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THE SUHHY SOUTH.
ELINOR;
OR,
Aunt Ruej Legacy.
BY MRS. B. C. LOCKE.
CHAPTER I.
It was a calm evening in October one of , rounded w.th shrubbery and vines, present-
those dreamy days, which seems as if sum- ed itself with quite an inviting aspect. An
mer loth to leave had ccme back to take a Q ld gentleman was standing in the door, who
last aoieu ere yielding to the blighting frost* J pointed to a shed in which to shelter his
of autumn. The last rays of the sun were ' horse, and cordially invited him in. As it
gilding ihe top of a low , venerable cottage, st ;u continued to rain, Mr. Cleveland, at the
high up on the mountain side with moss cov- urgent request of his host, whom he ascer-
ereil roof, and a small latticed porch in front, , tained to be the village pastor, concluded to
w! ich in spring-time was almost hidden with j remain for the night.
white roses and woodbine, but now every, Mr. Ross was quite feeble and seemed to be
gust of wind sent the leaves rustling to the j ; n very delicate health, but w^s pleasant, in-
ground. A yard extended from the porch telligent and courteous, and p‘ ssessed of that
on one side to a neatly paled little garden in ~
which flowers and vegetables were cultivat
ed. < in the other side of the porch a little
footpath wound down the base of the moun
tain to a spring which sent its bright waters
rippling and bubbling over their stony bed
down through the meadow.
Seated in the outer room where a bright
fire was burning in the < pen fireplace, and
the kettle hung on for supper sat tue inmates
of the cottage; a tail angular looking spinster
of an advanced age, and a little girl, of ten or
twelve summers. The old lady might have
been good looking once, but time had sadly
detracted from her beauty, for besides being
very tall, she was very thin, w ith a low nar
row forehead, sharp features, and cold gray
eyes. The child had a rich olive complex
ion, eyes large, dreamj and black, and a
mass of glossy black ha.r, w hich being cut
ed to study law. He left college in the ; home with him and he mU3t aot be troubled him for his assistance to her daughter, dis-
spring with the intention of returning h^me ! f or ber I covered him to be her husband, from whom
: in the fall to commence bis studies, after
1 touring through the Southern States during
the summer. He had been stopping some
time at one of the numerous mineral springs
in Virginia when he started out one day for
a ride and to view the surrounding country.
A sudden storm coming up. he dashed for
ward, catching a glimpse of a village sp,ire.
to obtain shelter, w hen coming to an abrupt
turn in the road a neat, white house sur-
Humoring Children.
It is good to burner tliem in all nat-
Traveling in Old Titties.
i . , ,, , ...... A careful inspection of tbe vehicle of — —
Cleve^dYad a never d cr g o^d & times leads us to the conclusion ^ manifestations and cravings of their
his father’s house for the invitatiou had never other, Beatrice, * that our forefathers were lined with zinc affections. A child hungry-hearted tor
been extended t<» Elinor and witaout h*r ne Here the story was torn < ff and Elinor was and copper-fasteneu, for nothing snort j ove ^ G ne of the saddest sights in the
would not go. He oft -n met his father ami ! left to conjecture whether Don Raphael and of it could have withstood the joltings WO rld. Hardly less pitiful is the condi-
sister, but with only a grating they passed his wife were reconciled, and whether the and iarrings. the bouncings aud bump- tion of a little one perpetually repressed
— l ..1- m • u:«L. oontain nf thn hunilirfi u-hn tiaH fallnti in lnrw I • * i i
on, each their own way. The'firin for which
he w as doing business talkeii of sending him
in tne spring to Europe to purchase goods,
offering to increase his salary, as he display
ed quite a tal-ut in the particular one of busi
ness which circumstances had thrust upon
hi’n. He disliked to leave Elinor, but she
would not, as he was only to be gone two
months, hear of his giving up so lucrative a
situation just to stay with her, aud immedi
ately began preparations for spending the
I iap entailed upon those who used any or discouraged in'the sweet impulses
to forsake the robbers aud marry her. ever . other method ot locomotion except that that prompt it to give expression to his
found her again; aud if he did find her which nature provides. The chariot in l ove . That way danger lies. The boy
would he not lie quite as likely to fall in love j which Geu. aud Mrs. Washington went or girl will not easily go wrong whose
with Clarice who was exactly like her! These to Philadelphia upon his election to the anu i 3 tw ined morning and night around
points puzzled her not a little as she read p re3 i(iency was i o doubt an instrument mother’s neck, or whose head is wel-
alternately tutored and neglected, Elinor of torture. To the discomforts of this «omed to its cuddling-place on fathers
grew wilful, pa^sioaate and wild, but with , rambling old carnage may be added, for shoulder. It is on the side of their af-
much strength of character and robust the General, the incessant wagging of fections that children- are most easily
er, a high forehead, dark eyes and black
curling hair.
After the evening devotions Mr. Cleveland
retired to rest, but the sweet face of Elinor
Ross hovered around him in his dreams aud
her gentle voice sounded in his ear. After
breakfast next morning he took leave, but
accepted the invitation given by Mr. Ross to
come and see them again, as he purposed re
maining some tin,e jet at tbe springs, a pur
pose it is almost needless to say, ad pteu hy
him since the beginning of his'ui quamtance
with Miss Ross.
