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MAtDALfcS.
A mere girl ;
One coarse curl
Falling on her shoulder;
Pale her cheek,
ITer lips wenkt
But her eyes werelboldcr.
She no salute
Glaring paint
Daubed on every feature ;
Gaudy dress
All could guess
A poor fallen creature. !
For no good
Thore she stood,
No one passing near her ;
Space kept wide;
Dress aside,
Women seemed to fear her,
' Carrlage,crashed4pT ivwr
Ilorsesdashed, . ja. ?a -Thare
vtas wild confusTonTft
EopieejBr
At the md Intrusion.
'Mid the crowd.
Shrieking lbuct
In a voice of terror,
A mother wild,
A little child.
Lost by some strange error.
Ah! 'twas there!
Its head bare,
'Mid those whirling forces.
In the street,
'Neath the feet
Of the maddened horses.
Though all heard,-
No one stirred
Death would be the winner !
One brave eye ; ,
One sharp cry ;
Twas the painted sinner!
Quicker then
Than the pen
Could tell of half the datiger, .
SheTisked her life,
'Mid that strife.
To save a little strau ger.
And I thought,
As I caught
A glimpse of her pule features,
',Mid the stall's
Still remains
Some good In those poor creatures ;
And that we
Should not be
o eager aye to shun them,
If we can
Greet the man
Whose wrong hath undone them.
Kew York Ecening Post.
OUE 1TEW YOEK LETTER.
One Good Xllcl: "VVojiian Whnt Slic
IJoes AVTitU Mer3Ioiioy Dtill Times
The Snminer migration Bldtly
The IV'eatlier.
f irrpondence Nebraska Advertiser.
New Yoke, June 20, 1S74.
ONE GOOD KICK WOMAN.
We read in Holy Writ that it shall
be easier for a camel to pass through
the eye of a needle than" for a rich
man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
I presume this applies to women as
well, and I am in no mood this morn
ing to dispute the assertion. The
care of my estate so worries me that
lam seldom in a. Christian frame of
mind. Nobody know the anxieties
attendant upon great wealth. Mr.
Vanderbilt and I weep over it hours
together.
But there is one exception to this
rule. I know of one woman who has
great wealth, who will, when Azrael
waves his dark pinions over her head,
go straight to heavebr, and by the
shortest possible route; and her name
Is Stokes, the wife'of Anson Phelps
Stokes, of the great house of Phelps,
Dodge & Co.
Mrs. Stokes has the enjoyment of
exceeding great wealth. She might,
if she chose, be the finest and most
useless woman in Net? York ; she
oould dawdle In purple and fine lin
en ; she oould loll in carriages ; she
could cover herself with diamonds ;
she could live from day to day in lux
urious self-indulgence, and die, final
ly, leaving tio soul to- mourn her go
ing. All this is being done by thou
sands of fine ladies In ther circles in
which she moves and adorns.
But Mrs. Stokes does not happen
to be one of that kind, and I fervent
ly thank heaven for it. She is a
strong, active woman, full of the no
blest impulses and the broadest love
for her kind. She ha3 a magnificent
bouse up-town, and a more magnifi
cent residence on that gem of thesea,
Btaten Island. On that island she
has had an immense building erected,
which is in its way a eort of an asy
lum. Now see what one good wo
man can do with money. The chari
ties of New York shelter and harbor
thousands upon thousand-? Of home
less orphan children, and durliig the
eumnier they suffer in their necessari
ly olo3e quarters. Mrs. Stokes takes
seventy of these waif at a time down
to her home on the Island this be
ing the capacity of the building and
keepsthem there a week. They have
the freshest and best fruits, milk from
her own cows, and the best of every
thing that the market can furnish.
On the extensive grounds swings are
erected, playgrounds are arranged,
and the children enjoy not only the
pure air of heaven and the best of
food, but all sorts aud kinds of Inno
cent and healthful pleasures. Their
week up, they are" returned, and an
other seventy are taken down, all at
her own expense. And this thing
goes on from the time hot weather
begins till the cold autumn makes it
onneoessasy, this good, kind woman
Euperintending it all.
Would that wealth always fell into
euch hands! Would that there were
more such women in New York, and
every where else ! Would there were
more women who could so honestly
wear the titlo "lady." Talk about
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XABMSHED 1858. ,
Oldest Paper in the State.!
position making the "first lady."
Thousands of poor neglected children
will in the dayg to come rise up and
say "blessed" of this woman, whose
goodne-ss was their first ray of sun
shine. DtfLLNEdS.
