The Lincoln County herald., 1869-04-22

OIsy Nouess (un8Ss sWsV x~ssNs w
bach .idi.,oasi stray u pis6 sslIsse...... 1 -
es-A iibsrsi BssasslisS xm 19S1oAf y
yearly Advsrtatssi. To sea sdi 40 lss)a - ~
.y:si'i 4, Hls1l1l! Hfaake:,a "A
,li3 S's; .i.,s,: seS: 1, s:,sS;' .!SEa v EEc&sSA
lly and servants were comfortatl Vueae
arovnd peat 6re,, Wh1q lbs Sisd .1as
bowling terribly afSdhd Y61 E6asfd2si
the drifting snow wts 'tlokei1eN1,So0
doorway. The faSmsnhas0NksGkbAe
and the servant maid .Ssas,1SNh eiiaaAaA
to each other, but ha.1onn SSi eenssst %
their marriage. While &hA1 ,wsssalIAit.
ting round tho Ere 90 tha3 wiAsesA SighA
hs thousht Of . plan by vhick tke. 81.
want maid should bo GOT fia e6f; ,jVk1
said that IL, before tho a0it t1ysAj
wonld bring him & skuil thss NJ n SD.
den { horch, she should HatSaMBA0h Albr
. husband. The gih'saU~e 8AsO GiNMp
forahs young man 4 rAhateshDT jeyeGll1
agreed to the proposal, slkhevsh, Il .vsa
quite seven milss 70 Saadol, and ths rcd
thereto lay over ,bs Bssaav- Tviap. ~Ohs
kns. the road we'll, and Al y vAasesy&
and dif6culties even hy dsyiiehk vSist
would now be immensely iSofslsSd "
the darkness Of the night; tAS 1ttetwiGo
and diving snow, and the slippsyy rocks
and swollen torrents. BIT 1HtiaN bot
shrink from danger, sud "a SasS Is6d
ready and went % her Wy. The tssMQ
took good care that shs 9eot alope. au6
that his son did not. fclleW. her. TkS
brave girl went over tAe: hill ed /, n)sn
battling With the spow storm, sod, Iacips
her path with the greatest d,I4cufey.. SkS
passed safely over the southern tldi"S u
Bcnnau- Tuire, and IL fntdSigAt ptsdbso
Saddell Church. lts doors vera .opsa,s.
burst open, perhaps BY the violence Of
the wind. Shelknew tho place wtsRe,lhe
skuil WIS kept, and shs grspsS e>vsrah
IN the dark. Az she did % she heard a
great and peculiar noise, made. pp, q H
seemed Of loud 1aoans. There vi srixb2
ing Of light feet over the "pavenSAl, Gia
she heard forms rush past her; then Q
moments silence, succesded ~ u(ors
mysterious inoanS and sounds. iIesfiHvAs
but not dishedrtsnod, ;. the bfsxa sisSAsyo
her purpose steadily 10 view and gyea,
ing toward the skull, seised L Nth both
hands, and made for tho church doo1:!
The tramPing Of feet and the' koscs bois
tinucd,, and the forms pursped her.
Grasping the skull, she gained the door
and shut Il. AZ she did %, ,'sh6 rAtsrfU
rush sesinstit; BIT she tanned lui Gel,
By daylight she had rssainsd her Levers
home, and. half dead with fsugus end ox,
citsmeut, placed the skull ip ihs iSimsf2
hands, aud claimed fuinllmetit Or his
promise. The farmer was taken bssb1bt
seeing the girl, having hoped that shs
would have persisted amid the snow Gad
winds. reg cga}s.n. .soa .oscu
He would not believe, that shs hsd 70.
ally boen to Saddell, and talkea the .skuit
from tho church on such ! niig6t;: % rs
st once set out to SadSsil with q nsoanis "
bis men, expcctisg 10 be abe v 1tspssvs
the girls talo BY aibding the ikull siiNin
its place in the church. When ,hey got
thero, and had opened tho church acee,
they found within the huildins -,not the
skull. b.t ngpbsr .of, Wild desy Nhe
having found tho door open, had sohski
shelter FROM the violencS f'sGs StjSIns.
The girl aai toi4 hiH Of 'shs IsssjlvSAs
had hsasd withiuI Ahs chArehSi KeaAsWas
ttse cause !; apd ppeh % hs Iyisbsd. II etAr
erwise, yet II was impp9ssi6ls iSf him .
disbelisve her tale. There VII X0tklG3
FOR him to do but to yield With NE Ns4
grace be might. He gave bis eoussahits
the match, and 10 msts assurance doubly
surs, che lover .toek hls bnsa Ill 10 SAd.
dell church the very next day, where aAa
replaced the skull ia, its position. pnd
they were msrriA of hand. .AGd'11
some Of the deer that bed. ftisAtsasA ~
had been killed and eootsd. tAey hallA
hearty wedding and plenty Of s9ed ysair
son st the feast that followed. a'noi,
Life bears rs ON like tho strcasA heA
mighty river. Osr boat asst glidss dovn
Tho cAaunet-thlosgh tt~ypAy(ab ,4lNs.
muriogs Of %hs little brook aud tha Nip4r
ings Of its grassy borders. = ThS tipSS
shed their biossoHs 6tSr our y65Gug bs3a9,
the Aowers seem 10 sAsf tAsmsslves tetfS
ysusg hands; ~ sse hsppy b nAops, ,isl
grasp eagerly at the bsaslies AseIld -
but The great ssrsam hurr;ss %, and stiil
our hands are empty. Our courts II
youth aud manhood h along deeper snl
wider 6ood, au,oSg objects 'msss sisikise
and osgaiAesnt. We sss aalaAts1 Is ~
moving pictures and saaynept, ,ssd -
dustry sA around y; We ars sxeitsd d
some shortlivsd disappointmsSti..' The
grad 'ars aiikS behfSd III! aWS ~ b.
shipwreoAsd, bat ws' csas3s bpals,sSslt
whSshss reush srisnse>h, ~ itOsAasr
teus on till he soay ;sS TIA .ooean !. n p