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YOU. C. THE WEEKLY Cartcmville Express !«; published every _b morning, in Cartcrsvilie, Barlow County, La., by Smith & Milam, Proprietors, at Three Dollars, per an num, strictly in advance ; Two Dollar* for Six Month*; One Dollar for Three Month*. Advertisement* for one month, or less time One Dollar per square, (often line* or less,) for each insertion ; all other advertisements v> il be charged Fifty per cent on old price*. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JERE A. HOWARD, attorney and counsellor at law. OaRTERHVILLE, GA- w. if PRITCHETT, jssk** 1 “ “s. I XR NOTICES Law in all the courts of the circuit and counties adjoining Bartow. __ Jan23 ’ THOMAS W. MILNER, Attorney at Law, CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA. Will nt’end promptly to business entrusted to his cure. Oct. 5 wly * Til OS. W DODD, Attorney at Law AND COUNTY COURT SOLICITOR. liingNton. Ca. Will give particular attention to the collection of claims. Oct 215. .1 oh n € . « r anson, ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, KINGSTON, GA. I PRACTICES LAW in the several eoun lics of the Cherokee Circuit, also, Polk, 11 in .Ism. ari l Floyd counties, Prompt at tention given to business, Nov. 211. ly (Professional cards SIQ cash perannum.J JOHN W. WOFFORD. Attorney at Law, CARTERSVILLE. GA. Also, FIRE insurance agent. Represents the best Northern and .Southern Companies. J ONES & M A LTBIE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Cartcrsvilie, Ca. WlT.fr attend promptly to all business en trusted to their care. Will practice in the Courts of law, and equity in the Cherokee Circuit. Special attention given to the collec tion of claims. J iin - l< 1 ® ohn J - Jones. Maltbie. - Jones maltbie. KIT 41. ESTATE AWEXTS, CARTERSVILLE GA \V<* are authorised to soil, and have nn band severaT Il.iu.es and Lot *, and also numerous buUdliiK lots In the .. vn ,»( CartersTlllf. Alho several plantations of varl* ,is .1-4 Vln llut-.w cou- ty. Parties desiring to buy or I will d.> well to «veus a call. ATI communications prompt ly inawered. July IT. 1800. Surge o all and mechanical Dentist. railiE undersigned respeotfully offer his pro -4 lessionul services to the c'tizens ot tat •ersville and vicinity, He is prepared all kinds of WGS'wtk belonging ti. hi * profession. ** J‘ d, l SC . t . t '' ° ' f JOHNSON.” tanteii. * no Cortcrsville, Feb. IJ, 111 DII tT f. JONES, f I LENDERS his professional services to the ' I citizen* of KINGSTON and vicinity, and ircspoctfully soliciis a portion of-tbeir patronage. June . 2. DR. HUGH A. BLAIR, Physician ami Surgeon, 'Gartersville, Georgia. *p FSTECTFOLLY tenders his professional services to l residence, on Main St. late resi de* oe of Mr. P. Marsh. June 21. Dr. o. riBHEnTOW, Vartersvihe , Tender* his professional W'vlces to the c tuensi of hi tei'Hvll'.e and surrounding country, and will aUer" -t< ilt ail hour*. Office upstairs Dr. SamueliCUf t u‘* New Brick Building. May 10. 1b67,w1y Lanier II o u s e, MARIETTA, GA., BY ELLISON K DOBBS, Proprietors r pHIS House is located iu a few steps of the I Railroad, where the cars stop. Passengers take three meals a day here. Meals prepared a all hours. J u 'y s. H. P iTt t ill o 7 FASHIONABLE TAILOR, H’lU attend promptly to the Cutting, Repair- Y> ing and Making Boy's and Men’s Clothing. SI Office in baca room of Blair & Bradshaw s store. Cartersville, Qa. Dress Tailor. tIS prepared to execute all kinds of work in the Fashionable Tail ing line, with neatness and in du- JuL ruble style. Over J. Elsas & Co’s store, Cartersville. jan 25. J. "W- 3VTj?kX'WEX-.Xj- BRICK MASON. Is prepared to do all kinds of work in n *^ stone at short notice. Has on hand a fine lot of newly burned brick and is prepared to do work upon the Bjost reasonable terms Cartersvili* G»., Msy 3rd. IS6i. The Cartersville Hotel. THOMAS MILAM having I / charge of this House, would be I J IT yfkased to accommodate a few Board- H j prs with BOARD, with or withoiK SUafia.!. lodging. Call and see him at once for terms Cartcrswllcj Jan I~* THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS' CARTERSVILLE ADVERTISEMENTS, PflT JulyLll Ul J 5 and Sale 8 Übh, J. G. Stocks, RESPECTFULLY notify the