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MANCnESTElJ, VEUMON'r, THURSDAY MOUSING, DECEMBER
THC LOST LETTER
Four dollar.. Foor dollar and bait.
Do I Lear Br dullaraf la it puaaible tbal
ao o. pteawst baa U.I eooogb to bid fl
dollar and a bait. Fir dollar. Tbank
oa, air. Oft tLa gfoll.co.o'. earn. Jim.
A jooog a, an itb a floab.d face and
bia bat on tbe Urk of tla clnerl eropprd
bead, ioalanil aloo.1 bffcr to itb a
nol.tcMkln bi band. I bream ar
tbal ebil I nrpoM-d Bjwlf to be Dd
ding arr'N lb rorm lo fri.nd, I bad
b'no bidding for tbe aviirur. I did not
10 lend to do ao; I did to Bred or dreire
Hi mirror, bnt I arpr.cuu-d it value,
koto it t bargain, and dreaJrd tb
g.mral ooiio tb.t vnold be attracted to
ui jf 1 drnird tb iLHiti'U; ao I him
nay oaoje, aod Ibat Tiuing foood lb Qiif'
ror wj rtcloaiT property.
Lib D)it old baebrlora, I aa food Of
atloruing my furmahed aparlmant i'b
tbioga of my oar. A enrioo clock bad
ImB tb object of my iait io Hi auolixn
room., aod now tbal I bad lb mirror, I
joodvred tbat I bad Dot really i flVred
bid for it, It aa a tuaotl mirror, loog
and low; with aframaoboot wtiieb Lotpi
and Oraw wero apparently playiag at
tig. Tb glaaa waa fine, and the gilding
waa good, bat I nolloed tbat ila back waa
a little lo in it frame, and taking tb.
eautioo of putting iu a fear brad before I
hang it. I dialodged ao article tbat bad
alipp.d down between tbe glaa and tb
frame. It waa a letter, io a delicate envel
ope, directed, (tamp.d and 'till aialed
with a drop of green wax atamped witb
locnat fl iwer. Erideully it bail orver beeo
opened. 'Hi. writing, in lliat pale ink
biob ladia afToct, bad become almoat
anreailable; but I fiually diNcoTered Ibat
it waa addreaaed to Mr. Dud. y W'biN
more.
It waa easy to imagine bow it bad got
into tbe place whence I bad taken it.
Wbo fver knew a aervaot wbo did not
oae a mirror aa a letter rack tbe moment
it waa lone enongb io it frame? lint
wbolber it waa ao important letter, wbicb
aboold be delivered to ill owner if poasi
ble.or merely aome note of invitation tbat
bad bad it day, it waa quite impoaeible to
goe.a.
In Ibe course of the oeit rooming I
cilled on Ibe auctioneer, wbo referred m"
t) tbe peraon who bad placed tbe tbing
ii bi banda for aale. lie could only telt
me tbat tbey came from an old bole
wbicb waa about to be torn down, tbe aite
having been diapoaed of for certain car
atablea, and that be never beard of Dudley
Wbitmore, wbo bad probably been a
traoai(Ot go est at tbe hotel. I looked io
tbe directory, there waa no mob name to
be found there, and the letter was by it
post office atamp, five yeara old. I did not
feel that that gave me any right to open
it; but it waa poaaible that I might meet
or bera of Mr. Dudley Wbitmore, and I
put it away, io order that, if ever thia
happened, I might prod not. it.
Two yeara passed, however, aod I bad
never beard tbe name; aod yet, when I
went upon my trip to Europe -my first
and naturally moat interesting one I
took Mr. Wbitmore' letter witb me.
Who knew but that I might meet him
abroad ?
It was iu tbe little village of Ville-le
Bel. near Paria, tbat I one day found my
telf amoDg tbe worshipera in the cburcb
of Saint Didier, upon aome day deemed
especially holy.
