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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1877-06-08, Page 2: ' -IT MIGHT' HAVE BEEN < WILLIAM ELLIOTT TOiD. When, atii'ght I cease my labor, - Flee -from toil, and seek remise, By the he rth-side oftI ponder, . - O'er my blessings and my woes Sad thoughts steallike silent shadoWs, -Far too often o'er the scene, -- And I sigh -in secret sorrow, As I think what,migikt have been, • Friends who llied but to delude me WiththeirPI tnian-ta es .by day. .In my night of fallen.. fortune- une by One have slipped away. Those who'valued MOSI my friendship Pass me by as though nn;.cen; - - Leaving the to sad rt fteetion, • And i sigh, It might have been." Where the perfume Of tha ilow'rets Lingers o'er a lo..vly grave; Oft the sun's last .ays forsake me. L As I watch thegreen grass wave - Wave in .sadnees, as thmigh sorrow ()based its beoding blades to lean, . Sorrow.for the false - ' Vere she true, "It :„-igtit have been." From the marble -terraced. palace, - Fram the guaraded prison. cell, '- Through theerOWded streets of cities, O'er the rustic hill and dell, . E'en fr m Neptune's bring bosoin Where the waves roll darkly green, - Sad -ton edvoices seem to wt.isper With rsegret,.` it might have been • A T4IFLE. MORTIXER COLLINS: - 1 They loved and 'aug,hed, they -kissed and chatted, They tkrew the happy hours a as: That's the way the world goesrounu- ' That's the story of Yesterday.- • They talk Of fate, and calculate, . And keep:Accounts, and_measure, and wh That's the way the world goes round,- • '.- g hat's- the -story of To -day. . • They'll gee on high in yonder -Sky .,The.Ood wi3Ose power destroyeth sorrowl: That's the -way the we?Id ,Ties ronod--, That's the story of- To-motrow. • ' - Y. SON VICTOR.' [CONci.UDEnj. "ProbaNy,7., WAS the brief response. Then .followed a Space of . silence in Which- - beth Meii. kept up a vigorous thinking - The • elder, his fnaO radiant: with Smiles,- felt -con4 vineed- alinost.'beyond A doubt :that the inter-:' *vied -note Written • by his -son had :been !acl •. -.dressed to Mrs. Dana's own. daughter. ..He was. too 'shrewd to he blinded by that jlady's prevarications as to the - .".daughter of a ---friend,7 or by his son's indifferent manner: The only 'feature of. the ca4e that annoyed-. .him was, that the two should keep their - -quaintance. secret, evidently for no .reason, • except-, to conceal it from their parents. • Since listening to hisfather's revelations, Victor gave up all hope of seeing the trio at _ • the desired place of meeting; and- i was . over, Whelmed With-'-inortification at having anb- -lected..Miss Dana to. the Unjust imputations - _that: he felt sure had. already. beenheapedOn - her.; That Wise Dana Might misunderstand- er beroifende& at his presumption,he well .knew; and that she *Mild revisit the nook at - his repeat he :could hardly: have expected. - :Still he did- hope that:the honestandsincere, - desire that possessed his -eWn --heart for her - 80 to do; would reach 'mid influence- her own. He realized that he risked. -Much in sending her the -second note -it Was, something like -a .personal in the. ziewspapere---.-it was neither • like .hirii. to end it, .her to respend.'•to it, he felt Mire.- Yet-- he had -Made-the. ven- • hoping for. a:happy result.- .:-A; the two. gentleinen Sat down to dinner . on their 'return hoine;-.the father .found anote -from Milt.- Dana at his plate; Which had been leftsoon after his departure, -asking him to call again- the day. - - - • " .acconuting. for the Caprice of - we, inen7r - remarked . Brooks, ' Senior. " Ma- •• dam- Dana :evidently thinks I bear My_ithree- - aeore7yearnand::five AS lightly as a ,bird does its .,feathers, -1 But I 'ann. too faggedoutto. go Siftiing --pardon te,night; Her .highness .inuat- wait until to -morrow. - .-Meantinzel:-. Will send Jerirwith- a note." - "As to that, father, I am going'in that di- rection myself," said his , eon; "and- will leave -the -message yourdesire'for Mrs. Dana." With .a. - "'Very the matter was not; again referred to. : ".If -thereix,Any truth in my suspicions," . 