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VOL. V.
ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1870.
NO. 22.
Written for the Deuockat.
HOOD.
BY S. L. HturgOX.
White despot of the wild Cascades !
I greet thee as the twilight shades
Haunt the dishorclod, broken wall
Where sheaves of sun light burning yet
On frosty tower and minaret
Portray thee, reigning over all!
And gleaming like a silver tent
Above the fir-fringed ba'tlement
Cold Jefferson is crowned with Came ;
Fair as a group of fallen stars,
The Sisters, linked with sunset bars, ,
Pledge tbeo as Monarch yet agala.
The IdatiDg quiver of the storm
Has hung upon thy lonely form,
Sheathing its ragged barbs of firo.
When night has eruhcl its tempest wings
Against tby granite anchoring:
I read no record of their ire.
The centuries which o'er thee tramp, t
Like spectres to tbeir badw-C4iap,
Bequeath thee neither scar nor statu ;
Tho gliding dimples of the sea,
The stars sweet-eyed cteruWy,
Do nut a lovelier youth maintain !
And mi:y Gashes of the morn
Are first upou thy shoulders born
When all tbe world is dark below ;
And sunset's last and lovely ray
Dropped by the weary hand of Day
Wreathes tby pa!o brow with lin'riog glow.
Thus Memory and IIopo are wrought
Triumphant a the sculptor's thought
When syllabled in marble j'Ccch;
And G"d-wrd like a proplnt's prsyer
Thou scalest the heaven's windy tair
The quiet of the rpluret t j U-uch.
And what an empire! ru,;b and shorn,
By old disorders ploughed and torn.
Sun-ward ttic mighty realms are thread;
In bridtry of wm1 ad nead.
Willamette' green mosaics lead
Down where tbe rushing breakers tread.
Lodged in rhy helmet's icy clap
The star of conu.': ret at last
Never to lead tha bld aystn ;
It's rays like pesr of M.ver Isid
Aerots the grave, but newly mad
The Pjonver's, in tea-sidd glen.
An iron arm with gleaning coil
Has won a wiKLrn-ss far Toil !
The tr-fiic of the seas oro wed:
The morning of av-l-rihter aj
Than ever lit historic pa?e
Lifu ia the weit its golden heal!
WUh mut:erifs of doubt atd fear.
And dark with battla b n; and drear.
The Pagau ;.irit vt the past
Stalks through hs ileoce and Iba night
That deepen with the rge' flht
Conscious of G.J and Truth at las. !
The D,scrt hungers f r the S(hinz,
Is Lawny ocean swtl'.s and sinks
Alrf'ut her and the Pyramids ;
The Simw m' ghostly wng of and
Will surclv shroud th.m as they stand,
And seal tbo;e fad and weary lids ;
And (til! a hand in ebrystal mail
H-re, fia'hicg to the eloeul, will ball
The tomb of Egypt's crae" je; ;
And where the sea-tides leap and sh'ne
Along the New World's border line.
Proclaim the Empire or tbe Writ!
a nouAxt i; or li.ua.
Kimy years ago a young English
man, n medical tutlont named Astley,
went to Lima. Tho love of adventuro
was strong upon him, and all ho met
in his Jowu country waH too tamo to
satisfy1 it. Proud of the profession for
which he was studying, and trusting to
it for subsistence, Btrong and healthy
in body and in mind, ho left England
with a bold heart, and thia was tho
life he led, and what came of it.
At a tirao when tho difficulty of pro
curing subjects for anatomical study
was great, and when to procuro them
honestly was impossible, and tho prej
udice ftgainst dissection was bo strong
that no one was willing to uubmit the
body of any one connected with him to
examination, it is well known that
there were men who made it their busi
ness to! obtain at no small risk, bodies,
generally those of tho nowly-buried,
which they sold to surgeons, medical
students, or indeed to any one who
stood iu need of tho ghastly commod
ity. .
