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"FORTY YEARS AGO.
Drifting Sands from tl»e Mountains
ami Foot-liills of Northeast Georgia.
A Brilliant Romance Based Upon Facts.
By G. J. N.LWILSON.
CHAPTER VIII.
On Ite third day after tbe close of the school,
the Summerville s sccompanied by Horace Mo-
rcne, began their long journey homeward.
TLoceh never publicly known in the neigh-
btrheod, Horace M none was but little re
acted by the Montgomery family. Hw el-
ions to sullv the lair Lame of Julius, as well as
Lis immoral character having, in all pioba-
bilily come to their kncv.ltdge;but the seats
lelt vacant by the absence c f Harry and Corane
cast a gloom over the household that nothing
but Willie's return was likely to chase away.
On the evening ot the day after tbeir depart
ure, Joe Harper visited Julius at Aziiia.
•And so,’ said Joe, ‘The While Angel is gone,
and I have come to tfiferyou any consolation
that I may be able to give.’
•I thank you,’ said Julius, ‘for your kind con-
aid eratior. She is gone, and I have no hope ot
ever meeting her again. 1
•Can you reconcile yourself to such a late
without letting others see it ?
•1 doubt it; but I can t y. I know that many
would laugh at the idea of my being m love
w itk her but my love is as pure as the untrodden
snow, and should I live, it wi-1 be the only love
of an old man ! Even when she is the wife of
Borne© Morone all this will still be trne ! I
know that she will never be mine, but I am re
signed lo my fate !’
•I wish I could say so for myself. I too, know
that 1 must give up my Nolly; but death, with
all its honors, would not give me such an an
guish. I have seen her bu little, and shall see
her less in the future. Under the circum
stances, I can not bear to be in her presence.
I could not trust myself to look upon her while
abe was reading the other day. i hope yon
will excuse me for refusing to play; for my
heart felt heavier than a fifty-six pounder. Do
you excuse me ?'
‘1 certainly do* I feared that you would be
tray yourself by doing something as significant
as shooting that string in two.’
0, I only wanted to show that Mr. Horace
Mushroon, or whatever his name is, how nicely
I could plump his heart strings in two, if he
ever writt s another suon letter as the one you
found. By the way, have you ever beard any
thing indicating that the White Angel believed
it V ......
‘Nothing, either expressed or implied.
Well ! If that don't beat George Washington.
I r. ally feared that she would believe it; and
then again, I sometimes thought that surely she
had more sense. What a pity that so fair a
creature should be plighted to such a black
hearted villian !‘
•If she be happy, I can bear it said Julias
mournfully.
•Will you write to her soou ?‘ asked Joe.
‘I never exp<ot to write her a single line at
any time. 4
•In the name of common sense why ?‘
‘I could not bear to he so hypocritical as to
w rite to her as a mere frien i. and to
her as a lover would b9 to act the part 1 o a ol.
Besides it would be an insult to her high-bo ro
nature. Will you ever tell Nelly ot your lo^j
fc’fJi.'i’i-w.jiu ..o queen victoria, »s to Nelly Mont
gomery. Like you, 1 know she never will be
mine; but unlike you, 1 can never be reconciled
to m v lute. I know ot but one thing that can give
me any relief; and 1 must conless that it would
ufford me very little.’
4 Ttil me what that thing is ?’
•I .lumeou purpose to tell you, and you must
not be offended. 1 .
‘it nothing wrong is intended, I am certain
that I shall not be offended.’
•Nothing is further from my thoughts than to
do y ou wrong. 4
4 t hat I tally believe, Joe.’
•Tneu to make a long eiory short, I want you
to woo ani win Nelly Montgomery.’
‘Why Joe, you have surely gone crazy !'
‘N , I am not crazy ; but in cool earnest.'
•Have 1 not already told you that no one oan
take Giraffe's place ?
•Fes; you have told me something to that
amount; but you have given her up as> lost to
you and I think Nelly ought to take her place. 4
•Wny. even if l loved her as well as I do her
cousin, such a thing as you propose is as impos
sible with one as with the other. 4
•You have no reason to suppose that Nelly is
already given to another. 4
4 1 know of no evidence to that effect; but her
charms and station in life command the highest
market price, while I am quoted in the trade
list issued by society, at a very low figure.’
4 1 do not think the figures read that way.
Except in wealth, yon are equal to any Tee
M inigomeries know and acknowledge this to be
true. Wealth does not weigh a hair when
tuiown in the scales of honesty and virtue.’
