The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-10

A Womans instrUcfs are insctu.ublr. &.
Adele was indeel dreaming, aud the hour
Of her awakening was near at hand.
Onr dull morniUg in March, only q
fortnight before the day fixed for The
marriage to take place, Judge Bunhan
was summoned in haste to tile hotel at
which Souvreigbe resided Upon reach
ing there he was shocked beyond cx-
preston to learn that his friend was lying
ut the point Of death, having been sugo.
Gated by an escape Of gas in the close
room, in which he slept AS such
casually could not, under any circum
stances, be reasonably referred to scci-
dent, there was no plausible es cape {, ON
tho Inference that Souvrcigne had d,lb.
erately chosen this method of des troyinS
his life.
The shock of this startling event 10
Adele proved not so great as her father
bad anticipated, She heard the terrible
tidiugs us something half expected, and
seemed to look upon the calamity as
nothing more than the inevitable realixa.
tion Of the underlined terror that for weeks
had oppressed her. 1t was Gear, more.
over, that she had not loved SouvreigDe
as she had been mis- led BY her admiration
aud esteem for him to believe and if with
her grief and horror at his death, there
mingled a sense of not ungrateful relief,
her emotions shall not 10 arraigned ss
this late day.
Who then was Souvreigner
On his last visit at Judge Benhsms
house, on the evening before his death,
Souvieigne had been shown a miniature
portrait, set in locket, of the lato Mrs.
Beuham, painted when that lady was in
Paris, and highly priced BY the Judge as
presenting a much more faithful likeness
than the life sized picture, made q few
months before her death, which hung
upon the library wall. Souvreigue took
the miniature in his hand, looked at il
intently for one moment, placed his hand
upon his heart, blnnchcd white as death,
and then, recovering himself somewhat,
begged to be excused as feeling not quito
WE'LL made his adieux with hi. accustom ned
grace and departed.
Does this circumstance suggest the
answer to the question SO often .sked ?
Most fortunately it did not to. Adele,
who was permitted to live happily for
many years and to die ut last in total
ignorance of it's significance. But to
Judge Benham fortune was less kind.
Next his heart, as was discovered when
be was dead, Sopvreigne wore a rich
locket, elaborstely chased and geulmed,
on one side Of which was inscribed in
English the words, "To hHs Emile. from
keep my boy" Opening this iocket me.
chanically, Judge Eenham siarted, as he
might have started had his dead wife
come out of her grave and suddenly stood
before him; for there, encircled with
poarls, was her own beautiful face con.
fronting him
And thus at last vas the loas sending
question answered.
The JEws.-Some Que has this to say
of the Jews:
The politest people in the world are
not the French but the Jews. They are
maltreated and rcviled J in many count
ries they are despoiled Of civil privileges
aud social rights, yet they are everywhere
polite. .affab.e and insinuating. They
are remarkable for industry and perse-
verance; indulge in few recriminations
are faithful to old associations ; respectful
to tho prejudices of others. not more
worldly minded or money loving than
people generally are, and, everything
considered. they surpass other national
ties IN courtesy, a6abili,y and forbcar-
ance. Few persons excel In address
bright aud polished Jew. There 10 no
rnsticity among this people. The diff.
Guilty is that they are too gene rally judged
from their lowest classes. To Judge .
nation fairly, We must take the average
intelligence aud position. The highest
aud the lowest are pretty much alike all
the world over. This will be the expert.
ence Of every one Who has been cosmo.
politanised BY travel.
: An smusing story 10 told Of . hack.
. man at Newport, R. la sealous Meth.
|, odist, by the way-vho last year donned
the Quaker cout and broad brim, and
, meeting the drab. .colored visitors at the
, depot, meokiy sstvd, "Wfll thee have y
carriage ?" Glad to patronise brother,
} as he expected, they 6lled up his vehicle
Immediately, when, to the amusement Of
. the bystanders, he drawled out. Where's
t hou's baRgags2' Il is needless to say
that the trick was seen through by the
occupants, wi left him in di-gus, aud
Q 'he funniest part OF Il 10 that 10 this day
he cant imuyine how they found him
= out. ,.., s....
A ma u's greatness lies not in weal;ho,
station as the vulgar believe nor yet ia
mis- intellectual capscity. which rs often
I associated with the iueanest moral char
/ acter, the most sbject severity to those ID
high places, and arrogance to the poor
9 and lowly; but = mans true greatness
/ lies in the consciousness of an honest pur
: nose throuph life foundetl m inst as n;