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"YT __-U»_n__r,
_.\. HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
Office 4 Res., first door West Opera House.
Oct 23-3 m*
CA. RICHARD-OX,
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Staunton, Va.
Special attention given to the collection of
claims, and prompt returns made.
Office—No. 2 Law Building. oct7
I \lt. « . IL. U AIM _AX. i>Evn_r._s______.
JL. successor to Dr. Chapman, of__ceC3_______'
115 E. Main St., residence 208 Malu St., may be
found at all hours, and is prepared to insert
Teeth from one to a complete set, upon the
purest material, and in the best possible man
ner ; also to extract, fill and regulate teeth, and
perform all dental operations. Having an ex
perience of he feels confident of giv
ing satisfaction. All work warranted. Remem
ber the place—Dr. Chapman'„ old stand,
sepL_-3i__ Staunton, Va.
SAMUEL _. S_EI.TZEK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Staunton, Va.
OFFICE at 109 Augusta Street. uov2_-ly
WM. A. HUDSON. WM. PATRICK.
HI'IWO.V A- PATRICK,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
STAUNTON, VA.,
Will practice in the Courts of Augusta and ad
joining counties. Special attention paid to
collections. reb!2-tf
J. E. OUT. R. _. PAKKISH.
Gil A PARRISH.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Staunton, Va.
Office in Sullivan Building 2nd floor, Augus
a Street. deol-tf
„ R. TUOBLEB,. It. ST. GEO. TUCKER,
Lexington, Va. Staunton, Va.
TUCKER A TUCKER,
ATTORN E YS-AT-LA W,
Staunton, Va.,
Will prai tlce in the Courts of Augusta and the
adjoining counties. Also In the Court of Ap-
Eeals of Virginia, and will attend regularly the
ircuit Courts of Rockbridge. au22-tf
n. k. trout. w. c. craio.
TROUT A CRAIO.
ATTORNEYS-AT-L AW,
Staunton, \ A.
_We have entered into Partnership as
Lawyers, occupying the old Offices of the Senior
member. The Junior member will aid in con
(Htcting the old business.
AS- Particular attention given to collections.
Jels-tf
AM. HS..KLE, M. ».,
. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Staunton, Va.,
Respectfully tenders his professional services to
the public, and may be consulted at his office at
all hours.
_-_~ Special attention given to Surgery.
Office—ln his new building on Frederick
«t., between Augusta aud Water streets,
feb 4—ly .
H. M. MATHEWS. ALEX. F. MATHEWS.
MATHEWS _ MATHEWS,
______ LS E YS-AT-LA W,
Lewisbukg. West Va.,
practice regularly in the Courts of Greenbrier,
Monroe, Pocahontas and Nicholas counties, W.
Va., the Court of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District of W. Va.
_. Particular attention paid to Collections
nd to special cases anywhere in their State.
may 17—ly
GEORGE M. HARRISON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Staunton, Va.,
will practice in all the Court- holden in Au
gusta county, and In tho Circuit Courts of the
adjoining counties.
43-Strict attention given to tho collection of
Claims.
Office—No. 10 Lawyer's Row, Court-house
Alley. oo3l—tf
rr__o-_AS I>. ranson,
JL ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNTON, VA.
offers his professional services in the County*
and Circuit Courts of Augusta, and in the Hus
tings Court and the Court of Appeals held in
Staunton. Will also prosecute claims else
where through legai correspondents in this and
other States. may 30—ly.
MEAI>E F. WHITE,
ATTORNEY- -AT-LA W,
STAUNTON, VA.,
jrtll practice in the Courts of Augusta, Rock
ingham and Highland.
Refers, by permission, to the Law Faculty of
the University of Virginia.
Office on Court-house Alley. feb 6—ly.
PRESTON A BAYLOR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
And Solicitor in Chancery, Staunton, Va.,
firactices In all the Courts of Augusta and ad
olnlng counties.
Office—The same formerly occupied by his
father. Col. Geo. Baylor, dec'd. on Augusta St.,
opposite the Court-house. no 21
Wm. .ti. McAllister,
ATTORNE Y-AT-LA W,
Warm Springs, Va.
Courts—Alleghany, Bath and Highland, Va.,
nd Pocahontas, West Virginia.
m Ipi'n Jul attention given to eolle.-tion of
claims and proceeds promptly accounted for.
dec2.—tf
DR. JAMES JOHNSTON,
D E H _ IST,
Main street, Staunton, Va.
Office .--Over Turner A Harman's Grocery
Store. dec 21—tf
t. c. elder. wm. j. nelson.
ELOER A" NELSON.
ATIORNEYS-AT-LAW,
and Beat Estate Agents,
may 5 Staunton, Va.
T_aLoltD_.7~
Br. - mTakTkwoo i>,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
No. 112 Augusta Street, Staunton, Va.,
Respectfully announces to his friends and the
public that he bas just received the latest Phil
adelphia Fashions, and will again conduct the
Tailoring Business, guaranteeing perfect satis
faction In every respect as to lit, style, and
workmanship. All he asks Is a trial.
He will, at the same place, conduct the
GI_OC_-I_Y BUSINESS
as agent for Mrs. M. E. Markwood, keeping con
stantly in store a nice stock of GROCERIES
andK\MILY' SUPPLIES. No. 112 Augusta St.,
dec2-tf STAUNTON. VA.
JA.. HUTCIIEBO«,
. ____M___H_ TAII.OK,
109 E. M.-in St., Staunton, Va.
Ecall the attention of the public to my stock
ofnne Cloths, Cassimeres, Worsted Goods, V'est
ings, Trimmings, Ac. M v stock consists of the
very best Foreign and Domestic Fabrics, and I
will sell them at low prices for cash, and I will
guarantee satisfaction a. to workmanship and
style. I also keep a full line of Oents' For
nlaliing Woods, such as Underwear, Shirts,
Drawers, suspenders, Ac. All I ask is atrial,
feeling assured that I can please. Ǥ- Give me
a call. Respectfully,
octH-tf J. A. HUTCHESON.
TAILORING
HEADQUARTERS,
l-_. F. MeNAMARA,
No. 1 New St.. (Cowan's Old Stand,)
STAUNTON, VA.
My Merchant Tailoring Establishment hai
Just been fitted up with a n_w and line assort
ment of
_i-!_i_K_ Cloths, .'assim-i-s, Ac,
cfthe latest styles and best manufacture.
aw Perfect fits guaranteed and orders prompt
ly executed.
Call and examine goods and prices. jy2-tf
T_> B. GRAVES,
Fashionable Tailor,
No. 103 E. Main St., Up Stairs, opnositi
W. L. Olivier's Book Store,
is prepared to give the same satisfaction ln a:
work as in former times.
Special Allen (ion Paid to Catting.
Work done outside of shop. Cutting and re
pairing done in best manner and on short no
tice. MW TERMS CASH. ,» ____
BABE _ SPRI_KI.E,
FASHIONABLE TAILORS,
New St., next door to Mrs. Scherer's Millinerj
Store, and _ doors from Loeb'B Corner,
Staunton, Virginia.