This class, known as 44 body enatch
ers" and 44 resurrection men," has
died out. sinco there, is happily now
muo prejudice againsi wnat lias ueen
triumphantly proved to be a necessary
branch of scientific study; but at tho
timo of our story their hideous work,
was a thriving and profitable one. j
liichard Astley, in common with the
rest of Itho profession,' availed himself
of theij sen ices, and many times in
tho black night his door was open to
those who did not knock, but wjio
were expected and waited for, and
who, entering silently, stealthily de
posited a dead burden upon tho table
prepared for its reception. Old and
voung, men, and women and children,
all in time lay upon that grim table,
and Astley s skillful instruments cut
their way to secrets that were destined
to benefit the living.
Though ho was hard-hearted, it was
not unnatural that in time ho hhould
grow so much accustomed to the sight
of his "subject" as to feel nothing but
a momentary pity a-i he put aido the
clustering curls of infancy, or uncov
ered the face of a man struck down in
the glorr of his year.
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One night, as many uightes Ijcfore,
the stealthy visit was paid, and Astley
took his lamp to examine tho now sub
ject. Neither strong man nor ten
der child this time, but a young and
beautiful woman. The dead face was
so lovely that it did not worn possible
that tho light iu the clo.sed eyes could
make it lovelier. Tho fair hair liad
fallen Kick, and gave no shade to the
white brow, and ttis fair lashes lar in
a thick frinrro upon tho violet-tinted
underlids.
She was very tall and slender, and
her hands one of which hung down
as she lay upon tho tabic wero long
and perfectly shaped. As Astley lift
ed the Iiand to lay it on her breast, ho
thought how beautiful it must have
been: since now, when thero was not
the faintest rose tint to relieve the
deathly palor "of it, it was so exquisite.
CHITS.
THE EYES! THE EARS!
DR. T. L. GOLDEN,
OCULIST AND AUFUST,
ALBANY, OREGON.
D. Golden ia son of the notsd Old Ophtbalmw
Doctor, S. C. Golden), has had experience in treat
ing Ihe various diseases to which tbe eye and ear
are subject, and feels eonfideut of giving entire
atL,r:tton to th no who may Ma.ee tUemcivcs
A horse dealer describing a used op
horse, aid he looked -as if he had teeti
eiit:ug a daily new.-paper !"
Take your place modestly at life 'a ban
quet, and ask fur nothiug that is not in
the bill of tare.
A physician, with gome little disregard
for Liurtley 31urray, sajs '-patients is a
virtue."
The "Iron A;ie" of literature was when
c . i . a MM.- nr .
oieeie uuurisiieu. tue uuiucu ac
was in the titue of Goldsmith.
Almost any young lady has public spirit
- -is . a t r iL
enoun to te wuimi; to nave ncr lainers
house useJ as a court hou.c.
'IIow ca rue you to have a wooden leg!"
"Wliy, my father had one so had iny
grandfather. It ruus in the family.
Mark Twain siys that the Sandwich
Islands dish of plain dog "is o:dy the
cherished American sa.jjyaire with the
sin? lay beforo him sleeping tranquilly
liko a child. Ho had placed her on his
bed, and now sat by her sido with a
throbbing heart, to await her awaken
ing. She slept bo long, and in tho waning
light looked so palo that ho feared she
was again about to fall into tho strange,
deathly trance from wliich ho had with
ho much dffliculty recovered her. In
his terror of that ho cried out for her
to awake, and tho sound of his cry
awoko her with a Btart.
He had prepared a speech that was
to calm and reassure her when sho
awoko bewildered to find herself so
strangely clothed and lodged; but sho
no moro needed calming and reassur
iug than an infant too young to know
its mother from any other woman. She
looked round with n wondering gazo
that was almost infantile, and her eve
resting upon Astley she sat up in the
bed and asked him in hi own language
for food. It was evident that she had
no recollection of illness and neither
anxiety nor curiosity as to her present
position.
Sho at tho food which was brought
to her with appetite, and would have
risen from tho bed, apparently uncon
scious that sho wore no garment but a
shroud, had not Astley persuaded her
to lie down and sleep again.
