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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-17
1901
NOn.Resident Notice.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county,
Tennessee-B B, P. Anderson, Commissioner
TT APPEARING FROM THE SHEhIFF'S
i return in this cause that the defendant j,
G.. Caruthers is not to be found in his county ;
Il is therefore ordered that he make his ap-
pearance herein, at the courthouse in the
city Of Memphis, Tenn, on or before the first
or demur to compliments original and
amended and supplemental bills, or the same
will be taken for confessed as TO him, and set
fer hearing OK parte; and that a copy of this
order be published'once a week for four sue
cossiye weeks in the. Public Ledger.
This 10Th day Of November, 1875.
A opy-attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, @. and NJ.
By Z. B. McHRERY, DC. and NJ,
JOHN JOHNSTON, Sol. for complainant.
77-83-gQ-Q5
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-17
/ o. o. r.

Oad Fellows. Han. corner Main and North
court streets
MrrPErE LoDes, No. 6-meets every Tues
day. CIV Mathews, n. g.; G. y. Plisehke,
We; L. s. Burr. Secretary; &. y. Risk
oEIcEAsLw LoDsn, No. s-meets every Mon
day night. r. Dudley Frayscr. N. CIR. j.
Black, v. g.; &. NJ. Hearn. R. s.; John A.
Holt. Treasurer; Themas Bacon, P. s.
SCHILLER LODaE, No. 140-meets every We'd
uesday night. Philip Maurer, N. g.; John
6panT. v. g.; Chas. Bornor, Secretaryi p.
Steinbrecher. Treasurer.
PANNRR Lopez, No. l47-meets every Friday
night. J. h. Shepherd. n. g.; @. h. Neid-
eick, ". g.; Vim. Henry. P. and r. s.; j. s.
BLUFF Cry Lopez, No. l7-mests every
Tuesday evening at $50 Second street. D. A.
Wardlaw, N. g.; Macon Webb, V. g.; r. ID.
Speed, Secretary; D. 7. Porter. Treasurer.
, H%EcAHPNEETs.
aAYoso EK%oAMPMRNT, No. 3-meets on the
Lat and Sd Thursday nights Of each month.
Frank Underwood, G. p; Charles NJ. Carroll.
Ii. p; John A. Holt, s. W.; Thos. Bacon,
Scribe; John r. Holt, Treasurer; d.. Good
MaTpHIs EscAMPNKST, No. 3e-meets ID and
ath Thursday nights Of each month. John
Waynesbure. Q. P; A. W. Newsom, d. p;
II. Baoser, !. W.; 5. S. Garrett. Treasurer;
III. Ross. J. W.
DKGREE LODGE.
MEMPHIS DkeRER LODGE No. Sheets FIRST
Saturday Of each month. @. NJ. Carroll. D.
~; Ben Bingham, D D. NJ; A. &. Kenne-
day. A. o. M; I, P. Holland, Sec'y; F. W.
smith. Treas.
GENERAL RELIEF CoNMITTEE-J. IS. Wilkins,
Chairman. go Main street; John W. WayAes-
burg. Secretary and Treasurer, 2l0 Front
street; A. D. Gibson. 6 West Court street; j.
q. Schmidt. ~ Monroe street; D. T. Porter,
IS Union street,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-17
NEW YoRK. December d. lao p.m.-Cottor

LIVERPOOL. December II. 2 ~p.m.-Cotton is
steady. Uplands. I'd; Orleans. 74d. Sales,
speculation.
New ORLEANS. December II. Ll:30 an.
Cotton is quiet. Middling, 123sc; sales, 1900
bales receipts. $50 bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-17
In Supreme Courtat jackson

John Green and others. heirs and ~legatees Of
harriet Price, DECEASED, vs.. Milly Dean and
others-No. SS Shelby Chance y Docket.
In PURSUANCE TO A DECREE PRO-
Il nounced by the Supreme Court OF Tennes-
gee at jackson. on the 18th day Of September.
1910, renewing an order or decree Of sale made
by said Court at its June Special Term, and
on the 9Th day Of June. 1875. / will. on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-17
TT ustee,s Sale.

