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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1873)
7t ill MS. A. J. DtlMVar, Editor and Tfoprlftor OrriCE-Cor. l'rout nnU fitnrk Streets. TKHMS, lis ADVANCE: One year f0 -J3 lure iiiotU..; 1 (0 T AyERTMEMia.-TS IbmtUhI on KeMonaUe THE PICTCRK. BY JIINir ABBEY. A widow by her lan4Ionl was oppressed ,.T"J rr atonee ber harkwanl ouln or rent: OI bty h' ,h' wo"Mh ,h"1 S,1"W liaTC Foreot that h. too, in a tenement iiwvlt, wmb unpaid arrear; antl surely be. Mure thau th? widow, lived In poverty. IWigli bv Hie poorest goW has ben obtained, rr God's aveet love no yrllow prleewlll pay Blind lo the pearemi Joy he might hnw rained', 1 he era v en landlord, on a win I er" day, luat pletiiMt with cola and vrind-llinikt lev Meet. Irove tort h rhe widow to the rootles Mreet M"'"!? on, with elfin prattle, to writ t To eharni Hrnv tift- - vtl 1 By the IndignaM rlitwl at Uh thou; n IiIkIk ear!, :ht. iiiere litta Uk widow- lean, and hard and Htood oat 1 he llkenetm of the landlord's face. lT. bwakina ve, year after year rolled np, liiten. i and creaked. The widow son be eam Atiuthrul 1' i inter, in wboe life's brlcfet eop The woi.,l ,1 -aulved the Uwtelcaa pearl of 1 hen wltii 1 h brunt,, wkteh spoke In every line, lh.' accuhiug i.., tnre in fals heart be drew. N arimi'1P 'wJk,r'" "one painting As at htn'lh:. show. In a )HibUc Place. To iew It c am.. tj, twtrs Jolk.okl and younr. And Mild, -This h the landlord' ruthless face, And this Hi" i-rucl d, ed that he has done iotbepoorwi low and her ertfet sou." Guilt 1k no f.-u. rrd slave; It ever speaks, nd of It Troubled owner sewn to iwrt. 1 Im; landl .rcl s iw the picture, and Ills cheeks Manual with the guilty watch-ares or bis bear'. In vain li i.M.u-ht temptations, coined and -ant. To lay the brush-raised spectre of lite past. Uh! memory; Ob! artist of Mill thousht. Painting pur every deed, wbale-er It be. May we so llv& that by thee shall be wrought No soeie, which, iblUlHxi, we IkhiI1 blush to see; Iiuton thy dreamy canvas let us find Abundant peace In alms-deeds pure and kind. How Jack HattiDgs Sold Lis Mine. BV MRS. F. K. VHTOt The passenger train from the east rame tuumieriiig uown the head of the Humboldt Valley, just as morning dawned over the earth refreshing eyes wearied with yesterday's mountains and canons, by a vision of green willows and ash trees, and a stream that was not a torrent, and a stretch of grassy country. Among the faces oflonest turned to flitting vews was that of ayounp, gracefully-formed, neatly-dressed, delicate looking woman. The large brown eyes often returned from gazing at the landscape, to scan witn seriousness some memoranda site held in her hand. "Arrive at l-.lko at eight o'clock a. sr.," said the memorandum. Consulting a tiny watch, whose hands pointed to ten ' minutes of eight, the lady began mak- ing those little preparations which be- . token the journey's end at hand. "What a strange looking place it Is!" she thought, as the motley collection of board shanties and canvas houses came into sight for the famous Chloride jiinti, iuiu wvii uisiven.n omy a iew ; months before, and the Pacific Itallroad was only four weeks open. "I wish Jack had come to meet me! I'm sure I don't see how I am to find the stage ageut to give him Jack's letter. What a number j ' . . . Tills mental ejaculation was called forth by the sight of the long platform in rront of the eating-house, crowded with a surging massof humanity just issuing from the diuing-rooni. They were tho passengers or the eastward-bound train, ready to rush headlong for the cars when the momently-expected "All aboard!" should be shouted at them by the conductor. Into this crowd the freshlv-arrived passengers of tho westward-bound train were a moment after ejected each eyeing tho other with a natural and pardonable interest. The brown-ei'ed, graceful young lady conducted herself in a very business like manner presenting the checks for her baggage, inquiring out tho oflico or Wells, largo & Co., and handing in her letter in the briefest possible time. Having secured a seat In a coach to Chloride Hill, witli the promise of tho agent to call for her when the time for departure arrived, the lady repaired to the dinninc-room just in time toseeher acquaintances of the train departing. , hack does not go over to Deep Canon for sitting down alone to a hastily-cooked ' several hours yet. Meanwhile you had and underdone repast, she was about better take sonio rest. You must bo finishing a cup of bitter, black coffee ' greatly fatigued." Fatigued! her head with a little shudder of disgust, when a 1 swam round and round; and sho really gentlemau seated himself opposite her I was too much exhausted to feel as dis at the table. The gianco the stranger j appointed as she might at Jack's non cast In her direction was rather appearance. Much relieved by the pros a lingeriug one; then bo ordered his , pect or a place to rest In, she followed breakfast and ate it. Meanwhile the the man summoned to escort her, and lady retired to the ladies' sitting-room, i fifteen minutes after sho was sound Afteranhourof waititig.one.two.tlireo asleep on a sofa of the boarding-house, coaches rolled past the door, and the1 Three hours of sleep and a partial bath lady began to fear she had been forgotten did much to restore tired nature's equi when the polite agent appeared to notify librium; and although her head still Mrs. Hastings" that the coach was , felt absurdly light, Mrs. Hastings en