He left her sleeping, mid went in to
another room profoundly puzzled.
Here was this leauliful woman, igno
rant, and almost ashel loisas a child,
thrown upon him for protection, ns it
was clear that sho did not remember
anything which would lead to the dis
cover)' of her friends. It was possible
that her senses had left her altogether,
never to return; tho lovely creature
niilt t Ik? a harmless idiot all tho rent
of her days. Her speaking English
was another puzzle. She might be
an English woman her beauty was
certainly of tho Saxon type or she
might only have learned tho English
language; but if so how came that
knowledge to havebx'ii retained when
all else roomed gone.
His perplexity was interrupted by
tho entrance of tho cause of it. .She
stood at tho door wrapped round in
one of tho lied covering, looking nt
him with a sweet, childish, vacant ex
pression that was touching iu it help
lessness. 4I must call her something,"
he thought, as hho stood apparently
waiting for him to speak;
write. Sho also learned to bow, and
was not unskillful in such woman's
craft; but what ho taught was learned
quickest, best.
Two years past, and Mary had de
veloped so rapidly that sho was much
liko other women in knowledge and
acquirements, but she-had no memory
of anything beforo her trance. Astley
tnlil fifr fliri tvlinln uinrv tni nrrr.l
her to try to recall something of the
time before, but it was in vain, her
memory was gone. And tho present
time was so happy that they eared lit
tle for tho past. Sho was something
belonging entirely to him, even her
life sho owed to his care, and loved
him so intensely, there being no one in
world whom she knew or loved beside,
that ho could not fail to bo happy; and
tho mystery of the bond between them
enhanced its charm.
They wero married, and still she
lived in the same privacy tvi before;
her husband and his love sufficed for
everything, and sho shrank from en
tering a world of which sho know
nothing.
Astley's acquaintances had long ago
decided that if ho was not mad, ho was
st least eccentric enough to mako his
society undesii able, and had fallen off,
one by one, b-aving him nono but a
profession. Ho had tho reputation of
ocing buiiiiui, ana ms practice was a
largo one; his spare hours wero devo
ted to his home, which was hi: heaven.
Two more years paused, years of
perfect happiness. Mary d.ffurcd now
in nothing from other women save from
that blank existence of more titan twen
ty years. Her memory of that time
never returned. She lived entirely
within doom; Afctley had one evening
taken her for a walk, and the unaccus
tomed sights and sounds of the streets
had terrified her so much that ho nev
er repoaUd tho experiment.
At times a longing to introduce his
beautiful wifo to his old friends and
relatives in England was very strong,
but tho difficulties of explanation, or
of deceit, which it would involve, com
bined with her extreme aversion to the
project, always prevailed, and the idea
was dismissed aa if the thing was im
possible. Six years' had passed since the event
ful night when Mary hod beta brought
as dead to Astley's door, when walking
one day in the streets of the city, he
had int t an old friend whom he had
not s;ce:t fcincc his departure from Eng-
Holt looked up and saw all in Ast
ley's face.
44 Speak," ho shouted ; 4sho is my
wifo! Tell mo how you met her,
speak quickly while I can hear j'ou,
for there is tho aound of a cataract in
my ears that deafens mo 1"
And ho fell in a swoon at Astley's
feet.
He might have died in it for all Ast
ley could revive him. He stood blind
ly staring at tho pale face, but was in
capable of so much as holding out a
hand to him.
Holt came to himself beforo long,
and, rising up haggard and wild, re
peated his demand that Astley should
tell him where he had met his wife.
And ho did tell him, sparing noth-
in" ; HAvmrf Plainly out that she had
ay ' a
been brought to him by the body
snatcher,' as a subject ; that she had
lain as dead upon his table for a night,
sheeted and shrouded like a corpse."
"And you dared" burst in Holt,
who was almo.nt beside himself.
44I Baved her life," .said Astley, gent
ly ; ho had softened as ho thought of
that restoration. 4 4 Will you come
with mo to the grave that we may bo
veryiiurc?''
