The Greensboro patriot [February 26, 1879]

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Established in 1821. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2ft 1879. New Series No. 667.
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.»l ioy a diclaralioii ol aileclion has been
frightened oil l>y KUIMI wrong note suug in
Ihe treble of the duel, which put itoutof
h oniony.
< yiniiia. though so pretty a girl, and so
. experienced in the ..n ol saying "no," lo
au offer ..I marriage, had yet a g.HHl deal
lo learn in her own craft; a. il, indued, no
experience ever primes a woman lor the
de. isive moment. Bach case must la; met
on principle, and not on precedent. K in
our business lo diacovur, in this story of
"Snip Snap" how htr prell} Cynthia
prohled by the experience ahe prided her
-•II upon in the rejection of her lovers.
It wai I mellow auiumn morning, and
a russei glow had lingeil the Wood* at Ike
hark ..I squire Simpson's homestead. Ii
wa> Seth lajgait 8 wedding day. He was
'" marry, that evening, Sueie Chase—a
hiniling little roan-bod oi a wile, lo whom
he lound plenlj of Lhingato aay, aaaweel
lo Buaie'a nan an lo her lipa bit maple
candy, t'yutbia, as one of her
Irienda, »«., to be brideamalfl; and aa
wiabuil lo chine thai night, iu all
bravery, ami wanted some new nhl
lor hei heatl dreaa, this want leiupie.
»broad, a little alter Boon, when
harveat-flelda were quiet and Uie v ..
iixen stood relieved from labor, leisure
Chewing Ike -sweet morsel reserved
thai soil, sunny hour id' reat, as me
business use lo do the thought of the
l.it.r written by the hand they lo
the burden ol the day is laid asid
linn it a|wrt(wuh all da woman's ii
sense, and naif unreasonable ram
jiurolrorn the contact of the pile of yell
leilera lying on tkeir desk—"Seringa upon
the shrine of Jupiter Mammon.
Our puny Cynthia tripped along her
palll, scattering a cloud ol grasshopp.™
1 and eriikets. as she Hepped; aud in her
| Billy little pride of belkhuod her heart
held, though she would not have eon
less) I Ike thought, that her relative value
her i rowd ol beaux was iu the
"I hn|ie ahe may be all yon wish her.
Mr. Handy. We will go now, it' you
please, ii you kave rtnishe.l my garland "
"It ianol ready for you yet, ' iaiil Handy,
paaainii it over one arm while he look her
hand. ••Cynthia, beloved 1 yon must listen
lo Ine,'
She drew her hind away, hut lie look it
■gain, ami resumed. 'ion mil-l let me-lt
el its pulaes beatagainst my baud, while
I tell you the secret of my tilt of my lite,
tor 1 have always loved you. I loved you
when you were a blooming little eirl, ami
we lioih went to BCbool lo K/ekia- |{eed.
dear ('ynlhia. 1 have loved you againot
ho|.i—at times against my better reason.
1 have hesitated to tell you this, iHscause
encumbrances on my hum made my po-sin,
m less than I bat which 1 though! •'. ghl
to I* offereil to you. I have watched you
with your other admirers; and, in some
moments, have not thought Ibatany other
had your preference; ao that
have i:,ken their chain e la-lore me. This
whether, notwithstanding mv lovt
you. I shall think it right loeay il.
shall think. Today has shaken mi con
til. nee in you. As I said before, I -hall
make yon no Amber oiler; but, it'I make
up my mind lo renew the one I have jus)
mads you, I shall say Snip! during I he
evening; and if you answer Snap: 1 shall
understand it is lavorably received by you.
Mind,' he added, "I think it doubtful
Tor
I llll
going into Ihe-nelds to'meditate till even
tide' upon my course, and I may bring
back the conviction, thai for Ike present
rejection of my suil I ougkl lobemnck
obliged lo yon. Nor shall I say Snip!
more than once. In this uncertainly I
have the mailer to your consideration."
"Whet impertinencel" tkougkt Cyntkhv
•1 never heard of suck a thing!" And sac
begun lo cry, standing alone npoa ihe
highway, holding kerhop-wreath in her
hand.
••1 don't knowWhat I had belter do, I
wish he had taken some other wav of
spiaking lo me. Oh: why should lie In-come
with Tommy
Chase. 11. a only elevcu, but he's lull of
ins age."
And now Cynthia found herself In the
bride a chamber. The prciiv littl.
hud, blushing in '
and going to he v>
well, ii takes a good deal more sense than
usie had to I* unhappy in life when
11-
ol
her wedding mui
•y happy, because.
rose
her, ind sopped embarrassed,
was holding up a hm fold in Ihedn
hut paitnei in blue
'•III knew when i„ flr.l a needle and
thread, said the authoress, with a half
leok at the bridesmaid.
•■1 know. I.ei m,. i^w It up for von "
•aid Cynthia.
Her pride had left hi r. She felt humbled
to Ihe dust. It would be a relief to d<
api tttrance which these cHlea present.
