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COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1881.
WHOLE NO. 578.
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TIMPKFX SPSING ItVOGY,
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Ku!Pst At Rtfullfv Plow?
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOY. PropV.
Mobraska Ave, South of Depot,
roEji'Misus, aisn.
A nwr fcMi-. miU fnr4fcetl. Hood
ccmWMsU1iiii-. Boar J l rtay or
t k t rauaM rt-.
MILLIHERY! MILLINERY!
MK. M -. UTJAKE
has jit Rr-t nvrn a lahc.e
-TOTK iF
SPRING AND SUMMER
HIKM fill MET EH!..
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KKVI'H'i 1 I om.im; to
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Tmftk iS- if" .f .."f Stmt? Iinnt.
F. GERBER Sc CO.,
ii n:- IN
FMinTUEE ,
ANI rMU-.UTAKEIIS.
H, Bsfltts. Birsis.
TABLES. Etc. Etc.
4.1V& 11IM A ALL AT Ill KLA E
HS tiOTTtl fllK 1 1 Hi -T
tPmr dturr errs' ' '"wfr" fnci strr.
-C I TT-
Meat Market !
M, ,1 . 1 "I! ! I.'t-. flu .
.V.;JA'.Lirf.. - Colinnl
KKKI AI.I KIM- OF
Fresh and Salt Meats,
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:ey. fees
El- in thf ir - - n.
jgfCsf-li i:;il litr ZI.', I.arl
jiikI I:kii.
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WILL. T. KICK I. Y,
H. B. MORSE
l -TH L -H.l 1- WM -vHll.-!
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At Cost ! At Cost !
wi ii - i:f i
.4 Line of Swing Goods
W Hit ii UK I- -KLLlMi AT
EASTERN PRICES.
"WM. SCT-IILZ
Cum tiU fc fi'Mn.! at the nl.I ,fiml.
wimre kt enmtinue to do
all lind nf
(Custom Work snd Repairing.
BECKER & WELCH.
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS Sc WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OPFIOS,OOL UMB US, XEli
PrfcsV A
1 HAVE KK FNTI.Y PUP.i HAKD
THK -Tot K OF
HARDWARE, STOVES
ivn
UilEHTIM IMPLEMEITS !
OF
sir. icoitr.itr iiu.ift,
Vn.l wiii x'litiinif th lusine at the
!! -Iithl. w i,-rr I Hill fr i-ltvi-etl to see
itt- old i-iit.iiHrr i uo uUfeetmn to :
! ii w ..IK ,. 1 hse oh h-iHI a lure
to-k l
STOVES
AND
RANGES.
ALL -TYLK-, MZE AND PI.U !.
t5"Hl.HT KK HJWljgJ
RAILS, PUMPS,
lw. Llass. Paint. Pull.
BARBED WIRE,
1 Iii
II
ot ALL K1M-.
rsa Job !$;"& Esois 2 Specialty.
PLOWS,
HARROWS,
RAKES.
THK H.FBKTM)
Buckeye Cultivators,
DRILLS AND SEEDERS.
CLIMAX MOWERS
ELWAED HARVESTERS AND
CORD BINDERS.
EUREKA MOWERS.
iilf ut anl liirhtt-t ilraft machine
m hi.-. .tin- and . thi- iiiai-tmik.' if
m.ii linl l.xl a au tbmsr t-l-i.
THE OLD RELIABLE
Chicago Pitts Thresher,
itb -toam or IIorc jover.
The Iron Turbine Wind Mills,
TIm Mill that timl- all tbe -torra and
! alwa readv for action. Azent for
lAYI-.(Jori.I) O'-i
BuRKios, Carriajro";. n.nd Platform
Spring Wagons,
wlii-h I can !1 chcajwr than ouman
jri h fotu N trouMe to -how iroml-
r t ilk trn-.
II Uar- il lin and "live and let
li" .rn- will .eitm- a -hare of your
i ntrni'. I -lull t-e j.l-apd to re
ceive it.
1:0. i. rcwTEK,
' Mini ?or to It. 1'ulis:.
OOr-TTMBTJS
STATE T3A:NtK,
C8::::ir: U 3tm:2 2 Zee! i:i Zntz 1 Ei!::.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000
DIRECTOR:?:
Leavdek Gehrakd, Pres'l.
