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.And SO mot without secret misgiying,

And SO not without secret misgiving,
he played the partof listener.
ssYou know" resumed Flora, "all
about my poor cousin Lizzies unfortu-
nate marriage with Clement Percy"
And she went on to tell the simple
story of her adventure the day before,
with such innocent pathos that Nellie
HYDE was in tears ere the recital was
finished. And there was another pair OF
eyes not very far off, slightly dimmed,
also.
sI had no money" pursued Flora. "I
felt that it would not be honorable to
sell anything that papa had given me,
knowing his feelings on the subject, and
so-was it wrong to sell my hair, Nellie?
If you could only have seen how well
come the money was to poor Lizzie"
When at length the conservatory's per-
fumed aisles were vacant, and Clarence
Gilroy left his nook among the vines he
felt that one glimpse into Flora Mon
tague's heart was worth half the fortune
that made him the idol of man9uvring
mammas and marriageable daughters
The eclipse upon his sun had passed
away.
The next day Clement Percy was as.
tonished very agreeably by the receipt OF
an anonymous letter containing bank
note for fifty dollars. And the next day
after that Flora stole around to tell her
her cousin that she was engaged to
Clarence Gilroy.
.And when 1 have home of my own,
dearest" she said, "you and Clement
shall share it. Clarence said so.
Mrs. Gilroy kept the word that Flora
Montague had pledged.
MORE ABOUT GEN. JAcKsoN's DUEL.
Mr.. S. Park Baker of Youngstown, N.
Y. after having read in the Courier
Journal an account of the Jackson-Dick-
inson duel, thus writes to friend in
Kentucy: There is one feature about this
duel with Dickinson, however, that
seems little peculiar, and that is that
Gen. Jackson, who was u very spare
man IN his person, should have been
dressed in o loose-fitting gown or coat, so
that his antagonist could not readily tell
the location of his body. Dickinson
aimed right, and if Jackson's body had
been where Dickinson supposed it was,
and where, perhaps, the code datello would
say it ought to have been. there Is no Just
reason to doubt that Gen. Jackson would
at that time have sspassed in his checks, ;"
for the ball from Dickinson's pistol
would have struck his heart beyond any
doubt, according to the account OF the
duel. Now, the point and criticism l
make in the character of "Old Hickory" !"
in respect to this duel is this: Having
dressed himself in manner to deceive
Dickinson as to the precise location OF
his (Jackson's) body, and having receiy-
ed Dickinson's bullet without any serious
injury. it was not just and fair thing in
Jackson afterward to take deliberate aim
at Dickinson and kill him. No matter
what the provocation was on the part OF
Dickinson which led to the duel, it seems
to me that, after having resorted to what
was then considered an honorable method
of settling the difficulty, they were each
bound to give the other fair play, and
the only excuse or justification I can find
for Gen, jackson for his deliberate and
premeditated killing of Dickinson is the
fact that perhaps, upon general prin-
ciples, Dickinson ought to have been
killed for slandering so upright and hon.
orable q woman as the wife of Gen.
Jackson. In reading an account of this
fight am reminded of the duel between
John Randolph and Kentucky's most IL
lustrious citizen, Henry Clay, in 1926,
only the termination of this duel was not
SO disastrous as the former, and yet it
might have been if Mr.. Clay had not, to
some extent, been deceived as to the To-
cation or position of Randolph's body,
for it was stated by some one that Mr..
Clay remarked after the duel was over
that he might as well shoot at pair of
tongs as at Randolph. Com-
rier-Jouamal.