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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
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cunning
»lh ; slab lalior in *.*!•• dark .
t. be deal to misery’s prayers;
i.V .sow your tell power ecus* tli tvitli thett e’ie
•'s-s* brcnketh tmawarts!
’..'.it, hold
ffiti! the
•; ant;
•>irearnc.-i natch! The mom j
ilace of
Slid have
I>«t bar'*, 1 ' war
TE* rnfiiaij held
ski I ply tin'
•+on shall ti
er in the cause of truth
with thine Ithoriel sis-ti
airy oar. oh tempest-tost!
daw n appear.
tiutil theffasrii." perchance e’en then the trv
Ty»? fitted from the Poet Prophet’s eye,
/tad with a vision almost “face to faee"
lie saw i! "leamiug up the eastern sky
."be glad fruition of his life’s Jonty hope,
tad a as content to dio.
ttutil the dawn," oh, when along the hills
Triumphal sp ender breaks in glorious lire.
How aha ! sirone hearts who lmvo kept, the '
.cap in the rapture of fntfiiled desire!
jknd like the morningstars a penn sing,
t»lad dawn shall inspire.
j was sobbing away the bitter tears’, wt.tt
! head against the candle-stand. ^
I ‘*I)o«’t fret tils>ut it, Miss Metn.” sunl
i gar who was in truth glad to see !i*-r teat s,
, "don’t fret. WY're all grievin’ with yon, l"t
i you’re Missis’s own sell', end we nil want you
! to stand it the liest, you can. Ah. Lord:
I This congeniality of sentiment from her
■ serving maid touched Mela and soothed. het
■ bruised feelings. It was more aeeeptabus to
| her heart l<v tar than Bertha's indifference.
! "I don’t "like her. Miss Meta, and ! .ear 1
I never will. She's got no feelin’s. She wnsn t
i here but two or three days when she took
that blessed angel of a Missis’s picture trout
the parlor m intelp ece, and put
| it them careering horses what si
I lieen in a stable.’’
•What did father say to that, 11 ng.tr :
“Ah, Is.rd! 1’iK.r mail, lie was hurt to the
quirk, I see that, but he said nothin’; he just
walked the avenue with his hern 1 down, and
looked like lie never wanted to see this house
again. Then when he did come he took he,
picture what was iyin down by the parlor
d.K.r, and look like lie would fairlv bury hi -
eyes a lookin’at it. Then he called me and
we brought it here, I iecau.se he said it was
goin’to lie your room. La! them Unit have
the heart to touch your .load ** ith such hands
ain’t human. Miss Meta.” Hagar whisjx-reil
the last sentence. ".She was all honey and
I sugar afore she got muster, but 1 know’d
j there was ti heap of spitefulness lieliind them
l eves of her’n. You ****c. Miss Mela, she eould
i make her tongue say a sight of things if she
i wanted to, and she eould liuike her hands do
every kind of nine, pretty work, uml all of
! this to..k i*i niasteifai d Miss Ttertha Jshe was
" What e'se do they
“When she’s mad s
11 you herid.
• says: "Y
j Dow niug, you!”
Meta eould but smile as 1
• s Katie? ! to know his condition for he is unite worn somewhat coldly, she replied:
run hate front the trip already ’’ please, sir: it is the pleasure of
'in... . : ... i 1 * ... .. , , i 1 . ’»
the child clinched 1
l her list and Hared her large eyes, rendering 1
t herself a tragic picture ;u the moonlight, Fi-
{ liallv tin' little prisoner consented to spend i
; the night in Meta’s warm bed. "You are so •
1 cold, uiy p.ior little Katie, let me put these ;
I nice warm tdankets around you. There now, *
I go to sloop.” ' I
| “<), you are so good, and you talk like
: nutiua. She used to fix me in blankets just j
| “Very well; now kiss me good night before [
you go to sleep,” said Meta, feeling a sudden
! tenderness to the little stranger.
| Very s.sai Meta knew by her lew breath
| ing that the child was asleep. Moving across
i the room she lit the wax-caudle, and walking
’softly to 1 iio bed held t'e light so that she
j eould see the child's faee perfectly, for she
1 felt a strong curiosity to discern the features
I of her visi or. The features were regular
J and wall-formed, though pinched, from a
j long fast. Meta, thought.. The long, black
| eye-lashes swept like fringes of silk upon the
milky, u hi to complex! n. Moth gazed long
i esl over the delicately--pencilled brow, and
the pale Insiutiful lips, which needed.
.1: “Do as you
if the household
the buggy was brought to the place when' j to humor you to any whim,
the otlicer lay. Hts comrade lifted him in ; “That is not the answer that first came to
his arms as easily as if he had been a child y<>«, Missi Glenn, you were going to level me
aiifl him in ms comfortable a position [down witfi diot and sh»*ll. ^ f>11 ^
as possible hoido Meta. I thought was mercy to a prisoner." Meta
“Drive slowly, iny daughter: Major Clay ’laughed,
more cannot bear any jolts or roughness.” , “Now, since you say I am to lie humored,
" This is indeed a promotion that colot's I let me iioish want 1 liegun. 1 saw a tableau,
unexpectedly— having a yxnuig lady to drive-” the first evening I entered the parlor.” Here
Meta, who ha,l rather flinched from this j ho jKUC,st mid look *d at M"ta, with one ol his
doty felt, embarrassed at the remark. With | singular, searching glauoes. “The new
the sensitiveness of one iust ushered into the inttnia. gitve me a seat, which 1 left for one [
world of society she began to consider if her j espied in the liny window. There, amid riie
|*osit.ion was not rather masculine. Site ’ fuchias. heliotrope, ;vy and tangled ainilux.
thought too, there was a tinge of irony in the ! I was thought to lie oecupie 1. in u little
rich, melodious voice, which brought tomind I while the new mania returned, !*• uling that
the Desmond music and otter of the perfect
things she had known in her delightful col
lege days.
“That lawn with its livo-<-uks and tlieir
drapery of moss is very beautiful.”
“Yes. there is a charm aboutittome which
I think due in part to the fact of its living a
portion of mv home.”
