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their performing of it. Therefore. myself and
the Others except the drivers, who were obliged
to ride. gave up our horses for packs, to assist
along with the baggage. Iput myself in an In
dian walking dress. and continued with them
three days, until found there was no proba-
bility of their getting home in reasonable time.
The horses became less able to travel every day;
the cold increased very fast, and the roads we're
becoming much worse by deep snow, continu-
ally freezing; therefore, as l was uneasy to get
back to make report of my proceedings to his
Honor,the Governor, determined to prosecute
my journey the nearest way, through the woods
on foot.
On the whole, there seems to be enough
foundation for the story, that this stone house
near the mouth of the Clarion river Law di-
rectly in the track of Washington's expedi-
tion, to merit its thorough investigation bv
the State Government. New York State
now owns and preserves as one of its richest
relics the old house at Newburg on the
Hudson, in which General Washington
wrote his orders disbanding the army Why
should not Pennsylvania, if it can prove a
clear title, preserve and guard with glory a
house in which the youthful Lieutenant
Washington rested his weary feet? Vir-
ginia glories in possessing to this dav the
home of Washington; New York takes
pride in having his military headquarters
intact. Why shouldn't Pennsylvania save
and revere the cradle of his greatness?
L. E. SToFIEL,
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so closely with granite and sandstone slabs,
that the paths will scarce allow two persons
to walk side by side. The stones stand and
lie in all conceivable positions, erect. slant
ing at every angle, PROSTATE upon the earth
or upon others already fallen before them
two, three and even four upon grave, where
generations of men have been buried one
upon the other-stones large and small, coy-
cred with deep-cut inscriptions in the He
brew character, bearing the sculpture of two
uplifted hands, wherever the Kohns, the
children of the tribe of Aaron, are laid to
rest or the gracefully chiseled ever of the
Levites. Here they lie, thousands upon
thousands of dead Hebrews, great and small,
rich and poor, wise and ignorant, neglected
individually, but guarded as whole with
all the tenacious determination of the race
to hold its own, and to preserve the sacred
ness of its dead. In the dim light of the
winters afternoon it is as though great
army of men had fallen fighting there. and
had been turned to stone as they fell. Rank
upon rank they lie, with that irregularity
which comes of symmetry destroyed, like
columns and files of soldiers shot down in
the act of advancing. And in winter, the
gray light falling upon the untrodden snow
throws pale reflection upward against each
stone, as though from the myriad sepul-
cheres family luminous Vapor were rising
to the outer air. Over all, the rugged
brushwood and the stunted trees intertwine
their leafless branches and twigs in a thin,
gnostly network of gray, that clouds the
view of the farther distance without inter-
rupting it. forest of shadowy skeletons
clasping feshless, bony hands one with
another, from grave to grave, as far as the
eve can see.
The stiffness in the place is intense. Not
a murmur of distant life from the surround
ing city disturbs the silence. At rare inter-
walls strong breath of icy wind stirs the
dead branches and makes them crack and
rattle against the gravestones and against
each other as in dance of death. 1t is a
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highest point Unorna stood still, turned
quickly toward the Wanderer and held both
heT hands toward him.
81 have chosen this place because it is
quiet" she said, with soft smile.
Hardly knowing why he did 20, he laid
his hands in hers and looked kindly down
to her upturned face.
"What is it?" ne asked, meeting her
eyes.
She was silent and her fingers did not un-
clasp themselves. He looked at her, and
saw for the hundreth time that she was very
beautiful. There was a faint color in her
cheeks, and her full lips were Just parted as
though loving word had escaped them
which she would not willingly recaE-
Against the background of broken neutral
tints, her figure stood out. an incarnation of
youth and vitality. Ii she had often looked
weary and pale of late, her strength and
freshness had returned to her now in all
their abundance. The Wanderer knew that
he was watching her, and knew that ne was
thinking of her beauty and realizing the
whole extent of it more fully than ever
before, but beyond this point his thoughts
could not 60. He was aware that he was
becoming fascinated by her eyes, and he
felt that with every moment it was
growing harder for him to close his own, or
to look away from her, and then, an
instant later, he knew that it would be i'm
possible. Yet he made no effort. He was
passive, Indifferent, will-less, and her gaze
charmed him more and more. He was al
ready in dream, and he fancied that the
beautiful figure shone with a soft rosy light
of its own in the midst of. the gloomy waste.
Looking into her sunliks eyes, he saw there
twin images of himself, that drew him softly
and surely into themselves until he was abb
sorbed by them, and felt that he was no
longer reality, but reflection. Then a
deep Inconsistencies stole over all his senses
and he slept, or passed in that state which
seems to lie between sleep and trance
Unorna needed not to question him this
time, for she saw that he was completely
under her influence. Yet she hesitated at
the supreme moment, and then, though to
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and astoniSh nations yet unborn. She is
one of the United States training ships des-
iCnated bv the Secretary of the Navy for
The purpose OF enlisting and forwarding re-
cruits for the service who are between the
ages of Il and Is. These youth mostly
hope TO be Admirals as soon as they can get
d move on their mustaches. Some OF them,
regret to say, are disappointed.
1t was my good fortune not long ago. in
company with Commodore Roeder, who
may be seen on pleasant days walking the
poop of the Pulitzer building, to visit
the Minnesota and watch the examining
board engaged in the arduous task of Sc
lecting proper Young men for the service,
and forwarding sound candidates to join
them that do go down to the sea in ships
Dressed Up for Picnic.
Dressing myself daintily in fine fatigue
dress. with hectic necktie and high silk hat.
anu with haIr thrown carelessly back to
about the time of Queen Anne, Joined the
Commodore, and we rode together up
Ninth avenue on a palatial train of ele-
vg,eG cars, each of which had blase air.
like that YOU notice on a spring morning
when you ride a mile or two through clover
meads and blooming peach orchards, and
then sDddealv step into a nice air-tight
sleeping ear.
Did YOU ever OIL Goye-eyed reader, with
the delicately chlseled Graco- Roman nose
and also delicately chiseled pOcketbook, en-
tered a sleeping car just as twas waking up?
Didst ever ramble up and down a meadow
brook at early dawn, crushing the heather.
and the sweet fern, and the bull frog for an
hour. and then, flushed with success, un-
joint your rod and, with the dew and the
daisies clinging to your high boots, catch an
carly train and step quickly into the great
Suore works Of 4 through car? Did you
ever wiring the rough, warm hand of Uncle
E0en at tbs way station at . o'clock A. NJ,
and with the memory OF tansy and timothy
and mignonette and fresh fried cakes and
cherry blossoms, blunder hurriedlv, while
your eyes were a little moist from the part
ing into the funky aisle of the sleeping
catacombs. where you would think Gabriel
could hardly get bugleful of fresh air?
Gives Him a Keen Neck Pain.
Well, that is how an all-night elevated
train strikes me occasionally. 1t gives me
heart failure and keen neck pain which
some day will drive me to the use of creme
de menthe
Fitueth street is pleasing locality on the
hill where the Cathedral and Wander bilt
properties are; but few blocks away, where
she bathes her neglected feet in the North
river, you can get fat very reasonably if
YOU do not care much about environments
It is rather q rocky neighborhood, musical
with the bleat of the nanny goat, reeking with
the blended odors of passe New York-odorS
that take one back TO the malarial summer
following the food, or the days when
Pharaoh aud his hosts began to swell up
and float ashore.
Stale beer, overstimulated asparagus beds,
III ventilated hotbeds Of vice. poorly corked
all night rum holes, cast of clothing, cast off
children, old and damaged marriage ties,
unsecured and non-diyidend declaring bonds
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HEAVIEST LOCOMOTIVES MADE.

