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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1886)
I: 4 THE EYES OF ELEANORA. TVnm I'jf dl n rrcliin licjonl tint mntinlnlns. fit 'tc-Mi jf our encircled ilum iln, lliTe crept mil n (UUTswnnil ilcep river, br'itu'er than nil Mrs tuo j7!V4a rjcaiium. i'.k rA. i-uu.j An (be light of n star Is found, HjtUy, In the sunless ground, W'jcrc tli river of silence lies, 0n fliiirlt of beauty dwells, O lore, In tho mimic "wells Of My largo nnd luminous eyes. JtKcutof n tiirbtilcnt night, A kt hlnl turns to the light Of a desolate dreamers' room tfn, forth from the storm of thine eyes, A fKiKMloiiati snlendor flle9 To my foul, through tho Intcr-gloom. A a Hlv quivers nnd gleams, Jill night, hy the daikllng streams, That lreum In the undcrlaiuls, H ltoin the haunted hil.es Of thy shadowy eves. Iove shakes The suows or her bcek'nlug hands. AncloiWn of new worlds dawn, When the Infinite night comes on, In the incasurlcss, moonless skies, tVi the planet of love burns high, Oawret, when the d.iv sweeps hy, In the dusk of thy orient eyes. JUmei Aeu-ton .VnUhetn, i Thu Current. JOHNNY DRIVER. JL Thanksgiving Story. nr jt. i). niM.n.viiACif. Tbc tiny before Thanksgiving. I ws seated xn a fir kclnss passenger coach, speeding away .at liic rate of forty miles an hour, through the Irtlilc farms of norlherii Ohio. It w as about He middle of the afternoon when I relln uSehnl my occtimtlon of gazing out of the. zaokd, window upon the dull, Hut, nnd unprollt landscape, and placing my overcoat on Uu; tuck of the seat, reclined my head against Jt, covered my face with my hat, and pretended to Iks trying to sleep. Hut, in jioint f fju-t, I had no Intention wh.it. cvrrat going to slc 'p, and (-bettered by my lt, amused myself with watching my fellow jpjiwngers, sparsely scattered through tho car. ItrXore reeordlng the results of my obscrva- tUoux, it will bu In place for me to Introduce TOjw.lf lo the leader, and state how I came to 3won that train lit that time, fiom whence 1 AU-uejtiil a-1 1 1 1 1 1 r I was bound. .My name N Emit.li. (Don't laugh a great many good pcwyiJc have hot ne the name of Smith), and I -wis Junior member of tho wcsilthv linn of 'JUtmu, Dlack it Co., fiirultnru manufacturers, owners of one of the largest and moat profit aJiJe factories In Cincinnati. A little more IIjui a xear before we had hh ed n new fore irc&n, from Detroit, who pioved a great acquisi tion, tuing a splendid workman, a reliable miaiCT, mid a pet feet gentleman. He had net ten with us a mouth lie fore hu and I iwctic tht warmest of friends, anil I became a imjucnt visitor at his house, where his hospi .Jahle attentions were cordially seconded by Ids Aire unJ sister. Jut if in Iccllngs for George Castle, for -raeli was his name, werethoseof tho warmest Jfriutdshlp, I wan still mole strongly attracted iy Ina Bixter Klla, a young lady of twenty sum sarin, feu tenr my Junior, wlnisj clianns Hum led me a willing captive. Happily the .nKmrtioii was mutual, and I found no dlf jtctilty In pcrsuad uir her to appoint our wed t'.ay early in the next spring. Then, itiuui once fall Iv cntrnip.'d, sh.- became sud .len!y Miy, and lusl-tcd on going lo her father's ora long visit, mid to mike tho necessary urreratioiis lor our marriage. Sho starteil .for Detroit, where her parents resided, In Sup tiuiYtr.r, and (ieorge and his wife followed a jrwjuth latter, taking adva itage of a lull in CmJiu'sti which led us to reduce our force of workmen till after New Year's. Ilefore lliey Ittt, however. It was arranged that I should inmte. lo Detroit to spend 'I hnnksgivhu with lb), mid iniike the iicipl.ilnlauc of the old fulkit. Thus it happened that I broke loose Xrosn IiiMiic-h Willi some illillcultv, only the day jKsTont Thanksgiving, and eagerly has'tened to m't my betiothed at hei own hoine. ilul to ic-illii''. I had JiihI eiiine to tho sairu jcoikCimIoii Ihal a hit:, show 11 -dre-ed man, four ck-nttt In flout ol me, was either a pro-Jrju-Jonul gainhler, an Internal revenue olliecr, w.xdet4'ctiv.', when two ladies, who had been Tlel ti:u k of me, n -ar the stove, were lueon eiiieiic'd hy the beat and eauie and look the wut, Li Irolit of lue, whcio lliey fi ll Into a lively chut. 1 soon learned Irum I heir con vi-nntlon that both resided in Detiolt and wri tvfiiiiilng fiimi a ha-ty mid uniireluedlta J visit to a sick mid dying friend In Ohio, (ttlid not take long to convince me Hint they enTe women of wuiltli and Intelligence, who xxiiph-l a high x)dtioii In society and I Kiirsu-il Jy tlielr appearance that both were 4ef forty ycai'H old. I Iiud Ih-cuiso so much Interested hi their ronverratloii that 1 failed to notice that the train liad eomo to a standstill In a dense forest, till one of them pati-ed In the midst ictn xcnlenee to ask the oilier, "What aro wo -:ttiog here fori I don't see nuv nt ill Ion." Tilts roused lue, anil I got tip ami went out vikhi the nl.itforin, w hero I soon learned tho nuK4. of our delay, in fnmt of us was a JiWght tr.du oil the track, with a disabled 4neine. M tllsanMiliitiuent was most Intense, and for a few mimics 1 stood liken man tlttcilv vADfusiil h koine calamity. Iiistoadof spend irjrtiie evening In .Mr. Castle's eleucnt p.irlois jiKompunv wltli my eharmliiir Kllu, as 1 had iHV-n incliiniiL' In day ilnnnis all that long, .wwu( day. there 1 was auehnred In tho midst nf nil Inhospitable forest, w th no Im jriisllntji pros'it of release. Cn lug over tflkil milk i nut one of nit eharaelerlstles. liovever, and ns soon us 1 had ascertained from Uie txindlielor Unit he should hot back tlx train to tho last station, soim- seven miles titant, till he hud timo lo send a ini ssenger to the