ready. This was Mrs. Alice Hastings, t joyed tho really excellent breakfast pro- tlien wile 01 .nr. Jack Hastlncs. of 1 Deep Caflon, Chloride District The agent thought .Mr. .Hastings had a very pretty wife, and expressed himself in Lis manner, as men will. When, just after starting, there en tered three of the roughest-looking men she had ever encountered, Mrs. Hastings began to fear that in Ills zeal to obey in structions, the agent had exceeded them, and in packing tho first three coaches witli first-comers, had left tills one to catch up the fag end of the travel. If the first impression, gained from sight, had made her shrink a little, what was her dismay, when at tho end or ten minutes oue or her fellow travel lersthe only American or the three produced a bottle or brandy, which, having oflered it first to her, ho passed to the bullet-headed Irishman and very shabby Jew; repeating the courtesy once in twenty minutes for several times. Mrs. Hastines was n lirarn sort, of woman, where courage was needful; and she now began to consider the case in . liand with what courage she could com- , mtinil Mnn liiiui1.ul ....I ii.tt ' . . t-ti auu iiiiny miles eighteen or twenty hours with such companionship with no chance or in termission; a wilderness of countrv to vc uuier coacnes a juuS way anenu. XUO Ualtlty denizen ' showed outwiK- ttlins in,vvarJ'y, 1 Her S S fTLw ,, ;i w'iiY,cke7b,Iack 1 a..Jiiira"'i!ck,efs .sy,e of t&t'&ntiiZ?WM 10 brandy at short intervals. "Best take some, Madam," said lie "this dust will choke you if you don't " "Thanks," returned the lady, with her sweetest smile, "I could not drink brandy. I havo wine in ray travellnji- uasket, should 1 need it; but I prefer water." Atthe next station, although hardly TOI.XDIE III. four minutes were lost In changing ?. ' "r . j , A. " ' iinu, auu sam apoiogeucany. frank and cordial. She even carefully , "I will show you his place with pleas opened a conversation about thecountry jure," returned the Doctor pleasantly: they were passing over, and contrived , and jumping on the box, proceeded to to get tbtira to ask a question or direct tho driver. two about herself. When they learned I Had ladies of Mrs. Hastings' style she had come all the way from New; been as plenty in Deep Cation as in York on tho newly-opened railroad, New York, the driver would have their Interest was at its height: and when they learned site was going to join Iter husband in the Chloride District, their sympathy was thoroughly en listed. "Wonderful such a journev! How she could be six days on tho cars, and yet be able to take such a stage-ride as tms, is astonisumg." Such were tho American's comments. The Jew thought of tho waiting hus o-ana lor your israenie is a man ot do mestic and family afiecllons. "Her husband looking for her and she behind time! How troubled he must be! Didn't he know how it was? Wasn't his wife off on a visit once, and didn't write; and he running to the express oftice every morning and evening for a letter, and getting so anxious as to tele graph? Such an expense and loss of time! and all because ho felt so uneasy about his wife!" The bullet-headed young Irishman said nothing. He was about half asleep from brandy and last nlgbt'stravel; too stupid to kuow that his hat had Mown out at tho window, and was bowling along in the wind and dust half a milo behind-all the better for his head, which looked at a red heat now. The lady had lifted the rude men up to her level, when directly they were ashamed of their brandy and other vices, and began to show instlnctlvo traits of gentlemen. By tho time they arrived at the dinner station, where half an hour was allowed for food and rest out of the eighteen or twenty, she had at least two humble servitors, who showed great concern for hef comfort. The day began to wane. They had traveled continuously over a long stretch of plain between two mountain ranges, over a country entirely unin habited except by the Stage Company's employees, who kept the stations and tended the stock. This lone woman had seen butono other woman on tho road. Plenty of teams great "prairie schoon ers," loaded with every conceivable! tiling for supplying tho wants of an is olated non-producing community, and drawn by ten or fourteen mules had been passed during the day. As night fell, Mrs. Hastings saw what she had never before seen or im agined thecampsof these teamsters by theroadside; horses and mules staked or tied to the wagons; the men lyingproue unon tho earth, wmnml In hinnlrota. their dust-blackened faces turned up to the frosty twinkling stars. Did people really livo in that way? how many su perlluous things were there In a city! J. lie night was moonless and clear and cold, as at that altitude tlipv -iKv.ivs are. Sleen. from the roimhnpu nf thn 1 roau, was impossible. ier companions dosed, and awoke with exclamations when the heavy luichlngs of the coach disturbed them too roughly. Mrs. H. never closed her eyes. When morning dawned, they were on the top of a range 01 mountains, line tnose that had been in sight all they day before. Down these heights they rattled away, and nt four in the morning they entered tho streets of Chloride Hill a city of board and canvas houses. Arrived at tho stage office, the lady looked penetrat ingly into the crowd of men always waiting for the stages, but saw no race she recognized, "i es, one and that the face of the gentleman who sat down op posite her at table In Elko. "Permit me," lie said; "I think you inquired for Mr. Hastings?" "I