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ELLIJAY, GA,,THEIISD.VV, MAh d5. 1882.
Growing Old.
I forget it 18 autumn, my dnriing,
That springtime and summer are gone;
1 forget that ujv, sun moving westward
Has Ten fne no trace of the (fSwn.
I forget that my harvest is coming,
My time of ripe fruit and full sheaves;
An,l I see lint the glow of the morning.
Ami the gleam of the dew on the
leaves. *
I am my love, oh my darling,
Mv eves sec no sky overcast
I gather no gloom for the future
Iu a wasted or wandering past;
I have wrought a tnau’s work with the
many,
I have made in the world my own
place ;
But vainly, if after my striving,
I miss now the light of your face.
If my step has forgotleu its litcuess,
My nilce the g ad riog'of itryoirth,
My name is UDsailied iu whitene*,
My lips have no staiu on their truth ;
And the deep lilies of core on my fore
head,
The silvery sheen of my hair,
Are less for the years than for sorrows
Which you, darling, never shall bear.
I have fought fe>r us both.oh my darling,
The wearisome battle of years,
iso better can shelter my treasure
In places of struggle and tears.
1 shall lose all the scars and the soilness
lu a love that is making me strong,
That bringsto my heart the old gladness;
And gtves to my lips anew song.
1 hold my arms open, my darling.
Ami safe iu my sheltered breast,
.Down through the years I will crown
y.iu
Queeu to my kingdom of rest.
Without you, love, darker and cokler,
Would life’s surge ot bitterness roil,
And with you, I cannot grow older,
For love is the youth of the souL
THE STOLEN WATCH.
CIIAPTKK I.
The stage stopped. Every
man and woman in it knew at
once wlut it meant. They had
joked at the-(errors of the jour
ney before them in the morning.
They had talked seriously
enough, 100, ol lhe possibility ol
danger ahead as they ate their
dinners. They had laughed as
much at supper as in the mor
ning, but the laughter had been
nervous enough to have been
cries of terror instead of laugh
ter. Aud now, with the moon
just silvering the bills to the
east 01'them, the stage stopued.
“Hold up your hands, gentle
men, and be lively; we have uo
time to waste.”
One after another the passen
gers were robbed. The man who
had talked loudest of his bravery
and of his utter contempt for
those who would allow their
money to be taken without a
fierce fight, gave up his money
aud his excellent pair of sell
cockjng revolver without a strug
gle.’ The iv&ui tv lid i4d talked el
the investments he was about to
make in the West, aud who had
boasted of his wealth all that
day, was fervently cursed by the
robbers, who found barely live
dollars on his person. The lady
who had spoken at least once
every half-hour all day long ol
that wonderful person, kk My hue--
band, the and who had
mauitested an air of conscious su
periority ever after she had iu
loruied the company, as she did
very early on the journey, that
her entire Tile bad been passed
on the frontier, fainted deuda
way. A young lady from Vas
sal', who shrieked a lull five min
utes when a spider ran across her
hand in the morning, sauced the
lellow who took her money, ami
actually asked him why he didn’t
take her, tpo, A black-coated,
white-cravated gentleman, who
Intd insisted on asking grace at
each meal that day, stood and
swore in not less than live lan
guages while the robbers did
their work.
After this it wasn't to be won- j
deied at that every one looked
at the little man
been laughed st more
or less ainfljr, to see how he ari
that l'*** 1
ever seen before, they half-forgot
1 heir htsees ami the danger* el
the situation in their interest ii.
what was going on. The little
maul* shabby coal, which bad
prompted more than one unkind
remark during Hie day, was open
ed and a diauioud stud of greaJ
value torn from lu* very plats
shit (-Iron). At last -they took,
bis watch—a large old-fashioned
gibing. 11T a' very bi assy-loolAlj
case. '* .fjtf
“See here, sii,* he said, in an
even tone, and with mure dig
nily than any ol his friends of a
day had ever heard ir. bis tones,
“see here; you have taken my
diamonds aud forty five hundred
dollars in money, and 1 have not
complained, but 1 want to kec p
my watch. It was my grand
father’s, my father’s, and mine.
