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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

AT jackson, Illinois, a suit involving
transactions a hundred years ago has been
brought to recover the possession of a
diamond, said be worth 100000, and
alleged to be now in the possion of Thorn
as
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03
Home Made Boots and shoes.

We take pleasure in recommending
Nichols; Page. Francisco CO ,manufactur-
ers of the same at Knoxville Tenn, to
the public favor aud patronage, knowing
that all purchases will be satisfactory and
profitable.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03
Wv. IT. q Co.

Have just opened a fine assortment OF
stoves and Tinware at the old stand for
merIv occupied by Mr.. John Gallagher,
TO which they invite the attention of the
public. They will not suffer a house to
nnderseU them. iuly27w4 Pa
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

On Tuesday evening, as the Foundry
men we're putting On the blast, the fan
broke, which stopped operations for that
evening. The metal was taken out and
can be worked over.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03
Nursery

Nursery
We learn that Mr.. Eli. Marshall, near
FuIlen's Deport, has started a fine nursery
at that place, and is prepared to furnish
his customers with all kind of fruit trees
two years old and under, of the very best
varieties, and at reasonable rates.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

CHICAGO SCHOOL AMSTERDAM ex-
cellent Monthly for teachers. Hon. Ira
8. Baker, Editor, Normal, Ills. 1t is pub
lished at 81 90 a year.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

THE NATIONAL TEACHER, Hon. 4. II.
White. Editor and Publisher, Columbus,
Ohio. An able Journal of Education and
well worth the subscription price, 81 oo
per annum. All our teachers ought to
read it. Important questions are discuss
ed in every number
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

MAINE JOURNAL OF EDUCATION
The August number is not a whit behind
any of the others. If any teacher wants
a real live school journal, let him send to
A. p. Stone, Portland, Maine, for a copy.
Subscription price 81 30 per annum.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

THE True Georgian runs up the name
of HoFFaAN for President. 1t has evil
IDENTIFY not yet heard of our Governors
record in connection with the New York
riots.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

Secretary Boutwell, has received from
Consul Krissman, at Berlin, an imperial
photograph of the celebrities of hat coun-
try who took part in the late war.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

Buy your School Books of o. B. SMITH
* Co. los Gay Street, Knoxville. They
buy in large quantities from the PUBLISH
crS and offer great inducements to
try merchants. July2|tf
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

A use has at length been found for old
hoop-skirts. No less then SIX are swaying
from poles in one cornfeld. not far from
town. as scarecrows. "To what base use
may we not return !!
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

See the advertisement of NJ. i. Patter-
son Clerk and Master Knoxville, IN an
other column.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03
Horse KillAd.

Horse Killed.
We understand that a horse belonging
to DIR. a. S. n. Dobson, Broylesville
Tenn. was killed by lightning last Satur-
day night.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

A New York paper says that next to a
mitraiIleuse, the most killing thing nova
DAYS is a druggists mortar managed BY
an inexperienced clerk.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03
e D VAL.
BY PROF. HENDERSON PREsNELL.

There is within every man a divine ideal, the
type after which he was created, the germs of
a perfect person., and it is the Office of education
to favor and direct these germs. "-KAST.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03
ORIGINAL

OhlUiN al
In the Circuit Court at Jonesboro, Tenn.
State of Tennessee, Washington Co.
N. A. Callahan, VS.. Bancroft & Co.
TN this case it appearing by affidavit that
i the defendants s. b. Bancroft, j. Y.
Fine, Sam'l. K. Kille, George Lee, and
William M. Runk, Partners, trading IN
der firm name of Bancroft & Co., are non
residents of this State, SO that the ordina-
ry process of law cannot be served on
them. and an Original Attachment having
been sued out, returnable to the Circuit
Court of said County, and punishment
having been served on the firm of James
III. Dosser & Co., Of Jonesboro, it is or
dcred by the Clerk that publication be
made for four successive weeks in the
Herald and Tribune, a newspaper pub
lishsd in the town of Jonesboro, Tenn,
commanding the said S b Bancroft. j Y
Fine, Samuel X Kille, George Lee, and
William M. Runk, to appear before said
Court at the Court House in Jonesboro,
on the I'd Monday after the 4th Monday
in July 1871, to make defense to saiG
suit against them, or it will be proceeded
with ex parte.
C. WHEELER, Clerk.
BY Nj. S. MAHoNEy Depty Ok.
july13w4pf$9 75
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

