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NEWS SUMMARY.
Important Intelligence from All Parta.
Doniestic.
THE coinage of tae United States Mints
daring July aggregated $3,896,200-82,000
double eagles, 2,200,000* standard dollars, and
the remainder cents.
The Assessors of Boston have appraised
that city at $365,513,900. The amount to
be raised for municipal expenses is $8,173,-
9§2i
* Truckee, Gal., was almost entirely destroyed, by fee on the 3d. The loss was estimated at $350,000. At Deadwood, D. T.,
twenty-five buildings were also burned,
involving a loss of §150,000.
At Mobile, Ala., on the 3d the first three
bales of new cotton were received and sold
at auction for twenty-two cents per pound.
Ex-Cohjectok Merritt, of the port of
yew York, reports that the entire receipts
at that city for the past "fiscal year amounted to $189,579,562.
The centennial anniversary of the attack
. |    ofthe Indians on the Block Port of Bethel,
Me., was celebrated by the citizens on the
_   3d, with a sham battle, an address, a poem
j   and a parade.
The National Board of Trade has decided
to re-establish the quarantine station at
Vieksburg, Miss.
Sosee California militia had a sham battle
at Grass Yalley on the 4th and lost control
of themselves in a bayonet charge, several
officers and no less than twenty men being
wounded by bayonets and butts of guns.
The female operatives in a rubber factory
at Sew Brunswick, S". J., to the number of
150, have struck for an increase of ten per
cent, in wages.
The 4th was celebrated in Brooklyn, "N".
T., as a second Fourth of July, to commemorate the convalescence of President
Garfield.
Maud S. trotted against time at Buffalo
on the 4th. In the face of a strong wind the
maremade one mile in 2:10% The first heat
was made in 2:15.
It is announced that the printers in the
3few Tork job offices will strike on the 1st
of September. It is stated that the newspapers in that city are nearly all paying
more than the scale.
The National Catholic Total Abstinence
Union, at its annual meeting in Boston on
the 4th, elected Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati, President, but on his declination
chose Eev. J. B. Cotton, of Minnesota.
George "Walker, of Boston, who abducted a seven-year-old child from the
front of a house in £Tew York, has been sentenced to ten years-in State Prison.
A syintmcate of American and foreign
bankers have decided to construct a canal
from Baltimore to the Atlantic at an estimated cost of $8,000,000. The cut will be
120 feet wide, twenty-six feet deep, and require eighteen months to complete. Baltimore commerce will thus gain 225 mile3 of
sailing.
A CixcdvXAti telegram of the 5th says :
"The Commercial's cent subscription, started to pay the fine and costs assessed upon-
A. Cook, of Brownsville, O., for slapping
Morrison in the mouth for saying he wished
President Garfield would die, has far outgrown its original purpose. The number
of names and cents now in is about 15,000,
and more coming.-"-*
Xathak C-RLAJfDO Greenfield, who
was convicted of murdering his wife in October, 1875, at Oswetl, 2~T. T.f was executed
at Syracuse on the 5th. He insisted on his
innocence to the last. He was three times
tried for the offense, and spent nearly six
years in prison under the shadow of the
gallows.
Mart Hikes, a ten-year-old daughter of
Patrick Hines, of North Adams, Mass., was
fatally burned on the morning of the 6th,
while attempting to start a fire in a cook-
stove with kerosene oil.
"Fifty delegates to the. Methodist Ecumenical Conference sailed from New Tork
on the 6th, by the City of Berlin. The
cabin table was loaded with floral tributes.
A special from Pine Eidge Agency,
Neb., on the 6th says Crow Dog, Captain of
Police at Eose Bud Agency, had the day
before shot and instantly killed-Spotted
Tail.
There were sixty deaths in New York
City on the 6th and the morning of the 7th,
directly attributable to the heat.
It was reported on the 6th that the corn
and tooacco in Central Kentucky were being
killed by heat and drouth. Oats and hay
had done well, but only half a crop of wheat,
barley or rye was expected.
Peckham, Both & Co., hay and grain
dealers at Providence, E. I., have failed,
witb liabilities of $100,000.
When the ice-box of a New York lager-
beer saloon was opened by the bartender
on the morning ofthe 6th the proprietor,
Louis Otfcersen, was found sitting on a beer
keg, dead. It was believed that he had
sought refuge from the hot Aveather by
spending the night in the box, and was
frozen to death.
A tank lngfct. swimming-school in St.
Louis, at the regular hour for draining on
the evening of the 6th, was found to contain
the corpse of an unknown lad. The water
had been well filled with bathers all day,
but no one knew of the accident.
A few days ago George L. Smith, of
Buffalo, while in an intoxicated condition,
placed both hands on the branches of an
electric-light generator, and was instantly
killed.
While a group of twenty white road laborers were recently standing beside a
house in Hartsville, S. C, a bolt of lightning killed four and dangerously wounded
ten others of the party.
