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YOL. 6. THE V'EEKLY Cartermvlllc ExprfM I* published every D ' E&JI'JD morning, in Cartersville, Bartow County, Ga., by Smith & Milam, Proprietors, at Thrm Dollars, per an num, Btrictly in advance ; Two Dollar* for Bix Months; Gne Dollar for Three Months. Advertisements for one month, or less time One Dollar per square, (of ten lines or less,) for each insertionr; all other advertisement* v 11 be charged Fifty per cent on old prices. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JERE A. HOWARD, ATTORNEY ANO COUNSELLOR AT LAW. CaRTEKSVILLE, ga. W. H. PRITCHETT, Attorney at Lavv. CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA. TARACTICES Law in all the courts of the Cherokee circuit and counties adjoining Bartow. Jrin<23 ’ THOMAS W. MILNER, Attorney at Law, CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA. Will at end promptly to business entrusted to his care. Oct. 6 tviy THOS. W. DODD, Attorney at Law AND COUNTY COURT SOLICITOR. Kingston. Ga. Will give particular attention to the collection of claims. Oct 2(5. joSi i» <1 • U ranson, ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, KINGSTON, GA. J'hR .NOTICES IAW in the several cottn iie, of the Ohcrojtee Circuit. aNo, Folk, uralso i aid Fioyi counties, Prompt at tention given to business, Nov. 23. ly (p",fe:i-iom.l cards $lO cosh p#annum.j JOHN W. WOFFORD, Attorney at Law, CARTERSVILLE, GA. Also. FIRE INSURANCE AGENT. the best Northern ami Southern Companies. Can be fouml at the law office of Wofford &, I arrott April 10, IBGG. JO N E S & M A LT BI E, attorneys at law. Cnrtersvillc, Ga. ITTIIJ, nttend promptly to till busi icss en \V trusted to tiicir care. Will pract ce in the Cvirts of law. tin ! equity n the Cherokee Circuit. Hpecia! aUu-.tiun given to the codec tion of claims. Jan. 1, 1806. l v ohri .!• Jones. R- Mahhir. JONES 4- MALTOSE. RED. BIST ITU AGILVi'S, CARTERSVILLE GA *V* ; v n MiOi 'iTz' dt. I', anil have on band rev>■ ral IT.ui i'll >1 U«t-, *o'l »I*<* uuineroil* bnildlon lot. in !h» town us O-ite' ev.l c. Ahio wvttral.plxnlatl ns of var. on* sir. *ln Hi tow cou tv. Pttitle* deortiiß mbu or a.. I Mid' well t' «veui » call. AH «•_* «:. nn caaoi s pr mp.iy nswn rd July 17 '>-“6. tA nvg eo n n<l riecbanical Dentist. r pi IF. undersigned respeotfully oiler his pvo | fcs-sional services to the c : tizcns of Cur to svillr and vicinity. Dc is prepared in dn all kinds ol i/rfv' wor '' belonging to his profession. 1 setts ot to - s " u Gwrtorsvillc, Ft b. 13. Clu ° Dlt. T. F. JONES, rffYENIIFR'S his professional services to the | l iiizoiiß of KINGSTON and vicinity, and respectfully solicits a pot tion ol their pationage. June «. OR. HUGH A. BLAIR, l*hysician a»*il Surgeon, G'i3 rtersville , Georgia. -TX FSrECTFDLLY tenders hi* professional service* to t h'« residence, on Main St., \*te resi dence ot air. I*. Marsh. J,ine 21 ‘ Dn. O. PIXRERTOy. Cartersville, Georg.a. Tender* ids professions! ec vices to the c'tmoi sos C»rter*vil e and sarroundius country, and "11 ate and c» U»t all hour*. Office up-st-drs in l*r. Siniuel Usy- Ws New Brick Building. May 10. lboi,*ly Lanier House, MARIETTA, GA., BY ELLISON A D3B3S, Proprietors rpHIS House s located >u a few steps of ihe J Railroad, where the car* stop. Passengers take three meals a day here. Meals prepared a all hours. july 24. 8. 11. Pa t till o, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, TT-111 attend promptly to the Chut- tr. Repair-’ «.