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. '. j- r bj sT - ' ' J" - 4 . i ' y i n JRED CLOUD. KEBRAS1 AN OLD MAN'S LOVE. BY AHTHCHY TBOLIOPE, irtjnrof "Doctor Thome," "FramluSan " cljc" '" ''6 J'opcnjoyr' " PMnta Finn, ihr, Ir.VJnitr." 77e Hrarde;i," raro)i liardittlcr Zotrers," &ic., a.ic CHAPTER V. Continued. Kot a word had been spoken to heron -which she could found a fair hope. But she had never been so certain of her Ioveof her love as a true, undoubted :and iindonbtablc fact, of an unchange able fact as she was now. And why should this poor old woman, with her many 3 ears of service, be disturbed? .She went again up to her bed-room, and, sitting at her open window and looking out, saw him still pacing slovy- lv up and down the long walk. As she looked at him, he seemed to be older than before. His hands were still clasped behind his back. There was no look about him as that of a thriving lover. Care seemed to be on his face; nay, present almost visibly on his very shoulders. She would go to him and -plead for Mrs. Baggett. But in that case what should become of herself? She knew that she could no longer stay in his house as his adopted daughter. But she could go forth and starve, if there was nothing better for her. But, as she thought of starvation, .she stamped with one foot against the other, as though to punish herself for her own falsehood. He would not let her starve. He would get some place ior her as a governess. And she was not in the least afraid of starvation. It -would be sweeter for her to work with :any kind of hardship around her, and be allowed to think of John Gordon with her heart free, than to become the com fort able mistress of his house. She would not admit the plea of starvation " -even to herself. She wanted to be free of him, and she would tell him so. and would tell him also of the ruin he was .about to bring on his old servant. v She watched him as he camp back into . the house, and then .she rose from her chair. ,4But I shall never sec him .again," she said, as she paused before she left the room. But what did that matter? Her not .seeing him again ought to make, should make, no difference with her. It was not that she might sec him, but that she -mio-ht think of him with unsullied thoughts. That should be her object -. that and the duty that she owed to Mrs. Baggett. Why was not Mrs. Baggett entitled to as much consideration as -was she herself or even he? She turned to the glass, and wiped her eyes with the sponge, and brushed her hair, and then went across the passage to Mr. "WhittlestalTs library. She knocked at the door which she had not been accustomed to do, and then, at his bidding, entered the room. "Oh, Marj-," he said, laughing, "is that the wav vou begin, by knocking at the door?" "J think one knocks wlica one wants si moment of reprieve." "You mean to say that you are bash ful in assuming vour new privileges. Then you had better go back to your -old habits, because you always used to -come where I was. You must colue .and go now like my very second selfr Then he cam; forward from the desk at which he was wont to stand and write, -and essayed to put his arm round her waist. She drew back, but still he was not startled. It was but a cold kiss I .gave you down below. You mustkiss iie now, as a wife kisses'iierlnisband." "iJever." "What!" Now he was startled. "Mr. Whittlestafl", pray pray do not Ije angry with me." "What is the meaning of it?" Then she bethought herself how she -might best explain the meaning. It was hard upon her, this having to cx- -plain it, and she told herself, very fool- m ishly, that it would be better for'her to Lliwrjinwith the story of jVlr?. Baggett. ShcIcoTtftl .more " e:isily speak -of Mk. Baggett than of John Gordon. But it must be remembered, on her be half, tint she had but a second to think i might best begin her story. I hati spoken to Mrs. Baggett about your visues. " "WdU" "Shehas l;vcd with vou and vour -family rom before you were born." "She W an old fool. Who is going to "hurt heir And, if it did hurt her, are to be put out of our course you and! because If her? She can remain hero sis long she obeys you as her mis- Iress." "She slys that, alter so many years, she can t do that "She skill leave the house this very night, if she disturbs your happiness iind minti What! is an old woman like that i tell her master when ho may and yhen he may not marry? I did not thukyou had been so soft." She coullnot explain it all to him all that sheihought upon the subject. She could it say that the interference of any domitic between such a one as John GordA and his love between him and hem she were happy enough to be his lovi-would be an absurdity too foolish b be considered. They, that happy tt, would be following the lent of humai nature, and would speak aio more thank, soft word to the old -woman, if a sit word might avail any thing. Theirpve would 1 e a thing too sacred to adni of any question from :any servant sfciost from any parent. .But why, in thl matter. wa "not Mrs. Baggett s happBess to bo of as "much ennseouence naMr. WhittlestafTs es- pecially when own peace of mind lay in the same rection as Mrs. Bag only this, .wit's? "She s; that you are jrn troubl for yourself in that is true." lis wrath and spoke d showed her at had not dwelt ad bade her not he had been im as one