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HAMILTON GEORGIA
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H AMILTO.V, GA.
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AVEST POINT, GA
~ALONZO A. DOZIER,
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C 01UMB TJS, GA.
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lilS LETTEIU
One ra'ifsy about half pa-*t
eight o’cloc’c, the D.uh had dashed
into Mi-Kibbeu’a Oorners, and ti-.e
mail had been deiiverecl at the sTorc
and post-office.
John Faivj<}!ii>, the post roaster, had
opened the o.Tg and coutued the let
tel-e. There were, as he made out,
just, ten, and one was larger than .he
others and had a red .aid then
he had found 'hat he had left his
gh s-.eson the ,te* ’pr per 'in'the back
room, and without his glasses lie
could not read .* line, and so, of course,
he had gone afier them, lelurning- to
find (wo personsin he-tore —F. rffier
Roper and 'Squire MeKibbeu, whose
ancestors bail given name to that
place.
“Wet, ain’t it?” said Mr. Fai,-
jobn, nodding,
“ Wet or not, our fol U . aiu’u going
to do without tlicir groceiies, you
see,” said the Squire. “ Mail’o in, I
wee. Th„t tiv.iu c .me near running'
into my truck, ,00. Wr. n’i’noticing
the flag, and drove aero- s just in
time to save myself. Any le.ter.. for
me?’’
“I’ll see,” said Air. Fr.irjohn.
He now tnriicd to tht little pile of
envelopes, and told them ~11 over like
r deck of cai ds.
“ Why •lbore'’s only nine,” he said.
“I’m jure I co'-ule< ! right, I count
ed it- 1, and I iboi' ,h one had r, ret'
seal. I migh; as well give up keeping
the office if I'm going to lose m\ sen
ses like that. There wasn’t any one
in here while I was gone, was there
Squire ?”
“Only Roper and I,” said lie
Squire; “and Roper’s son. Hut he
didn’, come in. diid lie?”
“No,”said Roper. “I don’t think
that Job came in. at all. He ha just
gone off ouic-where.”
• “ Well,” said the postmaster, a'"e.
another search, “ well, I must be mi-
taken. Yesgtl 'c ; - a Uttci: fi.r voit,
y*nr" IoTKk, . '■ 1 ; Iliß rOine: hir
tor you, Mr. Hop- r. Aoi-' .you ivor.lii
no; mind tossing ilia; in at tlie Smii is,
. s you pas-?”
“ Oil, no,” said Farmer RopeV.
“Give it ;o me. That’s from Smi.h
that's clerking in Non •York, I ,-eck
on. Can’t get any oi ’em lo stay ami
lii nn.”
“Yoav sen lob 'did,” said the
Squire.
“Oil, mv non Job. He'd try the
patience ni'hi, name-; he,” - aid Far
mer Hi per. “ Aiy son Job, ball! ”
JU't a; tliis no men; the door of
the store opened* nud ; here entered a
little woman die sped in a cheap calico,
and wrapped in a thin and laded
shawl.
Siie looked thirdly ..bout the atone,
still more timidly at the heap of let
ter-, and then, in an . ppealing voice
like ihat of a frightened child, asked:
“Mr. Fa’ john, is there any letter
for me this lime?”
The post-master, tvho was a liitlc
deaf, h and turned hi; head away, and
did uot know that she had entered,
and came closer to the counter and
the light Upon before she 'poke
again. She was a faded iitt'e woman,
ami her it t" h..d signs ol grim writ
ten nor ii, out he was iieitlie • old
nor ugly yet, . 'd die e was some
thing In the damp carl, ela.steri ig
around the ’tided calico hood, abso
lutely clnkllike, even yet.
“Is ibere a letter for me this lime,
Mr. Faivjoh,)?” ..he arid agino; and
this time ;be postmaster looked.
“No, tlie-'e ain’t; and you are a
fool for taking neb a wall, to ~-k,”
said he with rough kindness. “Yon
know I would have -eiii it if it had
come, don’, yon, Mrs. Lester?”
“ Well, you see, I felt iu a hurry to
get it,” said she. “You can’t blame
me for being in n hurry, it’s so tong.”
“That’- true,” su'd ;he postmas
ter. “Well, better luck next time.