He answereil Meta by comparing her ap
preciation of the scene with lus own. “Tnen
in tli,
nenrthly little Kate Downing by the hmi.L
Whitt was more artistic than her velvet dress
and rildsms, and lories t Art failed even her
cunning skill when i’ came to those eyes,
which stare I and talked. miking -uch revela
tiiins. Kven the tips had a tale Pi tell, fxrint.
dt (/.< they were, by Jove I l looked two
m mites, iviieii I saw thot rhiU 1 itvr.s if pri.s
nci-r. 1 h ive seen the ejfect of prison fife a
ihonsmd times on the countenance, and I I
English preacher’s idea
ire liid’s li-iiitiful thoughts
it no', pleasant
was furnished after an antiquit
Every t.liing tint iv.is nis-wiry
j eo ;dortable or attractive had boon place (
j there by the pra'les-ssni-s of the presen; oe
j cupauts. Th“ last Mrs. f’lyde wiien sheen
tens! it. a firtdc, thirty years bjfore, de-lar
ed there was no u *e i • ! a t litiou fro n garret
: to cellar. It was a rem irkahle feminine
| phenomenon, that not o ice had she a 1 tel t >
; the slock of rn ih >gany or silver, and rarely
to the delicate chin i ware. Diving a se -.In I
ed life, there wore yet certain t on dues of
1 work Mrs. Clyde want through regularly.
‘ The house was renovated weekly, the tl nirs
cleaned not a nook or a corner forgotten,
, the quaint, highly e irved furniture, polished
j into pristine brighfaess, an 1 the old fashion
j ed vases wen* tilled with th • oldyet ever new
| iMvauties, culhvl from th • tl ov r-garden,
j The silver eups and pitciiers, simioiis an i
lii’dle.s, though tirighf went through an extra
i nibbing. The gat'd n ilnally cams in for it-.
! fud attention, an l smiled afresh un i »r skiil
i fill care.
“Cleanliness is next to Uolliness.” was a
i ii'* i' * i'" i' 11 * i " ’* ’ I j‘ as - and the stormy life of a soldier. We saw the
Die liesh, Homing crimson tide to .'hap- them ! world mainly through put-holts, and looked
; into exquisite form . I at it only to see if friends or foes were ues
OH,
SOUTHERN PLANTATION LIFE.
A Tr«f and .ibwirbing hlory »|
Nouthrin life and Moatil
er n I'xpei’leners.
&e<MS I.’vd oil Me Aivnnnah Hirer, in
*tui ehmlh Carolina
HV «Mii; HF.WPNTKAl*.
(i-ror-
■ ■ mm m* m j that thaokfol for he!;i this n’way uml that
M L I II • I a'vvav. Well, whntever she done with that
ill L I §1 j >we»‘t tonguenu 1 them nimble liands.sliedone,
| but ’twau’t ev’rv time she could wrap up
tliem eyes, an’ they HXH'trf look out an’tell
what, was laihind them. I sisi it—lu! didn't
I want to tell master how she slipped about
and piepsl into tilings w hen she thought 111.'
white folks wa’nt near 1 Ilut never mind,
Miss Meta, you’ll have your jews yet, mv
litde Missis. Don't cry any more, but take
heart an’ ’twill come right some time.”
j Hagar, after this lailm to the wounds she
j hail made, depirteil from the quarter, where
an indignation meeting was held in her
house, composed of a liuinla-r of okl crones
who applauded Meta’s tears as marks of the
same bitterness they eiwoiu-aged theiusvlv.-s
towards the new mistress.
In the meantime Metaconijiosi-U hens If for
sleep. Overcome by mental ami physical
fatigue she was soon in a deep slundier. She
must have been asleep some hours when she
awoke by some s> und in her room. The
moonlight brought every object distinctly to
view, and thinking it was only a dream she
turned to seek sleep again. Again the sound
was unmistakeable; siie was sure she heard a
door close—the door that op nisl into the
narrow passageway that led to the room
where Hogar fell her childish fancy with
stories of hobgoblins. She raised herself ami
listeiusi, for now she heard light footsb-ps.
In another moment, t' anstlxixl with horror,
she g.-ized up>n a^-bild in king, white How
ing robes, emerging from this door, and with
raised Hnger and greut staling eyes, making
rapid strides up to the D-d.
‘Hush! hash!" cruxl the strange visitant,
with the hand uplifted us a warning of si
lence.
•What do you want with me, ehikl C a'-keil
Meta, really alamnxi, for she km-w not how
to account for the appsiranee of this strange,
unheard of little creature.
“l’lease don't sp-ak. aim will hear if Vi'U
do, and oh! she would whip me so.”
“Who w< uld whip you . who is she, ”
. , .. . , , . - i “Miss Margaret June— the one come to he
never vzere before. Mamma is helping me ’ "
I Extinguishing the light and throwing, hi , TllLs w . euu wi , Uollt any
|" n ,l wr ; l l , ' ,e \’ M, t l s,it tlie wni'l-’', j s Uj - h ass.s'iations, and really eliarms me as
Ik.s.ping her strange vigil n.id thmsiiig. I1()lh f the kill)1 ^ ( l id J before . l ha ve
j s! ‘‘; tli.mgl.tof me woman ulm did this deixl in lll1ver .,i t y, so to speak, and this Lshke
| and her heart aio^o in herte wratli against coming uitu the pleasures of wealth.”
! *")■}' !l ,T '’ V ; 11 smi ‘ h ':V s “'“Ugh! of tier vlvi .isiC, his, then, been of this adv.m-
tat'ier, and wondered it he knew ot this v( , u —you enjoy keenly what would
would he not hurl the wicked woman from
his home and heart! For an hour she sateen
sullied in these wild, dis raided thoughts.
After a time, a calmer spirit came over her:
she j Hindered carefully what she had seen and
heard, and det-erininixl to await still further
revelations before --he came to any hasty de
cisions. Hir,'-
ruse for suer
undergo, ng
COIH'lu.led o-
w ns \\ rone I
lure
CHAPTER XXII.
It was night when Meta reached home.
'J’he pleasant antieipations, that had compen-
satied in so large a measure for leaving the
happy college were gone, and as all things
had so altered, she touched the threshold
with the feeling of a stranger, uncertain of
■welcome from within.
Colonel (rlenn mot her in the darkness, and
folded her in his arms. He was glad the
shadows kept h-T from seeing his remorse
ful, haggard face. Bertha flew out from the
-whir with a chandelier in her hand. Kiss
».ng her sister warmly she said, “come now
Meta lot n- go 6o Mamina, who is waiting in
the parlor.”