Ail work in our line executed with neatnesi
and d-spatch. Special attention paid to cut
ting repairing and cleansing. aug.i—tf
j-iquoßs, wises, .tc.
— -.
___.—_ _ Ci-iefully selected for me
<_>____ Idiclnal use Trom the bes
H distilleries in Virginia, Ma
I.FIIICl r irC \ Il ryland, and Kentucky.
wHISMfiN!! ■%flS , _i__r_L
i_ imported and Uomestic
J'l-VE p Compi-lsing tbe most cele
\H brated brands known toth<
WINES! | w< "'"' iw- rax,jr_w
_S No. 11 Main St.
rj Madeby S.Kuguet__Sons
H whose house was establish
ed in IKIS at. Havana, Cuba
kd Also a lull stock made ti
mmm . m\*i ■ I order by Lt-wyn t
CIGAR : ' SCO., Xew York.
___li___« -BE RO. i.ILL. Jr.,
_\ .'Jo. 11 Main St.
ir; Ofa very line vintage, pro
S : XF._CH Hnounced by Ja_.es to be su
■periortoanythey haveseei
_?"_> A 'M ,^.\», B__n„ or before the war.
BX--_-.DY,| m- HILL, Jr.,
'jg ho. Il .ia!.? Bf.
IB Prom adulteration are _ti
• ■ _l% tiie Li(|Uors sold by mo.
11-fIH I Ml.aye purchased a Unite
111 I' I I states Hydrometeran-toi
l'l_r_H I. I SI the strength of every paclt
llt -1 Hi I fS age as soon as received, an
'is .11 111 k _! wi " not X '"" lin - ni!ul,ero
'_ '' RO. KILL, Jr..
B uIJ No. 11 Main HI.
Staunton
VOL. 57.
DHUGS ASD MEDICINES.
USE THAYER'S
LIVER POWDERS.
They are the Finest Liver Regulator known,
and only cost 2T> ets. a box. Sold by all drug
-8 Are you troubled with Constipation? One
box will cure you. _.__._.
Are you troubled with .Sick Headache? Try
Thayer's Liver Powders. One box will cure
Are you troubled with pain near the region
of the heart, pain darting into the shoulders?
These pains are caused by tbe Liver. One box
ot Thayer's Liver Powders will cure you. Only
25 cents. . „
Are you troubled with a dull, heavy pain all
through the head and in the leaders of the neck,
cannot bear to turn the head, think it neural
gia? Thayer's Liver Po_d_r_ will cure you.
Are you troubled with loss of appetite, feel
sick, feci hungry but cannot relish food, have a
coated tongue, bad taste in the morning, feel
cold and chilly, loss of energy, dull and dor
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or vertigo, or a yellow, jaundice [appearance,
or troubled with fever aud ague and nervous
or dyspeptic indications? Thayer's Liver Pow
ders will cure you by their action ou the liver.
Some people may have a cough with the above
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~ 11 of the above symptoms and many more
arise from a diseased or torpid liver. It is not
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symptoms, but you may have one or many.—
Just give Thayer's Liver Powder one trial and
use them according to directions and tell your
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35 ceiils _««■ r box.
USE THAYER'S
BALM il! ALL FAIN.
TIIE C-_E__E-___-_.
HSDU . Iffmil REHEUY
FOR __.3L.IL, _?-_!_..
This is one of the Finest Liniments known,
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For Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Toothache Ear
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Pneumonia. Frosted Feet,and all Excruciating
Pain, no matter where located. Apply »ceord
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any kind, hut go to your drug store and get a
bottle of Thayer's Balm for Pain and give it a
trial. Price S- aud 50 cents pel bottle.
Bold by al! druggists.
"USE TIIAYEIt'S
CONSUMPTION
CUKE.
This is the finest preparation that has ever
been put before the public. It never fails to
give satisfaction in Consumption or Coughs, or
Bronchial Affections of any kind.
CHECK THAT COUGH !
Usually three or four doses chocks the worst
cough.
ln Consumption, it is the cough that strains
the Lungs and breaks the Tuburcles, thus keep
ing up the irritation.
the ___mn____-M «___.
Being Healing, Nourishing, Paleating. Stimu
lating aud .Soothing, Iteiief and a speedy Cure
must follow. Give it a Trial, all who suffer.
LIVER.
There are some Coughs that arise from the
Liver or Stomach ; If so. aud you have symp
toms of the Liver, use Thayer's Liver Powders
with the Consumption Cure and you will never
regret the investment. Price, 25 nnd .0 cents
and SI per bottle. Sold hy all druggists.
.1. THAYER, Proprietor.
■161 NT. St., S. W., Washington, a. C.
THOMSEN & MUTH,
WM. H. KROWN & BRO., and
CANBY, GILPIN A CO., Agents,
Baltimore, Md.
GEO. W. MAY A C 0.,. D ; ts
WAYT A BRO., i " ru ßgisis.
Staunton, Va.
aw And all live Druggists. novl-ly
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i OLD AND RELIABLE, %
JDLB. S_NFORd's LrVTB IXYIGORATORi
$is a Stamford Family B____dy for % »*
of tho Liver, Stomach *_j__ty_\
*__._ Bowels. — It is Purely __j
It never Wm 7|f|
—It is |l | g *£_$
|Catl_ar_ic and J_?_ _W"£?f I
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1 SB P S*""* 1 with unprecedented reßUits.J
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. *S. T. W. SANFORO, M.0., _f__S__e__-3
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! »^i^l_*Vi'i<l
MEDICINE FORTHE^^tS
[[jip^&KIDNEYSj
f-lin ATI__C A medirinal com-
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■ J. _, ,r-' combining inoneprep-
B For Blood liibeosos. aration _ a curative
. jwiwers for the evils
_____ _ edl______-P which produrr _U dis
iSIIRAI _fSF« cases of the _110-_. tho
WE_ I _>S I -i«l»J I.iver, the JiWnew*.
For Llrer Complain-i. Harmless in action and
thorough in its effect.
. -_■ It is unexcelled for the
fr P!__3ftTiyE j cure of all _.!_«._ B_"
4 4JWbI_I--_lCi | c.-j.-s-S such as _rro/-
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- GURATINCI laloo fonviijmtion.
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~ UUm "• flWjl P your EiRUGGIST
a FOR IV.
5 GURATINE; |T_B_fic__B__a
i_ I ' 0r _____!'t_- : ' e l BALTIMORE, Md.
J dcc-.ly
DRUGS AKD MEDICINES.
PrTUTTS
Expectorant 1
r^p^^_--i_-_^w_-i^.—^-.--J-a IJ_,h--_—Will
If. 2SCTS. Af-D SI 30TT_.ES.
Its properties are D-ir_lcent,_Nutri
tive Balsamic, Soothing aud Healing.
Combining all these qualities, it is the
most LUIAJ CTa '
offered to_suff_rers bom pTi__n_._y
diseases.
