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"I never heard" says a Paris correspon-
dent to the London Star, more striking
instance of strong men dying hard than
that given in the Paris papers: A we'll
known wrestler and athlete of Arlington,
bearing the illustrious name of Meissonreir,
caught few weeks ago his death illness by
carrying a little girl across swollen ford.
which she was obliged to traverse in order
to take to her father his dinner This action
was performed in the most gnod-natured
way. Meissonneir seeing the child, who to
him was an utter stranger, trembling and
weeping on The brink, SAID to lser, Take
heart, LITTLE one, I'll serve rs i Terry ior yon.'
Swinging her on his shoulder, he carried her
over. uretuFnidg 70 ahe bank w!leice he
started he slipped aad WAS Thoroughly sub
rseraa ~4iels 5eia - 4 virrlert
.feFas- zras tEeri =, ID, s..s. !, ! ssis
'ei sIeiaaonhiefe stras red sitaetlia
malady, and his last words were, oh,
Death, i. You were = man ysha. short work
I'd make of you" e. ,,s.s'.,s - ~
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Twenty.seven Cents Worth of Married

Twenty-seven Cents Worth of Married
f. Life.
In Virginia, where the law fixes the mar
riage fee at 81. there is a reminiscence of a
couple who many years ago called on par
son and requested him to marry them.
"Where is my fee ?" said the functionary.
The parties who were to unite their for
tunes did so at once and found the joint
amount to be twenty seven cents.
81 can't marry you for that sum-" said
the irate old gentleman.
"a little bit of service will go long
way" replied the male applicant
"Ah no" said the parson, "you don't pay
for the size of the pill, but for the good you
hope it will do YOU"
the lass, intent on marriage, began to
weep, but the parson was inexcrable, and
the couple turned sadly to depart. just
then happy thought seemed to strike the
forlorn maiden, and she turned and cried
through her tears "Please, sir, if you can't
marry US full up,' won't you marry u:
twenty seven cents worth we can come fol
the rest some other time"
This was too much for the parson. HI
married them full up" and they went OF
their way rejoicing.
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Ralnb waldo emerson savs.

Ralph Waldo Emerson says. 0Show us
an intelligent family of boys and girls, and
we will show youa family where newspapers
and periodicals are plenty. Nobody who
has been without these private tutors can
know their educating power for good or
evil. Have you ever thought of the innum-
cradle topics of discussion which they sug-
gest at the breakfast table; the important
public measures with which, thus early, our
children become acquainted great plan
thropic questions of the day, to which un-
consciously, their attention is awakened, and
the general spirit of intelligence which is
evoked by these quiet visitorss Any thing
that makes home pleasant, cheerful and
chatty; thins the haunts of vice and the
thousand and one avenues of temptation,
should certainly be regarded, when we con-
slider its influence on the minds of the young,
as great social and moral light. !" gu !. !.
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About Hands.

Arsene Housaye says in his latest essay on
female beauty: ''Irish girls have the most
beautiful hands. English girls have too
fieshy and plump hands. The hands of
American girls are too long and narrow. The
fingers of German girls are too short and
the palms too broad Next to the Irish
girls the daughters of Poland deserve the
palm, so far as the beauty of the hands is
concerned The hands of French, italian,
and Spanish girls may not be called indiffer-
ent, though there are more beautiful hands
to be seen in France and Italy than in Spain.
The Parisiennes bestow a great deal of care
on their hands, and the consequence is that
superficial and inexperienced observers will
believe that they have finer hands than the
women of any part of France or any other
country
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FOR SALE,
win !. Exchanged for a Good Plantation l.,

