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.VOLUME XIII. ALBANY, OREGON, DECEMBER 3, 1880. NO. 10. 9m ' ttk cttr. fifteen y ears ago Barmouth wu a quiet litoe village. Trie whistle or the l-on bone was not to be heard within many ird within many bUm, and the passage of the coach be- tween Dolgelly and Carnarvon was sole event ot (he day. There waa one betel and some half-dozen shops and other bouses where lodging were to be obtained ; but slliht ma waa the accommodation it Ail It equaled the demand. . "Just t he place for a fellow rn be able to ketch without people coming to look over bi houlder." wm the comment ot Hugh Canon, a young artist, aa he took iiU firat troll upon the send. A tell, well-built young Mlae. with leg rather long for bit body and a fe.ee rather heavy ta renose, . bat bright and wRina wtirw be Uc. The tide waa - - mmt. m turn lfcermiti wcreiaentflng their neu ami tarring their boat, and a lady and child were down nixm (be rocks, near 'the edge of tbe ea. "Abright bit of color on those dark rock." lie said "with tlie Mauri on fix; left aud the sea beyond, and that nbrut headland coming in just rite thing to be gin with." He had hi sketchinz-tiook under his arm and hia colnr-hox In his torkef. and fitting down on the sand hill he set rapld . ly to work. For an hour and a half he worked steadily, and tlien the bright bit ot color and trie clilkl moved on toward ine bore. Still he worked on at his sketch. ltd was almot startled when a shadow parsed aeros hi paper. He glanced up. and saw a girl ot som twenty years old with a younger one of seven or etaht. Tlx child droppeil the hand sbe was holding. ana came fearlessly up. "Please may I look at your picture f He nodded silently, and went on with bis painting. "Oh, cousin Amy, such a iretty pic ture ! and there are you on the rock. Do look- ! The girl glanced at the artist, but neither by look nor motion did he second the child reaueat - and with a Utile ahnv ol ber shoulders site turned away, and walked a slowly until overtaken by her cousin. "What a bear I am !" the young man aid to himself. I ought to have got tip and grinned and taken off my hat, I suppose, ud asked her to look at it ; but it's no ae, I cant on with women. I never can think what to say to them. I have no doubt she thought me a perfect bear. And ao I am. But I suppose it's my nature. And he want an with his painting." "One o'clock ; it's time 10 go in to dinner. The tide ia coating up and covering the rock ; I will Snub it to-morrow morning Ttie next day he worked until dinner. And waa greatly contented with the result. It will make a capital thing," be said ; I have been very lucky with the lights 2 do tbiuk it will be the best thing 1 have dene. Hi pleasure was a little marred by the tfaet that the two girls had again been out "osi the rocks, aud bad on their return pas. 1 close by him ; but this time the child bad kept close to her cousin. -Offended, evidently," was bis mutter ed comment, and no wonder. I wish I was not such a bear." The following morning be waa late In Carting tor a stroll across the sand. The tde bad already turned, and tliere are few place on the coast where it comes in more rapidly than on the Barmouth sands. For Ions; time its approach Is ro gradual that it emu hardly be noticed : but . wben it .reaches a certain point it comes in with startling speed. ... . There are those gfrls on the rock glrt." he' said, " and he shaped hh course o a to carry fain to the rhrfitnf ilwin lie had not gone fifty yards along- the edge ol the sane when he heard a louil ,cry be. bind bin.- He looked rotmd -and saw that 4be eider girl, "who was reading, had risen roma cwp-tool on " which he waa- kitt ing, and that the cmlu was no the . rock. already vtit par by a rapKHy increasing sttm of wafer. -"The ry.i the child mi d!covertng her sitestiou wa echoed hy ber companion, who was about to rush Into tbe water wben Hugh rau,up ' Air right, little one J" he shouted cheerily. "f'I fetch yon out." So ayjg be -waded into Om wnter. 4blch was alreadr neatly an to hi waLr. roeebedl the little sari took ber ia .bis arm An urrketi iir to ttie iore- 'There you are a right as possible." be id as be put Her down ; '"but you must jnlnd, pi'f, tor tit tides are very rapid ftere." - . .. T I.- . ...... I HToMis yoa -so rety- niich, sir." tha i elder girl said i "It Is nost kind ot you." f- . ' Tbaartl iookod lno; the slmhed free of the girt, sod tboeyeo ia trbicb the tears were standing, ami fats babkital slir pea fWljOpoa blm. Mattering tomithiog booiirU belajf no odd at all. he talmid hia b-t and, tanrinx upon hi tunrt, agaia pur- . at ' 1 J - fUOSi BIS) wMK.; '.