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AVID C. SHELTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
COLOMBIA, TEN'S.,
Will emetic iu (he Courts of Maury and lb
adjoining Counties. Office second door from
nest corner. Whitthorne Block. an
Charles clear
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Columbia, Teun.
Fjec;al attention given to the collection ol
claims. 3pni;u,y.
J.
T. L. COCHRAN,
ATTOrtSEY AT LAW,
AMI CENLRAL COLLECTING
AGENT
COLIMMA, TENN.
MarchjrT.
JoiIN B. BOND,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE.
Prompt attention given to' Collections.
de
A.
jr. hughes,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
COLUMBIA, TENN.
Will attend all the Courts to be holdcn fj
Mmitv and adjoining counUos.
Ormx W hitthorne Mock. j Febit 71
Pillow & Alexander,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Will practice in the several Courts of Matirr
and joining Counties.
declO-tl
raiiH t- ci'rihix. c. o. kk-holsom.
Q.ORDON & NICHOLSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBIA, TENS
Will practice in the several Courts of Maury
d4 adjoining cams tic.
mr Prompt attention given to collection of
Claims.
y.Hy3l-CI.
. VANCE THOMPSON,
ATTORXEY AXD COUNSELLOR
A T LA W.
C'ice on Garden Street, nearly wct and oppo
site Masonic Hall.
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE.
Will practice in Supreme and Federal Courts
in si.vii!c, ana in tne tiaccery and Circuit
Courts of Maurvand aiijuinidg counties.
l ea. 5, lXK-.-'tf
(l . P. EMERSON.
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR
AT LAW,
COLUMBIA, TENN.
Will practice in the several Courts of Maury
t i-i t ijo;n;r:)r Counties, and in the Supreme
d federal Courts at Nashville. Prompt at
tention civen to colleeiions. Office in Lawyer's
lil.ick. Wit Marketjstrect, same formerly oc
t c; ied by Frierson A Fleming. marlSy
K. V. Ci i ki r.r.
'.. Macs. Cti-ikt.
P. CYPERT & BRO.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
".V"'
V'lrYl, ifH lifAAff.
Irncti.-e
in the Circuit and Chancery
: Wayne ar.J the aaioiDina counties,
1 the supreme and rederal dur-s at
i. CVliejiijOs promptly attended to.
1 . tf.
John g. horsley,
Justice of the
'cace,
AND ITELIC ADMINISTRATOR.
C'J'nnbii, Turn.
Mj.-'T.i? Hall.
C. DOKSETT, M. D.,
-1 ''a'.'.-rn M Profe5onal services
:b rlh'.lCALLY and MEDICALLY to
t1' tiiets 'fColambla and vicinity.
.ri v r f, te t the M snnic Ua;l. corner
f V t M4-.11 and li:ir i n streets. here he
l.:it r f.und night d:iv. Imv.iJ. tt
II. s. cox,
Physician and Surgeon,
OiTiee-Wliittliomo I31ock
rriLUMBIA.
TESX.
Ja'v
I)?.. J. P. HERN DON,
SURGEON DENTIST,
OCice Piiotosra;
COLUMBIA,'
h GatU-ry,
TENN. '
D
i:. SAMUEL BK'KNELL,
DENTIST.
Hv.-.rs j.-ru;anett'y located id Co'tinibU
an?. u:.c- U' t tie p:bii'.' thm he is prepared to
srr them in the various branciies of Denit
y. ii a sktilful and scientific manner. His
jrc be as nvjderate as circuixutaoce.s
w. i i::t.
Oii'-e. in Whitthoene Bl' k.
Jarv. 1 1. l-?ij.
S. U. rtiELL.
8. W S-TEKJJt
I1 USSELL & STEELE,
HEAL ESTATE AGENTS,
f'.r tiie
SALE, PURCHASE AND RENTIN
Of All D' cr:j't;ons of Pr"perty,
CoLlUBta.TtNSF-SSKI.
0:ce -Whitthornc Uiock. oc2ljn
ooks! rooks:: books:::
TERIODICALS,
STATIONERY, WALL PAPER,
Wind- w Shades, News, Nations, Ac, at
II. E X CLE'S,
West Side Piih'i-Square,
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE.
JACOB HARRIS,
t a 1 1. o 1: ,
C'.I.l MBIA, TENN.
ut tin? done in the most fashionable manner,
ari 1 warranted to fit.
Cic.ir.ing and Repairing done in an aecepta
1!' ii:anner. on fhort n ti'-e.
'T If you want a Sui tand.-ouie.ly made to
erl r. brir.g me the cloth.
Shop Two doors above the NcL-on IIoue
May21.1S71. ly.
h RANKLIN HOUSE.
Colambia, Tennncssee.
Laving refill d and taken charge of this II"-
1, 1 solicit a share of public patronage. My
'.. e shall be supplied ith tlieWt the'market
''fds. LiMlgicgs clean and comfortable,
l'r: tn suit the time.
J i'v'.S tf JAMES L. GUEST.
ARIiLE WORKS
WILLIAM
SHIRLEY,
J' W. Bland's old Shop, ,.11 the Mt. Pleasant
'. near the Institute, where I t-ball keep on
-Monuments
and tombstones,
Work made to order. Ornamental or Plain.
All work Warranted to give sati.faetion
limestone made t order. June ao-Jy
Jl,v C, La.ntaki-i.h, J. M o k Caiu.i , t
f
t;
t
JAXCAS TER A: CABLER,
I
t-'AKPEXTI-:il.S MI LLW1UU HTS.
OAuiii'j'ia, Tm negate.
u'V"" a'nt- t'lf the Amerinin Turbine Water
l."'ei,tue ht-.-t l.r;m.l.- of Loltiug CI th. all
! J
I , r urnhmir inai hinery. Belting,
-, .aw miiis mil .-steam tngiues.
auyj. tf.
M.
JOSPEll
"HMhis dny opened a largo nock of Fall
'-'1 n inter Uoo.is, ,-u' h as
LiiY GOODS,
CLoTHIN'i,
HATS,
FURS,
NOTION'S, FANCY GOODS. Ac, Ac.
jl
'
Pf L V1 " my ft," k n w'" purchased
. 1 ,-r' advance in the eastern markets.
1;-y houe
t determined to sui-tain the reoutilion of
. I VonZl in
mc bei ana cneauest i.lacr to
D
-Alfreci Ilorsloy.
J ROSENTHAL & BRO.
Are now rocoiring their Fall 6tock of
Staple and Fancy Goods,
Consisting of
I Gent's Ladles' and Misses' SHOVS.
BLANKETS, SHAWLS, HATS,
CAPS AXD FURS.
Onr Stock f
HEX'S ASI DOT'S WEAK
Is the largest and mot t nttraetim ,., i,ri,f
to Columbia. Wear HhiIv nwivit .11 ,k
Goods in our line of trade, and offering them
t prices to -lt-use.
EXCLUSIVELY FOR CASH.
We h,r. ,,r.,l ft,. ,f. i,rv
ly to wait on all who may give him a call.
cepi. . ,m
QREAT INDUCEMENTS
OFFERED TO THE LADIES
OF COLUMIBA AND MAURY
COUNTY, AND THEIR
SURROUNDING S.
Thankful for the very liberal patronage of
the past, and being desirous to retain theeame
MRS. M. RUTTLE
hMjuft returned from the Eastern Markets,
from which was selected a very choice and at
tractive stock of goods, consisting of
Laities' IIat3 and Bonnets, of all
the new makes, loth French
anl American, suitable
for the Fall & Winter
Tratle.
New Dres Goods, a great variety, such as
SILK.S,
JAPANESE SILKS,
IRISH TOPLINS,
PLAIDS, striped nd plain,
RESS P0PI.I NS, all cheip.
runs i on ladies' i misses
at such jirircs that all can buy.