RY VIRTV E OF A TRUST DEED TO ME-
% eHecqu d on the 4th day Of December,
iS1T' by ., L, and Sallie +. Harris to secure
% ~ f..L0. Burford the payment of certain
Sordee. in Registers Office Of Shelby county
tehp =, In Book 80, page 466, and in the Office
y. che Chanoery Clerk Of DeSoto county
MSS, in Deed Of Trust Book 8. page SC6, /
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-17
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

pUsLro LzDaHR OFYIos,
M8xrKfa. TENN.. December II. lgf6.

pU5Lf0 L.zDaHR 0FYT0s,
hsxrKrA TEsK.. December II. 1851
There was very little doing in financial
circles this morning; in fact, quietness
reigned supreme, local checking and
depositing proceeding as usual. Cur
rency was somewhat easier, with a good
demand for money. The banks con-
tinne to discount frst-class paper at 100
IL y cent. y Annum; on the streets rates
on short loans rule at 2@24 y cent. D
month. Exchange is somewhat easier
and more plentiful at the following rates:
On New York and Eastern cities buying
ac discount and selling at par; on New
Orleans buying at tc discount and sell
ing at par. Brokers are paying ll34@
1854 for gold. There is little or no move
ment in local or foreign securities, with
quotations nominallv unchanged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-17

In supreme Court at Jackson

The DeSoto Bank Of Memphis aud ]. ]. Muir
ply. Surviving partner Of the firm Of Muir
ZIG Shelby chancery Docket.
IN PURSUANCE OF A DECREE PRO-
Il nounced on the 18th day Of September.
1910, by the Supreme Court OF Tennessee NJ
jackson In this cause. L will. an
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-17
LEcAL.
Attachment NotIce

Before ]. NJ. Coleman. J. P.-Guy, MoClel-
Ian 4 Co. VS. I. =. Deloney.
TNTHIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAv-
i ING been sued out under section 1856 OF
the Code Of Tennessee and returned levied
upon the property Of the defendant by gar
nishment on Harris, Mallory 4 Co.. mer-
chants, who answer they owetsaid /. r. De-
loney SIS 94; and affidavit having been made
that the defendant Is justly indebted 10 the
plaintiffs in the sum Of 1907 o. BY account, and
that the defendant 10 q nonresident OF the
State of Tennessee; It is therefore ordered
that the defendant make his personal appear
ance before me on the 18th day Of january,
1876, at 10 o'clock AM, at my office, No. 2i
Front street. in the city of Memphis, and de-
fend said attachment suit within the time pre-
scribed by law. or the same will be proceeded
with ex parte; and that q copy Of this order Be
published for four successive weeks IN the
Memphis Public Ledger.
This the 1th day Of December, 1875,
j. M. COLEMAN, j. p.
r. C. BETTs, Atty for Plaintiff. S-9l- On i0s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-17
RnIGHTs OF PKTHIAs.

THHEEssHH LoDaH No. 5-Meets Ny
every v ednesday night at $50 Second
street L vincent 4 SlSck, J OPPOSITE Snt. o9 q sqpWHrf i
'Stron, p; WI Rhea, NJ. of E.; q. II. Cole
man, N. Of T.; w. II. Moysten. K. Of r.
and 8.
MEMpHis LODGE No. 6.-Meets for drill on
6rst Thursday Of each month. Regular meet.
ing second, third and fourth Thursday. A,
j. M0Garvey, @. c.; =. .. ware, VC; W Ii
Linstedt, P; II S Reynolds, NJ e; BP Smith,
MF;A Mackay. MA; JOS S Leon, r S;
Chas Howard, P G.
OoUR DE LION LoDeE No. Is-Meets ever
Monday night at $50 Second street, Vincent
Block. opposite Court Square. j. @, Walston,
z. G. @. A. Moore, v. c.: D. W. Sohafer
X. R. s.; ] Ia Slaughter, P.; G. A. Burr, NJ
E.; ] II. T~omlinsOn. M. r..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-17
tR. 1881
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

Lottie A. Kendall vs.. Rosetta G. Kendall
Chancery Court Of Shelby county.
QY VIRTUE OF AN INTERL0CUTORY
ID decree for sale, entered in the above cause
on the 9th day Of December, 1875, l will sell at
public auction. to the highest bidder, in front
Of the Clerk and Masters Office, new court
house building. Main street. Memphis. Ten
nessee, on
Friday, December 81, 1876,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
to-wit: A certain lot of real estate, including
improvements, etc., on Poplar street, in the
city of Memphis, being 25 feet front on the
south side Of Poplar street by l29 feet back,
bounded on the east by a lot Of Mrs. Ann
Harrison and west by a lot Of Moses Levy;
the house situated thereon being the west
tenement adjoining Mrs. Harrison's, who
WINS the east side Of the double tenement.
Terms Of Sa~le-0ne-third cash, balance in
six andtwelve months; purchaser to give notes
with approved security; lien retained, etc,
This December 9, 1875.
d. A. COLE, c. and NJ.
By r. j. BLACK, D. @. and NJ.
B. M. BURROWS, Attorney. S6.92 1916
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-17
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate.

-@8H
DUBLIC NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN.
j. that by virtue Of an execution TO me III.
rected from the Honorable Supreme Court
Of Tennessee, in the case Of Harriet price's
heirs and ~legatees VS.. Mi!ly Dean, judement
rendered on the Sth day Of November, 1875.
for the sum Of one hundred and eighty dollsrs
and twenty-five cents, with interest and costs
Of suit. to satisfy said judgment. ETC.. / viii.
On Wednesday, January 12, 1875,
in legal. hours, in front of the Court Housr
Memphis. Tennessee, proceed to sell 10 the
highest bidder, for cash, the fol- .owing de-.
scribed property, to-wit: Lot No n In
block No. IS, on the north size Of Linden
i n tSs c Styw eS M p, MSrtis SS and Jausey streets,
nessee. See city map. 'uH A'
Levied on as the Prop erty of defendant
est and costs. "u 'uNS0n'' "''
Memphis. 4th day o. December, 1876.
eAn G. l.. ANDERSON,
n-r Sheriff of Shelby County. Tenn.
By THos. P. TAILOR, d. S. $685. iO2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-17
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING D
ARRIVALS.

ARRIVALS.
Steamer Andy johnson, st. Louis.
Colossal, Vicksburg.
Mary Ann, New Orleans.
Geo. W. Cheek, Helena.
Phil Alliu, Friar's Psint.
st. Genevieve, st. Louis.
James d. Parker, Cincinnati.
Nellie Peck, Vicksburg.
Capitol City, Vicksburg.
City of Augusta, White river.
Ruth, White river.
DEPARTURE.
Steamer Andy johnson, New Orleans.
Colossal, st. Louis.
st. Genevieve, st. Louis.
Mary Ann, Ohio river.
Alice Brown, Ohio river.
Mary Bell, New Orleans.
A. J. White, Napoleon.
Capitol City, St. Louis.
BOATS IN PORT.
George W. Cheek, James d. Parker,
0sceols Belle, Nellie Peck, City of Au.
gusta, Ruth.
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather cold and blusterous. The
river here is stationary and stands 10
feet IL inches above low water mark;
at Cairo, rose 3 inches and stands Is
feet 10 inches above low water mark; at
st. Louis, declined 3 inches, with 81
feet in the channel out to Cairo. The
Ohio is recediEg from Pittsburg to Cairo,
with 10 feet 3 inches in the canal. Cum
berland river is dropping down fast
Arkansas river continues at low tide,
there being but q inches Of water from
Pine Bluff to the mouth. White river
remains in fair navigable order.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The cold winds to-day caused the
levee rats to hunt their holes.
The White cleared for Napoleon with
q big trip Of freight and people.
The Robert SeInple and Glencoe fol
New Orleans and Fannie Tatum fol
Vicksburg left St. Louis yesterday.
1t showed at Cincinnati yesterday.
The Mary Miller left Cincinnati lasl
evening for New Orleans.
The Joe Kinney left Vicksburg yester
day for St Louis.
The John A. Scudder for ST. Louis
Thompson Dean and James Howard fol-
Memphis, left New Orleans last evening
The Carl Schurz, in command Of Capt
Matt Trimble, has entered the Hatch,
river trade.
The st. Genevieve cane in last ever
ing from st. Louis with a moderate trip
and returned last night with 400 bales 0
cotton.
The Mary Ann, with a tow Of empt,
coal barges, passed up last evening.
The John NJ. Chambers leaves st
Louis to-day for Memphis in the Ancho
Line.
The jameo Howard took into New Oh
leans this trip 5086 bales Of cotton an,
10000 sacks of seed; and the Thompson
Dean 1864 bales Of cotton and 1915
sacks of seed.
The Ashland left Pittsburg last ever
ing for Arkansas river.
The Susie Silver, Captain Silver
passed Evansville yesterday morning 70
New Orleans. She will arrive here tC
morrow, and leave at 5 pm. for Nev
Orleans and the bends. Captain r. P
Glenn Of the wharfboat will make en-
gagements for her.
The John l.. Rhodes for New 0rlean
and Cons Millar for Memphis passe.
Louisville yesterday.
The Mary Bell cleared for New 0rlean
yesterday afternoon vito 400 bales 0
cotton, which was hid away in the hold
She had also a good list Of passengers
The Alice Brown passed up last even
ing with TOW Of empty barges.
There was q large number Of eteam
boatmen at the Convention last evening
all anxious for delegates to compromis
on Mr.. N NJ. Jones, the coal merchant
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-17

NOTICE.
Fnr Arkannne RiVer.

Leaves SATURDAY. 18th inst. at pm.
JNO. N. HARDIN, Sup't. 26 Front st.
r. P. GLENN, Agent. on Wharf boat.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1875-01-21
Railroads In China.

Two very curious articles have been
published by Shanghai native news
paper, tho Hwei, Fao, protesting
against the construction of railways in
the Chinese empire. The H,oei. Pao is
OF opinion that the existence of rail
ways in Europe is too recent to admit
of judgment being formed as to
their practical utility, and, moreover,
that there is not sufficient business in
China to render them profitable. The
Chinese journal goes on to say that if
tea and silk are the principal objects of
commerce, and these have hitherto been
forwarded to the treaty ports by river
steamboats,. A substitution of railways
for steamboats would not effect my
saving in point of time, and could not,
therefore, even from the point of view
taken by tho foreigners themselves, be
of any service to China. Admitting
that little time was gained, the Chi
nese would not be benefited, for the
goods would not be exported moro rap
idly. Thus the railways would only
lead TO accumulation in theports of vast
quantities of goods which, MS they
could not be shipped off all at once,
would fall considerably in price" The
H'0ei-Pao also says "Thc accidents
on the railway lines are very numerous,
caused by collisions, by the engines or
tenders taking fire, by the trains
running off the lines, or by the
bridges giving way and the trains being
preoipitated into the rivers below. In
other cases the carriages are injured by
the great speed at which they are hur.
ried along, and tho accidents are so
numerous that it is often impossible to
ascertain the exact number of dead and
wounded. All the foreign journals are
full of details concerning these acci.
dents. But, admitting that most OF
these casualties arc preventible, and
that tho trains follow their regula,
course, they travel quicker than the
thoroughbred horse, and tho people
walking on the lines would have nc
time to get out of their way. From thit
cause alope the number OF fatal acci
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1875-01-21
6tL,TERA1,Y CURIOSITY.

- -
Tho following is ono of tho most remarkable
compositions wo have met with. It evinccs an In
genuity OF arrangement Peculiarly It's OWN Ex-
8 in the GlnrtnnA Gross of Christ.n The words In
Italics, wheu read from top TO bottom and bottom
to top form the Lords Prayer completed
Make known tho Gospelrtruthe, oti,, Father king,
Yield up thy grace, dear Father, from above, 4
Bless US with hearts ,nhi inh feelingy can sing,
Our life thou art forever God Of Love7n
Assuage our grief in love for Chriat NE pray, s,,,
Since tho bright prince OF Heapcn and glory diod,
Took all our sins and halto,ccd The display, :,
Infant being, arst man, and then was crucined.
stupendous God Ithv grace and poser mako known;
In Jesus Rd,aca aet all the world rejoicc,
Now labor In thy heavenly kingdom own
That blessed kingdom for thy saints the choice,
How vile toeo,Rc to thee is all our cry,
Enemies Of Hy-self and all that's thine,
Grace!eas our toiN We 1.-Two for vanity, ei,
Loathing thy being, cril in design.
Oh God, thy will be done, from earth to heaven;
Reclining on tho Gospei'lGt as live, -
In Garth from sin dcliucr-cd and forgiven.
Oh! as fhySelf 'bus teach us TO forgive,
Unless its power tc":::s;:sion doth destroy,
Sure is our fall into the depths of voc,
Carnul IN mind, we'vo not glimpse OF Joy
Raised against hcdrcn III us hone wo can flow.
o 0ipe us grace and lead us in thy Ways;
Shine OH us with thy love and give us peace, 4.
Self and this sin that rise against us slay.
Oh grant each day our trcspuss-es may cease,
Forgive evil deeds that oft VIC do.
Convince. .us daily of then, to our shame, ~
Help us with heavenly bread, Joraicc us too, rs so.
Recurrent lusts, and ,ccll adore thy namc,
In thy Joroipe-ness ns saints can die
Since for ns aud our rcspasses 30 hgh
Thy Son our Saviour, bled on Calvary.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1875-01-21

dents would be enormous. In all ooun-
tries where railways exist they are con-
sidered very dangerous mode of lo-
comotion, and beyond those who have
very urgent business to transact, no
one thinks Of using them" This Latter
statement cannot as yet be accepted in.
lite entirety; but, unfortunately, we
have every reason to know that, 80 far,
as England is concerned, travelling by
railways ID q every dangerous mode OF
1ocomotop."
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1875-01-21
oRANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURsDh JANUARY
stripe l" .hought, as I looked at .Jeru-

stripe !" I thought, as I looked at Jeru-
shae ttlig ~ i}ses III 81 u z
Go and speak with him, said her
father, in staid whisper. :. He's got
the stamps, and you had better marry
him after. all -, . = q, y.
They began TO- gather around me and
congratulate me on my escape. ! no.
ticed that they cried great deal more
now than when / was dead. .Jerusha
came and hung around my neck, snivel-
ing despefately.. I geva her a mot oyer;
gentle push, and, told her, to. wait next
time until I was safely buried before
she set her heart on my old clothes.
L 'Os,am 30 glad r. she said sweetly,
without appearing to notice what I said
about the Clothes" that you are not
dead, Benny, dear. MY heart seemed
all withered and broken to see You
lying Iall cold and white. I wept bit
terly over yonr pale face, my beloved. y,
z eyes" replied, ssIheard you and
Bob taking. on terribly. It was a'lucky
die for me.p lkIYl Will i
Gould you hear :" che gasped.
81 rather think I could, some," I
replied. Il2t
She looked toward the deor, but it
was crowded full, SO she made dive
for the open window, and went through
it Like ia-deer. She shut herself up in
the smoke-house, and would not come
out until after I had left the house. z
- Bob would not fill his promise of
marriage with his cousin because she
tried to make up with me again so
she is living a life of single blessed.
ness. CID - sz-szs 1
While am writing, my wife, sfs out
ting up my snuff colored, Clothes to make
'atstripe in new carpet for our front
room.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1875-01-21
TIlE RATE OF INTEREST.
"A World OF Financial ghiiosophy for
ssi money Lenders. So

nIoney Lenders. y.
The pHual rate OF interest in the west
is ten per centl and dsit is generally be!
1isved that this is the correct measure
of the yaine of money. II the measure
OF the value ofia commodity lie .z9Rl. zRl.ak i;t
will brisfg, shis.iB trne ;sbrtiif che estrue
measure Of yalne ID what the; article dan
be made 20 yield, il is not, tru1ee.f ,Ex-
tperiencaa capitalists land business men,
give It !as their mature opinion that2
there issno Kind Of property, as profit
able as honey loaned at ten per cent. =, =,
which ia,tantsmount to saying TINT the
average yield of inddstriesJ enterprises
and spesuIations ID less tliRn, ten per
cent. on the amount invested, 5ior in
other words, that money is not really
worth ten Per cent. There are several
conside desations that strengthen this con.
clusion. Money loaned at, ten per cent.
Twill double itself in seven and half
years ten sh6uBand dollars w;llegrow
into twenty thousand in that time, ana
twenty Thousand will grow into forty
Thousand. That the average Investments
in business ventures and industries will
not do this is too well known to need q
demonstE ration. While q hundred men
who loan money at ten per cent. COM
pounded will, with prudent manage.
ment, double Their, fortunes in seven
and half years, one hundred men who
borrow money at that rate will fall, in
spite of oil the prudence and foresight
they may exercise, to double theirs. So
far fromit fifty ycof them, if not more,
will break. There is nothing more
clearly, established by the experience of
business than the fact that man who
conducts his enterprises on borrowed
capital-sRhose only resources, chief
resources. are the products of bills
drawn on his shipments will, in four
cases oussof five, come to bankruptcy,
and farmer who mortgages his farm
for half its value TO secure money at ten
per centsin hope that it's net yield will
pay the interest and principal. will, In
four cases out OF five, be sold out.
These plain and we'll known facts ap-
,cEri stlz = hs saHaraga annual
product of money invested in COM
merce, speculation, industry and agri-
culture is not ten per cent, and that,
while it may bring that price, it is
really not worth it. If all classes of
borrowers in the west could be brought
to appreciate this important fact, it
would be worth millions to this region.
There is world of financial philosophy
in it. Nothing is more absurd, and, in
the long run, more disastrous than the
delusion that man can get rich by
borrowing money to speculate on it is
the secret of four-fifths of the cases of
bankruptcy that occur in business and
of the sheriff's sales that take place in
the CO intry.-St. Loais Republican.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1875-01-21
THE sNUFF-C0LORED SUIT,

THE SNUFF-COLORED SUIT.
scarcely knew how it happened, but
timber must have fell and struck mo
on the head. >ss,i
The first thing that realized after it.
was that was straight and still on
something hard and .%=ksea T tried tried 70 70
move myself and speak, found it I'M
possible to do 30. I concluded that I
must be in some very tight dark place,
for could not see; ; in fact I soon
learned that, tho perfectly conscious, Il
could do nothing but hear. A door
opened and footsteps approached 4 but
felt a cloth taken from my face, and
voice which I recognized as that Of Mr..
Jones, the father of my wife that was to
be--said
"He hasn't changed much, and his
companion, whose voice 7 knew to be the
village undertaken, Hopkins By name,
lightly
"Better looking dead than alive.
How does Jerusha feel about it? Take
on much ?"
"Oh, no, she had her eye on another
fellow anyhow, and a better match, too,
excepting the money part. Though I
had nothing against Ben. only he didn't
know much, and was about the homeliest
man ever knew. Such mouth: why
it really seemed as though he was going
to swallow knife, plate, and all, when
he opened it at dinner"
"Well," said the cheerful voice of
Hopkins" he'll never open his mouth
again )" and then he proceeded to meas
ure me for my coffin, for it seemed that
was dead, or they thought I was,
which was all the same to the greedy
pocket of the undertaken. I had heard
of undertakers who always whistled joy
fully when they got a measure, but ]
never believed it before. But that man
actually whistlcd subdued dancing
tune while he measured me, and it
seemed to mo that three or four icicles
were rolling down nv back, to the music
OF his whistle.
His duty done, they covered my face
again and left me to my own reflections,
which were not particularly comforting,
although [ had often heard it remarked,
that meditation was good for the soul,
and this WIGS the best chance I had ever
had to try it.
An hour must have passed when the
door again opened, and two persons
came Whispering along to where I ley,
and the voice ofsnly promised wife fell
upon my ear. -
II dread to look at him, Bob he
was 80 mortal homely, alive, ho must be
frightful dead."
ground my teeth in Imagination, as
I remembered how often she had gone
into raptures, orpretended to, over my
noble brow, and expressive mouth; and
how that she often declared that if I
woro taken away from her che would
surely pine away and die.
One of them raised the cloth, ard I
know they were looking at me. Bob
was her second cousin, and knew he
was that "other fellow" whom her
1ather had mentioned.
"Seems to me you don't feel very
bad about his dying, 'Rusha," remarked
Bob, meditatively.
swell, to tell the TRUTH" sold my
bstrothed, 81 don't care very much
about it. II he had lived should have
married him, because he was rich, and
father wanted me to but was gettine
abont sick of my bargain, for l knew
I should always be ashamed of him, no
looked so much like baboon.
"Bnt you loved him." remarked
Bob.
ono, didn't My affections were
wasted long ago upon one who never