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AVIIiTE & McINTOSII, Proprietors. VOLUME VIII. Testimonial to Ex-Gov Jc.skins The Atlanta Constitution ol’ Sunday contains the following correspondence, elicited by ti e presentation of the Gold Medal to ex-Guvemor Jenkins, provided for by a resolution passed by the last General A :by : GOV. BMlTh’k T.LTTEBTO MAJOBCU2UMINO. Ex:: i rivE 1 lEi’-yiel'Mi:'.t, ) Atlan rA, Ga., June 28, 1878. ) Mon. ■! . B. C I vgusta, Ga.: Dear in 1 !. ive t ! n the liberty to send 1o y«m ly . # of Mr. J. K. Sneed a. letter to the Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, t o ‘her with the s-.il pr, pared under a resolution which was introduced into the Leg:.- l.iture by yourself and also a copy of 11. ! r olution i\ itten on !. I desire you to pr, cut that lottor and the sea! and resolution to Mr. Jenkins, and to associate with yourself in the dis charge of this pleasant office the mem bers from liicluHond county in the last and also the pre sent Legislature, and such citizens, friends, offickds and visi tors to your city, as \ ou and Mr. Jenkins may think proper to invite. If Mr. Jenkins should deriro to reply iu writing at the time of presentation, you might, aft. r conferring with him, give him such time to prepare his an swer as he may require. Hoping tie. •!•:•■ -n;me lien- in dicated may m j with your approval, I remain, with great respect, Tour obedieOt servant, Jakes M. Smith. GOVEKSrOE S>l nil's ,teb to ex-cover- Ex.:.-. vny : Pluartmeht, ) State op Gkojmxa, Atlanta, Ga,, Jun-- 21, Is. 8. ) Em. Hek ./. •/ »/,'ri e : Dear Sir I had the honor to approve August 2d, lb/2, e pis amble an 1 r elu tion unauimou !y adopted l»y the Legis lature Os (.*> '!•. 1, the o'J ■ of which V. .. . to •••. • of your untilc Slate in n gard to your patriot • rou vc: '■•'!• t!. C -'ti- Tiionwea'th. The preamble recit-s that, “when ex pelled byn-urpe. . from the oil:. of Governor es is- - ate you h,:-l ihe firm ness and tiie i t uri. iu ive the public Treasury fr< he pin-.. ! .as ! ap plied it to He o’ '..tion, of the State;” and that you a ■> “n ad the nrohi. v. ■ of tin Sim Tr. ■ ■ > , m:d s.iv< and from dese.-r.nion the sand of tin Kv . -.live De partment.” The preamble fm I her re Oit-s that your “effort to save the people of Georgia- from opp •.•*• < n re! "., and not with your hold up it! ■x* co.'.ive office, but that, iu tlie nudst. of discouragement, they were iitinued before the Supreme Court of lb. 1 .; 1 •: S: •*•,:• h ;m :!. ' !■ ■;■ of u e aiei 11.. having “pr '• : the arch:, ve and the Seal until in b.-f r fin.- - y,m might re store thmn to voitrlir ’ right till i less or,” you bad “delivered tin mi to His Ex cellency tie Govern, r”cfth mite. It ' “gratitude to ; ■• at and ;■ od man, de ference loth fee : -of the people of Georgia, and t: "ment of pntri. Otismand virtue in t! a-rations to tome, alike tvuder it. ood that, vo- (the Legislature) ithonld make and put in im perishable form a recognition of bis fidel ity to his trti t.” 'The I. e ■ latu.ro tl ref re adopted the following re hr on: “K* -lived l-v if ■ al At r.-.l !v of the State of Georgia, That bis Eo-dh ll cy the Govi'rm .r be authorized and in structed to have prepared, and in the name of the people el Georgia, to present to (lie lion. Chari. ; J. Jenkins, at:* al to be the foe simile of the cue preserved and restored by him, excep tluti in addition to the oth r . h ll hav -this in scription : ‘l’ri .'Tited to Charles J. Jen kins by the State of Georgia,’ and this legend, ‘l>, div'cm /-V, I have in ] i.p. lform, and tin urate ful task thus a ‘ Hied to r. 4ty the L. • risla ture of our State, by having prepared a seal in strict ion funnily with its instruc tions; and nov, .t only remains for me the exponent for the time being- of the feelings ami w lies of the people of Geor gia to pr sent it to you, and in their name toheg your acceptance of it a- a testimonial of tl r h ..rtfelt apprecia tion and gratitude. While performing lb*' agreeable rep resentative duty, p mnit me to express to you my cur.;!, ; approval of this popular recognition of distinguished public ser vice and | : led' ish, and the wish that you n.-.-v ! .- spared for many years to enjoy the ..imiration and gratitude of a people whom you have served so long, so faithful, and sow. :I. Though not required of me by the Legislature, I bare also thought it fit and proper to have copied on parchment and suitably framed the preambles and resolutions referred to, entire, which I beg vou will also accept. 