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SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1867.
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/NUMBER 18.
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Minor &, Wren,
Attorneys and  Counselors, at Law, Notaries
Public ana 'Conveyancers,
Special attention  given to proceedings in
Bankruptcy in the United States Courts.
■'-Sauk Centre,        -        -        Minnesota:
Office over the Post Office..
•,R. B. R. PALMER,
PHYSICIAN de SURGEON.
■ JBy Residence near the Mill, Sauk Centre. 1B&
H. I.. SOKDOS. M W. COLLINS.  ":
Gordon  &.  O.ollints,
Attorneys   at. Law,
St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota
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aftm    ATTORNEY A.T LAW,
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St. Cloud, Minnesota-.
§*tity*
CHAS. WALKER,
Attorney at Law.
 ,Tf,T. EDSONyia
Attorn^'atLaw and
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Edson &■ Walker,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
■Office over Phlladelphia.Store on Third street,
--> €5swak Centre,-Steai'ns Countyj'Minnsesota. .'
. Business Property, Houses and Lots, Farms,
"farming Lands, etc., etc., bought and sold on
•commission.
' ATTENTION! .
Is called to the fact that our facilities for making out Bre-eiYtpfion.pnpeis and for locating
and entering Government Land with Cash.
B:rip-or ljaiid-Warrants, are unsurpaxsed-by
any office west of St. Cloud.   A lafgeassort-
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Claims on hand and kept constantly.Cori-iOct-
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.WeJiave iri our ha-rids for sale sonie of the
finest Fauns and Farming Lauds in this
upper country.
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y. :Main street, Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
j-.ccjis constantly on hand a complete stoc
of Fui*nituif0,'0offiiis, &c.
All orders wiU recetyefprompt attention.
ILLIARD SALOON, '",$#?%
A. DE GROAT, Proprietor.  '
Third street;, Saiik.Centre, Minnesota..
:-''Has' first class Ph'elan & Gdllender -Billiard
Tables. -■'' «tU -Smila-i
Choice Wines,  Liquors,-'Ale,  Porter  and
Cigars.
■J..WHJTEFIELT5,
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•'CJr'aining/'GiazlnEi Paper Hanging, <&c., done
with neatness and on reasonable terms.
Work'^arrafrt^jJ' «qual in fi'Jflfsfli^-ia'.tJhat
agreed'uprtt4a,t& no charges iriaide.   ««* Paint
: Kfiop iiext door to Thomas & Go's.     -
-/.-.SankCentre, Minis:,-'June5,1867.
HN CHRlSEiHtAtl,.."
. B-ooib'-.-afa'-.-Shoe Mjajser,  ,
Main Street, Sauk Centre, Minn.,
A. complete; stock of Boots and Shoes kept
'\COrifetaritiyioA hario^and made»to order on
1 i .snOrt nomce.'! ftOoS fits, warrfeited.
Repalrljug  proropffiy. d$he,  at'''raqGM^j&nie,
j prices.   All kinds of Shoemaker's Tools for
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AGENCY. •pftr*
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: nosed :of Prajjjtsj.' JsjeadOw and Timber Land
for sale.
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".••;-Bc»fl>|>i ori'Land Warrants, or tofileiPrel-   /
■ Bniption claims,.can do so-at my office '*
I  and avoid the time and expense of
atrip to St.GIoud.
ili Office over. thel-Post Office, :Sauk Cjepitr'ii
Minnesota."
P. EDSON
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ONE BY ONEl.
One by One the sands are flowing,
One by one the moments fall;.
Some are coming, some are going,   -
Do not strive to grasp them all.
I One by one thy duties, wait thee,
Let thy whole strength go to, each;
Let no future dream elate thee,
Learn thou first what these can teach.
.One by one—bright gifts of Heaven—
Joys are sent thee here below;
Take them readily when given,
I :Ready too, to let them go. •
One by one thy griefs shall meet thee,
Do not fear an armed band:
One will fade as others greet thee, .
Shadows passing through the land.
