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OTTAWA FREE TRADER; SATURDAY, JANUARY , 1683.
Through tho Snow.
For wbttf ihonl.1 1 watch wbcn the nnow llo
wblte
On the top or the distant hill?
for what e.hmtl.1 I llatnn whon all I; hush d
And when oven tho brook In still?
I wait, for I know that my love will ooroo,
On some errand of mercy bent, .....
And my Uuly's fco will be triad and bright
With the charm of a gwect commit
Ho I wait for tho crackle of frozen Know,
For a step thnt aotteth my heart . nirlnw,
For a voice whiwetnuslc too well I know,
Aa my lu'ly comoa throuirh the enow.
I know abe will come, for tho anow la hanl
When it Ilea at tho poor uuin's door,
And therefore my love with her irentlo heart
Tlilnka the rich should befriend tho poor.
So not vainly ahall I for ber coining wait,
And porilmncio it may even be
y lady abali learn from to-day to own
That ber pltv should reach to mo.
So I wait for tho crackle of frozen annw,
For a step that netleih my heart ntrlow,
For a voice whoso music hm well I know,
As my laily comes through tho suow.
And then wbcn abo comes through the crisp
white enow .
Will ebe meet mo with (flad surprise?
Abl then, shall 1 read what my heart would
In the irlen.ni of her sweet b'uo eyes?
I know she will (five me at least a smile,
And my heart In Its liht Mmll nlow.
6r love, in Its warmth, ecu defy Hie cold.
Ho I wait for llio crackle of frozen snow,
For a step that eetleth my heart airlnw,
For a voice whoso music too well I know,
As my lady comes ibnuiirh the snow.
BY HER OWN FAULT.
Miss Dillinejliiim w as dcatl nnd Miss
Curtis was in tears. She sut up in her
own room sobbing bitu-rly while, the hist
iatl oflices wore bcin perfornied.
Sho hail ;oo(l reason to weep, poor
joul, for alio had lot her only friend on
earth.
"She diud so suddenly, loo," thought
tho hapless spin.ster, "ll'itit hlie made no
provision for me. I know she. would
havo left mu something, and how thank
,ful I should be for even n trille a year.
Icre I'vo had cwn iliiwr, and I'm jut
l.vst on the world as heipless as a baby
"l or years 1 v just ma. e her caps
ndrcad aloud to her, an.Mya ked out .
wither, and driven out with her, and .
noureuVho tea. and made the puddings,
and beeS like her daughter; anil how
aften shevas said: 'Theresa, I'll not
fortrnt. rnn She knew what it was to
mu' ' film kn
t Kino-ln herself, hut we neither of tin
7 t "k i
I -i'i I
o ingn. I
counted on apoplexy. I fear
wo muci ni point ... .--.. tw........
, ..i i l 1:...I ..
fear she am -poor ii.ing; i was so ......
ber.
"tiraCIOUS me: ID ilium in.-.u uu;.m.u.
sxmsin of hers will get it till! '!' house
-all htir money, nud all tlpw furniture,
and tho dresses. ,
"Everything is sealed up, and tho
china, and tho ornaments! That nice
cabluet! I declare, when I third; of that
. . . , ,. , , . . niiniiiii.iii .'i i j ......... ....... .. ,
prcttyhang.ngcabinet!Shedhavegienwlio!irrivi.u fniu.r .U)j jol!i,ir than or
it to me. Why, she meant to give me a
legacy. Whv, if I could ask her now,
sho'd say, 'Take it, Theresa.' I can hear
ber good old voice. She'll havo that
too, for the lawyer said, 'If no will was
found, her next of kin would havo ev
erything.' I declare," said Miss Theresa
(y'urti.s. wioinz her tears away, "I mean
to havo that cabinet. I'll get il and it
will just go into one of my trunks. Miss ,
Dillingham would say I was right, and .
