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“A Map of Busy Life-*-Its Fluctuations and its Vast Concerns.”
ELLIJAY, GA, TIH’IISDAV, 411.1 20, 1882.
“Could We But Know.”
Could we but know the secret cares
That lurk in every human breast,
We Be’er, by thoughtless word or deed,
Would add one pang to that unrest.
Could we but know of cruel wounds
That throb and leat in maDy a heart,
How would we strive, by temlerest touch,
Some calm of healing to imparl 1
Could we but kuovr what thorny paths
Full many weary pilgrims tread,
Would we not count it iessed boon
Sweet flowers on such dark paths to shedt
We cannot know. But if we list
To what the whispering angles say,
We, to (rur fellowmcu, will be
Gentle and merciful alway.
To help the needy, cheer the sad,
And give the erring kindly care.
This—this will make the uuseeu cross
Of heavy hearts less bard to bear.
MABEL’S REVENUE, j
“Will,” said ’Squire Dermody
to his eldest, son, one morning as
they were seated at the break
fast table “someone has been iu
that orchard again and broken
the limbs of three of my Bart
lett?, and I want it slopped.
The ’Squire spoke very decid
edly as he glanced at the Dermo
dy heir,a handsome young man of
23, for the ’squire was very angry
at ihis moment, because of the
depredations of some unknown
miscreant among the fruit which
lie valued so highly.
‘‘l’ve done my best, father, ” re
plied the son, “ to catch them at
it, but I can never find any one
near the orchard. li’s a mystery
to me where they come from, un
less its Jim himself who does tire
stealing.
Jim was a hired inau living in
a tenement house on the place ;
but ’Squiie did not think he
would have leioerity to steal his
fruit and damage his pet trees,
for he had more than once known
to his sorrow what, it was to of
fend his employer. So he gave
an impatient suiff, and bade his
son keep his eyes open and catch
the real offender, adding that il
he caught him he was lo give him
a severe flogging.
“It’s some ol those youug mis
creants from town that are siioot
ing all my squirrels, and they de
serve lo be hanged,” said lie.
Late in the afternoon of this
same dav. as the heir was near
the orchard, apparenly oblivious
of every thing but the beauty of
the distant landscape, his atten
tion was suddenly arrested by a
crack of the limbs near the edge
of the orchard, and with a single
bound he was over the fence and
directly under the tree whence
the sound came.
Looking up into the branches
be covered what caused him to
hesitate with surprise, and, per
haps, . another sentiment. A
young girl of about 16, black
haired, black eyes sparkling with
the excitement of mischief and
fear combined, sat on a large limb
of the tree, grasping a smaller
limb above tier head and evident
ly ejoying the choice fruit to the
best of her ability. She was
barefooted and bareheaded and
looked a veritable little gypsy.
But Will had been told by liis
father that the thief was to be
summarily dealt with, and such
blind obedience had the father
exacted of his son that he never
one thought there were any
extenuating circumstances which
would exciuse him. The ’Squires
word to his son was his law, and
sooner than disobey him he
would have undergone any fright
ful ordeal. So choking down
the sentiment the bewitching
picture had temporarily aroused
to his heart, he ordered the offen
der to decend.
Still defiant, the pici uresque or
chard robber slid dettly from her
perch, when her captor seized her
firmly by the arm.
“My fat liar said I was to flog
the thief,“ said he.
“Pm not a thief, and you dare
not flog me 1” And the pretly
face flushed wit it anger.
“But I caught you in Hie act of
stealing my father’s fruit, and I
must punish you. What is
your name, and what made you
break the limbs of those pair
(tees?”
A glance of scorn was her re
ply.
‘•Will you answer me or not?’’
he continued; and then, angered
by her persistent silence and
looks of defiance, aided by the
recollection of persistent com
mands, he struck her a slight
blow across the shoulders.
The graceful form quivered as
the switch fell; but it was with
pride, not pain, since the stroke
could not have hurt a fly. The
black eyes flashed lightning as
she tore herself from his grasp.
“I hate you, you mean I”
coward 1” she gasped.