A great inaoy Engliab visilora were
pretent.and amougtbem a beautiful young
lady, attended by a little brown aervaot.
maid io a tall white cap and earring, lis
toued intently to tbe music. She was very
graceful, very elegantly dressed, and very
charming, and abe waa also very pale.and
aa tbe crowd increased and the air grew
heavier, ahe grew still paler, until finally
I beard the maid utter a little cry, and
found tbat the lady bad fainted. Sbe waa
very oear me, and, ilh tbe aasiatance of
tb maid, I managed to carry her through
tbe crowd to the fresb air. There abe re
covered, and though atill very weak, wa
able to walk. I inquired bow beat I could
render aaaistance, and findiDg tbat ahe
lived only a ahort distance from the cburcb
offoreJ my arm and accompanied ber to
tbedoor of ber home.
An old gentleman, sitting under tbe
treea iu bi garden, witb a volume of
Racine iu bia band, aroae and came for
ward to meet ns. He sympathized witb
the young lady, admonished the maid te
tak ber it onoe to ber niatrma, and
tbaiiked oi witb many bowa and flourish
es. We exchanged cards, Tb next day
I called to inquire for mademoielle, and
I waa greeted aa thoogb I were ao old
f'iend; in fact, I became an intimate of tb
cottage and soon learned Ihebi.tary of the
iomaW. Tbe old gentleman waa M. Ver
net, tb second buaband of tbe youog la
dy' mother both ladies were country
women. Tbo younger bore tb name of
Letty Linnet. I aboold thought it aome
one' oo md plum bad I pot known its
owner, Bnt ahe.tbongb rather romantic.
very delicate, and not by any meane what
I had bitberto blied to be my femioine
ideal, and waa o lovely, ao myaterioualv
ebarnvog, that I admired Teo ber nam
I ... t traded to ber a I never yet bad
Urea to any girl, aod it waa not loog b
fora I knew that I mut bt ber know it
Many a bppy to" did 1 apeod ia tb
little arbor uoder lb tr. o' m ilia gar
4,1 rich with roaea, or lb parlor, wber
Ltty e.og to oa to tb aceoaipaoimeat of
ber alrp f.lber' guitar, before I an m toon
d eoorag. or found opportaoity to apeak
to bar; bot at l"t tb cbano cm.
Iter waa a fin old caatl ia tb neigh
borhood wilb which bbtjficel aaaoci.tioo
were eoooecied. I faonot remember wta'
tbey weri; but it bad immeoa grooodt
.bant it, ' b poo'" P"""1""
1 1 r.obb Oo ftrooo, haviog bad
I lb aood forton to loa tb amiable Moo
imr .od M.dm rrt.t la to eoora or
our walk, X ledooed Letty lo sat beraelf
iib to P bid aa old fooo
laio, aod tber told br all I f.lt and bep
td. Bb liteod to n leaving ber bod
ia jln; bat wbeo t bad oed to (peak
bae.mrd to biUU lor a wbil. aod
tb. spok. g.atly: :
LUfor I owr yoa, Mr During. I
ongbt to Ull yoa aometaisg. Too 7
4V... k... ..... In.Aj lf ,tA Hot I
ba.e,
fib cubed h apoka. but wbea I
look ber band ia ruin ag.ta abe di I no1
forbid ra.
If II' at lovia a thing cf the pat, I aa:d
why aboold it mtlr? lailT
8b ooe mora boailated. lifted ber eye
to mine, eil tbrm dowo'again and ao
red:
I ranoot say.
Do you mean tbat yro do tot wish to
g,fl.ked.
No, ah replied. Under tb dream,
t'ane 1 ooght to be perfectly candid witb
you. It depend oo aoaMthiog I (ball
never b aore about. I- I don't know my
duly, or rather-I thJok I vUl tell yoa tb
wbnl troth. "
Da, I id.
Six yrara ago, wbeo I waa seventeen,
aaid Letty, mamma, wbo bad been a wid
ow a long time, married M. Vernet. To
paa away booeymooo tbey went into the
country, and stepped at a hotel, aa old
family mansion very quaint and curious,
with old furnilnre in all the rooma. I
think Washington alopped there once, Mr
Deering. Of conrae b did, laid I Tbat poor
old man waa alwaya stopping at old man
sions. Well, we were tber, at all event, con
tinued Ltty, and my step father dear
old gentlamanl wa wrapped up in bia
own happiness, and I wa left to do pretty
mocb aa I chose. I used to take a book
and ait under a tree on tbe bank of tb
river, and feel a little dull; and io whe"
one of the boarder, wbo wit very fond of
fishing, who used to bring hi rod very
oear that bank, I found it company.
