The Greensboro patriot [July 17, 1878]

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THE PATRIOT.
PUBLISHED WEUlY »T
GREENSBORO, N. C.
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; . j.Uil. Established in 1821. WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1878.
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LEAVE ME NOT!
' Why. Ma) - ' I
< -tlv it Ker.
it...'l1W tbe
liaxanl«MM enough
"Then y«Hl think thta ntofe no!
"I ilon'1 know thnl It K" alw n|>li<«!.
having the utmnal roniWena* in h«*r liiw
' hand'- ability: "but somehow I don't
uM*»geUier uuiry having Inei taken into
,„ • the cage."
"VI.II know in) reason f'»r ronaeDtiOff,
and thai it would never have I n given
hady*uirassent not flrstlieenobtained."
< 'ertainlj. and it WHS very good ofyoit,
■ That it was promise*! on aeeount »>|
in i nalary lieing rained."
"And lhal it was to secure tin* ri«* «>f
salary, -I aa ilp' anoner tu ■reitmuhMe
'•noii_'h loboyaltule hone agaiaat the
miiiy days that may come
"Ye**, inv dear Jot*, but," with n xmile,
"hud not priih- BomethinflCto do with h?
lii i ~ UM curse of the |min*xainn. Km h
..n- is always trying i<» outdo the other,
running risks on thai aeeount ibey will
not otherwise atteintit.*'
"Well, May, I only pave my promise to
•to ilie act ..in.-. I.in um now will give it
up ifyiai Miy I he word. I lm<l ralh**r dis
;ip|B>ini .ill the managers »ml I*- mil. <l a
< nwiird b, all the rabh|i-in the worhl th»n
. mac your heart t<> t»»-:it with fear, <»r to
hring tear* into your eyes."
■ -v.. no. ..<*■." Dont think I hftve loat
riintidence and priile in yon. N». <lon"1
think <>t (riving it up. I BuiinoNe I am
t"'-»li-lily nervous. Itur you will he careful,
h&nd not run any unuceewarj ri-k"r"
"My own heart woultl have to be torn
mil before anything' should happen i ir
larling;" and he Hooped, raised the child.
her place upon hi- right Sin- lay In the
ad iif Bpringing, and at hut a lilth: dis
lance.
;*(oin,-. •
There was \ movement, and the whip
was raised and ft-ll heavily upon her beau.
That WHS all that was needed to awaken
her latent Ire, ami, with a roar like that
given in her native forest, she «pr*nLr
with almost rasistleas foroa toward him.
A sharp, ^tinging blow on the bridge of
the nose tor a moment cowed her, andahe
might ha\e been conquered had she not
ntrtiallv tell npori and npaet the pail and
deluged the floor of the can in blood!
Then all became the wildest commotion
—the most terrible and savage sounds.
Every beast sprang down, IH|I|H*<1 tin*
hlood. ami then iiinied ii|-.n htm. Even
the veteran lion wpetied lo (brget Ihe
long years of tminiii.tr, and something of Ina'i
"Young man?" ^he called not. The
| robin trilled on, the hn»ok made a eyol,
lumnltuoua -phi-ttin.ir over the mossy
, stones that formed its bed, and no answer
[came back lo Barbara save the flutter of
the leaves in the bjUWl copse under the
1 hill.
"Young man, I aay!" •*!,«.• <-;,i!e,i out
again, this lime with a certain accent of
the imperious in her voice. The recum-bent
figure under the oak Irr«straightened
itseH up at mire, and made baste toward
, the stone wall that separated Spiifje Dal
' lass domains from |)e.-nini Wylde'q south
pasture lot.
"I beg your pardon." said be; "but—
i did you calir'
"Of COune I called." said Barbara.
thinking within .herself how tall and
stralghl and datklv hands«ime Squire Dal
range de roses li.r de bte bokay in de
nudTlle Ob de t.ble ; «i« Miss Maids Z
.onecjant fix her hair to suit her an'
lar'sde missus callin
Barby, run !" now. Hun. Mi—
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liis yoiiiiir forest lit,- lu&xed fnnh.
Allllierlv <-.,iii|>r.-hen.le.l all in an in-
-iiuii, nn,l the lather triampbed over tbe
a. lor. lie .nali lieil the now terrified an,I
irreainlng ehihl, -pnine with her to ilie
il.-.r. lliin-i her inio the hands irf the
waiehlul attendant, mi,I would have fol-
Inweil, lia.l not the lioneai grapple.1 mi,I
drawn him Im, k. rending hi. shoulder
with hi. .harp clawa, and nutting Ihe
I.|.H,.| in stream over hi- rieta ilreaa.
He was lighting against Ihe mnat ties
|H-nii.- Md*. knew it. barked into the
corner, an,I I-HII..1 tiirliis irnna. tine, r.-.l
hoi ai the end, waa handed Id him. bat at
ilu- tir.i stroke Ihe lioness neat it whirling.
uml her -harp teeth almost met for si ni"
m.-ni in hii. thigh.
"Hand mi1 something .harp with which
I ran hrain ilu- brute!
Every thingupon which handseould he
laid was thrust lo him, but he failed to
reach them, and Ihe danger was becoming
more and more imminent. The hlo.nl
had been lapped up clean—Htll were mad
with desire, the tig.-r an.l ihr leopards
rrouebing upon him. Then ihe majesty
oi command asserted rtself.
"i um'.. Samson."'
Tli,- old lion came forward at Ihe words,
seemed lor prehend that something was
wrong, thrust himself between his master
ami his raging mate, and, when -lie turned
upon him. sent her rolling with a blow of
his great paw.
The lion turner might have escaped,
hut, bleeding, wounded as he was. he
would not retreat, ami turned his alien
lion io separating Ihe now tangled mass oi
lighting animals. Picking tip on.- leop
anI after another lie drew them into a
further corner of Ihe cage, dragging Ihe
tiger, with the lioness clinging to it and
i.-aiing its glos.v bide, thither, tore open
iis |w«. bjr main strength, hurled it hark
and shut the.partition, turned, reeled to
ihe door, lell anon il and was dragged
through lo saf.-ty. ,-vi-n with the lioness
nitiling behind him as ii was closing.
