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31AUY AT THE SEPULCHRE.
BV HESET THEODORE TCCKEBMAN.
From the gray mountains round.
The mists of dawn unwreathed.
And all the shrubs upon their slopes
A fragrant incense breathed ;
Far through the brooding light.
The startled birds now flew,
And every spear of herbage poised
Its bud of gleaming dew.
The vines In fresh nrray
Spread greenly to the sight.
Their graceful tendrils dripping still
With thesoft tears of night;
Darkly the carob rose
Against thedeepenlngsky.
And the clear mastlclightly threw
Its verdant crest oa high.
The ancient olives reared
A sombre foliage there;
Their gnarled and mossy trunks then wore
A venerable air;
The pulpy figs hungesol.
With dew still frosted o'er.
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The diadems they wore.
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To stir the solemn air.
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It lifted Mary's hair.
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She knelt beside the tomb,
And looked with mute and wild despair
Upon Its vacant gloom:
"His cold and mangled form,
Would they not let repose?
Could Death not stay their cruel hands
Against the Man of Woes?
0, 1 had thought to pour
Upon His sacred head
These chosen perfumes, and my tears
O'er Ills pale brow to shed"'
Lo! through her sob, a voice:
"Mary!" in tones divine;
She turned, with quick and fervent hope,
As pilgrims to their shrine;
Her tearful eye now beam.
With love and reverence sweet,
As, breathing joyfully His name,
She fell at Jesns' feet.
RACHEL:
-THE-
CHAPTER IV.
A SECOND MEETINCr.
Rachel uttered a startled cry in
spite of hertelf, whilst the presumed
Lord Marbury held out his hand with
an insinuating smile.
"I told you we should meet again,
and soon, Miss Wedderburn. I hope
you are none the worse for your little
dissipation last night?"
Hi? tone was one of mere ordinary
courtesy, such 33 ary gent'leman
would use towards a lady; but the
earless freedom of his former manner
had been succeeded by a kind of de
termination which surprised Rachpl,
and prepared her somewhat for the
revelation that was' to follow.
He brought her a chair; and seeing
that she trembled, and had turned
very pale, said, gently, "Don't be
frightened, Miss Wedderburn. We
do not war with women here, if we
war with society. You are perfectly
safe amongst us, and the mau who
dared toiusultyou would answer for
the ouet.oe with his life."
"I am not afraid of that," replied
Rachel, with more courage. "I am
anxious about my father."
"Your father is well treated, and
may leave this place twenty-four
hours after he writes a cheque for ten
thousand pounds, and hands it to me.
That he has not chosen yet to fulfill
these conditions shows, I think, that
he is tolerably comfortable where he
is."
"I don't understand."
"Don't understand what?"
"Where he is, and why it is neces
sary that he should pay ten thousand
pounds for his release."
"He is a prisoner of war, and the
sum demanded is for his ransom."
"Who demands it?"
"I do, as Captain of the Band."
"What band ?"
And Rachel, who, we know, was
as innocent as a child in the ways of a
wicked world, stared at him with
frank, bewildered eyes.
He hesitated a moment, as if un
willing to make the admission, and
then said. "You have heard of the
Captain of the Secret Rand?"
As this personage and his men had
long been notorious for tbeirdeeds, or
rather misdeeds, Rachel replied with
a shiver of apprehension, that she
had.
"I am he."
"I thought you told me that you
were Iord Marbury."
He laughed a little, but it was a
grim laugh, that did not show amuse
ment or pleasure.
"I told you so ; what then ? I lied."
"Oh, sir!"
The reproach was absurdly simple,
spoken to a man who was supposed to
have more than one murder en his
conscience; but Rachel, at the mo
ment, realized his deception as the
worst she knew of him, may be be
cause this was the onl3' sin of his that
bad yet been brought home to her.
It sometimes happens that the in
nocent rebuke of a child teaches even
the hardened criminal, and probably
the Captain of the Secret Band did
experience a faint thrill of compunc
tion when Rachel's honest glance told
him plainly what she thought of
him ; and he saw her shrink away as
if there were contamination in his
mere neighborhood.
"I dare say you think very ill of
me," he said, in a softened voice ;
"but you ought not to judge until you
know the history of my life. My
father turned me adrift when I was a
mere lad, to shift as I could. He put
a sovereign into my hand, it is true,
h R' d sine
giving me his parting benediction af
tertbls style: "When your money is
gone, beg, borrow, or steal; only don't
come home.' And I never have.