‘*Pil make you repent
that as sure as vou live!’’ And as
he ran sobbing out into the
road Will tell that tier prophecy
hod been fulfilled with the utter
ing. .
* * * * * *
A year passed by. Our young
avenger of his father’s stolen
fruit had joined a party, one
bright October morning, on a
hunting expedition . They had
gone lo Oat Island, a large
swamp island situated near the
iiead of Hemlock lake, which
oordered the Deruiody estate.
Now the day’s sport was done,
and they were returning home.
As they neared the center of the
treacherous little body of water a
sudden squall arose, and striking
the sail with full force, before
they were able to shift it, their
boat wa upset.
Two of the young men were
fortunate enough to grasp the
gun-wale-of the boat, wheie they
clung, but the other three, be
ing separated from it by the lorce
of the fall, and excellent swim
mers, struck out boldly for tlie
shore, a distance of a halt a mile.
Two forms emerged in safety
from the waters ot the lake and
stood m safety on ils shore,
watching the form of the ihird,
who appeared to be suffering
from injury received by the up
setting of the boat, and making
but slow progress, being still over
a quarter of a mile away. Sud
denly aery of borrow broke from
their lips as they saw Will throw
up his hanbs and go dowu.
Stripping off part of their cloth
ing that their actions might be
less impeded they plunge again
into the waters of the lake and
struck out. iu the direction of
their drowning companion.
At, this moment a young girl, a
wild-faced, gypsy like maiden
ran from a fisherman’s hut near
the beach, and without any ado
plunged into the water and com
menced the race with her two
male rivals for the rescue of the
drow uin g in an. He r
life had been spent on the water
and in ils bosom, and she soon
proved herself more than a match
for them.
. She reached the spot where
the young man went dowu just
in time to see a lufl of hair float
ing upon the surface. Seizing
this firmly in her left hand, she
supported tlie senseless body by
almost superhuman exertions in
one so young until the arrival or
the two tardy swimmers and to
gether they bore the drowning
man ashore.
******
Will Dermody was lying in liis
bed, recovering from a severe
fever which had resulted from
his recent mishrp ; for it was not
without the greatest, exertion on
the part of his physicians that he
was restored to life.
llis mother stood by liis bedside
and had jnst finished telling him
the particulars of his rescue.
It was Mabel Whedlock,a fisher
man’s daughter, who rescued you
at the risk of her life, and think
ing you might wish to thank her,’ :
said Mrs. Dermody, with a smile,
“I have sent for her to come to
the house and she is in the sitting
room at this moment.” “O,
mother, pray do not keep me
a moment from I hanking this an
gel of the waves for saving my
worthless life, for —”
He stopped in surprise as the
door opened and he beheld the
bright gypsy face and graceful
form of the girl who stole the
’Squire's fruit.
“M ibel Mabel! Can you ever
forgive me f ’ he began, flushing
.with the recollection and repen
tance of the episode in thS orch
ard. Asjiis mother stole from
the room the young girl came
quickly to Ins side, and, with a
face from which all the wildness
and defiance had fled, placed a
small brown hand over liis pale
lips and asked him if she did not
promise lo make him repent the
biow he had struck her.
Will kissed the little hand and
retained it in liis own, and glanc
ed again with deep admiration at
the pretty lace of Mabel ; but
this lime he had no command
! from his father which forbade the
admiration.
Of course, after this, his recov
ery was very rapid ; and a few
days thereafter he might have
been seeu with a very beautiful
gypsy-faced girl wandering
through his iallreFs orchard; lor
he had gone io the hut for her,
and demanded her assistance in
despoiling that choleric old gen
tleman of his fruit.
The ’Spuire must have acquired
a more forgiving disuosition since
we first met, as the look that he
cast on litem was one of approval.
As lime went on, Will and Ala
ble, being so .‘constantly together,
despite their different social stat
us, discovered that they were in
love, and so very naturally he
asked her to beeome his wife, to
which she responded by a kiss
and a small word of three letters;
and the Dermody mansion had
for ils mistress in after years a
beautiful young woman who had
first been caught in the act of
plundoring ils orchard.
