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SPECTACLES 4 HE BUSSES
No. 39 Main Street,
BROWNVILLE. NEBIiA"
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THE BEST OF
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THE OLD
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385,000
Singer Sewing Machines
SOLD LAST YE4.E.
THE BEST IS TIIB CHEATEST.
Alili FaXOFH MACHINES RE
I'AIRKD FKEE OF CHAKGK.
JT. M. McWIZLIAMS.
REsIDEXCE,
Seond street, two doors north of
lEplacopal cshcrch,
BROWXVILLE, NEBRASKA.
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DEALER IN
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S5 Main Street,
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Ornamented and Plain.
Also Sh mods for men. ladks and infants.
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prompt aitenttna. t
09- Bodies Preserved and EmbaJmed.
5C Maix Street, BKOWXYILLE.XEB.
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for pnntmg.
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Colored and Broaxed Labels,
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SIiow Cards, I
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a'o t60licitxd.
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Carson Block,
J5KOWXVILLE, N"KII.
3f anntiictarer and Dealer in
Slaalrots, Brasses, Ply Ifots, &g.
tl- Repalnns doro oa ihort notice. The ceie
orated acuunt O.l l.u'lana. for preserving Hr
ness. Boots, :sboes,c.always en hand.
G4 Ztlala St., BrovnTlIle, ?eb.
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VAIXKT STBKA3C. QCKKX6 CO., LOXO ISLAXD.N.T
Dear Sir I take tfe plensnrc of rritiae yoo a
aoMrtl n(tficat eooeemiaK Yegtine prepare by
yew. I have ben a sarer vrlsii Dyspeptla r
orer Jterty years, sod have bad the Chronic Diaz
rhwR for over six months, and have Uled most eve
ry Ikiiip : trfven np to die. and die not expect
to live fsom dav to day, and no physician mbM
Umcharc&. xsawyoar VeKetlne iMOBBWid-
ed to care Dyssepstfi. iconnaeaceaawnx'K.aBaj.
cootinaed dotac m. and am. Bowawellwoman and
restored t keatttu All wbo are afflicted witb this
terdbte dtsaose. I woM Madly recommend to try
it c tta tteaefii of their heKi, and i: Is excellent
as a Mood parifier.
By lr. T. B. Fobbes. 3J)., for
3B8. W3C H. FOEBES.
"CBS KIXN K. TVbe the Mood becoaes lifciess
anA staaaat, flttker from chance of weather or
ctiintc . waat of exercise, IrrecOlar diet, or trom
ay other csose. tee EGETLXK will renew the
Bioea, earry on rue petrta ncmors. cieanee uie
stomach, regulate the howeht, and ixupcrta tooe of
vor to the whote bocy.
TEGETIKE
l?or CANCERS and
CASCEF.OIS HUMORS.
Tlie ioctor;s Certificate.
BEAD IT.
A3KLXT. Washington Co.. HL, Jan. 14. 1K3.
Ma. Stkvxns:
Uear Sh- Thb is to certify that X had been suflfer
tnic trom Boee Cancer on my right breast, which
rrw TNayrApfcily.andaHmy frieadchattsiveik me
up to die. when I heard of yoor medieiBe, Veae
tlie. recommended far Cancer and Cboeerews Mn
nuKS. I cosmeaeed to take it. and soon fooad be
Ktomtnr to teel better : my health and sptrtu both
felt the benign inttaeaee which it exerted, and in a
lewmootbj frnanthemelcemmeeteed h-iiof
the Tegetine,the Ctncer came oat almost bodily.
CARRIE DbFORKEST.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with
Mrs. iMForrest, and consider her one of oar very
bet women. 1R. a. H. FLOWEKS.
Ati. Diskases or the Blood. If Vecetlne wlH
relieve pain, cleanse, purity, and cure snch dtseag
es. restoring the patient to perfect health after try
la
r different phynclana. many remedies, sarferlnir
SBrrears
i it not concMBtva preer. 1 1 yoa are a sal-
erer. you can be cared? "Why to this medicine pe:
formlne such eat cores? It works in the blood,
in taeeircaUttnjrttaki. It can tmly If called the
Great Wood Purifier. Th rreat soerct- of diseaoe
othrinatet In the blood and no medWne tnat does
not act directly npon !t. to purify anarxtnoT&tc, had
any just daim npon public attention.