* Vv , PJC nod M kif»s Bov's and MeaV Glo htay. Office in bict room of IJUIr & Bradshaw's i»tore. Cartersville, Ga. ■ Dress Tailor. a» IS prepared to execute all kinds (fll of work in the Fashionable Tail- IsA »1 f jng line, with neatners and in dn- JX. rable style. Over J. Elsas & Co’s store. Cartersville. jan 25. Tw- MAXWELL. BRICK MASON. Is p eparevl t > do all kind* of work in Iri k and P'on* at eh rt notice. Has on hand a fire lot of newly bnrned brick and i* prepared to do work upon the m «»t reaeorabie term*. Car’erevil'e Ga.. May 3rd. 1567. Tito Cartersville Hotel. DR. THOMAS MILAM having IW charge of this House, would be H * pleased tq accommodate a f tv Board s j * « ars with BOARD, with oi without ' Lodging. Call and see him at once for terms Cartersville, Jan 17. THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS. CARTERSVILLE ADVERTISEMENTS, CARTERSVILLE ADVERTISEMENTS. CARTERSVILLE ADVERTISEMENTS. ECLIPSE! VnJLV Sftdde, J. G. Stocks, TANARUS) FBFKCTTBt.LY (he Pabl.c generally that he he* J,i»t ,'iwnnwi hi* New Rnrt Commotli oue LtVKKY AND SALE STABLE, and ha* It stock ed w th good horses, bug.ies, Ao., and Is [ repared to furnish iho*e traveling in‘o and across the c u try w.th *ny kind <>f p lvate conveyance. Ue Is also prepared to B ard .-‘tuck in any quantity with comfort >,ble qua, ter* and bountiful fei-J at reasonable rite*. Stock bought and sold at his stable*. His stock all being fresh and equipage rew he slitter htni*elf with theoeli-f that he car. f .rti h his customers with a* iin’ and c rt pice an out fit as any iUe es'ah ifhment ir. Upper Georst'. AI he ask* to est,b!l°h this fact Is a trral CARI EUSVII LK, GA., March 2V, 1567. We are requested by Co*’ J- G. Stocks to an nounce to the public, that he has bought out the Livery Stock of J. J. Jones Jr, and that the two Stables will be consolidated, and that the following list of prices will be strictly adhered to. Iloek horses, and driver per day 17,00 H rse, B rpiry and Driver “ “ ...15,00 Ho st A Hu**j “ u - “ yi day *».60 Bidd-e horse pe *’ 50 •» o day $l5O W. L. Kirkpatrick & Cos., Druggists, CARTERSVILLE, GA. yrj iLL Veep constant on hand a well seeded stock of pure DRUGS AND- MEDICINES, ©la® Patent Medicines’ Jones' Carriage Repository, Jan 17. ~s B¥&&se hxiwi m CASII'S CA: SKETS. Bv Erwin & Jones. A SSORTED r : zos kept (>n hand. Also XiL WOOD COFFINS made to order. A good HEARSE r ady at all hours. CARTERSVILLc. Feb 1, 18G7. wty U H w • MOJSTC.tSTLE, £^l> s « wc!,ps ' and Walch and Yt/ Clock Kcpairer, In the Front of A. A. Skinner & Co’s’ store* Cartersville jan 25 James W. Strange, Dealer in STOVES. GRATES, IRON, HARDWARE, PLAIN AND JAPANNED TIN WARE, &C. Clean Linen and Cotton Rags taken in ex change for Goods. Repairing, Roofing and Guttering done with neatness and dispatch. Cartersville, Nov. I. tviy J. E. Roberts KF.TAILDEAI.EE IN Corn, Meal, Flour, Bacon, Sugrar, Coffee, Tobacco, &.C. &c. At Skinner & Shepherd’s old stand, on Main street, between Jones’ Carriage Shop and Strange’s Tin Shop. R. Hargis with J, E. RoßcnTS’ jc 1 1,— ts. Cartersville, Ga. Samuel Clayton, R. A. Clayton. S CLAYTON & SON, DEALERS IN’ GENERAL MERCHANDISE, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, CARTERSVILLE, GA. We k»ep a general stock and can fnrnlt.h you with arytMny you w*ut. C me to see u« —we will sell ynu Roed* a Mf. reason? ble price. Come and look at our stock— No harm done if weeant'rade. If friends favor us with cct.sigMn, nts or order*, we will use our tv tty cue \ . tntci.v tof their Interests. BUTTER, EGGS, DRIED BLACKBERIES &c. taken at market rates for goods. 5000 LBS. Clean CotUn and Linen wanted. When ready sacked we will take them at 3 cent- per lb. for Bring them In anv quantity §2@ri'.