I'll do it.'v
Miss Curtis having said this, arose
ni crept softly down into the dressing
room next the bedroom, where all was
now so still and terrible. She took tho
cabinet from its nail, and crept upstairs
nd hid it in her trunk with a feeling
that some one might be at her heels
ready to call "stop thief!"
To bo sure, she knew well enough
that old Miss Dillingham would gladly
have given her tho cabinet; that her
wnsln Spear was not a favorite, that the
old lady would havo preferred that she
.should "take all sho possessed to giving
it to the person of whom she - always
spoke distastefully as "that Sally
Spear."
, But all tho same, that silent cteeping
ever tho stairs, past tho door where the
watchers sat togetherthat moment when
she laid tho cabinet in her trunk and
covered it with folded garments, gave
Hiss Theresa Curtis a sense of - having
been a thief. Sho never forgot the ao
tion. or censed to feel ashamed of it.
Time stalked away, using his scythe
ns usual. The funeral was over. Search
was ioado for the will. Mrs. Spear was
declared heiress to all, and Miss Curtis,
who still occupied tho house, was noti
fied to leave.
Fat Mrs. Spear waddled about tho I
Louse ami talked of the changes she
would make; and Theresa Curt is sought
cabman to convey her trunks ton
cheap boHrding-house.
She was livc-and -forty, and had lived
with Miss Dillingham for lifieen years.
Her wages as companion had allowed
her to accumulate a few pounds, but
sho had hod "expectations."
In her kind heart she never reproach
ed Miss Dillingham for having left them
unfulfilled. And sometimes as she trot
ted about answering advertisements and
failing to please", it occurred to her that
when they met in heaven they would
have a great deal to talk over.
"I know she's sorry sho didn't mako
a will," thought poor Theresa, "and 1
shall tell her just how Sally Spear took
on herself. I'm sure she'll be glad I hid
the cabinet."
And yet the deed troubled her.
At last Theresa found a situation as
nursery governess. They were five
children to teach, dress, and walk out
with. They had been used to a cherry
cheeked, light-handed girl, and teased
the serious middle-aged woman all day
long. Still she bore it, until nt last
mmma declared that she had no disci
pline, and oiico more she went in search
f an employer.
Sho found an old lady who wanted a
companion, hut, alas! someone unlike
gtM.d Miss DiUiiiL'hani a fashionable!
oid lady who desired to havo her hair
dressed in the latest style, and lo
have
her lap-dog curled and combed; w ho
went to balls presumably to chaperon , best in tho country. His sentiment was
ier granddaughters, and returned in pure and his diction perfect. I had
Hie early morning expecting to llud her never seen him, and he became so pop
"companion" wide awake. ular that nt the request of my wife! in-
Dress-niaking, embroidery, and lace-' vited hint to visit us. There was nothing
making were required; reading until particularly striking in bis appearanco,
say Lour of th night when the old lady but his eyes bad a dreamy, linger-
by chance retirca cany. Ana all ended,
In an izcominous reproof ntnl dismissal.
. After this a school received Miss Tho
(ta io iu bosom.
She endeavored to tench the English
branches and received no salary. Fi
aallj. sheriff Appeared on the scene,
and tbe poor lady fled before him with
her trunks; and so from year to year ill
luck pursued her, nntil, in the end, it
eeurred to her to "go out nursing."
Having a kind heart and a licht step,
she iunuiieu to live nt thin, tt wiui a 1
kard life, but sho kept it up for 5 years;
and nil this whilo tho cabinet still re-
mained where ho had put it, in the bot-
torn of her black trunk
It wa9 tho yellow onn thnt sho carried
about with nor; tho black onn watt
stored in tho garrct-room in which alio
slept when not enyajed. Sometimes
sho looked at it, ana always with shanio
and contrition. Scrupulously moral nil
her life before, slut had at last broken a
moral law. Religious n n woman could
bo until that day, she had at leant crack
ed n commandment.
