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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL.
13Y M. TUCKER.
gjosoit Mlfthln journal.
Published Every Thursday.
TERMS— Strictly in Advance.
Three month* V® ?*
si* h 9 ; i.
Hates of .Advertising :
One dollar per square of ten lines for the
first insertion, and Seventy-five Cents per
square for each subsequent insertion, not ex
ceeding three. ,
One square three months * »
fine square si* months 12
One square one year.... 20
Two squares three months * * ‘
Two square* six months 18 00
Two squares one year *0 00
Fourth of a column three moths SO 00
Fourth of a column six months 50 00
Half column three moths 45 00
If ,If column six months 7o oo
One column three months 70 oo
On* column six months 100 (Ml
Liberal Reductions .Hade on
Contract Advertisements.
Legal Advertising.
Sheriff’* Sties, per levy
Mortgage Ft Ft Sales per square...... 6 oo
Distaision from Apministration, ® ' J
•• “ Guardianship, 4 00
Application for leave to sell land 6 O
Sales of Land, per square, ”
.Sales of Perishable Property per sqn r, 3
fSmices to Debtors and Creditors 3 5
Foreclosure of Mortgage, per sq ,are, 2 O
Betray Notices, thirty days, 4 O'
Joh IW'ork Ot every description eve
cutedwith neatness and dispatch, at moderate
rates.
RAIL -ROAD GUIDE.
fioiiMitvi'ilent Railroad.
WM. nOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL POWERS, Sup
Leave Macon 5.15 A. SI. ; arrive at Colton
t,us 11.15 A. il. ; Leave 6’ulu*>'bua 12 45 P.
M ; arrive at Macon 6.20 P. M.
Leaves Macon 8 AM\ arrives at Eu
faula 5 30, P M ; Leaves Enfaula 7 20, A M ;
Arrives at Macon 4 50, P M.
ALBANY BRANCH.
Leaves Smithville l 46, P M ; Arrives at
Albany 3 11, P M ; Leaves Albany S 35, A M;
Arrives at Smithville 11, A M.
Cuthbert 3 67 P. M. ; arrive at Fort
O ,ius 5 40 P. St ; Leave Fort (ions 7.05 A
M. ; anive at G’uthbert 9.05 A. SI.
Macon A Western Railroad.
A .f. WHITE, President.
15. WALKER, Supeiiutendent.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Letvcs Macon • • • '
Arrives at Atlanta ... 1
Leaves Atlanta . . • «** A.
Arrives at Macon • lau 1 ' '
NIGHT TRAIN.
Leaves Macon • • • 4 V 1!
Arrives at Atlanta • - ' ' ' '
Leaves A'lmta • • ,'
Ariives at Macon . . • 1 .0 A. •
Western A Atlantic Railroad.
CAMPBELL WALLACE, Snp’t.
DAT PARSKNOER TRAIN.
J,eave Atlanta . • • ® ?!'
Leave Dalton . . • • '!
Arrive at Chgttanoog* . • 5.25 I. M.
Leave Chattanooga • • „ ~
Anive at Atlanta . . • 12 05 P. M.
NIGHT TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta . . • 100 P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga . . 4.10 A. M
Leave Chattanooga . • 430 P. M.
Arrive at D .Iton . . • 750 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta . • • 1-41 A. M.
jgttritw ©imlS.
DRS. HODNETT & PERRYMAN
HA.VIiVG formed a co-partnership in the
practice of Jfedicine, offer their Pro
fessional services to the public, and as expe
rienced Physicians in all the branches o f
their profession, confidently anticipate that
their former success will insure a liberal share
of practice.
7’he cash system having been established
in everything rise, all bills will be considered
due as soon as a case is dismissed.
Office—Until further notice, in the front
room of the “Journal” building, up stairs.
W. U IIODNKTT,
J L. D. PERRY \I AN.
Dawson, Ga , June ];tf
I)R. ft. A. WARNOCK,
OFFERS his Profession* 1 aervicrs to the*
citizens of Chickasawhatcboe and its
vicinity. From ample experience in both
civil and Military practice, he is prepared to
treat successfully, cases in every department
of his profession. j «ni6'6Btf
C. B. WOOTEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dawson , Ga.
jan 16 1868 I.Y
WKiVfIsTKV.
DR R. HOBLE is now in this city,
and all persons wishing DENTIAL op
erations will do well to avail themselves of
bis services. He can givo satisfactory refer
ances. Office second door north Journal of
fice. aug‘3o lm
HAVENS & BROWN.
Wholesale and Retail
BOOKSELLERS, BTAIIOHLBS,
And General News Dealers —Triangula
Block, Cherry Street Macon, tia. _
VALUABLE
PROPERTY FOR SALE.