Meta followed her sister, and received the
fcias Mrs. Glenn imprint**! on her lips. A
few words w-re exchanged, then Meta was
•onducted upstairs by the quiet, satisfied
ii -rtha
“My room is s.i ctowiUhI with mv wedding
things sister, that 1 asked Mamma to let this
room Mr. Sprague used when here, lie arrang
ed for you. I w ant you with me at night, but 1
know you wtsild get yourclotbes in confusion
if we occupied the same room entirely. My
-"lU'd'rHH' mid imioau are eonfasisl as th.
apparent ex
child was
ration, she
- ; ‘mother
feelings
r a time
s ascom-
• ;. irl was
darkness
light of
•r, who
words
ti.get things finished, and thiui I feur I will
i. t la* [H'rf*s-tiy nvuly in tune.”
r’-eitha was to !»_• married in two months,
ti/ si have for her huslxmd’s home in Haiti-
1 :or*. The usually- quiet girl was so a)>sizrb-
t*i in this ail important event that she gave
jft-v thought to M<da, than she would have
.1 ii. under ordinary circumstances. From
>un« cause her father’s marriage ha.J
t iit-tie giri> in, and to kix'p them j j (lcl tan 1 , to merit this terrible punishment.”
He obi bw-goblins would carry j Thinking this Meta ask'sl again in u whisper:
b ■ 'iglit s.--.,.-'eiy a ruilte over her spirit,
-is-truth was. Airs. Glenn as Miss Stewart,
’ .a ' made herself a groat convenience to the
: - —: -ties! Hertha, who was too well satisfied
h what she saw, from out war 1 conduct.
to fie diving into hidden designs, or to be
da ring h<-r t rain with events from which
w oe hi ?• -Mfonaily be s:»s ure■ in it*i Haiti
i- re home."
Yes, sister, -aid Meta. 1 do not object to
. arrangement, for to-night, at least, as I
.'i tc.rxl every way and want rest—rest."
'You will have it here, unliss, your child
Urns return and you go to fancying
' h-.d—geblius dwdl in the little back
.-. :,i that tliis do/T losals to.”
'.•! i have forgotten all of that. It was
. i-xl Von know by one of Hagai’s inv-u
- n-. The room at the cud of the gable,
th its single dra'mer window, used to ap
• car so lonely to me. and l used to imagine so
r.-.h.'b. about if. Uiat Hagar told mi
.a i- to jiut list'
h r* until
' - m 'ver the river. I used t*> lie very much
hir.iid-*f it, but I shall not think of those j
h.:;gs tonight." !
Meta laid aside her hat and gloves, then
‘.nrunging her heir MI’Sl changing her 'ir.-s, I
. - ndeti with Hertha to the parlor.
Fee parlor had been altered simxi Meta j
xvi it hist. Horne of the lino old lashioiesi !
r:/inv-uts were removed, end others o! a j
»v sty]*., but not so chaste or bixiutiful oe- I
. p.st tlieir places. On the mantel-piece j
• -s a large oil painting of a herd of wild ,
horsris, which was encased in nn elaborate j
‘rutile. Meta remembered that a Ix-autifuJ i
! lure of her mother, taken some ten years j
» f v, had flLled tfiis place. Why was it re
:n->vedt Did they not cherish the dear face
ifiv more now that it was hidden fixvm earth
ly ge/er
" C'.'nvi-.rsation languished after the few
-c/e-tions concerning the eommeucemeat
••■■•Tv answeri'd nod ail felt relieved when a
-« -cant announced supper, and Mrs. Glean
j- sv and taking her place taisbie the Colonel
i ut ru-tling iu stiff Irroeade to the supper
’ ’.eta follow
I your mother.”
"Where did you come from, child f”
"She has me shut up in that little room
tliat’s off yonder all to iteoif.”
“Child,’ child! what dix-s this mean ' what
kind of a woman is she, and what crime did
you iximmit that you are punished so C
Meta's voice grew husky iu the intensity of
the various emotions that crowded iq-on her.
Hist! oh! she will hixir you it you don't
i’nssibly n-i *
-.Jute* tumui*.. .
-hewuseti a now indulging. \f
tne hours dragged slowly, but tie r*
peusation in t he sweet sleep the lit i
enjoying. Filially. Meta saw the
flying away before the soft, gray
morning. Hhe gently woke the sire)
inblied h> r eyes and munnured soni'
aloud —
"Hush! hush! dear child; you wi'J be heard.
Come, it is time to go.”
ijiiickly comprehending her meaning, Ka
tie juuijssl lightly from her bed, and was
si a hi at the doi'r. “Stop, let me turn the hey
for you,” said Meta.
Cuiehing her lienefactor around the neck i
she hastily kissed her, and said: “May I conic j
ugiun to-night for somethin', please C
“Yes; I will have something for you."
Meta bold the door 0|h'U until she saw the I
litth* figure slide across the pnaxage. and then |
by the shell enter the room which hail l»-en j
her own childish horror.
CHAPTER XXIII.
The snn was shining brightly w hen Hagar
entered the room and in form* d Meta that
Colonel Glenn wanted her to take a horse
back ride with hi.u before breakfast. To
Meta this request brought bai k the old happy
home time. It was the first really pleasant
event since her arrival home.
“Her*' is your habit in this wardroln.'. I
was careful to keep it aired all summer, for
I knowed it wouki be the first thing you’ll
want after you come home.” Hagar brought
out the dark gnen broadck'tti riding habit,
and jindsted Meta to put It on. She then took
tort f have lieen used to men so king * know i;. Tnen, <-hen j-ou enb'redand found [ maxim the widow followed religion ,Jy, an 1
I her sitting there on ihe divan, how you two , if she erred it was on virtues side.
I regaltsi me afresh with your eyes. Tie- little The prayer of Hab ikiik had Ikwh gninf/->l
Ion* was vibrating between b-ar an i j"V. ] the < 1 vd«s from sire to sou. While the snug
j You! [ could only learn surprise in your farm yielded a neat bioome, it wa« found to
! flux 1 , ttiough viirioas other ein -tioixs were ap ! R* simply that e > nfortable silfti Me-icy wmi’ll
I parent. This much 1 saw, you hu’ met !«• ! ma-ib«rs and slav-s were s-i capable of con
i’ fore, though you went up demurely when ’ suming. The <Hy.l-< were of that class so
| your mama made the child known to you as I numerous in the South, figure tne great civil
■ her protege—fvtte Downing. M unit, step { war, who folkiwtsl the* scrij* urelitrirally anil
! daughter, aud protege! Caught in one snare, i laid H"t up their traasare-,. By close < r mo
■ how miuu i, with her terrible /ii-w/s will mv, Mrs. Clyde had indulge<l Angie in the
draw vou in!’’ | luxury of a good education. “Cultivation is
"Are you n debx-tive, Major CHnymore ; t every thing to t!ie plant, anil the mini wastes
| One would suppose vou were employed on 1 into iinb**v:lity without it. tht'refore l ciuinof
some such force, and'"that habit e itj.sos you to afford to see my ciild wither in neglect,
j disregard some of the proprieties, even as n j when I daily seu the value of skdlful inentil
; private citiz-*n in a private house,” Her ' culture. This serdeiKx'. was in one of tli>'
j words were sharply incisive. | letters Angie preserved so carefully.