*1 know that the Montgomeries have treated
me. well, even better than 1 deserve, and I love
them all dearly; yes, so very dearly that I am
unable to express my feelings. If for no other
reason than because that noble family have
tr.ated me so well, I would tremble at the
tuought of insuiting them by making love to
N 11 v. True. Nelly ismxtto Ooralie, and is,
in many respects, her equal. Still I oan never
forget Ooralie Summerville, nor oan Nelly Mont
gomery ever love me only as a lriend.’
‘Tune fr<queu’.ly works wonderful changes.’
•1 kuow it ‘ioes;bat it never makes impossible
thii gs pcssibla. Tell me why you make this
stiange proposal to me ?
'As Nelly never will be mine, I can only bear
for her to be yours.’
•S 'me one has said that consistency is a jew
el. Do as you advise me—sue for the heart and
h .nd of another.’
Joe did not reply, but oast his eyes down
ward, and seemed to be in deep meditation, in
Wi.ioii Julius joined him. Soon after, however,
the arrival of Oalveda interrupted the novel in-
t< l vievt, and by common consent the evening
was spent in a squirrel hunt.
Tiu*se nuntii.g txeursiuns constituted one of
t'.e favorite amusements of the times, and often
L so d tor many days in succession. Game of
various kinds was plentiful; but, tor many reas
ons the ‘iquirrel hunt' »as most popular, and
o!ten became si exciting as to array one neigh
borhood Hgaiust ant ther m a hunt that should
test, by actual count, which could kill ilie great
est number of these pretty intle animals. When
tne d.cision was rnaae, the victorious party al
ways claimed and rt chived a barbecue at the ex-
pt-nte ot their defeated friends. Tnis was inva-
iiibly followed by a shooting-ma'.ch, in which a
sel&ct number ot marsemen, ch< s n from both
bints. took an active part. Long rifles were iu-
va’isbly used in these contests, tiie shot-gun
ni i Leu g recogniz-d as any ‘gun ut all.’ To a
sop. iticial observer their rifles generally had a
poor appearance, the stock being frequently
trokeu, and sometimes tied to the barrel with a
string; but the skill with which these hunters
ust d them, was simply astonishiag. Indeed, a
true bta ement of their teils wi.h the rifle is sel
dom believed by those who have never witness
ed them.
They considered it a disgrace to break the skin
of a squirrel with a bullet; and if by chance they
they did so, they seldom deigned to pick it up.
Their favorite mode of procuring the game was
to ‘bark 4 it, which consisted in sending the bul
let between the squirrel and the wood, the con
tusion caused by tbo violent breaking of the
bark, always producing instant death.
It was at the “shooting match," however, that
the most astonishing feats were performed with
the rifle. Frequently, there were men present
who, at a distance of fifty paces, would engage
to send a ballet through a Lalf-inch augur-hole
any number of limes without cutting the edges.
Early in the morniDg when his nerves were
steady, and he Lai druDk no ‘w> siky’ during the
previous day, Joe Harper oould perform this
feat a hundred times in quick succession. In
deed, so great and uniform was the skill ot some
that it was impossible for the judges to decide
between the contestants, and on such occasions
a ‘draw game’ was the necessary result.
The‘draw’ was followed by a wild carousal
which, at this day, could not be indulged in
with any degree of safety; but to those hardy
woodsmen, it was only a frolic, and seldom re
sulted in anything serious. True, they some
times fought and quarreled with one another;
but no one dreamed of usiDgany deadly weap
on, and as soon as the contest was over, the van
quished ‘stood treat,’and everybody was friend
ly again.
Julius Latrain, though an excellent hunter,
and exceedingly fond of the sport, was never
present at any of these public gatherings of the
people; but on all possible occasions, he was
a regular attendant upon Ditine worship -
Through the winter foliowing the close of his
school he devoted his time to the study of his
books, and the use of his brush and pencil. In
deed, from the time he came in possestion of
the inestimable gift of the ‘Twelve Brotheis,' he
had spent a part of almost every day and night
in an earnest effort to learn something of land
scape and portrait painting. He found the in
structions which accompanied this gift of mate
rial aid, and in addition to these he had receiv
ed invaluable assistance from Harry Summer
ville who was not only a professional artist him
self, but well calculated to impart instructiou to
others, as has been already seen, the first sight
of Peal’s Court of Death kiDdled a smirk in the
mind of Julius that otherwise might have slum
bered forever in his breast, and having an un
bounded ambition to excel in this beautiful art,
be, thus assisted, found few difficulties in the
way of success.
