Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-04-22
Fainting--Matilda Jane carried out on

shutter.
CHAPTER VII.
"To be or not to be. ''-English.
Two menli
]. Smith and his guitar j. Brown and
his terrier dog. Its eight. They are in
the Lager Beer Saloon before mentioned,
sitting By table--a small table about two
feet and a half high. 1t is J. Smiths treat.
He treats. They now discuss the ques-
ton of who shall have Matilda Jane. Both
want her, How shall it be decided? ].
Brown gets her. But L anticipate.
Shall they cast lots? Shall they throw.
the dice, or play game of seven up?
Shall they run a foot race, jump, or pitch
quoi.s? Shall they have mortal combat,
or see who can eat the most hard boiled
eggs? No. eight times no. 1t shall be
decided by Tipping coppers. Brown pre-
pares for the task. "Heads l win, tails
you lose." says he. J. Smith agrees He
fips Heads 81 win!'' The second time
he llips, Tails. Yol lose The third time
he fips, tails again "You lose again"
quoth j. Brown.
j. Smith is filled with despair.
He thinks of fsuicide, but don't like the
idea Of dying He finaIlytakes carpet bag
in one hand and his guitar in the other and
starts for Ireland. ]. Brown, to make q
sure thing Of it. accompanies in shipboard
On his return, however to the shore, he falls
overheard and is drowned
CHAPTER VIII.
"Pecveii. Italian
procession.
90 death, whereabouts is thy sting"
Brown is borne to the domcil of his loving
Matilda Jane, cold corpus. Matilda Jane
is frantic. He comes to life again But
| anticipate.
As said before, Matilda Jane was fran
tic with grief.
"Give me, oh give me his gold watch
and chain, his diamond ring, anything to
reno mber him by,,' said she. Her moth
er was trying to resuscitate the once j.
Brown when she gave loud yell, and sat
down in speechless astonishment. Look
-hehold--observe--ta noticel" said
she. "That mark Of the strawberry and
three moles in the left ARM 1t is--lt is
my long lost brother"
j. Brown comes to.
CHAPTER TX.
".ieushla Machree. Celtic
J. Smith.
Our unfortunate hero was seven years in
Iceland. three years on the Island of Juan
Fernandez, ten years in Japan, five years
in Ethiopia, two years in the city of Mn
NIGER, when he felt a yearnng for the land
of his birth. lie had been shipwrecked,
stabbed by robbers, torn by wild beasts,
overwhelmed BY torrents of lava, been six
months without food and lad the chicken
pox-- -and he still continued to turn up.
With guitar and carpet bag in hand. he
again emerged from the railroad depot
aforesaid. For forty years the bloom
ing Matilda Jane had gone to the railroad
station in hopes of meeting J. Smith,
Touching devotion. They met. She saw
him. '.Those eyes! those ears! those nose!
1t is my long lost j. Smith," She rush
ed to his arms Tableau.
CHAPTER X.
Finally, lastly, and i'm conc luson
A church!!
The bellies rang merrily. Before the altar
stood blushing girl and nice young
man--Matilda Jane and j. Smith. She was
dressed in virgin white with an orange flow
er, while he had on brass coat and blue
buttons and clean shirt. They were pro-
nounced man and woman. husband and
wife---She was Matilda Jane Smith and he
is Matilda Jane Smiths husband.
All parties satisfied believe.
This is all of this very interesting story
that will appear in this paper. Ifyou wish
10 read an other chapter, you will find it in
the"Toad Hollow Gazette" and "N. Y.
Soft Shell Ledger"
SUPPORT YOUR HOME PAPER.--The Clev.
land Herald talks thus sensible upon the
duty of supporting home paper. "Recol-
lect, if home weekly paper is to be sup.
ported, home influence must do l.. Every
dollar sent to Eastern papers is at the ex-
pense of the local papers. A county acquir-
es prominence through its paper more than
in any other way TO every one who has
county interest at stake, his home paper ia
a necessity. Never will such man take
paper printed away from home until he is
able to take second paper. His first pa
per will be his home sheet, and he will 20
identify his own interest with that ofhis
county paper as to consider his subscrip-
ton as much matter of duty as the pay
ment of his taxes"
That is very sensible talk. Every COM
munity should support well its local paper.
Each county in every State. should pride
itself on the support given the papers pub
ished within its limits.
AN EXTENSIVE FARMER.--Jacob Carroll,
s the largest farmer in the U. S. He owns