“Hp.rit;” was the single excliunation, and j
| the brilliant eyes dazzled vrilh pleasure, wlfik'
Metes wore ttisluug with indignation.
In a second Meta resolved to fight this man
with hts own weapons, and instantly sip- be- i
came as calm as if nothing had rulllo 1 her !
have met but a casual glani'e.”
i't'ere was no reply, anil Met a glanctxl hast
ily at tie' stranger, lie was looking directly
in her bice anil seemed bi forgot h.' must give
«n answer to her remark. What was
then- in his searching, magnetic gaze which
brought the lilash to Meta’s f:u.a>l There was
not the shadow ot' impertinence in his ex
pression, only such an intense, inquiring look
its tlie purchaser of diamonds might wear
v. h-ii striviug to discern the purity of the
jewel.
Confused, and llnlf vexial at her confusion,
Meta thoughtlessly tapqn-d the h-u'se with her
whip and the auiuuil, taken by surprise,
oi.'ir'eil off, rudely jarring tlie woundtxl man.
“Methiuks the punishment exceetis the tif-
feius',” s-iiil the soldier, smilingcyniwdly and
a 1 the same time involuntarily yielding to
the contortions of jsiin tliut. value over bis
face.
“Ah! please excuse me. It was se thought
less in me to use the whii) —really, really.
“Never mind atoll. Aliss,” was the quick
reply. "The {Kiin wilt jiass away now, since
1 am here at a place of rest.”
i<' ! t’*l> nn assisted the ixaurade of the
i wo’isdtxi man to iiear him to the house, where
| Mrs. Glenn, with every attention in her
: power, soon rendered him ctsufortabk'.
In a few days a city jiajxir gave a full ac
' count of the alUiek where "Major Claymor*»,
I tile intrepid commander of —— tiattallion
1 whs severely wounded.” This little item af
j fi-etcd one heart in the Glenn hous»-hoUI —
} Mrs. Glenn devoted la-r skill to the comfort
j and pleasure of the soldier.
Bertha’s wedding UIUmI her own and a v>ort
of her sister's tune. At last that momentous
occasion was over, and Meta was left alone
to comUat witii a imtuix* from which she in
stinctively recoiled.
CHATTER XXIV.
The cud of the second mouth was nearly
o% er w Ihmi Ma.jor Claymoi>' was able to come
down stair*, and supported by a pair of
crutches hobble fixim one place to nitoiher.
At last the educ ition of the ledovixl iLiught
er was cmnpk-bsl, and she was home again,
rt-ging like a dove in the d*xu' mother nest
The exiiensi' ami pains nstsl ufH>n her, fitted
her the better for tie* soft warm love, gentle
uUiunding for le-r, for the cook p *a*«ful old-
b-mper. Again she was conscious of one of I home, an’t its inner life of thrift and flowers,
those rigid, ckwe, scrutinizing glances, though Tie- wkk»w lire! adle I a few volumes to
the eyes were dancing in a merry light, The j Ih” library, enough for tie- tir-t year, ’’konr
thought flaeh«i upou her that this man of the j time” she* said to Angie, “will be divkhsl
world, was dealing with her an the scientist, otuid so many things, tint Dsiks w ill only
who sinj-s the animal in the experiments he coine in to refresh htvI instruct you. They
makes to discover its inward sources of life ! are such nhv valuablo tre.-tsures, that I must
and action. While thes.- idisi.s were obtain 1 kwp you. daughter, always in the wav of
ing place he spoke. His fuce changesl bito j enjoying tbe verv Iiost <>f them.” Mrs.
seriousness, and that misty haze crept into Clyde had encountered one or two blue
his eves, which st-emed to Illumine his face in ; stockings in her life, and hail a nervous hor-
jk ] He spent much ot his time in tire flovrev-yard,
from a box a fresh, black la'aver hat, trimmed I passing hours at a time exiuuiiung the volk v
in a king w hite pilutne, and had it on the bu- j lion ol 1 rare plants.
ivau. One <La\ Aieta lunl lie»;n sorely tried with
“Yon always loved riding so, I thought I’d the sucoessi’ul efforts of her steirmother to
keep thes»‘ tilings ready for you any time, i to prevent the c-njovment of h.-r usual horso-
SVytuour has had a long time to rest, for Mas- ! Dick exercise. \vhj- this ph-asur
I whisper,” and the iittie shivering form fell
across the bed und heaved in sobbing fits ot
weeping.
“Tell me about it," said Mi la, "and I will
speak very softly. Who ure you and where
did you come from r”
“I ain't noD«!\ , ple-ivse. and I cynic from
my mother’s, wlrnt is dead, an’ M'ss Margnr
ct Jane got me, an' site whips; me an’ pinches
me and slaps me, an’ when she was at ’tother
place she tied me t- > her bed, but she can’t do
that here, for that mini wouldn't k-t her, 1
think, but she locked me up in that room,
where it is cold nil’ I gits so scared
“What diil you do, child; oh, tell me what
you did,” saiil Meta, shivering, even ns the
child hail done. The question threw her
singular compinion into another lit of weep
ing, and she seene-d averse to contliling thL-
part of her story into Meta’s -sirs. “Sun lv.”
thought Meta, "this must be one of those lies
p**ratei> Ivid children we tear of, and so -ol
annoyed
Mrs. Gl*nn it was impossible to see, unless it
came jlrdm a fiendish dislike to s***- another
It is best not to rule agaiu. my
no not insist." Col. Glenn had
said t only this much to hi.* daughter, but
Me’a .saw that it cost, him pain, saw too, that
tin- mighty influence of a wis-bed power was
came rror
■sr/'nr.i
ter used him very little. He is just as
as Frince anil the brash can kt*‘p him.”
“Hagar," said Meta, abruptly changing the
subject, “did mv fathei's wife bring any one
with her when she came here?”
