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TWIUGHT IN BORDERLAND.
^b*sky is aglow with the sunset light,
He lias poured his gold over tower and tree.
And scattered his diamonds upon the sea.
Dropped his casket of pearls on the robe of Night,
And his tears on the floweret's pink and white.
Yet 1 leave them, mother, and fly to thee.
Over fieid and woodland and dark ravine
My spirit is borne on it3 pinions fleet,
TUI I clasp your hand and our glad eyes meet;
Then we wander away in a glorious dream
And float, and float in a mystical sheen,
To a realm unknown to mortal feet.
We bask in that wonderful region of light,
We are filled and thrilled with love's sweetest
tone,
While we drink of a bliss to sense unknown.
Oh, what do they know of pure delight,
Whose souls never stretched out their wings in
flight,
Who never have found and embraced their
own?
—Eliza Lamb Martyn.
THE BLACK CEOSS.
A black cross had been set against
Judge Hawkins’ name. Why it is not
for me to say. We were not accustomed
to explain our motives or to give rea
sons for our deeds. The deeds were
enough, and this black cross meant
death, and when it had been shown ns
all that we needed to know further was
at what hour we should meet for the
contemplated raid.
A word-from the captain settled that,
and when the next Friday came a dozen
men met at the place of rendezvous
ready for the ride which should bring
them to the judge’s solitary mansion
across the mountains.
I was among them and in as satis
factory a mood as I had ever been in my
life, for the night was favorable and the
men hearty and in first rate condition.
But after we had started and were
threading a certain wood I began to
have doubts. Feelings I had never be
fore experienced assailed me with a force
that first perplexed and then astounded
me. I was afraid, and what rather
heightened than diminished the un
wonted sensation was the fact that I was
not afraid of anything tangible, either
in the present or future, hut of some
thing unexplainable and peculiar, which
if it lay in the sMes certainly made
them look dark indeed, and if it hid in
the forest, caused its faintest murmur to
seem like the utterance of a great dread,
asiijyfiil agj^was inexplicable.
? I nevertheless proceeded, and should
have done.so if the great streaks of light
ning which now and then shot zigzag
through the sky had taken the shape of
words and bade us all beware. I was
not one to be daunted, and knew no
other course than that of advance w.hen
'once a stroke of justice had been planned
and the direction for its fulfillment
marked out. I went on, but I began to
think, and that to me was an experience,
for I had never been taught to reflect—
only to fight and otiey.
r ^ he ^2 Ui y» toward wbicil we were rid
ing Svas built on a hillside, and the first
thing we §:wr on emerging from the for
est w45 a light burning in one of its dis
tant windows. This was a surprise, for
the hour was late, and in that part of the
country people were accustomed to re
tire early, even such busy meu as the
judge. He must have a visitor, and a
visitor meant a possible complication of
affairs: so a halt was called, and I was
singled out to reconnoiter the premises
and bring back word of what we had a
right to expect.
I started off in a strange state of
mind. The feai I had spoken of had left
me, but a vague shadow remained,
through which, as through a mist, I saw
the light in that far away window beck
oning me on to what I felt was in some
t way to make an end of my present life.
Asl drew nearer to it the feeling in
creased; then it, too, left me, and I
found myself once more the daring
avenger. This was when I came to the
foot of the hill and discovered I had but
a few steps more to tafid.
The house, which had now become
plainly visible, was a solid one of stone,
built, as I have said, on the hillside. It
faced the road, as was shown by the
large portico dimly to be discerned in
that direction, but its rooms were main
ly on the side, and it was from one of
these that the light shone. As I came
yet nearer I perceived that these rooms
were guarded by a piazza, which, com
municating with the portico in front,
afforded an open road to that window
and a clear sight of what lay behind it
I was instantly off my horse and upon
the piazza, and before I bad time to real
ize that my fears had returned to me
with double force I had crept stealthily
toward that uncurtained window and
looked in.
What did I see? At first nothing but
a calm, studious figure bending above a
hatch of closely written papers, upon
which the light shone too brightly for
me to perceive much of what lay behind
them. But gradually an influence, of
whose workings I was scarce conscious,
drew my eyes away, and I began to dis
cover on every side strange aivl beauti
ful objects which greatly interested me,
until suddenly my eyes fell upon a vision
of loveliness so enchanting that I forgot
to look elsewhere and became for the
moment nothing but sight and feeling.
It was a picture, or so I thought in the
first instant of awe and delight. But
presently I saw that it was a woman,
living and full of the thoughts that had
never been mine, and at the discovery a
sudden trembling seized me, for I had
never seen anything in heaven or earth
like her beauty, while she saw nothing
but the man who was bending over his
jjapers.
There was a door or something dark
behind her, and against it her tall, strong
figure, clad in a close white gown, stood
out with a distinctness that was not alto
gether earthly. But it was her face that
held me and made of me from moment
to moment a new man.
For in it I discerned what I had never
believed in till now, devotion that had
no limit and love which asked nothing
in return. She seemed to be faltering
on the threshold of that room, like one
who would like to enter but does not
dare, and in another moment, with a
smile that pierced me through, she
turned as if to go. Instantly I forgot
everything hat my despair, and leaned
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fotwwd with an impetuosity that be
trayed my presence. She glanced quick
ly toward the window, and seeing me
turned pale, even while she rose in
height till I felt myself shrink and grow
small before her.