On the day that Nelly and Ooralie entered
sohool, he conceived the idea of painting three
portraits which he resolved should favorably
compare with some of the productions of the
masters. Day by day he studied the original
with the most devoted attention, and night by-
night he labored with the most determined en
ergy to bring them out on the glowing canvass.
Genius and industry finally triumphed, and
Olura Sundown, Nelly Montgomery, and Cora-
lie Summerville were before him in their natur
al beauty.
Sinoe that time these pictures have been ex
hibited to some of the best living artists, and
pronounced by them worthy of a plaoe among
the best collections of art.
Olura Sundown ! Nelly Montgomery! Oora
lie Summerville! What! place Olura SnDaowm
the ‘Indian girl,’ by the side of ‘dear little Nell,’
and the 'White Angel?’ Yes; place her there!
She is fit to be crowned one of the queens of
beauty anywhere! a synonvmn tor modesty and
virtue as" brave,;when need be, ns thetuorkTi?’’
if.ut of her lace, .Wittox/dineratioa. At 11:10
when eo darry again came in court V
slxy to‘the usual question, answered : ‘Not
fiitlj murder, but guilty of manslaughter.
With refinetelL took charge of the prisoner
she, at this age, accompanied he'r father on a
Western tour, from which they returned a short
time before her introduction to the reader.
While on this long journey they visited the
tribe to whioh they belonged, and which had,
many years before, been removed to the far West,
but in consequence of the friendly relations ex
isting between himself and the whites, Calveda
refused to accompany his people, and he saw
nothing more of them until he made this visit.
None of the tribe had ever before seen Olura,
and she was disowned by her relatives, who ac
cused her father of kidnapping a pale face, and
trving to pass her for an Indian. This deeply
wounded the sensitive heart of the lovely maid
en, and is the beginning of a curious chapter in
her history.
CHAP TER IX.
Reclining upon a grass plot that encircled his
favorite rose-bush, Julius Latrain was on the
verge of dreamland, when a heavy stepattraoted
his attention, and looking up, the giant form of
Joe Harper stood before him. Unable to utter
a word, Julius rose to his feet in perteot aston
ishment; for there was something so terrible in
Joe’s countenance, that his appearance was at
ocoe frightful and alarming. Holding his hat
in one hand and making wild gestures with the
other, he made an effort to speak, but could
not.
•Speak, Joe! What can be the matter with
you? exclaimed Julius with a trembling voice.
Ne—Nel Nelly Mont—Montgomery Is a rav
ing maniac, 4 Btammered Joe.
•Nelly Montgomery a raving maniac? Impos
sible! You are mistaken, Joe. It is yourself.’
•I am serious—was sent on purpose to tell you,
and Willie wishes you to go there immediately.’
As I live, tell me what all this means? Am I
dreaming? or are you mad, Joe? gone crazy?
No! no! Nelly!-So pure and good! so young
and beautiful! so bright! so intelligent! No;
Nelly cannot be a maniac! No, no! it cannot be!
Explain it all to me, or I myself will go man!’
•I have explained ail - all that I know, except
that as I passed there a few minutes ago, all the
family bo-h white and black, were weeping in
heart-broken anguish. Hearing tbe soreams of
the Degroes in tho yard, I stopped at the gate to
inquire the cause. Willie, seeing me, came and
riquested me to tell you that his sister was vary
ill, and for you to go there at once. As I came
at a full run, I met Dr. Remain who informed
me she was a maniac - gone crazy, trien J J alius;
yes, the beautiful creature gone mad! Oh, my
God! my heart will burst! Go at once—1 will go
with you!’ exclaimed Joe, in a wild, vehement
manner.
•What can it mean?—how strange? where am
I? My heart is siokand faint, Joe! 4
Becoming more calm, they nervously directed
their anxious steps towards Montgomery Hall.
Faster a d faster they hurried on until, before
aware of it, they were at a lull run. Scon the
cries of anguish aud despair pierced their al
ready bleeding hearts. BreatbLsily, they en
tered the house, and in the arms ot her brother
Willie, lay the beautiful seffirer. No language
oaa describe that scene ot sorrow- no pen por
tray the torrents of burning, bitter tears which
that sad event called forth, nor can anyone who
did not witness the scene, feel the agony of that
dreadful hour.