A Reference.
“Have you a recommendation,
my boy ?”
“Yes, sir.”
Robert had been seeking a sit
uation for almost a week, and
now that lie had at last met with
something that promised success,
he was as nervous as a boy can
be. His hand went down into
his jacket pocket—a handker
chief, a pencil, a strap, but no
recommendation. He emptied
another pocket, but without suc
cess.
“Ah, there it is now; you have
dropped it on the floor, ’ said the
merchant, who was standing by
waiting, as a bit of paper fell to
the floor.
“No, sir; that is only my
pledge,” Robert said, as be pick
ed it np.
“Your pledge t”
“Yes, sir.”
“May I see it?”
Robert handed him the tem
perance pledge, and continued
his search lor the missing paper,
growing moie and more nervous
as lie .turned Ins other pockets
inside out.
“I have it,” said the mer
chant.
“Sir r
•‘This is your recommendatiou.
lam willing to trust a boy who
puts liis name to a promise like
this. Yon are your own refer
ence, my dear boy.’ replied the
merchant.
VOL iIL-lIL-23.
Save Money.
If you cannot save much, saver
what yn can. Don’t think a doD
lar or a dime is too small a sum
to lay by. Everybody knows
how a dollar here and there gets
away with large sums, but few
seem to know that this rerie will
work both ways. If a dollar
here and a dime there soon
makes a large hole in a man’s
income soon these dimes Hi.,,
dollars laid away soon become a
respectable sum and makes one
independent. How many times
do we btit- what we do not need
or could do without ? Think
twice before you part with your
money. Be saving but do not be
stingy. Money spent for tobacco/
whtsky, etc,, is more than throw i*
away. Half the annoyance and
trouble in this world is due to
debt. What a crop of trouble
springs up trom the seeds of
debt.
Bad for Bachelors,
Dr. Stark has been compiling
some statistics and life tables,
which we recommend as good
reading to bachelors. J*h doc
tor shuts out from his table the
children and begins with the age
of tw’enly years. He shows that
the man who pases his life from
that age as a married man is likeiy
to live twice as long as if he lived
iu celibacy. He finds a
great mass of statistics that mar*
ried men reach the age of sixty
and seven-tenths year?, and the
unmarried only forty and two
tenths. His figures are not so fa
vorable for women j but otwith
stand ing all the dangers with
which they meet, life is prolonged
by marriage. If tire doctor’s fig
ures are not correct marriage is
about the best insurace company
yet organized, from the fact that
it gives every day dividens of
happiness, and adds over nine
teen years to every investor’s life.
We recommend the Pacts to easy
going bachelors.
The Plymouth Rocks,
Americans can justly be proud
of their achievements in the im--
provements of live stock, and in
poultry especialv, the justly ta
j mous Plymouth Rock l>r e i of
fowls enduring monu
ment of painstaking experience.
There are various breeds of poul
try which, for single and special
may exceed the Plymouth Rocks,
yet as a genera purpose fowl,
where prophet is desired, there ie
no better, nor is there likely to be.
The farmer and fanerer alike are
loud in their praise,for they seem
to ’-fill the bill” exactly.
They are from medium to large
I in size, have plump, well-round-
I ea bodies, and tit for table use at
almost auy age. Tuey are hardy,
good layers of large eggs, and
the eggs are uniformly fertile.
They make good careful mothers,
and are as free from liability to
disease as any other breed
kuown. One feature which
makes them especially desirable
for Southern breeders aud far*
rners, is that they feather up so
quickly, when very young, and
are thus secure against ft; ary
from wet and the fierce rays of
the sun at this stage of their
growth. The Asiastics (the Ro*
mans and Cochins) remain so
long almost or entirely naked
many of them become “scalded, ,f
causing them to droop qr die, or
else stunt them so badly that
they seldom, if ever, get entirely
over it, eyen when they are fully
grown and matured.
To spend too much time in
study is sloth ; to use it too much
in ornamentation is affection.
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