The oity is dull to a decree nevpr
before known. There Is no business,
positively none. There is no buying,
no selling, for the reason that the
farmer has no money to pay the coun
try dealer; the country dealer has ho
money to buy of the jobbers, and the
jobbers' goods consequently lie on
their shelves or remain hidden in
boxes. The hotels were never so
empty, aud hotel proprietors never
Rooked 30 blue. Indeed it has come
.. ,v,.uv rruoic a uuiei UierK win ao
tb
you may lmaginev-how'-'much. thev
want to see people. And the trouble
is, no one can prophesy as to the dur
ation of this state of things. "When
will business revive?" is the query,
the ansWer ahVays being. "The Lord
only knows." No huitiari can tell,
for there was no apparent cause for its
beginning. The country was strong
and sound in September last, yet in a
week a panio Bwept over the country
like a tornado, prostrating the strong
est houses, uprooting the most firmly
established credits, fled with its long
fingers reaching down to the most
humble people. For it has affected
the most humble. With the suspen
sion of business everything suspend
ed. There is no .building, and the
builders are out of work. The con
sumption of everything that goes in
to the bowels, except whiskey, is les
sened, and the coopers are idle. 'Men
wear their boots longer, and the shoe
makers are on their oars ; in short, it
is distress and nothingbut distress.
It goes even to the beggars. One
placid looking, old blind beggar, who
has a seat on Fulton street, told me
yesterday that the panio had ruined
him. His collections, he said with a
whine, had dropped to $3 per day, but
ho wouldn't care so much about that,
but rents had fallen 30 per oent., and
he had two houses and three stores
empty, even at tliis reduction. The
old fellow has sat on a sidewalk, and
enough pennies dropped into his hat
to make, by judicious investment, a
fortune.
TlfE SUMMER.
Summer is on us at last. The sun
is now hurling its rays direct upon
the city, beating" the" pavements,
heating the buildings, heating hu
manity, heating animality. A great
city is terribly hot when it is hot.
The tall buildings not only retain
heat, but they prevent the free circu
lation of air that would otherwise
mitigate it. The ten thousand dis
tinct odors that smell to heaven make
it unhealthy as well as disagreeable.
Consequently all of New York that
can get out gets out. Away ttf the
mountains, to the sea-side, to sprlugs,
to every earthly plaoe, where fresh
air and trees are to be found the New
Yorker and his wife and daughter go.
The theatres, such as are kept open,
are half filled with people from the
country and the few desolate men
who cannot get away. Houses are
locked up and inhabited only by the
one domestic left in charge. This is
Biddy's-great time. For when "Mis
sus" goes to the "counthry" Biddy is
left to tafte care of the house. Don't
her "cousins" have a' good time
though! When Missus is at home
Biddy has got to give her parties in
the kitchen, and she is liable to con
stant interruption. But in the sum
mer it is different. Missus is three
hundred miles away, and Biddy is
supreme in the house. No kitchen
for her now ; the parlors are not good
enough. Dlnnis, Pathrick, Teddy,
the divil, and all the rest of them,
with other Biddies, assemble In the
parlors in the evenings and enjoy
high life in dead earnest. Refresh
ments are spread in the dining-room,
and such a time fs had as the "MIs-
tress" never dreamed of. It is well.
Why shouldn't they have their in
nings? Possibly, many of these
houses never see so muoh of genuine I
iinnonfr smii iolitv when its lawiui
proprietors are runniug"it. And it Is
a question whether the masters and
missusses in the watering places en
joy themselves mforerthan the Dinnls
es and Biddies do in the vacant hous
es. THE WEATHER
is gorgeous. It got very hot last
week, but a succession of magnificent
thunderstorms cleaned and purified
the atmosphere, and lowered the
thermometer tff a living point. It is
fresh and good, aud existing is now a
pleasure. May" it continue".
PlETRO.
.
"Sambo, what's your, 'pinion ob f
bankrupt law?"
"Tink um fustrate, Pompey."
"limply for the appellation myself.
Just 'splain him's principles."
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wny, you seo o uuit,jUbu ...
me dat half dollar you got for white
washing." Pompey hands him he money, ana
he deliberately puts it into his pocket.
"Dere, np.w, I ows de shoemaker 3
shillngs, and you half a dollar, be
sides de grog-shop bill. Now. dte
half dollar are all de property I got
t HovMa him according to de debt. '
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I takes dat half
dollar
j, -
back."
Sambo with amazement.
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KEKP AMMONIA IN THE HOUSE.
No housekeeper should be without
a bottle of spirits of ammonllin'the
house, for, besides its modicij value,
it is Invaluable for householdifpifrpos
es. It is nearly a3 useful as i bap, and
its cheapness brings Ifc within the
reach of all. Put a teaspoonful o
ammonia to a quart of vsbxm Boaj
suds, dip in a flannel oloth, and wipi
off the dust and jQy speck? and see
for yourself how much labor ifc'will
save. No scrubbing will he needful.
It will cleanse and brighten silver
wonderfully; to a pint of suctemhc a
teaspoonful of the spirits,' dip. in your
silver spoons, forks, etc., rub with a
brush, and polish with ohamofsskins.
For washing mirrors and windows it
is very desirable: put a fiwfdrb'Da of
ommnn:. t -idtW--w. ...
.a-i""1-" ?401 PW anQ "
'. .l'Al .
out grease fepotsfronr avefKfabrio-!
put on the ammonia clear, lay blot
ting paper over the plrce, q'd press a
hot ilat-Iron on it for a .fewf moments.