YEG
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I Segard it as a ValaaTjlo
FA3IILI MSDICISE.
Jancary 1, 187S.
H. K. Stevbxs. Esq.:
l)ra:r-I take jrfeasore fat saying At: I have
naed the Vexetine in my Amity wits mod resnltii,
and I have kaows of several eases of remarkable
care efleeted by K. I regard it as a valcable family
medfeme. Ticty yeara.
RKV. TM- XcDONALD.
TheBev. Wm. McDonald is well known throoch
the United States as a minister in the 3JK.Cbareh.
TxoeAXM Speak. Vecetine is aekaeiedfed
and tecaantaeaded by physicians aad ayotoeearies
to be the bet partner and cleanser of the blood j et
dncovered. and thoesonds apeak in its pruite who
have
restored to health.
YETETINE.
The 31. S.'s liave it.
3CR. H. E. STKVEN3 :
Jear bir I have sold Vexetiae r a loac time,
aad aad it gives most excellent sattefiactfcm.
to. B. HE PBISST, U. H.. UrUCTtet.
T. TEGETHf E
PKEPAEED BY
H.H. STEVSHS ,B0ST0H, MASS.
Teretiae is Sold by all Dmrsisis.
SSTABIiISSBD 1ST 1S5G.
OLDEST
EEAL
ESTATE
A.Q-E3STOY
isr:
ilJLSIi:.
William M. loover
Does a general Real Estate Business. Sells
Laads on Commission, examines Titles,
Makes Deads, Mortgagee, and an lastrn-
pertainiag to the transfer of Beat Sa
tate. Has a
Ooeipiete Abstract of Titles
to all Beat EstAte in Namaba County.
OEG-ANIZED. 1870.
5iJi1l ofiflri U H
AT BROWSVILLE.
c.i?i:
A
:iOO,000.
TranaaeWi mnemn al bti ahwrbtieiBGoe.sells
lrafi ou all taw principal tstfas of the
UHHED STATES AftD EUEOPE
JGf Special
deposlton.
aecommoaattoss granted to
STATS, COJJWTY Sz CIT""
SZCUKISISS,
I3OTJO3EL0: LKI SGUI.
OPFICEBS.
W.H.KcCREERY,
W.YLHACOEi,
H. E. GATES, : :
: : President.
Vice President.
: : : Cashier.
DIRECTOKS.
Ii. HO PLEY. J. C. PKc'SKK.
wic.H.nKivER. ax.iurprxAX,
W.il. McCKEEKY.
EAvS OTJ SSSN
Having purchased the
E.X.SJPECTS'
rM STIBlt
I wish to announce that I am prepared to
aw first dav liverytesinss.
Josfi HQgevsi-
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The Doer-Step.
BY E. C sTKlffiAy.
The conference meeting throngh at last,
"We boys around the vestry watted,
To see the slrls come ftitUag past.
Like snowbirds willing to be is&tod
Net braver he that loops a wall
By level rnesket-flasiiee Htten,
Than I who stepped before them all,
IVbo longed to see me get toe mitten.
Rat no she blosbed and took my arm
We let the old folks take the highway.
And started toward the Maple Farm,
Along a kind of lovers' byway. -I
can't remember whet we saW ;
Twas nothing worth a song or story,
yet that rode path by which we sped
Seemed all transformed in glory.
The snow was erlep ben acta onr feet,
'The awa wia fell, th-JIhls""-wore gleani-
iae;
By hood and tippet sheltered sweet.
Her faee-wrrh .youth and health was beam
ing. TbelltUe haad outside her muff
On, senlptor. if yon eocld bet mskl It !
So lightly touched my Jacket cofi".
To keep It warm I bad to hold it.
m
To have her with me tteeraalone
Twas love and fear and triamph. blended ;
At last we reached the foot-worn stoae
Where the detietotxs Jocrney ended.
The old Jolks, too, wete almost home:
Her dlmptad hood the fauebes fiogered :
We heard the voiees nearer some,
Tet on the door-step still we lingered.
She shook her ringlets from her hood,
Aad with a "thank yoe, Charles," dissem
bled. Bat yet I knew she understood
With what a darling wish 1 trembled.
