothing, nothing. Keep still, girl,'^ he spare money or trouble to make you happy.'J
said, beckoning to me. In a minute he had ,i.. J- I ..
3.
scrambled into the boat, and we had left. «•„„.„„ i* «,
pecuniary help, his kind way HI oflenng.it ,ii,
played upon him. He must sooner or_ la
ter find it out and I wondered within my
self as I leant over the oars looking down,
with his hand upon my shoulder whether
he would then be so kind'as now..
'I should-like to see1 yoii privately to
inorrow sir,' I iaid putting off the time as
long as I could,
'Very, well then. Come in the moining
at eleven—6,,...Marine Gardens. Ask for
-Major Leith.'
I promised to do so, and'nothing more
was said about it during our pull.
'Good bye,' said Mr. Henry, when he
was on the beach. 'The governor has had
all the talk to-day but I shall sec ybu
again soon.' .,
•Good'bye,' said M!««i. Leith with a nod,
as her brother helped her out. 'Good bye.'
'I wonder if she will nod and smile,' I
thought, 'when she. finds out who I am. I
shall be certain, to see her agiin this after
noon at the band but she won't know me
without this hat. I'll risk it at any rate.
What a jolly smile she has!'
Though I didnot expect to be recognized,
I had, whilst dressing, sundry qualms about
going and when the time came for me to
rb S*H
so idle, Come along.
'I am not going Ned.' -v *i»
'Not going! .Why xt/at ?.. Misi L«jth
sure to be there. Ah I see. Yon fiad
no good glruggliwg- against, Timr- "f-rnyaSz:
your sense-of dise'riminatiot- -bull'cimM'
Major in n, glided past almost at arm's walk there without ^omJBbodj^. ^Just come
length. 'Imade a clutch'-—a!rope wiis trail- to keep me company??" -L
ing in the' water—and as I caught it and
pulled myself with my burden to the side,.
the shou^ t'jom. the beech, and felt
the MaJQr's hand unclaspinghis son's arms
from.my heck. *.
a
fl'll hold him you get in at tlie other
side. Come that's well done,'- hi»''said.as
we lifted Mr- Leith into the boat." 'vNow7
"yourow'in and I'll aoon Biing him to,:' -,
It, was not the fust liine as- I,afAet!yarUs L-
So I took his arjhr and :*e strolled to
getherlhfOTheB?se QaidWls/., IJ J^YIU
i-."-'There's
learnt, that .the Major had helped..to resus- I .}l ihV other end, lddfcifif Wchr an. awful
pitatea half droVued person. Tie ku'ew fr
that swell girl I met last night,'
he said. 'Lucas -*ri:l be at }iee side in a
minute if I don't lookout. Tavist
Drop'pingftoy aim he raised-hfe k«tj t^
ihe young lady, and, ^en,walked off by her
side just.as Lucas-came up.—
1 -I W is ii
as
K},j
exactiy wiiat'td do and under Iris skillful LetTtia1Tw.l'63va«fce wrong side of thirty
treatment his sou .opened his eyes before'»Jfenored me wl^^e'metrwkhlVmeeVgra-
we readied'the shore. 'fcious bow. .She cirtajpiy^aid' ioofc^sJU
'I must d'res's hint before 1 can' convey""
him homet' said/\h'$,\.Major. ,. "_'
So I took tkem to the young fellow's inn-.
chine, and tlietf' pulled away, i-artly to
change my clot lies affd partly to aVoid'be
ipg jhowni. I succeeded in the' latter
even belter than I had hoped for. when I ji N wis Wig's Leh^Xsn^^^JiS1
met the Major and hLv. daughter tfn,lhe:l?a-f.j from the 'Blk-Ii'llff.1 "colored
rade ih the afternoon they did not recog
nize me., I had left my slouching hat, at
home, and my h^ir ,and whiskers were not
plastered to my'face with' watef! I *ls d! ibounded., »$£&»!"Sas no"jpti
fouiid dnt that jiob6dy, h'ad-noticed me in ^i thestJe whcroil-was,, e«S should have
the morning so -I determined ito^play.on
my new character, of hoa^man. Whereupr
on the' next, day- Assuming .the p,ld,-disguise,
went fo.ith again in search of fiesh adven-
for „, pull: (e-da^, Hjow are you this
a
ing? Caujlil no cold yesteiday. I
4
Mjaf, ^ei.th gave
7
'Eless me, yes.* 1 have heard a good
Jdeal about you, Mr. Baker. 1 heard that
you"were very sober, and very, respecta
ble, and all that soit of thing. It seems to
me too, that you werenot always a boat
man',', he said glancingat- mydiaiids which
were rather,whiter.than,the flippers of the
SOPS of Neptune usually are. 'So if you
like to give up this sort of life, why I'll
take c.ire that you always have a jnug
roofover your head.'
life. Remember what we OWJ to you. !-,' ii A i.'\
7
there iyLetitia Turner
-TrJ!¥l
1
ea said, fan.Tijwfulr^rij^t^' *nd wSJETt*"
was admiring.ta* geJ^ebWhe^B of frer'gef^
up,' I awkwardly tro^. upon the. dresf of a
lady who- was. sitting-down. ,,, .v r.