Public generally that he has just openned his New and Commodi ous LIVE BY AND HALE STABLE, arid has it stock ed with good horses, buggies, Ac., and is prepared to furnish those traveling into and across the country with any kind of p.lvate conveyance. He is also prepared to Board Stock in any quantity with comfort able quarters and bountiful feed at reasonable rates. Stock bought and sold at hia stables. Ills stock ail being fresh and equipage r-ew he flatter himself with the belief that he can furnish his customers with as neat and complete an out-fit as any like establishment in Upper Georgia. All he asks to establish this fact is a trial. CARTERSVILLE, GA., March 22, ISCT. We are requested by C°l‘ J- G. Stocks to an nounce to the public, that he has bought out the Livery Stock of J. J. Jonc* Jr, and that the two Stables will be consolidated, and that the following list of prices will be strictly adhered to. Hack horses, and driver per day |7,00 Hi me, Buggy and Driver “ “ $5,00 Horse A Buggy “ “ s*,oo “ “ Xday $2.50 Saddle horse per “ $2 50 “ “ -‘X'hy SLS9 W. L. Kirkpatrick & Cos., Druggists, CARTERSVILLE, GA. WILL keep constant on hand a well seeded stock of pure DRUGS AND MEDICINES. BASISS, Patent Medicines* &c. Jones’ Carriage Repository, Jar. 17. mmm 0-A.3l±'S J^JSTAD CASKETS. By Erwin & Jones. ASSORTED sizes kept on hand. Also WOOD COFFINS made to order. A good HEARSE ready at all hours. CARTERSVILLE Feb l, 1567. wly R. MOIIKTCASTLE, pYA Jeweller ami Watch and 'AiJ' Clock Repairer, In the Front of A. A. Skinner .Jk CoV 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. 1. wly A A SKINNER a,,d CO., Dealers in GROCERIES AND PRODUCE. CARTERSVILLE, GA. Aug. 16. Samuel Clayton, R. A. Clatton. S CLAYTON & SON, DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE. AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, CARTERSVILLE, GA. We keep a general stock and can fnrntsh you with anything you waut. C- me to 6ee u»—we will sell vnu goeds,at. reasonsbie prices. Come and look at our stock—No harm done if we cant trade. If friends favor us with consignments or orders, we will use our everv esie pi outlive of their interests. SUTTER, EGGS, DRIED BLACKBERIES <fec. taken at market rates for goods. 5000 LBS. Clean Cotton . ' wanted. When ready sacked we will take them at 3 cents per lb. for goods. Bring them in any quanttty. UHah Siephens is with us—he invites sllhis friends to call and see what he can do for ihem Atlanta Quotationswed for Gold Dust'.nd old Bank Bills. je 2S. CARTERSVILLE GA. AUGUST 30, 1807. CARTERSVILLE Seizing .Machine Oil, PREPARED at the Baltimore Chemical Work#, for fcaie by B&K. •ats **»*«**, DEALERS IN mm m m Chemicals, Paints, &c., &c. Proprietors of Kramer’s Hair Restora tive, Psorieus, Universal Bitters, Nerve & Bone Liniment, &c. Cartersville, G-a. WE beg leave to inform the citizens gen erally, and physicians particularly, that we have on hand a large, well selected stocs of Drugs and Medicines, and are ready to fill 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 wiil warrant all our Medi cines pure. As we buy in the best marKets in the country, and buy entirely for cash, we can supply our customers with goods as cheap as thci can possibly be bought elsewhere, We will duplicate any bill of #oods bought soutu of Louisville. Respectfully soliciting your orders, we arc Yours verv respectfully, Feb 8. 1867. BEST & KRAMER. J. A. E R,ra & C° jti e receiving' their Stock of SPRING AND Rummer SMte, COMPRISING every variety adapted to the wants of the country, which they are determined to sell at the Lowest Price s Cheaper than the Cheapest! All are invited to CALL, EXAMINE AND BUY BARGAINS. Terms: Cash ! and our motto is Small Profits. Cartersville,Ga., April 19,1807. AEW STORE! NEW GOODS ! And NeTv Arrangements. The undersigned takes pleasure in announcing to the of Cartersville and surrounding country, that he has inst opened out h moat spiended and FASH IONABLE Stock of tr&ure & its MR DRY GOODS, adapted to the wants of the people, which he proposes to sell at Pi ices to SUIT the TIMES. Ladi-s wiU find almost Everything pertaining to their Wardrobe. GENTLEMEN will find Material and Furnishing Goods for Clothing. Families will find all kinds of gfiods bommon for do- MESTIC USB, BOOTS, SHOES, Hats, Bonnets, Hoop Skirts, Umbrellas &c Alao will keep on hand a large lot of i iriAiß^'g- HE WOULD be happy to receive calls at any time His doors are thrown wide open, and the invitation is to all. Come and examine Ids goods and prices. Next door to A. A. Skinner & Cos., and just below the Post Office, L. FERGUSON, J. T. STOCKS with Ferguson. Cartersville, Ga., May 1at,1567. IIS® Acres of Bartow IAN®. I propose to sell three tract* of of Land embracing 1290 ACRES. and will give the best bargains now offered in the county. Ist Tract. 