HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1877-08-03, Page 2MY .'SIX
DAYS OF MISERY.
• We were . alone, poor—miserably poor—
my motherand: I. There -is nothing strange
_ or tragical in that fact, since the world is
- - filled ° with . similar cases ;_ but I, who was
young ancrfull of hope, and all youth's as-
pirations, foun& life at times -a horrible
.drag; such a life as we ltd. For I had am-
bition, ; and I had beauty,. and: being only
-twenty, who ..Can marvel that this should be
- the case ? - -- '1* -:- •- - .. •
• • . .
To live in the clingiest most sunless of
tenements, in the dreane.st part of a great
city, - supporting _my feeble parent by the
': hard toil of a -daily governess; to have to
-stifie-all the aspirations for something infi-
- nitely 'beyond. me, to choke down the -in-
-, _ward voice which cried ever in my heart Ifor
' comfort, protection, love—aye, this was my -
lot. Wasit not a hard one? And was it
. -strange -that should...grasp at any chance of
- relief from it at all, even as a drowning man
clutches at the broken reed, though it vanish
from his hold and he sinks into the seething
„.
flood beneath him?- - - -
One evening i cam, me heart-
•_ . weary,
- sick,wet, . for it had. rained all day, and I
, _
had walked a king dist_an e. My niother re-
% clined in heri
. asy char a.waiting my coming;
. •
• sick and helpless as she was, the long hours,
--of nry absence, were dreary hours to her.
-_- There was an excited sparklein her eyes to-
night, and an -unwohted flush upon,. her thin
fa,ce . which 4 observed as I threw Off, my
- - - ,
dark-haired and muscular.I' On the evening
of our arrival .I mentally pronounced- _ him ,a
Sphinx. ''.- The "next 'itladr,' -while strolling along ,
.:the heach,i4I accidentally observed hiinbind-
ing up; With a tender hand, the arm 6, fa lit-
tle child Who had. some way injured himself:
When .he finished: I . saw him kiss the -
child,-andSend him on his way, reioicm0";
and, meeting him face to; face, - I. Was sur-
prised at -:tlie. soft; tender expression which
brightened the graire,l-glooirty features. He
doffed -his. hat, and ' as the old, grim 'llook
- 'stole back, into ' his eyes he -moved. slowly ..
along at my side: • Somehow, the timer'alip-_ .
ped away very rapidly, and we had reaehed,
-home" before I -Was- aware of it.
.From that day we were always toge her. ,
()ace I caught his dark, 'sad eye, ,fixed With -
.a .. curious. look -upon - the -.diamond cluster
that : I wore. ...- .When -I. went to my olyri
room that' :night I tore it .frOni my finger,
and tossed: it, into my little jewel -130X.,
After that I breathed more freely, and slePt,
moresonhdly. ) Siirdaye ! God help.; me—.
Whit a respite; and these, toe; .wereglidipg
by. . The evening of the •fifth day had ar-
rived; brining with . it .a atrange,. dreadful
feelihg-. at ii my hearta - goaded, .. desperate .
feeling; like that of some .prisoner who =kat
'die On the Morrow—die, too; for. some crime
of his own Committing, . _ 1 had restored, the -
diamond t� its "place upon my finger ; for My
betrOthed husband might arrive at any mo
/
limit and should he miss' the, badge of his
..,..., ., , ,
_ownership it would madden hi* with rage.
Remembering . everything, I had already
. drenched Outer garments and stooped to -kiss - .. learn ed_to dread Van 'Alstyne'fii• - anger;; like '
her. lust - upon MY eyes fell a superb all little, narrow minds; he was. brutal in his
•
bouquet of hot -house &Veers in a vase of ex.„
Wrath. 'i '..:: , : ' : . = s. ' . *s: ..- •
- : oisite.-glasa at her:side. - My mother saw , i must have sat; deep in - revery, for hn.
. the leek of inquiry2in my eyes.. , hour.- _ The lamps had nOtbeen lighted.; My
-."-Van Alstyne sent them; Louise!-' she mother reclined in an -easy 'chair near one Of :
explained; ." he is coming,to-nighl, you will the .long lrexich -:windows, which led out
t -.
eae lum v, Ifupon a little lawn :covered with grass, like; a
• My heart stood -still for a moment, I hated spread of emerald 'velvet. • Overhead the
Van Aletyne-4-a great, coarse; sensual -faced' her -Vest moon shone, yellow, - full and lus- -
- man/ but Worth half - a million; and. When • trous ; the sweet breath of bliss perfumed. ,
you had said that; you had said all. But I the air, and came' in at the open windows.