A BOUT Three Hundred Acres of good
pine land lying in and adjoining Daw
son, Terrell countv, G-i., also three Store
Bouses and a dwelling in said town, which
be sold low. For further particular*
inquire of Win. Coker, Esq., of Dawson, who
w dl act as my representative in the sale. &c.
aug2o Bm* • ROBT. J. HODGES.
•Job woifiv
Hone tt'ith Ji'calnts* anti Ois
PHchtl Tlgrs OF FSCE
Dawson Business Diiectoiy, |
Dry Ooodts Ucicliiiiiltt.
13 R ATT, T. .1. Denier in all kinds of
Dry Goods. Main Street.
O’" RR, imowft »V CO., Dealer* in
Fancy and -tuple Drv Goods, Main st.,
under ‘‘Journal” Printing Office.
S. HI. A Illto., D»*fc—
in Foreign and Domestic Dry (roods,
C otliing, Boots, Shoes, Bats, Tiunks, Ac.,
Main st.
IO VLIJIS A ORirriNf, Dealers
J in Siaple Dry Goods and Groceries.
A/Ain Street,
Roberts, j. w. a c<>.. Deal
er- in Fancy and Staple Drv Goods,and
Groceries, North West corner Public Square.
I)EEPLEN, W. [41., Dealer in S nple
and Fancy Dry Goods, Loyleen’ Block,
Main street.
IAI LTOW, J. A., Dealer in B icon,
I? F’lonr, Meal and Provi-ion* generally, at
Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, M iin st.
EOOI>, B. 11., Dealer in Groceries and
Fa mil v puoulies generally, next door to
‘Journal" Office, Main sf.
Ca ki:fu <v Grocery
W and i’lovifeion Dealeis, South side pub
lic Square.
IAARRIIJ.H A FHAKPE, Dealers
in Groeerii sand Provisions, opposite
7‘uhlie Square, Main ft.
A LEXATDEK A PARROTT,
J\ Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries and
Provisions, 2nd door iroin Hotel, SI tin st.
\yOOTE.I, WM., Denlei in Groce
v v ries and /*io vision*, Lojiiss Block,
Main street.
IOTLES4, ,sr. IL, Dealer in Groce-
J ries and Provisions, Jfiin st..
JJL. Tllbl B ~Grocer and Com
• mission Jfen bants, J/ain
Street.
Driigsixf.
/ IIIEATIIA ’I, V. A., Druggist and
\J Physician. Keeps a good supply of
Drugs ana Medicines, and prescribes lor all
the ills that fl sli is heir to. At hia old stand,
the Red Drug Store, Main st.
Warehouses.
IAELTON, J. A ., at Sharpe & Brown’s
IT old stand, Main street.
J OYLESS A GRIFFH, Ware
k_j house and Commission Merchants, ALiin
etteet.
Millinery.
ITTII.LI .INCHON, MIS* RIOL
\\ SI, keeps con»itruly on hand the
latest styles of Hals, Bonnets, Dress Trim
mings, Ac., Lnyless Block, Sf tin st.
Walrh Repairer.
VLLEN, .SOEIVi P„ will repair
Watches, Clocks, .Ttwdrv, Static. Books,
Aeco and ons, Ao , always to he tound at his
old stand, on North side M Public Square
Livery Sialtles.
FARNU.TI A Si!! t KPE, Silo and
Lively Stable, Horses and Mi les for
sale and tiire Horses boarded. North side
Public Fqnare.
PUI.YGE, VG. iV .1 ti. , S.ilp and
Livery Stable, and dealers in lfo r ses r.nd
Muirs. Carriages, Buggies and IBrses lor
liire. U‘*rses boarded oil reasonable terms
at their new Stable on Main st.
'■'obilltrOMMl.
rl’WIJi, W. T.. Keers constantly on
_j hanii, alt grades of Tobacco, at Alexan
der A Parrott’s, Main street.
Isiinfcirnitli.
SYSHTII, .5- S., Dialer in Guns,
i’lstels. Cap.*, Carttidge-, aud sporting
goods generally, Matn st.
WAKD, PATRICK, Dealer in Sne
YV Wines aud Liquois, Cigars, &e , dF.in st.
Tannery as«<! S!»o<; Shoj».
I Ell, W. TV., Sloe J/.nufactory, on
J South side Public Square.
ORB, BROWN & GO.
—AKE—
SELLIXfi CiOODS
TKIIY CHEAP!
~W~ et our fried s remember thnt we keep al-
I j ways on hand such a supply of GOODS as
the times and the place deraauU, which WE
WILL
Sell On Reasonable Terms,
Home-Made Shoes.
