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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
OFFICIAL.
Or DIN NO H
To FIX the Rate of Taxation for tho
FOrty.sixth Corporate Year.

BE u ordained by the General Council Of the
Section /. That the following rates Of taxa
ton, for the following specified purposes, be
taxes according 10 such rates shall be levied
aud collected upon the taxable property
within the city Of Memphis. 40 assessed for
taxation. for the forty-sixth corporate year
First-For the sole and special purpose Of
paying the Interest as the same may become
due on the bonds issued OF 20 be issued by the
city Of Memphis. one dollar on each one hun.
dred dollars worth OF property, as assessed
for taxation, In the old city limits; and, for
the sole and special purpose Of paying the
said interest, fifty cents on each one hundred
TO the city by the act Of 1867.
SecOnd-fOr the sole purpose OF provide
ing sinking. fund TO be used in retiring
the bonds Of the city, twenty cents on the
erty in the old city limits, and ton cents on
the one hundred dollars worth Of taxable
property IN tile new limits added thereto BY
the act Of 1861.
Third-For the purpose Of delraying the ex-
penses necessarily incurred in Administering
the affairs Of the city, one dollar on the one
hundred dollars worth Of taxable property
in the city limits.
Fourth For the support Of tho public
schools Of the city, and 10 purchase lots and
for the erection OF school buildings thereon,
thirty cents on the one hundred dollars worth
of taxable property In the city.
Sec. 2. That the taxes for the forty-sixth
corporate year shall be due and payable on
and after the first day Of August. 1878.
Sec. 3. That, in order to encourage the
prompt payment Of city taxes for tho forty
sixth corporate year, the City Tax Collector
be and is hereby authorized and instructed TO
allow each and every taxpayer who shall,
previous 10 the 9Th Of December. 1873. pay the
taxes due from him or her 10 the city Of Mem
phis for the said torty-sixth corporate year
(lS73) discount at the rate Of two aud one
half per ceutum per month on the amount of
such taxes so paid for the period Of time II
shall be so paid previous to the first day Of
January. 1874. and the amount so paid shall
be taken and accepted by the city as a full
payment of such tax due, by such person.
The privilege hereby offered shall not be ex-
tended beyond the 4ih day of December, 1873.
After that date the Tax Collector is hereby
instructed to collect the full amount OF all the
taxes then remaining unpaid.
See 4. That this ordinance take elect and |
be in force from and after its passage.
Passed first reading, further action deferred |
and ordinance printed by Board Of Aldermen |
juno %, 1873. Passed first reading by Coun- |
ell June %, 1873.
We, the committee. report il. passage.
JOHN WALSH.
Chairman Aldermen Committee
CA BEEHN.
Chairman Council Committee.
Report adopted and passed second and final /
reading. by council and Board Of Aldermen.
July 2. 1873.
Approved July 8, 1873.
JOHN JOHNSON. Mayor.
Attest-L. X. RICHARDS, City Register.
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23

Tobacco smoke, says Carlyle, is the
one element in European manners land
be might have added American) in
which men can sit silent together with
cut embarrassment, and where no man
is bound to speak one word more than
be has actually and veritably got 10 say.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23

The Knoxville Chronicle thinks the
farmers of East Tennessee should be
represented at the Farmers Con vention
to be held in September, but insists that
the people should see to it that their rep
resentatives are farmers, and that they
are selected by farmers, and not by ex-
ploded small-fry politicians who know
about as little of practical farming as a
hog knows of ethics. The farmers have
sense enough to take care Of themselves,
and should show their intention to do
so by sending farmers to this conven-
ton. There should be a full attend
auce, and good will result from the
meeting. II, however, the farmers stay
away, and leave the matter in the hands
of little cross.road politicians, it will be
simply disgusting. With all this good
advice, it will not be unsafe to bet that
the majority Of the delegates and most
gushing orators at the convention will
be politicians, editors, lawyers, etc, who
could not without difficulty distinguish
a cornstalk from telegraph pole.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23

Eugene is the same adroit politician
now that she ever was. Before leaving
Chisselhurst for the continent she made
present to q large number Of poor
families Of the parish. Each gif, was a
pair Of blankets. Accompanying the
blankets was a mourning card contain.
ing the following inscription: In
memory Of the Emperor. Gift from
ID. N. the Empress, through Yisoouut
Sydney, 1873"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
LEGAL.