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kiwi in -a mom but what this visit portend- I can never see the harvest moon' nor smell
ed, and, in a moment- My mind was made 'the scent i of lilies not*, without all that
' up, . Even while we talked,.a heavy, lum- dreadful night coming _back to me. -
bering ,step, upon .the bare stairs without, I' arose to my feet at last;- I 'think .I Was
announced hi a approach. going to light the lamps; when a hand push-
He- entered; 'red-faced, bulky, . gross to ed aside the lace 'curtain and a tall form
obesity, 1 felt a Cold shudder as I, touched stood beside me. It was 1?r. Lindell. ' His
-. the tips of his pudgy fingers, with rmy own, face was white andirigid ; his eyes were set
1 and. shrank, involuntarily, ,with
the -little and wild; the chords about his firm Jacinth '
1"greenish gray eyes bent searchinglYuP01.11nY • were tense and drawn; his :voice, as he
.,- face. And yet I had decided to marry 'this_ spoke, sounded far 'off and drear. Ire seeni;
man. I loathed him.; but that was nothing ed- to forgo? �rtare not, for my iaothor,8
. uncommon in, the eyes of Many married pee. .presence. , it. . , • , , _ , ;
ple as I well knew. • • . At all events I had s . “Leuiedry, ..
made timy mind to one thing—Iimust
. His voice was choked, ; he laid his hand on.
escape this dreadful lite or, I Should die. • - -
mine—mine that wore - Van Alstyne's en-
. - .
I stood, quiet and possessed, alone in his gagement ring., eyes caught its gleam-
resence,_ and_listened patiently to What_ he
cl to say.' Then -I stifled the voice in
heart: which - woul(l-. cry out against this
thing, and With a face whose pallor I Could
feel,: I turned toWards, him and answered
_
•
him briefly:
'-I have no heart to give you, Mr. Van
Alstyne. I have no hive for any living
oreature save my- mother. But, if you,
- knowing all this, still desire it, I will be your
wife."• • -
.` .For an answer he slipped.a ring upon my
inger—a- Magilifieent - and costly cluster of
• diamonds. It was the label on hisinerchan-
dise, by which he displayed to the world the
purchase he had made. Well, in this bargain
I had not sold rnyself cheap; that was one
• consolation=perlikos.
' Then, With: 4 fewwords, he went away,
- and I was glad when he was gone:. The next
day I bade' farewell, forever to all : my
drudgery; no more "governessing: Hence-
forth I shohld, have -everything that gold
could buy, for Myself and for her who was
dearer to me—ray mother. Was I content?
I tried to convince myself that I was; and
- so, hiding away in the secret corners of my
*heart (the Mosttransparent-hearts have such .
Owners) ali. the agony and shame which
kauntedine). I nought my Mother's side.
-
How fragile she- looked,. I bent above her
--_-aS her fair face rested upon the,. pillow, and.
kissed her nsi-le cheek. - -
• "Come 11 I cried, cheerfully, "you Must
fs,
get stronger} at -once. To -morrow. we go to
• the seaside, where the salt .water and fresh
air will bring back your strength. When I
am. married we will take you to Europe;
• change of scene, riroper Medicine, wine, etc.
—these are what you need, Ma mere. They
.- are easily purchased, and .you will -yet. be
• Well again.'.
I spoke, cheerfully; but - my heart was
bleeding._ , It is 'easy to cover-- up such
wounds, but they remain, nevertheless; even
though -healed and almost forgotten, the
. 'Cars can not soon be effaced.
When—Whenis it to be, my child ?"
- - She Spoke eagerly.le HoW.Coulcl she know
what it cos me? -
"Theiveading?" I answered, gaily. -" 0,
_iery'soon; He will netwait ; and since- it
•is to be at all, it may as well be at once.
• One-week #oni to -day, -my mother !".
•
- "Only 010 week, _Louise ?" -
"Even so!" I cried, - merrily- turning
away, however, for I did not wish tie patient ..
eyes to read my -Secret, and mine was a tell-
tale face. I had not yet learned to hide My
I
emotions ander an alabaster, mask. After
-
awhile—after I became his wife,. I might
succeed/ in the hypocrite, but not
•
*ow.- - -
We were going to the seafside. -I had.
