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WEEKLY ARGU‘S.
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THE. BOYS.
Th"? can!“ lhv buys! Uh d~‘nl'. lhv- nuisr,
The whnle huan Lela the ruck-1,
Behuhl we knm- nf len's punts,
An-lvn-p o'er Brrlw'u jn- h l‘
But never luinll. if vyrs hoop bright,
And llmln grow bright and limlwr.
We'd nth-1'10" (ho tree a whole but
Thin find unsound Hie liml or!
How he“ the twp: Ind mnrhlt n roll!
The floors—oh. woe betide them!
And I must mm. the bum-marl.
For I know boys will ride thew!
Lock well u you descend the "lira.
I often find them hmnml
By [may Inp- can make no misc
Jun when their noise in wuted.
The very call“ If! tied in purl,
And male to prune md caper.
Whn sword- ”: whittled on! a! ltlch!
Wk“ bnve hum nude of piper.
The dinnvr bell pells laud And well,
To tell the milkman'x coming;
And men the rush of “Helm-ul- tninn"
Bat- dl our an - humming.
flow on I my. “What nhul I do
To keep mote children TIM?"
I! X c‘ uld and u guod nee pt,
I ccrhinly would fit: it,
But the to do cm: the" wild boys.
km All their dln Ind-after,
lull: I gnu r—
lo lug: mm mm.
~ viii be boy-"—bu£ not 10 1
mean“ we in! Ibout m In
I'M- Wt-hnv very soon our boy
mu Mm Undo without us!
In" on but Nil-d voiced non
mu out all u ‘35.. ~
Or to ho numbing amp” hund-
M m- world to on «her.
lon gala-y an? we dug: thiamine,
All! I 91'“! M ;
mun- fl-flu ”Wynn.
Wk m M uni
Chian- um.
rm: innit» noun.
All Ashleynidthe houeewne blunted;
sndeesll Ashley mid eO, according to
the Ashley mind there could be no ree
eoneble doubt ebout the metter. Some
mm: mm: “3.4”“ "’°
ev ey seen it,
endthoeowhohedneithereeen nor he
lieved they lied eeen it, implicitly be~
lieved thoee who bad. But the excite
ment culminlled, end unbelievers were
s'wedintoeilenee,whenthevillngeechool
“end an itinersnt preacher, who
”on Ohrletnu Eve volunteered to
“by” it, returned sfter e few houn‘
sojourn in be old mansion, with pdlld
m Ind linking limbs to tho village
in, when no expeetsnt crowd ewsited
than. Theyhedeealt, endhsdigno
mining-sly turned their respective oest
flleld led. The house wee heunted
-.‘1.11!w-nadoubtehontthst; it would
netletmtwonld notgell; endetlengtb
.W‘s'fiefltgmw tired o!
in Wrepeir; so the
pew lusty, end ite shuttered ease
kwn. ' " the d
Idflnluprettz e been ever I
.w, It ”In!” > ta Blbbetlnn
:Awififiehlymedpbleeendtwist
“creel-non, on s gentle saliv
iii-hi ' végwoas'gu'“?
. E I reuse
me&.mhmum out
line in the tuned e fitting
hue e neat lovely seene. A
he mar “mar." ss it'wss
imam“)! hath-hemy -‘
_ : wu on e ulpeoh' ’om
gm- 0‘ “Ingmar;
wee ‘
‘mnwuaWu’i m
We we” kept inns-Macadamia;
mnhupflmmmhen,
decided to spend s («night'-
hum-n- the m of me old
M elm. I lodged st the “ Three
'M”theonly innlu thevillege of
. , Deeds}, when them would
not 1“on the manor.
II he! toe and old hail,
“sl“me
mmmmm
- not
flanges limbo-them mu.
She was never tired a! «king of the
m but he: bvwite topic wssthe
’ hoe-ad menly virtues of it
“when.
{l% 1‘“; have boy." the would
5145'...” “Pm; mm"
1: e e
.flhdl him, (or, mind you,
w melt.” I added,
hdl Ay, it no e be! «$.13
«FA , ‘
Wk; 3% on
fie of Me. Oh. rear]. dreary!