polled to ior. "l ng too !cto ,t- b et too old o TKike t; r impossible Then yon come torn and tell me that you must destroy all y dreams, dash - -. --- a l my Hopes to tbu ground, because an old woman has shown her temper and her jealousy!" This was true, according to the light m wnicn lie saw her position, liad there been nothing between these two,! but a mutual desire to be married, the ream given by her for changing it all wouia oe absurd. As he had continued to speak, slowlv adding one argument to another, with a certain amount of true eloquence, she felt that unless she could go back to John Gordon she must yield. But it was very hard for her to go back to John Gordon. In the first place, she must insist on her love for a man wno had never spoken to her of love! It was so hard that she could not do it openly. " I had thought so little of the value I could be to you." "xour value tome is mhnite. I think, Mary, that there lias come upon 3-011 a certain melancholy which is depressing you. Your regard to me is worth now more than any other possession or gift that the world can bestow. And I had taken pride to myself in saying that it had been given." Yes; her regard! She could not contradict him as to that. "And have you thought of vour own po sition? After all that has passed be tween us, you can hardly go on living here as you have done." "I know that." "Then what would become f you if you were to break away from me?" "I thought yon would get a place for me as governess, or a companion to some lady.,? "Would that satisfy your ambition? 1 have a place for 'ou but it is here. Not as a companion to a lady are you required to fulfill your duties here on earth. It is a fuller task of work that you must do. I trust I trust that it may not be more tedious." She looked at him again, and he did not now ap pear so old. There was a power of HtiLch about the man. and a dignity which made her feel that she could in truth have loved him had it not been, for John Gordon. "Unfortunately. I' am older than you, very much older. But to you there niay be this advantage, that you can listen to what I may say with something of confidence in ray knowledge of the world. As my wife you will fill a poskion more honorable and more suitable to your gifts, than could belong to you as a"goverues3 or a companion. You will have much more to do, and will Ue able to go nightly to your rest with a consciousness that you have done more as the mistress of our house than you could have done in that tamer capacity. You will have cares, and even those will ennoble the world to you, and you to the world. That other life is a 'poor shrunken death rather than life. It is a way of passing her days which must fall to the lot of many a female who does not achieve the oth er; and it is well that tiiey to whom it falls should be able to accommodate themselves to it with contentment and self-respect. I think that I may say of myself that, even as my wife, you will stand higher than you would do as a companion. "1 am sure of it" "Not 011 that account should you ac cept uny man that you can not love." Had she not told him that she did not love him even that she loved another? And yet he spoke to her in tills way! "You had better tell Mrs. Baggett to come to me." There is the memory of that other man," she murmured very gently. Then the scowl came back uponliis face; or not a scowl, but a look of cold displeasure. 'If I understand yon rightly, the gentleman never addressed vou as a lover." "Never!" "1 sec it all, Mary. Mr.-. Baggett has oeen violent and selfish, and has made you think thoughts which should not have been put in your head to disturb you. You have dreamed a dream in your carl- life as girls do dream, I suppose and it has now to be forgot ten. Is it not so?" "I suppose it was a dream." "He has passed away, and he has left vou to become the happiness of my life Send Mrs. Baggett to mo, and I will speak to her." Then lie came up to her for they had been standing about a yard apart ani pressed his lips to hers. How was it possible that she could prevent him? She turned round, and slowly left the room, feeling, as she did so, that she was again engaged to him forever! ana ever, one naicu uurseu. uurausu she had been so fickle. But how cou'd she have done otherwise? She asked herself, as she went back to her room, at what period during, the interview, which was now over; she could have declared to him the real state of her mind. He had, as it wore, taken com plete possession of her, by right of the deed of gift which she 'had made of herself that morning. She had en deavored to resume the gift, but had altogether failed She declared to her self that she was weak, impotent, pur- Eoseless; but she admitted on the other and, that he had displayed moro of power than she had ever guessed at his possessing. A woman always loves this display of power in a man. arid she felt that she could have loved him had it not been for John Gordon. But there was one comfort for her None knew of her weakuess. Her mind had vacillated like a shuttlecock, but no one had seen the vacillation. She wis in his hands, and she must simply do as he bade her. Thensho went "down to Mrs. Bagget's room, and to'd the old lady to go upstairs at her master's behest. "I'm agoing, said Mrs. Baggett. "1-in a-going. I I hope he'll find every ono