A large Wire and nail mill at Taunton,
Mass., was burned on the Yth, involving a
loss of $200,000.and throwing several hundred men out of employment.
Joseph Miller, an old man of Montgomery, Pa., was recently murdered by his
son Samuel, whose policies on his life aggregated $40,000.
In* consequence of a suit brought by General Butler to stop any further sales of the
Sprague property, the machinery in all the
establishment'! at Providence, E. l.:f
stopped on the 6th, and it was not likely to
be started again. By the terms of the
temporary injunctions issued at Butler's
motion all payments to operatives and any
expenditures for the preservation of the
property were forbidden. Ten thousand
persons were thus thrown out of employment.
There was a sickening odor in the atmosphere of the Fourteenth Street Presbyterian
Church, New York, at the morning service
on the 7th, and many of the congregation
wrere forced to leave before the sermon was
finished. It was soon discovered that the
corpse of J. B. Osborn, the sexton, had lain
f-n, the Sunday-school library -room slUCP the
preceding Wednesday, at which tune he was
suffocated by gas.
Personal and Political.
"Wm. G. FAitGo, President of the American Express Company and Mayor of Buffalo, died in that city on the 3d, aged sixty-
three years.
Bishop-E. O. Haven, of the Methodist
Church, died at Salem, Ore., on the 3d, aged
sixty years.
The Yirginia Conservative Democratic
State Convention met at Eichmond on the
-4th.   A platform was adopted declaring for
equality of right and exact justice to all
men, special privileges to none, freedom of
religion, freedom of the press, and freedom
of person under the protection of habeas
corpus, of trial by juries impartially selected, and of a pure, upright and non-partisan
Judiciary; election by the people free from
force or fraud of citizens or of military and
civil ofiicers of the Government, and
selection for public oflices of those who
are honest and best fitted to 'fill them;
the support of State Governments
in all their rights as the most competent administrators of our domestic concerns, and
the surest bulwarks against anti-republican
tendencies, and the preservation of the
General Government in its whole constitutional vigor as the sheet-anchor of our peace
at home and our safety abroad;"-* condemning repudiation in every shape and form,
and declaring that, the maintenence of the
public credit- of Virginia is an essential
means to the promotion of her prosperity;
etc. A resolution was also adopted denouncing the attempt upon the life of Pres<-
ident Garfield. JohnW. Daniel was nominated for Governor.
A delegation of prominent citizens of
Michigan met the remains of the late ex-
Governor Bagley, who died recently in California, and accompanied them from Chicago to Detroit on the evening of the 4th.
The Democrats of the Second Maine District have nominated "Franklin Eeed for Congress.
The Prohibitory Constitutional amendment was defeated in North Carolina on the
4th by an overwhelming majority. The Prohibitionists didnot carry a single county in
the State. The vote was very light. The
colored voters generally voted against Prohibition.
The Ohio Prohibitionists met in State
Convention at Columbus on the 4th and endorsed the ticket nominated at the Loveland
Convention, and nominated Henry Kemp for
Attorney-General, to fill a vacancy on that
ticket, caused by the declination of the
nominee. The platform adopted declares
for absolute prohibition of liquor traffic; abolition of executive and legislative patronage,
and election of all civil officers as far as
practicable by direct vote of the people;
favors compulsory education, the prohibition of gambling in gold, stocks, or produce;
against grants of public lands to corporations. It also declares in favor of equal
rights to all people, including the right of
suffrage, irrespective of race, sex, or color;
the protection by law of laborers against the
oppression of unjust capital, and a lien- on
property and earnings of corporations for
wages; the reduction of public salaries and
taxes; etc., etc! »
The I*rench Government having invited
the Americans to send officers to witness
the autumn maneuvers, Secretary Liriooln
has designated General John M. Scofield,
Lieutenant-Colonel Eobert S. Lamotte and
Captain James Chester to represent the
United States.
Dr. Hamilton said to an Associated Press
reporter on the 4th: "The President will
.certainly get well. I consider him out of
danger."
General Hancock has received an inyi-
tatlon from Secretary Lincoln to command
the troops at the Yorktown celebration.
The Mississippi Democratic State Convention on the Sth nominated, on the thirty-first ballot, Eobert Lowry for Governor.
G. D. Sands was nominated for Lieutenant-
Governor.
A Washington special of the 7th says
General Crocker, Warden of the Jail,
stated that if Guiteau had applied for bail,
as reported, it was more for the effect of
the thing than from any real desire on his
part to be liberated. " Guiteau doesn't
want any bail," said the Warden. "He
wants to stay right in the jail," and have it
well guarded, too."
General Chalmers has announced himself as a Greenback candidate forthe United
States Senate from Mississippi, in opposition to Lamar.
