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THE PROPOSAL.

1t was late on a September after
noon, The day had been damp and
doleful, and now at $50 O'Clock the
fog was trying to envelope every
thing with it's usual obstinate den
sity.
Amid the stream of hurrying, jost-
ling humanity which swept down the
Strand was a man whose face might
have attracted attention if there had
been any one in that motley crowd
not wholly engrossed in selfish inter
ests. 1t was a fine, dark face, beau
tiful in its way, but marked by lines
and shadows-the face of man who
was fighting against the world and
who was losing the battle, and yet a
man whose nature had not been en-
bittered by sordid struggles, man
who had suffered and grown strong.
Such a one was Paul Ferris, only he
would have been very much sur
prised to have heard it said.
He plodded along, his threadbare
coat buttoned up to the chin, head
bent, eyes fixed on the ground, think
ing of nothing more or less heroic
than the approaching dinner hour.
| suppose, though, that even a hero
may be pardoned for being hungry,
if he has got through the day with
out any luncheon. That was the
case with Paul Ferris, at all events,
and consequently he was making the
best of his way homeward, devoutly
J hoping that his sister had ordered
something substantial for the even
ing meal Presently he turned off to
the right and passed into one of
those short and comparatively de-
serted streets which run from the
Strand to the Embankment Here
| he entered one of the row of lodging
houses and was soon in it's dingy sit
ting room, with its dismal-hued car
pet and upholstery. As he came in a
pale-faced girl in a black gown rose
from the couch where she had been
lying and advanced to meet him.
"You have come at last, Paul"
eyes, little one, and glad to see
YOU up and looking SO Jolly"
1.-The rehearsal was late, was it
not?''
"Late? | should say it was.
Couldn't even get out to get some
lunch"
Poor bnyl That was tragical. L
have ordered dinner for 6 O'Clock. so
possess your soul in patience until
then. In the meantime have a bit
of news for you"
Ferris threw off his coat and
confronted her. "No bad news,
child?"
"No. On the contrary"
Good news? All, that's something
novel and refreshing. Let's have it,
my good girl-pray do not keep me
in suspense
He seated himself by the fireside
and took off his gloves, looking
across at his sister with a somewhat
cynical smile.
"To begin with, who do you think
called here this afternoon?"
Creditors?"
"No."
"DOctorF'
"No."
my SOLICITOR"
"Wrong again-it was Margaret
Stanhope."
Ferris started and shaded his face
with his hand.
"Well," he asked, after pause,
"what did she want of your
"She was very kind, Paul; in
quired after you and asked us both
to an informal dinner on Thursday
evening"
"And you accepted"
"Qf course, ] thought it would be
a treat. Surely, you do not object p
q cannot object, Stella, if it would
give you pleasure. Yes. We will go
if fate SO wills it,"
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Soldiers advancing against Indians
often march for days without seeing q
red man; but the veterans know that
If the Indians want to find them they
will be heard from when least expected.
A story told in ''Warpath and Bivouac"
illustrates how suddenly Indians an
nounce'thG'T presence.
Gen. Crooks command was camped
on Crazy Woman's Fork, and not an
Indian had disturbed them for several
nights. 1t was very cold, and all were
impatient for some sort of excitement.
One night some officer said, Let rs so
up to Bourke's tent. and they all went.
The lieutenant, a member of Crooks
staff, was found studying a military
map by the light of a candle
Hello, Bourlze!" said one of the
visitors Aren't you afraid the In
dians will ventilate your tent if you
keep that light burning"
"Oh, no, replied Bourke. The In
dians that have been firing into us are
small flying party You may rely on
it that you won't hear anything more
from them tl1is side of Tongue river.
The distance is too great from their
villages and the weather is too cold.
Mr.. Indian doesn't care to be frozen.
Now, I'll show you on this map the
point where they will most likely make
their first real att
Whizl popl bangl zipl came a vol
ley from the bluffs above the camp. A
bullet struck the candle and put it out.