But when he wa9 ill and starving, I
succored him without his knowing;
and, hidden behind his bed, heard
him curse me as he lay a-dying. And
why, forsooth ? Because I had dis
graced the family by taking bis in
structions a little too literally. It was
a fine farce, truly, but it comforted
him at the last; and that was all I
had at heart just then !'
He paused, slightly overcome, but
recovered himself quickly, and hast
ened to add:
"You would like to see your father,
Miss Wedderburn, no doubt. You
must make him understand that by
no possible means can he obtain his
release until he has paid the required
sum. My men look upon him as a
great prize, and it would be as much
as my life is worth to baulk them. I
command, it is true, but I am obliged
to humour them in some things, in
order to be able to rule better in
others. If I were to allow them to
suppose fora second thatour interests
were not the same, you might dig my
grave at once ; for, assuredly, I should
soon fill it. You see," he added,
"that although a master, I am also a
slave, and cannot do 03 I would."
"But what has my father done?''
inquired Rachel, who did not seem as
if she could realize the situation.
"He is rich; that is all."
"I understand ; and it is hard ; but
I suppose it is no use to reason with
those who have no conscience."
"I should nat advise you to attempt
it. I never do. When I find it nec
essary to be emphatic, I hold a pistol
in my hand, and threaten. Moral
suasion would just be thrown away
on my people, and I know them too
well to attempt it."
Rachel shuddered convulsively.
"My poor father!" she murmured ;
"and all this may be my fault !"
The Captain bent down to her, with
the fire of his deep eyes softening.
"All the while I am alive, he is
safe; but the wisest thing he can do
is to pay his ransom and be gone."
"I hope he may be persuaded," an
swered Rachel, dubiously; "but I am
afraid his money is as deal to him as
his life."
"Not when it comes to the point, I
fancy. Besides, his nnxieiy to see
you hhows that he wishes to make
some arrangement."
He lowered his voice to a whisper,
'andfadd;quit:lVly, "Get your father
away from here, at any sacrifice, as
fast as yon can."
The words had scarcely passed his
lips, when Rachel heard him draw a
breath, and he changed his tone sud
denly to one that was harsh and un
compromising. She was puzzled to
account for the change, until she saw
that they were no longer alone.
The new-comer was a small, spare
man, with deep-set eyes, under low
ering black brows, a thin, compressed
mouth, and nose like an eagle's beak.
The expression of his face was so
fierce and determined, that Rachel
shrank involuntarily. He seemed to
exercise .some peculiar influence over
the Captain, whose forehead contract
ed gloomily as he advanced toward
them.
Directly he spoke, Rachel recogniz
ed his voice ar that of the man whom
she had heard the night before con
versing with "Sir Walter Raleigh,"
and no longer doubted that the two
who stood before her at this moment
were the very ones she had surprised
in the midst of their confidences. As
to the lady who had given her the
friendly warning as she passed, Rach
el was inclined to believe it might be
the Captain's beautiful wife, who, no
doubt, siw all the peril of Rachel's
position, and would fain have saved
her from the consequences of her own
folly.
It all seemed so clear now, that
Rachel wondered her suspicions had
not been fairly roused before. A trap
had been laid for her, and she had
walked deliberately into it; conse
quently, she had herself to thank for
all the misfortunes that might ensue.
Ttiis was not a very pleasant reflec
tion, and as the two men had with
drawn into a distant corner of the
room, where they were conversing to
gether in a low tone, Rachel had
plenty of time to "chew the cud' of
bitter fancies, and determine her
miserable position.
Presently, the -Captain withdrew,
showing a certain reluctance, and his
companion came up to Rachel.
"If you will follow me, I will take
you to your father," he said, in a
stern uncompromising tone, impossi
ble to doubt; "but you must under
stand that you will only be permitted
to leave here upon one condition,
which it is as well you should fully
comprehend at once.'
"What is tht condition ?"
"That you go to obtain tho money
for your father's ransom. He will
write you a cheque, of course; and
you will take it to the bank to cash,
bringing us the coin, when you will
be at liberty to teturn to your own
home quietly, taking the old man
with you. But let me fairly watn
you, that we know everything and
everybody, and that the moment
when you fancy yourself most secure,
you will be the more certainly in our
power. You will not see us, but we
shall dodge your Eteps. Every word
which you speak we shall hear; the
faintest evasion of your task will
bring a pistol within an inch of your
head; an indiscreet word, a vague
hint, even a murmur, and your life
will not be worth an hour's purchase.
