y -x i 0 . l'LAlToMOUTll AVEEaLY HEIiALD, TiIUKSDAY, DECEMBER 20, ItSS. ay.- fern A LESSON IN GRAMMAR. Oa f nllit tin owl was prowling round looking for mice, when on the ground llo spied a on I, and ulralglit wuy flew Quite elowi to it. "Tu whit, lu v. hoo!" Quoth h "may I n;;niu ne'er tttlr, If hero, dnnMc-d in a cost of fur, I do not mi1 u four le;;od owl (), v. Ii.a u very funny fowl! It makes mo l;iu;;h, bo droll Hal ha! Ha! ha! it uru ha! ha! ha! hat It uri, it nre. It really aro Tlio drollest lliiug I've Been hy farl" "You're much mistaken, scornful Mr, Tho cat naid, oh hli ceo! cd to purr; "For though, like one, I often prowl Al.out nt flight, I um no owl. And if 1 wore, why, T ill would you Ik- (jiieercr creature of the two; J or you loo!:, there's 110 douht of thr.t, Litrt tnely like a two legged eat. As for your grammar, 'mii my word ((".sense, this gi;:gle), he-he he he. It l.e, It lie, it miliy ho Tho .cry worst I ever heard. " Margaret Eytingu in St. Nicholas. THE FAIR UNKNOWN. Tho ofninof of (lie r:inl industrial exposition brou .iit uw. to tlio ity in the fi.rly part of tlio spring of 187i). Tiif.-il l Ion,? st'unlino; and walking aroi;:i,l; more lired still y tho shows and wonderful -xhilitions at tho lni,'-!;';' .: .';;-os? of civilization at homo !i !: v( i at thi-i '.-Kiitioii, 1 turiu d my ;m liomewanl one afternoon oarli.'i" ti!a:i u.-ual. I laid taken leave of my f; i. is'.o, ii!a!:ingan ( nga'jonient for a ietinii.'ti Liter o: in the evening, and diicefed my oouivo to o:ie of tho quiet quarter:; of the rity in which my hotel .ivi :;ituat d. Tho less frequent the hazur.-; and show windows hecame so much more insignificant hecame the number of foot pa:;.;cnger.s on the streets. IJut it seemed to me a much moro .stylish looking part of tho city than tho public drives of the central portion, because here tho high, grave looking houses were either govern ment ollices or were inhabited by city oliiciaLs or wealthy private citizens. rrfore. me walked for some distance a young anil elegantly attired lady. At a curve of tho street I succeeded in getting a Hooting glimpse of her pro file, and felt myself thereby urged to observe carefully even tho knot of of golden blonde, sunshiny hair, half covered by tho dark Kngiish hat, as veil as the extremely delicate, grace ful figure of the still youthful girl. Suddenly her step faltered, she half turned, lingered for a moment, and then walked hastily towards me, past mo, and back over tlio road by which she had just come. Not far ahead of tis came sauntering along an oilicer, with a lady on his arm, gayly chatting and laughing. Could they have fright ened my Unknown? A saddened in terest stirred within me ; I wished to gain some insight into her strange 0 conduct, and therefore made a hasty in --'lowing her and keeping only , f.jj iZi jfcTaw how she pressed tho .Ir' M hand passionately to her deJolut"fth.1? :th tcai's in hev violet tbrvakc f"1'aa sad, half scornful ex vron't b i 'liarmureil something to hcr .hich my excited imagination -Mixicicd to bo: "O, foolish heart, why art thou not quiet; whv mounts the blood to my cheek, and compels me to turn back lest J betray myself " The childish ebullition moved mo unconsciously, and a feeling of jeal ousy stole over me ag'ainst that oliicer whom I had involuntarily thought of in connection with this young girl. If I had only dared to adarcss her; but that I could not bring myself to do. She evidently belonged to the first class of society, and nothing was fur ther from my thoughts than a desire to insult or intrude upon her. Uut fortune favored mo. A small package which she had hitherto carried slipped from her arm without her having re marked it. Quickly 1 picked it up and gave it back to its fair owner, with a lew polite words. She looked at me with a surprised, somewhat haughty glance, as I remained standing before her rather longer than was absolutely necessary. Her large, violet, childlike eyes were still filled with tears, and the delicate face was deathly pale. "I thank you," she said, briefly, tak ing the package from my hand. 13ut I did not allow myself to be dismissed thus quickly. "You are not well, my dear young lady," said I. "'Will you not com maud my services if" Something in my voice, perhaps also xny quiet, respectful manner, seemed to inspire her with confidence. She looked nt me with wonder in her eautiful, tearful eyes, and said, less curtly than hef ore : "ou are very kind, sir; I would like to have a droschke." I howed, and, while she stood at the window of a flower store, I hurried doWn the street and soon found an empty