station lour miles ahead for Instruc tion, 1 started on a brisk walk aloui; the 1urk. ri'tolved to tlud some mipper, If It Weill possible. Alter walolug over a mile, 1 eamo to nrloirlug and a largo farm houe, not far I mm the railroad, whore 1 met with a hospit able reception On Icaruliu tho situation of tlu; train, the lady of tho house at once laid .aside her sewlntruuil bust Ithl about to Mil a !arg- lusket with bread, dried meal, cheese, sloiiykiiuts, pieK, caKes, Mini various other j;oo.l things, nl.vais lo bo louud In sup rahit'i iUikv in the pantry of mi Ohio hoiiewite, cxpmlly ulinit 'riiauksglvliig lime. YVIrtio tin- nas tilin g the basket, she was at the mum tune iiiakluu u lartio ci.lfee t full of eollee on the kitchen stove. Mie utterly rcf.isod to nvrlvo moiiev, and cut short my thanks by lut--Lliig ine to divnl - mt buket full with the ladies on the tium, giving what was left to the HM O, and to leave the basket, and a tin jail Into which she Hiitrod the eollee, at tho jiext btatiou, lli r iiiuuo was .Smith, and it undo inu proud Ui hear her say It. Thus arimil and e(pl pped against a famine, 1 has-U-nri! luck to the train, which 1 found i'i ifo.'u .quo liut otheis of the gentlemen had teeu 4ut forauluu, and the two ladles I have men tknicsl wvie the only ouci not already supplied wlili Mtiipi-r, y They declared that J was it fUtlrnj herald of ThauLsgivm, ami a genuine knlgUi eir.int of the utis'teeulii icnturv, and were lavish In tlwlr praises of tho lady whose name was ftnitii i Hsserllng that the contents of that I us Artbhoued plain as proof of holt writ that she u i4 g'Md Christian and a notable house flwrwr. We grew (pillc social over our Irtnch itajdel. and I felt thankful for my nood for 'Sxue in finding two such )ile;uuut old ladles JiirlMrellu, cuiiimnions. After o had done eating, 1 again seuiched at Ibeoondiicloi and learniHl that wo wero likely ti he detained several hour lousjer and nwtd uot oxjK'Ct to rcuch Detroit till tho nut DMnnlng. , liv ladv friend irenlved the unwoloome tWfiig u Hit u hcromlhi; show of pattonee, and r usomeil our conviiin.tt'oii, which uuliirully fell upon ru Irtud areldculs and Inenleiiu of itravfli. Old ladles uto apt to Iki RihkI story lrJIr, and these two wero hy no means ex i:tlou. 1'ioiu rallrswil uwhfenU tho lranl Uon was easy and natural to other caMialltles, jir a thrilling -story of a church that full dur ing services and crulied miec fini a people, r -lut.il with R aplile loree b "ii'"' the lad.es, was fullowe i liy tills i-i .on r mi the other. 'Mrs. Garland, did I ever tuil v.nt of th mlsforitiii.1 that b -fell moiiTh misgiving day bixteen learj iuoi ' "N'o, I nm sure not. I'leasc tell in abojit It Mr.. Castle." "Mrs. Cuslln" what a revelation 1 It must ba that slt- was U la's mother, r'urclv. If I could hav.'! had the. ti ck of all won iii'Ulnd. I could lnv,1 not se'ect'.l a sweeter. klnd"r look ing old ladv f ir n mother In-law than the one siiiimr neror me. nut ihhsidiv ii mivtni hc com? othc- .Mrs. Castle, nnd I decided to wait nnd hear tin? shin, which would doub'.Iess set tie the question of Identity, after W Inch I emiM declare misc.ll, II my sunniics were correct, Mrs. Castle wa afraid I would be Isircd with a Ions: storv, hut I assured her that I should be ttlad to listen for a thousand nnd one nlirhts. muking, however, the mental reservation that I should want Klla's company, meantime. mils. cisri.B'd stout. Eighteen jenrs ago, Mr. Castle bouihta saw m III u a small village In esb-rn .Michigan nnd lininedlatclv went west to take charge of It leaving me and tho children In New York. (ieorge was tin ii about thirteen years old, and Klla, three. lie remained nearly n year to build n house and get everrtlilng in rc.uliu for our reception, and then came east and took us liaeK with nun, Arrived In Michigan, I found inv husband had tirovldcd n house nenrlv ns large, mid quite as comfortable, as the old homestead at h rat-use; hut I must confess that I was not. a little homes ek for the first few months. I hen w as a plentiful lack of cultivated socelv, few church privilege, nowhere to go, and iiothin to see. I made few acquaintances till tho Fprlng after we got there, when I had a severe utiacK oi icver. J he women in me neigiioor hood tiromtitlv came to my assistance and nursed me wltlrmiicli care and kindness till I was fully recovered, after which I called up on all of them and formed some warm ami lasting fileud-h.ru. Mr. Castle had a steam saw mill and shingle mill and usually Kent from twelve to llfteen men In his ciniilov. Most of them weio s uu'le men, and ithout tho roughest set ot men 1 ever hail the fortune to meet. Yet they were uniformly polite tome.and Mr. Castle professed lo mm in them a great many sterling ipialilies- Our first Thanksgiving Day in Michigan came soon after wo arrived there, nnd before wo were falr.v settled, so that we were unable to devote much pains to Its observance. t he next year we talKctl the manor over several weeks before hand, and decided to give a famous thanksgiving dinner and invito nil Mr. Castle's employes, with Iho families of tho-e who were iininled. 