But why don’t yon wait ? Mr. Mc-
Kibbeu will take yon oyer when he
goes. He passes your corner.”
l: Yes, wail, -Mrs. Lester,” cried
Mr. McKibben, “IT! take yon, and
welcome.”
Em she had answered:
“Thank you. I don't mind walk
ing,” and was gone.
‘ Keeps it up, don’t she? asked ihe
postmaster.
‘lt’s a shame,’ said Mr. McKibben.
‘ How many years is it now since
Lester went of!'?’
‘Ten,’ said the postmaster. ‘I
know, for it, was the day I came here.
She was as pretty a woman as you’d
want to see then, wasn’t she ? ’
HAMILTON, HARRIS Ctf, GA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1875.
‘Well, ye, ? said Mr. McK bben.
‘Sailed in the S.ibyi v..’ s hi the
po-.tinnier. ‘Ami \vo :ii know ih.H
the Sphynx vren down in di..l voy
. gc, all hands along v.iSi her. The
rest of the worn'- 1 piv o'n widow’
weed , them that lo ' their hu-b u-l ■
—four hi lids town itself. They took
" *
what the Aimigh'y sent raid didn’t
rebel. She set up that, hei htSbaud
w asn’t dead, and would come back.
She’- kepi, i: up ever since; comes fo
his b-itor regular, and he wif drowned
along with all the re. ;, oi course,"ter
years . go. Sho must be thirty.
Wei 1 , she’s changed ft good de.il in
that time.’
‘Yes,’ raid the other nan; ‘bur
there’s my-on Job wild Over her ye .
He’s offe ed lim elf twice. H
stands ready to offer him-eli ..-rain any
Jay—ready to he a father to lie. boy,
and a good hrtsbrmd to her. II,Jo
better ff ihan T be. His mother’s
fiilhe lei. him J! jehad. He’-crazy
a-. Job—c .*y, T call it. Plenty of
pret'v ga’ aud healthy, sniai’t wid
ows, ..ad he >ecs no one but. tha' pale
•lira little thing ilia;’, just gone out
into the mud, and she —why, o 1
course, she’. le-; her -oYmeu, o she’d
"iieve him. Works like a slave le
keep hcrseli and the child, lives in r
H-Ucly -hanly, wui ing and ivaiting
hoi a drowned 1;u !o come bck
rg Aft. Every one ffioivp Ibat Charlie
Le- Oi nra drowned in the Sphyux.
'j k ■ w.t- r. . o-l saved — not one.
I. r. : in be pr. ,e Now, die bel
le was 16. .id wi li r (ette in il, writ
by -oaie one before t!:c ship Slink.
And she’s waiting for him vet! :
‘ Crazy ou tha point, 5 said
ma-her. • Well, pool 1 oul, sl lß ’d only,
been nv.n led. week when the Sphyux
sailed; dud makes fiffertnee.’
Then, .heir parcelj being re.-dy,
they went out lo .heir iv. gon-, rub
Mr. Fairjohn having rtared out into
the rainy night awhile, put up hi
s’lnttrrs and went to bed. Mean
while ‘lie woi tan plodded on through
.he mud. ‘ kVa 1 king off he-- disijt
iifli.'.ij'■miit-’- a ! .e,,:.id. to k - if
lv:: cj. ,• ha
;o, and now tiie ah-nrdity o h tcSI
cd to strike her for the. fir-;?; time h
ail ihe-u years
-'they htngli at me, 5 she muttered
; o hereelf. ‘I know they laugh a:
me. Perhaps lam mad i but they I
don’i know what love is. Charlie]
w'Otildiri h. vo lei" me 'ike tin . If
lie had died lie would have left ma
sonic sign; and, vet —yet, if he werej
alive, it would be the strangeXstill.
No, no; they are right—l ..m wrong,
lie must be dead.’
And as if the news had just been
whispered to her, she clasped her
hands to her forehead, gave a cry,
and sank down on her knees in ibe
road
bite k V there a Tew moments ami
the” . 0 ■. I.i -i-. ’ nerval ihe wind
had Town ;he cloud.; from ihe sky,
and ihc moonlight lay white upon
•ho jnr.b, and 'it u on her way to her
pool home.
There at the cloor sal a man, a
strong, determined looking fellow-,
who arose ,i< she . pproachcd and lield
or hi., hand.
