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Entered according to Act of Congress, in Juno, 1867, by J. W. Burke & Cos., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the So. District of Georgia. Vol. I. CHARLEY IN THE COUNTRY. HARLEY was glad to learn one morning that he was to go for several months, to his uncle’s, in ntry, to remain while his were absent on a journey, spent sometime there be iY fore, and knew yy what a dear old place it was, and what a good time ho would have fishing in the pond above the mill, to say nothing of the blackberries, peaches and water melons, which he knew were abundant. Charley’s uncle met him at the railroad station, and sent him home in a light wagon, drawn by two stout horses. The road led thro’ a pleasant part of the country. The corn fields were in a blaze of sunlight, the cotton in full bloom, the fruit trees loaded with fruit. On their way they met a farmer, with a load of peaches and vegetables, carrying them to the nearest town for sale. He was a jolly-looking, hale, hearty old man, and as he was an acquaint ance of Charley’s uncle, he stopped and filled Charley’s lunch basket, with some of the finest peaches from his wagon. Little Charley spent two months very pleasantly at his uncle’s, when one even ing a letter came, telling him that his father and mother had returned to their home, and were anxious that their little boy should join them. You may be sure MACON, CA., JULY 13, 1867 that he lost no time in doing so, for plea sant as he found the county, he had often been home sick, and was glad enough to get back to his city home, and to see his dear parents again. Quite a load of good things were stow ed away beneath the seats of the wagon that carried Charley to the railroad sta tion. There was a large basket of elegant Tinley peaches, and another of rosy apples; a bucket of golden butter, eo'vei cd with green leaves, was carried as a present from Charley’s aunt to his dear mother. Charley was brimful of news for his parents, and had many wonderful stories to tell his school-mates, for weeks after his return to the city. MAROONER’S ISLAND ; OR, Dr. Gordon in Search of His Children. BY REV. F. R. GOULDING, Author of “ The Young Maroonem,” CHAPTER 11. PREPARATIONS AND DELAYS. turned from the bluff to the house, his first effort was to devise for him self some employment .s engrossing as possible. j. b »us no part of his faith or TP rac^ce t 0 mope or mourn need -4# lessly over misfortune. He be lieved that he could best serve his God, his loved ones, and himself, by cultiva ting at all times and in all things a cheer ful spirit. True, he could not always be cheerful, sometimes by reason of sickness, and sometimes (as now) by the pressure of dreadful misfortune; but he could al ways try to be so, and in the very effort he would be apt to find a refuge from dis turbing thought. Alas for him, however, on the present occasion his preparations for leaving home with his bright-faced children on their proposed maroon of a week, had been so complete that it was not easy to devise anything more that was suitable to his circumstances. This, however, he did: he called before him his two remain ing servants, Judy and Peter. Judy was his cook. Her skin was almost as black as the tea-kettle and the pots that she so skilfully used, and her iace was as homely as African faces ordinarily are ; but she was as faithful and loving as she was black, and no one could hear her soft musical voice, or see her face, all radiant, as it usually was, with native kindliness, without feeling drawn towards her. Pe ter, her husband, was some years her junior, and was also a good and faithful No. 2.