We come-- laid how bn'diah‘d
fought. end how he’d wished to 're
“bored «0 blooming-e, and all an
JAM—hm that vol no comm! And ‘
hm preached e heentiful semen i
About him, md then wun't e dry eye, I 1
w you, in ihe church; eud,shl:
he vii one poor leesie, a My bred‘
eating-never looked npogun,end‘
God it: Hi. Deny took her mon‘
11..” And the old dune would sold] i
.ooth the jefly locks of n careworn,
Vin-Hooking Mneppuently of about ‘
filflz-dve yeen of age, who occupied x
“Q he: fireside.
Web Belt it nppeered, hnd ‘
beam to #3311“: Mid unfot- 1
haste Percy bugley, and had loved ‘
hill with All the earnestness and devo- i
lieu of etruthlul And median-lo We. ‘
not dithe beer die news of his dasth?
mm the nonmfnl duty to com
limb to her the fearful news? Al:- I
“with in 3 end one. A dumeetic, with}
“Medan-e to he the ammo»:
pollen had he", mhed unminkingly }
into Qhe presence of tho gentle girl, Ind ‘
told her of his death. The sudden shock
turned her brain. Medical aid and ml
vix‘e were sought in vain ; the rose fled
from cheeks which, a few weeks before,
had glowed thh radiant health : the
sparkling oyo grew dim; but, as the
lamp of remon all but flickered out. the
surging: sorrow in her breast grew calm
er. and the throbbing henrt did not burst.
.\ change of scene was suggested: visits
to well~known places which. in happier
days, she had admired and loved to re
call to memory; but all was in vain; no
sympathetic chord was touched. and the
vacant eye showed no sign of returning
intellect. At last. her son-owing friends
took her to Ashley, and, with a feeble
half consciousness. she seemed to cling
to the place. The kind, motherly tones
of her lover‘s old nurse appeared to
soothe her ; she was calmer in her pres
ence, and her friends soon deemed it ad
visable to leave her in charge of the old
lady. There she had remained for years.
knowing no one, caring for no one—ex
istence a weary blank.
I had often thought I should like to
end my days in some such place asAsh
ley, far away from ” the tor] and mail "
of the struggling, restless, working city,
for I had made a good bit of money, and
always meant to wind up a life of hard
work in a quiet country village, and to
possess 5 house of some pretensions of
my own; for, although I was in the
cheese and bacon line, I come of a good
family, the branch of the Browns to
which I belong being of an old aristo
crs—. But lam afraid farm'l particu
lars, which might be enduflhle at in
own trible after the second bottle, will
scarce y be suitable for cosmopolitan
readers. 7 , 7
Well, I know you want to hear about
the ghost; sad if you wilkallow me to
tell my story After myown fashion, I
will soon fish it up from the bottom of
my inkaund. ‘ _
‘One cold, freezing, anewy December
evening I was sitting in my snug little
mot in front of a cheery fire. I had
my second tumbler o! whinky punch,
and finished reading the Times. After
gazing et my dnwing of the mmor, or
hunted honee, whichever {lon please,
and thinking how I should 'ke to own
such I place, And tlnt if it were mine I
would eoon send the tghost to the right
ebout, on tiling up e Supplement to
the Times. with the intention, for leek of
better employment, of running my eye
over some of the mysteriou mnounoe
mente which figure in the second col
umn, my eye to upon the {allowing ed
verh'sement :7 ,
" To be 801:! by Auction (nnleu pre
vioualy diapoeed of by prints oontnct)
nt the ‘Threo Trouh,’ Anhlq, on the
24th of December inst, ot the hour 01
noon, nll thot capitol mansion, meanings,
or dwelling-house, commonly oolhd or
known by the me of Ashley Manor."