The followug Sabbath found him an earn-
nest worshipper in the village congregation;
although no iight streamed in from stt.ineo
. glass with'its shadowy aud uncertain 1 ght,
short, twisted and curled over her finely j and no deep-toned organ with its choral
shaped bead, and did everything but lie ! notes fell in prolonged vibrations on bis ears,
straight, which the old lady.intended. Her ' with George Cleveland that was ever one ot
feet were bare and hands .-unburnt, but j his happiest reminiscences. Never was morn-
small and plump. The dark calico dress she j ing service more heartfelt and impressive,
wore fitted neatly to her figure, but the uu- j and from that plain chancel the sweet doc-
merous patches in it showtd that she did no' j trines of Christianity fell with more clear-
pay much attention to whatever she brought . uess and distinctness than be had heard them
it into contact with in her daily ramble. | expounded by many a city divine of celeb-
Sbe looked tired and troubled as she sat j rity and note. Mr. Ross, himself trembling
watching the expression of her aunt’s face, j on the confines of another world, could well
who was attentively examining the work she point out the stern realities of tl.at Death
native refinement. Elinor, his only child, was j man y regrets that Elinor took leave of dear,
of medium height with one of those classic kiud MhS Harrison with whom they ha i been
faces which never fans to in.erest the behold- boarding ever since they came to Bhiladel-
held in hand, the little girl’s allotted task for
the day. The woman laid the w ork on her
lap, adjusted her glasses, looked over them
at the child then quietly took up the scissors
which hung at her side, and began to rip out
the sewing.
•‘Why! aunt, you surely are not going to
take cut my sewing, when I have taken so
much pains with it.”
“ The stitching is anything but neat. Some
of the stitches ure short aud others long. 1
cannot have such work.”
“ I am sure it looks nicely, and I tried so
hard, and kept at it so closely, because you
had promised when I finished it I should see
my mother’s and father’s pictures.”
“ Of course you have forfeited the right to
claim that promise,” said her aunt.
'*• But X did finish the work, as well, too, as
I could, to save my life. You surely wiil let
me see the pictures, aunt.”
“ No. How have you the faceto ask, when
you see that I am ripping out your careless
work r ,
“Then you have told a story and I will
never believe you again ntver! aud I wi I
hate you too!” shrieked the child in a pas
sion, as her breast heaved, her eyes flashed
and her whole frameshook with anger, never
before aroused to such an extent, * No, i will
never believe you ogain!”aud bursting into
a passionate flood of ten 1 ’*, she darted out at
the open door, and took the puth leading to
the spring. She then threw herself down on
the trunk of the old willow, in perfect aban
donment of grief, sobbing aud moaning as if
her heart would break.
“ Ob, mother, dear mother, why didn’t you
take me to heaven with you, or else stay here
with me ? I have nobody to care for me:
nobody to love me. I wish I wa3 dead too.
I wish 1 could die here, right now. and then
that never die*, or draw a beautiful word-
picture of the life unchangeable, unsearcha
ble, whose glories fade not away. What a
counfort was this sermon to George Cieve
land, and how often the memory of it recall
ed in after years when faith in humanity was
almost gone and religion almost considered a
delusion,it came like oil to the troubled waters
oj his soul.
Day after day he prolonged his visit at the
Springs, and each day found him a welcome
visitor, accompanying Elinor in her walks
and rides aud enlivening. Mr. Ross with his
presence and conversation, as he was seldom
able now to leave the bouse, for, since tbuL
day, when he spoke as if by inspiration, he
had been gradually failing, and had not felt
equal to undertaking the service since.—
Aud Elinor had learned to watch for George’s
coming with a beating heart and changing
cheek. It was “Love's young dream” to
both; that brighi star of life’s morning that
so often se‘.s in clouds.
At length the changing leaves, gorgeous
harbingers of autumn, warned him to depart.
When he left, with the consent of Mr. Ross,
whom he had informed of his station anil
prospects, he was engaged to Elinor. He re
turned home aud set in to earnest studying,
which studies were varied quite frequently
by the letters he wrote to and received from
Elinor. Some two months had elapsed when
tie received a hurried note from her request
ing his immediate attendance at the bedside
of her father, who could not possibly survive
many days, and wished to see him before
he died. He had broken a blood-vessel which,
in his already iufeebled state, was fast hur
rying him away. He started within the hour
and the next day saw him in their presence.
When he came into the room Elinor sat sup
porting her father’s head,—trying to supp-ss
CHAPTER ill.
And thus was this stray waif of humanity
thiowu upon the protecting care of Miss
Rhuhama R , e or as she was more often call
ed in sign.fication of her ungentle dispos;
tion JSliss Rue; for contrary to all t-xpecta
tion, tbe feeble wailing little one revived,
under the fostering care of the coarse, houie
ly but kiudhearted neighbor who out of pity
for the poor little helpless thing, took it to
her motherly bosom and cared for it more
tender>y than for her own sturdy little one.
