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NO. 271
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THE WINDSOF <;«>!>.
Blow, autumn wiml!
(>ut on tin* yellow woods and stulddo land:
Stir the brown brake and seatter thistledc
With myriad hands !
Sleep after labor, after turmoil rest :
By strength and weakness, yea, by life and death.
The world is blest!
Bh>w. winter wind !
Out o'er the tumbling sea roll
Hoar through bare branche:
notes
Where'er you list!
I irivmg the ships ; and in and out of a’l
Working (iod's will—who from the frozen
t ame at his call!
Blow, breath divine !
Beyond the depths of the uncounted host,
Beyond the mystic circle of the sky.
Come. Holy «ihost !
I.o! hatred, blasphemy, and sin aspire
To raise their devil-thrones amid the gloom,
i "ome quenehless lire !
Yea' and the world is huried still in night.
And loud and lone thy watchmen warn in vain—
Come, living light!
MARY ANDERSON
PEACOCK T,,E MINERALGIST
'TIB(2 IB.VB» E-K k OTA OH .Mi
M>rna:in ^bicb,.
I!Y CIIAKI.ES T. PECK.
CHAPTE
It was a beautiful summer evening in June,
tl.at \\v all sat anmnii on rustic seats in our
pretty little liower garden in front of my |
father's house, near the busy prosperous |
town of V—in Virginia—mother, father; |
mv two sisters ami myself—ami of which I j
was the eldest. 1 would often sit and
to the others: mother ami sisters s-wii
knitting, father listening until reminded of j
some incident of his life or story he had heard j
or read of long ago. lie had been a greittra-- |
del* and a great hunter in hi-, younger days [
■j. ,i Jived in Louisiana and would often j
amuse us with, stories of Ids deer anil bear]
J v!io.-., l r<is.•.him uji ami compeli-!
N i, 1 . w it.s tb • little l*e 1 ul ioft to
came to this heal hy place where
i.■! and better, ami educate ,
on see we were not rich, ;
wealthy. I"
a merry and busy evening passed.
“Mamma, here comes papa and some one
is w ith him. Girls, hurry away w ith your
finery and sweep up your scraps. Mamma,
it i> Mr. Ashbury. Mr. Ashbury, had I known
it was you 1 would not have rushed away
with mv sewing.” T»-
‘•You took me to be a beau I suspect, Miss
Katie.”
“I’apa, what is tl e news in town;”
“Not much that I heard. The only excite
ment is on politics, and you know Mary, I
care lit! le about politics now. There is too
much dishonesty. Well, I did hear some
thing of cur young mineralogist. 1 met Mr.
John Kill, a young man not easily imposed
on, and he says he l as been a good ileal v. ith
him and has a l ight to think him a tirst-
cluss gentleman and a man of wealth and in
fluence, and he himself saw letters to Mr.
Veacock from high i Hiciais, the Secretary of
the Interior and others, ail of the most com-
plimentaiy kind. They speak in high terms
of his knowledge of mineralogy; 1 heard
others speak ot ids agreeable manners and
his line conversatii liai powers. Now girls,
you will have a good chance to improve your
selves. 1 am glad i invited him here.
"Ah! husband, we can teil better when
we become acquainted with him ourselves.”
“H e have no rigl t to judge a stranger
harshly until he gives us cause.”
“You are right there, Mr. Anderson, I for
one am glad to see men of intelligence and
Wtulih coming into our country. Our min
eral and timber lands are valuable. A\ e only
need capital to develope the w talth of our
lands. We are too poor and broken up to do
an} thing ourselves.
“That is all tiue, Mr. AsLury, and I will
do what lean to forward any movement
towards the improvement of tail* coui.tr} ."
“Mr. Asbury, you will excuse c ur presence
to-morrow for we are invited to a picnic and
must go.”
“Very excusable, Miss Katie.”
“Mamma w ill remain ul h* me. She ih <*.-
not w ish to go.”
