Flesherton Advance, 13 Feb 1890, p. 2

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Who to lac nsjn wti *e f aSBB it sung by rich Mi<i pot.r. I > old aavl yiuBI. WnuM nainvU n .w .>n .-vary luuvc, * UeUlaty." HU'.orjr every""" knuwm. I'jr Amy an>1 ntirht y.,n bear b swoes, And bow o* wet Inn HunAay clo'cs, " Mctiiuty Tn tb* ranruluf. paper* yoa poras* Wht MM>U> ( lie Inl uf n*ii. Only to Bud Ihiigu viiu<, " McUiuty." When you reach h iu, yoar baby boy Hold* out to you lii i*t n- w toy ; " What luii '. ' \.MiMk. becritm with joy, " MaUiuty." AI obnreb you bear th* preacher tell How Junab in III* wa r full. With sudden start you a'meit yell, ( i . why eould they not let him be - Down at Hie I..,U<IDI uf the see," Wucre h . nut trunr>le yon or ma 'f Mcilliity." -Puck WlB(Tee We*. Win*; Tee Wee Wa* a Hwwit Ciiiue*. And She lived in th < town of Tac. And her were blue. And br eurllnf eae Hun* tltniflinjt duwa n*r b*ek ; And ib frll in km with *>v Win HII, Whu lii wroui lAi l^vooa a lancdry bill AndO. TlnToM U- pirai* i old. And be salted on a < b new junk; Aiid h Ivvwl, ah. DM I hwwt Wm T-e WM. But his va iaci boejn ba>l suuk, Bo b* duvond Lli blurs In Hole fizz. And vowed tue mUd weuid yet be bis. Bo told Tin Tuld MI ,i-<i all bjsguld To the maul ol tl>. t .wn of Tae, Aiid.wt Vtioi WM Kiuped losoa And nTrin .in cauM back, Fur lo far < biatw ttw maidi are fair, And the maiiU are (alae, as uvrrywhvre. THE P ASTERS : ARom n< of Georgian Life t JAPTKRVI. Tom bad never heard fcii cousin pnaoh, and, having found out aomubow that b* waa to do ao thai nixbt, remained, iutend- ing to retarn afti r the ee'moc, although he wa* to rida more than a dc^ 11 mile*. Ue uppcd at the Iiigiam*', accepting, ai if both were the aama to him, the auprrfluons politeness tf \Vi I and tbe atiff riaerveof Utram. Wheu 11 w* time tu go to the tand, h cflir.il hi* arm to the boato**, who, taking it, HI.I . " Yon all ate what a gtnuinely polite man can do. Tom, these tiu>, not since they have been iicn, bat either of them propfH-d to take me to tho stai.d " Why, Couim Kmily," said Will, ">ou have been ao bu<y witii cniiuary and other doiB*lio affairs that I har.ily believe yco'v* been to th* *:aad aiuoe tbe meeting began." " Make* no odds, sir ; yoa thoald have offered your service* the tame. But oome on ; they are already sinking the first hymn. I wouldn't go now, bat Mr. ligrem told me this evening as a great secret, which I hope it ia no barm to reveal now, tbat II -nry waa to prraoh 10 night. Viney will have to attend to the next table, a* I've got to hear ilenry, no matter ho* the tap- per goee." A* she moved off with her en :orl, Hiram, almost load ruoagh far Tom to hear, said to Ellen, " I'll net my ear* he don't go home to night." " Why, brother Hiram I " exclaimed Ellen. " Oom* ; let us be goiag, ' said Ilarriet, taking Will's arm. Tbi* movement in punishment of his rod* speech angered lliram painfully. lie poke not, however, bat, giving his arm to Ellen, followed the real. Tom and Mrs. Ingram got acata about midway. 1 be others seated themeelTea aeveral benobt* behind th in. Th* lad Jerry Pound, a*) U b* would be acen in fine company, pot him- elf immediately behind Iba two couple*. ' Hello ! Jtrry," whiapered Will, during tbe sinking of the ceoond hymn ; " yoa here?' Ob, yea, Mr. May. Ma and Unk Allen, piteof us being praised with fodder pallia', wanted me to ooine, and I thought I'd a* well oome and aae the crowd and what * goio' on " Things haven't bean a* atirring and lively aa usual this oamp- meeting, have tbyT" " No no, air. Unk Allen aay the very old acratuh ia to pay in this congregation ; bat be aay ha mean to *3e if he can't bead bim before the meetin'* over." " Haven't got religion yoarielf yet, Jerry, it *eem* ?" " Not quite, bir," be answered, giggling. " Unk Allen been