, 1877-11-25

Berkshire County is worth narrattng.
The young lady in 4uestion-and it is perfectly
| useless for anybody to offer twelve gratuitou:
teams Of wild horses to assist in dragging the
secret Of her name to light-was remarkably
| beautiful, and was the object of the deToteu
| attachment of two local young men. one o1
whom was model Of all possible virtues, while
the other was bold, bad youth, who was known
rently believed to have more than once visited q
| circus Early in October this cstimable Young
| lady suborned her younger brothcr-aged 10
| to accompany her Oh a clandcstinc cllestnutilg
| expedition. 4 chestnut-trec, separated from
! the road by narrow but dense belt Of trees
| and bushes, was soon found, and the
| pair zcalously searched the ground for fallen
nuts. The young lady-and perhaps We had
better call her Miss L., for the purpose Of iden-
tileation, Us the lawyers say-soon grew weary
Of this occupation, and determined to climb the
tree. With the aid OF fcnce-ran and tue zeal
GUS 'sbOosting" of her brother, she succeeded
in rcaching the lowest branch, from which her
progress was easy. Pleased with her success,
sho soon grey careless, aud finally ventured out
upon lilnb until it bent under her weight. Be-
coming frcightened, she lost her presence Of
mind and hold, 2nd'suddenlY fell. Fortunately,
she did not fall far, for her skirts caught In q
fork Of the limb and suspended her between
heaven and earth in the attitude OF an umbrella
which has struggled with violent gust OF wind
and experienced reverse.
her voice, though somewhat slnothered by the
peculiarities Of her situation, could be easily
heard by her astonished brother, and in accord
a1lce with licr calEi directions that devoted small
boy Instantly fed for help. Now, it SO happened
that each Of the young l1dy's lovers had noticed
her as she started from home IN company with her
brother, and each had independently determined
to meet her as if BY accident. Thus
it fell out that the first person the
road WAS the mild young ,,an, who listened to
his iucuhereut tale alI h,lstencd to the rescue.
No sooner, however, did be come within
sight Of The tree than be promptly paused,
turned his back upon the object Of his adora-
tonr and in j faliering voice explained to the
small boy that lie thought his sister would not
care to have him help her, but would prefer the
assistance of vague seryaut~girl, IN search OF
whom he professcd himself ready to start. The
small boy, having no sense of delicacy what
ever, called the good young man names, anQ
said he was afraid tc climb tree, but tailed to
shake lis resolutions. So the latter started on
Il run to lind his hypotl,e1ic servantgirl, and,
unlike Lots wifi, refused to look back. though
the indignant small boy sent shower Of stones
alter him.
Meanwhile, the bold. bad Young man was ap-
proaching the scene Of action, .'crossrlots," at
the top Of bis speed. His iron nerves did not
falter even wAea he reached tho tree that tenn
porarily bore such marvellous fruit Requesting
the young lady to calm herself and trust him to
rescue her, he armed her brother With knife,
aud instructed him to climb the tree and cut
his sister loose. Tie small boy, haiiing with
delight the opportunity to cut something, did
noise Of rendug garments, the young lady
dropped safely in'o the bold, bad 1or-
er's extended arms Half an hour afterwaru
eleven women, bearing five steDladders, ap-
preached the tree, while the good young man
waited behind tile bushes to receive his rescued
mistress. 1t is needless TO say he was dtSap-
pointed, and his disappointment was still great
or when he was subsequently told that she was
to be married ut an carly day to his bold anu
bad rival. Phus we sec that, us Solomon might
have said, there is a time for stcpladdcrs and
time for decided action, and that the bold
Young man gathers his bride from chestnut
tree while the simple-1ninded man fees altar OIL
and howIs tor seryant-girls who arc useless, aud
for the s:ep-ladder which satistieth not.
WOMAN THROUGH AND THROUGH.
Ntirdukee SenttneFs Bosfon letter.
I heard conversation recently between q
young lady in society and the representative of
q society paper. It Was ct q charity ball; the
girl was pretty anu cxquisitely. dressed. She
went up to the young gentleman and said:
's Now, Mr.. -, don't you put nv name IN the !
paper, nor tell what had on. hare worn this
lress once before and it's horribly old: was |
yoing to have a French dress from Worth's, but
t didn't yet here, SO had to wear this; now |
mind, don't put my name IN the paper, but it ]
Iou do, send inc six"
INDIFFERENT AS TO TIE REST.
Instin {See.> RereiNe-
She was from the country. aud she went into !
Main-strcet store and asked to look at some
Is What number, ma'atns" I" inquired |
he polite clerk. 'sWhat nunbers Young man,
INIT you ashamed Of yourself to ask such
question! Do you suppose jest cause live in
lie country that 60 scootln' around with one
;tockin..'' Then the clerk managed to make
lcr understand that he wanted. to know the size
# the stockings Sue required; and she said she
.uessel about eleven inches would do for the |
ect, aud as to the rest it didn't matter much.
a DYING WlFE'S ADVICE.
The wife Of 4 Pennsylvania clergyman, when
lying, recently, called him to her bedside and
aid: s'Doa't grow morbid when I anu gone.
10 into society, DC cheerful, aud let no regard
or my memory check you when you see fit to
marry again. It is my wish; the children must
e cared for; you need i helper in your work. !
'ou cannot live alone, your temperament is all
::sainst it; only choose q cheerful woman, anti
each l4er to love our children. Don't answer
ne, and don't be governed By what the world
ays or thinks"
SOCIAL LIFE AT WAUPUS.
la Crosse .San-
They are having s' MUM sociables'' at Wau-
I'm, for the benefit of the churches. IN nd
,ission ice is charged, and, alter the ladies and
ents are all in, they must not speak. When
IL arc seated about the room, the lights are
lrnei out, and when one OF the party squeals,
as squca;ing ;,uout II she refuses to tell, she
tueL two sh;llings, which is usually paid by ]
nc cuss who sits uext to her. It is said to be
cttcr than succotash festival.