'intised the father,. the leas- internieddling thebetter. venture .no more ..cOminents- - until 'T haveisomethin,„„ti definite."' :-As he tat •• ..quietly enjoying the after-dinner hour,. a and - den. thoughtseethed to strike him; and he rang for Jerry. - You were not here -last night,- Jerry, • when I rang for you 7".. he said, as the :old servant- appeared:: .. • •• " No . sir - I 'went: outonan errand -for- - t Mr.. 7Vietor.7 ", And: wheredid:mr.'-Vieterliend you ?7 TO 'Spring Garden with a. letter; around- :it:I-Mk& Dana'a." • •' - : • "And was the letter for Mrs;. or •Miss • •_Danfrr For Miss -Eleanor Dana, Sir: 7.- : _Hum And you carried another early this morning _ Yes', sir;--abOlit-.1141.1 Past; eight o'clock." "All . 'All rigt,- !Terry. 1 wanted to- know. seinothing about your habits. -I didn't know • but. you Were getting unsteady in your -.Old The faithful -domestic laughed, as if-- •ihalfabaShed, and withdrew. "There is longer any _doubt about that," . - • . said the lawyer;' u -Day Son Victor is in .IOve, - With Miss. Dana, . But,. the sly 'Minxes, whY. • allithie.Seerecy ? Only trouble can grow out • Already Mother -in -Law Dana is in • towering rage.. Now that I'vehad My din- ner; and had a :teat, I: feel. better, and. I'll:go • -around - and -see how.: the 'scandal' is pro- gressing. There .must be an upshot of. seine • . sort by this And a- few--rinoments. later saw Papa Brooks following in the foot- steps...Of his son.- . Although the "awfulnese"--onMrS. Dana's -• face; as Eleanor expressed it, haa*gjVenPlaee to a mysterious -and Unmistakeable determination, the -usual sociability and. good-hu- mored raillery_ between 'Mother and daughter was -by• no means: fully .restored. :Eleanor • and her ..gneSt.had.l.made.no pro -Vega -toward solVing morning, the event of the:Mor- and • . Mar- garethad been further mystified by Eleanor's asSertion that their conversation ofthepre- vious day had' been overheard: -How did she .know.?' ".0h, she. felt Sure of it-Lsoniething • had_happened-to '.convince- herof it." Her guest began. to . think; there was 'soinething- --back of all their movements. -- • - • , . • . . If Mrs. . D.ana's... ultimate - conelusion that the -guilty. parties .in the secret correspond.' • • •soil had.laeked in strength, tthe. rap dip:she :enee,- were her -daughter - and iher la, wyers ., . ceeding-eventa- of the 'evening 411004 ,r•ati 1- 1 . fied- it. When Jane brought her a card. -801Y- xng it was for Mrs., and Miss Dana; -land he read the name on it; "Mr. ;Victor, BrOOka," .-she_said to herself: :fc. Nok:findiug the Tfine Eleanor at the charming nook at the l natal, hour, he his ventured to cOnie here- fot an - explanation. -- -Jane .probably - misunderatood- him in thinking he asked for Me tOO.1.. AA. so. rizuchthe, better; . the *young gentleman- - will learn that =Mamma Dana's. ideas of metal: propriety differ differ very:decideclly-:from those:el, Papa BroOlts." '• She paid herself the usual. attentions- before the inirrer, gave a I pt :or- • : - , - ._ j : Brooke,"she Nith keeningdignilty, two. to her grenadine - dress,.. and;. with . he statdinessef %Roman dame,. swept' into . ,he • presence .of,'.M..,Vieter Brooks. "'I ani.4.not- 'surprise l at • this' :Visit, r. "f- If I ainriot iiiiStaken, sir, you are- tile :au- to --M or of an-anonymoire note addressed ;diughter-thie merning.?" .".Yen are not mistaken:in that, rnadai but allow Me_ an explanation of this. ,•• • InfOrtned you, I stippf)se,-"that your: iiiote Of rendezVoua,mste-ad Of reachinAray•dadgh- ter, 'fell intd. :my -hands. : -My eons ternatiOn;my ',4 humiliation, upon finding thatilniy datigh ter was holding a secret corresP94eilee.