did; ho Is my husband. I expected to find him here," feeling that sense of i nj u ry and desi re to cry that tired women feel, when jostled about in a crowd of men. Leaving her a moment lo say some thing to an employee of the office, the strancer returned Immediately, saying to the man: "Take this lady to Mrs. Itobb's boardintr-house." Then to her: "I will inquire for your husband, aud send him to you ir lie is in town. The vided for her. won.lnrlnf how nncli delicacies ever got to Chloride Hill Breakfast over, and no news of Jack, the time began to drag wearily. She was more than hair inclined to be an gry only Jrolenting when she remem bered that sho was two or three days be hind time, and or course Jack could not know-when to expect her. She had full directions and if she could not find her way to Deep Caflou, she was a goose, that was alii So she sent for the driver of the hack told him to get her baggage from the express office, and started for Deep Caflon. Who should she find In the hack but her friend of the morning! "I could not hear of your husband," said he; "but you arc sure to find him at home." Mrs. Hastings smiled faintly, and hoped sho could. Then sho gave her thoughts to the peculiar scenery or the I country, and to the sharpness or the de- scent, as they whirled rapidly down the four miles of caflon at the bottom of . which was the town of that name au- other one of those places which had "come up as a flower" in a morning. She longed to ask about her husband aud his "home;" but as there were sev eral persons in the stage, she restrained her anxiety, and said never a word until llio sin cfnntwl nt tlioilnnrnfn etilnnn where all the passengers alighted. Then she told the driver she wanted to be take to Mr- Hastings' house. He didn't know where that was, he said, but would enquire. Did he know Dr. Earle? "That's him, ma'am;" pointing out her friend of the morning. "How can I servo you ?" he asked, raising his hat politely. Mrs. Hastings blushed rosily, between ;"n auack's Invisibility and con withDn Bart! " 8,",den,-rarronted PORTltAKD, OREGON, FKIDAY. IS'OVEaCBEIfc 7 1873. I "Mr. Hastings instructed me to In - grumbled at tho no road he had to fol low along the stony side of a hill aud among the Mumps of mahogany trees. But there were few like her in that mountain town, and his chivalry com pelled him to go out of his way with every appearance of cheerfulness. Pres ently tho stage stopped where the slop ing ground made it very uncertain how long It could maintain its balance in that position; aud the voice of Dr. Earle was heard saying, "This Is tho place." .Mrs. Hastings, wlio had been looking out for some sign of home, was seized ii.ii.fc uuuutui iim un-uiuimy oi uer senses. It was on the tip of iter tongue to say "This must be the house of some other Mr. Hastings," whon she remem bered prudence and said nothing. Get ting out and going toward the house to inquire, the door opened, aud a miner in a rough miulngsuit camequickly for ward to meet her. "Alice!" "Jack!" Dr. Earle and the driver studiously looked tne other way while salutatious were exchanged between Mr. and Mrs. Hastings. Whon they again ventured a look, the lady had disappeared within tho cabin, tho first glimpse of which had so dismayed her. That afternoon, Jack Initiated Allco into the mysteries of cooking by an open fire, aud expatiated largely on tho merits of his outside kitchen. Alico hinted to him that she was accustomed to sleep uu buiiiuuiiii suner mail a boarxl, and the two went together to a store to get mn.-.ii.ia uuu ui mxiia. 10 construct a mattress. Arter that, for two or three weeksMrs. Hastings was industriously engaged in wondering what her husband meant when he wrote that he had builta house and was getting things ready to receive her. Iteason or romance as she might, she could not make that single room of rouga ooarus, rooieti wiin leaky canvas and unruruislied with a slncle comfort of life, into a house or a home. At last Jack seemed to guess her thoughts, for sue iievL-r ajHJKU lilt-Ill. "ir I could sell my mine," lie then oueu saiti, "i couiu hx things up." "If you sold your mine, Jack, v Oil York, aud then I there would be no need of fixing up this ) ground-squirrel-', thinking from the si p ace." Altcp wanted to say "horrid" I lence that no one was within, ran up place, but refrained, At length, from uncongenial air, water, food, and circumstances in general, the transplanted flower began to droop. The great heat and raritled mountain i Si lfl?ft1 f rn t tn ImAilnnlmr, Uv fi.n oiro .o.tni. ti.f..i. .t.- tfvmvtw mnf Than i m i,A -.,.1.1 mountain tempests, when the rain del- j . ttrvAjl .it...-.. 1 1 . . ... nn.1 If ..... 1. 