talkin' to me straight up and down when ha conld oome up with me. I been dodgin'him because be talk BJ brath. Ue aay I'm *o far gone, be'* afeared *all eonldn't Htve me." " How woald it do to try a I. in.' alt- pet re, Jerry ? " " Oh, brother Will, do buah I " whiipereti Harriet. " Yoa *e Mr. L>o*ter baa risen." WU1 at onoe aabaiaed. Henry Uoster already bad gotten *ome repnlation a* a speaker, although bis efforts had been expended mainly among the limn bier ohurohea of tbe circuit. These not hi* cultured taatts nor bta love and courtship bad availed to make bim neglect, even when, more than onoe, in order to fill an appointment, he had tc swim hi* horn over creek swollen by raina. " Be have the right aparrit about him," aid one day good old Mr Hood, who for thirty-live yeara and more had been tight, ing hi* way among " them Baptias a that jes awarma about and around Long'a Bridge and Baffler Creek. He behave like he don't aat bisself above the |oreat and the iginanteai of as all, and my opinion i*, If hi* life'* apar'd, he'* gain' to weed a wide row in th* pulpit." Tbat night, when he rose and looked oat pon th* vast audienoe before him, it wa* apparent that, beside* the eense of solemn teepooaibility, he labored with maoh em- barrassment. Hia faoe, handsome always, now had a beauty almost marvellous. The tinge upon his cheek, destined toon to deepen, already appeared, a*, with come trembling of voice, he began. Float aa ha wa*, man lik* in all hi* instincts, he was ol oonaoioui of any reference to himself fa to* meditation that led to bit text : " A rich man shall hardly enter into the kin* dom of henvirx." Yet, ow. it* anaOonae- enl, Will May miaehievou-ly wiaked at Biram, ani whispared, " Ha liiflting at ki, Hiram." Plea** b* tilent I " whiapored Harriot again, in pained renanetrauoe.. lliram answered not, bat h : t Rriwa vieege i he looked at the preacher ahowei thai be regarded himself as defied, if not already insulted. It appeared aoon that the speaker wai competent to take ail the benefit wbiob the K iman master of eloqaenm hai taoght may be gathered from embarrassment by an orator, honorable, gifted, an i daly in- spired with a *en*e of the importance of hi* theme. Hi* hair, worn long aa waa the habit 'i -n, trrrnblad at ha spoke with ten lerneis of the ettate of poverty, the seeming myaterioasnesa of its ever daring exiti no* in all communities, notwithstand- ing oar Lord'a tender oommiaeration, the necessity of that oootinnxd t-xintcn w in ac- cordance with the economy of Him who, instead of chiding, had digoi&ad it, lauded, lived in n while in tlu form of humanity, blaaeed it in word and work, and warned mankind againil maltreatment, efn its neglect. He had been speaking on- afe mioot** when in was fell oy all thai a great light had riaenne vlv in tb* ( :iunh. When he had gotten (Mily to thadUu iBiion of bia subj-ol h* . .-ircil forih an nnurokea peutd it* IDS* t j Da supplemented b. earn- ings from the weatiog labors of .then, living or dead, and such > one of all men, ernis to me the least af a man." Fine was the peroration in which he compared, the love of money, even when (airly obtained and mither meanly hoarded nor recklessly squandered, with ttberlovee, as rooial, domeelio, above all, the love of UoH, in which e>ll tras loves m-et and by which they are regulated. During this spleadid dualamatioo, to some, perhaps lo but one, .it certainly to her, IMS face seemed radiant a* a seraph's. When it wa* ended be looked around for a moment ap- pealingly, then, bowing low, *at down, and, immediately after hii aaooeator had riaen, left the pulpit and disappeared. Kimul- taneonely Tom, taking leave of Mr*. Ing- ram, retired, and, getting bit horev, left for home The efftict of the strmoa all through ita delivery wa* signal. Inter jecliinal expree- MIL in. first few