LADIES' AND MISSES BOOTS A SHOE 3
Direct from the factories, new f tylc.and cheap
ALSO A LARGE LOT OF TOYS A PRES
KNTS FOP. THE HOLIDAYS.
Ail of the above Goods were I'urchaseJ for
CASH AT REDUCED TRICES, and will be
fold at the SMALLEST PROFITS FR CASH.
Be sure to call and toe us. as we will try and
please you. It is no trouble to show our good.
Recollect the place. M- RUTTLE.
South side Wept Market St.,
Sei-t. l.V ."ro. Columbia. Tenn.
T. S. Oil B'linets and Hats shaped and
tr'mmc l to look like new.
TAG ON !
111 G OSS ! WA G OXS !
The i.ttention of thnfe defiring t purehsc
are invited to the fart that I am agent tor the
OHIO FALL CO. WAG OXS'
The be.-t and cheapest 5a the market.
Call nr. d eiaiiiijc them.
I have Uo a I.ire f ock of
JIAKDWAliE,
fU'h
HOKS, SHOVELS, SPADES,
AXES
tVc.
l'low-Gcar, Leather, !?ailles,
15riilks, Harness,
Sa.lJIer's
a nil Shtw-MaV-e r' Findings
which I am selling
Very Cheap!
T. .1. HELM.
Eel). 1M, Wl.
JpLOURIMr JIILLS
FOR SALE.
'TMIE UNDERSIGNED DESIRE TO M
X fise of their Steam Flourng Mills at Plea-'-ant
irove, imiuediately on the Na-hville and
I'eatur lUilrmd. The FiirroundiDg country
is one of the finest wheat -gron wz actions in
1De State, and the bent Southern markets are
n eacy and soeedy connection- The Mills will
'e soid for money, on time, or real estate.
Apply to DR. J. T. AKIN.
JLsAND POSTED.
The nnd"ri(rned do herehv -warn all per-nti
not to hunt or otherwise trurpas.' upon their
lremies. All offenders will bo prosecuted to
the extent of t lie law.
E. AI.EXANKEK, Jr.,
T. B. jtLKXAXDEIt,
ti. W. ALE'XANDEB,
A.J. ALEXANDER,
KEUBEN POLK.
.Tune 1, 1S71.
NOTICE.
HAVING DISSOLVED "PARTNERSHIP
with Mr.Sliirley, I would respectfully in
form my old customers and the public general
ly, that I have moved my stock of Marble t"
oiith Main street, near the Square, where I
will be pleased to we all who desire work in my
line, and will furnish work
AT LOUISVILLE PRICES.
filial! alwavs keen a lot of Desicns on hand
that will enable me to plea.se the most fastidi
. mis. All work done promptly, and warranted
t please. T. J. CANTERBURY.
1 Columbia, Jan. 20. Wl-ly
rpEMPLE OF
Fashion !
Xext door to Xelson House.
ESTA TIC SUA VIXG.
HAIR CUT I'HRENCLOGICALLY.
J We Exhibitthe Moral Intellect of Gentlemen.
GENTLEMEN, Y OU CAN NEVER EN
joy pood health while your head is thick
ly covered with hair. Tberetore pive us
all and we will have you a heavy doctor's
bill, by pivinp you a handiHimo trim in the
latest btyle.
Shampooing neatly done. Warm and cold
Hatha at any time.
Razors sharpened in the best order.
Keruetiber the place: rext door to Nelson
House, Columbia, Tenn.
CAP HARDEMAN.
March 111. i.i. 1 roprieuir.
"
J. P. CHOAl E.
BEN LIPSCOMB.
LIVERY & SALE
j STAEiLE,
KOLUMBIA, - - - - TENNESSEE.
W. C. Shepparda Old Stand,
(OI'POSITE BANK OF" "OLl TMUIA.J
'WTE TAKE PLEASURE J fAt !.'.. JU
V the public that we hav. opened a Livery
end Sale Stable at . C. Shcpiv ra s 01a stana,
with an
ENTIRE NEW OUTFIT!
Our Buppies and Harness are N.E , and our
llor. - ies are the
Uest to be had in the t?tato.
We esnecjallv ak the neoiJc of Ottmibia to
' call and examine our siocK, and the citizens 01
-eU-e ye prepared
we are prvparcu 10
COLUMBIA
I''- -
NEW
Family Grocery !
JOSEPH X. WALKER,
lias just opened a Yaricty Store upon the
KORTHWKST SIDE PCBL1C StlCARB,
In the house formerly occupied by M. Joseph
as a iiotuing More.
. Families can here find everything they need
in the SUDIiIv ltn. mhieh f will tuke irrpul
pleasure ia delivering to their homes, free of
euarge, to any point within the corporate lim
ns. egetatilen of all kinds.
from our
ana tne Northern market.
iruit, green and dried, Fresh
Jiutter and Eggs, Poultry,
Flour, Meal, Shorts,
Bran, Bacon,
LEGAL TENDER AND COUNTRY nAMS,
UBS, BUCKET,
Tinware, Nail, Confectioneries,
AND
II E A V Y (ROC E R I E 8 .
And a great many things too tedious to men
tion, but no trouble to show to those who call
upon us whether they buy or not. I have the
best article of Coal Oil in the city.
J. K.I. A MR. Established ISoi I.. A. BOYD.
LVMT3 fc BOYD,
Manufacturers of
Furniture, Sasli
DOORS AND BLINDS,
Also, dealers in
Mattresses, Spring Bed Bottoms
and Chairs.
All our work Warranted to be of Good Materia
and by the Best Workmen.
We wih to call jour especial attention to th
superior
WOODEN CASES & CASKETS
That wo have on hand and aro constantly
making. We challenge the world to produce
anything superior either iu Workmanship,
Stylo i'r Durability. Call and see lor your
selves and be convinced that w can make a
FINER and MuRE DURA RLE Wooden Coffin
than is made Nort h of the Unio River, and
J5y Buying from I'x You Slop Your
Money at Home !
We also deal in the Best
M ETA LIC CASES AND CASKETS.
Made bv the celebrated house of Crane, Breed
i Co.. Cincinnati, ).
Everything sold Low to suit the
hues.
Orders from a d
tane solicited and prompt
ly attended to.
x
Wm. Maksuall.
r'. A. i.toMI AKn.
T
II E
Columbia Foundry
WILL BE KEPT IN FULL BLAST DURING
THE YEAR 1ST1, BY
XXarsliall & Co.
I yE WOULD INFORM OUR FRIENDS
and the PuMie that we are in readineas,
is heretofore .to do repairing en all kinds of n a-
tbinerv. from a tU'Kiu eceine down to a corn
ni:1!. e K. eo on hand an continue Ui'iti-'
all descriptions ot
Castings in Iron and Bra.-s.
Si'.oli as
M A C II I NER Y CA STI X i S.
For winch purpose we have a larne stock oi
patterns, an.l ar.' prepared to make others when
requited. A!'.. a lare van-ty of
HOLLOW WARE, IRON FENCING. GRATE
BARS AND GIN GEARING.
We will se'l all our work and do all n pairirjra
NASHVILLE PRICES,
F' r the same kind and quality of work, for
CASH ANDCASli O.NLV.ortl esaine amount
in iron or brass, which we will take the same
as cash in exchange, lor work or ware. Weare
compelled to adopt this plan in self-defence, as
we catoot sustain our business otherwise. A
word to the wise is suflicicut ; ti.eri-fore, don t
ask us for c-e-iit during the year 171. Come
and see r.s and pive us a trial before you po to
a-hvi.lc and pay the shine prices, with freight
and exjience addnl.
All parties indebted to ns for I ho year l'-TO
wi'l please come forwupl and .- sttle before Jan
uary lsth. or they will Cud tlieir bil'.f in the
li.ii . of an 1 fii r altir that date.