DR. J. F. HAYWOOD, _
of Sew York, voluntarily indorses it.
-READ WHAT HE GAYS:-
Dr. 'i U IT : Nov.* To It . ont., 13,1.77.
Dear tar—During t___ yeai I v 1 ed 11 ii*; hundred
ccsea of lung d s_.i_e.. iv the 1 .war w. rds of tho
city thee.-*■_ Here ot a wry severe type. It was
there myj tteniionw i_cal_edtoTut. _ iixpectcraat,
.md Xconiess my Gar arise a. its wonderml power.
During a prictaca 01 twenty years; J hare never
fcnown a mediums to act aa promptly, and with such
happy effects. ]__ instantly Babdaed tho most violent
iita of coughing, and invariably cared tho disease :_
a i.w diys. i_be_ttft__iy indorse it as the best lu_._j
:u.'_ii- i.;_ I evor usod.
J. iT.A_.C_S IIAYV. ODD, M. I>.
A NEWSPAPER p35! WRITES.
Office. Evening Neva, Augusta, Ga.
Dr. TUTT: Dear fer—My tittle son, was attacked
with pneumonia last winter, which ieft him with a
violent coach* that lasted nil within a month since,
fur tho cure or v. hi-h 1 am indebted toyonr valuabio
Expectorant. 1 had tried most every thing recom
mended, but none did iiiiy good until I u--'dy_ui-Ki
liectoi_nt, onobottlo of which removed the euugii
entirely. With many thanks, lam yimr. truly.
Had terribio^STcHT'sWEATS-
Memphis, Feb., 11, 1.71.
Dr TLITT- Sir—l havo boon suffering for nearly two
years with B severe cough. When I commenced ta
king your Expectorant 1 was reduced to one hundred
and sixteen pounds iv weight. I had tri _d almost
everything; had terrible Bight sweats. 1 have taken
half dozen bottles. The nisi*, sweats have leit me,
the cough has disappeared, iind.l have earned h.te_n
pounds m ilesh, 1 recommend it to all niy friends,
A¥it_xgreat respect, OhIVJIR RICE.
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
Reader, have you caught ji cold ? Arc you un
able to raise the phlegm? Have you an irrita
tion iv the throat? A senae ot" oppression 011
the lung_, with short breath? Do you have a
fitof coughing ou lying down ? A sharp pain
BOW and ______ in the vegiou of the heart, shoul
ders and back.? If so, onr Ai.vicc is* take at
ouce a dose of Tutt's Expectorant; you will soon
be able to raise the phlegm. In an hour repeat
the Kxpectoraut, place a hot iron to the feet,take
two of Tutt's Pills. You will soon fall into a
pleasant sleep aud wake up iv the morning,
cough gone, lungs working freely ; easy breath
ing, and the bowels moving in a natural manner.
To prevent a return of thet. ■ symptoms use the
Expectorant several days.
Office, JS"'JVI-irray~St,eet,~i.. Y.
TUTT'S PILLS
(LUKE '4'OlSi'Za I.lVlili.
TUTT'S PILLS
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If you ora a man of letter*, tolling over yo_._* m!-_igl»t
v___Cj to restore bn.ii; &«. rye end waste, t_a
If yon areyotmg and Buffering -._u_ asv-i-d--.r__.-_i
or ._i3__;._.t_on; if you are n_ir_ ie dor efnpU., olil or
poor health or __tug-.-S__.ng „,
on a bed of sickness, rely c.i S3
MVi ■»,» V
"Who. yen are, Witenercr you feel
Unit your system needs cleansing, toning or ___
eUi_-ulatln b *, without ink&icaUnff,ta—e |J
Have you dpspep*it% kldun/ or wintry complaint,QS»
fease ofthe stomach, botrel*, biootl, llfn'ovncrvcist
You will he cured if you nae
If you arc simp! v weak an . low Spirited,try it 1 Buy It.
Insist upon it. Yo_r drntgistki-epsit.
It may save ygttrilfr. Ithaanave-1 bcndrcHh.
Hop C >ii. . Ou.. is ill. _r_ett_-. safest a&d fc-t. A -1: c__.lr_n.
He Ho- riu __r Stom-'h. Liver aiu! Ki.li..' , U __$«__--to all «MM»
llUi._-_.--. Ail. dnrrsr. ' i.
P. I. C. i .in _owlut« curt, ft* *«_ "-t« »f
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aprl-ly
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
JL W. GALTBRO.& CO.,
JEWELLERS AM) SILVERSMITHS.
1107 Pennsylvania Avcauc,
WASHISOTOX, B. C.
FINE JEWELRY In every variety.
Diamond King-, En-Tins'* «t __MM Pins,
«3- GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, _»
for Ladies, Gentlemen and Boys,
New Pattern Sterling Silver Forks and Spoons.
Sterling Silver Fancy Ware In Cases for
Wedding and Anniversary Gifts.
_________ _11*S __TB SETS.
TABLE _____~ mi PLATED MLVEK-WARE.
CLOCKS, BRONZES, and line
FANCY GOODS, ANTIQUE BRASS CAN
DLESTICKS, SCONCES and.MIRRORS.
Gold, Sled, ami SJi. .1 Ej.-Uiftsses,
Bpeet—cles. _...
__r-FINE \./ATCH REPAIRING and EN
GRAVING.
Strangers are invit> d to visit our Store with
out incurring any obligation to purchase.
»W All Orders by mail promptly executed.
oetll-3in*
T. M. TURNER,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
No. 10'_ E. Main Street, Olivier's Book Store
STAUNTON, VA.
_c_i WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, and
JSv all kinds of MUSICAL INSTRUMENT_._
__n._L thoroughly repaired and satisfaction
_______§&guaranteed in every particnlar or no
charge. Charges reasonable ami in accordance
with work actually done—always. Ladies who
have broken jewelry can have it >.___/ re
paired at No. 1. Main St. A reasonable share
f patronage respectfully solicited. „____
de c2-ly T. M. TURNER.
"~8-J-_-_r.-_K AirVEKTISEMEMS.
TTISTAISLISIIED I*l6.
CHAS. SIMON & SONS,
83 >*. Honanl Street, Baltimore, 5S_.
I- '-'-,'. 1.1-Ll'.M IN
Foreien ami Domestic
DRY GOODS,
would call especial attention to tbGir ertensivi
stock of
DRESS GOODS, LINEN and COTTON GOODS
EMBROIDERIES, LACKS, GOODS for
MENS and BOYS' WEAR, COR
SETS, LADIES' READY
MADE. UNDERWEAR, _c. Ac.
.._- SAMPLES SENT ERSE! _?
Also to their
Z)_ e_..- Making Department,
Cloaks. Dresses, _c„ made to order, promptly
ln a superior manner,and in the latest styles, a
moderate rates. Orders solicited. Rules fo
self-measurement, and samples of materials
with estimate ol cost, sent upon application.