No doubt, I said, fueling rather
angry.
He used to fish aod I used to read at
firat, reanmed Letty, bot after a while be
begun In-
Begun to make love to you, I said, fin
ishing the aentenoe abe bad begun.
Yea, aaid Letty; aod be was very oh arm
ing. Abl I mid.
Not young, replied L-tty about tbir-ty-five.
I felt somewhat relieved.
A little bald, ahe added, bnt it wis he
coming; and be wis luoh ao igreeabl8
perFOU to talk witb. I felt io those days
a sense of loss io regard to mamma. Sbe
bad a right lo marry, of course; but
alill
I understand, aid I.
And I folt glad to find some one wbo il.
wsys wanted me, and when one day be
proposed by letter I aooepted bim.
I dropped her hand.
Of course, as be wrote, I bad to write
also, proceeded Ltly. I accepted bim
and whea the note was written I called a
little waiter and told bim to taks it to Mr.
Wbitmore, and I saw the boy open the
door of tbe room that waa bit and go in;
and, of oourse, I expected tbat be would
oome to me by tbe river, a usual, next
morning, but be did not. I did not see
bim that day nor tbe next; oo tbe third be
left the hotel. After be was gone I look
ed at my offer again, aod found that I bad
missed the postscript, which wsa oo the
other side of tbe page. It said: If yon
cannot say yes, I will not give yon the
pain of saying no. I will understand your
silence as a negative. But long suspense
will be more than I oso bear. Qiva me
ao answer at once, I pray you. Then, said
Ltty.I begao to understand tbat if be did
oot get my teller be must think tbat I bad
refuaed bim I did not know what to do.
I could not write and aay I bad accepted
bim, because I aw tbe boy carry tbe let
ter Into hia room; and I was very unhappy
and grew really ill. Tbal i one reaaoo
why my atep father came back to France.
He thought it was comsamptioo, and
thinks he saved my life. But I shall nev
er feel my conscience clear unless I can be
sura be jiltad me. Tbat wonld be morti
fying; bot then I could forget bim and not
care; despise bim, laugh at myself. Bui
when I think that perhaps he I breaking
bit heart for me, pining, believing me a
flirt here Ltty applied ber bandkercbuf
to ber eyes -then I feel it is a duty that I
owe Mr. Dudley Wbitmore to remain
liogle for bis sake.
Mr. Dudley Wbitmorel I gasped.
Yes. aaid abe. tbat wa tbe Dam; bare
you ever met bim 7
No, I aotwered. It waa the troth aod
ootbing but the truth, bot it was not tbe
whole truth. At that momeut io tbe let.
ter case io my inaide veat pocket.I carried
lb letur I had lound io tb frame of tbe
mirror I bad bought at auction. I believ.
edit to be lb one Letty baJ writteo to
tbat man. Of coorae, I waa not sure; bow
ooold I be uutil I bad read it? But I wa,
convinced that it waa so. By opening it I
could, perbapa, give myself an opportaoi
ty for noble lf-sacriQoe. I could clear
Wbitmore' character, and, lik tb advef
tiling fortou tellers, reoui! tbo loot
aeparated. But waa I called opoo to do
it? I aa io a dilemma.
( kied Letty Vli.nd aod aroae from tb
t tAi.t,, L r.
Will too lliiok it ovir little while, I
aaid, and ana. r mc in day or two? Af
ter all, I am worth a oioob a Wbitmore,
aod too uuiihl to consider m !o.
I l'o, b. a-l I. I ''! a if I might b
ao bappv were my .jiaciiDr bot elr.
I harried a.av. I went to ay boteL I
took tb. b-Her from tb cw- opened it,
aod ra l it It "a brief aod to tbe point
H aceepted .0 (O'er of tnarfiag sod waa
.i.n.it Your, ever L-tty Linnet. Aod
waa aba lo be Li ever?