A hurst of upplaiisi—a perfect tem|ic.t A few steps taken, and Ihe lion tamer
of huzzas ami clup|iing in* hind—greeted fell hinting by the side of Ins already in
him as he swung his little girl, dressed in sensible wife, who buy with his affrighted
silver tissue, and wiih th,- gossamer wings child hugged ckiaeiy to her scarcely beat-ami
liaraot sparkling jewels around her ; i"- heart.
golden curl- that represent tile traditional Then the silence that had heen as death
liiiri. ii|.m his shoulders. While looking wiislirokenhv the most lumultuoussl t..
at his stalwart proportionB, Ihe men and breath was drawn again, and hall
thought what a dangerous antagonist he fainting women and fear-palsied men fell
would IK-, and ihe young mothers shod as if a tain had heen lifted from their
ih-rcdal so beautiful a child being, inker hearts.
l.mne. torn and weak, the lion-tamer
new hired man was. Don't you
young innn, you ought to be" at
t -.1 her up. .might
hugged her to his l«..
' Hilt yourself, .loc"'
■nil. I'll lookout for number one."
The converntion ,li,l not tend lo i
hi. mind, aiidwsl'ore ilpsningne went
and held another i vernation with
latrtirular attendant, and look
Iisik inioih,- iierformingcage.
Th.- animal, were m< re quiet than when
he bad ..-.-n them previously; Ihe lioness
• -.N-.-ially Appeared in a playful mood, and,
with something of a lead lifted from hi.
In-art, he returned, with Inn little time re-maining
before he uould be called upon to
prove bis right i,, the proud title of lion
lamer.
And ei,n in, Ii he kinked one, as he
stepped in view of the densel) crowded
a.-.iiiiilv tlorgeiius in his new costume.
and witd a li„»k of calmuess and determi-nation
ii|»»n his tin,-, he looked, with his
till ami sinewy form, lit lo grapple with
ami overcome the fiercest beasts thai ever
prowl.,1 amid the jungles of A-ia and
Africa, ami made night terrible with their
marine
think
| work
"Al work?" repeated the Spanish-browed
stranger "Well, |ierha|is I
ought."
■There's no 'perhaps' about it.' said
Barbara, brusquely. "Of course you
ought. And since you don't choose lo
work for jour ster, you may as well
be working for /«e."
"My - master?"
"Squire Dallas, of course.' said Itur
bam. "Dear me, how stupid you are'"
"And how. may I venture'lo ask. did
you know who I was?" be questioned, in
an amused sort of way.
"till, it didn't require any great rater
rise of brilliance lor Hat, responded
Barbara, with a a is.- little nod of her head.
"I know Spiire Dallas has got a new-hired
man ; ami if yorVre not he who
•ir*; you?"
"That is the question," said Ihe stranger.
gravely
"But we mustn't stand talking here."
went on Barbara, in a bosineas-luce way.
•Take the basket and go lo picking straw
berries just as fust as everyoucan, Because
we're to have company at our house -I'm
Barbara Wyl.le, you know, young man—
anil I must get back with the berries for
dessertss quickly as possible."
"All right." said the stranger: "I'm t.,1
erable quick at this sort of thing, I be-lieve."
■:1 hope you are." said Barbara—intent
on extricating a tiny rose-pricker from the
|s,int of her stained forefinger—"and at
other things |<»,. Bemuse, if you're not,
Spiire Dallas won't keep you."
"He won't, eh?"
Ilarliam shook her head. "The last
man went away because he i-ouUlni en-dure
the squire s driving ways," said she
I was so sorry
M.'^g8'"i—ma, Hold you so- ^,(,1
Ml* Maude Wjblc. th.- -i„„.l|M,„,r
menilier of |he family. "It will be an In-convenient
crowd If Barbara comes ,„ u,,-
;;U-ih.rWait,' mMLtoette, serenely.
nut I won't wait." flashed out Bar-
«£» . Ilu-,';-v« gl'ltering with India
nation, "j u.,11 ,-oiue |„ tbe first table.
Alter arranging the roses and Catherine
he wild s.niw-U-rries. and-Ma.nma, fa
*T™ *-V me in the lack kitchen all
"My dear' niy dear'" remonstrated Mrs.
WjM.- y.,,, »„. forgetting yourself."
Ami 1 do so want to si-e Captain rlev
era ' added Barbara, resolnielv cbokin-down
a big sob which rote lo her throat
' » bat nonsense ' .aid Llaetie tbe dove-eyed
beauty with ihe rippling hair and ihe
oomplra of mac and snow. -ts If
i aptain Severn would look ai .«..«."'
"But I may lookathim, [suppose?"
cri.-d indignant Barbara. "And I m six
teen years old. and you've no ri-hi Ui
treat me like a baby.
' Children ' children ' don't get lo iiuar-relling."
said Mrs. Wilde. ••And Barbara
i-an sii jn.i her,. behind tbe tea-urn, and
I dare my we shall have plenty room."
•There' ' said Barbara, with a Ilium
phant grimace at her sister.
"Horrid little spoiled child
.Maude.
"Barbsra'always gets her own way
commented Linctle.
"Hush •" said Mrs Wvld
lively.
Slid
II,
aotuorlta
lies your |«.|«, up the
laurel walk with Captain Severn."
I.isctte peeped from behind the fold of
the ilui,-,l Swiss, urtaiiis. Maude nui lo Ihe
Venetian blinds of the bay window, and
Barbara climbed with sixteen-year-old
agility into s chair lo peep over her sister's
shoulder.
"Oh. gissl gracious •'cried she. drop-ping
from her a.-rial perch with startling
suddenness.
"What is it-" said Mmnle.
"Its Spiire Dallas s hired man ?" gasped
Barbara.
" H7I.II'" said l.i/ette.
I—I don't mind about the first table."
said BarKra, turning pink and white, like
a York and Lancaster rose; '.'I'd rather
eat in the kitchen with Phillia," And
away .be darted like a seared young
doe, before any one could slop her. '
ISmSl*' U."K.'" .U!.e»!!?,.r!t'1 s'•,,0•.,| '" ! »» glitlering and her cbeelJ .„ ,| with
winters. I i.-ars. to .iu nothing of the crumpled
and talk with hi
cause, you see,
house if 1 de hav
Ised oflcn to come her,
i over the stone wall, 1*
it's lonesome up at ihe
two grown sisters.
mi., a ilen of savage animals.