Her eyes were fixed in a vacant stare, and a
hoof.o glow oame for a moment upon her cheeks,
and then as quickly fading away, her lice as
sumed a leaden hue, hood, however,to giveaway
to a crimson glow still more feverish than be
fore. The exclamations, ’O, Father, O, Mother,
incoherently exp rased, were the only intelligi
ble words that escaped her lips.
Julius addressed her in the same tender tones
that Bhe had so frequently heard in the school
room; but sh^eeded them not. He repeated
the names of Millie, Harry and Coralie, names
that he knew he so much loved; but she heard
them not. H was so overcome with emotion
that he grew %it and trembling, and was car
ried by a ssrv^t to an adjourning room.
Nolly contined passive until the approach of
night, "when W sufferings became so great that
it required all jf Willie’s strength to prevent
her from leavi] r the room. Thus she suffered
till near midnj tit, at which time she fell into a
quiet slumber iat lasted a little more than two
hours. Whenihe awoke, the family physician
Dr. ltomaine, iyfully discovered slight-indica
tions of return ig reason. Under his skillful
treatment she c ntinued to improve through the
remaining porti in of the night, and the morning
light joined in ith tho hearty congratulations
of the family ai& attending friends over the im
proved conditi® of the loved favorite of all.
About day biik Julius also slept quietly. He
soon, however, jwoke and recognized his father
and mother, M|. Lemon and Dr. Romaine, all
keeping tenderwatch over him.
‘How is Nellj* was his first inquiry.
‘She is much potter,’ replied the Doctor
‘When did sbj begin to recover.
‘About midni|bt. 4
‘Thanks be t< God for the welcome news! Is
it morning or erening, mother? 4
•It is mornin^tenderly replied his mother.
‘We thought it jeot for you and Nelly to remain
undisturbed through the night. Dr. Romain
says you will b»tfc soon be well again.’
Can I see Nely riffs morning, Doctor?
‘I would not, replied Dr. Romain, ‘have her
disturbed for aiy consideration, whatever. Not
only her mind, <but hor life depends upon pres
ent treatment. ’
Of course yoi are right, Doctor. Excuse me
for being so thoughtless. Would it be improp-
per for me to renain here tc-da>?’_
‘Certainly no; Yon can now join your friends
in the sitting room, if yon wish.’
With a noiseless step Julias went to the room
indicated, where he found Mr. Montgomery
alone in the deepest thought.
*1 am very glid to hea that Nelly is improv
ing.’ said Juliui. as Mr. Montgomery arose from
his seat to meethim. t
‘It is indeed a great joy to us all,’ said Mr.
Montgomery;‘but I am almost heart-broken at
this sad ocourjjvj-ie in my hitherto happy fami
ly. We have fallen upon strange times, anu
many curious thiugs happen in this world of
sunshine and storm. The darling child that
has suffered so mnch through the_ last twenty-
four hours, has been a golden sunbeatn to light
my pathway; but jast when 1 thought it begin
ning to shine in meridian splendor, it threatens
to go out in gloom, and leave myself and family
in midnight darkness. I do not believe that
her mother can survive the terrible shock—her
heart is bleeding at every pore. May the God
of infinite mercy, have compassion upon ns, and
restore this more than lovely flower to the gar
den of life in all its native beauty and puriry.
Without it, all wili be dreary and desolate, a very
wilderness of pain and sorrow. With it, all will
again be sunshine and gladness.’
My heart bleeds with hers, and my sorrow
mingles with yours,’ said Julius, as his eyo:-
Ailed with tears. ‘Though not bound to me by
kindred ties, she is my true friend, and the
daughter and sister of those for whom I have an
affection for which the term friendship is but a
poor expression. She was once my pupil, and
as such her honor was so pure, her deportment
so commendable, her manners so gentle, and
her mind so bright, that tbe band of nature nas
written her name and memory upon my heart,
and,tj« foi fsfciBy side with the name and mam-
reached the siaiw ,tfu.jihe vill lCPtnairv iKunis. jhx-
foot .of tbeiq. I '
’yu-— - T.SSp'the old: woman, «s —e
recovered from Bier surprise at seeing Nelly free.
‘You young villain, you have been into my room !