A few drops in a quarl, ofwater will
clean laces, and whiten them a8 well;
also muslins. Then it is !a mest re
freshing agent at the" toilet. taMe; a
few drops in a basiii of.wate), will
make a better bath than pure water,
and, if the skin is oily, if will remove
all glossiness and disagreeable odors.
Added to footbath it entirely destroys
all noxious smell so often, arising from
the feet in warm weather, and noth
ing is better for cleaning t the hair
from dandruff and dual For clean
ing hair aud nail brashes it i? equally
good. Put a teaspoonful of ammonia
into one pint of waterltand shake the
brushes through tile witter. When
they look white rise them n water,
and put them in the.sunshine, or in a
warm place to dry. 'The dirtiest of
brushes will come out. of this bath
white and clean. 'fa
For medicinal purposes' ammonia is
always unrivaled. For the headache
it is a desirable stimulant, and fre
quent inhaling of its pungent odors,
will often entirely renioe catarrhal
cold. There is no better remedy for
heartburn and dyspepsia, and the aro
matic spirits of ammonia is especially
prepared for those troubles. Ten drops
of it in a wine glass, of water are of-
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ten a great relie. ?The spirits or am
monia can be taken in the same way,
but it is not palatable.
In addition to"all these uses, the ef
fect of ammonia on vegetation is ben
eficial. If you. desire roses, geraui-;
urns, fuchsiaaij eto7i .to", become more
flourishing, y.'ntry it upon tliem
by adding five orelx , drops to every
pint of warm water Vou give them,
but don't repeat the dose ofteuer than
once in five or six days, test you stim
ulate them too highly. So bo Bure
and keep a IargS bottle of it In the
house, and have a glass stopper for it,
as it is very effervescent, and also in
jurious to corks. .
QUEEN VlCTtfli&" INDORSES Mil.
SARTORIS.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York" Journal of Commerce
writes : . . .
"Mr. Sartoriiis a descendantof the
Huguenot refugees. His father, a
conservative mud; one of the best
known w foibers of the Carlton Club,
is a prominent merchant, and does a
large Eatt jn(iian business. His un
cle, Mr. 'amUda, M. P., also of the
Hugeno. refugees, is known as the
largest sLIr builder on the Thames,
and an atftaorlty in the navy debates
in Parliament. It is not generally
knowu hat Queen Victoria, as soon
as sha, heard of the proposed mar
riage, made inquiries regarding Mr.
Sartorlu, and wrote, a letter to the
Presidr-nt in which she confidently
indorsed him. This letter probably
arose - from the sincere personal at"
tachmoat;vhich the Queen felt tow
ard Mi is Graqt, and5 the esteem she
felt fpr the President of this republic
in hi3 official capacity. It is hinted
by those cognizant of the situation
that tl e royal heart will be moved to
some especial mark of approbation in
conn ction with this marriage. It is
belie tii among Englishmen' who
knot ,.ar 'affect to know, a littlo.about
the jurt, that the" Queen will invite
th& 3Upio to visit Windsor Castle andl
' '..! Kii:.. ..rr.r. fV.u
con TeouieiiiiHui uuuiiuj- ufjuu mi-
b"ij 3groom. There is confident be
lie! that president Grant Vill visit
Eu opa after his Presidential terra;
am
the fcett of tendering n:m ins
fredaDiof the oity in such event is
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il 'ady. favorably tautea oi iu iuu
L ada,cJabs.
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' ' ' LMUSING SOEfNE. ,
fii.ncy scene occurred the" other
iM3jj$ he Bowery Theater, N. Y.
w erojfeu stage was occupied with
It representation of ,a bed-room at
n.dnigh:. with an old gentleman
.r-adirig,a letter. To the sound of
b owimujic a villain entered the room
LnHurllinnoUil - AtrpAH finnroached.
,AS .- n,ntnMn ln h hnnd S
tneTdld man. niutchins in
I u a ill rv iiiixi.tta.ftk! a a a-a v - - - r-
tiiitteclcg knife. He approach'
slowly, and the excitement among the
gamins, in the gallery became intense.
Just a.' the would-be- muderer was
aljoutto make the1 deadly plunge at
the nsuspeoting vitrm, a boy who
was eaning with open moutn far
'over the railing of the gallery sung
out ?ith frantic earnestness, "Look
beb? jd yo'uVguv'ner. There's a feller
golr to stab yef.'r
, T as assassin dropped his ltnife and
roared with the audience, and the
curtain was run down.
b63y being murdered.
without any-
: ; r
'jjte usual, the inevitable fly is; said
-fi&Sp committing exce'ssesrich'ewlnsr
Virginia tobacco,
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&I&WWILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1874.
RECIPROCITY.
THE PROVISIONS OF THE PROPOS
ED NEW CONVENTION WITH
CANADA.