Orville Grant, brother of General
Grant, died at Morris Plains, N. J., on the
5th, aged forty-eight years. The deceased
had been for a number of years nnder treatment in the private insane asylum at Morris
Plains.
Erancis Murphy, the temperance orator, has sailed for Liverpool to organize a
reformation In Great Britain.
Foreign.
Hon. Levi P. Morton, in presenting his
credentials as Minister to France to President Grevy on the 5th, made a few remarks,
calling attention to the debt of gratitude
which the United States owes France for
services rendered one hundred years ago,
and to the bonds of sympathy which must
needs exist between two nations whose Governments are, inthe words of Lincoln, "of
the people, for the people, and by the people." Mr. M#ton referred in flattering
terms to the political and material progress
of France under the Eepublic, and expressed his own personal feelings of amity
and good will. General Noyes also spoke
and conveyed to the French President the
expression of warm friendship of President Garfield for France, and his hope
for its success under a republican Government. President Grevy, replying to Mr.
Morton, said that the forthcoming celebration at Yorktown, in which France would be
represented as she was one hundred years
ago in the culmination of the successful
struggle for liberty, could not fail to bring
France and the United States into closer relations, and in replying to General Noyes
he referred feelingly to the President's condition, and expressed a hope that he would
soon have passed through the terrible ordeal. He then referred to the Governments
of France andthe United States as proofs of
the success of republican institutions; that
the rule of the people by the people Was no
longer an experiment.
Sir William Harcourt stated in the
British House of Commons on the 5th that
Secretary Blaine had assured him through
Minister Lowell that the National, State and
municipal authorities were using every exertion to ferret out the persons who sent the
infernal machines to Liverpool recently, and
the persons who in this country had concocted dynamite plots against England.
The Spanish Minister at Borne has apologized to Signor Mancjnf, Italian Minister of
Saline Observer.
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AUGUST 11, 1881.
VOL. I.—NO. 39.
Foreign Affairs, for the recent pastoral of
the Archbishop of Toledo in reference to
the riots during the reinterment of the late
Pope.
Moir, Son & Co., bankers of Halifax,
N. S., suspended payment on the 5th, with
liabilities of about $100,000.
The Emperors of Austria and Germany
had a conference of half an hour's duration
at Gastein on the 5th.
The London Lancet says it would not be
in accordance with modern surgical science
to remove the bullet from President Garfield unless it .excites local disturbance.
The President's physicians are of the same
opinion.
Hickie, who threatened to kill Secretary
Forster, has been sentenced to fifteen
hionths' imprisonment at hard labor.
Mr. Bradlaugh made application at the
Bow Street Police Court, London, on the
5th for a summons against the police on the
charge of assault. The Magistrate declined
to grant it, because the information presented by Bradlaugh proved that he had invited the assault.
In a recently discovered conspiracy at St.
Petersburg sixty persons, some of them of
high rank, are Implicated. The detection
of this plot is said to have been the reason
for the sudden journey of the Czar and family to Moscow. On the night of the 4th the
Czar found a letter on his table threatening
him with death. His attendants, the ofiicers who were on guard at the time and four
servants, were arrested.
In a'pastoral letter issued by Archbishop
McCalie, and read on the 7th at 400 altars in
the Archdiocese of Dublin, that dignitary
protested against the alliance between the
Home Eulers and the infidels of Paris.
Secret political societies, he added, were the
enemies of domestic peace and National
prosperity.
John Dillon was on the 7th released
from Kilmainham Jail and driven quietly
away.
It was announced from Rome on the 7th
that the Pope had been considering the pro*
priety of transferring the seat of the Holy
See to the United States.
For radical criticisms on the conduct of
the Prince of Bulgaria and the exposure of
disorder on board Eussian men- of-war, the
Golos, of St. Petersburg, has beensuspended
for six months.
It was stated on the 7th that the British
Cabinet had decided to offer uncompromising resistance to the amendments made to
the Irish Land bill in the House of Lords.
The Post-office Department at Washington has a formal report from special agents
that nine-tenths of the mail-bags used in
Canada belong to the United States.
Lady physicians were not allowed seats
at the sessions of the International Medical
Congress at London, this decision being in
consequence of the objections of Queen "Victoria.
Mr. Bradlaugh addressed a gathering
of fifteen thousand persons at Northampton
on the 6th, and was loudly cheered.
The State Department at Washington has
been advised that the Turkish decree against
the importation of American pork is a dead
letter. A large consignment of hams from
this country, which arrived shortly after the
date of the decree, was, after passing the
Custom-House inspection and paying duties,
entered for consumption.
Greenberg, a Nihilist of noble birth,
has been arrested at Belgrade. Documents
found on his person show designs on the
lives of the Czar and Emperor William.