920 acres—loo acres cleared, under good fence *nd in a high state of cultivation. The whole tract lies welt, produces freetv and is pleasant to cultivate. It is near fWO MERCHANT MILLS, CHURCHES AND HIGH SCHOOLS convenient —health and society good. The improvements consist of a newly finished dwelling with six rooms—Giu house Smith’s shop and other necessary outbuildings, together with six other separate enements on the place. 2nd Tract, Contains 820 acres—6o cleared, improvements common. This place lies 1 mile of the town of Euharlee. 3rd Tract, Contains 50 acres, one half clean and. The above lands can be bought separate or together, Terms easy. Interest In present crop sold with the place if desired and possession given, forty days from day of sale, B. T. LELKE. June 1,1867. w3m STACEY HOUSE CLAY ROBERTS, Proprietor, Churcb Slrcct, NASHVILLE, TENSE SSEE Julv 19 1867 CARTERSVILLE AOVERTiSTSIEkL. CARRIAGE REPOSITORY 4 \D 141 © Q CARTERSVILLE, GA. flfcgf"*3pecial utteuuon given to Kfcjmii'- ins* HAVING Opened business at my old stand, I am prepared to do any and all aihus of work de-ned in the Carriage Line, at low figures for cash. I shall keep on hand a fine assortment oi Buggies & Carriages and can, at short notice, furnish any kind o a VEHICLE ties red, Having connected myself with Messrs. Wyman &. May, Augusta, a a well known ami reliable firm. 1 will sell at Augusta Prices, freight* added, from the beet Factories at the North and East. All of which will be warranted right. Being Well acquainted with t lie country and people, with long experience in the business, I purpose to furnish the market with such work as will give pci lect satisfaction, I shall be able to furnish the tntir* country, asm} facilities are unlimited. Cal! and examine,it shall cost you nothing, lied assure 1 that the good people of this county will appreciate the honest efforts nt one of their old citizens, broke down by ’he war R. H, JONES* Januarv 17. l ßli7 wly OLD DEBTS!! OLD DUSTS!!! AH persons indebted to the old Mercantile firms of of HOWARD, STOKELY & CO., and J, A. & S. ERWIN, are respectfully urg ed to make libera! payments on these debts out of the present wheat crop. All who refuse to .respond to this call for only par! payment will he sued. ’1 hese debts are from six to ten years standing, and longer indulgence cannot lie giv en. "Call at J. A. ERWIN & CO.’S store where the claims are, and make liberal pay ments ami save suits. , Cartersville, Ga., June 18, IS(>7. Bartow Slierift Sales. For‘the first Tuesday i:i September next, try I I.L lie sold before the Courthouse Joor in thtctorvu If of Cartersvil e, on the first Tuesday to dept; next, within legal sale hours, the following property to wit Lot of T.and number 1199, in the I i'fh dis trict of the Bd-section, now Bartow county, levied On as the property of Benjamin Turner, by virtue of a “fi fa,” issued from the Superior court of Bartow county, in favor of Warren Akin vs Andrew Hamilton, and Andrew J. Earp makers, trnd Benjamin Turner, indorser. Also, 2300 acres of land, more or less, known as the Rowland Spring property, and one 'tefft'b intercst in the property of the Et.owah Manufacturing Miiihig Company lc’ied on ns the property ofWm.T. Quiubv, to satisfy sundry-fi fa’s in my hand, and in favor *bf-John L. Rowland, and Francis N. Rowland execu tory of John Rowland-, deceased, vs W. 'J'. Quinbv issued tro’rn Bartow Superior Court, and in favor ofE. Lewis vs Win, ’J’. 