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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1888-10-25, Page 2I eorr n 1 mug nrk finT 'D. tbe women who had derel eo to Imet her. LTD. Iiitiltit) ij.t. Wald' Yet there bed heen a Yesteli aY wilt% bis *Wert —.. had glow eel with a different light aa they lookei on that Noontime and It was the room- ChLAPTER I. bee a that pest which teeehed, with its . e Ly Betty woe swearing. She wee chill heed of fear, hie hesetto-dey, Moe dere* loo*ever Under the pretert They dui got speak till thy reche& that cooditicao reignieg et the fort, b weeld !!part of the low weed •huildiegs le -which 1 lame been di cult to hese ettaived to eny poems bed been Orme her and, her father. each intiutgence of body wed mind. For It Wee 14.1iriet4 Whe brae the awlmazd there was little /eft to drinit ; mill lees to silee ce. min; while deeperete anxiety darkeeed every "Why does the hete me soft elm asked, fame. wed the ehmiew of deeth loomed Mem looltieg up at him with eyee am Mightwitlt at bainat ya, black es matters loehed, her here, "Ie. aemes hard, where elm' an I 'with huedreita of Iadiami lefortated with are the cely wenien lame—end wheel tee leleed-thiret donee them in cmzUel ea morrow we trey Itemaeatl," oath may a elezen wee to bold the or 4rad etrotece the two wonteet shet tIP there with them, with remateffitiournenieg abort, with food aed Natter distrilteted en prieelpiee of ller voce eat4ght and fen late lower temee. They had hot told her whet essener of woman The Leidy Betty wee. She thoeght el thed sea a fiery light, stood,. tlgid *alit gazing three& the °peeing, The Lady Betty. Sim seemed, to be 'wing Viatoe, no pele yam her feat, tio eterieg and diced her eyes. The girl syoke agate geetly, lout the women did not stir, end hltriarn, stepplog half feah 'lidleiefer the did not hew how ehe would be restored, went up t her. Bet eit She reeched the womme ode, and mettnetively fo owe the gaze of her rapt eye.3. an exclernetiou of wed delight and wonder broke korai= lips. _ Throegit a bre,* a the wood -Rime hills, Awing the wiedow the elm iraa aetting in a perfect glory of red RP,d. gulch The whele horteop, earrowed to them by them bOle, eeet944 aee of dre, which etretehed OA in lid, quivering wavee of 1igiatfrembeaye4 to them, as they *toed on the earth. Aed ae the girl looked she forgot the hideette I d the whitato shet and the herrere the eteleteet ecenimes, with A Intideg atm her eoemes vulger. he -Relent, le 4194 * Or § ae g . overhead to add to the Torture a lens, hews , bar she believed her honest. Ner fether that:to theme meat wait ea deeth; teed a e , _ , , a with their cetweima deeed reed expeetedershaed the other men had. teOt na the &Intim great Face fell on her. day ee might rehire to nets anew wee with no. peospece hut death at the halide of darling libe au hdigel's Utley from her own "It to late the golden gates et heaven, r. '4b0 t° kW" eve th4t bol'a :1* 4'14. 32 she cried under her breath, "And we Aral her Oa liehin Miriem thet afternoon, a 1 a cruel, mercilees fee; yet Te lady Betty Mere med. yet to herself. Audeow that this woman— thb woman should dare— i The Lely Betty etumbleci te he 'feet. She took the - girl' a silen ce of hatolerable huutilietiot.for, te atswer in the affirmative. Seett aOW in ef feeling torturing the girl was nicompre. fg a henahle Pe her—wasted and. degraded as all mat her own finest inetincta of womenhood were. wee For °De imemod a geese a her own socriflce pro —a bitter, wild rebellion egituest 4W need—, bi a dreary conteicuenees of her 'miserable, c nopty life fell on ber and it seemed. wpoa.t ible. tit Acwe vague way elm felt, tom in her 604 fleet the ewe of bets for Carew bed 0 been the one redeemly feetere in her own T lost wcenanheod. It had been tree. Be had men be ei her, awl she had accepted b her dem Mien. with an eutwarel philesoplity, which, bad bidden the deepest wowed, her heert bed ever iritowe, The 944 thing thee had kept tip her Peerage eo play her pert t WSOBLIIAN.SQUO. 'What a Child Did, Win the werld ever know what depths of le a thoueand pities; that Renee othere of 'tend e ems there 'were in the heart of American. retailed criminals now read. ?Atom' tiala Lincole ? anecdote, Whiell Cenafie could not be served in the km teem beeeepeleished, brings, out one e way as Pitcher hats been served in , meet instance in which lois sympatidee, eat. This man was teller of the Chien , awakened by title eobly controlled yreeinencet a ygitlen, which leo his eetion. In one of the Ana eitirroishea of ed to Ms own purposes, her doing , the delve War, young Union soldier Wee SO wreck the hank. lat roomed tiev reiewommed ie the leg thee the limb heel lielletivhbeentrt4blinaec°4111 bWibbblirl4Sugtb4tt 4 young eioldler, by the aid of influential •e amputate:It iert leaving the hospital, =teazel; ebtainee A position as a govern, en t weigher of hay and