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13Y THOMAS A. BURKE, PKOPBIETOB.
YOL. VII-
ri'HlE Cassvili-k Staxd.\iu>, s
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Letters on business must he pVc-paiu, and ad
’ dressed to the Eroi'netor.
&W6BE Tii‘C.eloNj.
Ip W. CHASTAIN, Attorney at Dm, Mur- j
\j, tranton, Ga.—Practices in all the coon- ;
ties of the Cherokee circuit. , *au -ji
TAMES MILNER, Attorney aVBf, Cass-'.
vlUe Geo. Practises in the counties of the
Cherokee’circuit. *• j
J‘ R/RARROTT, Attorney at Law, Carters-!
ville, Geo.—'Practises in the counties ofj
I’ the Cherokee circuit. nin 11.
|T> O. CR AWBORD, i Utorney at law, Crib .
( 13. houn, Geo.—Practice in Die counties ofj
I the Cherokee circuit. a l j1 ’ -4- j
IT) H. TATUM. AtM'WSt-at- Law, Trenton, I
lIV Ga.—Business entrusted to h'seare iu afi.v i
I of the counties of the Cherokee circuit, will meet i
j with prompt attention. NfifAl:
!• et WEIL, Attorney at’ Law, Canton, Gteyt- |
i p, gia. Business entrusted to his cefffc in-’
I any ofthc counties of the Blue li'dge circuit, will
B-tateet. with faithtul attention.. Feb 1.6* 1^55.
I /'( J. FAIN, Attorney at-Laa’; Galhouit, Ga.
I \Jf. \A ill practice in all, the counties of the
I Cherokee circuit. Particular attention will be \
: paid to the collecting business. ‘ tnh 0:
JOHN A. CRAAVFAUU), Attorney a!: Lav, j
> f | Cassville, Ga. Busilies-s eittnisted tVj Ids]
I care in any of the counties of the'Cherokee cir- .
| cu t, will meet, with .faithful attention,
I pr S:
\\T Y W.OF-FDUD, Attorney rtt-Luic, Cass-!
?V • ville, Ga.--Practices.in, ail the counties
[ of the Cherokee circuit, and will atteiid'falthfnl
|ly to all business entrusted to his care. Office
I e:ist at the court house* ang -18—ts
l rTOOPEIt & RtCE, A'tornef* at Bait, f-ass
-1 L ville, Geo.—Practice in the comities of
I t ’ iss, Cobb, Chattooga, C itpps g pfierokius,.Dads.
I ‘Flovd, Gordon, Gilmer, Murrdv,"Pickens, AA'alk-
I it and Wirth ‘M. Joux H. Rice wdl, us here
[ to fore, continue to give Ills personal anil almost
rtxdusive attention to the'collecting business,
april 2d, 1554. 1 ~
JR. \VI Ki.l', .1 ‘l',-..- ga* L w, Cjrtersvyie,
• Geo. Will arre'promptoAtteut-toiv to the
| collecting of all debts pi teed in his linnls. iu
I any of the following named can ities : Cass,
|<Jh rokee, Cobb, Gilnlev, Gordon, Floyd, T.ump-
Ikin, Paulding, Folk, and Whitfield. Refers,
k by permission, to Wiley, Bauks k C->., Charles- j
Ron, S. C. Jam 2 >, is.;,;.
{ \ L. HARBOUR, Attorney at Lair, Atlan-
W\ • 11, Georgia.—Will practice in the.difTer
jwnt Courts of Fulton and coirt'guous counties,
■'articular attention given to the execution of
■ f nterrog-itories, and draughting legal insj.ru-
Knents. Claims in 4he citvmf Atlanta will be
Jiromptfv attended to. Office’ in the ‘Holland
2lou.se, up stairs.—Entrance first door above j
BVhitnev & Hunt. Feb It), ’,55 —iy j
1 L. UPSHAW, Dealer, in Dry Goods, Gro- j
;Jf • ceries, hardware, cutlery, saddlery, hats,
Snd caps, boots ftpcl shoes* iron, nails, Ac., at J
. ptlack’s old stand, west of the public square,
SKassvilie, Ga.
■fIITXKLE & WfKLE. De'iters-tu Dry Good's,
BVV Groceries, Ac. Ac. South west corner
■f Pubic Square, Carters ville, Ua,
■ r D. CARPENTER, Dealer in fancy,, st-.pi”
Wt) • and domestic drygoods, sugar, coffee*nyi-.
asses, Ac.; hardware, cutlery, Ac., at Erwin’s
ild stand, Cassville, Ga. Jan 1.
TU W. HOOPER A CO., D -tiers in Staple'and
• Fancy Goajds, Groceries, Iron, flats, Caps, !
loots and Shoes, Ac., Ac,, at the Brick store,
lassvllle, Ga. Feh 2, 1854.