Shop near IL R. Depot, Colunib a, Tenn.
I ATENT
.SILVER MOULD WHITE WIRE
C LOTH KS LI N E !
To the .'f..V of Mriry nt
Adjoining
TV. ASK THE '"RIVII.EGK OK S0I.1C-
itinp your attention to our new qtla.ity
of Clothes Line W ire, manufactured in su a a
manner, of white 'uetjllic siib-tanee, that it is
prevented from ever corroding or chanpini;
Irom its beautiful white color during any nutn
ber of venrs. We guarantee it to be per-tua!-ly
infallible apainst rust, and r.f'er you have
used it we are confident that you will concur
wiih the statements of thousands of families
loud 111 its praise who have it iu u-e.
The following are the advantap-s pained by
using those Patent White Wire Clothes Lines:
1-t. They are truly an ornament wherever
placed, alw'ays retaining that slnninpwbitenes.
are forever clean and never have to be tiiken in.
no matter what the weather may be, water or
frost cannot eflect them.
ii. The durability of this Wire Line is one of
t'ic preatest considerations, as it will last from
thirty 10 fifty years, and during tliat tmie you
will wear out a treat many coinmoa lines, be
sides being obliged to put up with an immense
amount of trouble with them.
:;d. After it is put up and wipd ofT it is al
ways clean, while a rope line in more or less
exposed to dust and dirt and most be washed
before if is used or it wilt soil the clothes.
4th. By actual experience it is found to be by
far the cheapest clothes line, besides it great
convenience. This will last a lifetime.
lib. Yon can never Lang it too heavily with
thes. .
6th. Another of tl..' chief advantapefl or this
line over the rope line is, that clothes of any kind
will net freeze to it in cold weather, and the
fiuest fabrics can be removed at any tiuie w ith
out injury. A rope line will always absorb
more or fe moisture from the clothes, and in
cold weather will freeze thrnuph and through,
and thin articles cannot be removed without a
liability of tearing them. While the wire being
of a pure metallic substance docs not absorb
the biightest moisture, consequently there can
not be trost cnoinvliforrned U cause au adhesion,
and even the rine.U gauze can be removed from
the line without injuring it in the lea.t.
Ttii. The alkalies now being used in the pat
ent soaps have net the least eU'ect on the White
ire Lines. They dry quick and escape.
bth. It will .ive"you it. price in saving you
time and trouble every six months you ow n it.
Mil. It never w ill break and drop clothes in
tr. the mud. The old roe line is frequently the
cause of a whole day extra washing. Thisone
thing alone is enough to condemn the oi l style
ol lines l'srever. and call into reqnbitiou an ar
ticle that is free from al! sticIi provoking annoy
ances, soinetliinl trotig, clean and durable
(jet the Patent Everlasting White Wire Line,
tbi a you haie. it right.
Price 3 cents per foot.
G. W. KING A Co., Manufacture! , Phil'a.
KorsaleinCoIumbi by S. JOKDAV.
Febl7-tf AT MARTIN A; PICKARIS.
-JIPSCOMB BROTHERS,
GROCERS, COMMISSION MER
CHANTS, AI
Wholesale LquorJ
COLUMBIA, TENN.,
Keep on band all kinds Field Seed at very
low prices.
Everything New Lvervtliingbought low for
Cabh aud everything sold low
FOR CASH.
Oct, 27. 1H71-1V.
rpo TRAVELLERS.
THE NELSON HOUSE,
COLUMBIA. TENN.,
H. EDSALL, -
rnopRiHTOR.
and comfortable beds
Keeps goid tables, clean
and rooms, and
the
best of servants, nil at
inov. IS. '70.
modern le prices.
JkTOTICE.
The undersigned hereby give notice that all
persons aro turlddden to huutor otherwise tres
pass upon their lauds; any person so bunting
or trespassing will be prosecuted to the extent
ofthelaw. JHI1SH. BROWN.
CALAImiXIA BROWN,
11. A. DBOWN,
Octo-. VV. 11. MILLIARD.
COLUMBIA; TENNESSEE, NOVEMBER 10, 1S71.
PRISCILLA.
The tralnwl novel-read era, those
who have nitule a buxineaa of It (if
any siiii h nIiouM honor thin poor little
story witli their nttention,) will
frliinrc down the opeifcinK paragraphs
lor a ilfstcnption 01 tne ucroiuc
trt'sst'st. The oiH'iiinr wutences : of
Miss P.raiMon are onoii'fh to show-
how iniportiiittn thing a head of hair
is in the irt'ttinst ui of a heroine for
the iioiiulai- market. Rut its my
hcniine is not jjotton up forthe intirk-
vt, nail itsi leaimot jmssiihly n iiH'UilH r
fVt'ti the color of her hair or her eyes
as I reeall her now, I fear I fhall uis-
apjioint the "iirofi-ssioual," whose
never feel that they have a complete
heroine till the "long waving tresses
of raven darkness, reaching nearly to
the ground, enveloping her as with a
cloud,'' have lieen urtistieally stuck
on lv the author. But le it 'knowu
that I take Priseilla from memory
and not from imagination. And the
memory of Priscilla, the best girl in
the school, the most gifted, the meet
modest, the most gentle and true, is ta
memory too sacred to be trilled with
I would not mnke one hair light or
tlark, I would not change the shading
of the eye-brows. Priscilla Is Prlseilia
forever, to all who knew iier. -Ana
as I cannot tell the precise color of
Iter nair ami eves. 1 shall not invent
:i shade for them. I rememiier that
she was on the blonde side of the grand
division line. But she wits not blonde
She was Priscilla- I mean to say
that since vou never lived in that dear
Id fog v Ohio River village of New
Oeneva, and since, cotiseiiiienUy, you
never knew our Priscilla, no words of
mine can make vou exactly timier-
stand her. Was she handsome? N
yes. She was "jinilier-jawed," that
is, her lower teeth shut a little outside
hcruiiiHT. Her complexion was not
faultless. Her face would not bear
criticism. And yet thvre is not one
of her old schoolmates that will not
vow that she was beautiful. And
indeed she was. For she was Priscil
la. Audi never can make you un
derstand it.
As Priscilla was always w illing to
obligcanv one, it was only natural
enough that Mrs. Lesion should send
for her to help entertain the Marquis,
It was a curious chance that threw
the young Manjuisd'Entrcmont for a
w noie summer into die socieiy 01 our
little village. His uncle, who was his
guardian, a pious ahbrf wishing to
remove him from Paris to get him
out of socialistic influences, had sent
him to New Orleans, consigned to the
care of the great banking-house ol
Challeau, La'ort et Compagtiie. Not
liking to take the chances of yellow
fever in the summer, he had resolved
to journey to the north, and as Chal
leau, Iiforl cl Cc, had a corresjMnd
ent in Henry I.eston, the young law
yer. anda French was abundantly
sjHiken iu our frwiss village of New
(ienevii, what more natural than that
they should ili-pati-h the Manmis to
our pleasant town of vineyards, giv
ing him a letter of intnK.uction to
theirattorncy, who fortunately spoke
some liook French. He had present-
d the letti r, had heeii invited todiu-m-r,
and PrHciila laities, who had
learned French ill hilddod, though
she w:is not Swiss, Kfllt for to
help entertain the truest.
I cannot but fancy that d'Entreniont
was stirjirised at meeting just such a
girl as l'rlfM-il!ii in a rustic village.
