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BY SA\VTELL & .TONES, s|)t t£utl)bcvt Terms of Subscription: , One Tbab %i '*» | Sir Months ....$1 IXVARIABt.V JN advance. Hates of Advertising r Oita aqnart. (ten tin*** or !•**■*.» $1 fdr ute first and Ift c »t* to- ftieU *tt*.*.>qneiitSiisernon Cont.r*c'»'lv*r’i*' , ig n» follow* : Space. J Mooths’ t Month* 1 i Months jrolnoin $25 no “fiOJ. - # 75 01* I Column 40 0 71 0 !■» W Our Column... 50 **o 9i) 0u 15' 00 J Obituaries. <1 00 p,* square. VVkitl..r 1 [For the Aldini Pki«.] Standing, alone, at the wimtftw, I gaxe on the crowded s wet, Watch, for a moment, the ocean Which ebbs, and flows, at h»Jr fueti— The wonderful ocean of Being, Whose wave*, in tbeir restlVss flow, ‘Beema to dash ost'srone of defiance, On the stonSrfL j Anon, and a passionate outcry Os agony, hoarse with despair, beam to rise from the surging biflt#frk, And then die* away on the air. ' A face is turned upwnrd. a moment, Death-white with hunger and pain ; ’TIs gone—swept away—and forever XJur wonder and pity are vain : ■.WY\ \ h Another ; another : another— A child, with a skeleton face ; *A man whose looks are of murder ; A lady, in jeweies and lace. The billows surge onward, forev ir, In tb# streets of the cily b»luw ; Each forehead impressed with it* sfgMft Os hcedleasnest. crime, or of woe. 'Standing thus, gazing and thinking, ,( llow strangely un-eal it seems ! ' L ke the dim and shadowy vUlb is. "The phantom tbut come in onr dream . These eager and restli-ss faces. ‘ These forms tliat go hiirryfhg by 5 Whence come they! What are they wefyea tion- . , s (> •* And tchither t Ob. wh'ttTmr! we cry. The problem or B-ing—how' vainly • o solve the eirgmi we try ! + ? tart —who -hall ttfl us whence came we? And art tre t— and wfiithiT ?we cry. Ail talngs'in existence have purpose. But existence,'that oily has none; We live. We love and we perish : For what! Is the question, when done. SiVe ask the stern Fast for its its records we eager'y scan ; > From the clouds of a tlion-iind a-?ta No answer is given ‘to hiati. 'Sii.t, Ik it-Ob cun it b«* merely To jmiit ’iieuth th • «t If'*, Tt long for ilie unknoW'ri. fA'iVttf, To weary'of iisvles-i strife! \t last. of tiu* sin. anil tU** sliinin*, To siik. n, m il tl'«*n to pi -1 -w «I<l. T<) rul*. Ik* the laiiTß* of the forest, Tn the Autumn, patlill and cold ? To lie down. at Inst, wit hands fold, and ; So grateful the gr. v. r-*t to frd ; %j kj i m'W n to o ii t.< th • pint * »'■ Os labor that we leave behind T ta it merely 1 6'plow nefo Thr-ofrs In the ocean of Tim*, for graves'! \* it merely to slrcfc ft. frir wer. With wrecks, for the hungry waVest V)r, is Being itself a delusion T Have Matter, Existence a cause! fc)o w« and earn that wo live, and dreatfl only 1 Bewildered and si. we pause. As circles are seen, in the Water, To vanish, when Wid.; they are groWn, 'Our qucetious grow vague,'when we struggle To reach, and id grasp the tJaauowA. bur life is a str ittye hidden pathway ; ’Tis midii'gtit. froth birth to the gY.iW, ■Kb star to illumine the heavens, No gfeam of the fthich we crate'. Like children, afraid 6f the'Aarlknesi, In a fearful, shadowy land,— A realm full of terror, we wander ; ’Mid phantom* we shfidderiij stand. We grope in the blackness; we "tremble; We stretch out our hand a. like the blind ; \Ve feel for a form—alas, only A WVitile void do we Had 1 k tty, full of anguish, we utter,— Os dread, uncontrollable woe^ We wake, stand’ng still at the & inflow, White the crowd hurries enward below Above tt.« stringe tttnrmnr now rises Ati rttterailcli fMleihu and cieoi * — ••Poor niurtAl, feow weak it thy Vifckln 1 Blind mortal, how dull is thine bat! '‘‘These Voices, that seem so discordant i these wailings that trouble lltiue ear, Are *tl4ini Vl! a tialrWhny, perfect; liow is it lIIOU tallest to heat? “Ask not the stern Past fur its moral! The page you so eagerly scan, la but part of a record, eternal One point o. an iufinite plan, ‘ Canst thou understand what the angels Desire to tatborn in vain ? Or grasp that which iieedetll dH feliillbss Duration; Id hitiiler ti piaiu I "No longer, then, seek to unravel The scheme in eterriity laid ; Enough, to believe the Creator Will care tor the world lie hath made. "Be patient then, Mortal, tie psitieht j Thy doubts and ttty llilgs ce.ne j Bepaw- front by stHlggles, and calmly £ tall lie sl#d time of release,’' Thu voice die* away info silei.es, But the waves in their ctum-l-ss flow. Still echo. -Be patient,” “Be pvtient,” Ay bev-nb s»l the' pavement below. M. C. M. Three thtMisnml cul io iwl*** of water are evaporated 1 every y*' l ‘ F the surface *>f the veav,. lakes, au^! •as of the globe^ CUTHBERT fj§§ APPEAL. Charles Grayson’s Wife. fcY MAT HAMILTON. CHAPTER I. The scene was m»t an enlivening one. ! [t hpil efnuVe<l steadily silt the forenoon, ■ ai.ft, silent downfall of great, feathery fl tk-s, ami I w*i«#ed home Tufa school VfOoii, fay haii'li* and feet like Veer, wet. tired and '•enifoi tleSf, and quite an luingrv na school girls are apt to be u(- ter a five honre’isei-sion. I Hail AViAry enough to cry ftt the picture that pVewoted itself mb 1 sh*»**k the enow tawu my drew and opened the kitchen d'T r. Dinner was over t*Vi ctc-ntly for lh'o table stood in die "i the rooHi, a mosaic of Boiled ta blecloth and |H*taf.