A eload passed kindly over bead ;
The moon was slyly peeping throegk it.
Yet hid its face, as if it said,
"Comenow or never ! do it ! do It I"
My lips till then had only kaown
The kiss of mother and of sister,
Bat, somehow, fall upon her own
Sweet, rosy, darling moeth I kfciaed her.
Perhaps 'twas boyish love, yet still.
Oh, listless woman, weary lover.
To feel once more that fresh, wild thrill
I'd give bat who can live yoath over?
UNPUBLISHED HISTOEY.
J. WILKES BOOTH AXD110BEI!T
LLXC0LX.
Tkelr .Hival LYe Tor
laagktr.
a Senator's
TJie AasassiKfttioii of tke Prasiilent,
aad tke Bog-Like Beath of Booth.
Alexander Hunter write? in the Oc
casional, a paper published at Ports
mouth, Va., what purports to be a
true narrative of the startling events
"Tlrt tthBtrar'tfCT- -wifa aPth JiiKttJsaaa-pHattad, -aad
previous to the assassination of Pres
ident Lincoln. The story is given as
told to the author by Mrs. Temple,
one of the circle of friends at the Na
tional Hotel in Washington during
the last years ot the war. In this cir
cle were Senator Hale, his wife and
daughter, Bessie, and J. Wilkes Booth.
Mrs. Temple was Booth's friend and
confidante, and she insists that Booth
knew Lincoln well, and that Lincoln
knew Booth and often spoke of him.
This is the story as Hunter puts it in
to the mouth of Mrs. Temple :
'Among all of Beie Hale's admir
ers, Booth was the most ardent and
devoted , distancing all competitors ex
cept one, and that was the President's
eldest son, Robert Lincoln, who was
madly in luve with Bessie. He court
ed her again and again, and wouldn't
take no for his answer. He had a
heavy backing, for both the Senator
and his wife, aware of the splendid
advantages of the msteh, urged their
daughter to marry Robert Lincoln,
and queen it at the White House,
which in those days was like the pal
ace of roj'alty itself. Sbe would have
given in, I am confident, but for
Booth, who, with his charm of person,
manner, and intellect, carried the day,
and won her heart, but not her hand ;
for her parents frowned down and
most emphatically vetoed tbe intima
cy between their daughter and the
actor. Indeed, both father and moth
er considered it a great pieee of pre
sumption for the -player' to make love
off the scenie stage. John Wilkes
Booth they considered divine in the
princely role of Hamlet, or wearing
the slashed doublet and habiliments,
of the half prince, half-peasant Mel
nottee; but as a son-in-la- to the first
Senator in the land ! there the charm
ceased, and they commanded their
daughter never to think of hira.
'How much Bessie Hale reall3 cared
for Booth, none of us knew ; probab
ly not even he himself could tell. No
one was aware of the absorbing, true,
devoted affection that Bessie had for
him a love great in its purity and
singleness, firm in its attachment, as
true as death itself, and stronger than
life and death combined. Only in
the fearful trial, aud the awful times
of menace and of peril, did this leve
shine out in ail its brightness, light
ing the lurid darknese with its beams,
even as the rays of the lighthouse
gleam out across the waste of angry
waters.
'Bessie Hale was passionately fond
of seeing Booth assume the character
of Hamlet the Dane, and often would
make him repeat the famous soliloquy
ic tbe parlor.
'Booth's was the most jealous tem
perament I ever knew ; he was insane
sometimes, it seemed to me, and
when Bessie accepted any attention
from any other man, Booth would set
like a patient just out of Bedlam.
One night I oan never forget it
there was a large hop at our hotel, and
the saloons were crowded with the
wealth, the beauty, the bravery, aad
talent of the land. The bench, tbe
bar, trade, and the soldier were all
represented, and the scene in tho ball
room was oe calculated to excite the
ftaagtsatioB- and dazzle the eye. I
well remember the night ; it vrna
the late winter of '65. A series
of
heavy skirmishes had taken place be-fore-Jlichmond
with heavy less to onr
side, and there had been a hard battle
befoft.Atlanta, and the telegraph told
U3!of the blood that had been poured
opt-like water. Though throughout
the, whole length and breadth of the
laisd a w,ail of sorrow could be heard.
yet society ne?er was more gay nor
given away more utterly to the aban
don oi mirth. The moans of the be
reaved, thagroans of the maimed and
wounded, the measured tread of the
funeral cortege, the plaintive strains
of the dead march, and the beat of the
mafied drum, were stifled and lost in
t:
rnad hout of revelry and the
flight lauchter of careless hearts.