\lr. Uriah Siephens is *ith us—he invites alibis frie: dsto call and see what he nan do for hem Atlanta Quotations allowad for Gold Dust srd old itanL B.iis. }€ CARTERSVILLE GA. JULY 5, 1807. Saving Machine Oil , PBEPABED at the Baltimore Chemical Works, for Bale by B&K. Sglf Slltisi* * DEALERS IN iliii, Chemicals, Paints, &c., &c. Proprietors of Kramer's Hair Restora tive, Psoricus, Universal Bilters, Nerve & Bone Liniment, &e. Cartersville, Ga. T'YTE beg leave to inform the citizens gen \\ crally, and physicians particularly, that we have on hand a large, well solected stocs of Drugs and Medicines, and are ready to till orders at the lowest prices. Being aware of the great adulteration prac ticed in preparing Medicines, we have made arrangements to have this done under our own supervision, and will warrant all our Medi cines pure. As we buy in the best marsets in the country, and buy entirely for cash, we can supply our customers with goods as cheap ns the- can possibly be bought elsewhere, We , will duplicate any bill ofg’oods bought south of Louisville. Respectfully soliciting your orders, we are Yours verv respectfully, Feb 8, 1867. BEST & KRAMER. J. A. E BW " & cr «//j e receiving their Stock of SPRING AND Jmtmmtr Coo&s, COMPRISING every variety adapted to the wants of the country, which they are determined to sell at the Lowest Prices— Cheaper than the Cheapest! All are invited to CALL, EXAMINE AND BUY bargains. Terms: Cash ! and our motto is Small Profits, Cartersville, ’G a., April 19, ISC7. NEW STORE! NEW GOODS ! And New Arrangements. The undersigned takes pleagnre in announcing to the cU'tens of CsrtersTille and surrounding country that he hns iust. opened out a most epleuded and iA.su- ICNABLE Stock of DRY GOODS? adapted to the wants of the people, which he proposes to sell at P:icei to SUIT the TIMES. Ladies wi l find almost Everything pertaining to their will find Material and Furnishing Goods for ClothiDg. Families will find all kinds of goods common for do- MESTIC USE, so BOOTS, SHOES, Hats, Bonnets,' Hoop Skirts, Umbrellas &c &c. Also will keep on hand a large lot of PAOTOBT YAIE^IsfS HE WOULD be hippy to receive calls at any time His doors are thrown wide open, and the invitation is to all. Come and examine his goods and prices. t 0 A- A ‘ SkJ ‘ nDer & CO L a F^GU b B ON 1 1 Um " ’ J. T. STOCKS with Ferguson. Cartersville, Ga., May 15t,1367. “otjrTmotto I.IVE, LET LIVE !! Shall be demonstrated in all our dealings . J. 11. SATTERFIELD # BBO„ Are now receiving their Spring fl/VMjL SUMMER SUPPLIES Os New and Beautiful Dry- Goods, Clolliinff, Bats, Boots, Slioes, and Notions, in the prices ofany and all of which we pledge ourselves to dupli cate Atlanta bills. We also have on hand a superb lot of roccrics and J)roduce. which we will sell equally as low ; but, remem ber our terms are unequivocally CASH AND CASH, 0-N-L-Y. The citizens and public generally are earn estly solicited to c*ll and examine our goods and prices, and try and prove us and see if we will not comply with our promise. J. H'. SATTERFIELD & BRO Cartersville, Ga., April i9, 1587 ' CARRIAGE' AND I4»f CARTERSVILLE, GA. JfeiF Special attention given to Repair lug. HAVING opened business at my old stand, I am prepared to do any and all Kinds of work de-ired ill the Carriage Line, at low figures for cash. I shall keep on hand a illne assortment of Buggies & Carriages and can, at short notice, furnish any kind 01 a VEHICLE desired. Having connected myself with Messrs. Wyman & May, Augusta, a » a well known and reliable firm, I will sell at Augusta freights added, from the besl Factories at the North and East. All of which will be warranted right. Being well acquainted with the country ami people, with long experience in the business, I purpose to furnish the market with such work as will give perfect satisfaction, I shall be able to furnish the entire country, as m; foci lilies are unlimited. Call and examine, if shall cost you nothing. I feel assured that the good people of this county will appreciate the hanest efforts of one of their old citizens, broke down by the war, R. H. JONES, January 17. ’867 wlv New Spring and Summer GOODS, Hats, Boots, Shoes, and a thousand and one things too tedious to e numerate, just received and for sale cheap for cash , at J. ELSAS’ Cheap, Cash Store, Cartersville, Bartow co. April 26th. Hew N. 6UREATH & SON, now