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BY THE LATE AVII.MA3I S. 2I0I1T0N.
Our patriot dead ! Beneath tho sod.
Calm In repose their ashes lie;
Annointedin the sight of God,
Who for their country dared to die.
Our patriot dead ! The screaming shell.
The drum's long roll, the canon's roar,
Tho bugle's wild and thrilling strain.
Shall wake them from their sleep no more.
Our patriot dead ! Through coming time
Their names on glory's page shall live;
nonored and blessed in every clime
Are those who life for freedom give.
Our patriot dead! We may not mourn
Their lot within the silent grave;
But hang bright garlands on tho urn
That holds the dear dust of the bravo.
Ourpatrlot dead ! Loved duty ours,
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Where softly sleep our patriot dead.
RACHEL:
-THE
CHAPTER XVII. (Continued.)
Rachel was already at the door in
her impatience, and was unfastening
tho bolts with her tremulous fingers.
He followed her out into the street,
and had hard work to keep up with
her wild steps. She was but a frail
creature, and 3et excitement made
her strong for the moment.
She darted up one street and down
another until she came to the head of
the pnssnge leading to the old house,
when a flood of memories and the ag
ony of suspense overcame her mo
mentarily, and she paused, turn
ing her pale face toward the star
ry sky with a muteprnyerfor strength
and help.
'Let me go first now, Rachel," said
her husband, gently.
She moved to let him pass, and fol
lowed, drawing her breath sharp and
quick. At the door they found two
men potted, and one of them putting
out his arm to bar their ingress, said
gruffly, "I've-gotfrnvprdera toh?t no
body.D'aesH.' " ". -' -
. . - -i" j
rIadyhPr-e JS-ifueAftUUrnanla;
grtgblerpand she wanttolg.ee
ldead.or-aIiveu(l!rectIyT defyou ui
mm,
nder-
dtand ? Iso one would ever dare to
keep a child from her father at such a
time as this."
"I've got my orders," repeated the
man, still more harshly ; but the
other, who recognised Charles, and
knew that his story was true, inter
posed. "We wasn't told to keep'his daugh
ter out," he said ; "and what's more
the old man has been asking for her
this half-hour. You mny depend he
won't die till he sees her they never
do when they've got that sort of no
tion in their heads."
Rachel thanked him with a look,
as she sned past him into tho house, i
Tho old clock was ticking as dem
onstratively as ever, but her quick ej'e
detected some changes, even in the
brief glimpse Bhe gavo herself in
passing.
The furniture was lying about in
utter confusion ; the cupboard doors
were open ; a dish and a jug were ly
ing broken on the floor; tho scant
carpet was rolled into a heap in the
centre. Everywhere there were signs
of a struggle, and these became still
more apparent as she advanced. Hero
and there the boards of the stairs had
been raised, no doubt to search for
the treasure that might bo concealed
below, and the wainscoting was bat
tered in three distinct places.
It was clear that tho robbers had
made a thorough search. Rachel was
much too sorrowful and excited to
care whether this search had been suc
cessful or not. What wero riches to
her? Her father had possessed thorn,
and yet had lived like a beggar, and j
died as very few beggars die by the
hand of his fellow men.
Miserable pelf! If it ever came to
her, she would spend it in charity
and good deeds, so as to negative the
curse which generally went hand in
hand with the gold. But she could
only think of her father just now.
Even before she entered his room
she could hear a faint, stifled voice
sneakinsr her name, and another
strange voice soothing him with
promises it believed to be false.
But uuconsciously, this other voice
was speaking ihe truth when it said
that Rachel was coming, for, at this
moment she pushed open the door,
aud stood full In her father's eight.
lie gavo a hoarse cry.
"Rachel !"
"Yes, father;" and she went and
knelt at his bedside qb humbly as if
every fault of his life had been of her
provoking. "Can you forgive me?"
"It is for you to forgive," he mur
mured, feebly. "You had a hard
time of it, poor child !"
His mind wandered away then, and
he began to call on the other Rachel
who had been the wife of hisyouth,
and mother to the kneeling girl, con
fusing tho two oddly in his mind.