-,-t ft ( HJP faally i bear. 'Amy Herbert .fs s1m hrrii oSr-whh tHe child to. . twd tha sattd till, by bo ;. - fjwi aod yet by hi voice lam' .& 6ml& be very ijr tf he liked." .: .;AtBy Erfcorfc b .r tpnW ' what-Mf-er of shy men, ' t(he ws iv ottty daugh ter rfy weHSy U?k-hitof cotton elascr, and MaiicticMer iH-j'htt clas shy ytvngm among ft rw.fictlmi. 'fbe ar ce.iiO!iaiI to aduilr iiion. t,r she pes ;t!y ansi an heir-. and in both .fti. s r4 much of ; hut. though a ?jrrr;J and wU'fitf, froU, wrt ... i - z lt t war. sh wsa seait Bn. ;J, s-i was as bright sad lovable I girl as was to be found in the metropolis I or cotton. For tha nevt two day. TTne-h Carson I j .- bl" m w lhe nutter or I V. 1 l I r . brhlnd Rarmonth "'ITiat rising tide has ei ven her a ti leht," he said to himetf, "and they've taken to the hills. R uber a nn!ance, because I have done with these tints and shall be doing the hills myself. However, thry are extensive enouzh without runnins against each other, as we alway seemed to oe doing nere." In fact, as Huzb and his acquaintances took their meals at about the same hour. and both came In at the verr last moment before tbem, It is not singular that each day tltey had, either moraine afternoon or recinc met at least once In the qntt-t l street ; and each time Hnjfrt raise his hat. Miss Herbert bowed tffgidly,' and her Htt!e cousin nodded brightly. Once when lie na&sed the door of tlif Ir lodzine. Jnt as they were going In. the child ran acrom the road a htrr comin entereii, and iMit her hand into hi, and talked to him tor two or thre minutes, and convi-re-J to htm the thanks ot her iiianiiii::," who was not strong, and did not go out much, tor having cjirrleil her a ncross tlie thle. For' the next three days Hugh Carson was en - Cnged in painting a iiictiircsque old farm house lying far on tlie hill. The subject was a good one aud be set to produce a finished picture on the spot, ami worked at it from early morning, as long a th light lasted, makiue bi breakfast and lunch ot milk and bread and cheese obtain ed at tlie larm house. TJnon tlie third evening he was returning from his work, walking along the edge of the hill, looking down upon tlie sea. when be came upon the little girl lying on the ground, crying bitterly. Why. little one, what is the matter ?" Tlie child, who bad not Iward him ap proaching, leaped to her feet, and unon seeing who it was, a iook ot pleasure flash ed id oss her tear-stained face. "Oh, please sir, do beln me ! Cousin Amy baa tumbled down the hill !" "Good gracious, child, wheie ha she fallen?" Hugh said In horror: for the spot wliere they stood was above one of the steepest slope between Barmouth and Harlt-cb. 'Down there, sir : she was Dickinc a flower whe.i she slipped : and I cau't set at lier, but can see her." And the ehild led the young artist to a point further on, where I he plateau Dro- jected, ami the face of the hill where Amy had fallen was visible. The slope where she had slisned was very steep, but beciuie even steeper lower uuwn. luen a rocky ledge projected, and below it an abrunt nrccii.iee soma fiftv leet high. Amy Herbert lay on the ledge. 6lie had rolled down on to it, and had evidently struck her head, for he was iu- ensiuie. nil ledge was some three feet wide; and. front the position in which the girl lay. It was probable that at the flrt inoveiuerit made a she came to she would roll over the edgi. AH right, little one : don't crv : I will get to cousin Amy. She has hurt herself, Out I dare say sbe will be all right when I get to tier." . Hugh spoke clieerfully. but he was bv no means sure mat (lie elrl wa not killed. lie looked closely at the grassy slope. It wa easy enough to slide down" ; but there was no getting up again. He was fully v mile and a halt from tlie town ; but -he dared not run tor aid, for if tlie girl par daily recovered ane mirfit be dasberi to pieces betoie bis return. It was evident that he must slide down to he". But tlie child puzzled him. He wa afraid to send ner to tne village by herself, afraid to leave her alone on the ton : besides, if tliey were to stand on that ledge till help came it would be much more nleawmt wlih tlie child there, both for Amy and himself. lAxk here, Piusy," he said, after j miume's th mh, -will y.,u he a eood quiet little girl, if I take you with me down to cousin a my if ' v- Tbe