«_- '_TX_ ItMH CAI.II. __
All orders amounting to 120 or over, will bi
sent freeol freight charges by Express. Partie:
having their Goods sent C. 0. D., must pay fo
return of money, and if strangers to us, mus
remit at least % {one-third) of tiie amount witi
the order. fe1.27-1 v
h.A?i-FACTU_E_S OF
STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS,
_______lg,______-B___t_-__-__i A ______
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STAUNTON, VA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1880.
POETRY.
THK OI.I) HETIIOCIST'S TESTIMONY.
PHII. J. BUXI..
I praise the Lord, my Christian friends, that I
am with you still.
Though standin' like an old log-house upon a
west Bide hill;
The mnsic has gone out you know; the timbers
have decayed:
Bat sunshine on 'em's just ns warm as when
■ they first was laid.
Almost a hundred years have passed since I
was born, and then
'Twas only fifteen further on, and I was horn
agaiu.
I've seen the forest melt away ; nice houses
have been reared ;
The world has quite outstripped the church,
I'm very much afeard.
Thej- used to tell a Methodist as far as eye
could scan-
No gewgaws on a woman then, no dickey on a
man—
But now our coLigrogations are so much by
fashion led,
They just look like a rainbow wrecked upon a
posey-bed.
The circuit riders of them days were not so fine
aud grand;
They took degrees a hauiin' logs and clearin'
np the land ;
But when one of 'em rose to preach, I tell yor.
we could smell
The fragrant flows of heaven, and the stifling
smoke of hell.
We ii act an "amen corner," t _, beside the pul
pit stairs,
And while he raised his sermon-bents, we lift
ed with our prayers;
We threw in many a loud "Thank God!" and
weren't obliged to go,
To give tho Lord the glory, to a class-room
down below.
The grand old o.uart'ly-meetin's were to all Ihe
brethren dear,
Just like four green oases in -he desert of the
year;
Tbe people flocked from miles ground; my
wife would take _ score,
And after supper they would pray, and sleep
upon the 11 oor.
I know the world's a-movin' on, as Galileo
said.
I-'or now I rent a cushioned pew to hear an es
say read;
But when through stained-glas windows the
sun throws blue and gold,
I cannot help a-thlnkin' how the glory shone
ol old.
They call me an "old fossil, "• and a "relic of
the past,"
A "fogy" and a "croaker," too; but this won't
always last;
I tread a tremblin' isthmus where two seas of
glory roll.
And soon the past and future bliss will swal
low up my soul.
And when I reach fair Canaan, the Lord will
doubtless see
That mansions in the city will not do for such
as me;
So lie will let me go among the o'd-fashioned
saints, I think,
And praise Him'neath the trees of life upon
the rlvor's brink.
THE CHRISTMAS VISITOR.
Polypodium House was in a state of
wild excitement. Inside and outside,
from roof to basement, all betokened
preparations for the reception of some
special'y-honored guest. Never iv the
annals of Polypodium House had the
brass plate on the door shone with such
brilliant lustre. Never (well, hardly
ever) bad the doorstep been hearthston
ed to such marble whiteness, or the oil
cloth in the hall bees-waxed to such
alarming slipperiness. Warm smells of
a cakey description pervaded the lower
reg'ons and even found their way pre
maturely into tbe drawing-room, where
the two Misses Pimpernel sat in eager
expectation. Here, too, the evidences
of festive preparation were obvious lo
the least acute observer. Tbe chintz
covers had been removed from the horse
hair chairs; pale-blue rosettes adorned
the legs ofthe terrestrial and celestial
globes and ofthe ancient cottage piano.
Even the bust of Cicero, under the side
board, was decorated with a garland of
paper roses. But the crowning glory of
the room waa its antimacassars. Anti
macassars had always been a leading
feature at Polypodium House Academy.
111-natured people, unable to conceive a
devotion to art for its own sake, had
been known to remark that the parents
paid for tbe materials, the young ladies
did the work and the Misses Pimpernel
kept the antimacassars ; but be this as it
might, it is certain that the antimacas
sar manufacture was carried on at Poly
podium House with extraordinary vigor.
There were some of soft clinging wool,
against which you leaned back luxuri
ously. aud spiteful nobby ones, which
hurt your head when you sat down, aud
stuck to your coat-collar aud hung down
your back when you got up again. On
the mantelpiece stood a miniature of a
chubby-faced young man, with stubbly
red hair; and over it hung an oil paint
ing representing the two Misses Pimper
nel in early youth, -with very short
waisted dresses and very tall tortoise
shell combs. They were depicted seat
ed on the same sofa, their arms lovingly
entwined together, and the youngest
Miss Pimpernel gazing upward with
rapt affection at the eldest Miss Pimper
nel's tortoise shell comb. And bere, on
the selfsame sofa, sat the Misses Pim
pernel again. Miss Pamela was perhaps
a shade fatter, and Miss Pec elope a shade
taller and thinner than in tbe old days.
The short-waisted dresses had succumb
ed to the changeful influences of time
and fashion, and the Misses Pimpernel I
had scarcely so brilliant a complexion,
or so much "of it, as they appeared to
have had at their pictorial age, but all
else was unchanged ; the sofa, the tor
toise-shell combs, the hair in the little
bunches of frizzy ringlets on either side
of the head, even to the pose of Miss
Pamela's disengaged band on the arm
ofthe sofa, and the little lace handker
chief which in the portrait she held
daintily nipped by its middle between
her thumb and second finger, aud which
she now held in like manner, daintily
nipped between her second finger and
thumb—all seemed so little altered that
one might have fancied that, having
taken their place on the sofa for the pur
pose of the portrait, the sisters had re
mained there ever since. On the pre
sent occasion, however, Miss Pamela's
eyes were directed towards tbe effigy of
the chubby youth on the mantelpiece.
Her sister," meanwhile, was employed
in knitting, occasionally stopping to
listen as if for some expected sound. Af
ter a few moments' gaze at the sandy
youth, Miss Pamelaexclaimeil,pressing
the small lace handkerchief with both
hands to her left side:
'De-ar Peter ! how I long lo see him ;
you are sure be said to-night, Pene
lope ?'
'My dear child, how can you be so ah
surd? Here is his letter. Read it again
if you feel any doubt on the subject,
though you must have dune so quite sis
times already. He distinctly says be
hopes to be wßfa us about seven o'clock
on Tuesday evening, the 22nd. This is
Tuesday, is it not? and it is now a quar
ter to seven.'
'Thirteen minutes, dear! Thirteen
minutes! Only to think (bat in a few
short minutes he will be hereP Here
Miss Pamela again pressed tbe small
handkerchief spasmodically against her
left side, as if that was the spot referred
to.
'Now, Pamela, my dear,' said tbe eld
er sister, ia a warning voice, a_.d hold
ing up her knitting needle by way of
emphasis; 'beware! You know wbat
Dr. Dott said. You must not let that
sensitive organization of yours run away
with you, or he will not answer for tbe
consequences. Dr Dott will not answer
for the consequences; remember that,
Pamela.'
