The state rights democrat., October 16, 1869, Image 1

STATU RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
PUBLISHED KTKRY SATURDAY, BT
BELLINGER & BROWN.
C. B. BSLLIXQGR. J ' M. V. BROWX.
OFFICE IN HANNQN'S BUILDING. FIRST STREET.
TERM?, ix adtaxcr : On jcaf$3; Six Montbs
t2; One Monta,50 els.; Single Cupics, 12 J cts.
: Correspondents writing over a?unicd signatures
or anonj mously, mut raako known their proper
names to the E.litor, or no attention will be given
t their communications.
K Letters ami Communications, whether on
business or for publication, should b addressed to
Sellin?er Jt Drown.
BUSINESS GAUDS.
T. U. IDPItr.' r w ISK.
F. M. R50FIELD & CO,,
CONSTANTLY ON HAND AND RF.CEIV.
J INO a large stock f Groceries and rrTi
.fion. Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigar.
Confcctii nery. Yankee Notion?, etc., etc.
X7holcsalo and Retail.
C-OppiJvtc R. C. Hill 1 Son's DrK Stcre. Al
' bany. Oregon. ocOvSnSyl
J. HANNON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
ALBANY, OUFGON.
OEcs on Main street, opposite Fosters Crick.
J. QITIXX TIIOUXTOS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Albany, Oregon.
TX7ILL PRACTICE IN THE SUPERIOR
aau
a aferi..r Cnrtavf M-ri-n. Linn. Lan.-.
r.emon an
JV!5: J, . ..r;..
n collection., when inaie witau. u.-!U
junl9r4ri4!yl.
Attorney aai Corasllor at Latr,
iTTOK X i: A -i
ALU A NY, OREGON.
ILIGF.NT attention wiii te psrer to all "bii
ne3 in hi line. jan2"v tr.2r.if.
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED V
u ' I
-DP.
Prases t tnike hi r.-.;e? i-r u?nii cr.w!.
Futi Bwrr.ni i,,wcr t f Art. Tcth, &zn
Full uPI,ercr i.er - - ? - ' ,
gZrJ! ti: I
cunin-. :.6 rent t, $!.. Othe- minr ..i-cn.-1
tin- ia pr ta m. itrcs c-. . w.a . ;
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equirakiit. ... .
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Imi'.dinT.
Lrw-K,
Albany, Oregon,
joxi? j. viiit.s;y,
ITTOBSEr A5D COD'SELLOS AT LAW
" and Ilctary raslic.
- Sf-;la! att-r.:i-ni jjirin to ollectic-cs.
- Orncs In las Court llwuse. (
- Albany, Orc'n.
HesHencc. corner of ?ccoal an 1 F.a'xer streets.
anscspr iiaptly attended to,
IHITAISEDEIi S; CO.,
,EALT:R3 IN CEOCESIES AM l'ttu l-
fiijns. Wool an l Willow Ware, Conu-ction-
ery. Tobacco, CI-ar. Pip-. Xotni. etc. fctore
oa Maine street, adjoiniag the Express taceAI
tany, Oregon. geJSyontf
THE EYES! THE EARS!
DR, T. I. GOLDEN,
OCULIST AND AURIST,
ALBANY, 0HEG0X.
i
r, GoHea (a son of the ootid OM Ophthalmic
Poctor, S. C. Uolden). km Lad experience in treat
ing the varkme diseases to wbielx the eye and enr
are ?ubject. aal fyels confident of giving entire
atisfaetioc to thos who may place thenjelvce
finder hu eo-jre. aprl0vln31tf
J . F. nCS3Et,I,
Xtt'j at aw.
JA.MK3 ELKI5S,
Notary Public.
RUS.SEXiIi & ELKI5S,
Office in Parnsa'u &. Co.'s Block. First Street,
ALBANY, OREGON.
'Haying taken iato co-partnership James Elfcins,
Esq., Ex-Clerk of Linn county, Oregon, wo are
enabled to add to our practice of law and collec
tions, superior facilities for
Conveyancing, Examhthg Eeccrds,
-ASD
' Attcndisg to Probate Dullness.
Deeds, Bonds, Contracts and Mortgages carefully
drawn. Homesteadand Pre-emption papers made
and Clrduis secured. Sales of Real Estate negoti
ated, and loans effected on Collateral securities on
reaaanable ratei., . ,
All business entrusted to them will be promptly
attended to. RUSSELL & ELKIXS.
.Oct. 6, 186$ v2n4Btf . v
1 SAMUEL DENNY,
UlSrDEBTAKER,
ASD DEALER IX
ALL EIND OF CACIKDT' WARE!
ALBANY, OREGON.
Store on First street, nnder the Df.moceat Office.
' .' , Albary, Oct. 1, 186S v4n7tf.
