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ffiFLETON’s .touenal foe may,
Id Fritz were two Deutaclier* who lived
iby sv.l.-,
Iruiii the world, it* deceit and it* pride:
>ir pretzel* olid beer .lie epaie moments
[fcpellt,
fruits of their labor wire peace and con-
|r< based a horse of a neighbor one day,
part ofthc Gfll, as they say,
mil upon Fritz to solicit a loan,
bim to pay for his beautiful roan,
u ily consented the money to lend,
t the required amount to iiis friend;
ing—Ins ow n simple language to quote—
jt it v .* bedder To make ns a note.”
I was drawn up in their primitive way—
i, gets from Fritz feefty tollars to day—”
ko question arose, the note being made,
«i bold* dot baper until it Vas bald?”
ip. dot,” says Fritz, "und den you Till
i dot money.’’ Says Han*: “Dot ish
l me remember I liaf dot to bay,
you der note uud der money some
had ixpired when Hans as agreed,
fch ilie amount, and irom debtbowas
ly., “Now dot settles us.” Hans replies,
IlMakes dot biper according* by law?”
id t, now, anid’t it?” says Fritz; “den
I ri uiempers you liaid dot to me.”
«, “Dot ish so, it vos now shust so blaiu
yot to do veu 1 porroWB again.”
li.\DEK THE NTAKS.
AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GEN
TLEMAN.”
Itli, rose-crowned, yet full of strife,
g uncomprebeudeu joys,
ilia desperate iigbt of life
a far-ott pleasant uoise,
tro on thy b Id way tliou start.
Be u t a cloud tliy luture mars,
Mill that wlldly-beati- g heart
■ Uuder the stars.
|y time of brows discrowned,
luugiug hands end leeble knees,
L ous pale ghosts haunted round,
i longings for impossible ease;
at no more like wounded b.ids
fate’s iron prison liars;
-(Hindi cease, Gou s v ice is hoard
jder the st irs.
['rime, so beautiful
rce delight, ecstatic pain;
md being spent; no lull;
no court 01 loss ur gain;
itli lire! feet t hull COlUO to thread
[blond Hiained held of ended wars;
-huw the glories of tby head
I'tider the stars.
toon will conic the supreme hour
ke a pointed slioa life seems,
s of remembered flower,
nr dead faces seen in driams,
beneath the silent night
hushes all these mortal jars;
u alone art Love—and Light —
Beyond the stars!
—Good Word.
4, tl
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[Written for the Sunday Enquires.}
<ITTY CLOVER.
r.Y NELL TELL.
CHAPTER I.
l a tiny cot, situated on the high road
Utrtwo miles from Taunton,there lived
i. Grover, a most kind and worthy old
, who bore so great a reputation for
(J&and industry, together with her
tented, cheerfulness, that she had be
ta a favorite with all who knew her.
i Was now quite aged, and dwolt all
ie^n her little house, which, with an
i or two of ground attached, a few
W^nnd poultry, comprised her Bole
Kions.
mn.-t not, however, forget the inen-
t of her dog, which she highly valued,
rent strong, faithful fellow with more
B6—call it instinct if you like—than
in Specimens of the genu* homo. He
iW0ne of your “curs of low degree,"
n high minded, trusty dog, that his
tress could always depend on.
MG >ody, as she was generally called,
i nichiltlless widow, and supported her
by the sale of fowls, eggs, and the
dnee of her small dairy. Ducks, geese,
leys, feathered fowls of all kinds fib
ber yard, and the beautiful pigeons
tfli tied incessantly in and out of their
wy box added much to the cheerful-
■ of the scene. She also increased
scanty living by marketing during the
■On her surplus fruit, of which she had
ibundauce, from the fine trees that
ded her house and grounds. On two
■ of the garden there were hedges of
Wblack and red currants, and other
■ fruits mostly raised for the benefit
ker poultry.
>Oe bright May morning Goody had
kept herself—a thing very uncom-
i|with her, for she was usually an ear
ner.
Jot on this soft Spring day the golden
*of the rising sun had penetrated into
>£eat little chamber and were lovingly
Wising the placid face of the sleeping
><nan, lighting up and bringing out in
Id relief the wrinkled features and
Bled locks that escaped from her white
ton cap.
Jhe slumbered on. Not even the whin-
and scratching of the dog Carlo at
inter door, nor the impatient lowing
ie cows could arouse her: but when
my gobbling, quacking and crowing
gst the fowls fell on the still dewy
the noise at length awoke her, and
g up 6he exclaimed;
hat upon earth can be the matter
I wonder? My chickens are too
behaved to make all this fuss and
t for notL.ng. Something's wrong
snow. '
Hastily dressing herself she opened the
Of to be nearly knocked down by Car-
, who bounded in, plunging, barking
rearing up on her shoulder in a per-
fever of excitement.
Poor fellow,” she said, pattiDg and
king his head; “what ails you? Can’t
be nniet? Down—down, I say.”
ben peering out she saw the noisy
bling flock gathered around some-
ig in the yard that had attracted their
nt on, causing them to screeoh and
k!a in sneb a chorus as might almost
re - iked the dead-
One old stately drake was bowing and
scraping with the grace and politeness of
a D'Orsey, as he endeavored an explana
tion of the phenomenon to young Mrs.
Bantam.
Goody put her hand to her ear to as
sist her hearing, as she stood in the door,
for amidst the loud uproar of the poul
try, she had caught the sound of some
thing vastly different—a baby’s fretful
cry.
