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Crawfordville, Ma) r 9, 1879.
Miscellaneous.
“LOVE LAUGHS L>.a.UAxii» A.I AT LOOK.- T .(V.IT
SMITHS.”
Ilillsburg is a pretty little
somewhere Oil the eastern side of the
Alleghanies, but I won’t tell exactly
so thought Mr. Charley Abbott, and
nothing in the world would have made
him so happy as to be the owner of one
of the neat cottages on Main street in a
joint utnership with pretty Mollie
Dane. *
Now, Charley Abbott was a manly,
good-looking youug fellow, with a frank
smile, a clear, bright eye, and a heart as
big as a barn. And as like begets like
oftener than most folks believe, when
be fell in love with Mollie, sbe straight
way returned the favor by falling in love
with him.
It is quite likely tint the partnership
would have been speedily brought about
b 1 Mllllles mamma ,, had , , selected , . . an
other partner for her fair daughter, and
would uot listen to a word about young
Abbott.
Mrs. Dane’s choice of a son-in-law
as her ov ?n nel,hew ’ young
doctor , , by the name of Paul Reeves.
The Reeves had always been people of
importance. Paul bad a competency al
ready, and at the death of his grand
father he would come in for a fortune—
a l "' Uei ' niatch for her daughter surely,
than Charley Abbott, a poor banker’s
clerk, on a thousand a year.
There was one little circumstance of
which Mrs. Dane was not aware; Mr.
Paul was not quite free himself. There
was a young lady in the city where he
attended lectures, who had a word to
say on that subject. Mollie knew it,
liowever, for Paul had a strong, brotherly
friendship for his pretty cousin, and for
Charley Abbott too ; so they all three
took each other into confidence, and
Paul was the sworn ally of the lovers.
Mollie was an obedient daughter in
general, but she had a spice of her good
mamma’s will, and would uot give up
Charley Abbott, Sfra. Xfcuiw maVt v.st
permit him to visit at the house, and
Mollie was too proud and high-minded
to appoint clandestine meetings ; but
there were many occasions when they
“met by chance, the usual way,” and
there were walks in the open street, and
several times Charley bravely escorted
Mollie to her own door. Mrs. Dane
could not prevent this, except by keeping
Mollie a prisoner at home. That she
did not care to do. But one morning,
when, as she sat liy the parlor window,
they came walking gayly up together !
and paited at the fh „ gate, she could stand ,
it no longer. Pretty Mollie came in,
smiling and blushing, well knowing a
^ it over at *** once. her ’ lU ‘ d ,eSolvwl to 1)!lve
ell, miss, ,,. began Mrs. Dane, T1 sit
ting up very straight and severe "how
u longei ,, is tins to go on , r ,,, i
. u’ 1 4 man,ma? ” asks
M,ss w Mo,he ,', the g ^ ° P ictule of demure
’
mno iencc.
"This disobedience ‘ “ 'f L ’ marl-im madam ! ' This 1 lus
lunm . ,!t lllto the street
"S ° to meet that
young mail V”
"Well mamma ’ von ivmi’t let i,im
come ( nere. „
“iliat is not an answer to my ques
tion, miss.”
‘-oiil ° well wl11 not lon m Z> tv I hope.
'
When he is your won’t
., nv ! longer” '
' m *" he 53 ^v-what!” gasped
Mrs. Dane.
”• “
*
dv iou ( „i ^ ou Mary v f Dane! . __ You
haven’t, you surely haven’t-”
"Promised to marry‘Charley ? Yes
I have 'too mamma I moan to keen mv
word, !” Mollie turned and faced
the tlie mo nlolliel n, ei . Wltl w ;th ‘ tlle the fl ishimr ^ cv. s nnd 'mil
firui-set lips which Mrs. Dane knew the
meanimr “T ,f of “ verv \ UJ well Utr !L.r ow “ T
o , , "tot.’
“*Yever! ’pU see you buried
Never, with iny consent!”
“With it I hone mamma < bariev
•
Z l US. ^ ^ IT
’ v w ti J i ’ fi at - 8 a11 u
-
Mrs. , Dane rose to her feet. She was
f ^°“ an " f few Word#and R uick act ‘on.
He has the audacity . to come here for
my consent, has he ?”
"Yes, mamma. ”
“Very well. I-I can’t talk upon the
s,1 ... bj--ct just 1 . must
now. go up stalrs
and think awhile, before I can decide
what t0 do ’ 1 arn "Verpowered with
astonishment. Stay you here, and when
I call you, come up-stairs,”
"Yes xe*. mamma” mamma.