receiving a general stock of SPRIIG AND SUM consisting of Ladies 7 Dress Goods j£LJNT_D HATS. GENTLEMENS’ FURNISHING GOODS, Boots, Shoes, Hats, and Ready-made Clothing. Also a wejl assorted etocKof Hardware and Crockery* Family Groceries, which w&* selected by one nf the firm in person. We ask purchasers to call and examip« our *ti>ck and pri ces. We expect to sell low f r ca;h. GUe u* a call. Cartersville, Gft, April 12, 1368. w2m OLD DEBTS!! old debts ::: All persons indebted to tho old Mercantile firms of of HOWARD, STOKELY & CO.. and J. A & S. ERWIN, are respeclluliy urg ed to make liberal payments on these debts out of the present wheat crop. All who refuse to respond to this call for only part payment will be sued. 1 bese debts are from six to ten years standing, and longer indulgence cannot be giv en. Call at J. A. ERWIN & CO.’S store where the claims are, and make liberal pay ments and save suits. Cartersville, Ga., June 18, 1867. A MINOR'S LOVE STORY. Nelly Glover was the prettiest lass in the pit village. Her eves were of the sweetest blue ; her cheeks were like a rose ; and you might have thought ner brown hair was the finest silk?— Then she had a figure like a fairy, it i was so trim ; and with a waist'you could almost span. I loved Nelly, but as for that, all the chaps of the village were of the same mind, and she might have had her pick of us ; the worst of ii was, she treated us all alike, and wouldn t look at one any more than another. She had a smile for every body,and was always good tempered, but there it ended , and, somehow, none ol us could screw up courage enough to try her further. 1 don’t know how olten I thought it over. It came into my head the first thing in the morning, and there it remained the last thing at night, when it either kept me awake, or haunted my dreams. At last it took possession of me. No matter where I was, digging, or blasting, or tunneling; above ground, or down in the pit; my thoughts turned on Nelly, and from being the merriest fellow in the village, I just came to be the dullest. One morning there was no work in the pit for my gang, beeaus the viewer wanted that part of the seam shored up, and it struck me, all at once, that I would have it out with Nelly, so I made my self smart, and set out, \jalkiug as brisk as if it was a wager. Ynu may tfiink it conceit in me, but I 0311 say that I was then as clever a chap to look at as you would often see and I knew it! For all that, I began to walk a bit slow when I caught sight of Mrs. Glover's cottage, and I fell of my heart. But I went on, and I just got up to the cottage when who should come out but Nelly herself. She never looked pret tier than at that minute; but appearing so suddenly, she dashed my spirit, and I hadn’t a word to say to her. “Why, Charley, what is the matter?” she cried, in a frightened sort of way. “Well, it is just this,” I said. Aiid there l stopped. “Is anything wrong with Jack?” she cried, quickly. “Jack?” “Yes, he is down in the pit; they say it is foul, which makes mother and me uneasy. You havn’t heard any thing? And she looked in my eyes as if she would search me through. “No, no,” I answered, steadying, now that I thought I could comfort her. “He is all right. You tnusn't mind what the old women of the vil lage say, or you’ll be looking for a blow-up every day in the year, when there is nothing more than common. 