Do njot look at life's long sorrow,
: -See how snlall each moment's pain ;
God will help thee for to-morrow,
Every day begin again.
Every hour that fleets so slowly
Has Its task to do or bear;
Luminous the crown, and holy,
-   If thou-set each gem with care.
Do notllnger with regretting,
Or for passing hours despond;.
Nor, thy daily toil forgetting,
Look too eagerly beyond.
Hours are golden links, God's token, I
Reaching Heaven; but-one by one
Take them; lest the chain be broken
Ere tilie pilgrimage be done.
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AUTUMN.
O'er Nature's face to-day I trace
Resemblance to a sigh-;
It wears a look like friend forsook
By friend, that knows not why. •
I hear sad murmurs round the eaves,
And a sob or two o'erhead—
■ "Tis1 Autumn, come to change the leaves
Fronvgreen to gold and red.
The grass seems fresh as yet, and 'tween
The blades some roses shed
■ Their 'Scarlet blushes to the sheen;
But, crispy 'neath the tread...
'At, noon the fallen leaf will tell
How came this motfn a King,
And where his monarch, foots teps fell
Was blasted every thing.
There's something in the hour and scene
That stirs iny saddened teeasfc,
As fall* the moon's ensllrered, sheen
Where darksome shadows rest.
'Tis like a lonely hifrpstrlng stirred
;;. To-melody by chance.
Or like a sudden love incurred
By one' expressive glance.
-gUiwHtotttj.
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" Annot, you must .listen for a moment, even if it be for the last time;"
Ellicott Vale had closecL his hands
jUrjnly—upon—his wifo'jTslender wrists,
and tui'ned her bodily,- so that she
faced him, and uttering the above
words he gazed1 into her brown eyes
with an earnest, wistful look, which'his'
wife returned with one of. haughty'in-
differenoe.  |
'" You must summon your powers of,
invention anew then; your old storiep:
of caution and-care have lost theirin--
•teres! for me."
<( Annot I Annot! Listen patiently
for a iflGment, in your old kind mood
and I am sure I can convince you that
you are in the wrong."
; - She drew her hands from his hold
suddenly, and stepped backward,
clamping again the. bracelet fchat hafi
become loosened on her arm.
. " Ellicott "Vale, I liate you. You
took me from my home where I had
more than heart could desire, and
now yqu, deny me, every little pleasure
upon TvhSoh tlset my heart. I tell you
I wiltjgo -to-riight. You only care to go
alone because Sybil Marsh will be there,,
and you care more for her than for mjay..
even thoiu-gh-.I am your .wife."
*' Annot, stop ! You have said too
much. Your ovraiAeart knows the utter untruth of what you say, and when
your passion is .worn out you will be
Bori^JoEKliue words you .have spojeen
to-night."
lie hesitated, a mom«n$,. and tlj^n,
went on. " Doctor Everest told me
only.this morningthat you ought nbfo
to leave your room for a week yet, aiifl,
fcels&'yBa are, with:neck an.d arms exposed, insisting upon going out into
the chill, njgK$; ah?,!* ,. Tj^i
" I must go if you go," was the firm
(reply..' '■;
'"I consent to go only because it is
•sjsjfee* Anhiejft.hirthnight. She will excuse your absence when41 tell her your
health will not allow you to come, an4;
I'll be Bure to be home early."
AnnQthpaitated for a moment, and
then the evil angel triumphed. Her
htisbahd saw the signs of an inward
struggle upon her countenance, and
watched her silently but tenderly, in
the hope that her better self would
come off victor, but his heart sank as
she started toward her room with the
yards, " I would go if I were dying, so
you may or«e)»^b.e carriage at onoe."
She passed out of the. apartment
grjfch'C.ut another glance at him, and he
stood a moment irresolute, then hastening toward the door of her dressing
room he turned the key in the ioc^
" She will be mad enough for any imprudence if she is not hindered," was
his mental exclamation, " and I must
just go and excuse myself in person."