Mis. Dane swept away, and Mollie
11 *? —'«“'"••• i» *
verv few ramuteg her summons came,
' ind ^ ran up to
her mother in the third story,
^ lie exi>ected to lie talked to, but as
si| e was safe inside the door, Mrs. Dane
shut it, locked it, took out the key, and
put it in her pocket.
-pan, now !” she said ; “I think I
- is. w
VAOJ '' 1 ,en up. ‘ all:dl never leave it!”
' re
tun,poor Mollie, very pale, but firm
au<1 , ,solute -
- vour rnses. And when your fine lover
***» sho ' v bi » the door > and
tlluP j a “ the answer he’ll get. Now.
111 Ic ;e you to your own reflections.”
D»ne let herself out, locked the
door 4 the outside, and went down
stairs I leaving poor Mollie completely
taken by surprise. But what could she
d0 ? f he could llot jump from the
sto > y >window nor struggle with her
mothej for the door-key. Her case ap
Poured hopeless, for she had not even
an y ?*»Uce of communicating with her
lover,; Mrs. Dane allowing no one to
come impairs but herself.
Bv t « end of the second day, Mollie
had Cf-ied and fretted herself into
sucli aWrtt, that Mrs. Dane felt her¬
self ob>g«d to send for Dr. Paul Reeves.
Dr. Pa til come, looked very grave,
scribed' 1 medicine, and told Mrs.
some
Dane he thought it best to look in again
And l» ninde out,
when lit shook hands with Ills cousin, to
leave ■) tmy paper in her soft hand.
The infant the key was turned again
upon MolJie, she unfolded the scrap of
paper end read :
Dk.Vi, MoLr.iE : Charley and myself
require agree nr tliinking that desperate cases
willing degperate 'o remedies. If you are
follow our lead, give me a
bint whin I return to-night. P.
Mollie bad no writing materials. So
shetore'a bit from a blank leaf of a
book, an-l scratched a few words deeply
upon it; with a hair pin. This she raan
uged tif give to Paul when lio made his
second / ( h12.
Dr. P.qil was still very grave. He told
Mrs. Dc;t e that he was afraid. Mol
lie wottldj have a tough siege of it, unless
l* e could Kelp her at once (and that was
D le trut. too !), and promised to come
again es • *i»%t morning.
-cue hum film, and
pretended to lie much sicker than she
ically was. So when Dr. Paul came in
the morning, he found her in bud in her
own room on the second floor.
Mrs. Dane, much alarmed, had ven
lured to remove her there, thinking she
would certainly make no attempt to
s <-’e Charley Abbott while she was sick.
This time Paul brought Mollie another
note, and it read thus ;
When I come to-night, Charley will
,3e hi my carriage at the door, i will
b r et Aunt Jane out of the room, and you
quickly. must Ry down Courage, and made your escape
now! and be all
ready. P.
Mollie was very sick all the morning.
In the afternoon she thought it prudent
to . K , low , better, ,, and , when . Mrs Dane ,
brought tip a cup of tea at suppe r-time,
b,W f0U,ld iv,,,. ,i lMollle m nr. dressed , , ' vl " l W ,, ‘ d , 1,1 “
'
big s i, a wl, and sitting in an easy chair.
“Why, Mollie, what made you get
up V ” she asked,
nnj. i mother ’ ” sava lyS Mollie M,,Ule ' "von y°“ know know
I . could never , hear to lie in bed. Let me
s j t awhile, and I shall rest better to
m 8 nt ,,
’
Mrs. Dane did not object, hut she
resolved that she should go
hack to the third story in the morn
Inrr "><•
Di. Paul came soon, pronounced her
better, sounded her lungs, and said he
still thought she had better have mus
tard applied to her chest. If Aunt Jane
make -f*"° sure it was just right, U|U “ they '—*> would *“
a , Jt .i v o
' '
'
Aunt , . Jane, not supposing there was
a,iy danger in leaving the patient a few j
mom « ,,ts in “•« doctor’s care, walked
right “ into the trap, and went down u t, 0
l u H'<*ie uie musiara.
The moment she was down stairs, the
sick girl sprang un erving excitedly •
‘'^TbV^'iouTSawl f / over or your y >ur head- neau
,, 1 ,, 1 s1 . ' l> tor a hat—and , run down to
Ctiarley. I’ve left the front door open
0t ‘ I >U W- Fly, now, and make
" 0iSe ’ ««ing to run down and tell
aunt, on second thought wai’t I have decided
t le t the muatard HB rnornir,, /
You)1 , * w)jj|e Vm ’ k;j0U ’
so , usiiau , know . nothing . about it. Be
quick, now.
