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GAMBLING AT MONACO.
WHAT AN AMERICAN DID.

European Correspondence Of tho Courier
Journal
Men used oft tO come to their last
franc in Germany, but rarely to their
last breath; but Mt Monaco there
wonld seem q subtle influence In the
air which moves the unlncky victim
of roxge ct Hoir to gloomy thoughts
of life aud u pleasing realization Of
the release from care afforded by the
knife or poison. Let it he this or not,
they stake their all. lose and die. A
Russian princess lost three hundred
tfpnsand there, aud is n maniac
to-da In one short half hour, a
Scotch duke won fifteen. thousand
pounds, lost them back again in
another half an hour, piled his patri-
mony of seventy Thousand pounds
npon them, lost that, cnt his throat
and died. Bu' there came a man
from America who knew not what 1t
was to SAY die. He knew no French,
bat he did know the inspiring liteia-
tnre of the illustrated pasteboards.
He played WAS there ever an AIneri-
can who did not, at sOme period
in his lite. toy with The sfor--
said pastel,oartls? He played end
lost Flat early. lost hate, BY day, as
the sun sh1,e down in brightness mp
on him, and by night, under the gas
lights firkering glare. Thirty
thousand dollars were gone, and yet
he ceased not; sixty, one hundred,
and finally one hundred and eighty
two thousand dollars had been gath
cred into the Golfers of the bank 10y
the remOrseiess rake Of the soulless
machine WIN is known AZ the cr0u.
p9sr. Did this fine American gentle.
man 60 mad like the Russian princess
or cut his throat like mere Scotch.
mani By no means. He simply
inaugurated new era in the his or.
Of Monaco. He borrowed all he couli
borrow, begged all h0onld beg. e.,
credit for all he could make p'ansi
BILE, stole thirteen thousand daalan
worth at diamonds, robbed m Aus
trian Of his hitter of credit, cnjole'
M Englishmar ont Of. hts passpOst
and escaped. That Is all.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF ST. JOHN TIE BAPTIST
Ith. Judicial District Court
No. 5SS-
Mrs. Sf,nphise Wells, wDe Of
Onesiphore Merneyder
!. a7sasmssssssFs NHs -#
Her Husband.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Her Husband.

HEREBY CERTIFY that on the Third
day of June one thousand eight hundred and
ssyenty-ive, Judgment was entered in this
Court in the above entitled and numbered
suit, in the words and figures following, 70
wit: The sb0ye entitled aud numbered case
came on this day M per assignment; present
James ID. Augustin. Of counsel for plaintiff.
defendant present id propria persona. When
after hearing pleadings. evidence and argu-
being in favor of plaintiff who has fully made
=. IrC case according tn the allegations Of
= d - 1nHs1 = 1ilallsf:d and dc.
property cament her and ~ ss.Sand..
the deA ais, anglIsiphorek 1ydrc. 'r.:
dissolviAins, mmunisfe eoquets and
s gsins : h:e'Ies, snSiee saTSes Wsl1s. ansE.
wife Of said dsa Il iaAkGsiphore shexney-
DIRE. Jr., have ins NLTagsinst her said hus-
band, eon,lemninIAiR to nav to her. Nine
teen Hundred a6$three dollars and sixty
two cents lSle1I62), with interest at five per
cent M Il from judicial demand until
paid Its Of suit. with the privilege and
ma grantel by law In favor Unmarried
on the property movable and in
lie of the said defendant and that Of
)IesyS6mmunity. Thus rendered ON the day
above written. read and signed in open Court,
this 3rd dav of June. A. D.. 1875.
tSigned). Oh. FLAGG.
Judge 9TH Judicial District
In testimony whereof have hereunto
IS set<Uy hand and affixed the Seal Of
S the A Court. at the Parish Ut ST.
John the BapfV on this 9th day of June. in
the year of ouFSi.ord one Thousand eight
hundred and scventy-iive and in the 9sth
year of the Independence - the United
States. 4. G. BABCOCk,
Clerk 9TH Judicial District Court.
l2June30d.
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Hapsfs Magazine for July 1875.

