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Iwsuld Stay him as deg that had bitten,
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( Iweuld Stay him as : dog that had bitten
or serpent that had stung me i
Even al spoke thought sfmy ewn al
serted Wis, aud Conscience ..tosk pull 4
the halliaTdsa Of my heart and wrung ii i
the very core. | fell as il could have civ
en- world had il been mine to give, II |
could hay9 been placed aloagsids Of my lssell
eride-aAa | vowed in my heart never /,
igrieve heragain, Should | return unharmss
from the dreadful scenes 81 that night
Lady said /, If your tale be as feu
~, true-if yeu hare slain him who wrough
your ruin, saHd have chosen nj to aid YOU i.
your dresdful task, l pray you hasten til.
deed. Lea there Be no delay
II Then follow me said she, you need
mot follow far
4 She lea me few steps into what sup
posed g IS anotherRo room Here she made
me pause and calm myself I must 40
knoviedgeEshat felt greatly agitated but
mastering I'll of my self possession and pres
eHce OF mild prepared to cast aside the
veil at her,biddiDg, and determined not ia
shrink FROM the horrible duty which Law be-
fore me
/ She lifted the veil from my head il
Diazs OF light forced me to cless my eyes.
aud then Iiaared not open them. Imagipa-
ton painted a scene which l feared to gaze
apon, At last shame nnclosed my eyeiights,
and | gazei around. Sur.
prise almost stunned me.
/ IL could not be --yst 50 Il aas! / stood
1 within my ewR bedroom
4 The stranger raised her mask Nv wife's
args black eyes looked out sorrowfnlly up.
on me She cast the Icing tressss Of glossy
lair from her head, ana chen appeared
Aer own sott curling ringlets, plsyi & about
Her neck
| She had fallen upon this plan to punish
ne for seeking pleasure at time when she
by reason ofsickuess and suffering could not
enjoy it with me She had indeed taught
me . lesson4ef eonjugal fidelity.
MJ own Ivolante had driven me al fnll
speed over Ralf the City bad been led
through aback gate7 and had trayersod 4
part of my swn house which / had never be. j
fore enteredi and all through the continuance
oofmy witchfef a wife Borrowed Jewels
disguised her hands--she had spoken in an
altered voice beneath her mask, and | had
fallen IN lovs with MY own wife
A'AhsANSheLf 0AsUALTY.-LaSt SUNDAY,
says the Guyandette Herald Mr. Billipgten
Stafford. wh4o trying to get some logs over
ths Salt Rock Dam got upon one of two ".
ing together ts push them apart Hearing
crash and surprising the temporary rail
road bridge vas breaking down upon:him he
clicked up apd the log upon which he was
standing washed ever the dam carving him
aleng-the other followed immediately after
pad fall a., ~ 1T ns1rar yiTg;n-
ia peniten.iaryat Richmond on Sunday night
Poaue, it aprfars, by some means, procured
small saw, with which he cut a hole Through the
door Of his SELL and after getting out unlocked the
cell ofJones They then took from the iailors shop
a new sui, Of clothes. and with the aid Of pile Of
lumber and liae Succeeded in scaling the p ison
wall They wede frrd a, by The euardjustas they
" pt over the wall, but They managed TO make
good their escsFif
ifE- The Presidents House is. now completely
finished and III tnl order tor the reception OF vis-
ter4 The large lobby q entrance-hall, has been
handsomely carpeted, and the temperature Of the
whole house rendered agreeable, which was not
practicable Of il on all OCCASIONS formerly No
eFioas time Hi its History has he Presidential
ma8sion eqnatsd its present condition for com
ford taste and STYLE MOI Int.
re- Tom Matshall, Of Keniueby and one Pill
chtT; were rival canddases for Office, and were
.stampinga against each other. Pill, her was har-
nkuing about his ia her having been poor
1 NAB his father was cooper, and more Of that
\ sort 81 Thing. Marshall said he would admit the
I geBtlrman's iaihsr was q poor man; perhaps he
/ hal been cooper bu. ifhe was fpoiniing 70 Pi :
chez he made mighty fpor head 70 one Of his
\ whiskey barrels
AcclDzxr AT}TaE CARs-Palriek Spence, wor-
,hvI and industrious employee on The Winchester
aud Potomac Railroad, received severe injury TO
one " his hands on Saturday moTnine last IN at
tempting TO connect a burden car 70 The passenger
train. Every uhfortunate occurrence of this kind
is 4 fresh argument " favor q speedy ieltefs p
parent for Ihe8valnabl- invention by yheh car
become seli-colpiers - Manchester Republican.
trssy- The Hon Jno Y.sMason, American Minis
tefso France win Instantly and suite, salfed OF
Saturday theB2ih inSt IRON New York, 10 tn
4 steamer Atlantic Capt y est, The minister's par
ty consist of Mir Mason, Mss Mason, and Maste
Nixon; his diEaties being Mr. James Mason, Of Va
Or Peachv Dir Charles p. Gar cite Pailsdelphi;
cad Mr.. Haldefman, 81 Harrisburg Pefnsyivani;
s-srA droliIf4llow who had wooden leg bein
In company With man s. no was somea hat ereds
Iods III. iaitrr asked ths former how he came.
y have wooden aeg a.Why" said be, my fath'
hal one, and ~ had M. grandfather before him
ruhs in the blpoi"
bRpica4IoS IAN otdgFellowsa Hall and Fla
: offh. Son oil bftnpefanee, at Bfidgewaer, RDcs
ingban county Va were Dedicated on the 18th .
ialo. "a
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!. trMf. G{pfse LaaghTiige. resdBgthree mil
: tf,in Boons5dro' MI, was found dead il bed {
: ahs l1th uli
u ta- Il is slated that A Griffin, Esq. late Pr,
j dent III lhe ctly eou1cis 81 Cincinnati mas iai'
!. heir 10 so 900 acres u land IN Montgomery coun
!, Va.
sz-f, i saia thai Mr.. Pfyor. Of The Richmo
y rsaa;rs, viIIson take IS departure as u. 5. .
! retary Of Legation az the French Cours.
e -An IrishmAn. who was busily engag
"a "a sweeping tie door Of grocery store
y tswn, few days since, was interrogated
IN fellows
a ii saJ. Pat, what are you dong Inc
er sweesins out thafroom
j No exelaimsa Pat, I'm sweeping
Iof tie dirt ana isasing the room
Ts q There eanIlos be more glorious
r. ;eet IN creation tbsn9a human being. repi
70 w;th beneyoEehcc, meditatiag IN what u
1T M lie n irht reader himself most aeceE
u r~r.fs II