Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

fulfill the ungratcful duty Of annihilat-
inc one of our own side with more
grace:
.'You urge me as judge; but had rather
You would have bid me argue like father.
OIL had il been stranger. not my child,
10 smooth his fair fault should have been
more mild.
partial SANDER sought TO avoid,
And In the seutence my own life destroyed.
Alas! ] looked when some OF you should
say
was too sir'ci 10 make mine own away,
But you grant eaVo to my unwilling tongue
Agar, ny wa 20 do myself this wrong
cit viii o..
"Did you notice an inaecuracy in b. S
speech last night? He said that Lord
Pam arton was distinctly of his opin-
ion. Hato Is palmerston's speech on
the sans 8bieat Read it, dear"
"BHya ieauie! you have surpassed
yoursef 9-daF, Now we must turn. y
"A ready Oh, Jos, wish | could
90 to he gaaertn'
"You could not stay late enough to
hear me.
Then, in an eager whisper she said,
as the orongham pulled up, "Good-by,
God peed you!'
That ldg,0re faded away as the little
brougb3n trptted out of il. The next
showed London drum. The hostess
standing s. the head OF the stairs re-
ceivinr lcr guests; lady, exquisitely
dressed sitting on n sofa, with two or
three men round her, and buzz of DO
Utica Eturmurs
BEST speech of the session! outdid
himself; never thought Pelham would
come out ike this!''
well, Lady Pelham, congratulate
you heartily. We all look upon Sir
Joseph as the rising hope of the party "
you should have heard the roars of
laughter with which his Shakspcarian
quotation was received. Hazard, you
can tell Lady Pelham what it was
do not remember the words, but he
oook so fatherly tone to poor w. thai
from man of his age the effect was in
imitable."
Two members were talking together
in an ante-room.
"Best speech of the session! l never
believed there was so much in that lazy
fellow Pelham"
at is all his wife's doings. She has
brought out his dormant powers.
The shadows are passing over tho
wall again. | bend forward eagerly.
What is it? What blurred-looking
picture! 1t is raining fast, pouring,
with the Kissing sound of rain on the
pavement. 1t is so dark that can on
ly just dis inguish narrow alley, such
y cen OF postilence as Shoreditch can
hes snow.
On The right stands public house.
see faint tights through the chinks of
its dirt-encrusted shutters, and hear
loud tones and evil words from within.
man reels to the door. and looks
out; nothing but rain and black mud,
and horrible stencil from the rushing
cutters. He shuts the door with an
oath and goes in again.
Take care, missus!"
A faint gIimmer from n lantern
shows me Two figures picking their
way through mud and iith-a rough
looking man, whose old fur cap is
drawn low over his brow, and behind
him woman, dressed in the coarse
gown and white cap of an English Sis
ter of Mercy; n little black wooded
Gro on her breast, and long cloak
round her, The face, on which the yell
low ght shines, is homely, with a
sli4at.y worn expression and eyes full
of kindly sweetness.
81 am very glad to have arrived"
she says chcerfully, shutting her cotton
umbrella, and about TO step into the
house. A man from within pushes her
back roughly but not unkindly.
"Do YOU know what YOU undertake,
missus?" he says. Five of 'em-two
brothers, wives, and child: And it's
black smallpox.
81 know; let me pass! Thank you
for your warning she answered gent
ly.
The man muttcrs something and
draws back.
She goes in.
l suppose some days, even weeks,
must have passed in my dreams, Tor l
awoke 10 find my little circular picture
fu.l Of daylight.
1t S Ike same alley, but a nErrow
pa nwa a.ong it is swept clean and
drv. ana mere and there strewn with
straw. At the door of the public house
staaIs utle group of people sur
rounding the Sister of Mercy. Two OF
them Sc m rs if their hearts were too
ful of speech; on the arm of one hangs
weakly woman, the other, stands
alone. they press her hands, one man
raises the rough sleeve of her gown
aud kisses its hem, with tears raining
down his checks