JOB XYQ IS It Ntly And cheaply done a
wr.l otten i to all business entrusted to him hr I left in ner long, lean arms i prevent '. together. I lie op 1. i d the ro oa Joi.r for hor, and low you to 1j so fool Uh."
clti23nat.f iv.k and adjoining cuuntu-. n . jitsbeiEg blown away, oiiVred a sliver There m'ght be .1 better world, she m hen .in ,ni the Heps, u.od fr a "1 will I mtmtV" nlie said ; nnd the
Eoia.Juiyls.isc:. 1"! ! threepence to the toll-man at the gate. ; thought ; the re couldn't be v. wo:ve. I u wui m au-rv aiaazon.ent at th.i .wr.o ! littlo white teeth were set determin-
nmr-. rnrvT'-rnnn? KrFr?ivTF'T i A bright hre was blazing 111 the ht-j The God who made he weuhl for-:beb.r? Uh-.i. lately, and a Htmnge delianee fl
-i vr It j 'iii MX ' I ! f i;ovr ilER-' ioo:-eosy autt warm it looked gnc- ner if mk- were doing wrong. ,u,V Aj old man, bareheaded, was strug-1 the uoh-t eyes. -It will be too late
A annoaVhoSaVtiamPo ...iW addrf. compared with toe ureannos without; :i wild w-rc am, mingled v. ith the sougi;-' -ting wii!i two of the men-servants of U" tlie morning."
Libanm. ' J. w. MACK. and the nan as ho held his coat tigut ing wiml, ra the cold waters pan d i tin? i..u -e, gesticulating iolentlvJ "You will go, and in these traj-
T3a45ly Co. Sfliool Supcrmtmucct. ,Up to hw liuck to sliield him from the ; f,:.r a moment, and then wt-ui rhph:i:v v.hilo u .;:all A-owd oi ctiHom lihteii-lp"1 h panted contemptuous-
' 7 " TTVt, I piercing blast, looked askance at the ;;qdadiir.g on. over a broken h .trt. jeri, -dh.-:ted bv the r.rrour, merely t the vfotvh of lace, that 'floated
S. A. dU.i.NN wayfarer who had interrupted hint. I A p?d:,H:,iu:i h trd that screr-m r.s'.rvinniu" ami lan 'hi::" and shoutii"iai'liI her fttirv fonn, the pearUarui
Albany, o.-c ion. nit. E. II. tsitlF-i. j ixo- ueiorc ckUvcring her i diange. bin-; heaven. :hir vou create a' disturbance in a'nund, Constuiiee," said Mr. Power, "let, 1 will tell you all," replied
itee. so.ir! -diduc seem exactly like pauper;) A fortnight later, a::d another night; respectable neighborhood ! I will havo j when he .iw hhe was determined;' Pauline, striving (oraino herself in
. II. CKAXOII, jthere were signs of the white, iu-uvdiin London a -oft, brxiuv, 5-f.;ing': vou impmor.td. - j" gfungfiat this time of night to lis-j bed. "I must quick. I know there's
iT-vrr ' ivn'mrvsnn" T T X & 'hoi's outline he could scarcely ! night, when mvriad oi ghttcr-i "I'ikn me if vou will," cried theitn to the rh.mHd;c-s of a dving wo-jnot much time." Then she snatched
AfiUtiJLl m) LJULWa ii uf,c.atc!l through the dark wavv hair, ling tan Ihrhfcd theheavenwUh their man earnently ; "but letmo speak one! man." ' ' her hand from Miss Power's g rasp.
ftrrfr Ti Norcrs3Brifc Eoildins,!-tasr5. which was ntlshed ill such disorder be-'br!ittv. avid shor dov.-tt nwi ilifi'ii-nrd t flw. i,,tt. l...lf. ;,'. f.. 4'..J W!.eh U thr- r.mii ?itfd " fcb.A w. "Ddti't touch rrf." dm t-r'r.A' of,..
r:. w. f;mv. E. I), a..
GaATJAiT -"'CF Clvrt;fivAT! COITAL CDU'Gc. tbatit5t weil a; vou;' . e ;iemi we re all iiluminad. and : k.-pt bv his side. "I'm in mv sober cab, it will attract less attention." havo led a different life. Thev told
!" tr-rr T..ri-,. ' T "',.flV- nr.rrn. 'TaKc caro you don t get Oloval over hand-ome dir,.:olute men stood -on the senses; uud I know what I want. I A short time afterwards a cab drew yon, didn't they, I Tried to drown mv-
iAilVD the brmgee urneutneman; "diero'steps or at the open windows. disetucK-; want to :,ee Mb Power." np before a dingy-looking house in a It was an awful sin; but I was
Operafi.nT. to ?irc hiui a rail. i w'lnel cnougxi to tio it. jing tiie ivn new opera or the charac- "It -is one of theno beggarly pauners namw dirt v street running panillel !nven mad. Yes, I'm wrn- now. Miss
Specimens af Vaieanite ifcss with zAd plate I "There .s no such luck," retoritd ter their female friend' when in ! Conatanco is so fond of," IhoughtMr. j with the river, on the south side of Constance. They havo been so land to
ielthifn 2Xr?Q hitcn?' !P'3tl1 tlon'i conio to. j he alleys and corners of the old me-; Power. "Thk is the fruit of hulies go-i tho Thames, and a man descending here the poor old man aud his
t?-;.v '!r.rOr(..i,,n. ! those who soc-K it. tro)oh:i, ?null tliieve:;, with ehildren'a'itiL' about violin'.' fho ;iclrn. m.i.iV,v. . from b? bov iA . ,,! wife. And thev showed me how wick-
Pr:'63r3u3ttf want's to setii it. I supxo;ja you're their tndawftil rade, nnd from out the! will promise to ro awav ouietlv. I vvill! "Wait for me here." Raid Cotmco!
