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POETICAL.
Don’t Stay Alter Ten.
Iv’e just a word to say to you,
"When me you come to see—
You know that none in all the world
Is half half so dear to me—
*Tis this : I would request of you,
That when you come again
To see me in the evening
• You won t stay after ten.
For after ten, as moments fly,
I tremble o’er and o'er,
Lest papa’s visage I should see
Come peeping at the door.
He’s there to execute his threat t
He said he'd surely come,
If e’er you stayed so late again,
And tell you to go home.
And when I down to breakfast go
Papa will frown at me,
And say, “My child, that beau of yours -
Is going to hear from me.
This sort of thing I will not have,
So, when he comes again
I’ll just go down and show him out,
If he don’t go at ten. ”
And so, (hough your society
Makes heart, and soul throb warm,
I heave a sigh of vast relief
At your retreating form.
You know that you are welcome, aye,
O, best beloved of men !
But many a scolding you have caused
By staying after ten!
Written Expressly for the McDuffie Journal.
Mona—Tlic Orange Girl.
WRITTEN FOIt THE MCDUFFIE JOURNAL,
BY A LADY OF AUGUSTA, GA.
CHAPTER 11.
Behold ! The Storm King is abroad.
He lias stretched forth his mighty arm
and said to the winds, ‘go ye forth,’ and
it rushed, howling madly, over the city
of New Orleans, uprooting trees aud
making even the heavy stone houses
shake to their foundations, while many
of the little hovels are blown to pieces
and scattered along the streets. It howls
and shrieks like some chained demon
turned loose, and at the instant, sobs and
moans as if some heart was wailing oiq
its frenzied sadness. The rain poured
down in torrents, and, asfell “blackest
of the night” the darkness was most ex
treme, aud affrighted persons were hur
rying homeward jostled against each,
other before they were aware of it. The
soft light stole out from many a stately
mansion, subdued through heavy cur
tains, but wonderfully bright and cheer
ful. In a flue dwelling, situated in a
fashionable part of the city, a little home
circle had gathered’ after dosing the va
rious duties of the day. The room in
which they were seated was called the
“Red Room,” and well it deserved the
name, for a more glowing, cosy place
could not be imagined. The costly lamp
threw a mellow light on the rich crim
son carpet, the furniture of the same
hue, aud the exquisite gold and scarlet
curtains. It was evidently a sitting
room, for every convenience was there,
from the handsome piano forte, to the
useful work basket on the centre table.
The tall, handsome man standing be
fore the fire with the most merry brown
| eyes, and a slightly bald bead, we will
introduce ns I)r. Robert Ht. Clair. He
looks every inch a gentleman, and a kind
hearted one at that. His appearance does
not belie his real worth, for few men are
so much beloved as he is. The rich and
poor are treated by him with affable
kindness. The high classes seek his
companionship aud advice, the poor look
upon him as their protector and friend.
His is a genial nature. None of that
kind that imagines woe the alpha aud
omega of life, trusting few, loving none,
an 1 never appreciating the goodness of
God. Ah ! rather give me a soul that
sees the beauty of the “rose” as well a B
the cruel thorn, the sunshine of life, not
the shade, full of merciful kindness, aud
tender, loving sympathy. Such attri
butes formed the character of Dr. St.
Clair. Benevolence shown out from his
honest brown eyes; generous nobility
sat enthroned on his broad, blue-veined
brow. He had not much will, but few
could boast of a finer mind, and a nobler
heart.