4 4 No, no, no," Holt moaned ; the
fury was parsing away, and giving
place to a dull sorrow. 4,I can bear
no more. It is certain, more certain
than death, that your wifo is mine.
God help us !"
Which of the men wan tho most to
be pitied?
There were some moments of horri
ble silence, in which each heard the
beating of Lis heart, like a heavy drum.
Holt spoke again :
4 4 Ask Edith to come here. Surely
sho cannot have forgotten me."
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fied woman cling more closely to Ast
ley for protection. ,
Tlie scene mm,t bo ended for hat
sake, and Astley besought Holt to
leave them till the next day, when, if
they could but decide upon what was
right it should be done. For her sake,
too, he condescended to plead with the
frantic man ; and seeing that Mary had
fainted in his arms, he laid her down,
and led Holt from the room, that tho
sight of her tnijiht no longer madded
him. His rage died oat from simple ex
haustion, and throwing himself into ft
chair he wept like a child.
Astley roused hira. 44IIolt, be a man.
This is an awful tragedy; I wih to
iiearcn I had died rather than plajcd
my pf.rt in it. 1 here are not upon tho
earth two men so broken-hearted as jgU
and I. Let us accept what is inevitable,
hut let us spare what anguish we can to
that unhappy woman. Leave me now
and to-morrow I will eec yon again."
Holt roso passively. 44 You are noblef
than I," he said, tt he turned logo.
It seemed to Astley that his grief was'
but bepinninx when he tried to, explain
the whole' thing clearly to Mary. The
torture of putting it into words was so
intense that all hetore was nothing corny
pared with it, when at length she conv
prehended, and aifcd htm if he wished .
ht-r to leave htm, even that agony teem
ed flight contrasted with what he endur
ed in tclHn'' her that he believed ahe
hi:
rht to do so.
Jiving as ?he was, she could tint cori
prchcr.J the sacrifice to duty which Ast
ley was striving to make, and her thor
ough infrance of the world rendered it
iiupo.vible to make her smderstand what
her position would be if thi remained
where he was. And yet this was a case
to AmIcv tried to persuade himself so
Mary I call her Mary. It will jextrsordinary, m different from any thing
She wore one garment, a long ilannel
shroud, very slightly made, through
which scanty drapery her slender
limbs were distinctly visible, and be
low which her delicate feet wero seen.
bare to the ankle.
Astley was troubled as he had never
been before. The idea of treating this
beautiful corpse as he had done all
only distress .her. I give you my word
oi honor that she has no memory of
anything before the trance,"
But when he saw tho nassion in
Holt's face he judged it best for Ids
sake that she should come. Since lie
chose to hear from her own mouth
what he had refused to believe from
his friend's, he fdiould do so.
"lcr name
shall be Marv."
44Are you better, Man', and will you land. Ihe recognition wars mutual,
sit in this chair and Astley insisted upon his friend's
She paid no attention to tho inquiry, returning with him to dinner. The
but took the offered scat, and Ix-gun invitation was cordially given and
silently rocking herself to and fro. It willingly accepted, and thinking to
had such a ghostly effect to see her surprise Mr. Holt by tho sudden sight
there by tho lamplight, rolod in the of his wife's loveliness, he said nothing
long wh'.to drapery, with her loauliful of his being married, lecturing to him
face still pale, no longer deathly, rock- nt If what hU astonishment would be
ing herself in h lence, that Astley felt when he saw her.
a sensation very liko fear thrilled Though he had anticipated fiomc ev
through him. He must do something, idenco of surprise, ho was quite unpro
for he could not bear this. He took pared for the excess of emotion db-
up a book, tho first that came to hand played by Mr. Holt ujion his introduc-
it was an English one and offered tion to Mrs. Astlev', The color left
it to her, asking if she would liko to his face for a moment and then return
read, ing violently dyed it crimson, and the
Sho took it with a childish smile, and words of acknowledgment were stain
laying it open upon her knees, began racred out almost unintelligibly, lie
to flutter the leaves Imckward and for- covering his composure by a strong ef
ward, playing idly with them. fort, ho offered his ami to to lead Mrs.