vehicle, in which I joyfully and with a gentle feeling of expectation of what would happen next, drove back to my little Unknown. Meanwhile she had regained her self command; only her hand ye trembled as she in entering the car riage laid it lightly in mine, and it felt ice cold through her glove. "Your residence?" I asked. She named one of the elegant streets in tho west end, and as I called the ad dress to tho coachman I knew how certain I would be not to forget it my self. I closed the carriage tloor; she then bowed her lovelv head at the open window and thanked mo for my ser vice; but she spoke confusedly,and i:i Jier embarrassment her palo checks colored with a rosy blush, so that she opXeared even much moro charming than before. '2Icy I call to-morrow and inquire after your health?" I ventured to ask; but she seemed taken by surprise at tlio question, and hesitated to answer, while the blush deepened on her cheek. "Ilil" cried the coachman at this moment ; the horse started otf, and a:; I stepped again on the sidewalk tho vehicle was already rattling away. ! Ar. if iu a dream I entered my hotel I couiJ ot refrain from laugliag at jnyrlf; this ardor, this intercut abor.t a voung Luly entirely unknown to rue :iole Lcanuiui, moro uazzmig vus- ions titan this chikush, shy girl hau often ''uring my life crossed my path WitliOUt ifVl m aiu'iicieu iwi j urueu- Luly. I was a liddlo to myself; how ever, I mado tho firm resolve to find out by to-morrow soma particulars about this new street acquaintance. A few hours later I sat with a num ber of pleasant friends in one of the bet restaurants under the lindens. Tho conversation was lively and cheer ful, and there were many ladies and gentlemen continually going in and out.. lit tho neighborhood of the table at which wo sat and mado ourselves merry was gathered a largo party, jooi'..sund gay like ours. Some young girlish faces before us having attinctod me, 1 involuntarily looked around for my Unknown, but t!a ;o y -a, certainly, there he was no::l Jo tho I it 1 lo blonde coquette, with the sfductivo little snub nose, and the showy white felt hat tho oliicer of Lul'.owor street, tho same before whom my little friend bad taken llight, for although I had no foundation for the the idea, since wo had met many other men on that street, I could not belli thinking of tho large, showy, hand some, but utterly blase and insolent looking lieutenant of infantry in con nection with her. "Who is that pale ofiicer.'" asked I of i iv friend Krich. " Where.'" I indicated the direction to him. "The ou with the black beard, next to th.- little blonde lady." "!!.'" said Urich. and laughed. "W hy, ho is tho lately betrothed, the har.e.'.ome i'aumwolf. I thought you sur. iy must know him." "?.o, no; but what is the story about him r" I inquired. "Well, nothing moro than that yon der blonde has with much trouble, it mu:.t bo admitted captured him for life, after he has caused ne arly ninety nine others to dieani of the same h;,.;y fate. For myself, I never cor.i-1 have attained such an elegiac "aim. al ter breaking oif a love ah'air. II.it ho lias been unh-rfunate. Young Sadies with and without pedigree, with and without money bags, bow :low:i to him, after ho has devoted 'jirn: e lf to them for half an hour, en tirely conquered by bis irresistible rase;i:atioiis. And it is just the same with the old ones. Many, to bo sure, allege, indeed, that behind that titanic brow there is nothing but a cornfield, and that a thrashed out one!" While Eiieh had been speaking my eye; had wandered away from l'aum wolf. His pale face, framed in by curling black beard and hair, remind ed r.;e, in fact, of the Zeus of Otricoli. To mo it was in the highest degree re pugnant. ".T'.iough tears have recently been flowing from beautiful eyes, since his betrothal with Fraulein Josepha Maier has appeared in The Gazette. "?laier?" I involuntarily asked. "Yes, yes," laughed Erich; "simply Maier with an 'a-i,' but passably pretty and immensely rich, of course. And since Fraulein Josepha does not look Jewish, Paumwclf can endure that his fatkcr-hi-law in spe should have form-Tly been a cloth merchant in Fit. :: ! :f ort-oii-thc-Main. " The, conversation havingonce turned on ti:o handsome Faumwolf, it did net coon leave tiie subject. On the other side v.f our table the people were whis pering about him, and one said: "J;, is quite incomprehensible to me that I :o did not rather take little Gerds hof, whom ho so recently courted. The h i is of altogether dili'ereiit stock from the Maiers, and she seems to be lie: :l over heels in love with him.'' "Yes, but tho money the money?" criee another. "Well, at all events, this one is a blo:i-!e, too, and a very rude one," re ma i ' cd a third. An idea suddenly seiz-r-.l me. "Where does Fraulein Gerdshof live';"' asked I of Erich. lie looked at me a moment without speaking, and then laughed aloud. "Well, you certainly are amusing thi.5 evening with your abrupt ques tionv. Besides being called Yon Gerds hof, of old Margravite nobility, her fr.thc : is a pensioned general, but whe : ; she lives I do not know. Do von wish to console her for the loss of Pa: l ; wolf, old boy?" I t"; row him a glance full of rage. A ye -.ug assessor who sat at our table a:i'i seemed to have heard our dia lo.'