It would scarcel] tax the imagination to
sup|H>se a Bavqaemde in llnse Btr.ets
'T a loitriiaiiient in these old murk. I-raosu-
ea. The women Still draw water
from wells, or
pit. heron bead.i
Inventor pr..|»'ses to produce, so that
ordinary enrriages drawn by boraea
willle illuminated by electricity sup-plied
by tin- rotary motion ol t1. Ir
w I ,. I-; ha on olive.-, while ill motion,
!!■' t» the fountain, *'" 'Mthi up the tralua tliey draw, and
icenturicsagn. There eteamehlpa supply tbemetlvee with
had taste, and Cyuihia among lu-r "girls
had a reputation for geod-nature. Her
Ijngers tail, d her as she pinned (be wed
ding wreath, and she trembled more than
•'"■ bridu did when the buggy that had
animation faded from the young I ^StSs^SSukZl!^d?J!!l""'""i1
authoress's fa, a, M she looked down ,„, [ ,"'■"', i "'' "'"; 'he..»te*rt « «!«''
Cyntbl.1 s quivering lip, and saw a bin ! - "k :" "' ""' ''"" l-'r"u"- lkl'
tear fall u|«in her sewing,
some
|elty, i" young and gcntleiuauli slrun-ger
win. bad just auvetl the former's
ii. in drowning: 'Sir. I wish lo
I.I same
ahneaa of
■. . iocs torth
uwi I he l.-ve
i ,.. n- in Ihe
- ilraid lo risk
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loon, in a
i was a and pre
• n . .. disci in
. -- nut upon
- . plllsed
; - «ri I, with
- on the alei Ve of
- ol unltl. acbi o
.! to hers. It wuat a fool
.'... -t bow be
tin ..In h lie found
dare to think
.-. luent—
I'.Hii belli
ud gazed
li aaa open,
- is a mind like
I i'. li r.
proportion as thai ol one woman to many
grasshoppers,
At a turn in the path she came suddenly
on one of tltese admirers—Frank Handy,
frank a face Hushed. He had been think
ing ol her when -he surprised him—
thinking of her all that dav and through a
sleepless night; and iu those hours the
Cynthia of hi-fancy had smiled on him.
and laid hei genlie hand in his, and had
been gathered lo bis heart—ii was a shock
income thu- suddenly upon ao dill renl
a sillily. At ihe moment he encountered
her, he was indulging himself in an
imaginary love scene, in which lie was
calling her. iu heart. "My Cynthia, mv
love, and at the si.iideu sight of her, ail
; such pr.-siiiii luoua faneies Hed in haste,
and hid themselves, shrinking lik. varl
tinted .oral polypes when danger ap-proiiiie.—
each into the recesses of ii.
. cell.
■ I beg your pardon. Hiss Cynthia,"
| he said, stammering before he gathered
—■•.—ion. and accustomed him-elt
1 r preaence. "I was on mv wav to
make you a sail. If you will allow
t me, I will Mini round and walk with
; you."
ir the kind of woman who will better instincts, as sue threw herself upon "ervice, tried t
i
.
on in the
.ii In io.k inio Ihe
1 he II, "did
ling her
ai it dumurelv
S .
Darn il I wish
Bii IS. li in his own
i knows what I
i.l she mi'jht In Ip me lo say
Il n ighl 'lii< before
.: : n sill d lobor
irgei experi
i out of Ihe
! to sink
no give the world
- ui in,a ho oiler. ,1
gh with if
Seth, at
v IDS own re-pretty
' yn
• now!"
a lhhiins.li;
- I'hielni- Apollo
-'liesl ii. r.lleclion
' ... HI -li line," site
■ lin- she sal
■ :i "■- lo cat." and
i- even his hluul per.
■ her attention w is
; .n tin shirl . .
•■ .ii -hi was at
I !■ - lie.I up the
iii.-i made up
.. to give
ui Cynthia
I Selh, noi ris-
II. 'I oil' his long.
... HI. hed
. I,, and an
> -.. in-r—
evel so ' as
' ',•■• -. d the
i ire fond of
I Set risine, "the
I II tr_i and bring you a
'me, behind his old
I r. ikon I
I gal who sees a
- - seat helps him." And
"I nil not going fitr, Mr. Frank, only
into the village, for some ribbon lor my
hair, and gentlemen dislike shopping :'
(knowing perleclly well lhai he would go
with her .
"1 know w here a wild hop-vine grow.. '
said be. ii would make a much prettier
oiniin.ni for your bail than any ribbons
you could buy in Ihe village."
"And will you gel inc some?"
"Turn Ibis way into ihe woods, and
spare me Indian hour while I twisi it Into
a wreath I am going awav rmm here to-morrow,
perhaps. I have- men oil'red
a profeworahip in a school of aarncul-lure
'
"Indeed. Mr. Handy.'
There wai a pause, and Cynthia re-
-iiiind. a little hurriedly: "I should ihink
you would like goin* away from here
Tliere is nothing to tempi a younggentle-man
to remain among us."