=---1"' I beg You, "With an. anonyniOus .note -Writer vontined without heeding the interruption, "was so extreme that I lost My temper, 'and treated Your father very rudelk, this Morn-, ing.ihoto' r-aTbliteeraeoiliteatinbe,olitM othis painful oneBrooks,1::.4iuflii4ia-biuit your relations to my daughter Warrant the intimacy of :Private nieetings; • it is 9i44e: tiniiinore than tiine 47that . they be -justi- fied- in the one and only -manner, rrvol, un- doubtedly you most desire, and whichnuiSt, of course, suggest itself i to the .mind: of, an honorable gentleman: As you are doubtless anxious. fOr -the'.."-earnestly-desired Meeting;': which failed to -day, 1 Will no :longer, delay what must be in extreme pleasure-. to two slich. very intiluate fii#nds. as. M. Brooks and Miss Dana. Have . the ..geoldness to 4, - 1 • r - excuse me, Sir, and will -send yuy• ,4aulhier beyou:)_ " But - I 'Dana -there :is -a great misunderstanding here:. Your daugh- , •-• ' I ' What mismiderstandi• • - ' Mently :interrupted the tlady. " id you -not Send her the notes of this -.MOrning; and last evening ?" . : • . "1 frankly confess; -Mrs, 'Dana, to have done so; . Quite •• enough, - sir. Any. further', ar- rangements you May. have tie:make with daughter I trust will not require the seal .of secrecy ;" and she quickly the reorn.- I the " young :man comprehended- the Isitu ation at'ence; but he -scarcely :had time to cOnsider whether it Was Upon the -whole to his liking or not,when; his beautiful -Elea-. nc;)r, -a lovely Vision draped in white 'illusory. stuff, "stepped (Illicitly and lightly into the', room. Upon seeing a Stranger, she suddenly' stopped, softly- - "1 beg your pardon-, sir! but marnMatold ine I Was to And A friend; An intimate friend.; I am Eleanor -Dana; :and 'Whom have. I' the:: honor - Of addressing?"The : . - -• discoverer of gUripetider, Miss Dana; the 'framer,of the 'Justinian' laws l".! • ' But I -do not understand !" Said Eleanor, • slOWly, as if trying to colnprehemj Borne - !thing diffienit: "1 have the honer: to ad- clress--." • - "A millionaire . of. intel4geneen - -tVitOr r ,exolaillied the _gentleOlao,:sOfil. Ah, me l'':eirclainied Eleanor, threw 'for i: a moment, - her lot_ply bands over, 'still lovelier, • blushing: face. -ashamed beyond expression for my di 1'4,1 Wagging tongue! I- beg you.par a thousand tithes, Mr. Broeks;g:but 1 I ymr.ean'never forgive- me ;" and she in unitarily extended • her hand which' he not slow to hold for a moment in hie own. * "-I have nothing to forgive,- Miss -Da but A thousand . pardons, to entreat of yoArstl, for :listening to your cohveraitlin yesterday, which . 1-foundcharming, b WhiCh you believed no one -could overhea again; for presuming to Send you an anon MOUS note this morning, .asking you: to be the "charming nook' to -day - at the: us time; but which was . intercepted yo Mother .; and the result, both- ludicrous a deplorable, places Us in *a situation *mita never imagine." Ah exclainied Eleanor, taking . -a lo breath, "that explains the .4/watery of It day.' Mamma has actually a ephi4- .iiteouiprehensibility: - has'rmittere Strange things about ;secret Correapondenc private meetings, etc., accompanied with oac es - and insinuations that passed ken. lint you; have seen!' her. What di she y ?" - - 6, She was so possessed by one though that I found it impossible to explain th truth to her and exonerate yeti." And. what was her one thought ?," eager ly_queried-Eleador; _ -,f‘: This : that the Only: thing left for th guilty parties of a secret intimacy "---andth young man fine eyes- gleatneclIwith- 'the mor o the sitilation=" is att: inimediatte ar- range ent Of. Marriage. :It most I- " he continued, observingEleanor"Sa • bltishe . and -confusion; "she is -under the impreseiOn- that We -. are,. • intimatefriends, and that; for some as yet unexplained' reason: we. have ;kept our acquaintance se- cret. Andmyfather-[ thinlOthat. heii:in the I."