Hon. B. G. NoRTHRoP, Secretary of
the Connecticut Board of Education, has
been Commissioned to go to Europe to ex-
anime into the systems of education there.
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q hipIc

Have just received their second supply
of beautiful jelly Glasses. Ju2I
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

For q frst-class Turnout, go to C. 81.
Lynch's Livery Stable. If
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

Get the hest.
have a large lot of ready made Doors
and SHOES of the very bes. quality on hand,
and asI want money! am detetermined to
close them ont at cosT FOR CASH. Call
soon and get a good bargain
II. p. MILLER.
Feb. 23, 1S71.H
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-03

1910. 8 8 8 1871.
Time tests the Merits of all Things.
DAVIS PAIN Killer
Il has won a deservedly high reputation
as an alleviator of pain and preserver of
health. 1t has become a household reme-
dy, from the fact that it gives immediate
and perma lent relief. 1t is a purely vege-
table preparation, made from the best and
purest materials, safe to keep and use in
every family. 1t is recommended by ply
sicians and persons of all classes, and to-
day, after a public trial of thirty years
the average life of man-it stands unri-
vailed and unexcelled, spreading its USE
fulness over the wide world. Its large and
increasing sale affords positive evidence
of it's enduring fame.
PAIN KILLER was the first and is the
permanent Pain Believer.
Since the Pain Killer was first intro
dGced and met with such unsurpassed sale
many. Liniments, Reliefs. Panaceas and
other remedies have BEEN offered to the
public but not one of them has attained
the truly cnviable standing of the Pain
Killer.
~ WHY rs THIS SO?.1
1t is because Davis Pain Killer is what
it claims to be, a Believer of Pain. Its
merits are unsurpassed. If you are suffer-
ing from internal pain, twenty or thirty
drops in a little water will almost instant
ly cure you. There is nothing to equal it.
IN a few moments it cures Colo, Cramps,
Spasms, Heartburn. Diarrhp, Dysentary,
Flux, Wind i'm the Bowels, Sour Stomach
Dyspepsia, Sick Headache.
In all sections of the country where
Fever and Ague prevails, there is no
rananHU hold i'm creator esteem
Directions accompany each bottle
PRICE, %, 80 cents and 81 per bottle.
j. N. HARRIS & CO., Cincinnati, Ohio,
Proprietors for the Southern n West
ern States.
nea- For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
sg- Sold by all Jonesboro', Druggists.
E. j.. SANFORD 81 co, Knoxville.
VICTORY! VICTORY!
AWARDED TO
ALIENS LUNG BALSAM?
FOR THE
Cure Of Consumption.
The BALSAM is recommended by ply
its great success
AS AN EXPECTORANT IT HAS
NO EQUAL.
ALIENS Lung Balsam is perfectly
harmless to the most Delicate.
pea- Sold by all Jonesboro' Druggists.
E.. J.. SANFORD 81 CO, Knoxville.
7lfeb16w52-cjune1
Get h Hest
" -.J Roorc
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G. WHEELER, Clerk.
Nj. S. MAHoNEy Depty Clk.
july13w4pf$9 %
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Row Jonesborough, Tenn.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-23
TIE FUTURE OF FRANCE-THE
THREE GREAT NATIONS.