Miss Ross was kind to the child in-mer own
way aud was rather proud that she had fallen
to. her charge, but she had lived alone c >0
long, and without any object of affeetiou to
■**—**-—1— maMr. Cleveland. A faint smile lit the face ot wl ^ n a,le uaa
ticed by her, but which bad followed, watch
ing her every movement with an eai nestness
almost human, uttered a low whine and com
menced licking her hands. She threw her
arms around his neck, aud leaning her heau
upon then', said:
“ Yes, Don, poor old dog, I know you love
me, and 1 love you, too, but ain’t it too bad
she wont give them to me! I bate her, I do,
aud 1 will go away and leave her.”
As her passion died out, conscience began
its work, aud though ignorant, and almost
untaught, s he fell on her knees, still clasping
the dog’s neck, aud said the Lord's prayer.
Daylight had faded into twilight, and the
whippoorwill had set up its mournful night-
song ann the stars peeped out one by one, be
fore Elinor returned to the house After
bathing her face and head in the clear, cold
water of the spring, and telling Don she knew
they must both go supperless to bed, although
she could not have swallowed the greatest
dainties, she started for the house, and quietly
entered. The fire was out, the light extin
guished, and everything, as she expected,
arranged for the night. Her aunt, who
knew she could do nothing with Elinor in her
tantrums, as she called them, but leave her
to get over them, had retired; so, bolting the
door, she groped her way to the stairs aud
up to the room she occupied above Miss Ross,
and was soon in a deep slumber.
It was late the next morning, and the sun
was shining in at the little gable window be
fore Elinor was aroused by her aunt’s voice.
She made an t ffort to 1 ise, but fell back upon
her pillow as if she had been struck witn a
sharp pain in her temples, and when, an hour
after, her aunt came again to call her, she
found her in a high fever and talking deliri
ously. The air to which she had been ex
posed the night before, together with her
long fast and unusual state of nervous ex
citement, had brought on one of those slow
fevers so prevalent in autun n.
Miss Ross was really alarmed at the fever
flushed face and incoherent words coming
from the parched lips, mingled with piteous
entreaties for the pictures of father and moth
er,the denial of which had caused her great fit
of passion the evening before. Then she
would beg her aunt not to hold her back, as
her own dear angel mother had come for her,
and she mi st go.
Miss Ross hurried down stairs and calling
old Tom, ter only servant and man of all
work, sent him off immediately for a Doctor,
then returnirg she made up a little cot bed
in her own room, folded back tbe snowy sheet
invalid as he became aware of his presence,
and he tried to extend his hand in welcome,
saving in a faint wh’sper;
“ I knew j ou would come; you will soon be
my dear child’s only earthly protector, and
I wished much to see you her legal one be
fore I left her. It would be better if your
studies were completed, but God has ordered
otherwise. I trust you with a precious lega
cy, the greatest of my earthly possessions,
and she wiil not be a burden, as she has a
small property inherited from her mother.
When she is safely in your keeping I can de
part in peace, for my labors are finished, my
work ended, and I long for the eternal
reas. ’
George Cleveland’s emotions can sea. cely
be described, as he stood there one hand
clasped in that of the dying man, the other
in that of his betrothed, listening to the gasp
ing words and broken sentences which were
to change the whole current of his after life.
Happiness, unutterable happiness, that he so
soon could cla-p one so dear and call her
wife, gave place to the less pleasant thought
of how his proud, wealthy relatives would
receive his rustic, portionless bride; for he
had never mentioned bis engagement to
them, thinking it best to defer it until the
time drew nearer for his marriage, which he
had set to take place when he was admitted
to the bar. And how would they live in the
long months, perhaps years, which must in
tervene before he could be established in a
lucrative practice—perhaps struggling with
poverty and privation. Long before tbe pre*
parations for the ceremony had been com
pleted, all his doubts and fears had vanished,
for who, he thought, could resist the sweet
pleading look in Elinor's face, or the circum
stances of her lonely, friendly orphan lot.
Very solemnly was the marriage rite per
formed. There were more tears than
smiles, but a look of quiet peace and satisfac
tion crossed the face of Mr. Ross as the cere
mony was finished, for he had perfect trust
in Mr. Cleveland, and in his ability to make
his daughter happy. He seemed to revive
for a few days and gave them much good ad
vice aud mam parting words of love, but the
hour could not l.e long deferred when b»
must cross the dark river, and Elinor, though
so well prepared for .the event, could but
grieve detplj- for the loss of her only parent.
After the last sad rites were performed,
Mr. Cleveland wrote to his friends of bis
marriage, and of the circumstances attend
ing it, and asked them to receive his wife
phia, and who had alwaj'S freated her as a
daughter, and she even shed a few tears as
she turned for a last look at the large baud
soniely furnished chamber which hat been
her little world, her home for that one pre
cious j’ear of wedded life, but with the assur
ance that she would certainly return iu a few
months on her p irt, and many kind parting
injunctions on that of the goot landlady
tbey separated, never beneath the blue sky
to meet again,
Miss Rhuhama Ross welcomed her neice
with as much cordiality as her undemonstra
tive nature would allow, and actually fussed
over her for the first few days after George
left her. If Elinor was not exactly happy
in her husband’s absence she was at lea-t
cheerful and contented. Weeks passed away
and she received letters by every steamer,
with assurances of his continued health ami
the prosperity of his voyage but separation
began to grow irksome and she longed for his
return.