“Not as ml, Miss Meta; she Come in a shame
ful way, as no lady—as none of our lady folks
would go to another person's house. Now j at w ork controlling him.
you know. Miss Meta, if site lielonged to such ! i d'U-Tinisi, tortunxl tlua her father did not
it family iis ours, she never wouki of v cm;-- ‘yf ... i*!*pU'. with this tyrannical nature,
here v/iU«mt a makl.’ 1 ^ "* ’"‘!5V*'i.ei?Trie'f»dttsc* ana went down to tm*
This grave oift-n.se ir Hagai's eyes was \ fart"fiwt end of ilie garden when* sfcyd a
viewed differently by Meta, but sii** was too ' siunflier house embowenxl iu vines,
engnessed with a single thought to heed it at. j “T. i- her work, she is doing it!” M**ta said
tile n otuent. “Did no on»> eise come with her, j aloud, find in wrathful tones. lzx»king tip
—was there no child -ven?’’ j she saw Major Claymore in the doorway.
“Yes, there was :i child, and I’ll tell you,” Again the searching look was en hi* face,
said Hagar in u very low tone. ’’I blieve dat j then a light fairly danced iu his eyes. “Yes
child is nothin' but some poor white trash; ; said he, ’’sha is doing it."
(ifKHi morning, Majcw,” said Meta, in
ti wondi rful manly beauty. “1 coukl draw
from experience—not over bright,some useful
lessons for you. I comprehend _vc>ur position
perfectly. In six mouths heuce you will
realize it folly. I hare had nothing else to do
but to lot'k at it from every point, weigh,
uer.cs-Bro and value it. The more I examine,
the more difficult does yiatr way become.”
"Why *nv way alone, why not others !*’
Blw sjxiko in a measured tone, but her face
hits lost entirely all traces of anger, and the
firm resolve to keep this man at bay. He bad
struck that wonderful key, self-love, and wus
for the time the recipient of her polite atten
tion.
“Foi' the others also, but I am speukiug
now to yon of yottmeif. There ure only
three ixitns opened for von to escape th*' toils
alrevuly set for von—these are, death, ruar
riage, or flight. Yon will take none of them.
You will endure."
He saw the slight quailing in her grey eyes,
they pressure of her paling linn. He paust*!,
-ighed. then as if it were a pain, begun again
ror of —sang her daughter glide off into mv
resemldanco to an amUe-ts "book wurm.”
To be C-ontinued.
fifilit and Anecdote.
W hi Nhonld They
BV HASDY HTOXE.
“Why shesfid the girts propose r you ask,
“Why shoull the girl* pixipose f'
Well. I’ll be hangist if I can tell:
Just ask some oue wao knows—
It’s a cxziiundrum, and 1 give it up.
d'is out of woman's spht'ix* to p ip.
E’en once in a gro it while;
I!«iid«s she caruud do it up
^ n In any kind of stylo—
"'Yes, these three; but you will take none of Leap \ ears are too seldom to get her hand in.
Bertha and her lover, and Meta
hig'-kise behind.
cD<- iircle gatlieivd around tiie fumily
s ,ird reveals the nature of bouie life, as
much os through any other source. Here
three times, dally, the whole family are
nnited, here sunshitm, happiness good humor
-eigii-, if the home is govomed by love and
offei-tion. Hut if th*.< least evil mars the lives
or the inmates, If anger or hatred lurk in auy
heart if will be sure, by some unknown pow
-rnd force, to creep out when faee to face hun°TV f
’What did you do that she pni you in ttv
room
“I didn’t go todo it," the child saitl, tte-n
hesitated; "my mother never whipped me
when 1 broke her big, pretty cup ’cause 1
down."
“Did you break anything Aieta ask*xL
“Yes’ni, i broke her shiny lirlle pitce<-r
ami the shiny little bowL”
“Why did vou do this ."
“I was walkin’ fast axel die holkard at in*',
an' 1 g'.'t -s'ur's.l. an’ fell down and they broke
all up.”
“Then she lockist you up !*’
“Yes’m. Then sh«' whiiqs'd riv u ith the
strap what -he brought from 'tother ;A>ce.
tlien jerked me, nn’ brought tne upstairs and
slamnied nn* on the floor.”
“When was that
"That was—I've D*en there two nights."
“How did ycsi couk' to get out ami come
here. ”
“I crawled on the shed and gc*t iu the win
dcr in the {Missage an’ come in.”
"How did you know I was here.”
“I saw the light an’.I thought 'twin* joti. 1
heard yon a talkin’.’’
"Why did you want to come to me !'“
“1 thought you’d have somethin’ I could
eat, or wouki bring me somethin’ cause you
smile at me.”
"1 never smiled at you, ehikl, for I never
saw you before."
"Oh! ain’t you that one. Miss Herthy
“No: I’m her sister—I’ve just. Come home."
“Hut won’t you give me somethin'. I'm so
.•me poor
leastw ays, she i* trainin' ncr for ii servunt,
though she dresses Iier up and }>crk.- her high
in the parlor when company cvDies.”
"Tho child was rot at th*' supportable, or
in the parlor last night, Hagar—where was
she!”
“Why, for two days -he's br-en punish lu'
her for breakin’ some ot the fine crockery.
"Where does :*h** keep h--r
“l think she's had her somewheres in tli*'
dressing room, for I flon’t see her iu the L-ou
dy nor in th*' Rsl-chambers. That cksot in
t ho dressing room is locked, and I thought 1
heard something in there.”
“Does father know of this, Hagar.’" . ..
“Izir! Master is *o tookjup with his owu ' *-.
affairs that I d*.>n't think he has given that
iittie chi*'k a thought."
Meta was by th:- time dii'ss.sl for tie* ride.
■dontly trying t-o overcome her tis-lings and
appear as usual, “I am glad to see you are
able to walk s*> far; you will have the pleas
ure of removing whatever is u.nwel<S'mx< t*j
my mind, and forthwith begin to enfirtain
nn* w hh ac*x>unts of your /Hli etitumas life.
“You have boon indulging Iu suspicions,
Mi-.* Glenn.”
Meta was taken aback by th*- assertion,
and did not nt once reply.
“.Suspicious,'’ she finally said, “How -o."
"Tell tale faces."
“Well, I am sure, since 1 wLsfi it. Von will
allow these suspicions and tell tak' faos to
tain just as they uref”
It is my ui< >0*1 to dwell npcti this subject,”
these—you will ouhtre ! First one av*-uae ;
of innocent pleasure will f*e shut out from
you, first one hope -nnd youth brims with [
hope—will be made to fade out, until baffled, !