KIRSCiIBEUG A DAVIDSON, Casei'Ule : ,
Ga. —Manufacturers of clot hing, and deal- j
rs in Boots, Shoes, Flats, Caps, Gentlemen’s j
’urnishing Goods, Fancy Goods, and Jewelry, j
Vholesale and Retail, at Patton’s olh stand |
lass ville, Ga. June 23 1654. j
[ OCKETT A SNELLIN’GS, F’-iaUim and \
1 J Genital Commission Merchant*, will attend
itrictly to Receiving; and Fonvardirtg and
idling e verything sent to our address.
sept 9 —§m* . ‘
D. TI. ZUBER, Liefy/m’ PLysieiav-
J / Would most respectfully'inform the cit
jtj izens of Adairsville and surrounding
*f%£f country, that lie is now prepared to treat (
j 4 forms of diseases upon t no. soundest Phv- ’
siological principles yet known'; liis rent- 1
Jdial agents are all of the safest kind, and chiefi ;
v Botanical. march 50, 1854—1 y ]
WM. M. PEEPLES, Dealer in Dry Goods j
Groceries, Iron, Hardware, saddlery,, (
Boots, Shoes, Drugs, Medicines, Ac., Ac. Cut,
lioun, Ga. * ;
May 5,1854.—1 y • --.- j
G. COURTENAY, A CO. N<k Z, Broad
Street, Oharlfiston, Sowth- OardUna', Booki*,-!
stationery, Fancy Articles, Magazines, and •
Newspapers. . J( . .w, u
The most extettsive stock of Novels, Itoman-
Sn the Southern country. ■ |
ear the Post Office. mh 1G ‘
ITENAT. W. A. COI'ItTEXAV. j
J. f>. HILL Dealers in Groceries’ Con-
Jtionaries, Ac. , east of the court house,
. Ga.
IT McBURNEY A CO., Direct En
ters and Wholesale Dealers in Foreign
iestic Dry floods, No. 37 Ilnyne street, !
on , St C. Jan 12, 1858—49—1 y j
NG off at Cost for Cash, As the under- j
edis dosing up the businesspf jfbe firm i
A Howard, he has determined to
it cost for cash. |
all that want yood bargains and come !
’ you will miss them.
‘sville, Dec I—ts W. W. LEAKE.
Tailoring establishment, at Cartersvi’le
orgia, Shop at S. IL 1 atillo’s old stand. 1
IfSN ,[ ho Bu bscribwr has lately opened in j
gffft of Cartorsville a N EW Tai
•l Tis Loaiwo Establishment, where he is D re-
C p lred wi do any work in his line in the
and most fashionable manner. He guar- \
es all woik turned out of his shop to fit in
nost unexceptionable manner. Particular
.tention paid to cutting and fitting jobs for
is. He itwpectfully solicits a fair trial, as
i confident of success.
ptg i SILAS O’SHIELDS,
lEW MORE LEFT of those cheap Double-
Barrel Guns!! at
LEVY’S CHEAP CASH STORE.
SNicnischieijis.
CfAfIIUAGE and Buggy Making Kstahlisli
incut at Cartersvillo Cass bounty Georgia,
WE wopld solicit a contiinuuice of
the piitrmiHge heretofore enjoyed;—
We are doing good work, and at reasonable pri
-jes. We, koej) on hand a gogd selection of
Stock, ’and lm-c cruj-iloved a fine r-ssortnieut of
irstfate Mechanics, who know what they an:
bout. Wo warrant our work not to fail.. Give
is a clitF*before ptirchashig elsewhere. Oar
motto.is. Jfoneaty a/icl Lndnstrt/.
’ JONES A GREENWOOD.
Carfersvillc, On., July 8, 1854., , .. .
Atlanta, hard-ware store, a: j.
if/JM/yF, Wh tehall Street, keeps always
onlnuid a full assortment of Iron, Nails,’ Cut
lery, Mill-Irons, Springs,’'Axles, Carriage Trinn
mings, Cooking and Parlor Stoves, Meclmnc’.s
and Farmers’ Tools, Ac,, which will be sold as
low as-can be bought iti any market.
Atlanta, Ga., July 14, 1854. ■' ’ * •’
WARD A BURCHARI), Augusta'Gin,
Would inform their friends ami the pub-1
lie generally, thatanticipatifig a change in their
business, the coining season, they afe disposed
to fi'imi their former low
scales tis in order to reduce their stbek to
the lowest possible point.-’ The attention of
wholesale dealers, as well as customers, is res,
pectfuHysolicited,
’Augusta, 2ft
P.VRjR A MuKENZlE, —Factoiuaud Gojnmis
sioii Mer'enants, and Dealers in Groceries,
Produce and Merchandise generally, Atlanta,
‘Particular afteptibn g'yen to yons'gnnicnts ol
Cotton, (-rain, ‘Bacon, arid all kinds of Product*.
L, J. I*A UR. E. MCKEXZIE.
_tmg. 11.—ly.
‘TVVNSHTPg HHiX WORKS.-The subserl-
V Y her is now prepared to receive and exe
cute orders fur any kind, of Castings, or Ma
chine weik, and all persons-favOring him with
orders may rely upon having. thein executed In ‘
the best, manner, ,and with despatch. Orders’
for Sash-blinds and doors promptly attended to';
at his Car Estiblislnnont. Cash paid for old’
Copper, Brass and Iron Castings. |
JOSEPH WINSIIJ Pv i
Athwti'i, Gil., .Time 3d, i ‘54. .. ;
rpo FARMERS ANI) PLANTERS A. AJ. j
JL L. 11:11, are .now. receiving a siiperipr lot j
of Negt’f/Sho’es, NcfiXO Blankets an.d„Kcrse.y,s, \
Osnabitrgs, Shii-tings, Tntnk.s. Ac.,: for the fill |
arid winter trade, which they are offering Lo'ic !
for Ctdi, or. on. sliort t ,ine. Farmers or otficrs ■
wishing to pii-elurse sucli. articles will do well j
to give us a call and examine prices, for we will
have them on hand and intend to sell. All that
We ask is that you will call and examine for
yourselves, eastaif tlnicNui-t house.