The Ewan! wu unoh'ng dropm
fromnylipe. Thenlowonldtnhegu ‘
in-weekstimo. Itooknfew ty
turn-ogpnd down the monomer
gla- punch, unheipr, final]
5 look only honking oooonnt. I threv’v
mynoliinton “your. md,to:mk
”Wud'uiafie“ °" "" " ‘h‘ ' ‘
. II cogihh‘ons wu,
mun“ to m Sewn to the .10,
nnd it tho figure was not too high, to
becomtho nah-oer of the “Hound
Home," Jm motor like my
”eaten—hut when! in neither
hora nor there, though lunily mutter:
will agent.
The wupoorlynuended; itwu‘
‘mdww' ‘“ a“?! $.33 ”“T‘
g ; oven t
landlord of the “Three'l‘mtl” Inidhet
did not are tor landed j. b: uconnumed
nowino; notlmt that 3 low rod-need
men 01 the genus who, myod in ohebhy
min of black, Always lung shout also,
And occasional, give u ridiculonu bid,
end who hnd put in on nppeonnee,
would have drunk eveliy drop in his 001-
lor; but the odmpony coking anything
but ” worm " (iron: npocnninry pointof‘
ygdw) mdthe‘uupply of wine wan lim
-1 . -
“ Themed bid, gunmen,” nidsho‘
nuofioneor, n burly mm, with n but-m
voice, “ilho thou-ad pound! And
that'- dirt cheap! The proper! includes
the runner-house, demune, “5 pleasure
groundt, and flflv acres of on good land
.- over gro- I Blade 0' grass—.- one
had, Imnyu , any in the count !
Nov, vho wifi oblige us with n his?
Who will make a venture (or this desir
able froperty? Come, gunmen, look
nlive All the bid. a: yet ha been
ridinnloun—nov I'vennmed fin reserved
bid, let‘s come t 9 business !"
‘ But noomyould look slim. The rod
nosed men looked mourulnlly a the
:mdecsumndflen‘ly .1100]. mini:
y-xespuhblo buds. , ‘-
V " Come. semen," continued the Inc
fioneet, .“ Ihle is e we opportunity
cepitul nhooting end fishing in the neiglr
borhood—good ”duty-mend :11 going
{or on old song 1”
The nd-noeed men ngnin shook their
howls. Ind looked on it they did not
core {or fishing. end were equelly proof
ngninnt the charms 01 “good society."
'At length one of them inquired, in e
thin, quevering voice, “ Whnt übont the
ghost '1" , ~ '
“ Oh, we'll knock him down with the
mt of Ihe property.” prom. tly replied
the nnotioneer. sin! of the opportunity
0! cracking n joke. uni a roar of hush
ter greetedthe discounted quotient.
as with unother look at the empty de
canters, he nlnnk out of the room.
“ Ghoete or no tKIA-eta." ”attic ou‘
tioneer, putting e Itoppen the de
canters, " we ehdl mnko no more dead
men without we get on (enter thnnthiel"
The red noeed men ni hed, they could
not see Nut joke. " gut. for positive),
‘the but time ;" delp‘eretely thanked the
knixht ol the human; " for oeitivrly
the but time ; will no one mega I bid? ’
and the hammer beat impatiently on the
table.
" Two thousand and ten 3" said I, qui
etly nining from my smut. Mr. Sellers
opened his eyvs wry "inle, and lifted his
hammer in an interrognive manner, as
if he scarcvly credited his sense of hear
mg.
No one hid hiulmrmnd I was the own
er of the Haunted House.
“ Allow me to congratulate you, my
dear sir," said the legal gentlemnn, who
attended. “The ghost is all humbug.
0! course." , A > _
“Oh, is it '2" broke in the company
generally, and the shabby genteel in
particular.
"Butit is amazing," continued the
lawyer, " how the name of its being
haunted has interfered with the sale of
this lot of the property; of course you
are aware it is part of the 'Langley Es
tate ; I can assure you, you will find it
a most desirable, compact, and elegant
property, and at a small outlay capable
of great improvement."