L rLI,s 8Z horne . jeroirieiou: fcplenrtorof the,gin-pa!a-Iety
c. E-: ' "' The woman dw nernelf up. ices, that, like enchanted mansions in !that moment a hand was placed upon 'oceasion for you to come inside."
PtoxJ ci. i'" "nats that .o you V trie fir.rc.i the Arabian Myhft, seemed eloublvlhhi arm, and a f;oft voice- questioned i "Ihit master said, miss "
AJiunbtx aau " .'y,rrr..t,PnV 7 : - - - ', 7 : t . " .nwj.,,, ii i.iu i.i uii- jiiiutn, iiiiiiaio.' 4. am our misiress, .replied con-
LX WASD SOLICITOUS l clfACEh i . where Im goisg Caat you give rose er;cordant voi-es, holMsh laugh- ' At the door ste)M Con stance, in her stance haughtilv, do as vou te
(Xm rasa, notary PawUc.) jme the money and let .me go, and not t;er, mingling.' with tho pure, ?il ill air. snenvy opera-cloak and golden hair, told."
A LBANY, Ore-on. Colkctwns ant cnrej-1 me litre in this villainous rainVj There werell;-;hts in one of the larfo: ber vcet-. evr-'s limw ,1 wmulIn-rlv .. Tlr mVI c-bvl- .'i.v. n 7i i,
. rr.f'jSET.T.OTls ATiout. V hat bu.-ir-e.-.a ij; if. nr voor; ri-.-ron'' rtfr.id t:i i tn-fr..j orf,....l j "t, ;.. it... 1:11: . i- i n
VOL. V.
uoixu 110.111:.
A wci, dismal nighta night when,
tempted by tho .first warm days of
spring, people who had left oil fires
looked dubiously at their polished
grates, and shuddered as the rain beat
heavily against tho windows and tho
wind howled in tho chimneys anight
when not a star was visible, when tho
gaslights dickered and lluttered in
misty, uncertain manner, and the pave-
incnt was covered with a greasy ag -
glutination of slime aud mud a night
when sudden gusts took pedestrians
u most oil., luru im, u;m m'ih mi
blinding drizzle into their faces till
they could hardly see their way; when
umbrellas were a myth, and water-
proofs a fond delusion; and a light
fog, strongly suggestive of sore throats
and rheum tism, hung over theinftrshy
districts of London.
Three o'clock ill tlie morning, audi
en Waterloo J5ridge-T-silence over the
rreat city the great dark hive that;
loomed so grimly agriinst tho leaden
sky, while the busy biains of ever-j
restless men kept feverish watches
through the small hours. lifo. She knew. (bd knuws hov: bit-
Not a sound save the splash, spl.v4i l( rly.-that II H h h! high carnival dur
of the river, as it swept under the ; h;g tho.-.t? mldnl'du hu:r, ai:d that
cold stone .aveiies. sueiung and lieumg:
the piers witn its feti, nungry
i . ,
tongues; the Uistant rumble i aipAighed over th rum of immort
m rket-waon or a lioine-returnin'r Hfiitls.
cab; or theeuimcsof the city churehes, j
! telling how time was passing away. j
w iiu garaifxu:i taai naruiy proieeieu
11.. 1 t
her from the rain, a shawl so thin r.mPthe parapet, her hum! thoKo thinjrr. - vou had better into the hlrarv.
j nigged that itreouired all the strength
i bridge on in. warm summer mgnts
ay, a::d in the l.-itLer winter, too; th
is.vanutcL on
the
water
i,.i?:s, v,h;
thev
lav hud iled to.:eth r.
i v i !
1 some, '1
eons
rxe na.i grown-
quite accustomed ' to the tide ox hu-i
nftiu miry that crc2-1 st clo h to!
;tho: e pocr oi'ca ;ts of hiumuiky, that
jWiien Iiie. yas too nard evg-
: me:
. ,
re it
ncatu
colu, turgiu water-, a nome svmewnerc
jjeiov lueir lyg.au owcuray
H Rll of
sublunary wrete.ieaiie ;s an . vice? ; yet
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fcomvuuig u voma:i: nuuiea
manner, adaed to the lateness of the
!in!i- .', o -.--.. I !... I.-,..1- ..1.
niw.-vw .iii i.iu. i . it.
; iitsuiu me ii.uji uuuijc;.
r i ...... i i
iiu was aKitiu-ZicarvCti man, one v.no
v,,i i. .,,.,t.
uuu j,vtiv ii.iuii !.uui;; ui.;
"It's a bad niht for vou to l e out
m v t n r" " tfT.-il
errible b.ul ni-'ht."
Txie woman drew her shawl tighter
ti--'
rouLd her shiveiin: form.
"You needn't toil rne that," hhe
plid with a gnasiiv
"Weil, it's a bad lool:-oat when, one'
I "Well, you needn't be to sharp..;
Surely u leiiow couia as a civn emes-
tion without being f-napped up like
that. It ain't no matter to mc where ;
you geco.
"Then what did you ask for?" fen;;
retorted impatiently, taking the cop-j
pers ; then, as if she regretted her ,
rudeness; she said more gently : " Yes, j
J pm going home, if that wiii satisfy j
3-0U, feuen A home as it is. Good niglit,
old fellow." ' i
xiiu xiju auu xaui hiiut, uiuaoor 101 .
him; and the wind and rain beat
against tho toll-house windows, like
iA .'m. 9 " ' v. wvt --... vii.i..i5, j:.- Mi.i;t ,iv Wf;i,,H'J v.iU l.-f :JJhi';f, iu tit Ct thlaiUH .O WllW lair 1.1.1V. s M i '' i " , ; 11 ''-I IUr iWWi IIWJv !
