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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
Arr,yn,. en-. Morning..

b + Corliss. W Il Chamberlain and
wife. O F Miller. J q Beamsay. F Mayo.
q E Harding. F Burke. d Moray. q W
Bryant. J W sharp, o T Rains, Mrs VI A
CHM. Jas Burke. II @ Parker and wife,
Mrs Jas ouirk. Mrs L 8 Reynolds. Mrs ]
Sullivan. Mrs Lewis. Mrs l. L Crockett.
Mrs. / McNorton. Mrs Miller. E II Mar
lsttes. " W Lapmsn. H D Morris. Mrs q
p Smith. A W Crookston. ii II Allen,
Miss Brentou. w Coffman.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
Is YOUR LIFE WORTH TEN cESrs'

Sickness prevails everywhere. and everybody
complains OF some disease during their life.
When sick. the object 10 to get we'll now TO
say plainly that no person in this world that
a. suYerips with dyspepsia, Liver Complaint
and M ELECTS, such a. Indigestion, Costve-
meas, Sick Headache. Sour stomach. Heart
Barn, Palpitation OF the Heart, Uepresseo
snirits' Biliousness, etc., can take 1nHkrs
Auousr FLOWER without getting relief and
cure. IL you doubt this. 90 to your drussist
ana cet a ample bottle for 10 cents and try IL.
Regular size. 10 cents. Two dosss Will relieve
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
BLOCKADE THAT SHOULD BIZ
RAISED.

The sgrsss from the system Of waste material
through the natural channels should BE- rem.
dered FREQ. without loss Of time. when . block.
ads 10 produced by an attack Of constipation, Q
disorder which II II becomes chronic, 10 pro-
dnctiye of serious bodily mischief. JAundice,
seyere headaches, nausea. dyspepsia. the usual
coucomit,nts NJ the mslsdJ mentioned. Oil In
dIca,o that the bodily functions ere materially
interfertd with. Hoststters Bitters 10 particu.
isrly efncacious In cases Of this sort, and rem.
ders the habit Of body perfectly regular. IL y
medicine greatly to be pref.rred 70 arast,c
INIT uphsppily also to weaken the inteetines.
Ws say unhsppily, since such medicines are the
iayonts resources OF many III advised persons,
who resort TO them upon the most irivial coca
and greatly 10 their discomfort and injury.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
0.od rhi.ss 60 Have.

Such fine. heavy and beautiful carpets
as r. ". Grant keeps on hand at his
store one door above the NEWS ofacs' are
GOOD things to have on floors these cold
and growing colder times. They MAKE
q room look 80 cheerful TOO;
lust received q new supply and mas
msts, etc., 10 match. Furniture ana
bedding are spsGaltiss with Nj. Grant,
sse his sdysrtissnsnt elsewhere.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
keene's Bensns.

Sunday evening T. w. Kssns will
take a benef. at Piper's Opera House.
and will play Richard III. Kssns is a
~favori,s on the Comstock, . good, faith.
iul actor, and is about to 60 East. No
n who saw his Gloster In Jane
shore can for q moment doubt the
excellence Of his Richard III. He WIZ
be supported by . powerful cast o, inc
California Theater Company, ana an
ENJOYABLE evening may be anticipated.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
Departure. Last Evening.

A Tonni. J G Caro-. J II Kittell. " s
Zsiiin. Vim n Stewart. DR.. DAVIDSON. Jas
Morgan. N 8 Torey, J q Looper. $ L
Jones, Hon J p Jones. Mrs Owen. Miss
Kittrell. A Craven. p Kofod. W Boyle. G
Boyle. v Lemery, J James. Mrs s James
and children. Miss MeIver. Ed W Hsnce.
Mrs jas 8 Ballard. J Ambrose. ] Clark.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07

Tray to boggin 10 the new rainy day
country house pastime in England. You
take q substantial, large. wooden tray TO
the top OF q flight OF stairs, cit In 1t. hold
on we'll to the sides, and let yourself 60.
II you manage well, you slide right
down; II you don't you twist and are
tumblsd over. Ladies' ara said to do 1t
HEAT
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07

They were fishing Of the coast, when
the fair one OF the party pointed to .
sail In the distance, and asked.
George, what kind OF 3 vessel Is that 2"
He leaned over. stole Q kiss from her
lips and answered calmly. "That's .
fishing smack"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
Change Of Bill.