Os the best article, at
ORR, BROWN & CO’S.
D.twson, may 28th 1868 ; 3m.
8. A POUTER. JNO. D. HUi. GINS.
PORTER & HUDGINS,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
PRODUCE AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
tiiiri>stri:et.
d.-. . : ■ I
(Opposite Southern Express Office.)
JSXacon, G
junc2s;3ta
DAWSON, GA., TIIURSDAA, OCTOUEII IS, 18Gw.
A RAILROAD FLIRTATION. |
“Katonxb,” shouted the brakeuian, ;
opening the car door as the train passed j
before a pleasant little station on the
Harlem Railroad.
1 do not know as I should have par
ticularly noticed that wo stopped at all,
for I had been napping it for some miles
but just as I was casting an inquiring,
sleopy loi k out of the window, ami set
ting myself for another siesta, my atten
tion was attracted by ibo entrance of a
young lady, a way passenger, who, per
ceiving the car well fi led, paused before
me in evident embarrassment.
1 seareuly wsh the reader to infer
from this that there were do vacant seats
on the contrary, the chair J occupied
was s dfi-hly monopolized by my sitawi
and vali.-e,. w hich had excluded mauv an
applicant, and so the moment I observ
ed the car door open I mentally resolved
not to budge an inch ; but one glaneo of
the new-comer changed my mind.
She was a lady of exceeding beauty,
dressed in the rich and tasty style ol the
present fashion. Whether it washer
genteel aspect or the soft melancholy of
her dark expressive eyes I cannot say,
but when she ventured, almost timidly,
to inquire if the half scat at my side
“was eugaged.” I gallantly arose and
pr> ff. red it to her at once. I must ac
knowledge I felt somewhat flittered by
her preference, for though a young man
and tolerably good looking, I had the'
sense to p‘ Toeive there were far better
looking moo around, who, like me, might
have shard their chair with the hand
some lady straug r. I fancied thfj
envied me, tuo, as the fair girl sat plump
down, and her dainty foiw nestled elu •
to my side.
‘I fear I have disturbed you,’ said
my fair companion, in a Lw, sweet
voice that thrilled me with its soft ca
dence.
‘Not at all, Miss,’ I re j lined with
stern typed politeness. ‘I am too happy
to oblige you.’
She bowed and smiled in teply, and
a short pause ensued, as is usual upon
such sudden acquaintanceship. Iu the
j meantime the Data Lai started, ut and we
; rattled swiftly through the ti 11 and
wood-, now decked iu the lively lint ol
(spring. The conductor came in, and
went through his customary ro Dine of
x mining’the tickets. I p.rceiv. and hers
was marked for New Y uk, and after
some hesitation I said :
‘You go to the city V
‘Yes,’ she replied with a smile of win
ning eautJot; ‘lha', I p eiume, you have
already found out.’
‘I shall keep your company, then,’ I
observed pleasantly.
Thank you, fir ’
There was a slight dignity, I thought
in her tone, which repelled further
familiarity; s', as I am a modest man, 1
drew back aud said nothing further. Oo
lU'htd the steam horse upon its in n
pathway. One more station had been
passed, and I was fast relapsing ioto my
former apathy, wheu uiy lady friend, to
my surp’rie, leaned towards me aud
whispered,
‘I am very timid on the cars.’
‘lndeed,’ said I, qu.te charmed with
her abrupti ess. ‘You surely are well
accustomed to traveling !’
‘i’erfictly,’ she replied, with some
uon-ehalance; ‘but. that is not it exact
ly. There are so raaDy dreadful acci
dents on the railroad.’
‘D.-eadful indeed!’ echoed I.
‘Aud,’ added aiy companion, with na
ivete, ‘it is unpleasant to travel utta'-
tended. I usually have brother Char
lie with me. Ho it asplouded escort.'
‘lf yu will allow me,’ said I quite 1
gallantly, ‘I will gtauiy occupy that pi si
ti n ’
‘I am obliged to you, sir,’ replied the
young lady, with a graceful glance from
tier dark orbs, *yct. I am half frightened
to think 1 am accepting the cseoit of a
stranger; not that l fear you, sir, but,
alaal I have a jealous father.’
‘A jealous father!’ I repeated, some
what puzzled and surprised.
| 'Ah, yes,’ sighed the young lady. ‘lf
lis my misf.irtuor, while having wellth,
health, and almost everything that tho
I heart can wish , to he under the contr
of a tyrannical old Btep-fatire r , wh •
treats me often times in the most c.uel
manner; debars me from the society of
your sex, shuts mo up in the gloom of,
my chamber, and treats me with pifilesa
rigor, if I do so much as speak to or
look at a man.’