'Qrtinbv isstied from Bartow County Court, one in favor of Charles D. Phillips vs, Wni.T. Quinhy-, is sued fioYft Bsriow tSnperor Court—one i'n fa vor of J. R. Parrott vs Wirt. TANARUS, Quinhy iss’ued from Bartow Superior Court, Printer's Fee one d-filar on each fi fu. Also—one house and lot in the 'town of Cartersville. whereon J Walter Pritchett now resides,levixd on to satisfy two ti fa’s issued from Bartow Superior Court, one in favor of CharlesD. Philips vs John I, Row 1 arid anti F. M. Rowland executors of John S Rowland deceased, one in favor of J. R. Parrott vs. said Rowland’s : levit-U on as the property of said Rowland’s Also—Two Houses and Lots in the town of Kingston, containing one acre each, one occu pied by Thos Hargis, the other occupied by Frank Whithorn, levied on as the property of Thomas Hargis to satiefy afi fa issued from Bartow Superior court in favor of Hutcherson & Pritchett, vs Hargis & Fill lei : property pointed out by defendant, Also, Lot of Land whereon R. M. C. Ware resides, number not known, in the 17th district and thrid section of Bartow county, to satisfy a fi fa issued born Bartow Superior court in favor of Thomas Tunilin vs Robeit M. C. Ware and J. A. Sewell, levied on as the prop erty of Robert M. C. Ware, proper'y pointed out by said Ware. Also at time and place One House and lot in the town of Cartc-sviHe now occupied by Dr. J. W. F. Best Levied on as thr propirty of E. B, Presley, To satisfy afi fa issued by the In ferior Court of Ca -s County in favor of Thayer Dewing & (Jo. 5-s. E. B. Prksi.ey Also at same lime and place Two Mare mules (mouse colored, large size) and one two horse family carriage ( & sett of double harness. Levied on as the property of John L Rowland to satisfy a!i la issued from Bart wv County Court in favor of Isrcal P C avis Against John L Rowland, to satisfy a *‘ti fa.” issued from Bartow Superior court, in favor of P. Davis, against John L. Rowland. ALSO One House & Lot at Al’atoona Depot, oc cupied by Hopper & Woffi*rd, to satisfy three Justice court "fi fas,” officers of court vs. Hammond & Clayton, as the property o r defendants. Levy made and returned by a constable. \\ . L GOril M IN Bherift, A a FOX COLLINS, August, 1. Deputy Sheriff. Notice. TWO month# *fte • date application will be to the court of O-dina y of Bartow county fnr leave to aell ali the real estate be!on,;inn to W. P. Bartley, late of said county, deevased. ]R. C. BRADLEY August. 12 li-ct Adci'r. v*. AiirstruAit my wire | i here *j.« nLvay* a tnysierv haniriog j j bout a terijttj way that Morgan had. ; and in wnie.i he was -always joined i h«uu«U v b) his wite —my own consul, -Mw\ ,hai had been —a way th-t t»ouhied friy curiosity much, until ilit eventful evening that I was satisfied by iu-antiy the reason why. It was 'rniiply tiiis, that everv time n word Mas spoken tLai ied to the period when Charley Morgan tirst met rny cousui Milt they would both laugh very heart iiy, btu would always refuse to tell at whatever they laughed. This was ceriainly very provoking, and 1 had little hesitation in telling them so —not once but many times—at which they always ended by kissing each other and looking very atlectiouale. 1 determined to have a solution ofthe matter, tt for no other purpose than it worried me. lam but a woman, and having pleaded to the possession of cu riosity, I set furth one evening, when we three Morgan, May, and mvseif— were drawn up before the fire and early settled for a talk. Tlkere was no time tor mincing matters was my first idea, and with this thought 1 deshed b*' Id ly out with— “Mr. Morgan"—l usually call him Charley, but I was desirous of showing that l was really in earnest —“Mr. Morgan, why do you always laugh and look at May, when the subject of ytur meeting with her is spoken of This, i was sure, was a simple ques tion, and Vet, instead of answering it in a simple way they Went back, both of them, on the old plan, and laughed •as if the words L had just spoken were the best joke in the world. I could do nothing, of cotuse, but look grave and solemn, which in a few moments, brought them both looking in the same way, and then May spoke to ine seri ously and said t “t'ousin Jane, von lake our laughing mturh more earnesilv than I thought you would. It is only a memory be tween Charley and I, that brings up that laugh; to us it is a droll remem brance, but, perhaps, in telling it, there would be nothing to amuse any one.’’ The explanation brought back my good humor in an instant, and with a smile, 1 said ‘•Now May. this is really unkind of you; for so long have you excited ray curiosity, that even H the story were not worth telling, you should tell it.” “Well, cousin Jane shall have the storv. May ; l will tell it to her.” “No, Charley, that is realty tos bad ’ You shall not do it, sir. II cousin •Jane is to have the story. I will tell tier myself,” And then, after a pause, she said, “when We are alone.” “Yon shall do no such thing, Mad ame May,” was Charley’s laughable response ; “You shall do no such thing. This time I' will have my own way aroi cousin Jane shall not have her curiosity excited any more without being satis fied.’'’ I saw there was no discussion on that point, hut knew in some wav Charley was to come off victor, so I merely Said that I would bp back in a few minutes, stepped out of the room and walked about the garden until I fe’t sure the point was settled, when l went back and found Charley and May as happy as birds, and laughing the old laugh as usual. As I entered. Charley drew up the rocking chair, and alter seeing me safely deposited in its depths, said : “Now, cousin Jane, I shall tell you the story, how I first met my wife.” “It is just five years ago this summer that I was granted exemption lor a month at rny desk, and went down with ">v old chum, Horace Hyatt, to his father's in old Monmouth, the garden of that ut justly abused State, New Jersey. 1 should never have forgotten that visit, even though I had not its influence on my whole future life. I should remember it lor the real, true hospitality, the solid old time comfort ofthe farm, and the quiet way in which, a few days after rny arrival, I was put into possession of it, and made to feel that all belonged to me to do what l pleased with it. 'There were plenty of fish and we fished ; plenty of wood-cock, at;d we shot. All this shall be spoken with a proviso. 1 say we— by which, be understood, I do not mean Horace’s twin sisters, Carrie and Nettie —as having participated in these sports. “They rode, to be sure, and charm ingly they did il ; they fished, and l am oblige to eonless the.) were luckier than their guest. But they did not shoot, though I shall not exult over their lark of this accomplishment. They were charming enough without, l am sure. I shall excite no jealousy by declaring that with one exception, which I shall not mention here, Carrie and Nettie Hyatt were the most charm ing girls I had ever seen, and I was just hesitating as io which of them I should fall desperately in love with, when my calculations were disturbed by an accident —for so I suppose l must call it—though really seeming like a special Providence. What this was, 1 shall tell in the best way I know liovv. ‘•For some days after my arrival at the farm, rny curiosity had been much excited by the occasional panegyrics avished by the young ladies upon one schoolmate of theii own. May Stephens by name, who was, according to their highly colored aeeount, the most per fect thing in the shape «>t :t woman then living. I tried to persuade mv sell that nothing in t (, at line could surpass Carrie and Nellie; but still the reputa tion oi tins May Stephens haunted me, and came like a shadow across my new born passion. I formed at least an imaginary May Stephens, and do what I could, the figure was with me. At last 1 was worked into an agony of curiosity, and trembling with some great purpose which should bring be fore me the object of my thoughts, and of the two sister’s conversation. In what this would have ended it is im possible for me at this time to say, had I not learned one morning, as I entered the breakfast room, the startling words from Nettie : “And she is coining at last! I’m so glad!” “Whether it was that the train of my thoughts was upon that point at the moment, 1 cannot say. but l knew di rectly the whole matter. I saw Carrie with an open letter in her hand, and coupling with Nettie's words, 1 knew that the hitherto only heard of Mav Stephens was no doubt to become a reality. I had no need to ask questions, all the information was proffered; May Stephens—the incomparable May—was to spend a month at Hyatt’s, and they were to expect her at any moment, though as the letter read, she might not he down for a week to come. A week —it was an age. a century, and I was in a flutter of excitement. My long standing passion, of nearly two week’s duration, lot Carrie was forgot ten in an instant, and mv whole mind was absorbed in making the best figure possible before this new queen. With this idea, I began to look into my wardrobe. 