A demonstration at Eome on the 7th in
favor of the abrogation of the Papal Guarantees law Was attended by about three
thousand persons, some of whom were ex-
galley slaves or near relatives of those who
had lost their lives through the influence of
the Pope. The police refused to permit a
vote on a resolution for the abrogation of the
law, but it was finally passed. Letters from
Victor Hugo, Galbraith and Louis Blanc
were read. The police seized several Liberal
journals for publishing the speeches.
•LATER   "NEWS.
AN unfavorable turn in the condition of
the President was reported on the night of
the 6th, and continued throughout the 7th,
the symptoms being a marked increase in
pulse and temperature, due to the accumulation of pus. On the morning of the 8th
another incision was made in the neighborhood of the wound in order to facilitate the
discharge of the pus. Shortly after 8:30
the patient was etherized, and the incision
was made, with the desired effect. The
pus flowed freely through the new opening.
The patient bore the operation well. He
did not fully recover from its effects, however, until after the evening dressing. The
etherization gave rise to nausea, from
which he suffered throughout the afternoon. He was rather weaker than on
the previous day, and was not able
to take the usual quantity of nourishment. The seven p. m. bulletin stated
that the patient "has had several refreshing
naps, and his general condition is even better than might have been expected after the
etherization and operation. At noon his
pulse was 104; temperature, 100.2; respiration, 20. At present his pulse is 108; temperature, 101.9; respiration, 19. Under the
circumstances the fever must be regarded
as moderate." Early in the evening the
fever began to subside, and the President
went to sleep without anodynes, and his
pulse and temperature began to subside,
and his general condition to improve. At
11:30 Dr. Bliss said the President was sleeping naturally and quietly, and added that
the surgeons did not apprehend any further
trouble with the wound. He also expressed
the opinion that the President would recover slowly but surely.
The funeral of Orville S. Grant was held
at Elizabeth, N. J., on the 8th. The General, his mother, Colonel Fred Grant and
Mrs. Abel E. Corbin were present.
For two hours on the 8th the agent of the
Pan-Handle Eailroad at New York sold
tickets to Chicago for 95 cents, on the rebate
plan, and the Cleveland roadfollowed with a
Kite of $1. The cut arose from false information given by ticket-buyers.
The Irish Land bill was read in the Houst
of Lords the third time without a division
on the 8th.
A London dispatch of tin Sth says the
thrashings in England had so far indicated
that the wheat yield would not be above the
average. Tho Scotch wheat crop was reported to be poor and disappointing.
On tho afternoon of the 8th at New York
City the English pedestrian, William Gale,
completed his great task of covering 6,000
quarter miles in 0,000 consecutive ten minutes. This feat is unprecedented. At the
conclusion of his task Gale shouted out that
he would bet $500 to $1,000 that he could
commence at once and cover^fiye hundred
miles within seven days.
The advance in the price of grain on the
8th caused two suspensions in Chicago, G.
;P. Comstock & Co., with liabilities of over
$100,000, and A. J. Mulloy, wjth imknown
assets and liabilities,
TO MY DOG "BLANCO."
My dear young friend, low lying* thero,
A willing* vassal at my feet.
Glad partner of my home and fare,
My shadow in the street.
I look into your great "brown eyes,
Where love and loyal homage shine,
And wonder where the difference lies
Between your soul and mine!
For all of good that T have found
Within myself or human kind,
Hath loyally informed and crowned
Your gentle heart and mind.
I scan the whole broad earth around
Forthatonoheartwhich, leal and trr *»,
Bears friendship without end orboun ,
And And the prize in you.
I trust you as I trust the stars;
Not cruel loss, nor scoff of pride,
Nor beggary, nor dungeon-bars,
Can move you from my side!
As patient under injury
As any Christian saint of old,
As gentle as a lamb with me,
But with your brothers bold;
More playfuL than a frolic boy,
More watchtul than a sentinel,
By day and night your constant joy
To guard and please me well.
I clasp your head upon my breast—
The whileyou whine andlickmy hand—
And thus our friendship is confessed,
And thus we understand I
Ah, Blanco S Did I worship God
As truly as you worship me,
Or follow where my master trod
With your humility.
Did I sit fondly at His feet,
As you, dear Bianco, sit at mine,
And watch him with a love as sweet,
My life would grow divine!
—J. G. Holland, ill Scrlbner's MoitMtf.
PAUL'S TERM AT GRAYSMERE.
The long, slanting rays of the December sunshine cast grotesque shadows
upon the pure snow that surrounded
the old school-house at Graysmere. The
huge elm tree, whose mossy boughs had
waved above the roof for many a long
year, was now leafless and swayed to
and fro in the bleak wind.
The snow-covered path that led from
the door bore upon its surface the impress of many little feet, all pointing in
an opposite direction from the house,
showing plainly that the labors of the
day were o'er; "in other words, "school
was out.'' The little ones, whose laughing voices had lately resounded through
the Winter ail% had now departed for
their several homes, and the scene was
deserted save by one slight, girlish figure, attired in a bright wrap, a combination of cloak and hood, whose scarlet
hue contrasted prettily with the white
snow heap on every side.