grain. Not long ter be had entered upon his duties, his p,,esriaiterboeffiree,exr vaisft__„. t;ht, bay weigh! muoi en these eceles ; out to the govern, 44t itQlligtbs aeZteh dm:raiz," d end an t at way of •weigheal.rt.islems, teen enter het one weight ,tittirecorrect one," rumwered the yoeng Hie eeperior walked away, =utterly threats. The moung man front that day hsuollueersetyd.tnnandyit zeotsti4y9tpelroene;niotiotteserefebro broth, ceived notice diet the government had too further neecief ete services, The summary diemissel made him tio dowe-hearted thet *MI ceeemled to tie a great end timbale/me! Rd d t ho 'that Y I'M 4ot aweartag at the imeseot COrraitiOln You ;Alla not relea her," ;said Sorry teepee -hen fell. Sae iiedideely under* ef her exitteeme but at the tem ether womem ;Carew, awkwardly, remain:1)(4'km her faith, ahnt up with her fa that heeleeed for 1" So brave and thee Wee. She bee faceit It would lave ince difficult to hoWeek- deetia with ne, and—'' be eteppea *hart. Ae .ng at her eow as she steml wit the he looked into tbe girl's sweet, half-indigi artechaele, armeln bAez into the doorway of user, half velem]. eyes, be fele it eserilege to met ef the heitelimeet to avoid. uteetime, the , even amok of The Lady Mettea geed (meet - otter woume who had inet lemma by, - why 'tee, Peer lady Betty i ehe hed ever gated the tole a "The lady "1 don't meld her r a little pettiehly, Betty." The reeel Merely finery with She heti hereelf clinevered eerie beauty 44 Which she delighted to adorn herself wee rzbe laity Betty, aml the remembered thAt false, tern, and dirty, there holy no Op- I ft new, an arce listened, to Sorry Cerehite portunes le thee doomed, eut-of the-woxicl !praises :Pd. taw bow his handoeme Jaen fort, meeolon only by that ige.anl of des- flushed aa he stammered. and broke down. perste wen, for repeideg dedeleemiee et '61 dere my he thiolts her lovely. dremed 'tact.•ThereW .t4 49 cligaity ha therechlem tip in that tawdry, dirty emery I' the abondempent et latiMell te the low. vulgar , pasainaa deo „I -Queened her. Tee ©eerie oltenglie. And thee, else remembered how timely et her bee WA4 ditOgnred, by hate, near death 15114 "d tl""1 bee 13C4r gTV rage, and desire of rtyeuge, tender and tree again eerier the chesteemg Bat eomo one in her peat bed given her !thaaghe. the lAcht144441 and It had Meek te her ever "Oh how d etto Mr. Carew V lidera She bad been tittle mere theo rbe ereialvard* 1/1141g with Ot0Pg, dna then ; atm bee ittee warm anw. remorseful tear& "Tell her not to hate el per or two still off thirty, hoe the yeati P345 "*" 44 l'°11 1Wr QUO° Yather through whieir that 145.144 bed cluog to her to love eeoglr other f' And she Tall IR* bi„,. to the boner, eheittleg the door betweee her 133.431314'N'4 /melwl.mtl n* a •MitarY and the Velum mem neemedthereagleter F144c/41c° et veeicieu sc"° Ine°i5ured dist= bowudezed ber tors At 144 InItead of time. Ike Lody Batty hal en- I Y hemelf after her own father. ipassemete gelf-aegateeloa to WAtell be 94% jed 44 due; hie Mud refutitig rety eiesiditit 2nt 43/4 gt"n11* 14 a Y46934.1 duP/4 w3'5.6 Of Otero lardee the 4114 Itat 4.ew Lu: arc as setae maddened, ratin-tcrtuted Mute eat, ate emeeteete, re ea her mo2.30re miebt remelt the agony of the lash breeglit F44 j.7 eldee with di', ea on itoelf by go own ungoverned Rouen; * e V17 °i'l;413" ` lmd brought thelr own miublement. Moil a terteigitt ago—when tide eiti wide her father heti keen rescued and brought into the tett under A hailtteV41 et Initets, whieh feed mat the liver; et dove ei the Surma Who had =See oortie t'14 tato,' Chit rut .e4,31 tem:. Ito•Qht., the 4L, -;go of litutidtgth—Tbo IdedYr*tty mud "tbe ut-tl, fort no tyleudidly tad kr ite pane through 40104 444 then the mreow and eighieg will eve= ehert, for thee will be no glom° She was not coeseloite of PpeAlOg aloud - The lady Betty atarted ; shuditer—wee ft a tate and rage, or of a evirltpel dreal of the myetery of death 2—ehook. her from heed to foo„, the girlt She. .Were. great to bee and bate as Well Air to pity.. She felt =tele thee elm gave her cite Met .of the peite... Interest .hereidif 444 CATO? the girl weetel eeore bern With— the whole deeee of doer puttied, eediteiplieeel 4.441470. A great- east feerfai :tepietatioe coovelleed The Lady Betty wide She temed itherpite, etming etephily for eue7a 419r41 Qf dePkri aganY, l'rVeg% emoted at Unmet. her eyee blindea with tha 1144/APPO fine whteh ohe had been en. Theen„ as echo uudereteed whit nn epoken, her eyes blend, and she iley °et her hands snit to 434 the gul sold% , Olt r blew. oiooked gm; 44,4 'Canatt to her IP it, 444 t44,03.ed hot - But Miriam ean,-,zht at her hands, -1445, Iteetyr t" Met' 4:7494'e plate geteiti me gem ti me my ble44 Row gm). we reckon now tty andget through thee Mee (leg her mole bite her pekoe hot to cry oat the wordo. Md then egadeety ulion, bat' PoPr atom -racked tont there ;seemed to