On a quiet warm evening; she had taken a
short walk and feeling an unaccoun able de
pression of spirits sat down to indulge the
tears she had been with an tffort repressing
all day. She longed to hear her husband’;
voice once more, to lay her head on that shelt
ing manly breast to be soothed and comfort
ed like a weary child. Why the unaccoun
table sadness! Was it prophetic*
She was aroused by ner aunt’s voice, chid
ing her for exposing herself to the falling
dews—Alas!—before another night dews fell,
the feeble wail of an infant vo ce was heard
beneath the cottage roof, and the mother lay
pale and cold aud still in her death robes.
George Cleveland received the news of li.»
wife’s death, with heartbreaking anguish, and
now that he had no ties to draw him home
ward, for the infant was so feeble, tne Doc
tor wrote that it was dying and would be
laid on its mothers bosom in her coffl 1, he
determined to mike his home on strangers
soil, for he could not forgive those who had
refused to see, and treated so unkindly his
cherished darling. His father with a small
portion of his abundant wealth might have
prevented this grievious parting, aa l who
knew, perhaps if he had been there his loving
presence might have called her back eveu
from the verge of the shadowy land.
rmon at tne little mountain caurcn. 6 1 ' ****>'-«*-**•-*“* — - —y uit-ir uaiuuai ucui in iui ugm, ucipiiu
O.i recovering slowly from her illness the forcible manner. Tbe method of travel- directions. Remember that education
child was less passionate and wilful She ing which they pursued gave publicity j 3 on i y tbe leading out of powers and
seemed drawn nearer to her aunt, and eve- ^ fact tliat the General had a cur- faculties that are within. Enoourage,
IhYbufeTuf knk\in|-Urk, an’fto Misfit-m- tain lecture every night for a night-cap. therefore, such inclinations toward
hama’s great delight begin sewing on a Iol*^ In th.0 course of their journey, tkey ar- books, studies, mechanics, music, out-
ranged to spend the nights at the house* of-door pursuits and healthful sports as
of the gentry scattered along between g l 1R H help most truly to develop your
Mount Vernon and Philadelphia, and ehild. As education comes more and
Martha was often heard to nag her lord more to include the development of a
and master until a loud snore announced natural aptitude, it will be more and
that the General was safe in the land of more successful. It is good to humor
the wealth of affection she had to lavish met dreams from all worldly annoyances. j- onr children in preserving their indi-
with a respome. To meet wuh tlie The chariot was the acknowledged yidualitv, and in fostering * true self-
smallest retain from her severe, uubeniing I mark of aristocracy, A journey in these respect.' Teach them early the value of
days entailed a retinue, somewhat after 4 dune and a dollar. If you give them
the following order : but 5 cents a week, tell them what it
1. Marster and Missis in a carriage. aosts somebody in labor, and bold them
2. Marster’s “boy” on horseback, strictly to their allowance,
with a led horse for Marster to ride when The philosophy of early training is to
make the child father to the man—
The homely
neglected quilt. Miss Rtiuhama had nurse
her tenderly and faithfully with a motherly
care and .'merest,aud now never spoke har-h
lj r or unkindly to her, but ans wered cheer
fully the many questions put to her by the
little invalid. Tuose were the happiest day .
she had ever known, for never before had
lied the child by its mother’s
name, was naturally of a passionate disposi
tion, and was often wilful and wayward, aud
her auui could not or would not understand
her. She would often disobey her if told in
a harsh commanding manner to doanyth'ng,
which same order she would have obeyed
with cheerfulness if she had been asked In
a kiud and gentle manner.
She could be coaxed but not driven; quite-
ed by affection, but not impelled by fear.
Free, ardent and impulsive by nature, these
qualities had been fostered by the wild, lone
ly aud untrammeled life she led, and grew
with her youth. Often slipping oat unob
served by her aunt, aud calling Don, the gift
of a gentleman who had spent some weeks
there several summers before, prospecting
for coal and trout fishing, for even this ouc-
of the-way place had it3 attractions, she
would bound away out of sight and then be
come visible again away up on tbe mountain
side clambering over almost inaccessible
rocks, and climbing along steep narrow
paths where one would think only the deer
could walk. Miss Ross kuew eon could pro
tect the child. She sometime ventured to fill
a broken pitcher her only apology for a vase,
with some of her choicest ferns aim flowers,
and mounting a chair would put it oil the
top of the old ease of drawers; but if they
were allowed to remain until the next morn
ing they were generally thrown cut when
Miss Rue came across them in her daily
round of in. pection for dust. It is true Miss
Rue often called her in, and, making her
bring her little stool to her side, would pro
ceed to instruct her, but in no gentle man
ner. If it w ere books or a writing lesson,
she always had an apt aud eager scholar:
but in needle-work or knitting she was per
fectly incorrigible; and to her aunt, who
thought in these great branches of female
industry lay all the greatest of earthly good,
it was a great and sore trial.
From the time that El nor learned to read
well she read with avidity whatever came
within her reach. There « er. e v new books
or papers that found their way to the cottage,
relative, seemed like sunsuine to her cheer
less life.