child tiodted seriousiy. licre goes, then." he said ; "now you take hold ol my hand very tiijlit, and we will go down as Cr a we can, , then we'll lie down on the grass ; yon put your arms round my neck and we will .slide down So It wa done not without danger but Mugn waastiong and steady ; aud lying n bis fitce, with one arm . round the child. fte held on to the tufts of era and let himself slide a gently as he couVI. Still bis heart beat fast for an instant, wben, on reaching the steepest point of tlie slope. iney slipped down with a rush the last fifteen feet to the ledge wliere Amy lay. nair over the brink ot the sheer fall heUr "Now, Pussy, you sit down quiet while . see to cousin Amy. ' .-, Very anxiously the young artist lifted the girl's bead from the grass. There was a little pool of blood below It. wi.iei. nad nowed from a wound just above the ear. He put hi fingers to her wrist, and, after a minute ot anxious susnensinn. h. felt very faint flickering pulse. "Thank God 1" he murmured devoutly. Then he took out a whisky- flask aiul ponred a few drops between the clinched teeth. Again and again he did this, the child ail he time sitting perfectly auiet and watching with quief, frightened eyes. Presently the girl sighed faintly. 'Take bold of cousin Amy's band." Hugh said, "and when you see her open ber eyes tpeak to her eentlr. Tell her to lie still, put your face close to hers, so tbat she mar see you when she oiiens her eyes. Hugh was sitting on tlie ground support ing the elrl. whose head rested on his shoulder. Presently there was a move' ineiit of the eyelid and theu slowly and languidly the eyes opened. "There, cousin Amy. you are better now. Lie anite auiet. You have turt yourself, ami must be vary good."" The eyes expressed recognition and a aint wonder, and then closed aetitn. Hugh walked a little and tlien poured a few more drops of whisky between her lips. This ttme the effect waa more decided. . She moved, shook her head and tried to avoid the mouth of tlie fl.uk. Then she looked up ngiin. "What is it ?" she said faintly. "What are you doing ? Where am I ?" "Yon must be qutet and good." the child said positively. "Yon must not move, the srentleman savs so." This time tlie speech waa vaguely undi-r- stjod, lor she looked beyond the child's face to that ot Hneh.. closed her evc again, a it she doubted thorn, looked again, mid then she mnd nu effort to raiie her head. Then flush siioke. ireutfv but decidedly : "My dear young lady, you must lie quite quiet. You have fallen down and hurt yoiirseli. and you are taint and weak You are quite safe where you are. bnt ynu cannot move, tor we re on the side of the hill, and inut wait till help comes. Your cousin is here with you. Klsa her. Pussy." Amy Herbert lUtened in a sort of con fused wonder. She did not understand In the least, except that she was told to be qutet in firm authoritative tones, . such as had not been addressed to her since she was a child. The warm kiss of her little cochin seemed to assure tier that all was right, and with a little sigh she closed her eyes again, and waa soon breathing quiet ly. Then the child turned to Hugh. "Amy's gone to sleep. My nams Isn't Pussy, but Ida Ida Herbert," "All right. Ma. I'll call you so In fu ture. Now, Ida, when you stand up. can yon see the road down below there ?" "Fust see it." the child said; "but it Is geti ing dark. When are we going home ?" 'I am afraid we are not going home to night, Ida. Certainly not unless some one comes along that road, - and there Is not much chance of that." "Where are we to sleep f " Ida asked in surprise. "We must slepp just where we are. Cousin Amy w'll sleep here, and you shall cur! up close to me and lay vour head dou't ngalutt me on the other side, and I think you'll be cold." "But I want supper before I go to bed." "Ah you can't have supper to-night, Ida ; but it will lie great fun, you know, sleeping out liere for a bit, and I expect that presently your mamma'will send peo ple out to look for you, and then we shall hear them shout and we shall shout back again, and then they'll come with some ropes and iip we shall go to tlie top. Now shall I tell you a story ?" - "Oh. yes. please." Ida said, delighted. "Will you sit quiet by me, then ? and when you fee! sleepy you just lay your i i .. , . neau uimii hiiii ou u Sleep. I Will go on with my story till you're asleeu : but we must talk very low, else we shall awake cousin Amy." For an hour he told stories of fairies aud enchanters, and then