She tripped lightly along, with flushed
cheeks and sparkling eyes; and as anoc-
casionalgastwould come whirling along
with greater force than usual, she would
turn and walk backward, smiling to
herself as it tried in vain to force the
gay cloak from her shoulders.
Having reached the door of the house
she gave a gentle tap;but, receiving no
answer, lifted the latch, and, after a
moment's hesitation, timidly entered.
The only oecupant of the room was a
gentleman apparently about twenty-
eight years of age, who was seated at
the desk, with his head bowed upon his
hand. The intruder thought for a moment he was asleep; at the sound of her
footsteps, however, upon the uncarpet-
ed floor, he started, and, raising his
head disclosed a grave, pre-occupied
face; manly it certainly was, and should
an observer hesitate before pronouncing
it handsome the bright smile that swept
over his countenance on perceiving his
visitor was all that was required to settle every doubt on the subject.
The thoughtful expression gave place
to a warm look of welcome as he extended his hand and said, smilingly:
" This is an unexpected pleasure,
Miss Bertha. What happy chance may
I thank for this unlooked-for visit?"
Bertie Stanhope's timidity vanished
at the sound of the cheery voice, and
she said, confidently: " I have come to
ask a favor, Mr. Erickson. You will
grant it, will you not?"
"That depends altogether upon what
it may be. If it is in ray power, I will
certainly endeavor to answer in the
affirmative; but it must be something
of importance that brings you this far
from home on such a blustering day."
"It is simply this: the ladies of
the town are desirous of holding a fair and festival for the relief of the pooi-. The pastor of the
church has some conscientious scruples
against allowing us to use that building
for the purpose; the town-hall is out of
the question on account ot the expense,
and the only resort left us is to beg the
U3e of this room. It will take place
during Christmas week and will not interfere with your school duties. We
called on Mr. Burman, and he said it
rested entirely with you. Come, say
yes, for 1 will not listen to a refusal."
Mr. Erickson smiled indulgently as
he looked into the anxious face and
gave a ready acquiescence to the proffered request. Bertie onlywaitedto hear his
answer before beginning an eager examination of the room, talking gayly
and volubly a*1' the while.
"This large closet will be the yery
place for a postoffice, for you know we
must have a postoffice and a fortuneteller, or the affair would not be complete. Some of the folks talk of making
me the sibyl of the evening; but who
ever saw a gypsy with yellow hair, like
this?" and she gave a spiteful little tug
at the bright golden locks that surrounded her face. "Itappears to me.that,
if they want a gypsy fortune-teller, they
should have one whose appearance corresponds with the character. Now, I
know a lady who is my beau ideal of
what a gypsy prophetess should be:
tall, stately, with jet-black hair and
eyes and clear brunette complexion. If
she could only be persuaded to take the
character I know Mrs. Forrest would
carry out the idea better than I ever
can."
Mr. Erickson had watched the girlish
figure as she flitted around the room,
and smiled quietly at her volubility; but
at her last words he started suddenly,
and in a quick, eager tone asked:
" Wliom did you say?"
Bertie looked at him in wonderment,
and replied:
" Mrs. Forrest, my sister's governess.
She has been with us about a month,
but is very retiring and refuses to see
any company; that accounts for you never having met her in your visits to our
house. I think you spoke as though the
name was familiar; am 1 right?"
Mr. Erickson did not answer immediately, but, after musing for a while,
■aid slowly anc". evasively:
" You have aroused my curiosity,
Miss Bertie. I would like to see this
handsome governess of yours. What
did you say her Christain name was?"
" I did not mention it at. all, for the
simple reason that I never heard it,"
replied Bertie, pettishly, for it piqued
her vanity that the gentleman should
express so much interest in a " mere
governess;" but a moment's thought
made her ashamed of her petulant reply and she continued: " She- wears
mourning and seems to be a stranger in
this vicinity. Mamma considers her a
perfect treasure and I begin to love her
dearly. It is singular you never heard
me mention her name before this. I
shall endeavor to prevail on her to attend our fair, and then you can satisfy
your curiosity."
Her listener bowed absently and murmured to himself, " Can it be possible?"
and then, seeing the curious look upon
his companion's face he answered the
mute inquiry by saying: ~>
" I see you are surprised at my interest in an apparent stranger, but your
words have given me cause to hope that
a long search in which I have been engaged is at end, and that I have found
the object of my pursuit. I can not say
any more now, but, if possible, persuade
your friend to attend the fair, and then
I shall have an opportunity of knowing
whether my conjecture i3 right; although! fear it will be another hope
dashed to the ground."
Bertie assured him that she would do
her best, and then* saying it was getting late, she moved toward the door.