Elinor had never been told of the proba
bility of her fatiier’s b-iug alive. Mis* Rau-
hama always avoided tbe subject, and was
quite startled when Elmor asked her the di
rect question, after sitting in one of her I
quiet, dreamy moods ljnger than usual one
day.
“ Aunt, where was rav father when mv
mother died? Did he die firs' ? I don’t think
I ever understood all about it.”
“He was gone to Europe, child,” she re
plied with a quick, nervous movement.
“Aud did he die there!”
“I don’t kuow, child,” said her aunt, “we
never heard that he did; and she deter
uuiu6d now that Elinor had approached tue
subject to ceil her every circumstance of her
mother’s married life.
‘Didn’t die, Auut Rhuhama! Oal why,
then, did he never come to see me! ’ And
her heart beat quick and her color came aud
went, while Miss Rhuhama fairly broKe
down under the piteous look of the chilu a
•yes.
'Boor child; don’t tike on—now do.u’i!”
And the old lady rocked herself quite vigor
ously some moments before she could culiect
her ideas sufficiently to go ou. “Miy.oe i
did wrong, aud maybe I didn’t; the Lord
only knows that—but I done it for the peat.
When we wrote, the doctor and me, we saui
that you were dying, and we’d bury j ou
with your mother. We thought there wa*
no chauce at all. for you were such a feeble.
he wished to stretch his legs.
3. A wagon containing two hair trunk* mother to the woman,
and Missis’ maid. proverb, “As the twig is bent the tre*
The rate of i rogrossion was about four Inclines,” is not yet outgrown. It is as
miles an hour. _ true now as in ancient times, that if
The habit of carrying servants even gome twigs are permitted to grow as
on neighborly visits obtained in Virginia they incline the tree will be a crooked
and Maryland until the abolition of 0 ne.
slavery. A form of entertaining called
“ spending the day” was the fashion. Throw ing the Hatchet.
This consisted m going to a friend s T < a .. ..
, 1 • ui i In the fourteenth century the situation
house early in the morning, and st>i\mg « 1 i • . • < , / * -*^-j
j • 1 1 1 ? ui UU Hi,® of public executioner to the city of Flor-
until late in the evening, consuming the 1 , . , J ..
interval in a succession of meals. Be- e f° 1>l T ame T*™? ’ aml ’. a8 ^ *
side the visitors, the coachman and l >laC6 considerable emolument thcr,
tw wav nanullva “,>,ai,l ”.^6 three candidates. A day wa.
appointed for public displav of then
several abilities. The first candi
date, with a knife, cleverly separ
ated the head of the victim from
his shoulders. He was outdone by the
horses, there was usurlly a “maid,
who sat on the rack behind the carriage,
swinging her legs in ecstatic delight at
the prospect of “going abroad.”
Chaises were the only two-seated
vehicles in use, and were something like
veinuiea in uuu weto suihl-iuiu” mvtj -111 c i _ 1 1;.
, . , 0 ,, rapid stroke of the second, whose gilt-
a modem top buggy, except tnat they J. broaJswortl strut . k k .^. or hlto g the
hadbuttwowheeis. Consequently, going £ a sxaloXmdillf , multitude.
rtf Tl»thW «I least promising held iz
iiO caauce at an. lor you wtiesuuiiaieeuiH. 1 1 j,• 1 1:11 aiio tiiiiu. uuu ivoot uiuuiiniug iu
ailing little creetur. But Batay Jane, wuu | ou ^ ... ,* ,, ® . • ,-/ r> J his hand a short hatchet, and, when the
nraa bawn tHmiljrh if. ftll C-llii wllllt* fhul-H LW WCfC SUlllCd OUt OOlOrG. -jLAJ UISV if £ LQ .XvtflL I * 1* X fl 1 1 1 * _ 1 1
was bere through it all, said while there
life there was hope,and she wasn’t going to let
the baby die; so she went to cursing am tend
ing, and w eaned her own big, fat youngster
a id soon hud you with a different look Tiieu
I wrote another letter and told him what u
pert, hearty child you was growing, aud sent
were spilled out before. Louisville Pott. yictim was extended with Ins head on
. the fatal block, approached him, and in
A Breach-of-Promise Case. # low whisper inquired if he was a swift
Lawyers are sometimes put to their runner and if he could swim well. On
wits’ end to discover a plausible defense being answered in the affirmative, he
in a breach-of-promise case. In such a desired him to spring on his feet and
tha letter to your grandfather in Bmladelp iy ! b an lawyer once found cross the river. The executioner then
I sent another when you was a year old aim i himself. His client was a little hump- put on a fierce look, swung his weapon
n .1 > r cnn.-l ............ Kanlrarl fcllnw Q9 irt m o vi_ lwiail 1 ut it* wf nf niuL'i'nflf
as flue a child as ever I seed. Your grump
wrote back that it was no use to write any
more, for he didn’t know where George was.
I never told you anything as this before, u
the old man didn’t say anything about you
auJ I thought your life would be speut up
here with me, aud wuen I die you will get
the old house and a few hundred dollars I
ha. e scraped together.”