Koowing Ib.lnta f.U bJ played tb
man IooH not .peak of bim a I oogbl
to bav don. might b brokrt heart
ad for all I knew. I felt aa tboogb I wr
a raAoal to keep tb truth from Latly. A
I eat at roy window tbibkiog all tti over
lb diligence, fall of peofn, rtoppid
at tb door below. Tb nana! somber el
Americana wrr among tha w arrivala,
aud I particularly ootioed a ft getitlemae
witb a cm of flahlng roda who.xhil.iid
a perfectly bald bead when b took off hit
broad alraw bat to wipe bi lorebead. 1
met the raao at dinner and liked bi looks
After anpper, oo tb roda, w spol
II. inquired if tber war good fi.bing
tb.r-.bout, nd I volunteered lo show bim
a at ream aaid to b full of speoiojena o
ih. flun Irib b. loved bv snilera. It wa.
aa a atood beaid tbia at ream tbat b pro
duced bi card ear and offered ma bi.
card. I gave bim mine ia tara. But th
moment I looked at bia I ottered a ciy of
Good beaten! aod atarted a do the guilty
people io novel. Indeed, I full guilty. I
fancied, as b alared at m io aatooi.h
ment, that b could bit letter through
tb olotb of my coat a it lay io my pock
et Th interposition of Providann aeem
d too avident to withstand. I naived my.
If aod apok.
Mr Wbitmore, I aaid, I believ I have
carried a letter eddreaeed to yoa about
witb ma for along while.
Letter of introduction? asked b. I'v,
been abroad,
A letter to yoa from lady, said I.
Then I explained bow I oame by it, and be
laughed.
I remember the minor, laid he. Dear
ma, do yoa know this i quite a romaolio
affair, I believe.
I had taken the letter from the book and
given it to bim by this time. I think he
did Dot noliceltbat it had been oot open,
a be tore it across, and when be bad put
oo bia eye glasses and read it, be burnt iu-
to a jolly roar of 'aughler.
It ia too good to keep to myself, aaid
he. Tbat mirror oame from hotel.
One summer, lis years ago, I met a girl
there aod fancied myself io love witb be"
a sentimental creature witb blue eyes, I
was old enough not to be bashful, but I
was. I proposed to her by letter; laid
silence woold be received as a rejeotion to
my suit, and waited for an answer. I
never got one. 1 wa pretty msd, pretty
mad, and went off. Here she has accept
ed me. Been thinking I've jilted ber all
thia while. What a position.
But yoa can go to her and explain, said
I.
Wall, be answered with another jolly
laugh, I ooght to explain tbat I'm oot the
cad Bhe must Ibiok me. But, really, I
bad quite forgotten all about her. I did
not take it bard, and Iben I've a wife
and three children, two of them twins;
they're ooming down to-morrow a wife
ten times better suited to me ilian what'
her oame. I guess I'll let ber go.
I saw bim looking at me curiously again
No doubt my face expressed great relief,
and the next day I bad tbe pleasure of
pointing out to Letty Linnet, Mr. Whit'
more, wife and family; all fishing together
oo tbe river bank.
They're registered at my hotel, I
said.
A load is lifted from my heart, said
Lotty. She put ber baud io mine and I
kissed it.
Anoibtr ttvurla Joka,
Wbeo Ibe OurfUld administration au
spiciously opeorl, Mr, Blaine tat more
firmly intrenched in the State Department
than any Seoretary of State ainoe the days
f Seward. It was evident that be was
master of tbe situation. Miuieters, envoys'
oonsuli geoersl, consuls, aod diplomatic
agents moved at bii ood, like pawn! aod
piece oo a ohes board beneath a matter's
band. Ooe favorite theory of bis, and a
not onpopolar one, waa in favor of limited
tenure of eervioe and rotation ia office. If
consul had alumbered through three ad-
mioistratiooe at some far away post, io a
doloe far nieote of lotus-eating and salary
drawing existence, the keen seoretary
astounded bim by inviting a rotnrn to the
shore of America and the appointment of
bis lucoessor.
Mr. Blaine sat io bis private office one
day discuning affair of state witb bia
immediate predecessor, ex-secretary Wm.
M. Evade.
Now bere, aaid he, ia a case iu poi t.
This msn baa been rorsul at Uo Bung lor
twenty years, Uo went there during the
war, and ba remained there over since, Ii
i time be returned home to be acquainted
with bis country before be grows a queue.
If be staya there much longer be will have
a Cbineaa blue io his sight. I ahall re
move bim at ones.
I wouldo't remove bim, Mr. Secretary,
replied Mr, Evarte.
Why Dot?
I aa afraid it will be ao unpleasant
tbing to do.