the little head leaned gradually against his waistcoat, ami in tlvi mlnntes he stopped in tlie middle of Ids narrative. Then Amy Herbert spoke I am cot asleep ; I have been awake for some time., and have been thlnkimr You are the gentleman who rescued Ida off ttie roiks. are you not ? ' "Yes." Hugh said. "I thought so. Now. please, how came you and Ma here, and where are we, and why don't we go home t "You rolled down a steep eraasy slope on to a ledge. You struck your head in falling, and were insensible for a time. came up, and rhnuld have run oft" lor assi tance, but I feared it you moved before came back you would fall over another fifty feet, so I took Ida and slipped down to you.'s. "O't I move " the girl asked, present ly. 'Are yotr uncomfortable ?" ' "No," she said, thyly. "Then you had better He still," Ilneh said decisively. "The ledge is very narrow and you are weak, and I dare say elddr. for you lost a great deal ot blood. So you really might fall over if yon sat up. With my arm round you, you are quite safe And Hugh emphasized the tact by draw ing ner still more closely to him. Her slight figure yielded to the pressure, and ith a little movement, which was very like the nestle with which Ida had oretac- eci ner subsidence to sleep. Amy Herbert .... lay quiet, and In a very few mlnntes Hugh was sure from her regular breathinir that she too was asleep. "It must be nearly 10 o'clock." Hmrh said to himself . "I should think we ought very soon to get out of this.4 The old lady will be fidgety at half-past 7. alarmed at half-past 8, and by half-past 9 sheoueht to have all Barmouth out with torches. But women are so long before they set about a thing in earnest. Tbey bertn to flriot long before a man does ; bnt they don't set to work to take decided steps: Still, searcners ought to be out by this time ; I am beg Inning to feel horrible cramped. I suppose some fellows would like this sort ot thing, but t dou't see any point io it whatever." In another quarter of an hour Hash saw eevcral lights coming along the road be- low, and could hear faint shouts, which seemed to be echoed by a party proceed ing along tlie bill. They -Were moving but slowly, tor there were lights half way up ttie race, aud tliey were evidently searching very eareftuty. Tlie wind waa from them, and it was useless for Hugh to try and return flitir shoots. Gradually tliey got nearer, and he determined to make an effert. but to do so it was necessary to stand up. He moved slightly, and tlie elder girl moved also. -Wake up, please," he said ; help Is at liaiid." : She raised herself up. "I do think I have been asleep. I feel ever so much better." "I will stand up to shor.t." Hugh said "Will you lean back against the hill P I will lay your cousin down with her head in your tap. She is as somid aa atop Now tor It!" And; standinfi 4p. Hugh gave a shout with all the power of his lungs. There was a pause to tlie movement of the lanterns, and then a shout. Jr "HaJlo-a-a !" Hugh shouted again this way !" Rapidly the lanterns came flitting along the rood they were down in front of them. "Here we are ! here are the ladies !" Hugh shouted. "Any one hurt ?" Not much ; bnt we can't get either up or down. You must let a rope down for us from above. Here we are" ; and Hugh struck a match and lighted a large piece of paper. "Have the party above gut ropes V Tliere was shouting backward and for ward, but the party above bad not got ropes. 'Send back for tbem at once," Hugh shouted. t4and be sure and tell the lady that no da ma ire is done here." How do you feel now ? I wa going to say cousin Amy;" he laughed ; but I really haven't tlie pleasure of knowing your name." "Amy Herbert?" K 'How do yon feel now. Miss Herbert ?" I feel weak aud rather headachy," she said ; "but there Is nothine really the matter with me. W hat an escape I have had f " "Yes, you had a narrow sqneak of it," nugh said frankly ; just another pound or two of impetus and you would have gone over the ledee. She wa silent and be went on : 1 Do you object to smoke t Because if r yon don't I should renlly like to light my "Not at all," Amy said. "There's something comfortable about a pipe," Hugh said wben It was fairljr alight ; "somehow one can talk wben one gets a pipe alight." "I think men can talk at all times." Amy said, with a flash of Iter usual spirits. "some men can," Hugh said. "I can talk with men ; but do you know, some how I cau't talk with women ? . I can talk with you now liecause I dout see you. aud because