“My stars! What is it?"’ she cried af
frighted.
As she approached the startled, agita
ted group, a large round basket was per
ceived, covered with a black and scarlet
plaid shawl, from beneath the folds of
which tho chubby fist of an infant, was
protruding aimlessly beating the air.
“Shu! shu! ’ cried the old woman, fan
ning her apron in tho direction of an in
quisitive gander that had inserted his
bill into the basket, trying to discover
the mystery therein concealed.
“Get away my pretties—don’t bother
biddy,” she said, scattering the clamor
ous fowls. Then turning back the cov
ering exposed to view a fine babe cuddled
up inside its roomy nest.
“Good Lord look down! Laud sakes
alive! Blessed Father have mercy on me! ”
These and a dozen such exclamations fell
from tho lips of the astounded old crea
ture as she gazed with wide staring eyes
upou it. “O, O! tho dearie, what a beau
ty il is! pretly as a pink, I declare,” she
continued, as she bore the basket and all
into the house.
The infant was evidently a month or
more old, and she began a minute exam
ination of it. The little mass of rosy
flesh was dressed in a long white flannel
wrapper, with an elegant cambric slip
beneath, and on its small baid head there
was a flue blue silk quilted hood, from
which its round piuk-dimpled face peered
curiously. On its breast was pinned a scrap
of paper containing this legend:
“Catharine is my only name. Will
you give me yours and make another and
be to me a kind of good mother.”
Goody unfastened the paper, opened it,
and after a long, wistful scrutiny, heaved
a deep sigh, as she sadly thought of her
iuability to penetrate the meaning of a
single word of the writing, for her edu
cation was so meagre that she could
barely and with great labor spell out
the large print of her much-prized Bible,
and as to writing she could notT, to have
saved her life penned her own name.
Placing the scroll carefully away until
She could show it to General Capperton,
a friend and counselor in her all troubles
and perplexities. She renewed her in
spection of the babe; then turned her
attention to tho basket. At the bottom,
forming the little bed upon which the in
fant had reposed, was an extensive war
drobe of baby clothes—a complete outfit
of everything that was necessary, perfect
and in order. Lying snug and safe be
neath all was a purse of great shining
gold pieces that made Goody’s eyes spar
kle and snap at the sight of so much
treasure. Arranging the clothing as she
found it, she driftd off into wonderland
and asked herself a hundred questions in
reference to the poor little deserted waif.
But not long did she puzzle herself with
these reflections, for pretty soon the sub-
joct of them recalled her with its fretful
crying to the consciousness that, for the
present, she must give over such fruitless
speculations and attend to its wants.
After satisfying its hunger and hushing
it to sleep, she commenced the perform
ance of her usual domestic duties, but
she did it iu a dazed mechanical way—
her thoughts all the while running on the
iittlo one, so mysteriously given to her.
As time passed on, and she saw noth
ing of the General taking his customary
morning ride to the city, she became very
impatient,and her anxiety to discover the
secret of the paper was so great that she
had about concluded to take the infaut
and go over to his residence, when she
spied him coming.
Running ont to the gate she called,
“Stop, General; stop a minute, I’ve
something to tell you.”
“Good morning, Goody,” he said halt
ing near her; “nothing wrong, I hope,
but from your excited looks one would
suppose you had seen a ghost.”
All in a flutter, and somewhat inco
herently, she explained the wonderful oc
currence of a babe being left at her door,
and begged him to come in and see it
and read the paper to her.
“This is r. strange thing that you. tell
me,’’ he said, springing from his horse
and following her into the house. “Who
could have thought any one would leave
a child to you in that way?”
Goody proudly exhibited the little cast
away that was already finding its way to
her motherly heart, then produced the
scr.-p of paper. The General cast his eye
over it and said:
“You’ll get no information from this,
Goody—nothing but the child’s name—
though I could have told you that be
fore.”
“Bead it out please,” she said.
He did so.
“Catharine is too grand a name for a
baby like that. I'll call it Kitty, for it’s
just like a little white kitten. Wants me
to be a kind, good mother to it. Well so
I will, God helping me.”
“Why, bless my son!,” the General ex
claimed, “you surely don’t mean to keep
“Yes, I love it already, and mean to do
the best I can by it.”
“You are crazy to dream of such a
thing. My advice is to carry it to the
‘Foundling’s Home’ in Taunton. I can
send it there this evening, and that will
be the wisest thiDg to do—best for you, I
know.”
“Oh, I want to keep it,” she said, fond
ly Egging it to her bosom. “But I
should like to know who its parents are.”
“Pshaw! Goody, where is all your good
sense gone to? It is a child of shame—
that much we may believe; and as to dis-
coveriag its parentage, that is all bosh.
They have doubtless concealed
tracks too well for that.”
“Whoever brought it here didn’t cover
up their tracks, for when I went out to
see what ailed the fowls that were making
so terrible ado soon this morning, I found
that basket there with the little one in it,
nnder the big cedar tree, and prints of
feet on the ground coming from and re
turning to the gate. ”
“What kind were they!” he asked.
“Well, they were a woman’s, I think,
and she had on high heeled shoes, for the
heels made deep holes in the earth at
every step.”
“Where was Carlo that he didn’t give
the alarm? He will lose his reputation
for watchfulness by such conduct.”
“That is the strangest part. He was
in the yard as usual, and when I first
opened the door this morning I thought
ho was going to throttle me, he kept
springing up on my neck and shoulders,
nearly wild, to let me know what had
happened.”
