M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-10-10

lealu TUG hITOBhnI Olu IaQy. f.l
No matter; | was just in the act Of
settling purchase in the State funds
for Madame Anne
'WhatP exclaimed Vatry, after
purchasing house and equipage, has
she still money to investP
Undoubtedly So"
But where did the money come
'front.' '
'Where-did you not seel'
'Wheni
when she shrieked ont ut seeing
what the prayer book contained which
she inherited
We observed nothing
ooh, | thought you saw IT, said the
sarcastic notary. Tho prayer-book
contained sixty engravinga, and each
engraving was covered by ten noles
Of thousand francs each.'
Good heavensn exclaimed Vatry,
thundelstruck.
If had only known it, shouted
Madame de Villeboys,
'You had tue choice, added the no.
tary, and myself urged you to take
the prayer.book, but you refused
But who could h4ve expected to
find fortune in a breviary.' a~a#
The two baffied egotists withdrew,
the hearts swollen with passionate en-
Wy.
Madame Anne is still in Paris. II
you pass by the Rue Lafitte, on a
summer evening, you will see char
ming picture on the first floor, illum-
mated by the pale reflection Of wax
lights.
A lady who has joined the two fair
hands OF her son, fair child of six
years OF are, in prayer, before an old
book OF Heures de Ia Vierge, and for
which cross in gold has been made.
Pray for me, child said the moth
er.
'And for who else 2 inquired the
child. a. ..- ....
For your father, your dear father,
who perished without knowing you,
without being able to love yon.'
Must | pray to the saint, my pat
ron2'
Yes, my little friend; but do not
forget a saint who watches us from
heaven, and who smiles upon US from
aboYe the clouds
What is the name of that saint,
mamma dear2' @
The mother, then watering the
child's head with her tears, answered:
Her name ia-sister Egrle.'
~~N~~~~~~~ono~~.~,.,~@..~s
Gen. Price and his Hemp BreastworIss.
From an account Of the seige of
Lexington, which appeared in the
Chicago Times
At this jnncture our men discovered
with no little dismay, an engine of
war which was being brought to bear
on them, threatening the consequon-
ces which they dreaded most-a safe
approach for the enemy, and an ulti-
mate charge in force over the entrench-
lnents. The rebels presented a strong
breastwork OF helnp-bales, which ap.
peared like a moving barrier, impen-
etrable to bullets or cannon shot, and
swarming with men in the rear. 1t
was about twenty rods in length, and
the height Of two bales of hemp. The
bales were placed with the ends fac
ing our t(rtiicatioas, affording a
thickness Of about six feet. This i'm
mense breastwork commenced NOV.
ing forward-not by detachments or
singly, but in one vast body, unbrok-
en- and steady, as though it slid along
the ground Of its own voli ion. 1t ad-
vanced steadily over the smooth sur
face, parting to pass trees, and closing
up again, as impenetrabie as q rock.
Behind it were hundreds Of men push
ing and urging with levers, while
others held the bales steadily to their
places, and others still, whose num-
bers were almost indefinite, firing be-
tween the erevices and over the top,
at our soldiers. Our men looked at
the moving monster with astonish-
ment. 1t lay like a large serpent,
winding over the hills and holiows,
apparently motionless yet moving
broadside on, to envelope and destroy
them in its vast folds. In vain the
cannon were turned upon it. The
heavy bales absorbed the shot harm
lessly, or quietly resumed tho posi-
tions from which they were displaced,
seemingly moving without hands, but
in reality controlled by strong arms
which were unseen. In vain the
masket bullets rained upon il in un-
showers. The thousands
that it concealed were safe from such
puny assaults, and, slowly gliding
along, they waited with eagcrness the
time when their position should war.
rant them in bursting through it's walls
and storming upto the entrenchments.
Our brave soldiers could only watch
it with keen anxiety, and wait for the
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