Bop-less, you will nc*t know where to turn! |
Mark my word, tyeany ffrows with inde.t j
i/*'itce, and here in this house, this tyrant w ill |
feed on hex' natural ftK*d. Hal how slowly. .
huw surely the chonls will U< drawn around
yon- until: But tliat child, Kate Iwvning, i
typifii*s vour d-om. Y"on will look fr*.iri 1
eyes as hungi v as hers, and your voutht'ul j
term will wilt and shrink away as -de- is t*c I
Hir you ur*> spanking of mv father's wile. !
a wonuin iiute*! tor her sanetitv in iviigion.” i
Jlh! 1 expected as inu*'h. I hold to no j
n-ligion. I have never found yet how it j
could enthrall m*>. I in.lulgs. in no invectives !
against superstition, but of all the humbug-j
gory that ever wore the saintly form, it ax* :
L»\-*.:s in tties*' dov<>, who carry the tiger's '
pan . 1 can find a particle of rfspet for th*' |
Lina tic, l*ut the hypocrite! Wh/itj words can j
paint rny supreme scorn and utter hatred for !
the trib*;”
He n .Uqisi'd into sHonce hi* fma* bent to the
ground where he was making figures with j
his crutch
She’ll puiso and stamnv'r, and turn pub-
Tn ink ing of whut to s*iv,
And grin and blush a turkey r**d,
And give hers*-Jf awitj
H*-fon‘ siie has sail a word.
And when the great big clumsy tuon.
Whom she might try to get,
Had lieen proposed to, probablv.
He’d sav: “I wdl, you bet!* 1
Which would shock her terribly.
And think how awkward it wouki svund
To hear her say; “What charms!
Idle proudest moment of me life,
lien ”esf come to me anus; ”
When ten to one he's there already.
Let nvn delight to spark and bite,
For 'tis their nature to;
But, girls, instead of court.ug them,
[>'t them tome c*.*urting y*f*u—
It is much mere convenient and econom.
ear tli.
Tis woman’s mission her*.'
As everybody knows,
To courted G- and not to court.
Therefore let man propose,
, ■, , .. | And don't you forget it-
1 well. well. he said while his nunn-c
and face underwent one of those marvelous ! .A little girl in the infant Sunday ss h.*. !
changes. “What hav*' I buen doing# Here j thoroughly apprecuated the xliffereiute D*
is a young lady fresh from the flatteries, j twen being good from choice and from nee**
caresses and honors of a smxv.'wful college i sity. At the close of the school one day tin
liner, and I, Mr. Blcodyb*<ad and Rnwbones teach»>r remtirke*!: "Bcckie, dear, you Uav.
•u.ii he composedly.
‘.-Vs vou itr** a gu.ist, and
ick man at
and descended to the pia/za where her father j that, l believe we nil will agree to humor “It wnsn rough thing to do and it cut her
v gather t*> obtain the means that sustain
life Kow many fierce disputes, bitter quar-
r*'h-- und disgraceful ttrawls, are witnessed
at. the table?
Meta, fr* m infancy ha.1 D*en accustonesi
* this siune hall, uxid table us the *j>ot where
liariiiony reigned supreme. The first Mr-.
Giem* set-rued to lose her frailty, when dis
pensing with a generous hand the good things
uf lif*- to others It wan therefore a jarring
- riqh 'hut fort'ed its* If even UJ on Bertha’:
Does* she not fe***l you wllf
“Hhe gives me bread an’ wuter, an' I gits so
hungrv till I’m most dead.”
Tlielittle thin hands were raised until they
w*>r*' claspexl around Meta's neck, aim uguin
the childish voice whispeml: ‘TK> give me
somethin’ to eat— I’m so hungry."
"IJo still, child, lie still: I have something
for you.” Leaving the bod lightly, Meta was
so/si iliving into the lunch wh*r*‘ wns
unUsted GtJle of wnippernong wine.
,i|.eurlv*il mind, tlmt tao helv who d*'w l-.U*sl oak***, biscuit uml ham. Bringing the leisket
iw.r place was cold und stiff’anil formal— j to the bed, she o|*encd it, anti laid its contents
!-.ir-pH-tte was of more i-oa.sequ**nce b» her i*.fore the chikL IJke a starved animal the
;tain fb" n*»-yls of those sutel around her I l.ttle ri-eature ate. until frightened by her
.’ -ar -'L _ | appetite, Meta tagged her to desist. Touring
The thin, tronspai’ent china so purely j OU | u i,i wine sh*. Uwle the child swal
whit*-, was *llspiu*-ed by anew set of heavy, i low it, then deeming it necessury to ivmove
brcnal gildetl crockery. Everything seemed j the basket, thought next how rJn* should get
o, shine in «n offensive glare. Nothing was j rid of her unfortunate visitor. Tho ehikl her
-;;lidcK-d or pleasant, but tin* display seen in | sell seemed to luiticqsit** this idea: “I must
every change pns-ludisi tho old home id**asof gQ now, for sh* - might -*ic*li uu-; but
•im*re comfort and snl-stantiul simplicity. j q is so c<*l*i there.”
Finally th*: tolious. cerem*tfiiou* supj*er i "Well, if it is cold tber*-, lie herv iu this
* as over, and the stiff hour in tho parlor j «-arn, place and sleep until day."
awaited h>-i\ They wr*. - -on galloping ai-jn,
ui'oadthat wound amongst the rice fields. On
right and left lay fields of the golden grain.
The dew glistened *.n the siiai p leaves ami
grains, an*l t*- Meta's eyes there was no scene
more fairy-like in beauty, Tre^ently the
h**rs<is dashed into th*v high, rad road tliaf lay-
on the bonier of the river
tho churchra. and the smok
^ you,” said Meta. “Altera tim** the indulgence
will ceare.”
There was a perceptible sarcasm in httr
word* and he quickly noticed it. "This see
ing info what does not concern me is ^ru-hap.s
co business of mine.” be Hpok*- up *k*geficaily,
’b it more tlian half one’s tim-* 1* taken up
The steeples of | with tho affairs of others. We Kune so ruit-
fr*»ru furnaces [ orally to the busineFS that I think it must be
been a very goes! iittie girl to-day." “Yes.
tti'm, I couldn’t help being good; I got a 'tiff
neck,” the youthful Beekiie replied, with per
fect seriousness.