and coc strained, became more freqornt and audible in an around the pnlpn and tbe eniloied apaoe in front oklleu the aitar. Mr. Bwuiger'i deprrl- mtnt throughout wti interestiug At tint his face indicated apprehension eitrvmely painfol. Boon be lifted his bowed bead and looked with beaming faoe upon tbe auoi-nce, a tbe > n'lilifiil oralur weut e\ery moment higher beycii'i hi* moit eag< r hope*. Fear- ing he might embarraaa him by too hearty manifestation* of dslight, now he would bow hi* (act low, covering U tightly with bis hands, and now lift it on high and sternly contemplate the rafter* above, or endeavor to p HT through the darknes* into the ?ore0t b -hind, at if not ooKQuant of wbat waa going on before bim or indifferent to it. Of i be crossed hie lega and reori as- >(i them, or i:reaiog his knot- together heM them fast in hit arm* olatped beneath, at if without inch precautionary restraint they woald kiek, in front or back, the boarding from the pulpit. When the ser- mon was ended, with a voiu) beard in the itilly night more than a mile away, be thooted, Glory be to Ood I " and it wai echoed by hundrHi of tonga**. Kllen and Harriet both roae in teara. " Let'a .('in this plaoe," aaid Hiram, rising, low, bat his face livid with anger. " Not yet," answered Kllen, wiping her eye*. "Ooif yoa wish, brother, and Will also, if he's tired. Harriet and I oao g9t back to tba tent by onr*<*lve*." " Ob. no," *aid Wilt -, " let ai itay, Hiram, and aee them through. Old man Swinger i* on hi* high bora*, and we'll have torn* tall tiding." Hiram rammed hi* seat and, leaning back, looked with disdain at Mr. Swinger at he rose with both arms wide txtendod : Brothin and tisttra," he began, the faot of the buiioe** is. I don't feel like ex'ortin' tin* here congregation , away up here in this her* pulpit. We've been a-invilin' o' the** people two days, and this make three night*, and we been polite as if we been a-askin' 'em to a weddin' or aoandy-pallio', and np tell now and down tell now they been a monat'ooi few tbal they have seem to keer n* more for keepin' their*. Ivaa oat of flre and brimstone nor not a* maoh a* when they tryin 1 to pri/.e oat one o' their waggins that'* boeastaUdad in a mod-hole And Ibe long and short of it is, I'm a-goin' to git oat o' here and go to ctiargin* on 'em ; and " ((lightly turning hit faoe rearward), " I want Henry l)awter Qodamiglity bless bis sool and bojy 'I want bim when h* reals awhile, and be eee me a-wantin' o' help 1 want him to fuller me and onarge on. Tim* he was a beginnin' to learn how to charge, well as okepv the pulpit." Descending and slowly advancing, in language and tones mingled of dmgaat, admonition command, threatening, he roared : " All you everlaslin' sinner* and wnr Ml) aim, them among you that they feel that if you ain't anxioa*. yoa some rather keep oat of hi II than go tbar, I want yoa to oome into this here altar here, and drap down on your marrer-bones and acknow- ledge to Oodamigbty ef not ijuite all, some of the biggeni o' yoar meanness, and beg bim if he can't ba kind enough and uondes cendin' enough to spar' yoa. Come on," he tbundred, a* tboy began to poor in, " oome a right along. It ain't yil quite too late, bat it'* a beu a-gettin' Ute on you, and that rapid. O yoo money Kilters and yoa money-lover*, with yoar broadcloth and yoar high heel toots, and them that's too ttiugy to buy 'em ! O y on that ha* land and niggers and bone* and mule* and cattle and aheep and hoga, and all the 'purten- anoea to them a t*lonin', and a-expeotin' all them to toller yon to the grave, and I wait on you and pom per >oa thar, aud 'aome ot yoa th* more you've got, the meaner and stingier you've got, and it's come to that that what you've got doe* yoa no more good than the flft' wheel of a wag- gin, and BO tba good for not hum r yoa've