1 meant it to be my son’s after
me. iSparc me I bat.,
“It don’t look worth much,”
said the man who Lad taken it,
and he moved as though half in
clined 10 give it back.
The other robbers wgre “as
sisiing” 1 lie passengers to tlieuf
places in the slage; the little
man and the robber were holding
I heir parley a little apart.
“It’s a_ good watch for all its
looks.” said the little mini, stur
dily, iu the sincere tones ol a
person who will assert the worth
ol that he loves whatever may
come of it; “but 1 want it for its
associations, not for its value.”
“A good timekeeper ? Solid
gold case.”
Both qestions were asked con
tent ptuously.
“A silver case, and plated at
(hat, but as good a timekeeper as
there is in America. It doesn’t
vary a second in weeks.” ig> %
The robber opened the watch,
and glanced at the works and
the maker’s name.
“I am considered a fair judge
of watches. I’ve handled a good
many in my time,' 1 ami lie laugh
ed quietly, “aud the evidence is
all pi your favor. I believe you
and 1 will keep it." ■
“You will keep my watch ?”
“I said 60.” ,
“May its possession be an ever- :
lasting curse to you.”
Thank you. Come boys,” aud
the robber took 4 he stolen watch
from his pocket and pretended to
look at the time, “we cannot en
tertain our generous friends any
longer.”
The indignity offered h:s watch
in tile piefe-nse ot using it may
have stung the little man to sud
den madness; he may have in
tended all along to fight for his
precious watch ifha had to. Ba
this as it may, as the robber slip
ped the watch into his pocket the
little man drew a revolver from
some concealed place which the
robbers had overlooked, and fir
ed, at the one who had so wrong
ed lum—fired at scarcely half-a
dozen paces, and missed, ii was
all over iu a minute. The little
mau lay in the road with Iris Ufa
running out from a half dozen
pistol ball wounds, and his face!
growing wlitter under the cold
light of the moon.
**lnto the stage and eff with
you,’* was a cotta maud that did
not need be uttered a second
time.
“On to your horses, and we are
off too,” was the second com
mand, and its tones brought
prompt obedience.
And the last words of the dy
ing man floated after the stage,
aud drifted down the wind to
the ears of the fleeing freeboot
ers:
“May its possession be an ev
erlasting curso to you.”'
CHAPTER 11.
Mlf the neighbors and acquain
tances of Miguel Gordon had
been asked why lie was so popu
lar with them, ibe answer would
have varied. To the miners,pore
and simple, his wonderful luck in {
all his enterprises would have
.been sufficient reason. To those
wSio loved many sports and wild
Tite, his horsemanship and marks
manship would have appealed
first. Those who had rode by his
s?de in the many fruitless quests
for robbers and fugitives .respect-
Kgl the simple and terrijble earn-
Mlness of fc |ign who,
had families, and the women
who lived with husband and
on the frontier, loved
him /or the love jie manifested
for his two children, Manuel and
Manuela. Any one tor mile?
around would have given time
and money, would have even
risked hie ifsetf, for Miguel Gor
don. Gordon worked in Ihe little
camp of miners among the hills'
He never loafed, he iiever drank,
he never quarrelled. Once in
two or three weeks he would
ride to the settlement, which had
[grown up around Jlie railroad
station thirty miles to the youth,
where he fiatT made a home tw
ins children. The miners ; bought
their supplies at this place, and
most of them knew Manuela and
Manuel—knew and shared their
father's administration for them.
Manuel was a slight and rather
sickly youth of eighteen ; Mauu
ela was sixteen, and strong and
handsome. The mining carno
would have been proud to have
them there. Every man in the
camp would have constituted
himself a protector of the chil
dren. Bat Ihe father said the
settlement at the station was bet
ter for them, and that settled it
chapter m.
The twilight had not brighten
ed into day one morning when a
man rode up to Gordon’s door
and roused him with a perfect
hurricane of knocks. “Danger at
the settlement, and no time to
be lost,” Was his summons. The
note the swift rider had brought
was short, but only too definite.