Miv Erickson followed her out, and after locking the door walked down the
path at her side.
" You said that you had called upon
Mr^ Burman in reference to the school-
house," he said, after a few moments'
pause.    " How did he seem to-d:ty?" •
"Much better, and assured us he
would soon be able to resume his duties
at school. You have no idea, Mr. Erickson, how grateful he feels toward
you for supplying his place during his
illness. It must be very trying to
you to bear the incessant noise and
confusion of a school-room."
" I cannot say it is very disagreeable
to me," replied he, with a smile. "Poor
Burman is an old friend of mine, and
when I came to Graysmere three months
since and found him too ill to attend to
his duties I hailed the opportunity to
prove my friendship, and gladly relieved
him for a season. I must acknowledge,
however, that I will not grieve when he
is able to resume his duties."
Bertie soon reached home, and after
parting from Mr. Erickson at the door
she went to her room and removed her
wrappings, then seating herself at the
window soliloquized thus:
"What possible interest can Paul
Erickson have in Mrs. "Forrest? He
said he hoped to find in her the object
of a long search in which he has been
engaged. What can that mean? It
might be that Mr. Erickson is a lawyer
and that some great suit in Chancery
has been decided in Mrs. Forrest's favor, and he is hunting up the successful
claimant; or, maybe," and here a peculiar expression flitted over her face,
" maybe it is a new version of 'Evangeline' and he is the hero of the romance. But, no; she appears to be a
widow, and an Evangeline could never
love but once. I wonder who and
what Paul Erickson really is; he is
liked by every one, despite his grave
manner. He always seems to unbend
from his dignity when he is with me, and
I love dearly to hear him converse—he
is so intelligent and well-read. But if
he should find his 'Evangeline' in Mrs.
Forrest, I shall be overjoyed, although
I suppose it would put an end to our
intimacy." The last was said with a
sigh, and anything but a joyful expression.
In the course of the evening, she took
occasion to mention in a casual tone
Mr. Erickson's name, furtively watching the governess as she did so. She
saw a sudden start, and the lady raised
her head quickly, as she inquired:
"Mr. Erickson, did you say? Some
friend of youro?"
"Yes; he is our schoolmaster at present," said Bertie, looking attentively at
the eager face.
Mrs. Forrest dropped her head with a
slight sigh, and resumed her reading.
Bertie gave a knowing little nod, saying to herself: " Ah! She knows the
name, but does not dream that he would
condescend to assume the duties of a
country pedagogue. I will not say anything about Mr. Burman's illness, or
the way in which Paul came to take his
place for a while. I will keep my own
counsel until the night of the fair, and
then witness the denouement."
Unselfish Bertie! She was more deeply interested in the handsome teacher
than she cared to acknowledge, even to
herself; yet she was willing to lend her
aid to bring these two people together,
when their very meeting might be the
death blow to all her girlish visions.
The black eyes, intellectual countenance
and pleasant smile of Paul Erickson
had made havoc in the hearts of.seveial
of the Graysmere damsels, and Bertie
Stanhope had flattered herself that the
grave lips unbent more readily at some
sally of hers than at the most brilliant
witticisms of others.
The days passed rapidly, and at length
the long-looked for evening came. The
school-house was a scene of merriment
and confusion. Tables were placed
here and there through the large room,
where pretty maidens and comfortable-
looking matrons disposed of their wares
to any who would buy.
Bertie had carried her point, and the
iarge, well-ventilated closet was transformed into a "postoffice," where the
letters were distributed'by pretty girls,
who were kept constantly busy by the
throng of eager faces who besieged
them with demands for letters.
In one corner of the room was erected
a tent, and under its shade the "gypsy
queen " reigned and read the stars for
those who desired to peer into the mysteries of the future.
Bertie was clad in a fantastic costume
and. despite the golden hair, made a
very presentable sibyl. One after another of the promenaders would pass
under the curtain that shadowed the
entrance to the tent, and after a little
while would emerge therefrom with
smiling faces—for, never was there
a sibyl who predicted brighter futures
for those who sought Ijgr interpretation
of hidden mysteries,    At last, a well-
known figure darkened the doorway,
and a familiar voice inquired in tones of
mock seriousness: •
" What do the stars presage for me,
fair prophetess? Shall happiness gleam
o'er my pathway, or is the future dark
and gloomy?"
Bertie blushed as she took the extended hand, but, after looking attentively for a few moments, replied:
"Happiness, great happiness, awaits
you, is even now at hand; the dearest
wish of your heart is now about to be
realized. The object you have sought
long and vainly is near, and you will
find yourself ere long. blessed with all
that will contribute to your happiness."
As she concluded, she raised her eyes
to his to note the effect of her words,
and was startled by what she saw there.