Tho cabiuct was square and mad of
cbouv. It had a central receptacle,
with" a door which remained always
locked. Tho kev had not been in it
when sho carried it upstairs. There
were also several shelves and drawers, et that has a rope for hoisting, drop
and it was very handsome; but when over, and soon find yourself at the bot
Theresa had a room to put it in, she toni. Then your business is. to knock
feared questions; and when she had 0(j- ai many oysters as you cau, nnd pile
none, naturally a cabinet was useless, them into' the basket before you loso
This garret was a mero nbiding-place your wind. It is a terrible strain, but I
for a dav or two at a time; and for this COuld stand it in those days for six inin
sho hail lo.st her clear conscience for, nteHi nn,i I have known some men who
this! j could stand down ten; but it is sure
At last, nine years after Miss Pilling-; death in the long run. If the ground is
ham's death, tho final blow came. Poor Vv stocked ou can get twenty or more
Miss Curtis having nursed a patient mIr-Us, but U is ail luck. When the
happily through a fever, succumbed to basket is full it is hauled up, and after
it, and was taken to a hospital. y0u come up fur your wind, down you
There in the delirium of fever, the ,,,, a2rajn, the sinker being hauled up
cabinet irrew to be of immense import-i with'"a small cord for that mirpose. It
auee.
She talked of it, raved of it, accused
herself of theft, and finally opened her
heart to the old clergyman who had been
called to inquire into her troubled con-,
science.
The delirium had p issed and hw was
very feeble, but she managed to tell her
fale.
"You see." she said, "I thought dear
Miss pillinghani would have liked me
to have it, but after a whilo I began to
fM thftt ,t was MrSpcnr's-tbat I was
r t)kif Jt,8 worn on m0i Rm, lat(1
Jf linHmt ot MM PiDinzlmm. She ;
comes and says: 'Why did you do it, 1
Theresa?' Sho comes and says: 'Unlock!
the cabinet.' Once she said only: 'What;
T" ...
'"t n,v eouk ')n ,'0('- ",fT,,t you help!
r,,u to ","'( wn:1 N,) 'hine? Won'" you
j);ive t( cabinet brought here and ask '
I inly! 'Wliai ft puyi i ieei as ii in
, thocftUm
. aml ru
give
It, i1M,. m
I "i lint may pernaps no me oesi way,
j if it troubles you so." said the old man,
"if von think yon did wrong."
I And he hurried away to see that what
j she had asked was done.
lie brotiL'ht her the cabinet, and he
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......tr... ...... I TVfi 1 lil limrli.mi'4 heir.j4.
er.
The .' 1 clergyman told thf story tend
erly, and Mr.;. Spear listened, wiping
her e ves.
"Why. Th'M- 'sa Curtis, I'm sure yon
were quite wt .come." she said. "I
missed the ca' in't, but I supposed Cous
in l'illinzliaiii nad given it to you. Keep
it; keeo'it."
"No: tak if," sobbed Mi"s Curtis. "Ij
i know I sto it, say wh.it you may." I
I S.'ie pusb.al the cabinet Jeebiy toward
, the hiily in her velvets and brocades.
! and the ia :er took it.
I "Why, now. how particular!" said,
she. 'Til do it to pica -u you. And!
i when you get well yfm in-i mike me a
' visit. 1 declare I've irot tl.. key of that!
cabiuct on'.my key-ring. Never knew
what it belonged to. There's something
in it. Let's ae what it is."
She unlocked the door of the shining
little case, taking tho key from her pock
et to do so, and a little" letter case fell
out, and it was a letter. It was address
ed to Miss Theresa Curtis.
"Why, you've left a letler here, said
Mrs. Spear cheerfully. "Havo you got
another key?"
"A letter?" cried poor Theresa, turn
ing frightfully pale. "Read it to mo,
Dr. Good."
The clergyman opeuod tho letter.
