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Ml is ftUit n r ott s. r W DAVID GREER S SAD STORY. I'ltiflTl X'O ••*K Tf V IIDI i:"' f>. VA I TO HAVfc Win; ANII ( Illlumi X. II hut In In un iti'riinat uf thr ti rut n ilibl't ’l h <*/ thr hh I III! / Ihl 111 IIK. .1 KSo\, M Mil. II I V 10 I );| vi*l I', Giver, ii m.in about ioii\ five yean old, .mil lie "h ('1 1 :irI• . a box u| lon, readied iln- i■ 11 v a day or (wo ago, intending to iv kimill In fo lor a week Of so among Widalivo , and (lion jirooood 1 1> Bennington. V t., w lioro \l r. (hi i r Ir.if I wo sis I oftaud'ot lii >i relative Hoi Ii fa tin *f a lid oli aro in ax\ca k and norvoii oundilion. and llio leader will not wmidi i win n it i slated Ilia I Hie box i ja it l_\ • . 1 11 * I Wound 111 V s '■ 1,11 dn ■•■ ii HMir moil It n. HH|V in. i.i. 11 011 ■ i' mo i a\a o noil-. II wi lo and lln ■ o ok i I'ln n. aii I (dial'll • 1.1 In "Ilk iMI 111 I.i ill I I.i in 101 lI" 1n... i ■ 1 1. in liwarM;; ■-om, thing. |, 1 1,1 1,1 ■ liny; post connect^’ffftli In cab Hn, and was well pal roni/.od b\ lit 9fen-, and hunters. When i l-.ed (Mll'od lilt' • ll' I' li' n i'll! m ■ i 1 HBepliod i iii .ii IHHhaI i 11 w. i. 11 • l W loin Iln ii- Ii nI 1.. . rupture nil'll Iln oaliio, (Ttln* rod skin piokod oil a wlnln man whenever they could al’elx do il They wol'o alw n boa lilt;' ol wllal limy would nmedax do and ijio longer pt ace I.i tod, flu liiofo limy 'ot'inoil polling lof i row. A low <dd head- anion." Ilm tribe. Hero aL’ain l w ar, and I Imir ooniool-. liuv o put ii oil until now . U lion a kod to di tail ilm par I initial' ol 11 |t lii- l on lln i ak. Mr. < t Ivor: aid : •' W'oll. I wa* ready, and yet I wa-'iil. Ilm rod had Imon kulk ing around for a work, and every one entering llm loro wanted am inuiiif ion and nothing else. I had overhauled Ilm houses as well as | could, know iny 11 1 a I I would iha vo lo defend them until help "could come ; and olio morning I did'ut open Ilm store al all, Iml sol (ul (o bring in ihroe Imrses which were grazing almiil a mile down ilm river. I gave my wife orders lo keep all Ilm doors last ened, and not to Id an\ Indian < ill, no mailer how friendly llm\ appeared. She had a Spencer car bine and a revolver, and I look with me a Henry ride and aunt her revolver. 1 was in a hurry, ha\ illy; ui,V mind made up that (Imre would he trouble before night. Having a {rood horse under me, I soon reached tlm valley, Iml my horses were gone, run oil'the da\ before by the Indian . I did not wait around (Imre lony, a I I'eai ed an ambush, and I was ahoul half Wa\ home w hen I In anl dmi and yells, and knew dial my pod had been at tacked. Ihe trail wa. along the river, and I ( otild'nt ec the oahiiis till do.-e on llmm While I wa- riding that hall milt l heard I lie Spencer < ai bine c row I in;' away,and I kn*w thal mv wile had not been taken b\ urpri-e. -• Well, sir, Im w cut on. lii voice tu mblin , “ there wore an lea t forty yejlinir devil- around the place, and I rode tight into the crowd before tlmv aw um My wile bad all tin- dooi ami wiutlows ’ oeiired ami wa lirim from tile lotip lode I ,'i\v two iloadJiidiuiifrui the ground a-- I wlme a wounded one ii ‘ 11 : | ■ 111 ■ • 1,1 HBB ph K : .*: !■ 1ie!...!. • hem; t*V\ sci "ip. I 11.. n"i PWP^s';.,i.y" ;u ‘ 1,1,1 l " Mb....i been prm • 1 |jjHK‘ i mile away, ltd V£ r iliiii i * I'iiliii', '' a t ii bin foot ami some mi hoi-chack. wVhile lidiny aipunothe post I cot Hiis stall ill the check, hut I did HflUtyen lee! it for a quaff.-r of an Whileyallopinc lor oo\ r. a hull, t ini,. LuJ\ 1 did i.i ! . . till was run liiny ov.t the rocks to tpid a aln lf< !'ed I dropped amony . me boulder- after a bit. and i( w al'nt.over a minute be fore ! knocked over two of them. That cooled tlm pursuit, but limy -urryiundenl nm. yot secure posi lions, and I wa ■ blockaded.