"What, a new gown already !' he
muttered. "You'll rtfin mo, Rachel !
I suppose j'ou fancied you had mar
ried a rich man, and had only to lie
and wheedle a bit, as women do, to
get his money out of him ; but I'm
poor poor, miserably poor! iBhould
BRCTWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE
ii ii
not knov where to look for twenty
pounds this minute if I wanted them
ever so much."
He sank then into a kind of stupor
which she tried to think was sleep,
only that the old woman who was
nursing him kept crooning out that
death was near that if he roused
again it would be the last time he
would open his eyes in this world,
and pointed to the big gaping wound
with her lean hand.
"Hasn't any doctor been here?"
said Rachel, anxiously.
"La, ma'am, what's the use of no
doctors?" answered the old crone.
"Directly I set eyes on him, I knew
ho was took with death, only he was
waiting for you. Now you're come,
heUljgo off as easy and quietus the
f'nTllBh naif! nhnrloo ofnrrilt.- f -"
At this moment the" old miser sat
bolt upright in bed, and spread his
hands over Rachel's face.
"Is that you, my dear? It's very
dark," he said softly.
"Yes, father, it's Rachel. Won't
j'ou bless me?"
"Bless j'ou my .dear! You've been
a good child "
A sudden pang out the sentence
short, and changed the course of his
ideas.
"They didn't find it!" he called
out, with a hoarse, rattling laugh.
"It Is all for you, Rachel! I hid it
in "
But the last word was neverspoken.
The cold hand of death froze it into
silence on his lips. His head fell
back upon her bosom, and his faint
breath just flickered and he was gone.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE MAYOR MAKES A PROMISE.'
Rachel would fain have, stayed by
her dead father all through tho night;
but this Charles would not suffer.
He believed that it would bo neither
safe nor expedient; and moreover,
Rachel's face showed that she hud
borne as much as eho could bear, and
must be forcibly abstracted from the
contemplation of her sorrows.
She pleaded earnestly to be allowed
to remain ; but ho was resoluto.
"If it were right, my love, I would
not hesitate; but you look white and
worn beyond description, and I must
have you home as fast as possible.
You shall return to-morrow -as early
aotoseujust ilow you J
Ka nfnn ilea nnf! t Vi fW- rt tf fr ,nl
can
even ifou.CQuId;'i--'g
Rachel had to tfo satisfied -with this
concession, and leave. Nothing could
exceed her husband's tenderness;
but she saw that he was firm, and
wasted no moro words. It was well
that she had some one to take care of
her, for she was not lit to take care of
herself.
Several times she would havo fall
en in descending the stairs, only that
his 6trong arms upheld her, and his
kind words of comfort souuded in her
ear.
"Courage, my love. .I know it's
hard to bear; but you had more than
the smile you craved for you had a
blessing besides ; and ho knew you so
well. It would have been far worse
if j'ou had'not been there in time."
' "Yes," she sobbed ; "and if I had
not you."
He stooped and kissed her, ever so
Boftly, and then he' hurried her out.
At the door he stopped just to speak to
the men, and suggest that the guard
should be doubled, promising he
would see to this himself; and then
he took Rachel once more on his arm,
and led her awaj
As they passed the Town Hall, they
heard tho sound of merry music
within, and gay laughter, and caught
tho shadow of figures whirling along
in the dance. Rachel trembled and
drew closer to her husband's side.
The incongruitj- of this scene, con
trasted with tho one she had just left,
seemed to intensify her grief, and
weaken her self-control.
"How cruel! how cruel!" she
burst out passionately, forgetting that
they knew nothing of her or her sor
rows. "How can they dance to
night?" Assho paused a minute, the better
to control her emotion, tho door sud
denly swung open, letting out a flood
of light; and in the centre, with the
red background giving extraordinary
radiance to her eyes aud smile, stood
the Queen of the Fairies, the obse
quious Mayor cringing at her heels.
"Lady Muncaster's carriage!" he
shouted to the attendant waiters, who
looiteu uown ana up mo street anx
iouslj', and then reported that no car
riage was in sight.