1 believe 1 first pio- iio ed Die plan, hut there were a few of Hie men that I would gladly have omitted fiom the Invitation. Undo Luke was tiling with us then, nnd both he and my husband Insisted that wo ought to invite' all If we Invited any. The subject entile up one evening, after tea, when wo were all seated In tho parlor, and we had what Uncle Luko calL'd quite a "council of war" over It. "As to Mr. .Tones and his wife, with their 'raft of children,' as Mr, .tones calls them, I don't object to them," said I, "nor to ,11m Cross and Ills w.fe, tlioiuh I am afraid It will be tho first thu she was ecr Invited to ilme wltli respectable people; but there is Tom hover, do urn think it pos-iblo my dear, that ho can keep Holier twenty four hours when he is not at work)'' 'I will answer for hlin." said Uncle Luke. ''I will send him out hunting with (ieorge, who can manage to keep him in the woods till about dinner tune." "Mr. and Mrs. Smith, end Mr. and Mr. Carter," I continue I, "are nice people. I am alwavs glad to s e them. John Colib and his 'Sally Marlar' and diughter .lane, are as good as a show ; it will bn nm to watch their per foruiHiiee. Mr. Hell, Mr. Itrown, Mr. lieed and Mr. Mason can all ln-haw; like gentlemen when they try, but iloliu Lev and l'.iul Toma are ho noisy and qiiarielsouic; 1 am icaliy afiald of them." "I don't helieto tbev will (f ire to air their profanity at my bible,'' s.tld Mr. Castle, ' and as to their noise, wo can ceit.iiuly stand that lor a few hours." "Well then." said I, "let us have them all, and tr,' to m ika the oitihIou as pleasant as possible for them, 1 remember 1 hat w as your lather's cutom In Yermo.it. lie ulwny.s had fro, u twenty to llfly people at Ills table Thanks giving l)a." "Yes," said my lunb.ui I, "It will aeoni like old times." We were deep 111 our discussion of wayi au.l means, when (ieorge, who had b -en playing Willi Klla, leaelilug her to build Iioiim's w itli her new letter blocks, suddenly Intel ril,iled our talk w ith a somewhat startling Inquo , : "Mamma, aro von going lo ask Johnny Driver i" Th .1 oh mi v Driver was a boy of nearly (icoiJt'a aye, who sometime, packed shingle's at the mill: the most troublesome boy in thu eiaie, ami the scapegoat oi tin- vlhage. lb had no parents, no gtiardl in, and no regular home, aiidstopp'd lirsl at one place and lin-u at another till Hie people got tired of him an I sent liim away. It was reported that hl fatlier was a pioiiiliieut guiiu dealer in I'lula dclplihi, and a very rich man, but he die I in solvent, and being a sell made man and an orphan educate I at a charity school, lelt no relatives to t iko charge of little .lohiiut, ids only chlhl. Ills wife win a delicate woman, and died when .lohiinv washula tew muitiis old, alter which the Utile fellow had the host of care that mo'lev could procure, but I fear hot much real love and attention, save from Ins father, whose business cares lelt him little lime lo spend with his boy Johnny was eight years old when his father died and lelt him, a friendless waif, to the mercy of the world. He found so ue k'lid of a home, but when he was twelve yens olu he ran away with a circus company and never returned, though ho soon becauia so trouble some that Iho manager gladly dropped him m our little Milage, where he seemed deteiiniu ed to sla for the sole reason that nob sly w s ies to have him. This i the story that followed linn to the village, though 1 can onh vouch for the latter part of it I fall), ilreude I Iho sight of tho bov, and would, I think, if left tomtsclf, have (uvited a Fiji cannibal Into my Ihiis. almost as s on asJonuy Drhor. Hut" I had allowed .Mr. Ca tlo to manage tho matter thus far, and so 1 icplled discreetly: "1 don't know, (Jowgle, I never thought of him " 'You had lietter detail two men nud a dog, or oiio mail and two dogs, to watch him; it you do," said Uncle Luke. "Havo you heard Johnm's lnt trick?" said Mr. Ca-ite. "Y"il know what a aeltUh and penurious man Klder ( 'rocker Is, nnd how he cxis'cts every one to wait on him upon all oe ca-lon. Well, last Monday ln dim up lo the mill lo see tue for soiiicthiu.;, and asked John liv to hoi I his horc, ns the aiiiiunal was afraid of the noise of the iiiaehiiiciy, lie staled and bored me more tli'iu half an hour, mid when he went out, Instead of paying JoIiiiiiv for his troll be, be said, very severeli : "Hand me the bridle, lad, I'm all aid ou'o been worry ing the liore ' Johnny Vin oooly let go the hrliUe and gave tho horse a cut Willi the whip thai started him Into a tun, alter wh. eh he swore a fearful volley at the Klder, and walked oil, breaking the whip In small places as ho went. Tlie consequence was that the horse never stopH-d till bo got home, and Hie I'. iW had a live miles walk in it hlglilv excited ft am of im ml. He wanted I should punish tho loy; hut 1 told him that I had no authority oyer him, and did not want at . "I fear be Is li.-ooi rlglble," said I'neli Luke, lie went to the protracted meeting la-it lull, and lisu ills place on the anxious siMit tor tho sake of getting near cnongli to the stove to put a luiudfilt of popper In It. It Ksik Jtl.t two minutes bv tho watch t clour thu house of over a hundred coplt " "Yes," said 1, "he Is totally devoid of rev erence, and seem to delight in abusing tho young people who have Joined the church. And then, whenever there are Indians in town ho is alwa.su.-tlugai a go-between togetwhls key for them. If tho place l burned by them wome d i', I have no doubt w shall owe It to Jnhuiii." r 1 think Johnny's curs mut bate Iven lln gled that night ; for haunt; IwotMue the suo JiH't of discussion in our little cliele ho was handled w Ithout gloves, and hit e II deeds git en a lllsir.il airing. It was eoneedivd that he was uaturul'v a bright bov, and that ho had some personal prhU, that Induced htm to ktwp his hands and fare olcau aud hit imially raggtxl olothes in tone kind of order- Hut no one could deuy (Hat he was laiy, muc, mUchlev ousaul profane i Jint tuch a bjy a the vil- I Inge could well aff rd fo spare. Uncle Lnko roundly nswrted that the Isj.'b example and (.vll Influence In the v.llag wore inuru than enough to eoUiiteiAialance the effect of all Its tlireeSund.iv seho ol. and iroposl to sttls rcribn