• deterinined to have -A. few days of my
'own—sik. -summer days. -After that I
- -*odd belong to myself nolonger ; and when•
he becaine my • master_ he would. ha% -a
• right to My obedience. How the word stung -
- me I - •
• ,f
•. I had a little money laid. by—a trifle—
and, with feverish haste, I made onr few pre:
• paratiens. 1, The early morning found us on
oard the train; our destination was not far
• ch taut"- and elated at the prospect of fresh
• air, and the change which she had craved So
long, my mother bore the journey with little• .
fatigue. 1 had taken rooms in a vine,COver.
ed cottage, not -far from the _beach,- where a
widowed friend, en -elderly, motherly body,
had. 111'Fed for many years,"by the sad sea
wave." The,. cottage was COZy the
• _fresh and strengthening ; the flowers and the
birds, anclithe pure untrammeled life; begin
-
to tell Upon my mother's slender frame, - and
before we had been at Mrs. Wilson's three
days she had grown-ahaost strong. And 1?
I walked With. 'blinded oyes, straight on-
ward. I was determined to tread a flower-
•' strewn path ; but there are thorns amid the
• blossoms sometimes, • and how they pierce
-
•
:and wound! • _
•-Mrs. Wilson had another boarder, the -sin-
•- lage [doctor, Linden by name tall lithe
. P
; a savage lighttflew into them ; he turn-
ed sharply, and wrenching die ring from my
finger, tossei . it upon the floor arid set his
boot -heel upon it. - •
.
"My God r he cried, "he shill never
have you -that man! Louise 0 6yidar---
4 -
ling ! you are mine; and We love .each
other !‘
' -
•
Hebaught me in his Anna as he spoke.
For one brief,- heavenly moment 1 forgot all,
for I knew he had 'spoken truth. -
'
There was the .sound of a heavy :fbotstep
without ; he did not release me. The door
was pushed hurriedly open, 'and Van .A1-
stynestood upon the threshold. His face\
was livid, and a gleam of horrible,' satanic
meaning flashed- from his evil eyes. I- I knew
'then that he had been }an 1111Beell
that he knew all. Not a Word was spoken
Moved fromi the
At length :I
Louise ?"I
frightful to hear;
his wicked look transfixed me.
"Better than life ?" I answered simply,
" So help me God !" he shrieked in mania-.
cal fury, "if you are net My wife you shall
Never belie r r I
There was the brightgleam of silver as the
barrels of a revolver were aimed. toward Me
followed* by a; sudden. loud report. The
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arms of the email', I levedheld me closer f
then a wild shriek' rent the air, and I knew
,
that murder had been done.
The bullet -which was meant for me had
passed harmlessly by, and lovas buried in my
mother's heart. _ I saw Dr. Lindengrindhis
teeth -savagely together, and turning, with a
white, fixed face, like that Of a dead man's,
seize the murderer by the throat. • I heard
piteous -pries for niercy; even at I knelt by
my mother's side, and begged, a,nd, prayed,
for just one sign of life; one look, One word.
But who ever dragged a victim from beneath
the relentless juggernaut of death? '
They carried' Van Alstyne away and I
never saw him again. Not even his wealth
could save him now he Was sentenced to
life-long imprisonment, and not, long after-
wards they told me he was dead.' ;
Happy now—as the Wife of Pr.
-
Linden—
still, the memory of the - dreadful past will-
.
haunt me ever ; and, thinking of that love-
less marriage which was to have been7--a
buying and selling—a mere matter of barter
—I shrink in herrn- from the contemplation.
To sell one's self for gold! When we
chance to meet one at whom the !finger of
scorn is pointed, as receiving the iwages of
sin, and who sells her purity for the
" glit-
tering coin of the I realm" [w -step aside in
virtuous indignation an ft flainty
skirts for fear of pol/: •
en
:wicked inconsisteourseivi
with the 'title -dee
fixed, and dee
legal! •
And such Avats.
committing by-
six short daya,
for a moment. r never
sheltering armeabout me.
Do you love that Man,
Van Alstyne's voice ilvas
a
iindom
otes from - an Occasional
Correspondent,
•- (From theToronte New ii)Ohimio 1-.)
hose Whp have read -Seutkey's 't Doctor"
k ow that there iera 'part of the title of that
, r „
bo: k which; espeeially important and jus-
ti'tes An ea ecially wide range of discussion.
Ti ', doings, - and he15nginia of Dr.