With a graceful bow and the dignity of
a Roman conqueror, ihe lion lamer strode
through ihecircle. disappeared behind the
,:.ge. ami with siu-h rapidity as loaatonish
tl„- audience, stinal within the compart
men! where the huge lion was lying ami
ih,-agile leopard, leaping about, and had
placed hi- child between the claw, of the
greater brute.and she was playfully toying
w ill, it. shaggy inane.
For a lime he made the leopards leap
aboul him as kittens, jumping from corner
lo corner, resting U|M,H bis shoulders,
Ismnding lightly overthe extending whip
'I li,-u lie prepared lo throw the two cages
into one.
I.t In.-/. ..ui now." whispered the
attendant, uneasily. "You have done
enough already lo keep your promise, ami
Hi, audience won't know the difference."
"Nn. I will go through. Mind what I
told you. and have things ready in case
there" should be trouble, though I don't and fixed a pair of big blue
fancy any." Then he continued aloud, mother's troubled face.
-., as lobe plainly heard by every one. i "Gowhei
'II ml me the pail of blond." -Down t.
A eld shiver, a supernatural awe,ati- strawherriei
peared to pass through the frame of all, • them there.
a. th.- vessel, dripping withcrbnson drops,
was given lo him, ami more limn one
asked themselves if the man was mad to
ibu- not only risk hi- own life, but thai ,,f
his beautiful child. And when In- loo.
. in ,1 and thrust aside the partition, and
th.- fierce lioness mi,I sleek tiger came
entered the cage the next day before the
most unprecedented crowd, it having been
advertised that lie would ,1,, so in his
bloody clothes, luu never again could lu-be
tempi,-.1 lo take the child or pail of
bl.««I behind the bars.
WILD STRAWBERRIES.
"More Strawberries?" mid Mrs. Wyl.le.
with a perplexed contnict ion of her brows.
• Yes," said old Phillia, the onok. "I've
made two short cakes an' a pie. an' dar
ain't nigh enough lilt lo till de big glass
dish for tea."
••Dear me '" said Mrs Wvld.-. "what
*h>ill we do'r" Lisetie is dressing, an.l
Mamie never could endure the sun. Bar
bara" — to a slender young girl who was
curled up in ,,ne of the deep window-seals,
reading "jroti'f! have to go."
Barbara Wylde roused henelfotrl of an
Arcadian dream of Dieken's Little Nell,
-yes on her
i*. mamma?
the south pasture lot for wild
Th,- ground i. crimson with
»nd-"
hounding in. their breath was absolutely
suspended, ami their hearts momentarily
■iiiacil to beat.
•Down!"
The tiger obeyed, ami the f,K,i of tl„-
lion tain.-r was upon his neck.
"lp-
And the leopards were purring like
r. ii .its upon b.i si 1,1,-r.. while the
lioness lav crouched with hertnwny paws t
Iliru-t through ihe bars and growling longingly to Little N.
Barbara Wylde semmbli ,1 down out of
h.-r high perch.
"Mamma," said she, "what a nuisance
all Ibis is ' 1 don't believe Captain Kll
wood Severn is worth all tins trouble I
don't believe he'll fall in love with either
Maude <»r I.isctte. And I think preserved
gooseberries an- quite good enough for
him."
"Hold your tongue, child •" said Mrs.
Wylde. sharply. "Take the basket and
go l,,r the strawberries at once."
"Bui it is so hot, mamma!"
"I'm on your broad-brimmed straw
Hut.'
An.l 1 haven't finished my novel.
LiaseKe is cross with me if task lo borrow
any of her books—she lias a dreadful tem-per,
has our Lisetie and Maude i. loo in
lelleclual to trouble herself about a slip of
a girl like me. Grown sisters are dread
lid." with a solemn shake of the head.
"And I supoac yea are not grown." said
Spiire Dulls.'s hired man, with u curious
gleam of amusement around the corners of
Ills mouth.
"No." said Barbara, "l am only sixteen,
and 1 haven't got trains to my dresses yet.
But perhaps when ilu- girl, get married,
and one of them is sure to marry ihi-
Caplain Severn— < Hi, lake cure, you're
tipping all the berries out u|sm the gmss •
Spiire Dalla. won't keep you a week if
you're as clumsy us that."
But Ihe hired man luckily succeeded in
righting the basket before it.crimson con
lelils were irretrievably lost
"It's all right." smd he. "See how
rapidly it is rilling up. But suppose Ibis
('aptain—I forget what you said his name
was?"
"You mustn't forget things," said Bar
bam. "Sjuire Dallas will never Is- -uiicl
with that. He's a very particular old
gentlemen. I mention then thing-, you
know"—wiih an air of mild patronagi—
"becauseyou seem likeanui*. respectable
young man. and I should like you to keep
the place."
"I am much obliged to you," said the
stranger, hurriedly putting a strawberry
into his mouth."
"Now you,are eating ihe strawberries,"
said Barbara, severely. "Youshouldn't do
that."
"line or two is of no consequence,''
arailncixed Spiire Dallus's hired man.
"But I WHS going to suy. suppose Ihi- nun
company gentleman-—
"Captain Severn, his name is," inter
l*«scd Barbara.
"Yes.—suppose thai Captain Severn
shouldn't fall in love with either of jour
grown sisters?"
"Then he'd Is-a very great disappoint
iiient," cried out Barbara, "because Lis-etie
is six and twenty, and Maud says
she'll cut her throat sooner than be an old
old maid."
"He might fall in love with I/OH. " SIIL'
iresle.l the young man. rcirnriling hi.
hi
pleaded Barbara, with her mind reverting pretty companion with s sidelong gla
rely.
"For mercy's sake, let her alone."
whispered his attendant: "and mind not
kick over lhal pail. lithe hhaal should
world ci
till. Th
didn't
bruta
on Ihe hack of
thai den ol hor
her father was
l»- spilled, il would IN- (111 over with
I "ill. AH the III, II ill t
Ml e \ oil '*
•■Stand ready, luu ke,
-bull mind."
Mi- child wa- sitting
th, lion. an.I smiling i
r«.r- Her confidence i
sublime—was a- perfect as her love. She
never dreamt of tear when be wa- near In
protect, ami while ihe lookers,™ -i„„i
d.-red. -he innocent!} deemed it a plea-uit
pastime.