The N. Y. Tribune's "Washington
correspondent gives the outline of the
proposed treaty between this country
and Canada. The propositions whioh
have been submitted to the senate are
understood to be substantially as fol
lows: 1. The abandonraentdn the part of
Great Britain and of Canada of all
olaim for compensation on the ao
count of the concession to the United
States by the treaty of Washington of
privilege df the inshore fisheries.
2. The free admission and inter
change of all natdral products of the
United States and the British prov-.J
itices.
' 3. Thereoiprocal free admission of
'manufactured- !products''bf the'"tw.o
"Countries speclflcSUy enumerated.
4. The new Welland and St. Law
rence Canal to be built by the Domin
ion. 5. The Saughnawega Canal to be
built by the Domlnkm.
6. American and Canadian built
vessels may carry cargo and passeng
ers from any port on the great lakes she gave me not only nerseu, out ro
and river St. Lawrenoe to any other stonjdto me my own old self, purified,
such port. elevated, and strengthened. With
7. All canals on either side of the the tact, affection and charaoter of the
boundafv to ha onan under the same fdeaV woman in whom we all believe,
conditions tonitiznna of the two noun-
tries.
. 8. Lake Michigan
Canadians as the St
to be open to
Lawrence has
to Americans.
9. The Canadians may purchase
American vessels and register them
as Canadian, and Amerioans may
purchase and register Canadian built
vessels in like manner.
10. A joint commission to regulate
the navigation of St. Clair lake and!!
river.
11. A joint commission for the pro-"
pagation offish. j
12. A joint commission for the
regulation and maintenance of lights
houses. 13. A joint commission for reg
ulating the interchange of traffic- at
custom houses on'the line. (.
14. The treaty to continue in force'
for twenty-one years
!l
The treaty, a's has been alread
stated, has been laid before the Senate
by the President for advice and cotfji
sideration, and according to the ad,-
vice whicli the Senate may give will
depend further ncfiou in the way of
negotiation and settlement of details.'
If tho -Senate report favorably, tbhconatant affection'
treaty will be at once perfected and
sent back for ratification.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF EYES.
No branch of science has been moro
thoroughly mastered than opticj;
The principle of vision must be es
sentially the same in all e3es, but they
differ remarkably, according to tifo
habit of the animal. Birds of lofty
flight, as tho condor, eagle, vulture
and carrion-seeking prowlers of the
feathered race, have telescopic visions
and thus they are enabled to look
down and discover their unsuspectj
ing victims. As they approach noi3
lessly from above, the axis of vision
changes shortening, so thatthe3T cab
see as distinctly within one foot of
tho ground as wtien at an elevation of
one mile in tho air.
This fact explains the balancing off
a fish-hawk on its pinions, halfa
mile above a still pond, watching for
fish. When one is selected, down
the savage hunter plunges, the focal
axis varying always to tne square
view of his Intended prey. As they
ascend, the axis is elongated by a cu
rious muscular arrangement, so ai to
see far off again.
Snails have their keen eyes at the
extremity of flexible horns, whioh
they can protrude or draw in at pleas
ure. By winding the Instrucient
round a leaf or stalk, they can Bee
how m'atters stand on the opposite
side.
The hammer-headed shark has its
wicked looking eyes nearly two feet
apart. By will effort, they can )end
the thin edges of the bead, on which
the organs are located, so as to exam
ine the two sides of an object tho size
of a full sized codfish.
Flies have immovable eyes. They
stand out from the head like half fan
apple, exceedingly prominent. In
stead of smooth hemispheres, they
have an Immense number of fi.cets,
resembling old-fashioned glas3 watch
seals, each one directing the ligl.t di
rectly to the optic retina. That "ex
plains why they cannot be appioach
ed in any direction without feeing
what is coming.
The San Antouio, Texas, Herald1
alludes incidentally tosomo of the pe
culiarities of that State. A ge ltle
man who came several , hou
saud miles to view the co ntry
got, a .large 'sized redant on blm
a few days ago, and stronger
asihe was, he cavorted arouu
and
sedlappropriate language if ta had
lived there all his life and mo fed in
the best of society.
The Denver Narrow Gauge rcilrbai
rs now in. opperation for US mile,
extends south from Denver along the
Rocky mountain range to Pueblo, and
is bound for New Mexico an 1 Hhe
halls of the Montezumas." It ,dld
business last year of $500,000, one-half
of which was net profit. Its mana
gers report a saving in oporatiu
ex-
nn006nuoi. tho, hrnad cause ofr35per
nfni nnil ri Bavino in
.i in;n nstinitlon :
onH hnnm'mWt' of 37 Der cent, jon
. i-j - .i3Tii;
what a broad gauge 'would ha.ve c3t'fJuyerbqajo!,frorA the deok of a ves-j
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AFPRETTY LADY'S FOOT.
There Is maglo In a lady's foot.
And well tho ladles know It;
And bqo who has a pretty one,
r
1$ pretty apt to show it.
'$ At time? you too are martyred by,
The piettlest little ankle,
Thti shoots an arrow thro' your eye,
WJthln your heart to rankle.