ete as good nt. doino- what he tells Zem. But I ain't a-going to be v. a-doing for him or for any one much longer.' a CHARTER VI. JOUN C.ORIWJ. Mrs. Baggett walked into her mas ter's room.loudly knocking at the door, ! and waiting for a load answer, ue was pacing up and tlown tne Horary, tbinkin"- of the instico of her inter- ferenco, and she was lull 01 tne injury to which she had been subjected. Sho lmrl hooM uerfectlr sincere when she " - j- - . m and she was full of tne told Marv Lawrie that Mr. Whittlestaff as entitled to nave ana enjoy nis own ,na n. acrainst both of them. In the jvj k o ilace, oe was a man ana as a to be indulged, at- whatever nn mber of women. And man whose bread they Marv had eaten Jiis wed upon her from t cording to Mr. Bag Lwkvlil at lj-ra Marr fver herself Sodyand littlestaff, were 'soul- led from her. . As duty in life was to jie 10 ne siciy. wx- oryverwas iy ?j oy iy- prvaent uch-like; tof iicr. Thetnmmsmgoi &ii m ana mar- malades, for which he not care a strawfi. and which he onlv ate to oblige She could iept out oi her, was a comfort to h manage occasionally to ner bcu over some ilinjr till one o'clock: and then-thc makinsrjof butter in iuc suuiuicr numu uenuuu iuai buu cknlflfl Vlrt tin - I.tfvA I'lvtftff aliA xma enabled to consider that her normal hours of work were twenty out of tho twenty-four. She did not begrudge them In the least, thinking that they uere all due to Mr. WhittlestafT. Now Mr. Whittlestaff wanted a wife, and, of course, he ought to have her. But she could not be expected to remain and behold Mary Lawrie's triumph and Marv La wrie's, power. That wa3 out of tlie question; and, as she was thus driven out of the house, she was en titled to show a little of her ill-humor to the proud bride. She must go to Portsmouth which she knew was tantamount to a living death. She hated only one person m all the world, u.u not vote oecause me speaker ot the , deprtum, are foolish and mkchievons; and Ik as she knew well, was living at House rarely votes. He was known by b nobou.- ever tcm t0 b- sig Pnrtsmiutb. There were to her only his fnends to be heartily m favor of the '.,,, j:-.- t. ..t ;?-.! iL hated onlv one person in all the world Portsavmtb. There were to her only two phces in the world in which any body 'could live Croker's Hall and Portsmouth. Croker's Hall was on the whole tie proper region set apart for the habitation of the blest Ports mouth tr the other place and thither she imfci go. To remain, even ia Heaven! as housekeeper to. a young woman, pras not to be thought of. It was wrin in the book of fate that she muslgo; but not on that account need shi even pretend to keep ber temper. 1 ' "Whaffs all this that you have txrta savinc tat Miss Lawrie?" began Mr. Whitaestajf, wil an"rer. 1 Ji . 7 . kr ... .. -t - !' ;. c im an me dignity oi " What aave I been saving of to Mais JLarj-?" "1 am not at all well pleased with you." "I have f i said a word again you. sir, nor notlagain nothing as you are likely to do.!' "M'ss Latrric is to become my wile." So I hears her say." &, " You hav taught her to" thiak tiat she should nt do"as we hare prbppatti- because of your wishes." , "1 never saW no hing of the IctM M help me. That I should put myself u again you, sir! Oh, no! I knows af nlnon lwttnr than that. I wovlda1! stand in the wav of anything asWas fori your good or even of what you though, was good not to be made housekeeper to Well, it don't matter where. 1 couldn't change for the better, nor wages wouldn't iempt me." "What was it u said about going away?" Here MJ. Baggett shook her head. " You told Miss Lawrie that you thought it was a shame that you should i . l 1 !... Iiavc io ieav ueuausu ui uw. "1 never said a word of the kind, Mr. WhittlestafT; nor yet, sir, as Miss Lawrie ever ?aid irimr vour pardon for contradicting j-oh. and well I ought. Hut anything is bet ter than making ill-blood between lov ers." Mr. Whiitlestatl" winced at being called a lover, but allowed the word to pass by. " I never said nothing about shame." " What did you sav?"' "I said as 'how 1 must leave you; nnthiiif but that. It ain't a matter of the slightest consequence to vou, sir." "Kuubish:" "Very well, sir. I mustn't demean me to say as anything 1 had sa:d wasn't rubbish when ybu said as it was. But for all that, I've got to :o." "Nonscnsje." "Yes, in course." "WI13- have you got to go?" "Because of my feeling-, sir." "I never heard such tr.ish." "That's true, no doubt, sir. But sf.ll, if you'll think of it, old women does have feelings. Not as a young one, but still they're there." "Who's going to hurt vour feel. inraS" ...j. In this house, sir, for the last fif th teen years I've been ton-sawver of female gender." "Then I'm not to marry at all?" "You've gone on and you haven't-' that's all. 1 ain't a-finding no fault' But you haven't and I'm the sufferer.' Here Mrs. Baggett 1 egan to wipe he eyes with a clean handkerchief, which she surely must have brought into the room for the purpose. "If you had taken some beautiful young lady" "I have taken a beautiful young lady," said Mr. Whittlestafl', becoming more angrj- than ever. "You won't listen 10 me, ir. hdu men vou boil over like that o doubt Mis? Mncr ie .15 ltfVUltiflll aS the best on 'em. A .. aw w w- - lknew how it would bo wr.cn sue cams anion" us with her streaky brown cheeks, Wd make an anchor wish to kiss 'em." Here Mr, Whittlestatt be came appeased, and made up his mind that he would tell Man about the an chor as soon as things were smooth be tween them. "But if it had been some Kn.nit.:fiil voumr lady out of anothei under my minded it." The long and the short of it is, Mrs. Baggett, that I'm going to be married." "i suppose you arc, sir." "And. as it happens, the lady Ihavt selected happens to have been your mis tress for the last two years." "Sho won't be my missus no more," saidMrs. Baggett, with an air of fixed determination. "Of course you can do as you hka about that. 1 can't compel any one. to live in this house against her will; but I would compel you if I knew how, foi vour own lenefit." 