"I shall like it, in some respects, better
than my present life,"said dandy. "This
larmer's life, where there.ire no higher in
teresta lo accoin|«ny it. does not draw out
Ihe be-i energies of a man. Ilis nature,
like his thoughts, goes round and round
iu ihe routine, like a squirrel iu itscags,
and makes no progr. s-
• This man thinks higher things than 1
think. ' was Cvnthia'a ihoughi as he said
tliia. and. for a moment, she felt humbled
in bis presence: but shs rallisd her pr«-
lens -.: -. r. iiiein'ii ieii her bellehood and
her e piests, and the light in which she
always had been looked upon by all ker
lovers, and waaalmoal disjs.-ed t.. revenge
upon Prauk Handy ihe nansinfi feeling of
inferiority Frank BI.»..1 in silence, twin-ing
the hop wreath lor her head. He did
not B|H-ak. His thoughts were bui-ied
with the words tint be would sav lo her
win n he broke silence lie um satisfied
lo have her wailing at his side—waiting
lor ihe hop-wreath, wiihits pale green
bells, that he was i wining leisurely, and
Cynthia grew impatient as she found he
did not s|ieak lo her. She addressed him
several queationa, which he ausw.-ied
w iih an air nt preoccupation. She wan-dered
from his side a few yards among the
r.n ks, turning over with her foot some
pebbles coi'ered with gray and orange
moss, and disturbing all the swarm ol busy
Insect lilc. which made Ha home there
I he influences of the day stole into her
heart, and made her answers more soft and
natural.
Ai last Handy broke silence, calling her
to him. as she SLKKI watching the stir
which the poini of her !'.s>i h.nl produced
in an am hill.
"Miss i 'ynthia."
•'Is it finished?'1 she said, quickly.
■Not the garland—but Ine struggle in
my br.ast is finished. I have been ques-tioning
with myself whether I should say
io you w hat 1 am aiMiui to nay.
Cynthia gathered a 1. af. and la".-an
slow ly io i.ar iqairt its delicate veins and
llbres.
Miss Cynthia, is it pleasant to you In
li iv. a man say he lo.es you?"
•I don i know, Mr lla'n.ly. I suppose
so. Th.t is. I think it is very embarras-sing
soinelime-.''
■•Why embarrassing. Hiss Cynthia?"
He was inking her on a new lack. It
was dill', rent from anvthing she had ever
before experi. need She did not like this
\\,,y of hav ing his offer.
"It is embarrassing when I know that
my only answer can la' Xo/'she said,
haikiug him in the lace a moment, and
then easting her eyes upon the lime leaf
she was dissecting*
"It would be more embarrassinu. I
think, if you wars uol so sure," be said.
might be offered lo your aeceptanc
Cynthia. Ifyon will lay'this little hand in
mine" (and he let il fall, but stretched out
his hand towards her). "I will strengthen
you, and elevate you, and guide you.
Von shad la- a woman of higher rank (as
Uod ranks woman), for your union witha
man's stronger, Headier," and more -in-].
minded nature; and. Cynthia, your in
ttuence for good on me will be incalculable.
Who can estimate what a Ulan owes to I he
affection ol a woman! All that I have in
ine thai is good will 1H- doubled by your
influence. You musi draw forth—perha|is
cr at.—ihe gentleness, delicacies, and ihe
tendernesses thai complete the manI)
character."
He ionised, and Cynthia st.ss! with her
hand hidd.i. in the folds ol u.-r uunili
"No. " she said slow ly ; "I am „.rry. Mr.
Handy, bin I cannot be what you wish io
you."
The--e was an embarrassed silence be-tween
inein for a few moments, and then
C\ in uia. gathering courage with her rising
pride, continued:
"1 am not good enough to answer your
expectations, .Mr. Handy. Vou must look
elsewhere f.
sali-Iy you.
Handy started, and his face flushed
eagerly. He was about to speak. Cynthia
caught the lighting of bis eyes; but when
they rested on her face, he said i hat her
words were nol wholly siucere. aud ihe
look faded.
"Vou are not dealing (airly with me.
Miss Cynthia, nor yd with your own
heart," he said, a little bitterly. "You
are not convinced of what you said ibis
moment. You think in your heart I am
a foolish fellow, ami ihat I ask too much.
Von do net think that Cynthia Simpson
rails abort of the reasonable ideal of any
man "
"I don'i know whyyou should say such
thing-." said Cynthia, growing angry and
nearly ready lo cry. It was Ihe IIrat time
any oiler had beer made to her which had
n..i left behind it a self-satisfied feeling.,''
triumph; and yet here was Frank Handy.
a- incomparably superior to aov other
suitor she had ever h das. ... u>ell, no
matter.
"Miss Cynthia,'' laid Frank, "when a
man loves a woman, as I have long lined
you. he singles her out from the whole
world as his representative i fwomanhood;
and there is thai in her before whick be
Is.ws down, doing homage 10 the woman s
nature w ithill her. Bui this does not imply
unconsciousness of her faults, lie may see
where she comes short of her own capa-bility.
And that marriage is true union in
which Ihe husband, up to whom she looks,
and on whom she should lean strengthens
iier belter ill its struggle against her worn i
nature.
They were walking towards the home-stead,
and walking fast. I'ynthia was
angry, disturbed, and mortified. Was this
a tune to dwell upon her faults? She ad-mitted
that she had some. Vague confes-sion!
by no means implying lh.it Cynthia
knew tha', at Ihat moment, she was proud,
vain. Insincere, and petulant, and thai she
d angel. "I only want to leach him I
the future to behave. He iaa presuming,
exacting, sell conceited fellow."
"Have you ever, in the course of your
experience." said the g.ssl angel, "Been
any other man like Frank? Ha- nol the
conversation of ibis very day raised htm
io a height iu your esteem .... which is
... which must be ... almost.... That
is, he stands before you in a light in which
no other man hasevurslood before?"
