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' . .. . ~^^^^__^pa^ > I'll Kl.. Him lr III) Wltr." (New OrliejiiTune.-Deinoi'rat An in* lent In the life of Oilunel (ieorge D Aleiau.lur uf Ibe Tn r.l Arkausan llBgliuent ow a Pruli-Bsor lu Thitciiex Institute, bhreve- port. La, duriugtherabelliou. Tba long stemmed batt'e o'er and lost, Tb% ..irr oaiue. " Helrta* r Hnt many hearts lay uuld and still On bed* uf daisies hweet, And ihrillnl uo more at til' onset bold, Nor beard returning feet. The living left t -,. lonely dead Upon the spot tuny full. And turned with saddened faoeb back The late of root M tall . Bat on tin.- kindly daisies there Tbe dead slept soft and wull. Tbe steady tramp wore thru the night Into tbi cheerleee day ; Ami wearily tbey kept the i>aee Tbat leJ away away ; For wbo conld lam an irou f That awupl their r.uk- lik bay .' Beside the road an officer Lay wounded like to deth All pallid, faiut aud help ass be, With scarcely strength for breath : And 'twas hi oaiupauy plodding by As one to tb' olliui aaith . " Be easy, boys ; there lies the man Tbat lot' ui In tbe fight ; W. love him and we w ju't pau on I'D til we've done him right ; Come so'tly ; shake our captain's hand, For he'll be dead ere night." And boys, tbe flower of Arkansas. FVoui wit book to tbe ranks, Piled past with misty eyes upon The Hhouan.loah banks. And gently prooeil thuir captaln'i band, And lueaiiwbile damu'd the " Yanks," A big, grufl. bearded Irishman Brought up the ri>arui<l file, Aud kualt ueiida tbe ufforing man, A>.deuubed anjd sobbu.l Ihe while, Aul as tbat far a*' ell hu I Inckud on. Through tears ihBru came a suilli Tbe eergeaut turned unto tbe boys, Hia face wilh giief full rifs ; hoiona. l>oy !" while tbey gaxed Jown Oa that fast wan'ug life. " We'll nlver see the cap n again I'll ktaa mm for bis wife '" Tbe kiss ot tbat rough soldier there Thrilled IbrnoKU the oaptam's soul. And alartud frrsb ibeelu. Kith life From huart foam to lie goal, And out' leas (jrave kind nature sods By bhuuauuoah's roll. . in,.. Till my - >. . "..' il ..i.. r When a uiuny cblld I wandered Through Uie meaJows ruiiud uiy home, O'r these words I often pondered, " Walt unill my ebip comes home." Pnizle.1 oft uiy cnil.litili brains were, Well 1 knew that meaning eome Wae HOL.IAIQOU in tbal brief aeuuutae. ' Wait uutil uiy i-lup cumes home." As I old grew, aod wiier. Hlowly taeo began tu dawn Vague ideas restless fanciee, bun ana san.ier ae the morn , Promise sweet that In tbe future, \Vhrre uiy fauejr oft .lit warm. Hidden was a deeper meaning - Wail uu il uiy abip euiues borne." Tears fled by- Ill-fated voyage, Undertaken lung ago ; For that chip ao rfchiy freighted Lies in depth" uf ocean low ; Merr will u reach U landing Where with eager eyes I cooie, Watching, h .ping, ml and lonely Waiiiug rill my snip comes hone." Starry eyes, who Brut love's meaning Taught Uiv ie the years gone by, IPoniilyNrtWnabu 1 is ttiv cueni'ry, Tis saored dubt whore tb< .u dost lie. If thy II r lad bMn a-long one. briiibt ao.l happy then our lumie Prmuiaa fulfilled, uu mum wa.tiug. Barely woald our ship have corns. But the waves of wsr broke o'or us, Foremost in tbe ranks he stood, W bile tbe fiery rai a of rmllets Wrought a llerco baptniu of blood. Flag lu hand my hero (toed them, Whom tbe bay'neti thickest eboue. Till at last he fell ; thui sadly Old u>y mouralul ship eome home. Wbere th. proud Potomac ripples, L.ii-1 be in a dreamlesi rest. Flowers biigbt. each spriUK renewing, Wave above his manly breast. Wrifu inv feet draw near tbe .river, Over winch my frieud basgoue, Q rant this boon to me, oh. Father! Hafely may my ship reach home. Katharine D. Knux, .Vu> \'ork Cily. THE llllTHI A NOVEL. Wben Florence