But do your errand quickly and silent
ly, and liberty shall be your reward.
Do you understand?"
"I believe I do."
"You had better be certain."
"I don't see how I should misun
derstand you."
Then why not say so. Little femi
nine evasions, which sound very pret
ty in the world, won't do here. We
are stern men here, with a terrible
possibility ever before our eyes liv
ing, as it were, In the shadow of
death ; nud those who deal with us
mus deal plainly and truly, or woe to
them. We have no time for the grac
es of life here."
As he spoke, as It would seem out
of defiance, there came through a
half open door they were passing a
strain of soft, delicious melody, the
tender prelude of a tenderer song.
The man's face darkened suddenly,
and an evil expression came into his
eyes, as he drew the door violently to,
muttering between hi3 set teeth,
"That woman will ruin us all with
her foolery."
He hurried Rachel along after this,
the music following them in a sweet
wail, until they came to the door of
of her father's cell, when her com
panion paused.
"You know what you have to do,"
he said ; "and let me warn you neain
that your father's liberty and life ure
both in your hands."
So saying he pushed her into her
father's presence ; and Rachel heard
bolts and bars drawn behind her. as
she lifted her .eyes anxiously to the
old man's face.
CHAPTER V.
FATHER AND DAUGHTER
-THE
KA.NS0M.
The miser looked.so whiteaud worn
that his daughter could hardly recog
nise him; His yellow eyes burnt out
of his gaunt visage with startling ef
fect, and his mouth had dropped at
the corners into an object curve. The
droop of his shoulders, the helpless
fold of his thin hands, showed plain
I3' the fear and anguish that had pos
sessed him since he had had to con
template partiug with a portion of
his beloved gold.
Rachel went and knelt beside him,
and kissed his wan cheek tenderly.
Great as the relief of confession would
have been, slid know better than to
indulge the lonihjelix had nev
er had much aftVctloS5or. his. daugh
ter; but if hebould havetraced-his
misfortunes Uv her, he would have
spurned her miserably.'na if she had
been a dog.
"Let me only get him away from
here," thought Rachel, "and then I
will tell him the whole truth, and let
him do with me as he pleases. There
is no punishment I do not deserve."
"I am ruined ruined," whined the
old man. "Wo shall have to go to
the work house, Rachel."
"Nay, father, I can work for us
both. You forget that," answered
his daughter, soothingly. "Besides,
any pecuniary sacrifice is better than
the misery you are enduring now."
Felix shook his head.
"I would rather stay twenty years
in this place than pay tho money."
"But, father, that is not the ques
tion," eald Rachel pleadingly. "I
was to tell you' from the Captain that
nothing can save your life but paying
the ransom demanded at once, and
how would ycur gold help you in
your grave?"
"It's all very well for you to talk,"
said Felix, querulously. "You have
not watohed it grow and increase day
by day as I have, until it was more to
you than food, or sleep, or sunshine.
I'd give them my right arm willing
ly, rather than part with the ten
thousand pounds."
"Oh, father!"
"Couldn't I count my money as
well with the left?" be replied with
an eager glitter in his hollow eyes.
"And isn't it better to lose a limb
than to lose the gold one has boen
treasuring so fondly year by year."
"But father you are none the hap
pier for all this gold."
"Who told you that?" he asked
sharply.
"I can see it, father. All these
years, since I was a child, I have nev
er known you to smile yet ; and you
spend a shilling with the same reluc
tance that poor men spend a pound."
"It is quite a mistake of yours that
I am so rich," answered Felix cun
ningly. "I had a few savings laid by;
but they will all have to go now."
"Not all, father, surely ?"
He looked at her with sudden sus
picion. "I don't know. I only guessed.'
The old mlaer flushed high with
passion.
'I wont have you guessing about my
affairs, and trying to pry into my se
crets,' he said, in a loud, stern voice.
'I tell you I am poor, and nothing
but the strictest economy will save
me from ruin after I have paid the
sum demanded.'
Rachel bowed her head, and a tear
fell on the bosom of her dress. It
seemed as if nothing could soften her
father's heart, or throw his thoughts
one moment from that fatal treasure,
which was of more value in his eyes
than the favor of God and the respect
of his fellow-men. The girl ro3e to
her feet, sighing. It was useless to
expect that be would yield from any
thing but fear. He would rather have
died than part with aft his money ;
but, as Rachel aivlnea, tne sum ae
manded was but a small portion of
his hidden treasure, and though it
wrung his sordid soul to resign even
thia much, it was preferable to the
doom threatened.