"I don't believe he loves me," said her
perverse heart, "or else he would have
taken a greal deal more pains lo win
me"
"Ah!" said the good angel, "what bet-ter
love can a man give than thai which
sea your faults aud strengthens you
ag.inst them? True, be has act his ideal ol
womanhood so high thatyou do not come
up to it: but he sees in yoii capabilities for
gissl. beyond those ofotoer w en, though
to ihe height of your capabilities you bav.
never attained.'
"Oh" 1 sl.all he a worse woman and an
unhappy Woman, il I do nul love Frank
Handy, and ii Frank Handydoes not love
me.''said her heart, now turning to il
her little, while, dimity-covered bed. _.
I.crown chamber, aud, shutting out Ihe
lighl from her eyes, thought what life
would be if Frank never said tjnipl—
Fiank. who was even then Walking In the
ti.lds. trying to think ail the harm lie could
of tier.
Here she lay, and cried, and disquieted
her-.li in vain And she thought overall
the good -he had ever heard of Frank
Handy, and—sirange!—that though il
seemed to her he had the good word and
go.nl opinion of .very man who knew him.
" h.d ever quite seemed lo appre-ciate
him lo Ins lull value. Perhaps lie
had u.-v.-r shown his inmost heart to other
people as he bad to her. Her wounded
fee,ing seized upon the balm the found in
si,en a thought. Frank was nol a man to
put forth his pretensions. She had
wronged him very much in calling him
conceited and presuming He had sp..k. n
only what he had a right to think ala.ui
In- own sin. erityinndoh; how she wished
he co ild ihink a great deal better of her.
Iiurini; Ihe burst of tears that followed
this reflection, the greet farm lea bell
mng Cynthia sprain: from her bed and
wiped her.y.s. If she looked as if she
bad been crying, might not sonic one say
she was lulled to lose Selh Taggart?
Selll Taggart, indeed: She wasn't going
locry for losing any man. And thu evil
spin)- resumed theil sway.
So Cynthia went down stairs towering
in pride and w rath. She had half a mind
not to goto the wedding. No, she could
not do ihat. People would certainly saj
things she would not like about her and
Selh Targgan, if she staid sway. Il was
delicate ground with her. this'matter of
Seih Taggart'a, because he had never
mi.de her any iffer. "I think men treat
women shamefully," said Cynthia in her
thoughts, summing up all her wrongs at
"•. as she sat at the lea-table, priming
herself with pride against the weakness
' er courage giving
turn her head; and she opened the doorol | I I run
Ihe room, where the bridei'mom and his
men were Caged, with an air in which as
aumci Indifference was strongly marked,
and aai.l. "Gentlemen, we arc ready,"
w ith a loss thai sent Ihe hop-bell, dancing
in her head.
seth. long and lean, and shiny, in hut
Wedding suit us a snake in a new skin,
took little Susie on his awkward aim.
Fiank Handy, quite collected, and self
possessed, ..Hired bis to Ihe bridesmaid,
and Ihey followed the bride and bride-groom
int.. the beat parlor. Cynthia and
Prank were panel, when they took their
places for the ceremony. It 'was only a
moment that she leaned upon his arm;
inn thai moment guv.- her a new sensa-tion.
It was a pride, such as no woman
need ba ..shame.! of. in resting upon man'.
strength. HUarm did not tremble, though
all her nerves seemed twittering like
wires stretched, and suddenly let loose.
He seemed ao strong, so calm, so self-col- ,
le. led. and so dignified, that she began to '
feel her own unworlhiuess, am! lo mis ;
trust h.-r |H.wer.
She cast her eyes down durinc the
bring her rebel nerves un-der
control she heard nothing, and saw-no
one. The minister had blessed them
both, and kiss.-.l the bride. Everybody
cams round the pair with salutations.
The kissing was rather indiscriminate.
S.-th claimed the privilege of kissing all
the cirls. and of course be kissed Ihe
bridesmaid. Ilis former sensation of "all
over—ever so' translerred itself til her in
a different way. She would a. SISIU have
kissed a clam.
"Cynthia, you and Frank bring in the
cake. You seem lo forget all you have
got to do," said one of the young girls of
lie- party.
"I rank: Here: Tour bridesmaid's wait
ing, and I declare. 1 don't believe you
er, and her career of belle
She. who was n.t good enough
lo keep a good man's heart when she had
won it, would set herself to her new task
of self improvement. She would have her
dear old father's love, and live at home,
and little children, loo. should learn to
love her. And then, perhsos, someday,
when they both grew old, Frank Handy
might, perhaps, see thai hi. 1 ad judged
her hastily, and not be glad, as he was
now. tha- sin. had rejected him. A; least,
■very imi lovemeiit in her would be due
to his influence, though unseen: and an.
even in her lonelv lite. In- would nut be
altogether dissociated fmm her. She sat
in the dark, with her haiidsclaspcd lightly erully
over her burning forehead.
She heard voice- iii ihe passages. The
parly wa> breaking up. People were be-ginning
lo g... Oh! why had she stayed
alone su long: Perhaps during Unit hour
Frank might have changed bis mind.
She had d. priced herself of the oppor-tunity.
She started up and hurried out amongst
the company. They were all sitting their
cloak-and shawl-.ui. Prank, in hi-great
cat. was standing impatiently at the
house door.