S!ie was not ahahfii at linding lier-se!:'r.'j-a-iji
with a iiolileinan, nor
did shesceni at all anxious to attract
h;s liijtice. The vanity of the Mr-
.iiiis must nave iecii a nuie nun :u
linding a lady that did not court his
attention. lint wounded vanity soon
gave place to another surprise. Even
Mrs. l.otoii. who under-tood not one
word of the conversation bet wet 11
her husband, the Marquis, and I'ris
eilla. was watehing for this second
surprise, and did not fail to read it in
d'Fntremont's eves. Here was a
voting woman wlio had read. She
i-otiid ndiliirc Coriime, she could o-po-c
Saint Silnon. The Marquis
d'l jitn nioiit had resigned himdf to
the f mvii of t-ilking to Swi farmers
alioiit their vineyard-, of listening to
Swiss grandmothers telling stories, of
their childhood in Neufeiiatel and
Berne. But to find in this young
villat-.e clio il teacher one who could
sH-ak, and iixU .'l while he sjioke, of
his favorite writer-,, uiii him very
strange. Nt that Priscilla hud read
manv French lmoks, for tie-re were
not liiimv within her reach. But she
had read some, and she h.-ul read Ste.
Beiive and (iriiiim' ( 'oiresiMindeiice,
iind he who reads these two has heard
the echo of all the great voices in
French literature. And while David
Haines had lived I. in (laughter had
wanted nothing to help her to the
highest culture.
But I think w hat amazed the Mar
uis most was that Priscilla showed
no consciousness of the unusual char
acter of Jier attainments. She sikiUj
easily and j);ttunilly of what hhe
knew, as if it were u matter of course
that the teacher of a primary school
should have read Corneifle, and
slioui'J lie abletocombat Saint Situon
ism. Asthe dinner drew to a close,
Lesion lifted his. chair round where
his wife :X and interpreted the brilli
ant con vernation at the other side of
the table.
I HiisK'ct that Saint Simon had
lost some of his hold n 1 ion the Mar
tjuis since his arrival in a country
where life is more lieatitiful and tiie
manner of thought more practical.
At any rate, he dated the decline ol
his soeiaiistic opinions from his dis
cussion with Priscilla IIaine.
The next Sunday morning he stroll
ed out of Le Vert House, breathing
the tweet air jierfufiied with the blos
soms of a thousand ipjde-trp(ss. For
what yard Is there ia New (Jeneva
that has not apple-trees and grain1
vines? And every family in the vil
lage keeps a cow, and every cotv
wears a bell, and ever)' lell is on a
different key; so that the three things
that jienet luted the senses of the Mar
miison this Sunday morning were
the high hillsthat stood sehlincis on
every hand aliout the valley in which
New (ieneva Mood, the smell of the
anple blossoms, and the tinkle and
tnnkle and tonkfe of hundreds of bells
on the cow grazing vn the "com
mon," lis the open lots were called.
On tliis almost painfully iiict morn
ing, d'Entreniont noticed the K-ople
going one way ami another to the
Sunday-schools in the three churches.
Juatys he came to the pump that
stood in front of the "imblic square,"
lie met Priscilla. At her heels were
ten ragged little ruffians, v. Imm she
was accustomed to have come to her
house every Sunday morning and
walk with her to Sunday-school.
"You tire then a Sister if Charity
also," lie said in French, bowing low
with Miicerp admiration as he passed
her. And then b himself the young
Manpiis reflected: "We Saint Si
mon ists theorize and build castles in
Spain for jsior ieopIe, but we do not
take hold of them." He walked clear
round the square, and then followed
the steps of Priscilla into the little
brick Metliodit-t church, which In
that uav had neither steeple nor hell,
which had nothing church like aliout
it exeepf tun two rched front win
dows. There was not evon k::?o to
enclose it, nor an evergreen nor un
ivy aliout it; only a few black locusts.
For the Congregational puritanism
of New England was never so hard a
puritanism asthe JMJlodist puritan
ism of a generation ago iif thti WcsU
a purltanism that forbade jewelry,
that stripped the artificial flowers out
of the bonnets of the country girls,
ihat exjtelled and even yet expels it
country boy for looking with wonder
at a man hanging head downward
from a trapeze in a circus tent. No
otJpr church, not ven th. Quaker,
ever laid its Wd
more entirely uion
the whole life of its members. The
dead, haart of W esley has been strong
er than tJielfviiiR band of anv none.
Upon the Iinrd, open backed, un
palnted and unvarnished oak bench
es, which med devised to produce
discomfort, t sat mo Sunday-school
classes, and upon one of these, near
uir tioor, u aunv-iiiuiiisiai uuwn. lie
looked at the bare walls, at the white
pulpit, at th carpetless floors, nt the
general-. nIiness of things, the Isix
stove, which stood in the only aisle,
the tia-rhandelicrs with their half
burned . eutudles, the eight-hy-ten
Ilghta of glas4 in, the windows, and
be was'Tiivpfably impressed. With
a quick ecrfrcicnc-e he had often felt
the frivolouf mptiness of a worldly
life?, iifi'd lid tamed toward the n lig
ion of his uncle the abbe only to turn
away again disgusted with the frivol
ity ofihreligious pomp that he saw.
But here was a religion not only
without trta attractions of sensuous
surrounding, hut a religion that
maintained its vitality despite a re
pelling plainness, not to say a repul
sive ugliness tn Its external forms.
For waM n tont the roree or a
religious, principle tliat had divested
every woman in the little church of
every -rnanuJtt?i Doubtless he felt
the samwF -that could reail the
KcripturaLh.vl.tnaion so literally, but
none could doubt the strength of a
religious principle that submitted to
such sclf-deniaL And then there was
Priscilla, with all her gifts, bitting in
the midst of her liovs, gathered from
that part of the village known as
Slabtown." Yea, there must Ik?
something genuine in this religious
life, and its eutire contrast to all that
the Marquis had known and grown
weary of attracted him.
As eleven o'clock drew on; the lit
tle church filled with jieople. The
men sat on one side the aisle and the
women on the other. The old breth
ren ami sisters, and generally those
who prayed In praver-meeting and
sjioke in love-feast sat near the front,
many of them on the cross seats near
the pulpit, which were thence said bv
sco tiers to I the "Amen corners."
Any one other than a leader of the
hosts of Israel would as soon have
thought of taking a seat iu the pulpit
as on one of these chief seats in the
synagogue. The Marquis sat still
and watched the audience gather.
while one of the good brethren led
the congregation In singing,
"When I can read my title clear;"
w hich hymn was the usual voluntary
at the ojiening of service. Then the
old minister said, "Let us continue
the worship of Ood by singing hymn
on page.V,4." He "lined" the hymn,
that is, he read each couplet In-fore it
was sung. With the coming in ot
hvmn liooks and other new fa ugh d
things the good old custom of "lining
the hymn" ha disappeared. But on
that Sunday morning the Marouis
Entremont thought he had never
heard anything more delightful than
these simple melodies sung thus lusti
ly bv earnest voices. The reading of
each couplet by the minister before it
was sung Mi-meil to him a sort of
recitative. He knew enough of Eng
lish to And that the singing was hojie
ful aud triumphant. Wearied with
philosophy the hlate with the turnip
oftheworld.be wished that he had
lieen a villager in New (Jeneva, and
that he might have had the faith to
ing of the
" laml of pure delight
Where saint immortal reign,"
with as much earnestness as his friend
Priscilla on the other side of the aisle.
In the prayer that followed d'Entre
niont noticed that all the church-inemU-rs
kuell. and that the hearty
aniens were not intoned, out were
assontancoiis as the rest of the ser
vice. After reverently reading a
chapter the old minislcrsaid: "Please
ing without lining,
"A charge to keep 1 have,"
ind then the old tune of "Kentucky"
was sung with animation, after which
ame the sermon, of which the Mar
inis understood but few words.
though he understood the pantomime
bv which the venerable minister re
presented the return of the prodigal
and the welcome he received. When
he saw the tears in the eyes of the
hearers, and heard the half-repressed
Bless the Lord of an old brother
or sister, and saw them glance joy
fully at each other's faces as the ser
mon went or), he was strangely im
pressed with the genuineness of the
feeling.