But his daughter's task was not ac
complished without difficulty. He
wanted to argue the question with
hia captors, and try to persuade them
that they were asking more than he
actually possessed. He would fain
have had Rachel represent this to
them, and if she bad had the captain
alone to deal with, she might have
consented ; but she remembered the
menacing face, and still more mena
cing words, of the other man, whose
power seemed greater even than the
other's, and she knew that to pass
through the door to parley and plead,
was to leave her father to certain
death.
She did not think of herself, and her
own probable fate; but she was de
termined to save Felix, If any human
effort would avail. At last her urgen
cy, her passionate supplications, be
gan to have their effect, and the old
miser was brought to realize that he
had one hope of life, and one only.
Then his rage and dismay were piti
ful to see. He tore his gray locks,
and sobbed like a child. He had
stood at his wife's dying bed dry
eyed; but this was a harder parting
by far, thia separation from his be
loved gold. It was a long while be
fore Rachel could soothe him, or per
suade him to confide to her the secret
store-place of his money. Felix was
much too suspicious to confide it to
any banker; and although some was
lent out upon usury, the principal
portion was contained in an iron
chest, which was concealed under
the flooring of his room with so much
cunning and ingenuity, that a person
who was ignorant of the secret might
have searched a day and night with
without discovering any trace of Its
whereabouts.
Rachel had to receive a good many
explanations before she could be made
to understand just where to search for
the hidden spring in the wainscoting
of the room which lifted the board,
and then her difficulties were not
over. Under this was a net work of
iron bars, only to be moved by an
other contrivance as complicated as
the first, and requiring some physi
cal strength to manage.
The robbers had searched Felix on
his first arrival : but he had managed
to hide the key of tho closet in his
boot until.nigbt.came, when he took
the precaution of embedding it in the
Hock of his .mattress, hoping that it
mjghtvescape detection.
"IC0wa3 not easy to be found, and1
itachel grew more terrified every
moment, when she heard a quick, irri
table step in tho passage, and divined
that her gaoler's patience was well
nigh exhausted.
Her eager fingers closed over it just
33 tho bolts and bars began to grate
in their sockets, and her father had
only just time to whisper an emphat
ic command to caution and secrecy,
when the dark, inscrutable visage of
the robber appeared in the doorway,
and he beckoned her sternly towards
him.
Is everything arranged ?'
Rachel bowed her head, too agitated
to speak.
'Then come on ; there is no time to
lose.'
Felix began an abject prayer for
mercy; but the man stopped him by
slamming the door violently to, and
drawing the bolts with an Impatient
hand.
There was no music now in the
long, dark passages no sound of hu
man voice as they threaded them si
lently, Rachel following her guide
with hushed foot-fall and sinking
heart. If she might only have seen
the captain again, she would have
been thankful. In spite of her posi
tion she did not fear him as Bhe did
this other, who seemed to pursue his
purpose cruelly and relentlessly, and
exercise a fatal influence over those
with whom he came in contact. At
the door she was blindfolded again;
but the feeling of light and the sud
den keenness of the air, betokened
that they were out of the place, and
on their way back to the town. They
walked on for nearly an hour, Rachel
being guided by a rough, stronghand,
which gave her more and more aid as
her weariness increased.
And she was beginning to feel faint
from exhaustion and fatigue by this
time. She had eaten nothing since
the night before, which, with the un
usual exertion and excitement, pros
trated her entirely. She felt her legs
double under her, and a mist swam
before her eyes, a strange quivering
sensation came into her heart, which
began to beat in dull, leaden throbs,
and then she remembered no more.
When she recovered her senses, she
found herself lying on her own little
bed In her father's house. It was dif
ficult to believe, glancing at the fa
miliar objects around, that the events
of the past night and day had been
anything but an ugly dream, which
would fade Into indistinctness when
once she began the serious duties of
the day.
She got slowly on her feet, feeling
as weak and exhausted as if she had
had a long illness ; and then shestole
to the window, and looked through
the bats into the gloomy passage.
This brief glance dispelled her illu
sions suddenly. A grim Eentinel
stood at the door, and as his eye met
hers, it was impatientand menacing,
both, and urged emphatically the
completion of her task.
But Rachel's weak bands dropped
helplessly to her side.
'I must have food first,' she mur
mured to herself. 'Whatever hap
pens, I must eat and drink before I
can hope to work.'