'O, bother Dr. Dott!' said Miss Pame
la. 'Excuse me, my dear Penelope, and
don't look so dreadfully shocked. You
know what a sill}', impulsive creature I
am, and to have an only brother return
ing from India after twenty years' ab
sence is enough to bouleverser anybody,
I'm sure. Only fancy, twenty years! —
It's quite a romance, isn't it? Now,
Penelope, even you, with your strong
common sense, you must admit that it's
quite a romance.'
'Well, no. dear, I don't think I should
go quite as far as that. It is romantic to
a certain extent, perhaps, but I don't
think I should describe it as quite a ro
mance.'
Miss Pamela playfully whipped her
si-ter with the small lace handkerchief.
'O, of course, most precise Penelope !
Always correcting poor little me. We'll
say it's almost a romance, then ! Ro
maneo or not, my dear, I believe, in
your quiet way, you are nearly as excit
ed about it as I am.'
'If you mean that I shall be glad to
see our long-lost brother, Pamela, I do
not deny it, but asjfor allowing myself to
become cxci/ed on that or any other sub
ject, I should hope' —
But what Miss Penelope would have
hoped was not destined to be revealed
to the world, for at this moment a loud
rat tat tat was heard at the front door.'
' 'Tis he!' exclaimed Miss Pamela, and
Pushed to the door, closely following by
her less impulsive sister. The door be
ing opeued, there appeared a rather
shabby little man, of chubby appear
ance, and wearing his hat, which ap
peared a good deal too large for him, very
far back on his head. Miss Pamela made
a swoop at him from the top step, and
flung one arm (with the iace handker
chief) over hia left shoulder, at the same
time hiding her fsca on the other.
'Our own, our long-lost brother!' she
murmured. 'Twenty years!'
The shabby little man submitted pas
sively to her embrace, though with a
look of some slight surprise, and mur
mured, like an echo:
'Ah, twenty years!'
'When you have quite done. Pamela,
my dear,' interposed Miss Penelope,
with dignity. 'I also will embrace our
brother. Still the same impulsive being,
you see, Peter! Just the same playful
child you remember twenty years ago.'
'Ah* yes,' said Peter, gazing earnestly
at Miss' Pamela. 'Playful child ! Twenty
years is a long time, though.'
Here Miss Pamela gave a spasmodic
wriggle, expressive of intense emotion,
and'subsided, with the lace handker
chief pressed to her eyes, into one of the
hall chairs.'
'Now. Peter,' said her sister, 'it is my
turn. Embrace your Penelope,' at the
same time making a sideways lunge at
him with her bead, and leaving her
cheek in convenient proximity to his
lips. Peter embraced her accordingly,
though without any appearance of ex
treme delight.
Miss Penelope applied her handker
chief io her eyes.
'This is weakness,' she exclaimed
(though, to do ber justice, there was no
indication that it was anything of the
sort.) 'Peter, welcome to England.—
Welcome to our modest little home, and
come and have some tea.'
'And badly enough you must want it,
poor fellow, after tbat dreadful long
journey,' said Miss Pamela, who had by
this time recovered from her emotion. —
'And such a frightfully hot climate,
too.'
'You giddy, giddy child,' said Miss
Penelope, shaking her forefinger at her
sister. 'You surely don't suppose Peter
has come straightaway from India this
evening. That would be rather too
much of the good thing, wouldn't it,
Peter?'
'Well, hasn't he?' replied Miss Pam
ela. 'I'm sure I don't know. I don't
profess to know anything about geogra
phy out of school hours. Come, Penel
ope, let us lead Peter in triumph. You
take one arm, and I'll take the other,
and we'll carry him oil" between us.—
Stop, first let me hang up his hat. Fan
cy, Penelope, a real man's hat hanging
up in the hall of Polypodium House!'
'D'ye think it'll be safe there!" said
Peter, hesitatingly. 'Because—it's rath
er a good bat, and 1 shouldn't like any
thing to happen to it.'
'There's caution for you !' said Miss
Pamela airily. 'That's our careful Pe
ter all over. He always was a careful
boy. Never fear, theu, the hat shall be
taken care of, and next time it comes
we'll have a glass case made on purpose
for it, that we will '
'You giddy— giddy child !' again ex
claimed Miss Penelope, tapping her sis
ter reprovingly with her eye-glass, "how '
can you go on so? Upon my word you
are only fit for a pinafore and pantalettes.
What Peter will think of you, I really
don't know.'
'Peter will think that his little Pame
la is sodeiighted to see him that she isn't
accountable for anything, and excuse
allsliortcomingsaccordii.gl3', won't you,
Peter?'
'O, yes, I'll excuse 'em.' said Peter.
'Dear Peter, I knew you wouid !' And
Miss Pamela shot a flying kiss at bis
cheek, but being short of stature, un
fortunately missed her aim, and alight
ed on his ear, which he forthwith began
to rub vigorously.
'Pamela, you are really too Impulsive,'
said Mis 3 Penelope, 'You bave hurt him,
I am sure!'
'O, no,' said Peter, 'it ain't that. But
I felt like an cary wig.'
'Ah, poor dear boy,' said his younger
sister, 'any one can see that you bave
not been accustomed to the ki3sof affec
tion '
'No, I ain't,' said Peter. 'That's just
where it is, and it tickles.'
By this time the sisters had conveyed
their long lost brother into the parlor,
where the tea-table was laid out. Mies
Penelope presided at the tga-tray, while
Miss Pamela sat beside their visitor on
the sofa and plied him with the various
delicacies on the festive board, which he
attacked with a vigor which left nothing
to be desired. On Miss Penelope's ex
pressing a hope that hi 3 tea was to his
liking—
'It's he-eautiful,' he replied, with his
mouth full of buttered toast. 'We don't
get such tea as this over there, I can tell
you. And as for srimps, lor, if they was
fatted calves they couldn't be more of a
curiosity.'
The two sisters had exchanged glances
more than once, as their brother let slip
some grammatical solecism. Miss Pene
lope now remarked:
'You havn't had many opportunities
of speaking English in India, I daresay,
Peter?'
"What, me? Well, no, not to say
many opportunities,' said Peter.
'And that not in the beat society, very
likely ?'said Miss Pamela.
'O, yes, the society's all right, when
you're used to it. Some of 'em's a little
peculiar, of course; but they're ail
right, except when they get throwing
things.'
The sisters exchanged glances again.
Peter had clearly not moved in the best
society.
'Do you know, Peter,' said Miss Pa
mela archly, 'I always made up mv
mind you would marry a Begum.'
'Not me,' said Peter. 'That 'nd be
what they call bigamy, wouldn't it?'
Again the sisters looked at one an
other. Had a pun (and such a pun!)
actually profaned the classic groves of
Polypodium House? But no, Peler
was evidently serious. Nay, more, he
eec-ned really casiou3 for an answer.
Spectator
'Dear me!' said Miss Pamela. 'Per
haps I didn't use the right expression.
I certainly thought it was Begum.
Wbat do you call the black ladies in
India, Peter ?'
Peter looked perplexed.
'Aunt Sallies, ain't it?' he said.