Moine that golden light ot the afternoon!, and she rereattered. how thie vete; "yea eheedt tithe Oda from met tea rill" ter Pre 31'3'1°4! and begged her Pan "O, don't let nequArrei r lie cricd with !add bY oides with Itch 1 ge througu ete geteete clatte meg bete be, .theet golden settee:* tlbe gad, 44 9, f414Itt itee14114 t' , broken voice, with a Mango little smile The woman broke into A reckleo; Perini eitk,trbg 4=45 her liFs*,_ laugh, whose bittealle45 eppelled the girl, qt,n_ea was P14?,1"9",tne 8.4 could sPeae " rvo beard on them geidee 8etat 1 I or WAIII Ma Attaterat4Pla rOCkfta. es now, they ain't fur oleic tz me. The lady Betty gilded back to her own Oals for fine folks co_you I" , quarter; weere the timidly InAda A few pro- " Oh I' cried thogal. " Whet makeseme iaretiees, Fort J414eSt Wliteh ShAw was etin genit14, Re emphetically the "mac mil only "' of /abided in existence at the preeeut momeek tie is not a poet st ho us easily " noclentamder or the people. The emople indeed ea a role kerns nothieg aletoe iffe is studied with 4.01na euthesiainn and nmeh apperent admiration by mote= creel lit y COVertee *he exalt Mtn, thar thra4 ion much in the saute way perhape, b be tem the ettiey to elev. b affmdeftrWeleheadmae° inrAirldhePertiro- gwettmeFeadthaemar urewtpitille,dwilbec'ePe.1:e:t. df4an,gb t-ert he partioutathetlegreeinwhichtheyendeeetand eta es tbiricEn, obccr up I I am gelipg to MOM* lifirpeeki MaggZiRetOng4 91 a /frowialiog „ peaddere Itineton. I know he will make Mb in some Western State whIch muted oil tioo to he almost aebanmd itaeU and Ita gar bather and mother tried to turn her whose works ft professed eo or it got dull itte4,_by tbe nanijy.of sepuerptheseepozvteardiLest:haest hiet 7,14 hztu:telteeende. tros. truth 04me 011t when tbo elqb 47'0',4,4,rePeP" 'each a petty metter as the (*mime). of tioh At wh-VOI edeqtbing that dtniu Idia!Iweigher of grab, Bet her faith la On of brawn colour. A rather cbildisla way, , rtvotuovoaerea f jnnticv wnn an dm% one would think, of showing admiration for oho 4,00t to tho white Brae, am feet*. and not calculated to boopire greaColor threo deye ee peteue weitiue in 014 repent for the motel etrength te obtain- 0ooto,rooto, wan wiplizted Mr mama a by at, litudY uf ebb urlitin„g,oe but tuebd prestnee. nevertnetem wait trio erne, Wall a Thti hour for receivieg vieltore heil treerly brown table cloth* and biiairit ebbaai expired end ;melte enteredtite recenthe Prom bhehol brown idigadt htuldu dr4a°" nu 'idexit, throwleg lahneelf on e lounge said the backs of thehesteoace (the club id comp?a• !wearily, ;• wete my little girl, %thee can 1 ed of wetrierc3) and brown curtains on ;beide Inc yclu r• wiledowt Altogether the *fair roma to 1 She told her artless eery. Mr. Telecole sto herd 1 It 1 litsve (Nue man any wrougseevereved to 654 WAQ t• Y s co i abnarYtenbteare124;:done UP br9w4" in a malteriul 1,41a, 33tclaed attentively, and with a sinileaeked, !I et hew, my dear, de I know that your without knowing, forgive we I and take my pbbV Zragirlw tftl%agyet.„8,,zeltbeabdirsuht The dieryoi theEmporor reederick beets- lames/lent is taw rs baud." L. i it u tTt;c1Le e?v dalr3. 0 Bil et Ye otthdr t it f taverf; ker43u t. elor:s414,...,ctren ck`:t...4„.11::it, „4:Erdf;trieterta,ztthet:motu;oltggeli: 1 getttratif r:otnieQtFoo4414::TQ:'titaL rottYrtehiEno wziede:towyraauail i e n‘e319 ydr,Q. `P:_yf reee8ovItein:iiht3:174. renc rzeadewutolt :redr:flieirriu :1 'i it." re were bruited, apel a faint cry of pge wee kreed from the girl, An waprecettou thee tied ample for himself, rasoppare broto eu the pir* an. every memo, who bed wonder err/ amoiration far the render, owl itfached the meerieey eget in tigrA to ere the, shame and angry ;enteric for The ladylietty. blewt tp4-44i; feTift4414 aPa eaveht the paw tittle veuniled heed in hia CHAPTER U. "Crete meet * he hemmed • hike, " is net fit t d he here. Steed beile Ho a matte to nu 1.4. Betty. She fell Laski tawerere by the kak in be and the =milers gesture. But she ‘t, get out of the light diet wee note e 'cativo. seceuteg et the Winilinted dreedlel rechieueete, of the man'* gesture, broke in, ebe email, en tante CtnCVA1 hertell better. CAM Mange warfor mho had bad, ba bee Greater r•afety would counterbalance the ledge of ths evil et life—on the girl's ender. inanition, for not a abet CO Welt bo err lied a the telt el fideltilin SitZ tai mate& 40actrvi, owht?,;01, optiutomm olreuldored ber rifle side by dile with law= aloelf eerridee weld teaceldsherer She imil tehme her slue 14 the wetalwe ; ,there diem =ea, wile bad it'egOnn an In= she hid eaten, lived, laughed with them' liar -meow= to be ell et au AVAIL balm. sal thpy et the &Mb thmt threat. The eetee night meether gounell of w 1 mead them. Now alt tills wee chauRe.i. was hell. Te Indians would not May 'Though Tbe Lady ZgttYs even tilloitihel leactive week lemma ; the ceder winder was over it calmly, which