liberally to a fund to hire him tolcavo and stay away. He wiis not a regular employe of Mr. Castle's mill consequently we did not feel in nnv way bound to Invite him, though ve pitied his h')iiieles condition, nud would have lucii glad to do something for him, if he would let us. Johnny's chances of getting a Tuanksgiving dinner were rapidly lessening, when (leorgle took up the cudgels In his defense nnd Insisted tint the village people were constantly pick ing at him, and that If the truth were known, more than half his tricks were In self de fense. It was finally agreed to put It to vote, by ballot, whetlur. Johnny should be invited. Tiie counters were brought from the checker board, and It was agreed that the white ones should be for and the black against him; thu color which each vot 'd being kept secret. At the very last moment I relented, I know not why, unless the splr.t of the pxir orphan's mother hovered near and Influenced me, nnd the hand which I extended wltli two counters In It, one of each color, fully intending to de jsofllt. tho black one, dropped thu white in stead. Hvcn to this dnv I tremble, and mv heart al most censes to deaf, when I think of what might have been the result had I followed my llrst Impulse. "Hlty-tlty!" exclaimed Mr. Castle, who held the hat. "The ballot Is n tie, nnd we shall havo lo appeal to Klla for n ending vote." Klla, who understood nothing of our late procedure, but who seemed to consider it some Kind of a new game, on hearing her name siiokeii raised her head and said very gravely: "I like Joh nnv. He brought mo some mice In a hot and some maple sugar." ' Johnny Is elected," said Mr. Catlc. "Klla may be tho best Judge of human na ture after all. I don't think the child could be attracted to any one who waa reallv vicious at heart." And so Johnnv got his Invitation, and said he would come "if he felt hungry about that time of day." I lie other Invitations were all greatfitllv accepted, aud all concerned seemed to look forward lo tho festival with pleasant antici pation. .Mr, llurke, who kept the mill boarding house, said that she could tell who were Invited to our Thanksgiving, by their sclf-satlslled look aud the extra amount of food they consumed. Instead of starting themolvo.s lo aemiire greater capacity, thev seem 'd to have their appetites in training. In a country village, where everyone knows w hat everybody else Is doing, our preparation.? for Thanksgiving attracted no little attention, and I must acknowledge that for a time 1 felt Foinewhat nervous over mv undertaking. Hut as tho (lav atmroached and cvcrvthlntr seemed to conspire to rn lor our plans sucoess- lui, my anxiety woro away, nun I lounil my self, with the others, glad that Thanksgiving was so near in nana. Thanksgiving morning ushered In, warm nr.d pleasant, a beautiful Indian .Summer day, and .Mill Lasltc at. rustle s .Mill. ' as uncle i.tiko was wont to stvlo our largo but very oluln house, prccutcd an animated appearance. Inside the house four willing women, voluii- ;eers for the occasion, assisted mv cook to prepare the various viands for the grand din ner, while I mustered Into servieo every table cloth, napkin, knife, fork, spoon, ami all the dishes of every kind in the home, even resort ing to the expedient of borrowing dishes of Mrs. Wlushiw, our minister's wife, who, with her husband, was among our list of guests. Outside, half a score of men Indulged In various pastimes, such as pitching quoits, or shooting at a m u k; the more sober minded of them now and then dropping into a theological discussion witli Mr. Uiuslow, w hose thoughts never for an Instant strayed from his sacred calling, lie was generally regarded as a nodel of tinworldllness, but Lucie Luke call ed him a theological machine. Iho ladles began to arrive before noon, and I found mt bauds full in receiving and enter taining them. Uncle Luke and (leorgle came in and devot ed themselves exclusively to the children, their bit of strategy in the case of Tom Lover having proved quite unnecessary, that gentle man coming In late In the morning, cleanly shaved, dressed (rather flashily) in now broad cloth, and as sober as a Judge. lohn l,lcK and l'.iul Toms also aptuarecl In new suits ot hlacK, in the latest llroailwnv st vie (so vouched for by One Legged Dick, the IHage tailor), ami I lie lahorlotis illgnitv ami severe propriety of their d.'ineanor nearly up set my graiitv whenever I looked their way, ulb'It II greatly relieved my forebodings. I lie children got hungry bv noon, and wc were compelled to feed the smaller ones, pre vailing ii m ! i the others by a glowing descrip tion of the nice thing, iipm the tables to wall till dinner was readv. Little Klla went to bed, ml was snugly csi-onsed in the parlor bed room. At two o'clock precisely dinner was an nounced, and a murmur of admiration rose lioni the assembly as woeuteied the elegantly trimmed dining' room. The walls were wi entlied with evergreen and fearlet berries, and niton the long tables flashed and sparkled a briilit amy of silver and glassware, such as had never boon seen In the village he! ore. 1 ho guests, jusi two ito.eii in number. were seated us quickly and skillfully as pos sible to avoid awkwardness, as most of them were tiuus.'d to the forms of table etinitctte rec- ognl.ed In pollle circles; and It was while as sisting to seat them that inv etes fell on John ny Driver, looking ragged and saucy as usual. I beckoned him toward me, and seated him bv the side of Uiic'o Luke, where I thought ho would be ino-t likely to keep quiet. Once seated, n profound silence fell upon the iurt, which was broken by .Mr. Castlo r.slng to Invito Mr. MTuslow to ask a blessing. the Invocation wits an cnthu-las e oui.