I am smoking ; but I should feel horribly uncomfortable if I met vou in the morning." "I did not know any men were shy with women, nowadays," Amy said. . ' "Shy ?" Hugh repeated. Well. ye. I suppose it Is a sort of shyness with . me. I never had any Misters, aucTso. you see. I never got in the way or talking with glrte. It is very annoying sometimes, and make people think me a bear. I suppose you thought so. You mut have doue so." "Yes," Amy said. -I did think yon rather a bear. I am not accustomed - to shy young men, and simply fancied you did not want to speak to Granger. And now, please tell uie exactly whit happen ed, because I shall have to tell aunt, and I have only a contused idea of what ha tak en place." Again Hugh told her the fact. "Ilien I owe my life to you," the girl said, when be had finished. "I really don't think you do." Hugh said in a matter of tact way. ! question very much It you wou'd have come round out ot your faint before I could ha"e brought lielp f roui Barmouth. However, of course I acted for tin best, ar.d it avoided all risk I tier e was no danger lu getting down to you ; the little one and I slipped down as easily as possible. If I thought yon were going to tell me to-morrow that yon were very grateful, or anything of that sort. give you my honor I'd zo rleht awav bv the coacli to Carnarvon The girl felt by the tone of Hugh's voice that tliere was no affection about him tbat he really felt what he said. "I may just say "thank you' now P" she asked quietly. "Yea, just 'thank you, "he said ilzhtlr. "If I were a man you would shake bauds over it ?" the girl asked. "Yes," Hugh said. "Please give me your hand He stooped down and she put her hand into his. Thank you," Io a deep, qutet, earnest voice. . Then as be rose again, she went on in a changed voice. ' . "Now mind, it hi a bargain. We have shaken bands on it. I am not to be grate ful, and you are not to be afraid of me. but re juct to be as natural with me as with ida." - That ia a bargain," Hugh said, with a langb. "I don't think I shall feel shy with you io tlie future. I never talked so much with a woman in my life. - I suppose it a Decause l can;i see your taoe." "I don't know whether to take that tor a compliment or the reverse," Amy laugh- ea. "Tlie reverse, of course," Hugh said, laughing too; "compliments are not In my line. Ah, here they are with the rope They have been precious quick about it." And A my Herbert felt there waa a real compliment In the tones in which he spoke "Now you mast wake Ida. How soundly she sleeps ! Now let me help you ou to your feet." r.ven wun ine aid or tne rone ic was a work ot considerable difficulty t get Amy Herbert up to the top of the slope; for she waa weak and shaken, and unable to do much to help herself. At last it was managed ; and theu she was helped down a steep path close by the road beloiv, where - a carriage from the hotel was waiting for them. 'Will yea co ae up and see my aunt I" Amy asked, aa they stocned at - tl "Not to-night, thank you -A will come lu the morning to see how you are after the shake; and please," he saUV'tell your aunt of our bargain. It would be awful to come up to be thanked." woou-nlK:it," the girl said, "I won't forget. Come early. Now, Ida. come along ; yon will soon be iu bed. a nt . , . i w o mom n wter JUr. Herbert was walking up and down his breakfast room in a towering passion. Ainr was sitting in a great arm-chair.' "It l monstrous. It is incredible." Mr. Herbert exclaimed. "Here you, for whom I have looked for a capital match, who re fused three of the very best men in the district last year, are away for two month and a half at this beggarly Welsh village, and you come back and deliberately tell me uai you nave engaged yourself to an artist, a fellow I never heard of." "Dear old daddy," Amy said quietly. 'don't get angry about it. Come and sit down and talk it over reasonably, as vou always do thing with me." i-xo, no. Amy. l know what your reasonable talking means. I am net to be coaxed or wheedled or made a fool. It's all very well when you want a pair of new Iiouies or anything of tliat kind you have set your mind on ; but there Is a limit to everything." ell, but we must talk this question over, daddy." "Not at all, not at all i 'no talk is neces sary. You teU me you want to marry this fortune-hunting artist. I say at once 1 won't hear of it ; that it's out ol the ques tion ; that I will not hear a single word about such a ridiculous affair." "acw. why should you cull him a