Geo. VT. IIui.st Vice Pret.
.TcLirs A Herd.
Edu-ard A. Geruard.
Auner Tcrker, Cashier.
Ilnnk of Iepo.Il, Dlscnuat
and E-!chaiis:o.
Collection. Iromptl3"Iale ob
all Ioint..
lny lHteret on Time Iepo-
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!T4
.AMKRIOAT
mm l SURGICAL HBiniL
Z. JJA277S. X.
Physicians and. Sneis.
Consulting Fhysiciass i:: Surgeons.
For tke treatment of all claes of Sar
gery and deformities; acute and
chronic disease-, di?eae of the eye
and ear, etc.. etc.,
Columbus, Neb.
Mb
emits
ANDERSON & ROEN,
BACKERS,
KI.EVKXTH ST.,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
1ST Deposits received, and interest paid
on time dejosits.
TSSTrompt attention airen to collec
tions ami proceeds remitted on day oj
payment.
iSTPassage tickets to or from European
points by best lines at lotce'st rates.
Z3T Drafts on principal points in Eu
rope. REFERENCES AND CORRESPONDENTS:
Firt National Bank, Decorah, Iowa.
Allan ,v Co., Chicago.
Otnaba National Bank, Omaha.
Fir-t National It ink. Chicago.
Kountze Bros., X. Y.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DEALER IX
Wtt'ES, LIQI'ORM,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles u-ually kept on hand bf
Drus?git.
Physicians Prescriptions Careidly
Coinj'Oitmled.
Eleventh street, near Foundry.
COLUMBUS, : NEBRASKA
SPEICE & NORTH,
General Agents for the Sale of
Real Estate.
I'nion Pacific, and Midland Pacific
It. K. Lands forale at from$3.(Hto$UUKi
per acre for cash, or ou five or ten year?
time, in annual payments to suit' pur
chasers. We have al-o a large and
choice lot of other lands, improved and
unimproved, tor sale at low price and
on reasonable terms. Also bu-ine and
residence lot in the city. We keep a
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
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coi.rjiitrs. xr.n.
Sam 0LJ BMa
WHOLESALE A- RETAIL
G-EOCERS!
ALSO DEALERS IN
Crockery, (Jlassware, Lamps, Etc.,
and Country I'roduce of
all Kinds.
T1IF HF-iX OF FLOUR 4L.
WAYS KHI'T O.X I1AI.
FOR THE
LEAST MONEY!
ISTGo'xls delivered free of charge to
any part of the city. Term- cah .
Comer Eleventh and Olive Streets.
Columbus, Neb.
END SPRING?,
PLATFORM SPRINGS,
WH1TXEY& BREWSTER
SIDE aPKlXGS.
Light Pleasure and Business Wag
ous of all Descriptions.
We are pleased to invite the attention
of the public to the fact that we have
just received a car load of "Warous and
Buinries of all descriptions, and that we
are the oIe acents for the counties ol
Platte, Butler. Boone, Madion, Merrick,
Polk and York, for the celebrated
CORTLAND WAGON COMP'Y,
of Cortland, New York, and that we are
otferinc these warons cheaper than any
other wason built of same material,
style and finish can be sold for in this
county.
j3Send for Catalogue and Price-list.
PHIL. CAI,
Columbus, Xeb.
464-tf
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AND GENERAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
BY
AY.S.GEER
" TOXEY TO LOAX in small lots on
11 farm property, time one to three
years. Farm- with some improvements
bought and sold. Office for the present
at the C lother House, Columbus, Xeb.
473-x
COLI.VB i; s
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAX, Proprietor.
ISTWholesale And Retail Dealer in For
eisrn Wines, Liquor? and Ciears, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
15TAeMrncA-y WTiiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
11th Street. South of Depot
BUSINESS CARDS.
nOK.'NKLirMAKlJl.l.lVA.A,
ATTOIiXEYS-Al-LA W,
Up-tair in Gluck Building, 11th street.
Above the New bank.
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JUSTICE Of THE PEACE A A D
XOTAftl PUBLIC
Platte Center,
Xeb.
TT a. lll'liSOA,
XOTAIiY PUBLIC.
12th Street, i doors west of Hammond House,
Columbus, Xeb.
