Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-07-05

Of womsn's hair, fudely severed from the
head, lay near it. l, was my sisters hair:
that wavy, silken, uncurled auburn hair
.ha. I had always loved and admired SO
stampes, and dyes and moulds, and plates,
and hand writings, with fac SMILES beneath,
and bankers cheques, and heap of leaden
coin, end piles Of incomplete bank notes;
and all the evidences Of a coiner's and for
gers nsde-,he suspicion Of which had
caused those bitter quarrelings between
poor Ellen and my husband-,he know
ledge Of which had caused her death.
With these things saw also letter ac-
dressed 10 Ellen 10 my husbands hand writ
ing. II was an unfinished letter, as if i! had
displeased him, and he had made another
copy. 1t began in these words-no fear
Iba. should forge. them; they are burnt
into my brain-s'I never really loved her.
Ellen she pleased me, only q doll would
please child; and I married her from pity,
no. from love. You Ellen, you clone
could fill my heart; you alone are my fit
helpma.e. Fly with me. Elle-." Here
The letter was left unfinished; but i! gave
me all The meaning of the frs, weeks Of nv
sisters stay here, ane why she had called
him william, end why ho told her she nigh,
tell me and lha. would not believe it.
saw il all now. I turned my head, 10
see my husband standing a few PAGES be-
hind me. Good Heavens! I have often
thought, was thu. the same man had loved
SO long fondy:
The strength Of horror, not Of courage,
upheld me. 1 knew he meant to kill ne
but 'ha! did not alarm me: l only dread
ed lest his hands should touch me. II was
not death, i, was he shrsnk from. be-
Ileve if he had touched me then, should
have fallen dead al his feet. stretched out
my arms in horror, to thrust him back, Ut
'erlng piercing shrek; and while he made
en- effort 10 seize me, overreached himself
in his fury, rushed by him, shrieking still,
and SO fed away into utter darkness where
lived, oh ! for many months
When awoke sgan, found my poor
baby dead, and that my husband had gone
none knew where. But The fear Of his re-
turn haunted me. could &c, no rest day
or night for dread OF him and I felt like
going mad with one hard thought forever
piteously pursuing me-sha! l should fall
again into his hands. I pul on wiJows'
weeds-for indeed am too truly widowed!
and then began wandering aboul-wan-
dering in poverty and priva,ion, expecting
every moment TO meet him face TO face,
wandering about, so tha, l may escape the
more easily when the momen. does come,
An EXCELLENT SELL Quite an excite
ment occurred at one Of The Southern steam
boat wharves, short time since. The
hands on one Of our steamers were engaged
in rolling off a cask, when 10 the conser-
nation and surprise Of the persons engaged
in performing that operation, voice was
heard within the cask.
"R"ll it easy, these darned nails hurt; I'd
raibe7 pay my passage than stand ell this"
Holding up their hands, their v,susls ex.
psnded 10 The size Of Two saucers, the two
laoorers exclaimed
THAT beats ,lle d-.'
The mate coming up a, this moment, and
unaware of the cause Of the delay, COM
menced culsing them for their dllaterious-
ness, when from within The voice sgain
came forth
1'You're nob,dy; let me ou. Of this cssk."
sWhai's that - said the mate.
SWhy i.'s me ~ said ihe voice II want
to ge. out won't stand this sny longer" ~
"Open the cask,' seid The mate.
"Oh don',-you'll kill mel" said the
voice. "These dsrned nails prick me-
Look ou, 4! d o-n-, ~ sgain said the cssked
up individual as the men were turning it
over.
"Cooper," said the mate, "unhead Ibis
cssk and take out that man."
As the sdze sundered The hoops, and the
head was coming cut, the voice sgain broke
forth
BE easy, now is there any one about!
II dom. want to be caught!
Quite crowd had now gathered round
the "scene Of ac,ion," when 10 The u.ler as
tonishment oil the bystanders, loud, quite
raj laugh broke forth, which made our hair
stand on end, and the cssk was found flled
with bacon.
"What does it mean ," says one.
IL swear i! besls my .ime," ssid the
mate.
We enjoyed the joke too we'll 10 "bIow"
as we walked swsy arm-in-srm with the
"Fakir of Ava" the ven,riIoquiss and msgi.
clan.
4 Rochester editor had The best Of rea-
sons for kicking quack nostrum pedlar out
of his sanctum. The fellow desired the
editor to try box Of his itch ointment, be-
ing an infsllible cure and If found TO snswer
the descriptions, then TO certify to its merits
in the columns of his paper
Why is the bark of Tree like dogs tail?
Because j, is The furtbest from The bark.