1 . ttfat-Tt vtgij -.unite, .4111- ii wits ijuru IU nuu a spot, to siauu 111 wnere me water did not drip through, hhegrcw wild looking at the bare mountain sides sim- i uiuuii jn-1111; ami uy uuy, .tiiu at Ulgut over their tops up to the piercing stars. A constant anxious fever burned in her blood, that tho cold night air could not quench, though sho often left her couch to let it blow chilly over her, in her loose night robes. Then sho fell really 111. Silting by her bcdshlc Jack had said: "It I could sell my mine!" And she had answered, "Let the mine go, Jack, aud lets go home. Nothing is gained by stopping in this dreadful place." Then Mr. Hastings had replied toher, "I have no money, Alice, to go homo with not a cent. I borrowed ten dol lars of Earle, to-day, to buy some fruit for you." That was the last straw that broke the camel's back. By night Mrs. Hastings was delerlous, and Dr. Earle wascalleil. "She has a nervous fever," he said; "and needs the carcfullcst nursing." "Which she cannot have in thisil d place," Mr. Hastings replied profanely. "Why don't you try to get something to do?" asked Earle of the sad-visaged ' husband a day or two after. "Whatisthcretodo? Everything is flat thercisneltherbuslnessnor money in this cursed country. I've stayed hero! trying to sell my mine, until I am dead broke nothing to live on here, and nothlugtogetout with. What I'm to do with my wife there, I don't know. Let her die, perhaps, and throw her bonca up that ravluo to bleach in the sun. God! what a position!" "But you certainly must propose to do something, aud that speedily. Couldn't you sec that it was half that brought this illness onyour wire the In evitable which she saw closing down upon you ?" "If I cannot sell my mine, I'll blow nut my brains, as that poor German did last week. Alice heard tho report of the shot which killed him, and I think it hastened on her sickness." "And so you propose to treat her to another sucli a scene, and put an end to her?" said Earle, savegly. "Better so than let her starve," Jack returned, growing pale with the burden of possibilities which oppressed him. "How the devil lam to save her from that last, I don't know. There Is neither business, money, nor credit In this In fernal town. I've been everywhere in tliis district, asking for a situation at something, and cannot get anything better than digging ground on the new road." "Even that might be better than starv ing," said Dr. Earle. Jack was a faithful nurse; Dr. Earle an attentivo physician; young people with elastic constitutions die hard: so Alice began to mend, and in a fortnight was convalescent. Jack got a situation in a quartz mill where the Doctor was part owner. One dav. beinc lonely. Alice thnuolir I to please Jack by dressing in somethiugj She was notdaliiUlydressedthlsarter pretty and going to sec him. So, laying . noon; for thatluxury. like others, called aside the wrapper which she had worn I for the expenditure of a certain amount almost constantly lately, sho robed her-! or money ;and money Alice had not seir in n delicato linen lawn, donned a ( not even enough to pay a Chinaman for coquettish little hat and parasol, and set i "doing up" one of her pretty muslins out for the mill, a milo away. I Neither had she the facilities for doing Something in the thought that it i them imlinraoir t.mt d,n iin,. ei-iii..i i v V a T I would be a pleasant surprise to Jack rave iter strength and animation; and though she arrived somewhat out of breath, she looked as dainty as a rose, and Jack was immensely proud andflat tered. He Introduced her to the head of tho firm, showed her over the mill, pointed out to her the raulo train pack ing wood for the engino fires, got tho amalgamator to givo her specimens, and in every way showed hs delight. Fehe SrBECtr, Fbbe l'r.ras, Tree 1'kopi.k. - After an hour or so she thought about buttbeyralkhome looked fn prospect very much longer than the walk to the mill. In truth, it was harder by reason of being up-lull. But oppor tunely, as it seemed, just as Jack was seeing her off the door-stone of the of fice, Dr. Earle drove up, and compre hending the situation, offered to take Mrs. Hastings to iicr own door in his carriage, If she would graciously allow hint live minutes to see the head man in. When they were seated in the car riage, a rare luxury In Deep Canon, and had driven half a mile in embarrassed silence for Mrs. Hastings soinehowfelt ashamed of her husband's denendeiico on this man the Doctor spoke, and ..t..t t 1 1 nrnit uu bzuu was mis; "Your life is very uucongenlal to you; you wish to escape from it, don't you ?" lcs, 1 wish to escape; that is the I word that suits my feeling a very strange recline it Is." "Describe it," said the Doctor, almost eagerly. "Ever since I left tho railroad, in tho midst of a wilderness aud was home away for so many hours into tho heart of a still more desert wilderness, my consciousness of things has been very much confused. I can only with diffi culty realizo that there is any such a place as New York; and San Francisco is a fable. The world seems a great bare mountain plane; and I am hanging on to its edge with mv finger-tins, readv to drop away into space. Can you account : forsucli impressions?" "Easily if I choose. Mav I tell vou something?" "What is it?" "I've half a mind to run away with you." Xow, as Dr. Earle was a rather young and very handsome man, had been very killfl. nnil IV11 nnxv InnL-lnt. nt lint .! I, ! eyes actually moistened with tears, a suuuen senso or beinc on the edge or a pit-rail overcame Mrs. Hasting-; aud she turned palo and ml alternately. Yet, with the instinct of a pure woman j to avoid recognizing au ugly thought, she answered witli a laugh ui "ayasshe could make it: "If you were a witch, and ottered me half of your broomstick to New York, I don't know but I should take it that Is, if there was room on it anywhere for Jack." "There wouldn't be," said the Doctor, j unit sain 110 unfit. The old fever seemed to have returned titat afternoon. The hills glared so that Mrs. Hastings closed the cabin door to Klltir. nllf. tlm lutriiiotr i-linit Tltn tho mahogany tree at the' side, and scampered over the canvas roof in glee. One, more intent on gain thau the rest, invaded Jack's outside kitchen, knock ing down the tin dishes with a clang, and