1 nere am 1 no eompeiimu- 'What other place have you got you ingoto? I can't conceive lit ljf can ..., oi,rmi,i iiviin anv other faniilv i JUUBV. 7 . m" " ', w:,Mt "iNot m no iamiiv. m- "", tnmnt me. Uut tnere are's them as sttft noses that they've a claim upon me. There was a slight pause before Mi TVitittinstAir TC-o'.ned. "Has ho comi ot- orrnina" lin. s ihL almostsolemnly. 4. vr,?a ot. Pnrrsiriouth now. sir.' And Mrs. Baggett shook her head sadly. " And wants vou 10 go iv uuu. " He always" wants tT at when he comes home. " Tvo got a bit of money, and he thinks t ore's some one to earn a morsel of bread for him orrayther a t4 j dot sec that vou need go at all; mass 01 inn. x iuusi-i;o imo " at an v rate. Miss Lawnes marriage won't make anv difference.' It do, sir,"" she said, sobbing. "I can't see why." 'Kor I can't explain. I could stay on here, and wouldn't be afraid of kim "Then why don't you stay?" "It's my feelings. If I was to stay here, I could just send him my wage, and never go aigh him. But whenrm alone about the world and forlorn, I ain't cot no excase but what I aaat go tokimV , - vThea remain where 70a are, aad doa't be a focL" , to be coKiwcmrx house, one of them from tne rarK. ior instance, who hadn't been herea'ruosl own thumb, 1 snouion 1 ve BJalaeV Kcmptiw Becri. Every man who remembers political cvenfcs must know that Mr. Bla"in' was one of the foremost advocate of specie roumpiion uu nuzwsiy in imauciai ai- i . . - fairs. As long ago a IM8, .when Mr. i enuieton proposed 10 pay me uovcrn- mpnt hnnil hr i4iii of fiTiii harks, MrmJnAMrfn ..... ........,, . ... Hcnublican Committee, caused a social circular to be scattered broad- cast over that State, and was crx icrad ! for so doing. When the Resumption , act was passed it was not dUcu&ed in . me Mouse, so mat au me expression oi .1 -.,. it ....... 1 1 111 II II Ml tJU L1IK MIUUCL IS UJ U! 1UI1III1 in' opinion on the subject is to be found in the roll-can. It was strictly a party raeasure, reported on and passed first by the Senate by a strict nartv vote . .-., ,a n,rflr,l v;,; .;Ma, ;, I bv Democratic leaders, and the roll-call A4 AW -V -s j.jw 1VJUVVU 1 . - i specie resumption at aiL lr. lilaine did not vote because the Sneaker of the measure. The next Congress was Democratic, and it was given out that the Demoen-ts would undertake take to I lleanug repeal the Resumption act. 01 mis, jnr. Diaiue, ueiore the new lie mw 1 Congress met in December, 1875, pre paredan elaborate speech in favor of resumption and against inflation, to bo delivered on the first occasion that of fered. Before that speech was deliv ered an enemy stole a copy of it, and it was published in advance of its de livery in one or two papers. January 10. 1876, in Committee of the Whole, Mr. Blaine delivered his speech. It fills over three close columns of the Journal. It is unnecessary to quote much of it, but the following sentences will show where Mr. lilaine stood at the very outset of the fight for tho re sumption of specie payments: rile honor of thcXulloiia! Government and the prosperity .of the American people itru alike menaced by those who .JeinauJ the per petuation or un Jrroteenuhle per curren cy. For more than two year the country ha 'littmmmimg Xroiu tho -prostration or buM nemt mmmKmtti retwnu but tew-iy; trade revtratoaly partially: m4 to4r. with capi tal Maraditetlre mod liter naMnnloveil. we Nljnd owrativwt inthonMat 1 mu agitation rain Hag the medium wtt waien uuinet traaMcrfrjCfVRall t carriatfa. Until that "'""IKaaJlig'y adjuata. K la idly to ei pcaCibafWtBsira of jproaperkjr to which ,lho fevMM6a'f paopfe and ta resources of tH' HmtiStEEsm. Uacertalnty aa44AjBkjjMMlHB crrRey froai day to cJaj-n iniurMumPcTry boneac fodustry. And, while that which Is itaQwi: as tho debtor clti-w should be fairly and KNvniuly consid ered in the hapinp of iwusurctf for Hpecie resumption, there is no Justice In uslcln; forintlutlon on its behalf. Itathcr, there is theMea InJiiHticc; for you must remem ber that there i u laro c!a8 of leservinir people who would Ihj continually and re-ni'ir.-ele-Iy robbeii ty such a policy. 1 mean tiio'rtJ'or of tho country that U compcllol to live from und by its dally eanilnir,- There is not a cotton plantation in the South, not a prain or uruiinx farm in the Wnof not a coal pit or iron futnace in IViuVyivunla and Ohio, not a mauufact- Siiow-malse,era..us3cuuselismem-w!va, "indoiH-ndenLs" or "Indejcnd- ' T, bers voted against it because it was not ,.nt HiiflIlM; a. ,w tt.uft lUVr Ul died at GcodhateoJuIy- r .t 1 l I vra uivit wi sufhciently strenuous to meet their ap- I ,lf ..i,i.....i . n . , a urctca! or-cratiu proval, and General Butler voted the u s ranr Cav for even the dl- ; J " same way because he did not believe in tntanfZi .