'Now, you naughty boy, you are pok
ing fun at me. You know I mean an
Indian word—Nabob, that's not it.
Tiffin ; no, that's something to eat. It
must be Begum. Or, is it Bogum ? No,
Begum, I think However, it doesn't
matter. I'm very glad you're not mar
ried, and that our brother has returned
to us a gay young bachelor. I shall ex
pect yo'.i to beau us about everywhere,
eir, mind tbat. Now we have got you
we intend to make good use of you, I
can tell you.'
Peter, stili with bis mouth full, made
some unintelligible answer. Miss Pa
mela, struck apparently by a happy
thought, skipped playfully to the man
telpiece, and took from it'the miniature
of the chubby-faced young man.
'There, Peter,' she said, 'can you tell
me who that is?'
'Don't know him!' said Peter, after
due examination.
'You don't recognize it? Why, Peter,
that is your own likeness at the age of
twenty two.'
'Me! That fluffy-headed chap! O.
come now,' said Peter, with a iook of
disgust.
'It is, indeed,' said Miss Pamela.
'And a very good likeness it was. In
deed, it is still, isn't it, Penelope? See,
the very nose and the self-same eves.'
'Probably, my dear,' Haid Miss Penel
ope, with'her habitual air of general
correction. 'Foreign travel may alter
people a good deal, but itgenerally Ipaves
them in possession of tbe same noses
and eyes. But I agree with you that
Peter's likeness to the portrait is very
surprising. I should have recognized
him anywhere.'
'Fancy you not recognizing your own
portrait, Peter!' said Miss Pamela.
'However, you must surely recognize
that other likeness (the one cut out of
black paper, in profile) of our dear pa
pa! Dear papa! What a vein of hu
mor he had,'hadn't he? Do you re
member how he used to call Penelope
and me (on account of our initials) his
'sweet P's,' and my asking him what
he would call Peter, as he was a P too.
I think I see him nov/, as he answered,
with that ready wit of hia, 'What, Pe
ter? why green P ,of course!' And
he broke out at intervals, all the rest of
the evening: 'Ha, ha! Very good!
Green P , of course.'
'I like peas,' said Peter, altogether ig
noring the late Mr. Pimpernel's little
joke. 'We don't get 'em over there,
though ; they're too expensive—it don't
run to it.'
'I daresay the living is rather differ,
ent from what we get in dear old Eng
land,' said ?>_iss Penelope. This was
partly in answer to Peter's last remark,
and partly a commentary on his man
ner of feeding, which was somewhat
peculiar. He was now eating shrimps
with raspberry jam, and tbe sisters ob
served with surprise that it did not ap
pear to be customary in India to remove
their heads or tails.
At this moment a knock was beard
at the front door, and presently the trim
parlor-maid entered with a note upon a
tray, and a countenance brimful of some
exciting intelligence.
'What is it, Susan ?' said Miss Penel
ope, with dignity. 'And how many
times must I tell you never to come into
a room without knocking ?'
'O, please, mum. I'm very sorry; but
I was so flustered I quite forgot it. It's
the page-boy from the 'syium, mum ;
and one of them lunatics has escaped,
and we shall all be murdered in our
beds; and iie's a taking of 'em round to
all the houses in the village.'
'Taking the lunatics round to all the
bouses in the village? What on earth
does the girl mean?' said Miss Pamela.
'Explain, girl, for goodness' sake, or I
real'y think I shall shake you !'
'Lor no, mum, not the lunatics. Only
letters a-telling everybody all about it,
and the best way to ketch 'em, ana such
like.'
'Peace, girl!' said Miss Penelope.
'Give me the letter. And with the aid
of her double eye-glasses she read about
as follows :
'The Priory, Dec. 23, 1873.
'Dr. Dollimore regrets to have to an
nounce that one of the inmates of his
establishment has escaped, aud is sup
posed to be lurking in the immediate
neighborhood. He is quite harmless ;
and it is requested thatany oneto whom
he may address himself wiil have the
kindness to detain (which may easily
be done by the offer of some slight re
freshment.) and at once to communicate'
with Dr. Dollimore.'
'Good gracious, Penelope!' exclaimed
Miss Pamela, as her sister finished read
ing. "What a frightful state of things!
A maniac wandering in our very midst!'
'No, Pamela,' interposed ber sister.'
'In the neighborhood, but not in our
very midst.'
'A maniac—a raving maniac! Good
gracious, he may even now be on our
doorstep! And we are requested to of
fer bim some_'slight refreshment. I'd
refresh him, and Dr. Dollimore too, if I
had him him here!''
'Hold, Pamela," said her sister sol
emnly. 'This is not a matter to be dealt
with by two weak women. This is a
matter for a man. Peter, we look to
you If this unhappy person should
present himself within these peaceful
walls, how would you advise us to act?"
Peter reflected.
'Give him some bread-and-jam and
some shrimps, and while he's eating of
'em throw a blanket over his head and
sit upon him. That's what I should do
with him.'
'What a thing it ls to be a man !' said
Miss Pamela. 'How how vig
orous, bow much to the point! I'm
afraid, though, we should have a diffi
culty about the sitting upon him. He
might struggle you know.'
'I think we might manage," observed
Miss Penelope. 'Suppose we had Prod
der, the gardener, ready behind the
hall-door to throw the blanket over his
head, and then we could push him into
the china closet at the end of the pas
sage, and lock him till assistance ar
rived.'
'Excellent, Penelope; nothing couid
be better. But what a frightful expedi
ence for two defenseless females! Nay,
not so! Peter, I beg your pardon. No
longer deft nseless, since you are with
us My gallant brother!'
'O, yes, I'm here ; and I'm a going to
stop,' said Peter.
'I must say I admire bravery in a
man.' said Miss Penelope. 'Happily,
women don't often need it. But there
is no time to be lost. We had better
have up the gardener at once.'
No sooner said than done. The gar
dener was summoned, and was instruct
ed as to the duty expected of him. Mr.
Peter Pimpernel and himself, each
armed with a large and heavy blanket,
were to stand one on each side of the
door, and in the event (which the sis
ters appeared to regard as a foregone
conclusion) of a visit from the lunatic,
tbey were simultaneously to make a
swoop spon him with the blanket.,
throw them over his head, and bustle
him into the china closet. Here, how
ever, an unexpected difficulty arose.
Mr. Prodder seemed to hesitate as to
the undertaking the registered duly.
Miss Pamela's small figure appeared to
grow almost gigantic a_ she Inquired,
with withering scorn,
'What! afraid, Prodder! A man,
and afraid. P
'Weil, no, mum, it ain't, exactly that,
hut l':n always a advocate for a man a
stie_in' to his spear. Always stick to
your proper spear, says I. Now it do
strike me, axing your pardin, ladies
both, that harpoonin' of lunatics is not
exactly the proper spear of a gardener.
Fruit or wegetables or flowers, or even
a bandy job about the house I don't say
nothin' of wotsom-dever; but when it
comes to lunatics, why, it ain't a line of
dooty that I lays myself out for, and I
don't know that I feel equal to under
takin' of it.' •
Here Mr. Prodder paused in a shame
faced manner, and rubbed his mouth
pensively with the back of his hand.