scattering the dirt from the turf roor over the hour-sack and the two white plates. -Every sound made her heart beat faster. Afraid of the silence and loneliness nt last, she re-opened the door; and then a rough-looking man came to tho entrance to inquire if there were any silver leads up the ravine. Ieads ? she could not sav: nrnsnootors in plenty there were. Ihon ho went his way, having satis fied his curiosity; and the door was closed again. Some straggling donkeys wandered near, which were mistaken for "Diggers;" and dreading their glit tering eyes, the nervous prisoner drew the curtain over the one little sliding window. There was nothing to read, nothing to sew, no house-keeping duties, becauso no house to keep; she was glad when the hour arrived for pre paring the late afternoon meal. That night she dreamed that she was a skeleton lying up the caflon the sun shine parching her naked bones; that Dr. Earle came along with a pack-train coins to the mill, and nickinir her. im carefully, laid heron top of a bundle of woou; mat tne .Mexican driver covered her up witli a blaukst, which so smoth ered her that she wakened, and started up gasping for breath. The feclllng or suffocation continuing, she stole softlv to me door, and opening It, let the chilly night air blow over her. Most persons would havo found Mr. Hastings house freely ventilated, but some way poor Alice found it hard to breathe in it. Thcsummcr was passim;; times crow. U possible, harder than before. The prospectors, who had round plenty or "leads," had spent their "bottom dol lar" in opening them up and in waiting ror purchasers, and were going back to California any way they could. The capitalists were holding oil, satisfied that in tho end all the valuable mines would rait Into their hands, and caring nothing how fared tho brave but un lucky discoverers. In fact they overshot themselves, and made hard times Air their own mills, the miners having to stop getting out rock. Then Jack lost his situation. Very soon food began to bo scarce in the cabin orMr. Hastings. Scanty as it was, it was more than Alice craved; or rather It was not what she craved. It she ato for a day or two, for tho next two or three days sho suffered with nausea and aversion forany tiling thcoutsido kitchen afforded. Tho summer was going was gone. Mrs. Hastings had not seen Dr. Earle for several weeks; and, despite herself, when tho worst fears oppressed her, her first impulse was to turn to 1dm. It had always seemed so easy for him to do what he liked. Perhaps he was growing anxious to know if he could give the thumb-screw another turn. At all events, he directed his steps toward Mr. Hastings' house on the afternoon of the last day in Aug ust, Mrs. Hastings received him at the threshold and gave him the camp-stool the only chair she had in tho shade ouUIdo the door; at the same timo seat ing herself on the door-step with the same grace as if it had been a silken r a '"fc"! s vva w s wwvti ?iali;K 411 I that kiudof labor; for even todoyourown I washing and ironing pre-supposea the usuui conveniences oi a laundry, and these did not belong to to the furniture or the outside kitchen. Sho had not worn her linen lawn since her visit to the mill. The dust which blew freely through every crack of the shrunken boards precluded such extravagance. Thus it happened that a soiled cash mere wrapper was her afternoon wear. She had faded a good deal since coming) to Deep Cation; but still looked pretty I and graceful, and rather too fjirituelle. The Doctor held In his hand, on the! point of a knife, the flower of a cactus vers common in the mountains, which he presented her, warning her at the same time against its needle-like thorns. "It makes me sick," said Alice hastl ly, throwing it away. "It is the color of gold, which I want so much; and of the sunshine, which I hato so." "I brought It to you to show you the little emerald bee that is always to be iouuu in oue; it is wonuerousiy beauti ful a living gem, is it not?" " "Yes, I know," Alice said, "I admired the first one Isaw; but Iadmire nothing any longer nothing at least which sur rounds mo here." "I understand that, of course," re turned tho Doctor. "It Is because your health is failing you because tho air disagrees with you." "And because my husband Is so un fortunate. If he could only get away from here aud I !" The vanity of such a supposition in their nresent circum stances brought the tears to her eyes aud a quiver about her mouth. " Why did you ever con come here? Why did he ever ask you to come; how to come; how tho doctor, sct- tfratne." demanded tin ting his teeth together. "That is a strange question, Doctor !" Mrs. Hastings answered with dignity, lifting iter head like an antelope. "My husband was deceived by tho same hopes which liavu ruined others. If I sutler, it is because we are both unfor tunate." "What will he do next?" questioned the Doctor, curtly. The cruel meaning caused the blood to forsake her cheeks. "I cannot tell what he will do," her brief answer rounded by an expressive silence. "Vou might help him; shall I point out the way to you ?" watching her intently. "Can you ? can I help him ?" her wliolo form suddenly Inspired with freSh life. Dr. Earle looked Into her eager face with a passion or jealous inquiry that made her cast down her eyes: "Alice, do you love this Hastings?" He called her Alice; lie used a tone and asked a question which could not be misunderstood. Mrs. Hastings dropped her race into her hands, her hands upon her knees. She felt like a wild creature which the dogs hold at bay. She knew now what the man meant, and the temptation he used. "Alice," he said again, "tills man, your husband, possesses a prize he tloes not value, or docs not know how to care for. Shall you stav hero aud starve with him ? Is ho worth it?" "He Is my husband," she answered simply, lifting up a race calm, ir mor- tally pale "And ought in be your husband after a brief interval," he aid quickly' "There would have to be a divorce- it conld be conducted rnil.