HAxrEns MAaAzNE for July contains over
ninety reNitifhl engravin2s. illnstsfing q
gssa1 variety af eahects. seven cftle essen-
teen axtislss are illustrated. 3slt. N.
Mrs. Spofords splendidly illnstrated pap
er on Newbryporti n itscif - picturrsqne,
and - full Of color, an 70 Amost need no
pictorial embellishmenlx xshS shows thst tho
old town al the mouth she Metrimse is -
rich in literary and histAAc associations n
Concord--on ono of tho trihntaEies g ths1
fivcr-has been shown 70 BE IN tho
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on tlr. .yft haus vf ne V,e, ssiisippi aHs
kn1wl - "SIAH rIA~TAu6s measuring al.
arI+r'gt- more ~ is..s ftuut un ,e sad riy sf-
By ,Shtt srpruts ~ Crrth. hci nd!vergin;
lin nopudrd, on he upp~' -, by n
pr, nv rI Hsrhyi 'anhF" ~ gns
:lld TIpr tot wing Rars II and in u
real Of sala above described plantEuon, {.
wi. Lg' .Eo. S,J Of Section No. HiaCiy q
in Tog'usii, NJ k!~nH, Il e vo ST. Eas
contato- " nurty nne SUI, f,:n1 acres l.
No $.ra. oI satd SertS" I"wHship ar
RI e. "ouIa'aIn. uiact even mQerfcis.
acr.- lat n. htghi o. ~ SECTION, 1owr
SIN al Har -. o. rtamirR w three 2tIlGy
super lai sores. ,rd Ia ". of Sect
NJ Ninety ia OF . uship SD
Rec
I'd ArA amino IN,
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List of Letters
REMAINING at Edgar P. Q.

June Is, 1875.
Abadie Francois
Augustin j. u.
Black William
Bonning George
Bossier Aliuc Miss
Bossier Joseph
Bossier Julien We
DAreasbOurg G ustave
Fourier Michel
Hunter A.
Landry A. A. Or
LatOur Pamela (2}
Merlnilliod Ch. DIR
N0ll j. &.
Perez Bias
Stevenson John A.
Troxler Clelnentine Miss
Willard George
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FELIX P.PoCAE,
Convent P.O.
st. Jamcs.
EMILE LEGEHDRE,
New Orleans r. o.
Box 100.
LEGENDRE 4 POCHE
ATTORNEYS & COuNssLLURs At LAW.
OFFICES:

2s.. .Roysl Street. Now Orleans. ;...O
St. james Parish,-at =. 7. FocnEs
residence, near the Court House.
,-y-One Of the partners win Be at the Court
u"use of the parish q 81. John tn Baptist
every Thursday. ieosu'
II III
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FOSTERS End
TEXAS DRAWING!
5000, ,O0Ossee,,aa! HOUSES&LAyDS!
POST vE1V THE
LAST POSTpQ\EMENQ
Viii draw, without fail, at