But the class meeting that follow
ed, to which he remained, impressed
him still more. The venerable
Scotchman who led it had a face tint
beamed with ewee'ness and intelli
gence. Jt was fortunate that the
Marouis saw so cood a slice illicit. 1 11
fact, Priscilla trembled lest Mr. Bo
reas, the stern, hard-featured e.-
horter," should havelxH-n invited to
lead. But as the sweet faced old
leader called upon one and another to
jK-ak, and as) many sMiRe with
streaming eyes, d'Entreniont quiver
ed with sympathy. He was not so
blind that he could not see the sham
md cant of some of the s(eeches, but
in general there was much earnest
ness and truth. When Priscilla rose
iu her turn and spoke, with down
cast eyes, 110 icitthe beaut v and sim
plicity of her religious life. And he
rightly judged that from the soil ot a
cule so severe there must grow some
noble and hemic lives.
Last of all the class leader reached
the Marquis, whom he did not know.
"VH1 our strange brother tell us
how it is with him to-day?" lie
asked.
Priscilla trembled. What awful
thing might happen when a class
leader invited marquis, who could
peaK no j-.ngiish, and who was a
disciple of Saint Sijuon, to tell his
religious experience, was moro than
lie could divine. If the world had
come to an end in consequence of
such a concatenation, I think she
would not have lieen surprised. But
nothing ol the sort occurred. To her
astonishment the Marquis rose and
aid :
"Is it that any one can siK-ak
French?"
A brother who was a niemlu r of
one of the old Swiss families volun
teered his services as interpreter, and
irr.nin'nioni jiroceetico 10 icii them
how much he had been 1 uteres ted in
the exercises; that it was the first
time he had ever lieen iu such a meet
ing, and that he wished he had the
simple faith which they showed.
J hen the old leader said, "Bet us
engage in prayer tor our strange
brother."
And the Martinis bowed his L-nees
ujion the hard floor.
lie could not understand much
that was said, but he knew that they
were praying for him; that this white
haired class leader, and the old Jadics
in the corner, and Priscilla, were in
terceding with the Father of all for
him. lie felt more confidence- in the
cllicacy of their prayers than he had
ever had in all the intercessions of
the saints of which he was told when
1 1oy. For surely God would hear
such as Priscilla!
It hannened not long after this that
d'Entreniont was drawn even more
nearly to this simple Methodist life.
vhLh 113d elrca-dy made such an im
pression on his iuiagi nation, by an
incident which would make a chain
ter if this story were intended for the
Xeur York WeeMy Darter. Indeed
the story of his eril in a storm and
freshet on Indian Creek, and of his
deliverance by the courage ,;f Henry
Stevens, is so well suited to that peri
odical and others of its class that I
am almost sorry that Mrs. Eden, or
Cobb, Jr., or Optic, were not the au
thor of this story. Either of them
could make a f hapter which weald
bear the title of "A Thrilling Inci
dent." But with an unconquerable
aversion to anything and everything
"thrilling," this present writer can
only say in plainest proso and with
out a single startling epithet that this
incident made the young Marquis the
everlasting friend of his deliverer,
Henry Stevens, who happened to lie
a zealous Methodist, and aliout his
own age.
The effort of the two friends to hold
intercourse was a curious sjiectacle.
Not only did they speak different
languages, but they lived in different
worlds. Not only diI, d'Entreniont
speak a very limited English while
Stevens spoke no French, but rTEn
trement's life and thought had noth
ing in common with the life of
Stevens, except the one thing that
made n friendship possible. They
were both generous, manly men,
and each felt a strong drawing to the
other. So it came aliout that when
they tired of the Marquis's English
and of the gulf between their ideas,
they nsed to call on Priscilla at iier
home with her mother in the out
skirts of the village. She was an in
terpreter indeed! For with the keen
est sympathy she entered into the
world iu which the Marquis lived,
which had alwavs leen a sort of i ntel-
lectual paradise to her. It seemed
strange indeed to meet a living deni
zen of a world that seemed to her
impossible except in Usiks. And as
for the sphere in which Stevens
moved it was her own. He and she
had been sclmolmates from child
hood, had looked on the same green
hills, known the same people, been
moulded of the same strong religi
ous feeling. Nothing wa-s more !
lightful to d'Entreniont than to be
able to talk to Stevens, unless it was
to have so good an excuse for con
versation with Priscilla; and nothing
was !so pleasant to Henry Stevens its
to lie able to understand the Marquis,
unless it was to talk with Priscilla;
while to Priscilla those were golden
moments, in which she passed like a
quick-winged messenger lietween her
own native world and the world that
she knew only in Imoks, lietween the
soul of one friend and that of another.
And thus grew up a triple friendship,
a friendship afterward sorely tried.
For how strange it is that what
brings together at one time may be a
wall of division at another.
I am not writing an essay on Chris
tian ex-rience. I cannot pretend
to explain just how it came about.
Doubtless Henry Stevens's influence
had something to do with it, though
I feel sure Priscilla'.s had more.
IoultIess the Marquis was naturally
susceptible to religious influences,
and I cannot hat feel that at'U-r all he
was led by the gentle drawings of
the Divine Oracle in his own breast.
But the erratic opinions, never very
deeply rtioted. and at most but a reac
tion from a religion of "postu'.cs and
imiMisturcs," disapjicared, and there
came a sense of 1111 worthiness ami a
sense of trust. They came simul
taneously. Tthink; certainly d'Entre
niont could never give any chronolo
gical order to th two cxperieiici-s.
At any rate, he was drawn to the lit
tle class meeting, which scented to
him so simple a confessional that all
his former notions of "liU-rty, frater
nity, and equality" were sat istit dby it.
I believe he Ix-came a "probationer,"
but his creed was never quite settled
enough for him to accept of "full
memlx-rship."
Some of the obi folks could not re
frain from expressions of triumph
that "the Lord had got a hold of that
French intidel;" and old Sister (Jood
cnough seized his hand, and, with
many sighs and much upturning of
the eyes, exhorted him: "Brother
Marku-! (Jive up everything, and
come out from the world and be sepa
rated!" Which led d'Entreniont to
remark to Stevens nr thev walked
away that ".Madame t Joodeiiotigh
was van- curus indeed:" And Brot ti
er Bereas, the cxhorter, who had the
misfortune not to have a business
reputation without blemish, but who
made up for it by rigid scruples iu re
gard to a melodcoii in the church,
and by a vicarious conscience which
whs kindly kept at everybody's ser
vice but his own, old jSrot'icr Bo
reas always remarked in regard to
the Marquis, that "as for his part he
liked a deeM-r reH-utauce and a
sounder conversion." Tint the gray
haired old Scotch class leader, wlinse
piety was at a premium everywhere,
would take d'Eiitrcmout's hand and
talk of indifferent subjects w hile he
I teamed on him his affection and
Christian fellowship.
To the Marquis, Priscilla was a jier
istual marvel. More brilliant wo
men he had known in Pan's, more de
vout women he had seen there, but
a woman so gifted and so devout, and
above all a woman so true, so modest,
and of such icriect delicacy of feel
ing he had never known. And how
ixsirly these words describe her!
For she was Priscilla; and all who
knew her w ill understand how much
more that means than any adjectives
if mine. Certainly Henry Stevens
did, for he had known her always
and would have loved her always had
he dared. It wtus only now, as she
interpretel his to the Marquis and
the Marquis to him, idealising and
elevating the thoughts of both, that
he surrendered himself to hope. And
so, toward the close of the sunuiur,
affairs came to this awkward jssture
that these two sworn friends loved the
same woman.
D'Entreniont discovered this first.