.a called out tome: "I can give -.-. the address, Baron Kur- in'.-.v. n street, No. 33." .'. I ! that was tho very dwelling of my Unknown. I felt "all the blood iu. ii to my heart; then thanking him is' t. c information, took my hat and stick, and without turning to reply to tho j .'Sting remarks of those remain ing i I the tabic, left tho place to saun ter, v. ithout aim or object, through the Moonlit streets. 1'ii.w, after long wandering hither and thither, I finally found myself Ix f r. o the much thought of house in Ku.-.inzen street, I surely cannot tell. I went on tho opposite side of thc::'cet and looked at the house summing before me in the clear moon light. In the midst of blooming gar d .i :; ihe dainty villa rose, with its critique, vine covered and many col -uui::: d gallery in front, like the cli che.:.', exl castle's in story books. And thc the tor the httlo fay who wandered about :in? Was she still awake, shcl- behind the one single window of ..Lie end, which was still lighted; v:-: ."ing, perhaps, about the uufaith- i'u! I aiuuwolf With pit", rcorn and y, -, I will confess it burning jeal oi y in my heart, I at length turned my.t?p3 homeward to my quiet lodg ing. A Tier a rather sleepless and restless ni" hc tir.. . in; ; op; pu: tir vo: my v:-.i Lift I, and several anxious morning . I mado my way, at the proper i'or visiting, to Kurprinzcn street. I was on the steps. Oh the beat i f my heart, tho almost painful ssion that came over me! My -; had not throbbed so wildly 1 long years ago, when the first y of musketry whistled round ears. In the lonely old family a of Barwalde in the Mark, the few years had passed away ro y and monotonously; grave ;rs r.nd a practical application of .led to gained in early and dis- iiavei.i l:aa occupicu m? s ? ex- ; c CiV l.iat i no ei!..U'. ..e oi u. , I V. O., Id had become fc.t:-a-' aiJ J unknown to me: Ami yet ft wan not timidity along thit caused the blood to lly like lightning through my veins, which mado mo remark with almost tender interest the e!-;,: ! t brass plate with tho nxime rii'. cm : "Yon Gerds hof." Nov! Coinage! Tho bell is pulled! I am in 1 ,r it! An old n rvant d;v.-:! in livery an swered my ring, and n my asking if tho master wa ; at home, too"; my card and left no with t::o conventional"! will inquire," but soon rilurneel and ojieiied for me the lofty folding eloor te the left ef tho e ntrance. I lis as surance that tho master would bo pleased to sec mo souneli d very con soling to mo. Within the elegantly fui 'iiL-he-d sal :i I founel tho general, an tJd. e'.igmia d gentleman, with eree-t, military bear ing, martial but not unfriendly roiiii tonanco, and a long, gray beard, which, howe ver, was care t uliy shave-el from the broael chin. After I had e :: pr: -ssL-el to him my pleasure at being able to help his daughter in lur di lemma, and bo bad thanked me for the slight service ho see-med to bo i;i formoel of everything, and lo have e:: pceted me somewhat we passed from tho usual forms jf politeness to a lively conversation that cxtendoel over every possible topic. Tho time passed as if em wings; almost an hour thus passed in chatting with the amiable eld gentleman, antl vet Fraulein Eve-lino had not appe-are-el. But when tit part ing the general said he hoped to:ee me ei ten at his house during my stay iu the city, 1 e-ould not refrain from pressing hi-; ha.nel in e'.eep, hearth It gratitude. Not long afte rwards I re-e-eived a e- iicetely written c:m! eSo-e-idediv a Li.iv's handw. itin';' i.i which" Ih-rr Gen. von Gcrdshofr did hims-"lf the honor to invite I.e. r Baron von T. toeline. 