Rot borne the told Eva aooul ibe letter from ber lover, but ibi aid notbing of bu evident distress. Be wai making frisndi, be expected great pleaeure from bii ebooting altogether be wai get- ting! on well. Eva listened, hardened ber heart and went oat district visiting wilh Mr. Plowden, Time went on and no Jetton " came from Erneet. On mqntbi pasei gene* of him. Dorothy grew very anxious, and ao did Mr. Cardni, hot they did- nol peak of Ibi matter muoh, eieepl to remark that tbe reason, no doubt, wae that hi wai way on bii (booting excursion. Jeremy, also, in bii slow way grew in- tensely preroonpied witb tbe faei tbal tbey never beard from Ernest now and tbat life wae consequently a black. He eat upon the itool In bin ancle's outer office and made pretence to copy deedi and drafts, bat, in reality, oMopied his lime In assiduously polishing bii nails.and thinking. Ai for tbe deeds and drafts, be gave them to bii grand- fatbr to copy. " It kept tbe old gentleman employed," he would explain to Dorothy, "and from indulging in bad tbonghti about the devil." B-6>*ll wa oaefrtghl oat duck-shooting tbat his yreat inspiration ome. Il WM a bitter nigiit, nigbt on wbioh noiane crea- ture 1 , except Jeremy, woald ever have dreamed ot going 1 to ebool duoki or any- thing tine. Tbe marshes were partially troBia and a lisroe eeel wind wae Mowing aeroM them; but, utterly regarding of the cold, there sat Jeremy "under tbe lea of a dike- bank, listening f :>r tbi sound of tbe daeki' wlngi ai tbe; pasied to their feed- ing grounds, and ooeesianally gelling a loot at ibem ae tbey eraeeed Ibe moon above him. Tbere were not many docks, aod tbe olitade and silence were Inductive ot con- templation Ernest did not writ! Wai hi dead? Not probable, or iheywr-sdttota beard cf it. Where wn he, then? inu.os- ilble to say, fmpomnMe to df'over. Wai il imfo sibli " 8 wisb, swish, hang !" and down cams a mallard at bis feet. A quiok bot, Ibat! Y"s, It wa* Impassible; Ibey BO meani of Utqolry hire. Tbe i '..juirj , uf, uiu.t Is ui~le Uiece, oo tbe other id* of tbe water. Bat who was to make should be DO) go to B}nlh Africa and look fur Etueat ? A fligal ot dnoks t'ttsdtd over hie bead uubuided. What did lie eare for duek? Uehaa iulvd the problem whiob bad been troubling bim all these mouths. He would go to Bauth Africa aud look tor Krneit. U Mr. Oardai would not give the money, be would wo'k bii way out. Auy- bow, be would go. He could tear tbi toi- l en ie no louger. Jeremy ro-e i the new found elreDgtbof hie purpose, aud, gathering up tbe slaio there were only three whittled to tail re- triever and made hii way back to Darn's em Be found Mr. Oudae and Dorothy by ibe fire in the litling-room. Hard-riding Alterleigb wai then, too, in hie plaoa in the ingle-ncok, a riding-whip in bit mk-ilained baud, with which be wai lapping bii top boet. They turned M he euterod, txaepl hie grandfather, wbo did not bear him. "What eporl have yon bad, Jeremy?" aeked hie litter wilh a ead little imile. Her faee had grown very lad ot late. " Three durke," be an a were J shortly, ad vaooing hie powerful (orm out of tbi eha- dowi into tbe h relight. " I cami home jtial as tbey were beginning to fly." " Too foand it cold, I luppaie," laid Mr. Cardui abeenlly. Tbey had been talking of Erneit and be wai etill thinking of bim, " Ho, I did not tbink of the cold. I eami home beoaue I bad an idea." Both bie beareri looked op surprised. Ideaa were nol very oammon to Jeremy, or if tbey were be kept them to himself. " Will, Jeremy?" laid Dorothy inquir- ingly. ' Well, it ii tbii. I ckirnot Hand thii about Erneet any longer, and I am going to look for bim. If you won't give me tbi money," be went on, addressing Mr. Cardui almost fiercely, " I