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CLAYTON, DEL., SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1869.
YOL. III.
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THE LAST GOOD BYE.
Farewell ! Farewell ! Is often hoard
From the Ups of those who part ;
'Tis a whispered tone, 'tls a gentle word
But It springs not from tho heart.
It may
lover's lay,
To be sung 'neath the summer's sky:
But give me the lips that say
The honest words, "Good-bye I"
•vc for
Adieu ! Adieu! may greet the ear
In the guise of courtly speech ;
But when we leave the kind and clear,
'Tis not what the soul would teaeli,
Whene'er we grasp the hand of those
We would have forever nigh,
The liamo of friendship burns and glows
In the warm, frank words, ''Good byo !"
The mother sending forth her child
>et with tho cares and strife,
Breathes thro' her tears her doubts and fears
's future life.
No cold "adieu," no "farewell" lives
Within her choking sigli ;
But the deepest sob of «»igUlsli-giVÖ«,
God bless tlico boy—"Good-bye !"
To
the loved
V
Go watch the pale and dying
When the glance lias lost its beams—
When the brow Is cold as the marble stone,
And the world a passing dream ;
And the latest pressure of the hand,
Tho look of the closing eye,
Yield what the heart must understand—
A long, a last "Good-bye."
WHY?
MAllY W. MICKLES.
Why, nil! why, must priceless Jewels
lives that heed them not?
Or, if for one moment treasured,
Flung aside, and soon forgot.
Fairest flowers spring up and blossom
All unenred for, on tlieir way
Who with Idle, listless footsteps
Bruise aud crush them carelessly.
While the lives where gems might glitter,
Proud to deck a thing so fair ;
All unthroned, undecked, and orownlcss
Lie forever cold and bare.
Hungry human hearts go stnrvlng
O'er a dark and lonely way*
d life's choicest blessing,
Love fs idly flung away.
rcr*»l net« re«
Dwarfed into a narrow cell
'Till how they had bloomed and broadened
Only God alone c
Why must souls which Ho mndo kindred
And by closest bends allied—
beat aecordnnt,
Fa to with cruel hand divide?
Ole
While
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Hearts which cv
darksome pathways,
sullen sky ;
Leaving each
ditch low©
Life, which might have bloomed, all barren,
Ami we can but murmur, why?
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ÜdcctcÏJ iliorn.
The Snow Fort Battle.
BY T. B. ALDRICIÏ.
Tlio memory of man, oven that of tlio
oldest inhabitant, ruuoth not back to the
time when there did not exist u feud be
tween tho North End and South End
boys of lliveruiouth.
Tho origin of tho feud is involved in
mj'stery; it is impossible to say which
party was the first aggressor in the far
off ante revolutionary agos ; but tho fact
remains that tlio 3*011 ngsters of those an
tipodal sections entertained a mortal
hatred for each other, and that this ha
ired had been handed down from gene
ration to generation, like Miles Stan
dish's punch bowl.
: not what laws, natural or un
natural, regulated the warmth of the
quarrel, but at somo seasons it raged
more violently than at others. This
winter, both parties were unusually live
ly and antagonistic. Great was the
wrath ol tlio South Endors, when they
discovered that the North-Enders had
thrown up a fort on tho crown of Slat
tor's Hill.
Staffer's liill, or Xo-man'sland, as it
was generally called, was a rise of
ground covering, perhaps, an aero und
a quarter, situated on an imaginary line,
marking tho boundary between tho two
districts. An immense stratum ofgran
ito, which hero and there thrust out a
wrinkled boulder, prevented the site
from billig used for building purposes.
The street ran on either sido of tho hill,
from one part of which a quantity of
rock had been removed to form the un
derpinning of the now jail. This exca
vation mado the approach from that point
all but impossible, especially when the
ragged ledges were a-glittor with ice.—
You see what a spot it was for a snow
fort.
One evening, twenty
North-Enders quietly took possession of
Slatter's Hill, and throw lip a long lino
of breastworks. Tho rear of tho in
trenchmeiit, being protected by the quar
ry, was left opon. The walls wero four
feet high, and twenty-two inches thick,
strengthened at tho angles by stakes
driven firmly into the ground.
Fancy tho rage of tho Scuth-Enders
tho next day, when they spied our snowy
citadel, with Jack Harris' red silk pock
et handkerchief floating defiant^* from
tho flag-staff.
