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j. . t borough I \ < ii jn \ i ” m\
oin' ill 11:<1111■ In 1 I eui'H
u "ei morning* ; the Hoes
W in their early green,
r wen* golden "ill*
MBlerntps, tin* dilwhes hidden
moisture loving w iM tin"
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L Aii old frieud hud told me id
Kg place, jvith its pretty village,
HtaKtir rectory, and glorion
■fot^trcuni; telling. me. too.
■tv the gentle, kind old rector
would, if asked, give me leave to
make casts from hi- meadows
Across to the high hank under
Rvhicli the fat speckled trout lay
..waiting for the pretty dancing
Kgaflic-. which flitted up and
and fhmnug-low l\ di.wnin
water.
along ilie |<mi path.
Higher*- 1 had liecn told it lurn
the copse, on pa-sing
which*! -lionld. timl tn\
■ft opposite the rcctorv garden,
l was going to ask leave
I stopped short, for I had
come in view of a -tile.
|licit stood a .-wed looking
maiden, - imply dre—ed
col lol'ed cloth,
plain straw hut covering
hail gathered in a cln-
BVhekmd She wa- very pale.
iucrea-ed by till* idack
11,- lastclicd hcncatli the
BBKI.UU cllal I id 111 I 111 .k.
I til-t -aw hoi -lie -lood
■■the linger- ol In-i right hand
resting on the little .-tile.
left wa- held up
Pminaiid silence.
was evident that -he heard
fjflr approaching footsteps, for
■ddenly her face become anima
she clasped her hands to
|Bhci. a jovcnis -mile o\ erspread
K (dee. and she hounded to
me.
last, at la>l !” -he cried
-■ft look of animation tailed a
|B;e it the -uu-hinc had pa--
Sk. fl •
breast, slit- stood Cor . few mo
ments gazing at me a-I involun
tarily raised IIIv soft tweed hat.
••No. ll", ltd !" dm said slowly,
with a sign; and looking at me
again wistfully, she turned away,
I lirough an opening beside
ami Wit- nolle.
Scßkmi i rl." I aid : - 1 1 1 . -r*
l"l V all.mlii-d In her lile.
sure.*''
1 walked on to the stile, crossed
the wood. leaped another stile,
and stood in a pretty lane, closer
to a charmingly kept garden,
running down to the road from a
beautiful rustic-looking house;
and not many yards from me a
gray headed old gentleman in
black, with a velvet cap on his
, head, wa- busy, trowel in hand,
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.-■'“.B ■it" morning-" Im -aid
- 1 raised my b.il.
I presumed*
“Yes," | said. “I was going to
try."
•-.\ml you were going to st-k
my leave," lie said smiling.
••I intended to call after I hud
been into the village," I said,
taken soiiieM hat aback.
“Did you leave town this morn
ilig {" said the old gentleman.
“Yes," 1 replied, k -lv the lirst
train, and walked across from
I hint ley.”
•‘Then you must be quilt- ready
ilor breakfast,’' he said, referring
Ho his watch. --It will be ready
jiow ."
B--n|i. thank you. no,” I slam
Bin-red, for this offer of hospituli
ay to a perfect stranger was stag
goring. “I am going down to the
inn. and then if you will kindly
permit me to whip tin- stream 1
shall be very glad."
“< Hi. certainly, certainly!" he
said. “1 am an old fisherman
myself, and I believe we of the
craft are somewhat Freemasons
in our way. The Mav-fly are well
on, and yon will have good sport
towards evening—not before.”
lie moved toward* the rustic
gate as In- spoke, and held it
open.
“Hut really" 1 stammered.
“Mv dear sir." said the old
gentleman, “1 lead such a quiet
life here that a visitor from the
great city 5s ino<*| welcome. You
will he favoring me by coming in
and partaking of our humble
fare, and besides, von will get
scarcely anything at the little
public house below."
This to me seemed quite idyl
lic, but I felt bound to refuse, till
a glance at my best decided me,
and almost before 1 had recover
ed from my astonishment l was
in a eosey little room, looking
out upon a rustic veranda, clus
tered with roses just budding,
and being introduced to ‘-my
wile," a pleasant, comely old la
d.v, with hair like frosted silver.
