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VOL. II.
STE. GENEVIEVE, MO., THURSDAY, APRIL .). 1874.
NO. 44.
LOVE,
Love is not made of kisses, or of sighs.
Of clincing hands, or of th-isorcerits
And subtle witchcrafts of alluring eyes.
Love la not made of lirokrn wh!wr; no.
Xor of the blushing ciiceK, whose anawenng
Tells that the ear his heard the accents low.
Love is not ma'le of tears, nor yet of smiles.
Of quivering lips, or of enticing wiles;
Love is not tempted; lie liimself beguiles.
This is Love's language, but this is not Lore.
If we know aught of Love, how shall we dire
To say that tliii is Live, when welt nware
That these sre common thing'!, ami Love is rare?
As separate streams may. blending roll
In course united, so of soul to soul
Love is the union into one sweet whole.
As molten metals mingle, as a chord
Swells sweet in harmony, when Ive is lord
Two hearts are one, as letters form a word.
One heart, one mind, one soul, and one desire,
A kindred fancy, and a sifter lire
Of thought and passion; these can Love Inspire.
This makes a heaven of earth; for this is Love.
THE COIIAXSEV TEA-FIGHT.
BY I.UCV EI.LK.V GUERNSEY.
" It is oiirinr cats and dogs !" said
Violet, looking out of the window at the
storm. " There isn't a bit of use in flunk
ing of it, is there aunt ?"
"I should say not!" answered Aunt
Elisabeth. "To be sure it may clear up
before five o'clock, but unless the weather
Improves, I think you had better give it
un."
"Give up what?' asked Grandmother
llowell.
"Going to AnHabclIa Floyd's tea-tight,
graiiumoiner," answered.
"Mvdear!" said Aunt Elisalieth. She
liad a horror of slang, and she had never
lleanl tins particular phrase, winch had
just begun to come into use twenty years
ago.
"A tea-fight ! And what is a tea-light?"
asked grandmother.
"Oh, a little sociable tea-party all ot
girls, yott know," I explained. 'An-
nabella Floyd, across the creek, has one
tins atternooii, nut i am alraul we can t
go."
"umpn:" saw gmntimouicr. "i re
member a tea-light on Cohaney Creek
worth going to, but it was a man's tea-
fight, not a girl s, though a girl helped get
it up. alter all."
"Oh, please do tell us about it, grand
ma:" ram violet ami i together; ami
Aunt Elisabeth added : "Yes, do, grand
mother; it will help to make the lime pass
pleasantly."
Violet and myself wen; making our an
nual visitation to Aunt Elisabeth in Green
wich, Xcw .Terr cy. We had been there so
often that it was like'another home to us.
and we knew every house and store and
tree in the broad, quiet street and every
lace in the meeting-house, for Aunt Elisa
beth was a Friend, and we always went to
meeting with her. These visits were
among the happiest times of my life. I
loved Aunt Elisabeth dearly, and all but
adored my great-granilmotlier Howell. I
liked the place ami the peopleand thequict
. friendly ways yes, and the meetings too,
even when there was no prrachingtind we
had a silent season. Violet sometimes
found it ratherdull. but I never did.
Annt Elisabeth lived near the landing in
a wide, comfortable stone house, shaded
by such enormous and aged willows as I
think grow nowhere else. From my win
dow I could see the green at tlic end of the
street, with one giganticbuttonwood grow
ing in the center, the river, or creek as we
always called it. and the schooners and
steamer on their way up to Bridgcton,
the metropolis of West Jersey ; and a won
derful, quaint, pretty, hospitable little me
tropolis it is. I have not seen that pros
pect for many a long year, but I have onl v
to shut my eyes to call it all up before nie
as plain as day.
This particular day we were engaged tit
a smaU tea-party at Annabclla Floyd's,
over across the river. We were "very
much bent upon going, but during the
morning such a storm of wind and rain
had set in, that even Violet confessed the
expedition must be abandoned. Under
these disastrous circumstances, it mav be
believed that we hailed with delight the
prospect of a story from grandma.
- Grandma Howell was past ninety. She
was somewliat infirm, but her mind was
is bright and her feelings as keen as they
had ever been. She had not the atisolute
patience and self-restraint of Aunt Elisa
beth, her granddaughter, and would some
times wax warm in a debate, while her
sarcasm was not a weapon to be lightly
encountered; but nevertheless, everybody
loved and respected Grandma Howell.
"Well, get your work and sit down, and
I'll tell you the story!" said grandma,
who never could bear toseeanvone idle.
"It all happened in the year 1774. Think ot
that, children ! Those willows over there
were quite small trees, I remember. Ah,
well. It seems a long time to wait.
"It was in the beginning of that same
year that Aunt Betsv broke up house-keeping
and went to live with her nephew,
Abiram Haskins, taking me witli her.
Aunt Uetsy was a widow, and Abinun's
mother had died not long before ; ami as
he was a bachelor and had a large form,
nc needed some woman about the house,
no lie asked Aunt Betsv to come and take
etiarge, and she consented. His house
stood near tlie end of the street, a little
back, and not far from the creek. Tin;
house was burned down afterward, but it
you look sharp you may sec traces" of the
cellar in Riclianl Shepherd's field to this
y. it was a good house with roomv
cellars and clumbers, and large room's
Upwn stairs ; and when Aunt Betsy's fur
nltarc was put in, it looked very well.
PS" was always a Miff, scrimped
it- aml must woolly smell alwut it.
lram was a Friend, as his father had
been before him, but he wasn't very zeal
ous in i religious matters, and had the name
of sitting very close to the world ami its
However, Ins character was good
JLi . rime' though " don't think anv-
owy liked him but Aunt Betsv.
I tad lived with Aunt Betsv ever since
my father (hl, and when she moved I
went with her. I didn't like the changeat
fl, and said all I could against it, though
mwWt" the ,ime lhat 1 tu'slit as w?U
""His. Aunt Ketsywasverv
Hticiiempereil.lmtshe was more set in
u "Sr toan a".v Person ever saw.
.m , is wasting thv breath, Svbilla !'
fMdshc at last. 'I have made un mv
r?"?"?. 1 6wH "Poii it. if thee
i iiKe the change, thee mut find a
"roe somewhere else.'