Another made large sized hole in the
map. The officers scattered, and
BOurke was left alone to mediate on
the instability of Indian character
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and-I want you to go with mel
raul leaned forward and passed hi
hand over his eyes.
But | do not understand" h,
SAD, with a puzzle expression.
lie could see that she was laborino
under some excitement. that her
breath was coming uncertainty II
seemed to him she was very near
tears, although she was smiling.
Monsieur" she said rapidly in
french, Il have the honor of asking.
your hand in marriage for Nile
Stanhope." e'
II struck him like a blow m
Dllnded him-took his breath 1wav.
he could not speak-was only con-
Sclous that Margaret was kneelinr
beside his chairWith her hands on his
arm. That her face was upturued.
grave and tender.
Paul" she whispered, "I love
you. WilNou marry me?"
/, He und<stood of !.Ist, and AZ ast
lt lter in his nrms and kissed
ler. oferent'y.-[ Buffalo News.
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and then found that he could walk, or at
least move on his feet, in a staggering
motion. He attended to his wounds, bind
ing and rebinding them, and nourished
himself on whatever fresh water he could
find on the way
Over three days had been passed without
food, and finding his strength so low that
he could not make more than half mile
without exhaustion, be began to think of
death in that vast swamp as his certain
fate. In order to insure some account of
his disaster should his remains be discov-
cred, he took paper from his pocket, and
using his own blood for ink wrote the
story of his experiences and pinned it to
six hours he again staggered to his feet, and
in the edge of, the evening of the fifth day
-trofrr urTe ughJ stumbled upon Il parry Of
the soldiers of the fort who were searching
for him
Hartsuff's recovery from his wounds was
so complete that he went on a campaign in
1856 against the Seminoles, and the treach-
erous vagabonds who had attacked his
camp in the cypress swamp were driven
from the country The gallant lieutenant
was, however. too severely injured for a
continuance of hardship in the field, and
was made instructor at West Point acad-
emy. His last wound in the swamp never
lceased to distress him while he lived, and
probably was the origin of troubles that
led to his death This did not take place
until 1874, after he had won the stars of a
major general of volunteers and the high
est brevets in the regular army for gallant
conduct on the field during the civil war.
In the war HartsuG rose gradually from
a captaincy in 1861 to Il generalship in 1862.
l,
he led a brigade in the column that storm
ed the mountain under Gen. Hooker. A
few days later he led his brigade in one of
the bloodiest encounters on the field of An
tietam Hooker's corps made bold attack
on the ConfederateS around the famous
bunker Church woods and the cornfield
in front. Here the Union general Mans
field was killed, Hooker was wounded and
thousands of brave men went down. Hart
suff's brigade engaged in desperate work,
and their leader was severely wounded ear
ly in the fight.
On his recovery he was for a time COM
mander of the Twenty-third Army corps
in Kentucky and personally headed the
mounted columns in pursuit of Morgan,
the raider, on his famous ride into Indiana
and Ohio in 1868. In 1865 he commanded
on the works in front of Petersburg
For his gallantry at Aptietam, Harts4ff
was promoted to be major general of vol
unteers and afterward gained brevets of
the rank of brigadier general and major
general of the regular army. At the time
of his death he was on the retired list of
the army on account of disabilities received
in battle, the most severe of which was the
terrible chest wound made by the Indians
bullet in the struggle in the cypress
swamp. GEORGE L. kILMER.
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JENNY REJUVENATGD.

The Major Tells a Good Mule Story of
Befo' and After the War.
'How long do mules livep' repeated
the major as he placed his feet on the
railing of the hotel veranda and blew
into the air slowly and refectively
vast cloud of fragrant tobacco smoke.
''Well, don't know. / never saw
mule die, and never saw dead mule.
But for all that I'm hardly prepared to
say that they live forever"
'"Tell us about Col Waterman's
mule, broke in the doctor, extracting
a beautiful meerschaum from its case.