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RESIDENT DENTIST.
Office over corner of 11th and Xorth-st.
All operations first-clas- and warranted.
C
11IICAGO IIAKIIElt KIlOl!
HENRY WOODS, Prop'R.
tSTEverythlng in first-class style.
ANo keep the best of cigars. 510-y
A rcAIJ.lNTEK liKOS.,
A TTUBXEYS A T LA W,
Otlii-e up-stairs in McAllister's build
Insr. 11th St. V. A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
X? 11. KITSCH E.
X1 .
Ilth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
sells Harness, Saddles, Collars Whips,
Blankets, lurry Coinb, Brulies. etc.,
at the lowest possible prices. Repairs
promptly attended to.
U J. THOMPSON',
XOTAIiY PUBLIC
And General Collection Agent,
St. Edwards, Boone Co., Xeb.
BYRON MILLETT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
IIYKO.A .UII.LETT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Columbus
Nebraska. X. B. He will irive
close attention to all business entrusted
to him. J4S.
T OUIS SCHREIBER.
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairinc done on short
notice. Butriries. Wagons, etc.. made to
order, and all work guifanteed.
3-51iop opposite the " Tatter-ilL"
Olive Street. .''J"i
F.
J. SCHIICi. .11. !.,
I'll YS1 CIA X A XD S VR G EOX,
Coliimlju., IVel.
Ojtice Corner of North and Eleventh
Sts.. up-stairs in Gluck's brick building.
Consultation in German and Euglish.
T7M BURGESS,
Dealer in REAL ESTATE,
conveyancer, collector,
ass is:73a:t:s assst,
GKNOA. NANCE CO., ... NKB.
JAMES PEARSALL
IS PREPARED, WITH
FIRST- CLASS A PPA RA TUS,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Gie him a call.
ATOTICE TO TEACHERS.
J. E. Moncrief, Co. Supt.,
Will be In his office at the Court House
on the first and last Saturday- of each
mouth for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher's certificates, and
for the transacttou of any other business
pertaining to schools. "CT-y
T S. MURDOCK & SON,
" Carpenters and Contractors.
Have had an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
All kind of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is,Good work and
fair price. Call and give us an oppor
tunity to estimate for you. STshop ou
13th St., one door west of Friedhof ,V
Co's. store, Columbus. Xebr. 4i'i-y
WILLIAM RYAN,
DEALER IN
KENTUCKY WHISKIES
Wines, Ales, Cigars and Tobacco.
ESTSchilz's Milwaukee Beer constant
ly on band..JJ
Eleventh St., Columbus, Xeb.
A GOOD
FARM FOR SALE
15T acre? of good land, SO
acres under cultivation, a
good house one and a half
story high, a good stock range, plenty ol
water, and good hay land. Two miles
cast of Columbus. Inquire at tbe
Pioneer Bakery. 473-Cm
F1. SCHECK,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
ALL KINDS OF
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Store on Olive St., near the old Post-office
Columbus Nebraska. 447-1 v
TJBY GASS,
Jfanujacturer and dealer in
Wooden and Metalic Burial Caskets
All kinds and sizes of Robe, also
has the sole right to manufac
ture and sell the
Smith's Hammock Reclining Chair.
Cabinet Turning.and Scroll work. Pic
tures, Picture Frames and Moulding,
Looking-glass Plates, Walnut Lumber,
etc., etc. COLUMBUS, XEB.
1R. BLUET'S PATIENT.
BY FAITH IKYING.
If ever mortal man was fitly nam
ed, such was the cae with Dr. Blunt,
the name expressing one of his
strongest characteristics. Had he
been called Dr. Skillful, the same
could have heeu said with truth.
And then the expression on his face
wa3 a faithful index of another
strong point ol character viz: ijreat
kindness of heart. So quick-spoken
was the Doctor on ordinary occas
ions, he not only abbreviated sen
tences, but words themselves fre
quently suffered a very preceptible
clipping.
All the village of L was very
much exercised one morning by the
intelligence that Die two best rooms
in Mr. Lowell'H elegant house,which
had been unoccupied for a year or
more because the rent was so high,
had been taken by a young lady who
was a real, live heiress, having no
one but herself to support ; and she
was going to furnish the rooms with
no end of costly 'pieces' and lovely
ornaments, and furthermore, Law
yer Peckham, who had charge of
her estate, said she was a beauty,
but in very poor health, he believed.