In less than one hour it was known all
over town, in military circles ut least,
that tlio " l'uddlo-doctcrs" and the "Riv
er-rats" (these were the derisive sub-ti
tles bestowed on our »South-End foes) in
tended to attack the fort that Saturday
alle
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thirty of tho
At two o'clock all tho fighting boys of
the Temple Grainmor School, and
many recruits as wo could mustor, lay
bohind the walls of Fort Slatter, with
three hundred compact snow-balls
piled up in pyramids, uwaiting the ap.
proach of the enemy. The enemy was
not slow iu making his approach,—fifty
strong, headed by one Mat Ames. Our
force.-, wero under command of General
J. Harris.
Before tho action commenced, a meet
ing was arranged botwcon tho rival com
manders, who drew up and signed cer
tain rules and regulations respecting tho
conduct of the battle. As it was impos
sible for tlio North-Enders to occupy the
fort permanently, it was stipulated that
tho South-Euders should assault it on
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons,
botwcon the hours of two and six. For
them to tuko possession of tho place at
any other time was not to constitute a
capture, but on the contrary, was to bo
considered a dishonorable act. The
North-Enders, on thcother hand, agreed
to give up tho fort whenever ten of the
storming party succeeded iu obtaining
atone timo a footing on tho parapet, and
were able to hold the same for tho space
of two minutes. Both sides wero to ab
stain from putting pebbles into their
snow-balls, nor was it permissible to use
frozen ammunition. A snow-ball soaked
in water and loft out to cool was a pro
jcctilo which in previous years had been
resorted to with disastrous results.
These preliminaries settled, tliecom
munders retired to tlieir respective corps.
Tho interview had taken place on the
hillside between tlio opposing lines.
General Harris divided bis men into
two bodies: tho first comprised tho most
skillful marksmen,or gunners; the sec
ond, the reserve force, was composed of
tho strongest boys, whoso duty it was to
repel the scaling parties, and to make
occasional sallies for tlio purpose of cap
turing prisoners, who wero bound by
tho articles of treaty to faithfully servo
uuder our fiag until they wero exchang
ed at the close of tho day.
Tho repel lers were called light infan
try; but when they carried on operations
beyond tho fort they became cavalry.—
It was al§o their duty, when not other
wise engaged, to manufacture snow
balls. The General's staff consisted of
live Templars (I among the number,
with the rank of Major,) who carried tho
General's orders and looked after the
wounded.
Goneral Mat Amos, a votcran com
mander, was no less wide awako in tho
disposition of liisamiy. Five companies,
each numbering but six men, in order
not to present too big a target to our
sharpshooters, wore to charge tho fort
from different points, their advance be
ing covered by a heavy firo from the
gunners posted in tho rear. Each scaler
was provided with only two rounds of
ammunition, which wcie not to bo used
until lie liad mounted tlio breastwork
and could deliver his shots on our
heads.
The thrilling pioment bad now arriv
ed. I1' I had been going into a real en
gagement, I could not have been more
deeply impressed by the solemnity of
tlio occasion.
The fort opened fire first,—asingleball
from tho dexterous hand of Gonorul Har
ris taking General Amos in tho very pit
of liis stomach. A cheer went up from
Fort Slatter. In an instant the air was
thick with Hying missiles, in tho midst
of which we dimly descried tho stor
ing parties sweeping up the hill, shoul
der to shoulder. The shouts of tho lea
ders, and tho snow-balls, like shells
ubout our ears, mudo it very lively.
Not more than a dozen of tho enemy
succoodcd in reaching tho crest of the
hill ; fivo of these clambered upou the icy
walls, where they wore instantly grab
ed by tlio logs and jerked into the fort.
Tho rest retired confused and blinded by
our well-directed firo.
When Genorul Harris (with his right
eye bunged up) said, "Soldiers, I am
proud of you!" my heart swelled in my
bosom.
The victory, however, had not been
without its price. Six North Euders,
having rushed out to harass tho diseom
iittod enemy, were gallantly cut off* by
General Ames, and captured. Among
these wero Lieutenant P. Whitcomb
(who bad no business to join in the
charge, being woak in tlio knees,) and
Captuin Fred Langdon, of General Har
ris' staff. Whitcomb was one of tlio
most uotablo shots on our side, though
lie was not much to boast of in a rough,
and tumble fight, owing to tho weak
ness before mentioned. General Ames
put him among tho gunners, and wo
wore quickly made aware of tho loss we
had sustained, by receiving a frequent
artful bull, which seemed to light with
unerring instinct on any nose that was
the least bit exposed. I bave known
of Pepper's snow-balls, point-blank, to
turn a corner and hit a boy who consul
ered himself absolutely sufe.