“It seems to have put not only you but
all your surroundings into commotion. I
wonder if the calm serenity of the cows
was disturbed, too,” he said, jestingly.
Goody laughed a little.
“Well, I must be going. Bundle np
the infant and feed it, and when I
return home I’ll send a servant to carry
it to Taunton to the foundling hospital.”
“No, no; don’t do that, for I tell you
that I’m going to keep it.”
“That is a most preposterous idea of
yours. How can you be so foolish? And,
moreover, how are you to support and
care for it? I fancy, after a week’s trial
you’ll be very willing to relinquish it.”
“I know it will give me a heap of
trouble, but the little thing did not come
entirely unprovided for; beside a quanti
ty of ready made clothing, there was
this purse of gold in the basket.”
And she eagerly displayed the coin to
the General. He took it and leisurely
counting it, said:
“This is better than I thought, but it
don’t alter my opinion one iota that yon
ought not to burden yourself with a ba
by-”
“Don’t discourage me any more, Gen
eral, if you please. I am aware of the
responsibility and increased work that
will fall on me from the undertaking, but
I think it will make me happier, and bet
ter contented with my lot, for I’m very
sad and lonely at times.”
“Why, Goody, I never saw yon other
wise than bright, cherry and seemingly
contented in my life.”
“I may appear so, but there are many
hours when I don’t feel so. This child I
hope will prove a great comfort to me in
my old age; and I trust you wil^ not be
displeased with me for wanting to rear
it.”
“Certainly not. The matter rests en
tirely with you, and if you feel it will
add to your pleasure and happiness, I’ve
nothing more to say.”
“Thank yon," she said simply, and
there were tears in the old creature’s eyes,
for she was thinking of her own children
that had all died young and were lying
side by side in their graves which she
could see tufted with moss and encircled
with flowering shrubs in her small gar
den.
The General soon pursued his journey
to the city, and I shall take this opportu
nity of telling my readers something of
him. He was bred a soldier, and had
risen by degrees to the rank of Major
General, when he had married; and his
wife not liking the life she led in bar
racks, and dreading the time when he
might again be called into active service,
persuaded him to resign his commission
and retire to the shades of private life.
Accordingly he did so, and settled him
self on his inherited estate of Capley.
where he kept open house for all his
friends, entertaining with great magnifi
cence. A keen sportsman, genial, whole-
souled man, and thongh proud of his
family and rank, nevertheless possessing
a most generous and humane heart. Mrs.
Capperton was in all respects a most ex
cellent woman. Her tastes and feelings
exactly coincided with those of her hus
band, who had never once lost for her
that tender consideration, that lover-like
devotion of the first sweet days of their
honeymoon, and which now made their
lives so happy and beautiful. The birth
of three children to them seemed daily
to strengthen and perfect their mutual
affection for each other, and to knot
more indissolubly the tie that bound
them together.
Take it all in all Capley was a charm
ing home, and it was no great wonder if,
under the management of its elegant
mistress and jovial, hospitable master, it
was a delightful place to visit, and, con
sequently, constantly thronged with visi
tors.
Months passed, and the little foundling
grew and thrived. Old Goody had never
once regretted the step she had taken in
resolving to keep it. It waa a perpetual
source of pleasure and amusement for
her, and kept mind and heart occupied in
devising ways and means to properly
bring it up. For the first few days after
its arrival the old woman could hardly at
tend to anything else but the baby. If
she left the house, in a moment she was
back again to see bow it was getttng on,
but she soon realized that mode of pro
cedure was wrong, and gradually got
beck into her settled routine of daily da*
ties, and everything about the little home
went on much as usual. Her first want
for it was a cradle, and she brought ont
from its hidiDg place an old clumsy af
fair that once served for her own chil
dren. As she carefully brushed and dust
ed it, there was a mist before her eyes,
and the remembrance of the little heads
that once nestled in it came painfully
back o’er her large feeling heart with a
numbing, chilling sensation that she
could not suppress. Young Kitty was
soon promoted to it where she would lie
for hours so good and quiet, playing with
her small pink toes and fingers and
watching the motions of the kind old
woman, as engaged in baking, churning,
or other household employments, she
moved about the room.
General Capperton’s little people came
occasionally to see Goody and the won
derful baby. Once when Tracy, the only
son, an heir of his aristocratic father, was
holding awkwardly the little waif, he said
to Goody, “I never intend to call her any
thing but Kitty Clover. That sounds
nearly like Kitty Grover, you know, and
then she is just like a sweet clover blos
som. Don’t you think so Clara?” he said,
speaking to his sister, two or three years
his junior.
“No, I don't,” answered Clara.
Bat this she said only because she
didn’t happen to have Kitty in her arms,
for when her time came to take her, she
thought with her brother, and called her
without hesitation little Clover bloom.
Thus it was Kitty received her floral
cognomen.
* * Eight years had worn away since
that bright fresh Mayday that the deserted
infant was placed in Goody’s yard. Sum
mer had mellowed into antumn many
times; the trees had many times donned
a russet garb since that eventful day. And
the little one had grown to be a pretty,
sprightly child, diligently assisting her
foster mother in all that her childish
strength would permit her to do. Her
tasks were as yet very light, but she al
ready looked forward to and often spoke
of the time when she could assume her
portion of work, and relieve the good old
woman from the heavy burden that now
frequently taxed her feeble limbs se
verely.