• Cassville, Oct 27
c- KORGE VOGT’S Piano and-
X Mas’e Story AY 148 AH,
■ yS't-,l'*, f'/rikiMp/tioL Constantly .
ouJj ittd Pianos,Alelqdeims, Mus> i
cal Mereliaudizo of every description, Sheet Mu- j
sic, Ac. Ac. • ’ ( I
Vogt’s Piaxos are pronounced superior to i
all others in, sWo-etness, pMver and beauty ofi
tone and unequalled- Workinansliip. Persoimj
ivish’ffiga Piano of the first class and undimlit- j
ed exvjellenee, at a very moderate price, will do !
wejj 1 - Avi’ duan a ir'ad. . • sept I—l1 —1 j
A MJDD’WD .:a;> fo’&EIQN, agkxcy. j
fiBELtTV AXD pitoMrTXESS. The under
signed are.pi-eparetl to furnish, by mail .or ex
’ press, any Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Er,-
gi avings. Maps of ('harts, that are procurable in
tiieWnieric-ui! or Forp’gn Trade, at the* lowest pri
ce.-. of us shall be served
with fidelity and promptness. Country, mer
chants accommodating us with then 1 orders;
shall baye them filled at correct prices, of which
a single tafia! will glveevidence.
The very great patronage this Establishment
has received at home and abroad, speaks louder
than anything clsy of Its merits, and. we have 1
only to refer to the Editor and Publisher of
this paper fi>r satisfactory proof upon This head.
Viiglslmas presents of all kinds are now in j
v.gu ;. Give us n trial. j
JNO. YT. LEONARD A CO.,
Dec 22. 388 Broadway, New York.
fAABRTAGFS AXI) LIARXFSS^CIiarD- 1
!"VY ton C. t. tVlidebonse, south-west corner of:
Meeting and AVcntwarth streets, Ch a-leston. j
.ytaj’’jfe Wy The subscriber has always on ;
liaml it large of Ye-.
Kcs V./* bides‘of every description, such |
as Coaches, Rockaways, Bn- •
rouebes, tiip Buggies, ho top Buggies, and Fed- j
lar Wajyons, which are hianufactured expressly j
for his own sales,-and which in point of finish !
and durability cannot be surpassed. f
All articles sold by him are wahkaxted in :
the fullest terms. Persons in want are solicited !
to give him a call, where they will find a cheap i
and good article on fiivoi-able terms. j
Carriages built to order, arid’ repairing dope
with neatness and despatch. i
fst Refers to Col. 11. F. Pricy Cassville. |
M. 11. NATHAN.
Nov 17—fim.
-VrOTICE TO LAND OAVNERS { The under
• 1a signed having removed from Albany to j
Troupville, Lowndes county, Ga.
AVill in nddit ion tu the practice of Law Cxamine
and report the value of hind in the comities of)
Thomas, Lowndes, Clinch, Ware, Appaling and j
Irwin. He will when requested, examine]
Lands personally, and give fulldiiForiVuttion as !
to r line, location and probability of immediate j.
>.il;„ Having no connection whatever with.!
land speculation he will engage to act as agent, 1
in the sale or purchase of lands, in any of the I
aforesajd.counties for a fee of ten per cent, up-,
on the afuount received or paid out, His char-!
ges for examining land wilt be five dollars per |
lot, for lands in the l2tli.district of Lowndes, in |
all the other districts, lie will charge ten dol
lars. Additional Will be charged for an exami
nation of title upon record.
EPIIRIAM H. PLATT,
* Attorney at Law,
Troupville, Lowndes Cos. Ga.
Nov 17—ly
F. ■■ THE undersigned i* prv
pa jc*a to furnish Volt’s ,
I’Fnws, at short notice, !
Vl y , iUK * on as good terms as ;
T i w 5 l htr toey can be had anywhere j
t the South. These in-;
struments are warranted to be equal in point of I
toue, durability and workmanship, to any man
ufactured in the world. Every Piano warranted
for five years.’ Any instrument failing to meet
the expectations of the purchaser,’ may be re
turned at. any time within six months, and an
other will be given in itk stead. Having a
brother (a Professor of Music) in Philndelp Ida, j
, who selects every Piano sent out, purchasers
may rest assured that none but perfect instru
merits, in every respect, will be sold.
A large lot of Sheet Music, of the latest and
most fashionable issues, constantly on hand |
1 and for sale at Publisher’s prices.
WM. SCHERZER,
Professor of Music in Cassville
Dec. 8,1854—1 y Female College.
YY-X~tfT}HINIZY & CLAYTON, Waue
fcAyy-jfl -t House and Commission Mer
i chaxts, Augusta, Ga.-— Continue the
i brininess in all its branches, and will give
I their personal attention to the sale of COTTON
and other produce. Cush advances made when
, required. Bagging, Rope, and family supplies )
purchased at the lowest market ratgs. Com-:
j mission for selling Cotton 25 cents per bale. ‘ I
I aug IS— V I
2 tuimlij lfctos()jipej>—liidokO Tfqticmal i0 State’ fclitic?, SiieMuto me Matlids, foreign and Soincsiic Km, Ac.
CASSVILLE, GA. THURSDAY MARCH 15, 1855.
Cfioirr
Hit)be.
Beauty sat tracing with sportive finger,
Names on the ocean's sand, one day ;
Watching bow long each wave would linger,
Kre it had Washed the print away.
First;Hopes’’ .she"’sketched —the wave.just
kissed it,
Then sank to ocean's breast again,
As half regrettulto have miss'd it,
And with the maid let Hope remain.