HOUSTON. TEXAS, JUNE 3GrH. 1875.
We did not sell quite all our Tickets IN
time 10 draw on the 18th Of May: but 40 Ger
tsin are We 0f success, and In evidence ct our
good faith and intentions, we viii receise, !
In payment for Tickets, certificates Of depo- |
Ait i'm nuy first -ciasa bank in the u. g., with |,
this endorsement: 'Payable Only rhes. Fost: |,
sr's 7eros DrSrisg sskes place" f
No sealing Of Prizes, but every ono pad IN
Over ca. 900 acrcs Of choice land, centrally
Coin prizes, among them ono Of fsiO.O00, and
one ef S5.0O0. Our enterprise Ii endorsed BY
the City Conncii. Reliable AGENTS Wanted
Send for Circulars. They will convince you
We are br.h reliable ard responsible. Tickets
only A .eg Eleven for Stn, and - Or so.
No connection with any other similar cntcr-
prise. .s a ~ Nf
CoaxEspATorY-IIavin from our long
acquaintance with j. +. Foster, every conf
dence in his integrity, we FEEL justified IN
saving we believe he will carry out his Dis
tribniion honestly and fairiy.-Signcd by the
Mayx, Hon. j. =. d. Wilson, ard the City
coEnc.l
We are sperially DESTROYS that reFllss in
tcrcste,f w1tdi write totho Banks, Merchants
and Postmaster of this place CWlSere - have
livdM1S ytnfsI for infornaaeIon . ~ Our
reliability. J. L. FosTER. Manager. -
snsa'. p s ai :. Houston rsSas
ADDRESS: OFFICE n RESipENCE
Convent r. @. Long View
st. JAMES. Parish Of ST. JAMES
D. DAA'yY.AISa
Attorney and Counasll0r at Lac.
Praetises in all the Courts Of the 4tf
Judicial District, Parishes Of st
JAMES, st. JOHN BAPTIST, st
CHARLES and ASCENSION. and il
the Supreme Court 81 this State IL
New Orleans. 2G.prly.
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signed by Mr.. James W. God.
berry jr.
The 9Th ward school located
OH the left bank, on Lapeyrole,
rie & Ieret Plantation, can bOast
Of the largest average daily atten.
dance Of any in the parish, the
number on the ,scboOl register
being l47., The school 10 under
the supefvisioh Of Mrs. A. Des.
sauer principal, ssd Miss o. s.
Perkins. Tlsschoiars are max,
ing rapid progress.
Mr.. Lucien Troxler died Thurs,
day, June 10, at the residence of Mrs.
Joseph Bonneville, at the age Of
fifty nine yer an eight months.
Mr.. Troxler was borH this par.
ish, but resided in New Orleans.
Before tho war he had migrated
West and settled in Illinois where
he remained one or two years, and
again returned to the Crescent
City.
! On the following day, at "A
o'clock p. NJ, Mr.. Charles Mar
million departed this world, after
a long and painful illness ? Mr..
Marmillion was = man Of 6he edn-
cation and refined manners. Al.
though belonging to she snte.bel.
lam shstonscy, his genial temps.
ranent made him friendly with
rich and poor. At the beginning
|-of the late war ~ enlisted in the
10th La. Regiment, and soon after
became lieutenant. He died at the
early age Of thirty-five years.
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II cane snd corn crops are
v1y psomising % far, but need
rsis. Il y estimated that more
esg1Aas bsss planted in our rparish
til ysar that = any ti.s since
tbeS1G Or planters srsa to
- lp111D1 ~ Ast ~ the
ss11D1l1s : bso1ss aat spst
~ - - Whist tIsy ~ in
IT, nGI1sG Ths ~ sep is
sslelsg - ~sst sfvsAse. 1hree
o. -. s1ssn eaaps are nov in
aD111ss, ~ thee beisg sta-
dsoesy w beneHs only TIE Iocali.
tiss vhsse thsy ere established.
-MD ~ in1brssd that . stabb-