The lady by- the centre-table, busy
with a piece of worsted work, is the
Doctor’s wife. She is a finely formed
woman with a quantity of Monde hair,
and large, expressive blue eyes. When
it suited her purpose, no eyes could he
softer or more gentle than h(rs, but their
usual expression was bold, haughty and
distrustful. Her disposition was the
shady side of her husband. She was
selfish, vain, gloomy, had but little love
for any, with the exception of her child,
whom she idolized, partly because the
little girl was pretty, was her child, with
features much like her own. Rosalie
was bright as a sunbeam, and sweet as a
rosebud. Beautiful indeed she looked,
as she sat at her father’s feet on the fire
rug, the fire light playing bopeep among
her golden curls, aud slightly flushing
her fair, round cheeks. In her arms she
held a small speckled kitten which, every
now and then, she would squeeze with so
much strength that the poor kitty seemed
in a fair way of losing its breath. Rosa
had faults, quite grievous ones, and in
stead of being eradicated—alas ! for the
child ; her foibles were almost encour
aged by over indulgence. Her father
triad, in a measure, to control her, but !
his heart too often failed him. He was ;
fearful he had been too harsh with his i
darling daughter, aud he saw only her
THOMSON, GA., APEIL 14,1875.
charming ways. Her faults were forgot
ten.
The last person included in our house
circle, but by no means the least, is Miss
Anna St. Clair, a maiden sister of the
Doctor. The sobriquet <)f “old maid”
seemed now applied to her. S lie looked
more like some grand Roinan matron ;
there was no old maid’s primness in the
full, majestic form, nor her* finely poised
head. Her hair was black) as the rayen’s
wing, and although a few jtsilver threads
could lie seen in the sinooth, satiny
bands, they'did not detraA from the ex
ceeding beauty of her ljhir. Her face
was rather sad, and without one ray of
color on cheek or lip. tier dark eyes
exhibited, generally, a kifrd but sad ex'
pression.
,Tne *vorld called her a cold, passion
less wogian, but the-jaorll ever judges
harshly, for, beriAtWi t*sf -old exterior
were feelings lasting aiyl deep. Mi's.
St. Olair disliked her sk-ter-in-law, but
she both feared and respected her. Never,
but once, did she assay! to correct her
husband’s stately sister, I ltd she did not
soon forget the sternly sLoken words :
“Jane St. Cluir, if yoii wish that peace
should be between us, Ijuow warn you,
once aud forever, never lure, by word or
deed, to harm, by your I; ngue, any one
I love, or you will regret it.”
Mrs. St. Clair determined that Rosa
should not love her aunt, and, in a meas
ure, she succeeded. Miss Anna admired
the child’s beauty, but she heartily de
tested her faults. Between the Doctor
and his sister there was perfect love.
The absent one (Edward) Mrs. St.
Clair disliked even more than she did his
sister Anna, and her ljptred was fully re
ciprocated by him? He"umterstood her
perfectly ; and she, being still a devoted
friend of Hortense Dseiuno, lie,was too
often reminded of Uie#>ast while in her
presence, and the past hail still for him
its bitter sting.
Miss St. Clair appeared to be muoli
interested in a book she held between
her face and the fir-e, blit every now and
then she would glance from its pages to
Hie kind face of her brother. By and
by the book lay on her lap, and her dark
eyes looked straight la-fore her, while the
most plaintive expression trembled
around her mouth, giving to nef" whole
face a peculiar beauty. The Doctor no
ticed her abstraction, and stepping to
her side, he gently withdrew the book
from her lap, and, taking her by the
hand, he led her to the piano, saying :
*| “No More liSßaftg’ Anna; I
want you to favor me with some music.
| I think it will enliven all of us. This is
decidedly the most stormy night I have
ever witnessed in New Orleans. I pity
any poor wayfarer who Sh debarred the
comfort of a home. He passed his hand
over the golden head of his child who
had seated herself in his lap, and rested
her silken culls against his broad breast.
“Yes, darling, he continued," many
persons, both women and children, little
girls, as lovely as my Rosa, have no roof
to shelter them from the howling blast,
j and the icy rains ; but; Auutio, we arc
I waiting for the music.”
The little group at the piano presented
Ia pretty picture of contentment and hap
piness. One soul enjoyed the thrilling
music, that floated out so soothingly on
the night air. Outside of that elegant
homo stood a little form in the muddy
street—a miserable looking object who
guzed at that pleasant abode most eager
ly, while the chilly wind blew through
her eyes, and the raiu beat down piti
lessly on her upturned hunger-lined face.