she never did—the that thy hail kept, ;inlet so long. If they very thought of these two etradgers, rabet-,n' had ccntrence the active attack Ant male advent in the tett bad been teptizen by the the eineraritica et the fort would long age loon of three of the braveat and brisitteet have been eependeil. But their inaction of the toys, filling her with ra6c—cauld !gave to e=e. fr, would only be a prelude hardly !cave fledged the ;thane t r hew b eto wore •leviiivioe. ktme of she wen theta first began. worn one with the ceaseiees watchiem the The s were never wildnd to her. She intelevelde heat, the insoiMent feed! and mouthful. Ley Went on elloht ration, NO the terrible aextoty, would have preferred us well ae thet girl ethellgers should the rush arid sleek Of a demterato charge And now to leave the fort. The boy t. But tide huowledge telly made and then have had, It all ever, meeditg Mint net knee? till eho wee gone. .4 Brea Arieue. 314. not ehe been a good death as an honorable friend. 'But. there , , &tiro to take one last look at Sorry Carew, with them? She ad not want were the womeu to bo thought et. Already hunw, nig.° illuat have culue direct them bee. 'On had iwit turned its and lay sideldug shorten their allowance for her, gloomy shmlows derkened the wee eyes .v,Qa It"iii "OP cannot get out of the only twenty yards from her in one of the did for thet. delicate, pate faced. lei they leolted at the heedful girl. By tight 1 It Is becaure the golden gate. aro without -TM Plumb: her Oa courage. But the seercely knew one end of hi gun what drendful mons meat she hei d ed iteien ao wide—ea wide that there 141 Wenn "•i Where Walt the peal She Wher—at least, elle did not when from the broads of thoae devils ? Led given hitt up forever, She was ant of a Now sbe could ineolle and girl had idreadItleciden for herself. the for You th enter ea well as mo." And then ohe fled from the room and Mee the fort at kat; mud teat to emitutenee the rerr et,g Tee eateitey, iraweet, thie ood all question and the Man who ties been ehiefiY 4 talritx,er hand, " Cowen ith mete Mr Stan= ; .4,44 divot., with ludiott% instrumental in giving the whale te the pub ton.' at .!?g "Ong Cctrtl her WO in her band; but not tieeit of *tea elm woe eely e. toed tar bus would he potting, r loss alight entail ebe deatic of others. nes! as well tta tita tqa that she meet 1 1 hot he dimmaredi, few e irde these Vigil. I *Aar 10",h But oho hosimmeit all bee OAK. ' heed onieng a tram et tedium and wei, AS schtlo owl ito kneed in their craft mid itrat3f4aim al themselirea She 1394at V9 44 NA she weeld rids the hop (Meow tries her plane by taking 44 herCe ; bOlidea, eretectee memo girl &Memo, no know. greeter speed. She weeui k). Mite little am. standing. She drew her hand from the ; but; tbtu—two baht beret I It young mart'a grasp, and ran ever to where ohc t; ere c.eaght—sho wank!, need none. the unhaypy woman stood cowling enrrtShe. bad not to t;lbtr, hut overmatch her eowering tbe corner el the lighttilled foes by coming. She would even take no MOM. food, kr there kit Ireland worild Peed every "Sen di she cried, her 6t4Ctih WU* uto ady and &trained with the passion of ho ito pity, that averpt as a Wave ever ber art, owl which nude It seem as if that one; Sorry 1' o,. temeht her. 'a YoWL u now what to do for me The lady Betty set her teeth, as she father, when the time came," she mid tc; remembered wetehing the boons the girl bira quietly ono night, as oho bade him had he • od for. All the boys bad wanted "Good-taigirt,.• " in the starlight. lie caught to ten her. But it was Sorry Carew who her dem tc bun and himieti her without a bed given the lemon. As The Lady Bitty word; bet she knew that he underetoo& remembered the tool; on his 'madame face The men eat tete diacuntiog the eituatica AV be Mood by her, elarolug her how to If only Colonel Shaw, who mutt have handle his rifle, she drew in her breath with reedit:3 by this time 'ie.:Dames, could hear a sharp, short sub, as if that first shot Bred of their maiden ho would hasten to their by the girl had gene through her on assistance. Provisions would hold out— hearts dividing them into the sitialleat portion', But though the bort were es goad to her enfficient to keep them alive—for atother in their rough, familiar way as they had four days ; emintutition, if the Indiant always been, something seemed to have proved troubleSeMe, half that time. Bat ems between them and. her. They were no who wee to go and butes Shaw'a advance 2 longer so recklesely cheerful in her 'moiety. it was certain cleseh to bye the fort. When she swore they seemed payees afraid Not that any of the boys troubled about that that gbil would hear her. They <al that, 04 he, personally, was concerned. deafly preferred now to keep their lives But the loss of each life made the chance of to themselves, and desired. her to do the the reat less. And the resb " always now SLUMmeant the 'armee, in the tram's thought?. The old happy.go lucky faniiliarity in Besides, the discovery of anattempt to leave which, if there were no respect, there was the fort for aid would, to a certainty, pre - no tronbletome question of etiquette, hod cipitate the Vans of the Indiana. Shave vanished. Thin novieible though perfectly wentd rarely soon hear of the enemies' force tangible barrier against which she fretted concentrated at Fort Buff, and advance • ancl ragedavaa impassable. Once when she rapidly to their rescue. There was hadbrokenontandstormedett cod reproached nothing to do but wait for him. adot and cursed cote of the men, asking why they that even this hope of his arrival Inighteeed all kept so aloof from her, he nad looked their prospects. Each man knew—though he perplexed for a moment or two, and than did, not sly it—that it was far more than tetwered her : probable that the instant the Indian scouts "Waal, I guess we don% forget as how diacovered the approach of the soldiere, you're game," be said awkwardly and their doom would be sealed. The Indians doubtfully; "but you see you're a woman, would. are the fore and massacre its defend - and soh she." ers long before Shaw could reach them. "Oh! that "she." How the hated her I Nothing but the most Bubble tactics on It all started from her. The boys only Shaw's aide, to disguise his movements, thought of her now. They would have could prevent tho catastrophe. If only a themselves down for her to walk over. To messenger could remit him to accitaint him get a word or a smile from her they would with all the difficulties of the &melon I have gone to their death. It was for her The men separatedilsome to sleep, some to kthey had given up cursing, gambling, and keep up the coaseleas, harrassing watch, The Lady Betty, Poor Lady Betty 1-1t without having been able to decide upon was hard. She who had shared their perils anything better than to wait. as well as their pleasures to be put aside for The next day dawned. There were signs thb pole, quiet.faced airl, who had been a of a.otivity once more among the Indians. total stranger to their Alves a fortnight be- They rode out singly, or in bodies, from They were ethamed of her, too. They their places of shelter, pointing and gestic- ot cern t; see her near that peond-eyed Mating in enraged derision, toward the fort, . They were uneasy if she joined them breaking out into wild war whoops, which her presence. The girl's father would curdled the blood in the girl's veins. Shots openly show his dblike. He would take were fired, too, which the men in the fort, the girl away when she drew near them ; though burning to avenge each one with a he would look as if he feared pollution for dozen'dared not return, for not e bullet his beloved, apogees daughter from the very could. be wasted. They would need them tenth of The Lady Betty's garment. At all for the last struggle. The women—or first The Lady Betty had defied him, as she rather Miriam, for The Lady Betty had bad defied the boys and forced herself upon scouted, in savage mockery, the .idea—had them, and taken a pleasure in startling that been kept inside the huildby to be out of delicate piece of goods with bar reckless the way of the shots. The long, Weary day oath -garnished Mlle She took a malevolent passed, the aftemoop waned. Mitiam, pleasure in arousing that frightened, shrink- rebelling against her captivity, ventur- ing, wondering disgust on the lovely face ed to disobey orders. As she stepped that had so bewitched the boys. outside she caught sight of The Lady Bat even she had at last been cowed by Betty disappearing into a small shanty, the stern coldness and contempt of Mr Gres- built On rishm ground at the other ham as he turned away with his daughter, end of the stockade. She looked „about young men did not dare protect her ally more. Lio went out into the air with a look on Ms face which hail never been there before. And there was no sound left In the room, savo the wild, abed:log aohs of the woman who had fineg herself noon in the duet', with the red light streaming full upon her, CHA,PTER ILL It was midnight. There wee no moon; but the night was luminaire with the atm-, light, and The Ledy Betty, creeping like a gliding shadow from the ahanty to the building where Miriam elept, muttered an oath, which the chaired immediately, then glanced round with a fierce, halhaliamehiced expremion, as if defying any one who might have overheard the euppression to prove that sate was growing more virtu'ous. But even this faint light angered her, for the did not want any one to atie her, Since his arrival at the fret, 51r. Gresham had taken hie share in all the duties of their situation, and at this moment he was shale Ing the watch with atm° of the other. The letdy Betty knew this, and pushed epen the outer door of the building, knowing that there was no chance of