D Ve-, are h doubt interestingfand ,valuable
ry, degree;- and deservebe &is-
ey are with einghlarminiiten ss
etantiality,. but the `,i_ ke: 11 is
apt 0111, and -perMits:. an _. intro -
an iofiinte Variety of shbjecs;-
ansiott of the , whole Work -into
out and. altogether forinidable
o keep perfectly in order, there- .
the ' lic.',".. andbeyour read -
oro din'
sed ;wilt
d '
re impO'-'
ction - 0
d the .e
ee very
avast.
a
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fe -e, Oak
er to takea note of it whenever they fancy
that narrative or reinark becomes demoral- -
a Or sometwhat inconsequential. Moutreal
pretty written up. The Canadian
rId knows already all that can be known
the cOnitheraial metropolis of the Dothin-
. • The, :Laehine rapids the Victoria-
-
Bridge, _th :mountain, the Wharves; the
churches the cathedrals, - the stately reisi-
denceis of Sherbrooke and other streets,. Sir
Hugh Allan's house; McGill College and the
demetory 46. 80 known:_that 14-sha11 not
TV TSL Pause over their Varied excellences, or seek
you readers to Make, yo r readers kaowthemetter than
•they do already. :Ae-a merepersonalmat-
t I havel, ever been Ipersuade my.
self that Montreal is so remarkable a city as .
it is often represented to be, or that its peo-
ple'are se-tf. lastly :superior to i all the other
-
superior pi; ple to be found On this Conti-
nent. But his . must_ arise from ignorance -
erais no
themselves assure us that there is
or prejudice on my- part; for the Montreal -
such place'. in America, and of course that
sohles thellnatter. * , i
is
his way up the Ottawa
, quite different." _Ii have the -
hat that region is not- lialfilso .
is it ought to be, and that it as
lebrated at all in .„,a way: c4n•
•
that I km gong to play for it
th its attractions, Imagine not
_ 1 . .
er of sacred poet or advertising
. 1
ever - "lisped numbers;" -in numb " -and
,. ,
When -on
however, it
iinpressio
*ell known
• never been• i
-Mensurate,
nionie
the part eit
agent:
A Cst"
. There is the garret,
'refuse, and. festooned
the garrets of rearmed
airy; the favorite -pla
folks; and the frequen
when the bay is TO be '
-search of an.. expecte
look -out kept for the IE
topsail, as the Spy '.c mes creeping aro
Lighthouse Head;-li _i ghig ,the sherel
ut
closelyforimaccustom eyes to .distin '
the slowlygliding Mas slroin the Static)
,. , _,
objects on the bank _ above. 'There
the :disca , clod. fil
ell- -wfl'Oh70 dci
7randbare,s,
g the chief trea*re- --.
:`obsolete spin4
•t corner; and rair4
pit 'chairs with
w400ted tables
the - number -never; In -my: cage, came.- . I;
*Odd notT r.the World , begin at Montreal
-and deserihe ill the turning and wiMdin4s of
the Ottawa, or try to go jutolecstadies 0 et.
it; varied g1ries; Only -this 1 Will gay' that
hers one:emit eke his, Way' up that: majestic -
10.eara With Int being attack with its Many
-
and- .varied :"ttradtions,while at I the. -Spine ;
tithe.* is :sifrprised that it has beenso: lit,
tle -visited 1 -an1l When ''. Mentioned. at all it has -
been se cife. referred to in a Manner whieli.:
Pirta,lres., la ely. �f indifference, if not Of
positive edit empt.' To sojourn ih the *inoy."
at the 04 a is With many lanother _ name
tor sad- an dreary banishment. To • be a,
p,rinatientir, _ Went in the Metropolis of; the
Dominion, i , - thought as unfortunate and de-
pressing: a$b rethirstance- as can well 'befall
aiiy. modera elY .social being:, ;Row 'differ,'
:Ont. are .thie, ts_!, TO the lovers of the..piie-
t :iresque itli • Ottawa ..,.presents - attractions ,
p auliarlytit own, while who love to
t ink of the fAture. greatness 0:Canada:may .
-...y ty inatuta y dwell with pardonable pride
u on its -varied:: resources,=:ancil- look forward'.
' t the when the vatterritory it drains
ill be .:".01 Occupied: by a hardy, induatti,
o is,land-We lthy; population.. -.There is in, ..
-: d : ed AO MO. "ii'llenying that A good -deal Of
eland iS . ut- poor.;.: and. that it therefore -
-not be Sc1 prosperous ,as . in 'agricultural
o witty, as some Might anticipate. ..._ It ie to
bornein
iined by t
large at
at.thou h.
r-Orr,"thero
ah can be rn
of -cianadi11„
1 By the iv
rd tiniee,-
t ries of - Allrionte rn-. full operation, -and to
_bp rinforniedthat, even % aceordiiig in the .
ahufactn.rers theMselves, they were paying
ei
, ght .per..Cent. on the capital, embarked and
v
o .Or theePer cent._ inorein the name .of
Ofit - When - even as matters are at present
a cair be 'managed; things arena so ...bad:
etWeed:AhMonte-and.,-ArnpriOr the "soil .ap.
so to be-.goOdand the farniefal,t4.4sperons,:
ough, 4-1.8 *,,case in too Many instances,
e -_-farmtntis-:.not all that Could be desired.
ne,thingie very manifest :;- the railways are
oedingly: Well constructed. and. are. doing
a great deal to develop e resourcestheof.. the .