But she heeded not the wind, nor the
heavy drops of rain, and still continued
to stand entranced by the exquisite melo
dy. At last, with a wild cry of agony,
she ran up the stone steps and rang the
bell at the door.
As the bell, loud and clear, tingled
through the house, Miss fit. Clair less
the piano, aud the Doctor walked to the
door of the'sitting room exclaiming:
“By George ! a dreadful night for any
one to be out. Summoned to a patient,
I presume.” “Well, Jim,” addressing
the butler, “who lias culled ?”
“A beggar girl ISrat toTTfioor-, sir, and
insists upon seeing you.”
“Do you know what she wishes?’’ said
the Doctor.
“No, sir ! she would not tell me and I
tried to send her away ; but she said she
would not go until she had seen you.”
“Very well,” said the Doctor, “I will
see her,” aud passing down the wide
staircase he went to where the girl stood
in the hall, wet and shivering.
The wretched object oaught his hand
in both of liers, exclaiming through the
sobs that almost rendered her utterauce
unintelligible :
“Oh ! Sir, I fear Mother is dying.
She wants to see you. For God’s sake,
go home with me aud try to save dear
Mother. ”
Her eyes were so imploring, and she
looked, indeed, such a plaintive object of
charity, that the Doctor but a moment
hesitated, and agreed to accompany her.
For, was she not one of God’s poor,
thought he.
After drawing a fur cap over his ears,
and throwing a heavy shawl around his
shoulders, he followed the girl out into
the street. It was much darker than he
had imagined, for the deluge of rain !
and furious wind had extinguished near- ,
iy all of the street lamps. With great
difficulty he succeeded in following the
girl, whose progress did not seem to be
in the least impeded by the extreme
darkness, but on, on she went, leading
him through streets and allies until they
had walked a number of blocks. The
part of the city they were approaching
was so black and gloomy that, for the
first time in his life, be had a feeing akin
to fear. Murders, robberies, and every
thing dreadful, passed in rapid succes
sion through his brain. Could the girl
be an imposter, leading him into dan
ger ? He uctually shivered when the girl
suddenly stopped before a dilapidated
hovel and told him to enter.
A feeble lnmp was casting its sickly
light in the room, which, to the Doctor’s
surprise, was extremely neat and clean.
A table stood in oue corner covered with
a ooarse, but snowy, clyth, and in an
other corner was a sort of shelf contain- j
taining a few books, and a small work
basket. On a hard, narrow bed lay the
emaciated form of a woman, who tried
to raise herself as the door opened, but '
fell back upon her pillow with a sigh.
“Mother, dear !” said Mona, gently '
bending over the fading form, “here is j
Dr. St. Clair, who was so kind as to come
with me ; perhaps he can give you some- I
tiling that will benefit yon. Let me turn 1
you to the light that he may better see !
you. ”
Feebly the womau put back her scat
tered hair, disclosing a face of almost
unearthly beauty.
“Doctor,” she said in a faint but mu
sical voice, “I know that I am dying.
As I w atched the sun set this evening, I
felt that another morning would never
dawn for me. I know you would ask,
why, then, I sent for yon. It was not
to consult your skill as a physician, hut
to ask a favor at your bauds. Do not,
dear sir, refuse my earnest prayer,
llirdie, love, sit at the foot of Mother’s
bed, and plaoe a chair at my side for the
gentleman.” The child obeyed, and sit
ting at her mother’s feet she bowed down
her face with her hands and wept bitter
ly-
“ Doctor,” the dying woman contin
ued, “before I make this request of yon,
I will give you a sketch of my short life.
At a very early ago I was left an orphan.
My mother’s sister, a ricli widow without
any ehildron, adopted me, and took me
to her elegant home in the village of L.
in Koutueky. My Aunt insisted upon
my taking her name. So I waR called
Mona Egbert. As I grew up into wo
manhood my Aunt’s whole soul seemed
to be wrapped up in rue. I was indulged
in every whim, and became not only the
pet ofthe house, but the belle of the vil
lage, not only on account of my beauty,
but the report, generally believed, that I
was to be my Aunt’s heiress. The con
jecture was far from the truth, for niv
aunt’s property was so arranged that at
her death it would go to her deceased
husband’s relatives.