II think none of the others have ever
heard that story, and l assure you,
gentlemen, it is as good as fish story"
''It's not much of story, and it's
true At the beginning of the war
Col Waterman had an old mule by the
name of Jenny. As the colonel had an
opportunity to sell the animal at a
good figure he did so. To be sure
Jenny had been in his family so many
years that she seemed like a member of
it, but $50 is not to be sneezed at for
an old mule, SO the colonel put all
sentimental feelings aside and let her
go for $50"
THAT was Just 6erore the WARP
queried the landlord, standing in the
door.
Eyes, just before the war;" continued
the major
''In the exciting times which followed
of course old Jenny was entirely for
gotten. About ten years after the war
was all over the colonel concluded he
would like young, lively mule. After
a great deal of experimenting he bought
one that just suited him. Among other
good qualities it looked just as Jenny
did when she was young. The
coloners son Frank happened to come
home on a visit day or two after the
purchase. The morning aftoNs0uS., \
rival he wandered out to 4 o3 pNSur
see the new mule In abe
ate- he ~s+-.~->e1 s>->S s-=lzel1
what did you pay for that muleP
"'Seventy-five dollars replied the
colonel.
Frank burst out laughing and ex-
claimed, That's just S45 more than
you sold her forl'
''And sure enough the coloners
young mule was none other than old
Jennie"
II never thought to ask you," said
the doctor, relighting his pipe, "wheth-
er Jenny is still alive or not"
''She was a year ago." replied the
major promptly, but was beginning
to look little weary. There's no
way" he added moralizingly, ''of tell
ing the age either of a mule or ne
gro. Chicago Herald.
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ready wounded and crawling off to tho
Wlld cover OF the hummock Hartsuff
found that the ammunition supply at the
wagons was short, and in order to mako -
tell he ordered Hanna and the unknown to
~Ioad the muskets and pass them to him tn
Ire After several shots a bullet strrck
MIN IN the side, twirling him around with
stagger Feeling for the wound, he saw
that the bullet had been stopped by his
pistol ~ LIS
While rejoicing over his escape and
IIHee!lhg MS men, another bullet pierced
MS side INTO to the lung, and he soon gave
up from loss of blood and crawled away to
the hummock, telling his men to do the
same same and that If once they could reach
cover CO they could whip all the savapes vet
Inc unknown and Hanna staid at tho
wagons and fired several shots to cover
haftsuff s escape. Then the unknown said
10 ms companion; MY last cartridge is in
1I my rife and our legs must save ne y
lshese two now left thewagons and reached
~ 4linmock, out, not fine the lien
MDA Z 81
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aeir long march. 49, !.

!. Hartsuff reached the hIsinfnock and
lcrawled rapidly to the interior thicket for
shelter, but he fell into a deep pool and
was unable to rise for some time. While
in this position he heard an Indian say,
Come outl come outp' But by keeping
very quiet he threw the copper colored
enemy off, only to find himself beset by
swarm of alligators that scented him by
his fresh flowing blood Several times he
arose and after walking few yards fell
again from exhaustion. Alternating be-
tween enforced rest when he could not
rise and spurts of motion forward by draw
ing and pushing with hands and feet, he
passed the whole day and at night he de-
sparingly gave up the struggle, in which
he had not progressed a mile all told He
now lay helpless for forty eight hours
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SI.@:.S1lLe SsIt.1@:9.olLe euCI1aIndod mo IN I puG T
And some strings of dried-up appfSts}Ss fSts}slsssl2s2
mics of the fruit creation
Came to swell the doleful census of Elder
Lambs donation.
Also radishes and turnips pressed the pump
kn's cheerful cheek,
Likewise beans enough to furnish half of Bos-
ton for a week;
And some butter that was worthy to have
Samson for a foe,
And some eggs whose inner nature held the
Legend Long Ago.;
And some stOve-wood, green and crooked, on
his flower-beds was laid
Fit to furnish fire departments with the most
substantial aid.
All things unappreciated found this night
their true vocation
In the museum of relics, known as Elder
Lambs donation.