1 have the- htrer to be, with the high- Your friend and obedient servant, -James M. Smith. MAJOR CCSIMIXCi’s LETTER TO GOVEBSOB SMITH. Acovsta, G eg but a, July 11,1873. 71 - J’m *y C‘. i- i'uor Jam-.i I£. Smith, A!’ ■ G>: .rfn : DeaeEiii: Your hirer of .Jnjm 23. 1878, was tanlad to me by Mr. J. li. Sneed, the day after its date. Tied gen tleman also and -lkeredt.i t.m at the saute time the/in- *>», He of tin- seal of the Ex - e utiVe Department ami a parchment copy of the rrcainl-!-. and r„. ri .tk-n : /%& iH I ! ry.Vi i«i«j jV-v A :: 4%/ -rr n 188 Jm\m I B ril- I 8..01 J ■ y l J SR'S If f-r*l L A I der which it, had been prepared to be I presented to i x-Governor Charles J. Jeu -1 kins. j In pursuance of the suggestion made in the letter of your Excellency, 1 asso | eiated with me in the presentation the ! members from this count v in the Legis : latnre vvliieh adojited the resolution, and in the present Legislature and a number ;of official and prominent citizens. In I their presence I had the honor to deliver j the seal and preamble and resolution to ex-Governor Jenkins. In receiving them, be ;>•!<’* • and those present oealiy, and | ended his remarks by saying that he | would put the substance of them in the - form of a letter to your Excellency. iu pur, a -.nee of that undertaking, be j has to-day handed me the communication | which I have the honor to transmit here | with to vour Excellency. ! Thanking your Excellency fur the part i yen nssigui-itme on the interesting ocea ; :ieu to which this correspondence relates, 1 remain, v. ry respectfully, your Jlx- ' j celleney’s obedient s i vant, Jc’El-:p« 11. Cummins, j | KX-GOV. JeXUIXs’ REPLY TO OOV. SMITH. ' Am bsTA.GA., July 18, 1878. j Eis Eni-iUlt Mey James M. Smith: Dear Sir I have received through j the lion. Jos. ]>. Gumming your eommu- ] j nieation ef' the 21st ultimo, • companicd j jbv a copy of the resolutions of the Gen eral Vs ■niMy of (ieorgia, referring to I myself, approved August 22,1872, and a i beautifully deigned and executed far j */.viifc seal of the,Executive Department j | pr.-pared and presented as therein pro* j vidod. . | It is pro' ilily xnthin the experience of j ! three score years, that there are occasions ! when Iruguag-,. is found wholly inado- I quai.' to- ..-s tie emotions of the ! h.-art-. Thus it certainly is with me at | ihi:-: lime. Doubtless the highest reward | of official fidelity is the answer of a good i. -eli av. It is only iu the court ! whence that answer proceeds that inten ; t;..u can !-• ihoroughly scrutinized and ; motive reduced to its last analysis and ...ccur. i !y v ei i ;d; whkh is, after all, j 1 be crucial test of merit . The spirit of , man i u«-vcr gladdened by the plaudits of a hairing mu it aid. s, nor yet by the ; encomiums of lb. wise and good ag i n>t which < onsficr. whispers her solemn j ihoU'."’i unptthb bed protest. Hut it is j: . ' . tru •, tluii the, Imamu* | heart craves public recognition of c-ou - : ous rectitude. And when to the ap uroval of the inward monitor and judge, ■ j ul-lic opin n, v. h ful! knowledge of . facts, after calm deliberation, superadds i its uffirmatory .!■ , don, a judgment is ; i rendered from which in the awards oi ; tim - there lies no app .1. The eiroprostan • s surrounding the : ■ Executive at‘.be tioie reb rr< d'to in the | | iv.-idutio: , xv. n- j.. uli:lr andemharr.iss ' -on -E ! ...I ■■ ■ el wfo 1... i i'ollowi d,,for a! ' ■ h the Congre* .enal rescripi-i which threw order into chaos, bad b. in pronoun -d unconstitutional by t! Federal Executive, the Federal Ju • heiary refused to restrain the desperate I lawk mix ; that persi 'ed in their en forcement. Thu environed, the daily ; ein . unti ring difficulties requiring solu • ion, my duty’ the -anded careful absti iieneeL im any imprudence, tending un-! ! iiec arilv to complicate still further the j i unicipjiv relatic.ns cxi-tiug between the ' Stale ,ui. 1 Federal Governments on the ! c i... 1 nd, and on Ibe other studious v,/<!:>.i!-'e of any act having the si lu ll v. r.'ng the dignity of G‘ -r --:..