10 win be Exchanged for Good Plantation. :
anNE of the most commanding residences in
" the City OF Raleigh, within il mile Of the
Capitol, on New Bern street, (knowp as the
Cotton Place). House so feet front by "a feet
oeep, with extension 24x20 feet, 2 story and
basement, 1S rooms (fre place in each}, sur sur.
covered with large oaks. sd sSH'''T al ~ 60
Inc mansion house, out buildings, fences. S.c
nsse Just been put in the most perfect nrder,
Az Az painted throughout, which makes it one n
'nF I'm most s1 desirable places in the city. y =
un npT RnaTpt1Tenlars, call on or address
q .,,io NORTH CAROLINA LAND CO
u~WSw i'-' r. Raleigh N q
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b DIR. GODDIN'S sloo9
I gu zbGHoq COMPOUND mali 80 UHl
G ENTiAN BITTER s

Cure ChiIIs and Fever, Dyspepsia, Indigestion
Colic Sick Stomach, Bronchitis, Asthma, y
Z. 7gI Neuralgia, Rheumatism, &c lid eslt z
u ~ A UNIVERSAL TONIC..G ,,,
2 A sure, safe, and reliable preventive and cure
for all Malarial diseases, and of diseases requir
ing general tonic impression. 1f ,'g--..fs1l'
Prepared only by DR.. N. A. 81. GODDIN, and
for sale everywhere. "a ~. .
/ 1r1l3 5d'l' 5o JAMES 7. WIGGINs,a 8
Successor to j. Il. Baker & Coz Proprietary
Agent aud Wholesale dealer in Patent Medicines,
Norfolk, Virginia. 749ao.4 sggvsSsjy al-wly11 y
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POETRY.
Say. wilt thou love me eyel

.. H Il"
Say, wilt thou love me ever,
In this dark world OF care
When all INV hopes arc shroudeo III
The mantle OF despair!
When sorrows cloud shall DER me hang
And skies grow dark above; -r1 .s,rs
May 1 depend upon tiny Iaiths t,s- 5.f'
Thy pure and faithful love RI a,-f--.sT,r
And may hope that its pure pt na'ne, ~ Iil
Shall burn within thy breast, 55dsl17ri
Shall find home forever tsli thelrei Rita SILT
To cheer welcome guest ,,..,.,p ar ~
And NAV no raging storms, dearcsl,rnF
Its brilliance ever oligns,,s Heg
Bnt nav ii shine undirnn' d by age 81, 10
To ala beacon light. n 44siI
Say, wilt thou love me ever,
Ind cheer me with thy smiie;
When NV poor heart shall sink .peneatAlf
The worlds deceitful guile! ~
Saw, shall loves waves forever Toll
d3N %Tith sweet and gentle SVEN,
" III, III tlon love me true and firmE-
-- 'iyhile on this earth we dwell - ll.7 s7l
Say, wilt thou love me ever, ~, II ..,sissl
When skies grow dark ABOVE, s-i5 ,,,a
When sorrows gate shall open
And on me pours HOOD
When trials, to my eyes, shall cause
The burning tears to start;
Saw. will nv image be enshrlned
Within thy loving hearth al5 oit
Ny prayers shall ever rise, dearest, @
Ii evenings holy hours,
To God, that he may strew thy path
With fresh and blooming flowers;
And though the heart from its pure love
May oft on earth be driven, .ltt %
Yet shall pray that It's pure hamc l
May light our steps to Heaven 7e.H
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pr,n1rro, anderson Co. s G.. April "a ,6s

PENDLEToN, Anderson Co., s. c., April "a, '66.
DIR. B. FRANK PALMER-Dear Sir:-I am happy
to inform you that the trial have now given
your Patent Leg, leaves me no reason to doubt
that it deserves all that has been said in its praise
/ am convinced that it is the BEST Patent Leg in
the world, and shall be glad to learn that my
mutilated friends in the South are so fortunate
as to select this Incompatible substitute. My
limb was amputated within two inches of the
knee, in consequence of a wound received in
battle in front Of Richmond. On the first trial
Of the PALMER LEG, was able to walk without a
cane, and with the utmost comfort and facility.
shall avail myself of an early opportunity to
show the limb to Governor ORR, from whom l
had the honor to receive an introduction to you,
and am sure the Governor will gladly recognize
the great superiority OF your benefcent invention,
and send others to you for relief
Very truly, your obedient servant,
RICHARD LEWIS,
Capt. Co. B. Palmetto Is. C.) Sharpshooters
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RALEIGH. N. c. April T. 1851