Fortunately there was a small piece
of meat In the cupboard, and a tiny
flask, half full of spirits, the raiser
kept by him in case of illness. These
revived her wonderfulry. She took a
furtive peep to see if the man re
mained where she had first seen him,
and then, reassured, crept on tip-toe
to her father's room, the door of
which she locked behind her.
This wa3 the first time Rachel had
ever been within the threshold, and
a kind of awe and constraint possess
ed her as she wen t softly softly search
ing for the hidden spring.
Fortunatel' Felix's directions had
been very minute, or she could never
have hoped to find it. As it was, ten
minutes elapsed before her fingers
closed with a thrill on a tiny brass
knob, so carefully concealed in the
woodwork, that a person ignorant of
tho fact would never have connected
it in any way with the secret of the
old miser's wealth.
Pressing this firmly, and with a
certain curiosity as to tho result, Ra
chel saw one of the boards In the floor
rise gently and gradually, as if lifted
by an unseed hand below.
Stooping her 'pale 3'oung face, she
saw through the iron bars what
looked, at first view, like a child's
coffin, studded thickly with brass
nails. She could not help shudder
ing n little, as the thoughtstruckher,
for the gray, glimmering light, and
the utter silence, added to the myste
ry of the scene.
It took all Rachel's strength to ac
complish the latter pard of her task,
and then 6he could not lift the coffer,
but had to content herself with dip
ping her hands into the gold, and
bringing up heap after heap, which
she counted carefully, and placed iu
little heaps at her side, until she had
the required sum.
Then, dipping her arms below the
elbow into the glittering hoard, she
found that the gold lay on a soft,
thick bed of bank notes, which must
have represented triple tho sum de
manded for the old man's ransom.
'And my father calls himself a ru
ined mau !' thought Rachel, fairly be
wildered. 'Heaven grant I may nev
er Inherit his terrible avarice !'
And she shut down the lid sharply,
lest the sight should become too
pleasant, and the eerie glamour of the
gold bewitch her sight. Then she re
stored the room to its original order;,
and gathering the money into her
lpron,- went down stairs.
The robber3 had stipulated that tho
whole ransom should be paid in gold,
as more easily divided and disposed
of than notes, and the weight was ac
tually oppressive. But Rachel was
soon relieved of her burden. The
man no sooner heard her step in the
kitchen than he presented himself to
view, and took the money out of her
lap, eagerly counting it in greedy
haste, as if he were anxious to escape
with his prize.
Having satisfied himself that all
was right, he made for the door.
Rachel drew her hood closer about her
face, and prepared to follow.
'What are you about?' he Baid,
roughly, as ho thrust her back with
his arm. 'Stap where you are.
'But I thought I was to fetch my
father home,' she answered; and a
suspicion of treachery crossed her
mind, making her pale face paler, and
giving an uneasy quiver to her sweet
lips.
'There are plenty of us for that job
without your meddling,' replied the
man ; 'beside?, I have my orders.
And mind mo here, young woman
one word of all this, and you may be
gin to say your prayers, for you will
have something less than ten minutes
to live. Don't faucy you can escape
us; we are every where. Thero Isn't
a ball given iu Yarmouth one of us
doesn't go to ; we enjoy the play, and
walk the streets with tho best of
them ; and in most big houses there
is one servant we can trust to tell us
the news of tho family, and what
road the rich visitors take when they
go away. Yon see, there isn't much
hope of deceiving U3, and we ain't
particular how we punish those that
do. One murder, more or less, isn't
of much account when you have such
scores on the list.'
Rachel shuddered convulsively.
'But you won't murder my father?'
she pleaded.
The robber shook hia head with a
sneering laugh.
'We know better than that ; at any
rate until we have drained him dry !'
'But he will come home to-night?'
she urged.
'There's nothing to prevent, a3 I
know, unless he wants to stay where
he Is and pay so much a week for his
board.'
Rachel looked at the man's cruel,
fierce eyes, and burst into teara.
'Don't be a fool!' he said sharply.
Your father is all right. We have
nothing to do with him now until we
catch him again; and then, as he
seems so very precious, you won't
mind paying double ransom, of
course.'
He went out chuckling, and Rachel
was left alone with her self-reproach
and fears.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
The New York Commercial Adver
tiser, in answering the sneer that
Blaine is no lawyer, says he is some
thing better than that, as he has
shown the people of the North of
what material the Democratic major
ity in the house is composed.
Mow to Cure" Snnstrofcc.
I believe sunstroke and apoplexy
can be cured almost surely if taken iu
any kind of time.
1. Rub powerfully on the back:
head and neck, making horizontal
ond downward movements. This
draws blood away from the front
brain and vitalizes the involuntary
nerves.
2. While rubbing call for cold wat
er immediately, which apply to tho
face and to the hair on tho top and
side head.
o. Call for n bucket of water as hot
as can be borne and pour it by dipper
fuls on the back head and neck for
several minutes. The effect will be
wonderful for vitalizing tho medulla
oblongata ; it vitalizes tho whole
body, and the patient will generally
start up into full conscious life in a
very short time.
Last summer I was called in to sco
a man on Fourth avenue. I founti
hfm in a state of coma, and his wifo
was agonizing over him, supposing
him to be dead. He had lain thus for
about three hours. I had him brought
out where he could get the air, jerk
ed oil bfs clothes, rubbed his baok
head and neck powerfully, slapped;
his back, legs, and feet briskly, and
called for iced water, which I applied
to his front and upper head. I then
had a bucket of hot water brought,
which I poured on his back head and
neck. Before doing this I had notic
ed some signs of life on applying tho
cold water in front, but after pouring
a few minutes he started up, vomited,
and exclaimed, "All right!" I spent
in all only about twenty minutes iu
thus resuscitatiug him.
Ho rose up. put on his clothes with'
a little help, and did not lose an hour
more from his business.
Persons of large active brains nnd
weak bodies will bo more liablo to
sunstroke or apoplexy, and should'
wear light-colored, cool hats in sum
mer, wet the hair occasionly, and if
they feel a brain pressure coming nu
should rub on the baok neck, and put
cold water on the front and top head.
Theso remarks, if heeded, will pre
vent great danger antf great suflering
as I have never known this method
to fail. J?. D. Babbitt, M. D. in New
York Graphic.
A Brave AiiU
A Triyefctona-corjeapondent ofJLhe
!
JFatl .KIY5K
rctt's eendar htf
following-? t?iP " fcr
Capt. Joseph Monroe, with his wifo
and babe, started from Tiverton to
cross the river to Rhodo Island, last
Wednesday, and1 in passing through
Bridgeport, with a strong ebb tide,
the keel of his boat came in contact
with a line attached to tho schooner
Antelope, and the boat was capsized'.
The babe sank, and I1I3 wife becorao
unconscious. Monroe dove down and
rescued the babe, and as he came to
the surface, found his wife just under
water and sinking. He eeized her,
and, unaided, swam ashore with babo
and wife, and landed over 200 feet
from where tho boat capsized. Tho
babe was apparently dead, for it was
under water from tho time the boat
capsized until its father landed it on
shore, but it soon revived. Monroe's
achievement la ppoken of in tho high
est terms, and when we consider tho
coldness of the water and tho swift
ness of the tide, it seems almost a mir
acle that he succeedod in saving him
self, wife nnd child. Naturally
enough when the mother came to her
self the cried, "Where is my baby?"
A remedy for a very distressing
complaint Is given below, copied from
tho Boston Globe, and i givenfpr
what it ii worth : To the editor of tho
Globe:
Sir: Willj'ou insert in tho daily
or weekly for the benefit of those who
suffer from dyspepsia or indigestion,
that four tablospoonfuls of lime-water,
mixed with a glass of cow's milk,
will cure the worst form of the abovo
disease In a few days. I know by ex
perience, being a sufferer for three
years. The first dose acted like mag
ic, and I h.ivo felt like a new born
man ever since, which is some
weeks ago. I saw the receipt
in the Scientific American issued a few
weeks ago. If you know the terrible
suffering of this disease you would:
not hesitate to insert it.
A little five-year old boy heard the
bible story of Samson a few Sunday
evenings ago, for tho first time.
He was much Impressed with the ef
ficiency of the weapon which Sam
son used in one of his hand-to-hand
conflicts with the Philistines. A day
or two after, his mother, just beforo
getting into a carriage, was attempt
ing to break a pieco of candy which
she had promised to divide between
the little lad and his brother. Tho
candy was tough, and resisted her ef
forts. In this emergency the smaller
boy looked up at tho coachman and
said :" "Say, James, you haven't got
the jawbone of an ass about vou, havo
you ?"
The Boston Post has this to say ot
the proposed Independent conference;
"Idealism ia of no use except as it is
put into the harness of actual service,
and an organization of discontent and
disgust, that is inspired with hopes
that are too general to be formulated
in plain and practical measures, is not
of the stern stuff on which men at
largo will rely for carrying their well
defined resolutions into effect."
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