- • "Well, -my children,' began Papa Brooks, as he entered -the. drawing -room, 'you're pair of sly foxes 'ken know I always want- ed you Ifor My daughter, gleaner. : If L had had the whole management, I ceuldn't. have been better Suited. - Rut there Was- no ineecf to keep it from Me. Victor is good .boy;: but I never thofight he would fall in love and. Stay in it 'precisely this fashion.. Ceme. now, children, tell me all about it.: rye -borne this suipenSe ten hours. and a 1414.; an t an old man, yeti know." He seated hithaellon a-, sofa, and Sat 106k- ing at "the children,"- who:gazed at each other,- then at lire, and finally' broke Out in a Merry strain, of laughter. The -Old man looked hurt When Eleanor tried "to explain. why; Papa Brooks you are mistaken! Everybody's mistaken! You son and I. -are •the :merest. -strangers. There's no engage - Went. between Us Mr. Brooks looked ques fumingly at his son, - who added: . • : r am sorry that _What:Mita Dana says is true; but you are laboring under a mistake, father." - , - - • " Oh; nonsense exclaimed the father, _ . . - - SOn jag. heram- ead- don ear vol - was • 1 naf of u f ut r; 37- at ual ur rid ou ng he of e- - y: niPatiently, rising to his .feet. "There's no. ense in trying to blind -my eyesiany. longer. en love each, other.; you Were made -for ,each other; - -Yen ought to ,be niarried.----, You lhave earried on this fol-de:Trol Secrecy long enough: Coine, up. ! it is cruel f "-tease your oId' father in this Way when know it to be the,orownink wish.1of his life; to see you two married." 'But, father -4-=2' - - "Let's have but fathers I beg Where is your mother- Eleanor ?T asked,' the :senior Brooks, half atigiily; 1 - left her on the: backporch a few min: - teal age with. Mimi Stone,1 sherepl; ; and he Strode indignantly in that direction. You_ comprehend :the sitt4ion, Miss ana ?" said:the- young niau; breaking the silence that followed - his father' exit. lig -Tr' 4 What are we to dol” I .dim't know." "My father's heart is set,, as you See, upou. - aVing you. for his daughter 4 - It is you v mo - h r'S wish that Our relatiOna should be *M- r% bly sanctioned,' I have no wish to take ny Undue_ advantacre- of this' -situf4ion; 131it egini to:feel, I think-,.:aa.didl. Moes when he • thegoodly promised 414 aud_feared_he , QoIjld:neyer reieh F.1 •1:11--ITIe peke& _deeply :inte Eleanoryeyes She :inek: his :gaze calmly, simptyisayirg, L4'‘..:1 do ,underatand-yen." • --(, - • ".%%that- ene:nanst feel --whew -he- Sees the sWeieteSt: boon. of life, Maybe in his reach, prove illusion, to but taste the Wine 6 Ilife 1 when'a draircilit'Would t give him inuiortalitY) to- hope !or what is. precious, andt,inpat dear to the - heart; I and, to. be tor -- ter ed :dienbts-L-ozth • yen: Understand t or., .- ..1 . ..1 Ir Do you mean- hehesitated; and her face Paled. -. 1 _. , -1 -,.[ - Da a ?" . - . 1 ‘• iiThat I love : you is What fI mean, Alias while, When. a -gleam of her fun -loving nature ' he stood silent, with bowed had, for a _ ' sPa' ' ed over herlaci, 'and she looked archly up. I • ' • - ' . "With :this dreadful tongue lof mine, Mr: 1 1,, . With that dreadful tongue, Miss -•Dana.; L 'fl. the dynamite, thelpop-gun; au the tin - 1 der -lir ! - Mars and Apollo Shotilll not be 1-afEialii4„nrorlaintly smiled, and walked slowly li "What -would you require 4n youlr wife,-,. Inpla d down' the long parlor.; then She re- ttirpedto where her lover Was standing. Brooks ?" 7 ---74' - :-.- . "That She love me with her Whole heart." "r, 4!nd what can She expectoPyo ' 9". The- very samei with. my hand I offer - - Oty, JOie. you give me As much in ;return • • Aft' a pause, that seemed an Jageto she Spoke: •-• "Nay, Mr,. Brooks, think Well -what you . de_ emember-"--stid: her ;.voiTce reSumed-. you a that I have of good, or truth of loy- • its won 'Id roguishness-- "rethember that our -Sequaibiance only be:mm.411e short • space -of -half - a0.1 hour ,ago, and-. that, s although we -.1". Womescil jitunp,.. at concinsions; *t Thihink, _.in. an 4:1t r of this magnitude.:.a little: Maids, -lOgie would not ..he- unwholesoine.F. I friiiikly :OOnfeSsitlikeWitorida, `,1 have no 4. ish to -see a 9oOdl er. man f but neither you nor 1, Mr. Btooks:It.v.ish to repent at leisure, -v-eri to. - P.I*P'- our two friends on the backl-porch and bii- altogether romantic. -: -I. appreciate! very, -deeplY.4telur..donfiderice, but I am' sure -" and she hesitated. - • - -- : ' i ; ,i i- i.1"-Ure, 61 what, Miss Dan -A r--- , - '.._!