Mv mind ia made op.replied Mr. blame,
aa soon at I cao fiud a good live man to
take bia place, I shall remove bim.
But I thiol: too will have grave didicul
ty in finding good live man who would
b willing to tak bia place.
I anticipate oo each difficulty. Lut
will you explaio to me, Mr. tvarta, why
you think tber will I any difficult;?
Because tbia man ba oeeo dead eua
buried thea an mouths, Mr, Secrntarv.
plrl.a Tfcewaa,
of tha (J reek Ialaodt bav.
a time honored cuatom of lamenting the
.l.ih of frieoda with ttnale ly profes
sional mourner A Udy f Mykooo
gat. an aoooout of aonb wak to to
aotbor of "Lif Among tb In.ulai
Oreeka."
Her ooole, who wab merchant al
il.raeilli-a. and who died tber, waa de
terojiofd to bav mu.i at hi death,
aod b a.ked bi. l'o to ting over bia
oorpa.
Hb. poof woman! pleaded tbat a abe
k.4 keen ao eaaov vear I foreign land
that ab bad qail forgotteo what to Bay
aod do.
fn (-tab mv ledcer. aaid lb dying
man, traly; tbr yoa will find pot
dowa U I hv earned. iog that!
Yoolb'l Companion.
10. K80-
IWHklMllM.
A young man of aot twenty three
yeara of eg, dre.aml lik. a faruer.be I bit
feel oo It car aeat io front of bim and wa.
reading a novel, wbeo on of tb beyt
went over )i bim and olMerved:
I bav jut mad a lt of fit. dollar oo
yon.
On me? What ia it?
I have bet fira dollar tbat yoa will ai
oid within we k, I'v beea watching
yoa very clo. for th tt half bonr, and
all sign indicate melancholy aod despond
ury. Have you .elected any particular
lin of killing youraell - poiaoo, drowning,
or bangiug?
Did yon actually bet five dollars? ant
ionaly aaked Die young man.
I did.
Tay if yon loe?
I'll oav to.
That' too bad. I wiab I could bav
mb you last week. "
Why last week?
Because I then had the ager every day
right along-two cow wr aick oo my
bauds -my girl bad gone dead back on
ma, and I expected a windmill man was
going to beat ma out of 1M00 I did kind
er think of suicide.
How now?
All is changed. Cows got well ager
all gone-gal aet tb day for next Wednes
day, and the wiudmill man is atralgliler
than a board. Durn my hide if I hain't
goiug to try and live a thousand yearal
I. loulrl Idle.,
The first colonel of the First Maine cav
airy waa bluff John Goddard, an iron aid
nd old lumberman. Before tha war be
used to take gangs of men iuto the woods
every winter.
Late one full in the "fifties" a tall, lank
Yankee canvi into Col Ooddard'a office and
asked for emplnymont as a teamster.
Do yon know how ta drive oxen? aaksd
Ooddard.
I rather reckon 1 do, was the bashful
response.
Suppose I was , a yoke of oxen, said
Goddurd, getting down on "all foura" on
the office floor, and suppose I would not
haul, lot me see what would you do to
make me oome up under the yoke.
The Yankee objected nt first, but hon
be was told tbat his winter's work depend
ed upon the trial, be took the long bud
ded oaken ox goad and began to flourish
it over the kneeling Ooddard s head.
Uish, Bright, get up thore Gulden.
Come here Star; gee off, Lira, be yelled
ia turn, but never a move did Ooddard
make, Fiually getting weary, the teams
ter inserted the steel brad iuto Goddurd',
trousers. Tbe coming cavalry oolonol got
up in a hurry, and the Yankee was hired
at bis own price, proving the bost teams
ter in the gang. When the cavalry regi
ment was organized the humorous team
ter went to the front aa a private, and
when he full fighting under Grant be bad
a set of lieutennot'a epaulettus oa bis
shoulders.