We take the following from the edlto-
Eritl correspondence of the EOening WIS
c0''sin. ly VIM. E O., from London, Feb.
1,t, 1871
France has 30 fallen that the historian
willnow rank her with Aust ria, Span
Fand Italy. Sne is no long u great pow
*. The iron hoof of Germany is upon
her, very much like it WAS once upon
| lady,. Hlfh ~
he policy of France should now be en-.
tirely changed. War, and alrthoughts Of
var. should he castaSde She should re-
luce BIER army To 10000 men, and expend
the sums ordinarily lavlshed ujo0 her ar.
my, IN educating her people. Of 100000
F'reach prisoners IN Germany, 200 900 can
neither read nor write That tiisgracef uI
TACT expl1ins the cause OF her present HUI
mil atom Education is as necessary to
ma ke perfect, self reliant and ever cOur.
agrons soldier. as the possession of the
BEST and most improved rife. During
our great war, in the critical hour of bat.
tie, an educated regiment had four times
the power IF an uneducated regiment
The Germans areJnore educated than the
FIR, nch; of that there can be no question.
AhO NN'hH'u oCiI'Vi JSttftl vi IuSSlh has
been world.noted for the past fifty wears.
France has been lagg,rd in educating
her people, and she is reading, in this des-
'olatlng war, the fruits of her foolish waste
OF treasure upon her standing army, which
should have been appropriated to the
schooilnaster. Will she profit by the pres.
ent lesson That will depend upon the
government which she adopts If Il gen
ulne republic is organized, it must edu-
cate all the people, or Will soon pass away.
liza monarchy, the dead sea of ignorance,
over nne.half of France, will not be dis
turhed. a5H
The submergence of France from her
position as first-ciasS n ton, induces me
to 10 mention, at this time, remark of
Count BIsmark to an American, in the
summer OF 1869-one year previous to the
war between France and Germany, when
The French enjoyed world WIDE reputa-
ZION Tor superiority Arson BurliGgame,
~ y Chinese Mandarin called upon Bis
marck at Berlin In the course of the
on the future relations Of
ChIuA to Europe and America, Bismarck
To Burl nSame: "There are
really but three great nations in tho
world: Germany, Russia and The United
States" 4 have this incident from a
source perfectly reliable, aud 1t has been
craven deep IN my memory by the war
Of III
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-23
From the Christian Radical
30 WHOM SHALL WE GIVE THANKS.

A little boy h ad sought the pump,
From whence the spa TX ing water burst
And drank wllh cage. joy he draught
That kindly quenched his raalng thirst,
Then gracefully he touched his cap
thank you Mr.. PuIap,f he said,
For this nice drink you've gwen me
(This little boy had heen wen Ored')
Then said the Pump. My little man,
You're welcome 10 what Ihave done
But am not The one to thank
/ only help the water un
OF, then, the lit e fellow said,
(POiite he al ways meant To pei
Cold Water, please accept my tHthhS'
You have been very kind 10 me-
AbI said Cold Water. don't thank me;
Far up the hillside Ives the spring
That sends me iorbh wlth generous hand
To gladden. every living Thing
I'll thank he Sprlng, then, SAID the BOY,
And gracefully h;' bowed his head.
Oh. don't hank me- my little man,
The Spring with graceful accents said.
Oh, don't thank me for what aT I
Without he dew aud summer rain!
Without their aid ne'ercould quench
Your thirst ny Ilttle boy, again.
Oh. v ell, then, said the little boy,
TIl gladly thank The Ram and Dew.
Pray, don L hank US wnhout the sun
We could not fill one cup tor you.
Then, Mr. Sun ten thousand thanks
Furail that you have done far me.
Stop aid ,he Sun with blustfing lace,
My little fellow, don't thank me,
,Twas from The OCEANS mighty stores
drew the Ora gtt gave TO tEee.
On. Ocean, thanks then. said the hoy
1t echoed back, Not unto me. l'an#
Not uuIo NE, but unto Fl m
Who formed ht d. ptIs IN whichI lie,
Go, give Thy thanks, my Iitteaboy p'
10 Him who wall thy wants supply
The boy took Oft his cap, AID SAID
luton, SO geutl.. and subducd,
On, God, thank Thee for 'this gift,
Tnou art the gIver af alhgood. E Pr 81
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-23
KATIELEEA AND WILLIE GRAY,