Next, Friendship’s name, so fond yet fleeting,
The maiden on the sand enshrined—
| * l’he wave flowed on—but soon retreatlne,
i No trace, of Friendship left behind.
j
i Love’s then appeared—t’was deeply graven
On that frail page, by Beauty’s haml:
| The wave returned—ah! silly maiden,
i Love’s ‘vows’ were ever’ writ on sand 1
! When one by one, each name had perished ,
| Beauty grew weary of her play ;
j Finding tliyt all rrid’st-prized and cherished,
Some passing wave will sweep away!
cDriqiimt jljmnirllcttt.
! Wntten expressly for the Cassville Starula'rd.
li)j Bftii fioiOer) lLh)l[6
LINK THE FIRST.
FIUENDSHIP:
; OUTHE MYSTERIOUSEOYEKXESS.
j • liy MISS C. W. BARBER,
CHAPTER X.
MISS CIU’RCn, MY OIIAXHMOIHER, AND T.
■ Can no rest find me, no private ‘plate secure
me,
But stilßmy; miseries, like blood hounds haunt
me?— iFornsn L'leascvt.
The mate vyas in the same,place, when
I came in ‘from hreaktas.t. . But, he was
no longer st a tiding, ile had sunk down
upon flic edge of of a chair which stood
in the porch beneath the window, and
sat with one arm resting on the case
ment. llis curious cap was slouched
over his bi’pAy —his gayly lined cloak \va
Bung btick aild, hung carelessly pver. the
back of lii.s seat. Cons’ll Fried was w ith
-ihc, .and,we boih went directly to the
window.
The two commenced . a conversalion
n|)on their fingers, not i wore! ol’ which
was at the lime, understood by me. 1
ft fief wards found that they were re\icw
ing by gone seimes. Cousin Fred bad.
the reader will reccojlect, omce spoken .to
ine ofyliis singular beiiig, soon after bis
arrival at 0.-tklatid. But he had said yr
intimated to me, that he could not con
verse well with him. I was surprised to
see the ease with with he now.commu
nicated his' 1 thoughts.
“'I thought,” said I, “that you, and
Newt Wei born did not get on well to
gethcr. Didn’t you tell me in Oakland
that, you did not understand his, Jgu
gaiige. V
“ Nor could TANARUS, until Rushton leained
me,’’ he replied. “ Frank taught, .me
: the mute’s alphabet. lie was brought
| up iii the same house wiih him, and
could talk io him “ like a hook’’ as the
saying is. 1 walclied the two, aud was
soon up to it, too. Welborn is Rush ton’s
lmlf-bre>tlier. His mother mairicd Rush
ton’s father, but there is a vast difference
between theYavo men. One is Avhatyou
see him to be- —a mule. Soine have
Averred that he is a half-idiot, too, hut
’that is.false —lie knows as much as com
monfolks, or would know, if his hearing
was not defective. The other is the no-’
blest specimen of God’s handiwork that ‘
1 ever tnef up with.’’
“ What, was this mute doing at tire* !
Military S'chhd! 1” I asked. “lie, cor j
tainlv was not a scholar.”
“ Oil no. He was there on a visit j
to Rusliton. He lives a rambling kind!
of lith, I takcrit,; he is here to day and j
gone to morrow. Nobody takes any ac
count of Ms movements. Ido hot. think !
the hot cl-keepers even bhiirge him any-1
thing for bed and board, tliohgli I pould !
think this one would feel himself oble.egA
ed to do if But he is ay oH visitor and
well known, I see. Indeed, lialf-fool as
some pretend that he is, lie manages to
know everybody almost. The life .which
ho leads brings him in contact with a
great many people, and Rushtoii as
sured nto that he was never known to
forget a face. Oboe seen, it is daguer
reotyped forever upon his memory— :
lie recognized Miss Bates and I, kl *
though neither of us lmd seen him for’
months, long before We made out avlio
lie was. We must have looked like
pigmies to him from the’top of these
rocks.”
“ He. pretends to‘ have rceognizecl
Miss Chiifch, foo,”T said, “although he
avers that her name is Churchill.”
Ah said Fred; surprised. “Does
hd think that, he has seen her before?—
It will be something worth telling, if we
find him in fault on<ie in his life. —;
Where does he say that he knew her
“ lie didn’t say where he knew her.
Fanny Bates assured him at once that
he was mistaken in the lady—that her
name was Church, instead nf Churchill,
and he said no more upon the subject.”
“ Strange !” mused the young man as
if talking aloud to himself. “Strange; if
Welborn is mistaken. I will ask him
where he knew her.”
The mute had been looking up into
our faces, during this brief conversation,
with a meaningless kind of stare. He
was watching the motion of our lips, hut
I did not suppose at the time that lie
‘Copy right secured.
“ principles NOT MEN,”
com pro! tended a word that either ot us!
] had uttered. When cousin Fred asked!
! him what- lady lie had seen, in company ;
] with-Miss Bates the night, before, he lies
! itated, and sdemed unwilling to answer,
! Did you evej’ see her _ before t” ask
jedlhtoyoung man. The mute ; did not
j seem to .comprehend his question, lie
i put on a puzzled look, and made an
evasive replv.! He. said that the ladies
were all pretty— he- could hardly tell one
from-{mother.
P That’s not so, I know,” said t In*
!-questioner aside to roe —'“he is either
■I trying to he mysterious, or he be half a
! fool, as all the World dec bares him to he.