Yvjars are terribly, demoralizing, and
we in Washington lived as if there
were no future, and that the present
was all tfcere was to exist for. I real
lselieve that not even in the French
revolution, when men worshipped the
Goidese of Reason, was there a more
caad rush after wild exciteme&t, and
ailplunged into the vortex and join
ed the whirling throng.
ritr. Lincoln eame very early to the
reception that night. He never liked
4g attend these gay gatherings, espe
cially during the season of doubt and
tfespair, when the very air eame la
den with the sulphurous smoke of the
battle field. He never eame except as
ajjiuty, and to carry himself high be
fae hfa people. The president came
iato ni3' private parlor, and sat fer an
bujurarso talking; he was unusually
sgdydlid seemed buried in deep thought
JJs than turned and oomaeneed
tuspoak of the war. Mr. Lincoln was
a man of broad, generous nature, and
-We heart was tender and soft as that
f a woman's. He spoke of the riv-
, i .1 . i a. , Al t
ais.ui ujoou mat were stwaya.uowiug
fcom thousands of vtiine, and, turning
te me, said, with a pathos and feeling
lean never forget, and with the tear;
winning down his rugged, honest,
kindly faoe:
'Mrs. Temple, italmost breaks my
heart to witness the death and ,deso
lijfcm that this once happy country is
going through ; and God kuows, if
by sacrificing my own life I cculd re
store peace to this dfetr acted land, I
wauld cheerfully ilo it; bat my band
is -on the plow, and I cannot turn
bak. My people have put me for
ward, and I cannot tarn back until
itfcg.object of all our spilled blood hee
thg -tfgiPH
restored.' '
'For nearly an hour Mr. Lincoln re
mained with his face buried in his
hands, lost in deep, painful thought,
and then with a heavy sigh shook off
his troubles aud went into the ball
room. I went with him, and he wan
soon the centre of a laughing, joyous
crowd, and seemed to be the most
careless and happy in ail that joyous
throng.'
What kind of a man ww Mr. Lin
eoln?' I abked.
'The most kind-hearted, stroag
headed man I ever knew,' answered
Mrs. Temple. 'A man of the noblest
Impulses, which he had to rein in all
tbe time. A pitiful story always
touched him so mueh so that it was
found necessary to keep the relatives
of men convicted by court-martial
away from him; for, in spite of the
neoab&ity of discipline, Mr. Lineoln
often pardoned soldiers who were con
demned to death for grave offenses.
He hadn't a particle of vindictive
feeling about him, and cherished no
animosity against the Southern peo
ple, so he has told me a hundred
times. There were many royally
beautiful w9rsen.tb.ere that night, and
a fitlreroene the lights never shone
upon. The band had just began to
play one of Strauss' waltzes, and
while I was standing by the door, a
looker-on In Vienna,' I turned aad
saw John WUkes Booth. He had but
a few moment before returned from
Ford's Theater, where he had been
aoting. He came over to me. I no
ticed that he looked very angry
and very much excited, and I asked
him tbe eause. He pointed to a coup
le circling in the rhymic measure of a
waltz. They seemed to be oblivious
of everything in the world. Their
movements were perfect tbe maid
en's head almost rested on tbe youth's
shoulder, and, with her eyes half
closed, she listened to tbe earnest,
tender words that her companion was
pouring into her ear. It was Bessie
Hale and Robert Lincoln. As he wit
nessed this scene, Booth's white teeth
elenehed over the mustache and his
faee grew ven' white, while his eyes
brazed like fire. He caught me by
tke arm with a grasp that made me
wiaoe, and caused me to utter an in
voluntary cry, and hissed into my
ear:
' 'Mr3. Temple, see that damned
villian! Oh, I cow hi kill him and
his father, too; and, by tbe Lord of
Hosts, the sands of his life are fast
running out.'