RALEIGH, N. c., April 4, 1856.
Dr. B. FRANK PALMER-Dedr Sr:-It affords
me much pleasure to acknowledge the great sue
cess of your professional treatment in my case,
which is one of the most difficult kind to treat,
my foot being amputated BY the Chopart method
The mechanism is complete in all respects-light,
comfortable and strong--and aCalk perfectly. I
am convinced, after careful examination Of great
number of patents, that the PALMER limbs are
superior to all others, and strongly recommend
the adoption of them by my mutilated comrades
of the South, feeling assured that no other manu-
facturer can produce a limb SO perfect.
Very respectfully
j. G. MORRISON,
A.D. C. to the late Genl. 7. j. jackson.
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OFFICE SUP. U. S. A. GENERAL HOSPITALS,
CINCINNATI OUIO March 18th. 1895

CINCINNAII, OHIOi NIaICH IolH, IOOo'
Having acted as Medical Director during three
years of the war, it became my duty to give Or
ders for artificial limbs to mutilated soldiers,
and as DIR. B. F. PALMER'S LIMBS acere great
IN preferred, large majority Of the orders mere
qigen ON him to furnish the necessary limbs So
lar as my knowledge extends, the limbs furnish
ed by Dr.. Palmer have given most satisfaction,
and this also is the testimony Of hospital steuardS
and non-conn,iSsioned officers on duty at the va
rious hospitals in my charge, who have had op-
ceived and used the limbs furnished to them
and have therefore no hesitation in saying that,
in my opinion, they are preferable to all Others.
VIM. s. KING,
Brevet Colonel and Surgeon, U. s. A.
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THE undersigned having been appointed Com
i missioner by the Judge of the Superior Court
OF Surry County to sell the lands Of Haywood
Thompson, deceased, will, on Monday, the 1st
day of November next, offer for sale on the pre-
mises, two hundred acres OF land on the Yadkin
River, in the County of Surry, opposite Jones'
ville and adjoining the lands of VIM. B. Wood
ruff, Meredith T. Greenwood and others, on a
credit Of six months. Bond and approved Sc
curity will be required.
i There is about fifty acres of Yadkin River
bottom of the best quality on said tract together
with fine uplands in high state of cultivation,
fine two story dwelling with ten rooms, good
out buildings, and fine orchard.
Those wishing to invest il good real estate,
would do well to call and look at the property.
d MORGAN BRYAN,
!, sep 16-w6w Commissioner.
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Amputation three inches below Knee-.-Leg worn
Twelve Years without Repairs--Side Knee
Joints not worn out In that time.
BoYKN's DEPOT, southampton Co., Va.
DR.. B. FRANK PALMER-Dear Sir:-It affords
me the utmost pleasure to inform you that 1have
worn one of your Patent Legs during the last
t,celge gears, with satisfaction that has been
wholly beyond my expectations. The limb has
given no pain or trouble in all that time. l walk
with perfect ease and comfort, without cane,
and person not acquainted would not notice
lameness. 1t is remarkable fact that the limb
has had repairs, except little attention given
to it by myself in twelve years; and it is now in
such good state Of preservation, that think cx-
pending ten dollars on it will put it into good
walking condition. The new limb which you
have just supplied find eyen more perfect in its
action. Your very obt servant,
E. ARTHUR HART.
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( A PROCLAMATION.
BY HIS ExCELLENcY Gov. HOLDER
Executive Department Of North ear.,,s.
RALEIGH. Heptemher 2rd 1een