-ia, or »f seqniesenea lathe usurpation , i <■!'her rightful prefo-jatives. Far from! . muiii. g that no Georgian in *my r,. i-j i (ion could have done more for the Elate ! I than was done,l have as, renceouscious- ; I ness that more could net have been &e --| coinplisbed be me. Between my ej,. tion from c-ffi-e r;.d| the pat -age of the resolutions now before > | me, there w,;s an interval e.f exceeding ! Ear}, vs, during w!i • :i Geergiii whs i del.; : Self-government—he voice silenc ed. her interest and her honor confided Ito the .hands of strangers, who neither j understood the one, nor regarded the i 'other. Os the former they made sad! i havoc, but in trilling with the bitter,! i whose spiritual incense they could not i j debase, they signally wrought out their ! | own dishonor. All this while the iirtel-i i loot of Georgia, thoughcircums, riWland shackled, was busy with the past, the: j present and the future. It never sub- j I scribed to error —never repudiated truth > —never succumbed to power; and when i (next the ballot-box was opened, it rose j •up undaunted, asserted its supremacy ; | and re-entered its legislative, executive! i and judicial chambers, i It was just in this renascent epoch of 1 Georgia’s history that the General As-1 ! sembly passed in review my executive ! | services, and you, sir, have placed before | i me the result. The pr-.-i.mlJo and resolutions have! I made for l.;e, in the arebieves of the! I State, a record I had not hoped to merit, but trust never to and! honor. The medal, . having engraved thereon a fuc simile of | j Ibo seal of the Exeevtive Department,! once entrusted to me with words of dona- ■ l ion from the State of Georgia and ale- j j gend embodying the spirit of the resolu- j i t ioiis, I proudly accept as a memoria! ! possession for life, and a testimonial cer-1 | tlfieate for all time. In it.., if a thing of Iveauty, wrought by the skillful hand of the artisan, in the most precious and im pensiial.leuuetal of nature, it has for me j a value- derived neither Lorn ;...tu.c nor j ’ art—a moral significance in-arted by : ' the fist of a noble cor.A't-i.uiey—a j.ujm- . !r> sovereignty. I would not exchange i it for Star or Garter, or other badge of HERE SHALL THE fit ESS Vila IT.. FLr.'S P.UKT:: M * ’.MYfJW, OMAWED BY TEAR AND UKBRHJED BY GAII 1 . QUITMAN, GA., TIIU USD AY, JULY 31, 1873. ; knighthood— nor yet for highest price! I of nobility ever bestowed by King upon subject. In view of high positions in each de partment of their government iu which my fellow citizens haw hereto!’, re pi,n od me,and of this unique tosllnienia!, ! may truly say that the lueesure of my ar.ibi- I tion is iuii to c\oriio\\ing; and Emu ' t 1 :v.•!i• l "si; : if . i : I'.ia!- 1 cation my heart sends hack to the Stat e ! of l r : nos v: .: ur- « I ing tide of filial gratitude and devotion. Would to God .! bad .remaining enough j of life and vigor to do more for her. lint ! having nearly filledluy span of three 1 score years and ten in the retirement ,f;i 1 my quiet home it is n cheering nil ctioa j that the noble Commonwealth numbers , ; younger, more vigorous, and no less do j voted, who will achieve for her a larger ! material prosperity, a grander eiviiiza i lion, and a higher renown than sh • bm | yet enjoyed. 1 am prompted, by both inclination j and a sense oi duty, to tv if v in this i.-u-' neetion to curt ion jimikl Wert by gentle- | 1 men, in e!osi> olli.-iol assoeiat euwiti: in--,! and who shaved the respenCeilrti s, 1:7-! ills and porilsof the time. I allude to j j Messrs, J oil u J ones, Treasur, r; I'eitb.m I C. Barnett, .Seeretaty of Stale, an-: John | |T. Burns, Comjitroller General. These | ! officers were nol appointees of the Exec- | utive’s- they held office i rented by the j Coustitutron, and were elected l,v (lie Legislature. Although to it eonnidera- | Me extent .‘ad'ordinnled to the Ex, ,'utive, i I they were yet so far independent ill t heir j several position g that had they, in tile, I then deranged statu of affaire,, rcfu.-.-.l eo-oporation, they might have materially thwarted his plans, .nojeciid the Btat g to loss, and secured to themselves pres ent emolument. liut fully according with him in Oeinion and feeling, they distinctly m fu.;.:d to recognize the au thority of his (so-called) fcuceessor, who lacked the first ess aitial qualification for .! . .. |, id; thoroughly appr • ..led and faithfully performed theirminiy. TANARUS!., j„. .