"Never mind," replied her ladj'
ship, smiling her sweetest on the
plum-colored Mayor. "I'm really
tired and can't wait. So if you'll tell
one of the men to fetch me a chair, I
shall manage verj well."
"A chair for her ladyship sharp!"
said the Mayor, in a monstrous flut
ter. "But, really my lady, I don't
think you ought to trust yourself to
such people."
Lady Muncaster laughed a little
pearlj laugh, the least degree disdain
ful. "Pray why not, Mr. Mayor?"
"So beautiful," he mumbled, "and
so charming!"
"Fudge!" she exclaimed, tapping
hiai with her fan. "I hate to be flat
tered, jou know. Besides, j'ou will
be the very first to abuse me some of
these days.''
"Oh, my lady!"
And but for his new plum-colored
suit and tho waiters, tho drysalter
would have gone upon his knees to
give force to bis disclaimer.-
aamjjg
"Very veil ; we shall see. But, just
to prove you, if ever I ask you a favor
will j'ou grant it?"
"A thousand !"
"Nay; one will be enough; sinco
that must needs boa large one. But
here's my chair; will you givo me
j-our arm? and mind, I shall come
and claim j'our promise somoday!"
"I'll answer for It, if you ask in per
son j'ou'll get no denial!" was the
enthusiastic response, as tho Mayor
lifted her hand to his lips. "There Is
nothing I would not do for j'ou !"
"Even if your service entailed loss
of office and general odium?" said
the ladj-, looking searchingly at him,
and lowering her voice.
"Then we'd mako a fair bargain,
raj' lady, 6 f.co u rseThhEou wouldnlti
gjcrtfottnn eliI351Itkla5witKwf5gcgii
JiUleewarfl?,'fs,lp-rT A5? "
My, lady 'stepped into the chair,
seated herself with a little rustle, and
then bent forward until her lovely
lips were so near that her balmy
breath fanned his cheek.
"If, after all j'our goodness, I learnt
to love you a little, it wouldn't be mj-
fault, you know."
At anj' other time, Charle3 would
have been amused at this scene, for
the Queen of the Fairies was certainly
fooling the poor Maj'or, whose pon
derous love-making it suited her pur
pose to encourage, it would appear.
The contrast between the two was
ludicrous. Her frail, sweet loveliness,
and air of high breeding; her daintj',
soft cheek in juxtaposition with his
big, burlj-, coarse figure and battered
face, was enough to excite amusement
and surprise in anj' one whose mind
was not thoroughlj' preoccupied.
As it was, Charles could not help
feeling curious; whilst Rachel,
whom the bustle at the doorway de
laj'ed, seemed indifferent at first; but
when the Maj'or drew back with an
air of immense satisfaction, tho two
women, so differently dressed so dif
ferently circumstanced, it would seem
one fresh from a gaj' ball, tho other
from a death bed -on bright and
smiling, tho other pale and sorrowful
met face to face.
Rachel started a little, but tho effect
of her presence on tho other was odd
and inexplicable.
Tho beautiful smiling faco grew
pale and grave in a second, and a look
of real anguish darkened tho soft
ej'eq. She drew quicklj' back out of
eight, with a shuddering, sigh,-
and'
.Rajdieland her husband passed on
H'
homorOhocl
puttfilSTwIfefln Mr3. Gooch's charge,-
whilst he went to release Vagabond
Jack. Ho had not anticipated
or intended that the man's
imprisonment should last so long,
and was quite self-reproachful, altho'
of course, the matter had been be
j'ond his control.
He opened the cellar-door and call
ed down lustily ; but no answer came.
"I expect he got tired of waiting,
aud escaped bj' the street," thought
Charles: nevertheless ho determined
to push his investigations to tho end.
He got a candle from the kitchen,
and was surprised to find that Jane
followed him out suspiciouslj and
looked anxious like the rest.
"Do you want anything, sir?'' she
asked ofliciouslj'.
"I shut Vagabond Jack up in the
cellar before I went out. Have j'ou
seen or heard anj'thingof him?"