So the good-natured gossips rumi
nated an to how saii it was that one
coulriu't have everything in thi
world. If you have weultli, likely
as not yon have no health with
which to enjoy it; things are pretty
evenly dealt out, after all ; and so on,
after the manner of news-venders.
Dame rumor seemed for once to
have heard only the fact? in the
case, for in a few days the rooms
were really furnished and occupied
as predicted, and Mrs. Lowell was
highly elated over the good looks, as
well as afllueut circumstances of her
new boarder, though in describing
her she had aid
'But something ails the poor girl :
she is o nervous why! fearfully
uervous, my dear but fresh-looking
as a daisy, and not the least mite
1., .. ,-U,l .. ...1 ..... f V. ,-. n.oi-
Ijjiiie ui nnsiiu, nun iu . iuc noi
she dresses!'
One morning a- Lawyer Peckham
was coming out of Mrs. Lowell's
house, he met Dr. Blunt going in.
'Morning, Peckham,' said the Doc
tor, in his quick way.
'Good morning, Doctor. Guess
my client is about to become your
patient, eh?'
'Yes, yes,' jerked out the Doctor,
'shouldn't wonder,' and he disap
peared. A moment later Dr. Blnnt entered
Miss Lacey's room. A very fair
joung lady reclined languidly in the
sumptuous depths of a 'Sleepy Hol
low' chair, but the quick, experienc
ed eye of the medical man knew at a
glance something was wrong; altho'
as Mrs. Lowell had said, she was
rosy and plump, the expression of
the eye was troubled, restless, mor
bid. The Doctor seated himself
beside his fair patient, felt her pulse,
and then vented the remarkable
query
'Was it me or the young doctor
you wanted?'
'Oh, yon, by all means,' said Miss
Lacey, with a smile, bnt instantly
the troubled look returned. She
added, 'I want all the experience
possible brought to bear upon my
case.'
'Any parents ?'queried the Doctor.
'No, sir; my mother died of con
sumption when I was very young;
my father also died when I was a
mere child.'
'Humph! Have any local pains?
Suffer from headache, nausea?'
'Xo, sir, nothing of the kind !
There seems to be a fear of some
thing all the time, an undefined
apprehension ; sometimes I think I
mav die, as mother did, of con
sumption.'
'Got auy religion?'
'"Why, certainly, Doctor, I should
hope so. I am a church-member
and have been for years. I love my
religion ;' and quick, sympathetic
tears affirmed the truth of the
prompt assertion.
'Ever seen Jesus Christ sick and
visited Eim, or naked and clothed
Him, or ministered to the thon.-and-and-one
wants of the 'little ones'
forever representing the Savior's
symbolized sufferings?'
'Alas, no !' sighed poor Miss Lacey :
'I have wanted to for years, but this
nervous weakness unfits me for any
thing useful or practical. I give
regularly to several charitable ob
jects, and hope some good is done
in that wav.'
'Humph! "Well, I'm going now.
Don't know just what I shall pre
scribe, but feel confident I can help
you. Perhaps I'll run in again be
fore night, with directions bless me
what looking gloves! Will you
mend these for me, my dear?'
'Certainly, with,pleasure,' laughed
Miss Lacey, and for that instant
there was no trouble in her clear
eyes.
'You see,' added the Doctor, apol
ogetically, 'my housekeeper isn't
much on mending, according to my
idea, and then there is only my boy,
the young Doctor, a? people call
him the most graceless piece. As
for my wife' and the voice grew
wonderfully tender 'dear wife has
been singing in Paradise these dozen
years or more.' The door opened
and c'.o-ed softly, and the Doctor
wa gone.
'What a funny Doctor! what a
queer, dear old gentleman !' thought
Miss Lacey; 'and tho.se gloves!
Well, I have a piece of work here,
no mistake; must get out my piece
bag and find some bits of silk or
something,' and, forgetting her fears
aud weakness, she was seen doing
her best towards repairing the Doc
tor's well-worn riding gloves.