One rainy day, as Kitty sat at Goody’s
feet, listening as the old woman slowly
and painfully read out to her from the
Bible, she suddenly said:
“Oh, I wish I could fead.”
Goody removed her spectacles from
her nose, rubbed her weak, failing eyes
and replied, “I wish so too, Kitty, but
who is to teach you?”
“Couldn’t you do it, dear Goody?”
“No, honey, no; I fear not. Yon
don’t even know your alphabet, and I
aint smart enongh to learn you anything
about books.
“What is a alphabet, Goody?” ques
tioned the child, earnestly.
“A, B, C’s,” honey.” , .
“I don’t know what A, B, C’s are.”
“And I haven’t got the sense nor time
to tell you. If you had a primer I could
show you the letters. I used to have one
but it’s gone long ago.”
“I don’t know what a primer is either,”
said the child, sadly.
“You are a mighty ignorant little body,
Kitty, but so am I,” and the old creature
sighed audibly.
“Oh! I’ll tell you what I can do,
Goody,” she said a bright thought stri
king her. If you would buy me a—
what did you call it?”
“Primer,” said Goody.
“Oh! yes, a primer. I know Miss
Morris, over at Copley, would teach me
how to read.”
“I wouldn’t like for yon to go bother
ing that governess. She has to learn
Miss Clara and Augusta Capperton, and I
don’t expect she would take you for her
scholar.”
“Do please let me go and ask her.”
“What! now, in all this rain?”
“It isn’t raining so very much, and I
won’t mind that if I can see Miss Mor
ris.”
“You can’t go to-day, dearie. Wait
until to-morrow, and give me time to
think of it.”
The morrow came, and Goody decided
that Kitty should go over and consult the
General before saying anything to the
governess.
“Speak to him first about it honey, and
tell him that I sent you and would go
with you myself, but my rheumatism
will not let me walk so far to-day.”
With a proud, exultant heart Kitty
donned her best dress and set ont. All
the way her busy brain was pondering
the momentous subject of getting an ed
ucation. How she hungered and thirsted
for knowledge; and so preoccupied was
she by these engrossing thoughts that
Bhe failed to notice Carlo, who had fol
lowed her, gambolling and frisking about
to attract her attention. Not the same
dog to whom I first introdneed yon, but
another, to whom Goody had given the
name of her former favorite, who was
long since dead—and if Dr. Clark’s spec
ulations be true, enjoying the good in
another state—that because of Adam’s sin
had been denied him in this.
As the child, accompanied by her four
footed escort, made their way through the
fine park surrounding the General’s stately
residence, she saw him and several other
gentlemen examining a handsome horse
that a groom was holding for their in
spection. She stopped, hesitating wheth
er to proceed, and waited, hoping the
other gentlemen would go in, so she
might have an opportunity of speaking
to the General alone. Growing tired of
standing she sat down on the grass and
watched the group. Directly the groom
mounted the horse, and as he rode off
the General and his friends followed
closely observing the movements of the
beantifnl animal. They were now near
ing Kitty, who had risen from her seat.
The General perceived her, and called
her to him.
“How is Goody to-day?’’ he asked.
“Very well sir; no sir, not ”
She could not go any farther when,
looking up, she saw a dozen eyes fixed
upon her, her heart gave a great leap into
her throat, and, trembling and confused,
she broke down utterly.
General Capperton, aware of her em
barrassment, kindly drew her towards
him, and, taking her hand, said, reassur
ingly:
“Now tell me what I can do for you—
or is it Mrs. Capperton that you wish to
see ?”
“Goody told me to come to you, sir.”
“And what does Goody want?”
She wants me to learn to read, and
oh, sir,” she went on pleadingly, “I want
so much to learn.”
“I see,” said the General, “and yon
both thought I could contrive some way
to help yon?”
“Yes, sir, if Miss Morris would let me
come every day and recite to her I know
I could soon learn.”
“Well, Miss Morris shall speak for her
self. Come this way,” he called to that
lady, who, with her charges, was prom
enading near them. “Come this way, if
you please, Miss Morris.”
The lady, with Clara and Augusta, ap
proached the party, when the General
said—
“Here is a very ambitious little girl
that aspires to be your pupil. Can yon
take her?”
Miss Morris turned her pleasant eyes
in the direction of Kitty, who timidly
stood with her hand on Carlo’s, head, and
6yes mutely pleading, fixed on the lips
of that lady.
She gave the frightened child an encour
aging smile and graciously said:
“I know nothing to the contrary that
would prevent my instructing her, and I
greatly sympathize with her aspirations
for an education. What is yoni name,
my child?”
“Kitty Clover, ma’am.”
“Ah, yes; I think I have seen you be
fore.”
“What a queer little gypsey she is,”
said Clara Capperton, disdainfully, to
Herbert Windham, a young friend of her
brother, who was leaning against a tree,
fanning himself with his hat.
“Gypsey! Miss Clara? Why she bears
no resemblance to that wandering dark-
browed race.”
“Perhaps not in features, but I was al
luding to her shabby old-fashioned dress.
The idea that she wants to come here to
be taught is ridiculous, and I wonder
papa and Miss Morris should encourage
the little beggar.”
“She is very modest in her petition, as
she only asks to be taught to read.”.
“Think you she will be content with
that? Aperson in her condition, Her
bert, has no business with learnin g, and
if I were in Miss Morris’ place I would
not trouble myself with her.”
“No. I fancy you would not,” he said;
“but remember the golden rule.”
“So I do, and if I were in that brat’s
shoes—”
“She hasn't on any,” interrupted Her
bert.