I was a marked man at Ashley for the
rest of the day; and if mine host had
had a Japanese ambassador staying at
his hotel, his smoking room, cofi‘ee-room,
and bar—parlor, could not have been fill
ed with a more curious crowd. “ He'll
rue it—he'll rue it !" I heard whispered
again and again.
“Do you really mean, air, begging
your garden, air, for axing a question,
sir, w ich might be mistook for imper
wnence, leastways if not stated not to be
meant as such—do you mean,air, to live
at the Old Manor ?” inquired the bud
lord of the T Trout: vith his.“
bow, and an a? ogetical cough.
“ germiniy, " ‘d I.
“ But, sixf. the?e be some fearsome
tales told about the place, enough to
make sour hair stand on end ; and once,
sir, e insulting pnrson, md th' school
master dare nigh killed by the ghost."
“Served 'exn right, for being such
fools!" I hastily observed.
“ Then you ere not ntnid o! shoem
ses, sir ?" asked the hndlsdy, who at
that moment entered my prints room
with e smoking cap on and divers other
good things.
“ Oh, deer, no, notin the least," I re
plied, w_ith I. oomphoept smile. ' ‘
“ Inche—odsisy-me l " exclsimed the
good woman, with s little scream of sur-
Eriee, and five minutes after I ssw her
array, over the way to Miss Pinchlei’s,
the ess-msker, no donbt to inform er
of my temerity.
Mae: I hsd msde as capital dinner,
mine host st my request Joined me in
discussing s bottle of his best fit over
which we tslked over mi pnrc , end
he fsvored me with sin ssd psrtionlsr
account of the'ghost end its doings.
Now I don'tknow enotly how it came
to pus, whether through the exhilsnt—
ing deflect the wine, or the host's
prsises snd commendstions o! in com
sge, but sbont the time we hsd Inished
the second bottldststher odd ides came
into my heed—s denim odd ides to
creep nto the held of s steady
going bschelor gentlemen close upon
!ty, with his own pocnlisr idess of
wsrmth snd comfort, sud s wholesome
dresd o! rhenmstism, 101- I suddenly de
termined to spend the night in .the
Hsnnted House, snd spprised my com
psnion of my determinstion.
“ Yon don t mesn thst. six- 2" seid he,
looking nther more then surprised.
" Why, sir, this be Christina Eve, the
very night thst th’ school-mater snd th’
prescher wove sosred s'most to desth.”
“ I do! ’I will!" lexelsined, jumping
In my sest, snd stsnding, with s con
usness o! m immessnrsble superi
o ty to the Ashleyites, upon the hesrth
rug. and triumphantly-{chins the are;
“ will, 'by Jove! I'll ow you all what
fools you've been l" -
Expmtnlstiuns were in vein ; so, shout
ten oelock I stated 011‘ {or the Msnor,
sccompcnied by the “ Boots" osrrylng
anndry run suds “993;! (eel, while
the wsiter brought up resr with s
comfortshle easy chsir. I csrried s
double-lustre] pistol in my pocket, in
csss of. so “not from sny thing physi
esl,sndsflssk ofcognsctoscrewnpmy
cou‘rsge in case I lelt nervous; but there
wss no test of thst, for I felt so hold so
hnss snd iv excellentspirits. The snow
was telling hesvily, sad the wind sough-
Gil monrnlully through the trees s'we
tnvvrned the ins leading to the old
mansion, which, in the struggle snd
trnneient moonlight, loomed smid the
surrounding trees like s spectre clothed
in shite.
On .uriving gt n. door in the sedan
well, my ecumenical hung hock, end it
x. only by a promise of on extnvr
gem m: that the "its: could be forced
town me. Ouwowonlbthe '-
oipl games. where I dcpodted’ftre
burden 0! which I had relieved the
01mm}, Bows. when the more cour
ageous waiter mmpered beck to hi
oompmion; the {at we: oertninly nollr
ing extrwrdiwy, but it gnined him I
n-pntation for cool cnnm , which en
dure. in the Village unto ti; dty.
The massive door oponed with t. chug
ing, groaning aunnd. um] my (00mm
ruverberutod loudly in the lofty hall?