I will hay? vnaiiid*ea lrtojwv^ieuonvetffl'yd’u and
lily sou, in connection with other considerations
which time will develop, justifies me in bain
familiar and a little plain with you, without
making an apology myself. In addition to what
you have just mentioned ’as thd cause of your
friendship for Nelly, I wish to call your attea
tion to the remarkable resemblance between you
and hor, there being but little if any dif
ference in your features. Your movements and
the manner in which you carry yourselves are
just the same, ani even your eyes, except iu
color are just alike. Yourvoioes too, have the
same musical tone, and in your habits, tastes,
and dispositions there is no difference that
have 6ver been able to discover. Bat most re
markable of all, is the faculty with whioh you
both learn to speak a foreign language that is,
by no meaus, easily mastered by th-i English
tongue. Yet. comparatively speaking, in a short
time you have both learned to speak it not only
fluently, but even elegantly. Now all this is
very strange, and the wondering theme of all
ycur friends.’
‘1 ieel, 4 said JuKus in a sad tone, ‘the force of
what you say. I k;ow this singular resembumoe
has much to do win the feelings I have for Nel
ly; but I doubted .he propriety of saying more
while summing uj the causes that so closely
unite, as far as I 'fere go, my heart to hers.’
‘Your reference,' replied Mr. Montgomery, ‘to
thesa things wouR not have been considered
out of place. The - are not new to mo. Years
ago, when Wiilie first uaw you watching the
yellow butie.'flies, he oame home and told bis
little sister that hthad saen a boy so much like
her, that if dress* in the sime s f yle ; he could
not tell one frointhe other. For his sister’s
sake, he has lovedyou with the most endearing
affection, from titt hour. His mother and 1
have learned to lob you also, and this close re
semblance to our aughter makes us feel like
you were one of te family—our owu child, if
you please. For lis, and perhaps other rea
sons, 1 wish to pike you in possession of a se
cret that has long oen locked up in the breasts
of a very few indiMnals, aud whioh I think it
best for you to kn®.’
Hare the sorrow tricken father wined a tear
from bis eye, and.s if ovarcocce by some over
powering etuononjje rested his head upon tbe
d grasping a side-round of
er, he shivered like an an-
more willingly confide a secret, especially the
one that I have, in this running conversation,
been trying to prepare myself to tell you. I his,
however, is not the proper place for the revela
tions which I propose to disclose; but ii Nelly
does not require my presence two hours henoe.
meet me in the library room at that time, and I
will tell you all I know about the mystery that
has so suddenly darkened my once happy home;
for I am not in possession of all the secret ii*y-
self; but the knowledge I have of it will enable
von to understand the cause of Nelly s presen
condition, a matter in whioh I see you are
deeply interested. Did I possess tbe universe,
I would give it all to blot from my darling Nelly s
mind the events of a single hour ! But Gad is
good, and he will in no wise cost off those who
put their trust in him.’
(To be continued.)
OLD GAMMON’S MONEY.
BY GAGE HEMPSXE.U).
The face, wrinkled by age, bore marks, as all
faces do, of the life thoughts of the man. Avar
ice had written many a hard line upon it, self
ishness had followed in her train, whim here
and there were the forbidding prints of cruelty.
Still the brow was broad, and the Urigiit eyes
bespoke a ready mind. Now and then stray
gleams would brightsn up the features, and sor
rowful suggestions of ‘what might have been
would arise. Tna hands, hardened and brown,
were yot deemed fit for a ring of purest gold.
But it wa* certainly no ornament now, tor ridges
of flash had made an embankment around
it, and it was only by some little trouble that ihe
bit of gold oould be seen burrowed deep down
into tbe flesh. ‘Bat thereby hangs our tale.’
One day in the long ago, when life was ell
springtime young Gammon found himself puz-
zlsd over his future possibilities. Hs was poor,
obscure and nulearn-M. Nature had endowed
him royally, and his quick wit, deft, ingenious
hands had already made an easy living for him.
An evil day oame when he was possessed with
the greed of gain. He made his vow aud sealed
it before witnesses by plaoiug the ring upon his
finger, to be removed only when the world knew
him aB a rich man.
At this juncture Gammon was kindly to his
race, tender to his young wife—
He turned soul and body to his darling pur
pose, and gradually all his sentimen s, princi
ples and emotions were merged into the absorb
ing channel. From being a considerate, kind
master, he beoame unfeeling, even unmerciful
to the slaves »-Uose toil did not suffice to in
crease his treasures fast enough. Tnere was
even the shadow of a change toward his young
wife- and she w*s grieved by trat tautaliz ng
trait in a husband—parsimony. This, however,
was not to last long, for tue wife was soon borne
to the grave leaving a little baby-girl to the ten
der mercies of its father. Here again was an ep-
coh in Gammon’s life. His heart yearned with
almost fierce affection lor Lis little motherless
one. Would this devotion drive the other away ?