' 'What do you mean !' I asked hem
thoroughly startled by hfs manner
and words.
' 'Oh, nothing,' he said, recovering
himself. 'Qnly the nam had better
never been born than to come between
me and my love. Boseie loves me,
I'llswear; bet what between her peo
ple and his, tbey will dispose of her
as a lamb led to the slaughter.'
m ' 'I am sorry for you, Mr. Booth ,'
said my husband, who, standing be
side me, had listened to his words.
'Beoth turned fiercely aad disdain
fully around to hira far he never
liked my husband and said:
"Sir, I would rather be Aoteon,
ehased and devoured by his own bea-
in ( glea, than to be like Lazarus, and
i have his wounds licked by dogs out of
pity.'
' He left us abruptly and went ontj good spirits, aad taugfeed at tii m
of the room, and wesawhim no mqrffllchineryof th play. Afts)rallUiede-
thatuight
r."
'I toM Besaiea Hale of thie scener
and she was at first distressed about
it, and then got mad, as a woman al
ways does when shedon't know what
to do, and flirted openly with Robert
Lincoln, much to that young man's
delight.
'The nest morning we all awaited
Booth's coming anxiously, aad Bes
sie sat in my parlor until dinHer es
peoting him.; bat not tHsn, nor that
whole day, did he make hie appear-
Lance.,
'Another day passed and still anoth
er day went, but no sign of Booth.
Instead, .Robert Lincoln came regu
larly, and by breakfast-time a most
exquisite boquet of Sowers from the
White House conservatory would al
ways be sent to Bessie ; and Robert
Lineoln pressed hie suit boldly and
ardently. I think she was piqued at
Booth's silence, for she gave Robert
mueh encouragement, and his visits
became longer and more frequent.
'One day, about a week after the
ball, as the two were sitting alone to
gether in my parlor. John Wilkes
Booth walked .ahrjsptiy in, and sit
ting down with only a slight nod of
reeognition to both, took a book and
commenced to read. An hour passed
on. and his riTsa"!, seeing that Booth
was determine to sit him out, got
up, niaderhts-abieu, and left the field
open. Bessie told me afterward that
she was muGfeiaeensed at his behav
ior aad gave him a pieee of her mind.
He retorted ; she grew more angry,
he more eurt and eontemptuoos. She
recriminated sharply, and then he,
t Ini ntr V t tamruiT tlrt no- Kl mslf w$fV '
losing hie temper, flung himself with'
a muttered curse out of the room.
'she cried otten and bitterly qvji
this misunderstand in?, and wo:
have sent for him but that her pride
withheld her.
'Matters were at this state for some
time. The long winter paseed away,
tbe long days came and went, eaeh
bringing some dreadful story. Tbe
very air broaght tidings every hour,
and the whole continent seemed to re
sound with the dash of arms ;' troops
every day paseed toward the front,
and, passing our hotel with their
bands playing and colors ftying, each
I day brojught the news of some new
ffacfcical. md wtahanysoleias.fffnatiii;
in on the TJuion arms, oame now,
perched on the banners ; and aearly
every night there was a joyous gath
ering at our hotel, and mutual con
gratulations were the order of the day.
Mr. Lincoln was happier than I ever
saw him, and whenever be moved he
was the elrele of cordial friends.
'At last the great event happened
that we had all wished for, hopd for,
prayed for, during all the four long
weary years Lee's surrender at Ap
pomattox Court house! and It seem
ed as if the people were delirious with
joy. At our hotel there was one round
of congratulations and rejoicings.
Every night the parlors would be
thronged with an anxious, ee?r, ex
cited party, who would discuss, drink,
and dance the night through. Amid
all these scenes Booth moved oalm,
stern, silent, cold. His manner was
utterly changed ; and, instead of a
ranting, romantic boy, he seemed a
composed, practical man. We all
knew that the triumph of Federal ar
my was a blasting of his most cher
ished hopes, aad none of as said any
thing to him on tbe subject. And so
the fated days aped swiftly by ; and
while a nation was drunk with joy
whlie tbe ringing of the bells, the
crackling of the bonfires, and the
blaze of martial music all united into
a Te Deum In honor of victory and
i peace this cold young man carried In
his breast a secret that would, if told
make the world stare with horror. In
all this din one head only kept cool
and plotted dark deeds, while the faee
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bore a calm, inscrutable look that notaehe, aad then be shook his bead
search could read, no eye could pieroe.