Executive Department Of North sar.,,s
RALEIGH, September 3rd, isea
w HEiRsEiAs, Information has been receir.,
wv at this Department, that on the 2Sd SMed Sa,
August, 1869, an atrocious murder was eo%nyef Nay ef
ted tee on the public, highway in the couptv ctIil i;
OnefUkee 70 Dy one JOHN sTAIcUP, upon the per VI
WHEREAS, The said JOHN srALcup has u.,
his escape and is now at large. 'nade
Now, therefore, 1, W. W. HOLDEN Goro.
of North Carolina by virtue Of authority rtyefaor vsla
in me by law, DO issue this proclamation oSed ofS
ing reward of THREE HUNDRED DoII,,uaer' uaer'
the arrest and delivery of said prisoner ~ ior
proper authorities for trial ~ tle
Done at our City of Raleigh, this "a
L.. s. of September, 1869, and in the 94tS uay
of our Independence. year
W. W. HOLDEN
pv tho cororo,. Governor.
w. R. RICHARDSON, Private Secretary.
DESCRIPTION:
John Stalcup is about 80 years old near E..
high, dark hair. and fair complexion: Vet
Asheville Pioneer copy six times. senAe.
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improved Turbine Water

Which at no distant day, it is believed
percede the Overshot-Wheel in most sin
where economy, durability and etficienq
properly considered.
~ Mill owners and others who use wia
the propulsion of machinery, are parl:li
requested to give this Wheel an examiraloa. y "a
fore sending their money North for ons sUO' "
good. .s,s
This Company is an association OF Prac%r I.-
Mechanics, who have been engaged in tbs ~, E'r
ticular business for more than TwENTifnjj ~
YEARS, and are qualified from long training, y,
practical experience, to make thorough wOiHgI
any job entrusted to their care; together ST .r
the LOW PRICES at which work has beel y
under the ready-pay system, lately inaugul.% .
in this country, will make it to the in!ere,. !,
those wanting any thing in our line to give .T y
call. aug ll-"7'
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A PROCLAMATION,
BY HIS EXCELLENCY Gov. HOLDEN

E4ctutItc department vi NUTll CafOIla.
RALEIGH, August 2Oth, 1860
WHEREAS official information has been m
w ceived at this Department that yacancv
exists in the representation from the Stb Senate.
rial District in the Senate of North Carolina.
Now, therefore, /, w. W. HOLDEN, Goyernor
of the State of North Carolina, by virtue of an.
thority vested in me by Section Is Article 9, Of
the State Constitution, do issue this Proclana.
ton, ordering an election to be held on Thur.
day, October 7th, 1862 for the purpose of cboos.
ing Senator from the said District in place Of
D. j. Rich, deceased.
Done at our City of Raleigh, this Goth day n,
,,s August, 1869, and in the ninety.fourth
L. s'] year of our Independence.
W. W. HOLDEN, Governor
By the Governor
W.R. RICHARDSON, Private Secretary
aug. 81 1nwdtdwtd
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A PROCLAMATION,
BY HIS EXGELLENCY, GOV. HOLDEy


Executive Department Of North l,,u.
RALEIGH, August Goth VS1a', V%a'
WHEREAS, Official information has ba~
wv ceived at this department that vaS.t' vt'
exists in the representation from the Both SaH3!
torial District in the Senate of North Caroiaa sl
Now, therefore l W. W. HOLDEN, Goveruaa
of the State of North Carolina, by virtue NJ np
thority vested in me by Section Is ArticIs aa y,
the State Constitution, do issue this Proci.nOO Ol
ton, ordering an election to be held on Thn.a
day October n nSS for ead the purpose of ehOc
j. W. Osborne, deceased. f'' vi
Done at our City of Raleigh this tbe eo,,
II. ST. day of August, 1869, and in tine nDo,u o,.
fourth year OF our independence ue'y
W. W. HOLDEN, Governor
By the Governor:
W. R. RICHARDSON, Private Secretary,
aug Il 49S-lawtdwtd,
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TNHESE celebrated artificial limbs are again
i brought to the attention of the MEDICAL
FACULTY and people of the South by the Original
Inventor They have been twenty-three years
before the public, and have secured, both in this
country and EUROPE, the unqualified endorse
ment of the MOST DISTINGUISHED SURGEONS OF
THE WORLD, MORE THAN HUNDRED OF WHOM
HAVE GIVEN PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
The Society de Chirurgie of Paris, perhaps the
first surgical tribunal OF the world, after twelve
years investigation, decidedly in favor
of the unquestioned superiority of the PALMER
LIMBS.
FIFTY GOLD and SILVER MEDALS Tor first
prizes''), including the GREAT MEDALS OF the
WORLDS EXHIBITIONS, have been awarded
to DR.. Palmer.
DR.. Palmer directs the manufacture of his Pa.
TENT LEG and ARM, aided by men of the best
qualifications and greatest experience. He ie
specially commissioned by the Government, and
has the patronage of the prominent Officers of
the Army and Navy. TWENTY GENERALS,
North and South, and more than thousand less
distinguished officers and soldiers of BOTH AR
MIEs, have worn the Palmer Limits on active
duty, while still greater numbers OF eminent civ
ilians are, by their ad filling important positions,
and effectually concealing their misfortune-the
whole number reaching TEN THOUSAND PERSONS
WEARING PALMER LIMBS.
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Treasury Department,
RALEIGH, September Sd, 1869.