"lloWh'"
Tin- leopards leaped to either comer,
and crouched dow u.
" Collie'"
Th. lioness gnimhlingly arose, crawled
siiddenlv io hi- f.-.i. ro-V and laid b,r
great claws upon his shoulders, making
him swerve with her weight, and raised
her terrible head upon evel with her
own. Slowly uml slowlv it., v turned
roundua if waltzing, the low multi-rings
..i Ihe beasts becoming more plninlv aildi
hie every moment, and her velkrw', feline
eyes snapped win, hidden fires
\\ ith an amazing exhibition of strength
be wrestled wiih, tripped and threw h.-r
from hum nil Hi,- canvas lent rang again
I.Ill lll-lalllh -he was upon her teel |„.|,
IIIL- her side- win, her prehensile tail
drawing back her lips so as to show her
teeth, and uttering Ihcdcepesi and fiercest
ol lewl«
I'or il,,- love of merry, hand
, lnl.1 Joe," -aid hi- attendant
•Wait a moment. I -bull l»- ,1,
quickly."
Th,- crowning feat was yet to cm,..
Ii was one upon which In, had bestowed
much tune, and upon which he hud prided
himself—was a tableau of wild beasts,
wiih manhood and childish beauty for ihe
centra] attraction.
lie s,e|»|>c,l to tbe corner, led the III..n
-i. r lion forth into ihe centre of the cage,
made him lie down, placed the little girl
ni"'!! him ami stn.de astride. Then a
brill whistle brought the ,1
"in v.nir
verv
"Nonsense," said Mr-. VYykle. "Yon
read Iis, many novels, a deal for a child
of your age
And,Barbara disappeared, unwillingly
enough, into the apple orchard, across
which a sinuous path, bordered with but
lercups and read clover, led direct to the
velvet skua-, of ihe "-..nth pasture."
w b.-re ihe ripening fruit of the wild straw-berry
shown like linv rubies along the
course of s musical little brook, all fringed
wiih r.-.ils and alders and tail growing
fern-.
"Siraw 1 »-rries, indeed'" said Barbara
t,, herself. "It's dreii,liul lobe Ihe young-est
of a family of L-irl-. and have lo
pick strawberries tor one's elder sisters'
beaux."
And .lie pushed the yellow curls out of
her .yes. and went to work in lugubrious
earnest, popping Hie largest and sweetest
of the berries into h.-r little round rose
bud of a mouth, staining her drcs as she
knelt down lo seek th' shy treasures under
th,- clustering green leave-, and crimson
Ing her bun.Is wiih tbe haste -he made.
•1 wonder which .,f em he'll marry?"
said ^Barbara to herself, us she paused a
minute to listen lo a r,,l,in which, perched
,,ii ihe Is.ugh- „f u feathery elm beyond
the brook, trilled out hi-barcarolle of glad
music. "Lisetie i- ilu- pr.-ni.-si, of course,
uml he can't know What s dreadful
temper site's got. Bui Maude is literary,
uml ha- read all the new books, and can
talk so well. Gentlemen like intellectual
ladies. I wish—wiih a sigh—"that j
was intellectual."
An.l our little maid fell lo work al the
strawberries again for full fiie minutes.
And then she sh.s.k her basket, and peered
.lown im,. iis depths with eyes of azure
despair.
"Not half full." said she lo herself:
"not aeaarfer full." oh, ,|Par „„. ■ „„„
I wish sou ne would come lo help Ilie !
Ami there i« some one stretched i,no,,k-inu-
ly in ihe shade under Spiire Dallu.'s
lug oak by the stone wall where ihe sweet
briers grow. People have no business to
In- in tin- -hade w hen other people have to
he working hard in lb.- sun? And I do
-believe it. Spiire Dallas's new hired man.
siirnl whMje ll,.- cheetah leop. i„„l he .„,,.,„ ,„,».„ u„rk in ',„•.'JJ'!
ar,l- l-nmling ,,,-,„ In- shoulders and field in-teud.of lying there under the tn-"e
stamling up «nli paw
from Isnealh his long lashes
"WithsM/" repeated Barbara. "Me'-
a little girl lhal wears drc—.-. without
trains, and isn't out of her scales yet '
That's a likely thing, isn't It? Now. I
lell you what, young man. you arc talking
a i:reat deal tin, much and working a greal
deal l.si .iiil.-. Perhaps, if you're very
smart witli the berries. I'll bring you one
of I'hillis's tarts, and put it on Ihe stone
fence to niehi. l'hillis ihs-s make the
deliciousest straw lierry tarts '.
"Thai would be delightful," -aid Ihe
stranger, promptly.
Barbara gave a scrutinizing glance into
tin- berry basket.
"I la-gin to ihink we've got almost
enough," suid she.
"Not yet," pleaded her companion.
"Yes," nodded Barbara. "Ami mam
luu will Is- in a hurry, and Maude will
scold dreadfully il* I am not there in lime
lo do her buck hair."
"It strikes me," said Ihe stranger, with a
hull' smile, "that you're a good deal like
Cinderella in the siorv books."
Burban. considered the matter for a
second or two.
"S. I am." said she. "I never thought
alsuit it iM-fore : hut I do believe I ,'«• a
little like Cinderella. But dear me!
there's no ula-s slip|s-r for me. And a-for
you. yoiimr man." relapsing al once
int.. the severe Mentor again, "you hud
la-tier get lau-k as fa.i as puasrble to vour
work : ini-l don't let Spiire Dallas catch
you loitering again, if you have auv re
gard for your place."
The stranger stissl with dolled cap
and attitude of chivalrous attention.
"But you'll not Ibrget ihe .truitberrv
tart?" said he.
"Certainly not; if once I can get old
l'hillis s hack tiiniisl long enough to steal
il mil of the milk-room, said Barbara.
And oil' she tripped, wiih rosy-stained
lil-s. golden hair Boating recklessly in Ihe
win.I. and light elastic feet bowing down
the buttercu|»s and red clovera- she went.
"Dear me. chile," said l'hillis. a* she
came into the kitchen, rosv and breathless
with Ihe haste she had'made, "what B
time you g la-n !"