I would iluep in the recedes of thexainiy edr;;vt,r;ng t ?;!:;eld LI;u ci;; "I will ;e her ! Pwill see her Ihelwt nmui, and iti tho tresses of her
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angry spirits clamorous for entrance ; brother evidently, by ti.e likeness be
and the wind and the rain sent the twen them as he entered the - rocm
poor wandererfar on to the bridge out
-I . 1. 1.
of his sight.
He sab down again in hfo wooden
arm chair beside the genial lire. He
could not rest, however, but started
nervously as the north wind howled
louder round his little cabin, or a
sound to w'hich his fancy gave a hid
eous shape fell on his listening ear.
Twice he rose ; and peered out through,
the misty panes of glass that constitu
ted the toll-house windows, as if he
c
ould see an3hmg but the dropsof
ain that trickled in miniature rivulets
ram
down the dim transparency ; as if he
could see anything but the murky
daikness, the bitter, cruel night.
"I wish I'd follered her," he mut
tered to himself ; "I'm blest if I don't.
It's quesr to me if she ain't a rum. 'un;
but, dash it! what's a feller to do?"
He couldn't run after ever'- tramp
that chose to go over the bridge, he
thought. With this reflection he en
deavored to soothe : the uneasy mind
that would', not. allow, him . to bo at
peace. , .
And the woman or girl for in spite
of her squalor and misery she looked
youthful even now sped swiftly on
till she reached the . middle of the
bridge. There was no one to stay her;
the recesses were all deserted; she was
ALBANY;
there in darkness, tho silence, the
rain, as lonely as though sho were in
un eastern desert. Alone in tho very
heart of Loudon, inidvvav between
those two great masses of habitations
that stretch on either side the wonde r-
fid regal river. To her left, amidst tho
;Knunt, tall houses, whoso reflection
nmdo the waters blacker still, towered
- St. Paul's Cathedral. Emlands he-
nroos' mausoleum; while far above, far
-p.t tho graceful bridges; with their
!. .venues of twinklin." liirhts. lav the
0 Abbey, in the solemn shadow of
the wiucttmrv. like a voieo from flu
past, with tho holiness of ages around
it. I here were lights m many a win
dow vet. tell ill of those fur whom
their Is no lkrht the sick, the dvini'
( the over-pressed telling of those to
j whom night brinirs no repose, no Hi-r
niiicance, Imt a season for harder "work
ilUclu - d from the ovor-exeiti d l.f:i.m.
The ulcnco was nil exterior. She
; knew well, vagrant tv t h? was. that
then are hundreds of dwellings in
(which ni;:ht v. us the real dav. dnriiL-'
which men work ami toil and iii'ht.
!Conn uer mid fail, in the n-vnt batth- of
whilvt the innocent nml 'tn.d sh-nt the-:
. . '... "
rulns .sieej uf the just, devil iinearnatei
!.-. :
But 11 thi? was nothing r.ow t t ipv.
There war; no hatnl, deul's or au'':l's.;
1 a . , ,' i .
iui nevi!. iit siooit lor a luvment on
attenuat d hands tdenehed tightlvjl
fro:;
Hit
nv mriH nt.- i-tiii - -
eve oa ,
: -
a:ui i i.t
poor
d n; a:d dova U:
:a.i.
are," 1:5-
thought ;
i 4 . i,
-. to ;
a;'
I :u
iru:;k'M:
brawl.
her l:-'.t it out her.-
he
v.ouM A
A ;-,:
i o g,.o,l by iaterferrr:
V- .
.-.iil i . i ti.iat ; i'l'i
;on tii n- snow v wiii-i t.hnitigh imme.-f
urtible.piv-e, thrun::h U.n g,:d,a ,4
of i;g.;t i:u,t, j;ir bev,,ud all b.:::i::u
. . , . ; , i . .
tnoair.'ii, irraiiilki tit' eoijnne:i tii eter-j
nril bli-fS. tiil it woke lit: vhoo.-; ti !!-
i'..i,..l I . ... it. . . .. . i- i
M.ii at i at, iiu. re V- 'ae oi
;e?nn i:i:e tne e :; or
. - .
.tbfttl ;
ridred;;!
X 'rovioence toga;
wf;e:i is
: o;
-br'llh
thronged tlie busv, j
n
:en rarnri'
all of;
women rolled
aio:'' iiie .-ause-
way;i and througit the qu::re, and rin ;
Le.ay d in l: barg-. it :,us.:cu : v. hik- or live votmg ur'ehiuKhUrlt; M-N". no; yon would only bs in tuejnnd voul i can die I can die happy
t iound elv.-e to Lis .u: U.Tin vtivAitrf thu Jrn-..;it:g functionan. exeiaimed hurriedly. ' Do snow."