for tune hunter r" Amy said, seizing at once upon the weak point. "He has not an Idea that there is any fortune in the case He saw me staying In poky lodclnzs at Barmouth, and beyond the fact that I live at Manchester, he knows nothing. He tells me that he has enough tor us to live very quietly. In addition to hi profession So. you see, he can't be called a fortune hunter." "Well, well. It makes no matter. The thing is monstrous, and I will not hear ' ol It." "Well, daddy. I will do Just as you like. and won t ay any more about it new but. of course, to-morrow I must talk about it. because it I out of the question that slmuld break my word which I have given, and should make him so unlsappy. and be awfully unhappy myself. So I shall have to talk about him, and you will have to iisteu i tie rattier bad sat down now uei-auc iiioucu. as my papa, you have a perfect right to say, ! will not consent to your marrying this man,' still, you know. I must talk about a thing which is making me very unhappy. And it will be so much belter and nicer, daddy," and site went over to him now ami sat heraelf down on hi knee, with her arm- aroand bis Deck Ills knee, with her arm aroand bis neck. J" gve in at once. Because, you 1 . know, you can't keep in a naughty semper wun me long ; and, besides, yon would be very unhappy It I as unhappy ; and at last, you know very well, 'you will have to give up being cruel and cross, and will tell me to be happy my own way." "Amy," tier . lather said, trying to look very stern, "I have spoiled you. I have allowed you to tvranlze over ma No, daddy, I can't allow that certain ly not tyranize. . , . , 1 ,ui ZZTJZJZ u nave oeen as nappy as I own good, and you have been as happy as tne day Is long -f' in "And now," he eon tinned, Ignoring the protest, "I am to reap the reward ot mv roily. 1 hat you should have married man 01 nign ran it t expected ; had you married a first-rate man of business I would have been contented. But an artist 1 "Well, daddy, we won't ' talk any more about it to-day. Now I'll Just smooth those naughty crosj wrinkles, and I II klSS I - - . .... I " jvur i nose. There, now it woks like Itself. There ! 10 o'clock striking, and you not I 7,M' 1 PfT0UUpt0 ,UnCb- . ... ..... i , , bo Mr. Herbert went off shaktmr his I h-. ..i..K k .,i.r at heart, very doubtful & to hi. power'of .., OOSSVB MlbllUUKII BfrlS UT ICf I U 1 1 TflX. 1 1.t... a . wm'n i . . vwwwra-rw. n,iBf v aaaaa liCVMI Binila I turn, and wrote her first letter to nnh. Tbe following sentences sltow that ah. hH no aouoc wnatever oa tne subject i uaaav aoes not take nnir. Lini the notion aa vet. R 4ivM.it t . ( .uuw you. i.i T: i , ora co me upon ...iu m .iitic auuucuiy ; ou ne is the very world, and In a very few aeys be will see -1" H '!i . r,fcM "Kn. It Is no ose yonr writing or coming to tee me here till this day week tn havo huwiki.. 7 I will let you know what !L .in :. . ;i "..vvu' j- It is to be presumed that Amy thorougly understood her rather ; but at any rate it was exactly that day week that Hneh Car son, having obeyed instructions, aad got out at the station directed, five miles from Mancliester, was a little i surprised and much disappointed atnotseetnsr her noon the platform. "Your luggage, sir I Ate yon the ?en- ticman for the Hawthorns? Yery well. sir, I will send up the portmanteau. Miss Herbert Is In the pony carriage." "Bless me, Amy.' Hmrb said, after the first greeting as they drove off, "you used to talk about vour pony f ran. bnt this turn out is pretry enough to attract attention In ttie park, Amy," and be loosed at her with a ptiEzleri glance, "you're not swell. i -----"'v.i Smi.-w, Tuureuoi) aweu, areyo,, --because that would be dreadful." Ten. Mlirn, twin a swell nmuu having lot of money, I suniiese, 1 am one. ror mraoy rmm lore wpoir Jpots.-i He's got cotton mills, you know. But there's noth ing dreadful In that." low ought to have told ma. Amy. nugn said a little gravely. "Fasti fere." toe ariil said- rn .,., first place, it waa nlee to know that you fell in love with me without knowing wliether I had a halfpenny ; In the second place, yon would yery likely have run away If you had thought I was rich ; and w you the truth. Master Hmrh. I had co idea of letting you run away. There. Hugh, there's ttie house ; isn't it Drettv ?' "It's almost a palace," Hugh said in dis may, "Xes;and there's Dana at the door waiting to greet you. Now look oulte pieasant and bright. Hugh, for, of course. I want him to like you almost as much as