|!uij ol the Tre isurer was the most expos, and and perilous of all, be,-ause the Treasury was the-objective point of the raid. To car ry into effect promptly and sueco.mfuUy Executive di -i ’• ns for : Eg tb, funds of the S:.de 1. vend ik: reach of the niidel . and -til to < ui'n uttheiu in their rage was tiething let .< t'.an th,- ex* Dibit toil of moral h -roe e. Two of those faithfulpu 1 li- scrus.l i, the Treasuii r [ I and Coni] : roller, were actually placed underanv t.ihough soon admit!- I t-,' i parole. Tim latt , while 1- allied of I Ida personal liberty, v. .by the jn . ap i preciat --Hos hi- p« , j '.. re! n; :. and : - their,! j Henator . hi i • i el , ! .>n aft ■ Hi prigom.r, f- ■ lypul.'miti 111, ■;,. ! jof a him. ;■ ..-,! . 11... . s, ■. and t-. ! the end of Ids i -in, 1. is n , vob | I ary and honored rei dement. The o-.' • ; two, Messrs. Jone, and liar; on the j orally reslor and to, ftltdnov/ honor , 1 Iv li : ! the offices from which they 1 and b■ ■ a ejected. Tints b , Ceor: viu il-iti-l! their integrity, r< wardc 1 (heir fi b lity,! and exhibited to the world a. proof that I’epublica tire not always un-1 grateful. Infer to these offic':-'.., net been: there vv re no • -lE . . anile • and by lb. . lions with me, and simultaneous r.-nioV; from offiee. Here, perhaps, I should do -, but : trust y will indub:n n: in j a few pra'-ti.-tll refieetjons upon tlie pro: - ! cut political status of the country. | It is often inconsiderately or'd, and ; | written, and J fear also :e- e.rb'em I believed, that our flovcmment im i b n I j entirely revolutionized— State sovereign- i j ty lies:roved,—the Conatitution ret marie j —and personal liberty lost. These In -: j ments become not an in! Hi; at, I' ! people, overshadowed by a written Con stitution, admitted t.. be a- , ,and .... j That the people of the Southei n Slat- s :,<> regard it is apparent from tint fa- i | that the Constitution under which they ! recently attempted to establish u. s.-pa ! rate Confederacy-is almost a literal copy i from it. If ivally good then it jatafet.o • iso now, unless marred by sub-cquMut j 1 changes, which good or b,..d, are '.<•• !:- ' 1 uic-aliy called “aiuendnu.nts.” Os them: I I there have since been only three, i The first simply ordains that from and] I after its adoption slavery shall not exist | iin the United States. But the aboli! fan of slavery had lieen previously ,i ' (whether authoritatively or not) by F> d-! j eral Executive proclamation—he.,l lm n acquiesce 1 in i y tin? parties iu snf. r ,t I ancl prohibited for the future by the new j constitutiona of mud, if not all, oftiic-j ; .Southern State:. The second in <C extends to cni..neipatid s!. yes the rigriit • and privileges of <li i-zoi: hip provide : that for all male < itizoiK over the :■.. if ' ; States, there- he a projiort'ontito din.iuu ' lion of the vepre --nutive populate :. • di-.f;.mch u. !...- mnub.-t of i! a 1 j citizens of the Southern States ; but ,-m- ’ | pow«:-rs Congr. as to remove thi-: disibilty, ■ I declares the public debt of the United ! fitatos inviolable repuditiU-s the i, r debt of tl.** Southern Staten, and pi- i its compensation for emancipated .hi s. ! The third ordains that the right oi! < iti-! j zens of ihe United States to vote shah j 1 not be denied or abridged on an ouat of! ! race, cob r or pr vi .ms condition of x r-! \ xitu-lc. Ido not piopoae now to discus* :in ! merits or the validity of these changes : j but to inquire bow far thev ass• ■ tli*■ i practical working of our system es eminent. In thi? view, it will be louu ! n : 1 ■ ! general be y of tee constituency, and | thin by conferring the right of suffrage i upon it. very 1: r e number not previous* ! iy entitled to it, ; irb as we believe not eualHied for it., ft do snot take from I the States the gen. - .1 power to regulate 1 suffrage, but prohibits the denial or abridgement es it on account of race or ! color, etc. This change in the cor.stitu -1 out body is certainly most deplorable, j r.id -. pcclidly pivjudiela! to the Sojlth ! ~:m fc; nos. lb\! ! t it bo b me in mind ! ti>;-: l !-!.■ onku-gi. ,i Ii riy is i.til! hedged in, p-ot; ’•!. !: :: I r. t .in and 1 y the Consti- I t ution as. it pro-e:, isted. That inatru tncr.! ;•-:•!! luaa'.i-.w- Iho saving clause: !“Ti : . ./ f : -.1 to the United . tb.it. C.-u dilu;ion. nor j.rohibit ;edbyit to tbo ries, r. erved to the ’y o • hi ■ ’.!