"Good heaven ! said Astley to him- Astley to dinner, but sHo quietly do-
self, 44sho is mad, imbecile at any rate;! clined it, laying her l and upon her
I must do something with her." I husband's. Duriug the. whole time of
But it was impossible to think with dinner Mr. Holt scarcely moved his
her beforo him. and takinc? her by the I eves from Mary's face, who did not
others brought to him in like manner hand, he said: seem at all disturbed by his intense
was repulsive to him, and ho recoiled 44Xow, Mary, you must go back to gaze, and took no notice of her guest
from it as from tho thought of sacri- bed. and to-morrow " bevond what hospitality demanded.
lege. But how could bo rid himself She did not wait for the end of the Astlej's suspicions were excited long
of the lovely incubus? It was possi- sentence, but rose at once to do as she beforo the meal was ended, and his
ble that the men who had brought it was bidden, threw doWn tho book, and heart took a jealous leap as he thought
might be bribed to take it back again, letting fall the coverlet that had envel- it possible that his friend was falling
and if they should muse but he was oped her, walked quietly back to the in lovo with his beautiful wife. He
incapable oi distinct tnouglit upon the inner room. cursed the impulses that had induced
subject, and could only determine Astley fastened the door, and felt as him to bring Holt home with him, and
that in any case the beautiful thing be- if he wero going mad from sheer be- busily invented excuses for ridding
fore him should be treated with re ver- wilderraent. Sho roust have clothes himself of his guest as soon as possi-
ence and respect, lie gently covered the very urst thing, and how were tmy ble.
it from! head to foot with a long white to be procured w thout taking some Holt's agitation increased to positive
clotnTNind locking tho door of com- one into his confidence? Even if he illness beforo long, and rising, ho ask-
She came quickly at the sound of
the loved voice, and glided in the
room, looking like cui angel of peace
between two evil spirits. She stopped
short as she caught, eight of Alley's
face all drawn and set with tho effort
to suppress his emotion, and then
threw her arms around his neck with a
cry of love and terror.
But ho.unwound her arms, and for
the first time drew back from her em
brace. "Mary, raydove"Holt's eyes flash
ed fire at the tender words and tones
4tell Mr. .Holt if you remember
anything in your life before you awoke
from your trance in thjs house V"
4 'I do not," she said ; 44I remember
nothing. I have said it so many
times."
"Swear it," cried Holt.
44I swear it," sho said, 4by my hus
band, Richard Astley."
roor Holtl lie threw himself at
her feet, clasping her knees, and cry-
passionateiy :
4,t)h, Edith I have you forgotten me.
our husband, David Holt? Oh, mv
darling, you must remember me, and
bow happy we were for that short two
ears?"
But she broke from his crrasp, and
brew herself into Astley's arms, cry
ing out:
4 'Send him away I What does ho!
a e mm a a
mean .' oend mm away I fclio was
that had ever hten in the world before.
that no 3-tw, human or divine, could ap
ply to it. But above til this though!
re dominant, that by whatever mystery
of unconsciousness deprived of memory,
frhe was sst'.'.l Holt's wife and not his, and
with this thought piercing him liko a
aharp 5 word, he f-a'.d that he believed she
I ouht to leave him.
in"
ale and trembling with terror.
44Lcther go!" shouted -Holt, 44or for the first time to lodShis fat boldly
,v . . in the face. 4,I an not dead," he paid.
lhe oath was interrupted by Astley. ..therefore it is clear that this grief will
"Holt, God knows I will try to do not kill mi." That niht ha undressed
what is right, and for her sake I ask and went to bed.v
you to Do cam lie placed her in a The ni-ht six years so. when the-
chair where she sat weeping for very fliceled figure lay upon the Ul le, and he
undey his eare.
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Jk?. ELK!,
Notary Public.
F. F nrssELL, -
AttfratL&w.