"Aliss CIVIL" has taken the place Of
..Jane Shore for the entertainment at
the Opera House Saturday night-a
good change. Miss Cavendish plays her
character well, and the Dr.. Downward
Of r. P. Cook 10 a exquisite q piece Of
acting. as far as It goes, as 10 Jeffsrson's
Rip Van Wrinkle. or any other mans
specially. He should rechristsn Miss
Gwilt and call Il the "Sanitsrium,"
and travel with Il a. Q star. There's
fame and fortune in 1t.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
q. II.

O. Il. aAILur. opposite the Bank Of oalifos.
ola, Gold Hill. Keeps constantly on hand ~
fsyortte brands Of Imported c.Qrs. choice bill
ciesrs, ali kinds Of chewing tobacco, meer.
schsum pipes, school books y stationary Of
ali descriptions, nns cutlery. and tors ana iancJ
Goods Of All kinds. spSo
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07

Gold Hill is doing It's full proportion
to sustain the present season OF the 10
gitimste drama at Piper's Opera House.
A large delegation attends every perform.
ancs.
The Lady Bryan payroll for October
IL $7,7S5.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
sYRUP or FIGS.

Cures Br~iousnsss. Constipation. etc. It
cieansss the system and purinss the blood. It
1. a prompt purssiivs. and 10 vsry pleasant to
the tas.s. For sale b.. ell druggists. II
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07

Two friends we're passing q church
one evening when . strong smell OF
burning leather psrvaded the air. ~
wonder II that is the odor Of ssnctity 2"
said one. "I think 1t must DO" was
the quick reply, "for 1t smells OF
a~olaa.n
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

THEE TAXES Fur THE FISCAL TEAR
j ending Nay ist. 1850 Tor the Town Of Gold
Hill. are nov due and payable 20 No st ny
once, back Of ) sllpv. jacket Engine Housc,
Min street. Gold nili. between The hours Of
10 Z: !. s1d y: s n liz .s ~ ~ snc .. 0sainsness
strictly enforced. All tsIsS not paid will h.
eema ~2slinqusnt % the Oh d October, isn.
F.M. T0LD0H.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

TAXPAYERS or THE TOWN OF GOLD
i II LL-iaks Notice. That I have recsived
from the Collector OF Taxes. and have now In
my hands, the Delinquent List, Tor 1873. OF per.
cons and properly owing t,xes In and 70 ssid
Town Of doli Hill, ths' at tho expiration OF
ten days from the nrst publication OF this 20
tice, action will DO commcnced In the proper
for the enforcement Of the collection Of
said delinquent taxes. and the ten per centum
and ths coat Of advertising added thereto.
n. FtTx SIMMONS,
Town Attorney Town Of Gold Hill.
Gold Hill, October 10. 1870. 10
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PRESCRIPTION FRRR.

For Ii. sps.dy Cure Of Seminal wsstnsss.
Loss Of Manhood, and III disorder brought on
ny incisorSuca OF sxesss. Az drusgiss has
tss i,g!le,sa.s, 49, :, n....m.n,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
srOCK REPOxr.
n. Francisco Board.
LAST EVENING.