` Sure .hat I dieuld ::appreciate. a. cenfi- de‘ce efilseinewlist_ longer dnratiorlitill.iiitore; Me.: Brooks. r--, .1 . .. , '-i` Hcith long, .Miss Dan?" asked -Victor, - ainilina. "I .believe„flike. nett*, that - we liv0:b.fl *, net years; aPti it.. has been a liMidred loggand a large day since yesterday."1-1: - "Long;' 4 ,large -,,-as -a day :inay::116, Mr.. Breokii; i think I wOuld•needat-leaSt three- -i . - - •• :1 ..1- • d sixty-tiire Of thenrinsi-Which to Ankont ' iether I -cofil&-- give ..Yolil a .fitting retiliniforgll that you have offered. ii,T.,of :i0:41-; 4 t ': : , of loyalty, Of love." .1 ' , - , i .01, -_141elv.:r so- long as that, Miss Dana ! il.S odd jarry-,You off. vi et arnais; beforeirni- 'Ye are .4i) • h a htindrd,Itachels;ither.offore ig1;_tshe Hebrew patienceet JaeOh: _ Put answer only A Week; he ne, - at the;'far- '. 1. Bre I. ' ' - '' ' • ' - ' - :- . ' ' ' k! eu rogardthis matter toe lightly; . tat: - you the • Mr; ay • my soul is in it. When, you ur hand, it must be for all time. t can only be loosened death - .e last day of June, and I may ye Inc o lasp o It is no: t olm 1" ome 0911n may days 14nne, July; August,"--Tland she dithe .MenthSoff on her fingeral-" yen come in iNovember, 'the-. melancholy l' " Smile,d Eleanor.. f -I stliVe Iso long. !" sighed Victor. - '.' You be sure: I .will come to -Morro*, But new; go to our parents ;" !arid lie d ew • : ;:i we i fp:had enotigh -Of --thent.- , 'l nd through- his arm. : ., or inor - reprbaches?." she archly asked. i iOnie; . father, mother," Victo as thy :eMerged. :through the Wind° W, f' to_ announce__"... , -' ; ; --. . ".•:-: .' ' t . : --- Bali before e Could add -the arinouneement,-- Whie Pertai._ j4 solely to misunderstandr.' - Ing.0 . the 'Thsecret correspondence" Papa- Brde . :had bounded from his chair and taken Elean 'r to -hi' ;lams. . She felt lie tears frem •1 I- i Miley a falling fast on her cheeks, ' While..n• -164q.e. a ,Vfiic choke& with emotion, he. said, with 4, i' : . 4.- .- . - .,:4-- - - ..? - - - te.ristic (antithesis:: , : . ' 1, ne 'eyes i have beheld My- salvation -4 and y rs, -too0171ptcir.:, ,- God bless you, .inyi boYV.,tiy eLhill:F;e411'1. .:.I... • canforgiveYou . all a ?olery, now. '[here's nothing like al - • centen , ial; Mrs; Dana I - Tho -- /V.4's. : ana. and Margaret tedstered 1 their ongrattillatiena -... in: quick .-succeisiou;.. 1 while:' hurried from Victor, whispered t in ',EI oes ear, not to "spoil the. joke"? . .,, constrained: he -"..dreadful . tongue" to say, , gayly --.: . 1 ' ' ' ' = . ' . ' 1 1 , .q. ' . . '• . . - :: • . ' j : !‘ kk- mainma, I never'theught yOu.Wotil 7, intercept a letter." - . - - :-- • - ...t _.-. . ' F "A.Sitatepr fon Offence madam," remark- s : ed the iiVoyer,._ judicially. ,, , - I ‘i.1 -4-i; 0 8.7,28e :e -most glaclhogi:don, adcuct _ i , Victor, with siificalit emphasis. , 1 4. , . '.f...FI-6 :$0 ?' 4 ked his father. -- - Alth Ugh- th. :children are - new - oir .fo .. . ,f...di1.0: has not I "'Tli -Brooks let -aUd, 'Africa," :his questio et beeii answered. _ Se _rsly ffikeslheld a Secret yet;" Pap Wten T is a bat:.?'""asked a conteMpOrar y. :our e kication'-extencls,- a_ bat -a A& • denie,ourage a cat to *get -off- a' back i.cOraposed. of half a brick. . CUItux The 1: mentiug -.to remember, his, otherSpend be employs . in t :his rival's -.Me* eir always et Yk Of th7-11,eine -i feoruthe felloWin ,•condensed .4elphia ihsrfilisatdh:lieaoic:tk:11- .-.seevnes Xii recitation cc room, .my • - . It is: a comidiin. idea that go9 is a 7 oado4Yfe-nlisuo adeevg .f__Eit,b-,thweliatid ich•NivItkther callyothers._ • garrison sallied out ireinl-he :west tat:e4.14 centre of the column Coflsisting of *god 1501189 women, -and children, Who .wcre pPer.ed on all sides by deterniiiied with ar& _ fr.n arms in their hands;aiid R.Oefl,-Ni4Dy knowing them to be -treacherously -disposea The ifedunnalSi ittrreoo9ppgs ,0*; xitvi .were-dseparateracawuv:anipryin4;ibvaistitolne avrraasy,paoss:er -:the _divisionS. on the south ,froot „while a t e:pme.g;ilasnlidin;:ag:4:014uptsgo ittivy.48-ord.47 :ttheeplarafe*,_:310ahit,t:aintd,: - The rebel loaders And the desperate -4,04_84- 1 . go his troops 0/1 to Mahe .a. .ttlfill at ilhet. , . 