1 must e-oniess 1 never reexi veil an invitation with similar joy. What was tho excitement and expec tation of tho first e-ourt ball, as com pared with the impatient throbbing of my heart with which 1, on tho ap pointed elay, beteiok myself to tlio elin: r.er. A numerous company had alreaely assembled; many of tiio per sons present were known to me, were ineleed friends, my that I soon found m-sclf most eleiighti'ully sitaated. And the daughter of the house? Thcresloe.nl Eveline with her friends, her graceful figure moving with be witching grace among the guests; for she was obliged to assist that aged, somewhat conventional locking lady in deing the honors of the house the general's wife hael been eleaei many years and I could nel help admiring the tact and self possession with which she, in spito of her youth, so charm ingly filled the position cf hostess. Here she askeel an okl gentleman after tho health of his sick spouse; there she whispered some pleasant remark to a young lady about her tasteful toilet, or repelled a too gallant cavalier with a scornful glance or a saucy an swer. With cacti and all she knew just the right tone to take. She was surrounded by all. Everyone flocked about her, who, like an apparition out of a story book, moved around amcng those molded fashion plates. And yet there lay in her violet eyes, when she believed herself to be unobserved, a sael expression which did not accorel with tlio conventional smile of the sweet, small mouth. At length the signal for dinner was given. Eveline laiel tho tips of her dainty fingers on the arm ef at:", blonde cavalier, a cousin of thefami rIY mv front annovanco. m v nor; : was Countess Soundso, no longer i.: the first bloom of youth, l.i.iust a:l that I had secretly hoped to see Li . -line's angelic heael at my siclv Yv iiu a mien which was certainly not very amiable, I otTercd tho countess my arm anel led her to the places desig nated for us. Though otherwise a most estimable lady, she almost drove me to despair with her loquacity, and while she even before soup inquireel about my recent journey in the East, and expressed a desire to hear some thing about my last new work, my glance strayed impatiently past the questioner in a vain search for Eveline. I had not had the opportunity to ex change one worel with her. She had oidy noeldcd to me from across the room, pleasantly and confidingly, as to an old acquaintance. Pretty soon I felt a gentle touch on my arm, anel a voice 1 only too well remembered asked, shyly, and at the came time saucily : "Boes nicin Ilerr no longer recog nize his protege?" I turned quickly,- anel, yes, there in eleed was Eveline, who hael been sit ting next to me for full five minutes without my having observed her. My neighbor, the countess, and Eveline's escort, the cousin in the Guards, very soon understooel how much they might expect to be entertainetl by Eveline or myself tluring the four or five hours passed at the table. How the time sped and what were tho general topics of conversation wo never knew. But I was entirely happy during the whole time. Not once eiiel I discover in her eyes that melancholy drooping which had before made me anxious. Oh, if I could only succec-el in making her forget Paumwolf I To this fond, proud thought I concentrated all my mind and eli'orts. Yvith rapture I noticed how her oyer, hung so earnestly on my lrps as I tolel her of my travels, and my restless wandering about from one distant land to another. Anel when I spoke of my dear solitary Barwalde, with its somber fir trees and its rush grown pondsi of my immense library and tho beautiful grand piano which I often trusted to the hands of my over seer, just to have some accompanying instrument to my beloved violoncello ; when I saiel, "Surely Fraulein Eveline also plays on the piano, and very much better, too, than my overseer," a thoughtful smile spread over tho tlear, swe-ct face. She loved music very much, she replied, anel it would give her pleasure to accompany mo some day.1 "I hope you will do that at Bar walde,"" I cried, passionatelj". She tlroppcel her lids, over the c.'ear, violet eyes, and a deep blush spread ever her cheek. Eight vs cftcrwareis Eveline wc 1!V is. Wliat did I eare for all the PaumwobTa in the whole wcrldj On one of the very first days of our engagement we met tho oetrotheel pair, Maier and Paumwolf, on tho stiret. "Shall wo turn hack. Eve?" I askcil playfully, though I could not prevent a slight fe-eling of anxiety from rising in my heart. She bccaino very grave for a moment; then nestling closer to my side lookoel up at mo with her in noce-nt, chilelliko eyes. "You know I havo left all that be hind mo," bho saiel, softly. I pressed her arm more closely to me. O, Ji.ve! my own sweet Eve I 1 was so happy, so proutl, that even tho bold curiosity with which Lieut. Paumwolf stared at us in passingcould net irritate mo. Eveline anel I have livcel many years at our ejuiet old Barwalde, where