1 haven’t come to you about Jack, Nelly ; it is about myself.” She gave me another look, now ; then her cheek flushed up like a flame, and her eyes turned away. “Do you know what I want to say, Nelly?” I went on. “I wish you did, for I can't tell it. It is more than 1 have got words for. How 1 love you, how you are always belore me, how I am crazed, and maci about you ! But though I can’t say all I want to, here I stand, and I wouldnrit change with a king, if you’ll take me cs I am !” “Ah, Charley ! you don't know how you pain me,” she answered. “Dont say that. Nelly. I doubted about speaking to y ou’, but now that I have d'»ne it, now that I can’t go on deceiving myself, if you have any pity in your heart, show it to me, and l will cherish you to the day of mv death.” “It is no use,” she replied, “I can never marry a pitman. I gave the promise to mother and Jack, when wc walked up the village at the funeral of my father and brothers, all three killed in the mine—our great sorrow', which I can never think of without crying.” And the tears, it is true, were ning down her cheeks, though, for the moment she seemed to me to be harder than stone. And I seemed turned to Btone myself. I had no recollection, no feeling, and no sense, and I couldn’t have moved a step to have saved mv life. Then it all flashed upon me like lightning. I took a last look at Nelly, dropped my head upon my breast, and without a word more, walked out of the gate. Our village seldom looked bright, no matter how the sun shone and now 1 felt as if the sun would never shine again for me, so, as my eye fell on the line of cottages, w ith the clouds hang ing down from above, and nothing round but a waste, I thought I as well be 111 my grave as continue to live there. Besides. I should always be meeting Nelly, perhaps lurking about her mother’s cottage, and making her as miserable as myself. YVhv shouldn’t Igo away, to Yorkshire, or Derbyshire, or to the diggings in Aus tralia, for that matter? 'I he notion, if it was good for nothing more, gave me a little more spirit. It turned my thoughts, and I stepped out quicker, going straight home. 1 hadn’t much to settle there, only to bid good'by to the folks I lived with, and I came out, pack cn back, and began my tramp. I stopped at the moor, and looked brek, remembering I might never see the place again, and, dismal as I now thought it, with its gaping walls and shaken roofs encumbering the black o ;eJ ground. 1 hail been happy there. Not one el those cottages but would open its door to me; not, one where I wouldn't meet a friend. And there l had been bojn ; it was the spot on earth that, even in that hour of hitter' ness, I loved best, and I didn’t turn away without dashing my hand across over my eyes. I was walking on, when suddenly the air rang with a crash that shook the ground. 1 knew what it signified; such sounds denote but one result in the black country’, and throwing down my pack, I Jutted oiT to the spot, with the feelings that animate every miner on such occasions, It didn’t seem a minute before 1 came to the dust'heaps round the pit’s mouth, but some were there before me, and the off-men and the women were rushing up from the village in a stream. The smell from the pit almost knocked me down as I came up, and I had to get mv breath a little, when three or four of us crept up to the mouth, and looked down. The explosion had de stroyed the cage, not leaving a stick of it, but it had not injured the signal rope ; hence a means ol communication remained for any one immediately be low. As soon as I saw this I set to work to rig a cross bar, and presently had it ready. “Just lower me gently,” I said to two banksmen. “[ may pick up one or two, if there’s any near.” “You can’t go down yet!” cried the viewer. “How many are in the pit?” “Hall an hour ago there were fifty,” replied the time-keeper; “hut, I am thankful to say, they all came up but ten.” “And they are all lost.” said the viewer, “for there will be another ex plosion directly.” “I’ll go down anyhow,” I said dog gedly ; “and if nobody will lower me, i’ll jump down.” A good many were on the heap now men and women—some of the won men crying and some praying; but when I spoke out that way there was a dead silence. Then two or three called out, “(Jcod-by, Charly, God bless you, brave lad.” The banksmen lowered me down, and 1 