8, , and ahopi s04 0- men:cbeheadedil:d-t, charge,children, :l41.:H4.,: ,r. : :,_ n:t,and1.300rifol Ido :t.i. upblii:haini :::: 17:14was::::; ::::: t:: but the so -styled General of the ieNis, jio i trenches. ' -:14 Rio -kung instantly order whereupon their lives 'Should Still be spare time -ordered to go forward iankcallp,at: ,iiiiiioy.iiam swiaexdy firedoffA t 8. •adVa_ncing body to throw. _down the.' iii,t,,p_ -0,11,91: :hinifielf with:a pistol, and every ,tnan : rebels; -Se'oing that *11 no„Pe was los -I; 1 i-tilinnyawt -etrheeierob:eglk:;,-a_1,7.7157:44.eg v,'!eriiropitii:. -• sword. One of the to -styled ,sreater Mirubor of them Were Ina _to 16 .4 ilhAer, Kin Shun4s own foomniand,,,:.; 0f the e 4ore6,- i _ scattered -host was vapturedundbeheadea by .1 40,T e - or in otherfa,o.oft-rsrmeanwhiletheeavairy-liact ivisiouiz ,d uti6. upon and executed all the rebels _rem. - -within the city, -Espating the -w.onien_audelit. ;dren and aged _persons, who were -exerripto ' f 'railer leaderstllsis *;9eireli capturedb°tin. alive, *.,i.ardnv_ltd,.. _being examined before Kin 'Shun '.and )48,:_: colleagues, were put to death with the ex. treme of torture. - The corp es of Ifane-Ifing, 'nun& lleh-tstin,-And .otherl:eaders„ -:-. ._ ...,_.-..t:o :.::.:: with remains.othe.61g:ea::;the PuritRe4giOn); • 7044.1i; Noe.%:r4bed.°utande;humed74n;:ut.0i:06 al4pubiio,6ampiT:48.the1- sNovember,tr_0YeanCithtelL8:ruftoh11-4t;wYe, ::,'037te-7.41a. Vtased; 11 captured, the leadersiZf the insurgents -4 • . _____ , Now, the truth is that thd. me- cry'f.'s- a' .041doWntent, but it Itch48any .-13t Tre°48 of faculty thwel iiiidih, :_. - capaZity IS to -114 0-88 greater -itt:10'ine au in ,Othcrs 13 - tPral fofatenitiniettliagfeinuegttZwnwtail is differenceii-causedibsyl I et- P•tic5i ; iog practical.,emei .tpl7O'ree'ters,th:r-Poiifirr.r°10'7t. I- -•:,4t. hc:onti nat , no fa tfuarcat,181iy7. . ,..1 ,,:: life'srwrireso:inti-mgh-esi:u:i6c1,10.0herorx r14' : 6%1 .1 T -9' mintPe e1 l' : 411;1.415'---4-1-:at :OP:pifialy)iaetepdf 4.rinitealsnioinr ' - i ' any kindthreivn t gether at =rand* With- ,, ge of i -dial 1 .01ii y- reaping .1. any . ly netit, eit er int power or the cond t . of affairs; bn [When the:Memory:has be !Ilse- trainedast tretain- Whatis confided- to litin' classified orlccr-Aiiil ed • •make it available a jts value cannot- be Like all our otlie strengthened' and d weakened hy:dien tion we make const• responds Obediently dif4culty in rem q.u‘lities of goods in slam easily -recalls hisilPitient • the • the ,functione of h s- various tools.- . same conditions, dai y repeated; will invriably-bring up orresponding ideas in oiir regular emple ments ,w•e,seldo' occasion to bompla.12 ' of a poor - indirerY. This may afford a cl e to the cultiva Ithr of this faculty indirectens where it is ri . . _ _ _ _ every. moment ro Feres.timated. -pOwers,- the me_ Velopedhy..,exerpi e. ifi. • whatpveit nt demands. upo ..-- The iiierchant-- bering the pric' liii-own line ;- the,..: - "tel:thaile'''lliieildYo-essY_InnPott:41.'firs-;_eil. * The -, st 11 .fective. - - If we . wo serve.- Us, we. Must The fame attention - daily, business, and call its detaile:With_. so Ininchi, -ease, .ii ' - equally. effective -if 0 ercised in othe .ters. 1 To -strengthe the .memory O givenl-peint, the 'first qUisite is -to he our mental energy4o ear upon it; 'T,i charged. With some conimiation; per which we promise in- 11 good 'faith ;t6 cute, 1 but not: bein intheline :ctt thoughts, it passes o t 'Or our minds 4iI i_ unfulfilled. We -:Const pouly excuSe...ourtk: Veiii for such dereliction, ii the groundthtywe- are unable, by 4droff_. rt -a the will, t(f. -viand the power of -znmory. .. Yet ha _ by a strong self-control,'fixed our -.atten - wholly upon. the 'mat r When presente US, hid we -dismissed -a11 _Wandering thou And - concentrated ,.