"La! no, sir!" answered Jane, as
demurelj'as if she had never heard of
such a thing before. "I should think
lie must have got away."
"Probablj'j for I told him about
the door that leads into the street."
"Oh, indeed !" returned Jane, with
extraordinarj' interest, and manifest,
relief. "Then we maj' be very sure
he has found his way out."
"If j'ou'll give me the candlo I'll
go and look."
"Shall I go, sir?"
Charles wondered a little at Jane's
ofliciousness, considering her natural
timidity; but declined her offer of
course. However, she came to the
top of the stairs, and stood there look
ing verj- white aud anxious, whilst
he decended, calling Jack repeatedly
bj' name.
She bent eagerly forward to listen,
and presentlj' she heard a startled cry
from her master's lips.
"Jane !"
She rushed down and bj' the faint
flickering light she saw Charles sup
porting in his arms, tho pale, lifeless
head of Vagabond Jack.
CHAPTER XIX.
RACHEL IS DECOYED FK03I HOME.
"Fetch some vinegar directlj'," said
Charles, excitedlj'. "I hope, after ail,
he may be stunned, not dead !"
"Mary returned with Jane, and
nmongst them thej' managed to carry
Vagabond Jaok up-stairs, and placed
him on a rug in the kitchen. He gave
no sign of life as j-ot; but Charles,
who had studied the profession of
medicine as ayounger man, was fullj
competent to deal with the case, and
consequently did not lose hope that
he would presentlj' revive.
Twice Charles went up-stairs to look
after Rachel, and each time, when he
returned, Vagabond Jack was still in
the same helpless condition. He was
beginning to lose his faith, in his own
power, when, quite euddenlj', the man
opened his ej'es.
He gave a confused glance into the
faces bending over him, and then
thej' closed again. For several min
utes there was no further sign of ani
mation, and Charles' anxieties were
returning, when Vagabond Jack
heaved a sigh, and sat bolt upright.
8, 1876.
"Wat's the time?" ho said.
Charles told him.
"Ah! well, I'd better be going
home," he added, in a hazj' manner,
and, tried to rise. "I dare say it will
soon be light."
"Wo can't think of parting with
you," answered Charles, kindly.
"You must keep here for once at anj'
rate."
"My head feels qaeerish,"sald Jack,
tapping it ail over. "I should say, if
I didn't know better, that some one
had been using it for a football."
"Can't j'ou remember how it hap
pened?" "How what happened?'' inquired
Jack, vaguely.
"Why your accident?"
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TnnA'hant..fnl.. 4'n.i.M...J & , I- fl w"-TJ '
breath. But Jaok shook his heil!&
"I can't remember-nothing as yet,
sir. I've cot the feel as If rav brains
were dancing a jig tosomelivelj'tuno
and I can't mako sense nor rhj'meout
of their vagaries. I'm amazin' sleepy,
too."
"Could you get up-stairs?"
"That's right; get a few hours of
quiet rest, and perhaps in tho morn
ing, you will be able to remember how
the afTair happened."
"May be," answered Vagabond
Jack, drowsilj. and went stumbling
up-stairs, threw himself dressed on to
the bed, and foil at once into a deep,
dreamless sleep.
In tho morning, his head was clear
er, and ho gave the following account
of what had happened :
It seems he had hardly been in the
cellar ten minutes before ho heard the
sound of deep breathing. He grasp
ed the poker, determined to use it in
self-defence, if necessary; and draw
ing closer to the wall, waited and lis
tened. He was just beginning to
think it had been a delusion, when a
hand groped along his face, he felt
what ho described as a Biidden crash,
and remembered no more.
To Charles, tho mj'sterj' seemed
deep and impenetrable ; and Jane,
who could have thrown some light
on tho subject, was of course, muto.
To do her justice, she suffered agon
ies of self-reproaoh and resolved in
horown mind thatshc would give up
the "braw wooer'' who had such an
odd faucj' for breaking heads.
Meanwhile, she was well cured of
heivfollj' and infatuation ; and as Va
gabond: Jjaolvseeraed uow very littto
tho. woreeforrfhl?iuccident,,stic!?Uo5ed'
It might end-wjslj, after,alr. - .