The brown heads with tossing curls,
Red lips shutting over pearls,
Bare feet, white aud wei Withdrew, r8'
Two tYt s black. AID two eyes blue FIRE,
Lltie boy aud girl Were they e.as 5,s.
Katie Lee and Wine Gray. a
They were standing where a brook, 81 g
Bending like sheph rd's crook. t
Flashed it, silver, and hlck ranks
OF the willow triD@ ed it banks,
Halt III though, and han in pay
Katie Lee and Wine Gray" a#i .saat
They had checks like cherries rel,
He was taller, most head;
She. with arms Ike wredths OF snow,
Swung n basket Two aud fru, 1ft
(As thew lolt cred. hAitiin pay, gI, Hg
Chattering TO Willie Gray. .e.u 81
81 Prettir 4tie," Willie SAID. =
Aud then came u dast ~ red
Through The hrownIirss 81 The cheek, - 81
A. Boys are SIT ne, and girls are weak,
And I'll carry so | viii
KaLIe' s basket up the iIItl .R'@M#
Katie answered wrtha laugh,
You shall carry only tiatI:P' asH
Then said, tossing hack her cufls,
" Boys are weak as well a. gIrl. sd
Do you think that Katie guessed g
Hail the wisdom sue expressed !?
Men are only boys grown tall
Hearts don't change mucn al, or all, rae
Aud when, long years from that day, 4.
Katie Lee and Willie Gray.
Stood dgGin beside he brooE,
Bending IKE a shepherds crook
Is it strange that Wlliesaid, .... ..s ..r
While again dash ufred
Crowned The BROWNIES other cheek,
- 1 am strong andyou are wax
Lille is but sIlppeIy steep, @
Hung with shadows cold aud deep.
"Wili you trust me, Katie dear!
Walk hes de me without fear
May carry, II will. gIea lH
All your burdens up the hill n MM,@ al
And She answered With laugh,
No; but you may carry nail"
Close beside that little brook,
Bending like a shepherds crook
Working with it's silver hands,
Late and cary At the sands.
Stands a cottage, where To-day
Katie lives with Willie Gray
In the porch she sits, and 10,
Swings u basket To aud tro, etr.3
Vastly different from that one
That she swung in years agone;
This is long aud d. ep aud aoide,
And has rockers at the side.
s-- k#.a s..t
II MUST ABIDE WITH THEE TO
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-23

A Chicago verdant who went to Mil.
waukee on clark" the other day, had
occasion to get a check cashed at a bank.
but the cashier didn't know him and de.
,nanded Identification. Perplexed for =
moment, he bethought himself of the
marks on his linen, and triumphan.ly un-
buttoned his coat only to disclose in plain
letters the name of friend who had lent
him the garment for the. occasion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-23
By HENRY d MEARBs.

- $1,000 F,
81 must abide with thee to-day"
So Thou ut old to one didst say m
So now, this morning, say TO me,
- This day | must abide with Thee"
See, Lord, my OF her guests are gone;
they went away at early dawn;
told them all l wished TO be
Alone, tor expected thee.
No word OF worthiness | speak
Not worth but weicome Thou dost seek :
And ne er Was human heart SO poor
That Thou wouldst pass the open door.
And so, in expectation sweet,
b,de the coming of Thy feet:
Thy holy presence, Lord, shall be,
A very Sabbath rest TO me.
b. fore Thine open word sit
A feast Indeed, Tor angels TIT
But thou, who dIdst he banquet spread,
Must say the grace and break the bread.
And have many things tnrask,
OF holy truth and daily task ;9sasn q
But, kindesi Lord, tin thou shalt come,
All prayers for lesser things are dumb.
But now nv heart begins to glow. nassa
The thought of Thee doth ill me so
Or is it that / feel Thee near, a
Ere yet Thy face doth quite appear?
Yea. Thou art here. my love, my ell
Before Thy sacred ieet fail.
And with Thy blessed coming IN,
The hours of holy time begin. Fu a
In California, peplars grow from ten te
6fteen feet ina single year.
Of what trade is the sun-A Tanner.
Industry is its own reward.
Honestys fool and loses that it works
for.-Layo's great mistake.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-23


+ A NATURAL CURIOSITY. Silver Spring
Fla + "ne Ut the greatest curiOsitIcs in
the South. 1t bursts forth in the midst
"fthe most fertile country in the State
| IL bubbles up in basin near one hundred
feet deep and about M acre in extent,
iand sending from It y deep stream sixty
10 one hundred feet wide, and extending
SIX to eight miles tn the OcKtawaha riv-
or. In the sprng Itself fifty boats may
| lie ~ anchQr-qaite Il ct. The spring
thus forms raural inlant. port to which
three steamers row run regularly from
s.. johns, making close. onnecri.ns with
the ocean steamers at Philadelphia. The
trlarness Of the water is truply wond, r.
ltpi 1t seems even more transparent
] than {ar; You can see the bptttam,t
l@ghfy, irrt below he bottom of your boa
rhe exact form Of the smallest pebble, the
outline and color of the leaf that has
sunk, and all The prisnatic cnlors of the
raInbnw are r,a cited. L,rgp fish swim
in 1t, rv' ry scale visabr AMI every move
mrnt distinctly seen II You 90 owe, he
ISpr'ng in u boat you will see the assures
III the rocks, from which the river pours
upward like an inverted cataract
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-23

f1uenced by Annals entreaties, fOrgave her
but there CAME into his manner u reserve
| and GOODNESS ofwhch he, himSelfI think.
was unconscious but which erated.terr
biy on Lzzie's sensitive. high struno
spirit. For week or two there was q
sort OF enforced peace, and then the en-
0agement was broken bv mutual consent
Lizzie returning o Hilton, and Mr. More.
ton to- New York, before the wedding d,v
which gave me the dearest wife in the
world. | was half afraid | should lose her
for my share in the correspondence. hnt
she never referred to it, and you may he
sure did not. Ten O'clock! must 90
Yon will come soon to see us, Al? No.
Fourth street"
lie was gone at last. For hours Albert
Clayton paced his office floor, now and
then signing ont -
20 Sadie, Sadie, can you ever forgive
me -
| Then he sat down to write to her whom
he had so cruelty misjuaged but letter
after let ec was tossed into the fire, till,
finally giving up that task, he packed a
valise and started for Boston.
Il was not Sadie's nature to be unfor-
giving when he pleaded for pardon.
He should have known better, she
thpnghf, but she made all allowance for
the strong evidence against her. 1t was
not so easy to win tue old gentleman
over; he growied aud scolded, made sAr-
tcasfic.s speeches, and was altogether most
! impenelrahle, till S4die's pleading face
and grear pitiful ewes alencpd him. ,s.
~ You really think yoa can forgive him
7 nd3trust your happiness to him ?" he
asked IE
9 Yes, father was the quiet snswer,
bnt the EXPRESSIVE ace lighted with pleas.
ure.
Well, get out your fnery again and
IT, a a
Will 60 buy more Irish poplins,"
laughed his wife.
Nobody ever new exactly how the story
got to HILTON, but iizzie--stll Miss Thorn
i dyi1e-fonnC all ayes mld turn upon
her it, in company, any allusion was made
to- h. advertisements headed, !" Wanted, a
Wife" # I#
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-23

II MUST ABIDE WITH THEE TO
DAY.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-02-25
a EoT uR PUZZLES.