-our Mental - renergie the time upon 'that orie thing, the .iiri .sion would have.',ee.n.. e.strong that;:. 1 probability,:it.WOuldhave -been:reline:lib ' and accomplished, .: T is ..mental. -conce lion- is the first and motiMpOrtant ilea: improving the memory i • It is largely - in our Own .powers :sof- will: to . enforce ip •. and he who in conscion : of neglect in thii lipect: cannot daunt() =b - excused for -for , fulness* . - - '• -_- . . ' - Another valuable :in thod of trainin Meniorg, -is through t laws of-associati Qur:kn'Owiedge *net b4 arranged and c fied if Ws would reCall,i with :,facility. muet.-baoe rules_ upon pilinciples, and e upoiteauses, if we Wouf. iMprint them e I y--en_-.enr minds. That this -4 not done , aufaeient, thoratighness is ' the ..chief ca ledge whioh--W4'. e EMperer. N Most marke4a d,, used to -se " eadt4. r-h-eWha'sad'.-!01111 i -0Penthe-proper, drawer - nd all that he • acquired on that ,stibjec was at, once - sented before him. greTaht°ne.e'isdrin44Oliwie.-i;ihei7ene before hinted, li.ii2Jed'-64-. tion. : To Jake :iip 'a •rsin le study leieur presenting to the,:stud tit - in all ;its r tions; 0.4 leading him to trace its princi from- their foundations . u ui to: their •lAg known restate, is of far - re real value, --b • as - a mental -discipline, - nd as ,a-perinati acquisition, of knowledge, Ian to akin' --o- _tihh;_niettatildn,oewiotfhtraceinatYteicibiraa ehc:ts„..eosr, :rotiVie"rlioab. ' *g no Apparent -eonnietie and thus fixing no tenacio- mernory. _.: - ::-. - .. . Cu 1TtihvearteiOin4 ' (• 71‘oil, tgthe71.1.1nneerYil. - .- _ the work will grew easier : - -. If we patiently and;steadi tion on every subject we - powerofconcentration Will Id have • fai eep. it in cOmitah hich we bestow hich enables ns •-• :are - T. why so much of the kno quire passes from uS, _leen, who was one of t stances of a retentive n himself that his -know away in drawers and with each -0th' e,grasp upon: 'ragement to in the fact tha th-Over.y effo fix our atte sh, fie .t become habituaJl If we constantly 'arrange- nd classify- _ _ _ oir knowledge, it - will .'groW, ore and nio' available. - How Rebels rare End of the Manas Insurre ere and Torture -Dead tion Massal dies Exliu • Gen. Kin Shun arrived *be ore- 1V_Iaiias 6 the::-thicl:Of S.epternber, 1876,-.1and five days 1-eaaftsetri roegpieenoefd:tahIv n artillery • i_filiiiii not i.nnthreooia-nporit '' late e a detailsftef after breach of the was- .ili‘eaici :Ifift,a40.4e, -.asit stahul after assault repelled; 'during the peried.,:b tWo1119othfor which it laste . . -At length during the first days of Nov mber, sortie were. attempted by the garrii ri, and aom prisoners who were taken; sta ed.- that, _th : the 4th f November of the garrinon'bei g.,exhausted1 theieleader had sent ;:theln out.to see hoW, matters. ststood, with a . vie* t seizing •an: -opportunity Of getting away. ; terex,amin .ation the :-prisoners were beheaded. 'At length, at Midnight on the Moharaineclan; General. Hai -yen himself came out and begged to be -per itted a surii 'render. 1 quote the languAgi-of: the mei 1 morial itself as to what -folloiWed. - • "Kin !I . . ,... un _ ereuponicomma i- deliver up- the horses- and. -arms- ' rison, and to ihand_over,,:in be_ , .ers of the rebels;:afterlyhicli he up_ •-hets of the remainder of t ded. him to of the gar- s, the 'lead- . eiarsntuOindbraer7 . . w o were - thereupon- •be ca1Ied !Von to answer to 'their naines, and be 8 Yere4rlielt - With, according to cirmimstance „-3nHai-yen agreed7-agreed to de this'. .1 At `daybreak - of November a body of1,900 or ;900 of the 4 One Teirlble Adventure.„ The Dangers _ of Travei on the Pia From Unseen Foes -Indian 'Peroeity Wyoming Territory Territo17-Ambusli- ed, Shot. Scalped, and Mutilate:I.