With the hope in his heart that his
young wife might be in  a better mood
when he should  return, he went softly
out, got int^i.-the   c^friage   which was;
waiting, and ordered the man  to drive
to B street; but   it   was   a white,
weary face that he carried into the gay
parlor where his sister met him, and
she thought, as he made his excuses,
that he was as near being sick himself
as Annot could have been. She strove
to make him forget' his trouble, whatever its nature, while he remained, hut
deep down in his man's, h*4—t he loved
his wife too truly ahd devotedly to be
careless or light-hearted while."she was
suffering, even though it was. through
her own waywardness ;, so he put .aside
the hand which was laid detainingly oh
his shoulder, and said, "No, Annie, no
longer to-night. I told Annot I would
be hack early;" and his sister could
say no more, for she saw that he was ill
at ease.
But a few words are necessary to describe Annot Yale's position. Just two
years before she had came to Lynn a
bright, happy bride, with the face and
heart of a child, but one spoiled by
fond indulgence. In her uncle's house
she had, as she said, found no wish un-
gratified, since her earliest childhood.,
and she had come to her husband's
home with the idea jn her mind that
she was .still to be petted and caressed,
stall to be treated with fond and lavish
indulgence, while it was never expected that she should do aught m return,
save to*try and be happy and contented. So she lived on, taking np thought
as to her true position or her real every
day duties, in which she might have
:fbund the most lasting security of happiness, scarcely conscious whether her
husband had, in obtaining his wife, lost
his ideal, or gained a nobler one.
He had often borne with her little
outbursts of disappointment and petu-
lanoe, yet though he was a kind husband, he could not be blind to her
faults, and dearly as he loved the little
wife'he had taken " for better or for
worse," yet in his sound, sober sense he
could not see her going so miserably
astray without remonstran.ee. This
Annot, in her selfishness, could not
bfook, and she had grown to fancy that
her husband did not really care for her,
or, if he had done so onoe, that he
was tired of her now. •
Just now-she fancied she had peculiar cause for complaint. He had spent
the half of two evenings lately with his
sister, who had moved to the place a
month before, when he knew that
Sybil Marsh was visiting her, and she
knew that he had fancied her once, or
at least that his family had done, so,
and had been anxious that he .should
marry her.
There was, however, in reality, no
foundation for Annot's jealousy, for.Eln-
cott Vale had always been indifferent
to the stately beauty of SybiL even before he had met at her uncle's house
the little blue-eyed Annot Efarge.
Since that time he had scarcely, seen
her, and now simply treated her politely as his sister's guest, hardly recognizing her title to be called "chosen
friend."
This night of all nights, Annot was
tempted to be perverse and wicked,
and", after hearing her husband shut4
the outer, door, and finding that he had
absolutely locked her in, she was almost beside herself with anger and
outraged pride. She Would not stop to
consider the shame and folly of her
course, but, hastily opening her bureau
drawers, she took from her jewel-ease
part of its contents, hiding it in her"
bosom, and, throwing a heavy cloak
about her, just in her evening dress as
she was, she opened the window that led
to the veranda, and stepped out.
Even then-it seemed as if the good
angel, who . had thus far guarded her
life, could not entirely give her up, for,
as she advanced a step, her eye fell upon the empty cradle in the corner—
the little curtained cradle, that, only
two short months ago, had held her
smiling babe. • The fierce light in her
eyes died out as the tears rushed to
to them, and, turning back with hasty
impulse, she knelt down by it, and
wept such tears as only flow from such a
jgrief. Her darling Walter ! Could she
leave the home from which he had been
buiiedj.and where .every little thing
reminded her of him ?
He was Ellicott's child, too, and it
may be her heart softened toward her
husband in that bitter moment, and,
had he been near, perhaps she would
have sought the shelter and protection
of. his strong arms, a better woman; but
he was beyond hearing of the sobs that
shook her delicate frame, and her heart
hardened in her bosom again.
She arose and stole cautiously. feom
the window out to the lawn,' apd then
fled, with hasty steps, toward the station, where, she knew, a train must
pass within_ half an hour:
As she approached the station, she
drew her veil more clogely over her
face, that no chance passenger Bhould
recognize her : and, when the whistle'
sounded clear on the night air, she hurried to .the^platform, being the first one
to reach the cars as they stopped.