The large black eyes were fixed eagerly
and inquiringly upon her face, and as
she loosed her hold upon his hand, he
caught hers in a detaining grasp, and
bending nearer till his warm breath
fanned her cheek, said softly:
"Do you know what is the dearest
Wish of my heart, darling?"
Bertie blushed, looked frightened and
drooped her head in confusion. She
was at a loss for a reply, and just at this
inopportune moment the curtain was
drawn aside to admit another of the
gay pleasure seekers. Paul dropped
the hand which he held, and stepped
aside as the newcomer advanced toward
Bertie, demanding her inspired interposition in her behalf.
Paul walked to the door of the tent
and stood idly looking at the crowd
swaying to and fro through the room,
when suddenly his eyes rested upon a
lady who had just entered, accompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope. He looked
intently at her for a moment, and
stepped back into the shadow of the
tent as she drew near; she passed so
closely by him that her mourning robe
touched the curtains that concealed him
from View. Jiist at this moment the
visitor left the tent, and turning to
Bertiej Paul eagerly pointed to the receding figure upon her father's arm,
asking hi a hurried tone:
" Is that the lady you mentioned the
other day as your sister's governess?"
" Yes," replied Bertie, while a pang
of jealousy made itself felt.
"I must speak to her; can you not
aid me in procuring an interview away
from that curious crowd? Invent some
pretext to summon her here, and I will
be unutterably grateful to you," and in
an excited, eager manner Paul again attempted to grasp her hand; but this
time she turned coldly away, with a
pale face and compressed lips, and taking up a pencil and paper from a table
near, hastily wrote:
" If you would know what the future has in
store for you, come to the tent of the sibyl.
'■• Bertie."
Calling a lad to her side, she bade
him give the note to the lady she pointed out. She watched him in silence as
he made his way through the crowd and
thrust the note into Mrs. Forrest's
hand. She saw the lady smile as she
glanced at its contents, and after a few
words with Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope,
leave them and move toward the tent.
Bertie then turned, ahd saying, "She.
is coming; doubtless you would prefer
being alone," left the tent by raising
one of the curtains at the rear.
Paul did not notice the chilling coldness of her manner, for at that moment
the stately figure of the governess appeared in the doorway.
Bertie found herself surrounded by a
crowd of eager friends and besieged by
questions:' 'Are you tired of fortunQ-telling already, Miss Stanhope?" "Not
going to become an ordinary mortal so
soon, I hope?" and so on ad infinitum.
From every lip came some remark, and
all anxiously desiring her to return to
her post. At length she was almost
carried along with the crowd to the door
of the tent, and several stepped forward
to enter. Supposing, with her usual
thoughtfulness, that the present occupants would not like a half-dozen strangers to break suddenly in upon "them,
she sprang quickly forward, and motioning them back, said laughingly:
" The queen must enter alone, good
people; when she is seated in state you
may approach the throne."
Drawing aside the drapeiy, she entered the tent; her heart gave a quick
bound as her eyes rested upon the
couple before her. Paul was standing
with his arm wrapped closely around
his companion, and his head bowed until his lips touched her cheek. One
quick glance, and Bertie exclaimed:
" I ani sorry to interrupt you, but the
public demand an entrance."
And as Paul loosed his hold of the
lady, she called for the eager throng to
enter, without giving him time to utter
a word. Half a d ozen claimants for her
magic aid made their appearance, and,
after hesitating for a moment, and finding he would have no opportunity of
speaking to her for awhile, Paul offered
his arm to Mrs. Forrest and they left
the tent.
Poor Bertie was compelled to resume
her usual manner and summon all her
powers to her aid in order to answer the
multitude of questions which were propounded. By a great effort she succeeded in maintaining her assumed
character until the gay crowd left her
side and moyed on to seek other amuse*
ments. Then she gave way to her surprise and indignation. What could it
mean? He had called Iter "darling,"
had looked at her with seemingly loverlike eyes; had clasped her hand, and
ten minutes later she had found him
with another clasped to his heart. "Yes,
I am right; he has found his Evangeline," she murmured, as tears filled her
eyes. " I am glad for both their sakes,
and I was foolish enough to suppose he
could ever care for such a little insignificant creature as I am."
Just at this moment the curtains were
again thrust aside, to give admittance
to Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope, Mr. Erickson and Mrs. Forrest.
Mrs. Stanhope bustledin, saying, with
a little flutter of excitement in her tone:
"Bertha, child, come -and rejoice
with our dear friend. The strangest
things. sometimes occur in real life.
Now, whom -would you suppose Mrs.
Forrest to be? But it is needless to ask
you, for you would not guess in the
wide world. She is neither more nor
less than Mr. Erickson's own sister,
for Avhom he had been searching for
years."
Bertie raised her eyes to Paul's »face
to seek cQQiivn*jatiqn of her mother's
words. He extendedhis hand and said,
smilingly: "Have you no word of congratulation for me?" She murmured
an inarticulate reply, and then Mrs.