Lighting a lump. I proceeded inn) a
Large room on the ground floor, the
walls of which were covered with huvy
but richly carved oak paneling. Defea
itiug my chair, I returned {or the ac],
etc., and proc-e-lul i 0 kindla I are in
the’ wide, "Id-Michal. Ina-plane. It
soon_lmrnt brightly null briskly; _1 next
wended my my np um noble skis-cue,
sud vinnLths principsl rooms; tony
spsrtments they were, with Ifli‘l'ded cor
nices, and go some a! the ce' ' gs were
painted rapresentslious of elude-l sub
,eccq. My journey of discovery st In
and. and “w: I hml “cert-lined Mull
the doors snd windows were secure]
installed, I Inland to the fire. m 5
ligming s cigu', exubliuhed myself
comfortably in the easy chair. The
dancing flames leaped cheerily up the
chimney, and the glowing cools soon
threw out a cozy and grateful warmth.
A slight pull at. the Cognac, and wrap
ping the rugs carefully round me, while
a woolen cap covered my head, I laugh
ed the idea of rheumatics and influenu
and felt as com forteble as need be.
I am by no meansa timid man. al
though I say it myself; but, somehow
or other. as time wore on An unaccount
nhle feeling of uneasiness came over me.
I could not help wishing I had I cheer
ful compnnion. If I whistled or sung
my voice seemed strangely harsh and
nnmnsical ; sud itP I took up the enter
taining book I had brought with me, I
could not fix my attention upon its con
tents. Once or twice I caught myself
looking behind me; what for, Icannot
say; but I did so. I heard I clenging,
rumbling sound down stairs. I went to
see what caused it. It was only a shut
ter which had come unfestened, and
swung to and fro in the wind ; but, as I
again mended the stairs, strange shad
ows seemed to lurk in nooks and cor
ners, and I felt my flesh creep in the
most mysterious manner:
I sat down again; tried to engage my
mind with business matters; but it
would not do. There is no denying it;
I felt rather uncomfortable; hut—oh.
dear, no!—hy no means nervous. I
smoked another cigar and finished the
Cognac. I looked at my watch. It was
five minutes to twelve, and immediate
ly afterward the clock in the adjacent
church-tower tolled the hour. The
melancholy sound seemed to hang about
a long time, to swim through the room,
to pervade the whole house, and I felt
relieved when the lsst singing note died
away, floating, as it seemed, up the
chimney.
Now it was time for the host, it the
house were really hauntog; but I saw
nothing, and I heard nothing.
I must have slept, for I started ‘om ‘
my sleep with n bound. The door was
wide open, and by my side stood a fe
male figure clothed in white. It seemed l
toglare at me with vacant, luatroless‘
eyes; dishmlled tressos of jet-black
hair strolamedtgverawan and m'
see. an its in. ,transparent
grasped with I: tight clutch a large.
rusty key. For a moment I was paral
ysed, and soak back-into mlv chair, with
my eyes fixed upon the om of my
strange and unexpected visitor. The
emanated features bore 5 strange and
startling resemblance to some onelhad
seen, but when, I could not recall to
mind. Without a word or gesture, the
figure slowly glided to the door and
duappand. .
Beoovonnc my um, I rushed Into
the hall, which was partially illumina
ted by the light of the moon, but my
mydarlous visitant had vanished. Bo
tminglmo lamp Ihadbmght with
mo. I into the various apart
ments, thofloon of which mm
checkered with trims the galore, 1m
moon ‘ _ in canal,
(all m but: {anti-colored windows,
bn_t.thoy wore silent and_¢_loaort_od. _
M courage wh repldly undergoing
the yprome- ex'fierieneed by thet of
“Bob Acne," w an endden thought
struck me. Opening one o! the Inn
dows, I looked out into the cleer.fmety
night. A white figure glided slowly
down the venue of linden, end then
stoodontin method relief sealant the
evergreen. wliioh bounded the lewn.
It turned towud the oottege inhabited
by the old none, And then, opening the
gurden-gete. «Happened from my gene.