I “1 hope nut mi my account, Miss Mary. I
I can tune the piano while } ou are all enjoying
Foil}
/m,§
' ' $ A , * Vv QSf
. ; 'V ' ' ’ i i
1- '’‘ ‘-.a*!* ievr ■ . wis
•■Hell, it has to I
runs the hcusehold. lie rei.i.y b
the n oriiing, girl-, got o night Mr
1 will show \uu to your roi m.”
a vs
-h«
till • S
A.-hbii"
•in-amt hi
im! k. j in,
lir. Whet
10 .lie Up I
iforte
-"If, Ev
yard with
•••' ' .y' ; -
# • • * V'
. -i . . *. ■ * ‘ ■ . ■ ■ .s. ' .
i F . ? ;■
surroun
il l-* all n
- and !! a
li w<
had laid I }
ul b- tv.eeii
•rried to son
:d willing to
us w la
..i ns
i;t. rtainna-
Mu- nu
to no : e US li
b-fore w e had
in our rusli
in and said :
• is a hands, one
"Mary tl
rate talking to papa, an;
.1 to tali in !.*ve with In
■<- is too good looking ”<
ji me 1 do wish papa
all the
*!t told
usual
r at tli**
• nit *t l(*ni{>t
invite him
•. 1 i - *. - ■»-«-
■ - •- *.V -
iS-iivi:.::: ' I
■ VC .
3£g% 4i-<'
j-?//- '*
A-*3
''v.-rt’- ? • - ~
r ! •; I • . ' '• .
O'*. .. , , ...-■*/.-' -.. • .*!;■ -S
■ v...
'o- ,;:w i
■i ■ v?e-
don’t ki
I. n hors*
m:
“Kate you
that way. Y
a tramp on a
more can! ions ho
sti ai.ge man.” an -
“Oh. Eva don’t ;
“as we were gatherin
I .eli o* one day
be ashamed to talk in
he mav be
light to be
loving a
u r.
lie
ek, a
:ak
!,. r. " ..id Kate,
rs in the valley
f ranger rode by
ndered
e same
man.” . , ,
“And Kate, the hors*- is th» same. OU
Kate her John Mil: -r p>*< I ably he can
te ll us who this stran; r is. I wonder what
he and Jilt].a has 1*. t.-.• I: about so long.”
“I)o you know him John;
“Yes inarm, he say his name is Mr. Pea
and sjoke vi-ry politely and wi w.
who lie was, and 1 do believe ibis is tl
seif - or commit yourself commending him K aid, the court limn-her.
v hen vou know nothingabout liim. Al ways v ,. ry mysteriously one tiigut. w
consult your senses not your eyes a lone
yjary went about her usual avocations.
II.
CHAPTER
“Good evening Mr. Peacock.
“Howdye friend John.
“You have had a long rid
P< “Yes k Jobn I have been to a good many
A- 1 was returuin
to dav, Mr.
to town i called
mini loli
We had a long talk, le* invited
court hmi
ill those
papers were recorded, and it is believed a.*
i had a hand in it. but no much was ever-aid
j about it. I for one, always thought him i
1 scoundrel and it was said he blackmailed ail
1 old mail about a year ago and got some
i money out of him; tne old man testified this
I much on iiis deathbed.”
, - -nut, John, were there not several heirs to
i the Anderson estate?’
“Oa, ves; there were five or six, and that
is the reason why that scoundrel lawyer got
the advantage of Mr. Anderson. He got the
him when tl
cover his other
nio-ie}
lent tli
time came round raid to
,-eak poults beside llie love
anil bis wish to l e noticed. Hut
mortification to ftel thatthe
:. image
sty ’*■. 1 will
to church in.
“Pi l i-. tKm il! he
gi ii g li a v ! n.
litter tin
long
f,, r a New York company, and they are pay
■him thr* e thousand 'dollars a year, 'mid Importance to” attend to in town. I did not
is host of all
say iqi at the Springs he is awful rich.”
“Just then papa came in.”
“How ,lo you do John?’
“Tolerable Mr. Anderson.”
‘■I ih papa do pleas- tell usabout that man,
for v\e have seen him betor *. _
“\Yhere could }<*i; have si-en him K ite;
“IN a and i saw him wlien once we were
gath-ring flowers liust week; he appears to
lieu gentleman.” ,
1)<» came to sr»e mo on nusi-
,icc i not smumut to
much i" a man * f wealth, but to a poor man
rtant. He desires
places.
to see Mr. auu-'a
I entertaining. H'e had a long talk n-invite.! i(l|()ts , )U his " s id e and Mr. Anderson, a proa l
;o go ill and spemf the night w ith Inm IU ,, (ljll „ ot care to be mixed up in the mud- ;
I made the excuse that 1 had busmess^ot ^ „ j
“Well, John, old fellow, our time is short,
let us balk of something that concerns me.
matter
ret.