Babwhen It trips along the street,
Through wind and mud and vapor,
By sheerest accident, you seo
JEIow Beautifully they taper.
Aril as It Bteps upon the walk,
Amid the crowd to mingle,
Two'rbgulsh eyes look up and say,
I wander If he's single.
TWICE IiARRIE2.
Wlien,I married Eunioo Morgan I
wftjftainjM
Imwy own estimation and that
miiSWof my frieuds, a ruined man;
tib.aH money, talent, jind, culture, yet
vn ..vSv ":.-- t.. ..-
auonuoie'Horrow wmuu unmu w mo
Bvoelira'befbre, and' whose memory
had never departed, had made me a
nerveless, purp'doeless misanthrope.
Yielding to the solicitations of friends
who thought a fit companion might
restore me to the world, I solicited
tne hand of Eunice Morgan, who had
khovn me from early childhood, and
i she made life Bweeter to me
than the
lostillfe
I had bemoaned ; and the
iaTlflce'of her noble self which she
fmade for me seemed to fill her
?5L- !-l .Jk oV.Yuf.1 ?TT
Sf A. few vears before, while I was re
turning from the Continental tour
(wbich followed my graduation, I met
and worshiped AnitaLozatos, a beau
rfiful Cuban. My position in society
was unG.iceptionable, I was rich, aud
I'pressed my suit with all the ardor
o'fjli warm young heart and a fluent
tohgiier So I was speedily accepted
by Anita and her parents and we were
tnarried. In one of tho charming vil
lages near New York I built for my
! bride' an exquisite villa in a noble
grove of old chestndt trees, and fur
Sished it with everything whioh her
desire aud caprices suir'rested. I was
"still a student, and an ardent one, but
ithere,?were lew nours in tne
i .. m'
?were lew nours in tne nay
in which I did not for a few
moments drop my books, and Beek
Iffiud adore my beautiful, my glorious
Hwik.
Slowly I learned the sad fact that
Anita's fondness for me was only a
passionate, fitful out-burst, instead of
I had never in
th'e"cboler moments of my courtship
expected her to sympathize with my
studious tastes ; but, When I compre
hended that even my companionship
was distasteful to her, and that I re
ceived her smiles only in exchange
for such pleasures as I purchased for
her, I became a very unhappy man.
Trying to gain her affections, if she
I w,ere capable of bestowing such a sen
timent, I abandoned my studies en
tirely. I devoted my entire lime to
the duly of pleasing my wife. I spent
without Stiiit the money which had
been left me by a rich father ; I filled
the house with company, I purchas
ed acity house, in which we passed
the winter, and did all that a devoted
and'anxious ftsart could do to win the
love of the woman I held bo dear.
"itnd I imagiued, poor fool! that I
was "'succeeding. The painstaking
audnxiety of several da3's devoted
to procuring her some new pleasure
were fully repaid by the parting of
her rfpe lips, the light darting into
her glorious eyes, and the clasping of
her beautiful arms, which always in
dicated my faii'c'c'esses'. Th'O" tiresom-'ness-o
me of a large party of people
jvlioVtould only dance, drink aud eat,
vaaiolways relieved when, after the
lastuest had departed Anita would
draw me down to her and kiss me a
dozfr. times, and tell me that I was
herjdear, delightful old boy.
Ai the close of one of the most bril
liant entertainrrienfls'I had over given,
I (ltd Btrolled restlessly through the
dm??ibg.ropm, the verandas, and the
consrVa,'tofy. looking for my darliu.
ISmi had, been unusually beautiful
thlro ighout the evening, and when I
h m taught her eye it had been so full
I "t "
oi failing and tenderness that I had
loifeed for the moment to arrive when
wciaigbtbe alone, and Imight for
till thousandth time renew my decla
n.tin' of affection. She had gone
sujffcenly to her room, the servant
stftd. and had left word she would re-
illri in a moment.
I continued mj' aimless strolling,
wK n enter.ng tho library, I found
d he open volume I had been read
iiig. aslip o? paper bearing a lino In
Anita's delioate hand-writing. It
lal'V '
?' PbaniTol love you-, for you are too
treat for poor little mo. I have found
one I can love. God forgive mo and
cle3s you."
j fell atrd knew no more until days
nfierwards when I emerged from the
Jelirium of a fever. Against my will
oovered, but my spirits, my high
as and purposes, t aeemed I had
je&t forever. I attempted to recom
nfonce throng course of reading and
fetbdy i haft determined upon when I
lett college, but I found myself de
vcid'tjf aim or energy.
'Fot,se've:ral years I led a desolate
iije, neverMiearing of Anita, but hold
Jtug her constantly and tenderly in my
feuWt ia'Bpfte of her faithlessness. One
itlft'y there appeared at my. villa a
xx.Jugiwoua.njg ioreigner, wno saiu ne
Was'irallor, and had been handsome
.wpaid 'to bring me tidincs of the
M&? olP ife. who had been wash-
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eel in the Mediterranean. He could
tell me nothing more about her, ex
cept that she was traveling alone at
the time of the accident, and had left
among her papers a note inclosing a
large bank-note to pay for intelligence
in the event of her sudden death at
any time.