Tills threat, nsl rmi&iifonxl If tin it
rW,h "i"1 ronsc1 ""' temper at the same
It6' .I,sa,.tl- uo more, lt I made up
j "m iiiiiL i iron (a RH'k :i
home
You
X. 1 ntifnt l,L- 4 I.:. - t , .
. . - - -
SwT,Hu?rtwl an', ntiscrlv, and l
sitles, though he had never wii.l sn in
"u, i k-nuw that he wauteil to
ii.ui
JJI with us. for I don't remember when it
wgan Ah well, children, Lewis
uea.i sixty-five, years. The little oak sap
me. and that Annt rtf.T.,
. the mit,.i. x- '.rrrr - ; "as -"" i -aunt uctsv sue knew mat I was
the foei Yw C ...?.""ou ' llKc 3 '"i"'- jred to Lewis Howell, and that I
vonili"r "iVi.iTVi..:"",arA any any one else. Abiram
did Iifci.snm..ii-" Jy, -nnr,'ver 1 so angry ho turned all kinds of colors.
liked ... 'fin-; , '.,'". ' w lhat lie Aunt Ik'Uy was as placid as you nlei
ITowell W..l';i C.. ..,,wa5 Vew,s and when I had fairly broken down.
till f,fi.. i t Y.Y'V J,l,,rs wways was crying if mv heart wouU
-V- .iv. Wlll. 1IJIU L Lllllll. line hva
ling that sprouted out of his grave over in
rairtown uurying-ground is a big tree
now. It can't be long before thev Ev me
oesule mm.
"Aunt Betsy did not like I.ewi. She
-:ii,i he was worldly and unsteady that
ms tatiier Had ix-en a soldier in the old
i- rencli t ar, and that Lewis was jint like
Inm. 1 lien Lewis wasn't a Friend, but
went to the fcpicopal Church, for there
was one here then. Aunt Betsy would
never let mu see him if she could help it,
and never would allow that we were en-gagi-d.
It was ju.-t a bov and a girl fanev,
Mie sum, auu would ooll jkis awav. . alie
had an in wan iiersuaiou that she' should
see me married to some steady Friend, who
was aoie to taKC care ot me. ami not to a
wild, worlill v vnuur in.-in. wlin i-inil imm.
for Ii-liinr and shootinr than for an vlhiinr
ei-K-. ,Mjw wneu viiiii netsv nail an in
wani persuasion oi aiivtlimr she was
mighty apt tobnug it to iKtss.autl that w:ls
one reiieon why I dMikcd the ide:i of going
iu inrai auiraiii .s. i was iieienuiiieii io
marry no one but Lewis. I knew lhat he
was neither wild nor worldlv. and that he
was lavinir ii! iiiouev to nmke a Ikiiiic fur
me, tiioiign lie couldn't lav it mi verv l.i-t
ljeeau.e he had to help his lather, w ho was
lame anil a "ooti deal iat Ins work. 31 v
father had always loved Lewi, and I well
remember hearing him sav that he wouldn't
want me to do better than marry him
And then I did so dcsii-c Abiram !
"Well, I thought it all over and tried to
get the best light 1 could, ami at last 1
scemeii to see my way clear. I would go
with Aunt Betsy and help her get settled,
auu iH-rnaps stay inroiign tnc licit ot the
summer's work, and then, if I didn't find
myself comfortable. I wtftild hire out to do
vuiiur .-iiuiiuig or iioucworK. i wasin a
bit afraid of makimr a -rood livini' I
could spin mj- day's work a run and a
half of warp or two runs of tilling and
get through l- three o'clock, and 1 wasn't
afraid to show my thread, either linen or
wooien, uesiue auvuouv's in urcenwicli "
" Voti didn't do crochet work in thoc
days!" remarked Violet, who was mak
iny a dainty little blanket for some baby or
oiner.
" Xo. It wasn't the fashion, though we
uii make mittens ami moves with a hook.
too. But we had plenty of nice pretty
work, netting and knotting making tat
ting you call it and sprigging on muslin
and crewel work, and piecing bedqiiilts.
Well, as I said, I made un mv mind that I
would go with Aunt Betsy, but I wouldn't
stay unless i ioiuiu it comfortable.
"It wasn't comfortable at all. Aunt
Betsy was clo.-e enough, but Abiram was
far worse. It was save, save, scrimp,
scrimp, from morning till night. I was
fond of new milk fresh from the cow, and
I used to take a drink almon every night,
but if Abiram saw me, yon would" think I
had stolen five pounds by the fuss he made.
He said there was skim-milk enough if I
must have it, and every dropxf-ncw milk
rubbed the churn of so much butter." I
susiH-'ct Aunt Betsv irave him a hint nbout
that, for he eainc along "one night when I
was milking, ami told me lie hoped 1
wouldn't mind wliat he said, but would
help myself to all 1 wanted. After that I
never touched it again, ami 1 took a real
dislike to it.
But the scrimpiug wasn't the worst of
it by a great deal. 1 began to feel like a
tly caught in a spider's web. I could hard
ly ever get a chance to scak to Lewis
never alone and Abiram was always in
my way, hanging round and giving ine
presents and trvinir to make himself
agreeable. Aunt Betsy' watched me
lis a cat watches a mouse, and by
and by it began to be said about
the village that 1 was engaged to Abiram.
I told Emma Parvin, who was my most
intimate friend, to contradict it every
where, and so she did ; but a great many
believed it. Even Lewis almost bcuan to
doubt, because he never could see me
none. About this time he went across
the creek, and took on with James White
air who had a deal of stock and horses.
Tames did well by him. for Lewis was verv
knowing in such matters, and he began to
lay up money. Well, of course we saw
less of each other titan ever, but his goiug
was an advantage in one way. Old Uncle
Jacob, an oiu negro, tiseu to pauuie across
ind uii and down the river lishinir. He
was a good friend to both of us, ami used
to carrv our letters back and forth. Then
every morning at just such .in hour LewN
u-ed to wave ins iiamiKcrcmei out oi ms
window and I used to wave one out of
mine. So we knew that all was well."
Aunt Elisabeth had looked uneasy for a
few miuutes, ami as grandma paused to
take up a stich she said mildly : '
" some people would say, sranumoincr.
that it was not very wise to be putting
love-stories Into the heads of these young
iris."
Grandma looked up. and her still bright
eyes twinkled a little.
".iisaDeiii."saiusiic: "ciocs inee Know
that the white kitten liad her nose in the
cream this morning?'
" Yes."answcrcd Elisabeth ; '"I sawher."
" Did thee show her the way to the
milk. Elisabeth?"
Xo !" said Annt Elisabeth, surprised.
Oh ! said "randma. "I didn't know but
some one had put it in her head."
Aunt Elisabeth smiled and went on
with her hemstitching.
" But there was another thing which
annoyed me almost as much as the Iove-
niakmg" continued grandma, "it was,
as I said, in the j-ear In I the year
beforc the war. The whole country
was stirred up against the British, and
their unjust and illegal taxations and
other oppressions though I do think
the bad manners and arrogance of the
lintisu oiucers and governors itad almost
as much to do with the business. The tax
on tea had caused specially hard feeling,
and you know how they served the cargo
which was brought to isostoii. vt hen we
rot tnc news ot tne isoston tea-party, as it
rot to be called, there was a srood ileal of
division of opinion. Mo-t of the yoimg
men were on the patriot side, and so were
many of the old ones, but still those were
not wanting who called the business a
sliamcful outrage, and stood up for the
British through thick and thin. Abiram
was one of these and Aunt Betsv another.
and they used to abuse the patriots and
upuoid the untisli till they made my mood
fairly boil.
" Well, one day. along in the last of Oc
tober. Abiram said he was going to Phila
delphia for a few ilavs, aud he liad the im
pudenae to ask ine'if we hadn't better be
married right awayi so I could go" with
him. And while I was fairly struck dumb
with rage and surprise, Autjt Betsy put in
her word and said it would lie a very good
plan, as I could buy mv wedding clothes
myself, and she would give me mouey
ior a nice satm gown and a gray crape
shawl.
" Then. I can tell you, girls. I flared up.
i lom Aoiram just what 1 thought oi mm,
and Annt Betsv wlmt I thought of hrr:
and I said I wouldn't marrv Abiram then or
utcr. u ue suouiu pave my way vim gold.
en-
should
was
but
use
and
break.
she said calmlv
"'Thee needn't lie so violent. Svbilia.
Abiram lias no occasion to go begging for
a wife.
If thee chooses t disgrace thyscll
by breaking thy word to him and marrying
a vagabond '
"I never gave Abiram any word, and
no Knows it:' said l.
Actions sjM-ak louder than won!
-aid my aunt. v e woirt say anv more
about it now. Abiram. 1 have'an iuwanl
persuasion that Svbilla will come to a bet
ter mind. 'Ihco inutexciM' her violence.
She wasn't brought up with Friends and
hasn't learned to rule her spirit. Svbilla,
thee liad better stop crying and ea't thy
dinner.
"But I wouldn't rat any dinner, and I
never sat down to the table nor spoke
word to Abiram tul he went awav. Aunt
let.-y was as calm as ever, but she kept
me so close, I couldn't even get a chance
to send a word to Lewi. However, old
Jacob did suiuirirle one to me. in which
Lewis told me how Abiram had told James
hiteear that we were to Ik; married when
he came home. Lewis said he knew I
never would le tale to bun of mv own
free will, but he didn't know what 1 might
lie tormented into doing, and he legged
me to leave my aunt, and come over to
Deborah Whitecar, who knew all the sto
ry, ami would lie tin-same as a mother to
me. Deborah herself added a few word
to the same ellect. Deborah was a good.
kind woman, boides lieuum preacher and
very much thought of. I knew she meant
every word. she said, and that I could be
useful to her; ami lieside that it was a
great encouragement to have such a wo
man take my part. Mill 1 didn t like the
notion of going right into the family where
Lewis was, and 1 thought I would' wait a
little. Beside that. Aunt Betsv was lame
mil ailinir, ami 1 didn't feel mute free to
leave her. So I staid on. ami certainly I
did have a pretty luinl time. Even t he
neighbors began to notice how I was mew
ed up, anil never vent outside the gate.
"'1 he second day of November. Abiram
came home in the lH-.-t of spirits. Uv had
made Ins tourney prolitab e. it seemed.
and he was more ofa Tory than ever. He
nai aciuauy nrougut me a satin gown that
would stand on end for rielme s. and a
gray crape shawl. I told him he might
Keep his irilts to liuusell. and went up
stairs to my room, where presently Aunt
lieisv eame nriugnig tlie sliawl and the
satin.
"Thee hail lietter put these things
twav !' said she. lavintr them on the lied.
I took them lu-t a they were, and open
ing the window, I dropjHsl them out aud
saw them fall plump into the tub of rain
water underneath for then, instead ol
ei-tern, we had great troughs standing
under the caves. ItwasaMllv thing to
lo, but I was m worked up I didn't cure
one pin. l or once 1 saw Aunt Betsy in a
rasre. Nic seoidnl me roundly, ami ended
by declaring that I .should marry Abiram
within a week or .-he would never .-ce nor
speak to me again. I should have gone
away that very night, only Aunt Bct.y
was taken so sick I didn't like to leave her.
What Abiram thought when he found his
prei-cnls all wet and sjHiiled, I- can't say.
He never said a word to me nor I to him.
I did my work, ami waited on Aunt Bet
sy, but I couldn't get any word to Lewis,
much as I wished it, for old Jacob wa
sick, and I hadn't any other messenger.
"Well, for two ortliree ilays Abiram was
wonderful buy clearing out the cellar.
Xowand then he would take his boat and
run down the creek, and he grew so queer
mil excited mat l began to wonder what
was romr to happen. I hardly ever got a
chance to step outMilc the door, Aunt Bet
sy Kept me so close, and wnat with tlie
work and waiting on her, I was pretty
well Used up.
"One night it was the -JUth ol Xovem-
her and a line moonlight, though rather
foggy I went to the backdoor for a breath
of air. and I saw a fine large brig coming
up with the tide. She si-cmcd to lind her
wav without any trouble, and presently
came to anchor over there where you sec
that pine stump it was a line tree then
not tar from our house, l stood watching.
and presently I saw Abiram and two other
men come ashore from the brig. They
came up the path toward the house, hut I
didn't stay to meet tlit.ua. I went back to
Aunt iK'tsv. and wlien AOiram called me
to supper, he told me the strange men
would stav. and a-Kitt me ii i wouiun t
sit down and make tea. For you see I
hadn't sat down to a single meal with him
since he came home.
'Tea!' said I. where did you get any
tea? 1 knew ours had lieen out some
time, and you couldn't buy an ounce for
love nor iiiouev.
Never mind, said Abiram, looking
as pleased as could lie. I've got it. ami
plenty more of nice things. Xow be a
good girl and see to the supjier, and I
promise not to say a wonl thee won't like
to hear.'
Well. I didn't want to make a fuss
before strangers, so I said 1 would; and I
made some nice hot cakes aud fried a thick
en, and turned out the tea, nut 1 wouidn t
touch a drop, more than it it were poison.
The two men were English, as I made out
by their talk, and one of them was captain
of the brig. He had been drinking a'lit
tle. and he kept throwing out hint which
made me open my ears, and caused the
other man to swear at him for a too'.
Well, I did up the work, and was just
going up-stairs to bed, when Aoir.un
stopped me.
v nat is it f i asKcd snarpij enougn.
" ' I onl v wanted to sav tliat thee needn't
be scaiaxl if thee hears a noise in the
night ;' said he meekly. ' I have got some
goods aboard the brig," and I am going to
have them unloaded, because the captain
wants to get away.'
" Somehow it Hashed across me all in a
minute what the goods' were. So instead
of going to bed,-1 blew but the candle and
sat down behind the curtain to watch.
Presently I saw the men from the brig
bringing up the goods covered with tar
paulins and stowing' them in the cellar.
Thev had nearlv finished when one of the
men let fall a square box. and I knew by
the sound tliat something had broken.
The captain cursed him lor a clumsy fool.
Ainram Drought out a broom, aud 1 could
see them sweeping and brushing some
thing. 1 many the business was linihed.
the men vent away, and Abiram
came up-stairs and went to lied. He
was generally the first one up in the
morying, but this time I stole a march
on liuu and was down before six o'clock.
I took the lantern and began searching
where I liad seen them sweeping the night
liefore, and sure enough, in a little hollow
by the side of the path I found about half a
nanniui oi nice green tea
, . , , ' - -
igaiueriiijiiiieiKiinniy nanus aim
wrapped it in a paper I liad in my pocket.
and then I stoledown to the creek, to the
place where I knew Abiram s little skill
was tied up. It was no sudden move. I
had been thinking all night, audi made
up my mind that 1 must, seeTcwis and tell
him the whole story. I- or. absurd as it
- ,,"'.'." BS rt"u'- :"r.uu .uiii ueisy
iwiiiii lAiiiuitu.-uiuu uavioinarrv me to
.V01I.UU uie.i agauii mv win.
"Tlie tide was running out and helped j water down a drain but at the depths ot
inc. and I was soon at James Whiteear's thatinysteriousapertnrcsomebodrismak
l.mdtng. lor I knew how to handle a bait. I ing wav for it. A stranger, properly cos
I found Lewis at the barn, told him the tinned." can explore these depths, which
whole story, ami showed him the tea.
i on uugii. io iiavescii now ins ,.yes
iut-nt.-i(.
" So that is wliat he lias been u,( to! ; i
said he: "we have len watching him for
k C
i. V'iV1 s,uspSS?5! :t ,mL',, . . r,";n
hecalled Stephen A hitecar,.Tarr!i-s: broth -
cr. a great friend of his. and showed him
th': tea.
"We'll takecareof him!' said Stephen.
Only thee keep quiet. Svbilla. and don't
let on that thee knows anything."'
' Was Stephen a Friend V ' 1 a-ked.
"Well, yes, he belonged to Meeting,
and bis mother was a preacher, as 1 told
you. Si we talked it over, and Stephen
was for calling his mot her. and having me
stay, but I said I thought I had lietter go
right back.
' Don't tell me anything! .-aid I ; and
then I can answer no questions.'
" Lewis said I was right and he would
row me back hhu-clf. On the way it wa
settled lietween us that he should come
for me the next day but two, and then we
would go and get 'married. The reason
we waited was that I should be of age in
two days, and then noliody would liavc
anything to say. 1 hated to leave Aunt
Betsey and goag.iin-t her wishes, but there
-ccnied no other way.
"I was busy getting breakfast when
Abiram came down. I tliought'it best
to be civil to him. and easily put him into
a good humor. That day'cverybodv no
ticed tliat there was a good deal" of riding
round, and goiug in and out of Doctor
Elmer's and lr. Philip FKhian's. He wa
a minister and a great patriot. I was on
thorn, expecting I didn't know what.ai':
ready to start at every noise, but 1 kept
about my work, and waited on Aunt Betsy.
and was so plea-ant to Abiram that he
really thought I was coming round.
"The next evening atioiit ten o'clock
there came a great knocking at our door.
I was up in a minute, and looking out. I
saw by the moonlight almut thirty Indians
in war-paint ami learners standing round
the house. Myjieart was in my mouth for
a minute auu men it came over ine what
they had come lor.
" ' hat do you want':' called Atiiram
from his window.
" ' n e have come for a cup of tin !' said
a voicm which I knew right well. 4 Gel
up and give it to us like a good fellow,
or we sluill have to take it where we can
find it.'
"Abiram blustered and talked big, but it
was no use. Thev told liuu il hedidu t
open the diors. they would break tlieiii
down, and at last rather than have his
house attacked, he gave up the kevs. Thev
touched nothing else in the house, but
they carried all the tea out into the meadow
yonder, piled it up, and set it on fire. It
iHinied splendidly, and iicilumcd the air
for" half a mile round. Then' were at least
two 111111111X11 jieople looking on, but no
body said a wonl, oroll'ered to interfere. It
was all as solemn a a yearly meeting, and
it had a right .to lie, wlien two at least of
the Indians were ministers. When the
tea was all burned, cxerybody went quietly
iiouie.
Abiram was like a madman for a time.
Hid then he broke down and cried like a
baby. He never held his head upattcrthat.
and presently he moved away to Phila
delphia. The' tried to bring a'suit against
the men who burned the tea, but it wasot
no use. The grand jury were too good
Whigs to bring in a bill, and finally the
war mine on ami the matter was dropped.
i nau engaged r.umee limit to come
and take care of the house, and wait on
Aunt lietsv. ami on the day appointed 1
went in and told her what 1 was going to
do. She scolded at first, and then she
cried and begged liie to wait till spring.
one i was iirm. i tnoiigiit i nan waited
and suffered about enough. She declared
sue wotiiu never see me again, mil l told
her I had an inward persuasion that she
would cliange her mind. Then I left her.
anil Lewis and' I went up to Mr Philip
Mimaii ami were married. Aiicrwani
we moved over to James Whiteear's, and
I lived Hicrcaloiigtinie.all the same as one
of the family, doing the spinniugaud help
ing in the work. Some Friends blamed
Deborah for taking in v part, but she said
she had acted according to the liest light
she had, and she was pretty well able to
hold lier own.
The next year the war broke out.
md'Lcwis. with Ids brother IIR-hard and
Stephen Whiti-car, wunt into the army.
it was a - great trouble lo Ueuorali to
have Stephen turn soldier, but he did, and
made a very good one. My LewN rose to
be captain, and was in itch "respected; but
he was wounded up at Wyoming, and
died, leaving me with one little girl, moth
er of your Cither, and Elisabeth " here.
Stephen Whitecar wanted to marry me
when the war was over, and 1 kncwJie-:
borali would have liked it, but I couldn't
bring my mind to it, and after a while he
married Emma Parvin. Folks said he
thought it was the next thing to marry
ing me.
, "Aunt Betsey wasvervangry foralong
time, but she came round, and was as kind
as ever, even getting me the satin gown
and crape sliawl she had promised ine if I
married Abiram. lie got very rich in
Philadelphia at one time, but he lost every
thing speculating in Continental money
after the war, aud finally died poor aud
tru'Mllcss.
" And now, as the wind has changed and
it is clearing up; you had better go and get
ready for your tea-tight.'' Atlantic for
April.
Underground London.
L'nderground, the city of London is cer
tainly the most wonderful in the world.
It is a labyrinth of drain-pipes, water
pipes, gas-pipes, and underground rail
ways! There are points in the soil of Lon
don where it would be extremely difti ult
to find room for another pipe. One com
pany alone the Gas Light and Coko Com
pany supplies two districts with nearly
JOO "miles of pipes, varying in diameter
from three inches to four feet. These are
the main pipes merely, and from them
every house and street lamp receives on an
average six or eight feet of small piping.
In addition to these, and the undergound
telegraph wires, there are no less tlian
2..KX) miles of drain-pipes of various di
mensions, l.ess laminar 10 us.- out no less
important, are the lead and iron tubes
leaden pije.s with outer casings of iron
along which wriiieu messages, jsc-iwu in
little felt-and gutta percha cases, are blown
from station to station. The convenience
of these messages Is immense. A steam
engine forces in ablast of air, and in about
a lnintite it travels a distance ot l)su yams,
There are at present thirteen stations on
the underground railway: and as the jieo
ple walk upon the streets of Loudon,
electricity is flashing messages above thtir
heads, arid little fciissive are whizzing and
- uji iiiin liiai iimici men iv i. , . -umm
m 500 messages pass lo and fro in a day.'
i'ne ,irainag5 system of London presents
a woru of underground streets, some two
or tiree thousand miles in extent. All
tm. drains empty kito three great sewers
I running parallel" with the Tliames which
sewtrs connect in the neisliborhood of
victoria Park.and through Harking Creek
iHschargc into the river. 3Ien are' eon
i rintlt i-nuilm-fil I-
stantly emphn-ed keeping these drains in
rcpti'r. Londoners never pour a pail of
i fv.n.,1
resemble vaulted galleries; in the sides of
i whiciiaretrapsfonuini'V-arroussmallchan-
I III llfTl lit crtmi u-ifnt-c r-srtM nc
they .sonictimts do ilurinr a tlmnder-
1lllllin. tYll trrtktf is ftni-ft c-n rvtr.1. ca-v
I 1 - -a aav iT sui. r-i r til 14 V 4 1 r-F
' ,lwt "pon raJ asions men have lost
, their lives.
Lake Titicara.
Tills i the mo-t siiigularandiutentiiig
lake in the world. Mtuated on the crest
ol the AiuKs. it is the highest large IhmIv
of fresh water: and a' concurrent tradi
tions point to it as the siot where Manco
Capac. the first Inea. appeared and woke
tliealMirigiual trilies from their long sleep
ot'liarliari-ni and ignorance, il is the histi
ric center of South America. Humlnddt
called it the theater of the earliest Ameri-
i-au civilization. On an i-land within it
are the iuiM-ing ruins of the Temple of
me Mm, and all around are monument
which attest the skill and magnificence ot
tlie i mas. There are al-o. as at l laiiuana
co amtSilustani.the remains of burial tow.
ers and palace, which antedate the cru-
-ailes. ami are therelore pn-mcanai.
Iike Titieaea is about the i.e ot our
Ontario, shallow on the west and north.
di-ep toward the cast and south. I'lic
eastern or Bolivian shore, lieing kicked by
tlie lolly range ot ttorata, is vety high and
precipitous. The lake never freezes over.
although the tcmiM-ratiirc of Puno is often
it" at sunrise. Two little steamers oi iw
tons each do a trilling business. Steam
is generated bv llama dung, the only fuel
of the country: for there are no trees with
in 15t) miles. The steamer actually co-t
their weight in silver ; for their traii-por-
tation (in pieces) from the coast cost as
mucli as me original price. A stcamooat
company has just asked from Bolivia the
exclnive privilege of navigating Titieaea
and the Kio Desaguailero to 1-ago Pampa.
with a guaranty of six per cent, cost on the
capita! and a sluirein ail new mines discov
ered.
Professor Ortou. the latest traveler in
that region, calls attention to the fact Jliat
Iike Titieaea is not o high as usually
given in geographical works bv about twit
Hi t. Its true attribute is IJ.lfi:! lii't. and
in the dry season it is four feet less. This
fact has lieen revealed by the consecutive
leveling made in building the An quipa
railway just finished, which reaches from
the Pacific to Like Titieaea. The road
rises from the sea to Areqtiipa. 7..m0 feel ;
thence to the summit, 1 I.iJiU) feet ; ami
then descends over 2.0110 feet, to Pit no on
tlie west shore of the lake, a distance by
the track of :tl miles from the ocean.
Peiitlandt's estimates of Sorata. lllimaiii.
ami other peaks ol" the Andes, Iiavingstart
cil from the Titieaea level as a base line,
must come down full '5(H) feet. Scientific
American.
THE PLEDGE AT SPUNK 1' POfST.
a i.w.uor vnrrrors kkiokt axp iiivmin
CKKKIIlV.
l:v J.mx HAY.
ltA all .fry wi-U li:rirtacliiiiv,
' Ilitt lirnfhin' nml itmrtiri iliin't '!
I'm i--lcii on virtue anil timp'rani'c,
Ami von can't rinir it in on me.
Jrst liMlillr alon; triih your plelgc, 'Squire,
r.i mat's wnai you want rueio surn;
l!etvit mr anil vim, I've ra thar.
Ami I'll not take any in mine.
A yrar lf t Ko'lli July
, lut o" the Ixiys wai here;
We all (rot rornnl ami niirnnl Hie ilei!(te
Fur to ilrink no more that vear.
There was Tilman .toy ami sheriff Mcl'hail,
Ami me ami Aimer Krv,
AnJ Shelby's iwv, I.evmcui,
Anil theiiolyef ' I.uke anil Cy.
Ar.il we anteeil up a hnnilreil
In the haml.4 ol lleacon Kiilce,
Fur to be iliriiltil the lollerin' Ko'th
' Jlnnpst the boys lhat kep' Ihe pleilce.
And we knnweil each other no well, 'Mpiire,
Von may tale my acalp for a tool
V.t i Very nun h hen he feigned hta name
Diiln't f.el 'lea l sure ot the iool.
Kur a while it all went lovely;
VVe put up a jnl next day
Kur to make Jov b'lieve that lib wife was dead,
Anil he went home miilUlin' cay.
Then Abnrr Fry he killed a man.
Ami more ne wa. nunfr, jicrnan
Jest bilaeil thewiililerouten her cheer
By giltin' him slewed in jail.
But ChrU'mas scooieil the Sheriff
'the ririmoirii fathered him in
And Slu-lby'aboy, Leviticus,
Was New Year's tifrht as sin :
Ami alone in March the Golycrs
;ot so drunk that a fresh-biled owl
Would 'a looked, 'longiiIe o' them two young
men,
Like a kober tem'ieranee fowl.
For months alone I walked Ihe chalk ;
1 Uioiijnt mv neart would ureas.
Ami all them bova a-tlappin' my back,
And axin. "Wnat'U you take?"
I never slept without ilreumin' dreams
Of Burton. Peach, or Rye,
But I chawed at my nipetr-head anil swore
l u lane mat iuoi urine.
At last the Vo'th I humped myselt
Through chores anil breakfast boon.
Thi-n scooted down to Tanrart's store.
r or ine piriige was on i n on ;
Ami all Ihe buys was gathered thar.
And each man hilt his Class,
Wntchin' me anil the clock, quite solemn like,
mr lo sec ine lasi minuie pass.
The clock struck twelve ! I raised Ihe jag.
Anil took one lurin' pun
was holler clar Irons skull to boots,
It pei rued I conMn't cit full
But I was roused by a tlenlih l.oish
lhat might hare raised thciKad
Them nrnary sneaks hail sot the clock
A bait an hour ahead!
"AH right," Isqnawked, "you're pt me;
Jestonler Tour drinks agin.
And we'll luildle up to the II, aeon's
Ami scoop the ante in . "
But when He tot up to Kolpe's,
What a tight w.u that we saw!
The Deacon and Parson Skei ters
In the tail of a gan.e of draw.
They hadshook 'em the heft of the ranrnin'.
The Pirson's !: was fj'r.
And be raked, the minute we sot thar.
The last of out pool on apa'r.
So. no more temp'rance for me, 'Squire;
I 'low its all ii r; line.
But iz lurnieself.'l thank ye,
I'll not take any in mine.
llnrjitr't Wttllg.
Empty Cist ems.
Everybody knows well enough that un
less water runs into our cisterns we can by
no device pump It out. Therefore we are
careful to see that all the rainfall on our
roof is conducted thither, and that the piMS
are kept unobstructed.' Even our wells
will jio drv in times of drouth, the sprimrs
bv which thev are fed failing for want of
the earl v or the Litter rains.
The parallel holds perfectly between
our minds and our cisterns. Unless they
are continuallv fed with the pure streams
of knowledirc. thev will inevitably become
empty and dry How mam mental cis-
tenis we lind. capacious enough, and with
all the appliances for getting water from
mem, mat omy vieiu to our movement oi
the pump-iiainiie a warm, stale, turbid
stream of gossip, or complaint, or gar
rulous prattle a rtream how 'difh-rent
from the cool, sparkling, refreshing flow
from -a mind continually replenished by
the jierusal of books constantly falling
from the press, or by the well-springs of an
cient lore. We may pick up knowledgc
every where. A good newspaper will give
us many valuable thoughts which we may
reflect upon while engaged in ouronlinary
duties. It is reflection that makes truth our
own. One.-hould liave always on liand
some valuable book quite outside his or
dinary pursuits, ami read a little in it atten
tively every nay.
Tlie life which is totally taken tip with
supplying physical wants'is not worth the
living. Our minds not less tlian our lodie
need suitable food, tliat their hunger may
lie satisfied; iiphI to be clothed in the fair
robes of knowledge and wisdom, that their
nakedness do not appear; need to be
adorned with the ornaments of literature,
tltnt they be attractive and pleasing to their
companions, it is riirht and our duty to
care for the IhhIv. but the life is more tlian
meat and the body than raiment. If ue
mu-t choo-e between tine dros and tine
thought-. hall we not take the latter":
Eleiratit tVirnitiiredoe- not make the home:
cleirjiit dn and sHrrouuiliii!s do not
make the man or the woman. To clo-e as
we ItejDin. liettcrthe old-fa-hioned well-
-wcepand the iiio-SH-ovenil bucket, with
the well of unfailing and ice-cold water !c-
low. tlian all the modern icnvtions ot
contrivance for rai-insr water placed alnive
an euiptv cistcrn.or afoul and failing' well.
A". )'. Trihunc.
The Oldest Human IMic.
In the Etritsi-an Vase I'nom of the Rrit
i-h .MiiM'iim is to lie .-ecu the skeleton of
one Pharaoh Mvkeriuu-. decently inca-cd
in its original burial clot lies, and surround
ed by fragments of the cotlln. whereon the
name of it.- occupant can 1m- caily read bv
r.i:vptologits, atlonling eoncliijive ei-
deiuv that it once contittieil the mummy
ofa king who was rcijrniiiziii K"Vt inore
thaiiai-eiittiry iH'forethe time of Abra
ham. The proof i thus explained In the
Genlltnum's Mu?aanc. April. ISMS: Alnuit
two years ago. Ilerr Ilumicheii. a tlcrinaii
explorer of the monuments of Egypt, fol
lowing up the indications iHiuteil out by
M. Marictfc. a distiiiirui-htil an lianlo-ji-t.
di-covertil on the buried walls of the tem
ple ol O-iris, Abydos. a large tablet iim
tainini; the iianies of the ancient Pharaoh
from the time o( MNraim thegrand-oiiof
.oan. aim loiiniicr oi ine r.gvpitui mon
archy to that of l'lianioh S ti I., the fa
ther of the well-known Kaiiiescsthe ISreat.
including thereby the chronology of nine
centuries, viz.: from If. V. i:!00 to II. V.
I-KH). I his tablet, by far the mo-t impor
tant yet discovered, iias Ih-cii compared to
the sculptured figure-of the Kings of Enr-
land. at the ("rj-.-tal Palai-c, from William
the Conqueror" to her Majesty IJuevn Vle
tom. Astronomical evidetici-. moreover.
enables us to determine the time of two
important epoch- in the bi-tory of Egypt.
one of which is connected with our pres
ent subject. Sir.lohn Hcrschel has fixed
the age" of the lireat Pyramid of tJhieli to
the middle of the t weiit v-sccond century
i:.t. The tablet of Abvdos .-hows that
the Pharaoh who-c Ihihs we now possess
succeeded the builder of the I real Pyra
mid with only two intervening kings.'We
are, therefore, warranted in a-.-iiming that
the remains ot Pharaoh Mykeriiius lielotig
to the age to which we have a igiied them.
77ir nurlitoj II i.nr..
Ilcliigladylike.
We all know. s;iys a writer, that U ing
'nulailylike" U the phrae. lint, then,
wliat is iM'ing ladylike? In wliat does
this ladvlikeisiii eiiu-ist. which js strivuii
after by so many? This is a question
which lines not lK-ar mucli talking altout ;
like a plum, the bloom comes oil even as
we Handle it: it is aditlleult task toilcluie.
though not. iH-rhaps, to fi-cl. It may lie
an olil-fa-hioniil, even an aluio-t obsolete.
prejudice, but I am inclined to think that
a 1 uly doing any mortal thing that i- con
venient ami nwessary, ami w Inch is also
fitting that -as a woman she should do, is
truly ladylike; and. further, that any one
wh() is as'liamed to do this is pot quite wor
thy to Ik- so considered. It is to lie Cured,
however, that this view of the wonl is fast
dving out. for nowadays it seems that to
do anything that a woman should not do
to lie masculine. loud, independent is
eoli-itlcred "the thing," but to be simply
useful, to be inilcpc nilciit m tlie way oi do
ing just what comes to hand without wor
rying aliout what 'W'ople think." L,ala!
by many considered as singularly unlady
like and wanting in style. Women such
as these last are, iintortiinatelr, brought
into disrepute by and confounded with
tlue who affect to despise ami think little
of the world's opinion, setting it at nought,
as it were, by an aflectation of indepenil
ence, but who would, nevertheless, lie the
la-t to make themselves really useful.
With such a these before the eves, one is
almost inclined to make excuses for that
old-fashioned pluise of vulgarity, tine laily-
ism, which, looli-h anil ridiculous as it is.
is Icssoliicetionable by many degrees than
the boldness of our present manners.
A Self-Registering Thermometer.
An improved automatic registering and
printing thermometer has long been a desi
deratum, and according to Professor
Hough, this has now been realized, m the
invention of an instrument admirably
idaptcd to the purpose. In the construc
tion of this apparatus there is the utmost
simplicity. It consists of a brass tube.
Iient in the form of a siphon, the closed
leg of which is tilled with alcohol, and the
oM-u with inercuty, and. on. tlie surface of
tlie mercury, in tins open end. mere rests
an ivory float, suspended from a delicate
balance, having platinum wire atlaclieil to
each end of the lever. Xow, wlien the
column of mercury iu the thermometer
tube rises or falls from the cflect of temjt
erature. the platinum wires dip iu small
mercury cups underneath them, thereby
causing a current of electricity to pass
through one oi two cieciro-magneis ope
rating mechanism for giving motion to a
tine micrometer screw. The motion of
this screw elevates or lowers the balance,
thereby breaking the circuit. Whenever a
change ot temperature equal to one-tenth
ofa degree occurs, the magnetic current
circuit is complete, and tin) screw is moved
to a spaw equivalent to the change in tnc
height of the mercury in the thermometer.
At the same time the clock-work moves
the tvpc-whecls indicating the tempera
ture, which is printed each hour on a slip
of Kier moving in front of them. A pen
cil held against a revolving drum also re
cords a continuous curve, exhibiting at a
glance the height of the thermometer.
Use of Phosphorus in Xenralgia.
A valuable pajer has lieen contributed
by Dr. .1. Ar-hbiirton Thompson to the
Practitioner, London, on the use of phos
phorus in neuralgia, large doses being
employed by him for this purpose, and
with marked success, Jle re-ords eighteen
cases, and arranges them in three clashes
acute primary attack.'-, acute recurrent at
tacks, and chronic cases. Six cases occur
in each class. In the first class, the ages
ranged between 25 and 40 ; in the second,
between 30 and CO: in the third, between
21 ami 40. Some of Hie patients suffered
from tri-geminal, some from cenico-occip-
iLU. some lroni servico-pracniai neuralgia,
and one in the second class from sciatica.
All the cases in the first two classes were
cured; of the third class three were cured,
one of the patients having been afflicted
-ixtif n vcjirs without a week's freedom
from pain ; two, lioth consumptives, were
relieved : aim one uncomplicated ca-e.
woman aged 40. with affection of the fifth
nerve, of ten months' duration, failed to
be benefited, although she was treated for
fifteen dav.s. As might be expected, the
Mirrinmf-"icf. tnAlr lnnfst rn curvr but ill
all the caes helped, relief followed the
first few do-es.
Don't tell a child you will do anything
unless you intend to'kecp your prombe.
A strict obs.ervanee of this .rule may are
you the agony of seeing your child be
come a liar. "If you say. ""I'll skin von
alive !" go and skin it "though it brings
tears to your eyes.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
If ever a moon was made of green cheese
it was the honeymoon.
" I'm peculiarly uneasy on this point,"
said the tly lo the young gentleman who
stuck him on the end ot a needle.
"The one thing," says Jean Paul,
which a maiden mo-t ea-ily forgets. Is
how .-he looks hence mirrors were in
vented." Emkksox say : The way to make t he
woildlH'tler is by reforming "numlH-r one.
then there is surely one less villain iu the
world."