That day tho miser's body was
brought to his daughter's house amid
a great displaj' of feeling from the
mob. During his lifetime he had been
generally despised, and could not
creep through the streets without un
pleasant and taunting recognition: but
his tragical death had wiped out his
offences as if by magic ; and tho mob
which knew how to be generous par
doned his fatal gveed, because of
the penaltj' he had been called upon
to pay.
Raohel was very quiet, very patient,
but she suffered terriblj. She could
do nothing now, not even praj' for tho
erring soul which had been called so
suddenly into its laker's presence.
She would not trouble herself about
tho gold he had left behind, onlj' that
her husband reminded her it might
fall into other hands, unless they
made good their claim ; and the
thought of-tho robbers returning for
a final search spurred her to the ef
fort. She recollected well the old hiding
place, and also the means of getting
at it ; but when she had gone through
the requisite formula, and removed
tho bars with her husband's- aid.lo!
the chest was gone. Even his own
child, it seemed, ho could not trust
with his secret, and so ho had trans
ferred the monej' to another place
but where, they could not discover.
Tho whole daj', Charles, assisted by
Vagabond Jack, and another man
whom he could trust, searched for
the "hid treasure," pulling down the
wainscoting remorselesalj', raising the
floor, looking in the most improbable
places; but at night thej were no
nearer the solution of the enigma
than thej' had been in the morning,
and Charles returned to his wife fair
ly mystified and balked.
"It is better as it is," was her re
mark ; "that gold would perhaps,
bring a curse with it. We are. not
rich, but we have enough, and so sure
lj' wo needn't mind."
"I am not sure that I do not mind,
Rachel; only it seems a pity for a
large sum like that to lie idleand un
known, whilst it might be a help to
so manj', and a pleasure to us."
"You'll see, Charles, we shall do
very well without it."
"That I don't doubt, mj-love: nev
ertheless. I shall have one more thor
ough search, and then, if it i3 not to
he found, I'll resign myself to neces
sity. But though you'll find me very
cheerful under the loss, I can't think
it is right to give in without an effort.
This money is j'our rightful inherit
ance. Your father meant to atono for
the past bj giving j'ou all he had' to
give ; and it seems a great pity, there-'
fore, it cannot be discovered. How
ever, we musn't despair quite yet;
and If it ever should come into our
possession, let us praj' it maj soften,
and not harden our hearts."
But there seemed no chance of their
being tried. The second daj''s search
proved quite a3 unavailing as the first,
and Charles acknowledged himself
fairly beaten.
"He must have removed It from the
house," he remarked to Vagabond
YOL. 20 NO. '50.
Jack, who was his eager assistant, hav
ing been promised a large reward if it
were found. "It is impossible that
It can bo anj'where here now."
Vagabond Jack shook his head
dolefully.
"I'm afraid It's all up, sir."
"Well, It can't be helped, Jack."
-Anj'how, Raohel was not a beggar.
There was a few thousands Felix had
put out to usurj' ; and as all papers re
lating to these transactions were found
sewed up in the mattresses of the old
miser's bed, there would be no diffi
culty in establishing her claim.
Charles went home as quickly as he
could, to acquaint Rachel with this
fact; but finding she was out, he eat
down patiently to wait for her return.
lAn.hpur passed two.'three,1 and. then
upfaarlcsbegautothinksomothingmust
be amIs3j,RnchoI had no friends or
even acquaintances. In Yarmouth,
and nny shopping she might have had
to do would certainly havo been over
by this time. Ho had alreadj' inquir
ed of his mother, without anj re
sult, and, at last, ho thought to send
for Jane.
Jane .looked very downoast and
penitent, and very unwilling to be
questioned, he thought, but he wrung
the truth out of her bj- elow degrees.
A gentleman had come for her mis
tress, she said, about an hour after
Charles had left, introducing himself
as her father's lawj'er, and declaring
that ho had charge of the miser's gold
and also his will, which according to
his directions, was onlj' to bo opened
bj her in his presence. Raohel had
gone with him at once, saying that
sho would be back in half an hour.
and Jane must attend to Mrs. Gooch
whilst she was gone.