More a man of the world than Henry
Stevens, he read the other's face and
voice. He was perturbed. Had it
occurred two years before he might
have settled the matter easily by a
duel, for instance. And even now
his passion got the lielter for awhile
of all his good feelings and Christian
resolutions. When he got back to
the Le Vert House with his unpleas
ant discovery, he was burning like a
furnace. In spite of a rain storm just
beginning and a dark night, lie strode
( and walked he knew hot whither.
He found himself, he knew not how,
on the lunik of the river. Seizing au
old board for a paddle, he unloosed a
skill' and pushed out into the river.
How to advance himself over his
rival was his tirst thought. Hut this
darkness and this beating rain and
this lien e loneliness reminded him of
that night when he had clung despe
rately to the abutment of the bridge
that spanned Indian Creek, anil
when the courage and self-Kissession
of Henry Stevet-' had rescued him.
Could he he th.- rival of a man who
had gone down into that flood that he
might save the exhausted Marquis?
Then he hated himself. Why had
he not drowned that night on Indian
Creek? And with this-fecling of self
disgust added to his general mental
misery and the physical misery that
the rain brought to him, there came
the great temptation to wrile "Vt"
In French fashion, by jumping into
I he water. But something in the in
fluence of Priscilla and that class
meet ing caused him to take a lietbT
resolution, and he returned to the
hotel.
The next day he sent for Henry
Steveus to come to his room.
"Henry, lam going to leave to
night on the mail-lioat. I am going
back to New Orleans, and thence to
France. You love Priscilla. You
are a noble man; you w ill make her
happy. IJhave read your loye in your
face. Meet me at the river to-night.
When you are ready to be married,
let me know, that I may send (some
token of my love for both. I)o not
toll Mademoiselle that I am going;
but tell hergood-by forme afterwards.
Uo now, I must pack."
Henry went out stupefied. What
did it mean? And why waa he half
gald hat d'Katremont was going? By
ERA LD
detrrees he cot the better of his selfish
ness. In lact. he had the habit of
keeping hi.s selfishness under in little
things, so that the victory ia a great
thuiir was not so difficult.
"Marquis d'Entreniont," he said,
breakinz into his room, "you must
not tro awav. You love Priscilla
You have everything learning, mon
ey, travel. I have nothing."
"Nothing but a good heart, which I
have not," said d' Entremont.
"I will never marry Priscilla," said
Henry, "unless she delilierately choos
es to have me iu preference to yon."
Mr readers will say that this inci
dent, of two men nnselfi-h in an atftir
of this sort, is impossible. 1 should
never have written it but that this
incident is a fact.
To this arrangement, so equitable,
the Marquis consented, aud the mat
ter was submitted to Priscilla by letter.
Could she love eitiier, and if either,
which? She asked a week for delibe
ration. It was not ea?y to decide. By all
her habits of thought aud feeling, by
all her prejudices, by all her religious
life, she was drawn toward the peace
ful and perhaps prosperous life that
opened before her as the wife cf Henry
Stevens, living in her native village,
near to her mother, surrounoeu ny
ber ol 1 frieii Is, and with the best of
Christian men for a husliand. But by
ail the clamor of her intellectual na
ture for something better than her
nsrrow life Lay all herjoy in the con
versation of d'Eiitreoiont, the only
mau htrxqual in cultureshe had ever
known, she felt drawn to be the wife
ot the Marq.iis. But if there were
roses, there were thorns in -such a
alb. The village girl knew that
M'idniac In Mitfjiiwi must lead a life
very diiF-rtut from any the had
known. Sue must bear with a hus
band whose mind was ever in a state
of unrest and skepticism, and she
must meet the great world.
In truth there were two Pri.-ciHas.
There was the Priscilla tbitt her neigh
bors knew, the Priscilla that went to
church, the Priscilla, tint tauaht
PriuiHry School No. There was
the other Pri-cida, that read Chaucer
ami Shakesieare, Moliere and De
Stael. With this ITiseill New O'e-
neva had nothing to do. Aud it was
the doubieuess of her nature that ag
gravate! 1 her indecision.
Then ber conscience came iu. Be-cau-e
there might le woridiy attrac
tions on the one side, she leaned to
the other, i'o rtject a poor suitor an J
accept a rich ami titled oiie, had
something of tret.son in it.
At the end of a week she feut for
them both. Hn;ry Stevens's flat
boat had been reidy to Mart f..r New
Orleans for two days. And Ciialieau,
Lifort !t Co., were expecting the Mar
quis, who was in some srirt a ward of
theirs. Hevjry Stevens aud the Mar
quis Antoine d'Eutreuiont walked
side by side, i.'i an awkward silence,
to the little vine-covered c.ttBge. r
that interview I do not know enough
to write fully. Bat I know that i'ris-c-illa
said such words as thoe:
"This is au awful responsibility. I
suppose a judge trembles when he
must pass tsenteuce of death. But 1
must make a decision that involves
the happiness of loth my friends aud
myself. I cannot do it now. God
does not give me to see my duty clear
ly, aud nothing but duty should speak
in making such a decision. Will you
wait until you both return in the
spring? I Lave a reason that I can
not explain fur wishing this matter
iHjetpoued. CJ-xl will decide for me
perhaps."
1 do not know that she s-vd j 1st
those words, and 1 know si, e did uoi
. ' J
say them all at oice. But .,
parted. At.d Miss Nancy More, who
retailed ribbons and scandal, and
whose only effort at mental improve
ment had lieen the plucking out of the
hairs contiguous to tier forehead, that
she might look IntelWtual Miss
Nancy More from her look-out at the
window descrilied the two friend.
walking away fiom Mrs. Haines's
cottage, aud remarked, as she hail
often remarked before, that it was
"absolutely scuuduii ih for a young
woman who was a professor to have
two lit-aux at ouee, and such good
friends, too !"
I have uoiii-ed that gifted girls like
Priscilla hare a back-ground in some
friend, intelligent, quiet, restful. Anna
Poin.lexter, a darK, thoughtful, and
altogether excellent girr, was some
times sjiokeu of as "Prisciila's
double"; but she was rather Prisciila's
opposite; all her gifts were compli
mentary to those of her friend. The
t'o wereall but itueprabh; and so,
when Priscilla found herself the next
evening 011 the bunk of the river, she
naturally found Anna with her.
Slowly the ll-it-hout of which Henry
Steveus was owner ami eaprahi drill
ed by, while the three or four run at
each long oar stride back a:id forward
011 the deck as they urged the Uat on.
Heiiry was standing on the elevated
liench made for the pilot, holdiug the
long "oteering-oar" and guiding the
craft. As bis m-miy form in the
wesleru sunlight attracted their at-ti-n'ion,
both the girls were struck
with adnvraMou for the noble fellow.
Bith waved their ban kerchiefs, and
Henry returned the adieu by swing
ing bis hat So intent was he 011
watching them that he forgot bis
duty, aud one of the men was obliged
to call out: "Sw ing her round, C'aii
tain, or the mail-baat 'il sink us."
Hardly was the boat swung out of
the way when the tall-mail-boat
swept by.
chiuineyeu
"S"e the Marquis," enVd Anne, aud
again adieux were waved. And the
Marquis stepped to the guard and
called out to Henry, "I'll see you in
New Orleans," and the swift steamer
immediately bore him out of shak
ing distance. And Henry watched
him disappear, with a choking feeling
that thus the nobleman waj to out
strip him in lite.
"See!" said Anne, "you are a lucky
girl. You have your choice; you can
go through life on the steamboat or
on the flat-boat. Of course you'll go
by steam."
"There are explosions," said Pris
cilla. Then turning, she noticed a
singular expressiou 011 Anna's face.
Her insight was quick, aud she said,
"Confess that you would choose the
tlat-lHat" And Anna turned away.