-tlv r iin nnf ask vou to commit vniirsHlf In ilixhnimr f will shield vou: no care shall ftill i upon you, nor any reproach. Consider this well, dearest, darling Alice! ami what will be your fate if von depend upon him." "Will it help 7iw, then, to desert him?" she asked, faintly. "Yes, unless by remaiiiinc: with him you can Insure Ills support. Maintain you he cannot. Suppose his mine were ' sold, ho would waste that money as lie ! wasted what he brought here. I don't, want his mine yet I will buy It to- morrow If llmt tvill tnitf,. ... r .. ...... ..... ..j.j juu, uuti . havo your promise to go with me. 1 1 toid you once that I wanted to ru il ay t Shall I tell you my plan ?" "No, not to-day," Mrs. Hastings swered, struggling with her embarrass mcnt; "I could not bear it to-dav, I 111IIIK. "How cruel I am while mean! uo kiiiu: lot! are agitated as ought not to be In your weak state. Shall I see you to-morrow a profes- aiuuni visu, you KUOW J" "You will buy tho mine?" faintly,' with something like a blush. . "Certainly; I swear I will on what conditions, you know." "un nono other :" "Shall I rob myseir, not of moncy only, hut or what is far dearer? On none other." He rose, took her cold hand, clasped it fervently, and went away. When Jack come homo to his very meagre dinner, lie brought a can of peaches, which, bcitig opened, looked so deliciously cool and tempting that Alice could not refrain from volubly ex ulting over them. "But how did you get mem, jacKY" sue asked; "not by going in debt, I hope." "No. T was ill nt Snnlf a slnrn. niwl Earle, happening lo coma in just as ' Scott was selling some, and praising ! them highly, paid for a can, and asked mo to take them to you and get your opinion. They nre splendid, by Jove!" "I do not fancy them," said Alice, setting down her plate; "but don't tell the Doctor!" she added, hastily. "You don't fancy anything lately, Alice," Mr. Hastings replied, rather crossly. Never mind, Jack; my appetite will come when you have sold your mine;" ! and upon that the unreasonably fastidl- i ous woman burst into tears. .Vs if my position is not trying1 cnouch without seeing you cry!" said Jack, pausing from eating long enough to look injured. Plastic Jack! your surrouudings were having their etfect on you. The )fining Xews of tho 2d or Sep tember had a notice of tho sale of Mr. Hastings mine the "Sybil," bearing chloride of silver to Dr. Eustace Earle, ail of Deep Caflon. The papers to be handed over aud casu paiu uown at Chloride Hill on the 7th; at which time an wat to get on hi the world, and ex-, He returned it, with one of liia inimita I)r. Earlo would start for San t ranctsco mviiminui nnnri. nin.i- .:n I bio drawing on t!n Imp!.- tn.,;t:.... on the business or the mining firm to ! whish he belonged. Mr. Hastings, it was understood, would go East about the same time. All tho parties were at Chloride Hill on the morning of tho "th, promptly. By eleven o'clock, the above mentioned transaction was completed. Shortly after, one of the Opposition Line's stages stopped at Mrs. Itobb's board ng- house, and a lady dressed for traveling acquaintances, aud beingclosely veiled, the lady passed unrecognized as the stage ofiice, where the other passeugers got iu. Half au hour afterwards Mr. Jack Hastings received the following note: "Dkak Jack: I sold your mine for you. Dr. Earle Is running away with me, tier agreemeut; but ir you take the expresi this afternoon, you will reach NTJIliETt 12. Elko before the train leaves for San Francisco to-morrow. There is nothing worth going back for at Deep Caflon. If vou love me, save me. : "Devotedly, "Alice." It is superfluous to state that Jack took tho express, which, arriving, at Elko before tiie Opiosilio:i, made him master of the situation. Not that he felt very masterful; he didn't. Ho was thinking or many things that it hurt him to. remember; but he was meaning to do differently in future. He had at last sold ltis mine no, he'd be d d if ichntl sold it; but Hallo! there's a big dust out on theYoad there! it must be the other stage. Think what you'll do and sav. Jack Hastings' What he did siv "All TWlnrt x-nii 1" it f. wf-",. tXt "jr JOUIiere. It was lucky for my wife, wasu't it, since I got left, to have you to look after her? Thauks, old fellow; you arc just in time for the train, Alice and I will stop over a day to rest. A thousand times oblitred: irood-bvo! Alice, sav ,-00.1.1- n T,,Ubor yon win not sec him again." Their hands and eyes met. He was pale as marble; she flushed oue Instant, 1 . w o J w I paieu me next, with a curious expres sion in her eyes which the Doctor never forgot and never quito understood. It was enough to know that the gamo was up. He had another miueon his hands. and an ugly pin in his heart which lie i told bitnseir bitterly would be obstinate , of cure. If lie only could be sure what! that look in hercyeshad meant! Istte sidc Monthly. I I World to the New, our American girls Household Ohat. growing up in the present free