‘ tiere you come,’ he said, Mired to
death, worn our, -shill oil that ’rimless
11 vd. Je <’e Le- ora’. vo : give
eo thi- nonsense and think of 'he liv
ing a little. T!:ink of me, Je-sio, for
jn? halt .01 hour.’
-1 do thin.. o’’ you,’ she replied 1 1
am very sorry you should -he ~o good
;o -lie when I must seem so bad ;o
von.’
Then she sal down on the porch
~ud took her little hood off, and lean
ed her head wcrily against the w.;i! of
ihe house; and ihe man arose and
crossed over nucl at down beside her.
‘Give it a. softer resting place,
Jessie, 5 he said to her, ‘ here on my
heart.’
She looked out into the night, not
at him, as die spoke;
‘Job,’;he said, ‘I begin to think
you ..re right, that he went down in
the Spliyux with the res*, (eu years
ago. But what good would 1 do
you ? AVhat do you waul to marry
ine fo ?’
The man and ew closer still as he an
- wered:
‘ Befonyou were married to Char
lie Lester I loved you. While you.
woven married woman I loved yon.
Al> these ten years since that vessel
went, down, I’ve loved you. A man
must have the woman he loves if lie
gives his soul for her.’
‘What a horrible thought J’ said
she. ‘llis soul?’
‘ I should have said his life,’ said
Job. ‘I do not want to shock you.
But you don’t know what, it would
be to mo to h ive you. And then I'd
(i t cveV.kirg- for your hoy,’
‘ Ye ,’ she an.'Wv -:d; ‘ I knew you
would.’
'i'heCC was a pause. Then she gave
liim her hanj,
'' Job,’ rdiel’Shid ver y softly, ‘ I shall
pretend iiodjing I don’t feel, bu I
know I’ve been cr.tzy all this time,
and if yon want me, you tnay lrive
me. It’s very good of yon to love
me so.’
And thus il seem ad to have ended,
that ten years’ watching and waiting,
and there wa- triumph in Job’s eye
a be turned and ief her with his Hr-,.
kiss upon Cm-h.-ow'.' lie. at ihe -ofiA
of the green lane he paused and look
ed back.
‘ 1 told her the truth,’ he s’d,
‘when .1 .said that, wli n a man loved
woman as I lo\ed her, he
hav-C her, it the price were bis soul
itself.’
And then he drew flom hi-, href,
■ letter with a „.'ea. ted r.ral upon it,
looked a; it for . molieni, mid hid it
away again.
Married? Yes, thty were to be
married, livery one at AlcKibbeu’s
Coiners knew ihat oov* Jessie Bes
i.or went no more to tbe post-oMce
for her long-expeOtei letter. Job
5 w.t furnishing his house—had fur
i li-hed i., lb;' or . iie iitorrovv dio w ed
| ding svas to take pi. ■<. And it wit*
| night again. A ,noi : .b from that
nigh-, when she had ipmo for the lasi
dme, a- everyone .hfugh;, through
raid and mud-, to make her sadly fool
■saVaeay. Skew.- seh ih!e a. !.• t—
setisib’c. ;Cu had cfo-eft the sub
3>r,iice 'li- e and of 'he s.iodow.
A id now, ns wo ' aid, v, was night,
and wetter one t'na.n the otlie —l
a! ter, too, ior Ma. Jkdrjohn had closed
j. he store, mu 1 "was vonipoiinding mr
j hinise' what he called . “nigh; c ■ ”
ot some fivgtvn -liquor, wa re.) wiii
lemons and sugar, :.ad ire. sipping
n by the -tovc, when thorc came
L’pou his doo- a feeble k*of . and
Livji/u'v beinre , ■ op. ;V e/i, !i. hoard i.,
I .. * . ;;rj,
Popping fixture —that o Jewe T,c?-
l(-r, die. b hie wue iv. to be on he
ifIOITOW-. •
S! e was Trembling w’.h cold, and
as he led her to the tire -he hit •: into
... flood of icars.
'- ‘l’i.t li'igliicued-,’ she aid. ‘Some
one followed me ..it the way. I heard
Them.’
• You’ve no business to he out
.lone at night,’ said o iq Fni John-,
hi-',nly-. ‘Aik! what’s the matter?’
Siie looked up at him piled; ly.
‘I thought i lie; e woo'd be a. letter,’
sii.l she. ‘I dreamt, the e was one.