will work my way oak II ii no credit to me," be added. " I lead a dog's life wbile I doa'l know where he U ' Djrolhy flashed pale pink witb plea- sure. R uiug, ibi went op to ber great Irong brother, and, standing ou lip-toe, managed to km bim on tbe obin. Tbat ii like yon, Jeremy dear," she aid eoftly. Mr. Oardai looked ap, too, and, after bit faebioo, let bit eyei wander roond Jiremy before be epoke. " Y u ahall have as maob money ai yon like, Jeremy," he said presently, "and if you bring Eroeet back Mate, I will leave yon twenty thousand pounds," aod be struck his band down open bii knee, an evidence of excitement which WM unn-uil tor him to display. " I don't want vonr twenly thoneand pinudi I want Erteil," anewered tbe yonog man grtttly. " No. I know yoo don't, my lad, I know yon don't. Bat find bim and keep him eafe and you iball have il. Money ie nol to be sneczid al, let me tell yon. I lay keep bim, for I forgot yon oannot bring bim back till tbii accursed buiineei bae blown over: Wben will yon go?" " By the next mail, of oonne. They leave every Friday. I will not wa-te a day. To-day i* Saturday ; I will Bail next Fri- day." Tbat 11 right. Yon shall go at ooce. I will give you > ebiqae for five hondred pounds to morrow, and mind, Jeremy, yon are not to ipare money. If be hae gone to Ihe Zambesi, you mast follow him. Never think of tbe money ; I will thii.k of that." Jeremy MOO made bii preparationi. Toey eocBirted chiefly ot rifles. He wae to leave Uum'i Neei early oo tbe Thursday. Oa Ibi Wedaesday afternoon it occurred to bim Ibal be might as well toll Eva Osewiok tbat be wae going in search of Broeet, and aek if she had any meeeagi. Jeremy wee tbe only person, or thought lh ' be was tbe only perion, in tbi secret ot Erneel'i affec- tion foi Kva. Erceet bad asktd bim to keep it aeorel, and be had kepi il as secret ae the dead, ntver breathing a word of il, even to bis sister. Il wai about five o'clock on a windy Much afternoon when bi eel oat for the Cottage. On the edge of tbe hamlet of Kaetarwiok, lome three hundred yards from Ihe cliff, stood two or thru little hovels, turning their naked facei to the fall fary of tbe lea blast. He wai drawing near to these when be oame to a itile which gave paeeage over a aod wall Ibal ran to thi edge of the cliff, marking tbe limits ot the village common. Albe approached tbi stile tbe wind brought bim tbe sound of voioee a man's and a woman'* engaged appar ently in aagry dispute on tbe farther eide of the wall. Indeed of gelling over the tile, be stepped to tbe right and looked over the wall, and taw tbe new clergyman, Mr. Plowden, Maiding witb bii baek toward Him, and, apparently very much against ber will, holding Eva Oeswiok by Ibi band. Jeremy wai too far off to overbear hu PJowden WM talking in an excited, master Plowden, but as yon are not a gentleman I will overloik it." Jeremy, after tbe dan- gerous fashion ot the Auglo Bax,on raos, alwaye Ml wonderfully oool as tbe row thickened. ' I repeat that I eaw rou bold- ing her notwithstanding ber itruielei to gut away." " Aod what u that to yoa.eoufouad you I ' laid Mr. Plowdeu, shaking with lury, and raiting a thick utiok be luld in hie baud in a soggeitive manner. " DJU'I lje your temper, and you aball hear. Mils E /aGaiwiek is engaged to my friend Erneit Kjnbaw, or umethiog very like il, and ai be ii nol here to look after hie own interests, I mail look after them for bim." " Ah, yii, 1 ' aniwered Mr. Plowoeti, wilh a ghacl'r imili, " I have heard ol tbal. Tbe murderer, yon mean ?" " I recommend you, Mr. Piowdea, in yoor own intereil, to be a little more care- (ul in yoor tormi." And inppoiing tbat there bai been omitbiug between your your friend ? ' " Much bettor