While in the zenith of my popularity,
a young lawyer came to L, and opened a
law office there. His name was Delano
Ward. Never before had I met a man
so handsome, fascinating aud apparently
noble in soul. So before I became aware
of it my heart was his. My auut invited
him frequently to the house, aud we were
constantly together. One day after De
lano had pressed me to his heart, he led
me into my aunt’s presence, and asked
her consent to our engagement. The
darling old lady pressed me in her arms,
| and kissing the tears from my eyes,
hoped that Ood would ever bless and
smile upon her darling. After a short
time Delano and I were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony. Ah! what
golden days those were !- How blessed I
was, surrounded by wealth aud friends,
basking in the sunny smiles of my infant
daughter, and beloved husband! For
two short years I lived in a state of ex
quisite bliss. Then the clouds of adver
sity began to lower. One cold day in
winter, my aunt died, and we laid her
away in onr quiet village churchyard.
My husband aud my friends thought I
would come into possession of my aunt’s
immeuse wealth, and they were much
astonished, when the rightful heir claim
ed the estate. From that moment I
noticed a change in my husband’s de
meanor towards his family. He was le s
with us, and more by himself with his
books. By and by the change became
greater still. He would avoid me and
treat me coldly, that my heart would
almost break. Oue day he came to mo
aud said that he was compelled to go to
New York on business. He kissed his
baby several times, and then put his
arms around me. I eould feel his form
quiveriDg with emotion, but I did not
suspect any thing. Why should I, his
lawful wife, think he would forsake me:
I little thought, ns I looked into his face,
it was for the last time, but it was even
so. He was cruelly deserting me. In a
few days I found out the reason. I went
to his bureau to arrange the articles it
contained, a short time after his depart
ure, and what was my astonishment to
find it empty. A note lay in the top
drawer directed to me. It was placed
upon a small package which contained a
few hundred dollars. I tore the note open,
and ob, God ! what cruel words met my
eyes. He wrote that Delano Ward was
not his real name when he came to L.
He had quarreled with his nncle, a rich,
old man who had adopted him, aud had
NO. 15.
determined to go out into the world and
earn a livelihood for himself. He said
that the first time he met me he had
resolved that I should be his wife, that
I was beautiful and an -heiress, and he
knew full well that bis uncle’s anger
would soon wear itself out, aud then he
intended to return to his adopted home,
and take me with him. My being
wealthy would tend to appease his uncle’s,
wrath, for he had always said that Dela
no should marry a rich woman. To Del
ano’s dismay, I was left fortuneless at
the death of my aunt, and shortly after
wnrds he received a letter from his uncle
inviting him to return, promising, in
that event, to still consider him his heir.
The struggle between love and avarice
was very great, but at last gold prevail
ed, aud he decided to desert me, for, he
said in a letter, his uncle would disin
herit him if he iulfiered to me.
Oh, sir, lu>w“ ‘liappy T Uml been, how
wretched I was when, in bitter-words,
he advised me to forget the past and him,
adding that I should never be friendless
or in want. “My dear girl,” he further
stated, “you would not be happy in the
society in which I was raised, for you are
too simple, too unformed in y our man
ners. Y T on would ever feel out of place,
and sigh for your quiet village home.”
At first 1 folded my darling Mona in
my arms and wept; but soon, in a tempo
rary delerimn, the fountain of tears was
sealed. This pasted off, and, instead of
submitting to such treachery aud dying
of a broken heart, I resolved to find out
the real name of that man, track him to
the place where he lived, and make him
acknowledge his wife and child. I col
lected what little money I had, packed a
small valise, and, with that on oue arm,
and my sweet little child on the other,
started on my long journey. I went to
Vicksburg and lived there a long time,
but could find no clue to the whereabouts
of my husband. Having given up all
hope of ever finding him, aud my small
sum of money being now exhausted, I
obtained some flue needle work, aud in
that way supported myself aud child,
One day, my little girl being feverish
and restless, I gave her a bag of old silk
pieces, to make some dresses for her
doll. Seeing that this amused her I re
sumed my unfinished work. Hearmg an
exclaimution of pleasure from the child,
I glanced carelessly from my sewing to
where she had seated herself. She had
pulled from the scraps au old scarlet cap
lining, aud was holding it up before me.