Presently there came a knock at
the door, aud Mrs. Cameron was
admitted, the 'very respectable
Scotch woman' whom Mrs. Lowell
had recommended as a 'tirt-class
laundress, neat, honest, aud a church
member.'
The woman bore in her arms a
goodly-sized basket in which were
various articles of clothing beauti
fully done up. As Miss Lacey rose
to receive them, Mrs. Cameron re
marked :
'Perhaps some one is sick i' the
house ; I saw the Doctor gang awa
just as I was coming in.'
'1 was not feeling very well,' an
swered Miss Lacey; 'he came to
-ee me.'
Oh', did he, miss! and isn't the
auld geutlemau jis' lovely?' And
in the most enthusiastic terms she
told of the great goodness and kind
ness experienced at the Doctor's
hands. Told how all her life was
bound up in her 'one wee girlie, her
bonnio little .lanie, who had never
been strong since the first time she
had convulsions caused by indiges
tion, and how 'inony was the night
the gude mon had staid until the
tnorniii' and never a penny of pay
would he take for it.'
'Do you know the young Doctor,
ma'am ?'
'No, I am but a stranger here, and
know but very few person3.'
'Well, miss, the young Doctor is a
winsom lad, and a Christiau indeed.
He tells me oft I shouldn't fret for
fear my lassie will be taken from me,
but pray the good God to spare me
one ewe lamb, an it be His will. He
has practiced with his father the
year or more, and how the old Doc
tor loves him ! He bus a fuuuy way
of calling him all kinds of uncanny
uames, but ivery one knows he is
the light of the auld mau's eyes.
Aud soon after Mrs. Cameron
gathered up her basket and departed.
Miss Lacey had succeeded in clos
ing up the gaping reuts in the Doc
tor's gloves, the tea-hour had come
aud gone, but no Doctor had re
appeared. 'Oh, he thinks me too comfortable
a patient to need much attention,'
.-he thought, repiningly; 'but he
might at leat have told me what
my complaint was. There! the bell
rings: perhaps that is he now.'
And the next momeut a rap at
her door being answered, Dr. Blunt
entered, hurried, flushed, and more
abrupt in speech and manner than
before.
'Say, my dear girl, will you help a
poor woman in great extremity?'
'What do you mean, Doctor?'
'Oh, get your hat and shawl, and
come now. You've no husband to
consult, no children to leave, and a
poor widow is in danger of losing
her only child this uight, and some
one must watch with her. I must
be in another direction. My dear
child' again that tender tone
'wouldn't you like to hear Savior
say to-morrow morning: 'Inas
much as ye did it unto one of the
least of these ye did it unto me.?'
'Oh, I'll go, Doctor; I'll be ready
in a moment.'
'Better take off that long-tailed
dress, aud dona good sensible calico,
I'll go down to the parlor,' added
the Doctor,' 'and wait and take you
right along in the buggy with me.
Quick, now; I wouldn't wait long
for the Queen of Sheba.'
Well, of all things !' thought Miss
Lacey, 'I don't know bnt that Doc
tor will be the death of me, or
perhaps his strange method will be
the makiug of me.'
She llew about the room in a sur
prising manner for her; donned a
good warm morning dress, aud in
another moment the Doctor's horse
was tearing along the road as if to
outrun his master's impatience. Yet,
during the ride, the Doctor explain
ed to his companion that she must
be very calm, 'and you can be,' be
added with convincing emphasis
for the child was suffering from
spams, violent, distressing and
dangerous. He told briefly Low the
baths must be administered, and the
water kept hot all night ; and, finally
in mentioning the patient's name,
surprised Miss Lacey by revealing
the fact that.it was poor little Janie
Cameron, who bad been taken ill
that very afternoon, during her
mammy's absence.
Arrived at the house, the poor,
distressed mother became much
comforted by the presence of 'the
dear, sweet young I eddy who was
too good to show such kindness to '
a poor body like mesel !' The Doc-1
tor gave some most minute direc-,
tions to be followed through the
night, then left with the cheerful
observation :
'I'll send the young doctor around
about midnight, if he makes his ap
pearance at the family mansion be
fore that time. Oh, the most grace
less biped !' and hp wa gone.
Miss Lacey reflected with great
satisfaction the next day that not one
thought could she remember having
be-towed upon herself during that
long, painful night, with its uew ex
periences of real suffering. All her
energies aud sympathies were direct
ed towards helping and comforting
the agouized mother and relieving
the sick child.