This disclosure had the greatest effect upo i
Elinor, dreamy and imaginative as shi
tell in ruins beneath her matter
ry-day life. And her father was tbe ab-ub
sorbing topic, the obj .ct of her thoughts by
day aud dreams by night. She no m ire
doubted that he was living, and would re
turn some day in splendor to claim her tuuu
she doubted the whole story of Don Raphael,
who had found his beautiful daughter wuu
the robbers.
Eaily one bright spring morning she called
Don aud started out for a walk to a sheltereu
pot on the mountain side, where, early as it
backed fellow, as unattractive in man- round his head, but, instead of making
ners as in person. “ Who would marry it descend on rha devoted er< uture’3
such a man?” thought the lawyer, “aud neck, struck it with great force iuto the
how could sh* sue him for refusing?” block Shou's of execration rose from
That thought suggested his defense, as the crowd, and the trembling wretch, as-
the woman, a rosy-cheeked, raven-haired tonished at his wonderful escape, had
aud handsome girl, walked into court. nearly gained the opposite bank of the
The marriage contract was proved, river before any steps were taken to pur-
aa sh v , and also that the wedding-day had been sue him. He had scarcely, however,
One., white-muslin iqial r£d.-Ca]-..-gaPa_ teu_yttfilra, •tor’ar- bmJ ■when the
of-fact i-vo ico dresses had been bought by the in- executioner, taking steady aim, threw
tended bride. The mother testified to his hatchet with such effect that the
the wedding feast of one turkey, six body continued running some time after
chickens, one ham, and a mess of beans, the head was off! Erom this rather im-
potatoes, turnips and cabbage. There probable incident the common phrase
was also a big custard pie. of throwing the hatchet is said to be
“I made it myself,” swore the old derived.
lady, “ and though I say it myself, as
shouldn’t say it, there wasn’t any other Brain Work and Sleep.
. . woman in the neighborhood as coffid | A s long as a brain-worker is able to
was, she was almost sure of fluffing some , make one like it. Upon these facts the B ]eep well, to eat well, and to take a faif
violets. After a long aud fruitless . sea,va, lawyersi for the young woman asked proportion of out-door exercise, it is not
$o,000 damages. necessary to impose any special limits
she gave up greatly disappointed, and throw
ing herself ou the ground fell into a vague,
chddish revery.
mi j i . , . . , nocessui y uo imueau any oueuiai uluiks
The man’s lawyer made only Uo point. to the ' ctUld num ber of hours he de-
Was she always to spend her days m that j defense. First, that tli« lady had sus- vo te s to his labors. But when what is
mountain cottage and never know anything i tained no damage, as she could marry a generally known as worry steps iu to
of the worid beyond! Was her father hvin^ much better-looking man than Ins chent So mpH c.ato matters, when cares con-
s a he nevei to hear ffis vffice or fec-I his Wnd ¥°°S?» ^ t ^ 1 ^ e8ses 1 7 0 ^ ld b « ?? eded nected with family arrangements, or with
caresses? Was sh, nut to have an educat on, fo u filly7o“n Uk* plaS^Fthat tb* th ° SC ’ Jlua ^ roU3 Personal details which
but grow up in ignorance and stupidity like i aouDtecU J 8°°n tax* place ana mat tn* w0 cau se ]’ 00in escajie, intervene, or
the oeoDle around her? How she longed foi | 8 upperwaa eaten by herself and friends, wben the daily occupation of life is
the people around — — 0 . - - -
books; how she would study and try to im- . and not by his client.
prove so that when he did come he might not
be ashamed of her. And then she sank into
a fit of despondency, because in her childish
wisdom she could plan no different life. Sue
had been sitting there a long time when Don
started up with a bark, and she heard the
roll of carriage-wheels, certainly an uuusu .1
sound in that vicinity. But great iudeeu
was her astonishment when the carria,
The jury, however, gave her a verdict
of $8 for the dresses and $3.50 for the
supper.
in itself a fertile source of anxiety, then
we find one or other of these three safe
guards broken down. Probably the man
of business or the successful lawyer fail*
to shake himself free from his anxieties
at night, and slumber becomes fitful or
disturbed. The nervous system, ur-
From the Pyramids.