- pourlug of prayer and praise that scarcely left a dry eve In the room, and even the Irrcpress ible'Johiiuv was visibly sobered; though he ex- ilalned In an undertone to Uncle Luke that lis feelings were touched bv the thought of the grief that must prevail in tho turkey fam ily to oiiei our rejoicing. Then tho carvers set to work upou the roast tin keys, roasts of beef and loasts of bear and venison, heaping high every plate, while I poured tho to.i and eollee. Conversa tion was lively, mil not. boisterous, and 1 was surprised nud delighted at the general show f courtesv and good brooding In a company from most of whom 1 had leason to expect but little. Wo lingered long at the table, laitnir patient siege to the muiutlfitl store of eatables that withstood our attack, not without great los, but at last without danger of falling 6hort. And, when the most persistent enters began to succumb to a sense of repletion, Mr. Hell aroic, and In it ueatlt turned, uiigr.nu- matic.il speech, recounted the Itencflt that had accrued to the tillage from Mr. Castle's enterprise and liberality, and proposed the health ol the m ister ninl mistress ot tue "Villi C.nlle,M to be drunk in a gin of new cider. 1 lie toast ellclleit iniicli applause; and In re sponse .Mr. l astle rooouiilercsl some of the dllllcultles that he had overcome, ami ex plained hit future plan for Improving the place. oxi i noio i.uuo wai enueu upon, aim when he arose his chair rose with him, up setting his b iliiuee and precipitating him up ou a veiy fat ladv who sat near hlnu occasion ing a hurst ot laughter that none of us could restrain. Johnny had tied one end of his napkin to a leg of Undo Luke's chair, and pinned the other end fast to the ctvat. Uncle Luko quickly recovered hlimelf and joined in the laugh, lint Just as ho begun to tv.iu, no was inierruptiHi uy a great uproar without. The bell began to ring lustily, and the erv of "Klre! l'irel Kiret" resounded through tho Mage. 1 eivinonv was forgotten, and wo nil rushed out Into the )anl, to hear tho alarming tidings mat thi1 steam mill (.Mr. tattle's) was on tire. His men ran rapidly to tho mill, and a few of the women remained to takt) care of tho children, while tho rest of us hasten! tow aril the mill as fast as wo could. Arrived In sight of the mill, we found one nd of Iho huge structure nil In Unities, and Ir tattle skillfully uiarttiallng hit men to prevent the lire spreading to the lumber p ies; there apisxiriiig no iioseiuillty of Kiting the mill or nut pott Ion of IL Tlivd and out ot breath with running. I teuttsl in. self uloiig w ith Mrs. Whitlow mxm laito log and wntvhed thu grand hut annull ing ccUclo of tho tiro The rkmus rioted In the dr pine hoard, and leatvd In huge uujtci apparently a uuudrcd foot Into tin air, while dene clou Is of thick black smoke overshadow ed and added a twilight darkness to the scene that was in turn lit up by the lurid flames. Some of tho men worked gallantly In clear ing away an old shed between the liiillanil the lumber piles, while others carried water from the large tnnK nnd p Hired It Uwn the lumber. Thev were so near the lire that I felt s -riously nlanned for their safety, and cou'd not help, w slilug thev woitfil let the whole tiling go, and not. Imperil their lives to save a few piles o! lumber, which, though representing half mv husband's fortune, woro not to bo va,utd when compared to a hum in life. Wh lo I was ousting mt self with these re flrctlons, Mrs. Wmslow suddenly Interrupted them by calling attention to the fact that, Willie the mill was three stories high, there was but one stairway, and In case the lire had occurred when the men were at work, It might have been found dilllcult for those In the u le per story to escape. 1 replied that the upper story was but little ued, In fact Mr. Castle had never made anv use of It, except a small room In ihe end toward us which lr; had used for an otllce till a few days previous, when ho had moved his books and paper. to the houe. Klla used to spend half her time up there, sit ting at the window and looking out toward the village for hours at a lime. The window was nearly thirty feet high, and eommnuUed an extensive view. As I sH)kc I directed my gaze toward the open window thus referred to, nnd to my astonishment thought I saw something mov ing Inside of It, .Mrs. Wlnslow nlso saw the same object, nnd wo continued to wntch the opening, when suddenly n child's face caino Into full view, and I recognized little Kiln. I ran frantically toward the men, shouting. "Kiln Is in the mill! Klla Is in the old olllee!" nnd the hundreds of villagers who had by tills time assembled took up and repented my cry. The crowd came rushing up to that end of th mill, au.l stood looking upward In speech less horror. Tho place where Klla stood was almost the only part of the in II not already In llamcs, and there was no jiossllile means of reaching It exept from the outside, which would require a long ladder, such ns could only be found nearly halt a mile oil in the village. My husband, when ho enmo nnd saw the blessed child standing nt the window, looking calmly down nt the horrllled assemblage, starteil to ruh Into the mill, and doubtless would have perished In tho dimes had not strong hands restrained him, while their own ers urged lilm not to throw away his life, for n score of men were gono after ladders though thnv knew, and he know, that all would bo over before any ladders could air.ve. I (lropp"d upon mv knees, w Ith mv eyes fixed upon the window, and prayed us I had never prayed before. At that Instant Johnny Driver appeared, with half a dozen men, carrying a large stick of timber, winch thev