i uo." TinsUg't Magazine. Byaapasfcjr. A country school, and the children came tbronglug in. The usual effort was made to arrange them into dasse. and soon order prevailed. It waa Mr. f?h... second term; he thoroughly believed what he taught, and practiced it, too. He had just told the scholars that every one should be treated kindly, and that uo distinction should be made on account of aim),.. when the door opened, and a tall, ragged, unprepossessing lad entered. Instantly toe wnoie scnool Oegau to laugh. Evident .. . ... ly he was the butt of the eat ire district. Mr. Roberts bade him welcome, atid luvi ted him to read. He found tbat he wa ignorant and sadly nezlected. A Door little 'testament was his only scboolbnok. it took the lad but a short time to find out that tlie teacher was ou Ids side. Said he 'I thought I would come, for I saw von Dy tne other day, aud thought you would give me a lift. The boy and girls leugh at me, but I don't mind tliat; but I cau't stand the stones so well." "No one shall hurt you," said the teach er. When he returned to bis boarding olace. and when good Mrs. Deacon Smith beard mat cue "big Kelley boy" had entered school, she laughed. why, Mr. Roberts. I wouldn't ham sucn a uoy in scuooi ; the family are as ignorant as savages. They live down bv tne creek, and tliey are a dreadful set." Years passed. The teacher was working .. . . . . in a large city, and saw a face that looked ramuiar. yet he could not "place" the gentleman. His fine clothes, hi elegant goiu-neaaeu cane, bis manly bearing, were all strange. But it was no other than the pupil he had sympathised with and be friended; and it was tbat sympathy that savea mm. A Peeallar CMrl. When a girl concludes to put nu her hair and make herself look sweet, the best policy Z Wn " .u S"y ?rmn ber mlrror hy any or ine ordinary thing of this life. A fire will sometimes do It, but it has been shown that even a fire may tall to excHe some girl. 1 be other nlebt a New York lodg ing-house took fire and at a most uncom fortable hour when most girls probably nave tttrir back bair down. One ot the young ladies heard tbat tlie piece was burning down, but she didn't feel like ma king her appearance before the crowd which had gathered in the street look in? uiau;.oua,iuui tne ooor I l,,g lnt haU tokep OHt the flame and went tn I.r mi,nu I like perfect tneht. She shut th aud . went to her mirror tn At- h 3. hoi. Anybody who has waited for a girl to fix ber hair knows that it takes time and a great deal of it. TbU cirl wasn't nv quicker than the average and she was very particular about bavttuc her hair done nn exactly as It should be. The lire had cut off her chances of escape by the stairs, and ner lover, after appealing to ber for aon me, nnany lost His patience, and .got Elr..nn .a . .. . . I l vlthrM h A V J "v.. a uieinau vol UD to tne room on a ladder, and .1,. . . ,lt the edreof th 1. lrll . "I wait ribbons for a right sort o, pubac..',: iiiKrju liter nairiiiiift nt - 7' "wirew uerself Into his arms It wa an . -- -""-"" u aim aown the imil flt Wff-ffi him 11.1 . whom th W . . - - .ivH auweas; out WIT tha AaaA.I landed on the cavemeut ah tnnnH that I n Mfl forgotten ber stockings. Tbe Fall I the banner Democratic nre- cmcs in the couuty. Here Is tbe status of Cascades Lock: Stores, shops and dwell ings, 10; saloons, including a building soon to be occupied, 12. - Saloon majority, , ienioeraiio maiority ol voters, 103. The official rote ot Mississippi shows Hancock's vote to be 75,S2 ; Garfield. 34,844 ; Weaver, 6,783 ; scattering, 670. Wsmt Women Should Knew. Dr. B. W. Richardson. In a Tectnre deliv ered at the Sanitary Congress, Exterr' England, on "Woman a . Sanitary fie lormer. opens a new field for the exercise of female talent. He advocate that ladies should be sufficiently versed In anatomy and physiology to understand the general construction and mechanism.