•• people.” But it : . .od 111!, is ll eoivtioal only ; ! practical!y, tin ; ..wer of ihe General j Gov -rument !:a ; grown to enormous di- I meusious, w!:bo t hat es the States lias ! ] por..'oil l’v lie,!. The Con ,.f ;he i • - ! ; • . b,:s repudi :oi ,! :-.o i-,. . im; t oni’.'sscdlv re ‘ j i.’ • nin clu ter and comp, tied the : lor:::: !m oi otti - t o ,-vil authori j ti, iof i he mo f:,;, -hi ->i : übordiuated :.,i o !■', ,1 j .. V. -, these and jsc mix .-. t!,-r ‘it .: *; !;; xe 1--. oil poi j p . il. oil, th-tlr.i;; iatve occur- ! ,0.l , ui t - the proveb "ce of the mania, Iv, '■ v.ed the i- . .::iaa.t.iou of a pro i tt.*tl t-i% li v.er. Vi. io. are indications t!i ! Ui ; - :: 1 I'xcitonieut is sub siding. 'i’lie t for bobei* second ilieu glit, must conic soon, or tho country wol rush into anarchy. If thove he no o *. from a ,v oil so full of horrors, w w must meet our own fate as best'we may. but until ovorwheimed by this or, I a,strophe v.e luust pretermit no effort to avert it. My position is that there is now. no cause for despondency that the i wrong; : ml oppressions we h aw-endured result', and from administrative abu. ' s, not from structural changes in the govern ment. This distinction should bo kept Constantly in view. In a complex gov ernment like our own (the political pa pers divided between the General and State Governments,) let it nov, rbe con ceded flint a power mi '• usurped is j thenceforth a power transferred; nor j that a right once suppressed is for that | cause a right extinguished; imr that a ; Constitution a thousand times violated i becomes n Constitution al.oiif.hed ; nor,! finally, that a government prostituted by | two o. three col: :..uutive administrations ! to purposes of tyrrauuy and corruption ; must thereafter bo regarded us a govi rn mfiit revolutionized. Tic st art ling oc curreiiecs of the last decade should slim- j ti'.ite the patriotic men throughout the !, nfilli and breadth of the land to bury ,t .1 . mi ' ion of the prii. j, 1 ■ they . -. ■ ■!: t* 1, in cot .ct , nos !ii-y ! . . .In .;d, in t niggling V itl.il: .lie p..! ' if:’.. Con 1 'tution with •• | 'i - 1 i.mihood to re el ' 'l'm: nun, nt to its pris- ' I' . tlie , candour s O' ::. • xvorl v. bich row < h rih iiges the p. 'rii i aterpr- e of th.i young and . nh,ld: ■ and ol our n ,imon country. J. it tile Vi v. : i(!-.d should 1)0. ulopi' it, i tl ri of hi ag considered ; -f i ' rcnce t-, i : , i , n : ftcr the • i' 11.. .. , ui , Congressional 1 ( ■ Uct ed by the | « . , finally I li.i.so! hm y : . iti- I upon a large proportion of I’ for. riiMoowia ; , f misrule for an iiuleJi- | mark the sequel. In I V,‘.,m!'ii: I. 1 (■! i-: ion oc-urred. Amiri I: e ills ::<• Ml. illei.l , tie- people of ! C r,:’:! ,I be- another effort. ' Tlie i oM !> : v coll,-: it u IM-V met. at the b.il- ! | lot. box there wv„; r bloodshed,! ;ior 1 !M-|- fruio!. All. voted who! ... to out ic’-.:d and oeght to vote', If the bayou i. ataeil : -.ii ! lio terrify.-- j ’1!-.a-': th. nt-v-'ly ei.t:. i-ie oj voted: they <;■ 1 not, and:. ■: i..-ii the eh ct- j i u the r-itu , v c< ~ • -luhrieil and | jiul li. bed, the previ . is verdict was re- | be a tfi • • iidou* majority. The : v< 1.... of ihe good old State was heard re- J bulc, i : ti.,.'! ' ton , t!:,. faction |.' : ii 1 1,-r r.tibjogari •So: .-.in ib 7U (• ’.ect.h ii for mem- ' i I.of Coii'to sanl of : grisl.duri..;) ! . , . i 1 -(sin -.a! eh dion for ■ Go-, no;-,; I ll October, 1872,1 fell . .n for < 'overi r and iiienibcrs of j : : ■ 'in Novem- ! !■ -. |--72, (••; : n Vice-! J ... •• t! i" •i• • ■ con 1 -cutive : : - oi;s, 1 . irriu-" in the spare • ff .irycar , conutt t ri withoutvkdeinc, i ■ fraud, <;r the serious allegation of r, .• !. ■ Ijt* u : t-lii, n and an un ; uroken triuo.jdi of ancicn'’ c<* : rvatism otriumpl: inimriiiato upon the return 11*. self-government, and sustained to this i : ,My .. w, v. 1 ( Xph-: of fl.it. i unrxpc, . eLuug ? Simply this: The le of Georgia. ! -. i , 1 ■ ■ . th Ir p-i.tei: :. I maintain . 1.. t! i I fastiy j>ur tbe ..ante < - -it: - ,;.)(/■ bug dh,.: .-nsion:; i • ..Lg t: i. ' ■and tli. future of ; tb- if State p■; -ti ut i.; • .-cure. Under l-.-.js favorable eire.tuu.rfiaices, renovation, n",y t ije,"„ slowly toother f-tates ; but it wi’l, by patient persi: t -m-e in likh < ono-rs. And so, ut no distant 1 ...,ii- ' 1 1 :. 1-h ,!