1 thought Charlie came to me and
saJl, ‘Go .0 Hie ofiice once .nnre. !
breve wiiiten. 5 And I .hough, I had
-eu) a lol'.cr with red seal.’
'So did I,’ muttered oh! F.ihjoliii
lo lim elf.
And he wont ,o the bo:: where the
letiirs were kept and. brought them
to 1m - in his hand.
‘look 10-'yourself,’ho said. ‘And
now. Mrs. Lester, I’m an old man.
Tale advice. Remember what
von: duty wil ! be alter .o-mo row-.
Remember not lo go crazy.’
‘Xeu yea's li'.ve gone since you"
hn-br id lef. ihif.pla.ee. If he’s .five
lie’s . '.wen!, am von are fee o him
by !..w; but we all know tb ,t eVo y
m.!.) on >o :id be Snbynx was drown
ed. So be . good wife to Job Roper
felly. -I’ll lake yon
hon.re again this time.* Don’t t inio
again.’
Slid made no answer, tut! only
to sedihe letters over in her lap, raid
rvd:
‘lsiemed to know i; had r. red
seal.’
Ardias she 'poke, old Fairjoht),
glancing at tho door, saw a dark
.shxlou (he'e; saw it grow darker;
saw Lic iter, and star jag upon hi-,
defense; •' need be, recognized Job
Roper. |
Ha up Ve vp. ! e, ritd he took no
no.ice and Fa.jcbn, bni crossing tho
s ore, s pot- beside Jessie T.e-ter.
‘Yon, love ,l)a.. men best, even
now,’he said. : You’d rather have
found a loiter f 'om him than not.
though to-morrow is our wedding
day.’
She looked up into his face with t.
piteoiG gi.nice, and said:
‘ I never lied fo you. You knew
that.’
Ho grew whiter still.
told Von a. man would lose his
.sottl for such love ns mine,’ said he.
‘ Did you think those were idle
words ? ”
Then he plunged hi3 hand into his
bosom, and the next insi int a lot* or,
with a, red sea 1 , lay in J-ssio’s lap.
‘ I’ve niide you happy, and now I
will go,’ he said. ‘Fa.irjolni, I stole
ll>r-l *c;lot i ifion.il ago, oil' ihe coin
tor yo.Hte-r. I know who wrote r a
a, glanc.and then the door c o-“."
be ■ a him, and ho was ''.one.
Bn. Josie f and torn open the let: cv,
and never look 'd at.or libs*.
And these were the words s!, o '
read, old Fnirjo'un reading over nor
•hosihlcr.
Auoauo the f-if.vr.B Star —Jessie,
darling. I don’t know wha; makes
in" believe dial. I shall find you mine
still, after all them years, but ■ ome
ilii.ig ■ ocs.
Five of ni were ca.s: o;i a de-mat'
i land when ihe Sphyux v.e.it down.
Vho two yet alive were taken off it
yesterday i>i -kins, with our boards lo
our knees. We nin-t go to England
first—then home. Jes ie, Jo-in, it I
do no; find von as 1 left yon 1 hall'
go mad. Your hc.-drvnd,
Chaiu.es Levt:;::.
And so Jes io’n let’er had come nt
last. And as John Fairjohn look cl
in her f:eehe saw how angels looked
in Paradise.
And Job. Job wit- found drowned
in the Kill the next morning. Je- ie
never knew it, perhaps, for she and
her boy wero o‘a tlielr way to New
York to r*eet the Silver Star when it
made poVt. ;
Yi IT mil If lIS Oil.
A lazy fellow Tilling a (li.Tanoe of
fit; y feel, and escaping with only a
few scratches, a bystander remarked
that toe was “too slow to fall fast
enough lo hurt himself.”
A subscriber wri.es to an editor in
the wt>i; “I don’t want your paper
any longer.” To w hich the editor
rephee, “I would-not make it any
longer oven if you did; its present
length suits me.”
x: I would rdvbe you to put your
head into a dye-tub, it’s rather rod,”
id a jokev to a s•ndy-h:.ircd girl.
“I would advise yon to put yours
i i’.rnu .oven, it is ratlier oid
A rat 11 boy in New Haven n tdo a
on• tio:i for a short li.nc by quietly
ira - ff.-vringa card bearing the wo.ds
‘ f k -one” from a, lot ofTinndbiils in
fi-on; of a store :o .; ba-ket of cra.n-
go--.”