intend to aS ” CU 1 ;;.upl»»enmr>’way of myself. Say I am
^ ever keen T ri-h. very rich, a great traveller: say it
it a secret it } ou say s*i, an l help you ii
in my power. ’
••Well, John
1 teil you M ss Eva he is a mighty sharp ' refuse"hi 8 kind offer 1 assure you
man and migluy goo.l looki..jr too^ and what , Jly luusar e already fixed and l will n.iu ; , lnat .ter of min- must be aeon.
in- Hint married yet. They , „.jA lh em to } ou. but; Jid-.i;*,1 »>I‘^[ beyond a doubt What l want you
■ >•?“ t '- ^ ee V- ;,;‘U';.li I is t*.talk ar ,.md the country .in a very
Ii;
“\V.
imp*
imp.
fa myself
a buy mv inm mine, which he says
i-h from ad indications i ll the top
•oiled and if it is as rich underneath a-tie
„f le- will be willing
1, I ilo believe you a> e a
man of your word, and not only that, you
1 ;uv tl young mall of influence, and i, being a
1 stranger, cannot work out mv perns alone.
You are known as a good young man and i
! w jU make it to your interest to assist uu
Now, to be shoe
• the
her.
I urn
id dollar.-
• it in cash,
weeks
ll*i
II come and examine it in two weess, and
v. liiie he is doing so he wishes to board w ai
ns, e> He i'e is no other boarding phu'e ‘ l,! ” ,
hv. I grant. <1 bis request, and girls you , •
must nil be upon your best bchavioiii
lies*. 111s to bean educated gentleman
rs t<, have travelled extensively
for
aii-1
about the matter,
L ,, ..a’irry one of old man Anderson's
tei-s Hy doing tuis 1 can raise t- u th
dollars, and lam getting short of iiiw .
of la’e This amount would helji me oat , tu.it
considerably and set me all right. Tne plan
I have set tor doing this is to p ay oil mm- I
eralogist, for l uiuk-rstaml ol.i Anderson n
rich iron ore on las land and v\ she-- to sen
ailed to see him ami soon toiiun 1 hail
truck oil the very thing. 1 made him an
u-iil he all heard at the Anderson hou-*.
(kisue while l am boarding t.iere — stop, you
uno .v. un-xp *ele*l! v; be very much surprised
t.i ibid me acquainted with the family, quite
a condescension on my part you think. 1*11
I hem of the letters 1 get from the Secretary
.*t tli. Interior, saying what a line nvaeral-
ogirt 1 am, that will take splendidly with the
old coon. Hint to the girls of my style and
r. tiuemeiit, mv acquaintance with persons
occupying higli poHtioiis, letters you saw
ti-»i:n high ..Hi*-.tils to me: in short, say nil
,-;jl be ot advantage to me and 1 will
I you handsomely.”
y oung man thought to himself, “you
unprincipled scamp and can 1 trust
>t gain got the better of
The
I
Hut r
eruples
h
he mav have hud, but he au-
s and diet of us country peo- j
any
swered*
offer conditionally. He was delighted and i “Mr. Peacock, it U strange to.net*
o-rante.1 me the privilege of boarding at h:s , how very easily pe*iplfc allow themsolve:
” ' Now that will give ine an opportu- j be imposed up
anted with ids daughter:
worked right i will I
upp.M -i*, nave u•• a,,use. now niai
}“'. need notiix anything ex ^, t ,j aill t-< nitv to get acqua
man . f good sense and appear welj a ^ ^ j yi.-u see if all tins
ft'-e to sucf eed, t!
“Well. Mr. Peacock, no one bin. youiselt
,-er would have thought of this, and you
1-1
:*i with tin
I)!.' Mary are you not glad' It has been
SO long -inn- we had such a fin'' looking visi
tor. 1 hope he is fond of music and can sin„
II '
comes your
vani,”
lea i’
com
“Kate 1 mu-1 acknowledge I g’dj' 1 * 1
ii!.*' to meet \\ill travelled gent.euien. iaey
usual I v talk w. I! and arc generally very en-
Urtaiaing. They ough- t*. be, if they me
not il. wnri
an*l ativanU
have mi
ami learning
many arc
gave \ou a wM iuim unit tciuiu * \ t • tn
thing of him. I hope papa ean seil him^ the, ^
iron n.iue, Lut i don t want you to sell y
evt. - -— — w
have struck the old until ou Ins weakest
lKiint. If he becomes attached to a
will believe every thing he tells him.
sir, ii has not hecn uvo years suit
who wss suiurt. iiiiti a ten ihle — -» . .... - - - -<-> - - • .