There were biscuits whose material was their
own secure defence;
There were sauces whose acuteness bore the
sad pluperfect tense:
There were jellies undissected, there were mys-
tery-laden pies
There was bread that long had waited for the
signal to arise.
There were cookies tasting clearly of the
drear and misty past;
There were doughnuts that in justice mongst
the metals might be classed;
There were chickens, geese and turkeys that
had long been on probation,
Now received in full connection at old Elder
Lambs donation.
Then they gave his wife wrapper made for
some one not SO tall,
And they brought him twenty slippers, every
pair of which was small;
And they covered him with sack-cloth as it
were, in various bits,
And they clothed his helpless children in a
wardrobe of misfits;
And they trimmed his house with "Welcome,"
and some bric-a-bracsh trash,
And one absent-minded brother brought FIVE
dollars all in CASH.
Which the good old pastor handled with a
thrill of exultation.
Wishing that in filthy uere might have come
his whole donation.
Morning came at last in splendor; but the ell
der, wrapped in gloom,
| knelt amid decaying produce and the ruins
of his home;
And his piety had never till that morning
been so bright,
! For he prayed for those who brought him to
that unexpected plight.
But some worldly thoughts intruded for he
wondered DER and DER
If they'd buy that day at auction what they
gave the night before
And his fervent prayer concluded with the
natural exclamation:
Take me to Thysef in mercy, Lord, before
my next dOHdtiOnl"
Ladies' Home Journal. Il
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.lders loved

on the island adjoining the.amp. The In
dians were armed and in wrlike attitude.
seme of them taking aimand then began
most desperate fght forife in that will
derness morass.
Three of the men who wre at a distance
from the wagons saddling .orses could not
reach their comrades and ecaped, leaving
seven alone against severl times their
number Hartsuff, who hight have fol-
lowed the contemplate cIstom of parley
and conciliation, rushed frol his tent, pis
tol in hand, and opened fire,n the Indians,
shooting down two and Peee wing a ball in
his arm. Reaching the wagons he found
three men, one of them wolnded, aghting
desperately. These were Pivates Hanna
and Murtagh and one whose name is not
recorded. For Gods said i" exclaimed
the lieutenant, who knew No be of the his
tory OF the moment, 'whefe are all the
men? Were they all killed at the first
fire?"
'These two Hanna and Mnrtaghl are
all have seen," said the unknown.
Two men lay dead at tlt wagons and
SsS0 more, mortally wounded, fell in the
camp. The fate of the three with the
horses was at this time mystery TO the
survivors at the wagons. Just as the lieu
tenant reached the plucky tFiq Hanna was
shot down, the unknown vas disabled by
q shot in the thigh and MIlrtagh was a.
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". NJ. SMITH,

nEALER n italian and American Marble
~ all kline of Granite; Monuments, Head
stones, Tablet, Sc. Cemetery work neatly ex
eeuted orderPromptly filed.
CAMBRIDGE, VT.
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ELDER LAMBS DONATION
BY WILL CARLETON.

uood old Elder Lamb had Iabored for - thor,
sand nights and davs 'oi Ulou
ana mad preached the blessed Bible in n mn,
titude of ways; i0 /" d niul
lestial wIre 'i'n ce-
And had kept his little chapel full of flames %
heavenly fire; VI "llies OF
ne had raised mum 'rous family. straiob+ :
and sturdy as he could, 'raighe
ana ms boys were all considered as unna+,,r
ally good; "' unndCur-
AND his slender salry" kept him till wont
forth the proclamation --" Viii "ehU
we VIII pay him up this season with a pen-
erous donation" 'n gen
SO they brought him hay and barley and
some corn upon the ear anu
straw enough to bed his pony forever and =.
year; anu d
And they strewed him with potatoes of in
consequential size. vi III
And some onions whose comn1o+o,oo
the moisture from his eyes '-' D''"
u so.ne clder-nore like water, in an jnven-
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while the men were seattle
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