A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE. HAVING
N been appointed and qualified MS Admins
traitor ON the estate Of Patrick Smith. deceased,
by the Probate Court Of Shelby county. all
persons having claims against said estate are
requested TO present them 10 me at No. aO6
Front street. and those owing the estate will
please call and settle. -.
l2O-l29 WIN. WEST. Adm r.
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FUsLIcATIon.
100000 VOICES RING

TUE PRAISES OF THE EEw. BEST AND
Il cte1pcgf family paper" M OWN ElEE =
sIDE." Great success. over lOl.QQ sold.
Only 81 a year. a So OIL CaIRom q
fREE. To thoroughly introduce this farf.r-
tie paper. we send Do tlrof ilorfhs ~ - ctffs.
Fifteen large PAGES. crowded with fresh est
stories. answers % correspondents etc. 'Cic.
We pay Goun aeENrs a permanent 10 ~
c1st ngialu. outdt. 81. Money returuod u
aeuu - ceuts and fry 80 mouana.
loEFs A HauLEr. ruhlishsrss 10 hrgadray,
Ny. as-lHrcd
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23

Rev. Joseph Parke. DID,, Of London,
the author Of Ecce Deus" is coming
to this country next month on a short
visit. he is a man Of note among the
English CongregaiiOnalists. and will re-
ceive a warm welcome from the Amer
can brethren.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

LoNa BRANCH, July 23.-Secretary
Richardson left for Washington last
night, after dining with the President.
DOVER, N. H., July 23.-Hon. John
NJ. Hale fell yesterday evening and broke
his hip bone.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23

The Episcopalians are much the
largest denomination in the city Of New
York, having one church for every thir-
teen thousand Of the population. Since
1870 they have increased steadily With
not single decrease At any decade. the
Prssbyieriaus taking the second rank IN
number
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23

THE Appeal has learned from a dis
tinguished lawyer that the Stockholders
81 the Charleston railroad intended to
file bill in the United States Court in
this city land not in Huntsville, Ala. }
for the purpose Of avoiding the Tom
Scott lease, which has proven so ruinous
to the road. 1t is doubtful, however,
that a law suit will be any remedy for
the present ills that the road seems heir
10. Tom Scott has it 10 his clutches, and
the slow process Of strangulation, We
fear, will be the result The unfortunate
railroad, once the pride Of Memphis, is
in its death struggle. but long since
it lost its former supremacy. Other
roads have taken is place
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
The Deg war.

The war upon the innocent CANNES
has opened, and with marked results.
Four dray loads Of poisoned bankers
we're dumped into the river this morn
ing, and will serve as food fer the cat
fish and the sea-lion that escaped from
Dan Rice's menagerie some months
since. Blessed be the purp that wears
a muzzle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23

Grace Greenwood says: The fact Is,
there are too many Of Us women. And
there seems no relief for coming genera
tons except through the heroic rem
sdy OF putting all female infants out
Of the Eay. Nothing could be 90 good
Tor rs except q long and glorious sue
eession Of Herods."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23

WouLB il not be q novelty as charm
ing as refreshing to.send a Few privAies
70 the conventions Of veterans Of the
Mexican war, which will come OF this
fan. Notwithstanding that every old
Mexican soldier has new q title, It is aus
pectsd that there were few privsies in
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
Security Insurance Company.

ALL POLICY HOLDERS TO WHOM THE
"A Security Insurance. Company was Indebted
ure, will present their claims az early az pos
sible al my ONCE. in basement, No. 2 Madison
street. for final dividend.
IZ3-i25 N. A. LITTLETOE, Agent.
fAvalanehe and Appeal copy three times
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
MEDICAL.
CHOLERA, CHOLERA MORBUS,
CHOLERA IMFAMTUM.
DIR. McCABE'@
Medicated Blackberry Brandy.

HNHE ONLY SURE CURE FOR CHOLERA,
J. Cholera Morbus, Dysentery, Flux, etc. 1t
excels any other known remedy for these dis
eases. For sale by
R0SENBACH Il CO., 800 Front ST.,
Sole Agents for Arkansas, West Tennessee and
Mississippi, to whom all orders must be ad-
dressed. 96-l22in
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23

OFFICE OF
MASONIC MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE AssOO'N
33l FRoNT ST., MAGNOLIA BLOCK. }
ATAN ELECTION SATURDAY, JULY 10.
N 1873, for Eve Directors Of the Masonic
Mutual Life Assurance Association, to serve
two years. the following gentlemen were
ID. Wendell. @. w. Kealhofer, g. w. l.. Crook.
The new Board are requested 10 meet at the
Office Of the Company. Saturday, July 26th, at
l23-lZ7 Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
LEGAL.
SHERIFF'S SALE
Valuable Suburban Property Oh the
Memphis and Charleston II. II.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT BY
In virtue of an execution to me directed
from the honorable First Circuit Court Of
Co. vs. S A. T. Lacey judgment iG rendered on
the 30th day of May, 1873. for the sum of
seven thousand nine hundred and ninety
seven dollars and thirty-6ve cents. with in
terest and costs Of suit, to satisfy said judg-
menI etc. 1 will. ON
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
OFFICIAL.
NOTICE.
Notice to Lawyers.