The breakfast table was spread;
there was the snowy clutli. the
glistening coflee pot;*af the oth
er end a bright cover that I was
sure would reveal ham and eggs;
there was the golden butter, the
delicious looking crusty loaf, and
and a neat handed maiden with
out any an extra
knife, fork, plate and chair for
me.
‘■Toll Miss Laura breakfast is
ready," said 1 Ip* old rector. “She
is in tlio garden.” Then turning
to mo— * A worn to put you at
your ease," lie saitl sadly. “My
poor daughter -utiers from a ter
rilde mental afHietion. Don't
speak to her. She would not an
swer; she rarely even speak' to
lls."
1 was quite prepared to see the
lady I had encountered in the
wood glide, into the room and
take her place opposite, and this
she did without noticing me ; and
though I had been ravenously
hungry just before, somehow her
presence so alfocted me that I
made hut a poor breakfast.
As we finished the poor girl
rw'o and glided aw ay again, short
)y afterwards followed by her
mother.
“i’oor girl !“ 1 said involute
tarily, and then 1 started, vexed
at my indiscretion, for the rector
laid liis hand upon my arm, say
ing softly—
“ Thank you J"
lie looked at me. a' I interpre
ted it. as if he would like to be
questioned, and 1 ventured to
say— r
“lias she been always so
■•No, no,” <aid the old man sad
l\ ; “the tlower was bright ami
vigorous ome. but a blight came
upon tt, and since then it has
TILE FIELD AND FIRESIDE.
faded slowly till it drooped as
you see it now. "Thy kingdom
<ome, thy will be done.'"
lie said those last word - in an
alnib-t inaudible tone, but 1
caught two or three, and \va- able
mentally to (ill the rest.
• I can hardly think it was that.”
said the old rector sadly, --but she
has faded away ever since this
time three years ago. when a
gentleman about your age was
down here fishing.*’
-The old story,” I said bitterly.
••No, mv friend, no ;he was
slaying at a little farm close hv,
and asked leave to lish, just as
you have, and I showed him a
trifle of hospitality. 1 believe
him to ha ve been a gentleman in
every sense of the the word, and
at times I think he must have
made a strange impression on
my poor child. He was only
here for three days, and we have
never seen him since. Perhaps
it is only fancy, and my poor
girl's ailment may proceed from
other causes. But come. I will
show you the water.”
Leading the wuy the old gen
tleman took me across the slop
ing meadows, and left me at last
by as beautiful a trout stream as
I ever saw.
■ There,'’ he said,-l wont stop,
but if there is no sign of a rise,
come and have a bit of lunch.
YVe shall dine at two, so as to
leave you free for the evening,
when the trout are sure to come
on.
Before I could utter a word of
protest he was gone; and then
with that delicious trout stream
before me. my tackle in my baud,
and the May liies darting up and
down, I, an ardent fisherman lor
got all, and sat down upon aw old
slump, trying to bring up old
memories—a halt forgotten story
told me by quaint Ralph Harley,
my old friend and companion,
who had told me to go and try
this water; old Ralph, the miso
gynist, the dry, grumpy old fel
low, who had told me one night
in his chambers in the Temple, in
one of his rare bursts of confi
dence, as we sat ul the open win
dow smoking, how he had once
seen a girl whom lie could have
loved with all his heart, but pov
erty, dread of refusal, and moral
cowardice had kept him back.
•1 have got it.!” 1 said sudden
ly, after sitting there for quite an
hour, and jumping up 1 looked
at my watch and the leaf ot a
time table. Yes, I could just do
it—catch the train up. But
could 1 get by the rectory un
seen (
1 tried and found another way
across to tin* laue by which 1 came;
and making all the haste 1 could.
1 just panted up to the little sta
tiou as the up train crawled in.
Two hours later I was in Ralph’s
room, where he was pouring over
a drv brief.
‘•Hullo,he said, looking tip.