"Two strings to her bow, or two
lieaux to her string. I should say,"
and she did say It, for this was Miss
More's comment on the fact which
she had just learaed, that Miss Haines
had received letters from "the lower
country," the handwriting on the di
rections of which indicated that she
had advices from both her frieuds.
But poor Miss More, with never a
string, might lie forgiven for shooting
arrows that did no harm.
There was a tiuie when Priscilla
had letters from only one. Henry
was very sick, and d'Entreniont wrote
bulletins of bis condition to Priscilla
and to his family. In one of these he
was lieyond recovery, aud Priscilla
and Anna mingled their tars togeth
er. Then there came a letter that he
waslietler. Then he was worse again.
And tueu lietter.
In th se days the mail was brought
wholly by steamboats, and it took
many days for intelligence to come.
But the next letter that lVhcilla had
was from Henrj Steveus himself. It
was filled from first to last with
praises of the Marquis; how he had
taken Henry outof his boardiug-place,
put him in his own lar-e room iu the
St. Charlef; how he had nursed Lira
with morp tuan a brother's tender-
ness, scarcely sleeping at all; how he 1
had acid his oargo, relieved bis mind
of care, employed the most eminent
physicians, and anticipated his every
wart all this and more, the letter
told.-
And the next steamboat brorglit
VOL. XVII. NO. 22.
Henry, well nigh restored, and his
uoble nurse. Both were impatient to
learn the decision of Priscilla; each
was sure the other was to carry off the
prfee.
And se they walked together, 'he day
after their arrival, to the little it tare.
The conversation was begun . j each
of the gentleman expressing his con
viction that her decision wasains t
him, and ottering to retire.
Priscilla leaned her head on her
hand a minute. Then she began: "I
told you, my friends, that I thought
( Jod would decide for me. He has. I
can marry neither of you."
The two friends looked at one an
other in doubt and amazement.
"Three sisters, four brothers, and
my father died of pulmonary disease.
Of eight children I only am left, nd
in three months my mother wL be
childless. God .has decided for me.
Why should I give either of vou pain
by uiakiug a decision."
For the first time, in the imperfect
light, they noticed the flushed cheeks,
aud for the first time they detected
the quick breathing. It was a sad
hour, and when they walked away
the two friends were nearer than ever,
(or nothing brings souls together so
much as a common sorrow.
And as day after day the two friends
vit,ited her in company, the oublic.
aud particularly that part of the pub
lic wnicn peepeu out or Alms rsancy
More's windows, was not a little mvs-
tifted. Miss More thought a girl who
was drawing near to the solemn and
a wiul realities of eternal bliss should
let such worldly vanities as Markusses
alone!
singular change came over Pils-
cilla in one regard. As the prospect
01 me iaued out, she was no longer in
danger of being tempted by the title
and wealth of the Marquis. She
could I s'ire that ber heart was not
bribed. And when this restraint of a
conscience abuormally sensitive was
rcmovstt, it became every dav more
and more clear to her that she loved
d'Eutremont. Of all whom she had
ever known, he was a companion.
And as he brought ber choice passages
from favorite writers every dav. and
as her mind grew with unwonted ra
pidity under the influence of that
strange disease which shakes the body
down while it ripens the aoul, he fell
more and more that she was growing
out of sympathy with all that was
narrow and provincial in her former
life, and into sympathy with God's
great world, and with Antoine d'En
treniont who was the representative
of the world to her.
This rapidly growing gulf between
hi own intellectual life and that of
Priscilla, Henry Stevens felt keenly.
But there is one great compensation
for a soul like Henry's. Men and wo
men of greater gifts might outstrip
him in intellectual growth. He could
not add one cell to his brain, or make
the slighest change in his temper
ament. But neither the Marquis nor
Priscilla could excel him in tnat gift
of noble generosity which does not al
ways go with genius, and which is not
denied to the man of the plainest gifts
He w rote to the Marquis :
"My Deak Fkiend: Yon are a
good and generous friend. I have
read in her voice and her eyes what
the decision of Priscilla must have
been. If I had not been blind, I ought
to have seeu it before in the ditrer
enea lietween us. Now I know that
it will bs a comfort to you to have
that noble woman die your wife. I
doubt not it will lie a comfort to her.
D ) you think it will be auy consola
tion to me to have been an obstacle in
the way? I hone vou do not thiuk so
I meanly of me, and that you and Pris-
incite uic iuc vuiy cousoia-
tbu I can have in our common sorrow
thefeeiiiig thttl have ben able to 1
make her last days more comfortable
and your sorrow more bearable. If
you refuse, I shall always reproach
myself. "He.nky."
I need not tell of the discussion that
ensued. But it was concluded tbat it
was best for all three that Priscilla
aud the Marquis should tie married,
much to the disgust cf Miss Nancy
More, who thought that "she'd better
be sayiu' her prayers. What good
would it do to be a March-oness and
all that w hen she as ia ber coffin."
A weddiug in prospect of death is
more affecting than a funeral. Only
Henry Steveus and Auna Poindexter
e: e to be present- Prisciila's mother
had completed the arrangements,
blinded by tears. I think she cou'd
have dressed Priscilla for her colli n
with less suftering. The white dress
iookeisolike a shroud, under those
sunken cheeks as white as th dress!
Ouee or twice Priscilla had drawn her
mi. tiier's head to her bossom and
wept.
"lVor mother!" she would say, "so
soon to be alone. But Antoine will
be your sou."
There was one more at the wedding
than was intended. The family phy
sician was there. For just as the
dressing of the pIe bride was com
pleted, there came one of those sudden
break-downs to which a c'onsumpiive
is so liable. The doctor said that
there was internal hemorrhage, and
save but a few hours of life. When
the Marquis came he was heart-broken
to see her lying there, so still, so
white dying She took his hand.
She beckoned to Anna and Henry
Stevens to stand by her, and ttieti,
with tear-blinded eyes, the minister
married them foi eternity! Theu the
door opened, aud the ten little Sunday
school boys from Slabtown marched
iu. E cli of them had a bouquet pro
vided Dy Henry Steveus for the wed
ding. When the leader of the file
saw her so sick he began to cry. She
took his bouquet aud kissed him.
Theu the little fellow rushed out,
weepiug piteously. Each of the others
followed his example.
Feeling life ebbing, she took the hand
of the Marquis. Then, holding to the
band of d'Entremont, she beckoned
Henry to come near. As he bent over
her she said, looking significantly at
the Marquis, " Henry, (Jod bless you,
my noble-hearted friend." And as
Henry turned away, the Marquis put
his arm about him, and said grateful
ly, ' Henry God will bless you."
Prisciila's nature abhorred any
thing dramatic in dying, or rather she
did not think ofelltct at
iiui. iiuiia. 01 einctmi. an. mo sue
made no flue speeches.
jui uensne.j,e had gone
Lad ceased to breathe, the old preacher
said "The bridegroom has come."
Aud he was more eloquent than he
knew.
She left an envelope for Henry.
What it hail iu it no one but Henry
ever knew. I have heard him say that
it was one word, which became the
key to all the happiness of his after
life. Judging from the happiness he
has in his home with Anna, ids wife,
it would not be hard to tell what the
word was. The last time 1 was at his
house I noticed that their eldest child
was named Priscilla, and the b y who
came next was Antoine. Henry told
me that Priscilla left a sort of " will"
fir the Marquis, in which she asked
him to dolbe Christian work that she
would have liked to do. Nothing
could have been wiser if she Lad only
sought his own happiness, for iu ac
tivity for others is ihe only safety for a
restless and skeptical mind. He had
make himself the special protector of
the ten little Slabtown urchins,
Henry told me how many wavs,
through Challeau, Lafort & Co., the
Martprs had oontriveu to contribute
to his prosjM-vty without oSeuding his j
delicacy. . He found himself possessed
of practically unlimited credit through
the guarantee which the great New
Orleans banking-house was always
ready to give.