About midnight, while he was
bending over a warm bath, in which
she was holding the convulsed frame
of poor Janie, the door opened and
the young doctor eutered. There
was no sort of an introduction be
tween the two who think of for
malities at such a time? but at once
they worked together over the suff
ering child. Miss Lacey was vaguely
aware that a young man, bearded
and moustached, with a calm, deep
voice and shapely white hands, gave
orders which she promptly obeyed,
and spoke words of hope and en
couragement to the poor, dazed
mother. It did not occur to her that
there was anything uovel in her
position, as holding tbe child in her
amis, quieted at last, the young
doctor sat clo-e beside her, asking
questions aud giving advice, now
aud then turning down a corner ot
the blanket to watch the changing
expre-sion of the little sleepor's face.
But he, more accustomed to such
trying scenes, after the first few mo
ments of intcu-e application to the
case, began wondering who this
lovely angel of mercy could be.
working as if her sou! werebouud
up in relieving this poor little child
of a lowly mother. How long he
might have remained is uncertain,
had not a messenger from another
quarter summoned him away.
The next morning Janie was bet
ter, and continued to improve until
the anxious mother was again re
lieved concerning her.
The next day but one Miss Lacrv
received a call from three bright, in
teresting young girls, who, to her
utter astonishment, informed her
that old Dr. Hunt had recommended
her as just the person to become
President of a Donas society.
'Oh, you must, you must !" they
chirped in concert, and before thev
left -he had partially promised to
accept, the position to her own
dismay.
But when the minister called a
few days afterward and raid old Dr.
Blunt had insisted that a class of
unruly little boys, who needed a
teacher, was just the work adapted
to her cae, she succumbed at once,
'surrendering at discretion' all right
to decide for herself.
Miss Lacy finally wrote the doc
tor a spicy little note, telling him
she believed any more of his pecn
liar prescriptions wonld undo the
wonderful cure already accom
plished. But of late the village gossips
could not fail to note how contin
ually the young doctor called at
Mrs. Lowell's house.
One morning, as the elder doctor
was coining out of the house, he met
Lawyer Heckham, while the fol
lowing characteristic colloquy en
sued :
'Hi. good morning, doctor. Well
I bear the young doctor is about to
bring a daughter for you to the fam
ily mansion.'
'Yes, yes !' very quickly. 'Well,
well, there's room enough in the
house and my heart for the pre
cious girl, the good Lord knows ;
and as for young Blnnt, M. D. who
actually presumes to believe he
loves and appreciates her better
than I do the renegade! if she can
do an thing toward reclaiming that
gracele-r case There! forgotten my
gloves, true as the world ; must go
back for them. Morning Peckham.
For the Journal.
I'miiine in Ireland.
BV LENA LAKSE.
It was in the month of February,
13S0, in a little village in Ireland
during the great famine of that
stricken country, that Widow Con
way was bending over her poor,
emaciated boy, grown thinner and
paler day by day from disease and
hunger. The day was bright and
beautiful without. The glorious
sunshine was flooding the hills,
throwing its bright, warm beams
upon the village of I) , striv
ing to shin through the little half
curtained window of Widow Con
waj's humble cottage, and into the
room where lay a noble aud beauti
ful boy of twelve years of age, th
joy and pride of his widowed
mother.
Emmet Conway was a handsome,
manly lad ; his brown, clustering
hair lay in many a curl about the
broad white brow, and the deep.
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ingly on the face of his agonized
mother, who was bending over him.
in great tenderness, aud deep, en
during love.
"Oh ! mother, has God forgotten
us? Or do yon think he will yet
send us a friend in our time of need ?
But, mother, I am faint, and ?o Ver)
hungry ; give me a spoonful of that
nice gruel yon made this morning."
Mrs. Conway moved quickly to
small table in a corner of the room
to get thi food. Tears filled her
eyes, her lips moved as if in pray
er, and sm murmured,
"Oh! Thou bountiful Father in
heaven, help me. help my little one.
Oh ! in mercy and tor Thy name's
sake, send us food food for my
starving, sutl'eriug child !"