set "up on end'agalnst tlie building, though It scarcely reached half way to the window. Johnny climbed up it like a squirrel, and when he stood erect upon the end of it nn ax was thrown to him In such n manner that ho caught It by tho handle. He nt once began to cut a hole through the loards hy his side, and in a moment disappeared In side the building, while tlie smoke relied out through the opening he had made. A great hush of expectation fell upon the crowd. N'o one knew his plan, or how no was to get through the lloor above Into the upper storv, If lie was not at once suilocated bv the smok to full a victim to the lire Soon the upper en I of n board, just below the window, was seen to be giving way, mov ing outward, nnd Johnny's head slowly emerged above It, clinging to thu side of tho building by thrusting hi fingers through a wide crack between the boards. My heart bounded with hop,?, and cheer after cheer arose from the excited crowd, which were re doubled when he got his feet upon tho sway ing board, and, reaching his hands up to tlio window sill, lightly drew himself up, and dropped lnlde He aim st Instantly reap peared, holding Klla In Ids arms, and beckoned lor some one to stand below and eat'-h her. Mr. Castle motioned the crowd away from him, on either side, 'ind stoo l theie w'lth his arms ext-ndt'tl, as coolly and quletlv as If It were some play that was'b dug enacted. Johnuv sat on tie! window sill and tossed Klla lightly from him She fell witli terrible velocity, but Mr. Castle caught her with that firm but clastic grap with which a base ball pi ivcr catches what ho calls a "Hy," and the next moment she was sobbing in iny arms, un harmed, thank Ood! Tho building was swailngto Its fall when Johnuv sprang from tlie win low, and was picked upand carried oil', scorched and bleed ing, with Ills r g.it arm broken. The villagers brought a carriage, and plac ing Johnny in it, with two men to support lit in, thev tied a long mp to the pole and over a hundred stnlw.irt iii.-u drew him in triumph to our house. Then the village doctor set his nrm and dressed his hands and he was placed in tho best bod. in the parlor bedroom. Klla did not seem any the worse for her tcrriiilo experience, but I wass i overcome that I did not leave inv room for a week, aud could not command my feelings to sp'akof tin af fair or hear it discussed for months afterward. Klla must have left the bedroom uiiob.crved while wo were at dinner, and missing the fam ily walked down to the mill and up the long flight of stairs to the olllee, where sue was in the habit of seeking her father. How the mill took lire we never learned. You may be sure that Johnny had the best of care, nud was served like a prince till he re covered, which was not till after several weeks lind elapsed, his arm knitting slowly, while the burns on his neck and arms proved to be very set ere Klin was Ids almost constant attendant, and I was greatly pleased bv the gentleness with which he alwavs treated her. I could also see, though he was very undemonstrative to ward the rest of Hie faniilt, receiving our at tentions in silence, and bearing his pains with stole fortitude, that he appreciated our kindness and was trying to coutrol hiu mis chievous propensities. Here Mrs. Castle nausod and retrained si lout for some time,' till Mrs. (inrlaud broke the silence bv rcinaiklng that she hail vevkMislv hoard something about Klla having a wonderful escape from a burning building, but she had never supposed that It was ant thlng so romantic, "What b-canie of Johnny!" slip added. "That Is what I don't know," said Mrs ('.is. tie, "though I would give utmost anvlhiug to learn. The tiro left Mr. Castle with hardly a cent In the world, having been considerably in debt on the mill, and we started for California, where his brother John was in business, only alsiut four mouths after the fire. He would havo taken Johnny with us, but tlie bo re fused to be a burden to him, and said he should prefer to ronriln In Michigan ami go to school somewhere till wo en uie buck, Mr. Caedle found a good home, where lie could attend school six months in tlie tear, and the gentleman with whom lie went to live promised to keep us ported as U his progress, lie did so for about a jear, giving glowing re ports of Ida i ('formation and gtxsl character, and then In his last letter, he wrote that John ny had boon adopted by some K.itm man, and bad gone lioine it ith him to Xotv York. He did not even toll us the mono of the mar that Johnny had gone with, nor w hut pari of New York he lived lu. When we came back to Michigan, Mr. Cray, with whom we left the Isiy, had removed to parts unknown, and we have never been able to trace either of thoiu. "How like a romance It all Is," said Mrs. (inrlaud. If Johnuv would only reappear now aud marry Kiln, all the conditions of a llrst class story would be fuHUIed." "If he Is alive he Is over thirty vrars.old and Is piobably married (Wore ttilt'tlino-," to, plied Mr. Cus'tle. "Hut 1 nm sure that Klla would willingly travel round the world to Und him and express her thanks." "I havo no ilouU of It, for Klla I thoJ.no blft of girls," said I. Mrs. Castlti lookesl up In astonishment. "Do you know hurl Perhaps--can It be jsuslble that this Is li forge's and Klla's friend from Cincinnati." I took out one of my eatdr, on which was wrlttou my name, JOHN n. SMITH, and writing the second name out lu full with mv peucll. handed the card to her. She took it aud held it up toward the lamp, for hy that time It was after dark and the car wow again In motion, and slowly spelled out the name. Thn she uuclusl out toward uie, deliberately ttwk'iny n'Ut hand In hers, held that uUo up to the