Wolf Hunting- In Lapland-
Mr, Seton-Karr. in a hook of travels in
Lapland, lately published io England,
gives this account of a wolf bunt: The
forest near (ho ertio circle and iu the vi
cinity of the Hi and Lot Fields, where I
fell in with a large band of Lappa and
'eindeer, ate often the scenes of wolf
boots during the winter. The presence
of wolves near herds of deer is always a
souroe of susHy lo the owner as their
most dangerous enemies, creating great
bavoo at times among the herds belonging
to the mounta Lapp. One wolf, tbey
assert, oan kill in one night as many as 30
reindeer, whiles band of wolves can make
a rich Lapp poor. The alarm being given
of wolf tracks or wolves being seen In any
direction wilhio reach of the Lapps oame
tbe swifteat runners' on snow sboea prepare
for a moat exciting obase.
With the swiftness of the wind this pro
cession of short men, io fur or blue coats
and sugar loaf scaped bats, rush throngh
the wood and dart like an arrow down
ateep bill and through thickets, or jump
down ledges several yards iu height, E '
ery one io making supreme effirt to be io
front for only to the striker of the first
blow does the wolf belong, and to him
appertains all or most of the honor. The
leading Lapp is soon close upon bis dead
ly foe, and he deals it a heavy blow across
tbe loint witb bis strong spiked snowahoe
staff, sufficient merely to disable it, unless
there are other wolvea to be pursued, in
hich ease be killa it outright.
II. Haver Went I trfiilg..
It wss oo of those wild bights you read
of in nine novel out of every ten. The
oi l spring rain splwhed viciously oo
he pane, aud tbe abutter, rattled aod
tauged aa the fitful gosts of wind swept
through tha detested tree..
It was lodga bight, but Bro. Fay con
cluded to stay at bom for one, paitico
larlr aa bis motber-io-law was oo ber peri
odical ivapeclioo tour.
Witb a aigli ba lolled back io tb rocker
i feet io a chair, Preaently be chuckled
io J wife aud mother look. J up from their
mg ioqainngly.
It. tber remark.bl case, b. explaio
ed, looking over tb top of th paper
and with a suspicion, twitch about Ibe
.jori.ee. of bis month, b read aloud: A
.,.). I bqbaud died recently at Cor
uib. N II. fl bad been married forty
.ear-; aod oevrr tpei.t a tight away f r m
Well, I alionld .ay Ibat b ww tuod.l
iio.h.oj brok ia th old l.dy grimly,
,1.1 think of II Mary d-r, forty ye.rs and
very evening apeut at Loo,.. No loda
would coax bia ay from bi. family. eb
!dd aigi.ifiu.nlly. Poor m.o," b oogbl
to bav. a ttioiiuaitut a mil bitb, aod at
airbed deeply.
Bro Fay bld tb paper a tittle high
od eoetitioed oevertpett a ftigbt from
ucib b waa ptralytsd!
VOLUME 29.
Htiaflag Mint tt.aai.
William Aabory Rbocker ' brart waa
thumping io a tamolio ina way thai ad
bia diaphragm tired, II. longed lo aay to
MiaaMigoNi Wipadaoka lb woid ba
had carefully commill.d to memory sad
reheara.J io tb avolntioo of bia bars i
few hour before with oon lo bear bia
tat. a knockneed and world weary old
bora wilb a bad ry.
A blight teemed to bav Mien opoo lb
eonveraatioo. Th young man bad mad
several premonitory alteupta to lioilur op
hia vole and say omelhiug, but b
fort bad ended in a hollow, parprwelee
oough or hasty and impromptu gaap. It
at already lata in th evening, and tb
momenta were fljinv with tl,. hidnone
velocity of a thirty day out oo Its t to
ward matorily,
Yol William 'a tougn v fused to tak
auy part iu th ex.reiar of th oor.
Ion, and bia heart kept right o witb
ila uncalled fur aud nnr.a.onabl cavort
log
P.rhapa a gliuipae of tha young man'
trouble reached tbe maiden's luuer coo
aoionsnes.. Yet. perhaps th cent la
Msgncau Wipcdunka knew naetly what
waa the mtlrith Ibe chicken beat led
youth and took a aort of peuaiv enjoy
ment in hia misery. Who can toll? Wbo
shall pierce the innermost receaaee of a
young girl's heart and drag loitli to tha
gari.b light of day lliu tender memniua,
the budding hopes, th half formed ro
mances that bavntbeirabidingplao there?
Not the bumble, narrator hereof. By tha
bonea aud olhor fossil remains of the an
thropoid whom groat men now grated, ly
acknowledge a their ancestors, naverl 1 er
ish th thought! Go tol
Magnesia seated bertulf at tha pit io.