• cpuntry.4J have *redoubt that .now, when '
the upper waters • Of the .Ottawa.are brought.:
thin..4nageable.reach- by the opening of -
e Coq* Central, Many: Will turntheir..
ps in *hat-. direction to *spend their suM--
er holidays among . the attractive but little -
iloWn seehery Of the Mattawan, the Pete-,
' awa; and other rivers ' whose -very names,
,,
re.as yet luiknown; but are destined at AO
*dant- day_ . to. .- be as familiar as lioneekold .
ords te-Rrnani-of the pleasure and 'health
eekera II:et only of the Donrinioa but attire
vhole of the continent. . The general run. Of _
ano,dians Jae -.yet:- kiievV*-yery little of Tthe
ried- beauties of the . land in Which they
• - . I - -
live. , :Gradually - and slowly, .however, . it : is -
awning lipon them that '-.thereare to be
°Mid in: this esMatry, all :the elements neeea-
ary- to- Aake : a. 'great . empire, and that,
.-- -.
yhetherpicturesque scenery or variedfer,
4lity be considered, there is .every reason
t* to
•)e Proud. :of Whit Canada :is and hopeful„,
Aiout what She is destined at he 'distant day:
o:beconie.: No doubt .on the-OttaWaan.
and will ioag Continue to be king, but eve
hen the lumber is away the land --: '
- -4, ,- - . . 4..-:
elapse into A-VilderneSs, 'though: even,.
p
'd the wanderer who turnshis s _ eptsi
egion in Order to fish. or hunt or:rest Wen,
ave teedify As ' he returned refreshed Alit
13.
eneyate that it was very: .easy_to,go filc-
her and fare --a. great -.deal 'Worse! : _,-In.--orcli-
ary ea -es the visitor t� . that quarter will
.eiVeit With a feeling _of -regret, and - it will
e:-eurioke if he do net find his Way. back at
O distant -day.e.:-.- :. :.- —• '
mind, however, that the country.
he Ottawa and its tributaries, is
e Whole of great ..Britain, and
partsirnay be but rick And bar-
e large districts Of as good land
t within any of the Provinces
I -
_
y,in those days of outcry about .
was gratified toisee_all the fad --
lio
0rttofonm„114
4c0as
, but clean, iigh .
resort of -Oreille *ATa
'wept with* -glar-
pleashre=boa,t,
rst glimpse of a
heavy chests filled wit
of former generationS;:
of the great-grandmot
the British Ofkere_
of the heard. - The n
wheel occupies dist&
along the wall are clear
carved backs; - and cl
euinbroue for the ta.ste.Of the present
Nor is there wanting e
tion of the sea -Which -
and flavor to all the .b
There are rows- of h
which .fashion no lenge
the Mantel -piece and
gathered by childish h
of coral rock brought
froni the ballast wharf
fans, the gift some,g
tropical seas t
with rows of star:Bs
lgoEbevho: imhn ice-eiaes ra oscbcidthyus thato_ asacfi nhtupheetr leiauaoteh
ss:23:6!
L ie
n ildf edor 4r ifrienddelicate rna fraomm.
ee
sea-urchins
i
the children of to -day lave laid n- th
to dry. In. the _chambers belowtheil
tained bedeancl,enaluo
times are set off .b.y.
richly -toned paintings,
terranean- voyages or
capitals along the -coils
pies, or the Villa -crow
smiles from the Wall u
•ed. arm -chairs
hainten_gravin
reminders_ of
hi -tied 'visits' t
The .Bay, o
height of G
on -the .4.-carcel
beautiful panorama of ea and shore
the windows; and' the sewingrta'brpl
- -
adorned With a basket:
the gift of the sailori. sp
Eastern bazars' his mot
and -mending in the d
youth: Her daughter ,
the Opposite room ar Stored with foirL-0-
treasures. All her gar entssinell of "oft
aloes and cassia:. Wh.' n she goes to pa
sits, : she attires-- herself - in a ,shaW1 en i
drously einbroidered- to beabovethe
- prices of fashion, ' and dr- ivory card-caW. is
a miracle of Chinese a I- The,grave .
of the family cuts his . osten'•TratzscripA
a Sandal -Wood paper- aile, and -write
-business lettere at aisolicl-deik Of cam
I
wood, : whose -inasiiv brass: frame .
lights - up. the corner of the eitting7;
where it haaiii abidin place and.a ta
its own; --. - - . -I ,
, In the parlor the. -.M tel -piece is gaytr _ _.