los Eureka Con-. 25s
ego Raymond & Ely. l As
$50 Belmont. 75c. SOC
10 L. X. Con-. 81
240 GilA. 40c. i5c, SOC
$50 Leopard. SOC
5000 Metallic, 9oc, CSC. l
80 Grand Prize, 2 10
1850 Argents, 95c
$40 Navajo. Coo, sc. zoe
1900 Endowment. 55c, SOC
800 Tuscarors. I 10. 1
100 Star. $50
li60 Belle Isle. 4 10. 4 $50, 4 05. 4 1874
235 Day. I 20. I 10
$50 Paradise.
400 Hillside. I 30
l60 Real del Monte. ~
$50 NJ Diabio. IL. iss. IA. iss
IS Wales,
23o5 North Belle Isls. Sc
10 Bodis. l3t
$50 Bschtsl. 1 60. I IS. I 6s. ~
400 MeClinton. 4oc
200 Tioga, 8 80
50 Bulwer. Nv
500 South Bodie. zoe
TAO G~oodshaw. 3sc. 400
$50 Maybells. SOC
lao Mono. 7, ~
100 Oriental, 20c
Is Belvidere. Toe
$50 Champion. l5c. goa
$50 Booker Con-. 9Oc
1000 Queen Bee. COO
rs Con. Pacific. IA. ~
200 Dudley. 1 80
$50 South Bulwer. iOc
C35 MONDAY.
675 North MONDAY
500 Vortex. 45c. 6oc
20 Syndicate. s Y
500 Orient. s3e
1000 Orc. i5c
375 Martin White. I co. I IS. l GO
100 University. Csc
800 Tiptop. I IS sl0. I 40
2l0 Golden Terra. II. l2s
265 Caledonia BLACK Hillsl. ~. 2. Ia
100 Giant and Old Abe. 8
so Double Standard. 25s
$50 Jupiter. l 30
u MORNING.
40 ophir. 3it
IS Mexican. 33S. ssh
2s0 Gould & Curry. II
$50 Best L Beleher. 2is. sit
l95 California, o.
100 Savage. l5S. lbb
$50 Con. Virginia. So
200 Chollar. 3 ~
lao Potosi. 81, 81
$50 Hale 4 Norcross, In. Is
l35 Crown Point, 3 30
ECO Yellow Jacket. lGS. ic
lilo Imperial. I 05. l
IS Kentuck, 1 ~
$50 Bslcher. 8 30. 8 95
100 Sierra Nevada. 81. sen, 81 bs
IS Utah. 2ok. 20k
lao Bullion. .6s
30 Exchequer. 4 30
SO 0vsrman. 81. 81
80 Justice. 2 IS
SIS Union Con-. So. s2s
400 Succor. 25c
20 Alta, So. 81
as Lady Bryan. 500
ass Julia. 81, 81 b
$50 Caledonia, 2 so. 2 -
l65 Silver Hill, I 20
400 New York. s5c
100 Phil. Sheridan, $50
100 woodville. 23c
100 Lady Washington Con-, I "
400 wells-Fargo. l0c. Sc
100 Scorpion. ~
les Benton Con-. 8 65. 5 GO. 81
l2i0 Golden Gate. 2 10. 2 05
500 Con. Dorado. s 10. 3 IS.
$50 Flowery. 45c
100 North Bonanza, I Is
100 Msckay. zoe. l5e
$50 Mountain View. 2 30. 3. 8 10
800 Plutus. a.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
NJ 8. SMITH,
(Manufsc.ursrs' Rsprsesntstivs).
SIS Market Street,
I'm San FRANoIsco. CAL.
ALEX. CONN.,,
DEALER IN
N N
DRY GOODS,
LADIES', MISSES
AND
c HILL EMS SHOES

NAsH CUSTOMERS WILL FIND IT TO
" their advantage by examining my Immense
stock OF 20 de before purchasing elteu here, -
all nv goods are fought for cash. and 1 Sell
THEM CHEAPER than any Vthsr store, FOB
oAsH ONLY.
Odd FeIlovs' Buildins. Gold Hill.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07
sl.s,s 81 PROFITS IN 30 DAYS.