RUSSELL & ELKLNS,
Q!5e ia Parrish's Co.'s Block. First Street,
ALBANY, OREGON.
llaring taken into eo.partnership James Elkins,
JSsq., Ex-Clerk of Linn county. Oregon, ire are
enabled te add to our practice of Lav and collec
tions, superior fasilities fur
ConYeyaacir, Examining Eecords,
' ' ASD
Attending- to Probate Business,
Deeds, Bonds, Contracts and Mortgages carefully
drawn. IloinesUad and Pre-emption papers made
and Claims secured. Sales of Heal Estate negoti
ated, and loans c geeted on Collateral securities on
reasanabie rates.
All basiness entrusted to them will be promptly
attended to. . ; - ItUSSELL & ELKISS,
Oct. 6. 186S 2nt6tf
AlBJiY DATH HOUSE!
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an II ifrmrrrtrrrtn ;"" r" irrriT!TZZrttmr
elf and "gets' down heartily to hi work.
le must bring water to the eyes of his
readers.
What is that which a man does not
want and struggles ugainst having ax long
as possible, but when he once rets it he
would not part with it for all the world ?
A bald head. ,
A little boy having broken his rocking
horse the day it wan bought, his mamma
began to scold, when he silenced her by
inquiring: "What is the goodofa hoes
till it's broke 7"
An editor, describing a church in Mio
nesota, ays: 4,No velvet cushions iu our
municatlon between his bedroom and knew where to go for them, ho knew cd Astley to accompany him to anoth-
-4J- lorn in which it lay, threw him- nothing of what woman's clothes er room. Ho was Hcarcely able to
Hon his bed without undressing. Inhnnhl bo. Tt. w: ovidmit. 4brn. ilmt.Uvn.llr. nrwl Antlov took him hv thn nrm
t
o night was nearly gone. somo one must be told of tho extraor- and asked him if he were ill.
t his sleep was broken, and his di nary adventure, and it was evident 111 I" ho tnroaned. "I wish I were
i wero feverish, and in some that it must be , a woman in whom he dead."
ill connected with what lay in the confided, as ho required practical help He sat down and covered his face
'room, low it seemed to him of a kind no man could give him.
mnE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT
fully info-'m the oitizens of Albany and vi
eimty that he hjia taka.a charge of this Establish
wcrji, ami, uyaeoping clean rooms anl paying
atrici aiienuoa to business, expects to suU all those
who may favor Kim w'.th their patronage. Waving
nercioioro oarrioa on nothib" but
rirst-QUs s Hair Dressing Saloons,.
he expaets to give entire satisfaction to all
JChildien and Ladies' Hair neatly cut and
nampoaea.r JOSEPH WEBBER.
apH?3n33tf
pews; we don't go in forxtyle. The fat
test person has the softest seat, and take
it out with him at the close of the pervi
oes."
A member of a church in Vermont dc
siring "a man from tho Lord," prayed in
this wiso : "send us not an old man in hi
dotage, not a young man in his goling
hood, but a mau with all tbe' modern im
provements.
with his hands.
t glided in through tho locked The morning dawned before ho 4 4 You will think mo a fool, Astley,
with hands folded on its breast, could arrange any Bottled plan, anil n- but tho likeness of your wifo to rame
lyes still last closed, and stood by nally ho decided that he could not if has overcome me.
dside, and now tho dream was he would rid himself of tho charge of I was married eight years ago.
ie liau openea a vein in or.o oi her, therefore she should remain in married an lngiisii girl with your
hcato arras and that warm, hv- his house, and ho would tell all to the I wife s hair and eyes ; her height, too,
ood poured from it fast; and h- one acting as his housekeeper, who and with her sweet voice. I brough
he woko with a cry of horror chanced to bo absent at tho time, but her over hero directly after our mar-
la ghastly dream that he had en- whoso return ho was, expecting that riage, and we lived the happiest life in
Itho room, and found that somo very day. He would bind her to se- the world for two years and then she
bwn hand had anticipated him in crecy by the most solemn oath he could died."