Not half hour," cried Barbara.
slat,- of her sush ribbons uml while muslin
dre.-. uml n,,w she,sal crouched under the
-ha.low of ihe greal flowering almond
bush, as if -he would fain retreat utterly
out ,,f the world of sight and hearing.
Captain Severn stood immovable iu-hire
her. wiih folded arm- and questioning
S|Ktnish eyes.
I shall not go aw ay." said he. "until yon
i e |tardoiic,| in.-
••MOW can I ever pardon you?" flashed
out Barbara. "You have imposed u|s.n
) me. you have practiced ii|s»n my ere
, dulity."
"lou nskeil ni,- to gather strawberries—
| and I helped you."
"You allowed me to suppose that you
w.-re Squire Dallas's hired man."
"1 claimed no klenlitj one way or the
other,"pleaded Captain Severn. "I was
trying lo find my way by a short cut across
the fields to your lather's bouse, and -al
down under Ihe oak tree to ret. And
when \ou called 1 came, like a true
knight of old. Sow If you ran convict
' n f any serious offense in all this, I
[ stand ready lo abide the consequences."
"You never, nerrr. will Is- able lo for
give me,' sobbed Barbara, uguin retiring
behind iheend of h.-r blue sa-h
"Little Barbara, said Captain Severn,
falling on hi. knees, us if it were ihe most
< natural and conventional thing iu the
world to do. "willyou forgive /„, ?"
And what could Burharu say but
•Yes "
Captain Severn insisted u[s.n bis straw
berry turt that evening, according lo agree
nii-iii, and they ate it together, In- uml
Burlmnt like two sclusd children, out on
tin- lawn, while Maude yawned behind a
1 Itook. and Lisetie acidly wonder.-.I "what
on earth Captain Severn could liml to
amuse him iu ilu- chatter of a child like
Barbara "
And when ihe red leave, of late October
' choked up ih,- little stream beside which
liny hud gathered wild strawberries, there
, was a wcilding ni il..- Wyl.le homestead,
uml ilu- bride was, not Maude ilu- intel-lectual,
nor Hi.- lovely Lisetie. but little
Barbara.
' Dur'. no accountin' for true love,"
suid old l'hillis. as she .lirre.l the wedding
cuke. - m m
SUBMARINE EARTHQUAKES.
TIIBMEXDOI S Vol.. ASH DIBTTJB-ANCES.
From On/onies am' Imlia. no English
journal, we make the followiug ex-tend
:—
Tin- past fifteen months have linen
fruitful of volcanic disturbances.
scarcely any purl of the earth having
remained unvi-ite.l by these unwelcome
phenomena on a more or less extensive
-cab- : ami Hie last mouth of 1HT7 and
tin- first three months of the current
year have la-en particularly productivn
of what Hyron would call "young
earth,(iiukes." While this has been tin*
case iu thus.- iiarts of the earth's sur-face
which are inhabited, and where
the phenomena can tie noted, it is not
to la' expected that the imicli larger
urea which is covered by the sea should
.-seals' these visitations.
The appearance and disappearance of,
volcanic reel's and islands which are
noted to have occurred from time to
time am proofs that the vasl unseen I
lands ben.-ath the sea an- the scenes of
volcanic disturbance : but it is very sel-dom
that these occurrences are actually
seen by the crews .,1" vessels happening
to pas- al the exact lime. The reports
of iw-o such coincidences have reachul
IM from two far distant quarters at the
same time. The master of the British
bark D. Mil. l'ark. which arrived at
C'owes, Isle of Wight, some days a^o.
from Hutuvia. report- having seen
several submarine volcanoes on Jan-uary
29, at 7 A. M.. iu latitude 4 20
N.. and longitude -.'l' 4-'. W., about !«si
miles S. W. of Sierra I^one. ljirge
volumes of water were thrown about |
1(W feel iulo the air, and the whole tea i
in the neighhorhiaal wa- in a state of |
violent commotion, with a strong un- j
del-current. The weather was calm, I
but with clouds and rain ; sounds as of ,
distant thunder accompanied the out-burst.
Tbe other report is from New Zea-land.
Captain Helttiider. "I the steamer
(io-Aheud. while on a voyage from
: mass „f seething form, travelling at a
■ rapid rate towards (he Ves„l The
course ol the sUamer was changed in
j oruer to avoid the disturbance, and
though it dear,-,! the outer edge, ,f ,,„.
agitated water, the influence was fell
for some time, and the vessel pitched
violently until long alter the actual
scene or the agitation was pa.sg,d.
i nereis no doubt that the phenome-non
was due lo volcanic forces, a slight
i I, ,.- ,,earlh,|Uake "wtof ''<•<"» T« il at < ■tsboriie on the preceding even-ing.
When we consider that the ob-served
ducts of volcanic force on the
habitable glola; .-jc-ur on an average
once in Hire.: days, ii ia easy, with such
examples lielorc us, to imagine that an
incessant discharge of the pent-up forces
"t the interior of the earth is going
on, and that not a day, perliai* hardly
an hour, passes without some disturb-ance
occurring in some (Kirtion of the
weans and continents which the earih
comprises.
A BONANZA.
illn.iKM \i- in,; BOTTOM of TUB MIs-
SOI'lll KIVKK.
QUEEN VICTORIA.
A correspoudent, writing from
■uui'ck, says:
His-
Inlhe Missouri helow this point is a
bonanza amounting to(l]u,UU0in gold.
Iu isn, opposite Bismarck, there was
massacred a boatload oi miners return-ing
from Montana, They hail in the
bottom of their Hat or madtinaw tllu,-
'»«». There were eighteen miners, a
woman and tm, gjria. They stopped a
short time at Foil Iterthohi and were
there warned u> V. K. Uirard against
going on at thai tune, tiirard Was the
trailer at ffeiibobl.
The Indians down the river were bad
and ihe prospect of trouble good. The
miners, however, declined the advice
and thought they would push out for
the next landing. They had with them
a little cannon and plenty of arms. An
Indian afterward related to l.iranl the
story of their late.
H hen they were nearly opposite the
present site of Hi.siiiaiek" they ran into
an Indian trap. On the east bank ol
the river the Indians appeared and tired
a volley into the bunt. The miners
steered over to the went side to escape
.the range. l"p rose from behind a
sandbank near the water's edge another
and more numerous band. The first
volley killed the whole crew, except
one man wounded and the Woman and
girls. The cannon was lired mice, and
over went the boat, drowning the sur-vivors.