On the silk were letters printed with a
pen, “Horace Delano, New Orleans.”
What a jump my heart gave, for I felt
assured it had belonged to my husband
and that was his real name. I immedi
ately started for this city, and arrived
six years ago. In the humble guise of a
servant I entered Horace Delano’s prince
ly home, and was informed that he had
gone to Europe. All these years I have
waited impatiently, for his return, but
Alas ! it is now too late. We shall never
meet again on earth for my spirit is go
ing to the “Better Land.”
The dying woman paused and lay for
some time panting and exhausted, but
her eyes were full of a restless eagerness.
“Dear Madam,” the Doctor kindly
said, “I will protect your daughter, and
care for her until her father claims her.
I will provide for her as though she were
my own child.”
She pressed his hand to her lips and
her benutiful eyes glowed with the elo
quence of her grateful heart.
“Mona !” murmured the dying moth
er.
The child, with a sob, threw herself
beside the frail body, and encircled it
with her arms.
“Mother,” she cried, “do not die and
leave your little Moua all alone. Look
at me, Mother !”
The dying eyes, which even death
eould not rob of their bright beauty,
fixed themselves ou the frightened face
of her child from which they never wan
dered until Mona’s features and all their
loving light had faded from them for
ever.
Neither the Doctor, nor Mona, knew
when the change came, for the flickering
lamp suddenly expired and left the room
iin total darkness. The girl, overcome
; with grief, was laying by the now breath
i less form of her mother. The Doctor
| stole softly from the room, and went to
j the nearest hospital to obtain lights.
Two women accompanied him back to
the hovel to lay oat the corpse.
the Doctor entered the room he discov
ered that Mona had fainted. Withdraw
: ing her, softly, from the side of her
mother, he laid her on a couple of blank
ets spread on the floor. The rain had
ceased aud day dawned in such mellow
| beauty that it seemed as if lieaveu's tears
I had washed it into more golden loveli
i ness.
; Oue tiny Imam stole through the patcli
j ed and broken shutter, and played ea-
I ressingly across the calm face of the
j corpse, lighting up the x-icli auburn hair
: into a crown of its own color, and dis
pelling the darkness from the room.
Kind hands had put back the hair from
' off the marble brow, closed the white
1 lids over the beautiful black eyes; ami
robed the finely formed limbs in snowy
linen. The tired bauds were folded over
the sileut heart, pulseless forever,
i Step lightly, speak softly ! for wo are
stanJing in the chamber of death. A
AdvortiNing Itutcw.
! One square, first insertion 1 00'
I Each subsequent insertion 75
One square three months 10 00
One square sir months 15 OC
One square twelve months SO CO
Quarter column twelve mouths 40 CO
Half column six months GO 00
Half column twelve months 75 00
One column twelve months 125 0(r
It*' Ten lines or lens considered a square,
All fractious of squares are counted as full
squares.
spirit has passed from earth, and put on
the robes of immortality. Naught re
mains of the body but a cold, lifeless
lump of clay. The white angel, mighty
Death, has stood at the door. We can
even yet feel his presence, and with fin
ger pointing upwards, hoar the soft cry,
“come sister, come to the spirit laud.”
All! Mona—little waif, this is a bit
ter blow to thee ; but it is better thus to
feel that thy mother is at rest in
realms of bliss—liar weary life ended—
her throbbing heart painless forever.
Yes ! Sink down upon thy knees and bu*-
ry thy face in the damp clods of earth,
cold, cold, like the silent form beneath,
and with a wail of mighty woe, stretch
thy trembling hands to heaven and cry—
“Oh, God! Teach me to bear, teach
me to hear.”