But wo bad no time for vain regrets.—
The battlo raged. Already there were
two bad cases of black eye, aud one of
nose-bleed, in tho hospital.
It was glorious excitement, those pell
mell onslaughts and hand to-hand strug
gles. Twice wo wero within un ace of
beiug driven from our strong-liold, when
General Harris and hisstuffieuped reck
lessly upon the. ramparts aud hurled tho
besiegers heels over head down hill.
At sunset, tho gurrisou of Foil Slatter
was still unconqucrcd, and ulltheSouth
Emlers, in a solid philaux, marched oil
whistling " Yankee Bundle," while we
cheered and jeered them until they were
out of boa ring.
General Ames remained behind to ef
fect an exchange of prisoners. Wo hold
thirteon of liis men, and ho eleven of
ours. General Ames proposed to call it
an oven thing, since many of his eleven
prisoners were officers, while nourly all
our thirteen captives wero privates. A
dispute arising on this point, the two
noble gonerals came to fisticuffs, und in
tho fracas, our bravo commander got his
remaining eyo badly damaged. This
didn't prevent him from writing a gene
ral ordor tho next day, on a slate, in
which ho complimented tho troops on
tlieir heroic behavior.
On the following Wednesday tho siege
was renewed. I forgot whether it was
on that aftornoon or the next day that
wo lost Fort Slattor; but loso it wo did,
with much valuable ammunition and
several men. After a series of desperato
assaults, wo forced Goneral Ames to ca
pitulate; and lie, in turn, madothoplaco
too hot to hold us. So from day to day
the tide of battlo surged to and fro, some
times our arms, and sometimes those of
the enemy.
Générai Ames handled his men with
great skill; his deadliest foo could not
deny that. Once ho out-genoraled
commander in tho following manner.—
IIo massed his gunners on our loft and
opened a brisk fire, under cover of which
a single company (six men) advanced on
that angle of tho fort. Our reserves on
tho right rushed over to defend the
threatened point. Monnwhilo, four com
panies of the enemy's scalers made a de
t >ur round tho fcot of the hill, and dash
ed into Fort Slatter without opposition.
At the same moment General Amos'
gunners closed in on our left, and there
wo wero between two fires. Of course wo
had to vacate the fort. A cloud rested
on General Harris' military repuliou
until his superior tactics enabled him to
disposcss tho enemy.
As the winter wore on, the war-spirit
waxed fiercer and fiercer. At length tho
provision against using heavy substance
in tho snow-balls was disregarded. A
ball stuck full of sand-bird shot cam©
tearing into FortSlatter. In retaliation,
General Harris ordered a broad sido of
shells; i. e.. snow-balls containing
hies. After this, both sidos never fa iled
to iroeze their ammunition.
It was no longer child's play to march
up to the walls of Fort Slatter, nor was
the position of the besieged less perilous.
Atovcry assault three or four boys on
each side wero disabled. It was not an
unfrequent occurrence for tho combat
ants to hold up a flag of truce while they
removed some insensible comrade.
Mattois grow worse and worse. Seven
North-Enders had boon seriously wound
ed, and a dozen South-Endcrs wero re
ported on tho sick list. The solcctmen
of the town awoke to tho fact of what
was going on, and detailed a posse of po
lice to provent further disturbance. The
boys at the foot of the hill, South Endors,
ns it happened, finding tlicmselvos as
sailed in tho roar und on the flank, turn
ed round and attempted to beat off the
watchmen. In this they wero sustained
by numerous volunteers from tho fort,
who looked upon tho interference as ty
rnnical.
The watch wero determined fellows,
and charged the boys valiantly, driving
them all into the fort, where wo made
common cause, fighting side by side
like tho best of friends. In vain the
four guardians of tho peace rushed up
the hill, nourishing their clubs and call
ing upon us to surrender. They could
not get within ten yards of tho fort, our
so destructive. In one of the
onsets u man named Mugridge, more
valorous than his peers, threw himself
upon tho parapet, when he was seized
by twenty pairs of bands, and dragged
inside the breastwork, whero fifteen
boys sat down on him to keep him quiet.