> skins. I <»j>enwl the door of. the atoreuiV* n imfM-Tftlly— but no filled plate fcikti keeping wsrfa for me nobody had VhVfagfit or Wed fur me. And mother eat fn liVt h'W rocking-chair, just as I had left her that morning braiding rags. If i«g Wals. could bring their weight in happitlens surely some mortals need lieVer fctsh for heaven. ,<i _ Chewing bitter thought* vAih my bread and butter, T sat with my feet on tlte stove hearth drying the w« t out til r tny blue merino dress, noticing how fu**t it was wearing out at the bottom, wondering where 1 was to get aimtli er. And just then there came a sharp, quidk peal at the door bell. Jrfblher began to gather up the tangle ropes of braid, among which she sat like a fly in a web, f ¥W-go to the door, Annie,’ she said, WWo‘bsly : ; Ido hope it’s only u |ieddler. iialtiu, child, you haven’t washed your face to day.’ A ini si e braided on se renely. A tall'man, wrth his bb.ek wh skers ahdiTch overwiiit wdiite with snow, and something ftleaWatiVTy familiar in his blue eyes, stepped quickly in as I opened the door. 1 looked at him 'in surprise and wa’s sure he 'imist fulye made some mis take, but he shook Ififascll, Inughing ■gleefully at his frosty wAwkers in the hall glass saying : •• . • . )t . , •Now don't tell Aunt E listhat there’s a polar hear in her front entry, but a-k her if. her sist«r M try's step'son is wel- ‘I will call iny mother, and I know •‘you w ill he t weltaiuie. Will you walk in this way ?' i s.ud, opeiiirfg the parlor door. A \ . > flow 1 ! ma’ae things fly in . the «lisbi<- derly kitchen-, irtt. r’i g t t» fire going nicely in the 'fial hir grate,_ and co.iXed mother to put ou flee btlst cap and go into the roally uiiwelcoiiie guest. And 'titter whisking Hattie’s j,>aper dolls into the 'chip h i«k’et. I seriiblied the molasses eati'dy >tt her I-ice, a/nl Vhi-ri hfliitnl Up Ti.Y cTeniv rtt dtyfti IBiit get np a diutor then niid there with my sin.ill ex peril net.* and siu.lier rmunves, was ul> most too much to lie thought of. II 1 waited'for lipilbci to Miggesi; tie wnlild go fliiwuMiicil an'l liiited. I would have been very thankful just then it he bad beenV hoi}«eurticr instead of a New York merchant. At the e.id of an h«>iir iliere was a w-towy cloth and a f'eslt, fringed napkin "ini the I t le ro md lubte near the win dow in the li'i'L dining room thtit the kitchi a ti e in il’e plotisatvl’v WurtVi.-- Amli pwt on the p e'Sfh'tit dishes, and had an odbrtiis di-h ol limited ham and some coid chicken nan her hud hi dden away for the next and .y'« dinner, and one o the ThutiVepiving mtiiee l ies. M Spirit* li.se ns file dread {tiles' proved Uie n list delightful "I aell hred gei.lltim It, di e wring my vffe** was the (t.-Hl In* l ad ttrank in a ye..r. though. his hn)ti.i-i V\;in>k prided hetsi*l( mi «*off e making’, matte me lafigh fir tliefi'Sl liun that day ty i>i*”Rintc <««HYn-itliy for II Second jiftfbe <»f pie; And before I knew ; it I was calling him cotfrto, forgetting that he was only the bolt bl' It y Aunt Maty’s hue band bv » f titter marriage, ifhd that. I W<l TieVter *e*h before its my life, And oTily V.-tiiionized hm latse as lamiiiur by nimt dim ttientdry «u ins phuioghijm my Sunt had eh.iWtt mo on ii'dr liiT Visit. , , '■ As lile stood by riisln the tvlligl.t tlmt evening, fingering the rosy gehiniiim* tih toy I idle and fastened two ..i three <d the 1 Want leaves m my hair 1 found mysell t«‘lli’»vf thing* fn answer to bis itvftcato yet adroit ques tioiie tVi'at f diil h 't mean ever to tell any one. This dark, handsome eyes beamed « rAtigelv kind on tot* as I went ViVe'r ifieMiAty places tn the little history Vis the twVt yeaVs slni e father died, and showed l.lrb Imw hiiVd It was to get iihuijr, anil lieeji oil at selnsd with no one bm Hattie to keep wf«Wr’* “piVits b-otVi Miliu ntteiVv; and tVi'e hardest of all was to see mother iha. ?< and so, from an tiolive woman to this blank Inartioti •H.d-V ’oil) tire y<>o, Annie V he asked, suddenly, ak 1 li&ahted sp. itkihjjf. ‘.<ixte"eti id Mav, if ever it cornea.’ •tl will, doubtless \ my birthday 16 in May. too;’ .. . *And JT"" arti- '~* 'J'beh I stupj^etl an *You m'-bd nbt fiesftaU, I ant tiMltV hine. Terfiblti dkl, isn't it ? But you are talter ikan most of Vour tilth net t>p tdsr stitmldlir.’ Abd It drew his arm httlitly atotind me as he MMdto, and looked stuadiiv into u.y i v. s. I don’t know,’ I said eonlns. <HV, thoujfh Hot Uisph ased. \D> His twenty twii; ahd sl.e is not an iiteh taller tH.m 1 am- he. dieses tit me exactly. •And who ih D’ It, little tHdlsin ? ‘Your other little cott-in; my married sister,’ l said, laughing; ‘sue boards in Boston.’ ‘Ah then I nntst call on, her wheri l go through i.Mrtoriow Do y"» think she would eai’e t" s. h tt.e ?’ ' . ‘I am (Hire shewoiibl.’ l stud; quickly, ‘l.tit must you go to-morrow ?’ ‘Yes. I i-atite this way on business, ir ever I Hod time for plij tsiire I »h« I be tempted to come again: I «»'»» to Liir hohie this titlb lb p!i*tise my motb t*r whH vvlflltd to itear liotn you «11.- l3ui tieXt lime it will bo to please my kfelf.” The arm that still encircled my waist drew me i loser till his bearded lips touched my cheek. A drew buck, fl tah iog. •V»«* are not angry with me, Annro V 1 bawe paid dearly for my pleafrir* 4 you are distdwastfd wkh tue . be Sati , I softly. •N.., but lam not used to having men kiss me; no one ever kissed me but father ami IWH-’s iinsband.’ •lodeed, and. he has no ntorw right than 1..? ’ , ‘I don’t know,’ I said, laoghmg , ‘but 1 have a French exercise To write to high!, sod tttifst not Stand here wanting my lime. * Hul'Kiked half amused, half chagrin ed, as I slowly slid riiy hand oilt of his and Weivj.across the mom to light the lumps. Doubt’ess there were tooiflen in the iVorld Who wopld not count it. wasting time tb stand alotts in the twi light with such a rn tn a* Charles Gray kdp. But ! w-as very young theh. I cannot tell half how quickly or how lilensanlly the eVeiiing wore a Way, with the flickering twilight the warm, subtl * order «.f the gerauibirts and Cousin Charles’s head heedlessly near mine »s he assisted iim* with the french lessons while mother d«*x»d in her rocking-chair, tind Hattie Iny like a kifteh. culled up asleep ohjhe nearth nig. But I know I dreamed tliat eVi-niiig over and 6V«r again long afterward. In nty sixteen years id life there had been tar less of sensation or pleasure than falls to the lot of most girls along those brief, delightful years that merg« the child into the toohiaft. True, it did ’pec itr to The sometimes, whim thy sister Delia caihe breeiiug in on her brief vL its, gay in anew b -nitet or citymodelied ’dress, that there wan something in li'e A shade more enchanting than jwmring oVer my school books of an evening with bidy mother fthd her woolen rags,; and the visit of Chailrs Gr«yson with his liatidsoine face and graoef I bearing did not tend to li*sbt‘» Ibo loiiglrtg for li.e and change The day after pur guests’ departure a Ante bathe from Dei!, saying I was to come into tier boarding-house that af termnn and remain over night; that she bad u little pleasure planned for tne. Mother read the note carefully through her spectacles and said nothing very encouraging I was both surprised and delighted. What was going to happen ? When before did itty sister ever pLii pleasure fu- any one bAt Itersell ? •No doubt it’s some foolish party or ball, and mercy knows y.iuVb nothing suitable to wear—no log* either —I don’t want you ever to learn to dance; I never danced.’mother said presently, in one Vrf Imr wet-blanket moods. Delia might have saved her note pa per, for, with her usual impetuosity, slid flowed her message about an hour Iflt'er. ‘1 don't see why it is, mother, you never want NWmg people to enjoy them selves,’ she sat«l, as she sat with her bright cashmere dUess drawn away from the tiie and dismaying faultless tucks and rulßes above dainty boots. Mother bad learned t<mg before the utter futility «f an argument with her married daughter •t .wouldn't oltj *et in tbis particular ciisc,’ she said, ‘though to be sure I don’t bold tb thea.res, for certainly Annie is gelling to be something iitore than a ehilil ; but surely, Delia, you won dn’ l take bi-r lit that sided dress and ber last winter’s bonnet ?’ •Not X’ D, •II said, With one of her knowing in ids pf tlie head, ‘Vop %now (•teorge didn’t make her his usual pres, ••lit at Christmas ; the fact i-, instead of selecting anything for her himseff he 4i»ive me the jfionev, tliinking, probablv, t kribw best what sEU Wanted, ami I just put some in-Te with it and bi'tight an ouifit pretty enough for any girl.’ , 5 could hardly keep from crying with defioht ns tilic risked frpeak ng. Dell 8 hits|>Hii.l bad ulw’mVs been to me, and when Dell herself, with her stylish ideas look anything of tin* lim- in hand she generally made it a success. It was seldom enough she at tempted any tiling lor any of ns, but when she and «l her work was sure to be perfect of ils kind. . , , Th. • .resent case wa* n<>t an excep tion. t>be had tak.-n a solid lireadth oCt oT a blue silk of he.* own, a dress 1 had long ejVvied her, and retno.lelled it for me. Then there was a coquetish little tk'lnter sacqtte f<.r street wear, a rich. Velvety cloth of a light and beeom in# shade, an 1 a fi»orscl of a IxHinet tlmt was qiiite ns deliciously indescriba ble nil bonnets usually are. I was girlishly happy, seated in my si*ter V fis.tidsoinely-appoiiiled room overlooking a noisy Boston street, the verV noise and at r was a pleasant sound to me after the hum-drum country vitl ige I hud just k jt- . i•. ‘Now 1 aft going to arrange yotir eittU Into a waterlalj, and you have hail enotigh for a w hole Niagara,’ Dell said, as she drew a ow chair for me in front ‘df the Swinging glass and to. k my head in her j welled . IVttods. She worked awiiy imliistrioiisiy, rolling curl after curl carefully over her finers, chattering gayly all tin” while. Setting the last fiitfr pVti th place) she surveyed her work ndliVifftlily. , _. .. ■■ . v. ‘Annie,’ she began, hesitatingly, ‘tliefe’s something connected with por going to-night that I didn t daTe tell tihnlieh for fear she would not consent to yotir coming. ~ Yoii bast do as you pleaSes about telling her, opiy I dare saV she will call it deceiving; mother is dreadfully old fastiibuyd, anyway.’ ‘ VVliat is it; Dell V I asked wondeh- mg. Weii, Oottsin Charlee did’tit go hbule tb New Yoik this rtiotning, ns he tr.- tend' and, lie fuibid llitit lie could it he chose spare altotllel' d-.y, and finding how set I was on going to the theatre to-njghi— you see I wanted to wear my new poplin, and George had tilikeis Mr. Grayson consented bii drib condi tion to stay arid go also. Guess the condition Annie.’ •How can I?’ I asked, secretly de lighted .yet trying vainly to keep that ••Might trortl treihblino in my voice, or fla.nirig liitd uijT diecks. , , „ Dell was mifortunate hunting soine bracelets out of a tiureau draper. ‘The conditioti was yoiirself, Annie,’ flfib said; lilrtdiig her bright face to tifllle. ‘Mr. Grayson wanted me to send for you, and, of course, there s no knowing what may come »,{ it. Moth er may sav what she pleases about la-’.ii.n being foliY. Aunt Mary s folks are very stylish and very weallby as well.’ Anil she tapped her fool mu siiiiily a iiioua nt. •Ymt don’t t hl\ ft i* improper or mv going can do no pos sible tMHHt, Dell?’ I rtrffeed, uotjust UfU deri<tatrd?l»tf hes drift* •You Ifitie goose, of course it cannot. I’ll lie ies|Hii.Kii>le. at all events,’ she said, laughing. ‘Come, get on y»»r dress, the tea-bell will rug in ten mm lit eg,’ . •' , . i hmdly knew myself m I g|nneeu a miimettt iti th« after D 11 di'eSHe<i : mb to' her liking arid hurried tile dywifl' stall’s to the' brilliantly CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1370. lighted, parlor, and as George and Mr. Grayson j lined us among the little throng ol ladies there awaiting their escorts to go down with them, I had reason to lie thankful for a natural ease and unconsciousness of manner that sel dom allowed tne to fee! awkward or iil at ease. If I hail thought a quiet evening in our tiny parlor at home in company \Vitb my cousin delightful, what was that evening in comparison with the light, the music, the perfume, and Air. Grayson’s blue eyes, ever on my face if I th.iied to address him, till I began to think lie did not care so much fur the drama after all. And I remember his pleased exj>resfiion as I ir. my talk dis covered to him that I knew Shakes* peace's plays as well as he. •You have heen something of s rend er for a grl hardly sixteen’ he said, toying with iny glove as it lay in iny lap. t , ‘Yes,’ I said. ‘I have read ihore, per haps than you would believe. Books have been the only pleasure accessible tome. Father had quite a libra' y.’ ‘Annie, dear little daisy,’ he whisppr ed, too low fir any’ ears but mine, and very earnestly, ‘if my wish could be ful filled, your pleasures should not be in the future so scant as they have been in the past. So sweet a blossom should never fade for want of dew or sunshine.’ I dure say I was very weak and fool ish to let the tears that wet my cheek Vail oh Charles Grayson’s hand, or to let his words live as.they did so long afterward in my heart. CHAPTER 11. A change came at last and very sad ly to rhe. A few weeks after I was seventeen my mother died. Dull’s hus band took the house and had it remod elled and furnished to suit my sister’s taste. The old, plain, homelike look, with mother’s low chair and mat rpgs, were pul as hopelessly out of sight for ever as her own careworn face. Dell kept Hattie with her, for now that there was a baby to tend, ft girl twelve years 01-l could be useful ih 8 hundred ways'; End I was not sorry to see Hattie earn ing her salt for the first time irt her life, and learning by degrees, Under Dell’s tail ion, to keep fieh bftir braided ail'd her aprons where should be, in stead of hanging loose behind or on one side. 1 ttitisi say, tirhile I reiiiained with heF, tV.y sister was very kind Ip me. I‘erhips her after reflections and regret took that as the easiest form of repentance, considering whal she might but hud not, dorie for her mother while she lived, but how long her impulse oi amendment might have held good 1 cannot say, f<r that fall iny Aunt Mary Grayson cone to make us a visit, to see how tilings were g >irtg', Dell declar ed, but at all events she took .me home to live with her in New York. Silling beside my uunt at the dinner table the night of our arrival, tirjih tfig . gas light shining down on the rich sil ver and cut glass, and bring ng out gleaming points of fl one from the soli tary diamond Charl-s Grays'n wore on his white, shapely hand, 1 could fiurdiy realize that this elegant man, sitting like a prince at his own luxuriantly-ap pointed table, was the unbidden guest for whom 1 had more than a year be fore coked the first dinner I had ever attempted in my life. But when two hour*- later lie sit beside me in a little flower-perfumed rootn at the end of the Ibfig p rl'or, End fastened two or three Etuli-h daisies jii lily hair With, till the old tender admiration in eye ami voice, ail the heartaches and weariness of life in the past year came over me suddenly, and a few hot tears fell on his band, ly ing against my black dress, just as Aunt Mary came pattering In with her noiseless, velvet fclippers. ‘B'.ess me, Annie, I couldn’t think where y.>u and Charles had hidden yourselves. C «me out here *tid keep me awake, do.’ The young man did hot certainly Took very well pleAsed as his toother dew me a Way to look at the fashion plate dV a toagazine the servant had just handed in to her, brit fie walked to where Uncle ■> rayso.t was set ting the cheesmen ready for a game, am! sat down without speaking He did not ednie hear me again that even : ng, and I sat looking at the Ttictti'es; terribly vexed wi h myself for my fool fairness, but sturdily resolving that toy unpardonable folly should end then and there. My aunt, kind enough to her way, went tip stairs with me that night to the chamber allotted to me ; a fro.it Vlihnl elegantly appointed with every comfort and luxury, a scjttering of great enm Soil mouthed roses mi the white ground work of the carpet, and lace curtains, filmy', fine Slid soft, draping the bed and windows. Aunt Mary stood beside the toilet glass watching me thoughtfully, as I let down braid after braid of my hulg, thick hair that l could not coax out of the old trick of curling. ‘You are very pretty, Annie, though l dare say you bdve Heard of it .Before to night;’ she &aid, in a tone I could not define as either kiud or cutting. 1 laughed carelessly. t . ‘Nidiudy has evet- ifiscoVered it tTiat know of; flattery is not the fashion thieve l have been living,’ I answered, buttoning my night-dress sleeves. She walked away to bed otid lodped back the ciirtaltiA *i hope you will sleep wretl and not feel lonesome,’ she said, kindly. ‘When Adelaide M.iy bbiitc& back again you can leave your door open and so have someone to speak to. Her room opens out of this, that, dour next the closet,’ ‘And who is Adelaide May ?’ * od, wondering. I '>Ytiy, haven’t I told you about her ? one was distantly connected with Mr- Grayson’s first wile Her health is del icate, and she makes tt her Ipum) here a good part of tfie time. Charles has been bug.iged to her hose five years.’ I was devoutly thankful vvl.eu at last f/er eyes were fairly off mv face, where they seemed to have burned a vivid crimson into each hot ensek, and T lay down at las’t in the cool, white bed, feel- ing mere desolate than ever before in my life. Bitter tears of repentrfh'ee sfM shame Wet my pillow as I lay hcrurs of tfial sleepless night,'tearing out «»f heart, and brain, and memory, the rosy mesu es that had so insidiously, yet so sun ly, woven themselves into u hope that died then and there. There were no traces' of the struggle hi mV face next morning, after the short corifiicl tl*wt had transformed the child into tne qn.et, guarded woinin. It is perhaps a blessed thing for us that when love dies, pride is borft of its ashes.— And iny answer to Charles Grayson’s greeting was, I think, careless and Calm enough to suit even my anxious aunt. As my position in my new home be came fairly defined, that of an indulged and peited child, I began to taste bv d;gre«-ti tfiCyeal f latfl and sparkle of city life. My amit was all kindness, H»v unci,? all indulgence, aftd Onarles Gruy-ons iiianher, Wnen We did meet tor a moment alone, n singular mixture oi gentleness and embarrassment. Tlii- I child not on ierst and ; for, among the graceful and lovely Women with whom be came in contact, he was ever the re fi ied and assumed young man, bilt he n<-ver.paled or flushed b -fore them as he did if we ttt A suddenly o > the stftlrs, or touched hands accidentally ftt lable It was well for ipy enj >yment t tliAl win ter, that Aunt Mary look ftetiVt «>T grace from my altered in.snftft'r, and giving her fears to the Wind-, began taking me with her ifibl Society, generally al lowing her step-son to be our escort, th<S*igh she always managed, and some times wry adroitly, that we should nev er go anywhere by ourselves A few <lays of splendid sleighing oc» ctirred along the Ghiistmas holidays, and one matchless morning Charles Grayson broughl his span of greys around, attached to a dainty, shell like sleigh, and hurried us up stairs to dress for a ride. As I stood fastening my sa ble fms—my Christmas gift—l had haid work to keep frorii laugTiihg ati my aunt came in with ft distressed face to say she could not go, for a lady friend, one nl her intimates, and the wife us one <>f the richest men in the city, had come to pass the day with her. ‘Gome, mother—Ann e, hurry—the horses are impatient,’ Charles called loudly troiu below. I ran down stairs and began to ex plain tliat 1 wati going to stay and help my uAflt entertain her company. But before I bad finished speaking the au dacious fellow had gathered me up in a heap and jum|>ed into the sleigh with me still in his arms. ‘0 Charles,’ I pleaded, ‘do set me down. What will Aunt Mary think?’ •I really ctiri’t imagine. I think we’ll have the gayest of rides if my little dui. sy will turn her face to the 8un —iny ’mother's son 1 mean.’ , ~ Ihere was no withstanding him that iftorning in the gay,, good humor, and we did have a splendid ride over the yet unsullied snow. Was it strange, With his arm around me; Ill's beaming eyes on mine, his Voice vit rating on. ear and heart, that 1 forgot Aunt Mary and Adeline May ? It was well iritrt \he afteirrxwin when wo home again, though the hours seemed hut moments. I stinid a mo ment over the register in the hall, and my aunt ouate oi)t and spoke to me ‘I have wanted yii terribly,’ she said, rather reproachfully. ‘Adeline May has come, and entirely worn out with her journey. You know 1 told you hei health is very delicate■; of course fthe is sure to come jjiist as her riiorfi is all torn upside dpwn about that leak in the gas. I told her to lie down on your bed so if she is asleep don’t wake her.’ ‘Certainly not —it makes no difference at all. 1 should like to have her sleep with me,’ I said pleasantly, going short ly over the stairs. I shall riever forget the pietunß she .made lying there asleep in a pretty, !>.»• byls i all < Orve and grace, with her gold brown hair falling loosely over the pillow, and the delicate, blue* vained lids with their soft, flinging lashes closed over the too paie cheek. The quilted wrapper “he wore lay open over a delicate cambric skirt, and as she turned a little, sliiVelmg in her sleep, 1 stepped noiselessly along and tucked it about her feet and laid a thick shawl over her shoulders. Then as I sat watching her delicate beauty I quite forgave Chafes Gr .json for loving her. I cannot describe the soft light that broke over tier face as they two met in the parlor that night, any more tlihVi 1 can describe a snihtfier sunri-e. And he her with the same , polite cordiality #at he had come to visit his ifioitier., I was so angry that I would have struck him. Mi** M:»y !