... the artistically gronpe feathers of
birds-; hphh the shelves of the:What-a are:,
glass jars of the Spices of Ceylon, arr ed.,;"
in the various develop enta :of their. tint
age; the drawers t he book -case are •;111-e -
Chinese pictures, inn cent of perspe Wive -
arid brilliant in-0010FM ;. the table is atawni,
with ingenious-1)1mA -• , . and a never -
source of amusement. -f :stranger- gues
Japanese fan, which, ened.aright, .o
braveshowof costran_ ftfighies,-and r
ed, tumbles into- rags,and empty:
--Even-the-dinin&OOM and kitchen ,
Of the foreign element which the gr-
'reinote Shore
;ilizei. the subt
n]; tiny. Sancep
ni and the d
e tea -table t
Of Ifinest worma
n; Who remember.
- / .
er s patient,stiteqn
ys- of his ' boistepia
' bureau drawer'
ae
• ---6;bairoalt1._ about
r°:,:n° crime TT"hiisn' m: f tgaNhrraeel'ed . .wvda:liu:obgl durtr)meltahus ttlbryedur!,_ n;.aan ndand. y hfolks(irnocbr. .
too, _10,j a ap.11111i- yst_tho°0:11011.af ,i vueol gitbhrh:teea ci cii' record
is newspapern lirtnclhiwteovbenfue:retreg 11 lei ilepvsesreentl:iwolr. 'manes dtpuaeasint on;lbwerstseahtelI ve aoskeltooktioeghslnhe_
.,, . _ this P
\ .
I lass' aa!r,oeakit
•• bery, for every, ad. story of divorce divorce and so.
cial wre_tchedne s, there are A -thousand. in_
stances of lieroi
and ten thousand. happy homes brooded eve'''.
by.latteri.._.ztvheer
"Everywhere,"
nn we gvheeelrsr - Oe g,f,7,t peacesaintosa en aather' fidelityi.e;.papers„f;oallIadsththese,ruu.. .
:wiehsoitar,eot rbnywao,btasavl eitrwnimseodiotlorounefneok unknown.
or lhogawautsnnt.wdho. was
ens Yetew r'. oiatni and
dhThe _buttepairt I:.
Inized _synopsis of rumor, knows se little that
..
all this while Was year green and yellow
with her kind har-velts ; the had of the
--;eraftsman, the - mind of the thinker. rested. *
- t,, and after and in spite of everything,
_ re we have. this glOrions, -high-domed -7
(*seining world.” •
THE pOpUlall
attained Eilleh pith that 'al1'otherS
beverages may be con able
when compared with it. sixteenth
century there were two sorts sf beer brewed
in r France—the:bi,ere des couvefits-Ifor`4nins, -
and the iere des .pires for monks In the
time of -Louis XIV, - there were seventy;
eight breweries in Paris ;and the corporation
was erected into a commonalty in 177$, It
Was not ,however, untilthe exhibition of
1867 that a new rage for the consumption of
beer began. If a comparison be instituted
between the "Various countries of Europe in.
respect of their partiality for beer,: it Will
appear that in ViTurtemberg.and Bavaria the
consumption is highest of all, attainigg in
the -former. country. the extraordinary pro.
portion ,of nearly 200 quarte a year for each
individual, In England the, average isjahot
,110,-- in Belgium 44, in Austria aboutt3S, and
in France only 20lat the -twit., 1
2,
'de sea brings to thi
one in the house reco
-grance when a certa
brought into requisit
.
rejoice to see upon t
-1
area :
ale
I
blue jar ornamented With a watery / 4ncl/
seape, which tells of p •eserved ginger W, thin.
-Nor is it alone 'thl.,great square 'io.riei;
that. Contain . txese, c sumps:Silted- tr. , Ares.. -_'-
e414
The neat. white scat . es- by the shore are
T
n -Elopement- and a Trage
-1.FroT the Lake -Charles
e
•
About two weeks -ago a 'terrible tragedy
,Joccurred on the -Calcasieu river, a little above
liemorthern line of this parish. A young
lady named Gunter had -eloped with a young
-man named. Bass. Her father and brother _-
2:pursued them to the residence of a neighbor- -
-inglnagiatrate, Where, afew 'Mantes before,
they had been married. _ The father entered
the house at one door and. the son at Another, -
d immediately the ;former discharged a
_ ouble-barrelled- gun, loaded with buckshot,- .