) horror was upon him to know it why at any rato ho was in a terrible of no works of consolation that woult
dream, and opening the door he scrape, and this seemed tho best thing not bo a mockery to a man who hat
jzxM m upon tho table. JSo change to bo done, lhowoman returned lost such a wifo as Mary.
there of any kind. The long, sheeted early in the day, and Astley at once . 44Died," Holt continued, after
figure lav in the half liirht of the dawn told all, and implored her assistance pause, 44 while I was away from her.
as ho had seen it beforo in the lamp- To his great relief she agreed at .once I had gono a three-days' journey, leav
VI. - . t 1 - - 1 .I'll 1 .1. -II I 1 1 . Al- I 1 1.. l -i 1 111. IT
ujrnc, very straiimr. ana sun. to uo tut uiut iay iu uer liower lor i,uo inir nor in perteot uoutui, mm x roturu
It was not until nearly noon that unhappy young girl, and, a few ar- ed to nnd that she had died suddenly
Astley! raised the covering to look once rangements . made, Astley left the immediately after my departuro, and
unupon the beautiful dead face, house for tho day, determined to shake was already buried.
and when he did bo, saw with wonder, ou tho unpleasant impression which now long ago t asuea Asuey
not unmixed with terror, that a chance the whole thinsr had made upon him. hoarsely. A horrible lirht was break
had come upon it. He could not tell Returning at nrndit, he found Mary ing In upon him.
what it might be; tho deathly pallor comfortably clothed and looking less "Six years. 1 leu ljima tho follow
was there still, but in some wav the pale and ill. His housekeeper told him ing day. I never oven visited her
face was not the same. He looked in- that she had been dressed like a child, grave, but returned to England at
to it long and curiously. Surel a having apparently no idea of assisting once ; and now, after these years, I
change had passed over the eyes; for herself at all. find your wife so liko her in every fea-
though they were still shut; fast, they , It would bo impossible to describe turo that my old wound istorn afresh,
looked now as though closed in sleep minutely ho'w intelligence dawned and aid intolerable anguish has made me
raiaer mau ia ueaui. lie lilted an eye- grew swuuy in iue poor gin s mum. ciy oui iu ims vuj.
lid tenderly with his finger; there was It was not a gradual growth from in- Astley started up and laid his hand
not death in the eye; unconsciousness, fancy, but came in fitful snatches. Tho upon his friends shoulder with a grasp
trance, there might be, but not death, greatest change cam hrst, when ner like a vice, ms voice was uarsu anu
He was certain now that she was face brightened from, blank vacancy dry, and his eyes were bloodshot ana
not dead, though he could find no life of expression at Astley's approach, and staring.
in her pulses. For hours he strove to then she began to wait upon him liko 44Holt, for God's sake let us do noth-
cail back the spirit, until at length col- a loving child, and he, with intinite ing rashly I ocune with mo to your
or returaeu, uuu wRrrain, ana Hie, and patience, wiugut iicr to reau mm to hub ia,o, nun dul.
a a m
ft he rofc up. coil and proud in a rao
nicnt, and would hire left then, but at
the threho!d her Fpirit failed, and thcr
turned again to throw herself at his feet,
with tears ar.d sobs.
NiIiSliai vcilel many sights of woe,
the clouds of night have maay tiroes been
pierced ly cnes of anguish, bitter cries
for futh an l patience, ging op above
the stars right to the feet of God, but
night never shrouded deeper woe than
tliM bitterer eV;cs never pierced the
shuddering darknts.
When niornhig dawned they were both '
very .calm and ( ?till. . Their tears wercr
shed, and tbeir cje were dry. He had
decided for the right, though hi .eart
was broken in the cor.Sict; and e wo
man like, had accepted the rigkt, sot be
cause it was h0f but because ha said it was1
f.
4I shall die," e said, in a voice fronr
which all pa.ion had departed. lI can
bear no more and live, but I can bear even
this and die."
"Who can describe that parting? When
the sua set, it was upon Astley broken
hearted and alone. Holt had taken
away his wife.