XITE HAVE FOR SALE AT THE LEDGER
wv Office blank aotices 10 take dispositions,
aud printed instructions 10 the ohicer taking
the same; also blank captions and eertih-
Gates. lut
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23

4 soluble oxyd OF iron combined with the me-
disagreeable qualities. 1t will cnre any
chronic OF long-standing d ses Sc whose real or
direct cause Is bad blood; Rh eumatism. pains
by mercurial or other .,oisoni = are ali cured Nv
It. For syphilis, or syphilii .ic faint. there is
nothlng eg5a ad 70 u A trial will prove it, Ask
LOT Isnt IN u SnHVh $ COMPOUND SYRUP OF
fOkE h0OI,- d75-lSi-wl4-27
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23

that contest. or else we must believe
that history, the vile baggage, has CO.
ouetted with the naked truth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23

A Boston high school girl, just grad
ua,ed, said Ia her essay; Let US avoid
the frivolities Of life aud pursue the
uoblest ends only" The next day she
was moved 70 tears in an agOnizing 1t.
tempt to decide the proper shade Of blue
for her complexion.
A New York refrigerator car now
starts from Des Moines with butter aud
sfE'r a ---=IU M.
Parents are making war on corporal
punishment in the Boston public schools.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
RESTAURANT.
RESTAURANT,
Cor Madison and Second SITS.
RESTAURANT.

Is THE PLACE TO GET A HEALTHY
u meal at airy hour, for moderate c0nsid-
Grafton, prepared by men who have made the
kitchen and dining-rOom life study. Moth
ing but the freshest and best meats and veCe-
the esta blishnnent.
Day board by week or month. Corwin says
ro fl-llb
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
FOUNTAINS.
Founfalnsl FountaInsl

I HAVE BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS OF ALL
Il sorts Of Fountains a. the once ~ the W 9ler
Company. which can BE- cold a. prices less
than any other parties can oder, a. He az not
uirh - make any profit.
r-la W 4. CANERON. Eecreiary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
ADVERTISING.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.

SROM AND AFTER THIS DATE. HE
Il will charge (O cents per line for tho FIRST
insertion, and Eve 90 cents per line Tor eacL
subsequent insertion Of all legal adyerOse-
ments, except such rs may be inserted. for
thirty days or longer cOnsecunvelY, which
will be charged at card rate, by hss square,
counting eight 90 lines nonparell, golid, to the
square The printers fees 10 be paid in ad-
'A"'' - 80 q. w. ALEXANDER,
B. n. Memphis Appeal Pub. Co.
A. j. kELLAR,
Memphis Avalanche.
+. MhIrMORE,
Memphis. January q. 1873. lsl-t
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NOTICES..
N o II L Q E /.

MEMPHIS AND RALEIGH RAILR0AD,)
OFPIcR: No. MADISON ST.,
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, July %, 1871
0lHE 7:2O Pm. FROM MEMPHIS AND
the II pm. from Raleigh are discontinued
from and after date.
John DONOVAN. President.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
NOTICE.
NOTICE.
Memphis & Little Rock Railway.
NOTICE To PASSENGERS AND
SHIPPERS.

IN CONSEQUENCES OF THE NECESSITY
i Of sending our transfer steamer to Mound
10th, until further notice. freight and passen-
gers will be received at the wharf Of the
steamer John 0verton. foot of Adams street.
Merchants will please send their freight down
before 3 pm.
The transfer steamer will return within two
weeks, after which time freight will be received
at and trains start from the depot, Center
as usual. Due notice will be given
of return of transfer steamer.
A. S. LIVERMORE, Gen. Sup't.
lhppeal and Avalanche copy.l 1924
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
EDUCATIONAL.
MRS. HATLE'S
Memphis Female Seminary,
4G2 SHELBY STREET.