2?one of tbe misgivings of Cassiaa,
nor the torturing misdoubts and fears
of the noble Brutus, disturbed him.
Instead, he arranged all the minute
details of the horrible conspiracy that
was to convulse the country in throes
of terror with a cooineess that was
wonderful. No dark mutterlngs and
eantations of tbe shrinking Macbeth,
no remorse of tbe French Georges,
seemed to disturb his serenity of mind.
Instead, he went on his resolved way
eooi. determined, aad deadly.
'So time passed until the sen rose
on that fatal Friday morning, April
17, 1S65. John Wilkes eame into tbe
parlor at noon, and stayed there on
ly for a fow moments. He seemed
restless and excited, but not enough
so to attract any attention from us.
He left in an hour, as he said, to wit
ness the rehearsal of tbe new play.
'Our American Cousin, 'Mrs. Hale and
myself though s of going that sight,
but he strongly advised us not, say lag
I remember, that it was Good Friday
and that few people would be present,
and the play would drag on that ac
count. After this' we decided to pest
pone our intention, and go the night
after.
'Dinner passed off pleasantly, and
we retired to our rooms for our post
prandial nap, aad did not re-assemble
together until the evening, when
about a half aa hour before aunaer we
all met in tbe parlor. There were
Senator Hale aad bis wife, I and Bes
sie, and an English lady who was
staying at the hotel. A few momeaes
after we were seated Joba. Wilkes
eame in and greeted cc all with the
f
utmost oordia4i:y aad the seme old
igraeefal bow that he. and on.ry ho,
iceald make. He seemed to be ih
.. . . -
smtory conversation, ae ana nessie
drew off together, and carried oa an
earnest conversation, in low teaes. I
reoolieot thinking what a pretty pta
ture the two made. The roora was
brilliantly lighted in front, but lev -
ing the lower portion of itia theahad-l "By Booth J I iocreritihwsfy as
ow. Tha two seemed to be nUerly ! ml - hv- .Torm -wro tlu. ni.
unconscious thatany oae in the world
existed save themselves. Bessie Hale
reclined on a huge velvet armchair,
her black silk contrasting and wall
set off by the red velvet baok-groend.
Her eyes were luminous and shone
Ilka stars, as she Jteteosd with feer
soul in her faoe to Booth who sat be
side aud above her. He seemed to be
inspired, and the musical murmur of
his voice eourd be heard, but not hi
words. He was evidently impasalwi
ed to the highest degree, and Baseie
sat like the charmed Prinaess in the
Arabian Nights speil-bouad. I do
not think that any woman on earth
could listen to Booth unmoved when
he chose to exert himself. His beau
tiful laagaege, tender ways, personal
beauty, rich voice, and magnetic pres
ence, all combined, made him a ro
mantic maiden's ideal actually par
sonified. God knows what was pass
ing in his heart as he sat there with
tbe only woman he ever loved, and
only He who knoweth all things
could read the stormy workings of the
heart that was tora with te battle of
contending paserons. No wonder-toe
dark eyes gleamed with an unnaiasaJ
luster ana soiieneu witn an unuttera
ble longing as he gaaed his last on the
fair woman beside hiai. Aad sbe
looked up at him as only a wholly
loving woman looks npon her heart's
ag.
'At last the whole party rose to go
to supper, and the two were beeogat
back to themselves again. TJntjr'fei
iowed us slowly, and just as I loft, the
parlor I heard Booth say, 'Ah 1 Bes
sie ! Bessiel can I trust you utterly V
aad her reply oame clear, hot with a
woridffcf melancholy in the tones :
'Even as Roth said, so soy I even
uok death !'
'We took our seats at tbe table a
(small round one. Booth- aad Beesfe
sat together, then tbe Sngiish lady, I
next to her, ad tbe Senator and hie
i wife pomphjtod tbe groan. The sa-
oflLplmnjinily ftaojhgb. ; I
I noticed nothing whatever excited in
Booths manner; he was unusually
entertaining, and his laugh rang out
as loud and clear ae any man whose
mind aad conscience were at perfect
ease. It was tbe last meal be was to
take oa earth, and yet be was eereteas
and at rest.