"Please In tell her thai my buggy has
conic upflrst," he said lo someone, us
Cynthia presented herself iu the puss
age.
"I am ready." stfid the lady in blue.
presenting herself.
Frank raised his hat to the company;
and t.s.k her on his arm.
"Sbnl up thai door." said somebody;
"and don't let tb« night air iulo the
bouse."
Bo the door closed with a jar thai went
lo l'\ nl bias very heart. She turned aside
and tried lo help some of the >.:irls to tin.l
their s awls and hooda. "Every lassie
had her laddie," Cynthia only had no one
In lake her home, bhc asked T
relation to brigade and apparatus to ar-rest
the flames. The extinguishment
ol tirea is undertaken hj private corps.
who. Hi. ugh gem rly pretty prompt in
responding to an alarm, are bj no
means hasty in goin-mi,i action, for
their rule of business is lir-t to ar-range
as to the rale of remuneration
lor tin ii- assistance, and unless the
properly Owners Comply with their de-mands,
they will permit the lire to
tnge. and gaze upon the destruction
with comiioaiir.- until the tortured
proprietors yield to their exactions.
alter ihe alarm Is given—which gen
proceeds from the police, win
—The eruption of mud at the fool ol
Mount -Lina continui s. and a smoking
lake of steadU) increasing dimensions
has is en formed. I'roleaaor Stlvtstri
s tyi there are t..... kind- ..i craters
one iu constant activity, emitting mud-dy
at .1 oil) water, with I ihalatlous ol
carbonic acid; the othei Intermittent,
emitting with subt. i raoean noi-. a vol-umes
of ibi. k i mud.
— A farmer al Arnold, England, be-ll
u enraged at the pn e. nee ol skat, ra
on his pond, conceived the hril
idea of breaking up the lee bj harness-ing
a hone to it li'i.V) :r<.n loiter and
diivingovei it. The experiment was
eniineiill] succirslul, and I ul fol the
assistance ol the skaters he end Ihe
lior-e aould have remained al the hot-with
their iron-tipped staves strike the
pavement, ami then in a loud voice
proclaim the district when- the Are is
burning—ihe Bremen proceed to the
si cue bearing their machine upon ih.ir lo1" ttl""s.' """ ""' roller,
shoulders, and when they reach their —The Continental OazehV, published
destination the ueuuliatu-u for extm* ' in Paris, says: "There are l -'.u
guisbiueni is commenced, and is very
Ircqu. ntiy not concluded, until House
after house is reduced to ashes. It
seems incredulous that such a state of
things s||OUid exist on, at least, the
borders of civilization, that the safely
or destruction ora citi should be allowed
to depend upon the humor ol a hand-ful
ol BCOUndrels wholly insensible to
llicoi-.iinarydutiesofhuinaiiiiy. litil so
il is, and even Constantinople is under
the protection aguinsl Hie of a corre-sponding
group of incendiaries, who,
by liu.-ii sordid conduct, dew rve to
perish in the flames they rcltiae to
quencb.-/.isurvinrs Journal.
have taken the privilege of the kiss you are t base to walk home with her. and bei
was crushing down Ihe better feelings of | liefore which she fell li
her heart, lo give she victory within her
to ihe worst. If Handy wanted her, she
thought, he might was. her with more n
sped to her pretensions. And he ihould
woo her. If he loved her as he aatd lie
did, she knew her power was great. He
should bring Ills homage noi coldly lo the
womanhood within her. but to hsrBelf—to
Cynthia Susan Simpson, in spite of the
full display of alt h.r laulls, and even in
opposition lo his lietier reason. She was
MM lo la. defrauded ol her triumph, and it
would be agrealone, indeed, if she forced
biui, by ncr faults themselves, tosurrender
at discretion.
They reached the stepB over 1 lie stone
fence which led on to the highway. Iu
their path lay a disabled grasshopper.
Frank set his foot on il and crushed it
(irmly. "Miss Cynthia." said lie. "few
women have the courage to treat reject
ed suitors thus. Il is the true humani-ty-
"
He hel|»ed her over the steps, and
paused, lie t.s.k the bop-wreath carefully
from hi- arm. and gave it into lu-r band-
She look il with an indifferent air, and. as
Bhe t.s.k it. crushed some of ihe green
blossoms. She would have treated liiin
with more courtesy (bad Frank bul know u
il). if she had been entirely indiderenl lo
his admiration.
-■Miss Cynthia," flsi.l be. now in a
grave and measured tone, which, in spite
of herself, impressed her with a sense of
the powerlessness of her little arts when
brought into conflict with his self-posses-sion
and sincerity. "I know very well how
yon have dealt by many men. and I am
nol disposed to "fall into the ranks, and
take mj chance a ng your many other
patient suitors. Ii is true, that ihe wound
th t you inflict on me will leave its scar
for life; but I cannot make my -elf r.-pc.t
an offering even loyon. And if yon have
the feelings of true nobleness, which 1
have- always fancied I discerned in you,
iron would respect me. esteem me, love me
ess. for such a Sacrifice. I shall never
offer myself again to you." Cynthia
started. * Slight aad rapid as her move-ment
was, bs saw it. and repeated, "I
awav.