light ami nihb,! her hand over It, looked searching!)' Ink) my face, ana selling mv hand with b,,tu of liars exilaltu'3. Yum ifur, uif 7nA hu Din- "' HERE AND THERE. Tho latest pieco of sluti"; In New York city Is fotlilenn"; up A Pliil:i(leli)lii:i Kiirn roads: "Teeth pulled vt'lnluyou wait." New York is said to bo the third German city in the world. Watermelons are still beinsold on the streets at Alttiras, Cal Tho fiishion:ib!u ladies of Cleveland, O., have taken to horseback riding. Near W'intersct, Canada, ono day ro ccntly, was captured a 9 pound trout, Tho uo of bieycles and tricycles is to bu regulated by law in I'h.ladelphin, Tho authorities at Teh am a, Cal., of fer lfl cents bounty for a jack-rabbit scalp. A squad of soldiers now guard the statue of Liberty on Uedloe s Islatid, iMew lork. One of tho Florida hotels has adver Used pino cone pillows for invalids as "speoiaity. " It is alleged that the favorite pastime ot I'iiiiailelplna society mauletis poker-plnying. Tho average cost per scholar of tho text-books in tho South Carolina schools is S'J. IO a year. Saratoga, N. Y., hns a woman bill poster who handles the brush with the bkill of an expert, A sailors' chapel is to bo built in New lork by money left by V. II. Vanuer bilt for that purpose. It is said by competent authority that men spend more money lor hats thai, women uo lor bonnets, Nathan llobbs, of I'eotilield, Ga., who is 96 years old, works every day and reads without spectacles. There aro two counties in Speaker Uatlislu s district that never Had a rail road or a telegraph station Jn New York city a half dozen young men have resolved to not we:u' overcoats during the coining winter. Tho cost of tho gas used during atlic- atncal perlormaneo m ew lork city. ono nigtit last wool;, was cOU. A ot ZJii ot Ilollistor, la., is said to have delayed his suicide until after elec tion so as not to lose his vote. a movomont is on toot to organize a company of territor.al militia at bpo kano Falls, Washington territory. aoutiiorn cai.ionna win snow a wine crop of 17,0J0,U(X) gallons this year and a ra sin crop of V.OH'J.OJJ boxes. A largo deposit of red marble is .said to have boon discovered ono dav last week in Lauderdale county, Alabama. '.lliirty tons of coal tire required to heat the im'onhoiiso.s of one of thu be.st llorists in lSoston dur ng the win ter. Door knocks of tho old-fashioned kind are once more appearing mi the doors of fashionable iSew York rest donees. Iroquois, tho only American horse that ever won the English Derbt, is be ing wintered on a farm near Nashville, Teiin. At Memphis, Tumi.. Tuesday, lb,7.")L' bales of cotton were handled, the largest one day's receipts in the history of tho city. Several Alabama papers want the state legislature to pass a law requiring every man to produce a tax receipt be fore voting. According to actual count more than d.-M pjr.sons paid the r resp 'cts to the president and lus wile at llotel Ven donio in Hoston. An increase of S5,C17 in tlie average daily receipts is noticed since the recent reduction of fare-, on tho New Voriv Klevated railroad. A sea spider measuring twenty two inches from tip-to-tip oi its claws was dredged from Oyster bay harbor, Lung island , the other day. Tho greatest strawberry shipping place on this continent is Norfolk, Va. A farm of 411) acres near that city l the largest one in tlie wt;rld. At Atlanta, Ga.. has been formed an association of young ladies who aro stvorn to do everytning in their power to abolish the "parlor-boaif ' fashion. The editor of a Georgia paper says liberty is always pictured as a woman because liberty to survive must be vig ilant, and there is no blind side to it woman. Parties will shortly engage in exca vating lands about White I'la ns, N. Y., in search of treasures that are sup posed to havo been buried there years and years ago. Kocitation hours tit Yale have been changed to fawn tlie lootball players. This, says 'Ilia .'urtvtct Ilullttin, is" the first indication of tho change of tho college into a universiti. Drinking from faucets is a dangerous thing, in Hartford, Conn. , judging front a recent item in The Louraut, which dosoribes a two-loot long hair snake that recently caino through a water pipe in that city. In 1SS0 there were C'J.) Indians in Maine, of whom illy wore males ami iilil females. Every able-bodied Indian in the state has a dog, undeiury Indian who is not able-bodied has two, sas The J, caution Journal. An expert visited the Metropolitan theater. New York, at it opening one night lt Meek, anil ligure out tlio wealth represented in tho parterre boxes was irroV-VilkOOO. and in tho lirst tier boxes sy.y.'iU.OdO. As n family man Davd Wright, col ored, of Columbia City, Fla., can hard ly bo surpassed. Ho is tho father of twenty-Iivo children, most of thorn liv ing, aud his present wifo is the mother of twenty-seven children, nineteen of whom aro living. At a recent dinner party in Hoston, Mass,, six thousand rod' roses orna mented the tables. Thorn was not sttii oicnt room for tho dishes and the dis play savored moro of vulgarity than art, but tho host, says The Journal, was probably satisfied with his efforts to surpass all others in tloral ornamen tation. While Honry Ustorwin was chopping wood in llethany, Va., ono day last weok, Ids 4-voar-old daughter- ran up playfully and nut hor little foot upon the loir," and tho next instant It was iovorotl by tho iloicontling ax, tho fath er not seoir.jj his chil l lu tittle to iUv , the bluw. SOON WILL COME THE SNOW. IVhlte are the dlsle.', while as tilb't; The stately corn Is hung with silk; The roses' are In bio, v. Lore me, beloved, while you m-iy. And beg the fljlng hours to stay, For love