The myltery we: explained, the rid
dle solved. Henriette Selwyn wee n
009111!!!“ka A. , ,
I repleniehed the fin, and, «having
my euy choir clone to it, soon fell into
aound eleep. I we: Manned by e loud
knocking a the outer door. It m
morning; the glorious sunlight wu
Ihining through the 31mm, end the
church bell: were ringing merrily.
Rep—drop! oounfied impatiently on m;
«ken 001'; 10. amine ‘0 it.
found the disturbance.“- cm by
the worthy host a! the "Three ’l‘routl. ’
vhohedoome,nhem.toeeeilll
will“ he thugs-s
" m— we you seen guy
(he ghost, I menu ?" inquired flavor
th; Inn evidently emptied to nine
due no well.
“No," I replied; “I should like to
know, my good fellow, who, At the pree
ent period of the nineteenth century,
egoeptyetupids like younell, believe- In
t on
"But fil' Methodist person} Ind th’
schoolmateg '9" he pod-s'll . -
“The whoohnuter sud e per-on be
bothered!" I exclaimed, ”and 11l be
lievers in ghost. etoriee into the bugsin.
Ghosts indeed! bah! whet are they 2‘ A
more ohimen. in cities] delusion, the
creations of a un edthy mind, the
Win-othe-wiepe of A heated imagine
tion end 3 disordered etomech."
“Moi be," m onded Bonifwo, look
ing at er puzzgd, “my be; And now
Ithinh on it, th' schoolmaster often
bud 1 drop in “1' other be; udor
th' preacher, he tucked in bi- ’ -
common."
A visit to the old I‘M'l'm quot
iofied me of the identity 01 my noct r
nnl visitor. I releted to the good old
badly mv adventure 0! the previous
nig t. She heard my story with un
leigned surmise, no. to ley Alum; but
itie nnneeoeeuy to weary the tender
with further pnfieulnu, or to stole
more then thet the .id Ihe would tnke
every possible one to prevent limilu
excuruone for the future on the pert 0!
her unfortunnte chug I my add,
thetulwu winking ”were“, my
eye tell on e nu? key, which, from it
gunner mke, et once reoognued‘ to
the one I had lean in the hood of the
lomnnmhnliat.
“To be sure it is!" said the goodyo.
man, upon ydirectiug her attentiq
to it; "it mine the little door in the
western wing. Poor thing! Many Md
many's the ti , ' happier (lays, uh.
has passed between it and m cottagg;
for the young people her analy poor In
Percy, I mean—loved to come and gag.
sip a hit with a poor body, for I —"
But time would allow me to hear no
more; so I shook her heartily by the
hand, and in another half-hour wu
rushing by train to the city, with the I
intention of eating my Christmas pad.
ding with my brother John and his
amiable but rather extensive family. I
need scarcely say my adventure formed
the gist of a capital after-dinner story.
lam sitting as I write in m own
culiar room in my new abode; anti”.-
comfortable, cozy, old-foshioned place}
it is; for all that builders, carpenters,
paperhangers, painters, plasterers, and
upholsterere could do, has long since
been done to beautify and renovate the
interior and exterior of Ashley 'Manor.
It is haunted now, but it is by the s irit
of contentment and hafipiness. I hear
the joyous, ringing laug ter of my neph
ews and nieces down-stairs, as they revel
in the rollicking fun of a Christmaa
family party. But I must lay down my
pen, {or a little {airy of some twelve
years with a head “running over with
curls," and eyes all mirth and sunshine,
has just skipped into the room, and
asked me to te 1 her and the rest of my
juvenile triends the story of the “Haunt
ed House.”
In conclusion, I may state that Ihays
never had occasion to regret my pup.
chase. .
MORAL—Reader, it ever you are u:
want of a house, and hafipen to meet
with a suitable one whic Is to be had
cheap because it bears the reputation at
being haunted—ml! 111 6:0. I.
The Indie- Puke.