Mollie flewdown * arid Dr ’ Paul fol
lowed, making a good deal of needless
1)0 ise, and kept his aunt nealv five ruin
ute8 |*f« re «he remembered that Mollie
was alone _
Then she hurried to her post ’ but the
i.; r( i q wn
Pan! Paul put i.nt on on an an air air of of such such .surprised surprised
innocence, and was so indignant at the
*■««—>« •««.
nage, that Aunt Jane was never cer
tain as to his complicity.
But at last she wisely resolved to en
dure what she could not cure, so she
forgave Mr. and Mrs. Charley and now
they all live together as happy aiid cosy
as as can can be, be
No. 19.
Washington Letter.
jars
learned that a man named Sneed, of
Georgia, was on duty in the senate in a
twenty-one hundred dollar position. As
neither of the senators had recommended
things zjs, =
were. They approached Mr
Burch on the subject, and asked him
upon tvhat authority he had given Sneed
a position. "On my own authority”
secretary was the answer, laconically. "I am
of the senates and when I dc
sire advice as to how I shall run mv
office I will call upon you, but until I
do, I shall deem your offices in the busi
ness entirely gratuitous.” The Geor
gia senators were considerably pat
aback, not to draw it too strongly.
There may bo war upon Mr. Burch from
them as well as from other quarters
where the sky looks threatening. In
conversation last night, Mr. Burch re
marked that J. Roddy Sneed, whose
appointment has caused so much trouble,
was a prominent Georgian, as much so
as Senators Hill and Gordon ; that he
had been collector of customs at Savan
nab during the late war, and, moreover,
toombly known m . proud,,eni
mulhern jonmnlM. Hs w„, l,» „.ld,
til. founder of the Savannah RepubUoin,
and should be retained, despite all the
opposilion that Senators Gordon and
Hill might, make. To such un extent
has Mr. Burch permitted his prejudices
against the Georgia ,V senators to carry J
him that he has allowed ... the old repub
IiCiin incumbent in charge of the senate
folding-room to remain, declining to
remove him with a view to preventing
the promotion of the first'assistant in
that room, who Is a friend of Senator
Gordon’s. The appointment of Sneed
can only be, accounted for on the ground
that ho lias been a prominent journalist,
and having himself been a journalist,
Mr. Burch may regard that experience
much weightier than senatorial preroga
tlves.
"a tie Trial.
The interest in the Talmagc trial in¬
creases faster than interest on a bank¬
note. In fact, it is expected tho interest
will lie compounded at last, or that the
trial will. Our New Yoik reporter is
busy taking down notes of the testi¬
mony, and his first page presents the
following appearance;
Mr. Millard to Mr. Bright, showing
witness a paper— "Who wrote that edi¬
torial ?”
"VVliat editorial V”
“That one my finger is on.”
"Which finger ?”
“This finger.”
“Tills finger on this editorial ?”
“Yes.”
“What about it V”
“Who wrote it V"
“The finger ?”
“No, the editorial. ”
“What editorial V”
“This editorial in this paper, which I
bold up before you, which is headed
‘Columbine and Harlequin,’ ou which
I now place this thumb,”
“You want to know who wrote it ?”
uv-,. , H n
'
“Why?” ,
i.k mt rest < to .v,u this casa.
“Wliat ,,, ease?”
“Talm-me’s iaimagt s eaae case, ”
“ What Talmage ?”
“Do you know who wrote that
tonal f” excitedly.
The one I just showed you.”
‘The one in that paper ?”
"Yes” ’
“TI>e one yon put your finger on first,
and then put your thumb on it ?”
"Yes.”
x ou want , to know who wrote it <
“Yes ”
“ ^-
How to Be Beautiful.
Many hundred thousand dollars are an .
mially expended by ladle,, for "artificial"
appliances to hide the shrunken and wasted
or the sallow skin, blothc, or silver
M>ots, which are due to female weakness,
dyspepsia, torpid liver, and constipation.
if a small per cent, of this sum were inves
ted in Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription,
ladies would soon really be what they now
seem to be. I readily corrects'those weak
nesses and disease upon which debility and
-m.ci.tion depend. It cures dyspepsia by
toning up the system, and when used In
COI > nect,on with Dr. Pierce's Pleasant p ur .
gative Pellets, speedily overcomes all irreg
uiaritiesof the liver and bowels. No “bloom
’ no "beautificr of the complex.
. ., ^ impart such permanent beautv
ing Favorite Prescription,
A Milwaukee paper says: "What is
wanted in Kansas is more telegraph
i>oles, or stronger ones. The average
poles holds only about four horse theives
comfortablv.”
r Hie Democrat.