This last gesture was a ray of light
Thesisteis know that it always indi
cated extreme thirst.
'I understand you,' Prodder,' said
Miss Penelope, with cutting sarcasm.
'Perhaps you would fee! more equal to
the occasion if you were permitted to
gratify your morbid thirst for beer. Be
it so. Susan draw a jug of beer—a hirr/c
jug.'
'Two jugs,' said Peter.
• Mr. Prodder brightened visibly. And
remarking sotto voice that it was a "rum
start,' but lie 'wasn't noways particular
if there was a drop of somethin' hang
ing to it,' he betook hin.self to the kitch
en till bis services should ba required,
though with a private conviction that
they were not likely to be wanted. In
this, however, he was doomed to be
mistaken ; for scarcely had tho two
blankets been brought down stairs and
placed in the hall than a rat tat-tat of a
timorous and uncertain character was
heard at the front door. Miss Pamela
remarked that she should know [that
was a lunatic's knock anywhere. Peter
and the gardener took up their positions
in their respective corners and spread
their blankets them The gar
dener's face wore its usual expression of
beery apathy, as though capturing lu
natics was as every day an occupation
as potting geraniums. Peter's, on the
contrary, wore an expressson of mis
chievous amusement.
Susan opened the door. A smart
looking elderly gentleman, in a white
hat and waistcoat and with a flower in
his buttonhole, said, 'This is the Misses
Pimpernel's, I think?' and stepped
jauntily within the hall.
No sooner had he dono so, however,
than a heavy blanket descended on
him from either side, crushing the
white hat down over eyebrows. Susan
opened the china-closet door, and before
the unhappy lunatic could even strug
gle to free himself be was hustled vio
lenity therein and the dijor ioeked, leav
ing him in total darkness, with two
blankets still over !iis head and crock
ery and household stores on every side
of him.
'Admirably done!' said Miss Pamela,
who, with her sister, had been lying in
ambush behind the drawing-room door
'Beautifully done! Susan, give Prod
der as much beer as ever he likes. Pe
ter, you have done splendidly. Embrace
your sister, ray noble boy !'
The noble boy embraced his sister ac
cordingly, though without any appear
ance of enthusiasm.
'And me also,' said Penelope, taking
off her double eyeglass to receive Peter's
embrace, which was again delivered
very calmly.
Meanwhile tho captive in the china
olosc-t was struggling violently to free
himself from bis embarrassing drapery,
and apparently doing considerable dam
age in hia struggles to the contents of
the shelves. Suddenly a tiemendous
crash was heard.
'Good gracious!' said Miss Penelope.
'There goes the second-best tea-service !
Dear, dear; and that must be the large
jar of pickled cabbage! The man will
cert-iniy kill himself. He'll have all
that row of marmalade-pots down on
his head in a minute ! What frightful
language!' *
The Inmate of the cupboard had ap
parently by this time" partially freed
himseif from his blankets, and was
kicking violently at the door, mingling
strong language in the vernacular with
exclamations in some unknown tongue.
'How sad to boar him !' said Miss Pa
mela. 'I daresay a noble mind is here
overthrown. And yon see he has even
lost the control of Ma speech, wad can
only talk'that unteliigible gibberish.'
'Lor, ma'am, is tbat the lunatic's lan
guage?' exclaimed Susan. 'O, ain't it
enough to make your blood stand on
end?'
'Pamela, my dear,' said Miss Pene
lope, 'come into the drawing-room. I
am very sure this is cotthe kind of lan
guage (evon though, fortunately, we
cannot understand it) for your innocent
ears. And you, Susan, run across to
Dr. Dollimore at the Priory,-and tell
him we have caught the lunatic, and
will he please to send several strong men
to fetch him away at once, or we sha'nt
have a tea-cup left. Come, Pamela ;
why, where's Peter?'
Peter had vanished, but was discover
ed in the kitchen, drinking beer with
Mr. Prodder and listening with much
apparent interest to that gentleman's
description of a new method of paint
ing potatoes. He was tenderly reproach
ed for his desertion, and carried off to
the drawing-room again, tbe door being
carefully shut iv order to exclude the
ravings of the imprisoned lunatic, who
was still making frantic efforts to es
cape from durance. By way of further
covering the painful sound, Miss Pame
la volunteered to sing a song, and gave
'The Forsaken'with great effect; the
ouly drawback being an unfortunate
tendeucy to miss a note altogether
every now aad then, giving a sort of
wheezy gasp instead, like a broken
winded ace irdem .
'You don't fiud my voice what it was
I daresay, Peter?' said Miss Pamelia,
wben she bad concluded.
'No, I daresay it ain't what it was,'
replied Peter. But, lor, we ain't none
of us what we waa. Anyhow, we don't
keep so.'
'Will you oblige, Peter?' said Miss
Penelope, a little disappointed at thin
qualifiedjpraise of ber sister's perform
ance. 'You used to sing very nicely as
a boy. O, liear, what a noise that poor
man makes,"
'I only know one song,' said Peter
'It's called Down in the Valley where
the D tisie. grow.' I'll sing you that, if
3 T ou like!'
Accordingly Peter seated himself at
the piano. His attitude was peculiar
He placed himself astride on the music
stool as if it had been a horse, bis legs
dangling down on either side. He then
began to sing with a thin, cracked voice
and with a noble independence of time
and tune, at tiie same time accompany
ing himself with one linger. When lie
had got to the end of the first verse he
sang it right through again, ami was
about to do so a third time, when Miss
Penelope, whose nerves were unequal
to the continued strain upon them,
mildly suggested :
'My dear Peter, surely you have sung
that same verse already !'
'Well, and what if I have I' said Pe
ter, somewhat offended. 'It's a very
pretty verse, ain't it?'
Miss Penelope was scarcely nreparcd
for this view ofthe matter.
'Well, certainly' she began.
But the sentence \va3 never doomed
to be completed. There was a gentle
tap at the door, and Susan entered, say
ing:
'Pl.a->e, ma'am, a gentleman from the
'syium.'
She was followed by a thick-set good
tempered looking man in gray tweed
suit, who nod-led familiarly to the sup
posed Peter Pimpernel.
'Servant, ladies, and much oblged to
you for lendin' a hand in recapturing
this troublesome warmint of ours.
You're a artful dog, Simmons, now,
.in't yer?'
Miss Pamela drew herself up to her
full height (of four feet threet and look
ed diggers at the rash speaker.
'_'//'." she said, ia a tone like the
celebrated 'whisper' of Mrs. Siddons,
NO. 16,
'you are under some extraordinary mis
take. This is Mr. Peter Pimpernel, our
brother, who has just returned from In
dia. The unhappy person of whom you
are in search is locked up in our china
closet. In fact you can hear him now.'
The keeper looked from one to anoth
er in blank amasemcnt.