She went on as if she didn’t notice the
correction—“I would not expect to know
anything but manual labor.”
“Heaven pity the creature in this en
lightened age whose understanding is not
informed, or in some degree cultivated,”
he said, devoutly.
“Here, Clara, we want to consnlt you,”
said the General, “are you willing, my
•daughter, to have Kitty in the school
room an hour or so each day?”
“No, papa, I’m not,” she answered
quickly. “She would only disturb Au
gusta and I with her silly chatter and
make believe efforts to study.”
“What do you say, Augusta?”
“Clara is right, papa. Couldn’t she
go to the housekeeper’s room,where Miss
Morris could see her, if she must come
here?”
“I don’t know so well about that,” re
plied the General, slightly wavering in
his intentions to help Kitty’ in her heart’s
desire. Fond and foolishly indulgent
towards his petted daughters, he rarely
ever denied their most extragant wishes,
and Miss Morris knew from past expe
rience lhat unless she came to the rescue
the child would have to go sadly home
with that cloud of disappointment over
shadowing her fresh young face which
had crept o’er it when Clara had spoken,
so she soothingly said—
“Don’t disquiet the young ladies. Gen
eral. If you will permit me, I think I
can arrange this matter satisfactorily to
all.”
“In what way, Miss Morris?” he asked.
“Well, instead of troubling the girls
by going to the school-room, let her come
in the afternoon, after lesson hours, di
rect to me and I’ll venture to promise
she will annoy no one.” •
“That will suit admirably, I think, eh,
Clara? What do yon say to it?”
“Nothing, papa. If Miss Morris is
pleased to undertake the office of teacher
to that droll little thing, and will keep
her out of my -way; I have no inclination
to object.”
And Clara, after this haughty speech,
glauced towards the place where Herbert
Windham and her brother had been
standing to note its effect on them, but
they had, unobserved by her, left the
grounds.
These two, attending the same univer
sity, had become fast friends and Wind
ham had accompanied Tracy home to
spend a few weeks amidst the elegant so
ciety of his family. The General was
very fond of his handsome son, and cor
dially welcomed his chum to the hospi
talities of Capley.
Clara although not seventeen, had
quite forgotten the days when, with her
brother, she bad gone to old Goody’s,
dridking milk, eating fruit, and best of
all, entering with great gusto into all the
baby whims and plays of little Kitty.
That was, however, in her childhood, and
she didn’t choose to recall those davs.
Kitty hastened home to impart speedily
to Goody the success of her mission. The
old woman was very grateful to Miss
Morris, and rejoiced sincerely in the
thoughts that her little girl had made a
friend of that kind lady. And when the
child repeated to her the ungracious re
marks of Clara, she could think only of
the goodness of the governess, and said,
“Never mind, honey; you try to please
Miss Morris, and study hard. I don’t
reckon Miss Clara meant any harm by
what she said. ”
“May be not,” replied Kitty. “But
when are you going to get me a book?”
“Just as soon as I’m able to go to
Taunton.”
“Miss Morris says I must get a book
and come to her every day at 4 o’clock.”
The book was purchased, and Kitty
was the proudest child in ail the country
when she clasped it to her breast, and
went her way to Capley for her first les
son.
Some two weeks had passed away when
one evening as Kitty came from Miss
Morris’ room, she lingered in the hall lis
tening to the piano as Clara played.
Flacking up a little more courage she
ventured hear the open door of the music
room, where she could bear better. Hop
ing no one would perceive her, she sat
down on the threshold and eagerly drank
in the delicious sounds. O, she thought
“if I could only see what it is that makes
it,” and forgetting her intention of con
cealing herself, she thrust her ^iead in
tho door, and gazed curiously around.
Finally, she saw the instrument, with
Clara sitting at it, rattling away. Com
pletely carried out of herself with all she
saw and heard, she lay crouched at the
door, and even when tho sounds had
ceased, she made no effort to rise and go
away. In that position Clara stumbled
over her, as she left the room.
“What are you doing here, you little
sinner?” she asked, angrily.
“Please don’t be mad, Miss Clara, I
was only listening to the beautiful mu
sic.”
“And will be wanting to play yourself
you young ape, the first anybody knows.
Come, get along with you home, if you
are through with your lessons,”
“Oh, Miss Clara, do let me go in just
one minute, and see it good. ”
“See what?”
“That big thing in there you were mov
ing your hands on.”
“Well, for this once, bat don’t you
never come bothering here again,” and
Clara led the way to the piano.
Kitty stood looking at it in open-eyed
wonder, and then touched one of the
keys.
“Oh, if I could make sweet music like
you. It don’t sound a bit like the great
big brass horns I heard once in Taunton.”
“You play on it like me, indeed!” said
Clara, scornfully. “Get you a jewsharp,
that is the instrument for yon.”
“Does that sound pretty?” asked Kitty,
innocently.
“Pietty enough for you,”replied Clara,
as she shoved her out of the room.
‘“Been giving Kitty a lesson?” mis
chievously inquired Tracy, as he passed
by.
“No, indeed,” replied Clara, tossing
her head, “but I have been allowing the
little goose to get a sight of the piano,
which she begged so earnestly for, and
advis^ig her to supply herself with a jews
harp, if she wants music.”
“Here, Kitty,” said Tracy, laughingly,
take this and bay you a harp,” and be
tendered her a piece of money.
Kitty took it and sped towards home.