‘What a monster !’ I ejaculated with a
face of melf-dramatic sympathy.
•That is tho r tasnn,’ she continued,
looking around her half (earfu’ly ns sh*
spoke,‘that is the reason why lam so
d,Aidant about entrusting myself to your t
| care, but I do it on one condition.’
j ‘Name it,’ I rejoined, charmed and
(delighted with tho strange confidence
the young lady was rtp* sing in me.
| ‘That you leave mo the instant tho
cars reach New York.’
1 was so bewitched by tho beauty aud
charming enMusiance of my quondam
friend that I readily gtvo the require!
pledge. Apparently quite relieved, the
lady threw aside all reserve, and talked
and chatted with me in ’.ho most pleas
ant manner possible. It is needless to
say that iu au hour's lime I had hi far
advauccd iu her good graci u as to ven
ture to press her hand, and tho sweet,
half coquetiah smile that played arouud
the corn rs of her cherry lips did not
scorn to lisapprove of the liberty I had
taken.
‘Do you know,’ said she, as wo sat
chatting coufileutly together, ‘that I
likid your face the first moment i saw
H{f*
‘lt was sympathetic 03 both sides,
then, I whispered, drawing so near to
her that 1 could feel her hot breath fuu
my cheek.
‘Yes,’ she murmured, gently with
drawing herself frjui my glowing em
brace, for wo had passed through the
tuuuel, aud 1 had takeu a lover’s alvau
tage and snatched a hasty kiss.
‘Y u are a uaughty man —tho naugh
tiest mau I ever saw,’ she said iu a low
and tremulous tone. ‘lf pa should be
on the 11 aiu, what would he siy of such
proceedings*’
‘Never fear sweet creature,’ I rejoined
earnestly, ‘your cross old father is miles
away, and let us improve the present op
portunity.’
‘Are you aware,’ she observoa half
miscbievuu.-ly, ‘that there is auother
tunnel beyoud, a great deal cl r tir than
the one we have left?’
■I know it,’ said I, with a tender
I'lince at my fair enslaver. ‘We me
drawing near to it very last.’
CL.ce mi re I placed my arm around
the wai tof h ady and w. p ed in tho
gloom of the tunnel, rnik sweet pledges
fr in her lips. It was very gratfymg
to my vanity. Ali gooi-bfoking men
are vain, you know I perceived that my
lovely oompaniou clung more affection
ately to me than ever; indeed, I had
scarcely time to tear myself from h r
arms when we once more iuto
broad daylight. She had lot h r veil
Prop over h r face, but I could dtteet
the cri oson flush through the fiae net
work 1 f lace. 11 r voice betnye'd much
agitaii u as she whispered:
‘I have gone too fat* with yon,. K lr,
alas! you have ceased to respect me.’
‘My sweet charmer,' I r j ioed, ‘let
Us ever be friends. Give nu your name
and addic.-s.’
•Lly Datn'i and address,’she resp' tiled
•you must never know. 1 a ready f. el
i.igbteued to t ink ho» far I have pi.r
nuu.d myse 1 to venture with a strau
j>,T. F rgive and forge: ui
•A flat —a ci quet!’
‘No, no,’ sho returned hnrricnb.,
pressing my hand; ‘I am not a flirt, but
1 dare no’. —as much as i think of you
—1 dare uot let the acquaintance pr >-
ceed further. Have puy ou me—havo
pity !’
She looked so pleadingly, so cntreai
ingly, with tho-o dark, soft eves gleam
jug through the silken meshes of her
veil, that 1 c uld not puisuide my.-clf
to he otfentiod with her. At lad she
reiuctsndy consented to give her name
and banning mo a iroltily embo.'ed card
I read, ‘Kite Darrei, No—, University
Piace ’
Th) train had reached T iiir f y second
street, and I oouitl easily see that uiy
iaamorasa grew every moment more rest
less and disturbed. F.rst her head
peered out of the window, then she
would haif rise, and cast hurried aud
fearful glances behiud.
A ready I was begiuuiDg to ebaro
the uocoinloriabio feeling of my com
panion, as visions of angry papa flourish
in ’ a caue over ruy head, rose vividly
bef"re my mind’s eye, wh n suddenly
Miss Barrel uttered an exloamation,
rosefio'u berjseat, aud uocercmOiiou ljr
and iit'd from tbe car.
I wond. red at the ease and dexterity
with which sho decended, though the
oar was prop. 1 I'd qui'e rapidly by bor-c
power, but, toy wonder and supriae was
destin 'd to be considerably increased
when, in aft w minutes afterwards, a
|;hick—set, strrn looking gentleman en
! , ; r ,and fr’nt the side, hi. eyes it quisitive
)y scanning the face of each lady pas
senger.