I Informed two or three faithful
friends of the sad fate of my wife, and
they who had'been unwearied in their
endeavors to rally me, insisted that I
ought to marry again. At first I ut
terly refused to listen to the suggest
ion ; but so skilful and untiring were
they that they finally prevailed upon
me to re-enter society. Then, with
an apology, I offered to Eunice Mor
gan the remains of my former self,
and she acoeptedJmeas.weetJasif'I
had.beon in all of the cheerfuluaouhave lost cotdpletely, but the thought
Lun.crouDiea y.outn. . A ti . ,,!j -
11 . s -.
How she unmade and rewwlQ me-I
cannot tell, for I was scarcely cousci
oub of what was taking place. But
so fully did she sympathize with all
of ray old hopes and aspirations that
I soon found myself at my studies
with an energy and ability t had nev
er before possessed. The constanoy
of her sense and sympathy was even
exceeded by that of her affection,
wblcii seemed never to slumber for
an instant. Finally, when, on my
return from an enforced absence for a
day, Eunice, from her couch, sweet
ly handed to me a" wee, warm minia
ture of herself, my cup of joy seemed
to be full to overflowing.
As Eunice recovered, she spent
most of her time" iti the grove and
j garden which surrounded the house.
Theset to gratify Anita's tropical
tastes, I had prepared without regard-
to expense, and, now that all of the
shubbery had gained several years of
growth, one could roam about for days
and still find new and beautiful com
binations and effects. Thore whenev
er I wearied of my books for awhile,
I sought my darlings, and always
found in their society exactly the reo
reation I needed.
One eveniug.as I wandered through
thegarden iu hopes of suddenly sur
prising Eunice aud he little name
sake, I suddenly emerged from a
groupo of shub'bery and beheld a
scene that startled me. Eunice, who
was to me the ideal of all that was
pure, and faithful, and noble, sat in a
rustic chair, and at her feet, clasping
her hand, and murmuring passionate
ly, was a slight, handsome foreigner,
whose features were strange to me.
Eunice, my trusted wife, was deeply
oiTeotod aorauoh that the cries of her
little daughter, who had fallen to the
ground a few steps away, were un
heeded. My footsteps-startled them,
and the man, glancing hastily at me
across his shoulder, sprang to his feet
and bounded hastily away, while Eu
nice, still tearful, maintained a com
posure whioh astounded me and' gave
me a scearching", pitying, tender look
which completely bewildered me.
For a moment or two I wrfs speechless,
and then I asked :
"Who was that man Eunice ?"
"A poor beggar, Herbert," sho re
plied. "He was very finely cheesed for a
person in that profession," said I.
Tho suspicion which for the time
filled my mind propably betrayed it
self in my tone, for. Eunice arose,
proud, handsome, angry, and ex
claimed :
"Herbert : uo you uouot my
word ?'
Never, in her most tender moment,
had I seen Eunice so perfect a picture
of purity and nobility. My suspicions
were disarmed in an instsnt, and,
throwing ray arms about tier' neck, I
begged her pardon, and expressed my
pentinenco in the fullest term's I
could command', until with her own
dear lips she stopped my utterance
entirely.
From that day thore commenced a
series of changes in Eunice's manner,
which by turns perplexed, embarrass
ed, grieved, and provoked me. At
first 1 attributed her strange manner
to my grievous blunder in momenta
tily distrusting he ; so I was unceas
ing in appoligiesand in my endeavors'
to make atonement by showing evenf
more affection than that which seem
ed already to occupy my entire
thought" and time. But, when she
admitted that my mistake had been a
rfully-jusSifiableoue, I became convin
ced that there was a different caxise
for her change of demeanor. Though
more than ever devoted to my inter
ests, hopes, and tastes, she seemed to
shrink from the close and tender
companionship which- bad previously
existed between us.
Little by little sho withdrew her
self from me, until we were little
more than polite acquaintances.
Pretending that our Utile daughter
might disturb my rest by her wake
fulness, Eunice arranged for herself
apartments near those vhich Anita
had occupied. These latter had bfeen
locked immediately after Anita's de
parture, aud had never been entered
by any one. Theu, though apparent
ly in tho best of health, Eunice com
plained of frequent indispositions, du
ring which attacks she had her meals
sent to her room, and our housekeep
er remarked, casually that my wife
has an unsual appetite when sick.
Time after time I Implored her to
tell me the cause of her sadness and
strangeness, but ev&ry time I alluded
to the subject she would look so unut
ferably sad, and weep so bitterly, that
out of regard for her T finally desisted j
entirely. She said that I never made
Vior linlmnnv thilt'mv loVft frtT 'hfiP-
.. t. w..... l..T . r -w .
had been- greater than she had ever
VOL. 1S.-M). 52.
believed could be shown by man to
woman, and that sho had rather be
my slave than the wife of any man in
the world. But when moved by the
passion of her words and looks, I
begged her, for her love's sake, to tell
mo the cause of her sorrow, and put
it in my power to remove it If possi
ble, she would burst Into tears even
my caresses seemed to be unendurable
to her.