The Indians pulled the Isial
ashore, found little or nothing, and
then pushed her into the stream lo float
on to her wreck.
i.irard says he uever sees anything
in the Missouri that looks like a lost
lsi.it without thinking of the Montana
■nackinaw and her gold, lie has al-as
he believes the gold was s«> securely
boxed up that it is still intact, and il
found, the treasure could Is-rescued. It
LS somewhere between Bismarck and
Ihe gulf, imlsil.hil in the sand and
mud. Some dredging boat or lucky
lisheriiiaii may drop on it.
I.irard still looks for it, and he's a
sensible man. The probability is that
ihe hidden bonanza is nol lar iioin Bis-marck,
THE DIPPER'
ABol T Till-:
TIIK OKBAT
crossed stare his wiii,„iH.,k. AndT' Barbara added. sTir*
a erect upon hi. lell. veying Ihe distant fainfant win, resolute
blue eyes from hem-nth her uplifted band,
"he ihali work ; be shall help met"
->oi nan an Hour. eri.il liarbara. " " ■' : .,—. • '" ,,.„,„.,
flinging away her hat, and splashing her <■ "borne to Auckland, reports having
face wiih cool wut.-r out of ihe bucket witnessed a curious phenomenon on l»e-aml
throttled with hi, band. But Ihe
lioness failed to do her bidding and take
'Has he come. Dhillis?
"De i ..nipiiny young man. miss?
. v-inber 1st last, between S and il f. M .
ud when about five miles from land, oil
Phillis. "Ni.n'c ain't." An' '.Miss Li-elt.- Open Bay. The sea a short distance I
she's s scoldin' 'cause vou ain't hen to ar ahead of the vessel was observed to be a '
/
A |1KM MtKAlll.K I MI
I ...NSTKI.I.AIION .'K
■BAH.
In (he constellation of the Great
Hear is the uDipper,*1 composed »»f
seven bright stars, two of which are
called the pointers, for the reason that
a line drawn through them would al-ways
intersect the pole star, which is
about "JSJ deg. north of the upper star
nil' the iwo called the pointers). A
writer iu the Hartford That.* says r
There is something remarkable iu the
fact that a large group of stars in tin
northern heavens, tearing no resem-blance
whatever to a bear, should yet
l« so called ; and what is still more re-markable
is, that this great region of
slat's should always have beeu known
by thai name by all nations of the
northern hemisphere ofthe earth, bow-ever
remotely situated from each other.
,,r lo whatever remote jH'ri.sl we g<»
Kick—hack until we become lost, with-out
record or tradition, and still won-dering
thai the name and place ofthe
great , stellation should yet he all
agb>w iu that fur, far, mi.-ty past.
Great physical changes on the earth's
surface undoubtedly have occurred in
ihe ages that have gone, thereby separ-ating
and Isolating nations that once
knew each other. Kach nation after
the cataclysm occurred probably kept
its traditions, though it la-came lost to
iis once neighboring peoples, and thus
we have a probable rea-on why the
Asiatic, the Egyptian and the Ameri-can
Indian are all, ill the same time.
familiar wiih this northern coustellu-lion
and its num.-.
The Great Bear is pictured on the old
Egyptian hemispheres as stately march-ing
westward around the pole of the
heavens, and is placed in a very high
latitude, and ill fact directly over the
home oi the pour bears of the earth.
Was it intended to typify the region?
If so then the Egyptian was familiar
with the home ol ihe animal. < >r was
il some mirage, projecting a vast image
of Ihe animal upon those misty |*ilar
skies, that gave rise to the thought of
so placing it.
This constellation can be seen on auv
clear night throughout the year, in this
latitude, except the stars located in the
bear's paws. Thousands of people have
watched i hat partol it called the Dipper,
and noticed its hundb- high above the
|H>le star, then again sweeping around
westwardly, aud then seen low on the
northern horizon, swinging around to
the east, and again above Ihe |*le. and
on to the west—all accounted lor by the
earth's daily motion on its axis caus-ing
an apparent movement of the cou-sullalion
westwardly around the pole
of the heaien-.
—Tin- milling industry of this coun-try
issmkl to rank next to that of iron.
The number of mills is over 25,UU0;
affording employment to over IH..UUU
men. whose annual wages are about
•dO,tsiu,(NW and turning out yearl)
af.uit 30.issi.uOU barrels of dour, ol
winch 4.i«»i,i««iare exported to foreign
countries.
—V colossal statue of the French
Republic—a woman wearing a liemlet
ami cuirass, resting her right band on
lh>- tables of the law. and holding in
her left an olive branch—has been fin-ished
by M. t'lesiiiger and approved hi
the Fine Arts Commission. It will
Stand in the Champ.!•• Mars, facing M.
liartliuldi's statue of Liberty.
WHAT IT i IISTS TO si iiMiir IIKI:
MAJBSTV AND TIIK HOY W.
HOI SKIKll.ll.
A . "i respondent, writing from Ixni-don,
says :-
When Queen Victoria came to the
throne in 1857 the usual steps were
taken to provide for tin1 sup|»,n of H.-r
Majesty and the royal household. A
select committee of twenty-one mem-bers
was appointed by the House ol
Commons io prepare estimates lor such
supimrt. The charges of Ihe household
of William IV. wen- made the i asi. of
their calculations. They sum rcall\
to have taken ij as a model lions, hold,
and to have arranged the present on.-
on almost exactly the same plan, and
with just alioul the same expenses.
For tier Majesty's privy purse thcvscl
apart KNW.01W yeariv; lor household
salaries, 8ttfo\iMSJ; ti.r ordiiiarv house-hold
exja-ns... :*>.;-j,.-»ipii: lu'r rcliul
bounty, .*.-.. |H6,un», and for various
other small items, BMI.2UU. The total is
.c.Uso.lltSl, or alaiul Sl.'.Uo.UUU. The
estimate was agn-eil to bj the Hon., of
' onimons, an.l so ihe account siand- to-day.
Sim.- of Hie offices lor which pro-vision
was made iu lhal list have since
la-come obsolete.