Some friends of Gordon had
heard by accident certain rumors,
and seen certain signs which had
led to an investigation. Exami
nation showed that Manuela Gor
don was about to elope with a
certain good looking stranger
who had won the roost of the
spare money at The settlement
by his skill at carffs. They were
going on the traih at nine o’clock
that morning. Some were for
killing the handsome stranger;
others for keeping quiet and
having nothing whatever to do
with the affair. A middle class,
although small in number, had
won ihe day*, and the best rider
of them all, had carried the start
ling news thirty miles thrown
the night to Miguel Gordou.
In five minutes Gordou and his
friends were on their way back
to the settlement. Lillie was said,
but Gordon’s face was pale, and
his hand closed and unclosed
nervously around the rifle he car
ried. * •*
la the long race before them
tiiutt was.important.aud if, early
became evident that, Gordon’s
friend could* not keep up with
him.
“Go Oh,’* said the friend, “God
grant ymi are in season 1”
Oh, the long miles of the road,
the dreary, weary way he had to
ride with his strong father-love
at his heart urging him on. But
at last he thuhdered up to the
platform at the station, and it
lacked fifteen miuutes of nine!
The men he knew looked curi-
VOL. VII. NO. 15.
ously in. him; women loohed with
pitying eyes into hw as
ed his horye, and shod* into the
waiting-room, rifle in band.
“\Y bo is the Bfan t Have you
found out yet P he asked the
man who had sent him the note.
“Jim Bragg, gambler, murder
er, and “suspected stage robber. (
bad half a mind to shoot him my
self as he stood making love to
your daughter this morning, and
save the law a job in the future.*
“The law won’t need to exer
cise its power on him,and his fut.
ure is short enough. When will
the train come f”
. “Don’t you know? The train
has been gone fifteen minutes.”
The watch which Miguel Gor
don had earned for a whole year
-1 year tea day-arid which had
not varied ten seconds in all the
lime before was hatf an hoar
slow that morning and had cost
him bis daughter.
CHAPTER IV.
Another year has slowly gone
by. Miguel Gorden is mure pop
ular and more prosperous than
ever. His daughter has never
been heard from and bis terrible
loss has aged him greatly. Still
he is not entirely unhappy- His
hfe is bound up m his son. He
has brought Manuel with him to
the camp now. Manuel uses his
weapons, his fools, his horse.
Father and son seemed to be one.
Whatever his son wishes the
lather gets for him. -He is a
model rather,” is said of one,
and “He is a model son,” of the
other. This morning they are
working together among the
ledges.
‘•We must put in a blast here,
and loosen up the rock,” aaid
Miguel; “we can fire it from the
house. I wiH light the fuse at
exactly twelve.”
At ten o'clock all is ready, and
the two men separate to go to
other parts of the camp.
“At twelve o'clock we will fire
it.” were the last words of the
old man as they parted.
“At twelve—yes,” responded
the son.
W hen the shock of the great
blast at Gordon’s was felt, every
one in the camp or in the claims
along the ridge looked up ; and
a half minute later the whole
camp was flocking towads the
place of the explosion, for the
old man, grown grayer and older
in the last few minutes, was
bringing down from the rocks a
shapeless mass that had once
been human. His watch a half
hour fast that noon, and had cost
him his son.
( Continued.)
The white worm which infests,
occasionally, all soils where
plants are kept in pots, may be
removed as follows: Sprinkle
lime water over the soil, or
sprinkle a little slacked lime on
the earth and in the saucer of
the pot. Lime water may be
easily made by slacking a large
piece of lime in a pail ef cold
water,' letting this settle, and
then bottling the clear water for
use. Give each pot a tablespoon
ful twice a week.
A successful Boston florist
give the following as bis method
of starting slips of rare and ben
der plants: Underneath the us
ual layer of sand in which the
slips are planted, and covering,
the bottom of the pot or box, he
places a layer at eatsy which,
when soared with moisture, ex-r
ude a mucilaginous substance,
acting as a stimulent and feed £
to the tender roots of the slip.
By this method he seldom fails
to root his slips.
—.—f
At Pompeii combs have been
found exactly like the mo4era.
fine tooth kind. r . :r *J£jlE