* •Aml y our family r At this (jim-lioii. the little boy beyan to cry , and tlii.* father could luirdly eonliol lit-, omofion a- bo answer od : • It aw fill, ;ir. I’he boy Imri a . tlifit the Indians appear 0.l ooii alter I left and a la-il for powder. She would'nt open Iln* door, and limy yol a lot* and wen* "oiny lo batter their way in when dm killed I lie I w o I hat 1 saw as 1 rode tip. They then surrounded the build illy*. 'and tlm bailie open ed. Thor, wa i nl a belt or wile and mol Ik r in 110 world, ir, and f novel di on Hied llt at in bad neb pluck. W lien I l liink w lien I think, ir, ol hov Im loir-1 have : look."I loi me bank, and liow sin* j wonder, and w lull had Imconmol me, ami bow <l. pair crept into her In al'l I I Will i W a dead. The olber Iwoihild re ii were jl*ill s, one a M*d Iwelvi and Ilm oilier seven. The boy ay I hal ,Mary, I lie old . I ii ..I ill. I'cvol Vel Irol ii olio ol : ihe.door. , w hile her mother dclen del I lie ol her and I lull Ii 11 le I lal'a : carried ( arlridiie lo both ol them 1 1 . nn IIm<• Ift *l. llmrc wa; aha 11 liu\ elm iii Imi lo (lie cabin, and Ilm boy w . lat ioned up I Imre 1.. ' look I liroii," b ilm ere vice and to waleli lor me. \\ Iti'ii In mother ' knew' lliui part <>l lie Indian had •suddenly withdrawn, and when Im heard the liiu." on the blull, lie called him dow ii Imm Id' post, and save him a i ilh* w liieli I had laid aw ;u to <-ll to onto Indian, 110 ay that lie wa very pale, j and Ilui! her luimb trembled, lud In kept ilie Spencer yoiiiy. I.v in ■ aimni" iln - rock . m arly a mil.- aw ay , and w il Ii an Indian i illc pop piny al me every eooiitl, I Imard lb at cai'biiic above all Ilm dim M.v | ml, coil Id lit Ia ml an lin I iii n at I tick, and I knew il, as there weie too many door and windows lo defend. flic boil e ami .store room were i oniicd*'<l by a door , wav. but tlmre wore no loop boles j at the oinl of ilm loiv room, and tbe Iml i.i n ciiii Id y.at her I Imre and Im alo ll wa- about o'clock in lln Inin in ii" wlmli I took to I lie blull -, ami when no.m canm l still could heal I lull cii bine "uillli'. I was w oinlci in." ail tin* time why llm .lev il didn't .- cl tire lo Ilicpm I but I hey 1 1 ; 1 1 1 otlmr plan-. I had I Inve km: o| powder, lot o| lead, Iw o barrels of Ilnur, t wenty pair of Idaiikols, titty powder horns, and various other moods in there, and they wanted them. They o\ ora I tilin'! called upon my wife ! to ; urivmler, but she kept up the lire ami eiycourayed the children. \boul otic* o'clock al I tlm Indians iirroimdinm me,except about ball a dozen, drew oil ami,joined (hose Hound tin post. I was in a sale pin. i , iml yol n was a bad place. They couldii'l icai li me wit h I heir bullets, ami yet they had posit ions from which tin s could have killed um had I stood up of moved six feel lo riyht or left. The excite umiil kept pain aw ay for an hour, hut allci ihat I wa- pretty badly use,! up, having not a drop of wa i.-r to wa h my wounds of (|iieii('h my tbird. About two o'clock. In* went on, after a • Inn I rest, *> all liriny j oca ed, ami I believed I luil the 1... i lunl been ca pt lll'i tl. 11 all era/y with anxiety and di-1 1 • , I lose up, del. rmiimd to ,la- Ii out, i I ill I the bull. I- ( anm o la I that I wa Irii' Id ened under cover ai'iiiu. f.• W men e\ . I put ill 11. Il an al i< i noon a I did tlmre I'aiu ami t hir'd w i < terrible elioits'li, to ay nothin' o| my in. ntal <li tr< - I hadn’t the least hope of ■ > n iii lollt alive. Hid aloll." low ard ni.'.