••1 thought you were oil" Ashing."
“Yes," I said, putting on the
gross deceiver; “1 did run down
to the place you told me of.”
“Indeed !” he said, looking in
terested, hut sinking hack, half
closing his eyes, with a sad smile
upon his lip, which seemed to me
to say, “Ah! if that could have
been.'*
“Yes,” 1 continued, “the trout
are on wonderfully. May llies in
abundance. I had'nt the heart
though to lisli alone, ami so 1
came back to fetch you, w ithout
wotting aline. Come, let's start
by the first train in the morning.
You make plenty of money now .
Have a day.”
llis eyes sparkled a- lie grasp,
ed my hand.
“This i-- kind of you, old fellow .
I should enjoy it above all things
and—yes. 1 could spare a day; but
no, no." lie said sadly ; “1 won't
go.”
“Nonsense.” I cried; “you-hall
go."
“No,” he said, “that place is
associated with something very
depressing to my mind. 1 can't
go.”
••My dear Ralph." 1 said. “1
have t ome back on purpose to
fetch you, and go you must."
My persistence prerailed, and.
trembling for tlie success of my
plan to such an extent that 1 lay
awake all night for fear 1 should
miss the train, 1 rose and took my
hath at four; got Ralph off; and
we ran down by the same train as
1 had gone by on the previous
morning, my friend growing more
silent and depressed as we reach
ed the station and walked toward
the rectory.
“It’s just three rears since 1 was
down here," he said sadly, as we
approached the copse. ••How
sweetly the birds -dug."
1 manoeuvred so that be should
go tirst, having for excuse the uar
lowness of the dew-sprent path ;
and as I hoped, soil fell about,for
letting him get a few yards iuad
vanee. I hung hack as Ralph
turned the corner by the stile,
when there was a wild cry, a sharp
ejaculation, and I saw poor Laura
literally leap to Ids breast and
netle there.exclaiming “At last,
at last 1"
-Mv poor girl,” he cried in fa!
tering tones, astounded, delight
ed. and ended bv clasping her
tightly to him. a- -In* exclaimed
jevously—
-It has been so long, but 1
kiW-w you would come at last.”
“ Here, quick ! quick!” cried
Ralph. “She has fainted.”
It was quite true ; and bet ween
us we carried the poor girl to the
rectory, from whence the gar
dener went galloping oil on the
rector's cob for the doctor, three
miles a way
But Lama wanted no doctor;
and a short time later I left bel
lying oil the sofa, holding Ralph’s
hand tightly in both of hers, as
he knelt by her side, lelliug her
again and agaiif how he had al
ways loved her but had never
dared hope—words that made her
eyes brighten and her hart palpi
tate with joy.
*• And this is why you didn’t
come back yesterday.” said the
old gentleman, with his voice
shaking as he clung to my hand.
•• And we-we-wt* kept the
ducks till they were quite spoiled,
sobbed the aid lady. “Oh dear,
oh dear! 1 don’t know what I'm
saying, only Clod bless you for
this! Clod bless you for this!”
and she threw her arms round mv
• ••
neck and kissed me as if I had
been her son.
I ran away at last, 1 felt so
ready to act like a child : and the
basket of trout 1 killed that day
was a marvel.
It was getting dark when I
strolled back, heavily laden, to
the rectory, to hear that the dot
tor had been and gone away.
“Smiling, sir, smiling,” said the
old rector to me, as I remember
ed that I had thought she wanted
none.
And I was right ; for Laura—l
am privileged to call my dear old
friend’s wife by her Christian
name—soon grew strong and well
her mental weakness passing a
way with her return to bodily
health. They have a charming
cottage near the rectory, where 1
sta\ when 1 go down to fish; and
they have four little girls who al
ways call me unde, but when
there i< a bov he is to be called in
mv honor.
il ea ven's Sweet Missionary.