■ ml ( b'.vern- ! ,-m be riba t..d. The prospect may teem with dimmeeuragementH, but llio | end in view in stupendous—worthy the struggle Os suoci ssivo generations. In conclusion, allow mo to render to your Excellency my sincere thanks for the tasteful, kind and cordial manner in which you have given effect to the reso lutions of lhe General Assembly, and to wish continuing success and honor to your administration, which will over be memorable for the new birth of an old State. Very respectfully, Your obliged fellow-citizen, 0. J. Jbniuns. KISSING THESEEVANT-GIRL ; OK | MllS. TOM WILKINS’ STORY. I coufe:e: 1 was very angry. Well, I | may as well begin at the begining and | tell you the whole story, When I mar ried Tom Wilkins, all my friends said I ; had made a fool of myself— really thrown j • myself away, with my advantages, too. j 1 should have done so much better, and j much more to the same purpose. Well,! to be.smv, Tom is a big, stupid fl'llow, I neither rich nor handsome, but I loved j him, and wind other excuse does a wo-j i man need for an act of folly? But Tom | had one fault that troubled me greatly ho was a most inveterate kisser. Before jwe were married he used to kiss all the ! girls who visited his sisters, and after wards, he kissed all my old school friends who eaine to the house, and even kissed mother, and you must concede that a | man is a great kisser who would kiss his | mothpr-in-lnw. Well, all this 1 bore in silence, if not with patience, 'till one morning, coining out of my room, what should l see but Tom at the head of the stairs actually kissing tiara Ann the hired girl. That was a little more than human | nature, or i* least, woinah nature could | bear, t cat down till 1 had recovered | myself a little, ami allowed Tom to reach j the dining room. When at last I wont | down, he advanced with his usual smile | to kiss me, but 1 drew back angrily. ! “Why, Jessie, what’s the matter?” he I slid, looking surprised, “amt not to i have a kiss this morning ?” j “As you have already had the pleasure of kissing Sara Ami, 1 think that will do for one morning. I should not fancy the | iia\ 1:• < i*i" / after that.” i Tom actually blushed. “Oh you saw I that did you, Jessie ? Well where’s the j great harm ill that ? It’s my motto to I in IT ‘ save! ness wherever I find it,” * | “Wei!, i fancy you did not imbibe a | | great deal from that source, and the j harm is that if lowers your dignity as j head of the family, besides giving the j servant.: exaggerated ..pinions of their! j own importance 1 .” i “Wlrnt nonsense. I don’t suppose J Sam Ann will over thad. of it again, any j | more than J. should if you had not taken j ! me to task about it.” j “You seem to forget, Tom, that per-| | sons in her position ore not so intelligent j ius those in ours. They judge almost | i wholly by actions, and 1 am quite sure I j Sara A nil thinks you an: in love with j ! her.” i “Don’t make a, "mountain out, of a! | molehill, my dear.” | “Weil, Tom, how would you like to ] see n, ■ l.i; .ns old Thens” “Well, really, if you should ever have | lhe least di sire to kiss old I‘l hen, i. don't ! I think 1 could find, it in my heart to oh- ; j j, laughed Tom, as he closed the! | door and went away. 1 Old Then knot come from my own] ! neighbor!,eo !, and was our man of all: ; work, and the ugliest mortal that I ever j el, ay io, i'ii. . nt , add not bv' ..-k ifcv.l- | j edge tin re ml;,hi, he a difference between j ! kissing him nod Sara Ann, who was! i really good-looking. Well, 1 felt so bad that I. could not! « .o.J having .1 1 ,■ ; i In tlie m;dst of ill saw someone coming | ! up the walk, who was smiling and beck- I oiling to me, as though well assured,of a I I welcome. 11 proved to bo my brother! ; John, who had been from home for years. | We were expecting him, but not, so soon. I I After the greetings wi re over, and \ve j | were a little quieted, he questioned mo ; bout my tears, and at length drew from if !' “So they were riot so far wrong in sav in;; you had made a fool of yourself, by I marrying him, eh, Jessie? Well, why don’t vuu make him put himself in your Ipkl'C?” “Oh, John, you don’t mean for me to-” j ‘KI: aid liben ?—hardly,” said John I drily, “but you can put me in Eben’s i place for a few days.