«nd I went tip itairfl early that night ThciW’as wmw gay yomitj pe-iple. cliahee evening caller, in the parlor, and the nt»i*«y chat, the laughter and the music, brought a glesltii to hrr blue eye* and a, Vivid color Into the vfrhite cheeks, that was really painrul to one fnHv realizing her elate of health. S", angry wth Charles .Grays*>n that he kept her playing waltzes, never untie* ins how tired and excited she was, l seized ah oppHv.tunity to coax her away with file. I itdioffred .fifefr into k litt e room where she had escaped for a breath of air, and to rest a moment from the noise. To ttiy f»uhpnse she ha«i a window wide open, and whs lean ing out with her handkerchief to her H*: ....... ‘Adelitie 1 Miss May 1 are you crn|y to expose yourself sot do v»>ti want to die?’l exclaimed, hastily shutting the window. She looked up wearily. , ‘lt is so warm in these mom* and I am so tired ;as f<>r dj’i’rig—l don’t know there Isti’t s'o Very iiiu< h to live for she siiid, dreamily, in her peculiarly childish way. ‘Nonsense,’ I said, cheerfully, ‘yon are only ov r-lired; but really you must be careful of this wintry air. We are to sleep together, it seems, for the present, and do you know 1 have made up my mind th-.r I am going to love you very dearly r So 1 drew her from,her rnumentnry gloom, and we went up ot my room gajfy enough. Os a I the women, I tiai’e eves known I must narab.her the purest, the loveliest, the betti. I re member the slleitl rebtike my heart took home to ttse'f that rpght as she knelt jat hes demotions, with ibtj moonlight shirting dit lief face, straihgely white and caluf rtrfv&. \V.iifo I ntrong, health* ful and happy,' had gone prayerless to my pilfo^. I was up the neit rhorning before stfe was awake, and found tier handkerchief /ftr the ff'»<>r, tlrtf one she had. Used the evening previous on leaning out trie window It was stained with blood; One morning, a week later, perhaps, I steppped into the library f*r a Utok I fiad commenced reading and left these on the table . wild sat down by the fire to read. Presently my aunt's Voice commenced speaking earnestly in the *• * * « T-*' *■ • next room, And the d«s»r being tyar 1 beard eVery word distinctly. ‘This is heartless—cVnel,’ Rhe said vehemently. ‘1 tell you, Charles, the poor girl cannot live a your, I never IfMught yon unmftnly before. Charles Grayson Vose from his obair and befall pacing the room restlessly.’ •tVhy is it yon will |«*rsist in worry ing me so?’ he said at last. I tihould Iftdeed be less than ft niaii to tnftrry a woman I d«» not love; and 1 declare to you, were I to choose a wife to-morrow, my choice could ftot rest «»n her. I feel toward her as I think t should toward a dear stater if I had one; and were she to die 1 tihdnld Bfrjeve for her as much. I quite disagree with you in believing any teft'fSrness or care ot mine cal ever restore her. she » dying of consuntp tion. but not of Unrequited love.’ Haistily ail'd yet noiselessly I made good my escape, reeling guilty at hav ing henfal so much. I knew well enpngb that, though Adeline May was indeed dyTrtg of consumption, she lov'ed Charles Grayson as no woman ever loves but once, and as I sat thinking ot Aer goodness and beauty I grew hotly angry—with the man I loved that he did hot !«»ve another. I hardly kfcow liqw it came about, but one evening shortly afterwards,. Charles Grayson told me in a few straightforward words that he loved me, and atiked me t;.‘ be his wife. And without showing in voice or l.«cs pne spark of the passiouate love I bore him, I refused him in a way we women know, that left him nothing to hope for. The next day a letter came Irotn Dell, thefi'Stof many weeks. She had bu tied her baby, of a short, yet sharp dis ease, and unused to sorrow she was quite prostrated. Was it too great a sacrifice for tne to leave my beautiful t'mrtie and cme to hcr,.awhile ? It might h'tlVe been, a \Veek before—lt Was easy ehoAgh hoW. We were all gathered in the parlor the Sunday evening before my depart ure. I had been singing, but growing tired I asked Adeline May to sing one of her hymns to me for tht* last time. ‘I mean until I return,’ I said explain ing, ‘uotthat I never expect to bear your voice again.’ 8h« smiled a little tiddly, but sat down before the instrument without speaking. For a wopder Chales Grayson went and stood beliibd ready to turn her mu sic haves, but she shook her head smi ling the same sad smile, and began singing m her frajl, sweet Voice, so like a prayer, the old familiar wolds ; ‘Father, whate’er of earthly bliss Thv sovereign will denies--’ But the prayer of the tired, patient heal t.died p’rt taint, xVllite lips. A cry from Charles Grayson bi"light us all quickly to her side, and fbr bis strong, supporting arm she wolifd have fallen. The red blood was streaming from ber incut!; nil over bis Intnds amt hers, limp and chill. Her old eneinV, hemorrhage of the lungs, had returned. My hot tears fell on her snow white face next day as I went to the bedside whefe she Idy dmo'ng the pillows like a broken Illy, od my round of leave-tnk. ing previous to departure. She put up her hands and drew my face to hers. ‘Annie,’ she whispered faintly, ‘you have been very kind to ms and I love you very dearly. Take this ring and wear it for my sake; it was my dead mother’s but I am going soon to be with her. D >n’t forget me, dear friend. She slid the closely sapphire easily off tier little ihin finger and placed it <>n Ifiine; I kissed her passionately, and drew away choking with tears. I never saw ber EngelicTace again. Dell sat in my little room -e t spripg mdrnifig when tie yobina were singing, and the warm „-ipill sunshine was swelling tfie blox’-om l uds. spo'r out, suddenly, ‘do you kn..W there v. one thing I’ve always wondered at wjif since you came home from New V-irkr” • Wn.tl Is it 7 i asked', cafelessly, dus ting the looking glass. ‘That you hay* no letters,from Char les Graysdn. It»u cantiot dwteive me ; if I ever saw a man in love, he w*»a in lovv-wilh $o& Giro J-eAiW “go/ , ‘Very possible, but that i* a long time for ones love to hold out,’ l answer ed, latighiug.., j, ~ - Tfie re was no use in trying to deceive my diplomatic sister. ‘Tliere wai something in Aunt Ma ry’s letter last week you did not read to trie. I saw boncealUledt \u your lace,'she said., . , . . •I do not a- liy that charge, and my telling y«>U will perhaps end this mul>* jnet forever,’ I answered, siiirtrTioniug ah my courage. ‘OhaVlß .Qnayspn was on the eve of marriage with Adeline May, the young lady who was lying so vefy ill wlieh 1. came away.’ ‘What folly 1’ my sister eioliimed’, ‘no man in his senses would marry a hHpelcss.luVaiyl.’ vO . . Then I Went oh witti my story. ‘This union ha*, it seeins, .been for yea is a dear hope of both Aunt and Uunble Grayson. But for the timely aSsi.st&ricc ot Miss Slay’s father. Un cle Grayson wnpld have been ruined financially some years ago. If Charles uiarries her and takes her South she may live for years.’ , ( ‘Without lungs, yery , likely,’ snap ped Dell; but my point was gained the subject ended tb«he. ~ . . It was a sleepy August, afternoon that t had just finished dressing in my cooWt mu-tm and 6it by an opened window a lit tie sadly, when Hat tie ert ne dp to say there was a 'gentle man in the parlor waiting to sac me. ‘Who is it?’ I asked of Dali, whom I met going down. ‘Go in and see,* was her answer -1 went in and stood lace to face with Charles Grayson, neither pale, thin, nor in mourning. He held out both hands to me with the old beaming smile. ‘Adeline —your wife—'s she aliYe ?’ 1 questioned stammering. . ‘She is dead,' lie sufd gently. ‘No man’s love could have won from tjhsatb so fair u bride. But, A'rtme, 1 never wilf have, any wife but you'. You were very cruel to ute oftce j can you be fcfu» el still?’ • . *1 loved yoU all the time,’ I said, lif.* Idjjf uvy face to bis. v . . So l was Charles Grayson's, wife af ter all ; and no one of my friends ex pressed more pleasure or less surprise than liiy husband’s stepmother. jpdf llurty, mamma,’ said a Fittle innocent with bis finger cut ' y "hurry, it e leaking.' - «’'**■* Koskoo ! 7EE GREAT REFUTATION Which Kosxoo lim in all ti'arbi of t£<- country . Asa GREAT and GOOD MEDICINE And iha Large Number if lett inornate which are constantly being rec-irad from Phy sicians, and persons wno havb bekn ci rko by its use, is conclusive pi oof of its rensarkabli vatue. AS A BLOOD PURIFIER IT HAS m EQUAL BEING POSITIVELY HIE liOST Powerful Alterative YST DISCOVERED. DISEASES OF THE BLOOD. “The life of the fl ish is in the Blood,* it a Scrip'ural maxim that science proves to be t.rno. The peopje talk of b*d blood, as the cause of manV and like many popu lar opinions this of bad blood is lounded in truth. , The symptom* of bad blood are esuslly qui'e plain —bad Digestion—cau-'«* imperfect nutrition, and consequently the circulation is feeble, the soft tissues loose their tone and elasticity, snd the tongue becomes pale, bioad, and frequently cov'erfed vrjth ,a s%sty% white coat. Tit is condition sood shows itself in roughness of the skin, then in eiuptive and ulcera'ive diseases, and when lonir continued, results in serious lesions of the Brain, Liver, Lungs, or urina-y apparatus. Much, very much, suffering is caused by impure blood. It is estimated by some that one-fitth of the hu man family are effected with seiofula in some form. ~ When thp Bipod is pure, you are not eo lia ble to any disease. Many impurities of the Blood arise fnm impure diacasea of large cit ies. Eradicate every iiftpiirity from the foun tain of life, and good spirits, fair akin Rad vital strength will return to you. SOSKOOI AS A LWER INVIGOftAtbR! STANDS UNtiTVAZUED. ft SING THE UNLY KNOWN MEDICINE that LFFICIKNTI.Y stimulatea and cobrkcts *h« hepatic sccreiions and functional DBavNQKSiKSTS of the 1 .ivr.it, without 1 Dbu.itatinu the ryrteni While It acts freely upon Iha Liver instead ol copious purging, it grad ally changes the dis charges to a perfect natural state. SYMPTOMS OF LlVßft cbtiFt GOT AND OFSOME UF THOSE DISEASES ?ltOL>Ut/ED BY it- A sallcW or yellow color of the skin, dr T«1 lowiih-brown spots on the face and oilier parts of thebodv; duloesa and some time* headache ; hitter or bad taet« jn .the mouth, internal heat ; in man. cases a dry. teasing coughunsteady appetite; eometimes sniir btoinucli, wiih a raising of the food; a bloa.ed or full feeling About tbc stomach and sides; aggravating pains in th< eidee, back, or breast, and abo-.t the shoulders; eonstiputien of th« bowels; piles, flatulence, colduass •> the extremities, etc. K0SK00! Is a remedy o? Wonderful ot di-eas* sos the Kidney* and Bladder. In there Affection* it is us near a rpepific ns any rertedy van fce,, It d»<* ifM work kindly,, si lently and I'urelv. lne KELryr Which it iifforde g both certain and |>erc ptible. hiSISAsEi OF TUE KIDNEYS AND BLAD , l)fH. Pcreoni Un*c4'i»inted with the at met ore and fund King ol.the Kidneys cam ot estimate tneiiiii-dninee pi th |ir-Is«*lil[y Kegular "J'4 s'Mcisnt action of the, Kidneys i* as important, nay, even more pn. thaa jre’gu lafit.y of the bowels. The Kidneys remove frqm tbe Biood tlio-m effete matters which, if permitted tot remain, would speedily .destroy life. A total suspei.sior of .the arinary . die will oecaeion death horn thiity-six to fort> eight Imuis. ~ , . i When the Urine is voided in small qoauti ties at the time, or wheu ihere is a disposition to Ui'iiciie, uiore freij".f n tly tliao natural, .or W.lVeu the Urui.) 18 colored or ecalding with weaknese in.the small of the back, it ehouhino’be ll’fled with »r delayed; bui .fvo-Koo.alibnJ'd be taken at 01 ce lg remedy the difficulty, before a lesion ol the. organs taken place. Mo»t of the .diseases of the Bladdei ..ngin*t.e fruii those of the Kldi.eys, the Urine bei g imperfectly secreted in the Kidney*, prove. irri aiing to, the Biadder and Urinary pOcsitges.. When we recollect that medicine never teaches the Kidneys except through the general cirpui-ition of ll.e Blood, we see how necessary it i* to keep the Fouulaiu of Life Pure. KOS KOO! meets with great eecce&s in the era* of Dj-EA'fes OF TUB .NERVOUS SYSTEM. Alums- riine-tenths of our | enple suffer from nervou* exhaus'ion..a*id are therefore, liable to its concomitant evils ot mental depression contused ideas. Boltenh.g of the brain, insanity, and,complete hrer.Vii.g down of itae general heslih... Thousands arc suffering to-day wnb liroken-dowr, nervous sys ••ms, and, uufortu na>vly. acvo, ah ohol. lat- horfiy over-work, (menta 1 . und |>br sical.) -ire causing diseases of the nervous eysteui to iuereasc at a iearlnl ra t*.o, The symptoms to which .disease- of the nerv ous system give rise, mav b : e stated as lollows : A dull, heavy feeling i.n the he»<L eomelimrs more or le.