-A Narrow Escape from a Horrible Death: • r.From the Chicno,Times.3 1.1341 5, last, a, train left Cantonment eno, Wyoming Territory, for _Fort Fetter, man for -grain. They encamped.,at the _pry Forks of VOwder River; about sixteen-m:11u -from the icantantnent, the first night out, several -citizens whe had been working* Reno, . and Wile:had:been disczarged acenre. anying the train. -Vreek's trail runt in la he Yorks, and the next morning the citizens eft-the:trail on 'the Fetterman :read. .They tarted for Deadwood en the trail via -Pimp. Buttes, and "'Inyan Xara,-"-A Soldier of e Ninth Infantrtai.l_Companying their), he airing left the train without _authority. 0,n second =day out, about lour miles -north. east of the buttes., about :five o'cleek iu the Afternoon, they were tired upon by_auibasted Indians: To use the. survivor's words,. -7 "-The -first. J. knew .waS: like an :explosion, rack : .crack! _Smith and 1 were walkj side by side, and old man Rand Vas 1 ad is -packed animal. Smith. was :gilled it- tanitly, the shot striking him in the ikackfaf the head, coming out Of his forehead. .1.311e d man was Shot iiitke left lung; and, =Won. rinl, to Lsay, the shot strum - mj y gun just , backof the .head, glanced down trierainreil, -*truck the trigger guard, entered the shonl• er,, inflicting -a painful wound. As 4004 as _1 Could realize my position, I iminmediatelf -Jell fiat -down and loaded my _gun:- -linfor, unately for the old man he was in an, ex Osed position, and 'being Severely wounded, could not crawl to the buffalo wallow which, lortnnately, was only a few feet to the left, When the Indians-firat :fired they were only about two hundred yards from us. As 1601i as the old man had been killed the firing eased, and; thinking that they were try* Surround me, I ran about forty feet -hir- er to .a.raVine, which subsequently prove 0 be the only possible safe place. for me, he- sun was now nearly_dciwn and I was ery-faint from the loss of blood, when, pro - looking dentialllooking around near -feet was - - • _ - Aly s some snow water, from which I--refreala4 - - if. - 'soon as the -sun had gone -down I made - reparations for my _escape, but :some. told ml had 'better stay. - About k that eMing I saw two tires 100 yards on the :knoll, and twelve Indians esme to where' the bodies Were,. carrying the -which Seemed to me to be composecl-of resinous matter. Theyall:onnied their With -them, and wereon foot; Alcorn; _ th-e-b-Odiek they set their tires down, •oceeded to scalp and mutilate the be. f companions.: fteen feet -froln them. I •conid have two of them easily, butfknew that be sloe :death to Me, 'an they would eld a :council And starved me out. Al- tting and -hacking the bodies .forabout ur, they retired 'behind the .knoll. egan to feel 7 -very -.eld and weak. coat on-; Said only agovernmentehirt, was -afraid would catch cold in •ity . I began to consider what -I had hgae.: 011! la:It k4:4111t d'ISfilaf4t;Ye-.474niles to walk to be if civilization; with ul wound. 1 C0fl „finally, to stay tilt- early ..daybitaki en: to -take chances. Iaecordingiy till-Abou ast for o'clock, -idea ed out ti the h, , that liact made, oki-Tratjjaeon ha and kness, went to w•Of--. LIM - To ray intenge g Myse As _ ' P thing o'zcloc - away -down res; -some _ ._ _ - timi- ng -to Arid p:4les .0 only fi hilled 'would haire,-11 ter cu an ho now b had no and I -wound better fort, t nothin chided Iand th waited I crawl i'andrac:i. I saw the Indians about a quarter of -a wile away, ,aggeeinnicy-7,..rhinavtchne odi.roitbitor_ithoef theRed were Cheyennes, for they were very- large /nen, not one of them being leas than Baled inhiegh. elmitiartp:rdyfer eleivoeurligjahgt -away, and at htt ahlt:h:i yn 0. raks and got tot into ReantotohsecZelckt day at 12-6'clock, nearly dead with pain ina. chal- lengevDerr 8. '4a 37 fAhl:dlifilsle discourse, r Boston, :um° itd; Joshua'siirr tse ti ifaNl only reply now is .to adjure any Dia% w°” man, or child, in the body or out, Whom _I tievheirv o efr 11-ai etieY orletter, haveter; bwrongedtegl ga°pe orhurt, t e 1)1 ey- phekteneen,,tohell,hirugtospeak h any medium from earth, Or ol 4 4 _ -