‘Halit! said he rather gruffly, pausing
be fare me,‘b»s a yiung lady beeu
oeeupjiug this seat ?
• Yes, sir,’ I replied somewhat dicon
ccrted, and quite abashed
‘Jj ght j iky, maroon col r and silk,
aud gray travc'iog cloak V pursued the
gentleman, interngatively.
' ‘1 believe that was Yer costume,’ 1 re
plied somewhat sulkily.
l T5v (Tad ! she’s give me the slip
ngaiu !’ cried the gent'eman, slapping
bis breeches pocket3 with much era
phsssis.
Given yon the tlip,’ I repeated, a
sudden an 1 awful ligut breaki \g upou
me.
‘Yes, the jideis as sharp a tin b’o.’
“Fray, si•.’ ’ said I with > slight sen
sation of sutfirUion ‘may l be so bold
as to inquire if you arc the father of
that young lady ?”
“Father, the dovil! No sir, lam a j
detretive.”
“Then,” continued I, with and 'sppratc
calmness, ".1 ho is the young lady ?”
“Uloss your soul, she is Nancy I)j -
eors, the fashi“(iable female pickpocket.
By gad, sir, has she been playing hir
points on you
Tho detective grinned, and the pm
song is, gradually comprehending the
“situation,” smiled nrovokingly. I did i
not reply—the intelligence was stun
ning and mortifying in the highest de
gree. S 1 uiy beautiful traveling com
panion was nothing more ihau a racin
bor of the “swell mob," and I, while
flittering myself upon having made a
conquest, in the reality had been the
victim of a cunning and do ieiiii g dc
eoivi r; and well had she. duped m ■, 'or
eVeu while I was snatching those dcar
-1 Ought kisses, she had dexierwosly re
lieved me of my watch and purse, an 1 it
may he readily believed that my adven
ture was not without its qaora 1 , er that
1 was thereafter quite tta eager for a
UULHOAD Fj.IKTATION.
[From Pt?tarpon’* MUgiisin*.
HARRY iriftlSG \SI> I.
CHAPTER I.
My cousin, Harry Mining, hod snirl
‘.he evening before, “ 1 -title evA I’m
iioming to Like you aleigliing t.-tnor
row, if the weather is fine end, the
weather proving fair, wo went.
lie was only my second cons 11 ; but
we had always made a great deal of
tho relationship, and he nee kneel more
like a brother than so distant a con
nection. But on that day be told me
hew he loved me, and how l only
could make bis life happy —and would
l lie bis wife ? At first I could not
be.ievo him ; yet surely tie could not
be in sport, and I, as usual, began to
cry Then, when he tried to caress
my hand under the robe, 1 drew it
away, tin'l Bat, alter l had recovered
from my first cutbursi, looking very
red, and tearful, and abashed 1 101 l
as though cousin Hurty, whom I loved
to death, but not in that way, had re
ally done something very impolitic and
unkind.
A due In ueriie, it was tny first of
fer, and to accept it would have been
the of absurdity. When he looked at
mu so seriously, and said.
“Doily, 1 Ktio.v y ;U like tne —but do
you love me 'f ’
1 only burst out crying again, and
said, ‘T,e ’s go home,” continuing to
tie very laehiympsu ad the lest of the
way "
W hen we g t home, I ran in o the
house, not asking him to emno .n. Os
course he would do that without my
asking, if i e want -J to -lie a 1 was s did.
But not this time. Instead, he sprung
I into the sleigh, and drove oil wi ll
out another wort; and I rush'd up t"
my room to have a comfortsLdo cry,
and think it ali over. And my tlclUr
etttlions hmughi me to this eoaebisi n:-
that cousin Hairy was very so diem to
think of such a thing 1 loved h m
v ry dearly, but on y as a bro her,. —
Bestd s, L wanted more oilers, and
more fun before I t ed myself down to
any particular individual. To be at
old lady at eigi teen—forsooth ! In
deed, l was not going to do any such
thing; and I, wno h..d never kept a
secret Irmn my mother, wisely conclu
ded, in tny new accession of dignity,
that I had be.tor not mention ti e mat
ter—perhaps cou.-in Harry would pre
fer that 1 should not.
S 1 I messed myself as usual, and
went down to the sitting rodni, where
mamma sat with her work.
“It Beem? to me that your riite was
unusunily siiort,’sho suitl us I entered
•‘Ou ! it \v;is cold, nod windy, nndj
forlorn, and I wanted to gwhouit;.’’
No rep y, but a look of Botno bui
j pris ; sueh an eXeu«e fivm me was itn
ti srd id. At era pause,
1“ Way didn’t Hairy come in ?’’