1 had come down with suf fici«.nt clothes to answer all ordinary purposes, iocludidg, of course, Carrie and Nettie ; but the new goddess was certainly worty of anew rig on my part, and certainly should have if. — This resolution was made in fifteen minutes after hearing the* announcement of her intended coming, and before two hours had gone i was whizzing on my way to town to carry out my resolve. Mv choicest morsel of ward rude should be otiered at the shrine of May ,Ste phens. “I had absented myself, on the plea of a sudden memory of business-ne glected, and faithfully promised Nettie and Carrie that the next day slmuM me down at Hyatt's again to stav out the month that -May Stephens, the wonderful, was about to pass them. “ The racking of brain that day to create a grand ensemble of costume — something beyond all criticism, that should,, at the first glance, strike the beholder with silent admiration—was indeed terrible. The labor of writing *• Paradise Lost” was nothing to it. It was early in the day when 1 arrived at my city rooms, and for six hours 1 dressed ami redressed, compared and rejected and selected, and at the end of that time l had laid out those portions ofmv weating goods in which I had decided to make my first appearance before May Stephens. It wanted still several hours to sunset. Having gone through the great object of my visit, I thought it would not he a bad idea for me to take the last train, and return the same night to Hyatt’s instead of remain ing over until morning* No sooner said than done. 1 packed my habili” moots and away went. “Whizzing and puffing 1 over an unin teresting road is provocative of sleep. So I fonnd it when the shades of evening fell; to the best of my recol lection, 1 was in the midst of a dream, in which May Stephens, attired in a book muslin and plain blue satin, appeared on a purple cloud, and ad miringly inquired who inv tailor was. Just as l was about to inform her, there came a crash, and for a moment I was not certain whether it was the cloud that had exploded, or myself that had torn some portion of my apparel that was overstrained. It re quired but a moment to see that both presumptions were wrong. It was the out train—2:27—that Pad run off the track, smashing generally, and spilling the contents ol several baggage ears all along the road, to say nothing of frightening hall a iiundered passengers into a condition bordering on lunaev. This was a pretty state of things, and to make it still worse, I was eight miles from my d< slination, though, as it ap peared, not a mile from she next village, where, l heard it canvassed, a tavern, suppper, and bed could be had. “1 was disposed to make mvseif agreeable, and accordingly rendered all the assistance in my power to unpro tected females, for which l got mv reward on arriving at the haven of refuge, the promised tavern, by being informed that such a thing as a bed for tiie night was an impossible idea, and that with some twenty more of the male gender, I must be content with with chairs, while the beds were ap propriated to the gentler sex. Slightly disgusted, 1 swallowed my supper and looked out upon the night. It was a beautiful moonlight, and verging on ten o’clock. By Jove, I would walk over to Hyatt’s. No sooner said than done. Giving mv carpet bag into the bauds oj ihe landlord, with the most emphatic charges of its safety, ant* punctual delivery at Hyatt’s next morning, at mv expense, I set forth. 'Eight miles is a triflle, and just as my watch marked the quarter after mid* night, I went up the lane that led to the house. They were early to bed and early up. 1 walked round the house trying each entrance, but each and every one were fastened. It was of no consequence; my bed room win dow looked out upon the piazza; l would not disturbe the house by knock ing ; a bit of climbing would do the business; and should it be fastened, i would tap and w ike Horace, who was my room-mate and bed fellow. The thing was executed as soon as thought of, and mv band on the window, which yielded, and 1 sioo lin my room. By the moonlight which streamed in, l saw that the bed was occupied, and. by the heavy breathing l knew that Horace was in a heavy sleep. 