term, Mr. Plowden." " And, Miai EvaOMwiok, what, I ihoold like to know, ii there to prevent ber having changed her mind ? ' Jeremy laughed aloud, it molt be ad- mitted rather insolently, and in a way calculated to irritate people of meeker miod than Mr. Plowden. " To any one, Mr. Piowdea, wbo hae Ibe privilege of your atqaaiaaanoe, *nd wbo also kuowi E rneit K ruhaw, your question would aeeni abiurd. Yoa see, there are eome people between whom there oan he no eomparieon. it ie not poeiible that, after eanrg for Erneet, auy woman ooull care lor you '," and Jeremy laughed again. Me. Plowden'i thick lipi turned qaito pale, tbe veinoni cross upon bii toreuead throbbed till Jeremy thought il would burst, and hie eyee ibone with the concen- trated ligbl ol hata. Hie vaoily wae his weakest point. He controlled himself witb an eff jrt, however, tbougb if there had been any deadly wear o j at hand it minl have gone bard with Jeremy. ' Perhape you will explaie tbe meaeing ot yoor interference) aud your inaolsnoe, and let me go on." ' On, witb pleasure," aoiwired Jeremy, with refresh ing obeerjulncai. " II u jail thii : if I caioh ynu al any inon ttiox* again, you iball ftffsr for it. Oae can't thraeb a olergyruun. and one can't fight bim, became be won't fi<ht , but look here, one oan shake him, for tbat leavee no markt, and if you go on with them game*. eo tore ai my name ie Jeremy Jeaes, I will "bake your teeth down your tbtoat ! Oood-uighl I ' aud Jeremy turned to go. Il it not wiee to turn one'e back noon an infuriated animal, aud at thai rnnmeol Mr. Plowden wae nothing more. Even ae be turned Jeremy remembewd this, and gave Limself a slue to one lide. II was fortunate (or him tbal he did ip, (or at that mominl Mr. Plowden'i heavy blackthorn Hick, directed downward with all ibe ilrengtb of Mr. Plowden'i heavy arm, passed within % tew inches of nil head, out of which, had be not turned, it would have probably knocked tbe brains. Ai il wat, II struck tbe vrouud wilb ineb force tbat the jr eenlil Hying oat of ile owner's haad. Ah, yon would !" WM Jeremy'i -tflio- lion ae be ipraug al bii aeeailanl. Now Mr. Plowden wai a very powerful man, but be wae no match (or Jeremy, who in ader- day a came to be known ae tb* alrougeil man in ibe East of England, aod o be wae destined to find onl. U jee Jeremy got a grip of him, (or bii respect for Ibe Church pie>eated bim (rom trying to knock him down, be eeemed to crumple op like a piece of paper in bii iron graep. Jereruy could easily have thrown him, hot be would not, he bad bii own- endi In view. Bo hi jail held bim tight enoagh to prevent hie doiog him (Jeremy) any serious injary, and let him itrngKle (rantloaUy ti 1 he thought be wae sufficiently exhaoited for hie purpose. Then he suddenly gave bim a violent twiet, got behind bim, and in M work witb a will to fulfill hie promise of a ehaking. Ob 1 what a ihake that wae t First of all he shook him backward aud forward tor Erneet'i take, then be alter- nated the motion and shook him from tide to lidi for hie own take, and finally he ful tone. Just then Eva tnrned ber bead a little and be did bear what tbi (aid, ber voice being so maob clearer. " No, Mr. Flowden, no I Letgomyhand! Ab. why will you not take an aniwer ? ' .Imt at tbal mouiinl she succeeded in wrenching ber imprisoned hand fK.ii his ilrouggraap, aud, without wailing tor any more worde, let off toward K inter wick almost at a ran. Jeremy wai a man of slow mind, though when once his mind wai made ap it wae of a singularly determined natnre. At flril be iid not quite lake in tbe fnllaigni!: jacoe ot the (03oo, but when be did a great red il ash spread over bis honest face aid tbi big gray ye sparkled dangerously. p re . eently