-s ■•afii or- headache ; Period ieal ilend iche. HSi.izjnert. Noises or Hinging in the Dead; Coifu ioh cif Ideas; Temp -rary Loss of Memery ; Uej-etion of SpifiU ; Start ing d,tiri"K Sleep; Bad Dreams ‘ Hesitation in An wejung Ouegtiotij ; Durness, of Heating; Twi'chifg of the Face, Arms. etc., which, if rot promptly t eated. lea to Pa-alysig.. Delirium, luaauiiy, lmpoteucy, Apoplexy, etc., e. 10SK0 0! Is NOT a secret qnaek remedv. FORMULA hround each " bottle. Recommended by the tiest Physician-, einineut Divineu, Editors, Dtuggisls, Merchants, etc. The Best axo Most Popular Memone rx Use. PREPARED ONLY BY , J. J. LAWRENCE, M. D., ORGANIC CHEMIST. Lsboisfory and Office, No. • Maih St., NORFOLK, VA. Price—ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE. For sale by Drugg et* every whsis asarlt-tai VOL. IV--NO. 20. A HEROIC REMEDY. HENRY’S OARBOIiIO Constitution RENO7ATORI BAS%D ON SCIENCE. * PREPARED WITH SKILL , and all the available Ingenuity and experluMC, t.hai the art ot' pharmacy of the p.csent day can contiiuute And Combining in Concentrated Form the most Valuable Vegetable Juices Known in the History dr Medicine* lor PUItIFYING TIIE BLOOD, importing NURTURE TO THE SYSTEM; Tone to the Stomach, Ands Healthy Action, of the tiVsr, Kidfaejij Secretive and Accretive Organs. A fiflNG ZOUAVE Lay breathing liis Inst on the battlefield, hie companions surged on nn-J left him glone.— They knew tlte-cSuaedf his Approaching end it was the deadly bullet No friendly voice Kou|d cheer him to life—no human skill could save him. Thousands of Precious liiVes are to-dny as rapidly sinking, and as sure|y tottering on to an untimely end, in Suffering, Agony. Wretchedness, aud Ignorance of the cause which Science can arrest and assuage, Nourish into new Life and Vigor, And cans i ths Bloom of Health o dance once-more upon thiir withered Checks. DISEASE, LIKE A THIEF, steals upon its victims unawares, and before they are aware of its attack, plants itself firm ly iu the system, and through neglect or inat tention becomes seated, and defies all ordinary or teinpoiai-y treatment to relinquish its mer ciless grasp. Do Yotk Know «Ke bailie ot The wasted form -the hollow cheek 1 The wither and free— the sallow complexion I Tno feable vrise -ths sunken, glassy eye f The emaciated farm— the trembling frame I c The tresoherCt-i pimple—the tortpring core * The rcpolsive eruption—the inflamed eye 1 The implsd face -the rough colorless skin 1 and debilitating ailments of the present age ?, Toe answer h simple, and covers the whole giouud in all its pliazes viz: the FANGS OF DISEASE hereditary TainT Are firmly; fijed in the Fountain of Life—the Blood; A v . -U... -....THE. indiscriminate VaCGiftation , during the late war, with di.sesse'd Lymph has TAiyrxb Ti,ti ZEST BLOOD In the pii'tiie.l itid. It bss planted the germ ,ff the most melancholy disease in the veios.pf men. women and children on all aides, and •o' Ling short of A SZEOIC REMEDY will Eradicate it root and branch, forever. Sucb s Remedy is HEjSTHY’S CARBOLIC CONSTITUfii ?A* RENOVATOR. . Ox rractu.no tub Stomach, it aaHnulates, at once witlf. the food and liquids therein,,and from I lie moment if passes into the Blood, it at tacks disease at ile fountain head, in its germ und maturity, and dissipates it through the av enues of .the organs wifi uneriing eeytainty, end .yi ndt» new,. and pure Blood bounding througli every artery itju vein. of Scrofula that ,sometnnci flnuris'h aiidptild the inner coating,of the afer dome it. like ketncD of corn, are withered, dis solved and eradicated aud the diseased parts iiita life. The Torpid Liver and In active Kjdgeys are stimulated to a healthy se ,cK;th>h, and their natu*-al functions restored to retijew.vd hes th at-d activity. Its action upon the blood, fluids of the body,’ and Glandular System, are v , TONIC, PURIFYIU6 AND DtUIfFECTAHT, At iu touch, disease droops, diet, and the vic tim of its violence, as it were, leaps to new life. It Relieves the entire system of Pains sod Ache, enlivens the spirits, and imparts a’ Sparkling bright 'ess to the Eye, A rosy glow to Vie Cheek, A ruby ti gets the Li|(, A clearness ta the Head*, , A brightness to the Complexion, A buoyancy to the Spirits, _ And happiness on all sides. ■ , t Thousands have been rescued ffom ths of if e grave bv its timely U3e. This Remedy is now offered to the public with the moft solemn assurance of its iptrinsiq medicinal wrlues, and powerful Healing prop erties. For old Affections op the Kidneys, Retention of Urine,' And Diuaaa of Women and Children. , Nervous Prostration, Weakness, Gen era, I Lassi tude, and Los* of Appetite, it is unsurpassed. It extinguishes Aff<*ctiot sos the Bones. Habitual Coativeeess, Diseases of Ihe Kidneys, Dyspepsia, Kry ipelis. Female Irregularities, Fis tula. , all Skin Diseases. Livey Complaint. Indigestion, Piles, Pulmonary Diseases, Con-* sumption,. 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