As for me, my own life became ui
terly miserable. The idea of a dread
ful secret sorrow in the life of thewo
ihan I loved ao dearly was insupport
able, yet there was ho honorable es
cape from it. Any privation from her
society I would have cheerfully eu-dured.if-I
couldlhave thereby restor-
ed to her.thtijhapp.inees she seemed to
,tbat ruy .suffering tta-$RiUB8jA.ny
good Jo h&r only addedto my asteery.
I lost my spirits, my IntoreBt in my
studies, and finally my ability to
Blee'p. Night .after night I spent on
the veranda, or gloomily strolling un
der the old chestnuts about the house,
wondering, hoping, prayiug, oursing,
sometimes almost determined to end
Eunice's life and mine, and learn her
secret after we were both rid of its
blighting effects.
One dark, windy night I was pa
cing the veranda, loug after midnight
when I was startled by a bright light
appearing in the room which had
been Anita's chamber. I Instantly
determined that theives, having
heard the story which every gossip in
the villiage knew, had selected this
night fn which to carry away some of
my poor, erring wife's apartments.
For years her memory had been to
me a thing of the past, but now the
idea that rudo hands could touch any
thtng once dear to the woman I had
loved, roused me to tho wildest fury.
Hastily taking a revolver from my
desk, and snatching from a case of
f curiosities a two-pointed Malay dag
ger, I softly ran through a passage
which led to the room where the
light was shining. I stopped at Eu
nice's room to. warn her against un
necessary alarm, but to my surprise
Eunice was not there. Could she be
in Anita's chamber, I wandered ? I
crept along the passage, pausing at
every step or two to listen. The door
of the long clo3ed chamber stood ajar,
and suddenly I heard sounds whioh
seemed to stop my heart-beats. I
heard the voice of Eunice, and a
voice which vas hoarse, rapid, eager,
and with a foreign accent.
ItiTau Instant I was alraosS mad
with Jealousy. The well-dressed for
eign
beggar my wife's sorrow and
her mysterious conduot her with
drawal from my companionship and
my chamber her frequent indisposi
tions the beautiful meals consumed
at such times her aversion to my ca
resses all that had happened since
the day I laid surprised my wife and
the beggar, linked itself together in
one strong chain of damning evidence
against my wife. She had loved the
foroiguer she had brought him to the
house of the man ho was wronging,
she bad secreted him in the rooms she
knew were safe from intrusion she
had even fed him from her husband's
table.
A terrible calm quick fy succeeded
my fury, but found me cruel, venge
ful, and merciless. I would surprise
them. I would quickly and surely
slay them, and then, taking ray little
daughter, I would fly from the home
which had so terribly disgraced me.
Hastily I threw open the door, but
it turned noiselessly on its hinges
without disturbing tho ocoupants of
the room, and revealed to me a scene
which struck vcie dumb. On the pil
low of the dainty couch of my lost
wife lay the worn, wasted, unmistak
able face of Anita Lozatos! By the
bedside, clad in white, with her gold
en hair unbound, and rippliug over
her face and shoulders, stood Eunice.
Her e3'es were full of tears, while all
the tenderness of pity, sorrow, and
compassion heightened the beauty of
her pure features into something al
most angelic. Ono of her hands was
tightly held by Anita ; with the oth
er she was pointing upward.
"Forgive me again' groaned Ani
ta, hoarsely, "for the pain my pres
ence has given you."
"Ask forgiveness of God," replied
Eunice. "I have only done my du
ty." "The years of pain igave Herbert,"
continued Anita; "can he ever for
give "
"Ask God," said Eunice, still point
ing upward.
"Ah, yes, my sister'," said Anita,
"but I am not a saint like you'. God
had all his angels to comfort Him
when I sinned, but Herbert was alone
with" hi? sorrow. Do" you think he-
will forgive my soul after it had left
my body ?"
"He will forgive you now," replied
Euuice. "His is a noble soul, and he
is 3'our husband. Let me bring
him."
"Oh, do not! I dare not meet him :
Before I could tell him all he would
curse me!" cried Anita, ohutfderlng
and shutting her eyes as if to hide
some dreadful sight.
"You do not know him," replied
Eunice. "He is honor itself. What
ever Is pitiful, honorable, manly.
Christian, that is Herbert. He shall
forgive you !"
"He will L" I QTted, advancing to
the bedside. Eunice started t Anita.
with a wjld cry, hid her face "in the
pillow.
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maining moments." And In an Jny
stant Eunice disappeared!
Tenderly I raised Anita In my armi
and kissed her brow. She opened
her eyes aud gazed into rfilhd with a
look at once glad and imploring!