That cooper was not unfortunate,
ihough inde-f ih-aiblv industrious. He
I..bored on tor a whole --i-unuicr ill the
repairing of impossible Casks and bar
els, witii a comparatively clear con
science, bui when old Dobbs fetched
along a bung-hole and requested him
to pitt a puncheon to i’, that cooper
“stepped down and out.”
Shoo leather, chemically considered,
is oxide of beef.
If a youii'-; man sits Up to© laic with
hi; sweetheart out at Haddonfield,
ihe old folks come into the parlor,
and, with a refinement of sarcasm, in
vite him to remain a few minute-, lon
gc", and break lasi will be ready.
A man rushed breathlessly into a.
lawyer’s office in St. Paul, and ap
proaching the legal lnmiua'-y, exci
tedly remarked: ‘A iBA] has lied a
hoop to my horse’s tail! Can I do
anything?’ ‘Yes,’ replied the attor
ney ; ‘go and untie it.’ That was
good advice, and didn’t cost the man
blit live dollars.
Since the days of tornadoes set in,
.m Irishman, who was the happy pos
sessor ot a briekyaVd, concluded he
would enclose bis premises with r.
brick fence, settling upon two feer a?
I be height and four feet ns 1 lie breadth
On being asked what his object was
in having it broader than high, he re
plied : ‘And faith, I’m preparing for
a storm; and if a wind comes tiiong
and blows it over, it will be two fate
higher than it is now- -it will! ’
An editor having asked an Illinois
farmer for crop news, received this
answer: “And now the reaper reap
eth, the mower mowetb, and the lit—
| tie bumblebee gettelh up the busy
trouser’s leg and burn—
blelh.”
What are they which, though al
ways drunk, are never intoxicated ?
—Toasts.
An Alabama man has been trying
,o lead a chimb r.nd manufacture
lend nickel , .„ .he same time.
When doenia Hiatt have to keep tils
word ? When no one w ill take it.
A Columbia prUfesr&r, reproving a
i youth for the exercise Of bis fist.*,
j->atd i “W“ fight tv itii our heads
| here.” The youth reflected, and re
• plied that butting was not considered
' fair at bis last school.
Figliling tvilh Poison.
I u is spend in;, some days, not
many yen . go, Pi a bcnutilul li; tle
■ on; y village, mid i.i r mdv h
had more than common at'.iv.oiion.-,
o one who love- dome iie life as wcl ;
as myself. The li tie circle li din i
more of e.d ia c :> I 1 ve of
ten so -n developed in .he - nine num
ber of person
The faker o-’ die f'm.ly- C.nfi •
oo young o leel that he w; en : -
. 'ed to due ipe'lr ion—was , fine,
iiank-lier. t ■ young neclir iie,w'th a
wide no. hi of fife bounding in fir.
vein ; mi energy rlirf, w.en fit fly
a oused, droffc every Png violent'v
before him; and a warmth of fi’spo
-i iou ha won him more ie..B iiip
than md then givc'i) him of the
good. O' h! world.
IBs wife, o whom he had been
married id 1 four years, •, s si.igu
l. aly bean-iti'. Tnev 1 . wo diil
(l en the one a 1 aga'iig brown eyed
nd n own h. ,cd 'it. lf* Cry of li.ee
yea.: -; he • romuntii mine wa Blos
som. Tae second vvn a crowi ig,
l.r.ighing ,h!ue eyed, plmup 'idleboun
ty, of'es • lia.i a yearn, ymoTi/ising to
h. vc .11 the charms oi .he elder m,
her age.
1 wns sitting one rf e noon in a
ode liulo room, with my feet on
iwo eludi"*, vendin', a ri'ea-.ie li t’o
book, in . -ua. e be; ween a lee** ..ml
rwake- my it ■>. . .v y ... fi • shop, .
hundred yards of-’. ..lid aiy pv.-Vv lit
tle Uo-iC's eng ged in ne house o'd
hdx'vs—when ? was,lnown on of my
indole.ice by a scr m tit ;; b'-oa*-.
me iO my feci 'ike an electri ■ shock-.