Two brothers," began the Professor,
impressiyely, addressing the hostess, ''were
walking together down the street, and one
of them stopped at a certain house, knock
ed at the door, observing, I have niece
here who Is ILL., Thank heaven, observed
the other, 1 have got no niece and he
walked away Now, how could that
be 20
"Why, It's a riddle - exclaimed 1ir.
Funnidog, deIghtedly.
And one that you will not guess in a
hurry, simple as IT is observed the Pro
fessor, confidently. "Come, ladies and
gentlemen, solve the problem
81 sec" calculated Mrs. House
wife.
Hush! whisper in my ear" cried
Puzzleton, with all the excitement OF a
child with top. ''Don't let 'em hear it.
Niece by marriage. Stuff and nousence.
The thing Is not any foolish kind Of catch
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-02-25

physician has been employed he should be
obliged to certify TO actual death, unless
the cGuivocal evidences of dissolution
has already appeared. Undertakers and
others having charge of funerals should
be compelled to ascertain that death has
occurred before cotfining the remains -
The ldoa Of sufucaton in coffin Is more
tetr.b than Of torture Of The rack or burn
ing at the stake. CareIessness cannot be
innocent; even ignorance in such a matter
is akin to crime. y mockery is our sor-
rowing, our tears are little better lhan
hyPocricy, when we neglect precautions
against the terrible fate 10 which every
one Of US is liable
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-02-25
SUsg yvEsEx III HAPPENED.

When l was boy, | have an idea
tLat / developed an unusual quantity Of
''original sin" even for a boy, which Is
saying good deal InnumerabIe were
The practical jokes played, the orchards
and hen~roosts robbed, the times | play
ed truant. l piled snow ON the old dis
trict school.house chimney, and smoked
out scholars and teacher / cssayed TO
shoot a neighbours hcns, who trespassed
on my own particular garden spot, and
fred the raInrod OF my gun through his
barn instead, unwittingIy pinuing the old
man by Lis coat 10 The side thereof
never tried but Unce to whip the schools
MASTER why, was probably because I
met with an ignoble failure that tune.
hen l was about twelve or thirteen,
there lived near Us an old man who owned
q lIttie row boat, III which lie used 10 be
continually padding ouG from the shore,
to catch drlit-wUOd coming down the
river. l don't remember that his boat
possessed any particular advantages over
any other craft thereaDUuls, bat / do re
member that we boys invariably stole his
for our fishing excursions ia preference 10
any olher-pr0bably because ae flew into
such Il terrific passion whenever lie uiscOy-
cred Us with il.
Bat one day we came TO grief. Run
ming the boat Oh Il sHag, which stove 4
hole in her, she sank, and we narrowly
esca ped the traditional ''waiery grave
Being forced by ''stern parents to devote
our pock kot-money TO replace tie old man.
boat, The circumstance was firmly in
pressed on our minds Alter long years
had passed and / had become a staid and
respected father of a family, circumstan~
ces bsought the old man, now almost a
ceu,enarian, TO 1--we beside me. fondly
husled all memory Of my youthful escu~
pades bad vanished from his memory, as
tre never referred TO them, and | couclu-
ded he had forgiven and forgotten. But
l reck Cned without my host. One even
ing we sat chatting round my fire, Of old
tmes-my three boys listening, open~
eyed and open-eared, 10 our talk. i
sli2Lt difference arose between US con-
corning the date OF d certain event. The
old man was positive; SO was /. Sud-
denly he leaned forward, looking me stead
lily in the face:
81 can tell you just when it was,
Thomas it was just one week before you
stole my boat, stove ii in Cn a snag in
the river, and coIne SO pcsky nigh being
drowned. People thought twas a won
der you escaped, but didn't. l alters
said you'd Iive-liva to be hanged-for
You couIdn' be killed no other way"
~ fJa Ill falI,nr .jt,t,t-faH =, tho