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“A Map of Busy Life—lts Fluctuations and its Vast Concerns.”
ELLIJATP, GA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16.1882.
- Recitation.
SHADOWS.
We sto id where the snake-like ivy
Clitn icd over the meadow bars,
And w itched ns the young night -prinkled
The sky with her cream-white s-ars.
She clover was red beneath us
The air had the smell of June—
The cricket chirped in the grasses,
And the soft rays of tlie moon
Dr \v out shadows on the meadow
Distorted and lank and tall;
Hi-: shadow was kissing my shadow,
And the best of all.
My heart leaped up as he whispered,
“I 1-ve you, Margery Lee.”
Fot then one arm of his shadow
Went around the siiadow of me.
“I love you, Margery, darling.
Because yon arc young and fair,
For your eyes’ bewildering blueness,
_ And the gold of your sunny hair..
No queen has hands that are whiter,
No lark lias a voice so sweet,
And your ripe young lips are redder
Thau tlie clover at your feet.
“My heait will break with its fulness,
Like a cloud overcharged with rain ;
Oh, tell me, Margery, darling,
How long we must love in vain 1”
5' itli blushes ami smiles I answered,
(I’ll not tell you what)—just then
1 saw that his saucy shadow
AV as kissing my own again.
He promised to love me only—
-1 premised to love hut him,
I ill the moon tell out ot tlie heavens,
And the stars with their age grew dim.
Oh, the strength of mans devotion 1
Oh, the vows a woman speaks !
’ 1 is years since that blush of rapture
Broke redly over my cheeks.
lie found a gold that was brighter
Than that of my floating curls,
And married a cross-eyed widow,
U ith a dozen grown-up gins.
And I—did 1 pine and languish ?
Did I weep my 1 hie eyes sore ?
Or. break my heart, do you fancy,
For a love that was mine no more ?
I stand to-night in the meadows,
Where Harry and I stood then,
And tlie moon has drawn two shadows
Out over the grass again;
Aud a low voice keeps repeating.—
So close to my startled ear
I hat the shadows melt together—
“l love you, Margery, dear.
“Tis not for your cheeks’ rich crimson,
And not for your eyes’ soft blue,
But because your heart is tender
And noble, and pute and true.”
1 he voice is dearer than Harry’s,
And so I am glad, you see,
He manic; the cross-eyed widow,
Instead of Margery Lee.
--Sunny South.
War’s Night Before Christmas.
BY M. QUAD.
It was the night before Christ
inas, 1 Sf34r- Our brigade Had
been in camp,along tire Rapidam
fora fortnight, and everybody
had thought Hie campaign Had
closed. Winter quarters had
been erected, cold .weather Had
come, and those who had march
ed and Taught Hie long summer
congratulated themselves on a
season of peace and rest.
The picket-lines were about
half a mile a part, and the Con
federates beyond were also set
tling down in winter quarters.
It was JStouewall Jackson’s old
brigade in front, of us. backed by
that of Walker’s and flanked by
other Confederate troops. Fora
week there had been no firing by
the picketts.— War’s cold-blood
ed murders had been replaced
by a spirit ol peace, and the men
who had felt the tiger’s thirst for
blood, now asked nothing more
than rest undisturbed.
Such was the afternoon, when,
just as the gloom of that night
before Christmas settled down
oyer friend and foe, my company
was ordered out under arms. It
afterwards appeared that infor
mation had beed received to the
effect that General Lee and Gen.
Johnston were at a farm house
just within the Confederate line,,
and our mission was to capture
them. 1 herofore, in the gloom
of the winter-evening, with dark
banks of clouds racing across the
heavens, and snow quails skur
rying down upon us at intervals,
we mounted and set oft' on a trot
for a ford seven or eight miles
above the camp. The lower one
we knew to be heavily guarded ;
the upper one we hope to be
open. And so it was. The cold,
swift river, already covered with
floating ice, was gust 1 enough,
the Confederates thought. The
water was breast high to the
poor 1 1 okes, tiro most of them
shivered like a man with Hi*
ague as they readied tiro oppo
site shore. It tvas only
to them to indulge in an hour’s
gallop.
Alar off we saw the light ol a
lann house—not one light, hut
every window towards us was
laminated, proving that even in
the shadow of war’s ghastly hor
rors someone was remembering
mat Christmas would come with
l lie morrow. The house was our
objective point. The high-way
led directly past the door, and a
sudden dash must surprise dll
who met there.