And ti:e angel: ol God heard that The old man hali-r-r.hatnJted, staggered nsiblo, darling ; lam not afraid j Constaiice was tembly nfectcd, her
s :;:.:a a iL,y hovered over tho idi;-;to the palings. " v;itli Philips. tUi quick dar, and rings tears rolled over tho thin wasted hand
flhrjnied itn pn-i:nt rtnd feathers in t.lr'hood, and that's more than every
rc-.fiue.st thoroughfares of virtuous Lon-
bodies, and old, cunning faces, plied
houses in lielgrave square;, a earriagcj!
and pair stood oeiore tho door; and:
m one of the splendidly, furnished
drawing-rooms within mt a young girl,
In i r i 1 1 e j . i
urcs.sect ior a oau, lasteumg ine hut-
tons ox lier tiny gloves, hlic was very
fair fair with tho jfclo Saxon beauty
so distinctive of our race; a delicate,
aristocratic face, large, dreamy, pansy
eye:? lustrous wavy hair falling over
the white, shinimering silken robes,
like golden sunshine on tho snow-chtd
.tp '
"Beautiful exceedingly" she.iCciijCCi;
and so the fine, tall man thought her
and stood for a moment gazing at her.
rr. ! -1 . . 1 ' 1 1
no sraneu approvingly as, taxing up
her fan and bouquet, S"e advanced to
meet 1 im; and then a shadow of sorae
t ing like 'anxiety fell' over Ids face.
It was gone, however; in' an instant
"I am afraid' we shall be late, Con
stance; it is nearly twelve now; and
Lady Churchill begged us to come
early."
"I am ready, William," she readied;
"but there's plenty of time. We shall
be weary enough before it is over."
And she shrugged her shoulders with
a charming gesture of indifference.
"No revel is complete without ita
quesn," replied her brother gallantly.
"Your adorers will have been fuming
themselves to death for th e last twro
hours, fearing you woidd not come."
"It will dc them good," She replied,
with a laugh, "they will learn wisdom
in time' ' ' ' '
"And Sir' Richard?''- cpiestioncd her
brother, looking earnestly into her
smiling face. ' ; ; s . .
She; crimsoned a flush' of anger,
not of lovej and turned impatiently
away.' - - , : " y': ';
"Sir Richard may wait-forever;'- lie
has hadliis answer already." ; -:
Her brother bit his bps.
"I think you aro foolish, Constance,
OHEGON, SATU11DAY,
Sir Richard $vea you, and would make
you a very good match."
Con'staneo .twined lier arms around
her brother's .mm, tear; trembling in
her eyes.
'I shall never marry, mlliain, nev
er. Please don't ask me, dear, I in
very happy hero with you."
He stooped nmb kissed tho piteous
fftuo that was turned so timidly up to
his. ,
"There! Don't spoil your pretty eyes,"
ho i;ritl ; .uano one will induco you to
eliufiga'iliaf resolution, I hopo."
ilu (Ipjw her h:uul within his arm, aril
Iqil her down tho hroad frtaircao into thf
hall, whetu ft j.omicred fuotmau Moixl
with wraps upon his una ready to tc
them iiiin tho en r ria"i.
The street' door was partly open, nth! a
noise of altercation nnl rouuli voieen
speaking harply caused thu gentJeinau
to hesitate.
'What is tho meaning of ihh disturb-,
nnee, Jhunes ?" hoiked.
:'it is mru, .ir, us ii hiuipcrant, and
Won't j;o away ; and John is making hitu."
'What, docs the fellow want? What
business has he here '"
Us j-u)m he watus to cc Mis Power,
sir."
'To sen mo V exclaimed Conlancp.
while hv-r hn.tlur Ijuwiu.d.
... ....
''i'o mm; I ih' Power '! What iiiFiuTer-
n .jli' iax.iloneo. And fitthli finio i.f ni"iit.
"llo U inot liiiwdsciotH, Jkjr, and MVJMt,von nniHt have heard m s!eak of
h knov.ed sie as aeomin- out. and
.'iid tii! he did."
(. n-'riu.c. tav I'M e." sat J Mr. Pow
will Mon mitl thU uihr
OiU man wa. -ic.:i:nnug.
lt a mat-!
t- r ;i life and dev.th. and I'll fcton till '
I du it." Harge waUr-prtJof cloak,".she Kaid en- brought vmi tothis?"
"Joint g. for the? police shouted ; treat ingly. "NV one will recociiize me, "What has broyght mc ! Theblack
tl:r i-.leutoriau voit-e of Mr. Power. j1"1 Philips can go with me." est-hearUd villain that ever trod God's
At the hound of tJieir manter'u toicr. I
1
cried ; "I ain't noin-'
God's :e. Mr, tedl Z
bdv is romiii" out 1"
to rob
the votings
. . - ' '
t ower.
Vbif bHtif.-. t il.., -f.i,tvi
-t , . ....
an"ri I v ret n id t t n tu i u man. lio.v
lov of !r-nven.
"The man is
ma a,
mutteretl Mr. !
Power to himself ;
elf ; " mad or drunk." j
The old fellow c-aughtthe la.it words, s
"No, I ain't drunk, ver hen; er.
he cried ; "1 earn mi lamest liveli-
iinnkv can sav ;" and he glanced iii--!
trie i.i'-n et -o tueir hol-l of the man.;--11''
'piece of bnsmens to be sure. If voiimuh!ed figure to alight.
the epectacie before her
With what a crv of jov tho old man
struggled up tho step;
- "O'Miss! aro vou Miss Power? It's
you I want to see."
Mr. Power drew her angrily back.
"Ileally, Constance," he said in a
low tone,' "you are forgetting your
self. To conic out hero before all these
opie really
If a
' "O William," cried the girl, "don't
be cross; but Barnes tells me tho man
said, it was a matter of life and death.