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Religion in a Pack of Cards
,hiri, 'B divine services. At the church,
those who had Bibles took them out; hut
thl * soldier had neither Bible »or common
P ra ? er ; books * ,ul P»»“>K out * pack of
-
company saw him and
said —
"Richard, put up th. cards, tbia la no
Ph»c« for them.”
“Never mind that," said Richard,
When the services wore over, the Con*
stahle took Rirkard * prisoner, and brought
brought^h^sildicr hl^forr- ^ ***
"For playing cards in the church "
"Well, soldier, what have you tosay for
yourself*** >
"Much, Sir, I hope.”
"Very good: if not, I wfll punish you
***!??!*'', week! 'mareT . ""T*
sU on the prayer-book* “have
Bible nor common I
nothing but a pack of cards, and I hope to
satisfy Your Worship of the purity of my
intention."
Thenspreading the cards before tho Mayor,
he began with the ace
lh J" , **" , TJnJT™, JXVJStw"^ th *‘
1 m the trey. It remind, ui.Vtt,, f”,“
Son, and Holy Ghost When I see the four,
it reminds me of the four evangelists that
Poached—Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John,
When I see the five, it reminds me of the
wisa vir S ins til * t trimmed their lamps.
T»vwo m" *''! ’ * > lt < !, VC Wtre 1s0 an ^
’
n\e n foolish and were shut * out. »k When I
see u,’
the six, It reminds me that In .1. day,
Lord made heaven and earth. When I see
the seven. It reminds mo that on iho
seventh day God rested from the great
work He had made, and hallowed It. When
I see the eight, It reminds me of the eight
righteous persons that were saved whan
God destroyed the world j vix., Noah and
his wife, his three sons and their wlVea.
When I see the nine, it reminds me of the
nine lepers that were cleansed by our
Saviour. There were nine out of ten that
never returned thanks. When I ice the
ten, it reminds me of the ten command
ments which f*od v ' £ down to M
on th* •vain'T*see the
King, tt reminds me of the great King of
heaycn, which is Cod Almighty. When
I see the queen, It reminds me of the Queen
of Sheba, who visited Solomon, for she was
as wise a woman as he was a man. She
brought with her fifty boys and fifty girls,
all dressed In boys' apparel, for King Solo¬
mon to toll which were boys and which
were girls. The King sent for water for
them to wash. The girls washed to the
elbows, the boys to tho wrists; so King
Solomon told by that."
"Well,’’ said the Mayor, "you have de¬
scribed evury card In tho pack except
one,”
"What Is that V"
"The knave," said tho Mayor.
"I will give Your Honor a description of
that, too, If you will not be angry.
"I will not,” said the Mayor, “If you do
not term me to the he knave.”
"The greatest knRvo I know of Is the
Constable that brought me here."
"I do not know," said the.Mayor, "If he Is
the greatest knave, but I know ho Is tho
greatest fool.”
"When I count how many spots there are
in a pack of cards, I find 3«, as many days
as there are in a year. When I count tho
nu '" |M ’ r of cards In a pack, I find fifty-two
—the number of weeks In a year. I find
there pre twelve pictnrc-cards In a pack,
representing the number of months in a
yeai ; and, on counting the tricks,I find thir¬
teen, the number of weeks in a quarter. So,
you see, a pack of cards serves for a Bible,
an almanac, and a common prayer-book?”
A Remarkable Counterfeit.
Service has come into 23 ]>os4ession - T "“ “r* of a
most remarkable counterfeit. It is a
counterfeit 820 United States legal ten
note, and is calculated to deceive
even persons accustomed to handling
notes of that denomination. What
makes it the more remarkable, is the
f:lct I ,,at thfc work 0,1 the note was exe¬
cuted with a pen and ink. All the in
tricate figures and curves, all the heads,
the seal, the fine engraving work, and
S 'll? [inlnflt:
The signature oi John Allison, formerly
Register of the Treasury, is perfect.
The whole bill, hack and face, is a won
<J^ful piece of pen work. The bill was
^ ^ the sub-treasury m New
Is is said that the express companies, with
' ,x-option, have resolved to make a
new classification of rates to regain the
ground that has been lost by the competi
tion of the Post Office Department through
money order and registry s> stems. The
lowfcr rate8 charged by the department
forth, remittance of small amounts of
money and for the transportation of small
parcels have made themselves felt in the
ez P res » busi neat, and it is expected that de
creased charges for such service will result,
The extension of the registry system to
third-class matter has caused a vast amount
of matter to go through the mails that
would otherwise have fallen to the express
companies; and unless the rates of the de¬
partment are adopted by the companies, or
underbid, their loss will increase as the
public become more and more acquainted
W j t |, n, e means offered by the eevernment
of the cheap transportation of ataney asd
parcels.