“Why, Ith ugnt ho was right be
hind me, and when I turned ut tfic
: door ho was driving off ”
j An thcr questioning look. Bvfdfentj
jly mamma suw that Bortietmag w:.s
1 wrong, and was puzzled at w b.it i'
' e,oil'd he. Fo I said, ‘ I believe I'll
j go and play a little,” glad of a pretext
j for gelling out ol range ot her sharp
I But I was too much pcrtnrWd to
; a ay, and soon c osed tlie piand, and
went up to mv rur al, and then and >cvn
again to the sitling room; and so 1
wandered about until 1 heard iny fa h
i er’s step, and sprang to meet him.
j At dinner, bo and marniim bubavori
jin tbe most nnta 1 /. ng manner. !to
1 wab doterir.iind ‘o know every parliit
j ul.ir.of the 1 ide, and evasion was iin-
I | ossible. At last, in r ply to a very
pressing inquiry ns to the sijlvj.de.f of
■ our quarrel—for I ha«l be n nunpelle i
, to admit that we had quarrel, d—l
said,
j “I shan't t' 11 you !” Whereupon ho
i said,
■ “()h ! if i n.id known it was any
thing of a private nr.iure, I would not j
have pressed my 'nquiii s; 1 her yoar
: parifon, tnv view!’’ with mucl l courte
sy ; w hereat tliey both br gntvto laugh.
Mv vexati n seemed t ’ amuse them 1
miglitily, and I niaise from the thb'b in
anything but an afftsobfo fruble of
■ niiml.
I But ns I was expecting company s— 1
no other than thesi.ncl' the weaiti v
banker, Mi. Thomas J) ckerson-f-1
speedily’ donned my sweetest smiles
and my mont .fucharitiag inarii.er lor
Ills benefit.
“He’s alums’ as nice as cou.-in liar
rv, and tie’s ?“ rich !”
* Tl.i) b-t >. flection firing with-ii the '
picture of an 1 leg mt matwßW*K(id j
eafriagrs nnd horshs and jifenty of '
servants, and Spfendil dfe--i*, nnd
rich jewelry, so vrited me tha' I pro-
pared to Ho especially brillian'.
But Mr. Tin mas Dickerson, Jr., j
spite of being tailorized and burl ori/td
to the luat degree, was nndeniab'y j
ci nmtonplnco in appeal unco, and not!
hssso in conversation His remarks
hint never seemed so trite 11'nd vapid.
1 w as positively ashamed of him ; and
when he asked me t' g’ so the theatre
with him on a ret tain evening, it was j
only the recollection of bis great name I
and great expectations flint finally led
me to accept the invitnti 11
“Cumin Ilnny Mining's n groat tied
nicer. Indeed, I love him dearly,”
and I began to feel very miserable
again; “but I could not marry my
Cousin ; arid besides, juot think of Tom
Dickerson's wealth Any girl in town
would 1 e ghid to get 'loin Hirkerson,
or Hairy Yin og, either, ’ and my
mind reverted to several of my friends
who were always raving about him.
Aid so I fell nsleep and dreamed
th it I was Tom De k rson’s wife, and
lived in a cabin, and was in the act of
scrubbing the kitchen floor, when Mrs.
llatjy Yining rode by in grand style.
CUAL’TDU 11.
Nearly a week passed, and cousin
Hariv, who never absented himself
more than two and iygat a time, had not
mado his appearance; and. worst of
air, be was at the theatre the night be
fore with that horrid Tittle Nora Knapp
Some peop’o called her pretty, but I
tu-ver could 8 e it 1 and on that partic
ular ev ring she w as positively lrtght
fnl. Harry was all devotion, aud she
looked as though she was in heaven.
1 was so kiigry that I con and hi ve
torn her eyes ou‘, but I pretended ;o
lie peifrtiny fascinated with Tom. I
w anted Harry to see me, buts was
not sure that he did. Several tunes I
•detected him looking in that direction,
whereupon I instantly became ab
sorbed in Torn, (doming out we were
just n li tie in advance of tlnm I
managed it so, and 1 was hi the puy
est sj.ii its, qu.te convulsed with langli
ter, in sac , and c.ingirig to Toni as
though 1 |pved him dearly, instead of
utter y despising Tim.
We had received invitations to a
party for the tn-xt evobmg, I w ould
nor. have stayed at home for wor.ds,
though I had; nearly er ed my eyes
out aud hud a wiwient bvuduuhu.in.cvn
si ipu nee.
Ain such occasions blurry had al
ways been my escort;, but, of oout;se,
lie would take someone ebe now, and
Torn hud asked me. 1 lutd always run
down to cxl i; il mysait to llat iy lid
lore tne final wrapping up, but 1 could
but do so '.er Ton.; and I was as sul
ky as sulky could be when I presented
myself
What did I cure for his old riches.!