Softly her finger itrsyed over the key.
board, and fragments of touching old t 'tigs
teemed to float through tbe sir iu waves
of liquid melody thataoolhnd the agilatod
soul of William Asbnry Shuckera. Dreamy,
t inder improvisations, mingled witb faiui
'iar themee, trembled and rippled lor III
Irom the ruaguiUoent Chlckeratvin as if her
fairy fiugera moved of their own volition-
There waa a pause, and thou the strains of,
nue of the noblest creations of UosmiiI thnl.
led the listener. Now moving in slow, meat,
tired cadenoca, and anon bursting into
crashing harmonies, a very svulinobe of
sound the muster's production csma lik
a thing of life from th superb instru
ment Magnssia, aaid tlieyouog man, wbeo th
last triumphant note of the music had died
away, that ia a wonderful composition. I
have beard it hundreds of times but hav
never growo weary of it.
Yes, replied Magnesia, softly, it always
seems appropriate. Yoa know, of oour.e,
it is the the overture to to William -Telll
I Willi exclaimed William, aa ha throw
himself at ber feet,
It was much later when William rote to
go. ong, long had Msgnrtia snd be sat
in the capacious rocking chair and ming
led their smiles together. Tha piano wa
sileut. It had served its missiou, The
overture had boon grandly successful.
William bad told.
Fooling a Bha.p Dog.
I was staying witb Kentucky farmer
oneuight, and soon after supper bn said
to his three sons;
Well, bnys, it is tb right sort of l big It,
and I reckon you'd bettor put the wool on
and lie low.
When I asked for an explanation of bia
strange words be invited ms to go out to
tha barn, where the boy bad preceded
oa, and where I found eaoh out covered
with a disguise made of ebeepakiu, Each
on bad s short heavy club, wilb a por
tion of it ornamented with sharp spike,
and wbeo ready tbey went over to the pas
ture, where about 100 sheep wer lying.
When dowo oo their hsoda snd knee and
a little way off they closely resembled
overgrown sheep. They took different sta
tions, aud the farmer sad I tat dowo ia a
fence oorner to wait.
It waa perhaps ao boor before an alarm
cam. Then a dog stole inti th fluid
from the rear aide and tbe sheep came mo
oing toward us. Freanotly there was a
yelp aud all grew quiet. Tea monulr
later a aecond dog came, aud he was soo t
followed by a third Then, aa b-.f ao hopr
passed without another alarm, tb th re
boys came over to oa, each draggiu;; a
dead dog by th tail.
Gittbaepada and let a bury 'em, said
tb old man. How many doe this loak
this summer, Heube?
Twenty-six, I reckoo.
Nicest thing io lb- world I conlino.d
the father, at h rubbed bis bsnds to
grlher. Dog take on of th boys for an
old weather, make d.b at b'ra, and
the next tbing b know bi bead u butt,
ed. No shooting, do ror loattiaottb
neighbor., and tha nito who nila.es bl
dog can bav oo bard feelings. Tumbla
o in, boy and tho w II tap that barrel
of oev cider.
Sir Edwiu Arnold, lecturing apeo lb
"Mahabharata," said: Thia i tb great
epic poem of India, It contain over !i20.
(MM) line., bealde. a supplement of ahunt
18 0JOline;.noo.b lo mak. eight timit
much a lb 'Iliad' and ,0.lj.wy' com
bined, witb several 'Virgil.' thrown in.
im. phllologiata bav derived iu nam
fr m word, me.oiog 'book of weigh',' io
dieting that lb god pr.ferrad it ahov
alt other; but tbia i. fanciful, aod its r.l
irirfiu l. from word, meaning 'great war
ofltbaia' Tbe poem i bighly Valued
it ought almo.t b aid wor. biped -throughout
lodi. Tb native oou.i.ler
tha ev.O to bav board it it sanctifying,
and to bate read it through fiat Ob
from io.
" A . .E
Mother -Now yoa fa.v broke my cap,
Yoa dxv whipping; earn bar. Frit
-No;I woo'teom. Moth.r-Coaa. Fri g
Ull I whip yoa, tod then yoa thtll bav 4
a alio of oak.