There were two passengers beside
herself, both gentlemen, who stepped
back for her to get in. She hurried into the dingy car, and dropped into the
nearest seat, feeling all the time most
uncomfortably conscious that, being
alona, she was liable to all sorts of unpleasant accidents. However, no one
seemed to notice her, and the train
rumbled on, and, almost before she realized it, she found herself in the depot
at Boston, with strange faces all about
her; rough-looking men staring boldly
at her unconscious face, and women
looking curiously enough at the rich
satin dress peeping out from under the
plain waterproof cloak.
She stood for a moment, hesitating-
which way to turn, when a genteel-looking man approached her, and uttered
some idle compliment. But, as Annot
terrified, recoiled from him, a strong
arm thrust, him one side and pushed
him unceremoniously down on the damp
pavement; but when Annot turned to
see who had befriended her, he was
out of sight.
Her pretty face, alternately pale and
flushed witti fear, was apt to win more
so, summoning resolution', she approach*
ed one of the more quiet of the hack-
men who thronged the place, and"asked
him in alow, faltering voice, if he could
take her to some good boarding place,
where she could stay for a few-days,
anal riot be questioned.
He looked at the lady before him—
for such he decided her to bo, in his
own mind—and then said " yes."
After she had entered, the carriage,
and had replied to his question as to
whether she had any baggage, he said:
" If you havn't any choice as to a
boarding 'place, I've a good old aunt,
who sometimes takes a lodger or two.
You see, I wouldn't want to be recommending any of these other places.; not!
but that they may be decent enough,
but, then, I don't knowi"
Annot thanked him in her heart, but
said simply that she ..'would -go-to his
aunt's.
He jumped up to his seat, and drove
rapidly away, stopping, at length, before
a small, neat cottage, on a quiet narrow
street, where he rang the bell.
The door was opened almost instantly by a pleasant-faced little woman,
holding a light in her hand; who' ex-|
claimed S
" Well you're home quick to-night,
lad, and I'm glad of it, for supper is'
smoking hot; but"—seeing Annot for
the first time—" who is th'is."-
i She peered at her curiously through
her spectacles, as the " lad" of six feet,
answered her:
A lady, auntie, who wants your nice
little front room'for a few days." **iV]
"Oh, come right in, then, and you
shall have it, and some supper, too, for
you look tared out. Have you come
far 1"
" No," Aanol *eplied faintly; " but I
was sick a fortnight ago, and I do not
feel as strong.as I did this morning."
" I guess, not; for tryou didn't feel
better then, y.our folks surely would
not have let you come away from home"
said the old- lady, bringing tears from
poor Annot's eyes again, at the thought
of the home she had\eft.
She -hustled about until "she had untied. Annot's bonnet, and removed, jt,
and was about to unfasten her cloak,
when Annot bethought her of the gay
dress underneath, and shrank back,
saying she would rather go right up to
her room.-
44 Well, so you shall, and have your-
supper up there too."
' She followed the old lady up the
stairs and into the neat) cheerful front
room, "where everything looked as if
■giving her welcome. But Annot little
heeded the objects around her, for she
felt as if she were choking. She-husti-'
ly undid her oloak, and letting-it fall j
from her bare shoulders, sank fainting,
to the floor.
"Mercy on mel" exclaimed good
Mrs. Bradden, "what could have'
brought-her away from home in such
disguise ?"
As there seemed no probability of
her wonder being satisfied by the pale
woman lying before her, she threwopen
the window, and then as the fresh air
failed to revive her, she called at the
stair-top for Ned and told him to hurry for a doctor, for the lady was dying.
She was not so near the dark-river,
though asr Mrs. Bradden had feared,
and when Ned. who had needed no second bidding, came back fifteen minutes
later, with a grey haired tender -old
man whom he introduced as Dr. Gtroy
Annot was just opening her..eyes.
He looked with calm pitying eyes at
the young creature lying there almost
unconscious, and then said, after feeling of her pulse and looking at hor.
again.