I knew what our men were
thinking of as they formed in a
column a quarter of a mile awav
Tor a charge. Every lather’s
thoughts wen I tiack to bis lionn*.
to his wile, and children ns Santa
Clause and little stockings hang
mg up Tor presents, and 1 believe
every man truly hoped that we
might noi fire a gun or shed a
drou ot blood on this night,
which belonged to peace instead
of war.
As tlie word was given we
swept forward at a canter, and in
three minutes we had encircled
the house. I ivas one of the doz
en troopers ordered lo dismount
ami secure lire prisoners, and t
was tho second one inside. This
was the sight we saw as we dash
ed into the room : A gray-headed
grandlallier and grandmother, -a
soldier with his arm in a sling, a
wile and mother, a half-grown
daughter and three or four men
and women who must have been
neighbors. There was an open
Hi Ole on the grand-father's lap,
three little stookinge-hung by the i
chimney, and in the room beyond i
was the table where they, wjere
ail about to sit down as we ei- j
lered. “1? I
It seemed a full minute before j
anyone moved. We had surpris
ed tliem. Our information had
been false, and we had made a !
ride of a dozen miles to burst in
on a scene of peace. We were
all still standing there speech
less with surprise, when there
came the sudden pop ! pop ! pop 1
of musketry, followed by shcn.ts
of men, orders, and the clash ol
steel. I had no sooner mounted
my horse than I saw that we
were surrounded by infantry.
We charged straight at Ihe mass
in the road before ns, but were
driven hack. Then we charged
up the road and ran on a battery
of three pieces. As we were forc
ed back we whirled round and
round the farm house. There
was a dozen to one, and though
we charged again and again, ten
minutes the fight ended. Ot the
eightv-five men who had left
camp ten had broken through,
fourteen were prisoners, and tlie
remainder Jay dead oq the tram
pled snow, along with a score of
Confederates.
The stark corpses, of men,
the agonized groqns of wounded
horses, the snow melting with the
warm streams of blood —that
was war’s chances.
I looked into the house through
a shattered window. The grand
father lay stark and stiff on the
floor, his blood staining the Bible
as it poured out.. .The graiid
rno’thcr was !>*ing"‘lft M* feet,
snow-white hair matted with
blood, and her eyes closing in
death as I looked upon her. The
soldier and his wife were unhurt;
but they had better been dead.
'l'iie three little stockings hung
as before; but one by one they
brought out the three curly lit
tle heads that hung them there,
and they were three little
! corpses! Bullets meant for ene
| mies had saught out these little
innocents as they slept and
dreamed of Heaven, and men
■•* hd had gazed upon a thousand j
flea unmoved shed tears as the!
litth bodies \vere laid op the
rtoo just under the stockings j
San a Claus was to fill and bring t
yoy lo to their hearts. It was
midnight now. Christmas had
dawjped upon white hairs stained
with blood—rcliildish hearts still
ed by murder—men groaning in
anguish—women with breaking
hears—God’s mantle of purity
blotched and drabbled and crim
soned. until the winter moon ex
cept behind the dark clouds to
hid# ilie spot in shadows.
—
A Strange Marriage.
Little Rock Gazette.
A stfeange marriage occurred in i
South Arkansas recently. Some j
time ago a .Miss Wampton, a
beautiful young lady and a
wealthy young farmer named ’
Roekton were married. The
young lady could not have been
termed a "happy bi.le.” She
ft ad never loved Roekton, and
only married him to please a
widowed mother. ".Mv happiness ,
depends upon this union,” the .
widow had said.
“You have always been a dull- j
fui child, and 1 know you will
not refuse to marry a man who
.devotedly loves you. You m (v
not .love him oow,iny child, but
that deep devotion which is al
ways the offspring of kindness,
will make you happy."
“1 will obey you,’’ replied the
girl, "but I do not even like Mr.
Rockloil. There is net lung in
sympathy between us. lie is
wealthy, but while poverty al
ways brings misery, yet wealtii
does not, always bring happiness.
You know that lata dev .-J to
lYun Rosemond. and t! he is
devoted to me, but it y< my
.mother, command me. I wtlli
Kev even though the effort cost
thy life as weli as my happiness.”
The ceremony was performed.
Rile, and with a settled expres
sion of despair, the girl promised
to "love, honor and obey.’’ Rock
lint was happy. The giri's moth
er had realized a long-cherished
dream. Eosemond, A\ho would
have been tiie g.rl’s choice, left
tiie neighborhood. Roekton and
his wife began keeping house.