Do see him dear, if only for a moment.
Xt must be something" very serious to
bring him ai u"ii;'."'- of night."
Mr. Power, though hasty in uh
temper, ras a just and reasonable
man; he saw plainly now the man was
not intoxicated, and though ho was
annoyed at being disturbed at this un
seasonable hour, he covdd not but ac
kn'owdcdgo the fitness of his sister's ar
gument, and that the man was at least
entitled to a hearing.
"Well, Connie," ho said " let it be
so. Go back into thp library, and I
will question him iirst myself."
. He told the footman to call the man
inside, and close tho door. After a
while, Mr. Power canje back to his
sister.-. . '
"I cannot make him out," ho said,
in answer to her anxious glance. "He
tells me a rambling story -about some
girl he has picked out , of tho wa ter,
and whom, lie says you know. - You
had better see him, Constance.
"O yes, yes i Ask him to come in at
OnCC." i ;;.'V,.:.'ii.. - k .
Ho was j an old gray-haired man,
whose garments betokened extreme
poverty, but whose face looked honest
and sincere, dedjnte tho flush that ex
citement had given it. e
: "Are you Miss Power Miss Con
stance Power ?" he -exclaimed hurrid
ly, without waiting for her to speak..
can I doforyouV
TO 6
iy
OCTOBER 10, 1809.
"0, then, if vou bo her, I was to
givo your ladyship this bit of a letter;"
taking a piece of paper from his pock
et; "and yon 11 havo to make haste,
pleaKO, if you want to seo her alive."
Contance opened it in profound as
itonishment, whicli increnned to a look
of intonik) honor an sho read tho con-
teuta.' . .
" I atii Jln?. l)ing fat, but I ennnot go
tilt 1 have t)i vu wliut I on tiijr mlfid. 1'lefwo
dun't hj!u. but ctmn a fjukktj a ou pan. The
wlI hapincd of jour future lifts lej nd on
joursteiti; VM:t.ir. Uaiuiv."
'() my poor Pauline!" exclaimed
MiKs Power "Tho girl that left mo so
suddenly four years ago. "Where is
she, my 00 J man? I will go at once."
"She is in my house, my lady, close
by the water-side. Khe had 1een ami
drowned herself, and me and my mis
nis has minded her ever huco ; they'd
have taken her to prison if we'd peach
ed on her, miss, you know, ami she's
ko quiet nnd ho good ; and the tloetor
has been very good to us, and given
ua a bit of money, and- "
"Yea, yen," interrupted tho trem
bling girl; "you shall tell me all
about it as we go."
"Non ense, Constance !" reclaim
ed Mr. Power. "Who is thu 1'auliue
you are talking about V"
"Have you forgotten her, William'
the girl who vvns my. eomjianiou when
poor papa died. Ah, I forgot; she
loft just as vcju returned from abroad ,
il'auiine IWrv. 1 loved her like a sis-
tor. .Site U ill dyin ; I must go to
her at once."
"You will do nothing of 'the sort,"
retorted her brother. "I shall notal-
ashed j
awlurr 1
4,I 'dl cover them all over with my
And 1 tdm, it vou will be so m-
.-riice hf. ; na: in u : ever moment mav i.hj ww o.; ai;ih m in4, wuue sne Hirove to
Vorjl. . .
This to MrJrrlctfnlly. "if w e doesn't look shan.
5 t ...... " 1 t , , t I !
.vi 15. iii i n v bi.;;i
..ivmivis ratt as now she eoiattn t
" , 'i.
last vi rv lonrr. " .
ill 1.. 1. 11.. I
iuu uiu ucciueujv uui oi ouriv,
tortel. tlush inrr wast in i' Goda hoi v
time in frivolous amuse ments, or sooth- j
the last h
nig the last hours of tho souls for i
whom he died?
-ur. I'ower Miniggeu ins Mummers,
"As you please," he cried; 4butl
mt on your taking o e of the men,
with you tvt well. I will send awav
truth, she was quite as ready to stop
as to go, far preferringa chat with the
footman to witnessing the death-strug-gl
s of the poor; she saw plenty of
that when Miss 'Power dragged her in
to tho lothsomo alleys and wretched
streets to be found even in Belgravia.
'The old man Parker, he said his
name was opened the door by mpans
of. a string pulled through a hole. No
need of bolts and bars there, except to
keep the thieves inside when justice
demanded them. ' ; i
"Mind tho step' my lady," hp said.
"It's not often the likes of you. come
to such a place as this."
"I'm not afraid," said Constance
f-?ntly; hut as she spoke she trembled,
and her Iic?rt sank at tho impenetra
ble darkness before hei
Tho noiso they made had evidently
beon heard, for a door opened, and a
woman came catiously down the stairs,
carrying a swealine candle in a broken
candlestick; '
"Is that you, Jim?" she called, in a
loud whisper. . .
"Ay, my gal; and I've brought the
lady with mo."
That's right," cried the woman,
v And Constance found herself face to
face with a poorly-dressed but motherly-looking
woman. '. :.'.', V
"How is she ?'' was her first ques
tion.. , - -; r '-' - ., '
"Very badly, miss; very badly.
She's been and dropped into a doze;
but they say she can't last till morn.