These items by no means constitute
the w hole expeuse of the (Queen's h, .use-hold,
and lhal lump sum of *l,lrj.",,l«si
is bj no means her whoh-in, ,K irmu
the national treasury, she also receives
the revenue of ih,. Duchy ol I.an. .i.l. r,
which amounts to jjl.",.i««i net. The
amount from this aour.T is mil uniform,
bill lhal was the sum received for ihe
last year reported l«7it-77. This
swells Jler Majesty privj purse to
•51S.U0U per auuu in ol the funds ,,l
the nation. in, this suoislK has
absolutely n.. demands lor her
actual ordinary expenses. 11 is clear
pocket money, sin-is under no ncivs-sity
of laying out a single penny of ii.
forever) possible expense seems to be
provided lor iu other allowances, ll
she travels by water, a vaebl is placed
at her disposal al government expense.
If she leuvels by rail, the rountn like-wise
foots the lull bj an uddiii ll
allowance. Kveu lor charily she need
not draw upon her own pur... for u
Liberal grant is made for this express
purpose. Noi only dees she travel by
water in royal yachts, but a small fleet
ol" these i- built and kept in np.ur for
her particular use. This of itself Is an
enormous extra bill, but 1 have no
means of finding the amount of it. The
maintenance ol royal palaces lake- an
additional SloT.'.SIU a year, and the
maintenance ofroyal parks and pleasure
gardens take another *.-.IM.I,I..V, per
annum
Adding the annual allowance to Her
Majesty, the net r. venues of the Duchy
of Lancaster ami the maintenance of
royal palaces, parks, and pleasure gar-a...
, ... IMS%C ., no... oi I:,-JI..'.,.I S
year. 'This doesuot iuclude Ilie travel
ling eX[M IW- ol [he l^lleeU. I be lllallllell
aiue ol the n.yal yachts, or any of half a
dozen other important Items which are
Strictly a purl ol lb.- expettsesof royally
iu England. Allowances to Other mem-bers
of the royal family are al-o addi-tional
items. *- Iu lad," us an English
authority says, "if all the expenses
incidental to - ihe honor ami dignity of
the Crown' could Is- ascertained, il
would be found lhal Ihe '-I-"..I»»I
annually settled by 1'arliamciil upon
H.-r Majesty constitutes but a »ery
small portion of the actual cost of
royalty."'
The allowance to the royal family.
not including the t^ueeii. amount io
j7K.".,is»i yearly. The revenue of the
I'riuce ot vYalea from the Dmby ofI 'orn-wall
about &loO,UUU annually i- md
include.! in this-uiu. Summing up Ihe
leading items of tile annual cost of
royalty iu England, we have a total ,,|
it.ls.t'.l.lii. If all the Hems could Is'
ascertained. 1 do not doubt that the
total giv.-u would tie found lo Is- nol
more than one-half the direct annual
cost of royalty in this country.
Varieties.
CUSTOMS OF THE EAST.
I 'I'llK FASHMT8 W'lllTK BLBPIIANTS <<l
SI A 11.
The oldest of the while elephants.
! which, the jnwea of Imlin says. Was
. Isiru in 1770, died in it. temple of
Bangkok in November last. Every
one knows thai Ihis famous white ele-phant,
before which a whole psopb' l»ow
Ihe knee, is the emblem of the King-i
,1 .in of Siam. It Is honored with the
most beautiful presents, for ihe ln-
' .ban-, full of the idea of metamor-phosis,
siil! believe llial so majestic nn
animal could Is- animated by unit the
spirit ,»t' a g-sl or of an emperor. Each
i while elephant possess* - its palace, a
[ vessel of g,,l,|, and harness resplendent
with jewel-. (Several mandarins arc
i attached to its service, and fed u with
cikes and sugar cun,-. The King ot'
i Siam is the only personage la-lore whom
j it bows th.- knee, and similar salutation
i i- rendered it by the monarch. The
j deceased idol Was accorded a mai/niti-ci
ill tiiner.il. A hundred liuddlii-t
priests otli.-iated al lb,- cereiaouy. Tbe
three surviving while elephants, pre-
] ceded by trumpets, uml followed hj un
i immense concourse ,,i people, accom-panied
the funeral cur to Ihe bank of
' the Meiiaiii. when: the KIIIL' and his
. noble lords received ihe mortal n--
inaiii-. which were transported to the
opposite bank for burial. A procession
..f thirty vessels figured at that curious
c.-reiiioiiv. All the floating bouses,
ranged iu double file ..u the Henam to
the number "f over W,0UU, were
adorned with tings and symbolical
attributes.
DRIVING THROUGH A STUMP.
A California paper says:
It i- well known, or ought to be, thai
the Yoseluile toUli.-t, who g.s-- via
Sonora, pus.es directly through Ihe
Tuolume I.rove of Big Trees, as fine
asunv in the Mate. Iu Ilu- grove ar,
tw,. stumps larger than any oiln-rs on
the coast, w. c. I'riest. on.- of the
Yoseinile * ommis-ioneis. bus let a
contract to bore a hole through on,- of
Ihese .lump, for the stag.-- lo pass
through. Tin- -tump is •''•■! feet iu
diameter, and th.- bole will is- cut
through It. 1^ feel wide by In till high,
and will lie completed on th.- bub <>f
this mouth. This line grove has hith-erto
been neglected, but will now Is
put in onhr lor tin- inspection of tour-ists.
Trails will Is- cut through ii and i
the underbrush cleared away, so that
it .an be thoroughly appreciated in all
n- stately magnificence.
—Among the curious exhibits at til'-
I'aris Exhibition are those of Norway.
She presents various tanned Hah skins
for gloves; that of the eel prepared for
harness, and machinery kinds sixty
feet long from that of tiie whale.
—Haste iri|K up our heels, fette
and slops its.li. .
Impatience dries the blood sooner
than age or soi row.
—It is good lo I.. ,l,.af when the
slanderer begins to talk.
Drink il,»-s not drewn care, but
waters it and makes ii grow faster.
— Liny inak.si us see what will nerve
I,, accuse others and not perceive what
may justify.
Decency is the leassofall laws,
bill yet it is the law win. I, is the most
strictly observed.
I In- chic! properties of wisdom are
lobe mm,liul ,,i thing, past.careful nl
things present, and prox idenl of things
t< me.