"t)i:.K TllEItliSA,' It brn, "I feel n
Htiuniii' prcHoiitimcnt Hint I nlii.ll rile anon. It
I HhmiM not leave a will you II have nothlnir.
On i ho other sltleof this nhcct I Iihvo mu'lu it
ns well uh I knew how. All I left lo you. I
Iihvo imlxxly else, and 1 li nut love bully
Hpcar. If Ihlxqucorfcellnir passesclf I'll send
tor a lawyer iu llio morniiiir. If not, iroort-liye.
You're u dear oul, nud I in (run 1 to Ii hvo you
ooiiifoiiiiliie."
"It is a perfect will," remarked the
clergyman, looking on the other side ot
tbo paper. "Doubtless it would have
oeen sumcieni. ,
Mrs. Spear sank into a chair. There
sa Curtis tried to lift herself nn her el
bow. "I've been rich all this weary time,"
she said, "and if I'd left the cabinet
alone tiie w ill would have been found
See what I did. Take warning!" Take
warning!"
She sank back.
"Why, the money and everything is
yours now," said Mrs. Spear dolefully.
"I'm not one to go against the will ot
the dead. Though why she disliked
me I don't know. It's startling, but
I'll give up everything I why, Ther
esa Curtis, what is i'?''
Miss Curtis was pointing straight bo
fore her.
"Don't you see her?" she said.
"Don't you hear her? Sho says: 'I've
come for you, Theresa I always told
you what a goose you were.' I've yes,
I'm coming, dear, I'm coming."
She paused. An utter silence follow
ed, and the nurse stepped forward soft
ly and laid a handkerchief across hoi
lace.
Sho was dead.
An Editor Who Was Down on Poetry.
"So you don't publish poetry in your
papor, colonel," said an acquaintance
to an Arkansaw editor.
"No, sir; I stopped some timo ago,
but at ono time my paper was known
for its poetic contributions. I had ono
contributor whose work ranked with tbe
ing expression that greatly pleased my
"Didn't you like him?" asked tho ac
quaintance when the colonel paused.
"Liked him well enough at first, bnt
ho insulted mo."
"How?"
"Why, sir, tho second night after his
arrival he got up whilo I was asleep and
stolo my bunday breeches. Since then
1 have not printed a line of poetry."
LUlkllock QazctU.
8iitT Feet Under the Sea.
'I was onno a diver not a wrecker
but a pc.arl diver and hard business it
WttS(" recently observed tho captain of
a Spanish briz to a reporter of thoCali
fornia Times. "Wo worked off tho Mex
ican and Panama coasts, principally on
tlio Pacific side. Sometimes wo worked
alone, but generally on shares and some
times for pay. We wont to tho grounds
in small sailing vessels, then wc took to
the small boats and covered ns much
around as possible. Kach man had a
bariket, a weight, and a knife. For
sharks? Yes; but it is a poor defense,
for it is almost impossible to .swing tho
arm with any force under water. Tho
best wennon is a short spear. When
you reach tlio ground you strip, pui
your feet in a biz sinker, tako the b:uk
was on one of these trips that I ran afoul
of the animal that gave me a lasting
fight. You will smile when 1 say it was
onlv a star fish, but that it really was.
WPt down sixty feet with a rush and,
landing on the edge of a big branch of
(!oral, swung oil' into a kind of basiu.
i'ho b:wKet went ahead of me, and, as I
'swung oft' to reach the bottom, some-
thing seemed to sprinz up all around
pie, and I was in the arms of some kind
pf n monster that coiled about my body,
arms a
-,.ui,1?
my wb
vnd lczs. 1 tried to scream, for-
Z that 1 was in the water, and lost
iud. It was iust as if tho plant
w .