"Herbert," she whispered, "I was
infatuated on that awfdf night, but f
repented before I got outside thd"
grounds. I pursued my tempter as li
I were" mad. I hurried baulc to s0i
cure my note beforo you Bhould see it,
but I arrived only in time to seo yoti
fali. Then I run away" I" know hob
whore but I never dared to. cbmd
back to you. I as swept overboard
at sea once, and before I was rescued
I was smitten by a terjible cold front
,-whftuV Inerer fecdvri0. Win? J
Tmiult df T dri77ed,7iimtif
iie'rV, d1sguisedin'iaaie'atUr0,tSai--
si you obcb guurs. ioui uvura .
recognized me, atid I told lief fhy
story. I couldn't help Jt it seemed'
like confessing to a pure angel. She
declared she would tell you ; tE&t I
should have my lawful husband, and
she would leave you forever. I only
prevented her by vowing to kill my
self if she did. Then she declared?
these rooms were mine; that I should"
live in them ; she forced me to come
I did not want to. She hasfed mo
she has comforted me; she has beerr
doctor and priest to me. She ohK
God!"
Anita stopped suddenly, and srug
gled for breath. I gently brushed her'
heavy black hair back froni'bgr" tem
ples. Again she spoke :
"Herbert, hear my last words mr
they are true, as I hopo for mercy.
No lips b'iit yonfs ever touched mine
no arms but yours Were ever around
me. For a few hours my heart'forgot
you, and for each hour I havo paid a
year of suffering. Was it enough?"
Her great darb eyes struggled?
against their fate as they looked for"
my coming answer ; her pele thin
lips, once so rich and red, now twitch
ed nervously. For an ihstantl press
ed, her tenderly to ray heart, and"
when I again looked at her her eye
lids weredrooppfng over the' oyes iur
which death's dimness could not hldo
the love there was there, while her
lip3 were breaking into the smilo
which never ngafn ieffc them. A mo
ment later "Anita Lozatof stood at tho
bar of the Judge whor knew or hei'
F atonement as well as her sin.
I went in searcn of Eunice andt
found her sobbing on her bed. ft
kissed her aud whispered :
"She is dead, darling."
"3o Is my secret my terrible Be'
cret." sobbed Eunioe.
With mi' own hands I dug her'
grave in a mnzo in the garden, wherer
she used to spend many of her mo
ments. Eunioe, self-forgetful, saintly
Eunice, robed the poor clay in the
dress it had worn on her wedding'
day, and together we laid- her in- her1
last earthly home. None but Eunice.
Anita and myself knew the key to
the maze, so Shat ono evening! when
I stole in to look at the ground where
so much sorrow had found"" rest, anc?
found the grave covered with forget-me-nots,
I knew that Anita had ta
ken with her alltbe misery that had!
been poisoning Eunice's- life. New
York Graphic.
The Blair Tirae3 tells the following'
story: "While at an Omaha hotel
one night last week, one of our Blair
bachelors Was by the mistake of a ver
dant night clerk put iu room No. 15
instead of No. 13, and-soon was sleep
ing heavily, all unconscious of tho fact
thata fine looking. woman who,. in th'
darkness of night, supposed the sleep
ing, occupant of her bed was none
other than her &usbandr quietly dis
robed and was soundly sleeping by his"
side. As both lay soundly anc? no'
doubt sweetly sleeping, the small
hours grew apace and the husband
who had Indulged too freely with?
boon companions returned making no
a little noise to find No. 15. Oucein,
a tempest broke Toose- arou'nrdf that
bed, but the bachelor dimly compre
hending the situation of affairs aud
not wishing to "carry the- news to
Blair," jumped through the window
leaving the- Inebriated" hasband and:
the now frightened wife to indulge
in explanations, while he through the
kindtfesfj-of a friendly policeman pro--cured
the loan of proper clothing in
which to-return home. Thatyouthsl"
now fn town armed to the teeth, bufi
Us in a quandary Whether to return and?
shoot tho husband; tho nigbC eiork,.
or the woman;"
Any bachelor who would refesa to"
wake up under such circumstances''
ought to ehoot himself, wo think.
,,&J' if Hi "
A correspondent of the LVwisfior?
Journal relates an Androssoggia le
gend, whioh has-probably been mel
lowed by time, though! the narator
says he could give the nam'es, ifht
choose, as he knew the paties fromr
boyhood. It appea'fcrSbat on a clear
f cold, quiet morning, some fifty yerira-
ago, a family were seated around the
table taking" their breakfast" vih'ecf
a rap was heard tst the door, antf, ae
the custom then web Che outsider was?
bidden to "come' in." when a
man past middle life eater"ef, andi
after the usual ealutatior;, seated:
f bimaeff la a chair. He was firauhrh-
bor living some half a milo distant
He was asked to ait" tsp-and take aomV
breakfast, but he answered, "I don't
suppose I ought to stop, for our house
13 on fire,, and- they sent me tc Sal?
ypu
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Now that' the word "hymeneal"1 ia
so commonly used in reference to
weddings, it is suggested that births
should bo headed "crymeneaP' andj
deaths "d tome neat,"
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