-lit I ,'t I'eekle I' In i ni. e,| liellee . I Imiild have made a dash tbi the i i\ev. w liieli w a in plain :i' lit, ami not over halt a mile aw ay, ami w a ju ton the point ot ri in*', up when yell find 'hfmt from my cabin held nm hack. I*or about (iv * minut, there was a lively ia.r ol 1 11 , aiin,a ml aI >\ eall ol h ei not . I could hear that curbim poinm boom ! boom! boom ! The Indian''- w ho had been left to look allei me mW opened lire and be “an velliii;:. and il wasn't long In. lore I u 1 1< *, te.l the truth. Von ee, a I- u po< led, and ,e tln boy afterward' related, the luurderou >le\ il l,nnid they couldn't capture the post by assaults on the doors, lli.ii I * i.i X,:' lit 11,'- Woman and those poor children were too mu, h tor forty or titty Indians. After los ing nine or l, u killed and over a dozen wounded, tin* re,ls collect ed at the wi -i end ot the store room, out of range, and went to w ork to tear out the lor . They Tll E V I E 1.1 ) AND E I RESI J) E. were three or four hours getting tilings ready, but when the time came nearly all the end of the building went down at once. My wife and children were ready for em. 1 hey dele in led the door wav for full fifteen minutes, or until all but this bov were sl.oi dead. When the Indians tinally swarmed in, lie was the only one left them to wreak vengeance on. They tomahawk him, started to scalp him, and Ik* was tin* same asdead for hours, lie i sure the others wane dead before tln* Indians got through t lie door, and i praise (iod I'm thwt consolation, while it near !y drives me crazy to flunk ol it.” There was a period of silence, I lie boy weeping bit t erly ,an,l I hen (beer braced him ell anew. and continued : ** And w hat did ldo' (iod lor j give me! but i couldn't do any thing! I was wild with excite incut, and while I was trying lo plan^oumllong, the red- made a dash at me. They poured down at me as it there was no end to the number. They were right on me the first i knew, and ; hoot ing, slabbing and striking at me with ! their gnus. 1 g’ot this rap on Ilm head then, and also this bullet in the shoulder, but they didn’t tin ill nm. 1 fought ’em, but bow long I don't know , for I was crazy. 1 remember of them dodging all around me, of striking at them, and ol feeling the rage and tlm strength of a wounded lion. It was long after dark before I cool ed down and knew my situation. 1 was then carrying this boy in. my arms to the river. Where 1 lon ml him 1 don't know. Aiter plundering mv post, the Indian et tire to il. This child must have crept out and lii.l in the bushes, while the bodies ol I lie dead were burned, lie says he was con-cion: when I crept upon him, and that when he begged for water 1 took him in my arms and started Ibr the river. Well, wounded as I w as, I tell better in t lie cool night air. I wanted to save the boy, and that helped nerve me up, and I lie cool w ater eased our hurts and refreshed us, and between ten o’ clock that.night and daylight the next morning I walked twenty two miles, carrying Hie boy half the time. Imi wonder that we are not dead, but it wasn't to be. flic boy has been pretty tenderly treated, but I liavn't fooled with flit* doctors much. They dug out some ot the lead, bandaged me up,and I'll soon be all rigid again. I’m going to take Charlie to Ver moiit, and then I'll go back to Ida Im, and kill Indians as long as I j live. I've made a vow sworn by all that's good and sacred that 1 11 enter into no other business and have no other plans but to kill Indians w herever and w hen ever I can find them ! I'll slmoi down old and young! I'll keep right on killing through war and peace !”