meeting hirn. Mir- iam alma in an inner room. and to this, with her sae% steady feet, The Lady Betty °rept. The girl lay fast asleep hi the star- light., ehining through a window over her head. The woman with her eager, blood - shoe eyes, stood goring down neon her, with a look in which fiereedespair, tealonsy, and. rage struggled with gratitude and awe. How peaceful and beautiful she looked The angels that went in and out of three goleen gates must be like her. She sank down on her knees the left. The ann was setang across the deadly task. At the third amen from that eighte about * mile atilt from Fort Jams, a woman Mamma and fell at the feet of some of Sietw'a men. It was difficult to recoguize her womanhood—Melt a disfigured, (Halm - cleat tattered thing elle was. Hee face was created with dust and blood, for she had been auverely wounded, her lips were black and perched, her feet bleeding and tore. They thought as they raised her that she tens dead. Under the blazing sun, throu h the blactiness of the night hunted down y her bloodthirsty foes; lying hidden from them for hours In the water, in holes in the ground.; creeping out again to stagger on, starving, faiuting from Ions of blood, pain, and those awful miles 'open miles of march, the had yet brought her !teenage to Shew. It was marvelous how the had done it. Nothing but that resolve, tvhich grew as the hours went On, into a Inadnvis of desire to save Miriam and Carew, carried. her through it Oh At fine she could force ne eound from lips and throat; but at last they understood. Even now she naked to go with the relieving party, dreading their ignorance of Indian warfare, which mighthurry on the catastrophe. But she relapsed into =icon - odiousness as she apoko, and was delirious when thetawokes again. She meth° heroine of the honr—a fact which, wb.eit she had re- covered a little. she resented with the whole force of her vocabulary. But the newe they gave her one after- noon made her turn her face to the wall and lie silent -and still for a long time. Her friends were saved. She hoisted upon get- ting up and going about the next day. Nor would she wait till the relieved garrison reached Fort James. The evening before they were to arrive lie chime thee ho bee acted upon tho order "Sraratnr." 841 Mr Lincoln, ao they en. of OM Emperor himself and that it was not 'tend the Oleo et the great War Secrefitay, fatty years but only three months which 1"i wioir you to herr dna child'a entry.' WC'S* elapse heforo they wore to be ptds- "I have ragtime," shattered the overwork. nobs& It lo very retitle that in epita ot ed mon, all thie the ?Mawr wIll levee hard titnem "But you mut," replied Mr. Listwelm while it ite tt the llairreas mother; "I have slat a moment to spare to -day, can free. toroth! ot all. complicity In the mat. It Mr PreoIdout.' tor, othoraire the vrerid :eight see the math II "Cane tay deer, tanierro'w. and evel exhihitiou * nether emit to Mr. Santee wig beer you then," mid the ranee by her ongry and somewhat nu. Presiders; badly her awey. mound KM. In the meantime the (lemurs The mixt day Wm watt edoeitted at cum to aro made to enaleratAtul what A 19.e5 they the President, who took her over to Mr Stage hove eusteined In old WWII= Whig an loreg ton'e ace, The So/rotary listened to the allti relierldno lite helog ea preveMorely child's tillage Mary and wee to moved by la cat short. ilod the old Emperor died won that he iudignataily excleicried, beflore she afar the clew el the Femme Premien war, had finished, "The inferrea meat:" Ile what a pin, humanly tirreklue, it would „trent to hie dealt and wrote au order for the have hien te the world se eeneral tied to aureediete dismissel thedisitoncet offichil the Fetheelatid, in perticeltr. But mess are and for the appolaties the little girl a father tempted to jedgi thine Otte a very pow to the vecteet place, Dna lireleed retailer ere atter a Mr. Litwin never forgot the child; he told mottling tot oureeives width legatee for Fuer story to several Ceuerceemen, and gliteounem In thee) erraegorocute , through tneir ft deepee her two brothera were Melt Ho may make, men will tlo well to enrolled emong the pegea of the 'route of Dm tibiae oven settee they two ready to fancy preentatives. t they could have teenaged things in a „ muchmeresetiefertory Mahlon. There 18130 'Aaaresa an lieeelYing a Balla Of life, however precious it may he, whieh b In. laud /leather in dispeneable and even Frodorrok may event. ;laity accomplish more rood. by Me death than he wentd hoNe by a much longer He. Lincoln's death Watt not all loss either b the world's good or to his own reputation. Strange C11140 for Thanks. An old aca captain sat lu the lobby of the euatorwhoune yeaterday afternoon. Ho was in a talkative mood, and releted a number el funny experlencet he had bad with minis- ters. Teem wan one in pm ticuler which amus- ed him very ntneh as he moiled it. , "Once, when we left London," ho began, "to make a trip to Baltimore, among the passergers on board was preacher. We had hardly got out of the river hetet° tho good man became awfully Melt, and he felt tura eomething was wrong with the ship. He related hie fears to me, and to allay them I took him to the fore part of the vessel, where a number of sailors were at work, "d Do you hear them men wear I asked. " Yes,' he replied. 