RALEIGH, september sd, 1863.
THE General Assembly of North Carolina,
i accordance with the Constitution of y
State, having levied special taxes, as the san
may become due, on all especial tax BOMBS
issued in aid OF Railroads unfinished at the time
of the adoption of the Constitution, holders Of
said bonds are notified that the interest which
became due on the first day of April, 1869, Or
such bonds, will be paid on presentation of the
proper coupon at the Treasury, or at the Raleigh
National Bank OF North Carolina, at Raleigh,
n. G..
And further, that interest which will become
due on the 1st day of October 1869, on the afore.
said Especial tax bond" will likewise be paid
as above, on and after the last mentioned date
D. A. JENKINS,
sep 4-d3tw5t State Treasurer
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g Since Grants administration began the
public debt has been reduced S49,600,00O.
This is the evidence which the Republican
party exhibits to the country of its worthi-
mess to administer public affairs. -oi
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haleish National Bank OF North Caro-.

THE Directors have resoolvaaa a. u = ,II... u ~
Capital Stock Of this Bank to FIVE SfafT HIN NE
DkED THOUSAND DOLLARS. Persons IIT III,
Ing to subscribe TO the same viii please msn
o mari 4s3,r,-'- 15o.as%SSm
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TICKETS $500.
IMPORTANT LAND NOTICE,

For further particulars, and list of prizes,
address the Secretary of the Company at Raleigh,
N. C.. sep p2tf
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a ssg7-s i;al9larz q aosf Captain, &C., &c.
4 I'VE know, from experience, tho value of this
limb, and have no hesitation in recommending
it to the public as the best now in use.-ED. OF
STANDARD.
q To avoid FRAUDULENT INVITATIONS (many of
which are now offered to the public,) apply only
to the INVENTOR .59t1if
B. FRANK PALMER, LII. d.,
- 1909 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia.
July so 497d2aw-&w3m
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, /
CHowAN COUNTY.

CHowAN COUNTY.
-. Superior Court.
Jno. NJ. Goodwin, by Plaintiff, Elisha j. Barkot
Guardian, against NJ. D. Hathaway, Deienlan,
Attachment.
TT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
lthat cause of action exists in favor oil the
plaintiff and against the defendant, for the sum Of
Eleven Hundred and Eleven dollars and one cent,
due by bond dated 1st July, 1860, and payable one
day after date that summons in said cause has been
issued against said defendant, returnable to this
Court, and that said Hathaway is nonresident
of this State, ordered that publication be made
four successive weeks in the Raleigh STANDARD
notifying said defendant te appear and answered.
the Court House in Edenton on the 1st Septem.
ber next, or judgment will then and ther tr
taken against him.
I Witness VIM. R. Skinner, Clerk of sid Court
sd1ce in Edenton, this 1st day of Avg, 1860
WIN. R. SKINNER, CslS.
16. 92-w4w.
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PALMER ARM.