-' tli hnmsi frame, as well as the: naturo ;of different foods and the methods best adapted W making them digestible' and nutritious. If women understood the effect of well-s-leeted ahments on the growth of the body ' In youth diseases such as rickets, with its bowed legs and crooked spines, would, ac cording to the opinion of the eminent lec rarer, disappear from the land. The caul tary "ang.l in the house" should undetv stand the laws ot ventilation as well as the method of houae-wartmugsasid the f t-. feet of bent an ld.I;sW8jUois!d also be, familiar" with th position of the drain and know something about the principle . or drainage; she should- be able to act. tha tT hue of wall-paper which indicates the presence ot arsenic and be sufficiently In formed concerning tbo , water anpplied to the household, to direct, ir necessary, how impure water may be tuade, wholesome and potable. A, knowledge of the use ot disinfectants should, also constitute a pa it of her education; and. In short, a, fair In formation concerning the enemies of the healtK of the household, with the wcapeua which would drive them , from the" door, would.be not the least valuable of lier ic complishmcnt?. f . .. v A Fasti iik C.ir. A case of fasting Im occurred in Nap county, whlch,while not quite a long aa the fast of Dr. Tanner, is still more remark able as the subject neither ate nor drank for over four weeks. The hero or this re markable feat is a- vearliiur ealf. th. property ot A. B. Swartout of Conut val ley. The animal had failed to coma homo "everal days before Mr. - Swartout mad any search tor him, and then all effort were fruitless to discover the hereabout of his calfskin and he was finally given op for Iofi. About four weeks- thereafter, ahile out huntinsr with his son, Mr. Swar-' tout ran acrosc the animal in a deep, nar- . row gulch, which had been formed by tba" caving In of the bank of t rrek. It ap pear that the calf must have been feeding on the edge of the bank when he accident ally fell Into the ttulch, and io " falling he straddled the root ot a tree growing oa th ' bank, and was there suspended In suctt m": manner that he could not extricate himself" nor lie down. - In Shto fsntttonrne-bad Ve-.: malned for over four weeks, and wheu ouud was still alive, ife was hauled oat of the pit, given water and food, and baa, now entirely recovered from tbe terrible sufferings he must have endured. American Enterprise. lhe American transcontinental raiTway llues merit honorable mention for tlie great enterprise tliey bave or late manifested to . competing with the Suez route in carrying; the European and Australian mails. Spec i! fast trains are now the order or the day at both ends or the land route, when tliey are needed to connect with the New , York or San Francisco ocean steamers; and thero la not much room foi doubt that tbe Ameri can lines from Australia by way of thi city and New York can; beat the time of -the Suez line to English ports. It is cer , tain that the route which can carry the malls quickest Is that which will ultimate ly secure most ot the passenger traffic. " The American route can be traveled a, least a day and a half quicker than It now is, by a reasonable increase of express- trlna over the ro1d butTe'1 Frlseo- Chlcogo; and that Is au Improvement trains over the road between 'Frisco and for wmcn it is to 00 noned the railway man. agers will soon receive the thanks of the public ! , - Railroad Proci-em as the SjMSt. The Sotitltern Pacific Railroad Is laying side tracks at Gage, twenty miles east of the Miembres river. New Mexico. Oage will be the base of supplies for aeroe time, and is 199 miles east of Tucson, and l,m from San Francisco. - Travel from the ast Arizona is already Increasing A letter from So o theGuaym. S ,,. -. . to Arizona is already increasing. Arizona Kftllrond ears ."-T hrMrrm is completed from Ardella Island to - r the main land, and a new town baa been lahl out on tbe shore, f Forty miles of road have been graded, and sixty miles more are under contract, completing tlie line to uerraosiiio. Half a mllo of track has been laid at Punta Arena, one locomotive and twentv and 1.800 tons of steel rail have been land- r - . HH cu, iiu more are on tne way. xne road will be completed and running to Ilermo sllloby April." English university professor do not gee very tat snlarlesl The Commissioner at Cambridge have receutly ibsned new stat utes fixing the stipend of the various Chairs. The highest salaries paid are in mathematics, pure and applied, and Chore- ! istry. In each of which the Professor re ceives 4250 pee year. In law, astronomy, modern hUtory, natural philosophy, Latin, physiology and pathology, the pay U tn. even f4f 00 a year, while in some brandies, as aoolngy; anatomy and Sanskrit, the Pro fessor Is paid only f 3000 a year. ; Thwf salaries are much less -tbaii those paid. In Columbia College, New York, where full prolensorshlp Is worth "from $3000 fc 17000 a year, but tliey are far higher thJ4. salaries averasre tlironghntit thcour'-y n first-claa colleges wtiero economy ii aw forced. . ... - .. . n 4 'I I - - S I s i