-.K--ir.- . ftr Jo! -N- F- - m & k 1.1Uilllt.V. UUVJ Llll-Ill-tUll 11 - W-- - T Hnn'ia itnMl !!te-t New KiiKland. not a shin-yanl on i.i .W' Atlantic coast, not a lumber camp SO. I nTT5el,-' from tne I'enobeot to the Columbia, not a mile of railway between the two oceatu that would not leel the ipiickenlntf, jralntul lu tiuence of u llnal and general aoiuicceuce in measures looking to u specie rcnuiuptioti. I am told. Mr. Chairman. In tone of most solemn waruimr. that this country is not able to maintain its paper money at par with coin. Sir. I reject the Miirrestfnn with scorn! und it s-eems to me If I could bo per Miudrd of its truth I hould be ashamed to rise in the American Conrres and proclaim it. It would b an unpardon able moral weaklier In our people alwas heroic when heroism is demanded to doubt their own capacity to maintain specie pay ments. 'Jo-day we are sutler imr from timidity of cipital. and ho loop as the era of doubt ami uncertainty prevails, hat timidity will continue to inci ea-o. Steps oward inflation will make it chronic. In any event, J!r. Chairman, whatever we may do or whatever we may leave undone on this whole linancial question, let us not de lude ourselves thaH we can ceape 11 pccle Dtauduni. So nCion lias ever succeeded in L'StattlishlnK- any other standard or value. No nation has ever male the experiment except at ifieat cost and sorrow, and the adocate" of irredeemable money to-day are but askimr us to travel tbe worn and weary rand traveled so many tUaas berore-ja i.roa 1 that has al ways ended la disaster. aad-Often in disgrace. Tnis speick was wgidr. commented on. Indeaihe Ajifc wich.wa$ ed ited by oaalof tfce pHattditow of tha N'ew Vork Evemno FbX, "tt papar which told all inquirers that fc coild not find tiat Mr. BlaiM haWaavre s miption Sacord, aid immam the statement after the Jmtnm Mai. called attention to it f n an dkodj'artick? ' the issue of Ffbnianlll76. quotas Mr. BlainaaadeckiPlhaSt "the pol icy of the Republic party is to get back to speck payneale fcy a ftrat aad considerate coarae.1 Tne nrf -ocaasiou in the Houat when Mr.' Blaine had an opportuaity'to vote against the repeal of the Resumption act was January 17, 1S76. when Mr. Holman presented a resolution declaring for its repeal. Mr. Blaine, with all of the Republicans ex cept four, voted against the resolution. Columns of extracts might be giver, from Mr. Blaine's speeches during the period that specie resumption was threatened to show that he was one of the ablest and stanchest champions of that measure. The coursc'of the papers which havo raised this issue fitly illustrates the methods which his foes have adopted to defeat Mr. Blaine. Either of the papers named could easily have ascer tained Mr. Blaine's record on specie re sumption. Indeed, it is difficult to be lieve that the intelligent men who write and supervise tho editorial work of those journals, can be so ignorant of current political history a to declare that they do not know that Mr. Blaine was in "favor of the Resumption act. Their course in this respect is in keep inr witli that which his foes are pursu ing Thev will ston at nothinsr which. unscrupulous malignity can suggest. It is "anything to beat Blaine." In this case malignity has put on the dunce's eap. Boston Journal. Fopidar Eaiboillnient. Jt .g thirty vcara 5inCe the political organization tnown as the Republican i!" mat w , Party first took its name on the Gth of Jar. ISM. at Jack son. in mis estate. UeJkoned bv the ca calendar, the party is not vet old: reckoned by what it has ac co:uplihed and tho changes it has vrrotight, its life would fill a" century. Unlike the Democratic partv. which va linked into shave bv Andrew Jack- n and started on its career for spo'ls sj personal airiri'audizement, the Re fill H.in Tinrtv was a irrowth and a de 'elotinient an embodiment from the a of the profound sentiments of the ulc The party came together in a spon- B?OUS $OIt OI Way liunug til smumci 12H ir many ot tne .onneru aaiw. Vtthin a year lrom its negmning iorte of the two great political pow- Po the country. It was formed in : of those periods of transition wnen material for a new organization is Mrtritino-tobepnttogetner. and so wfejation was rapid and soon corn- first great band of cohesion ;the Repnlieans waa a perfect iry in oapowBoa w " -icn- of slavery. The aext was an Wanimity in tfceeaapott of tha atrntdowntMaiaveeaiae" iwu- Alter taas caw to ir . - M idiom art au u to tM cafmAieatacnt Of .Tt",rSt acta relating the alaree. S 4 " ' A. - - Th work of th Republican party fa I Mils cuuHWtiua iiu uvniu uvcre in iiu- parlance the work performed" by any otlwr puutecai uraniaUou in any conn! rv or time. rmi.f thi nnrmnl romHtion r.f n. fr ree Government there will alwav. fats TartT of prtKc-of liberal idea i .i5? t 1 .r . . . .. u"uu?uou-.u,aim.u!c - ' ' advance ami create isucs. aurft i ,,., ti,, ,i .. - , sZaa ' ' n nmn:i,'nn r u.a .. .. it:. nZ, u.aplhi. t. .i . .':.: ' .i .., . " uuk wvi.'vij. 1 U'JW iiif iamt comvaLPt and a:illsMo h. oJ ..., ,, . . - . men in me worm, lis very spirit lena to individual thought and frwdoni of uVZ"l "V:r. " .'"!." 