Perceiving that it was impossible with
tlieir small number to dislodge us, tho
watch sent for reinforcements. Tlieir
call was responded to, not only by tho
whole constabulary forco (eight men)»
but by a numerous body of citizens, who
had become alarmed at the prospect of a
riot. This formidable array brought us
to our senses : wo began to think that
maybe "discretion was tho better partof
valor." General Harris and General
Ames, with tlieir rospoctive staff*, held
a council of war in tho hospital, and a
backward movement was decided on.—
So, alter one grand farewell volley, wo
lied, sliding, jumping, rolling, tumbling
down tho quarry at the rear of the fort,
and oscapcd without losing a man.
Dut wo lost Fort Slatter forever.—
Those battle-scarred ramparts wero raz
ed to tho ground, and humiliating ashes
sprinkled over tho liistoiic spot, near
which a solitary, linx-eyed policeman
was soen prowling from timeto timo da
ring the remainder of the winter.
The event passed into a legend, and
afterwards, when later instances of
pluck and endurance wero spoken of,
the boys would^.say, " Dy golly ! you
ought to havo been at tho fights on Slal
ter's Hill !"— From the "Story of a Had
Boy," in Our Young Folks.
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And what is it, that which constitutes
a true lady ? Is it that which we so of
ten hear termed "ladylike," whon in
sociul circles an acknowledged (b3* a few
who know not tho first precepts of eti
quette that govern true ladies and gen
tlemen) lad>* curls up her powdur-covor
ed nose, twists her painted lips, and ex
claims lo her ucurst neighbor, " lio or
sho are so odd?" No! It is something
far different. No feeblo mind hath e'er
attained that something-pur'' •* *■ loin.
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f\V Uten for the 44 Clayton Herald."]
"TIA-IKE BACK."
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By Viola.
"Tale back tlic heart that thou gmvest,
Wait is my anguish to thee?
Tukilbuok the freedom thou eravest,
L<<ving the burden to me."
Loiying tho burden to mo! 'Twas
early ^and|e light, but they did not wish
for tin light of other agos. They were
satisfit! to sit in tbe darkness and watch
tlio sladows on tho wall. Tho evening
mail lad arrived a lew momonts before
and a tyter been brought by one of tho
maidoiA to tlio other. The epistle con
tained nothing of importance, as tho
words "come to-inorrow" would seem to
indicate, for they only produced disseut
in the mild of tho reader. The author of
that letter had suffered, was suffering,
deeply sujfcîing ! tho latter part of that
writer's life was shrouded in mystery,
and she wl^> read that letter knew but
half. She was i third party to that mis
ery, not conuée'.uj! in it lier"olf, but only
took the partjM -
words pennel there, her thoughts took
a backward &rn and she beheld tho life
of the writer aim a she first became ac
quainted. "Go ae to-morrow!" there
was a world of n waning in those words
and formed an tem in hor future life.
Tho two maidens »what of them ? They
wore friends am a few nights would
separate them. before parting it was
necessary to Law a little quarrel, a few
words which inM uni of dividing would
servo to bind them more strongly.
" You don't ifovtuine !"
"Y'osldo!" 1 '\
" Your actions don't indicate any groat
affection, for yon »refer staying down
stairs to being w : i ' /no."
"No, I do not, »>Yy 1 get tired of stay
ing in this room : r the time. '
" All the tinijal I wish you would not
say you lovo tue at jrmore. I make you
so tired und ask yol to do things which
seem obnoxious. tym've got one con
solation, I shall Jc4 trouble you much
longer."
" You don't make me tired ; you know
I didn't mean thnttt"
"I don't know . at you mean then,
for you said it* Tale;back your lioart!
I shall only make! mffer while in my
,*, I want to be ulono!" She didn't
mean it.
Sd. As she read the
,
ft
ft
man walking his apartment*
An ol
We'll watch him.
"Yes, took back the heart sho gave mo,
or else sold hor soul for money. I was
a young man then pursuing my chosen
profession aud striving for laurels. 1
was ambitious when first we met and
every mooting increased that ambition.
Ah! well, I.remember tho moonlight
rides, our long conversations, my ques
tion, her answer, our betrothel. Tho
timo for the marringo approached and
with that time came a stranger to our
village. Ho was rich ! mot her, flirted
awhile (yes, she flirted though engaged
to me,) proposed, was accepted, (by one
who was to bo my bride,) and they wero
married. I lovod her. Ho was richer
than I, vo sho took him, thinking money
and happiness went ht* mi in hand. What
was my anguish to her? Lifo too drea
ry, thoughts too tormenting. Wine,
wine ! give me brandy, whiskey, any
thing to drown my sorrow. Work and
try to bo a man? never ! moro whiskey,
only a few drops to drown, forget her in !