Mr. Plowden turned and saw him. Jeremy noli c id tbat the" sign of tbeeroee " wai remarkably visible on hit forehead and tbat hie face wore an expression by no meani pieman* to behold anything hot ObriMian, in short. " Hallo :" be uid to Jsretny, " what MI yon doing there ?" Before aniwering, Jeremy pat hit hand on tbi top of tbe lod wall, and, vaulting over, walked Mraighl op to tbe clergyman "I was warohrog ymi," be laid, looking bim straight in the lyei. , " Indeed I an honorable employment ; eaviidrapping, I think it U generally owll-a." WnUevnr flail paused bitwisn Mr. Plow den acd Eva Oeiwiek, It had olearly not improved eke lormer'e temper. " What do yon mean T" " I mean wht I say.'' " Well, Mr. Plowden, I may ai will tall yoo what I mean- I am nol good it talk- ing, but 1 know thai I ..hall be able to make you anlpTHrtani). Tuaw you jus'now s*ull- book him every pomible way tor Ihe lake o( Kva Oeewiek II WM a wonderful xuibj to nee the (.reft! burly clergyman, hu bM off, hie white tie uuione, anrt Lu o |. tails waving Ilka streamer* boaodiug and gamboiing on tbe breez/ eljffs, bii bead, IKH and ajrmi j.rk. log in every poetible direction, like tboee, r? gJva.Dizid (rog, while bebind bim, bin le iliKbtly apart to get a better grip o( ibe ground, and hia teeth firmly abaohed, Jeremy eboek awy witb tbe fltlly of fat*. At last, Kittiog sxbitoitnd, iie mopped, and holding Mr Plowden iMII. gave bim a drop- afraid that eometbloK, must bavj bappenet to him." "Oj. don't lay tbat!" sbi eaid " Perhapi be bai auiuaeueul* wbici prevent bis wriling." "I may a* wall tell yon that I taw arrnatbiug of what paesod botweua YOU auc Mr. Plowdeu." Again Kva blaihed. " Mr. Piowdea wae vjry rode, ' nbe eaid " BJ I Iboogbt ; but 1 think ibst be i aorry (or it now." " What do you mean T" " I mean tbat 1 nearly ibook bii ogl bead off for bim." " On, how oould you ? ' Ev* aiked aeverely ; bot there wai no eeveriiy on bei (aet. Jaet then I'mrenee'i voioa wan bcari oallniK imperatively. I I mail go," eaid Era. " U.ve you any meaiagi for Ernut U find bim ? ' Eva hesitated. " I know all about il," laid Jeremy, con iderately taming bii bead. " Oh, BO, I have no mileage that Ii ob, toll bim tbat I love him dearly I" ani be turned and flid up-eiaire. OHAPIER XXI. ' LOKINCI ON X4ULUOI, MlnCiiwiek'1 seiiare turned oat to be even, woree than WM anticipated. OJDI abb appeared to regain einiciooineee, aui began to mutter aombtbing, then ebe aaol back lutua torpor oat of which ibe never woke agajn. II waefortanate that her condition not inob ae to require tbe aervioei of tbe clergyman, f jr Mr. Plowden wae for lome dayi after tbe event described in tbe IM< ebapier Lot in any condition to give them, Wbetber it wai tbe ehakiug, or tbe well- planted kick, or the shook to hie system tl iiimpMUbie to say, bat he wae in tbe opehol eoutiiraiued to keep hie bed for lev aral dayi. ludeed, tbe flret eervioe tbat be took wai on the ueoaaiou ot tbe opening ol the auoieul Oeewiek vault to receive tbe re maibiof Ibe raoeolly-dsoeasel lady. Tbe only territorial poaeeesion which remained tn the Oeewieki wa Ibeir vault Indeed, ai Floreuee afterward remarked to her there was a ojrtain irony in tbe rtfl-otioc teat of all tbeir wile aoree tkere rcuiaiaed onlv tbefaw pqaare (eel of eoil wbicta for entoriet bad covered tbi bonieot Iba n Wheu their aonl wae dead and buried, the two Kiila weut baok to tbe Ooltage and were very deeolate. Bnab a* il wai, how- ever, they, ur ralhu Ftoriuoe, decided to make the bent of it. Al KaiMrwiek tbey were, at auy rate, kiown, and il wai, they felt, better to itay there than ti fl 'at away and tweime watfeand rtraye on the great uea of EoKlbb life. Bo tbey settled to may, Piorecce bad, moreover, her