"Cynthia. I reckon you'd best go and
dress you,' said her mother, as she was
clearing away Ihe table after lea, "you
leave the things, and III wash up and
put away. It will take you some lime
lo fix yourself, and you ought to be Ibcre
early, if vou are going lo Bland up with
>..■ "
"Who's the groomsman. .Miss Brides*
maid?' said her father.
"Frank Handy, sir," said Cynthia, with
a toss of her head.
"Ila' Handy?" said her father, "a right
clever fellow is Frank. It'll la- a lucky-woman
he stands up with to be married
to."
Cynthia escaped to her own room, and
she begun to cry again. There: her hither
spoke well ol Vr.nk; but nobody could
know him as well as she knew him. oh:
it he only would conn- back. Why hsdn t
sin- know n the stale of her own heart that
morning? Hut he took her so by surprise,
and all her evil feelings had got up|s-r-iiio-
t at Ihe moment. It would la- v. ry
cruel of him -very—not to try her again.
Thus she thought, until she w.« suili
cienlly advanced in ber toilet to put her
w r a ii on. Should -he wear il? Would it
not be confessing loo much, if he were to
-ee it iu In-r hair? She I.H.ked for Some
ribbons in her drawer, but at this moment
h.-r Miller called her. and said. IfshwCame
quick he would drive h.-r over to Susie's
before he unliarneaaed his old mare. So
she pur on ihe hop wreath in a hurry, giv-ing
it lb.- benefit o' her doubt, and it-trembling
green b. lls mixed with the
light curl- ..I her pretty sunny hair.
"Where did you get thai thing from?"
sa.d her father. "It's mighty tasty, I de-clare.
Give me a kiss. Cynthia. I IIO|K-your
beaux will think you look kalf as
pretty us I do And it's better, my child
10 be admired by your old laiher. who
loves you, than by a crowd of foolish fel-lows,
half of whom get round a pretty girl
just like my tlia-k(.d' sheep out yonder.
one following because another is making
yp to her."
"Foolish fellows!" thsy v«r« foolish
entitled to
Frank was called away from the side of
a lady in blue, a stranger from the city,
who had been brought by some of the
guests She had no other acquaintances,
and F-siik Seemed to la- lit: i ill i, e lo
her.
"I beg your pardon. Miss Cynthia."
-aid he, turning from Ihe lady, and taking
no notice of Ihe latter part of the speech
that was addressed lo hilu. '-let us do all
that is expected of us."
Th.-y went together into the pantry,
and were tliere alone Cynthia thought.
' it he intend- to say Snip! now isthe mo-iii.
ni." Ilui Frank was intcnton arrang-ing
tin- cake on plates, and disposing them
on a large waiter. Cynthia ti-lt ready lo
cry. She l.sik refuge in silence, and the
e.ke. It may have la-en the sweet, un-wholesome
smell <•! wedding cake which
made her head ache violently.
"il is a foolish custom." said Frank, as
Ihey arranged the cake. "Foolish, that
person-, because ihey are happy, should
want lo make other folk- sick. But tit. re
is a gie.it deal of selfishness in the displaj
of newly-married happiness, as ihat casa]
by Bibs, tells us "
Frank sighed, and that sigh revived the
Courage ol Cynthia. Now she thought he
wid aay 'Snip"' Can 1 say "Suap?" Ob!
no.
She put on a little coquetry. "You will
noi have any cake at your wedding, Mr.
Prank." she said. "Everything BINHII thai
will be the perfection ol good sense and
reason."
She had not intended to la1 sarcastic
but a- the speech fell from her lips, it
sounded so. li was intling—unworthy.
She wished she had not sai.l it. Its lone
was out ofharmony with what sin- k-lt.
"Come, 'said Frank, "lei us feedtbem."
lie t.s.k one of the handles of the tray, and
Ihe brid.-maid t.s.k Ihe other. Theronm
was very merry. The cake was served
with plenty of noise, and the wine after ii.
Frank seemed lo Ije'quite self-possessed,
and
beaux could make nothing of her. She an
Bwcred their questions w rang. A rumor
ran tiiat she wa- wearing the willow lor
seih Taggart. She de. lined to dance, on
the plea that she must keep her- ll'di-.-n
gaged for her duties as a bridesmaid, and,
indeed, her head ached so she feared the
motion. Agonized by her self conscious
ncss. and with ns. I ill l<- spirit left to make
head a-ainst the reports ihal were go ug
abOUl, She COUM not bul perceive thai
Prank teemed not to remi tuber h.-r
"Who is that lady iii blue, Mr. Handy
is so taken up with1' -In -lid to one ofibe
l«iriy. Cynthia had always called him
"Frank" la-fore, but const iousnesa muhi
her now- reject tin- old familiarity.
"Oh! thai issiMnebody very wonderful
Evt rybody else is afraid t.. -p. .k to her.
She has written a Iss.k. Frank seems to
I..- rijlii down flirting with h.-r—.iis-sn t
he? T declare, now, he always wanted
BomeBndl out of ihe way. Nobisly here
wssgood enough for Fr.nk. Have you
heard he Ins been offered a professorship,
and is coing away? He fsgoing to live in
the sain-- place she docs 1 shouldn't
wonder at his conning her—should you?"
-•I don't care." said Cynthia iu ber
heart. "1 don't car*'. Oh! yes I do I care
that he should have weighed me in Ihe
balances ao calmlv this afcrrnsin. and
id
he would as s.s>n as he had Bnuie more
cake and some more supper.