bad sprouted under me and then threw
its vines and tendrils about me. There
were thousands of them coiling and
winning, aim i inuiini i miu lanuuu in
a nest of sea snakes.' I gave tho si:
a,s soon as I could, nnd made a br
upward, part of the creature cliugin;
gave mo siznai
eak
upward, part ot me creature cuuging to
uie, whilo the rest, I coulil see, was
dropping to pieces. They hauled me
iuto the boat, when I reached the sur
face, and pulled the main part of the
animal from nio. It was oval, about
three feet across, and the five arms
seemed to divide into thousands of oth
ers. I probably landed on top of that
one, whieli at that time wad tho largest
I had ever seen. I afterward saw tho
body of one that was washed ashore on
tho Isthmus that must have had a spread
of thirty-live feet. Their power of
gratfpinz is considerable, but touch them
in a certain way and they throw oil' their
arms i:i a regular shower, and tiro soon
redu'-vd to an oval body.
Trauk Frayne's Eifla.
The Wnjon With Which Mi-.s Von Buhren wal
KilleJ Dcla. ed lo Have Been Badly Neglected.
Wfu n Frank Yr. tie, the actor who
shot Mi.-s Von I'ehrcn at the Coliseum
theatre Thanksgiving day, was acquit
ted by Judge Iliglcy in tho police court
he stepped into the ollice of the chief of
police. There he met Sergt. Iennin
ger, whoso duty it had been to arrest
him, and to him ho gave the fatal ritle,
with tho remark that he appreciated tho
officer's kindness and uoiieacy, and
wished him to keep it as a memorial of
the sad occasion. Tho sergeant has re
cently had tho gun examined by John
Gintor, turnkey at Bremen street sta
tion, and an ofd and experienced gun
smith, and it was found to be in a
very bad condition, and much in need
of repairs. It will be remembered that
at the coroner's inquest Mr. Frayne
sworo that a few minutes before ho fired
tho deadly shot ho examined tho weap
on, finding it in good condition.
Tlio turnkey discovered that tho lever
screw, or tho screw uniting the barrel
to the stock, and upon which it turns
like a pivot, was very much worn and
bunt. So long had it" been used that tho
head was almost smooth, so that the
screw driver could scarcely be held in
it. This little bit of stccf is about two
inches long, and when takf n out it Is
so bent that it is arched, (iinter says
that if the spring which broke, causing
the terrible accident, was in the same
neglected condition, tho only wonder is
that tho slip did not take plaCo long be
fore. He is of tho opinion that when
the screw is in place if tho curve were
up it, would place tho barrel in such ft
position as to render the catching of it
by tho spring an impossibility,, thus de
flecting the barrel from a straight line
with tno stock, and iu tho effort to press
it into place tho spring might have
been broken, or at least strained. Not
only is tho screw out of order, but the
needlo which is driven forward by tho
trigger, discharging the gun, strikes, as
can easily bo seen, in the wrong place.
It should strike tho cap of tho cartridge
fair in tho center, but instead of so do
ing it hits it on tho side.
In reply to tho question as to what
he intended to do with tho rifle, Sergt.
Itenninger said that he would havo it
sent to a locksmith, put in thorough
good order, and instead of keeping it as
a curiosity would put it to a practical
uso in hunting and target shooting. Ho
takes a great deal of prido iu tho weap
on, and loves to linger on the tragic do
tails of tho story when he tells how it
camo in his possession. When the lev
er screw ami spring arc renewed, ho
thinks he will have as good a ffun as
tlioro is in tho country, in spite of its
six years' theatrical service CVwci'n-
VII H UaZi'tlr.
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bo your lawful and wedded wife, t
freeze to her through thick and thin
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morning", furnish rations regularly,
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answered "Yes." it is unnecessary to
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placed him under bonds more irksome
than those of a hymeneal nature.
Bt. Jo2eph, Mo., had a destructive fire
Woiinrailav mornlnc. Included in the
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known as the great THROUGH CAR LINE .