11indb it shocking? Whet will become of them I' "'Well, I don't know,' I answered, 'bat it must be Vain they are not worried about the condition of the ship.' The reverent gentleman, taw the point and felt mud easier. The next day a terrible storm erotic The veasel plunged in the trough of tb waves, and the passengers were greadt frightened. "I noticed the preacher going to the sami part of the ship, and I followed him. Sud- denly be atopeed and listened attentively, Then he exclaimed': Tbank heaven they are still wearing.' I need not add third the boat didn't go down." the bedside with a sharp cry. Miria level prairie as she rode out of the fort and sprang up, her heart beating till she wee all the waste:was radiant with its glory. She nearly suffocated from. the suddenness. of turned her horse's head toward it and sat the awaking, her eyes full of anguished fear, for a moment, with a wistful, rapt gaze in Were the Indians here at last I Then her her eyes, looking straight into the radiance, flooding earth and sky, before her. eyes fell on the woman, and a different fear seized her. From the exaltation of that in. Then she turned to the people who had come to see her start : finite pity a reaction. had set in. She was not an angel—only a woman. Young, in- "Tell Miriam Gresham and Sorry Carew tolerant, as all youth, strong in its own es how I'm goin' toward them golden gates —she'll know—and I reckon ez how I'll purity, always is. That afternoon she had been inspired, raised to her highest level— never keer fur to come back." perhaps above it—for she had. still nanoli to And she rode away into the golden light. learn by endurance and suffering. since Nor did those who bad once known her ever that supreme moment she had had time to see her come out of it again. think, and her horror her bitter scorn of the sin, had overw e er p ty or e sinner. "What do you want ?" she asked, her voice oold, unsteady with her tear and Me- lba. r "1 reckon ez how I tem keno. to ask .you a question," said The Lady Betty in a hard voice, but it was no longer bitter or reckless, though she felt to the quick the eine e in the girl, who sat up with t he and now Fshe 'avoided them, too. Was it only her; none of the boys were near. A sudden starlfght shining cm her white, proud face, the soorn andicy hasdness of thefather which impulse—for which the girl could. never " It mayn't be ez what you'd like to an - bad cowed her? Was not there ormething in account, unlese ib were a simple womanly ewer. But I ain't bonne The red skins the pitiful, slueriking eyes of the -pure girl dedre for the syrapathy •of her own sex at is sorter too close for thole Do you love whieh—but no I he Lady Betty only broke this supreme moment of peril—made her Sorry Carew ?" int more.furions rage when she thought of run across the space between the building Miriam stared at her speechless, a rush this. That that girl sheuld master her I The *she occupied and the shanty. She reached of scarlet. blood staining her face, throat, rage that desperately defied the thought was the door, which The Lady Betty had left and even ears. She was re'volbed, shamed, full on her at this instant, as Miriam Gres- ajar. The girl oalled her softly. Where enraged, half stunned oath the shook of the ham went by with Sorry Carew. She biased was no =ewer, and, pushing the door open, question. Every nerve in her quivered with out a curse after them. The young man Miriam looked in. There was a square it It was as if a rude, brutal hand had heard it; his face grew white to the lips. opening for a window at the end of the suddenly rent aside Moe veil that sheltered He did nob look at his companion.; hut he room, and through this opening poured the the modesty and delicacy of her maiden, knew how the delicate skin had fleshed mar- golden light of the western sun. It rolled heart. let and then paled beneath the gratuitous in- in waves of dazzling radiance into the room, Love! litihat was it to her edit, but suit, and his eyes blazed with fury against and in the midet of it, bathing her as in a vague, beautiful fancy, scarce rest d He Should Have Begun Earlier. ate had passionately declared his love. "You are too late, George; too late," murmured the girl. "Too late ?" he exclaimed with an agonis- ing °my. "Is it possible that you love another I" "No, George; but it is nearlyhtwelve o'clock, and I hear papa at the gate. Three Im DI" BA/1MM H. LIIIGEI• You cannot stop a morintain shwa Choke it