See my hair, whitoned ; look at my face,
haggard ; m y - tw ee , red ; my clothes,
ragged; my name, drunkard. Homo!
I haven't any; fiiends! not one; rela
tion, unknown ; life, wasted by strong
drink. Another glass. 1 loved her and
she is tho cause. Ob, what is my
guish to hor?"
Young man, ruining thyself what is
thy anguish to mortal? Woman did
not drive theo to the intoxicating cup for
consolation; she did not soy forget prin
ciple and manhood for mo. If she had
spoken at all, it would have been with a
voice tonod to kindness and from a heart
which mocked her own suffering. Does
woman turn !o the wine cup when dis
appointed ? Is it moro oxeusablo in the
man than the woman? Does sho give
up her interest In life? and if she does
doth it appear so to tho world ! Then
shall tho stronger sox yield supremacy
to the weaker in this case, and acknow
ledge themselves unable to bear disap
pointment. Rather should a bold face
l»o assumed and rising from thy lothnrgy
Join with thy manhood in renewed ac
tion. " What is thy anguish to
tnl?" top much, for many hourts aro
blooding for theo.
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" And you do not lovo me? then take
back the freedom thou eravest, go and
lovo another. Already has she obtained
a place in tl*y heart's affection,
when thy vows to me
her, taking with 3*011 my blossing.—
Think not of mo, for though I lovo you,
I give 3*ou y «»hr freedom and bid 3*011
go whore thy heart is."
" Agatha, I will
thou dotii lovo me and desiretli 1110 to
remain with theo,'*
"Stay with uiel did woman ever ask
tho man who did not reeipreento her
lovo to tarry with her? Go ! I glvo you
3*our freedom ! never would I havo the
object of m3' affection think 1 wished a
sacrifie© offcreij inc. Thy freedom—
leave 1110!"
even
frech. Go 10
•or leavo theo if
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"My child I-j-my child! with all thy
wickedness I bv© 3*011. Yet thou must
depart, or notijng but thy nock
the peualty oi'i»3* crimes. Go with all
ill pay
thy hardness of hoart leaving tho bur
don of thy wrong acts to mo. Mothers
havo borno burdens, mothers can boar
them again. Dying they have loved
their children though tlioir sins were
manifested. I am thy mother, and ratti
er would I have seen thy form laid be
neath the sod than thus disgracod. Thou
didst livo to make this old heart mourn ;
thou didst survive to make this head
lower. Though thy father's namo
beyond reproach and thy family held in
high ostoem I will not censure thee.—
Thy sins have overtaken tlioe and I the
last member of our happy family must
bear tho shame. Thou canst novor see
mo more, but go, go with all tliy sins,
knowing thou art hastening to a retri
bution. IIo has gono leaving tho bur
den to me."
How many havo borno burdens that
did not belong to them ? how many have
suffered in part for tho sins of their fel
low mortals and died with scarce a word
of reproach towards tho instigator of
their suffering? "Come unto me, ail
ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I
will give you rest." Leavo tho burden
to Me.
[Written for tho "Clayton Herald"]
That's M| "lama's Haul
O said little P.ollie, when but six
years of age, as his mother in as
med disnlcasure, raised hor linnd as if
to strike him. Had her anger been real
instead of pretended, it must have been
conquerod by that little scnTfcnee so lov
ingly, trustfully uttered. Thus, thought
I, the child of God should trust him.—
" Out of tho mouths of babes and suck
S
lings thon hast ordained strength." So
it is written. And bore is this littlo boy
touching us tho most precious lessons.—
His tiny linger was pointing to the
threatening hand of liis mother ; his cyos
wore looking up confidingly into her
face ; and though her brow was dark
and forbidding, though ho was pointing
to the very hand which, at other times;
bad inllicled cliastisomeut upon him, yet
such faith had lie in his mother's love,
that lie feared no harm. O, tried, allliut
ed child of God, does not this little incl
, aent boar to your soul somo whispe rings
[or convolution ana strength? VVbat
though adversity,
your Father, who controls it?