own reamms for etayickj. She bad eome to tbe oonela- ion thai it would be detorable tbat her ate- tar K v'a ibonld marry Mr. Plowden. Not that ibe liked Mr. Piowdea her lady'i in- aliuots rose op ia rebellion axaiuel Ibe man hot if Eva did not marry bim, il wai probable tbat ihe would, in the Ijng ran, marry Erneit, and Ernent, Florence swore, ebe ebould col marry. To prevent inch a marriage wae tbe main (arpoee of her life. Her j jaluu-y and hatred of her lister bad b'oome a part of hereelf. TbegratifiaatioQ Of ber revenge wae the evil star by wbiab be ehaptd her coaree. Ii may eeem a tir- rible thug thai ao yooog a woman could give the best eDergie* of her life to mob a purpoae, but il wai none ibe lew the truth. 1U r 'a wai a wild, itrange nature, a nature capable of violent love and violent hate , tbe eame pendulum oonld itting witb equal eaie to each utreoio. Kva had rcbbea her of ber l')vet_; ebe would rob fcva, and put tbe prizj oat of ber reach, loo. Little ibe recked of tbe wtokidneei of ber deeign, tor where, in Ibe long record ot baman crime, ii there a wiekedneie to inrpaei tbe de- liberate separation, for no goad reason, of two people wbo love each other with all their bearte T Barely tkere ii none. Bhi knew Ibis, bat ibi did nol hesitate on thai account, bbe wae not hypoorilieal. Hbe made uo ezooaee to herself. Bbe knew well thai on every ground it wae beet 'that Eva ibeuld marry Erniit and porine her natu- ral deetiny, happy ia bii love and in her own. Dal ibe woald have none of it. II onw tbey should meet again, tbe *am. would paee oat ol ber bande, for the weak Presently be also tuned, and, 10 said my informant, yon uraek at bim witb a beav> -tick, bai minted him. Thereupon a tussle eoeoad, aud you got Ibe wjral-of II." " Be irritated me beyond all endurance," broke ia Mr. Plowdeu, excitedly. " Oa, then tbe etory ie trae ? ' Mr. Ptewden law tbal be had made a fatal mistake, bat U wan to.i late Ij deny il. "To aoirtaiu extent, "he eaid. sulkily. " That youug ruffian told mi tbat I wai uol a gentleman." '. " Really I O: course thai WM uuf laaiant. Bat how glad you moil feel tbal yon mimed bim, especially as bii baek wai turned I It would have looked 10 b.d for a clergyman to be had ap for asuauit, or worse, wouldn't il?' Mr. Piowdea tamed pale and bit hie Up. He began to (eel tbal be wai in Ibi power of IbU qoiet, dignifisd young woman, and Ihe feeling wai nol pleaianl. " And it woald nol look v.ry will if the tory got round Lire, woald il? I mean even if it wai not known that yoo hit al bim wilb Ibe slick, when be wai nol look log, became, you nee, it would sound so absurd ! The idea of a clergyman more than lix feet high being shaken like a naughty child I I rappoee thai Mr. Jonee ii very itrong." air. Plowden winced beneath her mockery, and rieing, eeixed bit bai, bai ihe motioned him back to hii chair. " Don't go yet," ihi said. " I wanted to tell yon that yon ought to be much obliged to ms for thinking of all this for yon. I tboogbi thai ii woald be painfal to you to have the itory all over tbe eoontry-iiie, n I nipped it in tbe bad." Mr. I'.owdeu groaned in ipirit, It thwe were tbe reinlie ol a itory nipped in the bad, what woald in uninjured bloom be like I " Wbo told you? ' he asked brusquely. ' Jonee went away." " Vss. How glad you moil be, by Ihe way, thai be u gone 1 Bol il wai uol ME J Juee, I wae a perion wbo oveaw tbe difference of opinion. No, never mind wbo il was ; I lave found means to silence that pereon.' Little did Mr. Plowden gooii Ibal daring the while ooaree ol hie love scene, aod tbe subenpenl affir with Jeremy, there bad eu graocla ly in the angle of the eod wall, nol twenty yards away, a fiitare uuaommioly reaembling Ibat