II slIay tSok plsos Wednesday
s~ssisg = ArA NArtels store,
Oslises 11ist, paetsh Of st james,
bstUsss NsaaA Edmoad Bror,
s1eaabeat eollastos, and Thiberge,
ssshiseoA ~. Droswasc cnt several
Nnaa - q knife or dagger; one
q ~ Weaa1s in the abdomen il
60 11gi6 6wsy Assgsrous II mot
Dsvpl. We Aevs not been able
t1sseais fGn particulars of this
a.s'..''ss'e estiF,
"A GuBsssd aanby the name
seA1ok - s6ss through the
- ~ ostsedsy, ~ > black
49, ssasA Jsas Bsp&hte, slias
o.. ~ wsss employed .,
4(1ho1oDl0 -. Jbseph Wsguee
poGkbc1ao4a1isa pastnh q. James
01ag'ks1l1elross c}ar~eter
- ~ . AiAbsent oeeasions
16 - sssslysr e - q II.
60. ma = repsrsed dsa5i
0s1AAD ~ ~ besn arrested.
.-As IN = go By the .dver
Snoeot = sssAhrs oulunn, Mn
.. GssisS o1tss 1or saIe 800 cortl'
gut - - ono Pss.sr I
- pssr
-lne Pastsb Court for thctrhlo
'eivl asd criminal cas4.s went oss
vt1Aant bsslsssA AltAsngh ther
, Qsite . beavy criminal docket
SslS ewspasatas no u jsii, II
b1lsassSet1s s1sssed being %
dsl1mG
4sss @s #R
~laIp Wseelve arrests dsvinl
- vesk, nsstly sffsn Jatle
ursaasSG Cent for pstty o.
1ussa - ~ parties vsee n
0ooDo6 . booA
M8@ &N88a# 4wss8 -
asossnelys0tA - sepeal bon
in 40 1n1ts Itlgze o. has be-
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Ole sissg --ad a hHi ifCh' bh ~. nv
a daks~-of cIgly arpsnts; pouuded sbo
below by land Of G. Cambr. .-
Parish of st. John tho Baptist, left bank #
the River Mississippi. measuring one half !
an arpent more or less front to said river. :
eighty arpcnts more or less In depth, bOunds (.
on the upper line Is the land VI q. Cambrs.
and on the lower line BY the plantation first :
described.
Together will all the buildings and D..
proyemeuts ON said plantation and tracts o!
land thereon situated and thcreunto belons
ing, such ~ dwelling hOuses. brick sugar
house. steam engine, cane mill. boilers, drain
ing machine, stables, corn house, cabins. &c
and all other rights and appurtenancea Of
said above plantation and tracts Of land.
Also together with the crops growing ca
said lands. consisting in about 900 a-pents q
stnbble cane. about TO arpcnts Of plant cxse
and about 10 srpents Of corn and % mnk
~ large carts, 2 small carts, 20 plongha IN
mold plo,,ghs. S subsoila, ratto0n shavesa,
:, pea rakers. | auke. 2 harrowa, ] sngnr CAP .
cover. | 'rrouard's ssubble cane digger, 3
cane knives, frows, ; scythcs, briar hoof :,
Is spades. 6 shovels. q hoes. ~ axes. cross
cut saws. : old wheel barrows. D swamp has
boats. about 50 cords Of fro wood, and aoo u
Is loads Of pea vines.
The mules. ploughs, carts aoA al ~ Nh
plcments Of husbsndry % the eeid shows
described plantation and tracts Of land TO be
sold in block with above lands. and ~
plantation tracts Of land 20 be divided and
viii be sold by lots Of not less than tsa tlU)
Euf more than fifty t5O) acres.
A plot Of which lots shall be exAibtfe9 g
the day Of sale.
.|r1 @a~ TERMS:
| CASH On the spot in U. 8. Treasury Note@
sbcr;frs Office. Parish II d. Jean TIN
Baptist, May 29th 1879.
LUCIEN CAMRRE,
m'y29.Jt. ss
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DSee advertisement Testers
Second Texas Drawing postponed
for . few days. .es So @Ft.Ds .at
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signed by Mr.. James W. God
berry jr.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-24
TOOTH PULLING EXTRAORDINARY.