Iva- woman’ vo'co, aid had in i.
au oxce: -of ..goay that Cannot be iu
liii-.iU.v by word ; -o loud that h
rang over lli.u quie; li. Je village,
a.nd lirongb every one 'ortii „o as
certaiLi ill; caa. .e.
J *pr.iug ;0 Jie door Jw -opanted
;ho -i,;iiigiooir ro’n’i 1 ii.'* li.* iga.avt
mcul-. it! - w he wool" a giauce.
’.i he yomy mo; uc ;c h : .- lie doo-,
W'lii he* fi; - -born—oi 1- r. 'f.,,
.oin, in o ... n i’ \ ■,; ■. ; hvtel
; ad iliii'i i-( ; wo and foil) .he ‘cfvan.
. old .he ad oy. ■' Je g" '
hai' . ccomp iiio,! child- 'itcle ap
si.dand while ihe al eri.iou of the
olde child was 6. a moment tinned
an v lie ae'z and . hr, Je of Corrosive
enongj to eke away ma y
lives. The liitlc king ha.' .oifei-cJ
down stair-, . -if lie mo, ire • had me.
he •at lo landing with -he empty
bottle ii lie’- ; . nd ( rad ihc ;>ai->o •
oozing iron) her month —Jicciii'd .11
nncousciou-ol’ .tie fearin' ih'ni'- she
1) :d .lone. Wa- it any ivoadcr
a ter file shriek r or o\c a.:
quiet tillage, .mil .u..l al eadv the
occupants o' every house >e.‘ were
rii.liiug toward ,he -q-ct where ,’*e
mo lie stood?
Be : fiemotnen.s conic nos-fibly
li.'\a u'a.j-cd -iiice the poi on w
l.eu, and yet the efiee. iv '-p. dy
fe:- 'ill. A-tei vU" iirs h iei. -
vor, he mothe lu.d qi ’eted to .
calm despair for the moment, .mu
► ;00(! r.-iib ibc cl-"clip he .r.-m-. mak
ing no effort for i- e'i fi : ndeed
i' ocnied ho e oss, already ino
subtle poioi> ee.ned difi’ir-ed ,brough
be 'rewe; heb'-ow.) eve', iird lo j i
,ii" : hi, e; : - i.ts v,.bbekc.ied
n "f .c, uerl .•; and .be iectu were
tigh. se; in ; convulsive Rp.< m ,haf
evidently would io, nr-r, . way. I
ere, mined .no ; ' Je lo i. ling .
-aw the. wa- -
midHnff itl -ned wa-re unab’*' . bem
the mother’,;, agony.
The little door was already half
tilled with villagers; and sobs, and
motto-,, .aid re aienlti!i i re. ove .be fige
o the dying .fd.!, wc e heard in ev
prv direction, mingled wiii quick end
hurried e.aes ion '. : ;o ihe manner ot
i ' occnneuce, and vu'W attempts a'
a.i-weiing, a nicti . Jded ..d oppres
sing conlu iou to the sadness oi' the
scene.
The little pLsyfe'low’s uncle, who
had been up-siah s wii'n her, had run
in-tantlv to t '! the fatbe , aud hr r
■-w moment - clap-ed before : e prang
in;o the middle of ihe gaonp. He
bad been told ell, ’ o-ke- to oues
tion.-. I bad time to remark that his
eye was ve y stern, and that his lips
were firmly compressed. O; hers too,
remarked it; and I knew afterward,
.bat a tbnriuur rco around the circle
of how strange is was that he he
ir, ved no feeling:
lie reached out bb Hands and took
•tit cbiid worn its nioicter. Ifs eyes
j were now closed, and a white cost
eomiog from between ihe blackened
t up.-. Was ever death more assured ?
[ I saw him open the eyelids and give
$2.00 A YEAR
a sigh of elief. 110 'fold me after
ward that the eye was Cot sunk'.6,
nd so dsi lb had not begun. 110
.lien attempted to open the month,
but the lee; ’’ were tight set. and they
resisted his efforts. But with a force
ha* -ce*ed alrvo r briUal, lie wrench
ed the lecth apart, and opened the
mouth.
“Shame!” cried one of the by
ft arioers. 'The father did not heed
hiur, bn motione-d to a a.iglibor to
take the child in hi ; arms. So did so
“Bring mo tho egg basket,” lib
v td. very sternly, almost wLr.out
opouing hi ecth, to the --"rvair .