! But my word is out, to go-on a hunt this
morning. 1 promised that tall, d?vrk,
■ tlis'CDnsolaie lover vernier, who was s,o
j wofully disapjiointed 1 fist evening at tile
ruins, in not finding Misfi Bates there,
! that f would take n stroll- tiris .morning
with him. I had to do sr>met,hfj,g to
conciliate him, Tell Miss Church J will
bring in n plump bird for iter dinner,’
and cousin Fred went oti for his touiiiig
; peiee and 1 saw-nothingmore of him du
i ring the morning.
I too turned away, and went to t-arfy
: his message to the invalid. She \v;.re
• sitting erect in bed, trying to swallow a
! piece of buttered waffle, aud a cup of
j cofibe. My-grandmother was staiKiiiig,
i by her, holding the plate,
i “ Miss Ciiurcb, cousin vFred toil me
; to tell you, that, lie could bring in a trice
! bird for your dinner,” 1 said, stopping at
the toot of the bed. o’ c-.UA
‘• 1 am very much ob.iged to lmit;”’
she murmured. “ I should relish a bird
as well as’ anything.'’
“If there is anything on.earth, child,
that you am eur/’ sjud-my. grandmoth
er, “say so, and 1 will try and have it
•! cooked for you. Seems like you will
kstarye to (Jcatli. Do pray take anothor
j sip of this coffee,’ anil let nq.* butter this
; [liecc of waffle, iam sure, 1 liripc Fred
i crick ‘will kill a bird, or ?quirrel, or some
j thing tliat, you .will relish. But it will
| be spoiled in cooking, 1 dare say, if lie
dyes. If I'oflly had. Nelly, here, 1 would’,
. ‘make hcrecouk souicthing vlnit you could
eat;.’’ //. ffriri
“0! do. not tioubly yuui self, Mis.
i piston, so in deb about tpe, 1 beseech
j you ? lam not very ill. I shall soon
:be .strong again. I did not fai.ut last
night. You are. unnecessarily alariu
ed.”
“ Don’t you think, Miss Church ! ’ I
said, laughing, “ that that, gipsy-’ooking
somebody—hall-giaut-—htdf-fool <md en
tire mute,.declaretl to Fanny Bates lasi,
night that.lie knew you— that Jie had
seen you before—and moreover lip said
that your name was not Church —it was
Churchill.'’
The gil l’s face was pale before —it be
came ashy —udniost deathlike in hue.
now. The bloodless lips trembled for a
moment as if she were trying to speak,-
but could not,utter a sound. Her large
eyes .grew larger. Even my grandmotb •
er noticed her agitation.
“ J>on’t speak of that frightful . crea
t life, Claude,’’.Hie said, re proachful ly
“jian’t you know tlnit lie liked to have,
frightened Ellen to death just night..;md
I am sure lie is enough to, iVigliteu any.
body. I saw him stalking about like
I giant over theqiiazza this morning. If
: I had come across him out. -there,where
! you all did, among those old ruins, T
should have felt faint myself, i dare sav.
He has a very disagreeable face aud
then he is so large, qnd dresses so strange-!
ly.’’
u lfeJchowsmc?f said the governess j
without having listened and I am sure, !
without having comprehended \Giat my
grandmother had uttered—‘‘did jjoscy.j
that, Claude ? Did he say that lie!
ktLCAv rue ? Imposible! lunv skould j
hp have.known me, perched up there as
lie AVas like au, owl 1”
“0 he didn't know you. child—that j
is certain : don’t distress ytairself any- ,
thing about what lie says. Nobody a- j
bout here will believe, l dare say, for a ,
moment, that you ever associated with i
such a looking tel low as he is. I should j
not concern my heart anything about j
what lie, and the like of him, might*, he j
pleased’to say about me, were lin your ,
place. I shall tell Mrs. Bates, and oitory-,;
body else, tjiat I meet with here, , that. ;
you never.saw him before in . all your
days, and never to. see liiiu again, j
for ljq Civile near scnrijig \ou into tits, j
Doctor Bates understands bow it is—he j.
says that your nerves are very wefik,,
and. Claude, let me wiutiou gnu now,
don’t, talk about, oveiything and any
thing thfit happens go come into your
head first, before your teacher. Remem- j
her what the doctor said about her nerves, j
and think before you rattle un a.o. beSj
fore her, about such frightful scare- j
crows.”
I looked up into my grandmother’s >
simple, good, dear benevolent face.—
Never avhs Mrs. Partington in her sun
niest days, more unsuspecting of evil, or
better satisfied with the construction i
which she put upon people’s way and i
sayings than was my grandmother with ‘
her understanding of the causes of Miss
Church’s uneusiness upon this subject.—
I had to bite roy tip to repress a smile, i
But the teacher's eye was upon roe.
“ Claude,” she said after a moment’s |
thought, “ can’t you stay in here with
me, and lot your grandmother gq
with Miss Bates to take a walk in the
fresh air this morning? As I was say-1
! iug, die feels t-oo much uneasiness about
1 me, and stays shat, up here top closely.
\ Da go. down. Mrs. Alston, and get Fanny
Batys 10. walk to, the .springs with you !
You make my obligations tor- your kind
-1 mbs 100 great. I shall aover.be able to
re pav y ou.”