The patient little sufferer eagerly
swallowed the meager gruel, and
then said :
"Dear mother, I had such a pleas
ant dream last night. 1 thought we
were in our old, beautiful home;
the lire burned so brightly, aud the
table was loaded with good things ;
such sweet, delirious butter aud
milk. It wa the old home, mother,
where we were ail so happy, before
dear fatherand sister Kathleen died.
Now, mother, talk to me of that
beautfcul home on high, that .the
Saviour has gone to prepare for all
who love Him aud keep His com
mandments. Miss- Donovan told us
the last Sabbath I nas in my class
that the Saviour would come agaiu
and take us to Himself, aud that
where He was there we should be
also; and, mother, are there no toar
there, no pain, no hunger? Shall I
eat of the tree of life and drink of
the crystal water flowing by the
thioue of our God ?"
"Yes, Oh! yes, my precious dar
liug! Mv suffering, hungry child'
The Lord has promised uuto His
children. 'They shall go no more out,
neither shall the sjiu light upon
them, nor any heat.' In that bright
glorious home above, are many
mansions prepared for all who love
Jesus; all will be joy and gladness
in that home of our dear S-ivionr,
where we trust you, dear father and
sister Kathleen, are. But, my child,
my own noble boy. cheer up. I
trust the good Father of all will yet
spare you to me. to comfort aud
support my declining yars. Oh '
my child, my only one. my all on
earth, can I give you up! Must I
lay you awav from my j earning
gaze forever?"
Then she fell on her knees in
agonizing prayer, by his little bed
"Oh, God ! spare my child, and
this once hear a mother's prayer for
her only one on earth."
She rose from her knees aud look
ed upon the face of her boy ; a sweet
smile was encircling the pale lipr.
The hands were folded & if in meek,
submissive prayer, while the beau
tiful, heavenly eyes were half closed
Then, summoning all his feeble
strength, he said :
"Dearest mother, I fed s h,.p,
and everv thing look- .-o bc.iuriul ,
even this pluiu rough bud and the
room shine with a gbrios liright-ues-."
Then, closing the weary eyes, he
lay quiet, as if in blissful -Iep.
Agaiu the Hns moved.
"Mother, dear mother. I had such
a beautiful dream just now. The
angels were beckoning me to go
with them. Bright, beautiful angels
with glistening, snowy wings'
There war one more beautiful than
the rest who e:une nearer firm the
others, touching my lips and brow,
and I saw it was sister Katie, wha
died tour years ago. I thought I
was so happy snd glad I was goin.j
with them ; then I thought of you
and wanted to say good-by, and that
(iod woukl comfort you after I was
gone. Dearest mother, lay your
cool hand ou my brow, and kiss ma
as you did wheH I said my little
prayer at your kuees in my earliest
childhood."
She clasped him to her throbbing
heart, kissing the lips and brow.
Then, smoothing the beautiful dark
hair from off the placid, white brow
of her boy, murmured tenddrly and
soothingly,
"God is love and His love for thee,
my child, is stronger than all earth
ly love."
Then, falling on her knees, she
prayed in submissiveuess of spirit
"Oh, Lord ! let this cup pass from
me, if it is Thy will ; but if not, Thy
will, not mine, be done."
Then, rising from her knees, a
holy calm spreading over her face,
lighting up evry feature, she leaned
over her child, her only oMe on earth,
saying softly and reverently :
"He doeth all things well."
His eves were fixed ou hers in
unntterable love; then the lips were
wreathed in an angelic smile.
"Ki-s me, mother, the angels are
coining; they are all around m bed
ami in my room. Good-by ; ou
will come soon. Tell Owuu to be a
good boy, and to think of me when
he plays under the old oak tree near
the -pring."
"Now I lay me down to sleep"'
was breathed as in infuacy. The
little heart had ce t-el t beat, and
the spirit, th- mire, young, noble
spirit, was borne oh angels wings
to a home in beaveu, where paiu and
sorrow enter not.
The bright, glorious sunshine was
tloodiug the room, playing, caress
ingly, with the thin, baled cover of
the bed whereon the tittle immortal
had lain but a short time before,
bnt where now tbe little outward
form was quietly sleeping tbe bliss
ful sleep of Death. No, it is not
Death; it id but the beginning of
Life. That beautiful Life where all
is joy and peace.