I never would marry him, and lie
• might as weil find it out iiis' ns last.
So, when he retllai KctJ on tho beauty
of tho night, 1 declined that it wts the
roU( st, blackest, most w retched night
ot the seysiin.
I’cllmps I was not suffieien ly pro
tected, lie V'lViineJ to suggeS'. On
the eontraiy, 1 was retnalkably well
protected, 1 said, it was lately that
1 bundled u]• as n licit ns I had done
rn that pariivtil'if occfts.ou.
An attswer bo Lilli turd■ exhaustive
admitted of no reply, and there was a
Bi.enctt ol several iu}uutes.
Mr. \ .iiiug was probably not to be
present, as ho w as generally my escort
was ttiii lh-xi remark.
I was sure / did not know whether
ha vas to fie present or not! I was
not kept ndvi ed of ad my con-in’s
movements
A silence simewhat longer than be
fore, but .Mr- Dtcker?on was not do- be
thwartfed. He had s t out with the
deterinhlufb ri to be figfi outdo,' wnd
sight obstacles should no*, uiseottrage
bttu
‘•-Mr Yining appears to be very at-
U'utive to Miss Knapp lately,” lie said
'■’i’ney w ere sleighing ou i uesuay, i
noi ced.”
riucti a pang asahqt through me. 1
had n t the heart to be cross, so I
merely said,
‘lndeed and covlgbcd. am! choked
and swallowed U. keep back the burst
that I knew was coming. But come it
would, and i said,
‘Thetiso foigive me, Ur. Dickerson,
hut ready I have such a viyleuk head
acne this evening tlint I have no eon-
Uoh over myse f. l’ii be better in a
few mmutTifs. *
S„ I cried for several mimlteS, 'du
ring • which he I'fgg and to stnji the car
tiage amt calf a dootor, and oftWedfall
manner ot outlandish suggest on-t At
lasi I a,lowed him u» stop ut 41 drug-1
»l«>re and gel me some valerian, which
quio ed mo a 1 Hio-by the time wo had
reached cur desliii.J.iou.
Os course the first perjoipl saw, on
entering the room, was cousin Harry
witli Nora. Knapp upon his aim. hut i
allcufpu the iinsst supieme rlfvouou to
Torn, and utterly ignored Hairy’s .
i presence. 1 \v,-8 peifectly wild that
uigiit, dancing, flirting, and laughings ,
as thofigh 1 nqv'qr had a care: in n I
much, 4hj)t l.Jfjjajtl a g- utlviiiaii i;c» I
mark to ai.olher.
*T D ii k Vt rnnn is tho
tight hearted t nntun I ev 1
U iiat a suiGboam sho jnust he at
home.” ’ .’I t >W * «
Alter a while lli.fty and I met face |
to face, mid.h.e said, "Gotfd ev''nlng !’ ]
with u cureless,oinilo, xfirl tflriiti'i to
I, is partner.
eu APTKunr.
Fo the wint- r .non hs ji s-ed, and
.'1 oih was usually my cavalier, though, j
now that Harry 's at carbons had c ased
other gsi tleuien began to in- ko ad
vances But none of them j biased me,
: inf Tom disjoin edmeso, that I could
hard’y treat him witlT nuvvhsary civili
ty. in fact, l was often excessively •
Yol. 11l IVo. 30.
■' 1 Li 'fta
rude to him, which had an effect tho
reverse of that drairod, for his visits
and atten ions increased every week.
Harry, in the meantime, was ns at
tentive as possible to Miss Knapp, an,l
it was soon r. jiorted that they r were
engaged ;‘Lnd even I was compelled to
believe it when she displayed an en
gagement ring.
So, with some heartaches, I deter
mined si riouslv, and after ma'ure de
lihera ion, that I should not marry at
• all 1 vva* the on y child, and it was
plainly my duty to remain with my pa
rents,to comfort their declining years;
and, inasmuch as such was to he my
fate, I might as well begin immediate
ly ; so I to k to drinking a great deal
of lea, and thut without milk, and to
taking a veiv great interest in house
hold affairs, and to sympathizing with
and a-sisting mamma among the poor,
nnd to being extremely methodical and
p reciso
Harry had not Ken to tho house
s’nce that last day. over three months
ago; an I now mamma and papa did
not mention him. Iliad never told
them the of our quarrel, and
they soon 1 eased to question me,
though I could tmt help suspecting that
they knew.