" She is not dying ma'am, but she is
very ilL/ I fear she has brain fever-.
Can she have good care here ?" ■*}'«
" As gbdd'-'a* if she were my own,"
|said -the kind hearted, old lady,, who
had taken a fancy at first to Annot's
fair faoe. "Just tell me What to do,
and it shall be done to-the-minuteil' j
Dr. Gray . seemed to beliey<9:,ab§.
would be as good as her word, and,giy-
ing explicit directions he lefE/tneBJ*
saying he wouTci^oom^'' again' in the
morning. ;' a\yk
Then began the old- lady's k.«r>d,.j
.earnest.w°i'k- She managed to get off
her clothes without any help, and put
a clean night1 robe of4er'own%"^o'ri!n»r
| saying to herself-as she did it, .'S X-know
| she'will excuse its being none-of the
finest, poor.dear," .. fo^g^
She got .her into bed" finally and
watched by ner till'n'ear rooming, when
as the invalid: still slept,, sbdjyent to
her own roopir jujs^&ack (g:the one she
had given Annot, and lay down.
She was apbused by Annot's cry as
she awoke, and found herself in a
strange place, f It-Was some time; before
she could comprehend,iust^he.re she
was; and when she did she liirned"BUob
pleading eyes 'fifbund herV'Baying between her sobsj'1^0, Bflieot,'-^nyJhus.ri
band, my husbsaii<il'!ltkat tears pam^ to,,
the old eyes that watched her, and the
spectacles had to be wiped again and
again, they grew so dim.
Finally she greW more quiet and;ijell
aWay again into & deep sleep frpia-
which it seemed as if nothing would
arouse her., 'So she Waked "ana slept,
again for days, uncori'fefious ofUbe.'ti'm.e
&A, passed byy kmk equally unconseipu^,
of what Went on about her.   , j f >tl„ ,-
Mrs. Bradden had several other lodgers, all of whom, getting tints at the
sad reality being enacted in that little
room with tine oloseddpor, went ahfr^'
softly, and spoke under their breath,
for.fear of disturbing the slok lady.
One of thorn, a: jentleman who had
come the same ttignt as Annot, and had
the room abawe-her, seemed especially
ifltej4#s.t©d in her, asking every .time tie
met the*landlady, how tbe invalid was
getting  along.    He seemed to have no
business,.-for he staid in th'e.hous'e most
of the time, going out'justat dusk and
coming back' while the other'boarders
Were -at -the' tea tablev Once Mrs: Bradden thought-she-saw-hina-cpm'e out'of]
the sickroom, but he seemed so much
of a gentleinan she could not make up
her mfrid to question hiiri.N'   -
-One morning however, Ned who had
eyed him inquiringly every time. he
came to the housed ipld .his aufat that
he was confident the gentleman was
the one who 'was _watchirfg Mrs/ Vale
at th p. depot, for they discovered her
name on one of her -bandkerchiBfjir,-*-
and he must'beunaware that she was a
married woman, or else he had evil in
.his heart.
. So Mrs. Bradden made upner'mind;
'finally to ■ question him, and--findout
who lie was. .. That very morning, just
as she had made up her mind to watch
him a little closer,, she saw him c6ine|
down tne stairs and softly unclose the.
door of the-sick room arid'enter., To
go in After,him.-.- was her..first, thought,
and as she was a lady who rarely -wait
ed for second thought's, she" • went' ih
[just in time to hear■ -him.say,r."Popr
child,.pool4.child.". She-kept back her
|riBing anger., as she watched him lean '
over, the" sick woriran,' v/ith' Buch.deepj
sadness in his eyes, only saying, as she
[smoothed the hrovvn, wavy hair- from
|her forhead.-.; -.--:  .-: ,j itsttAliiri,
" You seem to. know this lady. May-'j
be she is a relation of your's sir ?"■ '.■'• -J
" Yes, she is. Then-■ while a quick-
flush mantled his face,-: he added, " Is
her husband with her?"