What tlU did 10 VIII suees On VIZ "e'e
,sf.ty plan. Pamphlets explaining everything,
with two unerrins rules for success, eent ne.
Our Gus omers 10 ali paris Of the country are
r~rslisiug large profits every mouth. Send Tor
Pamphlet. Address SrxrsoH d Co., - kx-
change Place, New York. %Sm
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-07

SMITH, PIANOS In /, our mid-t on THE Coast:
Save your money and buy o. FIRST HANDS.
Don't Be humbugyed. bat tend for Catalogue
and particulars and satixy yourselves OF NE
truth OF my assertion.
FIFTEEN DAYS TEST TRIAL. By Furnishing
Bankers. Express or railroad companys cor.
tidcate OF deposit for amount.
Also SHEET NUsI O 1t ons-h half market price
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-29

amount of the funds intrusted to his
care. Pere Martin was compelled to
yield to the persistent entreaties of the
traveller.
Jean Louis jumped into his saddle,
and away the carriage rolled into the
storm. They had hardly gone two miles
when q fash of lightning more vivid
than any heretofore, struck with its bolt
one of the tall Lonbardy poplars that
bordered the rold. The horses, for an
instant, stood shuldering, and then
dashed blindly along the road until
meeting with some obstacle-there was
sudden crash, grpan-and fragments
of the post-chaise wsre lying in all di-
rections. Some people, living near, ran
to the spot; and thae, nearly side by
side, were the young traveller and Jean
Louis. After severd days Of horrible
suffering, the former died. AS to Jean
Louis, he had to sutnit to the loss of
his right arm, and The terrible operation
of trepanning. He recovered his health
but his reason hadfed forever.
Since that time tn, poor fellow has
not ceased to consiter himself still a
position, and that az soon as he has
saved fifteen hundred francs he will
marry La Belle Brun&. Seel he wakes
up; do you notice that for the diligence
from Paris, von't be lng before it gets
here. He VII run ahsad OF it; he will
run by the side of thehorses just in the
same way you saw him do to your dill
gence. AS soon as evG it stops, he ac-
costs the passengers with his customary
sentence, and carefully slows away
whatever they may give him. This
evening he will bring ne his little daily
gatherings, with these words: pat this
with the rest, Madame 3enoit, and when
the fifteen hundred frarcs are complete,
let me know, for then shall go and find
Pere Martin, and he is.,ound to give me
La Belle Bruno, at one, for you know
he promised her to me.
Aud La Belle Brune-what became of
her?
AS she would have .eligiously kept
the word she gave to Jem Louis, so she
sacredly performed the promise she had
given to her father-shebecame the wife
of the man that he chosefor her, without
actual love for him, nor ret rot without
esteeming him. To-day her name is
Widow Benoit--at your savice; she takes
care of Jean Louis, who loes not recog-
nize her any more, and often tells her
in confidence, that he Will have the pleas
ure of dancing with hr, the day that he
has the happiness tg marry La Belle
Bruno. You see, monsieur and madame;
that the crazinees oiJean Louis is neith-
er SO very bad, norso very miserable
He lives in dream of happiness. Hap
Ply, most happy, hey who dream
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-29
A Revolution i'm Sentiment.

The Baltimore Sun, commenting on
the sentence of Poindexter in Richmond
for the killing of Curtis for an alleged
insult offered to the formers betrothed,
says: The address OF John E. Poindex-
ter on being brought up to receive sem
tence for manslaughter in killing young
Curtis, is touching and pathetic. But at
the same time it is the fullest testimony
to the justice and the expediency of his
conviction that could be presented. -
The verdict, he said, IF ratified by this
community, makes me the first victim Of
q revolution in traditional sentiment
of my native State that has educated me
to believe that the defense of woman is
one of the first duties a man owes to
himself and society First, however,
one should be sure that the defense was
needed. But the sentiment, as he con-
strued it, was an exaggerated and dan
gerous rlisconception of a supposed
social duty, and the revolution was
wrought principally, or Immediately,
anyhow, by his own very deed. The
sort of punctilio which, in that comnlu-
nifty, used to insist that supposed lack
of courtesy to lady could only be wiped
out in blood has long been overstrained,
and was simply outraged and fell into
collapse in the presence of Poindexter's
deed. That which carried this false and
foolish code-for false and foolish it is,
though founded originally upon a genu-
inc sentiment of courtesy and gallantry
to its logical extreme, opened the eyes
of the community at last to its dangers
and its absurdity. Poindexter, as he
says, became the first victim of the re-
vulsion in sentiment, but that revulsion
was the immediate consequence of his
own act. and he is rightly punished in
order to prevent others from making the
same mistake about the duties of a
gentleman. OF course he regrets the
consequences of his deed, but this regret
cannot restore his victim to life, while
his sentence and punishment may save
the lives of good many young men in
Virginia who are much too good to be
shot down and slain as Curtis was.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-29