At last, one day, Tom askod me, in
a s ujiid, blundering sort of way, if I
would he his wif ; whereupon 1 in
formed him, in a manner sufficiently
positive, thut I most assuredly would
not. His t-uiprne was immense, and
fie seemed to think I mud have made
a mistake; wanted to know if I really
meant it; and said that I should have
everything I wanted. But the more
ho insisted tho more emphatic I be
came; and ho at hngth look leave,
saying that if I should change my
mind, I must let him know.
As >oon as he was g no I told mam
ma all about it j and then she drew
from ne tho sto y, told with many
tear?, of Harry's declaration, nnd how
1 had spurn il it, and how miserable I
had been ever since; nnd how tie was
dig ged tosr nchidy else,and I should
never m rrv anybody After sobbing
a litth) while with my head in her lap,
l felt a great ileal better, and that it
would not he po hard to bob« old
infiitf, idler all My only regret was
tbat, old as l might consider myself,
no 1 no else eou'd possibly consider me
?o tot ten years yet; and yet, during
all that time, I slnull be obliged to go
ipto society.
Aft wcfiiys af•( r this mamma and
papa went out one ev niDg to make a
call, and I was si ting alone in the par
lor. Sudd nly ?'ne', ouo pronounced
my name, and looking up, I saw cousin
Harry, who, win u I sprang up in dis
n.av, caught inu in his srins, and—■
But I shall not fell anymore, savo
tfiaf’wh n papa and mamma came in,
they f oiud u-. Miring c zdy on the sofa,
where Hurry held me fast, though I tri
ed hard to as-umc a more dignified po
-■i'ien at a distance wheu I heard thorn
coming.
Th re were a grrat many explanations
to to in ide ; and it finally appeared that
1 h'l'l b en tho vied u of a cjnspiracy.
Papa and mamma had suspeettd
3. metiilug ali the time, but had known
' nothing certainly until my confession.
Pap afford immediately reen liarry, and
brought about this mre'ing.
As for the litter, bis a'ten'.iens to
Miss Ki.app were intended solely to
bung rue to my scorns, if 1 bad any, as
she w 13 soon to be married to a gentle
man from a distance.
Wo were married af er a very short
cugug.u: ts ; ar.d, though my short
married li e Ins bad some clouds, they
hate roultcd, gerernffv, from my own
peMisliuC'S, -md they ars becoming
in ,re rare. B:t of this I am sure,
that I bdver was 30 hippy before.
Webster lUait lied by a Woman.
In the somewhat famous case of Mr.
Ji .(tgen’s will, which was tried in tho
Huj r me C ’urt s imo years ago, Mr.
W-.b ter appeared as counsel for tho
apt :lmt. Mrs. Gnemugh, wife of
Ray. Wm. Gncu.'Ugh, Into of W eston,
3 lab, traigbt, qurooly lovkiug woman
with a queen blank eye—a woman of
great sell pONsessil.n aud deci.-ion ofobar
-1 e'er, was ca lod to tho stand as a wit
ness on tbc opposite side. Mr. Web
ster at a glance, had tho sagacity to
to fjresec that her tisdnaony. il it con
tained anyth ng of importance, would
have great weight with tho court and ju
ry. Ho thereto 0 resolved, if possible,
to break hor up, and when she answered
to tbe first quegdi n put to her “I be
lieve,” Mr. Webster roared out;
“We doa’* want to Lear what you
believe, wo wuot to hear w hat you
know 1
Mrs. Grcrncngh replied ; That’s
just what I wis about to say. sir, and
went on with her testimony. Aud not
withstanding his repeated efforts to dis
eouserr her, she pured the even tenor of
her way,'ill Wchater, quite iearful of
the a suit, arose apparently in great ag
.itaiiou, atd ltawit g out his snuff box,
thrust Lis h'.gers to the very bottom,
ami carry inir lho deep pienb to both
n tsttiia; 4nn it up with a gusto, aud
then « Att anting Irotn bis p ekot a very
targe hindkcrehiot', which ti wtd to his
feel as ho-bri ught it to the front, bo
bfcew bis nose with a report that rang
distinct and laud through the ball.
Wabsldr—t-Mrs, Greencugb, was Mrs.
Bodif'u a neat woman ?
iir.-. Gretntn.lt—l cannot givo ycu
veijs-luil information as to that, sir.--
Stso*bail’O«is vft v d<rty tiiek.
Wt (M(, r _.Wbat w? 8 that, madam?
| Airs. G. —'doe took suuff -
The rotr iu the ourt bouse wassuo’r
fat the def nder of tho constituttoi
uhsid 'd, and neither rose nrr spoko
! again until Mrs. Gecenciugh had vaca
ted ber chair for another witceut, hav
ing ample date to r tl ct upon the inglo
rious hist try (f the mail who had a
stone thrown on his heed.