■ “ Lit l chi'M don’t say that—you dis-
I'trOF's the; I’m .sure that if I could do. aßy
* ting for yon, I’d do it as soon as. I
] would for my own child. I urns La I king
J to the Ductqr-about .you this morning,
j LUysays that lie hopes to see you Dtp a
i gain in a fcAvrilays, ;ind I'm sure I do.—
i Churde-—child, take this .plate, Jind"set it
’ oti tlm fable yonder. Whitt did { do
j with mv spectacle'-. I’m getting to be
j so foroetful, tliat if I put aiiythiiigdown,
, I never, can find it again. Oh, uero
they are!”
| “ Well, if you don’t want, anything
! more now. I believe I will go down with
ftliedoctor’s dnughter to the springs.—
, I've been wanting to go there ever since
We came here, but seems like something
j is til\ynys the matter with some of us. —
Mr. Alston's toe is very bad. T don’t see
as it gets any better. But I don’t expect
that, tlie water would benefit that much.
i He’s always .said i t would u-’t.”
My grandmother turned to go, but
i wlien. Mic had readied the door, Miss
: Ciiu.re-li called her back,
j.. “Mrs. Alston!”
• U 1’ VVhat, child ? Is there anyUdug
1 iiiore that, I can do for you|”
“ Nothing, 1 thank you, only I was
thinking”- ,
“Thinking a bout wlmt, Ellen ? I
| hope you are not thinking about that
i scare ermv yet- I would banish him
I fro.m my lhind.”
! I will trig to do, Mrs. Alston, and
| it WbfiKl be its well I reckon, not to.-, say
1 anything about him to anybody. I do
.{ not care, if tie docs pretend to peppE,
‘that he once associated with me, as an
equal and a eoniptmion. Ifris jiulhiug,
any wriiA’. Nobody, I auj sure, will, as
you wisely remarked, ever believe it,
:dr think any worse'of me for what lie j
sav-.” . ‘ ■ ■
- , “ No, depend .upon it; they Woidt !’’ !
saftl fife old’ lady’, iiisiantly Ay. rahiug.
“ I was going to speak to tire i
wife about” it, but if you think it best, I’ll
keep perfectly quiet,,and never lisp his
afiiViniiialile naine. I should like .to tell
him, though whatT think of him and if I
meet him’ alon'e,* I believe I will,” j
“ You forget, oTandmotfier. lie
could not hear, wcre yoti so a
cannon at his elbow/and you could not,
lam sure, talk to him 6ti yonr fingers.
| You would have to Write what vot.i;
I thought of him, on the slate, and that, i
i would be a slow wav of scolding. 1
don’t, believe !’d try it.”
“ Yon are righr, -Claude. I’d forgot
ten about Iris'being a mute. Well, 1
shall be] obliged to’ pass if over then,
Filen, as you sug-gUsted, hut I never
shall endure to have such an unreliable
hrtorfit'l in rny sight.” So saying tli'e
i vlear old lady, turned and left the room.
| I heard Fanny Bates’ sweet voice be
| low, soon afterwards she was getting |
! her bonnet preparatory to a'walk. When
| they had’ passed down the r sfeps, and
were half wav to the spring, the govern
ess turned upon her side, and looked at
me, for I had taken n seM near the head
of her bed.
“ Where* is that strange creature, who
they call Newt Welborn, Claude,?” she
asked, .“Is he - about the hotel this
! morning ?”- ■ r ‘
| “ Cousin Fred and I. left liiiu sitting
! at the parlor window when 1 came up
| hole,*’ I said.
1 . “ 1 wonder if Ire intends staying here
anv time ! Ihd you learn ?”
I do not know whether lie will remain
jloug, or not,” i replied. “I presume
however tliat he will. He seems to be
w.ell acquainted about the house. But
why ,do you ask Miss,Church l 1 flunk
that he is a very iuieresting character,
and it is amusing lo see Fanny Bates!
get on with liiiu.. She understands him
IHulhcljy. Slie is-vot afniid of him.— ;
Arc you ?”
“ Yes, Claude, dreadfullg afraid of
him. 1 -never was so much afraid of
mortal before. You doubtless tl>.ink me ,
weak, silly, ohHd’sh upon tins fraid, aud i
I may be, but Doctor Bates was sight j
when he said that my nerves are ten i-!
hjy shattered. Did Mr. Armstronghear)
him when lie told Fanny tliat lie knew |
nie ? ‘ *•* •; a. r ■; ,U vj
1 sit tiled. “ Aim have fallen into
grandmothei’s forgetfulness in regard to 1
the poor fellows capabilities,” l said. — .
“ Ne\vt \Y,elboni couldn’t speak loud e- ;
noitgli to be heard ono quarter,of an inch
from his chair, lo save his life.”
“ Well, hdidii’t mean that. It is so:
natural in that way. Did Mr. j
(Yrmstrong know that lie pretended to ;
Fanny to have seen me before ?’
“Cousin Fred was not there,” I said
evasively. She seemed so sensitive up- j
on the point, that 1 did not like to let her I
f know that I had only halt’ an hour bo- j
fore told lum about it. “ lie wonld not |
be much more credulous than grandma
has proved; were ho to learn it from the
mute. Nothing would bo more proba
ble than that the fellow, with the bird’s
eye view he had of you last night, should
; have mistaken you for somebody else,”
I continued enconrageingly.
“That is very true,” she replied and
then she lay very still for a long while.
At length she said:
TWO ]>(>!.l. AUS A-YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
“If you hear or rather know ot J
his saying anything more about me, i
please let mo know, will yon 1”
“Certainly.”
“ That’s a good child, hut I want to j
sleep now.