Lord shall prosorve theo from all evil,"
not that you shall never suffer, for, "in
tho world ye shall havo tribulations,"
still "He shall preserve thy soul." Can
you believe that your Heavenly Father
loves you less than this imperfect mor
tal loved her boy? This child did not
always understand liis mother; yet he
trusted her implieity. And is not God
worthy of y.our confidence? True,
His ways are sometimes inystorious, far
abovo your comprehension. Often liis
hand has not only threatened, but struck
you with seemingly pitiless blows; and
? it may bo raised as if to renew
the pain of former chastisements,
whose hand is it? Not an enemy's, not
"God is love;" God is
Is there not One,
" The
as
ven
But
a stranger's,
your Father, and it is liis hand, there
fore fear not, it will do 3*011 no harm. The
strength of Omnipotence is there, and it
is able to crush you down to hopeless
ruin ; 3*ct it will not do this became its
every motion, its tremendous power is
under tho constraint of infinite love. As
God lives this is true ; and as God lives
and loves, liis hand will never touch
3*ou, savo to raise you up nearer to that
mansion wliero the weary aro lorover at
rest. Have y
rent correcting her child, while tho tears
streaming down her effeminate,faco told
you that each blow, as it foil» carried
more pain to her hoart than to her child?
"Like as a mother pitieth her children,
so the Lord pitieth thorn that fear Him."
Then if tho providonco is gloomy, do not
look only upon this, but upon y
tlicr's face; look into His C3*es, and l>3*
just one glance of faith you will see
depths of love—love for you, poor, tried
child—which the endless, joyous striv
ings of ntefnity cannot fathom. You do
not see this love, when >*ou gaze only at
tile hand, which threatens or at the trial
already upon you. Y'ou may point to
the hand, as did this little boy; or 3*011
may fully recognize the presence of your
alllictioii. But whilo doing this let your
faith bo searching the Father's ©3*0, feel
ing the movings of liis heart, and there,
both in e3'e and heart, 3*011 will find 011
I3* love, and in finding this 3*011 will re
ceive poaco. Had it been a stranger's
hand, the child would havo felt fear and
terror. But with his mother lie had been
in constant intimacy every day of his
life ; and thus he liad learned to love and
trust her. "That's uiy papa's hand,"—
God is not a Father, but a stranger to
many, und they can see, feel nothing but
tribulation aud anguish in liis afflictive
providences. But let tlio poor sinner
learn to know God is a Father; let him ;
draw near to the blood of Jesus—not 1
•tlily pa
ever seo an
• F
;
I3* draw near, but dwell there in coil
itli this Fa i
•ill lie love Him, trust
ml often by his faith disarm the
tiuucd, daily coinmuni«
flier, and thus
Him,
providonco of his powers, and tho clins
tuning hand its power.
ot the I.
But I rust him for his grn<
Belli ml a frowning n
lie hides a
Millinuton, June 7, 1809.
" Judge
d by feeble sens
;
i-i
smiling lac
TRAVELLER.
Tho tongue of scandal Is like the vomit
of the Aspiu; it spares none, but blights
alike tho innocent and guilty. Yea! it
the* longue of heart
loss ** LucU-bilcu. the li
is a child nursed
f hell !
Written for the "Clayton Herald.'
FLIRTATION.
FOR a man or woman to bo •» flirt is to
draw upon themselves thocontemptand
disapprobation of all good and*right
thinking people. Flirtation when in
indulged in blunts all the finest feelings
of the heart, dostroysall thopurity, deli
cacy, and beauty of youth, and renders
the flirt heartloss, loveless aud despica
ble.
A man flirt is always found dandling
around pretty girls, HometluioS bowing
in adoration before them, sometimes
pouring fourth strains of most extrava
gant flattery, or sometimes playing tho
moro dangerous game of counter felting
a true, manly affection, thus winning
somo ovor credulous onoonly to east her
asido when some new fancy takes him.
Flirting on through life lie leaves ma
ny hearts sighing o'or his broken vows.
Oh, how much misery is caused by those
society snakes, how many flowers of
truth, purity, beauty ami happiness they
uproot in the gardon of Life. Flirtation
must bo mado odious. Girls frond such
flirts far from you. Shun them, treat
them with contempt, and never listen to
their insinuating tones, suvo to rebuke
liom. Bettor tlio love of one less osten
tatious and parading than tho transient
homage of a thousand bowing, smiling
flirts. Indeed, bettor never bo won at
till than be won and worshipped only
for a season.
Now a word about the lady flirts, gen
erally pretty and clever, and calling to
hor aid, grace and wit. Somo hearts sho
takes by storm, accepts their liotnago,
and soon tlio poor butterflies find they
havo to retire with singed hands and
hearts. Or tho lody Hirt may assume
confiding, winning manners, thus at
tracting a more noble crowd of admirers
each as ho gets a few whispered words of
kindnoss, or is honored by
smile fancies himself tho favored one.