It Beemed possible for a time, but the other ul-
r^aiy had sway m bis heart, and r>y those con
tradictory facts in lif , Gammon linked the pure,
holy love for his child, with his love for money
and so muds them travel together. How his
eyes glittered a3 they contemplated the giorioa,
earthly comforts tuat gold would bring his
ohild ! The golden sey would open hails far
her that had been closed on him. Like tne fine
ladies who had given lum vrork in Las time, saa
should be robed in soil, shimmering silk, aod
speak in swret,siivery tones. Ah 1 the winsome
kM. » t.. . J r;..:j,aion, who in his rpfvent^ had
what fewould lAa^ — — :nn, arlifkipping for-
s rV •*. but 1 sot some m,p lne8S . TLeoa Thoughts
1 . .o , .U3U the abundant energy of his strong
| musferiul nature. On, on he plod.ltd, gradual
ly growing dtad to the cries of the poor upon
whom he trauipo d iu his march to the coveted
goat. He was honest as the world goes. Wnat
it he did have victims? It was but the necessi
ty of those who must earn riches !
When tbe little girl was ten years old be had
accomplished his vow—but the nug? - that was
securely locked iu, a prisoner for life, on his
finger. Typical omen !— the heart—the spirit,
grander realms than any gold could bring him,
were barricaded also by a fatal growth of sordid,
avaricious sentiments*
In the education ot his child Gammon sought
the advice ot those ladies of whom he was re
solved sa-s should be a counterpart. Teachers
who could train her in the arts and sciences, who
CGdid develop graea of manners and speech,
were employed from her earliest years. Tue
ynilow gcid was used faeely and without stint
wherever the siigbiest real or imaginary need ex
isted for this girl. Giiinaion oonld dery him
self even to niggardliness, only his ohild oould
unloose his purse strings. And she the bow
of promise, that might jet entice her father into
hi^amr ambitions for himeelf—the fair A ,na-
beiie, what wa* all this devotion to h*r? Barn
amongst the lowly ehe might have been tbe wife
oi some farmer, with enougn knowledge to keep
her home in pr-«oe and order, to enjoy life as
aim found it among her friends and kindred,
even more, to become one of those meek, pure
characteis that we all kuow and love, and which
we are very certain are nevar limited to any one
but all spheres of life
oome to an even measure with the calm intel
lectual girl who held the scales. Anxious to see
his daughter well married, Gimmon was restless
in Deholding the departure of so many he con
sidered snitbale offers. He knew not that by
giving his daughter knowlege he bad given her
such discernment that she saw r.ot as he did,
end measured men’s motives where he bestowed
blind faith.
The years passed only to Tender Annabelle
m re lonely in her singularly isolated position.
Of all the throngs of snitors. of the aristocratic
ladies who condescended to patronize her, of her
numerous relatives, she Dad not a friend.
There were good, warm hearted people
in her fathers sphere cf life, but he carefully
kept them from all social oontact with hi3
daughter. He sought associates for her among
the rich and great-, and eagerly accepted the
slightest notice for his ohild.
Among the refined and high-born gentlemen
who drank her father’s wines and chatted «ith
his daughter, there was one who (faff r*d from
the othors. He bestowed no obsequious atten
tion upon the heiress, but treated her with a
certain courteous neglect. This at once a* traded
her quick eye, and she prized tbe deoc.t-! in-
diffarvnee more than she had ever don- ail the
flattenug devotion of others. A bashful re 1 .ac-
tanco, a modest deference marked bisocc-isiooid
words to her. Here, at last, was one wh-.; created
her as a mere woman, cultured, refined, and not
the bauble to be won for its glitter. By and by
tiiese two found a real pleasure in their parlor
obats and talks over the dinner table. Friend
ship beoame a fact and close at its heel* was
'offering a still Ligher emotion.