IT AFFORDS NE MUCH PLEASURE 10
II apn0unce % ny old patrons. friends and
pupil. that / will reopen my school, for
young ladies', on Wednesday, January I'd. i
will be ready 10 zee NJ friends and enroll
pupils on and aiier Wednesday, December
llth, 81 my residence. -
MRS. ANNIE ID. HALLE.
No. fGl Shelby street.
Circular 10 be had AZ the music, book and
druF stores. XII
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MEDICAL.
I r. o u /!

THAT PALE, VEL
l. low. siekly looking
skin is changed to one Of
freshness and health.
Those diseases OF the
skin, pimples, pustules,
blOtches and eruptious
are removed. Scrofula.
scrofulous diseases of the
eyes, white swelling, ul-
GERS, old sores, or any
kind Of humOr. rapidly
dwindle and disappear
uader its influence. In
fact, it will do you moro
good and cure you more
speedily than any and all
other preparations COM
bined. WHAT IS IT2 1t
is natures own restoreTl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-23
Masonic Mutual Life Assur-
amce Association.

Join DONOVAN. President.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-17
Extraordinary Physical Strength.

THE strength and sdexterity of the
"hamals" of Constantinople in carrying
enormous burdens are, says the Leyant
Herald, proverbial, and it is surprising to
see one of these poor Eastern porters
quietly plodding his way up and down
some hilly street with perfect mountain
Of material piled upon his back. The
leads they carry are most miscellaneous,
but even old residents, blases on that
point, were astonished recently to see a
lamal Staggering along the Grande Rue
de fera with large four-wheeled car
TlaSe-all complete except the horses
lashed on to his porter's knot 1t would
be interesting to know what are the hab-
its and diet of this powerful hamal. Is
he an early riser? Is he q teetotallers
himself into such condition that he can
carry carriage instead of recurring a.
carriage to carry him? His muscular
power must tar exceed not only that of
Milo, but even that of the famous En-
glish athlete, Thomas Topham, of Isling-
ton, who on the DIST of April, 1889, adver-
tised himself to perform several feats of
strength at the Nays Head, Gateshead.
on the 23d of that month, namely: HE
bends an iron poker, three inches in cir
conference, over his arm, and one of two
inches and quarter round his neck; he
breaks rope that will bear 1000 weight.
and with his finger rolls up a pewter dish
OF seven pounds hard metal; he lays the
back part of his head on one chair and
his heels on another, and, suffering four
men to stand on his body, he moves them
up and down at pleasure; he lifts table
six feet in length by his teeth, with 100
weight hanging at the further end Of it,
and lastly, to oblige the public, he will
lift but full of water"~ Topham how
ever, did not, like the hamal of Constan-
tinople, carry four wheeled carriage on
his back, nor did his extraordinary
strength conduce to the equanimity Of
his temper Or to his peace of mind, if we
may judge by his end, for in the obituary
notices of last century it is stated that on
August 10, 1749, died Thomas Topham,
known by the name Of the Strong Man,
master of a publick-house in Shoreditch.
London. In a fit of jealousy he stabbed
his wife, then cut his own throat and
stabbed himself, after which he lived two
dayS's
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-17


which L should never see again, went
home, and the next day she was gone.
In four days Times arrived by post.
The following was marked
:" On the I'D, at ST. Johns church,
George street, the Bishop of Southshire to
Hester, widow of Captain Champneys."
took it up to the vicarage, and said
" told you it was all the Bishop.''
" What do you mean, Mrs Acton? Our
bishop married! Who is she, l wonder?'
"She acas Mrs. Henry" Ireplied, calm
ly.
Who?P cried the Vicar.
Mrs. Henry-our schoolmistress."
AND then gave her the. message, and
told them about it. ~ @Aa
Mind, we must say nothing" said Mr..
Ambrose. . 1t is their secret, not ours
10 which we assented, and therefore it
is that no one has known the rights of the
story till now, though it happened full six
months agO.-IinsIeY's Na0dzSne
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-17
A POnderOus Slipper.