1 would not wake him, but save the story of my mishap for the following day, With this resolution I slipped quietly into bed and in three minutes was oblivi ous. What ought I have dreamed that night ? But I shall not anticipate. I lay facing the window as the sun peep ed up above the distant hills, and scat tered the gray mists of the morning. My bed fellow was breathing heavily, but it was broad day light and there was no more sleep in me; so l was de termined Horace should wake tip and hear the railroad breakdown. 1 turned quickly and gave the sleeper a sudden shake. As rapidly as mv own motion, my bed fellow, who had lain with his hack toward me, sprang to a sitting position. There are surprises without terror, which deprive us of our speech, until the brain has time to act amt reason. Such surprises do not gener ate screams and faints. They are expressed by open mouthed and silent wonder. 'J'his was the case of myself and bed fellow, as we sat upright and stared. Right by my side, with her lace within two feet of my own, sat a young woman, not more than seventeen, with great, dark, hazel eyes, and such great masses of brown curls, tucked away under the neatest little night cap that ever was. She had gathered the bed clothes, with a spasmodic jerk, up about the throat, ami the most rigid astonishment, look ing as though doubling whether she was sleeping or waking, gazing steadily ,i»»Mly « V om \I.. IU .»•»•.* an» Ull It U k little in such cases, but if mv memory serves me right, it was I who spoke first. 1 blurted out with : ‘•How came you here?” The figure started, still in speechless astonishment, but in a moment, as though awakened from its stupefaction, spoke : “Are you Charles Morgan ?” I answered in the affirmative. “Well, then, Mr. Morgan,” said the figure, hy this time calm, with quite as much dignity as though iu the drawing room, “1 am May {Stephens, and was put in this room alter an unexpected arrival. Horace had gone over to a neighbor’s, a few miles oil’, before I got here, and was not to return till to-day. This is how I was put in this room.” “So here I was, sillirg vis a vis with this May Stephens, mystical lady, for the first meeting with whom I intended to get up such a superlative toilet. A. nice style of introduction and a nice style of toilet! Am! she—she by this time as cool as the* 31st of December, and sat looking me right in the eyes, as I made some rambling explanation of my being in that extraordinary position. It was a lame explanation, wonderfully mixed up with irrelevcnt matter, and stammered and stuttered through in a way that should have disgusted any sensible person. She seemed to be seriously pondering the recital, and at its end, looking at incas though asking tlie most simple question iu liic world, said : “What’s to be done? “Let me jump out of the window as I ca ne in, said I. in a sickly tone of voice, for the thought came to me that to achieve this end I must make some desperate display of myself in a style of costume which I deprecated. She re lieved me instantly. ‘No, that will not do ; there are people moving about, and you will be seen.* “!■ was now my time to stammer out: “What’s to he done ? For I saw tho lilile hazel-eyed girl was superior to me in presence ol" mind anil energy of action. She did not wait long to answer my question. “You must lie still hero until I get up. When l have left the room, von can rise, dress and go away at the first opportunity, was her response, deliver ed ina quiet and business like mauner. “And so I did. Under May Stephen’s command, I buried mV head under the, bed doilies and kept well covered until l heard the retreating footsteps on tho stairs, which was but a few minutes, though it seemed an age; then, with desperate bound I sprang Iron) the bed, and turned the key on the departed one. It was the quickest dressing ( ever made, and I will venture to say that no man ever sneaked out of hit own apartment more stealthily than I NO. 9