Annabjlle found hersalf in time, considering
palm of one nand.J
his chair with fh;
tumn leaf. Togetlr tna strong man and ten
der, yet firiu-hec
A lohg and impre
coming a little c
break it by sio-ini
‘I fael my sell n
ally cn this paiti-
knowledge that w
mo anxious to he;
neetioii with it.
and by a knowled
boy, wept lika children,
re siloace prevailed; but ye-
Iposed, Jaiius ventured to
rthy to .‘ peak first, espaci-
r occasion; bat I must ac-
you huva told tue mokes
ii you have lo say iu ooa-
ou have a secret to reveal,
f it I can be of any service
to you, rest assurelbat no power on earth can
induce me to betrs^he confidence reposed, not
even death itself - ’
‘Aye, aye—I knoll I that, ‘ replied Mr. Mont
gomery, still chokiwita emotion. ‘I know, 4
he with suae difaity continued, ‘that yoa
would willingly set me if you could—thut you
are incapable of bLyiug confidence. But I
do not propose to ^you my secret in order to
procure yonr servi* uor do I h-oirate because
I think you wouldjveal t t. Oa ! no; I h-isi-
tate because of the trial trial upon my hith
erto unclouded dai-boouuse there is mors in
the scenes around]: than yon imagine, or I
may be mistaken. L\m may sometime know
why this is so.’
‘1 am,’ replied |lins
pared to hear you
thoughtfully, 'pre-
out asking questions.
‘I can say, witholkatiery, that i kuow of no
one who is more ill
nor da I know of 1
to do so than youtsell;
one to whom I would
^ This simple happy exutenoe w*s not to be for
Gammon s daugutor, for have vre not seen that
in las love for riches he was resolved to plaoe
her altogether with fortune’s favored ones ?
Shb was sent iu jdue time to an aristocratic
ooiiege wnere the daughter’s of patricians were
to stand aside for the plebian.s gilted child.
From this retreat of cultured scholars she re
turned home after a fa w years to her father, with
the gold medal around her neck, and what is
not alway s its accompaniment, a beaming intel
ligence in her lace There was a contrast from
the refinements of her oollege home, to the
abode her beloved father considered very hand
some—Loving her parent none the less she yet
saw, as sue never had before, that he was coarse
in man tiers, speech and sentiments- only one
fine golden vein ran through his nature and
that was his love for hi* dauthar. Moat spirits
would have rebelled against a change so violent,
but Anuabolte was a philosopher by nature and
forced ner heart into the path she deemed right.
So steadfastly did she compel herself to respeot
and reverence the father she loved that a very
p.'iuce oould Dot have demanded more delioate,
tunder thoughtfulness. Truly Gammon was
beside bimsoif with gratification ! To his eyes
the pleasant face was most beautiful, and for
bade the thought of comparison with ihe ladies
he hail desired her to resemble for he felt none
could bear tho palm with his girl. He ohuokled
with delight whin the sons of men who hud
looked down upon him, sought his daughter in
marriage only to le .ve her disoomfltted. But
just here Gammon s money began to himgapun
bis onitd us weights of useless iron. Her fine
native sense and education, opened her eyes
where e s i she might have been blind. The
airoit, flaitaring words, the studied homage,
cams not lroui lovers but fortune hunters.
Feeling her need and dees of a manly respect,
she yet saw that all her virtu**, let them be
what they might, never once elicited that bles
sed esteem she had experienced as a school girl
from men who knew uotof her wealth, but her
cuaracier. Sue was young, and thi* experience
repeated for years, was destined to warp a ipind
and spirit bo ready to tinst, to esteem, and to
love. Tueae high born fortune hunters, with
their ignorance and hypoorisj, oonld never
her friend’s high Tank in an exclusive circle
his haughty relatives, who mare than others,
had disdained tho society ol Gammon’s daugh
ter. All her strong sslf-respi.et arose agaiust
this growing friendship, and tortured her into
a contradictory course of conduct. From stea dy
kindness she became cool at one time, affable
at another. This had the f fleet of opening the
eyes ot both—they were lovers. Gold and
pride ! how they bounded up and down in the
scales and never oo.ning to a ballanca. Haw
they bewildered the clear intelligence of the one
and robbed the other of his Doble mc-nhoocS a
royalty. Hedged in by tho teach-ngs ot genera
tions of haughty ancestors, even iove con'd not
nnbar his prejudices. And she, the nobler of
th* two, firmly ri solved never to enter where
her intrinsic worth would be forgotten in the
fao * of the now aged father *he lcved. Yet the
love! Laughing at bariiers of all kinds it lived
and thrived. Its tortured sarj-iets wsie ye.rj
s‘*V93, struggling helplessly, hopelessly against
a passion that seemed to thrive lrom the very e -
forts made for its destruction. Annabslle had
found at lant a heart s e could not doubt, bai
lonnd it only to awak6 to hard relentless facts
which bade her destroy the love that oame to Lor
heart as pure, cold waters in a dessrt track.