Kansas paper tcllsa story about man
who had the toothache dreadfully. He
was too mean to go into town and pay a
dentist fifty cents for extracting the tooth,
so he determined to drag it out with what
he understood was the popular method
with the noble red man. SO that Kansas
person proceeded to the woods and wrap
ped piece of copper wire tightly around
the offending bicuspid. Then he took
his mule, and rugged up a block and tackle
and bent down Il stout sapling to the
ground. He lay fat on his back. fixed the
wire firmly to the tree. and reached over
and cut the rope by which the mule held
on In about one second II certain sufferer
from the tooth ache might have been seen
progressing toward the blue ethereal sky
at lightning speed, and turning successive
somcrsaults and flip flaps 2ad things, as he
went.
After tearing around up there for Il few
minutes, grazing the monarchs of the
forest, and moving about forty yards on
ward, he swooped down into II pond, and
began to strike cut for shore. His tooth
is in its socket yet-for the wire was
wrenchcd loose from the tree. But you
never met u man who seemed to have a
more wholc-souled dctestltion of Indian
customs than that man has. He says ii
diseusts him to think about red man
now.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-24
UTILIZING LEATHER CHIPS.

At the Vienna Exposition a Copenhagen
firm exhibited an invention which is prob.
ably destined to come into general use.
By this invention leather scraps are first
converted, by II suitable machine, into a
sort of leather wool, which is then mixed
with caoutchouc and different chemical
reagents, kneaded by machinery into
thick, pasty mass, and then formed in met
al mouds and dried and subjected to a
gradually increasing pressure until il is
finished, under G0OO to 10000 pounds to
the square inch. The appearance of lcath-
er is impaired to it by light coating. Ar
ticles manufactured from this material are
said to be fifty per cent cheaper than those
made from leuthor, and can be made in the
same manner, while they are at the same
time perfectly waterproof. Chemical III
tigation shows it TO consist Of about forty
per cent. caoutchouc and sixty per cent,
leather.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-24
OUR APPLIES IN ENGLAND.

Nothing astonishes the English more
than our system Of barrellins apples. IN
that country the crop is placed thlnly on
shelves, in fruit houses constructed cspeC-
tally for the purpose, and no one thinks oi
sendin.. them long distances to market.
Oar Rhode Island greetings and baliwins,
therefore, which now go there in barrels in
immense quantities, surprise them conaid-
erably. A good deal OF this is perhaps due
to the varieties we send there. few
years ago the Newtown pippin was the
great American apple i'll London market;
but since the failure OF that variety, those
two named have in a measure taken its
place. 1t is not, how"ver, that these ap-
pies should reach the English markets in
such excellent condition after being merely
barrelod up that so astonishes the Eng
lish; the price is also a wonder, for after
being sent so far they can still be sold at n
price the English can hardly touch with
their own fruit. This speaks well for the
progress of American fruit culture.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-24
MICROSCOPIC.
shipped

wcll-known naturalist tells of an in
sect seen with a microscope Of which TWEEN
ty-seven million would only equal Il mite.
Insects of various kinds may be seen in the
cavities Of common grain Of sand. Mold
is forest of beautiful trees, with the
branches. leaves, flowers, and fruit But
terAies are fully feathered. Hairs are hol-
low tubes. The surface Of our bodies are
covered with scales like fish; single
grain Of sand would cover one hundred and
fifty of these scales, and yet single scale
covers five hundred pores. Through these
narrow openings the sweat forces itself out
like water through sieve. The mites
make five hundred steps. a second. Each
drop of stagnant water contains world Of
animated beings. swimming with as much
liberty It's a whale in the SEA. Each Leaf
has colony of insects grazing upon 1t, like
oxen on meadow.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-24
TERRIBLE: Work or \ RELIGIOUS
MtN!iC.

Richard Fryer, WoQrerville (Utah)
man, who has recently been under the hal
lucination that he was q second Jesus
Christ. found Thomas Batty, friend Of
the family, in his house few evenings ago.
lighting fire in the CRATE. Believing that
Batty was an emssary Of the devil, who
WIS tryingto burn his premises, the lunatic
rushed for a pistol and shot him through
the head. Mrs. Fryer, para|yzed with
fear, cro-ched in a corner, and was shot
through the heart by her demoniac hus-
band. Then he went to q cradle where his
infant was lying slceI ing, and deliberately
blew its brains out. This was the crown
ing act of the almost unparalleled tragedy.
Fryer then sailed forth into the village,
armed with revolver and gun. proclaim
ing himself the Lord, and saying that he
had slain the devil auI several of his imps.
The sheriff being unable to arrest him, and
fearing that still other lives might be sac
rificed, killed him with shot from u navy
revolver. All the victims of the tragedy
were buried on the same day, from the
same house.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-24

The London Past says the Earl oi
Derby, the foreign secretary, has been
requested to receive Il deputation OF
persons interested in the Nova Scotia
coal fields for a conference on the sui
lect of the oppressive tariff in the
United States, which is said to all but
prevent the importation Of coal into
tlat r0NntrN-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-24
THE cocoa TREE.

