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AW AflBUVKUSAKY-
Ib a chunbir o'.d and oaken,
In a famt and fclterinx war,
Wb»t vu bound and what wia broken,
Uit a woman’* coneclance eay.
Half a dozen word* excited,
Whispered by a lover’* aide:
8aU delighted, half alrighted,
' Half In pleasure, half fit pride:
And a maiden’* troth la plighted.
And a false lovc-kaot ia tied.
Has a maiden not a feeling
lost can swell, and sing, and ssjg ?
Caine not o’er iter spnit ele&U&g . ,
Thoughts of tilings that were before?
In her htart did liu revealing ■ . x \
Tell her Ivy* wm *on,eiiiiug more It?
uarely haif a dozen glances,
Half in earnest, half in mirth— ‘
f.ve, or six, or seven dances— <
‘ Wnat is such a wooing worth t’ <
Courtship in whicn no romanowil,
Cannot give a true love b.rtb. K-
' i.
Passion Ism pain and power
S.owly growing unto might, -'•*
By long vigils, not the hour;
Beal loYd Is not at sight;
’Its a weed: ’tls not a flower
That arises in a night,
U
be 'untrue. 1 am not abrave man, and
my present situation, alone in the de
pot with a hunted mtffderer, was by no
V&m rtomhirtyg. beat vi
olently, but from mate force id habit
Marebe and sskedhia to be seated,’
While he turned to oomply, I succeed-
to some
ed in cot
extent.
itor can put into his touch.. Why,
i were dozens of different operators
aanicating with this office, and I
without ever
. d tell the „ ....
making a mistake, who it was signaling.
You could tell if a man wasnervon-
from telegraphing just as you could
from his handwriting. The rail that I
noisily for-_srat hurrying across the state to Conn-
Lightly is tue love-knot f
And the maid redeems the token,
Id vug at her husband’s side;
And her heart- it is not broken,
But it is not in its frlde.
With the years sbaUeome a feeling,
Never, may be, fat btfore;
She shaft find her heart concealing
Wants it aid not know of yore;
Silently the trutfe rereeling,
Beal love ii something more.
• — Chamber'» Journal.
CAPlUf
Daring J
2D liY TELEGRAPH.
ie winter of 1869 I was em
ployed saJught operator in the railroad
office at TD-r—, Ijwa. The principal
road between Chicago and Conneil
Bluffs runs through D , and the
great irregular night trains, and the
constant danger of collision, resulting
therefrom,' rendered the position of
night operator by no means an easy
one. It may be well to mention here,
as. necessary to the following story,
that besides the railroad office, there
was also at D a business office of
the Union company. This we always
spoke of as the “ down town ” office.
One stormy night, not far from eleven
o’clock, I sat at. my desk, and, for a
wonder, idl9. The wires had not called
for some time, anl I wae leaning back*
in my chair, listening to the wind oat-
side and reflecting on the loneliness of
my situation. The eastern train had
crossed the river more than an hoar
ago; all the depot offioials had gone off
home, and, so far as I knew; I was en
tirely alone in the vast building.
Finally, tired of thinking, I took up
the evening paper, and glanced listless
ly over its columns. Among other
things I read the detailed account of a
fearful tragedy that had oocnrred fifty
miles up the river on the previous
night. Three raftsmen, well known as
desnerate characters in that vicinity,
had* entered the cottage of one Mat-
thews, a farmer living in an isolated
spot—had butchered the farmer and
his children, terribly maltreated
his wife, and then departed as they
came, having taken with them whatever
was handy. What interested me most
was a full description of the ohief of
the villainous trio, Tim Lynch. Here
11 is:
“ Five hundred dollars reward will be paid
for informa'ion leading to I lie capture, dead or
alive, of Tim Lynch, tl:o ringleader of the
Matthews tragedy. Lynch is a remarkably
large man. six feet fonr inches in height, very
heavy, and bioad across the shoulders. Ejee
greenish gray, frith a d :ep sear over the right
one. Hair wiry, black, aud beard of the same
color. When last seen he was dressed in a
black Kossuth hat, faded army overcoat, pants
of gray jean, and heavy boots. The above
reward frill be paid to any one furnishing pos
itive information of bis whereabouts.