'Finest Equipped Railroad In
T. J. POTTER, 3d Vice-Pres't and Qen'l Manager.
,7MO UNACQUAINTED WITH THE
SZS BY EXAMINING
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i 1 Minneapolis
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y,
Being the Creat Central Line, affords to travelers, by reason of its unrivaled geo
graphical oosltlon, the shortest and best route between the East, Northeast and
Southeast, and tho West, Northwest and Southwest.
It is literally and strictly true, that its connections are all of the principal tines
of road between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
By its main line and branches It reaches Chicago, Jollet, Peoria, Ottawa,
La Salle, Ceneaeo, Moline and Rock Island, In Illinois Davenport, Muscatine,
Washington, Keokuk, Knoivllle, Oskatoosa, Fairfield, Des Moines, West Liberty,
Iowa City, Atlantic, Avoca, Audubon, Harlan, Guthrie Center and Council Clufls,
In Iowa Callatlrt, Trenton, Cameron -nd Kansas City, In Missouri, and Leaven
worth and Atchison In Kansas, and the hundreds Of cities, villages and ton ns
Intermediate. The
"CREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE,"
As It Is familiarly called, offers to travelers all the advantages and comforts
Incident to a smooth track, safe bridges. Union Depots at all connecting points,
Fast Express Trains, composed of COMMODIOUS, WELL VENTILATED, WELL
HEATED, FINELY UPHOLSTERED and ELEGANT DAY COACHE8 a line Of the
MOST MACNIFICENT HORTON RECLINING CHAIR CARS ever built PULLMAN'S
latest designed and handsomest PALACE SLEEPING CARS, and DINING CARS
that are acknowledged by press and people to be the FINEST RUN UPON ANY
ROAD IN THE COUNTRY, and In which superior meals are served to travelers at
the low rate of SEVENTY-FIVE CENT8 EACH.
THREE TRAINS each way between CHICACO and the MISSOURI RIVER.
TWO TRAINS each way between CHICAGO and MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL,
via the famous
ALBERT LEA ROUTE.
A New and Direct Line, via Seneca and Kankakee, has recently been'opened,
between Newport News, Richmond, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and La Fayette,
and Council Bluffs, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Intermediate points.
All Through Passengers carried on Fast Express Trains.
For more detailed Information, see Maps and Folders, which may be obtained, as
well as Tickets, at all principal Tloket Offices In the United States and Canada, or of
R. R. CABLE, E. ST. JOHN,
Vice-Pres't ft Cen'l Manager, CenM T'k't A Pass'r Ag't,
CHICAGO
M. KNEUSSL'S
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ltort j'iO invp constantly on tini.il a iarr; ai:d well selected stock ol
DRUGS CHEMICALS.
All the lit a.i'l nopuiar I'atcnt Meit'.cines. K-ctrncts ami 6plces fur culinary us.
"Perfumery, Polishes, and Fancy Articles for the Toilet.
Paints, Oils, VarnishesWindow Glass, &c.
Particular Attention given to the Coinpoauding of Physicians Frescriition.
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For the MARKET CARDENER
For the PRIVATE FAMILY
Crown by ourselves w our own
:rHniuUome Illustrated Catalogue and Kurol Register FREE TO AIX. v
WEHCHANTS, MEND US YOI.'tt BUSINESS CARDS FOR TRADE MST.
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COINC NORTH AND SOUTH.
Solid 1 tains of Eleeant Day Coaches and Pull
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man Palace Sleeping Cars are run daily to and
from St. Louis, via Hannibal, Ouincv, Keokuk,1
Burlintrton. Cedar Kuoirts and Allien Lea to 8t.l
Paul and Minneapolis: Parior Cars with Koclinlne
Chain to and from bt. Louis and Peoria and to
and from St. Louis and Ottumwa. Only one
change of cars between St. Louis and Des
Moines, Iowa, Lincoln, Nebraska, and JJenver.'
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It is universally admitted to be the
the World for all Classes of Travel.
PERCEVAL LOWELL, Gen. Pass. Ag't, Chicago
CEOCRAPHV OF TMI8 COUNTRY, WILL
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