into Bass's breast. The latter, though hior-
telly wouhded, retunierl the firety two shots' -
.1rom a revolver, both !taking effect in the-
-elder -Gunter's head.43oth ;parties fell to
he floor, and young GunterPlunged a wi4
knife repeatedly into Bass's body.. Th e lat-
--ter-died instantly. Young Gunter _ _ _ _
_ father—whci is likely to recover from.
the pistol Shots the head, an they were
glancing shots -Land -lied; Being pursued by
e 'sheriff and a posse, he _turned on his
pursuers with a rcvcilver arid Was shot by the
posse,idying from his wounds in a aa;), or two
_-after. _ The elder Gunter is in the custody -of
the sheriff.. -
" Pecntdaiy Dependents."
We heard A bright and -beautiful Woman -
--'--_.-lecture the Other evenMg. Whatever might
be the preferences ofsome with regard to the
place whore woman may mo_st pleasantry le-c.
"--ture, Whether as in. old-fashioned days in the
parlor or as in'. ne*-fashioned. -times ert the
4latforin; there could be but -one . Opinion
concerning this particilar lecturer. She Was
:---is fair AS a lily and as modest, and from her
lips .-drepped pearls and,cliamonds of wisdom. -
• But she said a . thing incidentally - that -
--5;as neither Wise _nor -true: - She speaks of -
Ewives as "pecuniary dependents." '
1=1 A. dependent is A _person. who receives 4
bounty without -making an adequate return;
,-,--Nti"Wife does this. If the fill the honored
..,Plaee of wife and Mother, she AS truly and -
as really earns her living as if she went ,-out.
Olabor in the 'field or in the shop. .She
earns very _Mach mereloOthan her ntereliv -
14g.,:. ..She i is equally with her .-husband. A :
paitner in the profits of his=daily labor, and
•has equally with WM a right to -say how• '
they shall be spoilt., or to ..ahlvise as to their
investment. . It may well be that she. may '
--',,acit insist upon this right, preferring in. her
„
wifely love to trust to her husband, who has
the wider experience and &larger knowledge -
:--Of _affairs, the care of their eommon. fund:
This is entirely right. , But it is a _common '
fund, and not the private property .Of either.
The wife who blushes in ra=shinte-faCea. way '
ievery time .84 "asks her husband for. money,
and who feels that she must -give an. account
her stewardship -every time that her purse
is erOpty, is in A -.false. position. The Ins-
-:band'Who gives grudgingly and as for -
'money to his -wife which is to go, usual-
ly-al3it
„,does,. to pay household bill; arld clothe
the:children, is in a false position„ apn4 48
undignified his is Unmanly.
Of course there are hundreds of homes in
which money question never -.comes up
at all, for the reason that from the begin- .
g there has been confidence and regard
and justice on bOth-sides, -There has been
no thought of donor or donee. But there ,
salt
are -tliou of -others in' which this '
. - _ .,
ques-
tion_is a .so _ e,of .continual pain. The wife '
has only a' ague notion of what the yearly •
income is: ' The husband. with ,careful reti-
cence -
-fkeeps his ' affairs to himself._ Tinder
-;.hese oondition.s she is working in the dark,
and has no -means of measuring her expenses,
or of .khowing Whether she must be lavisher
--must be frugal. Thus she is wronged, *nee
-Are certainly has her full :share in the work
to be done. • She, in rearing the children;is
managing the house, .in making the home A
place *here giod men and. good wcimen. Are
being trained and developed out of the crude
matenal of boys .aird. girls; is lloinga V-P-rY
-noble work. ± She dela& not -do it alone so
well. Her husband, as he _praises her in-Iihe •
gates, as the of .good. husbands is, -says
that he could not .do it alone t 11 By vir-
tue of her: title and office of wife _and mother
sheholds „brevet rank among Women, and is _
anything.
-
entit_le_d_To the highest honors. She-ean ;IPA
be -,a -pecriniarY dependent, if words mean •
_ ,/ ..
7 f,„
made picturesque by heir impeded
ings. Queer heads Ana -heathenish ne
dangle from . the fralitea: Of the lo
'glasses ; exquisite Shells- a4-ni the
inthebest.room ; and. thetaine gray -
efts on the fence aildllicoldsthe pass
in a fsreigirlanguage, but with an .em
unmistakably --suggest ve of its mean,
- .