*’ * I “Oh, John, that's the thing. He w I to have gone homo last week for a few | days, hut hi;: nephew, who was coining jto take his place was taken ill, and he ! was obllgi and to give up going. | “Well, tell him you have got some ; one to take his place, and get, him off till, , and now, before anyone i aces me, I’ll go back to the hotel where I left my baggage, and disguise myself a i | little,” Well, I scut Eiien off and soon John | came ba«-k changed 1 yoad recognition, pyvith a blm s'liiL and overalls and his ' hair combed ' .ok behind liis ears and i pl:c ; ■ red . monthly down his head. He looked vety funny, but he went, about I 1 in ra h a stoical, indifferent way that < ’ ■ would have thought it the life I ' he had always led. Whin Tom came homo I casually rc-1 !•];■ rc.c'l that 111.: it’s lie],hew, '} , ddy j O’lirii n had come *<> take tds ]>!aee, and j i.. h. il at ! : t gone lame to pay i/s visit, i uad 1 was so pViwaat cut chatty tliai 1 Toni thought 1 had quite forgotten the l occiirrem-e of the nwuiiig, and be wan J wry amiable and sweet in eorsequem <?. j In the morning 1 was up betimes. Tom likes his morning nap and while j apparently solicitous that he should not. be disturbed, 1 at t he.same time tool, care | to make noise enough to keep wide I awake though lie lay with his eyes closed, pretending to sleep. At last 1. heard a step in the hall, and ! opening the door cautiously, called Clara Ann, but it was Teddy who answered, j “The top of the niornin’ to you, Mis sus ; it’s as fresh and swale as a rose you’re lookin’ ; an’ what can I do for you Mum r” Ah, Teddy, is it you? I’d like some hot water, if you’ll tell Sara Ann to bring it. “I’ll bring it myself in a jiffy,” said j Teddy, disaptearing down the stairway, j In an incredibly short time lie reappear* I ed with it. W by, Teddy, how quick you are! i “Shure, Mum, and who would not be : sflr himself for so swal e a leddy as you ?” I “Ah, Teddy, like all your countrymen you have kissed the blarney stone.” ••.Niver a stone. Mum, but I mind well j when we were children together. Many’s j the time I’ve kissed your swate lips; uh, ! and I would I were a boy again.” “tVhat for, Teddy ?” ! “Shure, and wouldn’t Ibe doing that I same again. Ah, Mum, this is for the , sake of old times,” and thereupon he kis sed me with a noise a little less than a •dap of thunder. “Why, Teddy, have ynii tak< n leave of your senses r Do you forget I’m a mar ried woman ?” . “More’s the pity, Mum; but where’s the hoi in ? you’ll never miss the sv.-ute ness 1 stole.” “Suppose my husband had heard you ?” “He never fear, bo’s sleepin like an elephant.” “Oh, you naughty Teddy, begone.” “Going, Mum ; and repeating the smac k lie disappeared down the stairway just as Tom called to know who was there. “It is I, Tom dear,” 1 answered sweetly. “And who else?” “Oh, only Ti ddy brought up the hot. water. Will veil get up now before it! gets cold ?” Tern said no more, but I saw he was furtively watching me all the time I I was dressing. At length he said : “Wlm; sort of a fellow is this Teddy ?” “Oh, Tom,” 1 exclaimed; “the nicest j fellow. I’m sure when you see him you j will agree with me that it will be better j to dismiss Ebcn and keep him instead; I you know we. were children together.” | “Ally dear Jesse, ain’t you a little - I— | i—thought I heard—” ! “Ah, yes, ’ I interrupted; “that door I ! docs squeak dreadfully. I’m sorry it > '.■. ok *u; but, it. won’t m die much differ* I t mice, for it’s time to got up, anyway. • i There, I’m dressed before you have be- i gnu, ;I’ll go down and get some flow- f When Tom came down J was in the dining-room arranging my flowers. Ted-j . ■: eg; by me, and ~ Tom came in j he, pretending; uot to see him, remarked : J “Well, to my thinking, there’s not a j ! flower among them half so swate as yon” , -then, perceiving Tom, ho pulled his! f 5,. lock and si r. pi and his foot, in regular; j servant, style. | “Morniu’, sir; it's the master I s’pose ! you are: foiue weather, sir, for the time j of year.” ! Tom looked jjwt furious. ! “It scorns to me, youu;'nwjj,you don’t | know your plnee very welt; in future, | confine yourself to your own quarter: l i and speak when you are spoken to.” j “Shure, j nieant.no ofhjiee, sir.” j ' “Will you go, and without replying?” j i Tom stormed. “Why, my dear T ug” l remarked, j ! smiling sweetly, “what a strange dislike ! you seem, to have taken to poor Teddy, i J via; so in hopes you would like him its II do, and : :l:c him in Ebon’s place.” | “If he don’t mind what he’s about, Tib j hick him out of doors.” The-breakfast passed in absolute si* t leuee. r v.e Mere pas.