But alas 1 how vain liis hopes, for the
lovo of a flirt is lightly given and light
ly taken back again.
Thus many hourts are broken and
life's brightest aspects clouded. Thus
man's faith in the goodness and truth of
woman is destroyed aud gloom cast-on
sweet
flirt's vanity by conquests.
Flirtation is pernicious in its influ
ence, whenever indulged in, not only to
tho parlies engaged in it, but also to
spectators, for oxample it is often carri
ed on in tho Church of tho living God
there, distracting attention from
ccs which should exclude every w
thought, aud so leads to noglect of duty,
and commission of great sin, as introdu
cing levity into tho liouso of God. Oh,
when will man and woim
true to themselves and true to each oth
er, learn to look upon flirtation us a dan
gerous pit, a giddy whirlpool, u very mi
rage in tho desert, n false beacon that
will lead on to tho quicksands of deceit
and wreck tlieir barque of happiness,
should it wander into these treacherous
ervi
ny
learn to be
waters- Flirtation can never satisfy tho
heart in its cravings lor love, but it can
destroy the power of loving wisely, and
a flirt can never appreciate the value of
honest, loving heart. 11*113* then that
this vice w 11 never bo indulged in b\*
or woman of good moral priu
any
ci pies, b3* aii3* possessing a kind, sympa
thizing heart, or indeed by anyone hav
ing
;
1
When
•dinary share of brains.
.1 dictionary of falsehood, an 011
ar of Hat
ni
you
cyclopedia of deceit, a gram
record of change written with the
pencil of sophistry ; indeed a concentra
tion of all that is unlovable in man or
tery,
woman. Cun wc then do ought but con
demn such a ono, and I consign such to
tiie unlimited contempt and unqualified
disapprobation of all good and right
thinking people.
S. E.
Kate's Punishment.
BY IIKNKY C. HULL, J II.
A proud, imperious girl was Kate
Southerland, hut alas ! that we lujve to
record it, a most inveterate coquette.
Reared in luxury, the only child of fond
and loving parents, who granted her
every wish, it is not to bo wondered at
that sho grew up to womanhood a proud
and haught3* being.
Nevertheless, Kate was a remarkably
handsome girl—tall and sy
formed, with long flowing tresses of tho
richest auburn, and ©3*0« of the deepest
blue, that sparkled like diamonds and
shot forth bewitching glances when
their owner willed.
All things must come lo an end, and
itl; Kate's coquetries—U1C3*
•trieallv
came to an end at last.
One bright afternoon there came to that
0 U 3 ' a tall handsome 3*011 ig
*, bear
1 from
some of the most iiifiuculiul residents of
haps five and twenty 3
»1*
i.-ndatii
; ing letters of recoin
i 11 iic-i«bU.irin« eily. Tlio new eoim r
tonk lodens» «I u oomuion but rospecl
" l,lu boarütn« house, rented mid lilted
neat und substantial office on one of
iho principal streets and hung out the
following sign
:
MORTON VANE,
; Attounky am» Counsellor at Law.
Being of good dcportiLOiit und plcHS
meis, tho 301111g lawyer was ut :
once introduced into the most fashion
able circles of
] arty lie met for the first time the reign
ing belle of the season, Kate 8?outlu*r
luiiU. From the wry lir.t thc3*
At
\*
pleased with cacli other. Kato who had
always scorned the idea of love, and
whose heart up ter the moment she In» t
Van© had been free and untrammelled,
mentally acknowledged him to.be her
conquering hero, and that lie was her
fate. And ho ! In vain did the stars of
lesser note outvie each other in tlu-ir at
tempts to gain from him a look
word—ho hud neither eves npr ei
aught else but Kate, and when the parly
broke up ho was her escort homo. Fr<
that timo forth the young lawyer was a
constant and welcome visitor at her fath
a
lor
er's house, and Madam©Rumor soon as
serted, aud for one© truly, that they
wero engaged and tho day set.
A short lime after the engagement be
tween Morton and Kate, tlioro arrived
by the evening train from Washington
d dashing Charles Lee, llep
tho gay
resen tat ivo in Congress from that dis
trict. The arrival of tlio honorable gen
tleman created quite a buzz among tho
fashionables of tlio pla.avaTtt! ■?. g f frttfl 1
ball w
given by Mr. Crane,
col thy
ho said, of tlio ltep
e tizen, in honor,
rosen ta live's return.