_ Halves Magazine. ••
An. Effemi ate -Age ?-
f
' A minister standing in hie'-pulpit944;
audience before liim Who: must thiOn
Courtesy be apparent ['listeners, has -gv
tage-ground setae* ,giVen• ',to fli*en.-.
where else people- can hit -back, . Id
litical meetingthe listeners are free tot-
their -minds. ' 1n delatingi. societiesigroin;
Parliament hp arid 4e, .n.,..eaCh side -iSlaidji
in turn. But in:01411'1i the sanctities -,:1 the
4
time and place and,th : tertas of imm ° riaL
custom concede the 'fl or to -the gentle nin__
the pulpit, ahd, the ' hearers, howeverit
dissent or _fame inwan $.-.. at his .false
his abetird•conclysiimo have no way!
. cape. * True, they mar go to sieep,.b-
it the risk of a gentle and Most prqking
h•ich
nudge from. the waket li friend at the 1
e.
Or they may read: t e liyinn‘book,
will open of its own a Cord. to such h 13 AS
"-Religion bears- oi.iir-.., pirita up," dr IP' Our
days, alas! our niortal days; Are -sli4i1 and
-wretched -too !"..anO, tie hymn.ibook iloves
no comforter. Tritting..therheadin - 4 vo!
tional attitude on the- pew ih.front is hrdly '
permissible in- se1:.moti-time, as - it gixes .
r
either an intense in eliteness or mai 4,par,
donable hypoerisyn er the circum:st4laeai;
1
AO as bonnets except at .Easter :and' rist- .
-Inas are not specially; - interesting, th,e4 fail r
liold- the viraa.der.i ,-g eiTe„ 4:1: hEll ind,. ,
,
if epsubjectsui iitr in Respectableijte. nt Ta;ne. and do 0:114iati:1 sal; muchaY..twoahalfc1,.erdharmotizheir ao:::i :inir- tockt ee hos es.
getsfen pretty Wellin he.-*orld as a ge*eral .
thing' -; but never -doeslitaviaken so:Millih re-• '
typed phrases; andit; eepd-going di ',"•ound
of them rivich as iiiidir horse. ge 4 the
round Of a tread -mill haware thatap hing
. , ,
or anybody can possi y -be -in the Wal
. One of these .subje ts is r this:eff. ate
age." ,We_ respeetfi, llSr protest: - age
, which has tunneled ti e Alps and'oPe _the-.
• Baez canal, an' age var, iCh-las 'laid.
waoirieasi onnavithgeatbieod;.mof -bt .611:0430cnsea,n anandee
rae jiullethhs
has made vast strides *ward in theiAil/EMS
of freedom, Intelligen e, and Universatipeace
is, whatever else it m y be; not effetnns
"Happy the people ''whose „annals .
some "—sage aphorisih of a sage ph'
.---can-. never be Said ofthe people :
by the grace of God4 this ainotee
. .
tury. _ , - : -, . - .. .
. The othercharge ws eh goes, hand
with thatIof effemus. yjs that neve
,.•
i0iIARD POWER, in .A jocular way,
'40st:ell:that thosemembersof the British
• arliani nt who could not catch the _Speak- -
r'S'eye -*ring the debate on the Eastern
ueition.f Should -print their tspeeehed. Sir
at"riek O'Brien- accepted the invitation and :
iinted his -speech under the title of "One
• -
f the Rejected Addresses; predicating it to
r. Power. - •
s - -
,
Mr. O.. '.H, . PLATT'S dog._ in :Meriden,
onn., -feeling' humiliated by his, muzzle,
awed ituntil he got it off, and thenidugia
ole in the ground and buried it
-
431
te.
tire-
pher,
live1
'hand
.
?won-
AlSr;Ism, erate criminal -who, with
' •
two others, murdered a tax -collector at Air?
in Belgium, last autumn was ,eitecnted at
onai in the north of France, ,the other day,
It will be .remembered he ws,s, anefted. itt
Loudon, but escaped by jumping from *the
railway in Belgium when being taken.
_ • -
to prison. He was some time afterward re-
tarkeenhch-antaLtiillonealiant.
and there asli
.e was Of
li
TAB daughter Of Sir ;Saar Jung was lately
married, and the Friendofthat A, -
faainttetniddeeda 'tohfetphree.lininumina,sberyoefemreemnoonif 'Pees mrkayivhb:
-gathered. from thefact that an eye -witness
counted. mere than 100 elephants as they
-knelt -before the bridegroom's palace gate,
within the interval of an hour, to allowtheir
masters to 'dismount. The final presents—
superb jewels had already been given—Of
• Sir Salar-_#-were much admired; they con-_.
-slated Of An Arab horse, an elephant, a paltv. •
cipuinointielina* mOriental astate carriage,istye.
_