She went to her task with all the patience, re
solve and philosophy of a well-trained mind aud
heart. Tho brightest and b-st have failed in
too task thi* girl undertook — and she failed. Toe
love lived against ail her stern commands, then
she faded, drooped and was laid upon her b«d
an invalid. The mind withstood the struggle
bat the poor bodv broke down, withered bffa're
the blast until G;immon could bear his hi]d
from room to room s.s easily as when she prattled
on his knees a lit tie girl.
WeekB, months, oven years passed, but still
Annabelle lived, a pitiful oi j'ot that seemed to
defy diiath but not bar hopeless love The phys
icians, as doctors will, gave gome high-sounding
name to h&Z sickness, but there were a few who
more tbau half guessed the doctors’ phy&ic never
touched tbs source of her distress.
J _ . -» i. , v i •» n * «*u
* . pri .7.d w.iicli itself tliG holy of
never onoe did he dream of a union with Gam
mon's daughter. When he found him-telf bur
dened with love for her be examined his f'lmi’v
tree, took his aristocratic hounds and gun, and
in a fortnight had shot it all away at unaristo-
cratio buds and deer.
Ammbollr- lived, if that could he called life
wiiioa me'-. death to all of earth’s hopes. Tbe
sweat?, ha... X'en x'ractad from her fair blossom
ot proaiiee, and the poor girl weDt groping
amidst her heart-ruins Irving to build again
from her shattered wreck something tangible,
something for a new life, whioh must be as a
scentless garden, asilent home, yet necessary to
existence.
To lives thus broken there comes, when they
accept it, a rest so pure, so high and holy that
sorrow, however great, appears a paltry price to
pay for the gracious boon Annabelle, howaver,
did not look beyond time, but trne to her fath
ers ca'cnlatitig blood she chose, Dot » ring of
gold to seal her vow. but a creature of clay. Stm
did not love him No ■ love was deitd, and love
had made h*r a slave, a living mockery of life.
Bat the man did net love her—the bargain was
fair. She gave him wealth—a bauble. "Ee gave
her a name—a bauble also. So throughout
they were equal.
The seqnal wrung Gammon * heart until it
seemed that great burning rings ware eating to
the '*ore. He saw his ohild despised, cursed,
beaten, until worse than broken-hearted she
panted for the death onoe so narrowly escaped.
Then, indeed, war, all his gold, all his life-toil,
his cruelty to others in the mad battle for money’
as a hideous nigutmare hanging forever over
his sonl. He could command his thousands,
but he knew millions of money oould never
bring tho light to those saddened *yeB, or 8fnd
one pure throb of joy to the poor broken bean.
With this sad pidure before him, Gammon
died. His daughter wept as only tbe lonely
oan weep when consigning tbo last earthly
treasure to the grave, then she turned a stony
face to the place called home, where bar hat
band was busy counting Gammon’s gold.
The Arabs seldom employ medicine for the
Plague; but, though predesrinarians, the com
mon belief in Europe is erroneous that sup
poses they use no precautionary measured.
Burokhardt states that many of the townsmen
fled from Medina to tbs desert; alleging as an
excuse that although the dis*tnapsr was a mes-
sunger from heaven, sent to call theun to % better
world, yet, being conscious of their unworthi-
ness, and that they did not merit this special
mark of grace, they thought it more advisable
to decline it for the present and make theff es-
oap* from the town The Sembawees have a
superstitions custom of leading a sbs-camel
through the town covered with feathers, balls,
and all sort* of ornaments; after whioh it ia
slaughtered, and the flash thrown to the dog?.
By this process they hope to get rid of tbs
maladay at onoe, as they imagine that it bun
been concentrated in the body of the devoted
animal.
The old watch-dog ‘Fidelity,’ the only living
being that passed through the great Chioso-o fire
alive, recently died of old age. The faithful
fallow w a* at his post in the Fidelity S .fe Depos-
ltoiy that tnrible night, and was afterward s-:fe-
iy lescued from the unoccupied vault iu the
basement where he took refuge.
A singular prt jsot is on foot at Paris. M Ca
mille F.ammauon, h»»ving publisi ed a number
of artioles lo prove that tbe c-oon is not s-i; me
of inhabitants, has beeu led to the idea of con
structing a refracting telescope which will bo
powerful enough to see them. Hs is now busy
orgauizing a committee to collect tbe necessary
funds. J
1'id tho foundation of
a coff ee paiaoe at Bandigate, England, his birth
plaoe.