fhall end, and all delight. The dav Is long the day Is b-h;ht; Hut soon will come the snow! Up from the meadow-se Igefi tall Floats music, by the lark's clear call Scarlet the lilies grow. Love me, I pnv hiu, while yrti may, Aud beg the Hying hours to star, For love shall end, and dear delight. I5ut soon will c jine the snow I An Islet lu a shoreless sea, This moment Is for toil and m?, And bliss that lovers know. Love me, beloved Soon wo die; Joys, like swallows, qit.ckly liv; And love shall end, and all delight. The day is long, the dav Is bright, Hut soon will come the snow! Xeie Yorc Mail fitpmu UNFORTUNATE DOGS. A Decision In nn Ktigllsli Court thnt .Makes T'holr Owners had. An important decision regarding dogs irt the Metropolitan police district and, by implication, with respect to dogs generally, wtus givon yesterday by tho lord chief justice and tlie judges of tho queen's bench division. Tlio pre cise question beforo tho court was, in deed, a merely technical one, but tho judgment, involved all that was of act ual consequence. A few daB ago Sir Hector Hay was summoned for bo.ng on tho highway accompanied by a dog which was not under propor control. Mr. IJennett, tlio poltco magistrate, finding that the dog was neither muz zled nor led, imposed a lino on tho un derstanding that a case should not go to tho superior court. On considera tion however, the magistrate refused to state a case, holding that tlio ques tion of control was one not of law but of fact, and that a dog neither led nor muzzled was, in reality, not controlled. Tho application made yesterday was for a rnlo calling upon the magistrate to state a case. In refusing tho appication tho court expressed its agreement with the magistrate that "control'' meant actual mechanical chuck, and not mere ly moral guidance. "Tho control," said tho lord cliicf jtistioo, "must bo an ollectivo control, and not a moral con trol." Mr. Justice Stephen went oven further, and ntantainod that dogs must be considered as "insonsiblo to moral inlluencus," and "liable to bite any ojeet to which tlioy might take a fancy," unless thev were muzzled or "t.ed with a. string round their necks." The words of Lord Coleridge aro not, indeed, ab solutely conclusive, for though in ono place lie disallows any moral control. in another ho seems to permit where tho defendant can prove it. Hut as ho uui tho other judges agrco that ".Mr. licimott arrived at a sound conclusion," tlio exception looks almost, if notquite. ineaninglos- The judgement, though it may be good law, seems hardly logi cal, for if tho control to bo exercised is to "prevent a dog from b'.ting" as Lor Coleridge savs it is ho ought to go further and prohibit leading, which only restricts tlie area within which a dog can bile, but neither prevents him from biting, nor insures that his bito shall be harmless. Olhotw.se, there is no doubt that court lias rightly under stood the meaning of tlie police auth orities. Men who lHgin by looking upon every dog as venomous, and pre sumably a propagator of hydrophobia. of course believe only in such control is physical torco or median cal ingenu ity can impose restrictions of tho sort til at would render a rattlesnnko harm less. For a limited tint till the streets woro cleared of the stray curs that constituted tho real danger, there may havo been some justification for distin guishing rather sharply botwoun dogs with and dogs without masters. But unless tiio police are to be permanently legraded into dog-catchers, watching for every pug or poodle that strays through the garden gate or escapes up tlie area steps, tlie "temporary neces- ity ought uy this tune to no over. I'ho continued enforcement of Sir Charles' edict serves only to try tho temper of thoso who do not liko to loso valuable dogs, and who 1 ko still loss to see them tortured. London Manilurd. The Doves of Venice. Ono of tho most charming and well- known sights of tho city of Venice, says a writer in Jie I'ortumd Vr uis- cripl, is tho innumerable flock of dovc3 that, when they hear tho stroko of 2 o'clock, flutter down into tho Plnzea. San Marco to rccoivo thoir daily dolo of grain. This privileged raco of doves has boon domesticated in Venice sineo the year 877, and until tho downfall of the Venecian republic thoso little pen sioners wero maintained at tho oxpensn of tho government. Siuco that t mo they have been cared for according to a b'equest made in thoir favor by a bo- cvolont lady. Who would believo that thoso doves have twice appeared as plaintiffs in a awsuit.J in ISiH in astutconceruin- mv umronriation of tho doves by various individuals, for purposes of salo, it was decided that tho birds woro ros nullius. tho property of no one in particular, and heneu" tho property of any person who might take tiie trouble to catch thotu Tho consooueucos of this doc s- lon was immediate aud obvious. Tho poor birds had no peaco or safety, and were in a fair way to loso thoif trustinc tamonoss, tho happy rosult of conturius of friendly Intorcourso with mankind. I hoy began to foar tha Venetians bearing gifts, aud soon learned to suspect a snaro under every handful of gram. Fortune willed it that tho suhjoot of tho ownership of tho dovos of St. Mark hould again bo brought beforo tlio court, and tho first verdict was cor rected. I'ho judgo dee ded that it was not a easo of res nullius, but that on thu contrary, tho dovi of Vonioo ara domesticated animals, and also, bv common consent, publio pvoperty, and intrusted to tho care of tho citizens. Hence it Imicouios, Iio concluded, tint luty of ovory Venetian to guard and two for thoso doves, not appropriat ing them to li!a own use, but as Urn wards and orniuuonts of tuo city. -