Thrusting cut her hand she caught
from the table before her what looked
like a small dagger, and holding it up,
advanced upon me with blazing eyes
and parted lips, not seeing that the judge
had risen to his feet, not seeing anything
but my face glued against the pane, and
staring with an expression that must
have struck to the heart as surely as her
look pierced mine. When she was al
most upon me I turned and fled. Hell
could not have frightened me, but heaven
did; and for me that woman was heaven
whether she smiled or frowned, gazed
upon another with love or raised a dag
ger to strike me to the ground.
How soon I met my mates I cannot
say. In a few minutes, doubtless, for
they had stolen after me and had de
tected me running away from the win
dow. I was forced to tell my tale, and
I told it unhesitatingly, for I knew I
conld not save him—if I wanted to—and
I knew I should save her or die in the
attempt.
“He is alone there with a girl,” I an
nounced. “Whether she is his wife or
not I cannot say, but there is no cross
against her name, and I ask that she he i
spared not only from sharing his fate, j
hut from the sight of his death, for she '
loves him.”
This from me! No wonder the cap
tain stared, then laughed. But I did
not laugh in return, and being the strong
est man in the band and the surest with
my rifle, he did not trifle long, but lis
tened to my plans and in part consented
to them, so that I retreated to my post
at the gateway with something like con
fidence, while he, approaching the door,
lifted the knocker and let it fall with a
resounding clang that must have rung
like a knell of death to the hearts within. .
For the judge knew onr errand; I saw I ~
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it in his face when he rose to his feet,
and be had no hope, for we had never
failed in onr attempts, and the house,
though strongly built, was easily assail
able,
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While the captain knocked three men
had scaled the portico and were ready to
enter the open Windows if the judge re
fused to parley or offered any resistance
to what was known as the captain's will.
“Death to the judge!” was the cry, and
it was echoed not only at the door but
around the house, where the rest of the
men had drawn a cordon ready to way
lay any one who sought to escape. Death
to the judge! And the judge was loved
by that woman and would be mourned
by her till— But a voice is speaking, a
voice from out that great house, and it
asks what is wanted and what the mean
ing is of these threats of death.
And the captain answers short and
sharp:
“The Ku-Klux commands, but never
explains. What it commands now is for
Judge Hawkins to come forth. If he
shrinks or delays his house will he en
tered and burned, but if he will come
out and meet like a man what awaits
him his house shall go free and his
family remain unmolested.”
“And what is it that awaits him?” pur
sued the voice.
“Four bullets from four unerring
rifles,” returned the captain.
“It is well; he will come forth,” cried
the voice, and then in a huskier tone:
“Let me kiss the woman I love. I will
not keep you long.”
And the captain answered nothing,
only counted out clearly and steadily,
“One—two—three,” up to a hundred;
then he paused, turned and lifted his
hand; when instantly our four rifles
rose, and at the same moment the door,
with a faint grating sound I shall never
forget, slowly opened and the firm, un
shrinking figure of the judge appeared.
We did not delay. One simultaneoas
burst of fire, one loud quick crack, and
his figure fell before our eyes. A sound,
a cry from within, then all was still, and
the captain, mounting his hQrse, gave
one quick whistle and galloped away.
We followed him, hut I was the last to
mount, and did not follow long, for at
the flash of those guns I had seen a smile
across onr victim’s lip, and my heart
was on fire, and I conld not rest till I
had found my way back to that open
doorway and the figure lying within it.
There it was, and behind it a house
empty as my heart has been since that
day. A man’s dress covering a woman’s
form—and over the motionless, perfect
features that same smile which I had
seen in the room beyond and again in
the quick glare of the rifles.
I had harbored no evil thought con
cerning her, but when I beheld that
smile now sealed and fixed upon her lips
I found the soul I had never known that
1 possessed until that day.—Anna Kathe
rine Green in Philadelphia Times.
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Furniture Company.
Cremation at Milan.
The Italian clergy, unlike the clergy
of France—and for the most part of Eng
land—have never made any objection to
cremation, and at Milan, where nearly
2,000 bodies have been cremated during
the last thirteen ^ears, and where at the
present rate of increase cremations will
soon reach an average of one a day, the
same funeral service is performed,
whether the corpse be destined for slow
corruption under the earth, or for rapid
incineration above ground. Two systems
of cremation are followed at Milan.—
Westmirister Review.
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The other day a waman not over 30,
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not rent her a set of teeth to wear to a
party that evening. She told the dentist
that she supposed that false teeth were
kept in stock and that people fitted
themselves.—Waterbary American.
Digestion would he greatly promoted
if rest could be taken for half an hour
after a meal. A gentle walk with the
chest thrown ont is excellent even in
doors. When a walk is taken in the
house the hands should he clasped at the
back.
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Uncle Joe.—Eliza, I just left those old boots outside, fur I didn’t want ter come in here
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sZL Eliza—Now Uncle, you need’nt have done that. Go get your boots. George is doing well
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Khodes Furniture Company. We’ve bad it a long tune, but It was so good,
although it was cheap, that it looks well yet.
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§5 000 2 davs 50 cents.
§5,000 5 days §1.
§5,000 15 days §2.
§5,000 30 days §3.
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