got, all of you oome along , that'* a right ; oome a right along t It may b* a bard p'int* for the old thip o' /ion to take yoa all aboard with all yoar ungodly baggagex of in and wiokednneee aha have to k'yar for some of tbe torndownishest among yon. Bat come along , tbe'll take joa on, even if yoa milk her. And tbem that mayn't feel like a oomin' plum in to the ahar, lei them knuckle down whtr they teta, and we'll try stream of eloquence to the end. Not die] praising riohes, instead h* highly com- mended effort* to obtain tbem by industry, frugality, and all tair method*, a*d for porpoiea reconcilable with the) claims of obarily and religion. H* held up to Morn the miser, bat toe spendthrift he aenocuaed with greater severity. Among otany thinga, be aaid : " Wa cannot but feel aom* oimaettion for tbs unhappy miter who, in hia ins me dread of want, denies to himself evsn the aeflMsariet of hi* being Yet at last i* there not Bomathing of t't* remain* of lost manhood in tbat looking with apprehension, vain aa it is, of becoming dependent in old a<e upon the charity of mtokind ? Indeed yea. Instead of bim. > ven bim, it is the spendthrift who, rilling m the inheritance devolved upon him from tbe industry of bia forefather*, 1* of all mo*t to b despised. Tbe misar, as if be expected to live forever, works and saves, savee and wjrks, in terror of dependence at some period remote, when hi* lover* and friends, few a* they may be, will have departed and left him alone. In the case of such a man, along with wbat i* Iris contempt than pity, we mail mingle some respeai for the relio of a nobleness thai hi* own ban it oanaot wholly destroy. Bat th* spendthrift I C mating not apia immortality in his earthly being, and nol even apan tbe entire indeetraolibility of what others hav gathered for hi* eojay- uient, which he * watting continually in his profligate hai:d, hi complacently ex- to do * im iihm' for 'e<n even tbar.'' By tlu lime b* had advanced quite near where oar party wa* sealed. lh* girls, follo*iog Mrs Ingram, who, at I'om Dos ter's departure, had moved and taken a eeat by them, knell npon the atraw. and William May, half r.- -lining, leaned bia htal apon the bench in front of bim. Bat Hiram roae, and, atanding erect, coespioa- oas lining hundred*, confronted the preacher with menacing look. The latter, a* be admitted afterwards, felt violently aroused all tbe nativu combative temper of hia biiog before this enemy of all goodness, especially of bi< beloved Henry. He paused a moment, as if revolving how best to meet such aadaciona defiance of one of whose perebnal malignant hostility he wa* well convinced ; then regarding him with corn, bant forth thai . ' Ye* ; end yoa conceited, txtravaganl, impident young chap*, that I ain't shore bol what yoa're the triflm'est of the whol lot, that yoa do oothin' bat ran about and *pitod the money year daddie* worked for, and died and left yoa, and a tpendin' it on nobody and on nothin' bat yoar own k'yarca****, and then mayby a expeoti.i' lo rarry them that got prop'ly when what _\iu got is don* squandered and gone I pass tech a* ynu by a* them that'* made np their mind to go to Ibe devil what nol ; and if ao be, why, go ! and Godamigbty, if Us can, have mercy on yoar mean, oruary, good for-nothiu' aoal* I " Waving bis hand with contempt, he took another stride, when an object of nearer interact wa* presented before him. For several minutes Jerry Pound, not able to baok himself through Ibe pressing throng*, had been crawling, or *o endeavoring, b Death the benohei. and at this moment bad risen, perhaps lo get more air, climbing by one of the pillar* of tbe arbor, behind which be tried to dodge from hi* ancle. \Vnen tbe latter espied him he laughed aloud, and with tbe fiercest glee (boated : "Ob, yoa needn't be e Irving to dodge behind