Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-07-17
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to. confess to him before her dcpasEtt
the hope of obtaining bis forgiveEg - glg;
Paine with great emotion desired sFt1aA4m1
with the disclosure, adding that she MT Z.
sure herself Of his forgiveness before aplaal
made known her offence. ''''s0 s'-' :
"Ah, Mordccai, said she, "you FemembSr
our large white pitcher was bFoESh time
ago. l pretended to you that the cat kbeo1aiS
but that was false, for did il myNeks es-oI = -
"Oh, my dear, " said Mr.. Paine, . doe ckc901
Germ yourself about such Q trife. bad fcg-
gotten the pitcher, and it matters not nvvs
how it was broken" s.ts.r,
"Thcre is another matter, said Mrs. p 7
after some hesitation. 1.-THE silver gppong
which made you believe were stolen By IT,
Yankee clock mcnder; pawned them torMiss
money to pay the milliner for doing up my
pink satin bonnet.
"Nevcr mind, my love, " said Mr.. Paine en-
couragingiy. ~ hope heaven will forgive,
you as freely as do"
After a short pause Mrs. P. began again:
Your best razor, which you missed last
swappcd away to peddler for tortoise shell
comb. =.
"Thc duce! well, !" Mr. P. FecOlIecting
himself "that is all done now, and can't b,
mcnded-think no more Of it. Inn, =.
81 could not leave the world with such q
thing on my conscience, replied the EatrPen-.
itcnt.
"Go on, go on, " cried Mr.. Paine: az told
you that could forgive anything at such
time as this. - .
Mrs. p. resumed: .a-s-r
''You remember our boarder, Simeon Drake,
who ran up a bill for six weeks, aud then
went off in hurry without paying q cent
He and had agreed to elope together, be
| I.,6o l.nk
away without me. .ta',t
"Firc and fury do you dare to tell. ne
this cried Mordecai In great exeitement
But, as you are dying, I woRH SspFpSch
You. Ill leave you now to settle the a4hie
with your own conscience. o e.. ,s ~. d. d.
"Stay, and hear one thing more; rcrisdAhs
repentcnt Barbara. "The d0Se I tc0lrNhas
morning was intended for you; put It IL
your cup of coffee, but in my hurry to get the
thing done, gave you tho wrong cup, and
took the right one myself - ~
"The devil fly away with you, You jadel"
roarcd Mordecai, as he flung himself eut Of
the room.
In the entry he met the apothecary who had
sold Mrs. T. the fatal powder: The medical
man had heard Of the commotion at, Paine's
house, and suspccting the cause Of It, he came
to administer hope and comfort TO the afflicted.
"DOnt be alarmed Mr.. Paine. !" said he,
1" the drug sold to your wife was ne(hing
but magnccia. judged that she wished TO
destroy herself, and tricked her in this way
to save her life. " at'g'5sE
"You swindling rascal, shouted Paine,
g how dare you cheat q customer in that
shameful manner, and obtain her money on
falsSprctcnccs. Bcgonc! -
And with this exclamation he violently
elected the astonishcd apothecary out d0aFs.
The man Of Physic, suspecting, Of course,
that poor Mordccai was deranged, sent two
officers to provide for his safe'kseping. His
relation of the proceeding dialogue, hOweveE,
soon obtained his discharge. PtAik Ledger,
WILLIAM TELL OCTDoNE.--A WesVer ln
Spevor, in Germany, recently p6FSOrneAan
exploit which casts the dexterity of our Travis
or Suydam completely in the shade. He was
the father Of u fine boy, an affectionate hus.
band, and known as the best rife shot IA the
district but let man be saint, aud ehaneO
to excel in one thing and he is sWre t. have
enemies without number. One dayJwbils the
weaver sat smoking in the lar-room Of 6IMAll
inn. some of these characters approached hish,
and commenced bantering him npon hisIaccn.
racy ofHim. At first ho treated their EsnaaEks
as mere jokes, but their pertinacity ct length
overcamc his good humor, and in . towering
passion he started for home, determined 90
give undcniablc proof of his superiority, o.
"pcrish in the attempt" Accordingly he
called his little boy, q lad of IL years, ilfpFned
him that he had "a charmed rife ball ehd
could not fail to strike any mark, ct
time ordering him to place an Ordin
potatoe upon his head, and stand q
of long alley while he shot itofE. q
fully imbued with the superstition incul q
by the stories he had heard, did not bsdItete
to obey the command, and the msfksnlan
fired, cutting the vegetable in two pieceag I'D
leaving him without scratch. --r--- m -ytrgz-
Overjoyed at tho success Of his experiment,
the wcavcAreturned to the inn and releted ne
exploit; but the company taunted him t0iSAe
proof and professcd to believe that hsSaas
cheating them. Nothing daunted,; he took
them to his house, and recalling the boy,
made him stand as before. Again the child
took his position, and it being near dark. held
a lantern while his father fired the dangerous
shot. y second time the potatoe was clQven
while the boy stood unscathcd. His etAy4ous
friends applaudcd of course; but the author.
tiles hearing of the matter, caused the weaver
to be arrested and brought before theah.-
They scvcrly rcprimanded him for the AyaTt-
less deed, and declared il he ever renewed the
experiment, they would shut him up Ia & mad
house. lie describes his feelings during the
second essay as, exciting and agonizing "a the
extreme buthe was determined to succeed.
even at the risk Of killing his child. d.-B4dSN
/ Correspondence.