Mr. Monier Williams writee from My
dnre that at least 15,000,000 hnmnn be
ings will have to struggle for existence,
if they are not ectuelly etmck down by
famine, or by the dieeese which femine
brings in its train. Of oouree thie edi
mete hes reference onl to the poorest
classes. " ’ " Anagfeetnreinthe
spectacle is the condition of the eettle.
Ae I trsveled from one place to another
often diverging from the neighborhood
of the railwsys to leee frequented ont
lying districte, I new hundreds of leen,
hslf famiehed kine endeevoring to eke
out a doomed exietence on whet could
only in mockery be celled herbage.
When it is remembered that the cow is
the frineifal souroe of snstensnoe to '
Kin ooe o nearly all castee,and thst no
such unimslasscert horseis tobe
found in Indie. all agricultnrfl lsbel
depending on the or. some idea may he ,
formed 0! the terrible oelunity invo vhd
in s mortality smong csttle. Even the
oowsand oxen thet survivewill heal- ,
moet neeless. Utterly enfeebled and
emckted, they will hsve little wag
left either to yield milk or to fig I ~‘
glow through coil ceked and inducted
months of nnlnitignted sunshine. »
Bit the uddest feetnre of all istbeeon- :-‘
dition o! the nlhs‘im? fishitefh‘g
greet nine ' simp l
whet Know; end teetity of wh’st 5;
tsfien with my own gels in :hmpitel d T i
ispresidency. nys o '
I aswmsnythousandsof goo: m i.
driven creatures from theullsgesroufl §
“Indra, 001'};th on the “59"M“'§
e pier. ey were crow mud ;
the saeh of rice grain, weighting
sands for at least s milewere that-11;:
gum-11mg: oi “piled Mi; ‘3
9 m 598 m “P :.‘l
monndsto the height of “bu: ortweefiai
feet. Yet no onslenghtwes medeon 8:
grain. A few men acettered M 4:
armed with cenee,wereguaedlng':ۤ
sechs {or the merchants who 0 1;
them, and were sumcient to prevent a ’.=
ettempt et depredstion. though here i
there I detected emfifim e! :3:
not so mnohhto mxfim, an s:};
cm In: pp: way-Rn
parentin the meterialwhich en out}:
the coveted food. tht generallym
ned was this: Very low of the .x;
fifflrfirflmfinfl?
G e, ,
rice were useoetteredebontW-l
where. Thaknowledgelol‘hflnsvamwn: ,3
shnce w _ e/esnse o e ‘._
coursedzisernble, hell-stewed, ennui:
sted creetureswho hadwalked mg
miles to the spot. Men and women. 7*.
old and ‘yonng, eve'i'i'cripples, motherl "
with .infantn on their hip, andnskei 1;
children—all more or leee pitisble in ‘1:
their leanneesand intheirhard-setll' g
poet of misery—were earnestly angina ,:
in gleaning up “mgr-in that "at?" 1 i}
from the locks on pier and on the
shore. Men, were prouded with 003!” v ;
sieves, by means of which n few nee» f,
grains were, with infinite palm, ”P" "
rated from bushels of sand. , ,
Tn Rom Sm.—When Pom- :
Peii. was destroyed there were 781'! ;;
many buried in the ruins of it who we” r
ntterwerd fonndjn very difl’erent eituw a
tione. There were some {and WM 3%
were in the streets, as if they had been 2:
Attempting to mks their eeoepe. The” 3
were some found in deep venltlnlfl ._g
they bed gone there {or mnriz. Then i
were some found in lofty c bui- ‘
But where did they findthe Roman IGII' Z
‘22:" mummaws“: =
ex gete, wl ' n ' j
the we: wagon, where he 11% 7:.
placed by ie captain. And the”. 4.1
while the heevenl threatened 111133“ 4;:
there, while the ear“: chock bone-“L ‘1"
him; there, while the Inn Itreun rolled. '3-
hehedltoodethilpodund there. #3;
tan thounnd year- he wee found. . j
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omm in good {or the nerves. “3
lulu] il better. \ 'j