The afternoon was blazing hot, and when
she reached the brook near Goody’s, she
concluded, as it was too early to drive np
the ducks and geese to be penned for the
night, she would sit down and wait awhile
in the cooling shade of the trees that
fringed the banks. Presently she heard
footsteps, and, turning round, saw Mr.
Windham approaching.
“Is that you, Kitty ?” he said.
“Yes, sir.”
“Can you read yet ?”
“No, but I can spell,” and jumping up,
she handed him her book, and said, “now
you hear me, for I know every word.”
Very much amused, he called out the
syllables, and the little creature, with her
tangled hair, and odd, queerly contrived
dress, demurely responded.
‘Why, yon are quite a scholar,” he
said, looking into her pretty little face.
“Goody says I will be some day.”
He was somewhat interested in the
child, since he had heard its history from
Tracy, and for an hour he now chatted
with her, until it was time for her to col
lect her flock and go home.
A few days after, Kitty went to the city
with Goody, and bought the coveted
jewsharp. To say she was greatly dis
appointed in it does not express half her
feelings.
“Why, Goody,” she said, “this aint no
account to make music.”
Not much, I’m afraid,” replied the old
woman. “But I’ve heard some people
that could make it buzz out a tune very
well.”
“How do you make it buzz ?”
“I don’t know, honey; you’ll have to
keep it until you can find some one to
show you how to manage it.”
Next day Kitty was on tne look out for
Windham, as she neared the brook on
her return from Capley. He was there,
lying on the soft green turf, poring over
a book that he held in his hand. This
cool, secluded spot was a favorite haunt
of his, and he 1 frequently resorted to it j
with his book or fishing rod for an hour
or two. The water spread out a hundred
or two yards below into quite a lake, ard
it was there that he fished for trout, or
lazily watched the graceful motions of
Goody’s web-footed fowls as they floated
on its clear mirror-like surface. Kitty
went up to him and fearlessly said, (for
he had quite won her confidence):
“PJease, Mr. Windham, can you play
on the jewsharp?”
He started, for he had not seen her as
she came np.
“Jewsharp!” he echoed, “what does]
the child mean?”
iShe placed it in his hand, and atten
tively observed his motions as, holding
it to his lips, he produced some very
pleasing sounds.
“Yon see, Kitty, how well I can ‘buz
zing twang the iron lyre.”
“Let me try now,” she said.
And after half an hour's practice he
pronounced her greater than her master.
She was delighted, so much so that she
was anxious to hurry home to exhibit her
skill to old Goody.
“Well say good-bye first, little one.”
“Good-bye Mr. Windham; are you
going away from Capley?”
“Yes, from Capley and Kitty. I must
be off to-morrow.”
[to be continued.]
Lawyers.
ALONZO A. JOO’/.IEB,
Attorney und Counsellor at Caw.
Office Over 126 Broad Street.
Practices in Stute and Federal Courts in
both Georgia and Alabama.
mhl8'77 ly
RAILROADS.
CUABLES t i.f.ilA.),
Attorney -ut- La w.
Up stairs over O. E. Hochstrasser’s store.
[febil,’77 tij
BENNETT H. €BAWi'OBl)|
Attorney and Counsellor nt Law.
Office over Frazer’s Hardware Store.
jal4[771y
Mvbk H. Blandfokd. Louis F. Gaekako.
BLANOFOBO a OAUBAiiV,
Attorneys und Counsellors ut Law
Office No. 67 Broad street, over Wittieh ts.
Kinsei’s Jewelry Store.
Will practice in the State and Federal Courts
sep4 '76
KBE8E CBAWFOKD. J. M. K’NKILL.
CBAUl'OUD &. ncNIELL,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
las Broad Street, Columbus, (Ja.
janl6,’ifi ly
C. E. THO MAS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Orncz:
Over Hochstrasser’s Store, Columbus, Georgia.
[jan9,76 lyj
LIONELC. LEVI, JK.,
Attorney and Counsellor nt Law,
Commissioner ol Deeds, New Yoraaiid other
States.
Uffice over Georgia Home Insurance Co.
ESTATES.—Special attention to keeping ac
curate accounts, vouchers, 4te., amt making
annual returns lor Guardians, Administra
tors and executors. dec6,'76
Watchmaker:
C. II. LEtiClft,
W a t c li III a k c r,
134 Broad Street, Columbus, Ga
Watches and Clocks repaired in the best
manner and warranted. jji,’76
Tin and Coppersmiths.
WJI. FEE,
Worker in Tin, Slnct Iron, Copper
Orders from abroad promptly attended to.
jyl,’78 No. 174 Broad Street.
Piano Tuning, &c.
E. W. BEAU,
Kepairer and Tuner of Pianos, Ozgans and
Accordeons. Sign Painting also done.
Orders may be leit at J W Pease & Nor
man’s Book Store. eep5,’75
Central and Southwestern
Railroads.
jxsw Aaverusemtuiia.
A GREAT OFFER ! rt r.i.:"Vl“;
times dispose of lOO PIANOS & ORGAN ,
new and second-hand of first-class mak
ers, including WATERS’, at lower pi ices
for cash or Installments, or to be let unt 1
paid for, than ever before otiered. Vv A-
TEKS’GKANDSQUAKE and UPKIGHT
PIANOS & ORGANS (including their
NEW SOUVENIR and BOUDOIR) are
the REST MADE. 7-Octave Pianos
$>150, 7 1-3 do $>160, not used a year; ‘“i”
Slop Organ. $50, 4 Stops $58, 7 Stops $68,
8 Stops $75, lO Stops $88, 12 Stops $luO
cash, not used a year, iu perfect order
and warranted. BOCAE and TRAVELING
AGENTS WANTED. Illustrated Cata
logues Mailed. A liberal discount to
Teachers, Ministers, Churches, etc. Sheet M u-
Sic at half price. HORACE WATERS
A WOS.S, Manufacturer- and Dealers, 40
East 14th St., Union Square, New Yoik*
a week in your own town. Terms and
vPDO $5 outfit free. H. HAEEETT & CO.,
Portland, Maine.