*I .Bc^iTeur-ipafden .' I said^ turning
colore her
cheeks, ili.-ifc-I waj ecogaia-d. .U:wajupy s.
ypice I 'knevir^lmt liad: betrayed i'«e 3*ait::!
I wdkVd on'tin_f pdm^"'^
gone out:-andthe'Uewrelt blife'*«i.ejcactljr
opposite'atha seat which fne LfeitKp^ccuitted.
I waited for some minutes looking over the
railiugs, and then turned around. Stand
ing directly in front of me"iva§ the Major,
einiiely cuttirrgoff ^hmeans of ietreat?~~r
'How do ybu do,' Mr. Baiter he said
with tgrin, while I felt Tather uncomfort
able,
Then I stammered out something, apolo
gizing for the deceit! had practised upon
ldm. /'', to •, v-
IJ was: going to teU you to-morrow,' I
said\
but. l. hope sir, that. jo will ^rot
think tl«j worse o.f me far.jtw, ,,-.
-"^yJ iaif faith sir^ that'l wen't. thought'
this morning that^yoH lookedf a""devilish
gentleman-like jatman, and: raid'BO^fd^inJrT
daughter. It is I. who. have to apologize
for calling*tOiyotinnk 1 did butlhadjiot
timeHo.look'nt you I only saw a man in
boatman's clothes, and of course took you
for one. 'Give me your hand,' he said,
stretching out his own, and then adding
with'a 1 ngh, 'though suppose now, you
-will not want me to put a roof over your
head :.ytt I shall always be heartily glad
to see you under mine. By-the-way as
you are no. longer Baker, what name do
you mean to assume now
'A«tlev siogsr
I.J -v
'Well then, Mr. Astley, I hope this Will
be tlie beginning.of MI long friendship,'
*I am sure sir^othing will give me great?
er pleasure.' ..,
rr&nd
to lielp you and I swear I wonH '"J
.".' Although oi course, I did not want any to hve with me and have a place to harbor
:.
,,
'It was Baker's boat though, you were
in ?'he said.
'Yc3J—:the 'Faithless Maid.''
'Then as I live, Baker shall have the
yife nnd the cottage.'
'I won't answer forihe wife,' I said.
.:
'Then lie shall have the. cottage.without.
her. He shall have something I will go
and find him now. You'come with me and
I'll introduce you.
'My daughter, '5Ir. I beg your par*
don, I have a shocking memory for names.'
'Astley,' I suggested. .-.A L.,
'Mr. Astley,' he said, 'the amateur boat
man.V ..-•-- -. ,_ ,.
At this we all laughed, and Miss. Leith
blushed.). Then the Maior with a good
hearty farewell, left us and went an his
a hira? a a
has
0
and the fatherly manner in which he put. Private tomorrow at eleven, eh Mr. Ast
his hand upon my shoulder as I bent for- ley I hop•e I shall se•e you' soon.'
wards, made me ashamed of the trick I had 'Than
yoMr.
8
I
id hulk in. We must go now Helen.
Leith.Well
Major. Good
'Goodkbye Astley,' she saibyeputtingsMisd
out her hand.
Lucas and Ned. who were wandering
about passed at that moment. They both
looked—'the'envious wretches^—and actual
ly scowled at me as I took the little bend
and shook it.
So I won our bet.
And besides tne bet I won also that
which had caused it. For soon afterwards
Miss Leith gave trie her hand 'to shake',
as she herself said, 'as often as ever I
liked.'
ARTHUR cheats August of more than -,
half its days and is ready here for SeptemV
ber.. The usual engravings, fashion
plates, and patterns embellish this number.
There are contributions by Mrs. M. A.
Dennison, Virginia F. Townsend, and oth
er popular writers, Terms 52. S. Ar
thur &Co., Philadelphia.
O N E A said Ike Parting
ton, "did you know that the •'iron horse' had hat one
earl" -..',.
"One ear? Merciful gradom, child, what do you
mean?"',
'•Why, the engine eer"
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