“Sheriff of -— county.’’
At the-vexy instant I finished reading
the advertitement, there oocnrred the
most remarkable coincidence that has
come under my observation, I
Ward, auu ei.«iog dwjiu thrr.sr cpss hisTcii “in*?*, *•»«••* Tm»w* vijnir out on the
coat, displaying by so doing a heavy ears of the operator like a'shriek.
navy revolver stack in hia belt. Then I “0. B. Are yon there?” was what I
he freed his mouth of a quantity of to- j asked, and almost instantly came b*ok a
bacco juice, and spoke, - I reply in the affirmative. Then, with a
ng J trembling hand I raiile’
Iouuk Xelici,” he Said. lUOtiOS! „
with his head toward the battery, “that
thar maoheen is what yer call a telly-
gram, I spose.”
“Well,” I answered with a faint
smile, intended to be conciliatory,
that’s what we send telegrams by.”
“ Wal, I want yon to send a message
to a friend o’ mine out in Cohoe. T
tell yer aforehand I hain’t got no col
lateral. Bnt I kinder gness yon’d bet
ter trust me, young feller.” (Here he
laid his hanc
icantly on his belt.)
“ I’ll fetch it inter-morrow of it’s eon
venienb”
I hastened to say that the charge
conld just as well be paid at the other
end by his friend,
“ Humph 1 JPlaguey little you’ll get
o’Jim, I reckon, Howsnmever, per-
oeed.”
“ What is the message, and to whom
is it to go?”
“I want yon to tell Jim Fellers, of
Oohoe, that the ball quit here las’
night, and ther sheep ’ll be dose on
his heels.”
* As he delivered this sentenoehe look-,
ed at me as if he expected me to be
mystified. But I thought it best not
to appear so, and I said carelessly :
“ I suppose you are a dealer in stook,
aud this is your partner ?. Ahf sir, the
telegraph helps you fellows out of
many a sharp bargain.”
“Ya’as,” he answered, slowly, evi
dently pleased with the way I took it.
Ya’as, that’ nm. I’m senain’ down a
lot o’ stock. Bought it dog cheap over
in Genesee yesterday. Party lot as
ever you see."
I turned to my. instrument. What
was to be done? Though ours was a
railroad offija we offcen eent Juwineea
messages; and if I did as usnal now, I
should probably get rid of my unwel-
oome visitor without farther trouble.
Bat in the short conversation with him
had somewhat recovered from my
first alarm, and I now conceived the
idea of attempting the capture of Tim
Igooh.
I was only a poor salaried operator,
trying to save enough to many in the
—•— Five hundred dollars would
ust now—
the thing.
io me a great deal of „
to say nothing of the eclat'
But how was it to be. aoooikpjishea?
Here was I, alone in the depot with A
man big enough to whip his weight in
suoh little men as I was several timeB
over. Any attempt to secure him
single-handed was not to be thought
of. Bnt conld I not excuse myself, and
going out, f astern him in ? No; well I
knew from the distrustful look in his
face (hat any proposal of mine to leave
the room Hoold Be .
jected to by him. Wl __
Why, simply this. I would telegraph
to the down-town station, But, alas!
That very day the connection had been
out for repairs. It wss seldom used at
any time, of coarse. Bat what of that?
It was only a question of a few seconds
more time.
All Cheee things went through my
mind with the »;
I went to the bati _
me from the oorner of
eye with a suspicion that made me
shake in my shoes. As I sat down he
arose and came to my aide,
“Look a here, yonng feller,” he
hissed in my ear, and his breath
sickening with the fumes- of
perhaps ye mean fair enough—!
heard a heavy tread cn the stsir-. _
the door opened and there entered—! yo do for your own sake. But.IdoS^
Tim Lynch! The moment I set eyes nnderstan* nothin' ’bout them teUyr
noon him I recognized him as perfeotlj grams, aud I jist want ter tell ye that
as though I had known him all my yer’d better be squar’—for bythe eter-
life. The army overcoat and gray nal God ef ye go back on me Til stretol
pants tacked into the heavy booty, the ye on this yere floor as stiff as ever 1
massive frame and shoulders, the
slouched hat palled down over his
right eje io conceal—I was snre—the
soar; above all a desperate hunted look
in his forbidding countenance-all were
not to be mistaken. 1 was as certain
of bis identity as though he had step-
—* * —offhjj hAt to show
lied off my 5iw
sage: * 1 Jfor tue love oi God, telegraph
to our down town office at once. Twl
them that Lynch is within two feet of
me, and they must send help.”
A short pause, as though my message
occasioned some surprise, and then
name the response: “ All right,” which
assured me I need not repeat,
“Wal,” growled the deep voice of
Lynch, “are you going to send my
I have sene it, sir.”
“ What I Does all that tickin’ mean
what I told you ? ”
“Yes, and if you’ll wait fifteen or
twenty minutes, you’ll get an answer.”
“Wal. I dunno as I want an answer.
Jim, hell understand it all right.”
“ But I’ll tell yon soon whether he’s
there or not. Sit down,” '
So Lynch reluctantly took his seat,
looking around at the doors and win
dows once in a while in an nneasy way.
I Was determined to lake him at any
oost; and I verily believe I should have
planted myself in his path had he in
sisted upon going .now.
“Tick, tick, tick!” the battery called
out, and I listened to the message:
“Keep cool. Gould has gone for
the police.”
Sttange it was, wasn’t it, that £
should sit here and talk through two
hundred and fifty miles of space with a
matt not half a mile from me ?
“What’s that signerfy?’’ inquired
iny companion, as the tioking ceased;
and I replied that the clerk bad jnst
S ritten off the message and sent it out.
[e seemed satisfied and settled back
in his chair, where he sat in snllen
silence, his jaws going m> and down as
he chewed his weed. " — .
V “O how slowly the minutes crept
along I The snsnenee was terrible. I
sat and watched iho minute hand of the
clock, and five minutes seemed as many,
months. My companion seemed nerv
ous, too. He moved uneasily in his
ohaih
“ Ain’t it about time we, heard from
Jim?’’.he asked at length,
“ We shall get word from him in a
few minutes now,” I answered, and fell
to watching the deck again. Five
minutes more passed. Lynoh got up
and began pacing to and fro aorosB the
room. At length he paused and said :
“I don’t believe I’ll wait anymore.
Iv'e got to see a man down at the Penn-
ylvania house, and he’ll be abed ef I
on’t get thar pretty soon,” ‘ ,
“ Hold on a minute and I’ll see what
they're up to,” I cried hastily, and I
touched the key again. “Makehaste,”
was my message. “I shall.lose him if
you do nob Not a moment to spare.”
Straightway came the reply, short but
encouraging. ,*•
“ A squad of police started for the
depot five minutes ago;”
Thank heaven I They ought to be
here now. I looked at Lynch and
i of the five hundred dollars,
what’s the word 1” he growled
... , . •
“What do yon mean, sir?” I shouted,
rising, “ By earning i ito this office and
talking in that style? Do you think
111 endure it? YJtav* this room at
onse, sir, or.pil—” and 1 advanced
threateningly toward him," My unax
ed to aUMtN him
peeled attitude
mere tfaah.
'fl&M^butittiteftoed -
' Your friend ia coming,” I answered
for want of a batter reply.
“domin’I Cornin’! Whar?”
“Coining to the offioj at Oohoe. He
probably has an answer for you.” -*
“An answer forme? Jim Fellers ?
What should he anawer for?”
i the scar, and told nm-hia name.
To say that I was not alarmed st,this
sudden and unwelcome intrusion woold
ye on this yere
did a man yit I” and I felt the raid
ale of hia revolver on my cheek,
hapa my yoiee trembled^ a
pa unmoved in my
“Nevei fear, sir: HI teB him all
abouf the atora.’’ He mattered some-
himself, and still remained
over me. *
_ _ beard, perhaps, how much
character and expression a telegraph
Lynoh stood in stupid thought for a
moment, and then he looked at me with
a dangerous light in his eye, ^
“Look a here, yeang feller,“ he;a
his suapioiora.- He put UttyauV'
his pockets and delivraed a loud laugh
In my face. H 1; :
“ WM, WSl,my bantam, ye needn’t
git so caHnnkeKitta.' “Who d thought
xnnh a little breaches as you had such
spunk ?. f gaw, b*W! Why, j
could chaw you up’ihont mddfig two
bites of you.”
“Well, sir,” I said,still apparently
unmollified, “either sit down and
hold your tongue, or else leave the
office.” And he good-naturedly com
plied. •
Once more we were sitting listening
to the baking of the dock as the min
utes dragged their slow length along.
Would help never come ? Three min-
ntecrmore. 'Great heavens I The sub*.
pense was becoming intolerable. I must
go to the stairs and listen if Idle for
ft. I arose and took a atop toward the
door, bnt a voice stopped me.
“Hold I” shouted Lyneb, standing up
right, til his , suspicions aroused once
more. “Yer can't go out ef that door
afore me. Come back here.”
“Sir I” .
“Comeback here, or by the eternal
’’ and the pistol muzzle looked me
in the face. He stood now half turned
from the door, ahd I was facing ib
Slowly and without a particle of noise,
I saw the knob turn, and a' face under
a blue cap peep in. Thank God 1 Help
had come. I felt a joy uncontrollable
come over me. I mutt keep the mur
derer’s attention an instant longer, till
some oce conld spring upon him from
behind. I walked straight up to him,
but his quick ear had caught a move
ment behind. As he turned with an
oath, I sprang npon him and bore down
his arm just as the revolver .went off,
the ball burning itself harmlessly in
the floor. Before he conld free himself
from my grasp, half a dozen officers
were upon him, and he was quickly sc
oured.
The next morning the papers were
filled with glowing accounts of the cap
ture of the murderer, and praise of my
condnot. The principal businessmen
of the town made np a purse of five
hundred dollars and presented it to
me, and this, with the reward that was
ptid me the following iree|lb enabled
me to get married at Christmas. Bnt
1 shudder at the remembrance of that
hal: hour I spent alane with TimLyneh;
ink one thousand dollars
and I don’t i _
would tempt me to go tfironghit again 1
Nude Statuary.
’ Yhe modern sculptor has a hard time
of It with his portrait statues, it must
be confessed. What is he to do? Shall
be dress a gentleman as he finds him;
S back to the toga; or farther back
1 to the altogether natural man?
Or shall he compromise with a cloak or
“ ■ toe
hi*
have
of
water-proof—as in the ease
savior of hia country, expiating
virtues in Union Square? They L
the same trouble in England as here:
vide Wm. B. Scott. For oenturies,
he sayl, the portrait statues of the
kings appeared iu the Homan cuirass
with bare arms and knees, and their
statesman in the, ohlamys and toga.
“One last step only was wanting to
adopt the ideal antique and abandon
clothing altogether, and this was very
near accomplished toward the close ot
las* century. Canova’s statue of Na*-
poleon, now in Apsley House, is abso
lutely naked ; auathe stitue of Samuel
Johnson, in Sb Paul’s, is almost un
draped, a single loose covering being
thrown so
ssalptors'n
~ iudierosg «Eedfeol&
cried, “ it’s ny private wrfw5iw» r yon’ra
lyin’ to mV' Aud ef ye are,” here he
uttered a horrible.-oath, “I’ll cut your
* “* * ‘puti IdonV
useful for the
# pgpws-
Jii a- MttiMJf
Sra^S^^S^hain’t nothin^!o an
swer. > More like he’d gettowud seti-
ter wen he heerd that message.”
He stood glaring at me as be uttered
these words, his baud on his revolver. 1
IraBtot.MOori for ib 4* I tyM
remarked, lam a timid man by natnre.
But this,arifon eulnaade me bolder.
Mything deperded on keeping him a
"It must be done
I tried a new plan.
rational point of- view; the'atoar
'iirnTTmiiiD nil(f tiirTpriityt|||il ou bty
hand in bi* 4 m4sp%rara£ifft be
fo himralf: • 1 What a sad ease
*have dome to with me at htib
before the pnblioln a' state of
nature.
of tradition that the
as pi
oaUMty ■
side, and my dot
nt office”
points with majestic modesty.—Scrilh
tier for March.