'At last Booth arose from'the table,
and drawing out bis wateh said : 'It
is after 3 o'clock ; I mwt go and
then dropping into a quotation as was
his wont, he added: Bnt
Wnen shall we three meet again r
'Bessie who had cultivated a strong
love of Shak-peare under Booth's tui
tion, took the part of one of the weird
sietera, and answered promptly
'When the hmiy-bnrly's done.
When tke battle's lost and won.'
'And then Booth threw himself in
to a melo-dramatlc attitude, and re
plied Hark ! I'm called, my little spirit, see 1
Stts la a Saggy ekwd, and stays ax- me.'
'He then made us all one of his
grand bows, aad walked to tbe door,
aad just as he paseed out, soars recol
lection or memory seemed to strike
him, and be returned abruptly to the
table, and said to Bessie, nstna a fa- f
miliar quotation of Hamlet
'Nymph, in thy orisons,
Beall my sins remembered.'
"He took her band, aad gased with I
one long, lingering look In her fine.
I noticed his eyes grow soft with a
beautiful mystic radiance, and hie
sensitive mouth quivered and showed
the pearly teeth beneath the mus-
with a determined movement, drop
ped her hand, turned and disappeared
through the open doorway, and as we
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gaad none of us thought our eyesfroin Wor0B8ter County, tbe wltne-
were looking the last in thw world
upon tbe wayward genius who bad
won so upon all that we loved him.
"I eaunot tell you bow we paused
that fearfal evening much, no doubt
as tbe rest; we laughed, talked, and
jested, as was our want, and no shad
ow of the impending awfni event fell
upon us. Tbe honrs-s ped swiftly by,
until 10 o'clock struck, and then our
little circle broke up. As I kissed
Bessie good night, I eoohin't help
say hag to bar, 'My dear, you look ex-
oBMuaiT foveiv Ko-nurnf sweeter arm
prettier than I ever saw you.' She
only smiled and left the parlor,
"I went to my own room, and be
ing irred, undressed aad went to bed.
It seamed as if I had been asleep but
auMnute wbea I was aroused by an
iada)oabie 00010 that served to wake,
but was not loud enouarh to startle
one.
Doors were slamming all over j
the bouse,
oaee, aau a awrramr 01 voices
were beard. I thought at first that
some one was sick, and that a doctor
was being hurriedly sent for ; but tbe
noise still eon trotting, I Imagined that
there was a five ha the vicinity. This
idea caused me to jamp up at once
and open the window and I beard
tbe sound of many horses' feet strik
ing tbe pavement in a full run, but
no fire beMs or aisrnie; but rtfll tbe
iaoxpHoabie sounds continued.
"The rebels nave stormed tba etty !
was the next impca-eJos, and wktb
I that I hastily threw on my
and berried to my parlor. There waa
I bo oae there, and I kept on until J
yot to tie prawd salon, aad there?
ftwad a crow ef peoie isostiy Mke-
rayseff. goeste of the botI aad ea dis-
hsWlre.
To our soared looks and frewsied
interrogaUosB of r What has hapfen
adt'the reply oame in byehed. awfef
aooante, that PresMent Ivlsaaln had
beaa murdered by Booth white hesat
ra h boxie th theater.
I rf . v w nw7 jmvttvo yaaa
no ! that k ipaeelbW.
"As the crowd Bwrged'te'BMi fra In
uncontrollable exciiarseivt, Bessie
naie oarae-ia, aad as. sbe aeawd the
dread fu knows sbaseraaaed, aad titer
before any oae eottld reaoe her, fell
pru3.tra-er. Bbewasxarrfed
up te her room.
"Tbatight of horror atamaUkm a
fright fa 1 dream in roe sow. Ifone of
oa retired, bat s4 la fehe parlor la a
L kind of dumb terror. Onr geevtlaaea
friends were out all nigt aad tbe
ladies sat eloe ejqgfiered together in a
piteooe condition, aad notaatil the
gray dawn eame stealing in did we
retire, sick at heart and with heavy,
wet eyelids; for we then knew the
worst tbe FreeMeai dying, tbe Sec
retary fatally wounded, and oox favor
ite flying from justice with tbe har
den of a mhrbly sin upon bhi guilty
soul.