The view is immense. At our feet li*
_ ^ _ _ the countless tombs of Egyptian Kings, settled by the mental strain, brings
tuniedYnto tiie lane, drew up and stopped 7u j whose name* have passed into oblivion, about various defects in nutrition ; the
front of her cottage door. Full of her wild and whose very bones were stolen tlioo- appetite fails, and then we meet with
imaginings and thoughts of her father, Eli- 3a nds of years ago. The Sphinx seem* sleeplessness. This is sometimes gotten
hesitated'toeuter 6 until*her aunt, coding ^ | but ft common rock, though it rears its rid of by drinking water, eating little
look for her, led her up to a gentleman ,*eat- head sixty feet toward us from near th* and taking exercise, or by drinking
ed by the window, informing her that that pyramid’s base. Off yonder are the every day a large quantity of water, and
washei Uncle Edward Cleveland, her fathers pyramids of Sak Karah, the necropolis exchanging a highly nutritious regimen
brother. He was a handsome, pleasaat-face > of ancient Memphis. Beyond them for a much lighter dietary. There can
as F fce slnffingl^dr'ew h’er'to his^ide°and kiied i 811 to . west of us fo the desert, be no doubt that in manv cases great
lier ® J ‘ sweeping awaj for trackless leagues, benefit would be derived from a tlior-
•’ Her father’s eye, but no other resem- i To the east is the Nile, with its valley, ough change of locality or climate,
blance,” said he, after a scruteuiz’ng glance like a variegated ribbon, disappearing Long sea voyages are not infrequently
but these were to her what seemed qu'te a j that made Elinor hang her head. i toward the south as it winds behind the attended with excellent results, the at-
little library; books that her mother bought; | “ No, she’s the living image of her mother, I gand . CO vered hills. And there Cairo rises tacks being absent for months at a time,
some favorite volumes of her fathers: histo- every bit a Ross,” said Rhuhama, with par- -. j. ,
ry, biogrephy aud a few standard works of ! donable pride. U® , a dream in stone, its citadel j
poetry. These latter were Eiiuor’s e^p^citd | “I do not wonder at poor George's choice, picturing before us tne drama oi oar&cen Why will ladies never succeed as rail-
delight; they were marked all througu at j then, I never saw his wife, although we conquest and cruelty for 1,000 years,— way conductors ? Their trains are al-
partieular passages, and she always piciured j kept up a friendly correspondence until he 'Jfirisdun Union, 'vaya behind.
Hi UVU unu IVVUi, iVluava ' J “““ v O “““ tvvviiu uio " av ' 11) V1 n f hllshffTllI TO H inf
and counterpane, and lifting the child gent- ! kindly, but he received no answer, except a [ s ; de t | ose sbe had f 0UIK i
to herseif her mother sitting at some light j left the country; aud my wife wrote and
work and her father reading t<> Uur- and all urged her to spend the time f his absence
these volumes had on the flyleaf “from her j with us, but she politely declined, thinking
loving husband to Elinor C evelei d.” Be-j it best to come to you. Will J'ou go home
with me, Elinor? Your grandfather in Beil
great deal
and 1
when he examined her, and found the blood he would not condescend to bring bis bride to i Stated so*fong*ago that**she could "not read I educated!’’ metobe
visit them, but if he did contemp.ate suca a - tbem a (. a jj w j- b fee long s’s like f’s, ana j “Me! Oh, I am so glad! and may I really
qdeerly-shaped, mixed up letters. ; go to tchool and have plenty of oooka?
leapii g with such frightful rapidity through
the weary little frame.
For many weary days aud nights did the
death angel hover around her pillow, as if
unwilling to leave the young spirit to strug
gle through life.
At last with the assistance of her aunt who
had nursed her tenderly and faithfully Elinor
was able to leave the bed and be propped up
with pillows in the large arm chair. , | he arranged his plans in a very lucid manner,
It was now far advanced in winter, which took his seat at the table and wrote to a firm
had set in with unusual severity and the
road leading down to the settlement btlow.
step, they would beg to be excused from r;
ceiving them. The father was very angry
as he had formed such brilliant plans for his
favorite younger son, and considered them
so completely blighted by this hast j- mar
riage.
He threw the letter in the fire and walked
the floor for a few moments in which time
was often so blocked up with ice and snow- as
to be impassable upon seme days, for even
old Tom and his sturdy pony.
The days were tedious and lonely in the
extreme to the little invalid who had gained
her strength but slowly,but she passed many
that would otherwise have been tedious hours
in gazing upon the pictured faces ot those
dear ones whom she had never set”, in factor
in her first interval of quiet after delirium,
she found the long coveted pictures on ner
pillow. She would sit for hours watching
her aunt about her household occupations, or
listen to the click of her knitting needles un
til her head grew dizzy. Occasionally, if the
weather was not too bad, the monotony of
the winter would be broken by a visit from
some one of their kindly but simple-hearted
neighbors
CHABTER IL
Elinor’s father, George Cleveland, was the
ung son of an aristocratic and wealthy fam-
of Philadslphia. His father had spared
in his native city, a wholesale bouse, asking
for a situation. They were old friends of his
family and he wrote at si_me length detailing
his changed circumstances. The return mail
brought him a favorable answer fixing his
salarj- at quite a liberal sum, thus as far as
pecuniary matters were concerned every
thing was arranged satisfactorily, but how
could he tell his already grief-stricken wife
that his friends had cast them eff, and he had
but a home among strangers to offer her,
how wound her sensitive nature by telling
her that his friends considered her an unwel
come intruder!
Four weeks had elapsed since the funeral
and everything was arranged for their de
parture. The house was to be given up to
its new occupants and the furniture had been
disposed of except a few sacred relics, which
Elinor had carefully packed and sent to her
only relative, a maiden sister of her father’s
for safe keeping.