The cocoa tree, SO often confounded with
the cocoanut tree, is about equal to Il good
sized apple tree the pod that cncases the
bean, of which chocolate is made, is about
the shape of Il lemon, but three times as
large, and is of n deep orange color-the
kind called Caracas cocoa is SO deep as
to be almost red. The pods grow on the
branches and on the stem, quite down to
the ground. The branches do not grow
low, so that in looking down q cocoa piece
of ground, the vista is like Il miniature for
est hung with thousands of golden lamps
Anything more lovely cannot DO imagined; 4;
it is perfectly unique. After the pods are
picked they are cut open with q cutlass !;
the beans, which are tightly packed toscth-
er and from forty to eighty in number, are
dried in drawers in the sun, after having
gone through Il process called Sweating"
which ID being packed close in Il barrel and
covered over. When the cocoa is thorough
ly dried it is put into bags, each contain
ing one hundred and fifty pounds, and
shipped.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-24

Those who complain most of poor
fare abroad, seldom have very gooc
fare at home, That's SO.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-24

Those who deserve nothing should
be content with what they get.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-24

out his voice was heard minSlng with the
Ievcls.
Midnight came and all was hushed. l
could not sleep, and wrapped secu urely in
a dark shawl. | sat Mt my window behind
the shcltering jalousies. and sazed out
upon the wondrous beauty Of the night.
had sat thus an hour when low voices
attracted my attention. One detected
my husbands voice the other 4 woman's,
unfamiliar to my ear, and hoarse. as if the
speaker struggled to rcpress some profound
emotion.
"Why did you come ?" heard my hus-
band say. 81 forbid you. and if Helena
should learn of this, she would prove
troublesome, patient and subduod as she
appears
$50 you have crushed the white birds
futtering wings. have you. Pedro P' the
. woman answered. You we'll know how to
perform such feats.'
"Ha-ha! Well said; but yours was
never crushed. my proud Lorena. You
will go at noon. will you not p
ooh, no! must remain one day more.
/ have come so far and waited SO long to
see YOU
"But Helena"
"Oh, pity her I must stay, but I
pity her J"
"You need not. tire of the puny, pale.
| spiritless creature. She'll die some day
disappear as many others have done; and
then you shall come back and reign sole
MISTRESS
What! stain that pearly skin with her
life blood ?"
"Ha-ha Who, | say, can stand in
my path, when | wish them removed But
hist yonder is her window speak
lower
And they moved on, while I, sick with
horror. crtwlcd to uy couch, to lie and
think shuddrrnsly y what | had heard.
"Ilist-hist!'
There surely my name was whispered
under the window. | ercpt through
the lattice. A note was pushed through
/ the jalousics, and II dark figure glided
! away.
/ 1t turned at distance. and the rays Of
/ the moon fell upon AN upliftcd face. Oh,
horror! 1t was the face of Cuban lady,
/ whom: also ! had seen at Saratoga. Il
reigning belle at the time l met my hus-
band.
When the first dawn of morning ap-
peared. | read my note.
/ lam a woman, like yourself" it said,
"and once | was innocent. Bat now | am
guilty and would risk much to win back
that devil you call husband. BE ready to-
morrow at midnight, and | will aid your
escape from this den of robbers and send
you to your Friends
How the hours dragged on in their in
their in5erminlblr length. Presently at
midni5 5ht my door swung silently open. l
followed the dark figure to whore our
spirited animals were tied, and in the deep
stiffness of the night we sped with an ar
( row-like swittncss over the plain.
In three days we reached Il seaport. A
/ vessel WIS ready to sail for New York. My
companion accompanied me on board.
On my twentieth birthday [ drove to
my mothers home, and It's not strange
she failed to recognize the blooming girl
she consigned to fate wors. than death.
am now twenty-five. but look as though
fifty winters had shed their SHOWS upon
me- The brilliant match | made was to a
notorious robbcr chief-o terror and dread
to all the Land.
Mothers, this is no fancy sketch, but a
true tale and remember, in making your
daughters future, look to true worth and
less glitter.