Tommy tuu! always been accustonuxl t*>
say his [iniV'T* und*>r his mother’s direction,
l.ut one night he was left to attend to it him
self. When his mother saw him next morn
ing he said: “Momma, I guess I II say my
• ZZ u~" i ~~ “ v.Vr -.J.;.-- "Y. 1 prayer by myself after this. It makes ne*
-surly. 1 was **.*rrv —sorry, but she needs i - , - . , , ,, .. , ,
f. , K • ’ . • . ! fe*-i bt'ttfer qoamted with (chi, an-i l can
this w liming to mtikn rv-r c*.»ns*.'i*.*Tis o.t what . ,, . . .. ’ , , ... .
Boh! that Ari is tmid- ’ huu hotter when you am t listen-
have l»>en drugging into view my grim nrr
of skeletons.”
Met.u mode no reply. Hhe felt in tier own
heart th** truth was pointed too faithfully by
bis hand. He had said ail he intended to suv.
and in tile silence that followed, Meta mode
an excas** to leave him.
Ma j. Claymore wat*-he*i her, until she was
no kmgt.T visibk-. Then speaking aloud he sail
the future iK>rt*'n*is.
Ing on scorpions!”
rising indistinctly amid the mist, pointed out I an inherent pi in*-iple in our nature
the locality of the city, fully ilffis'n mile.' “I cannot agree with you, Major Claymore,
down the river. A few miles distant the*,
saw a rivur-boat mailing its way up the ve!
low stream.
Tlease, father, let us stop and see that
boat |siss. It ha*. l«en a long Dime since I habit f
saw one going by in that way. Wntu
"l4*t us ri<le up a little farther then, when*
I can central the horse.' letter, lor Gilp is not
use to river bisits yet.”
They rode to a place where a few low buslies
effectually screened the boat from C**lonel
Glenn’s roan.
The boat came on swiftly and was but a
few feet from where our equestrians stood
Tho captain, m-ognizin^ Colonel Gleun,
bowed court**ouslj- and said: “We have on
tsuird a w<.unxk*l * .fil.sM- w ho is going to your
laiuse. Csdonel. “I w ill leave him up here at
your landing.”
“I Will be there to meet him,” w-asthe hasty
loi ail my life, from taste, precept nn-.l exam
ole. I've been taught t«i ignora the habit of
busying one’s self in the concerus of others. ”
“You do not say you have practiced the
Meta was al*out to reply, but he hastily
continued:
“Fully one-iialf <*f our thought.' are be-
st**wed npon others, their ways and doings;
w hy. I beg punk *n. but let me insist that I
found you here this rui.-meat, treuiandoustv
thinking aloud of something of some other
Isaiv’s aff airs !”
"I was thinking of another, only as her
eonduct distressed me.”
■ Whatever the cause, be it gootl, b»*l or
indifferent, it brings us to the same point—-
thinking of others. The world’s people are
ever tossed to and fro with the concerns of
their neighbors, whether they art* porsonally
thi'ii Meta *>« tb*- plea ot wannC"
'ought hvr r*.*m .... .
A light rap was heard at h.*r dcor and
Hagur* nto*re*l softly.
’L'C just come a minit. Mi.-vs M,-tu. 1
thought vou’d want soinetbiug may!***,
t hen I want to talk to you, Mis*. Meta—
vi .-a H*-rtlia is so took up with her own af
•aira th.-*! she isn't in u humor t<* s|>eak of
n,..... other things like you’ll be. H ell.
vtiHC Meta, we’ve all took it to heart a gra-at
,|eal; all of us is mournin’ and weepin’ oyer
t * his marriage of master s. She i* nothing
iiu-, M:»As nor uny of Missis’s people. It’s
I Ike soul** one come to brook up all the old w ays
wed "ot used to."' Hagar was silent, at thi'
marnerA. for hU th*> pent up emotions of
Mete - heart hud broken through and she
“O. no! she w<aild catch me. You **> 1
might sleep lute.” said th»* ehikl. shaking h*-r
hc:ul.
“1 will watch beside you, tor l cannot sleep
any more to-night, and just before day 1 will
wake you, und you can go l*ack.”
“Oh, but when she comes w ith my bread
and water, reckon she’ll know I’ve Ihh-m eat-
in’ a’ready i"
•‘What time ilo«s she comer”
“Way after break la v, sometimes s** lap*
till I hurt here so bad,” said the Iittie Weird
creature, touching her chest.
“By that time vou w ill Is* hungrv again,
und {do not thin'k she will know. Hut you
have not told m« vour nanu* yets”
“I'm Katie. I was mama's Katie, but 'Jo-
calls toe Kate now. ”
r*i{*iy, as the CcJonel aud his daughter ga! j affected or not. Now, Miss Glenn", a happv
loped off in the road hedged by the thick, fortune ha* ploo-d me her** in your inidxt. 1
wild shrubtie.ry tliat grew on the river. ! c-otikl not shut my eyes to all of you, ami go
The boat was already at the landing and I !*ack to the army, or the friends at home,
two in**n were supporting tfce otfleer to the i What had I to do but t-o busy myself with
shore. H e was placed on a small mattress, t ytu. your father, stop mother, and vour
and th*-n the b-.sit and its crt*w departed. ! guests. What revelations have been made
leaving the wxvnuded man In charge of a sol- !o*u<* in these two -weeks, since I have been
dies who accompanied !utn, and Colonel allowed a crutch! I l*-ard you say sAe A do-
Glenn. Meta noticexl the handsome face aim j ing it, w ith an unmi-taJculJ**emphasis. Now
tie-form of innnly grace and fine proportions, j you must not be hurt if I tell yc*u 1 know
W’liich were conspicuous cv.-n un:l*-r the cir- j who this she is, though I linow not what her
cumstanct s of pain und helplessness. His I particular doing may be. The owner of a
companion was awkward and homely, at I face like hers is never ot rvst. Forever she
kz.'.'t ho aj.j.can'd so to straager *'_r*sc but j must, of necessity, be at work, and suc-h
the sick man who received his tender minis | work! Jupiter! she tangles many a pair of
trations hud doubtless ilirtivensl the beaut)’ j !«et whose owners an* holding up their eyes
of th** kind brown eyes. to gaze at the stand It is these fxirth worms
“At this junc uro t’ol. Gleiuis fiery hor»* tliat-only crawl which seem born for this
jerlxed the r*in.' eut of Meta’s hands and ’ work!”
went cantoring towards home. Meta's own l Meta was silent. Her face flushed in indig-
horse IsH-ome unnunuigeaUe and her lather [ nation; then enriosity bad** her listen. Hhe
CHATTER XXV.