"During the whole Uare of the pur'
suit of Booth we awaited, te a dread
ful state of swepeaee, the end. A
thousand rosters ww flying about,
and people seamed aearly erased with
all the startling events that followed
fan rapidity h other in nifoouaion
"In all !!, ... " ' nl
kept in her room ,aad none but her
I another and obysieiaa was admitted
to see Mar.
"A day or two after tbe aacanoina
tion a never-to-be-forgotten day the
report oame, substantiated, Chat John
Wilkes Booth had been captured and
was being brought back to Washing
ton. It was told Bessie, and sbe eame
into my room in a fearful state of ex
dteaaent. and tbe proud, haughty,
cold woman seemed to have last all
control over herself.
"I did tbe best I eoeki U calm nerr
lanvl finally sueeeeded. Sbe wrote a
letter to Booth telling him sbe loved
bias, and eoaeiaded by saying she
would amrry bhn even at the foot of
tbe scaffold. At last tbe sews eame
of bis capture and death, aad Anally
!.& Wjaibiajjlan. .turned oat to view
tbe remains, tbough but few men
were allowed to look upon the corpse.
On the 27th of April a small boat re-
Iceived tbe remains of tbe actor, and
tbey carried tbe body off fete the dark
nese, cud from that darkness it will
never return.
Robert Liacoea never met Bessie
Hale afterward, bat, eve long, mar
ried a daughter of Senator Harlan, of
Iowa.
Bessie never recovered from the
shook. Tbe shadows, of tbe past full
of mingled sweetaeae and paia, and
of ecstatic droaaao aad abhorred rem
taiseeoees, left its iaaprrnt on mind
and brain, and, like oae touched b
Itburid'e spear, sbe shivered, cower
ed aad changed ia an boa; from a
happy radiant maiden into a sad, si
lent, pale woaaaft,'uuao Ifcaaa ia a hvo
world while she .herself was deaJ.
Tbe Senator carried her to .Europe,
hoping tbe eaangc-of scene wcu.d
make her forget the past. Vain faith '
I saw her years ago, and the fair,
sweet, though pain-drawn, face, the
hollow eyes, tbe seel, patient smile
haunts ane like a dream."
"But Mrs. Temple' I aaW, "that
was years ago. What baa become of
be; now ? I saw a aaerrmge of Mis
Hale annnauead ia Sbe paaecs a fw
days ago. Was If Booth's Beesi
Hale?"
"Yes." sbe said, "It waa Bat if I
were to write hr future life, do y n
know what I wouM aeasanajate It '
"I cannot tell."
"I would call It 'A Bead' Wo3ia:.
Lry.'w
At a recant trial ef a Honor ca
which aeaauiad aet a thnnrmd ;!--
tantbostURMl was uutiei examinatio
ns to what be bad seen in the def" T
aut'e aoasietl, whieb be said be hi :
vtsitud "a number of tiaoes."
"Did you ever see any spirtta-th-
or anything you regaded as susrir
asksd tbe pteaidrngjnatJfa.
M Way, yes I dWt know bu I
ha voT' was tbe reply of tbe wltn
"Be you know whatkiadofspl '--"Ye
"Hoar do you know T
"
"I klaaorsweitlt."
"Well, now." said thw jur!?
stratgbtenlnghinaueTtfortbeeonvi -
ing a newer, which he supposed w- ' I
beaiven, "will yon plsssu tell n
what kind ofprritslt was?
"Spirits turpentine."
Tbe expfoamn of mfrthrtta? for . -
ed tbe answer farHy snook the cou-
Taam ami aa Man mm. It aatitWf f ' -
,, wms d4harod-4b opin,
v. K- k ,ZiL-
bernE: that his sestiuaocrv
not
tee point.
dome one ( married, of
nsarfcs upon the s&ansmaienn of t .. -fact
that while a wnsaanj tabes to it : -teitively,
very few men nave t -slightest
Idea how to heldf a U .
Quite true; actfiitfeeven neaeaextri
d4ary, whro y,. saoawna Ibink a-
bont It, fabat even fewer
rai.:
ksn
!-.
are disposed to cringe to the power f u