that thar post. Jerry Poond. Yu're like a rabbit that'* ben ranned iato hi* boiler, and yoa got li twist him oat with a forked (tick. To think, my own lister'* son. that made her peac* with the good Lord a long ago, and with tha egitmple of a*oh a mother, and at *eoh a lima when be eee this people's heart* a workin' op, and him a tryin' to dodtfe the onliesl ancle he's KO\. and hid* bebiiid th* arbor post, ralher'n he'll have saved his everlaslin' no-'oouut sjul ! I dealer' it'* jell too wad for a body to pot op with for any aae under the son. Ih hi ! you dodger ! You find you can't dodge to the extent yon been oooniiu' on Onoe't or twioa't before I didn't know but what I had yoa ; but yoa that slick and iliokery tbat a body, tame as a eel, they got to pat land in their band to git a livin' boll on yoa. Come along here, it." Fastening hia teeth together aa if to re- train intemperate wrath and objurgation, h* caaghl th* fagilive by the arm and dragged bim with auoh foroe that when he reaohed the aisle partially cleared by the people, he fell prone open hi* kn**s. Then Mr. Bwioger, *ti/ing his coat collar with one band, and with the other the trouter* around hi* middle, and crying, " Cler the way tbar for tbi* waggin-load ot ini- ! " mad* for the altar. Arrived there, released Jerry'* collar, and let hia head come down quick but unhurt upon the abundant oat draw, saying, " Thar I any- how yoa shall go throngh the motiona I " Then high above the criea of moorner* and ahoutera roae the jubilant wail of Mra. Pound, aa, poshing her way within, she lifted her great turkey tail and fanned her son, wedged among tbe kneeling multitudes. Mr Swinger, panting, tamed toward* th* pulpit and cried : " And no*, Henry, my boy, I ain't ajxaolly broke down, bat I'm a tired a haulm' ainTa tuliu o' that me**. And yit " softening to the proatrate bjy, " there i* many a heavier load in this congregation than whut that poor orphan boy is, which hs's hard workm' a* the day* i* long, and 'twer'n' for hia play in' marbles ol a Handay and aioh, ef he had grace he'd be the ekal of many that think theiraelvea far above him. But oome along, Henry, and go to ohargin' while tell my wind oome fa'rly back. Wher'B Henry 1" One of the preaolisra whiapered that Henry had left the pulpit and the aland immediately after hia sermon. Tbe words of disappointment, if any were altered, were silenced by the lifting of a hymn, during the ainging of which many, in answer to Mr. H winger'* charge, and many more in spite ot it, oame and knell within and aroand the altar. Booh wai the beginning ot a revival long remembered, in which many were added to the Uhnroh, among whom, I hardly need mention, waa that reprobate Sabbath- breaker, Jerry found. CHAPTER VII. Daring the sermon of Henry Doiter the attention of all peraons, even those of mod- | arate culture, had beenfixxd by the power which an eloqoeno* unrivalled in their experience matt exert. He had transcended all expectation, showing at the tame time that he bad kept a reserve of strength yet greater. Many time* daring it* delivery tbe girl* most Interested in his endeavor toed tear*, Harriet a* freely a* Ellen. Even William May WM toaohad with omtlhing Ilka a generous aathutiaam, under th* im polae of which, at th* oloM, he laid to Harriet : " I eUdn'l dream that he had tuah power*. It boat anything I ever heard." When Ih* charge of Mr. Bwinger wa* ovar, imiliagly he looked at Hiram, whote faoa wa* red-hot with reeentment. Will," laid the latter, " if Ellen wanti to itay longsr in Ihit oorsed plaoe, yoa can aea bar to tha teal. I want to speak to a peraon outside. " Ha left at anas, and, pauing oat, made for the preachers' lent, and inquired for Hnry Doater. Ha was answered that Henry on hii retarn from the itand had thrown on hit overcoat and walkad oat, laying