B. FRANK PALMER, LII. D.,
No. 1909 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
DEAR SIR When about to leave your city in
December last, you desired me to communicate
the degree of success 1 should attain in the use
of your "Artiicial Arm" / now do SO with
pleasure; first, because it is but Just that you
should enjoy the benefits which properly ought
to accrue to the exertion of ingenuity so humane
in its designs and beneficial in its results to the
manned; and because the benefit continue to
enjoy from its use, places me under obligations
to the author of so great boon to man. am free,
therefore, to say in all candor that gour Arm is a
decided success, and affords me conveniences and
comforts quitebeyond my most sanguine expec-
tations l was staff officer in the late Confede-
rate States army; was wounded in the left arm
on Sd April, 1866, and suffered its amputation on
May Sth following. My stump is only two and
half inches long. Your Arm was attached De-
eemher 22d, since which time have worn 1t every
day, aud frequently at night while asleep with
out the slightest Inconvenience or annoyance.
believe It to be superior to any which 1 have yet
heard Of With IFS aid manage easily round
rnle IN feeping aaset of books, and the ordinary
s,lrsr fork at tablh. 1t serves to keep my paper
~, aasitisn while} writing, and grasps 8 watch
MA, tnH6ss SAhen winding itpps It
is. easiir 4oged and ungloved N dne, Il enjoy
many uscJ from ~ which, to the untutored would
seem impossible, You are at entire liberty to
use this fettcrin such manner as ousdesire. al.
5 With much personal goodwill, ssi II Z.
remain, truly yours, ~ u
-s t.fe Al- -41@' ARTHUR PARKER, Z.
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II is automatically stated that oneitn % q roD.
Inhabitants ofthis country and Europe ele
sumption No disease has been more tnotg~7 .be7c i:
studied, and its nature less understood, ,d;ve,siy
no disease upon which exists greater Wv ann.
of opinion and no disease which has mort o oJisl
pletely bafiied all medical skill and reii''''
agencies. arm Cough,
Some of the prominent symptoms are re..;,stic1 Gv
Expectoration, Shortness of Breath ili !ns IN tbe
about the Lungs and Chest, darting, falns neraye
Sides and Back, Emaciation, and genefai H'7
condition of the whole system. ,:.oosp or
Persons suffering with this dread Cl'tir time in
any of its concomitants, should lose BourSy 1o in
possessing themselves of the proper he ,id he re
order that they may stay its ravages' anU
stored to health. The
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ONLY THE NUMBERS SOLD

will be placed in the wheel.
Five per cent. of the net earnings of each
drawing will be paid over to the Public Treasurer
for the benefit of the Common Schools.
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g laFe tae mostcaance o success.

= -ttef-,< -.tt OStAc4 -atitOit Liaefcs 1Tor
aalgi1 nI the superfuity ef naug ghtiressi
to fascinate any woman who had talent for
q missionary work I impressed it upon his
mind that he had formidable rival in Mr.
Gray, and he fell in love with my plan with
wonderful docility. - -
For two or three days drove Fred away
whenever Nellie appeared, and let her see
that I did not wish her to know him. ]
praised Mr.. Gray till she was fain to find some
fault with him, and deprecated Freds Wild
ness in proportion. They caught only dis
solving views of each other, till Fred de
clared that he had ''vcered and hauled OF
that tackn long enough, and he must at leas
be introduced to her.
Nellie was looking lovely in morning
dress of pale pink muslin that just SUITED
her complexion; her little slippered fee
rested, halfsecn, on a hassock, land I knew
Fred always went into raptures over prett,
feet) when called him in from the garden
Her bewitehing attitudetdid not make hin
foract the part he had to play. He scarce
Iv looked at her as she made him a bow
slightly touched with consciousness.
'Wiat WILL you haye2, Say quickly, 70
was very busy in the garden making
bargain oyer. the fence with Ellis for tha
black aorse you like 50 we'll" e