— Vorr. Cm. Dint's. MAKE YOUR OWN WAY. David Speers was taking ids at' lernoon smoko. Perhaps the long clay pipe looked a little incon gruous with the handsomely furn ished room and the massive silver plate on the mahogany side board. But. lor that matter, lie was was an incongruity—a little common looking man, not very well dress ed. Certainly a very wide contrast to tlie handsome stylish looking young fellow who interrupted his reverie by a very trank and noisy “Good evening, uncle. Can I talk a while w ith you (" “ I hut ,1,-pends, Robin, on w bat you’ll* gunn to talk about." “ \ ou know, mule, thal Aleck Lang and I have been friend ” " I have heard so; I don't know it.” “\\ell. We ha ve. luda \ A leek came to tell me that he i oing into the carp, t weavim* Ini ine in kimaruock. He intend tobu\ I lioma. Blake out.” “ lie'll nee,L ome bawbee -' tor I hat.” “Hi lather will help, and lie a-ked me to .join him. What do von think about it!" *; How long haxe yoit been with Hastie !” “ Five years.” “And h,,w mu, It have you saved “ W ell, to tell the truth, undo, nothing; at a11..” “What, with Jes-ie mam ing last year, and Rosa Ihi . and the presents I had to give, and other expenses, m\ saving all went a way.” “ Humph!” “I thought, perhaps, that as the business w as such an old sure one and as both the Langs would he interested in it. you would lend me two thousand pounds for such a wonderfully good chance.” “ I have made il a rule never to lend young men mom s.'' 'Avery unkind iiile. which touches me, uncle. Von were never unkind to me before." •• 1 am not unkind to you now, either, Robin.” - - Only Iwo t boil a ml. uncle, and such a chance !” •• fluid heavens ! hear tlielad! Twa thousand! Did ye ever earn two tliousnnd pound ' Wlicui ve have. Robin, come to nm, an i 11 talk wi ye about lending \<• (be sum.'' ** Hut. unde, the thing is not a new ventur,; it is sun- pay.” •*ll is gaun t< lia e new masters; ait' men at sixty are no sae sure about tilings •paying’ a. lads ol Ii ve an t w enty are.” So the young man went a way much disappointed and not a little angry : but other friend: looked no,re favorably on the plan. The JJ2,000 were borrow ed, and Robert Rae and Aleck Lang bought Ilm old established carpet weaving house. The first y ear the concern, in spite of tailing'prices, did very Well. Rol.ert -bare ol tlm profits not only gave Inin a good living;, but paid bis interest, and allowed liim to lay by nearly JblOt) to ward- clearing oil' his borrowed capital, and tin- next year tilings were brighter. In the fourth year of the enter prise Robert Rea called again on bis i iicle. ki (lood evening, uncle. • Hood evening Robin-, how's business '{" “ t itsi rate. I don l come to night about businc *■ \\ bat tlien ' " *• 1 am going to be married. 1 w anted to tell you about it. -* That’s a mail kill le risk I lien lla,kicks business, Robin. “ 1 think not, uncle.” -• \\ ha's t lie lassie “ Jessie Lo rimer.” *■ What fortune has .lie!” '• Just her beauty and her noble nature; she is of good family too, and has had the best of education. M by, uncle, she can do most an v thing paints, draws, plays the harp, sings like an angel, and” - '• I tear,al she'll he a kind o’ matrimonial luxury, Robin. But ! she a bonuie lassie. I lia'e seen , her. Vet I doubt if she's, lit lor a pair man’s w ife.” " \ mi'll couie to the wedding, uncle! •* Surely, mi rely.” Il was a very grand wedding and David Speers made quite a | sensation by giving the bride a check lor t.aOO. Indeed Jessie seemed to ha ve quite captivated I lie old barbel. >r, and he soon be ! gan to spend a great many of his | evenings in her pretty home, i Three years passed happily a way. In Robert's home there had been some pleasant changes, and I hisuncle danced a pretty baby. Jessie, occasionally on his knee, or looked admiringly and wondor inglv at his ow n wee namesake in his cradle. Down at the mill things apparently equally pros peroiis, All the looms were at work,and the very welfare of Kilmarnock as a community was sensibly connected with the btisi ness oi Lang A Rea's carpet mill. But a great deal ol this success was only apparent, for it hung upon chances entirely beyond the control ol t he young part lie is in it. rimy had been compelled to lmr row