that be would stroll for a while in th* woods at the rear. Hiram walked baok and forth for aome lima ; then returned to tba tent. The girla had retired. Never had ba fall ai wrathful. Ha believed folly that it had been praoinomed between II nry Dollar and Mr. Stringer that thi* movement, civert in one, audaciously open in Ihe oihir, wai to b* made upon him. In vain Will May, who aaid he im- pacted nothing of the kind, advised him to fat thi mttter drop. Hiram," ha *aid, " I m afraid yoa are going to do something imprudent. Henry Doater alluded no more to yoa then to me, or to any uihor young maa of oar habit* Ha ia top much of a gentleman to havi meant anything personal of any individual in a pulp. i disooone. Ai for old man Swinger, yn worried him by riling when yoa did, end galling a* it were in hit path with threatening look. He can't (land a dare, being plaoky to the backbone. Let'* drop it and go to bed." But Hiram sat bafore thi tent for bourn tod brooded. Uu the next morning Henry Doater came there to hold prayer* and to breakfast. All met hi* courte JOB salutation with h< ness except Hiram, who, nol appearing at prayers and coining to the breakfast table aft. r tha blessing wai aaked, did not notica tbe reversed guest. " Mr. Bwinger oame down heavy on sin- nan in general last night, Mr. Ingram," said a yoang man who sal near the boat. " Ob, yes." answered Mr. Ingram ; " tbe old gentlemen ha* hi* ways . but if there are any netter men, I don't know where to go to tiod tbem." " Borne of his remarks," laid Hiram, " were grossly intuiting to me, at whom they wen openly jointed. Bat he hai nol the education nor the breeding to behave otherwise. Inthiicase I have no doubt he wae pat ap to it by some one else." Mr. Ingrem frowned. Henry paused in bia eating, hi* face pal* and hi* *yef dil- ating. Ellen hastily retired from the table. Harriet, her ebeeka (lightly reddening, glanced momentarily at Hiram ; then, having caught Henry Doster's eye, pat her tinier to her lip*. Instantly ha smiled, and addreaced a remark to Mr. Ingram upon a aubj ot so remote from Mr. Swinger that Hiram, anguishing from the contempt tba* pat upon his words, roe* al> before hi* breakfast wa* finuhed, and, a* Heary wa* in the act of leaving tbe tent, aaid to him, abruptly ; I wish to have few words with yoa in private, sir." Certainly, Mr. Joyner. They told ma at oar lent let! night that yoa hai called for me, and i i was partly for that I oame here thi* morning. Shall w* laka a walk '.'" Tea, air, wherever yoa say." We will go to yonder woods, then," h* said, pointing biyond the preaohen' tent. When they bad gone, Ellea said to her friend : " Oh, Harriet t Harriet ! brother is beside hi-naelf. After that intuit at tbe breakfast table, there's no telling what he'll say or do when he gets Henry off to him- self. I'm almost sorry I didn't tell him everything." It would have made matter* worse, my dear. Ba ion that Tom'* counsel le the beat, and don't be afraid bat that lienry will take care ot himself. ' I'oor brother ha* itarled the issue, aa I knew he would ; bat I did not expect it to oome in that way." Nor I ; yet it ii the very bs*t in which it could have come. It'l jolt a piece of splendid look ; that's what it if. Oh, I'm to glad that Tom went home last night ! Cheer op, little one. It will all com* right, and the sooner for that very walk tbat lliram is taking with Henry." Then she pat her arms around Ellen, and almost bore bar to their chamber. Come straight with me snd finish that breakfast, miss," said Mrs. Ingram, enter- ing ihe room. Ellen obeyed, an i neither referred to the occasion of her having left the table. Yui the hostess could not for- bear saying to Harriet aflerwardi: " Some- body will have te pat a strait-jacket on lliram if his foolishness is not stopped. I've never icon