" No I Bless your heart I She oame
quite alone the same evening that you
yourBelfdid, and was taken tiick all of
a sudden -r though she did say she had,
been sick a spell ago, and.maybo this'
is only a relapse.
..Mrs. Bradden was confident now
that h«e was tf good, honest man, or she
would'nt have told him m&mi.
idtf' ft dare say it was a relapse, as you
atH^So she tame entirely alone ?"
" Yes sir. "If you'fcnow her-friends,
[maybe you'll "let them know where, she
Is 7"
/She looked at him inquiringly and
he seemed 'somewhat embarfassea as
he replied*:      "'. "^_ > •*'.*" *;.".-  ^v4*??!
"I $imk not. -At -any rate we had
better wait .'till we know whether she
:dewres.i$TOJjiQt.V ,ma »,,.,mn<i» t.
As. Mrs,' Bradden took Out her-knit
ting work and sat dowft,' he went back
to his rOom'-;- but every day-after that
he brought in flowers for the invalid's
room : rare exotics that filled the little
chamber with exquisite, delicious perfume, and Beemed at times to remind
Annot when in her right mind,. of hot-
own forsaken home and thejtin'dhandl
that hover used to fail iri leaving the
bunch of parisies' or soses. Aleside.-ber|
plate at the 'morning.-meaL . How-- she
tossed about .then. -Would the. roses
ever bloom for her again? Would herT
great purple pansies at home rest over
her heart as in tho slays gone by>7 And
the little grave rUHdej.,the willow tree,
could, she endure never to see it again?
- The. old doctor, who came every day;
said she was 6'nly -*havirig u retfction';af-]
ter great nervous- excitement and;phys--
ical exhaustion) and they should let
her- sleep all she would.. So they w.'a'tch-1
ed patiently, letting nature be/as she---
ever is her own best restorer,    ';    . - k<
One morning Annpt awoke quite.herj
Iself; and called Mrs. Bradden to her,
|telhng her the whole iad, story of her]
flight from home; and'Beggirfg -her- ;tb|
se'nd word tb'her husband at onoe. "y-i-:.
■ fftlle-cannot have, forgotten me," she
said, with, a sighjf, "be was always so
generous and forgiving...     v.-. '.  ,
"Of course -be- hasn't forgotten you..-;
and he don't ^deserve- .orie of- Sdd-'a
blessings-if he don't come tbe.very-mm-
jute he knows .where to find you. If I
Jhad Keen in his place,' I'd hat^-fotind
you lorigago." . '"' '*'■•''"-~f ■/'< . ; -J
-' ""How.lorig have >I-beenpsick.?'-':1 ;-
v ".Two weeks dWar. .iong enough for
him to hunt the State over." i^,,-;... j '
" Not a. word against ElUodVpleaaei-:
It was all m^o^'fi'altV*,*'ii~'
" Mrs. Bradden kept still,.but did not
change: her opinion .any.
Apnot had hgr promiee,- though, and
she lay there, lookiBg"ahiiG8t like he^r^
self -agate, ■: With a bright smde-deepen-
|ing'Ntiie dimples-in-.-her two cheeks, until sleep finally overcame, her again.
. .Andbowwa? wvrlih Ellicot ValiB^'
Had he really'forgotfcen his young wife,
or'ssits He, after.alh urifoBgivingi? ^N i J
.;. 4h-, reader!- had you. looked. under'
the hat that"Was; drawh: down over his
ey^s,t¥fid' pusfied back •ffie-bla6k,'.'"cbrl-
irig ihau,,'"-:'yo%--would^h;ave:vkno.wn-.tlift|
'Strange* irisib-e.jopm .aboy^^as Annot'8
own husband, wh.o-.had.-rievorlp&t sight
of her sinoe she got in" tho -cars' af ;the|
Lynn stfttiori^'tWO-vreakW-befdre... - .-■ I -a
; As it was,. Mrs.-. Brad.dan.was heartily
surprised when - bej^ainA-downtbat at
ternoon and acknowie,dg^;who he was
an4iaBk^5ltiaehj>r^vileg§.,!^ ^gifting be-
sideb^r. until Anript shouTd;awake.
jw/?0i' course yobe feajit "|to*l''wake her
tQo^juSPS'Uke.'"""/'^; :  '.-r-i   ' -;
" No j fot her'^ffa littlembre rest."