A growing flower was given to
a sick girl. In trying to take care
of it. the family made changes in
their way of living. First, they
cleaned a window, that more light
might come to its leaves; then
they would open the window that
fresh air might help the plant to
grow. Next, the clean window
made the rest of the room look
so untidy that they used to wash
the floors and walls and arrange
the furniture more neatly. This
led the father of the family to
mend a broken chair or two,which
kept him at home several even
ings. After the work was done,
he stayed at home instead of
spendiughis leisure hours at the
tavern, and the money thus saved
went to buy comforts for them all.
As the home grew attractive, the
whole family loved it better than
ever before, and grew healthier
aud happier with their flowers.
Thus the little plant brought a
great blessing.
CiKOKiua is to have a paper call
ed t lie Okeefenokean The J implc
eute and Pee Dee Bee can hide
their diminished heads.
J. B. O’NEILL & 00.
Post Silft of the Public Square,
M VRIF.TTA, GEORGI A
DKAI.GK* IN
ALL KIXDS OL
FAUILT ti&OCMS & COTOT PRODUCE
Marietta, Sopr. -I, 1877. ly
K. 4. IRW IN. A. CI.AY .
IRWIN A OLAY,
Attorney* at
41 rill attend to the practice of law in
> > Cobh arnl adjacent cnuiftlei,
All collection* entrusted to them will
lie met with prompt attention, Office
over M’Clatchy’* store, west *lde Puh
lic Square,
.Marietta, August 7. I*.
W. 0. GREEN,
Watchmaker & Jeweller.
UAKJKTTA. JhL OKoKol A.
4 I.SO, dealer in Clock- of every de-
scriptioii. Repairing ol Watches,
Clocks, etc. a specialty. satisfaction
guaranteed, sign of Big Watch, west
side Public Square. ~ out 2
J. M. Wilson.
MAM I A* T 1 RLE 111
TIN \ SHEET IKON
A\H
Wooden Wares.
~g| vM. liMII 1: IN J^|
STOVES. HARDWARE. LIT
I.KRY, HOUSE FI RNISII
l\Ci OOODs AND
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
KUJiKA- IM,.
Straw and Feed Cutters.
Corn Shellers,
Turning Flows,
YVheel Barrow-.
Rakes, Shovel-.
Hoes, (trass Scythes.
Flow-, Flow Stocks, Ac.
Also,
Syrup Mills,
Of ti Superior J lukr.
POCKET A TABLE (T ILERY.
A M >
< aipeulei-’H Supplies.
Many Varieties of Wooden Ware.
AH these mid many other valuable ar
ticles sold on best possible terms.
Marietta, duly 3, 1877. ly
< obi* Kht-riil’N sah '..
VITIT.I. HE Mil.l*, before the Court
\\ llou-e door, in the City of Mari
etta, Cobh county, Georgia, on the first
Tuesday in MARCH next, between the
legal hours of sale, the following pro
perty, to wit:
Two unimproved enclosed tots of
Land, in the city of Marietta, Cobh
county, each lot containing a tout one
acre, more or less, hounded on the north
by property of Dr. T. .s. Stewart, south
by property of Mrs. (1. If. Gilbert, west
by Oassville street, and oast by ihe Wes
tern and Atlantic railroad, levied on as
the property of A. Howell to -atisft
three 11. fas. in favor of Leake A Hunt,
G. V\ . Hammett for the use of W . T.
W.d. Winn,and W. I*. Anderson A Sun.
Also, thirty live acres of Lot Land
-Vo. and eleven acres of Lot No. 413
in tin- 17th district and 2d section of Hie
county of Cobb, levied on as t lie prop
erty of Penny K. Fleming to satisfy a
ti. fa. in favor of Thomas P. Whitfield.
Also, forty acres of land in southeast
corner of Lot No. 23, in the 20rh district
and 2d section of Cobb county, levied on
a* the property of T.O. Shetley, to sat
isfy a li. fa. in favor of R. Hir'sch.
Also, two Store Rooms on Cherokee
street, in the city of Marietta, one of said
stores now occupied by R. W.,X E. Shu
gart as a beef market, and the other oc
cupied by M. R. l.yon as a grocery store,
levied onas the property of H. B.Wallis
to satisfy a ti. fa. in favor of Tom me v,
Stewart A Beck.