Six months afterward Koseuiond
returned and sent Mrs. Roekton
a note, begging an interview.
She showed tlie note and her
answer of refusal to her husband,
lie kissed her as a reward of fi
delity. Rather a thin reward.
Roekton was taken sick with
swamp fever. Swamp fever nev
er trifles witli a man's feelings.
"Business” is the motto of swamp
fever. Napoleon said that he
could lake swamp fever, with
chiils as his staff, and whip any
army in the world. Swamp fever
! placed a bronzed finger on Rock
town’s nose and said, "Come.”
When the sufferer saw that he
was bound to aecompany the
enemy, lie called his wife and
said :
"Y ou have been afa ’ fill wife.
Niue women out of ten would
have run away long ago. 1 have
always known that you loved
j Rosemond. I have sent for him.
i 1 want you to marry him before I
l die, so I can se.e the -happy cer
| emony."
“That would not be legal,” an
swered the wife, “for f cannot
marry another man so long as
you are living.’’
“Well, but ! want him here so
lean see that the ceremony is
performed immediately after 1
am dead.”
Rosemond and a preacher' were
sent for, and, to huny matters,
the wife requested she messen
ger to send for a doctor. They
arrived. Tito doctor looked at
■ the patient and smiled, The
j wife’s heart leaped. Sh knew
that tlie doctor understood his
YOU. Vi I. SO. 2.
"R| *nesS. Itflckion git-ped and
motioned. The marriage party
approached tlie bed. The doctor
chuckled. Roekton placed the
hands of the lovers together and
breathed easier. The doctor ad
ininisteted the medicine. Tiie
dying man gasped again and
died. The preacher raised his
hand and the lovers were mar
ried. *****
—' - -
Boys in Saloons.
ha? a sad sight to see a boy
growing up in a saloon! Who
can predict his Dilute? The
fumes of alcohol always under
his nose, the oath, the blasphemy
always sounding in his.ears. He
never hears the name of Christ,
except when taken in vain.
There are no moral influences
there, and yet hundreds of boys
are confined in these dens of
A’ice, and the people who wanl to
destroy thts traffic, release these
boys and save hundreds of bovs
and ra-n and women, are fanat
ics. Would to God there were
more fanatics!
■
A Sure Care for Small Pox.
ihe following remedy for
small pox has tiie ui -nt of cheap
rross and sympiicity. It is also
harmless : “I am willing to risk
my reputation as a public man,”
wiote El ward Hines to the Liv
erpool Mercury, "if the worst
case o; small pox cannot be cured
in three days, simply by the use
of cream oi tartar dissolved in
one pint of hot water, drank at
inlet-veals when cold, is a certain,
never failing remedv. It lias
cured thousands, never leaves a
.mark, never causes blindness and
avoids tedious lingering."
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“flsre's tc My Wife.”
It is a strange inconsistency
that is in the families of drink
ing men you will sometimes find
a want of conscience about this
matter ot cooking. We were once
asked to take a piece of ntutce
p:e that canie from such a family,
aud it was t! sgosting with the
brandy in it. What is the tesitlt?
: into his glass of water tiie hus
: baud tips the bray Ay out of his
j bottle on one side of the shelf,
but sees on the other side his
wife’s cooking bottle, and savs:
•\\ hat is the difference ! My wife
: thinks liquor is nice in food, and
• i think it is nice in drink. Here's
ito my wife!" And the poor man,
passing by the kitchen door, sees
with red eyes what is going on,
! her conscience asleep over the
encouragement her cooking gives
her husband.— 2\m. Tract.
In days past I have seen some
j drunkenness and tli e effects
, thereof. I have seen the dead
; bodies of woman murdered by
drunken husbands ; I have seen
! the best men in America go
down to disgraceful graves; I
, have seen tortunes wrecked,
prospects blighted, aud I have
; persued a preat many rages of
statistics. There are crimes on
; the calendar not resulting from
rum, but were rum eliminated,
she catalogue would be so re-
I duced as to make it hardly
worth the compiling. Directly
[or indirectly, rum is chargabie
with a good ninety per cent, of
( the woes that aiilict our country.
—A’tfsiy, m the loledo Blade.
‘•lsn't your husband a little
bald V ' asked one lady of another
;in a store recently. “There isn't
a bald hair irt his head, 5 ' was the
hasty reply of the wife.
Josh Billings says that al
though .SIO,OOO msuror.ee on a
man's life will not exactly cause
his corpse to smile on the widow,
it has a powerful influence in
causing other man to smile
ou her.