c iioe intimate with him mul actually led him book on it. well, not more than enough to
t' n* is to defraud him out of ail nis iiioun- ; imp ise oil people anyhow, but you are a man
Why,
1. uyer
coundrel, be
1, men, too, who urofesstobe
eli read men, but ju-t let a man
who can talk well on theil* favor
ite hobl lies, you see how quick they allow
themselves to be cheated, not only out of
their lands, but out of their (laughters to
boot. N *\v, just from what you say, old
man. An leivon and the neighbors, too, be
lieve you are the finest mineralogist that
ever came along, but to the lit st of my
knowledge 1 don’t believe you ever read
1 read him too plainly* and he was
sm.lying how to say, but not too plainly,that
he must find out others and not criticise him.
His vanity had made him believe he was im
penetrable. He thought, “Weil. 1 shall see
that he gets no chance to betray me," but
sp-ik" aloud in his deceitful tones:
“Well, John, you have made me your
friend and good will o* me of it, I hope. I
thank vou for y* ur frankness and kindness.
You know if you didn't talk to me I ec til.l
never know you so well. It is getting late
and 1 must be going, so good-night, old fel
low, until I see you again.
“Good night, Mr. Peacock, and g. od luck
to you.”
•’Well, Peacock is gone and 1 can't tell
why, but I lik- him and l.ke to talk to him
thoii ;h he t hinks he is better than I am. He has i
certain!'• traveled and has been rich. 1 d. n't j
tiiin it will beany harm to help him. and I
may be helping myself too, so 1 will try* on j
the” Andersons. Mary will have no chance j
for mai rying better, but her friends ih piiy
her before she has been married long. Hut 1
must live all I to live by one s wit is now tin*
,.rl.*r of the dav. I v. .ii help him. be it as it
may, good or bad."
CHAPTER III.
“t)h -iris, or* you not. glad: I have jus*.
had s. note from Mr. Ashbury. He will be
here to-morrow to tune the piano and it
needs it. I would be ashamed for that
stranger to hear vou on it now as it is.
"Mamma, I aai glad. I was thinking how
badly it needed tuning while 1 was practising
Kheaud I have been practis ng “Pinafore,
and we do it up splendid. Now that Mr.
Whatever his-naine-is need not suppose he is
coming among ignoramuses or yahoos. He
want to surprise him. Eva, just wear your
every day maimer and that will be sufficient
to inform him you are a lady.”
“But, mamma, it makes me a little anxious
an l nervous, knowing a handsome, travelled
gentkmian is coming to see us."
"I see puna and John Miller coming m
from work,” said Mary, “ 1 M
warm and tired
Y.s. IN a. n i
be
Ci
beautiiui she i
I 1 he lriinils met, they laughed and taikeo
» i M'Tc pti,-oiis came, the crowd increased to a
multitude. Ada said in alow tone:
“Mary . I am so glad to see you. I want to
ryttial! j tu.fc to you away out of this crowd with no
near us. 1 nave not been happy for a
; time and have otten wished for the -o|-
; ace of y our kind sympa hy■; you know *.ur
Aid I hearts will ever turn toward one we call
l*i add friend.”
“That is true, Ada, we can hear our troub
les better if vve have a kind triend to sympa
thise with ns. rsut 1 am afraid 1 a n not
. c ._.. capable to give advice.”
] i m u - f n t , j, icign I “R is not advice 1 want, I want to know if
IJputomk people w ill be influenced by the
•Pt j n, dinr.fr is ri. I reports against father. This electioneering
'J! *y. that is tl'f j l.ave huird. ; !u ‘ s brought out so inufli rancor against all
n p, Miner. 1 ki . v. , liayiy. We I tamiiv. 1 am sorry father became a .
cm tl* 1 a. k J < 1‘Vairii weather.
dyh'sl t*
L.t tl at T Miy fet
ry to sty le, tt o, t k . tt
* \\ * b, y. r n ay kevriy otfssardl
w hi i * : t: 1 in v ' ‘x il m g bi d w t n't
it : |■:■ I h le <t'l. to ms n * tl i air’s
will thill*
nabob.”
s. ie. no ii. n. tl * m i 1( .,s ai d
\n es. l’« iy, 1 Ii iv £< ;,l, wi|] |, e
11<osid wnh the way \ t ,. (1 this din-
i er is gi.d *r*ugh i< r y . , lfl st l.ef,
er.iiii . ii )< a-1, gi e. n J. v eiinv at d
every : h up gf i d. N' v i, : a .ck is
. t.t pi. •’ s* <i v ith: this oil ( ,.,. v;y of
S:\iie. (, i n i \ ie t< l'.a * j | tE . t loin."
