Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-25


mo, that was my cousin, Mary
/ Johnson, who married Mr.. Fred Clin-
/ tom"
"And you have been true all this
time Oh, May May my love =
my own found at last T. And the
pale face was suddenly gathered so
close to his own that faint color
came back to the thin cheeks in re.
/ sponse to the ardent caress.
For time there was not much CON
nected conversation between these
two reunited so strangely. But at
last May told her story. 1t was one
that has often happened in this coun-
try. Mr.. Johnson had died, leaving
his only child heir to nothing but
some encountered property. After a
settlement had been made of the seem
ingly prosperous business, May had
found herself utterly without income.
Then began the weary struggle to
earn her own living She would not
accept home Of dependence, offered
! her by some distant relatives, but
came to the great city where she had
| found employment, after many fail
ures, in the dress-making establish
ment of Madame Dutille There she
J had toiled early and late, until the
| exertion had broken her down and for
| the last few days she had been really
| i'll. Mr.. Alton almost hated Ella
Bond as he Noticed ON the table . nile
of pink and white tarleton, and knew
it was working on that which caused
Mav's illness.
Before he lett her that day, howev-
er, May was much better. 1t was sol
ltude ana unhaPPihess, almost as much
as poor 1000 ana nara work, that had
maze her III. Ana the sudden chahge
IN her Whole life That hao come TO her,
the Qn-Iooked-ior Joy gave her re-
neWed Vigor, ena3llng her to rally
against the lever that had threatened.
She showed her gratitude Tor the kind
care Mr.. Alton Iavlshed upon her, by
a speedy recovery. In lew days
she was able to leave her humble
home tor more soltao'e rooms anu,
IN fortnight, she was SO well that
one oflght morning she oroLe TO
ton, where they were married IN the
presence OF a lew oI ms pest 1rlends-
MISS Ella Bond dId not nave her
dress to wear to Mrs. Hoyts ball; but
she never imagined, when she was
shocked almost INTO taIntlng mt by
receiving cards announcing Mr. Al
tons marriage, that " Miss May John
son, now his happy BRIDE, had any
thing to do with her disappointment
THE CRY or TRrrn-A RABrxx1c
tABLE--SaId Rabbl Marsh: There
IS no truth IN the world. Rabbi
Tabuth, man who would not have
been guilty OF taisehood II brlbed with
all that Is embraced within the con
cave OF the sky, replied: Il once
came to city whose name was Truth,
the nhabltants OF winch were never
gulIty OF lalsehooo' ana "here none
oleo tiIi d ripe ola age mere l
married Wlfe by whom had two
sons. Once, while my wife was sit
ting at home comDIng her halr a
woman knocked at the uoor, ana ask
ed to see her. thinking 1t would
hafoIy De decent 10 auilllI hef "hlIe
wy vie was thus engaged oade my
servant reply that sAe was noC at nome, ,
SON d li''1 ~. ca tllS l''.SGiloo'
oo'iI o' my soii3 15 o'e9 5 ! ile neg iiO0IS
were d CoiilS 'I0'' anu C'''i15 'oE7 7'il9l :"
ASK me Lie occasion oI such an uii
ceoehVeo ,T"i occurrence ''s a prem" 'uro I
Cea I'll " I1eii IsI ! i'''l' ~ 'l'eIii ''ls
LaccS' 'Hgy oGs3eI me - "TPaI' iloli
men ~ i''s' = l7s 'lio,''o Dli,i3 0eS
true Vlon upon tIle M.-oLe Guy
THE FLORIDA REEFs.-The follow
ing are Agassiz's estimates Of the
formation and age Of the Florida reefs
on the Florida coast:
These reefs are built by an insect
that begins to work on the ground in
water twelve or fifteen fathoms deep.
and cannot live unless he has the con
slant action Of the omen sea upon him.
81 that he stons at the HEIGHT Of bioh
tide. Bv numerous experiments it
has been ascertaiued that the coral
builder constructs at about the rate of
half an inch in a century; but. in or
der to err. if at all. on the safe side.
Aeazsiz doubles this estimate in his