Cynthia went back inio the empty
parlor, aud ml down by an open window
l.s.king on the yard. She hid h.-r f.... In
her hands. Ail sorts of thoughts went
singing through her brain; but the one
lhai presented itself.iftenest, wa- an hum-ble
resolution lhai she would try to la'
such a woman as Flunk Handy wisely
might have loved.
There was., siir among the vines ihat
draped the w indow-frame. She did not
look up. Il was the wind. She hear.I it
sieh. She lell its warm breath near her
cheek - wanner, surely, than Ihe night
wind. She lifted ber head quickly.
"Snip: ' -aid Frank's voice at her side.
It trembled; and he trembled a- In- «t ""I
with a great hope and a great fear con-lending
in his breast. Ilis self-possession
w..sall gone. The struggle bad uun* rv.-.l
him.
"Ob! Snap"" cried Cynthia suddenly.
And then, drooping her head, crowned
with the hop bells, tower and lower—
more and more humbly, lid it rested on
Ihe window sill.—he said in a broken
voice: "I know I am um worthy. Frai.k.
hut vou must leach me "
DEBT.
The first and most ruinous form of
extravagance is going in debt. There
i., nothing in the world so easy for most
people lo do—that ia if |a-ople will
trust them—as to run in debt. There
is no'hiug harder than to get out. To
excrtone'i self intensely, to practice
■elf-denlal, t»» etioure hardships lor a
future good, whose enjoyments lar
more than repay for the present trouble,
Is comparatively easy. Hut to do this
tha' we may pay for a past pleasure,
whose d iulit we shall nev- r taste
again, and which, in io iking back, we
aim >sl rezard ns a folly, this is one of
the barbs' ui-ks a man can undertake:
attentive to everybody. Cynthia'ai working to pay a debt is the hardest,
most uninspiring drudgery. Debt
[ seems; almost endowed with per|ietual
motion. Oi started, ii keeps rollim
[ on. a.ways increasing, until ii buries
1 its victim Irretrievably l«-neath its
deadening avalanche, iet lew t. mpta-tions
are greater to the natural mm
than the extravagant f going into
' debt. Il is s. peas ml. po easy. On.-
a-es something be wants, ad thinks
how much nicer, how much easier to
take il now and say charge it, than to
' go entirely without it. or Wait month*
lajlore, with scll-lctnal &fra liatd work,
1 he has saved . iiou.'h to buy and pay
I for it. Hut the thing must I* paid
! for. if you are to be an honest man.
' and more must b • paid if you take it
on cr.dit.
il should b" the principle of every-one
who would avoid failure, who
would secure proerx rity, never, never lo
go beyond his income; never, never to
run in debt. Pay as you go; slop
' niu-n you cannot pay.--'''. /•'. Btfhtr.
TAKING THINGS FOR GRANTED
Half the failures In life result from
th.- habit so many people have ..f bik-ing
tilings for granted. The business
man assumes that his credits are go.al
—he takes it for grant. ,1 n.it hi- «•[,.
knows wuat style ol living M- income
will warrant until ihe logic nl addition,
subtraction and millliplical on proves
too much tor him, and down conns bis
business in rums. The young pr .f.-s-sional
man lakes it for granted that
veneering instead ..i solid acqiiirenieiil
will enubhjahini to syeceed, because
tlieie itra so uiaiiv u.r.orioiis examples
of IIHII s risui" and maintaining them-selves
in public lilc, through pun-audacity,
native wit and an Utter lack
Of conscience. He will flu I. too late,
Hat It Won't do lo plan
career by ihe exceptions rather!
the rule. The farmer keeps no accounts
—crops his farn) according to the sea-
Bon, or last year's markets, or his
neighbor's success—tak. s u for granted
that ihe laws ol nature and ..i trad.-
wib a.c iiuiiiod ite tin maelveslo In- ne-cessities—
sinks deeper into deb:, and
wonders why forming doesn't pin.
And so on to the end: in. n every-where
want succs, with, ui paying its
price in Ihorough preparation, honest
bard work, intelligenl calculation and
foresight, patient attention lo details.
Th.v take h.r granted things wh i li a
is their business to know, and trust
that io fortune which common
and experience -l.-u d le o ti them i-coiiti-
olhd b, law.- I..,lien Hu'e.
A LIFE KIUULE SOLVED.
Once upon a tune, the coiivemtion
having turned, in the presence of llr.
Franklin, upon riches, ..ml a young
l»-r»e.n in tin- company having i ,\
pr. - . .1 In- -urpli-. 11 at I ■ . - ., ;
ev.-r Is- attended wiib such an auxh ty
and solicitude, instant ing one of frit
qu lint am es, who t ...u b n p. « . skion
oi unbounded wealth, vet was as bus)
and more anxious than the -t as-siduous
cl.-rk in his counting-b'iUl :
the doctor t'.-.k an apple and pre* DtC 1
it t-.a little child, who could just tot-ter
about tin- 1. i. The child could
scarcely grasp it in it s hand. II. than
gave it another, which occupied ihe
nth r hand. Then cboosiuR a lb id. i. -
m.iik.i.i.- in size and beauty, be pre-sented
thata'-o. The child, after many
ineffectual attempts to hold the Ihreo,
dropped the las) on Ihe carpet, and
bint* Into tears. "> «■ i-i'-ie," .- ij I tin
philosopher. "Pier, is a little man With
more riches than he can enjoi "'
CURIOSITIES QF LIFE.