Much more coffee is used here than
in any country on the globe, France be-
ing the only land that consumes any
thing like an equal amount. While tea
has taken the place of coffee here to a
certain extent within few years, this is
mainly in cities and large towns; and
there is no probability of its becoming
the national beverage, as it has become
in Russia and largely in England. Cof-
fee, although unknown to the Greeks or
Romans, has been used from time i'm
memorial in Abyssinia and Ethiopia;
since the fifteenth century in Arabia,
and since the sixteenth over the remain
der of the East. Toward the close of
the following century, the plant was car
ried by Wieser, q Netherland burgo-
master, from Mocha to Batavia (Java),
where it was widely reproduced, and ere
long shoots were sent to Amsterdam,
and thence to the Botanical Garden at
Paris. Coffee was first drank in Egypt
and Turkey in the sixteenth century,
having been brought from Arabia; and
Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician,
was probably the first to make it known
in Europe, through his travels, publish
ed in 1878. Cofee-houses soon sprang up
in different countries of Europe, the
earliest in Constantinople 1551), and
the next in London, the year subse-
quent. This one was kept in Cornhill
by Greek, one Pasquet, the servant of
an Englishman named Edwards, who
had brought some coffee with him from
Smyrna. The first coffee-house in
France was opened in 1911, in Marseilles.
and few months later Paris initiated
the example. Before the civil war, cof-
fee-houses, as they are called, were very
common in the West and South, and are
still, the name being applied to bar
rooms-probably because almost every
thing except coffee could be had there.
The consumption of coffee has increased
very rapidly throughout the republic,
the poorest people drinking the pure
article, so far as they can get it; while
in Europe generally the comparatively
well-to-do alone can afford the luxury.
The chief substitutes, such as barley,
crusts, beans, chiccory, are seldom en-
ployed in this country, most Americans
preferring to go without than not to
have the real thing. Coffee is an abso-
Lutte necessity with ug, being drank IN
the laborer's cabin no less than in the
rich mans home from Maine to Califor-
mia, from Florida to Washington Terri
tory. 1t is said that we import now
about 800, 000 600 pounds annually, val
ued at over S25, 900, 900, and our yearly
increase in the last quartar of century
is estimated at 81 per cent. against % in
Europe, and per cent. for the whole
world.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-29
The ResuIB of an Elopement

Two monthsago DIR. Pierce. of Facto-
ryville, Pa, mar Waverley, N. Y, de-
serted his wife and family, and eloped
With Mrs. Riggs, the wife of his hired
man. He had the day before prescribed
some mediine for his wife, who was i'll.
After the fight of her husband Mrs.
Pierce took the medicine and died few
hours aftrward. Pierce and Mrs Riggs
went to Texas, the woman taking her
little by, four years old, with her
Shortly after taking up their residence
in Te,as, Pierce subjected Mrs. Riggs
and ler boy to the most brutal treat.
mem. Three weeks ago Mrs. Riggs,
taking advantage of the absence of
Pierce, took 500 of his and fed with
Iha child. Pierce got track of her and
followed her. She eluded him, and
reached her father in Spencer. She had
been very sick on her way from Texas,
and died very soon after entering her
fathers house. Pierce followed her as
far as Elmira, where he was warned
that he would be summarily dealt with
if he entered Factoryville, and he fled
in time to escape arrest on charge Of
his wife,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-29
What the European Powers Want.