She's been ' asking ' for you, miss;
nightlong." 1 ; - ' (
Up two nights of creaking, rickety
stairs, and then they stopped at a
door in the back of the house, which
tho woman opened and holding the
light above her head,: suffered Con
stance to. pass through first. A dirty
blanket thrown overi an- old clothes
horse , served as a screen to prevent
the draughts that whistled through
th 'crannies of the door from reaching
I
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NO: 9.
thc bed, on which lay tho pallid form
of the dying woman, breathing heav
ily. The tears rolled down Constance's
fair cheeks as she gazed on the altered
feature, the thin, wasted figure of (mo
who, when she last beheld her, was ra
ant with youth aud health. Largo
drops of prespiration stood on , her
forehead; her nose wan drawn and
pinched, her eyes sunken, her lips
livid and swollen with fever, hair lay
in a dark tangled mass around her
haggard face, over which was grad
ually creeping that mysterious ashen
gray the bridal-veil of death.
"She has Buffered a deal, poor dear ?"
said the woman in a lower tone; "it
will le a ' blessing when tho Lord fa
pleased to take her. "Will you sit down,
mm;j'"
Hhe wiped a chair for her visitor,
and then, leaving the candle on the
table near, fdolo quietly out of the
room,
Constance looked around, and shud
dered. Bare boards, a broken table,
two more broken chairs, some wooden
boxes piled in a corner to form a eup
Wird, a rusty fender, and a row of
saucepan, jugs and physic-bottles,
were all the furniture of ilii i miserable
abode. Aeroithe room, on a line com
posed of pieces of rope knotted togeth
er, hung some indescribable articles of
human clothing (there i.-s no fashion
lok for the poor). And in the mid.-t
of all thi ; squalor and poverty, three
pots of white and purple hyacinths
stood on the narrow window-sill, fill
ing the air with their delicious fra
grance. .
As she looked she thought how from
the simple hearts of those poor old
people rose up daily, like.the incense
of the flowers, the sweet perfume of a
noble self-denying charity, the white
ness of truth and the purple of sacri
fice, to the feet of the living God.
Suddenly the dying girl ntnrted con
vulsively, and opened her largo dark
eves.
"Who is thatV" she cried wildly, as
her gaze fell on Miss Power's rauilled
form.
"1, Co;ri&nce Power, your friend,
Pauline. () mv pooi earl, what has
A ' '
earth, i JiaUiX iieaven, you have come !
si now if-iTinea i was lucr would not
comfort theunhapj y woman
llm-i
cried; "you shall tell mrf all about it
it... ..11.. IT r, -r .
" -ami-o . now o;tn 1 iiave tLouibt
lalHiut you. dear Pauline, and womW-
...1 ........ l.f .... .... L . . 1
" 'wu ioi us u sieriou.siv i
not fit to le touched bv
vou.
r:
Constance, you were nlwavs good.-io
you think God pardons such as 1'r''
"Of coarxe Ho does." replied Con-
ruziucc, eeiung. "mere, are none
vilo that His mercy cannot reach if
tliey only repent.
"I thuik I ve repented, murmucd the
ed and wrong. I wasor wishing to take
my life ; and I want to repair Hush !
what is that?"
Constance listened, but heard noth
ing; she had been too engrossed vith
Itlse poor sufferer to heed extraneous
noiKes.
lt is nothing, tlcar."
"I thought I heard a step." muttered
Pauline, speaking with difficulty." "0
this pain if it would but cense!"
She fell hack exhausted, and Constance
held a teacup, containing a cordial, to
her lips; it -revived her, and sher opened
her eyes once more.
Tn her agitation nnd anxiety the hood
of Constance's cloak had fallen back, and
the sweet, fair" face, with its halo of gold
en hair, was revealed to Paulino's view.
"Take it all off," she said presently;
,lI want to see you as you aro."
With a blush at the strange request,
and yet not liking to refuse tho dying
woman, Miss Power undid tho clasp and
let the cloak fall to her feet.
Paulino gazed at her for awhilo ia si
lence, excitement working in her' fea
tures. . "You are very beautiful," she said at
last ; 'more beautiful than ever. Miss
Power, I have ruined all your life. Can
you forgive me ?"
Constance thought sho was wandering
in -ber head, and laid her hand soothingly
upon her.
'My poor Pauline," she cried, "what
havo I to forgive 'f If you could but be
moved from here, perhaps you might get
better, ami then " v ; : ) -
But the girl laughed a wild, hoarso
laugh. .
l am dying,' shecried, ' "dying fast j
I only hope I shall live long enough to
tell you all. Take away your hand, it
bums mc, I cannot bear" ;
Aud sho fell exhausted oa tho pillow.
Presently, she spoke again, aud the
words she uttered caused M iss Power to
start and tremble, while the blood rushed
to her, face. ' " ::h.. v: -- -
You had a lover once -Captain Sim
pleton." "t J '
"Ah, yes. you knew but what of him?
he never loved me, Pauline ; and the
sweet face, was bowed ia lcr jewelled fin
gers. ... A, : V;. ; :;: ';. . V
"Ho did, Constance Power ; ho loved
you dearly ; no wrote letter alter letter,
and 1 flestroytd tkem.'
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With a wild cry of anguish Constance"
started to her feet. ;
"0 Pauline I" she exclaimed, "bow ,
could yon be so cruel?"