" What is that fine building?" I said,
pointing to a picture ou the wall.
"O! that is the Hospice deSainfe
Prlscille,' which Antoine has erected
it 'La
Marquise.' "
"By the way," said Prisciila's
mother, who sat by, "Antoine i
coming to see us next month, and is
to look after bis Slabtown friend
when he comes. They use to call hi in
at first Prisciila's Frenchman.' "
And to this dav Mis More declares
J that Markusses is a thing she can't u
ways understand. . .
THK TEflPLST.
BY liKOKtiK i. 1'KKNTH K.
I was never a man of feeble courage.
There are a few scenes f either hu
man or elementary strife, Uhii which
I hare not looked with a brow of dar
ing. I have stood in front of latt!e,
when swords were gleaming and cir
cling around me like fiery seriients of
me air 1 nave sat 011 the mountain
pinnacle, when the whirlwind wm
rending its oaks from rocky clefts ami
scattering them piecemeal to the
clouds. I have sKt-u those things with
a swelling soul that rcck-d not of dan
ger but there is something in the
thunder's voice that makes me trem
ble like a child. I have tried to over
come this unmanly w eakness I luivr
called pride to my aid I have sought
for moral courage in the lessons of
philosophy but it avails me nothing
at the first low moaning of the dis
tant cloud my he-art sinks and dies
within me.
My iuvohintary dread of thunder,
has its origin in au incident that oc
curred when I w as a child of ton years.
1 nail a iiiuecuusiii a gin 01 me same
age of myself, who hacf been the con
stant companion of my childhood.
Strange that after the lapse of a score
of years, that countenance is so famil
iar to me. I can s-e the bright, young
creature her large eyes flushing lil e
a beautiful gem, her free locks stream
ing as in joy upon the rising gale, and
her cheek glowing like a ruby througU
a wreath of transparent snow. - ller
voi had the melody and joyousnes
of a bird's, and when she hounded
over wooded hill or the fresh green
valley, shouting a glad answer to
every voice of nature and clasping her
little hands in the very ecstacy of
young existence, she looked as if
breaking away like a freed nightin
gale from the earth, and going off
w here all things were beautiful and
happy hke her.
It was a morning iu the middle of
August. The little girl had lieen
passing some days at my father's
house, and she was now to return
home. Her path lay across the field-",
and I gladly liecame the companion
of her walk. I never knew a sum
mer morning more beautiful and still.
Only one little cloud was visible, and
that seemed as pure and white, and
peaceful, as if it had been the iueen.-e
fmm a burning censer of the skies.
The leaves hung silent in the woods,
the waters of the bay had forgotten
their undulations, the flowers wer
liending their heads as if dreaming of
the rainbow, and the whole atms
phere was ofsuchasoft and luxuri
ous sweetness, that it seemed a cloud
of rosu-s scattered down by the hands
of a Peri, from the far-oil" gardens of
Paradise. The green earth and th
blue sea were abroad in their Ismnd
lessness, and the peai-cful sky l-nt
over and blessed them. The litile
creature at my side was in a delirium
of happiness, and her clear, swi-et
voice came ringing ujmiii the air as
often as she heard the tones of a favor
ite bird, or found some strange or
lovely flower in her frolic wanderings.
The unbroken and almost super
natural tranquility of the day contin
ued until nearly noon. Then, for the
first time, the indications of an ;(
proaching temjest were manifest.
Over the summit of a mountain at :
distance of aliout a mile, the folds of :
dark cloud liecaiue suddenly visiblo
and at the same momenta hollow roar
came down upon the winds, as if it
were the sound of waves in a rocky
cavern. The cloud unrolled like u
luinner-fold uimui the air, but still tin
atmosphere was calm and the leave
as motionless its before; there was not
even a quiver iijhiii the sleeping;
waters to tcil ot the coming hurricane.
To i-scajie the teniH-st was im;o.ssihle.
As the only r-sort, we thsl to an
oak, that stm'al at the foot of ti tall,
and ragged precioicv. Here we r.-
maiued and gazed almost breathle
ly upon the clouds, marshalling them-
selves use titoody giants 111 the sky.
1 he thunder
was not frequent, but
every burst was so fearful that the
young creature, who stiKsl by nie.
shut her eyes convulsively, clung with
a desjierate strength to my arm, and
shrieked as if her heart w'oul I break.
A few minutes and the storm was
ution us. During the height of its fur)-,
the little girl lifted her linger toward
the precipice that towered alsive u.-.
I looked up;an amethystine flame was
quivering ujsm its gray jieaks, and
the next moment the clouds oieucd,
the rocks tottered to their foundation,
a roar like the groan of a universe
tilled the air, and I felt myself blind
ed and thrown I knew not whither.
How long I remained insensible I
cauuottell; but when consciousness,
returned, the violence of the tempest
was aliatiug; the roar of the win. Is dy
ing in the" tree tops, and the deep
tones of the thunder coming in fainter
ni tinners from the eastern hills.
I anise, and looked trembling and
almost deliriously around. She was
there the idol of my infant low
stretched out upon the wet, green
earth. After a moment of irresolutio'i,
I went up and looked uon her. The
handkerchief ujoii her neck was
slightly rent, and a single dark sist
umju her bosom told where the path
of death had been. At first I chuqied
her to my breast with a cry of agony,
and then laid her down and gazeti
into her face almost with a fceiing of
calmuess. Her bright dishevelled
ringlets clustered sweetly around her
brow, the look of terror had faded
from her liis, and an infant smile
was pictured lieautifully there Loo
red rose tinge iijmhi her cheeks Wat
lovely as in life, and as I pressed it t
my own the foil u tain of te:irs was
ojiened, and I wept as if my head were
waters. I have but a dim recollection
of what followed I only know that I
remained weeping and motionless tiil
the coming 011 of twilight, and that t
was then taken tenderly by tle liand,
and led away where- I "saw the coun
tenance of parents and sisters.
Many years have gone by 011 their
wings of light and shadow, but tin;
scenes I have portrayed still come
over me, at times, with a terrible dis
tinctness. The oak yet stands al the
base of the precipice; its limls ar
black and dead, and its hollow trunk,
looking upwards to the sky as if call
ing to the cloud for drink," is an em
blem of rapid and noiseless decay. A
year ago I visited that it, and the
thoughts of by-gone years came
mournfully back to me -thoughts of
ihe little innocent being, w ho tell by
th. wh rlw ii,lin Hi. mim,.ra tl,.t
he had gone where no lightnings
similiter in the folds of the luinUiw
clouds, and where the sunlit waters
are never broken by the storm-breath
of OmniKtence.
My readers w ill understand w hy I
shrink in terror from the thunder.
Even the consciousness of security is
j no relief to me my fear has assumed
the nature of instinct, and seems, in
deed, a part of 111 y existence.
The grand scheme of a plan for
bringing England within five Livs
journey to India, has Lei propyl
iu a letter to the Prime M inister. 1 1
proposes to m.iko use of existing lines-,
of railway and of the Mont Ceni-
Tunnel to Trieste, and thence to con
struct a railroad through Austria.
Europeau and Asiatic Turkey, lYrsit
aud Belochistau. to Kurrachec. and
onwards to Bombay. The total dis
tance from London to Kurrachet
would be 5,311 miles (the Straits of
Plover) by se. At a uniform rate of
ten miles and a half au hour by water
ami forty mill's an hour by lan. I. tn
journey from end to end would !
accomplished
111 1lV ll'lt-U . ivl . .
hours, forty six minutes, "of tWtotaS
length of line required, nearly one
fourth U,170 miles) is Airvudv con
structed. The highest estimated ctt
of the undertaking is iu round num
bers, 4r,!XX,()0.
What Eve said to Adam w hen she
wanted hira to adst at toilet "lt
lieve me,"
in Paris. People there call
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