Mr. Ingram so angry. He declares that bat for Ellen and hii mother hi woald have ordered bim from the table and ilia tent. But did ever a man show the gentleman more beautifully than Henry Doater ? I don't blame Ellen for being si in love with him ; ihe juitoouldn't help it." Ue did indeed, Hiram is either won* or he hai leei tense than I thought. Bat he'll see that hi* conduct will have expedit- ed what he hopes to prevent " How ? " Never mind now. You'll aa* before long." I wish I hadn't invited him to thil tent." I am glad you did, and thankful that he oame." The wood* in the rear of the preaohen' tent, to the extent of twenty aorei or to, by immemorial mage were regarded as ml to be entered daring the camp except by the clergy or others accompanied by one or more of them. Hither these were wont to retort, sometimes in? two* and three*, sometimes singly, in the interval* of their service at tbe ataad, for Ihe sake of exercise and meditation. Thither theee youug men wended. The fall will soon be upon ui, yoa notioe, Mr. Joyner," said the preaaher, pointing to the browning and yellowing uf th* forest leave*, a* they were entering. " My object." anawered the other, " wai not to diaouu the seasons with yoa, sir, but ." I did not *o understand yoar re juesl [or an interview," was th* quick reply , -3 hundred yards, to ipot where WM dene* gr )th of dogwood and crab apple. Here Henry ha'ted. and seating bimMlf upon tbe trunk of a tree that hai (alien, be looked up inil'lly and Mid : " Well, lir, M your baaineil Mesas urgent, oo maak to to be pot off until I oaa gel through with aorae rather preasing *n- Kgment-i, I am now at your servioe." His calmne**, ao different from what ha had expected, irritated Hiram yet more Ha laid blaotly, ae h well knew how : "I've been intending for aoma time to tell yon, sir, that I wanted you to atop your visits to my hooa j and yoar attent- ion! to my aiiter." " Why hva yoa not dooe ao, Mr. Joy* aer, oeforn now, when yoa tiud ma no pre- occupied T " " Bdcaaia I hve nit had a laitable op- portauity, air. I intended tu wait until the camp-meeting was over, and wjuUi have dona ao bat for your thralling far- ward laal night that old rnffitn to insalt and outrage me, and I dalermioed then ta> wait DO looker. I a m Jit yoa laat night, bat was not able to Bad yoa." " S3 they informed me t oar trnt on my retarn fr jra a w*lk. To whom do yoa allaie in yoar aae of tb word ' raffln '?" " I aliaii-*, ai in ipita of yoar pretended ignorance you know vary well, to old Mr. Swinger " 41 1 did indeed aaipect that yoa were re> fering to that gentleman, startled ae I wae that a man young manaa yoa woald speak thai of one eo mach yoar elder, whom yo mast know to be held in maah respect, indeed in maoh reverence, wherever he i* knowa." At that moment a alight noite among the) leave*] waa board, and a tray *qairrel cam* tripping aloe* and made for a Urge | oplar- tree near by, in a fork uf which aj a neat. Arrived there, the pretty thing turned tud- deoly, ran up an arjtoent oak, and, belling on one of tbe lower branohm, commenced chattering earneeily, aa if in admonition to the two men btlow. Henry Doter loooked op at, brandishing ita fnll-epread tail, it coatinaed to [.oar forth. " Yoar attention, air ! " said Hiram, in commanding lone. (To be Continued). or HUMAN MECHAMI1H (ii,-iu, in. of Perm m. I MlucleB I'lwe of Musle. Soience, sata Sir Jame* Paget, will sup- ply the natural man with wondera un- eouute.1. The author had onoe heard Mdlle. Janolha p'ay a presto by Mendelssohn. 