'Becaujo be tempted rache. Sir'
Ilichard Ashford, the man 1 loved, wbo
fevsroro be would make me his wife fool
that I was, to believe Kim! tempted m
with falfio oath and deceitful promises to
destroy Captain Sta'pleton'a .letters. He
told me that he hated him. that m? trant
ed to ruin him with you, and I lent tay-
df to tie scheme."
'0 you sinful, wicked woman V moan
ed th wretched Constance ; "yott know
not what you have done." t
"Yea, 1 dj," replied Pauline; but I
did not care. I would have broken all
the hearts in England if it were in my
power, and he had bid me do it. I .
would ha-e killed my own fcistcr fir him!" '
ho hised. "But 1 was justly served.
He loves you, Constance Power, and
would raarry yea if he could. Shall I
tell you what he did to me t He kicked
mc oat into the ffrects, and I fcank lower
and lower down till I came to this.'
Her voice faded away again j but Con-'
stance was not heeding ber her hands
clasped, her beautiful face c&nvubcd with
agony, fhc. was gtrivicg to realize all her"
O'-vn tcrril hi sorrow.
"O Victor!'' the wnrmnred, "O my
dear lost love. And I sent you away
fcot 501 to India u die I" ' :
"i orgivc, forgive V moaned the dying .
woman.
"1 cannot for -Ire vou. You have rn
mcd my life. Cod may forgive you, but
I cannot."
Thoy were bitter words; but they were
wrung from a youag heart's terrible ag
ony. - - .
Pauline lay motionless; she had faint
ed. Constance thought she was dying,
an 1 fiuuz hc-elt by the side of the bed.
"Pauline, Pauline I" fche cried, "I did
not know whit I wai saying. It was
very cruel; but I forgive yes I forgive."
She rubied her hands. thoe hands
which had so ruthlessly destroyed hef"!
hip pine. ; she wiped the death-sweat
off the pallid brow, sobbing as if her
heart would break.
At zi Pauline speke cgaln. "Say it
Spain," she murmured; I want to bear
you ?ay it again."
"Can I be so cbstinate when my Lord
forgives?" replied Constance. "O Pauv
line I it is His pardon yea must -eeek,-not
mine."
A faint smile ftolc over the dying wo- .
msa'.s face. "Home I am oing home,'5 ,
fehc taut'ered; "there U rest for the wea
ry, peace fr evermore !''
Airaia a long and painful silence. Het 1
briuth grew fhorter every moment -Constance
knelt down beside tho bed tr
pray. .
"Captain Victor," murmured Paulin
"he has come back. I saw htm tha
that evening at the club." -
Constance clasped her band. "Wlat '
wan that yea .ea:d ?" she cried wildly'
"He has come back ?"
V Yes it is true, quite true." ;
"Tr late, too h:e !" wailed the ci-,
burying her face in her hands. 'Tie b- -licved
rr.e faUc ; he will never- "
Vith a violent effort Pauline raised.
herc!f on tho pillow. "I did what I.
cou'd," she p:i?d faintly. "I wrote to
him tc I told him ail I could not die
unless forgiven." ' '
"And he is here!" exclaimed a manly
voice, ns the tall form of a stranger
emerged from behind the screen, and
clasned the treuitling Constance in his
arm..
"0 Constance, my dnrRng. how could I
ever have doubted ytur truth and love F
Urged by this poor woman's letter, I ,
reached here some few minutes ago, and
hearing you speaking, could not resist
the temptation of listening to what you "
said. I sec my blindness and follow now.
Can you forget it ?'
She lay in his arms. The sudden joy
had taken away all power of speech ; her
soft hair swept his face, the hair that he
covered with passionate kisses.
"Victor, Victor 1" she .murmured at
last, ber eyes meeting his iu their pure,
trusting love.
"Never to part again, darling!" htf
'said. 4The long, sad years forever gone j
only peace and joy for evermore."
The gray morning liaht stole in at tho
narrow casement window, causing the
candle t(Vrw lim and bringing out in
strange relief the actors in this little'
drama. It fell upoa the white and pur
ple flowers -on tho miserable truckle-bed
-on the girl who stood there in her "
shimmering silken robes. the man for
whom a new existence had begun in a
dingy, wretched garret beside the slimy
Thames. t . -
So absorbed werji they iu each other,'
that they forgot the woman to whom they
owed their glad present and their bitter
past, the woman from whom earth, with ;
all its misery and all its sin, was slipping
fast with every ebb of the tide. And
when they .turned and looked, .she was
lying calm and still, with a smile on her
lips they liad never worn in life, and a
light aud peace ou tho poor pale face that-
could never be taken away.
. A Missouriaa informed a traveler, who'
inquired about his corn, that each stalk
had nine cars oa it and was fifteen feet
high. -"That's nothing to our corn" re
plied the traveler. "Up in Illinois,
where I came Ironi, we always had nine .
ears to each stalk, and a peck of shelled
corn hauging to each ; tassel; : but we i
could never raise any field beans with it."
" Why V ' " Because the corn grew so
fast that it always pulled the beans up."
Among tho superstitions q? the Sen
eca Indians, is one of singular bea tjs.T-,-.
When a -maiden dies, they la5p.yia'm
young bird until it begins to try is pow
er of song; and then, loading it with ca
resses, they loose it over bet grave in, the
belief that it will m fold " its vir
close its eyes until it has fiov' t'
spirit land, and 'delivered it eC4 ;
burden of ffectioa to the loved a . ,