'a"M vvw""' artion. Hence in iranortant elections " 'wl'l',:w irequnwy mai mimocr di- regular party move-1 iiit'iii .kiiti liiiiiin iiiiii kiiiiiii iiim:ii;i A .! -.1I,. -1 ;.. - . .. v ... ,-,.-... fc'w,MV j..- .---., oiue special nonua They u-uallv call them- nLs of disruption. The "Liberal Re publican" movement in 197:, which I nuuiu uaic uau wuiv ji.m -. - pect of SUCCCsS if jt had been nhrerdly n,anaee,i was gucb a sloughing off .is ii t . . 1.1 .i. .i:5,.,i..,: wouiu nave ponenueu mo mwmu'm , of any party except tho Republican: but after a few month tho seam had almost disappearcl and the great Re-1 publican bodv was united again. "Scratchers" "and "Independents" have apiarcd since even now they hold a position of some prominence in the public attentionbut they do not in tho m?n rhanm the current of Re-. publican thought or success. The progressive party is always sure remi rwho ari babl to break off and KU 111 JJUlUJl Vi WIUV . .. .-0 j reform which seenw to them more im portant than everything else: but there is always a balancing conservative power which holds the party in its or ganized action up to questions of Na tional policy and those of a character which fairly admits them to the field of party politfes. Tne Republican party has suffered no diminution or vitality since the aecom nlishment of its first great work. It continues to be a leavening power in the life of tho Nation. It is alive to the wants and tendencies of the time, ami gives expression to the most earnest popular convictions. It has alwavs been watchful over the freedom of tho individual and jealous of his rights, whrfhor affecting his social, legal or political condition. It has been 1 ?..... ..A. .... cities. f-hf finrn a to 1 .. :ni:.n.:.. ... vr;i.il wiji1v UCIlUllUCIll liuui, .iuwj-.. vf. ,-w.- - , akin" -tho time 'together and always In i.iiviu iiiu c ,. , . , uio uirectiun ui 'l h "- greatest goon. . If the Democratic party is uko a mountain, standing upon tne uneuan-- mg rock of the aoie age. tho Kepiib- lican party is like the sea, full of cur- rents and of life, restless upon tho ur- face, and now and again throwing one of its vessels ashore in a high tide, showing a dirt' streak oceasiotnlly from contact with the mountain, but on tho whole keeping itself tolerably pure bv constant motion and preserving its own true level in spite of current, wind anil wave. Detroit 1'ost and 'Jribunc. Conscientious Demand. Must a man satisfy the demands of hi? conscience in every "instanco ? The man may be incapable" of good judgment, lle'may he ignorant. I'ossibly he is so fiekle that his conscience demands one thing this hour and its opposite tho next. Perhaps he is Used to relying upon others, and it may be that he shows good tense moro in that wav than in an- other. He may be tho slave of prejudice, and for that reason the sug gestions of friends are better than his own widoin. Religious or party organizations arc created that the best thought of tho most people 1na3-.be given practical value. Armies arc brought into the field for the protection or the prosperity of the mas. The individual merges himself into the people that through united effort his personal ends, as well as the good of the whole, may be ad vanced. Suppose this individual put his conscience above the church? Sup pose he rank his wisdom above that of the party? Mr. Cur'is says this is man liness, but is it not rather" rebellion? Is it not the outgrowth of a self-sufficiency which no amount of wisdom or purity can warrant ? The views of tho whole are crystallized in the organiza tion, and if the system of government which all good Americans affect to be lieve right really is right tho outcome of the mass of brain must conserve the interests at stake more thoroughly than that of the sequestered and uncompan ionable wisdom. If the tender conscience of Mr. Cur tis' manly man is to rule how shall we regulate any kind of government, or will there be any government at all9 The child's conscience is as sacred to him as that of the parents is to them: so the child must not be disciplined against its own judgment. Mr. Curtis' man is hired to act as the Secretary of a company doing legitimate business, and if this Secretary fimls. after pro found thought, that his instructions are unwise, he will cease to follow them and immediately proceed to instruct himself. The duties of a subordinate are necessarily of an executive charac ter; but it is not difficult for him, if he be a truly manly individual, to assume the duties and the authority of his su perior. Why. with the same principle of action carried ont, should not the ordinary soldier refue to obey the or ders of men higher in command? And what is to prevent the President of the United States ignoring the laws enact ed by Congress and substituting then for laws enacted of and bv huT sover eign will? Mr. Curtis is careful not to sav that the delegate of a convention should re fuse to act. In most of the cases men tioned the emergency of the manly man can be escaped by resignation: but the delegate, though as. Mich he repre sents not hU own views so much a. those of the locality to which he be- f longs, must value hii personal nrefer- enees ana not at an tnose 01 nis con stituents. And then, the nominations having been made, he must consult hi . - - own wisdom and ignore that of tho as sembled multitude. His