atmos- 2.i:.. t , I lhere of America, present a type tecul- Sometimes when one has company,or iariy lIleir own. While European na has been out calling and stayed too li0I13 shut their girls up In conventional J l'it 1nieCefary IreParo !l ,n"-a' 'privacy lest they should be sullied by or 'wash dishes in a nice dress, ami the i contact with the world, our girls walk sleetcs arc very liable to get soiled. I abroad; nor do they lose the purity of have contrived a sleeve protector, which thuir hearts by the knowledge which Is easily made, cheap and serviceable, r ti,ev gain of actual life. Wetrusttheui laeaiioiumiroistpcKinRs, cut them olrat the ancles and hem them. When I want to keep my sleeves clean, I draw them onto my arni3 can-fullv so as to not crush the sleeve, top end first. It will save much haul work in iron ing, if when the cloths are ringed, the towels, table-cloths, sheets and all plain her life for herself, and is not consul pieces, are folded in the shape they are 1 ered as a piece of property to be re wanted after ironed, and pressed ; tained or alienated by her parents, through the wringer as tightly as pos-1 With a charming freedom she com sible. Unfold and hangup totlry where I biues a cert tin womanly reserve which the wind will not blow Iiard. They j is not any outside mannerism, but the will need but little ironing. I once result of the inward convictions which knew an old lady, before the days of' our American life forces on her, that, wringers, who folded her towels, sheets, 'she is considered au independent ami etc., when dampand rubbed them up and responsible agent. If she is tinbal down over tho top of an old-fashioned aneed the excess is on the side of lib kitchen chair, and put them away witii- erty, showing to the educator the ten out ironing. She said it saved wearand denev which h ! ""if nuous us (Well. I A convenient way to make excellent , brcaU is to take t,,ree or fou" spoonsful 1 of conl n,cal ani1 sca,(1 il wth boiling nurh, aim me ciotnes looKen noottt as water.stlrringto the consistency or mush i"e night before bread is wanted. Set wllero !t w.l i"!' warm , during the evening. If it does not get too cold dur ing tho night, it will be light in the morning. Make salt-rising by stirring nour into warm water with a littlesnlt, and mix in the corn meal battor. Set in a warm place aud it will soon bo light, when the bread, is usually done, All tiie suspense and anxiety of watch- in tue ""certain rising is in this way n'" We are fecdiug our cows considerably with turnips, and to remove the disa- invhln innin in.l nin. rm n,n i,.,ii i-.- - ...... ....u. iiu.u nit UllUtli 1 put a pinch of finely powdered ter lino each gallon of cream. If butter I bought, I seasoned by putting them Into oiips we , " C.vx a Pi'.omisk of M.visr.rAor. nv, Ix- fe"Ih? The Springfield licjtublican suggests that "Lovers who don't mean I business will do well to pause in their I rarMtrnnil mrafifntn ilrmn Htn w j : 1. 1 1 1 ...... ............ v. .. U3.1U1I1- an to. . uecomcssonrorraucid a little saltpeter i , . '? , 4 -,,"l--" . organism, a spirit ; worked in will make it sweet. which knows its rights, aud will assert an-1 ni.r !,.,, M.!m,. i.w,i- - r r..i a!M? . niaintain them, an effervescent . i r " r":".r"A":":.J "r .I, "V' Sirl-nro which is to be reduced to a r.i- ' IttlU t IL'II HLT'lia ilLMI. I 111 llfVI. lies upi-uca up oy tue jirooKiyn court lacunar ciass, miner peculiar circum or Appeals, in tho case or Miss Boxcel-' stances; we must model it anew for our iana llotnan against Alexander Earle, ' necessities. merchant, for breach or promise. The , We have the finest material the city court, some time since, awarded world has ever produced, and the best Miss Homan Sl-3,000 in the suit, from .chances for its development. Our whlch Earle annealed, hut the decision of the city court is now affirmed. The case Involved the questiou whether a promise to many may be inferred. Miss Homan admitted that Earle had never verbally alluded to marriage, but had repeatedly kissed her. ami coiuhmtoil I himself generally as though lie 'hank i cretl' after her exceedingly. Judge Nei- son charged, that an engagement was "ot, necessarily verbal, as 'the gleam of the eye and tho coujunc- tion of the lins are overtures, when tlipv become frequent and protracted,' and young men and women not engaged, should not demean themselves so lov ingly tiiat a jury upon presentation of the facts would believe them engaged. Under this somewhat startling decision, young women who have been kissed and 'gleamed' at may go ahead antl "'"'ct pretty extensively among their .maI , acquaintances, probably, but henceforth the prudent young man will peruse tne matting' when in the pres- enceof tho other sex.and if ho would ox- tract honey from maiden lips, will first extract a boud indemnifying him from future damage Huits. But (Jo female eyes never 'gleam,' and Isn't the 'con junction' business mutual, to a degree?" TiikSimpIiEFecret. Twenty clerks, in a store, twenty hands in a printing i office, twenty apprentices In a" shin-1 vnnl tirnnti- i-nim. nmtt In n ..;ltnA ' coiiid a nartiier.anil maltnafiiriniipr nnn of the compositors will own a news-'na'c paper, and become an influential citizen; one or the apprentices will become ai"eau our' or an ornamental brazier. master builder: one of the votintr 1. ...Ill 1 , , r , iagcia mil u nuuusuiue iarui, anu i live iiko a patriarch but which oue Is the lucky individual? Lucky! There ta nn ItitL- filuiitf If Tim t. - l most ng certain as the rule of three, The young follow who distances ltis competitors is he who masters his busi ness, who preserves his mte'Tltv. wiin devotes his leisure to tho acquisition of knowledge, who gains friends W S&.