largely, and had big interest accounts to meet, and a great deal of their papers being from ho use; un know n to local banker , had tone cashed at very heavy discounts. All Iliese things. were much against them, yet so great was their industry and energy that they might have turned them all into '• happy circumstances," and won in : pile ot I lie odd: against them, if yam had ntit suddenly taken a trenmndou- and quite tmlooked-lor tall. This, ofcom e, wa followed by a number ol failure in w limb they suiter,<l, Not all tlmircllort could now gather together their numeroii; lines o| cut er prise, and they lon ml it equally impossible to control tli em, ami o, after a lew mouths ot desperarate, anxious struggle, the linn became bankrupt. Old David had long lore ecu. and resolutely refused t<> meddle in the mutter. A coolness had, t liei,'fore grown up bet w eeiiunele and nephew, and when ilm , u,l came David was not among thus,- who ottered Robert and Aleck ad viceaml sympathy .The young men behaved well. They ■in r.-od*'!'*.**! everything, but creditor did not fail to stigmatize as dishonorable and itubusiness like and specula live and risky the nature of the trade done by the broken tiriu. Aleck at once sailed tor Sydney, where Im had a brother, and Robert took lii- wile and children to hot lattier's, while he endeav ored to tin,! a situation. But week after week passed, another winter w as approaching, and nothing had been done. Once again David was inter rupted. This time it was his pretty neiee, Jessie. His face softened wonderfully when he met her large tear!ul eyes. •• Oh, uncle,” she said, •• we have sore need ol you.” •• M \ pair lit Ile woman, sit down and tell Davie what lie can do tor you. ’ J.- sic s tale w as soon told—her tears told it best. Robert s heart had quite tailed him ; they were almost penniless and they had worn their welcome out at her fat her’ ~ *• Then you'll come here, you and Robert, and Jessie, and wee Davie; an' w**’ll see what your man i lit for. If lie canna lin.f his feet wi’ a wife like von, I'm sorry tor him.” So (be next day the family mov ed, with their small belongings, to David’s house, very much to the annoyance of Mistress Janet, David's house-keeper. This lady, indeed soon made things so un pleasant that it was evident toall parlies there could be no delay in a decision, and Robert, almost in de. peration, resolved on trying his fortune in the new World.— David, pressed by his house keep er’s ."rumbling, and by Ins. affec tion for liis nephew, knew only of one ot her way- lie could advance Robert money fora new effort. “ But it would be the ruin of the lad,” lie said, thoughtfully.— ' I’m doubting il lie’s learned bis lesson yet ; be e'en go to school again.” So he praised Robert's sugges tion, and olfeit and to pay the pass age ot the w hole family and give him tj IDO to start life with. The offer was accepted, and in a few days they were on the ocean, not one of them aware of the real in terest and alfection which follow ed them. •• But they'll write to me,” said Da\id to himself. ** They'll w rite lor they ken 1 have plenty* o’siller. < bice on anew track, all Rob ert’s energy returned. Provided with a letter to the proprietors of the Matlatook Carpet .Mills, he found his way there, and readily obtained work. A part of bis hun dred pounds was used in furnish ing a little cottage, and Robert enjoyed a degree of peace and comfort to w liieli lie had long been a stranger. The next spring a lucky event gave him a special prominence. A large mill in the neighborhood imported some ma chinery for weaving a peculiar kind of rug, and no one could be found in the locality to make it run smoothly. Robert heard of the dilemma, and offered his help. The loom was familiar to him, his success easy, lie had foil lid his place, and he knew it. Day by day he made his skill and energy felt.