knowledge and his pnrity are better than those oi the majority. He "flocks alone," grand, gloomy and peculiar. The con vention must come to him; he can not go to the convention. He is modest, however; be readily grants that the convention has as gobdT a right to bolt hU nomination as be has lojbolt its nomination. Perhaps, as the truly luanhr aiaa seems to think, the subject ends rirht here: aad yet it fa really an imterestiag qaestkm what kind of roTermmeet we should have, or if we saoald hare any gorereeaee at all, if tha rale f tkk tralj. Mtenur iatiTJiaal efcomld pre- TaML M. J. ir-i i- j v Ssri'fl N I." 1 i If vff Wki -l the iwrfomiMw all over, that these AT Li , n fuwiw oijr r .uirt Jrin a WA.!U3flTte. Ja!r t s-wu ti. v h. 1 " - J -1-TJ -W - -- tel?tam from SL Job ia. , nh- IVHf Ft ,.: ha ;urcciriuciixr " vlvors ol Orrdr. rrtj eta. aXL The urvivo of Ow Crri Ured vcn men mJd o! h re wiriwL Tbrfr uimn ' A. W. Grtdy. SAnt Hat acrsrani .inmtj neatness, in r . . .. . i i . r. Lonr. Scrscant WIUukj A. nliat SN-ward Hrnrr Hi H,ai.c!5WJW!. "r , yiOX7ii coonclL Tlicr crr Morri jj 5hljw Tb aad lJw i'-rh. teFrtj tt unin a ".-vr & t. r j fr 6,an Hcllff on ar ,&. DKT.V1U. The following teJoxram w the Navy lVrartuient tlib uw St. JoiLtH, N. FV 9 a. in.Tl K. Cliaadlcr. JHvtctarv lh 1 lucloti: The "ThctK" "IWrar Gam', arrived here to-day Greenland with all welL lii tiua t!e "Alert otic hundr mile nortli duritur a ra!. At 9 v. m., June tri, tie mll Sabine In Smith's Sound, the lksir rocned alive Lleatcnant ' y, Srceaut Rrainard, Scna-4 IckA, Serm-ant Lonjr. Uos4l BeWerback, IYivate Conurll anl , E11K the only .survivors of the Ij Un Hay expcthtlon. SerKcaut K both liands and fee t by frwt oil . July d at Godhaven, thnt dat ! amputation uhicH had ttccome SevenUfii of tho twcot-nv coiiijRtalni; Hie rpcHtlon, ierl'' , tlon at the Hnt here the m WJ nhile ealhic to procure tvol bodies of the dead were rescued al on tKKinl the Thetis and Hear. On Tunevik, was burleil at DIk.o, auce with the de-ire of the li Wotem Cireenland. Durini; nine months his party upon a .vaut allowance of fmv from i'ort Coiucer that w.i carbt Harbor and Cape Ldvlla by Nares In l!s7r. I'art wiis found u ai;ed b the ujmj of time, and Ut by Heebe at Caie hablno In Iil Kniall amount saved from tho wns rroteiifc in 1!3, land-sl by l.li HarlitiKton and Colwtll, and the U where (Jreely's party wai fouml. When thcje provisions wereconl tKirty was forced to live tiiwin In klt stripjHHl from their seal skit and lichens and shrimps cauclil 1 w cither, when the were strons make the exertion, as it took thl reii sunuips io mi a raiion lilt' labors un; hau.tli.ff to dei tV-m to sustain life entirely. The rluwiel between Cic S l.ittkton Island did not cJomj on i0i,.t le all winter, so that tw tU(1 furly rations at Uie latter jh nut be readied. All lireely'a ie j all the instruments brought bv 1 i)it Conger are recovered and are From Hare island to .Smith'.- xui a constant and fitrlotw tnll:le wit in lmiMable places. The Ndid wen overcome by watclif tiliss tifiice. o oiiortunlty to advanc eseajHtl me, and for huveral lulb sblpn wore forewl to ram from lead to lead through tho M imc in thickucNt from threo to and when raftinl much ureatcr. Thl and Hear reached Caje Vork, June a pastce of tweiity-one davs In Bay. with two advance j!iljs of the whaling tleet, and eontintu UatKj aaotne. Keluniltiir wveJ If later we fell hi with n' others of tliLs lleet off Wostej .i inland, nud announced (reel's rr them that thev iniu'ht not Imi oelaitl tn their fishing crotindi nor In; tetiipu! o the daiu;er of hmltli ,soiinil in view V reward if Sli.i,000 offered by Coiurr Ketunilnif acnM .ueivuie nay we with "Alert" and "Un-k (tarry" off Thumb .stniiarlini: throticli a heavl Commander Collin did admirably along so far with a tntnxjxin w early! season before au otcuhu: had oerum AVashixoton, July 17. -The 11H the resrue of Lieutenant ("rcely and of his party crwiti-d much exrltenU this city. The telegram from Coinui Schley vvsus receive! by near Admiral ols, Acting Secretary of tho avJ IimuedinteJy communicated its conieti hh'iitenant (Jeneral Mieridan, Acting retary of ar. 1 hey proceeded t White House and hhowei the tele; the President, who ban taken ileejl tcreat in the exHiitiou and exjif great concern at the sad death many of the party. A copy of the teld was telegraphed to Secretary Uiamll West Point, and to .Secretary Unco! Xevv York. Tltc families of Ueutl (Ireely, Lieutenant Cominamler SchlH Lieutenant Lmory were also InioniM their rescue. Itcar Admiral NIchoN telegranhed Commander acluey as Johns, as follows: "Use yourdbwi about the care and transjortation of I Report by wire when to sail for ew The derailment semi most hearty cos ulations to yourself, officers and men."