same through the pit’s mouth. A Davy lamp was tim! around mv wi ist, and 1 held a rope in my hand, so that I might signal to be hoisted up if the air became too foul. But I had no intention ol going back till I hat! searched the pit, and seen if any were alive. One thing I didn’t care about, my life; and another, 1 would have been ashamed to lace the o’ks above without doing something ; so I felt impatient that they lowered'me at such a snail’s pace, and I kept look ing up and clown to measme the dis tance yet to he traversed. The shalt had never seemed so deep to me before. I strained mv eyes into the darkness below, and saw no bottom; 1 glanced up, and the gleam of light grow small er and smaller. I scanned the walls of the shaft, and marked only their black bound. But my progress was notified by the increasing density of the air, which began to aflect my breathing; and, ns 1 went on, I had to shift my face from side to side to make a little curient. At last my feet touched the ground. I locked around as I jumped oil the straddle, and saw the furnace was out, which put a stop to the ven tilation of the mine, as far as it depen ded on the brattices, and no air entered but by the shaft. The stench was overpowering, and from this and the silence, I guessed the worst. It was plain that tiie explosion had killed the horses; for not a sound came from the stable, which was close to the shaft ; and what hope could there be for hu man beings in a distant part of the pit? You may be sure I didn’t stand to make these refactions; they floated across me and 1 was working forward, before they got through my mind. I knew the old mine blindfolded; hut wh?.t with foul smell and the deep gloom, I was some minutes scrambling to the too of the incline, keeping my arms stretched out as 1 went along, to feel for anything in the way. And it was lucky I did, or I should dash mv head against some *mpty trucks, and in the state I. was in, that would have finished me. Thus I reached the first gallery, which you could only enter stooping. I pushed open the tr ip door, and went on a few steps, though my Davy lamp was what pitmen call ‘afire"’ the flame being all blue—and I knew the air was so much gunpowder. But I stumbled along; if I wasn't to save any one, it didn’t matter what became of mj self, and I pleased mvself v/ith the thought that Nelly would hear I had died in the attempt. And then, a'.! at once, it came into rriy head what she had said about her brother Jack being in the pit. This gave my heart such a turn that I staggered, and the perspiration poured from my forehead liky water. I rushed forward as if I was mad ; my foot struck something ; I bent down over what seemed to be a corpse, and the gleam of the lamp fell on its face. It was Jack Glover. 1 didn’t know whether he was alive or dead, but I caught him in my arms, and with the strength of a giant and the speed of a deer—hardly conscious, hardly breathing - l made a dash for the shaft. It was easier work going back, when you were once in the main or horse mad ; lor now the shall was before you, instead of behind ; and, though _vou wouldn’t think it, this made a wonder ful dillerenee in the light. Dark ns pitch it still was. though not to pit men’s eyes, and I had found out that Jack breathed when 1 reached the shat'*. The discovery nerved me afresh, and I kept all my senses at work without my seeming to know it. I only felt there s inn vr u and lie another explosion, I placed Jack on the straddle, and taking the rope from my Davy lamp, tied him hand and foot, then pulled the signal rope, and as the people above hauled the tackle and lilted the straddle front the ground, l hung on bv my arms; thus we began to mount the shaft. It wasn’t till we had got twenty feet up that I felt the strain of standing on nothing, hut, from that moment, it be-, came just terrible. My hands seemed