"""IfiSst as yotfpttafi&'plnrt'if it-was me
-I-kftow-I' coujdn^. keejiiriiyJlMids off
from her.    The dear, pretty little orca:
'tw&'ui-vj:'t-i'ii« .^xfi-.-i.i..Ni-v-   ■••j.j.-N.-:-'   '■.' .
Whether EihVcot'Vale pioughtt th*J
sanietprBuc)t WA^p ^^-■•J^eniwi- DUf 1*
was. a 'veiy teM«fexrj^lX>'rwipJ iiss That ^t.
length rouffid'Annot fr4&i.her srdm-
bers, arid iffie awoke to-'flW'hHr bj1*",
band's arms around-her, and Wiff"«^«ieb'
pressed close to hers, as he whispered^
"^•""Shafr^ta'Ke you home, darling?"
Ah, Swe'l'^BfeW she clung to'"-hi^i
then,-as if she would neveT let hite igp"i
how, as soon as she was able, he took
her back, and how Annot felt that she
had-'reaHy been-awakened'to: a riewlife
of hope and duty, her husband k^ew
and remembers, and he never regrets
his little>vife's-trial4.iriasmach as it has
brotighv him such a tender, affectiohate'
Land thoiightfiil Attribt;'.
^Man'y a:.kiiid message found its Way
to old Mrs. -Bradden every year,.accom-'
panied'by substantial gifts that glad-
"dehe'd her" kind^h'eart, -riot, so much for
their; value in dollars and cents as for
the.,-feelings they bespoKe. Once Annot visited her, sleeping iri that same
little^Tooin -'where' she had slept so
-manydonosom'e rri-igbts, and where .she
had rat length, found, her awaicening,
and it added npt a little, to Ned's satisfaction to '■ thii>'K, she would ride'from
the 'depot _with no one but hiriiself.
■' Longi'ago,'.;-Kind old Mrs.' Bradden
slept in th& quiet-churchyard, but even
tnpw she,:is,-.not": forgotten.. Another
'suriny-faped bpy and a little, blue-eyed
girl Often find their'way "to the humble
gravel -.and'-scatter fresh flowers that fill
[fctie,.--.ajif 'around, with fragrance,, and
tell? fhe'smiling listener how bright the
pioundTopKs again,' -and bow they are
Bure the an gels' watch over: it.-/ And our
Annot, somewhat older-,, but with the
same, happy, -thoughtful, face, Kisses
them' bath as: she answers, "1 thinK" so
fob."'"   *'*Ff "'•:'-''
. ..-Tu£ 'TftOE'LiFB-.-^-The 'best supported,
mos.t. serene and dignified earthly life
is that which draws its principal motives
[and delights; fioin Goo. and eternity i
A'iasfn.'iinmersed- all "the year Icing in
worldly-. affairs',' -full-;of 'ambition- arid
care, ^planning, -striving fti^dr doing what-
Ispever he'- does .with.-bis,' ey.es set on
fthirigs !*ere, never -once raising his
[thoughts; in reverence, 'arid' religious
[trust .and prayer, to the Lord Over all,
never once pausing upon the momentous fact that, after his. course here is
ended there comes- another for him,
more prolonged, and in every way
[more noteworthy.'than this.;- that man
is—well,. the plain-spoken- old. Bible
would",say,--Ae is a fool."- So be is. It
se'eriis-ra''iittle'-harsh and uncivil to say
Ijustth^t now; biit-'by.drid-.by, when we
ha.ve all emerged from the ferment and
delusion of, -this urgent and noisy life
and*are able to See temporal matters
About as they are, being no longer imposed on by their nearness to us and
Ithpdin of them, the probability is' we
Ishali agree that fool was pretty nearly
|'tfae"-Word'.—Rev. N. -J. -Burton:
_ VI went to the legislature last year," said a
Georgian". "Well, I Went to Augusta and
took dinner at a hotel.-: Bight before meat
the table sat a membeEftom one of the back
tpwna, who had perhaps newer taken dinner
atahotel before In, his life. Before" his plate
wasra-dlsh: of peppers, and he kept looking at
theia... Flnaliy,' as the' waiters were slow
jabopt hrlnglng:'ai>-. the things, he took np his
jfprk and soused- one into' his mouth. As he
jbrpu'ght down his grinders upon it the tears
came into his eyes. At last spitting the pepper-Into' his hand, "he' -laid' it dbwn: by the
side pi hi s"plate, and with a voice that set the
whole table In a roar, exclaimed, 'Just lie
there aatf edotff**.