'There's a pair on 'em, then. But,
axing your pardon, ladies, if there's a
mistake in the case it's ou your side.
The chap's name ain't Pimpernel, nor
yet Peter. His name is Samuel Sim
moas, and till he went off hi 3 head
about two years r,go, he kep a cheese
monger's shop iv the Tottenham court
road. Aud h-'s one of theartfulcst loo
nies we've got. This is the third time
he has escaped : but lie never goes fur
ther than the first Jplace where he cau
get something to eat and drink. Come,
Simmons, own up, and tell the ladies
you've been making fools of'em. Long
lost brother, indeed ! Why, he'd pre .
tend he was anybody's mother, if there
was anything to be got by it.'
Tbe supposed Peter Pimpernel stood
with his thumb in his mouth, looking
sheepishly at the warder.
'It wasn't my fault, Mr. Bradbury.
It was them as did it. They stuffed me
up as I was their long-lost brother, and
I didn't see I had any call to say diffe
rent. But I ain't done nothing!'
Here the victim of mistaken identity
began to cry.
Miss Penelope pr.c-sc-d her hanuker
shiof to tier eyes.
'OPamela, what a cruel deception!
How ever shall we survive it?'
'O, we shall survive it fast enough,'
said Miss Pamela, who was somewhat
quick tempered, and whose first feel
ing was that of extreme annoyance.
'But, Penelope, a frightful thought
strikes mo. If this is the lunatic, whom
have we got in the china closet?
"Can it be—!' shrieked Mi«s Penelope.
'Yes, Pamela, it must. Can he ever
forgive us? Our real long-lost brother
comes to us after twenty years' absence,
and we throw a blanket over his head
and put him in a cupboard.'
,Hadn't you better let him out, then,
ma'am?' suggested the keeper. 'The
gentleman don't Eeeta to take kindly
to the accommodation provided for him
and when you come to think of it, per
haps if is a little trying to the feeiing3.'
'This person is right, Pamela,' said
Miss Penelope. 'The door certainly
ought to be opened j but who is to do it?
I must own I could never meet cur
brother., justly offended gazeundersuch
circumstances.'
"Lor, ma'am, don't let that trouble
you,' said Bradbury. I'll open it with
pleasure.'
He did so accordingly, revealing, a
perfect chaos of blankets, tea-trays, pre
serve pots, and broken crockery, from
the midst of which rushed out the im
prisoned inmate in hair disheveled, his
cravat awry, his coat torn, his features
awn)fen, and his whole frame working
with excitement. His unconscious per
.onator, Simmons, was the first person
lie caught slight of. He made a frantic
rush at him caught him by tbe collar,
and began shaking and pummeling him
furiously, at the same time using what
appeared to be frightfully bad language
in some foreign tongue, till the victim
was rescued by the strong arm of Mr.
Bradbury.
'Come, I say, sir, you'll addle him
worse than he's addled already, which
'ud be a pity, goodness knows. There's
been a bit of a mistake, but shaking
won't mend it. However, if you want
to shake anybody, shako me.'
The invitation was well-meant, but
from the relative size and strength of
the two men, it was like inviting a very
small terrier to shake a very big bull
dog. Profiting by the momentary in
terruption, Miss Pamela cried, "Pene
lope, do as I do.' She Hung herself on
her knees at her brother's feet, and
clasping him around the right leg, said,
'O, Pcttsr, can you ever forgive us?'
Mr. Pimpernel shook his leg free
rather roughly. 'JS'oue of that, thank
you, old lady,' he said. 'And the quick
er I get out of this confounded house,
the better I shall like it.'
Miss I'am.el a quite shrieked. 'He
calls me old lady, Penelope. He doesn't
know his own sister, his own little Pa
mela.' And she forthwith went off in
to violent hysterics.
'What." said her brother, 'this Pame
la? Then you TtvOfX be Penelope' turn
ing to his eider sist. r. 'I don't wonder
you didn't recognise me, for I cer
tainly shouldn't have recognized you.
I thought I had come to the wrong
house; in fact, I'll be hanged if I know
what I thought. But why on earth did
you put me in tbat infernal cupboard?
And who the devil are these persons?'
indicating Mr. Simmons aud the keep
er.
'Ifyou'll allow me, ma'am?' inter
rupted Mr. Bradbury, 'I'll remove Mr.
Simmons at once, aud leave you to set
tle matters with this good gentleman.
Now, Simmons, comejalong. Ah, up
to your old tricks again, are you !'
Mr. Simmons had taken advantage
of tbe general excitement to partake of
a little more refreshment. He had just
taken a bite out of a cold muffin, but
finding Mr. Bradbury's eye upon him,
hastily dropped tbe remainder into his
hat, wbicb he forthwith put on his
head, and the pair departed.
I took somel'ttle timeto explain mat
ters clearly to Mr. Pimpernel, who was,
not unnaturally, much incensed by his
peculiar reception. But though some
what irascible, he was not only of a na
turally forgiving temperameut, but pos
sessed of a been sense of humor, and in
the midst <if his sinters' tearful recital
the absurdity of the whole affair struck
him so vividly that, he suddenly passed,
without the slightest warning, from
dignified sulks into a fit of uncontrolla
ble laughter, which continued, with but
momeutary intervails. for nearly a
quarter of an hour, causing his sisters
10 entertain apprehensions of apoplexy,
anil finally leaving him completely ex
hausted Meanwhile, the distress of
his sisters at their unfortunate mistake
was unmistakable, aud the many fa
miliar objects around excited very ten
der memories of early days, when he
and these two now faded si-ten had
been boy and giris together. As soou
as he recovered breath enough to speak
•he said, 'Never mind, girls accidents
will happen, even in the best regulated
families. Let's kiss and be friends aud
say no more about it. I'm very glad to
be hack again in dear old England once
more, and to find you alive and well to
welcome me, though you took such a
curious way of doing it. Hush, not a
word, or you'll send me off' again, and
I really am not equal to laughing any
more. All's well tbat ends well, and if
you are satisfied h_p ibis lime that I am
uct a lunatic, we'll see if we can't spend
a very merry Christmas together.'
'Hear, dear, brother !' said Mi_9 Pa
mela, 'how good and forgiving of you.
Aud now do let us give you a cup of
tea. I'm sure you must he for it.
Good gracious, Pen.lope, there isn't a
i shrimp I.!":!'
And there wasn't. Vor Mr. .Samuel
Simmons, who, though a lunatic, was
clearly not such a fool as be looked, had
carried them all away in bis pocket
handkerchief..
♦ - _k- ♦
I love to "hear the. rambling of the
steam power press better than th_ rattle
and roar of artillery. It is silently at
tacking and vanquishing the Malakoffa
of vice and Redana of evil; and its par
allels and approaches cannot be resisted.
I ;:ke the click of type In the composing
stick better than the eUck ofth. musket
in the hands of tbe soldier. If bears a
leaden messenger of deadlier power, of
sublimer force, and nfa surer aim, which
Will bit its mark, though it is distant a
thousand years.—.&_._., Chopin,
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