“Splreas japonioas, prince’s feathei',
Dahlias and asters, crammed togc*th*-r;
IJlacs. laburnxuns, virgin's grace.
And passion flow**r in blue und loco;
Catch-fly and c*jx(x.mb, ci inzon raff ed,
l‘ortiilaci.-as and candytuft;
Orchids, pinks and anemones;
The myriad plox and argemon**>;
Marigtdd. hearts’ ease, violet,
Verbenas nud punsies, mignonnett**;
Sensitive plants and Die rose of Shu ran.
Adam’s needle aud nxl of Aaron—
Growing togetlwr, the wild and tamo,
Anti more that the florist cannot name. '
The house was old fashioned and bearing
marks of age despite the taraful efforts to
preserve it. Three families, successive gen
erations of Clydes, had lived and ditsl with
in the neat and unpretending home. Now
Angie Clyde the hist of her race was with
her mother, the only inhabitants of the dw*dl
ing, prized r**ligiousiy by both. A dozen or
inoi'e. old gnarled oaks, half hid the dwelling
from view, and served as an effectual sciven,
for the laivn cove r ed with ^rass. From one
of these old oaks hung a swing where Angie
had swung when a child, und af the same
spot w here tradition said her fulher and |
grandfather had enjoyed th** same pleasant
Th'xse who have traced the problem lock
ha\-e ascertained that the c*it wik* t>orn to
earth befort* the mouse was. The latter was
loosely flung together, given a k'*ng tale and
told to get up and git or the cat would have
him.—Darwin.
Mrs. Partington—Well, I declare! Here's
an ingenious young umr. who ha* inverted an
arrangement by w-hioh the deaf can see and
the blind talk. Such talons as his should ts*
rei'i-gtuiized by a statute.
An observing visibir t<> a Southern planta
tion, having noticed an entirely toilless cot
enter a hole in a corn rick backwards, aske.1
a colored agriculturalist if he knew the ran
son of that singular nush* of ingn-ss. ‘ 1 Why.
Ve see. bows,” was the reply, "dat ar eat use
to go inter ilat hole headfomass, jess like any
other cat, but one day de terrier dog, what
lieen layin’ for him a stood sjiell, made u grab
at hicu as he was gwine iu, an’ bit hi* tail
square iff. An’ ever sense den, Ikiss, ilat nr
cat goes into dat hole hinefomuss, so de ter
i-ivr dog can’t lute off' his toil agi n’."
A gentleman the ottu-r day saw his lictle
daughter dipping her doll baby's dross into a
tin cup, and inquired: "What are you doing,
my daughter f”
“I am coloring nay doll's divss v**<l
“What with f’
W ith beer."
insisted on her dismounting.
"Here i.- Mr. TiUsburv’s buggy, l w ill ask
the loan of it to taY• you home, for your
dress and feet will get wet w ith the dev. ."
Heating her iu the buggy her father turned
to,the soldiers, to arrange tos**nd n vehu-le for
them immediately.
“If px««ible, sir. let me l*eg you to take the
Major up immediately; 1 find hi* wound is
bleeding and needs inunisliate attention,”
said (he soldier.
“Could he ride in the buggy w ith my ilaugh-
teri”
"Y*<*sir, any way to get him where l can
use thp praper remedies. 1 do not wish him
had found that this man moved in an xveen-
tric line, and was given to a pertinacity in
his ideas. She honestly wanted to fuss r’the
opinion which she saw he was preparing for
expri>ssion, but wns it proper to listen: He
continued. “Y'es I have found a peculiar /<-st
in untangling the knotty subject you afforded
me. as a family. What license iny sickness
gave me. and w hat do you say to t*ne, forget
ting for the nonce, the lavish kindness of a
family, ouly to <Iivo as near the bottom ft.s he
tould in th*‘ir private matters? ”
Meta glancad up at the shimmering eyes,
searching her face for an answer. M'hatever
sha was going to say died on her lips, and.
exercise. Off to the left, when* the ground t
sloped into a little vale, and where the sun- j,
Aine lingered soonest and longest, was the J , j because m said if was
flower garden tho pimpere.1 per ot Angie s ^ r>ur Ilosp ^ *
mother. Careful and teiniH*rafe in all . ... . I i. i .
“What LKit such a foolish notion info your
aad, cliikl * Y*xi can’t c/ha- re i with l*eer.”
mother. Careful and tem{H*rafe in all el
she was profuse in her devotion to flowers.
Economical in all things she often forgo*
herseii in little extravagances amid her floral
treasures. If there was an uncurbed, earthly
propensity in the good widow's h»*art, if was
th** love she Livishcsl upon the denizens of
her garden.
In early spring the scouted violets, hya
cinths, narcissus, snow-drops and others of
their ilk. received as tender and warm a
welcome, as if they wore creatures of affec
tion anil gratitude. In one of her letters she
hud written to Angie. “Flowers ar** such
helpers. If my thoughts grow dull or weary
they freshen w ith these bright things iu view:
if my hands lag in duty, how quickly an hour
spent in nursing the innocents w ill strengthen
them! Sometimes, when my heart wanders
from the right way. ‘when tliat l would not
that .1 do.’ 1 go from all else, and sit quietly
in my garden. An hour then* will bring me
to my better self, for the sermons preached
to me are must acceptable, though my little
preachers only raise their faces heavenward
in silence. Thoughts of these kinds often
keep me many a leisure hour in my garden.
And the gentleman had tusiness that iv
quired him to be down town imm-diatelv.
A litth* girl in Oil City is just recovering
t rom (l severe attack of s**arlet fever, and
during her illness the parents have been very
indulgent in providing for her to v* andever)
thing that woulil serve to render hereifforced
confinement pleasant. A* sh** was convalu,
cing vesterday, site Sfiid: "Miunm-i, l l*elieve
I’ll ask papa to bny me a carriage for iny
doll.” Tb*> brother, u precoi'lcKis littl* young
ster of onlv six v.'ars of ag>-. s-poke up at
once and wild: "I would aslvise you to strike
for it right away, then; you won’t get it
when you got well"
Attention was first called to the chemical
,v*mposition of th** guano cf Teru by the
Liebig, in 1SW. That year a few casks were
imported into the Great Britain as an exper
iment. The next year 2ocx> ton* were la-ought
anil in sixteen years Its aggregated sales in
that country amounted to * loo,ooo,coo. and
in one single year since to to, yTj.Gv.