[to be continued.]
Stephen Allen’s Pocket Piece,
A%iOUg the "victims of the Henry Clay
disaster, which happened July 28th,
1852, was Stephen Allen, Esq., as aged
man of the purest character, formerly a
Mayor of New York, beloved and es
teemed by all who know him. In liis
pocket-book was found a printed slip,
apparently cut from a newspaper, of
which the following is a copy :
“Keep good company or none. Never
be idle. ■ If your hands cannot be use
fully employed, attend to the cultivation
of of your mind. Always speak the
truth. Make few promises. Live up to
your engagements. Keep your own se
crets if you have any. .When y ou speak
to a person look him in the face. Good
company and good conversation are the
true sinews of virtue. Good character
is above all things else. Your character
cannot be essentially injured except "'by
your own nets. If any one speaks ill of
you, let your life bo so that none will be
lieve him. Drink no kind of intoxica
ting liquors. Ever live (misfortunes ex
cepted) witliiu your income. When you
retire think over wliat- you have been do
ing during the day. Make no haste to
l>e rich if you would prosper. Small
aud steady gains give competency with
tranquility of mind. Never play at any
game of chance. Avoid temptation,
through fear you may not withstand it. 1
Earn money before you spend it. Never
run into debt unless you see a way to
get out again. Never borrow, if you can
possibly avoid it. Do not marry until
you are able to support a wife. Never
speak evil of any one. Be just before
you are generous. Keep yourself inno
cent if you would be happy. Save when
yon are young to spend wlieu yoij are
old. Bead over the above maxims at
least once a week.”
AN ACT,
Fur the Relics of maimed and indigent
Soldtcn.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the Slate of Georgia, Thai
from and after the passage of this Act,
it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of
each comity in this State, in each year,
before tire county tax is levied, upon ap
plication to him, and proof being shown
to him by any person, that he entered
into the military service, in defense of
the Sou h, during the late civil war be
tween the Confederate States and the
United States of America ; that he
served faithfully in said service, and in'
the same lost both eyes, or two limbs,
meaning thoreby arms, or legs ; that he
has not more than one thousand dollars
of taxable property ; to levy a special
tax, as a part of the county tax, of one *
hundred dollar, for each of such appli
plioants, when such proof is made to his
satisfaction, which tax shall be collected
by the County Tax Collector, and paid
over by him to such applicant, wlieu he
is shown by him a proper certificate from
the Ordinary of said county ; said tax of
one hundred dollars shall only be levied 1
for a citizen of said county, and shall
cense when such applicant, so relieved,
ceases to be a citizen of said county.
Sec. 2. Itepeals conflicting laws.
Approved March 3, 1575. -
Stonewall Jackson. ■
Gov. Kemper, of Virginia, has com
municated to the legislature of that
State information conveyed by a letter
from Hon. Mr. Hope, member of the 1
British Parliament for the University of
Cambridge, that a bronze statue of he
roic size of Stonewall Jackson, designed
and executed by the late J. H. Holey, R.
A., was offered as a tribute of English
admiration and sympathy for the accep
tance of the commonwealth. Gov. Kem
per says :
“The statue is represented by compe
tent judges to be a most imposing and
beautiful work of art. It was procured
through subscription spontaneously or
ganized among friends of Virginia in the
mother country who admire the charac
ter and love the memory of our dead he
ro. It remains for the State to accept
this splendid gift, and to guarantee its
erection on some conspicuous site within
. the capital grounds. It revives no ani
| mosities of the pa*t, it wounds the sen
sibilities of no good man of whatever
party or eection, to honor and revere the
memory of Jackson. All the world
knows that the earth beneath which his
body lies covers the ashes of a patriot and
hero, whose greatness shed lustre on the '
age in which he lived. His example be
longs to mankind, aud his deeds and vir
tues will be cherished by all the coming >
generations of the great American Re- '■
public as among the proudest memorials '
of a common glory.”