She turned away, and lavas motion-,
less ns one of the marble statues in the 1
niches at Oakland. I could not see the
bed clothes heave over her breas*. I
! wondered i-f she wore-dead.
| “ Claude,” she at leugth murmured,
; again.
] “ Wha\ Miss Church ?do you want
j any thing ?”
“ Is your grandfather, below T’
j “ I presume he is.”
1 “ And where is Mary
j “ S!|e is making grandmotliers. 1)0(1}.”
j “ Blease step lo the door, and tell her
jto eoiiie here. 1 feel better, and w ill
[have on my gingham double gow'fi, and
, sit. awhile in'the . rocking chair. Mary
; will make the. heel, ajid p+it the -room m
; order, and then wi’d you be kiiid enough
4o ask your grandfather, and > our-grand
iuoilkt too if she has i'etimn and, to step
in I here for, a few; minutes i l want to
seethe.,,*
I went for the servant, as she desired,
j and w hen the teacher had got up, and
i the room was made ready for their re
i ception, I stepped down after l-uy grand
-1 mother and grandfather. I found the’
, latter on the hotel piazza, With Doc
tor Bates. He was- dwelling with much
’ enthusiasm, upon admirable,
j qualities, as,a saddle-liorsc. I think the
’ doctor had [luiAably proposed ti swap,
t ,l \Yhy any body, cult id ride the an-
Dual,” said my giandfather. “.She is
easy upon the bit—can be guided any
! where—is as gcurtlerevs a lamb —paces dc
: ligfitfully, and never was known to start
ior run away iu her fife. I bogulit her
from a Kentucky iiorsejockey wlienslie
was a colt. >S!ie was, as it were, brought
up, or raised, on my plantation ami 1
: know all about her. Miss Clinrch, n.er
j yous, aird weak, and lainty as ahe is rides
j her almost every day ; wlp'ft we are at
liornefand your daughter Fanny would
Gud Ilmt. she skims over the ground l|ke
! a’bir'U, I was offered a hundred and
| fiTty dollars.for her w hen slits was. a mere
| coif If I keep her, L intend to lmve my
! little graudanghter, Claude Alston here,
| lean) to ride very soon. I shall not be
, afraid, to trust her on Nance.”
j “My wife seldom rides,” said the uOC_-
Lor, “It tit I.should like to,get ji go.odan
inial for Fanny. It B au agreeable, good
! exercise for tire young and I let Fanny
i go out! on liorse back whenever she wants
; to, and can get a proper attemhint. ib.it
i the mischief of it is, slie is not afraid (if
any piece, of hpi-se*flesh .out.-of. Arabia, pr I
iu it either, and I live in contiinial dread,
that, sire will get her neck broken. If 1
could get a gentle, and yet a spirited,
pretty creature for her,, I wouldn’t be
grudge almost, any price. Bui..wjiat!s ;
wanting my little daughter f You look !
at. ydnggraiidfatli.-r as if an.viotts to in- j
tern ip t us. ILo'iTt you want him to sell !
one cif the hah-ijigeJiprses.?'’
| “It doesn’t hiafler with me about!
that,” T said timidly, “ but grandfather,
Miss Church says, if you arc not too hu
sily engaged, w ill] you please, step up
stairs, a tew minutes ?”
She is not w orse, I hope, ’ said the
Doctor ahtrmod.
I assured him that she w as sitting up, j
and felt much better.
| “ What dbes slitiwanf with me Claude? ’ j
l said m‘y grandfather rising “My old to,e, j
| Doctor] is'so had, tliat it almost kills me j
to get up and down these everlasting i
stairs—run oh, Claude, and t : e’!l flu* girl
i Bin coming. Whereas the old Jaily ? 1
! Oil! hero she is. Alice, we'-are wauited ;
! up stairs, tlieY say, hut I for one had as i
i soon undertake to clauTher to the moon.
| Cive’rne ;t helping hand if you ph-ase.’
My foot, gets worse I helicve, instead of
| better. 1 Wonder what Ellen wants of
! us.
i “ The child is yen,’ nervovr-q.this mor
ning,” Sait! grandmother, “ very nervous.
| indeed! The least little thing in the
i world makes her look as frightened as
, a chased hard: Bhe never will, l fear,
get. odor meeting up with that deaf and
i dumb fellow/out there among the ruiles
i yesterday evening. She is as aTrnhl of
j him, as of I >eat h. That proves that, her
! ndrvou.s system i,s in a dreadful stale.”
“Pshaw ! pdiaw,” said my g'andtath- i
| eV—“that, fellow- wouldn’t, I am sqAe j
t harm a hair bn anybody’s betid. I j
should fflee to talk io him, it lie w as not
Iso confounded deaf. Tie knows every
| body iu the country it is said ?
(TI.U’TER XI,
I ~ , xiic rxxnuvjkw., j
“Uv livlfWeil, fqr li ; k.heart, was good
Cofiift lie go ftister lli.ui lie I
| The govei ness received her guests with j
; a faint smile. “ j
“What’s the matter now, Elleu ?*rr |
i said my grandfather. “ Painty again ?” ,
| “ No, l thank you, lam feeling some-1
I what better, but really, Mr. Alston, J/
] have been thinking that, coining to the
j Springs lias helped mo to got sick. Do i
j you improve ? ’
“ Tut! tut, child, haven't I told you \
from the beginning of it that I wasn’t,
sick ? nothing ails me but my toe, tmd I;
don’t expert ill at will be owed by these
mineral waters, You find Fred, and the i
old lady, aud Dr, Oloutt, and little ClawD
here, got it into your heads that a trip
to the Springs would do me a marvellous
sight of good, and so I came lo please
INTO. 6.
you all, or rather I came thinking a
change of place (night do you good.—
You are the invalid—that is universally
conceded now, although for a long time
you stuck to it that it was me.’’