! tiik PAirrv. The Greclv exDedltlon was comi Ue following irsons: Adolphu! Greclv. First Lieutenant Fifth Lav ActinsrSknal Officer and Assistant: ril: wife's present residence, San II Cal. Frederick F. Kilingbttr-, Ueutenant Kleventli Infantrj-, Acting nal Ofltorr widower: two chlH James B. Lockwood. First Lieut TwMitr-third InfanUV. Acting SI Ofllwr. Wa.Hhinirton. I). C: us ried: is a non of General Ickt (reirtn I'nitisl States Army. Dr. 1av- medical oflicer: married: wife! dress 31arwille. Kodaway County, Kdward Israel. Senreant Slcnal Corps, inazoo. Midi.; unmarried; bom at KaU 7mi MIcIl Winfidd CI Jewell, ber Siial Curt: unmarried; bom at LU v 11 nTvr. St. Hick. Sergeant Mi (!hmL Washimrton. I). C; unmarried; nt SMnpv. Xova Scotia. llanit S. Gardiner, Sergeant Signal PhUodflnhia. Pennsylvania, nm bom at lliiladephU. ItavM C. l"alveiu itt stral Corns: unmarried; xrnl itloomneld. Ohio. William I L Dre, rnt General Service, Washinrton, trirt Columbia, married. Davkl G. Br nl .TT?it Coronany L Secowl Cava! ,tuti at New York City, i u-i-'n County. New Yd iHrfilLtmn. Seanrent Company C, S Cavalrv. enlbted at Philadelphia, bonl in.ittdohla. Xlchola ahL Con- Company 1L, Seornd Calvary, enlisted flnrlnnatl. U niuiumco, oor j i:u Lrc, Germany. Jeph' K&Mrn. Corji Company E. Tenth Infantry, at Fort Way vwi. bora m uermanT. tiHiin lUnn- Irivate CofBpany E. Fii Cavalrr. enlktetl at Qncinaati. 0 bd ti fanovr- Gtrroany. Maurice Con nrintr ConjMuiy IS. Third Caralry, enUsS In camp on Gooe Creek. Wyo. born j Kerrv, Ireiaria. jacoo newxr, pm w ' Mnv F. Mnth Infantry, tadhU riiti Ttzmeks. Xelx. born hi Ft burr, Germany. Willlaai WhbJJer. vale Company Fr Nlath Ialaatry, t;.i at Oiaalam Barracks, vea- In Carroll Conaty, lad.; father's add; Ttfaaon. lad. Hearr Bterdcrbcclc, jn riMiir G. SeveateaaUi IafaMry. at irmfemoatL O.; aora at Wekteek, Baar. JaHs FiMfarirH, yntatej r svBBd Cavalry. Mrlrtee a o BMaarrSed; nam at Dbj1. w- a FJih- rivate Ctianawr C - --- atVcwTerk City. Tsaaam faata, . Y- K. X ntma Caaaany A, y $ X& r . 4M Crt mJWBmnX of i3w M a m Urn iri of 1' Sock - K. 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Vim tWeraur oCta ia taiwni m 4wgtvr a mlawhwk lMrMa Plti.4 at m arB tHntrt(a4i mm wr a c.ttM mmxhf rm W aaiiitltar anaw afy lMaat. aMtcrattr warata 1M trm na" MrUtaa4. Ht M te a Um Atntoirt lo&. UrlrMK htmtk faitaat ctac im mumfcur an p tfm wt about tH ku4fr4 aftv fort pirfemm- fa It fsaa Mt (lilwatt TU4 im n lnlerterik'fH, a a C tmttt tnmm atsty atUm wH twtwwa Hw tni anl oKara fc er. ta 3rKa.W4, iNf reMLcHMr. wK iiHtkirtM4.rre 1In aortaaaH M mt Mwt- QNy k HjF kma4. aa Uut rir ci tkrw efr4 acatwanl f Ut fartlMNrt hr Stf M Wt. The hu4 eit4a mm trjr tartiKT i thaa ikM Nr ta a4W thtu but t )wmr MiHt la vf t utU ktra lHiwts tenw uw & Ta t jtm NatkHi dirtfe. oaHrraUMia. at4 xWr tkMia an taa. nrtmt to Omm aia tr mn rolHMvt vkaotit kw M Mf, mm, m tie aecMeat m r wrtsra t rewt mr. X aeurry wm eiH4 af- tVae? mmA W eae Orftta eeeitrml tnwa H iaa wimr. !Hrmt tit.T, CaetaUajg; OKJ5KLKT l?mU1llWKi, St. Johss, X. FM Jaiy mOa MrlvaS at the aaeaoraf f tha xm( 9vuntpm yirtrf. day a AMUlet IrM ctrfm4ml l torvlewe4 Ueatraaat Greets m Utr mt vlvora of Ums Aretk coleajr. The WWwhic tacU were dlctesl: After yaaylwc tx wlaten at Fort Cafr la aeieatJiie nv ncarctaft, Ueutoiunt Ureelyt Wi fcU whale party intact, broke up tfceir encamp ment ami commefwett a MmDiweat kcHt Thb was acrxMMplWfeeil aaiitt gtnrf Irlj frtHH ghw f wM, lea alpa ami other caaaltia. Cape Sahlae mw Imc been reached a temporary home wa erecteiL built of stome amt coval hy the boats' alU brow;ht alomc by tms ftty. On the 'iWh of Seittembefwiatar quarter were CAUblWied at Cape SaWh. The yownaU Mriathad become rerv meaner, atttithe cache of provisions left by Uh; lrtHMi mC year bat poorly aunnletHeHted. It. Tm launcli hii become faat oa the ke a fa ft weeks previous, ami Itad to be aIs:Hloi during the whole winter. The tuXmtfoft In the raukji wm early la Jaattary. when, one ef the men Anftn4 oC with eeorry. On tlw Oth tt Anil U tenant Ickwooti ami Mr, KJ, the pliotograplter, nuccanibf!, after ft hewte at tempt to secure for their trv ins eomrjMh about two hundred otuids of meat -toaetl to be cached at a plae aamed Jtai Creek dkitant alxit fifteen mile froei thrt encamtxuent. Israel, Uie astronomer, -l!ieil MayJT; L. KisliHbory M June I, and Dr. Favy, the iiaturaih, skit f death Juue 6. "Sot one of the victim reallxwl tltat leath was so near. They H dktl a tranquil, palnlewt death. Twe &rtti niaux also ix-rlslKtl; one of uterta tlou, the other drowHed, W lyak le Ing plerceil by wjme newly forme4 ke April 17, Una cutting oft all prositlmr fwr a supply of ns1 meat for th atanrlme ex plorors. The Ksqutmo were most faithful and devoted followers ami hlpws of Lieutenant Greely. Ellis was rescued an! safely bt ought on boanl tlie s4eam4liip Bear, where he died a few ders Mibseinwiitiy. Ill I a xUiMfill nary Instance of human emJaramre, While away soums ten mlm turn hN hut last winter the tempmlMre suddenly droptei! forty-eteht ilejfn htew !zero. Hfa hamls and feet were fra to the very bone, ami he was dnuo(ti by hi I eonirailes In an atlmwt dylme eoalUa l 'Jils hut. Jiw feet am! hands were llleraiiy amuutatcd hy the Incisive fnwt. and la this terrible state lie lived through the diemal months Uiat Intervened between that time )um1 the rescue. ytrimiKK i'AKTictrf.AH. I The bodiee ot twelve of the victim have been brought Up hy the iteaater Bear and ThetK balmed in tanks filled with akefcei. The turvlvors are all dola well ami rapHly gaiaiag Hesh and Mremctk. Uea4eaaiit jGreely, who wm la exceedfagly erM PM Iraj comlitJOH waen iraatteaen w fie Thetis U row &We t mmm ibeet llils Meralag he Vev et for an hoar's ride to get she eeaatry ak eaasebeeMattoreeeperateil. There rtaeteokidaceoahe334elJHaeiimlerclr irsiieMaecrtiof oeatatcHtty. 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