ready to snap; ihc ache in my arms spread through every muscle; my lx Pil spun around; my feet kicked about in agony. I watched the mouth of thn pit.till mv eyes swam, and as I reck oned the space between, mv strength waned and mv misery deepened, I thought I must drop before I readied the top. J'hen they began to hoist faster. I mustered all iny strength ; I tightened my gripoflhe straddle, though mv fingers were growing numb; I steadied my sees, and hardly trusted myself to breathe. I could se the walls ol the shall; I could feel the purer air; 1 heard voices ; and presently tlu? tackle swung; strong arms Vaught mo round, and i was landed on the bank. They had Jack Glover oil the straddle before you could look aiound, and ho was carried away, w hile they raised my head and poured a little brandy in my mouth. I called out for the viewer. “What is it, Charley Batson?” bo asked, bending over me. “Everybody away from the pit, sir,” I said. on are right,” he answered; it will come in a minute cr two. J hev got me to the top of the bank, w-hen I heard a scream, and there wan Nelly, trying to throw herself on her biother Jack, but kept back by the other women. She never gianeed round at me ! I wished then that I had stopped in the pit, or let myself drop from the bar, as 1 came up, and so es caped seeing her aga n. But I made up my mind that I had looked on | a . r f„ r the last time. I told my helpers that I could walk now, and when they let go my arms, I turned towards the" moor, intending to pick up my pack, and drag on at least to the next village. But I could no more walk five miles than i could fly. \\ j| Pn ] <. anie l 0 j| ie pack I sank down by it ni:d felt that I must give up. I was so heated, that I thought there was now another explo sion at the pit, as I had exje ted, and though it shook the ground under me. 1 didn’t lilt my head. All I thought of was stretching out my arms and legs and lying quiet. IL,w long 1 lay there 1 never knew. But by degrees 1 recov ered a little strength, and my thoughts took more shape, when 1 decided to return to my old lodging and have n day s rest before I set out on my wan derings. Ihe day passed and the night, and the next day, and I wai still in bed, the good folks tending me like a child. My limbs, which had been racked with pain, now' felt easy’, and I was ready for a start again. But I thought there would he opposition, bo I got up very quiet, and was putting on my things, when the room door opened, and to my wonder, in catne Jack Glover. “Halloo, Charley, here we are,” he cried, seizing mv hand and giving it * hearty squeeze. “Who would have thought of us two being alive to-dav?” “Well, Jack,” I answered, “I am glad for yon. but I siiouldu’t have cared for myself.” “How’s that?” he asked. “Because I have something on mv mind.” ° y “You ! he said, laughingly, and giving me a little push. -Here, eit down and have a pipe, and it will all go off like the smoke.” “I don’t care if I never smoke a pipe again,’ I said, savagely. “Now, I’ll tell you what it is,” said Jack ; “you have been having a tiff with our Nelly.” “I haven’t,” I answered, mv cheek burning. “Well, you know best about that,” continued Jack ; -but it’s what I guess, because you were seen talking with her, and she had a crying fit directly alter. And when pfte heard from me that it was you that brought me tip from the pit, she fell on my neck, a*d fainted.” “ Didn’t she know it before ?” I ask ed, relenting. “No.” “Then, I’ll just tell you all about her and me,” I said. I was a long time telling it. but Jack sat up as if he was listening to a play, or a sermon, at chapel. I gave him a description of Nelly that would have done for the Hue and Cry; went into all the feelings she- had raised in my breast, told him how I had watched for her, thought of her, and dreampt of her, [Concluded, on Fourth Page, j NO. 1.