-eng the Jiaptry . on our v.e.y to It. ■ jiarior, we heard Tcd j dy’s voice, imd 1 made Tom stop to lis ! ten. i “it's a foiu lookin’ girl you are, Sara j : Aon, and i would givi you a kiss, I would iudade, it y. ,ir brith and. !i#t smell so of! ir.gious.” “In. ion g iudade; and who axed you | for a kk-->? Do. you ’spose I would be! wantin’ one from the bk •» of you when ! I can get them from your betters?” *,My betti rs ! and who do you call my ; bettors ?” “Shuro and isn’t it the master himself that kisses me every blessid mornin’ of his life; and does lie spake of ingions ? not. much.” “l’homuster! Now it’s jokin’ you are, Sara Ann; do you ’spose i‘infool enough tO belli,VC tllll.t ?” “Bela vc it or not, if» the blessed truth I’m tellin-’ you. Shure, if anything j should happen to the tas- u-., it’s not i long I’d be the servant here.” “And it's kisses you, you say he does; : ; well, it’s qu.i; e erayturi .< you women are, 1 anyway. Now, m-.u think it disgraceful! to i b sand tell, and here you boast of it” I We waited to In at no more, but Tom’s j face was in, a blaze, and he took his hat j j and left without a word or look. The next morning Teddy and I man aged to be in the mime place on the stairs ; where*l had m :i Tom kiss Sara Ann,' i and as he opened the door, Teddy kissed me roud enon jh to bi I ird II over the house, and then hjirried away while I I | went oil to the dining room. Toin camel in presently with an awful frown, which I ! I prol nded l; t 1.0 see, and held up my • I'm-, m I I . ■!. lag he pushed luerude-1 ly from him. “Why, Tom ! ain’t you going to kiss! 1 * L -- [>. • ..ii think I’m blind. Mrs AVib j kills r I saw that Teddy kiss you just 1 82.00 per Ann urn | NUMBER 3j now, and t’sn. l the first time, either. i>o yon 111 Mile I’ll stand such doings? ■ I l a br.;:!" every bone in the rascal’Q 1 body, if I hang for it, and you shall gq me to your mother till you learn to be* have yourself.” “N w, my dear Tom, where is the harm in .a r?I believe in imbibing sweet*! ness w;. :v\ t I find it; so don’t make ap mountain of a molehill.” You - id have seen his face when hi heard me ;■< iMinting his own words. TB Ji. sic,” he said at lengths "'on ,e • .1 tl)>. best, of me, though j£ ' 1 I- and way of giving me my lesson.” more severe than the casere fluiivd, Horn. 1 only made you put your* self in my place,” "AVell. Jc. e, if it filled yog with such mbs: n s to see me kiss Sara Ann :l ■ del to sco you kiss that e0n .... I don’t wonder you were angry.” “Bel!, is * talked (lie matter over at I jcisih, and agreed io dismiss both Ted* dy am! dary Aan.giv ng thuiu amptythh? I wages instead of warning, i ■ h sir,! a Ann limiter io Teddy, aare and ! bca.Ye the missus suspiets the master is swate on me.” ' .'.iv.':'you fool yna.':: df that way,” s;! ’.d Teddy; it’s himself ns is a seiidin’ us away.” Well, af length tlu v were off, and the. next day Ebon came' back and ! had a new girl; but, ill all Ibis time Tom had S "A k, 'duie, and treai.d with aval coil as though iny sins were too great for forgiveness. Ai hit: we won si duiuor brother John arrived J wan a little , urious to see if loin vvoil'd i :oguize him. lie looked at him With a jmzzlcd exjna ssioii,-bui Hud in J hin..".; bn. jnvseniii he bp came :nimod lately gay. and indeed, almost I ■ set. Later, when we were alone, he n< :. me in liis arms and whispered: | “' ' , Je , I see you Inn e got Tcd r 1 1 .., ! nlii'r all. Oh, if on knew the ". ■ : t .' eve me to see you huif )ipt dejj graded yourself.” “<>. von foolish Toni I do you think I c add ever have dared to have descended ! b> to t, even to g; ■: you a mud} needed am? Bui see how inconsistent yoq ere; you have no Iqrgivruess fortho 1 'O' nii'pa woman inakes, even wh ic oulv following your example t. III.' id r ” j blaps in*'on der shoul* 'a y . “1 v.is glad to In ar you vas '■lb "'i i'l ticks behind my pack 1 a ■ 1 . bis mi f h.it m s opinipif of dot vellcr. -I S li vno: i.iis lid ig in shawls A prettj Tjie roi k topers split oil —(Juartz. i r« {(‘ssiounl. i>lt. E. A. .1 ELKS, Practicing .P ii ys i c lvn| wtt aa. Oi kh e: Ji n Ii ti ding * adjoining store ol . f iSorevea street, 'll .fariunry :•! s*!f AT LAW, Q( ITMAN, OA. .'/ - I JffiGD noxt lo r ineli% building, Ifyst p : Court j duly 24, Ts7:{. ly JA ’b!>. M. Il llN'l !slt, - Aiiorncn P HUiAfllor CA. COL") jw. 15. I.- r 8. T. 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