, 1880-03-25
The boy sat on tile other deck,
Whepco all tho kings 1ad lied;
Tho game Is o'er, TINT little boy

OF tho rest Is fur ahead. .
Miss Carrie Eastman and Mrs. Asa Adams
nre to ronl n papcr on "1Iow to Nuke tho Ilfo
Of tho Farmers WIfc Less Monotonons and
More sooinl md Attractive 1T tho next meet.
Ing Of tho Hampshire Agricultural Society at
North Auhorst. Without desiring to bo ut nll
forward In tho rnattor, we nro confident That n
new spring hat on tho hcad of almost any gootl
looking farmorcss Will start tho bull rolling. IL
this faits, import young minister mud lot htm
be scon going homo from church with d young
Indy.
Mr.. Fromlo is still with lis, and aends In
tho following:
It WIS beautiful dag In 1somo. ....-
Tl'a Wan luoer because at Watortown fthe nthcf
cnd OF tho road) Il ed bcen ratnnE for troe dnYs.
II mas also pretty pleasant In Wnahtngtor too,-+
THAT city Of magnificent distances md imposing hoel
bls!s The sun Of hntny daY In spring sent down lts
mellow raJa IN goden Hoods. whito the sou Of Cons
srcssn1nH put down his rnlae In red chips
II Ii hardly necessary to saY ho wn4 called nnd
benton. He stagRorod from tho samnR-tablo, = has-
gard look on his palo fnco but presently back
will cold deck, md broke tho whole party.
~ Among tho l5Ecak1Es' IL = good play" ho enItl
With mock!nB laugh. but among tho broke Il no
play nt a1k II IL dead oarneat" Then he ssrodo
haughlily from the 1oon his box-tond boots striking
tho marble nooE With MI Inciayonoes that betokenuu
tho firm nature OF tho nn,.
That night tho thentro WAS crowded from pit To
done. [As mattaf Of fact, there was no pit In tho
house, and tho roof Wns an ordinary tai md HsasOl
hHhlf, with not suspicion OF od,Ds but architects
uro must evor give WRy to Pootlo icense] It was to
30 tho Initial performance Of q no" play: "Who ls
tho Father7n
NIT senator absont; but fortunately tho story
OF tho dratnn was la1d III Europe.
Tho horolno Of tho play wAs lovely Matdon who
found Tiny infant, drcsSed In tho richest Of clothes,
concealed TIM matoca jar. which wns left on tho
d10rstop Of her fatfler's h1uae. No Glow to lta
Identity could DO found, although On ONO corner OF
tho satin robo In which It. MAS enve1oped was p!nnod
aptoco OF pap0r, on which weeo tho lettoss Vs. II. ~
little Investigation developed tho fact tint 1t wus
nlanndE1 mark moaning Send home Saturday"
The part Of Tho hoE0lno WIS takeM By young md
beautiful nctrOss who throw hor whole soul into tho
work Tint sho WAS VI Relt1c birth became appnrons
in tho closing sc1n0 Of tho third act. n4ure after 4
stormy sccne With hor butrothcd, sho Aunx to tho
h0or In scnFn sa presents aayInEs "rnko bnck por-
ddfoua crentusc, tho bauboa that your pampured
cheek'book has purchased You hhyo burr-akon my
heart With your honcyGd words and checked pantatit
li,rnR this scanu tho closest ubsorver wna unnh1d
to detect tho chowln9'gnn grnspcd firmly be.woon
hor poarly tcetil. Suno but RroAt actress and q
woman OF culture can chow gum ard scenery at the
sAmo limo.
As she uttovcd the lint words OF or limos and stynds
tEnHicay nmny nuloag tho t!nls Ut tho aldo OF tho
staso. tho othcr onca In fE0nt cheosud thomsolvcs
hnarse. whle0 tho "brhvos" Of tho parquot ctrcio
woro mingled with tho Stamp On his mock, sst' Of
tho cutlery.
In tho lobby Of tho thcatro stood young man,
across Whose faco rapidly fsteI. now smile, now =
look OF pAan or sorrow. md agan nm expression ut
tRotaolo peace. as t]1e younR and lovoy dsb1tanfs
depctsd n Naturn'a mirror tho varying 1hases Of
tandor nature torn by conflicting emotions, Tho
young MAns SyeA wer0 ney2r lifted from tho teav.
teous visIon bcfore him. a,,d whom the dnsoendin
cuEtatn shut tfrom Wow AIuod look dottod on hls
conntenanco. Could It ho possible that-- I'D,
f0s. he wAs mashed. ;.
Whom the performance wAa onded tho young man
started up tho bliad alloy loading ia ths stage door
II tWas difficult and dangerous journey, but lovo
sur1aount oil ash-harrcta lnxenlousl5