ol an anoieut mariner in an attitude of tbe most intenee aod lolemn eontagtplalion ; bai so il wee. " I am grateful to TOO, Mlai Ceewiok." " Thank yon, Mr. Pio'den, il ii refresh og to meet wilb true gratitude, it U a scarce fljwer in tbii world; bat really I loo't deierve any. Tbe observer wh over law Ibe painful iceni between yon and Mr. ' jues alao ovectaw a eeene preceding it, bat, so far as I can gather, seems to have been bardly lets palatal ia its way." Mr 1'iowden colored, bol eaid nothing. -N jw yoo aee, Mr. Plowden, I am toll n a rather peooliar pMilion as regards my liter \ ibe u younger than 1 am, and kai always been aeeastomed to look np to me, ao >ou will eaeily understand, I feel my eipoaiibilitiei to wsigb upon mi. Oon- eqaintly. I feel bound to ask you what I am to aodereland from the report of my nformant?" " Simply tbii, Mill Cjiwick ,' I propoeed o yoor (inter, and ibe refused mi." (To be continued.) WWW UI UO W*VI. A'^l wuu w VU UJBBH i \j ft Ik" il? Ab. an idea itruek him I Why ibonld i lu f, , ", ""!, ' ,ot he, Jeremv, make that inquiry ? Wh, | .. VbatuLt . gint.emaal.ke word, Mr kick only one. Bat Jeremy i leg wae very etroog, and be alwayi wore Ibiok hooli, and the reuult wai startling. Mr. Ptowden roee some icohei off tbe ground and went on bii face into a farzi-bnih. " He will bardly like to show that honor- able wound," rtflaoied Jeremy, ae he wiped the perepiration from bii brow with every bign of latief action. Thin he wnt and picked bis fallen enemy out ot Ike bosh, where, he oad nearly fainted, smoothed hie. elotbee, tied tbe white tie ae neatly ae . be coild, and pal toe wide ,at oo tbe disheveled hair. Then be Ml bim down on tbe ground to recover himielf. " Qjod-night, Mr. Plowden, good-nignt. Next time yoa wilh tobit a man wilb a big stick, do not wail till bii back is turned. Ah, I dan lay your uoad aehei. I should advise yon to go home and have a nice sleep." And Jeremy departed on bii way, filled witfc faarfol py. When he reached the cottage he fmnd everything in a state of confusion. Mill Ceiwick had, II appeared, been suddenly taken very seriously ill ; indeed, il wae feared tbat ibe had got a -itroke ot apoplexy. He managed, however, to lend np k meitage to Eva to nay tbal be wished to spew to her for a minute. Presently she came flown, crjiog. " Ob, iny poor aunt ii so dreflfally ill," be HBM. > We tbink that ibe Is dying !" Jeremy offered snme awkward cnndn- lencee, and indeed wae maob distressed Ue liked old MitaCMwiek. " 1 am ifoiog to Brath Africa to-morrow, MiiiHva.-heeaid. She started violently, and blaibed ap to her hair. I'pjingtoSsnth Africa! What for?" ,. , I am going to look for Erneit. Wi are wall, and also began to talk with eel woman grows itroog if porpoee wbea be bae ber lover'* arm to lean on. Flor eooe realiBid toil, and determined tba they aboold never act eyee on each othei until an impaeaabJe barrier, in the shape o Mr. I'lowden, bad been raieed between the two. Hiving tbae finally determined on th saortnee, ahe act about whetting tbe knife U in day, a month or.so aftir MISI Oei wick was buried, Mr. Plowden called at the Cottage oo some of tbe endlese detaile which district vieiting wai the parent. He had bardly seen Evaiinee tbat never to be forgotten day, wben he bad learned what Jeremy's idea* of a snaking were, lor tbe very good reacoD tbat the bad oarelnlly kept out of bU way. So il oame to pane thai when, looking out of ahe wud >w ou the afternoon in q aesiion sbeeawtbe crown ot a clerical hat eominii along Ibe road, Kva prowptly gatlitred op bir work aod ocumeuoud a fcty rolruat to ber bedroom. ' * Where are yon going to, Era?" asked her sieter. ^ " Upstairs here be oomee." " Hel Who ie be ?' " " Mr. Piowdea, ot