Lay your Anger on your pulse, and
know that ,.t every stroke some im-mortal
pHFSeS lo bis Mak-r -olne Li-tres
in F.urope. divid.d as follows
i un Hi. different countries: Italy,
ills; France,8.17; spun, HIS;England,
I.'...; Au-iria, I.Vi; Ionium.. I'd; llus-
-;a. II : If Uum. Ill ; Holland, -'.'.,
Switzerland, -": Sweden, IU; Norway,
S: pori Ugal, Iti; 1). iiin.uk. In. I.I .
4: Turkey,-I: lluuiua-uia, W; Servia, 1.
Egypt, 3.
—The son of King Theodore, ol
Abyssinia, who Was taken t" Euglend
after the fall of Magdala, is being edu-cated
ba- the Urn iih army. IL- .- a
•lender and dusky youth, and haughty
and shrewd as becomes a d< accndanlof
the Queen oi Mi. ba, lie likes bis Eng-lish
life, admitting that a spring mat-tress
and ulster in London are pr.-ier-a'.
h- to a mat and bare 1.-^- and a
blank) t in Abyssinia.
—Preparations for opening a new
gateway through the walls of Bi>liie
have led to tin- .11 cover) ol Ihe pave-ment
of the old Via 'I il.'iri ma. lined
with lombe of th.- first century, and
even earlier. Onlj .me of them has
escaped destruction. If contained a
cofltn w it!, the skeleton ol a lady, with
gold earring-, lie klaee and signi I :
w l.o belonged lo the S ai.ur tain I.. In
destroy iim a wall many ancietil wolkt
.fart were discover. .1. though bru i
mi., numerous pteci sand forming part
Of the wall.
—AaalH.nl thirty hundred weight i f
'.'.' '!. '' *'"- ""' nuule loi everj ton of pig iron,
ihe importance of utilizing ib - «
product is very obvious, In England
slag i a- in en turned to a. nit in the
lormatii I breakwaters, sub i- thai
al the i ith ..r the Toes. li
pn\ ing-s-ts, cincrete and other ail
are also in uie of it. '1 nice millions "I
slag bricks, most ol wl ich go to Lon-don,
ai.- manufactured annually. I.
woiksare uow in operation at the blast-furnaces
in N iil'iiinptoti-b.ie, where
the slag is run direct I i the iron-linnaces
into the glaas-fuinaci s. mined
with other materials, and converted
into glass for 1. itiles, eti.
- A statistical review of tie battles
fought by Austrian troops sii 11 ■"•
has recently. I i issued by thi mi itary
million I'-. which shows that n that
|i ii .d lie- aj^i. gab losses in kilted
and wound..! have amounted lo I ■
n31, includiug 201 generals and 17,-
ilMdofficers, while the prisoners taken
by lb.- en. my were 5*1 generals, 1171
other officers, and J- ..mi n-iuicom-mis-
ioiied oflicers and men. As to
"ropbes and cap'ores lb.- accou I
stands: Hunt la i n, 4101; lost, l
colors and standards taken, _''i::. 1ml,
'.«.'.i. horses captured, F'.,-.l. lost. 1."..-
ir, . wagons captured. IK'S.;.'!, lost,
8U10.
— A lady wi I -
what i- ituposii '.<• to i!.. p...'. sional
diplomatist. A a ad i x .in; I. of this
an I al the name i tin <»t ,\ m. ri in as
- ii.-i pen stem y int-irel nl inds
Iforded by th,- .e t-eae ol . .
:.- in N w -i r . in obtain .. i
lion ',.. tu ,1-M, i. :. moi . - ol Victor
Km.itiii. 1 in ih- Pant hi it II n
The part} consisted ol a ladi and two
daughters, and arnv.tl at Home two
days before the funeral. Application
tort . k.-is of admission was made to
lie American Consul, who replied liist
be was unable to pr,, .,p- t u uj
for hiins.ll and wile. N .thing daupted,
II,..'. was written to Uie Ital in Min-ister
"f ih.- Interior by U .- ni itron, i x-low-
being crosses the river ... Death; pressing a strong desire asAmericane,
—A verv fat man sent an ord-r to
the office for two seats in ;lie coacli for
himself. The clerk engaged him one
seat outside and the other Inside.
d. it we I ut think of il. we n a we I
wonder that il should be so long be-fore
our torn comes. Hall ol all who
live die before seventeen years, only
one person in t.-n thousand lives to Is-a
bundled years "Id. and but one in a
hundred reaches sixty years. The
married live longer t'lin the s'ngle.
There is one a ildier to i v- ry eight per-sons;
and .mi of ev. ry thousand born
n n.ty-iive weddings take place-to
witness the eeremony. Tim.- [..
by without bringing Ihe ti 'kets, and at
last ..II n"|s* oi getting , b.-in wasgiven
up. But shout two hours b for
services b.-euu a messenger arrived
bringing five of th* bast r served seals
iu the church and a letter exprei
in Ihe ii. st polite t. rnis iheple.isuie 11
gavi th Minister to accommodate
American ladies. The extra -cats wsrs
g.v. a to lbs t onaul and bis wifs.