“Well, if T am the invalid, then, you
will, I hope, enter into my plans and go
hack to Oakland immediately. I fear that
1 shab not improve as long as I remain
1 here. These waters do not agree with
me. I have lost appetite, flesh, color,
and strength here. lam far batter you
! will readily admit in the quietude aud
retirement’ es Gnkiajwl. There nothing
rijars upon my nerves. Here,.something
‘continually Worries ‘fuel* in the first
place, as ybu said a Kffle while ago, Mrs,
1 Alston, nothing is cooked here fit to eat
| —in the second place, these rooms are
in'fflaby points objectionable— there is a
groat ‘dbal of noise and confusion about
. the premises, and in tire present state of
! my'nervous system, eYefy little thing ag
|-Ratos'find distresses me. I shall be sor
i ry however To be the means of curtailing
I’ rour. visit.”
j As for that,, stfid my grandfather,
’ “ I have long been tired of the place. —
if was tired of it before my trunks were
unstrapped and rny baggage brought in.
I like Dr. Bates. He and I lmve some
“twohanded cracks together,” as the
‘Scotch would say. ITe is the only soul
that. I ‘should regret leaving behind mo
j at,the springs.” -
! “ And his wifeU interposed my grand
mother, “ Id's wife is as dtever as he is.”
“ A .'man and his wife are both one—
! tliat’s long been ‘Admitted, Alice, and
J‘the reflection has often aft'orded me en
j couragement. I hoped that your simple
; amiable virtues would be set d-ovvn to
aiv account, but that’s neither here nor
| there, now. The question is, shall we go
| home ?” ‘ ff Y
“ I am entirely willing for one,”’said
j rnv graftdmotlier —“the children, Fred
[ erlcle and Claude, J suppose will feel a
! little drsanpiliuted.’’
“'O, no grandmti 1” I said, “ I xvant to
go. I ;tm afraid tliat. Nelly will let the
pigeons starves for sh.U never would half
I fedd them, and then again Iwant to’ see
Lily and the Canary. I want to go back
to’bakhind above all tilings.”
i “ Listen to the child,” said my grand
| hither, somewlnit contempffiously “ you
I are half as iiigh as your governess Claude
i but you have as much affection for those
1 pets of yours as a little giff four years
i old has for her baby (lolls. Bea wo
! man, Claude, and learn to ’ride on horse
: back. It* T don't sell Nanfee to the doc
tor I intend giving her to you.”
“Them I humbly
the bargain will fall through.”
“Do you wan’t the nag, child ? If
you do, say so aud she shall not he
sold.”
“ I want her, grandfather.”
“ Then, I’ll tell the doctor that
Fanny must do Avithout her. Mr. Ma
roon, perhaps, will sell liim his or pbr
haps take Miss Fanny home ‘with him
but Ellen, when at e ‘we so-start tor Oak
land ? Will v6u he well enough to trav
el fornoi iow.”
“ I hope so, Mr. Alston. Indeed 1
| am quite sure that I shall be.”
“ VV’hjl then, Alice/’ said the old gen
tleman,” we may sis wT'll have the-truuks
packed, and tire bills settled, and every
tliingin readiness for an early start to
\ morrow morning. Fred cafi stay longer
iif he chboses todb so. He is on horse
back aiul can follow at his pleasure.
The doctor’s pretty daughter will per
haps keep him here awhile"longer. If I
was voting, tliat- disconsolate, seedy look
ing widower, with seven responsibilities,
si roll Id not monopolize her society ua *
disturbed. But I'm too gouty to wait
upon the-ladies — on the contrary I need
seven wives %t least, to wait upon me.
Alice, dear, T dont believe that I can
get to th'e foot of the stairs without vouc
help, and l am ready to go.”
My grandmother irrose, good humor
edlv, to accompany him. I turned enre
leMv, (but I watched the teacher nnr
itnvfy neveri he I ess as I spoke^'and said,
“ I wonder if cousin Fred will stay ! lie
does'mum to he greritly smitf'Cn with
Fanny Bates, as grandfather intimated
find may not be as ready to leave as the
rest, of tis. l>o yon thi'nk-, Miss Ohureh,
that ho Avid stay 1”
“ Really l do not know,” said the gov
erness, with sonic uneasiness in her face
and tones. “I hojw not?” Then
theckmg Tawself she addod. “Very like
lv he ‘Will stay/Dhtude. Oakland is a
dull place foV a gay yo'u'ng man like
trim.”
“ It Avas dtilDV before you came, I
ventured to remark. “(Vusin bred was
verv anxious to lmve you written for.
“ Ah!” saht she, musingly. She was si
lent for some moments. I would have
given half a world to have been able to
read her thought*, had it been at mv
comma ml.
“ Did Newt Welborn go w ith Mr. Ma
roon this morning. I think von said that
they went on a gunning expedition.”
“ I dou’t think he did. I left him
sitting by the window,” I replied.
“Will you please go down, Claude dear
and see if you can see anything of that
creature about the house ? The very
thought of his being upon the premise*
makes mo nervous.”
Really !” said I, mentaflv, ms I arose
to comply with her wishes, “ Miss Church
is not tlie strong minded woman, I ouoe