The European powers appear to be
still hankering after fresh annexations
in the East, England demanding the
Khybar and Khurum Passes from the
Afghan ameer, France still looking long.
ingly at Tunis, and the two together
pressing upon the khedive the adoption
of European m inistry, while Russia is
claiming various privileges from China
in exchange for the cession of province
which she can retake at any moment.
Probably the best solution of the Egypt
ian question would be joint protecto-
rate, the khedive being evidently not
to be trusted. England from Cyprus,
and France from her proposed settle
ment on the coast of Tunis, would mount
guard over Egypt, and the splendid re-
sources of the Nile delta would be de-
veloped by European capital. But it
may well be doubted whether such an
arrangement could be lasting. Egypt,
said the first Napoleon, lis the key of
the East, and France cannot leave it to
England Still less can England leave
it to France, and the annexation of
Cyprus may yet prove to have been the
prelude of that English occupation of
Egypt with which the Gear Nicholas
tempted Sir Hamilton Seymour twenty
six years ago.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-29
THE P0STILION.

We were travelling in France, and
CHANGING to stop over night at neat
little hotel in wayside village, found
our attention attracted to a one-armed
gray haired man dressed as an old-time
position, whose pleased. simple look de-
noted that he was not quite right in his
mind. On questioning the landlady
about him, she gave lis this singular
history:
Twill begin, said she, by telling you
that his name is Jean Louis, and twen-
ty-fve years ago he was the best t-looking
lad in the village. He had light, curly
hair, beautiful white teeth, deep blue
eyes, that had one of the most tender,
languishing looks you ever saw. Atthe
same time, among the girls of the vii
lage, there was one rather pretty, with
good, fresh complexion, and happy,joy-
GUS disposition, who, when she was quite
little girl, they had named FRANCHISE
la Belle Bruno. Now, Jean Louis and
La Belle Bruno were neighbors. Jean
Louis mother was poor old widow,
who lived by the product of her spin
ning-wheel and Jean Louis wages. La
Belle Bruno was the daughter of the
postmaster of the district, who was q
great man in these parts, and the report
was that when his daughter married he
would count down ten thousand francs
as her dot-that which you cali marriage
portion or dowry-and that was looked
upon as fortune among us.
The consequence was, that when Sun
day came round and La Belle Bruno, ,ac-
companied by her father, went to church,
more than one of our young men gazed
upon her, more than one mother gave
her friendly greeting, and more than
one voice whispered as she passed
"Lucky is the fellow who will persuade
her to change her name for his" But
La Belle Bruno only loved the look, the
smile and the voice of Jean Louis
When at 6ay-dawn Jean Louis started
for the fields, it was rare circumstance
if he, instead of taking the short cut
across the meadow, did not glide round
toward the abode OF the postmaster, and
lie hidden in thick mass of honey
suckle, waiting patiently till La Belle
Bruno opened her window, and, apply.
ing her fingers to her lips, the young
girl sent him with her innocent smile
the mornings benediction and kiss.
This happiness lasted two years.
One day, old man Martin-for that
was the name which the postmaster
went by-sald to his daughter: my
child, do you know that you are twenty
years old, and not married yet? 1t is
time that you should make your choice.
Already people begin to talk about you
in the village, and wonder why you are
not Madame Such-and- Such q. One.-
From astonishment to calumny there is
only one step, and if you persist in your
refusal, as up to this time you have
done, of the richest aud most eligible
young men in the place, they will not
fail to remark that underneath this re-
fusal something extraordinary must lie
an extravagant vanity, or silly coquet-
ry, or what IS still worse, guilty love
affair. will not allow this state of
things, and they must end. So now,
give you fortnight wherein to make
your choice; if by that time you have
not done SO, will choose for you.'
La Belle Bruno knew her father thor
oughly, and that when he said i will,