Also, the north half of l.ot of Land
Xo. 863, and the north hall'of l.ot No.
866, in the 16th district and 2d sect ion, of
Cobb county, each half containing 20
acres, more or less, levied on as the pro
perty of Abram Thornton to satisfy a li.
fa. in favor of Joseph Elsas.
Also, two Lots of Land, known as the
Tan Yard place, numbers not known,
w hereon Robert Campbell's chair facto
ry is situated, in the 16th district and 2d
section of Cobh county, levied on as the
property of C. D. Phillips to satisfy a li.
fa. in favor of Cherokee Lodge, 1.0.0. P.
Also, one vacant Lot on Roswell street
in the city of Marietta, and containing
one acre, more or less, levied on as the
property of W. ll.'Tueker, to satisfy a 11.
fu. in favor of Lemuel Black.
Also, one House and l.ot in I lie eit> of
.Marietta, lot containing 11 'o acres, more
or less, being the place w hereon Dr. X.
M. Cooke now resides, levied on as the
property of said X. M. Cooke tn-atislY
a It. fa. in favor of J. T. Davis.
Also, ten shares of the capital stock of
the Marietta Paper .Manufacturing Com
pany, levied on as the property of 11. M.
Hammett, to satisfy a ii. fa. iti favor of
John H. Boston, hearer.
Also, Lots of Land No*. 316, .117, 3H,
300, 361,388, -105, and the south half of
No. 333, all in the 17th district and id
section, Cohh county, levied on ns the
property of A. Howell to satisfy a ti. fa.
in favor of William Kirkland.
Also, one House and Lot in the city of
Marietta, being the place w hereon A.
Howell now resides, levied on as the
property of said A. 1 towel 1, to satisfy
two ii. fas. one in favor of .1. C. Nich
ols A: Brother, and the other for -fate
and county taxes.
Also, one Gin House and Mill, and all
the machinery, including one pair mill
stones at W. A A. railroad depot, con
nected w ith the same, and the Lot of
Lam! w ith two oilier small buildings
thereon, lot containing eight acres more
or less, it heingall the land owned by A.
Howell on theeastsideof the W. A A.
railroad, in the city of Marietta, levied
on as the pl'operty rif A. Howell to satis
fy twoti. fas. in favor of Win. Kirkland
for the use of officers of court, and the
other in favor of L.C. & W. C. MeLel
lan. W . P. STEPHENS, shff.
L M. GOODMAN & CO.
DEALERS IN
FERTILIZERS,
HAVE ON HAND,
At lilt
Old Printing Office Building.
BRIGHTON'S
UMOMITEII KIU BUM
Superphosphate.
M VDE BY
George Upton. Boston. Mass.
AND
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AM MOXI.VTFD
DISSOIA El) lil)\ E
PHOSPHATE.
Will HE SOLD OX
fkt most inode fate teems foe cash
Marietta. J uly 3,1377. ly
THK HELD i\l! FIMAIMi.
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LAND BUYERS.
| A.M offering for -ale, a neat little
. 1 Farm, containing 7*) acre.* of good
j red land, newly settled, with a good
l rained dwelling, kitchen, stable.*,cribs,
and all necessary out-houses, all built !u
the last three years: a young orchard of
150 choice frui: trees. ’l'iiis land pro
duce* everything raised in thiffeountrjr.
There will be no repairing needed for
several years; twenty-live acres of opeu
land, nearly half fre*h land, none worn
out. For further particulars, applv to
the undersigned on the place, six miles
i west of Marietta, on i he Sand town road.
nov 13—it ASA DARBY.
GREEN
Maiming & Barker.
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M A HI ETTA, GEOHGIA,
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work in their line, of business as
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I where. Buggies and Wagons made or
repaired in rlo- )>■[ -tylc of workmau
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mosi reasonable term*. Plantation work
ami repairing done cheaply ami atshot t
notice, and in a satisfactory manner.—
Rlaekamithlng executed with despatch.
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satisfation. ap 3-ly
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Work, at short notice, and at pri
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