Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-12-19

that the IKE which size still owed saoutu SloIt-
/ ly follow. WAS satisfied Inihe afternoon,
.llowever, another flissiqe was presented TO me
witch ran thus
DEAR FaIEyp Miss ,GovERyEss allie Jarvis
willibe much obliged if you viii le5 her bave the
stamps back asain for nr. West is sen For some;
Iana t daret5 not tell him 7 have not got any
f IIe1nairi. yvrr dear friend, Allie JhRyIS
/ The spelling was correct and .the. writing
legj5Ie, and VITA a smile hand over th1
/ Queens portraits to the. maids dsewho departs
therewith.e a3 g5t-stt.9.- e3a H1H ss-
+ @well,f you are silly! I&otll not let her
have them, y cried my pupil; ssyou are a
goose. ASA brz s3 81 a--Iza ~i4 r.
7 Ideposit the note in my woriibox, and. af-
tier slightly .rpfEipg the sleek, plamage Of ny
/ wise and .plaip7spoken pupil, retprn to the
perusil of my tliigt y=s ear7old Review. esq
+ Ishsllsnevey Iialse a more profitable invest
Ineit tlLan ttt sliilipg it las yielded exerfi-
tant interest ia the circulating medium qf ellat
-WhenIoam duh, or idly disposed@ or N1s'sgb-
ed wifi the vivid egscity OF my voting friends.
/ w1itt aletter and carry It to tie post ngseif;
h j cnter the o1iqe, which is also Allies bed
room, andiieposit it.onthe table with apenny
( ] do moi wisf ihc debt to be @HqHidated how,
!. but It rests batween rs lnforgotten Then l
! ask after tAe rheumatism, the ffiiger joints,
! and other chronic ailments of tha venerahia
public Servant until We glide into tho fall
channelof Retrospective. .small-talki foi Allie IS
the chronsle OF Mo0fbeck. She tells me sirst,
ihat III III iisIittie cottage where we both stand,
{ sh. has brought NJ, fourteen children and two
| grandchildreu; that her husband for long
btime before his death never did a hands-turn;
{ that one of her sons-Henry, tic hapdsomest
4 and 'cleverest Of them all--lgy wasting in bed
I seven years before lie died. She shows me
some letters that be wr0ta TO her, and also his
9ilae filed with marginal notes. and the blank
I leayes covered With texts. aPpropTfate TO his
iIliu.hangiag royebthe ehimne ney-pieee. IL repre-
| seats man sstill a. face like Allies sffoag
!, and ihtsilectual. W3rat tItose seren helpless
/ wears must have heen Then3git!. hot iinsh
7 on her cheek, aud spsrlSle in her f3ded eyes,
! She alinies TO anoeler son, who, skaving ;isen
in tie tT6rli, is TOO ffread t2 acknogledge his
bkin.
+ 81 pray God -AlIais3ts- Ili.9. humble his
kpriae4'' She adds in s,'ttshe 7liati1as more ota
/ curse than blessing IN Il; bul'her fery ihiig-
] nation touches slightly, very slightly, on the
! fayorite. daughter, WHO. whO--slle pausas, aud
i seeing that the phspokcn story isknown, says,
trtrauloqsly, Oh SIR. was boaEis.reai Joai.ie :
neither gentle norsinple il. all the dale was
! half so bonnie as my Alice.''
! Five Of her children. She tells ne, three
sons and tyo daughters, lie bgried with her
husband ia Aoorsbeck chGrchyard; Henry
i5esintle old cinrchyard on the hill at Scar
bro and 81 tIe rest, some arc married aud st
8 tied in the l5iIa, some .ha19 enligrated, aud
one isEin service. Having got to thsezad OF
her domestic reiitieAs IS no raeaas to be
! 2lca,ur=d by Ties e-fe% h-ieflines, She brinch-
cs cut IN. a general way pl tlljAss that have
: becnain Moorb4okrsiaca she remeihhars. 5s.sh
- We eoout fnto the eptembersuas sNne, and
stand hy tTe gar3en gate; every moment I
ara departing. blst aiiH sdoait depart allie
points.t to PeiphiIl, and asks rie If can see
I the beacon cannot my eyes are not 50
young as -thsy,have Uetti. : - l.......
nigif=sitodoiftEedrn SO iong since to tles. .tiro'
ii hapbeacd Before you were horhg P.nnlfili
] top was all in a lore, ne w9re tSpcftirg
,o1onapaIts and the EFgBch te ,iRai every day /;
Ssnilsdn taa BpoaE oi.eaegy Ghill they piled a
Z. GREAT heap of sticks and some dry kindine 10
-sset frs,tQ % a5 fl aI5fM;tre 99u95F.y. yfg'l
iknow.s We oweFe Just s8ias y .5qd, tae lire
a s out snts .llec ftocr shHt4GWiiea We heard
solneb6af 7 rti,i Byg siidutihg I'eIiaifTH's bla-
III /, n ,,,15fs Bz5iir lie regc n are COM
F q ~ ? C''ttsri'ti'.l1 l3Si3fa7 . t7'1 III @
kiih9 l;}0 g1;bomfss5 ti.d sot 'rsaoib.
az ssTols may just think What We must have
tfeIts li+ar{td as coll asa stone irst, bit the
4 lads said, ,.KeeRyogF heart mqtliefi Wei see
':ahem aIb driven INTO tbe sea they'll never
lec i N oori,eck!'' .asea7iG ri Ge-1 - ~
r s.q4feh 7 i{elpedseih md the9 all started out
d to go1t9 meet tic epeIiy All the dale was upi
dfne ri aitot. .niraen liorsebaeiss and the old CO.
1 LOB al ss,la tises4tife among 'en.1 twas wet
I nj hit and the chtreh9Beils were goingit was
aadismal. mipd. We'll, the ocolopel t0oI his
,lIswoIsi and ireartened the men on, and they
u 1raaea they rade mitil1 tFsey got heasly to
+. u orthaliert5n and then; what do .pd INK
j Why the French had never lspded at all it
was a haystacSgonsfire3 that did the mischief,
and the beaeons were lighted for miles away
! But tie best of it WIS, that Bessie HeS.,ip,
4 who lived on Penphil, 1bere her AuYn3nd WAS
watch got herbsdawith the fright, and a finer
boy you never saw hes-old sgnire would
al Stand s65la f6r him. and gaze ipe dln-
T het at TIE eiiristeaiFg- 7 WAS gedmotleF ',sa
4 the baifn was sehhistenel z PennhiH diesiop; as
{ and satsat table with'the gentiefolks, and
drank wine with the colonel and, the squire
! too"
This is evidently very proud remenissence.