&M shorter than this old duty fiighway, but Im .ftitifit.li mm. T it... " . .J ' -..w.. un-u iuu coiumtiuiiy the meu worth mo utuieve something really. old age -,, t"yt iwuitj ami serene , all go in this road. A Journal for the People. ' "J Devoted to the Interests or HumanltT" Independent In Tolltlcs and RoItgloTif '' "2 Mlve to all Live Issues, and Thoroughly rtartlcal In'OpposInE and Kxposlns life 'rVBR ' ol the .r.Jit j"W -. ' ;.;;irt.J Correspondents wrttlns overnwtmed tfgna.'' ' tures limstinake known their naraet to-thai-. Edilor.or bo attanion will be sivea H thela.fr, communications. ' UK 3T0KI OT XA..r.TTE. r.v miss SAssHrrs emehsox. 1 OVepityninL,ny wrt,,nS-lM-c and fbunfr--lH----i The pale shoit ora buried love I never thoutnt to.ee. .-.-vrlfl I grasped Ifcasn miser does his hoarded goWll And wori-Mt myself tor touching It aml'otflt1"-1 "' (! A lover's gift, a faded roe pinned m a ttwv' 1 sheet, ; . On which he wrote, "I'm eniurtt- sftoH.'jWr- waiting lips to great. - J; , . n! "Don't watch your eyes ontj.daIUg;'flfr 'tH '.i lihted evening train-. , . . . nn-ll -e when the.taoMsih belft'rlng 1 their swttt reraln." - . , . And so lie came! How memory paRiU tMldi-if ' loiw, bright Mimmer day, , . I -Mul a" "e ln' "O"1 Bespoke tho Mtp-i- I ' we dreamed away. h . f , luoTuTaai tm,a i -hn Hrst I iraraedtiieirtreaehery.atHlreeMi ' beneath the blow. . , L... .. . ... . ""' .'" T.."'.. "U'V'. S""1 I" tcninted his vain nrlde I thought he counted love-worth more than oil me world beside. . i lint I would not that hfer pretty wife should m guess wlint bonds he brake, - Or kuow the cruel wrong he wrooght Str-!- than her sweet sake. Then stny, old rose I'll keep you how, lesusi , some day who knows who Stay speak sueh fond, sweet words as thow. and I believe them true. Our American Girls. Woman transplanted from the Old 1 to fnn their own acquaintances, nn.l to etu Tiatn tiieni; anil mere is no where else to be found the young girl who, w'-ile she is free to receive atten tion, is so well able to repel with dig- ; nity any presumption. She marks out liter own limits. She is left to decide t ought lo take. ?. K"c Y la -e- bac!l g.'rls we !mlst ru,e i through winning their conviction on 1 t!o s'de of right. They will not blindly , hey what seems to them arbitrary ! rules, or, if thev do, the natural exuber- an?P 01 i,IC checked in 0113 direction will spread itself in another. In a law lessness and foolish bravado which we shall find it impossible to control. Any set, formal rules, any regulations as to uniform dress, are directly opposed to the spirit or our institutions, and can at best secure but a formal compliance for , the time, a result which cannot be con sidered as any part or a real education. 'The work of the teacher must always . look beyond the present, aiming as it "ocs at permanent and not temporary results, and must, in America, appeal Jl, u,y and '"directly to self-control, Ihe educator has in his hands as the rc- '..( r t j . . saltpe-!s.l,rourcI'ln:5te;Sover"".1ent, and so 'u'- ''-iul3,it:'i sensitive aim ner- i t i .... . .-I . . a "S 3,. wiu out impair- ww tti o.iwii . jii wuiuiu ; Aiiien- can girls if treated in school as it is per- fectly correct to treat French autl (ier- man girls, are thwarted aud perverted into something which lias all the faults or the German and French girl without nor ovrollnnrina I It, f ,t.-il- I, f vut ttuift II, tir ;i school girls ought to send forth the fin est women that have ever blessed and beautified the world, the strongest antl truest wives, the wisest and tendoreat mothers, tho most intelligent .and' worthy citizens; and there ought to be no placo as pure, healthful, aud inspir ing as the homes presided over bv American women, ir -we do not find these results, the fault must bo that of their education. Anna C. JJraekett, in Harper's Magazine for October. Lady Ashburfon, who died sixteen years since, and lias just been suitably commemorated in Lord Houghtou's Monographs, was an exceedingly clever and remarkable woman, the soul and center of a notable literary group, in which Thomas Carlylo was a promi nent figure. She was a keen, free lanco in conversation, and people who retired discomlittcd from the sharp encounter with iter wit would say or her: "I do not mind being knocked down, but I can't stand being danced upon after wards." Thackeray was one of the eminent men of letters whom she piqued by her too brilliant rallying, and lie left her parlors nt Bath House; resolved never to return. He declined Lady Ashburton's invitations, spoke of her dislike and discourtesy. Months after, when angry feelings had had time to die out, lie received frotn her One nay an invitation to dinner. himself kneeling at her foot, with a,l ablaze from the hot coals she, ' waa. energetically pouring upon his vil-iThisactof contrition was follou-wi i. nnmn1nl T t - i . "J friendship to him andliis family. icuvuciuatiou aim warm The Peteisburg (Va.) Gazelle says: e are proud to state that not a drop of liquor can be bought from anybody not authorized to sell It, in Giles count-, rhcre Was but on nlnw It. war. and that was closed some time ago. What 0 um:.j; i the present Siappy state of affairs." An.cdtor says no man who had paid for his newspaper was ever bit ly a mad doi;.' . iti a il