— He rose to be overseer-—business manager—partner. Still he va tied very little the quiet simplici ly of his home. Jessie and lie had lotmd how little they really need ed for happiness, and so, year bv year, whatever they saved, was invested in land, which grew in value, while they slept and work ed at other tilings, and ten years after Robert's Ii let investment he found himself, by simple grow th of the village, a very rich man.— Just ahoul this time, David sent them a very urgent request to come and see him, and as lie offer ed to pay all expenses, it was ac cepted. The old man was. now nearly eighty, yet he was wonder lolly hale and hricht, and met them at the steamer, apparently lilt!,* older tor ten years that had elapsed since he bid them “good bye on tlie very same spot. He liked Robert way at the very first glance. •• He ha the look ol a man wi' siller, an l.e bears himsel' well.” A not her t lung made a still more favorable impre? ion on David.— Robert was not anxious to speak on business. Indeed, David bad al la I to ask bluntly : “ on || lia'e done week i sup pose Very well.'* “ \ oil'll no be needing any help now ! I have money lying idle.” '* I hank you, uncle ; bill I have CRUioO lying idle myself. 1 thought ot investing it here, if I can li ll< l just all the machinery 1 w ant." *• ou r,* goin' to mauufacturing again !” " \ es; I know all the inns and outs ol the trade—there is a g<od opening in our town. \es I am thinking about it.” *■ You'll he wanting a partner, eh " If 1 can get tiie right tind.” •• Would 1 do ?” •• You, uncle !'* “ Well. yes. laddie ; an' ye need na scorn at me. I’ll put a lmnd red thousand to your fifty thous and, an' we'll call the firm *Rea A Speers.’ ” ** \on cuul£m .1 leave Scotland, uncle.” u Was I thinking of sicli a daft thing! i’ll tro tmv interests in your hands. I'll lia'e my full lights, mind; an' ye shall have a fair allowance tor doing mv wark as well as your ain. We'll put e\ery thing on paper, and I'll hold .von strictly to the bargain.” I’he proposal, made half in ban ter, tinally assumed a very real shape,and it was agreed that when Robert returned to America, lie should start anew manufacturing linn under auspices to Ids lirst venture. Bt%lhepnst was only once al luded to, and then David intro duced the subject. *• f on 11 be tbinking, Roldn, ve ry likely, o’the day when i would na lend you f lie thousand pounds. •• You were quite right, uncle; no man ought to borrow* monev until he knows the difficulty of making it, and of sax digit; young men can I know these tilings— they belong to experience.” “ You had that lesson to learn, then, Robin, an’ 1 thought von might as wee] learn it o’ ither folks as o’ me. One fool’s whiles teaches another fool, an’ both gro’ wise together. Sandy McClure lent ye that two thonsaud, and he w as mine the xvaur o’ the lesson ye gave him. There would be fewer young (bids if there were mail* wise elders.” So Robert’s visit was a great success, and the old man shed the last tears he ever shed on earth when he hid the children good by. “ f oil take care of wee Davie for my sake, Robin,” he said ten derly, bidding the lad proudly b\ r the hand, “for when I’m no long er to the tore, you’ll let mv name stand i" the firm, till lie’s ready to take my place; so then the hun dred thousand will aye be in Da vid Speer’s name.” And to day the house grows and prospers, though old liaviil lias long been gathered to his fathers. Robert’s early failure has brought forth a late and splendid success. BOOK AND JOB Printing Establishment! I'OtVOKH SlMfl Nil STREET, MARIETTA, GEO., BEINCJ KILLY PREPARED MW&IMItKUMES, AI-,>, u itii the latest styles of (Tm)c, Sorters, ornaments, &c. 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