“( I*, l ove if ne li tlab ] A! |
“e e ei vt I it g w i uld l e C( ’
“Em., y <ii are so hai 0!il ,_ l
hi i e i on es hi n n y l-olin
I -' " ' Y- Simmy, h. cudo>aia
how t:r< i ll tit h< n e.*
•‘All are well. 1 fetch
la,li.-s.”
“Rea l it Eva.”
“ •< ompl minis of Sir. t.kp j]j,, f
Mr. Amitrsc n ai d ft mily
pleasure of their company *.,
given in honor of their son's, 1 ^
big j ring in bhady Grove, *,’-‘j
will \ ou go?’
“I i ui v» ry busy, but I siii Bst
Ycs, we w ill be there, Sannij
takes his *!< parture.
“N w .” eontinued Mr. And*j Av j,|
leave you to talk and make
M II* r.
1 tl e \ i ui
ilidate. 1 would rather have die d than have
passed through the humiliation of all this
abuse* Ri.lie-uleand abuse have been heaped
on us, and I suppose you have heard it all.
Mary.”
“li 1 must tell you, i haven but loving vour
family ns i do, 1 did not believe it.”
“Judge Page, our old neighbor, is very
severe on latber. You have heard him and
he ean make pt ople so readily believe him."
“Ada, you must not let all this distress
, you so much. Fetus drop this; our talking
can’t help the matter. Come, l.t us go and
, ' see how they are all enjoying themselves."
‘ | “Yes, and you must have some dinner.
T There is my lather now, about to make a
’ , s i <••*•!..'•
l “Just then came a shout: “A speech from
, Coi. JamesRollins, who has kindly consented
i to deliver us a sli-rt address on the topic.- of
tlll ‘ I the day."
i The day's festivities came to an end
, \Y beu.gomg home Mi. Anderson wanted to
*I a j know why Mary and Ada remained bv
themselves. "You were selfish and the:-
were so many good-looking young men
pits* nt. W e*ll Kate and Eva i'bjove.1 them
selves.
name, Mr. Peacock, is OI, and it is
oatcii,” erieil K ite.
“V. ell, girls, is dinner ready. I ant tired
ati I mngry. Eva, fetch me a gl:i-s <>f cold
water. -Marv, wash this celery' and have it.
fo;* dinner, quick. After dinner 1 must got*
tmvt >ii a niat'er of business and come back
by a v iron vein and get some specimens. 1
me sux.ro - tliinl that little patch is going to bring m ■
remarks, for tbe purpose of taking advantage out ail right and then we can live m a lit ti
lens I * V 1 * l l:; l lil * rt member Ada and I are old
you can go to wot k fj ‘ i friends unit scluolniates ardour ojpoitm.i
Ft ave no w. tds and grass. Eo J::; [ ties to lie together ure f. w."
“Mary, i hope you ami Ada did not g"
off to talk about y< tir sweethearts.”
“Oh, no Eva, nothing was sail! on that
subject.”
“1 beard papa reporting around among
the girls that w e were going to have a hami
[ some young min. ralogist to stay awliile at
I our house, and w e would Itave some dancing
j parties, and 1 do believe some of them envv
t-c*!'*’’cwJi*Kat,e 13011 ' U ^ ^ * 11 16 ' ■ “But"dear mamma wouldn’t y ! “That is bad, I thought I was telling them
go.’ | something pleasant.”
“No Mary, Idouot care to go,1 ( | “Ob, papa, they weiesorry they had not
my young r< present atives and the i the honor to entertain Mr. f’.aeo.k. S. me
st ffieient, and the pleasures they* e; of them sanl it wtis a j ity be had not a b.**-
be compensation eneiugh feir me. ! ter name But here we are at heme: ge*d
s.st you in any arrangements of y*o( evening mamma, oh, we have lu.il a -ph i ( ;M
ye..u may need.” day!
Theproposition was joyously aecej [continued ox eii.utii page.]
“and they look ;
e tiil
you see me.
“Mary, what will you wear?
“Something neat and suitable
“Mary, it is given in honor e. . j
s- n coming of age. He wiU”* |
now.” }
“But none of mine, Kate.”
“Mamma, will you go?’
“No, Eva, I must remain to i