But there wa3 one thing sho did
not think fit to state; and that was,
her own private conviction that the
lawj-er, in spito of a clever disguise,
was identical with the polite gentle
man who had recentlj courted her,
aud proved himself (as Vagabond
Jack could testify) such a very unde
sirable companion in a quiet tcte-a-ictc.
CHAPTER XX.
THE BIRD HAS FI-OWX.
"I wonaer Rachel didn't call for
me on her waj" tlvought Charles, to
himself. "Sho is so verj considerate
of other people, and she knew I was
'busy'wlth u vain search. fHowever,
in a moment of stiob Intense excite
ment it is natural to forget, and the
lawj-er maj have hurried her'Tu,
anj' case, she must be back soon now,
of course,-.and will certainly havo
a good reason to give for her neg
lect." Ho went and sat with his mother,
to while awoj' tho time. He did not
fancy tho drawing-room, with Rachel
chair stauding emptj-, and her sweet
preseuco wanting everywhere. She
filled his life, as well as his heart, so
completelj', that homo was no longer
homo without her. Mrs. Gooch, who
had considerablj' increased her cold
bj' the exposure overnight, was not in
quite her usual ppirits, and depressed
Charles by constantlj iterating her
wonder where Rachel could possiblj
be.
"And she never came to bid me
good-bj'e, before she went, either. It
is really verj odd."
"Why is it odd, mother?" ho 'said,
getting almost irritated at her persist
ence. "You know sho was in a hurrj
Hark ! I hear some one at the door."
And ho darted down the stairs. But
it was onlj- Jane shutting the shut
ters, and he returned, Iookiug griev
ously disappointed.
"Is she come?" called out Mrs.
Goooh, from the bed, directlj she
beard his step.
"No."
"Dear, dear! what can she be think
ing of? She must have known wo
should be verj anxious."
"The lawj-er has kept her, of course.
There may bo all kinds of formalities
to be gone th rough, and Rachel would
prefer to get them over, in order not
to havo to go again."
"But, Charles, all that kind of thing
will devolve upon you, I should fancy,
a3 Rachel's husband. There was no
settlement when you married, and.
therefore, everything that belongs to
her belongs to j'ou, and you would be
responsible in everj waj."
"I hope not."
"Why?" "
"Because it would degrade mo to
feel that I was dependent on my
wife, rather than she dependent on
me."
"How ridiculous jou are!" exclaim
ed Mrs. Gooch, tartlj. "What can it
signify? Besides, j-ou are well
enough off yourself, and can't be call
ed dependent on anybodj. When
morrled people really love each other,
thero oughtn't to bo n question of
whose the money is. I hadn't a far
thing in the world when I married
j-our father, and j'et on our wedding
day he put hi3 purse into my lap and
told me I wa9 alwaj's to be treasurer ;
and eo I was up to the la3t, never
giving an account even, and alwaj's
satisfying him because he loved me,
mj dear."
"As I love Rachel."
The old woman's ej'es were humid,
but she smiled too.
"If so my dear you needn't mind
about her being rich. Sho was poor
when j'ou married her, and likely to
remain so ; therefore, jour motives
could never bo suspected. And if
they wero, what need you mind if
your wife herself knows the truth?"
"I'm afraid I am rather thin-skinned,
mother ; for I do like to bo well
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thought of bj my neighbors; But:
hew late it grows! Surely Rachel,
must have arrived?"
"Whydon'tyou ring?" said Mrs:
Gooch.
"I prefer to go myself, thank you."
"You will let mo know?" sho call
ed after him.
In spite of herself, she was growing
anxious. What need detain Rachel
all this while from homo? There
were a great manj rough characters
about Yarmouth, principally sailor
just discharged from theirships, and
ripo for anj mischief; and what Mrs.
Gooch feared was that Rachol might
havo encountered sorao of these on
her return, and been roughly hand
led. flSJiffth a'dntftoou rogift to mako
tbia'BuggestiStU hecsor?. knowing
that It would drive ufn? nearly franl
tej but horaisgivings increased tcTa
pa!nruI11egreo when hocamo Hack""4-"
presentlj, to complain that thero wa3
no sign of his wife.