howe'er you may; its ceaseless flow will find some seam, .And trickle on its way. You cannot; chill a glowing heart, For each and ev'ry time You try to damp its flames they start I And leap to heights sublime 1 • Oast gems or gooluo where you may; ey glitter in the'dust ; ure gold will shine with undimmed nrf, Where baser metals rust. A Nioe Wedding Trip. A North Easton, Mass., despatch to the New York "Herald," September 27th, says Professor James K. Allen, who made a ' bal- loon ascension from the fair grounds at Pro- vidence this afternoon, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Davis, who were married in the basket jenst before the ascension was made, landed In a cedar swamp in Easton this evening about six o'clock. Tbe balloon dragged sorosa the swamp for nearly two miles, the party being obliged to cling to the ropes above she basket to keep out of the water. They were finally rescued by the drag rope being ettught and made fast to a tree. Mr. and Mrs. Davis will proceed on their wedding trip by rail, while Mr. Allen will make another ascension in the morning, Bad Pi -citing in a Will. Ina word of three letters which appears in the will of a wealthy lady recently de- ceased " two " or "ten?" is a question which the lady's executors find it imposaible to determine. The gift is either of $2,000 or $10,000, but MS the word is written out in an open hand it can be taken for either amount. A large number of experts. have examined the writing, but only a few of these have ventured an unhesitating opinion, and these few are about equally divided in their views. The case will probably go to the courte, as the sum of $8,000 depends upon the interpretation to be put on the writing.—Halifax Herald. The Chinese word for "hash" is the long - esti and most difficult word to pronounce in the language. In the Englieh language it is Nothing makes a man so run after as to the moat difficult word to, define. eall him a heretic. tartamo monk watoszo. Dear token trae ray native tan', Thou b nide bunch te heather 1 L'flrhe1trrou or tender ban' rrre o'er extremes o' Weather: • plant you In a pat o' moot Brought re tlia way frac Ulan. Ale ettelion you we water cool An' eweet mine Loch lemon' 1 An' whim the Seatchmated day comts &bit Andra'sdRY IMO Mome— nt tale yo vs. ma toe the toon, Tan busk my mild Glengarry, An' you'll see Noes there you ken, Wna spelled wime the heather,— Braw Melon' leAscs en their teen Shall dance a reel thegither 1 Then will I gle ye bit,by-hil Bleb 3110 irprlq 0' heatber,-. Too keep ye a' rano be fit Aince we meet a' ibegither 1 At sight o' you we'll a' reel good, e sae ane aelther; maim ken, we're unto raced 0' Scot], te an' her heather; ' How aft your 'purple fees hoe seen Auld Scotia's heroes gather? liow aft the martyr's bluid bath been Spilrd ruthless on the heather? For Freedom, Liberty, an' Eight, Read Seatlan's deathless Story, O'er faithere left as by their might A heritage o' glory A. Prayer. It. VIM:MOS. rather, Fre trespaSsed in otwaight— Bet Via weak, and poor, and sad; My days are long and dreary, And my soul Is never gad; My nights are dark and lonely, Ify dreams ire Id cf pain; I've wandered ob I so long, And toiled so long in ain. wculd feel Thy forgiving band Rest on my tired head; E'er the last low sigh is breathed, And I sleep with the quiet dead! In a dreamless, perfect rest; No bitter cankering care, To trouble My deep repose; Or laden with dark despair I Forgive—for my burden is heavy, And grievous, and hard to bear; . And I hate no home to night,— And around me everywhere The chill arid blight is falling; And the way's rough and cold; The summer of life is ended, And I am growing old. Forgive—for my tears are falling— And I kneel at Thy sacred feet, • Lead me up from this " deep, dark valley" Where ruin reigns complete. Forgive—for all around me . If the winter's fret and moan 1 And 1 long for summers perpetual Near to Thy great white throne . Agriculture in the Cabinet. The bill to provide a Secretary .Agricul- ture, passed the U. S. Senate last week. It had previously passed the House. It now goes to the President for his approval. The bill provider; thee the Department of Agri- ; culture shall be an Executive Department !under the supervision and control of a Secretary of Agriculture, who shall be ap- pointed by the President, by and with the , advice and consent of the Senate. There ; shall be also an Assistant Secretary of Agri- culture to be appointed by the Presideut by and with the advice and consent of the Sen- ate who shall perform such dutiea as may be required by law or prescribed by the Secre- tary of Agriculture ; shall* receive the same salary as is mod to the Secretary of each Executiee Departmeet, and the salary of the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture shall be the seem as that now paid to the feet Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior.