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r \] jnCKLT CAUGHT.
Davis wan a singing-bird;
wherever she went might be heard the
■weet, cheery voice carolling some old
ballad. She was the very light of the
old farm house, and of its aged owners,
the fond grandparents, whose dull ears
casght even the faintest notes of her
voice. Siuging. she, went into the cel
ly;'or in $ gan-et.
llWUfflWthe cow* mfd .4ng while site
milked them.
Rut this evtftildg' her voice was
strangely silent as she picked her way
over the stones and briars in the rough
road she was traveling in search of the
strav cow, whose absence would tell
materially on the butter she was saving
to bn* anew dress.
It was as if the finger of piovidence
had been placed on the girl’s lips,
sealing them for her own good; for
this was her favorite time for song.
|t was almost nightfall, and tlie way
gloomy one, leading her to an old,
disused graveyard, whose short, sweet
grass she thought perhaps the lost
Daisy was cropping.
|,aum would have* scorned the idea
•f being afraid ta pass through the
lonely place, but generally it was a
comfort to her to hear j?ven her 'own
voice break the solemn silence.
But now, as we have said, she was
strangely silent. StiddeiTtv her light
steps were arrested by the sound ol
voices so near her that she obeyed her
first impulse and shrank closely behind
a large tree just in time to escape the
notice of two men who had thrown
themselves down on the grass beneath
auother tree only a few yards distant.
If there was anything Laura was
afraid of it was a “ tramp," and to that
sijecies she know tliese two men be
longed by their .ragged clothes, and
sticks with bundles thrown across them.
In the gathering darkness she could
not sec their faces, but each word they
uttered was plainly audible* f
“ I ten you Dick, said one of then*,
half rising in his earnestness, “.I know
the place, and the old man always has
money about, the house. There’s no
body with the old folks but the girl,
and a half-grown bo)’, who works about
during the day, hut goes home at
night. I worked there myself during
the harvest one summer, and know all
about it.”
“ Well, what's your plan?” asked the
other.
“ Why, just to go and ask for night’s
lodging aliout bed-time. I iieard the
old man boast once that no traveler
was ever turned away from his door.
Once in, I’ll manage the rest.”
“ All right, old pal,” was the answer
“ I’m in for anything to raise a little
tin. But let’s get into somebody’s
barn, out of the damp. It ain’t good
for the rheumatics.
And grumblingly they rose and pass
ed on directly by the shrinking girl,
who could hear her own heart beat un
til they were out of sight.
Then, pausing for a moment for
thought, she ran swiftly on in the op
posite direction, her thoughts flying
with her feet.
The nearest house was quite a mile
away, and there she knew a number of
men were at work. She must reach
there and alarm them, and be back
borne before the tramps should come.
11 atVe conVenV^r>
tbc Sabbath schools. The County
rention has wielded a large inllueij
promoting the cause and bring.ng a
this desirable result. Its oHiccr.-
members are active and am
engaged in a good work lhe p,
around Milltowu entertained the ( 01
tion in right royal style. There is
more generous and hospitable people
where than the people of this commv
and they never gave finer evidence o
r • •_ •*. .. -‘-iindant enter
plan were clear to all.
“ You may come as many as you
like and as soon as you like, after eight;
o'clock, but not one minute soonei*, for
fear you frighten them away ; and you
enust not enter the house till you hear ;
me singing. I want to make sure of
the gentlemen.”
She was quite her clear-headed, reso
lute self now, and shook her head de
cidedly when the young farmer afore
said put on his hat to attend her home.
" No, Will,” she said, firmly, but
with a smile that softened the refusal;
“ I go home alone, or they will
suspect something, and we shall lose
our game. Good night.”
And she was otf like an arrow across
hill.
Her plan was well matured before
she peached the house. Finding the
lost Daisy, she drove her home and
milked her as carelessly as if such a
burden of anxiety did not lay upon her
heart.
Tbc old folks were beginning to be
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very anxious aliout tlifir pft mid
she knew she must
f ice before them; Tim she could not
sing. Whenever she made the attempt,
her breath seemed to fail her. More
than (Living that long
grandpapa askert in his joking way:
“ Where is our singing-bird, little
one?” and she gave him some playful
answer, listening, mcanwlule, with pain
ful earnestness Jor the heay v’ tread and
knock attbe'uoor—knitting with fever
ish eagerness, and with an intentness
that would have seemed ludicrous to a
looker-onimt, qequamted with tLe wj\ys
and wherefores.
At last, when the minute hand of the
old clock pointed to ten minutes to
eight, she heard the tread, the knock,
and, to save her life, could not repress
a nervous shiver.
“ Wbfi kitten, are yen getting' 1 nrt*V
ons?” laughed the old ymiy
lamp from the mantleplvce, and going
to the dtjrtf. * ■
She heard just wlvyt. sjlp/lipygl/t site,
would hear —thCT request for a night's
lodging, and the unstfspeelftig old -man
answered :
“ Come in—come in, my good fel
lows; 1 never tuni a traveler away."
Tiien she arose, and busied hcrselflrt
another part of the room to hide her
agisation. When she had conquered
this, she came hack to the fire, which
was very comfortable this chilly autumn
evening, staring narrow.!)' at the unwel
come guests.
They were ill-looking fellows, strong
as unprincipled and unscrupulous. This
she saw at a glance ; while they, look
ing furtively at her from under their
heavy brows, saw only n bashful girl,
whose cheeks reddened and paled in the
fire-light.
They were pot disposed to be talka
tive. Gxandma rtolhred bypr ker knit
ting, ay a vgry soon grandpa said wlutt
she had been longing to hear :
” Kitten, get a bed ready for these
poor fellows.”
HerJieart 'bepl faster. She felt t!)4
moment was near; but there was no
sign of agitation in the steady little
hand that lighted the bed-room lamp,
nor the fp m s&ep across the room, and
out into the unused chamber.
She heard no stealthy step behind
her —she did not know danger was near
until, as she turned to leave the room,
she was confronted by one, of the men
she left at the firotiside. Her face
blanched, but she looked stead ‘U-at
him.
“ Your bed is ready, sir,” she said,
attempting to pass him.
The next moment Jhs' lamp was taken
from her band, an arm thrown heavily
about her, and a hand clasped about
her mouth.
“Point to where the old man keeps
his money, and you and they nre safe;
refuse, and you are M, our mercy!”
whispered the coarse voice in her ear.
The next foment he flung her from
him iu an pain.. She had
bitten his finger through and through. 4 -
And now her clear, loud voice rang
out through the house in a wild, strange
song.
Before he could reach her again he
was thrown heavily to the floor: the
room was full of armed men, and he
saw his game was at an end.
Another pair of arms were around
the girl—strong, steady arms, from
which she did not shrink, and which
were to shield her through all ] %&k\
ture life. And, years after, \\ illjlien)
ham loved to.4*H how when
she was Laura Davis, conquered the
burglar jvitb bar only weapon—fier firtn,
white ti‘6tb, [w
- - ■ La.
A man went i3Lo a butcher's srm|>,
ail'd, finding the ‘owner’s widf?
dance, in the absence of her husband,
thought heiwould have n joke at herex
pense, and said: “Madame, ran you
supply me with a yard of pork!'” “ "i es,
sir;” she said, and then, turning to-'a
bov, she added. “ James, give that gen-
I •' 1
tleman three pig’s feet.”
A horse leaped from the edge .of a
precipice at Byron Centre, McKean
|County, Pa., recently, aud. fell sheer
: down two hundred f(:c-t. being crushed
* v i tj’f t
A man without enemies is like lread
without yeast; he never rise*.
il/mVE|L, (WEDNESDAY; MAY ft, WM.
¥• A Throat.”
Wail hA-said he was a hundred yeais
old you would have believed him. He
was so old and thin and trembling that
ri#te liis ingress. In
one hand lie e.tflftel hi§• stair, and in
the other a little clay flower pot with a
small rose in it. 11 is limbs finally gave
yut and he down on the cwrty stoye
to rest. A had kixfwn
tltb good old Mauk itian ft*'years pass
ed that way and said :
*• Well, Uncle Billy, aren’t you lost?”
“ Deed, I hain’t sah, but dis ole
frame V mine tire* out-purtv quick
nowadays. Ize had a heap o’ walkin’
to-day an’ Ize gwine back home wid a
lump in my froat.”
“ What’s the matter, uncle ?”
“ I)ld yon know dat my old woman
ihjpd f. Yep sqjy, pkf dip] las’
fall, jlst; beio desuow came. She was
V /over. It w**iyt ijiju'k 9f A jM’ral.
I had. to go up to du grave fard in de
Wagrrii *w id . an' 4*tfx>d by
while dey butied de body in de poor
field. Tell you, salt, dat was a sad day
| fur me. It’s put de aige on me power-
I ful fast.”
“ Yes, yon have grown old very fast.
What’s your trouble to-day ?”
“ Deed, sah, you—see dis little flow
er ? I bought dat to nut on her g-grave
up dar. ’Souse my voice, sail, but Ize
got de heart-ache, an’ I can’t'keep de
tears back !”
“ And you’ve been up there ?”
“ Deed 1 huv. Wluai we buried de
body I looked at (le trees an’ grave
stunS an’ paths aroun’ dar, an' I fought,
t could walk right to de Spot whenever
I wanted to. I went up dar dis inawn
ing to [nit dis flower on de grave, but I
war all turned ’round an’ I couldn’t find
de spot ! ,1 looked an’ but
twari't no atflzo takfei’ de flower
fiome agin ?’
“ I wouldn’t feel bad, uncle.”
Ize try in’ (o braeje up, sah, but Ize
got so old and trembly dat I feel ljkc a
chile. No, taint no uatflo fe*l bud. I
spent de body will rest jist as well wid
out de flower, only Ize -bin feel in’, sorter
Render hearted o' late, wu’ I dreamed
dat de grave looked lonefeonn?.” ‘
“ Don’t' worry—it will be all right.
The grass will cover tiie grave And
make,it look as welt as any.*’
“I reckon it will, sal). I’ll soon git
de tears *utf rmy eyes ,if I, can tink
dat way. .fogfftrtg long-Mown from de
grave yard I war wonderin' if dey
would bury my ole tx)(Ty "longside o’
hers ?’ rf
“ Perhaps so.”
“Oh! thop'e-so,' sah! I know dat
de defid cdfn’t talk, nbr see, nor feel, but
somehow it seems us if we'd both rest
easier if I war clus by, an’ when I go
into Heaven I want to bp jycked agios
wid de wife whose lOve wouk f llev last
ed forever but fur Am you
gwine ? ,Waal, bye. I’ll sot yere
fur a Rttle time yet. My ole eyes keep
fillin' right up, an’ l <*n’t (fee (Te way
till I grow stronger. Taint nuflin to
cry ’bout, but Ize leelin’ dreary to-day.”
Dullness anil Thought.
The Duke of Gloucester, third son of
the Prince of-Wales, lather of George
IV., was a dull child, aud his mother
used to cause him great distress, at times,
by jeering him on account of his dull
mdw, hi the of-hfc brothers and
sisters, and on one particular occasion
telling them to laugh at the fool. The
sensitive child then held down his head
and *ul : upon which tjie^in
oess changed her tone and accused him
of, sulkiness. “No,” he said, “he was
he was only tiiio’king.”*‘f Aa<l
!pray, what are you thinking oft”’ in
quired the prineSM With increasing
scoru in her manner. “Y wife thinking,”
sakl the poor child, “ how I should feel
if i had a sou as unhappy as you make
me.”
“Sir,” roared.a man ohtin Nebraska,
striding up to a neighbor, “ Sir,yon are
a liar !” “I am?’ exclaimed the as
tonished neighbor, “ How do you know
i am? Because I know it; because
I have found it out!” “ How long have
you beejy hying hejk>?” y >S>x ,we#ks.”
Neighbor, tranquilly, nodding hi* head,
weir jfirfmrOtfv ' yon <s>* kfiow it,
theu. I didn’t think vpj had been in
| town so long.” There was no fight.
Devoted to Hart County.
Our Hleephnr H*rw.
The following beautiful |>oem, writ
ten by Miss Johnnie I Hint, of Vicks
hilly, Misp., was read on Memorial
Day, during the decoration of the Coil
federate soldiers' -p>wuc j t Oakland
Cemetery in Atlanta:
We iitjtiiil ill pH" hill'llt city,
WhiiT pure, white hliiUk are elruuinj;
Allure CHl'h 1,1,-tint.
WW lung, mrt ret
In never moved by drenmiit"
Oil to the outer marxio
WheiT uruvro runmrt le be nuraUrraS s
Win re, thnmnli the vosrn,
Soft Minileu ami I earn,
X nation - U<*.l Wire alnaitM-red.
l lnlci lln loon, luonc Uxlltn
lticwullv dio|>|'U>K ceo'vii,
In luiihi'd plialanv. and nolemn ranks,
Thi'J've laid their armor down.
The tyw niiii nrt-om te
With tench aliooet nniienial.
Win iv lnii-a of i!raven,
I.lkc (jiamn capianl waves,
Stretch toward the ahorrn eternal.
Kadi wave ltn frtflght han landed- -
Sutiliniely were they frci|{htod —
Anil the lime each non!
Toadied heavetily yoal
In the yrent laic book in dated.
Under death n Ihu of truce
A way from the fallen fort,
Ood uiant thc.v aailod. with aina Ctiriet-veiled,
Into the ailent port.
Over the j;raaa ntep lightly,
Silence tho children's
Their HifiiiH ar? sttfi'keil,
1 1' 11 "" * ■- • '*,<•
the Ueiealter
lien Worn the great gunn planted,
Here Were
llir,', eiliiai o uwt, ! " ,
I fl ike Mobil guah jut
Wliili the foul on tlie t-ed ride eddied
Tiien seattci the wreath., of tlowejn
Otrereac h ijsfte motnid;
Tliev Inn. l ai p-.,‘i i" h. :i i-in a uudet our feet
The lienrtn thst watered the ground.
Sr-' '*■ * V- > erta - ,*■ ,* . -
rim*uli uor pil* u<ir pillar
We ruie t* their nfltrcH lH'Ver,
,
ThW^ l ail the l'titurc*
in histon aul in *t>r^.
Tltyii' I‘ante atiaii rililiftri —
Their names altali t wine
They ni< (i no iflorr,
Tcmlei-iy, iil imll tm
jOverMhfAr lK*eles9dl*y *
|li|> tleail wlt6 and hied ~
A.nd Ml in partNi of gfwr
Oura the fate of too vauqumheu,
Whofto heart ucliom Dover cease ;
Ours, thi; tcSf’H,
Regrets and fear a—
Tlicira the (‘ienial peace.
Anger they dropped forever
With the pMMttiug lxirden of breath ;
The blue and the grey
Are alike to-day S
In the rolorlea* land of death,
And the liviug who wore tlie blue
May bring to tlie sleeper* flower*,
For the blue and the gray are friend* to-day
In a happier land than our*.
“ I Saw a Fool in tlie Forest.”
This time it was on a city street. In
his walk this morning tlie writer ob
served a dirty-looking sparrow to leave
its grubbing in the gutter, dart up into
tlie air, and endeavor to catch a thistle
down, that was floating complacently
in tlie atmosphere.
As the bird approached, the thistle- j
down felt the fanning of it wings, and
dodged, as tf itself a living creature. |
The bird alighted on an adjoining cave
trough for a second and then made an- 1
other pass at the thistle-down. The
latter was apparently <* the alert and
dodged successfully before. Again
the sparrow sought it>4 perch, and turn
ing its head for the purpose took two
puzzled looks at the object, one from]
each eye, in a knowing way ; and then
for the third time made a dash at what
’it had, as I thought, stupidly taken for
an insect that should add flavor to the
morning meal? but the inanimate
seemed equal to the living thing, it
simply evaded the issue by just so
much action as was necessary and no
more. No fencer or boxer every par
ried a thrust or stroke more complete
ly', or with half the grace of motion.
The thistle-down simply took a turn
upward after this lust assault, and as
if it would try' a change of air began
tfi float leisurely' away', so leisurely as
to give the sparrow time to reflect on
the situation, f, too, became interest
ed, and beginning to revise iny views
of the accuracy of instinct and observ
ation on the part of sparrows, made
myself one of the party, and address
ing the bird, said : “Dirty and stupid
as you appear, you must be more of a
fool than you look, to mistake a thistle
i down three successive times for some
edible insect and fail to catch it at that.
Birds of your feather are not quite wel-
CfMe in this country anyway', and you
bad better go back home where little
was ever expected of you.”
By this time the thistle-down had
| risen'almost out of sight, but the bird
had kept it in view, directing toward it
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eyes rfgllt nnd loft alternately. eviifvnf
ly l>ont on telesco|ung it i( possible.
Making a fourth attempt caught it
I'laui bearing lh thistledown upparent
!y by n* of its gauey lUanienl*. nnd
in unruffled condition flip hire! return
ed with it to its nest, which I had fldt
before observed, under the cave-trough, l
and carefully placed it to i unite part of!
the lining for the hahitation rt*r spar-i |
rows yet. to in*, and which the bird ex
pected soon to welcome without feath
ers to this onr mortal state.
Then 1 discovered that, there was in
deed a find in the party, perhaps eycju
a bigger fool than he looked, and that
the sparrow was not the fool.
T~ -•-
Stand Straight.
“Stand straight, Josepla" said Jus
tice Mtrrrav to .Joseph Yea&er, who was
making vigiltun* efforts to preserve his
equilibrium as he stood before the bar
in Kssex Market Court. “Stand
straight, Joseph. Ollicer Uremia liere
says lie found you drunk and incaphle
of taking care of yourself in Grant
street.”
“ Your honor, 1 took the pledge— 1 "
'•TTTmrr —'
V " I took <4)ie pledge, your honor, for
one j 4 ear,” nitl then Joseph fell over,
and .when he con
tinued :
“ I kept it for J *
“And New YeafV’Tnrt *’*
“ Ye.s/*ir.4nd I just, wanted to see
how again. Now, do let me
go this j,ime, and J, y/ltii't drhtft Aghin ”
“ Can’t d<> It, ’ sitk|4J| hoimf, sjp lie
out ft commitment*
• ( Hi, do your honor, I*ll take the
pledge now for another f fyiPj" and lie
“Joseph," said the magistrate, “ you
femffljf tfctfjfQQT %TfH/C|rt.hut
full into tlu> beer vnt. It, is old. I, it
lu *
tcneit while the magistrate recited.
“ A mouse fell into a beer vat. one
day, A cat was looking over the vat,
and the struggling mouse said : “If
you will take me out of here I'll allow
yf>u t&eat me." “Good," said the cat,
As she put in-iicr paw and pulled out
the little mouse. Feeling itself safe
on the floor, tfib mouse shook itself and
ran away. “ Come back,” cried the
eat, " you promised to let me eat you if
I pulled you out.” “ I did,” said the
mouse; “ but then I was iu liquor.”
“ Five days, J6seph, and then we will
see about the pledge.”
A .Man Who Received SIO,OOO for a
Charitable Cup of Water.
The Fort Hinith (Ark.) Herald says:
During the war our townsman, James
I*. Moore, on one occasion went out in
front of our lines to give some water to
ftwouUded Yankee, who was lying iu u
helpless condition upon the grounds but
lately occupied by the Federal three*
and from which the* hud recently been
drivey. The man was crying piteously
for Water, and the milieu were rattling
around from both armies. Moore said
he intended to risk the exposure to do
thy deed of mercy and went out to him.
It proved to be a captain of a Pennsyl
vania regiment, who was profuse wiih
thanks mid otierifi Mssire trig gold watch
which the gallant f'qnf'olcratc declined,
lie begged his mum*, that he might, if
he survived the war, remember Uiip.
This he wrote down it his memorandum
book. The captain recently-wrote ben
to know if Moore was living; said he
was rich, but dying of consumption, and
desired to provide for him in hi* will.
1 Mr. Moore wrote to him and received a
; friendly letter in rgplyN tcllitigJuui flutl
there was SIO,OOO net apart for his usp,
to be paid in installments of s‘_',(oo
each. The Federal officer has since
died, and the other day the payment of
$2,000 was received. Truly, 'tis “ good
to give even a clip of ctdd water itr the
right spirit.” *
The Czar’s l>ed room in the Winter
Palace, it is said, communicates by a
subterranean gallery with the Fortress
of Sts. Peter aud Paul, so that, in case
of need, he may reach the fortress iti a
few minutes and be tn perfect wrfttV.
The room of Jiniiperof Paul .1. \iu*‘ jM.-
vided with similar secret passage, but he
was not quick enough for his assassins,
who murdered Ip in pp the threshold of
the {tassago.
Y>fiW;<*‘ttiAt*lM srfxVffc iW**
w heat lie?!! in f'aMffirnK seventeen miles
long, - he
starts m “lie furryw ftftci
cat tit | out at night ami plows back next.
dajfte it sis** i mi* iftiMos e#f
Ihrintian ftwth i* a pnwwl cfttlwdfftl
with iflvinHy pictnnAl witfdAwn. Ktnad
irtg nitliolrt, \“ii see nd glofy nor ohn
imagine any ; --huidipg vijhjn,
vwv *a> of Ugh i rw veil Is ft harmyiiy of
unspeakublo'plciskirs. pul
M'hst fc suppost-d to f>e
tree uj tin- Southern States is a luTifr
I tearing poplar pear Augusta,
which i* lift) feet higb md,nine feet in
j cliairtw, its lowi st branches being sf
j feet from the ground.
A short Italian prayer, which is not
without wisdom, says : “ I pray that I
may never be married. Hut if I mar
ry. I pray that 1 may not be deeoiveiL
i Itoif if I nWt deceived I pnfy that 1 may
not know It. Hut if I know it I pray
that I may bo able to laugh at tho
w hole afl’air.V . . ,
If tnkrs n Ghicngo masked masher Cos
w rite A neat love-letter to his girl- <>n
recently indicted this beaufifttl thought:
“ llolovcd Evelyn, Jo 90me home soon.
When you’re away from the. grant mo
tropolia of tho ourth, and I can’t see
you every day, t bad oh blnmod mkw*-
able ns n stub-tailed mule iu fly-time.”
mi; I'll hue nae mhiV Irish-'
moil," niid a I.othicn farmer to a Hiber
nian applicant for work. “ The last
tar* that I had died on tnv hands, and I
had to bury them nt my own expense."
•' < )eh, sur ! there'* no feaiSi o* me : sure
1 rail get a surtiflikit from tho houle pf
me masters that 1 didn’t dif w id done o’
them.”
How to get fat: After each meal
take a tumblerful of good milk, with a
tublespooaful of lime-water added. This
must in no way ipuky a part of the
tnew 1 —must bo over nud iwlmivu regular
amount (rf fond; a quick cold or tepid
sponge bath every morning, and free
dom frofn anxiety of mind arc necessa-
I V conditions
A little boy four years old, having
often been told it was wrong to ask for
anything at the table, was down at des
sert,. After pirtftcntty waiting for some
time without, being noticeil, he exclaim
ed : “ Mamma, please may I have ou
orange if I don't ask £ur it ?” “ Yo.
dear, ’ was the reply. Hut after a con
siderable Interval, the little fellow, not
getting his orange, addressed his
io<>:beg “ J’leap^,
not askiug for un,orajigv” This time
luv was duly rewarded.
The Oglethorpe Echo says that Mr,
.Jijui W. Hucpu, of Lexington, has a
nuilr years old, whose wisdom lias
certainly increased witit age. Last F
day she wont to a hlnek-mith shop, and
poking her head in the dobr, rH\ised to
go away until a wqfkmnti came out anj
fixed an awkward lifting shoe. When
the idacksmith approached, the animal
held up to him tiie had shoe, and *0
sootl as he hud reset it, left perfectly sM-'
isfied. Tills unde always goes to the
shbjv with her own accord when any
thing is wrong with her shoes. The
workmen kpow old Judy’* ways, and
never fail to attend to her wants.
A man \vh6 had never seen the inside
of (i law court until he was recently in
troduced as a witness in a case pending
iu one of the Scotch courts, on being
sworn, took a position with his l>ack to
the jury, and hegnn telling his story to*
the jlldgs. The judge, in a bland and
courteous manner* said: “Address
yourself to the jury, sir.” The man
made a short pause, but not compre
hending what wag said to him, forthwith
continued Ids narrative. The judge
was then more explicit, andsaid to him,
“ fjpeak to the jury, sir; the men sitting
behind you on the bench**’*’ The wit
ness at fnee turned name), and, making
an awkward how, tsaid with gravity of
manner: “ flood hiorning, gentlemen.”
General Keulien was seated on a
inarkere! barrel, with Ids teet on a cnu-‘
pie Of sugar*' hogsheads, and had just 1
given an account of how he froze them
sliding down hill in the winter of ’76.
There was .silegce fur a few minutes, in
terrupted Wy an interrogation from Mo
zart Daffodil: “Do you mean, gener
al, to have our understanding compre
hend dat you froze boff of clem feet in
owe winter?” “ Hoff,” replied the geoi
eral, cutting of a piece of tobacco about
tliesree of a toy harmonies. After an-*
other reign of silence, the general de
rnanded : “Du you doubt that state
ment, sah?” ffo,” replied Mozarj,
with quiet deliberatipn; “ I was oujy
thinking what a long, Jiard winter it
must have beco-”