A vorxi: man. having put aerown-piiiv
into -the plate" in an' Edinburgh church
by mistake, instead of a pcinry. asked lo
hae it back, but wa- refused." In once,
in forever." "Awcel. awi-el." grunted he,
" I will get credit for It in Heaeii." Xa.
na," said .leem, the doorkccHT. "ye'll
get credit only for the penny ye meant to
riV "
e -
Tine teacher of an infant school lcid her
attention called to one little fellow who
was listening to wliat she said. She was
teaching her class the elements of English
hi-tory. and wishing to mv if he knew
w hat she was talking almut. she suddenly
a-ked, Johnny, w ho killed King Kiillis:1'
With a siirprt-cd look, he replied, " Wbr,
I didu't-kiiow he was dead."
Thk (ialesburg widow met her swain at
a tcmiM'rancc meeting, and gave him SCOiM
to meet some notes coming due : the Phil
adelphia widow gave lT lover j?;t,000 to
lunil-h tlie House nicy were to live in : me
Newark widow gave her San Francisco
licaii, whom she met at a church festival,
a house valued at $7,000 to disiMio of.
The lovers all oekctcd tin; money and de
camped. The ioor women deserve pilv
for their confidence, if nothing more. A
w idow choking with affection for a heart's
idol can not reasonably oe cxHctcd to
telegraph all round the country to inquire
from wliat, if any, penitentiary her adorer
has emerged. However. It would hecheaiv-
er in the long run to do . CAUajio Trib
une.
DftllN Canon and (. jscr Peak.
There Is a deep gorgejust north of Gey
r Peak known as IVvil's Canon. The
Hog's Hack Kange is its southern Imuiii-
tlarv. and a high mountain separating Itig
.Sulphur Creek from the canon forms its
northern wall. Ihe stream wlncli runs
through the gorge tumbles over a rocky
I ml of boulders hurled in wild dis
order from the ailjaivnt mountains. Little
Sulphur Creek comes In from the south
east, sweeping round the foot of t'evscr
.Mwiintauip lornilng a nan-circle, ami is
joined by the water from Di-vil's-Canoii.
In the fork orilietwostn-amsrisesdevser
Peak. 3.170 feet aliove the sea level, a bold
landmark, familiar to all residents of this
mid Russian I'ivcr Valley. The old Foss
trail to the Ovyser Springs wound round
its crest, from'whlch thousands of travel
ers from all parts of the world have looked
down into the gloomy depths of Devil's
Canon, the scene of the adventures we are
about to relate.
lcars ago. when Santa Rosa was a
scattering liamlet. when only liere and
mere a reiice otjstrucieu travel inanyui
rcction over the broad unfilled plains, a
well-known pioneer citizen, still a resident
of this township, started to visit a sheep
ranch on Big Sulphur Creek, just beyond
the section first described. He was dressed
in the lialf-Spanlsh, half-American style
peculiar to the ranchers of tliat day. Hi
horse w:is lithe, muscular and high-spirit
ed, caitarisoncd after tlie California style
a head-stall or luur ornamenteil Willi col
ored tassels, a bridle with heavily-plated
Spanish bit and fastenings. About the
horn of tlie saddle was coiled a rawhide
riata.
Leaving the site of tlie present town of
Healdsburg.the riihrtook an obscure trail
leading northeasterly in the direction of
his shecp-cainp, which he expected to reach
before sundown. The trail led over spur
after spur jutting out from the main range
of the Mayacamas Mountains. Before tlie
traveler realized the fact tlie lofty hills
above and around him were clothed in the
purple hues of a midsummer sunset. When
winding around the narrow trail oil thc
eastern face of Ueyser Peak, the sun sank
beneath tnc nonzon. ine canon ueneatit
him looked dark ami uninviting wedge
shaped. like a valley turned edgewise in
the hills. Between him and his destina
tion Devil's Canon anil tlie ridge dividing
it from Big Sulphur Creek still intervened.
He commenced tlie descent on a trail not
followed without care even by tlie broad
light of the sun. Urging Ids hone, he was
soon amid a grove of lofty nines, whose
crests, first below tlie level of vision, noon
after formed a tlark bulwark behind him.
He reached and crossed safely the rocky
bed of tlie stream, and commenced to as
cend tlie opposite side, which was precip
itous and bare. It was now quite dark.
He trusted solely to the instinct of his
horse, which struggled up the steep ascent
sure-footed and strong of wind. His dog.
a constant companion, kept close beside
him.
After gome time be readied a place which
afforded sufficient standing-room to rest
his jaded Horse, supposing ne was near
the summit, lie forced tlie horse, which
manifested a strong desire to go In a con
trary direction, along a way which seemed
to the rider more smooth and direct. Pass
ing over tlie levJ space, he perceived they
liad commenced to descend, ana supposed
that he hail crossed the summit of the ridge,
when he felt that his horse wns slipping ;
its fore-feet were extended and haimcbM
down. Faster and faster they west!
Realizing the danger as they came beneath
the branches of a stunted oak, the rider
snnni? from the saddle, holding in but
hand the riata, to which he clung with the
instinct or despair : one end was anout tne
horse's neck, and the bight caught round
the oak on the opposite sid of which the
rider bad fallen.
Hand over hand, by tlie stout raw-hide.
he climbed up tlie steep ascent, and
grasped the tree. The riata. relieved of its
heavy strain, rattled around it; there was
a thumping sound as the horse endeavored
to lioiu ins looting, a crasn ami nreaaing
of brush, a wild, half-human shriek, an in
stant of appaling stillaess, and then a
crushing thud! Terrified at his narrow
escape, the traveler remaimad he knows not
how long, clinging to the friendly oak,
cold Deads of sweat rolling down his fore
head. He groped hU way up the hill,
clinging to the undergrowth, catting, as
occasion requited, a foothold with his
knife, reaching the stimmit in safety.
Tlie light of a waning moon, which rose
above the horizon, enabled him to find bis
way down the mountain to Big Sulphur
Creek, which lie followed up to his. sheep
camp, located near the place where the
Cloverdale and Geyser5prings ToU-housc
now stand..
Xext morning lie returned to the scene
ot his frightful adventure,and found where
he had left tlie trail, and turned to tie-
rection or the precipice, lieio w tne einmn
i but firmly-rooted oak a track was broken
i through the cliaparral. DeaeemBng tne
lose of the nrrc-inice. lie found, wedged m
the jaws of Devil Canon, the bodr of his
gallant sted, t-roshed tea jelly I 'n?
hail round and apparently rcmiuiieu.;"
the dead horse through tixti&t. ,J?t
mingled expression of pity and we" "
croBched and fawned about the feet of m
master. v