8h*> played . r i..V.S notes in four minateaaod three a-oouiia. Every one of tbeee note* involved certain movemeute of a tinker, at leant two, and many of them involved an additional movement laterally aa well aa those up and down. They alto involved repeated movement! of the wruta. elbow* and anna. says writer in tbe " Popular Hciei.os Monthly," altogether probably not laaa than one ruovemaut for each time. Therefore there were three diatinot movemeute for i-aoh note. Ai there were) twenty-four uotrs per second, and each of these notes involved three distinct moaioal niovementa, that amounted to seventy-two movementa in eaoh second. Moreover, eaoh of thoss note* waa deter- mined bv in* will to a choeen plaoe, with a oertaiu force at a curtain time and with a certain duration. Therefore, there war*) loar ! utmct i|u'iiiia in each of the 71 movements in eaoh aeooad. Baoh were tbe transmission* outward. And all those wertj oondnunal on oonaoiinanew* of the posi- tion of eaoh haul and linger before it WM m iv -J, and by moving it of tbe aoaud and the f oroe of eaoh touch. Therefore, there) were three oonaoioaa seaaation* to every note. There wen 71 transmissions a aeoond, 141 to and fro, and those with onatant hanga of ijuality. And than, added to that, all the memory waa remembering eaoh note in ite doe time and place and wae exeroiaed in the companion of it with other* that came before. Bo that it would oa fair to aav that there wen not lea* than 200 transmission i of nerve f jroe to and from tbe brain outward and inward every aeoond, and daring the whole of that time judgement waa being exercieed aa to whether the maaio waa being played better or worse than before, and tbe mind waa eonaoioni uf aome of tbe motiomi wbioh the maaio waa intended to inapire. While oo a trip through Weal Virginia, lome yeara ago I spent a few day* in tbe little mountain bound village of 11 in ton. In wandering about I happened on a littte Frame ihop, far up on the mountain tide, on the platform of which were seated th*> al number of lounger*. The exterior [root and tide, ws hung with numeron* apeoimen article* of the goods for sate within, an i the top of the square exten- lion gable bore in letter* over four feet long, extending eoros* the building, the) word " ritore " Th*y are a very pleasant, homelike people down there, and rather enjoy a joke, eo after making a small purchase and convening a while with the proprietor I asked him if It wat the custom in tbat locality to make) eaoh oanine oarry a placard, " Thia i* a Dog, ' when at large. He wa> pu/./.M at Ursl, bat, noting my upward glance, ho ran his eye over the great di*play of goods and up to the big aigu, and laughed heartily a* be said : " Wall, stranger, that sign wa* a right amart waste o' work, wa'n't it 7" I thought of the little Hiaton store with the big sign when I read Mr. Mulock'a " Loy- tlty" resolution yeaterday. Is this " label- ing " idea, this vooiferoua protest ation of possession to ba confined to loyalty only ? >r ia it to be carried into basin-sa aa well ? Really, now, ian'l it childish ? Imagine a (ood M P. going back to hit constituent*) ith a placard on his baok bearing the egend : I am the People's Model Kipre- lentative,' 1 or " I am Something of an I in. MI Man," or perhapa " I'm a Dandy." These profuse protestation* ot loyalty are urely not nec>a>ary, and bat it may be as harmless a way of earning their indem- nity a* members can indulge in. -i... ... Ahead. ' Fine night," aaid Smith to Jones M hey oame out of tbe club. r _ , __..., , "Yes," aaiwered Jones at tbe clock bat I luggest that we postpone reference I l*K n "riling tbe hoar of 13, " it is a fin* , night, bat I expoot it will atorm when I get home." to the matter yoa have on your mind until we reach a ipol where we may consider it without incurring risk of bsiog obiarvad.' "As yon plea**, ir." - H.r feet flew," read Ichabod, bat Nothing more wai laid by either until Jonathan ipoiled the olimax by saying. they had proceeded distance of a couple ol Then ah* most have had toar to** "

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