Stanhope exclaimed:
" Come, sit down, all of you, and do
you, Mr. Erickson, explain this mystery. I am curious to hear the whole
story, if you have no objections to making it public."
"None at all, I assure you," replied
Paul heartily. "The facts, though
rather romantic, are simply these:
Pauline and I are the only children of ^
proud and wealthy Englishman; our
mother dying during our childhood,
we were left to the care of hired instructors.
"At the age of eighteen, Pauline met
and loved a poor American artist, who
was disdainfully refused by my father,
when he dared aspire to her hand.
Finding that all her pleadings were in
vain, Pauline determined to trust her
future in the hands of her lover. They
were privately married, and sailed for
America. My father was enraged when
he learned of their elopement, and forbade her name to be mentioned in his
presence. He returned all her letters
unopened; and as years passed, we lost
all knowledge of her whereabouts.
" Two years ago my father died, and
I determined to go to America and find,
if possible, my long-lost sister. I inserted advertisements in many of the
leading journals, and frequented places
of public resort, but all in vain. Some
time since I chanced to visit your town,
and in your schoolmaster found an old
friend. I was tired of my idle life and
fruitless search, and his illness gave ine
an opportunity to prove my friendship
for him, and at the same time try the
effect of hard work to vanquish ennui.
"I assure you, some of the happiest
hours of my life have been passed in
Graysmere; and through my sojourn
here, I have found the object of my
long, and I began to think fruitless
search.
"Pauline's story is a simple tale of
every day life; her married life passed
happily until about a year since, when
her husband died, leaving her a childless widow. She obtained a situation
as governess in a private family, where
she remained until a short time ago,
when she became an inmate of your
house."
Bertie's eyes had been riveted upon
his face during his recital, and as he
concluded, she drew a long breath and
ejaculated:
"It seems too good to be true—it
sounds like a fairy tale. I am afraid I
shall awake, and find it all a dream."
"Maybe this will convince you that
you are not asleep," said Mr. Stanhope,
mischievously, giving her a sharp
pinch and causing her to cry loudly for
quarter.
At this moment they became aware
that the crowd was swaying toward the
door, and the lights were being extinguished. The time had passed so rapidly that the hour was later than they
had imagined. As Bertie stepped to
the back of the tent to procure her cloak
and hood, Paul followed her, and placing the wrap upon her shoulder, whispered:
■"May I accompany you home? I
Wish to tell you what is 'the-dearest wish
of my Mart, which you assured me tonight was about to be realized."
ISertie bowed her head in token of
assent, and accepting the offered arm,
joined the crowd of persons issuing
from the door.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope, accompanied
by Mrs. Forrest, proceeded directly
home; but Paul and Bertie did not
make their appearance for an hour
after. When they at last entered the
house, Mrs. Stanhope exclaimed: :
" A pretty way to treat your newly-
found sister, young man; what excuse
have you to offer for your conduct?"
Paul drew his blushing companion
forward as he replied:
"Pauline will forgive me when she
learns that I have been doing my best
to procure her another relative in the
form of a sister; and it only remains
for you to say whether I have succeeded or not."
Mr. Stanhope understood the position of affairs in an instant, and gave a
hearty assent to his proposal, only saying, as he drew his hand across his
eyes:
" You won't take her away from us,
Paul? You won't take our eldest child
away to England?"
"No, sir; I have no desire whatever
to return to my native country. It has
no attractions for me now; the only
persons who care for me are here; and
when I realize 'the dearest wish of my
heart,' and claim Bertie as my wife, I
shall be perfectly happy in this, my new
home."
When the spring time came once
more, Mr. Stanhope was compelled to
procure a new governess for his little
girl, for Pauline had consented to share
the home of her brother and sister.
Mr. Burman was profuse in his
thanks to Paul for his kindness in taking his place during his illness; but
Paul assured him it was through that
means that he found both his sister
and his wife.—Godeips Ladyys Booh.
Tlie Boston Young Woman.
An aged gentleman from the country,
whose own walk is as honest and sturdy
as his conversation, Was much amazed
yesterday at beholding the appearance
of a Boston young lady. The fair creature descended from a horse-car almost
at his feet, teetered lightly on her toes
thrice, adjusted her arms like the
plumed extremities of a trussed fowl,
permitted her arms to dangle as do the '
fore paws of a kangaroo, and sailed
down the street with a sort of a willowy
wabble which set her head to bobbing
after the fashion of a Chinese doll, her ,
eyes the while being set and anxious
and her whole appearance being suggestive of dislocation and distress. And
when one of our gilded youth, in a coat
with no tail to speak of, and a hat like
a soup-plate cocked over his left eye,
started after her with arms and legs
forming segments of circles after the
approved traditions of the " chicken
walk," he remarked he'd be revised if
he could understand what had got into
these=«ity' folks.—Boston Journal.
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