oourse." " And wby should yon ran away beoaoie Mi. Plowdeu U coming ?" " I do not like Mr. Plowden." " Really, Eva, you are too bad. ju know what a f riendlees poeition we are iu just now, and >ou go and get op a dislike to one of Hie few men we know. It ii very eelflrfi of yoa, aud most unreasonable." Al Ibal moment the door-bell rang and Kra fled. Mr. Plbwdn on entering looked round tbe room wilb a somewhat diiappoiuted air. " If yoa are looking lor my litter," said Florence, " abe ii net very well" "Indeed, I am afraid Ibal hex hiajth IB uol good ; ate is ee often indtoDoeed.' Florenoe imiled and tbey dropped into the district vimiug. Preeenlly, however, i'loreooa dropped out again. "Kv-tUa-way, Mr. Plovrdec, -I want to tell you cf Fornelbing I heard toe other day and whien ooiMMniH you. Indeed, I think thai il ii only rtgnl I should do 10. I heard tbal ytrn were seen talking to my sitter, not very fat from the Tilheburgh Ahho? oillages, and thai ihe the ran away from yon. Tben Mr. Jonei jumped over tbe you. The \ i,i - ( 'loi..i., hr Tbe Liodoo Tiewt of a recent data can- ained the f Mowing amoqg its police court eporta : " At Marlboroogb etreel, Bamoel icineider, a tailor of Croes ooorl, West reel, Biho, WM summoued by Isaac nliue, a tailor of Broad tree!, Ooldeu qaari, tor aiaaolling him on Ibe 6<h Nov. .lie complainant, who won a thick, r mooilactae, one end ot which had been recently olipptd, deposed tbal oo tbe ay in qoeetion tbe defendant oame bebind bim in a workshop on Poland street and lipped cff one of the endiof bii moustache itb a pair of eoieeore. Emily Race said that on tbe day in qaec- Ion ibi laid to thi complainant, ' What a ilee moustache you have,' and Ihe words iad scarcely escaped ber lipi when tbe efendant went behind Mr. Joliusi and lipped bii moustache with a pair of aois ore. Mr. Newton II U a question of ooni- penralion. (To the complainant.) What do yon value your moustache al ? Tbi complainant I think hi ought to pav eomelhiog. Mr. Newton Tbe parties bad belter retire and ate If tbey cannot oomi to come arrangement. Later in tbe day tbe parties again oame inloooart and informed the migiitrate that tbey. had been unable to come to an <greeo)ent. Mr. Newton (to the complainant) What do von put thb value of your mou- taohe at T Tbe complainant Well, I want the defendant to pay Ihe ooete and give i'l to trn pour box, aud be relusei to.do" that. Mr. NewtoOp^Then I will inflict a fine of 10i and coital with the alternative ot eeven dayi' imprisonment. /...,. Walkta*. . Jibe Marhis, of ihe Thirteenth Georgia, wai a good soldier, bat one day when Hie OoofeiferatfB were retreating (rom the gory field ot Oittyibnrg. Jabe threw bie mnekel on Ibe ground, Heated h meelf by Ibe roadelde and exclaimed, wilh great vtbemenoe : " I'll be daebed if I walk another etep ! I'm broke down I I can t do it I 4 \ad Jabe wae the pielare ot despair. " Oit up, man ! " exclaimed bii captain. 1 DJU'I you know Ihe Yankees are follow- ngns? They'll gil yon lure 1" " Oan't help ii," eaid Jabe, " I'm done or. I'll not walk aunt tier rp I" Ibe Coutederatee pautd along over Ihe oreil of a hill mi loM light, ot poor, Icjeoted Jabe. In a moment there wai a freeh rattle of manketry and a renewed orach of ihelle. [Suddenly Jabe appeared on tbe creel of be bill moving like a hurricane and ollowsd by a olovd of dust. As he passed )i cutip that oiBocr yelled . ' .. " Ilellov Jaba, tbeught you wuD't going o wartt any mot f Thunder I ' replied Jabe, ai he hit the - dull wilb renewed vigor, "you don't eaH his walking, do you ?" Atlanta Telrgrph naeeeeuger boyi of Albany arry dark lanterns, which they nee al igfat to find Ibe namberi on houiei in Ihe ark itreete of the town. >.