"Mother," ho said, wistfully, "it
looks odd."
Ho was in hopes sho would contra
dict him this lime ; but sho said noth
ing. "Verj odd," ho went on, half to'
himself, half to her. "If it weren't
so utterly impossible, Tshould think
that Rachol had run awaj'."
Ho laughed here, but his laugh was
forced and strange, and had no mer
riment in lis ring.
"Of course that ia impossible, but
thero might have been eomo acci
dent "
Charles turned very pale.
"What accident, mother?"
T ?rw.U Irnnni !,. !
"You mustn't teaoh mo to be anx
ious," ho said, with quivering breath.
"I have not allowed mj'self to dream
of danger as j'et. Sho will return
presently, jou will see, and laugh at
us finely for having. been afraid. Only
we must be patient."
Still, it was clear to Mrs. Gooch that
he spoke with a confidence he did not
feel ; for, as tho minutes went bjt
lengthening wearily already Into an
hour, Charles's faco grew paler, hia
ej'es full of trouble. At last ho rose
to his feet.
"I can't sfand" this any longer,
mother. I shall go and look for her."
"But you don't know where to
look, my dear."
"J'il search everywhere. This law
yer must? havo been!roflr7arrd?
Inveigled her away."
JEhtegwaa .given voica to'hcrown
'fears; and seemed aiklnd of confirm- i.
ation. ShofBhuddereda9ft-ho anwersr
ed fervently, "Heaven forbid;! But
anj'how, jou will do well to mako In
quiries. I cannot think sho would
havo stajed away so long of her own
accord." But ho wftB gono before sho had
finished speaking, and sho heard hia
passage down stairs and through the
house like a whirlwind. The door
slammed, shaking her in her bed and
then there was a silence like that of
death.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
- g.
Tommy's ObjcctlLcsson'.
ObjecS lessons in Clio public schools'
have been beneficial in developing the
mental faculties of children. Tho
plan has been adopted according to
The JVeics, in the Daubury Sunday
schools; among others, Wesley chapel
where, Col. Frambes", assistant super
intendent of schools, has a class of
small boj-8. To interest the little folks
on one occasion tho colonel called at
tention to the clock, nnd proposed n
conundrum : "In what respect was
tho clock like a boy ?"
Up went a dozen hands. "Tommy
Jones may answer," said the colonel.
Tommj Jone3 "It has a face."
Teacher "Very good ; tho dock
has a faco ; boj'B have faces." Moro
bauds up: "Willio Cobleigh may
answer," said tho teacher, delighted
with the brightness of his pupils.
Willie Cobleigh : "It has hands."
Teacher: "Yes; and boj's have'
hands."
A siuglo hand up : "Well, Tommy
Dodds," said the teacher, observing
that Tommy was alono in signifying
his ability to answer further, "what
can yon say about the clock being like
ahoy?"
Tommy Dodds: "It has a pendu
lum." After singing n verso the attention
of tho class was called to other im
proved methods of teaching.
ff0n ilis'Giiard."
Dr. Cbapin told this story the other
day to illustrate the opinion eomo men
havo concerning the effect of religion:
A piou3 old Kentucky Deacon
Deacon Shalbj wa3 famous as a
shrewd horse dealer. One day farmer
Jones went ever to Bourbon County,
taking his black boj Jim with him to
trade horses with brother Shelbj. Af
ter a good deal of dickering thej final
ly made a trade, and Jim rode the'
new horse homo.
"Wasn't jour master afraid the
Deacon would get the best of him iu
the trade? asked some of the Deacon's
neighbors, a3 Jim rodo past.
"Oh, no?" replied Jim, as his eye?
glistened with newiutelligence,"ma3
sa knowed how deacon Shelbj had
dun got kinder pious lately, and he
was on his guard."
Nearlj evej small party who at
tempt to travel tho Chej'enne.
Ft. Laramie and Custer road, 13 at
tacked by Indians before- thoy gefr.
through.
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