GEORGE PAGE & CO.
a No. 5 N. CCE20EDEE ST., BALTIMORE, MB.
Patent Portable A Slat ionary Engines
Patent Circular Saw Mills,
Gang, Muley & Sasii Mills,
Grist A Flour Milts, Water
Wheels. Shingle. Barrel A
Woodworking Machinery,
\J Tanite Emery Wheels and
Grinders. Saws, Mill Supplies, Ac.. A-c,
SEND FOR CATALOGUE A: PRICES.
$10 Outfit
VlCKEKi,
Savannah, Ga., March 8, 1877.
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, March
11, Passenger Trains on the Central anu
Soutiiwestem Railroad* and Branches will
run as follows:
TRAIN NO. 1, GOING NORTH AND WEST
Leaves Savannah 9:20 a at
Leaves Augusta 9:15 a m
Arrives at Augusta 4:45 p m
Arrives at Macon 0:46 P si
Leaves Macon tor Atlanta 9:16 p u
Arrives at Atlanta 6:1)2 a x
Making close connections at Atlanta with
Wet torn and Atlantic Railroad lur all point*
North and West.
COMING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leaves Atlanta 10:40 p x
Arrives at Macon 6:45 a ai
Leaves Macon 7:00 a m
Arrives at Milledgeville 9:44 a m
Arrive* at Eatomon 11.30 a x
Arrives at Augusta 4.45 p M
Arrives at Savannah 4:oo p m
Leaves Augusta 9:15 a x
Making connections at Augusta lor the
North and East; and at Savannah with the
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad for all points in
Florida.
TRAIN NO. 2, GOING NORTH AND WEST
Leaves Savannah 7:30 p u
Arrives at Augusta 6:uo a x
Leaves Augusta 8:05 p x
Arrives at Milledgeville 9:44 a m
Arrives at Eatonton 11.30 a x
Arrives at Macon 8:00 a m
Leaves Macon for Atlanta 8:40 a At
Arrives at Atlanta 2:L6 p ai
Leaves Macon for Albany and Eu-
taula 8:35 A At
Arrives at Eufauia 4:05 p m
Arrives at Albany 1:51 p At
Leaves Macon tor Columbus 1:05 p ai
Arrives at Columbus 6:10 p m
Trains on this schedule for Macon, Atlanta,
Columbus, Lutauia and Albany daily, making
close connection at Atlanta with Western R
Atlantic and Atlanta & Richmond Air Line.
At Lulaula with Montgomery and Eulaula
Kailroaa; at Columbus with Western Rail
road of Alabama, and Mobile and Girard
Railroad.
Train on Blakely Extension Leaves Albany
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. ,
COMING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leaves Atlanta 1:40 p x
Arrives at Macon from Atlanta....- .. 6.55 p ai
Leaves Albany 10:68 a x
Leaves Eafaula.... .12:30 pm
Arrives at Macon from Eufauia and
Albany 7:30 P At
Leaves Columbus 11:32 a m
Arrives at Macon from Columbus.... 3:i6 p ai
Leaves Macon 7:36 p x
Arrives at Augusta 6:00 a x
Leaves Augusta 8:05 p ai
Arrives at savannah 7:15 a M
Making connections at Savannah with At-
antic and Gulf Railroad for all points in Flor
ida.
Passengers for Milledgeville and Eatonton
will tako’train No. 2 from Savannah and train
No. 1 from Macon, which trains connect daily
except Monday, lor these points.
WILLIAM ROGERS,
General Supt. Central Railroad, Savannah.
W. G. RAOUL,
Supt. Southwestern Railroad, Macon.
feb5 tf
Mobile & Girard R. K
• • • *■*■*■I
5Sat
Columbus, Ga., November 26, 1876.
Double Daily Passenger Train
M AKING close connection at Union
Springs with Montgomery & Eulaula
trams to and from Montgomery and points
beyond.
This is the only line making night and day
connections at Montgomery lor the Northwest.
Through coach with sleeping accommoda
tions between Columbus and Montgomery:
a week to Agents.
• FREE. P. O. -
$55 g
Augusta, Me.
t*. hay at home. Agents wanted. Out-
IJ)\Z. fit and terms free. TRUE &. CO, Augus
ta, Maine.
^ Extra Fine Mixed Cards,^ with name,
IO cents, post-paid.
hiassau, N. Y.
L. JONES & CO.,
THE MARYLAND EYE AND EAR INSTITUTE,
No. 66 North Charles St., Baltimore.
Incorporated April 9,18e9.
President, Hon. J. W. Dobbin, Judge Supe
rior Court.
The above Institution offers all the comforts
of a home to patients suffering with eye or ear
diseases. Skillful nurses are in attendance,
and as the surgeon in charge resides in the
house with the lainily, patients are seen by
him several times during the day. For further
iniormation apply to the.surgeon in charge.
DR. GEORGE REULiNG.
per day at
worth $5,free.