“ Wli i do vea tvf.n of i ?.;
iho qltesiinn asked. \s ....
von do wit! : " ‘ He’-, crazy,”
and many sitcii remark'; followed, but
the baskei was there in a moment-,
110 seized one of the egg , broke ifc,
hi e ,ed hi-'fingers between .lie teeth,
and wren, bed .hem open by forefr,
.liCu g’ hey -hi with so convulsive a
notion ~s o tear the lb si: from hia
• iagi- • , and poll -ed due albumen into
the t) oaf. There w a light strug
gle, lothing more, and the spectators
were horrified a. tne action.
“ Don';, the child is dying,” said
one.
“Please don’t bur! ihc lii tie thing
—it can’, live!” Ihe mother found
vcrco .0 snyv laying her hand on Ins
arm.
“ Mary, be still,” he answered ra
the sternly, while his teeth were uii
relnxing bom thei; clenching, and his
face as hard as ii he wore entering a
haltie, r< Aei'i don’; any of you meddle
with oie —keep off! ”
The bystanders in voluntary obeyed.,
with a . harsll *#fljarks upon hii
cruelty, but he did no, heoeHtvm, and
went on, Anotho)' and ai)ol , ner*6vac.
was broken, and still there was no
a'gri ol |j fe. I’lie - the wholo body of
bystanders buoleo am into a loud
murmur, and ciies of “the brute!”
•‘Let Ihe child die ‘n peace!” “lie
f izy—i.a-’.c the Child nwr-v from
Tvj ”-e c(Ye. ‘d around hi.n.
ll* ,('* ,0, . OOU'UU. t-ovn V)\s
1 r"i, f--, .m'd fif. nod wffli'r. netceness
which had before been breigo ;o his
j.i.Siv, bu, no one who sa* hin l . af
terward forgot it. “Fools,” be hi' *
ed, “mind your own business and
leave me to m oel Take her away,
will you ? Try i, ! ” and he went on
emptying egg titer egg down ihe ap
parently lifeless throat
The mo! he: could stand this no
longer. Her first-born was being
ior.tired <o bc:L before her eyes,
. ud she implo 'Dgly flung herself on
tier knee, before her husbandfatll—
er, who had that moment antved.
‘ Oh, : 'ather, do slop him!” she
gasped, “be will obey t/or; do stop
him. He is lO.tuiing that poor dy
ing child.”
The grand-father started forward A
lep to in erfere, lo ho, too, tboagbt
he proceeding an ou rageous ODe;
but he stopoed and said:
“ Mary, 'e Li cn alone. The child
will die if he does not go on. Ib
ennno! do more if he does. I would
no say J word to him for the worldi
The child is his—let him a.-,e it at
his pleasure.-’
Tiiere was silence thee. In .1 mo
ment mote there wa3 quiver of the
eyelids, a convulsive movement oi liio
dies , and .he teeth lost their iensioit-.
The father seized his chili?, tufinßi^
it (;/••• Wtv.l.
jm
....
hvwni?ien^^B;^S!Sf3
tnrniug still uore. and
its black color every instant. Mttrß
, ban iwenij times albumen bad bee©
adtein!:! efisd, and more (tmrt half
hose .imps followed by the expul
sion of ihe noison, when the
opened, the father dssislod, and llid
little sufferer lav just slive iil hiV
arms, exhausted, U little life terribly
shattered, bin Saved!
Then, when die necessity for exer
tion and deicl'Minttiion was over—
when the physician had been sum
moned, ; J .bey knew that darling
'if, le Blossom might, live, after many
weeks of struggle between life ami
death—when tho relieved friends had
acknowledged that they hud wronged
him first; when the beautiful and
sorrowful wife bad blessed him
ihrough her kbses and tears, and all
know ;bat, under God, only suoh an
..Into fierce determination could
Have saved the el did—then the father
sait down, v’oircrved, end wept like a
child. .Blossom ’■ u r t?e to-day, and
iter brown eyes are opening upon
womanhood.
Hat there is no hour in my life that
hi?'." w thrilling 8 recollection as
that of the yoa.v,; kVhrv'j struggle for
tho life of His child—that light with
poison which I have only faintly indi
cated because beyond description.—*
Huttou't Hour JfisetUuwjf^