tho sun never seenu'd to have risen unti Eveline's blonde heael llitteel through the house .anil grounds. But the hai- iest hours in our blissful lifo aro those in which wo sit confiehnirlv to gether after the cares and duties of tho elay aro over, anel tho tones of tho piano anel violoncello mingle their their sounels on tho clear evening air. Translated from tho German for The Bostem True Flag. A uprcoluted Honesty. During tho war Miss N., a beautifu and spirited Yirginian, whoso brother (a (. onlederato soleher) hael been taken prisemer by tho Union force's, was de sirous of obtaining a pass which would enable her to visit him. L raneas P. Blair arrreeel to se-curo an audience with tho president, but warncel his young anel rather impulsive friend to l.e very prudent and not let a wore! e.; '::;(; her whiedi would betray her southern sympathies. Thev were ushcreel into the p: - . -co of slr. Lin coln anel the obj.- ; which they hael come f tat. a. i : t.-.il. grave man bent down to the ; : iit.i maielen anel, looking re a; chingly into her face, said: "You are loyal, of course f Iter !.:;;! it -yes bashed. the herniated h moment, and then, with a face eloquent with emotion and honest as his own, sho replieel: "Yes, len al to the heart's core to Yirginia!" Mr. Lincoln kept his intent gazo upon her fer a moment ln;cr, anel then went to his desk. wrote a lino or twe, anel handed her the paper. Vvi'th a bow the interview terminated. Once outside, the ex treme vexation of Mr. Blair found vent in reproachful words. "Now, you have demo it!" he saiel; "elieln't I warn you to bo very careful? you have only yourself to blame." Miss N. maele no reply, but opened the paper. it contained mese worus "Pass Miss N. ; sho is an honest girl, and can be trusted. A. Lincoln." San Francisco Arpronaut. A Lesson in Grammar. One of the stumbling blocks to the fine writers is the okl grammatical crux of the "Two first." This is all wrong according to the school teach ers. Tho Herald receiveel anel an swered a question last week touching tho grammatical accuracy of Bishop Lericcley in the much quoteel verse : Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four fii-tit acts already post. Shoulel it not reael first four? asks the querist. Not at all. "But," says the school teacher, "there cannot tie sour firsts, there can only be one. Oh, yes, there can; there can be as ! : .any firsts as people want. The pre ; ; . nso of the grammarians is, that j when you say lirst four you speak ! : :oro correctly, for you have in mind second and third four, but this is oreciselv where thev are mistaken In tho passage in question there is only reterence to hve acts altogether, and if you say the first four there can not be a seconel four in tho thoucrht. And yet the hard headed grammarians labored over this problem tor years. until tho newspapers showed them it made no difference in the thought whatever in what order you placed tiic words. Chicago Herald. Is Dry Rot Contagious ? Tlinvi- r y -ne.n m lo h enrdi n fliinor nc a diagnosis of disease in v.ood, anef the botanical physicians, according to The Northwestern Lumberman, profess to know that it may be contagious or sporadic. Dry rot is called conta gious, and it is said that the germ of that elisease may be communicated to sound wood by tools which have been at work in diseased wooel. It is thought possible that this theory ac counts for many incomprehensible breakages of timbers. The suggestion is that sound lumber should not be cut with the same saw that has passed through fctulf affected by dry rot with out cleaning. Cclcr and Taste. The peculiar association cf a color with a sound by which a certain sound will at or.ee vividly arouse a definite color, is quite normal and has of re cent years been frequently described. The association of color with smells is a much rarer phenomenon, and of color with tastes perhaps rarer still. Dr. Fere gives an account of a woman, who, after taking vinegar, saw every thing red for a few minutes, and tlen everything as bright green for more than an hour. Dr. Fore explains this as duo to a similarity in the subsidiary emotional eilccts accompanying the sensation. Science. Sure Ecalli to IJaffalo Moths. Of the vast number of remedies tried for exterminating that most trouble some pest, tlio buffalo moth, the fol lowing is said to accomplish the ob ject: Take strips cf red or blue Cannel (as these colors are particularly attractive to thcni, dip in liquid arsenic, and lay around the edges of carpets, or wher ever the pests are troublesome. 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