$5? __
Portland, Maine.
homo. Samples
Stinson a Co.,
MOST
EXTRAORDINARY
TERMS OF ADVERTISING
Are offered lor Newspapers in the State of
GEORGIA.
Send for list of papers and schedule of rates.
Address GEO. P. ROWELL & OO., Adver
tising Agents, No 41 Park Row, New York.
Refer to Editor of this paper.
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION!
Over Haifa Million Distributed.
Louisiana State Lottery Co.
This Institution was regularly incorporated
by the Legislature of th-> State for Education
al and Charitable purposes in 1808, with a
Capital of $1,000,000, to which it has since add
ed a reserve fund of $35 >, 00 Its Grant!
single Number Drawingt will take
pi tee monthly. It never scales or postpones.
Lood at the following scheme :
GRAND PROMENADE CONCERN
during which will take place the
EXTRAORDINARY SEMI-ANNUAL DRAWING,
At New Orleans, Tuesday, June 5,
Under the personal supervision and menage
ment of
Gen. G. T. BEAUREGARD, of Louisiana,
and Gen. JUBAL A. EARLY, of Vire:tnia.
CAPITAL PRIZE $!00,000.
tS~ NOTICE—Tickets are Ten Dollars
only; Halves, $5; Quarters, $-.50
Eighths, $1.25.
LIST OF PKIZKS :
Leave
Columbus
.Mail
Train.
Passen
ger and
Freight
Train.
7:35 p M
Arrive at Union Springs.
.. 5:30 P M
12:32 A X
U
Troy
3:16 A M
U
Eufauia
6.30 A M
U
Montgomery..,
.. 7:40 T M
6.35 A M
“
Mobile
4:00 P M
il
New Orleans...
..11:25 A M
9:55 P M
tl
Nashville
7:55 P M
Louisville
.. 3:10 P M
3:30 A M
U
Cincinnati
.. 8:15 P M
7:25 A M
u
St. Louis
7:33 P M
“
Philadelphia...
. 7:35 A M
3:30 P X
New York....,
6:46 p M
Leave Troy 12:30 a m
Arrive at Union Springs.. 2:22 am
“ Columbus 7:10 AM
“ Opelika 8:40 a m
“ Atlanta 4:23 p x
“ Macon 7:05 p M
“ Savannah 11:45 a x
Trair.3 arrive in Montgomery one hour ear
lier than by any other line.
Passengers lor the Northwest will save
twelve hours’s time bv this route.
D. E. WILLIAMS,
Generai Ticket Agent.
W. L. CLARK,
Superintendent.
nov30 tf
WESTERN RAILROAD
1CAP1TAL PRIZE of
|100,000..
$100,000
1 GRAND PRIZE of
50,000..
50,0 0
1 GRAND PRIZE of
20,000..
20,000
2 LARGE PRIZES of
10,000..
. 20,000
4 LARGE PRIZES of
5,000..
20,'00
20 PRIZES Of
1,000..
, 20,000
50 “
500..
25.0(0
100 “
300..
39,000
2( 0 u
2 0..
. 40,000
009 “
100..
60(100
100O0 “
10..
100,000
■ Com'rs.
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
100 Approximation Prizes 0i $200..$ 20/00
100 “ “ 100.. 10,000
100 “ “ 75.. 7,500
11,279 Prizes, amouuting to $522,500
Gen. G. T. BEALBEGARD, of La.
Gen. JLBALA. EARLY, of Ya.
Write for Circulars or send orders to
M. A. DAUPHIN, P. O. Box 692, New Orleans.
Louisiana.
THIRD GRA.ND DOLLAR DRAWING
Tuesday, July 3.
Capital Prize, $20,000. Tickets $1 each.
my2d&wlm
OPIUM
and Morphine habit absolutely and
jpeedily cured. Painless: no publicity.
Send stamp for particulars. I>r. Carl-
iton* Wa*iujigtouSt*»CluG*gOiIiL
03? ALABAMA.
Columbus, Ga., April 7,1877.
Trains Leave Columbus
AS FOLLOWS
Southern Mail.
4:55 i». ui., arrives at Montgomery. 9:32 P M
Mobile 5:25 a X
New Orleans.11:25 a m
Selma 12:06 a m
Atlanta at 0 a m
Atlanta & Aoi*tliei*n
Mail.
6550 a. in., arrives at Atlanta 3:06 p m:
Washington .11:55 p M
Baltimore.... 3:10 am
New York... 9:30am
ALSO BY THIS TRAIN
Arrive at Montgomery.... 2:45 p X
TRAINS ARRIVE AT COLUMBUS
From Montgomery and Southwest.. 11:10 a m
‘f U t ^ 9-QO p
From Atlanta and Northwest 9:0o p m
This Train, arriving at Columhns at
9:00 P. 31., leaves Atlanta at 1:30 p. m.
E. P. ALEXANDER,
President.
CHARLES PHILLIPS, Aflent.
decl8 tf
DENTISTRY.
DfS. J. SC. MASON, D. D. $.,
Cffice Over Enquirer-Snn Office, *
COLUMBUS, GA.,
C URES Diseased Gums and
other diseases of the Mouth; «
cures Abscessed Teeth; inserts'!
Artificial Teeth; fills Teeth with
Gold, or cheaper material it desired.
All work at reasonable prices and guaran-
tee( l- feb21 dlyxwSm
W. F. TICNER, Dentist,
Ovep Mason’s Drug 8tork,
Randolph Street, Colons bus, Ga.
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