As it could be no longer deferred, George
in the gentlest manner told his wife of their
changed prospects. She was of course,
grieved for him, but with her sweet tender
Her aunt in reply to herii quiriessaid they ! claimed the delighted child, her ej es spark
had been there ever since she knew the house 1 ling with pleasure.
having been brought there by an old sailor , “Yes, dear,” replied her un:le, amused at
ui.de before she was born. Among them was j her demonstrative manner. “You shall have
a part of an old Spanish romance w hich El- i as many books as you waut and plenty of
inor carried off, and which greatly interest- nice of dresses and a pony to ride, aud your
ed her. In it she found her dog’s name, aunt and myself will love aud care for you
A certain Spanish grande-,one Don Raphael, just as we do our for own little Grace, who
went to visit his splendid but long neglected is just your age.”
ancestral castle. Fart of it had fallen into j Elinor w as lett to a long conversation with
decay, but he determined to occupy the kab- ■ her uncle, which resulted in their becoming
itable part of it some days with his retinue 1 very well acquainted, while Miss Rhuhama
while he transacted some business there. was bustling around, on hospitable thoughts
Every night he heard strange, unaecount- intent. At an earlj T hour the mxt morning
able noises near him, and being quite fear- the travelers were ready to depart: and, af-
Ie*=, he determined to search for the cause, so ter all her day-dreams, Elinor found it a
. The Rage for Sealskins.
Some thirty years ago seaisidn was
common enough. Boxes were covered
with it, gloves and driving-rugs were
made of it, costermongers and cabmen
cut tin ir caps from it. Then came u
time win n some cunning furrier discov
ered how to dye it a rich dark hr.nvn,
and to give it that exquisite soft and
downy texture which is its chief charm.
At once ladies adopted the luxury. It
was soon found that for cloaks, jackets,
muffs, dainty little hats, collars, cuff’s,
bags, portemonnaies, for a thousand 1
ways behind.
To Husbands.
Always complain of being tired, and
remember that nobody else gets tired.
Your wife should have everything in
readiness for you, but you should not
do anything for her.
When your wife asks for money, give
her a nickel; ask her what she wants
with it, and, when she tells you, ask her
if she can’t do without it. Then go
down town and spend ten times the
amount for cigars, for they axe a neces
sity.
Go down town of an evening, stand
around on the street corner and talk
, xpense upon his education, as he intend- j trustfulness declared any place would be
other articles of feminine use, it was the
most delightful, the most beautiful, the politics; it s more interesting than to
most indispensable of all possible ma stay at home with your family. .
terials. The demand for it increased Charge your wife not to gossip, but
w ith a rapidity almost marvelous, and 7 0U can s P m al J tbe I* 1-113 Jou wish,
the fashion, instead of wearing its-lf Have your wife get up and make fires,
out, has, if anything, steadily increased. | but don’t get up yourself till the rest of
sett ng vigorously to work and clearing away grievous parting. But her uncle soothed her ; f nd ^ e d, the best Alaska* sealskins, like I tb® family arei eating .e' art, as you
some rubbish, he effected an entrance into with promises of future visits to her old i the iurs of the sable, the silver fox and i rmgut take coia.
------- ” - Wear old clothes, and make yourself
as untidy as possible until your wife’s
health fails; then it would be best for
you to fix up some, for in all probability
you will want another when she is gone.
Have a smile for everybody you meet,
but get a frown on before you go home.
—Physiologist.
the ruined part of the building, where he dis- homo. * She could scarcely refrain from i the Russian sea otter, command anal-
covered a beautiful maiden whose name was jumping from the carriage and returning to | together fancy price and a handsome
Beatrice. She had been brought there a few I comfort them, as looking out she beheld Don , j acket of close texture and uniform c '
Hire ho-rArfl nr rnhhurc trnr\ nnteraH Lit n fVm wnfonatmi* runipla u'lf It un i *
days before by robbers, who eatered by a I gazing after the retreating vehicle with an
subterranean passage and used it as a place earnestness almost human, howling piteous-
of deposit for their stolen goods. She was ; ly, while Aunt Rhue stood by his side wip-
traveling with her mother and their attend- ■ ing her eyes with the comers of her checked
ants from their country seat to Madrid, when apron.
they were attacked and overpowered by the
robbers. She was separated from her mother
during the skirmish and knew nothing more
until she found herseif here.
Don Raphael made his escape with her.
and took her to the eonvent where his cwn
[TO BE CON-TINTED.]
opeakin'o of what animal* can do, it
would be hard to find any that excel
those of Texas. An advertiser in that
daughter was being educated, and there they \ state calls for “an industrious man as a
found the mother, who had been rescued by ^ over 5 000 kead of ih ’ a.
a party of travellers and taken refuge there , a . , a , ,, "“i wuu
also,and when she saw Don Raphael to thank j can s P eab Spanish fluently.
or, with no white hairs to break tin
continuation of its tint, will fetcli a:
many guineas as five-and-twenty year*
ago it would have fetched half-crowns
The result is that the luckless seals liav.
had waged against them, now for Severn
years, what practically amounts to >
war of extermination.
The Royal bte.u . iesi.1 Eure pe owe men
of their personal attractiveness to tbe ii flu
ence of Ayer’s Hair Vigor, which keeps tb
hair fresh and bright.
Asthma sufferers should write to F. F. K.
Feck & Co., New York City. See tl e adver
tisement headed “Asthma Cured,”in another
cilumn.
Rolled Gold Solid Ring only ?5 cents. Ti e
greatest offer ever made by a responsible 6: m.
Read advertisement, G. W. Fettibooe & Co.