Seven days passed, and Astley never
left his desolate home. He made no dis
tinction between day or night, but lay down
to sleep if the stupor which from time to
time rendered nun unconscious could be
so-called at any hour that 6leen came to-
him.
t the close ef the seventh day he tried
right, and went on:
dreamed fantastic dreams of terror con-
"Vou shall say all you can to bring Utod wish it. nmo to mind moradis
tno past to ncr memory, and it sua can tinptl v than it had ever done before. Ilia
remember in tho faintest degree, I will hjeen Wa3 broken and fevcrUh. aod haun.
a t".a . ' . . .
-nc up m ciaim to yours, out u suo tPd hv wild drratm. Twico he awoka
does notoh, Holt, I saved her life ! ,eeiinK ccrta;n lhat he Uad hetrd a tnock-
snooKnim us tuo wmu suascs a rt'ea. .in fm,nrl ilt lt c nf lln
. i " s a tiu ivuua 1 1 is siii n aca vca'vuv
44lou tell her, said Holt, bitterly; ho awoke a third time in the gray dawn
44perhaps6he will believe what you aQd heard the sound again, a feeble'knock-
say. At any rate sue win listen to lti
It was hard to begin tho cruel task
ing at the outer door, which ceased sud-
yet for her sako ho undertook it, his the cause lie unl)arrea and opened the-'
voice trembling, though he tried with !
all his will to fcteady it.
4'3Iary, love, listen. ion know
that j'ou must have lived twenty years
before you wero brought here that
night."
you
doot. and there fell forward; across the
thrtshold the dead body of Mary.
Unthusiastio Etymologist "I say,
Brown, did it everttriko you what an in-
... ... tTT I
sano looKing wora 'iruuerer ist v ny
couldn't we say Truiter : Brown f pun-
stcr as above) x ell, yci, looks very
like an crer, don t it?
prisoner in England, when called
upon by the alderman for his defense,.
said, ' I've ordered a lawyer for to-morrow,
Astley turned to Holt with a look of and I hope your worship will be bo good
agony. xou see now it is : let us as to put it oil ti l he conies, "vny.
end this torture." ' - -.I what can your lawyer say about it r
44Give me back my wifo I" said HolL 4ThaV what I want to know, your wor.
fiercely.
4 4 You will not take her," Astley
n"ifii1. ns tho thourrht of bis .doin so
against her will struck him for tho first hhat the namo of Oaiaha was derived from
time.
4,She is mine," said Holt. 44Go on;
4 1 do not know," sho said ; 4I can
not remember."
But it must have been so, for
. iu
nciu u uutiiit tutu
,4I cannot understand," sho repeat
ed. lhavo no recollection ot any
thing beforo that time.
ship,'' aid the prisoar.
A Western philologist has discovered
tell her the whole story. If she does
not understand it, she will believo it
when vou tell it to her." Tho sneer
a very frequent Westernexclamationwith'
wiucn tnat region was laminar mine
Iudian scalping days, namely, 4,Oh my-
har." -,.v.:.,. ,"-v - ,rVr
Two negrce.-i
playin
gi billiards
in Be-
with which the words were spoken was ro; quarreled. Que hit the other a trc-'
a cruel one, but misery had made him Liendous blow, over tho head with, the
cruel, and he scarcely knew what he
said or did.
And Astley told her all in a few
words. She looked bewildered.
44It must be true if you say - so, but
I cannot recollect : and oh. Astley, I
love only you.
butt-ed of a cuo. the , splinters flew, and
the assailed darkey paused to remark :
Now, Sam, stop, and less reason dis yere -
thing a little."
Professor" said a student in pursuit
of knowledge cooeeruing the habits of an-
VShe must come with me," shouted imals, "why does a cat, whilo eating, torn '
I w r 1 ' m m m 1 11(1
Holt, savagely. The demon had got her head first one way and then the otiierf
the better of him, and the poor wretch, ' or tno reason, . repueu ine proiesM-r,
mad with jealous pam, spoke bitter tn at boo cuuuuc iuru ic wur a. ai
and unjust words, that made tho terri- once