—Mr. layard, the British Ambassa-dor
to Constantinople, has received the
lbs-oration ,,i the Order of the Grand
Cross ol ti„. Until.
' i.'wn Point, V v.. fanners are
happi lo discovei potato bugs dead.
with my rimlsol tin) h -Ilnging to
tin-in t" show ihe cause.
— In Germany Hub are not .aught for
sport,and the law fixes the site ..! those
ili.it need not U- returned to tin-water.
Thus, a salmon must he sixteen inches
long, a perch five ami an eel fourteen.
—A newly welded pair in A'.IIII.I.
I Indiana, were la-ing "serenailed," the
! ..Ibel night, When Ihe bride was killed
; by the wad lired from a musket in the
I hands ..I one ol Ilu- parly. "All Im
Inn." you know.
—Life is a stream which continually
Mows down ami never returns. Wedie
ilaily, tor each day lake, awa) ..um'
purl f our lu.-s; the days which
are past are gone louver; Hie present
, moment only is our own.
—When We are young we Sraste a
great deal of time in imagining what
we will do when we grow older, and
, when we an- old we waste an equal
I amount of lime in w«mdering whj we
waii.-.l so long la-fore w.- began i" <l»»
anything.
The man who lives right, and is
j right, has more power in Ins silence
than another lias by his words. Char-
I uct.-i is like Is-ll. which ring ..sit sweet
| music, and which, when toil,-bed mil-dentally
even, resound with sweet
music.
The Kegi.iiar-io-neial f.u Ireland
' giv.-s. iu Ins quarterly return recently
issued.;! statement by a local registrar,
' tllal people not olih keep plL's III dwell
. iug-bouscs. ami feed them ill the same
apartment with their owners, but some-i
I noes keep horses in lb.- kitchen.
— Iu the year IHIMI there were Iml
f..... ■ " •'.. .'... i ........ ■•
containing m tin* aggrega^ HU.ISIU vol-umes.
There are now iu the country
.'..i.-j libraries. All the libraries con
I.mi 1.;.nun.i»m volumes, not counting
' those in common and Sunday schools,
I - Col. Wild, a Swiss artillery oflteei
serving in the ICussiuii army of the
Caucasus, iu a I,-tier published in a
Zurich |Mtper, says that the Kussians
j have lost nioie men by war typhus
! since the coin-lii-iou of pence t ban tbe)
lost by battle throughout tin- entire
campaign iu Asia Minor.
—If, when in I'aris, a valet de place
is anxious t.eJiave you visit one ,,i the
iiiim,i theatres, and you go with him
mid pay the admission for both, II is
well to know that afterward the valH
not only receives Kick Hie money you
gave foi In. ticket, but aim a percent
nge upon every Irani- >mi speud in the
house.
Mr. Bryant's first collection ot
l-Hiii. did not fill his youthful pocket
A gentleman who long ago purchased
for five dollars a copy of Ihis first nil-tloll,
HOW lell lUle, took the lsh,k to
Ihe venerable p.»l. asking that he
-hoiild writ.- his autograph therein,
Mi Bryant complied, saying. "Five
dollars i- more than I received on that
w hole tslll ion."
- American peanuts liavebeen trans-planted
in lb.- south m I lam ,-. where
the) grow well, iiil is made from
them, which come. l<iek lo this coun-try,
and alt.-i pay nig a duty is used on
salads as ..In,-'..il. Meanwhile In
lloiida. when- lb.- nuts grow abund-antly,
liny are l"l to hogs, ll look-as
il there uiighl he a chance foi the
unemployed to liml proiiiai.l.- work in
peanut culture.
|'o|«-'s villa al Twfekenluun, the
pl.i.-e wbieb he purchased in 171 .. and
where he resided until Ins de.ilh, III
1741, has jusl I»-.-II offered for sale, ami
Is.ughl in f.u $711,11011. Ti„- properly
iii.-lud.-d tie- whole ..I Ihe grounds, five
acres in extent, with Ihe cedar* and
other y.iluuble growing liinls-i, l„-
getlier with the ,,-lebrate.l gmtlo
winch the |HM-t formed, and which H
said to remain intact to tin present
day.
A iiiiinUi of butchers and pnui
si.,n dealers III I.u,i|-».l. I.iiglmid.
hav.- .-1III,IH-.| tog.-thi-i for an experi-mental
nnpoit.ition of live leg. from
this count i v. The} bay purchased a
steamer and bad lier fitted for the u
.omui.slalioii "t -'.'.nn hogs l»-tweeli
■leeks, la-sides a large number of cattle
on the mam deck. It tin- venture
turns ..ut well the) propose lo establish
a full Inn-of .teamen for tin- biisiiu s.
Fat ilitics have t-.-n |srovided r.ir kill-ing
and dressing t he holTS on Isi.nd in
. .l-e ..I lieie-sll\.
I 'in lea In- ken. "Vai atll Chun''
was l.ii.-U sold in I. lou foi thirty-one
guineas. It- original price was
.ixteen shillings- The sale was that ot
the effects ol tbe late Edward Wilson,
I he well-known Australian newspaper
proprietor, lie purchased the "Vacant
I hail." with several odds and ends, al
lb.- Dickens sale, liadshill, foi '--■"•■
K.-old. Ihe, III lie lot lean/..I OOl) £X>.
Thisil.s-s not imj.l> tlutl Dickens'lit-mail
|">plllallt> lia- de. i.-a—l. but it
does mean that the Foster biography
I,. i. iloin- its Work, and thai Ihe |-i-
...n..1 prestige of tie-gu-.it novelist has
greatl) decreased,
—A disturbance t.s.k place at a mar-riage
in -i Methodist chapel at Mau-ley,
in England, the other day- An
..Id man ..f seventy, with several
grown-up children and gramlehildreu,
had arranged t" Is- married to a gnl
eighteen y,-..r. old. On thepartyar-riviugal
tlw chapel tliej were attacked
i.x .1 1, uml I lieir clothes were I
Tell |..l|.elll. II were present, but Wile
overpowered, and the mob rushed Into
il ha|>cl, and kept up a continual
II,us.* throughout the ceremony. A
window wa. biokeii and a greal dis-turbance
followed. The married pair
linallj escaped bj different doors, ami
were escorted bomebyeight constabha,
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