Before liis election and departure for
Washington, young Lee was oue of tho
many aspirants for tho baud of Kate
Souther land, in fact there hud heun
quite a desperate flirtation carried on
between the two, and rumor even went
so fur as to hint that they were engaged.
How that was wo will not pretend to
say, but this wo do know, that when
Kate entered the ball room ou iho night
referred to, leaning on the arm of her
alliuncod, the young "honorable" im me
diately left the circle of charming belles
that Intd gathered around him, and came
forward extending liis hand in hearty
greeting. An exultant sinilo which she
could not hide, she
Kate's face, aud a dangerous bewitching
light gleamed in her eyes.
Immediately after iho ceremony of
introduction betwoen the two gentle
men had boon gonelhrough with, young
Leo, "for tho sake of old acquaintance,"
as he said, claimed Kate's hand for the
first dac.ee, the sets of which wero then
forming on tlio floor. Without a word
she took his arm, and they glided to
their places.
ni instant
for
less observer in tile room that Kate's old
habit of flirt lug, which every cuo
thought had been laid aside forever, h id
roturnod with «11 its olden vigor. Sho
diil lier utmost to keep
chained to her side, mid she su
ded.
oral Hi mo of
wrsalioii throughout the room,
sure, but of
hieb young Vane could not help
•cash mal observation. It
vliispers, to !..
riet l on in
catching
roused his pride and anger ; 3*et by no
outward sign did he betray the tie re©
storm that raged within his heart—calm
and collected lio was, as though the utter
neglect of Ills betrothed was merely a
previously arranged l'aree.
One there was in that fashionable
throng,
tlio glitter and pomp that sui
her and whoso mind wandered buck to
on the homo
vhnso heart was far
•ay IV mi
iho grand old in
stead farm, wher© iiud been passed iko
happy glee some years of her girlhood.—
Ol' a timid, unobtrusive nature \vm,
Etlna R:»3*moti'l. Beautiful she really
was, with a natural and unstudied grace
iu all her movements; and a something
auty slmno from tho
depths of tile cl cur bl
the pur
mother had died who
bey on l mere l>
e, revealing
aud spotless life
ilhin.
sho was quit©
to tiie ceui
Her
small,
d a \*ear provint
•ne-nient of our story, her father had
•ed the mother tr. the land of sp:r
leaving Etlna solo heiress to nil his
it:
veal 111, a
st
vith her father's last
visli that she wa
now in ill© city finishing an education,
not yet complete.
•what acquainted with
Vane wj
Miss 1!
inond,havi
met
her, and to her it
that h
ml for
tin
a partner, after boa
bile li
utter neglect of bis b«*t*'otbed. As wo
liis pride was n
1 sud for Ui© timo
ai
b
and ho wa* determined lo bo as
bis betrothed, and if m*g
i ml i tfi
loot >
cut
game he w<
stand ut the start that luu eoulil play it;
dil under.
yet despite his resolves, when t
fes
tivities of the
ing were ovo
Kate canto floating up lo hi
smile pm ling hor lips ami a loving light
, ail tho oi.1 love
took the plue© of the b tier feelings. Ah!
Kate, if you had but then ami there bail
er the desire to trille, ad
might have boon well.
d
I, a bright
glistening i
ishetl j'<
Ei
.'ouraged by tho fluttering atten
©d upon him, young Le©
nee of Kale, ttml
tternoon, shortly after the night of
tloi
called often at the reside
the ball, the two, sealed il
superb ear*
ige, draw 1
l>3* a splendid pair «d plan
bv the vu
ri
g lawyers
b
ein
otli
iCvl N ul
"llallo! look,there !
\ win» at llia L
1, a friend of Vi
Thump,
mo
"that look® ns tlioi
to storm the east
lail3* lovo right from
eyes. But 1 have :i
lie went
pained look that eat ill
aud
n happened t«
be in the
• tlico*
ig L einte
ml can
If
under 3
'«»»• V' r Y
aim nt b*
li.-od t »0
id's
as he
fill,
Lo
eta
er lik
li*
»...1
A the 1
la
• a
axv.vcr sat iu
,1 left lmn -
A 1 mg ti
deep thought af;e
the I
his l;i
1I1
kof pai
still
.os !..
his co
na.l v, aud
... b-ÇU-'O l'.*u