:.A,good lady,-who -hod two children sick
with' the measles, wrote a friend for the best
(remedy; The friend had just received a note
from another lady Inquiring the way to
makepickles; ia the confusion, the lady
who Inquired about the pickles received the
remedy for the measles, and the anxious
jjapther of the sick children read with horror
the following: ".Scald' them three or four
times inr-veryihot viriegarj and sprinkle them
With salt, and in a few .days they will be
cured. - ul- ~=. t' *tb
"Ttf Sou aa;e a business man, Waste not even
the newspaper in-whlch-you advertise; but,
after you and your fanffdy are done rwith.
ithenV; send tiiem- to your friends and acquaintances-, and, to merchants scattered abroad.
TTton "Willnnd it.to jrpur Interest by So doing.
Xiike bread«ast upon thewaters, after awhile
the attention -thus conferred upon others
snail;"return t'o you fourfold in substantia^
|buslnes's benefits. M«wspapefs- are, par ex-
ceilence, the great advertising mediums of
the world, Othormodes of adverfeisihg, doubt-
^ess,Jd,d good; more or ^ess;' but the newspaper exceeds all^otliers eoimoined In efficiency
and results..    '".'•'-
Qirlsi,"t'>5eware of transcient -young men.
Never suffer the addresses of a stranger; recollect that a steady fermer-boy or a mechanic Is-.wocth all the floating trash in the world.
Tne alTaremfeits of a d&ridy- Jack, with a gold
[chain about his neck; a walking-stick In his
paw(4bome honest tailor's Coat on his back,
land a brainless sknll, .can never make up for
the loss of a father's. liouseV's gb"6'd;m6ther's
counsel, and- the- society of brothers and sis*
ters;2j^ejr.raffeo^ons':-last, j while-j'those! of a
rich young - man are lost In the wane of a
rhprieymbon;   . ,«:; .y***'
' .Be-*'. -Henry.. ■Ward Beeeher says bf the
'• Items column" ih4he'newspapers, that It is
Worth more than a3l'th& small- fty of correspondents, with oh editor thrown into boot!
Like a-corayan, it stretches along its columns
witn packages and- parcels, spices and .gems,
pits, of .fraginehts!of:'cunniiIgJy wrought metals, gathered from: the -.Orient ..arid the
Whole world -besictesf The items of a paper,
tt'ike'tUe/stufflng bf-a"Shah'ksglvlhg turkey
[represents-every thing in the house, crusts oi
bread, craftkers anftflilsplcei
"whlit. gdeS;most "agadrist   the  grain?   A
reaper V*^N  ".-    -
■ A: thorn'En -the hush is Worth4 two In the
hand. .   adt  10  ^NLu'ftj
The largest rooife in, the world-^r'oom for
improvement!"
:. "Tlie course.of taip love Is a,race^vhere often
there Is a fOjlse start; j
Lay by a good store of patience and put It
whefe'you:cdri,'findit-, -- ■ '-
.The inosViaiidable ambition Is to be wise;
the greatest wisdom to be good.
..- igood JElck but of-doors, is, to some boys,
better than all .the rich ?neles in the world.
A little wrong-going in the beginning lead-
eth to a great 'sin in the end.
| :'Temptationis the'flre that Wrings up the
scum of the heart,