Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-05-28

and u cold, sticky sweat broke out of my
body at every pore.
NY would-bc murderer lay still,
scare ,ly tremor betraying that there
was life in him.
There was a hurried trampling of feet
below, and a pale light glimmcred on the
ceiling as the grim old man and two or
three others assembled the stairs, bring
ing candles.
We had aroused the household, al
though neither Of us had cried out
As | am not fighting character, and
my courage nothing to boast of, think
| may safely acknowledge that showed
the white feather when il was all over,
and dropped over from exhaustion and
excitement.
Ny man with the black beard who had
followed Inc three days with an intent
to take my life, believing me to be
another person, (this / afterwards learn
cd) was held in charge until daylight
by the coach driver and JOB Silvers, and
at last astonshed these worthless very
much by knocking them both down, and
making good his escape
/ have this knife yet: a keen Italian
stiiletto, perfect beauty in temper and
carving, and keen as razor
There are many pleasing adventures
in the life of commercial traveller, or
drummer as they are called, but there
are also drawbacks.
!
A'PRErTY Comparison Silently per-
tuning the air, whether by the dusty
waysidc, resting on the SUBMITS of tho
eternal hills, adorning the quiet wales, or
clustering in some cottage garden, are
the dainty flowers, whose iewelled cups
rival the bues of monarch's CONS -
There are seen the sapphire's delicate
tints, the garnet's rich coloring, the
slumbering fires of the topaz, the royal
amethyst. the opals glow, aud the purity
Of the pearl. Aud here and there are
seen fresh tints of the emerald, encirclng
the earth as with a coronet The sap
phre's azure CLEANS are reflected from
Flora's fairest treasures to the heaven
above, and in their f1away vastness are
cmbosomed in the snowy clouds, jewels
Of the purest hue Aud as the dny-king
asconds the eastern hills, his spendor falls
upon yon dancing fountain, whose waters
leap to catch his golden rays, and spar.
kle like the brightest Of Golconda's da-
monds But the beauty Of the sparkling
drops is riyaled in the hues of the even
tide, when g the moon the reaper Of tho
rpcncd stars, holds out her silver sickle
in the west, and the white stars, like
sanity lilies, blossom in the infinite fields
Of blue But the iris-hued flowers. aud
dancing waters, and tloating clouds, and
sparkling stars, and silyory moon, are
but few Of the jewels which nature treas
urcs in her casket. Each day and hour
OF our lives are as pearls among the gems
Of time and as we sail upon the voyage
Of life, they drift away one by ono. into
the mighty ocean of eternity. Moments,
hours, days, months and years, make up
the diudcm Of jewels which gid the brow
Of time. And as we behold them, they
resolve themselves into groups. whose
hues betoken the different seasons In
that fair group Of yiolet-hued hours, be-
bold our spring time and there amid the
tlnts Of lilies aud rival roses, behold the
years which jewel lifc's summer. BY
their side are the years whose hues Of
amethyst and gold proclaim its autumn
and last, in times jewelled crown, are
the years which CLEAN with the Wilderness
Of snow drops and pearls, mathematical
Of the drcary winter.
| Why THE YouNd MEN LoyHD TO KISS
HER "A young lady of about sixteen
summers called for glass ofsoda water.
When asked what syrup sbe preferred
she glanced her lovely eyes over the va
rious names which appeared on the fau-
Gets Of the fountains She read over the
names of strawberry, cream, lemon, etc,
until she reached nectarnc.
4 !" Nectarine p exclaimed the beauty,
What is that! What does il taste
/ likeY
The soda water man looked meekly
at her, aud charmingly replied that it
tasted Us sweet as a young ladys lips.
. Then | will take glass, Sir, with
that syrup, said the charming creature.
He Immediately prepared glass Of
the delightful mixture and handed it
over to the young lady who raised it to
her lips, which witchingly parted TO re-
cciyc the contents. She sippingly qualfcd
the cooling beverage and handing back
the glass she innoeentIy remarked TINT
now she knew why the young gentlemen
found SO much pleasure in kissing her 80
often
A peddlcr, with his cart, overtaklng
another of his clan on the road, was thus
addressed +: Ialloa. what do you carry p