GEORGE has for some time past been
attentive to ayoung lady whom he has
noticed on several evenings when he call
ed busily engaged on a beautiful piece of
embroidery, which, perhaps accidentally,
or comparing it with the size of his own
foot, he had concluded was one Of pair
of slippers that were, no doubt intended
for holiday present; and George had
once Or twice allowed himself to wander
into the pleasant suspicion that they were
intended for him, although nothing had
really transpired to justify such a belief.
On Friday evening George called for
the third time during the week He's
quite attentive, it would seem, and as
usual the slipper was progressing finely.
He was fully sure the slippers were in,
tended for him, but he was anxious tn
draw the acknowledgment from the dear
angel who was laboring so industriouslv
for his benefit another implied acknowi.
edgment of her devotion for him. OF
course he began cautiously:
Some one you are mi hty fond of is
to become the possessor of those SINNERS
/ imagine?" said he.
"What slippers do you refer top in.
quired the fair laborer.
"Nhy, those you are working on so in.
dustriously," replied George.
Slippers" almost shouted his aston.
ished companion. Slippers! Do YOU
mean to tell me, George, that you took
this for a slipper"
why not?" returned George, inadvert-
emily moving one of his ponderous pedal
appendages. The movement, though un-
Intentional, drew the ladys close atten-
ton to Georges feet, where she gazed a
moment and then at the supposed slip
pers; then, raising her eyes to our hero,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-17

THE usefulness of cold Probabilities :"
has been shown in one way, by the Allan
tio Y acht Club of NewrYork, which tele-
graphcd to Washington for a forecast of
the weather for next day, when a regatta
was to come off The answer being salts
factory as to the probable force and direc-
ton Of the wind, arrangements for the re-
gatta were completed and the race came
off satisfactorily, the prognosticationb being
fulfilled to the letter. Coming down to
domestic and individual use we know
families who consult the Probabilities F"
before putting their weekly wash out
doors to dry, and persons who carry an
umbrella OF leave it at home according to
the suggestions from Neutrality-suspicious.
MnE Herald. sr,s
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she said: "Well, George, you are not SO
much to blame, after all; but this was
really intended for sofa cushion"
George takes but little pleasuref in hear
ing the incident related.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-17

A YOUNG LADY in Nashville is changing
her views somewhat relative to the ques-
ton of matrimony. They say that when
she "came OUT in society she determined
that she would not marry man unless he
was an Episcopalian. Time passed on,
and she did not get married, and then
modified her views and concluded she
would marry no man who was not a Chris
tian. That voting lady is still unmarried,
and says now that all she is looking for is
a man that don't drink whisky.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-17

=
dld, and her splendid contralto voice had
brought strangers to our church from far
aud wide. Tie choir was ~eoI1tent to he
taught by sueh mistress buttIev wan.
dered out Of the Wavv idreadfnIlv when she
was absent, and got lost in the Te DENIM so
hopelessly that it only reached a conclu-
sion by some one gilmore sense than the
verse. 80
we used to wonder, Mrs. Ambrose and
l., what Mrs. Henry did in the evenings.
Ter dress was SO simple that needework
lor herseh could not occupy her time;
yet she was s.ldom out Of doors, even in
tne sweet summer evenings, until it was
alnost dark,,and then she used to walk I'D,
an0gdowns the little garden that divided
her house from the school for an hour at a.
ume, more for the sake Of exercise than
enjoyment, it would seem by the rapid,
steady pace at which she moved. One
night, when l was coming home late, |
stopped and spoke to her.
- - ou4walk late, Mrs Henry; but per
maps 1t IS the pleasantest time during the
hot weather. -,e -....ar ~
1t is the cheapest, Mrs Acton. 1t
saves an hour of daylight to come out now
instead of earlier.'i - ia. i8fS
1t struck me all in a heap, as the people
say, to hear this woman, who was earning
seventy pounds per annum and appeared
to have no one but herself to care for,
talk OF saving daylight" as if the cost of
candle were something to be avoided |
felt very sorry for her. ! don't know why
1t came over me all at once, as it did, that
her life was a very hard one But | put
my wrinlSled old hand on the little firm
white fingers which rested on the gate,
and said" My dear, you must not work
too hard" s.. #-2a 81!
was frightened when had done it.
She was So self-possessedt and reserved,
that l thought she would be angry; but,
instead of that, the steady little fingers be-
gan to tremble and twined themselves
round mine with a clinging grasp, and
then | found she was crying. l didn't say
a word more to her. When people are as
old as | am, and have gone through
great deal Of trouble, they know what
poor weak things words are and how
often they do more harm than good. So
held her hand WITHOUT speaking, and
presently she stopped crying.
Sometimes feel SO lonely. she whis-
pered, land you were SO kind; please for
get it, Mrs. Acton"
YES" for | quite understood her.
but is not your life too hard? Can't you
let an old woman help you, my dear?d
She took up my hand and kissed it.
mo, it is not too hard, and no one can
help me but it will be easier by and by
Goodnight"
And then she slipped away, as if afraid
of saying more, and | went home and
thought my thoughts in silence.