, .
Somethlns ABOUT the monsters 1or Service
in st Clair Tunnel.
Philadelphia Times.l
Four ENGINES have inst been comnleied hv
+bo Ro1dwin I,ooon,o,iro WI g. A.,
Sno n - "n - c1oo'r'e .,r "oiAS ~, uof Tue
uranu ifunh iSaii"ay company iney are
the heaVlest locomotives IN the world,
weighing when in running order 1875, 900
pounds each-in fact. so great is their
WEIGHT that it will he necessary n renove
Tho oahs and otbor norts - insn.o bai e.
WV oaDo a-N 49, ps'T ~ suie Incl 0"ie
passage over s'ihe u Tue orluges theY must
cross In their route. They will run on 100
pound rails, as they would soon destroy
lighter rails.
The largest engines in use on either the
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A WASHINGTON RELIC
The MOuldering Old Stone House
Which Sheltered the Hero
on HIS MISSION TO THE FRENCH.
1t Is Now Utterly Neglected and Used as a
Stable for Cows.
THAT THE STATE BUY 1T
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH. l

WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH!
If history were to be obliterated, if de-
struction suddenly overlook the great vol
ume which events between the head of the
Ohio river and the western slope of the
Allegheny Mountains has filled; if all
records OF valor, sturdiness and industry
were to be wiped out, then Western Penn
sylvania would let it all go in supreme
struggle for the preservation of one sacred
leaf. All that is IN local lore is not one
half SO dear to us as the fact that right here
George Washington performed his first
public services. These hills and valleys
knew the Father of Our Country before the
country knew him. 1t is precious heritage
to Western Pennsylvania, and not one that
she would willingly part with.
But with all this patriotic pride in the
connection of Washington as mere strip
pling with the history OF Western Pennsvl-
vania, the city of Pittsburg does not possess
q single landmark, or relic either, of the
earliest exploits of the famous VirginIan
hereabouts. When he was first here, In the
latter part of November, 1853, Fort Du-
quesne had not yet been built. Fort Pitt
was a construction undertaken only after
DuQueSne was destroyed, and Boquet's old
block house down at the Point is the only
vestige now left standing OF that relic of
British rule at Pittsburg.
1t Once Sheltered Washington.
On the west bank of the Allegheny river
about so miles above Pittsburg, and only a
mile below the town of Fo1burg, there still
stands a weather beaten stone house which
should become the property of the State if
the traditions about it are true. 1t is said
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CHAPTER XIII.

"My consciousness of myself, you mean,
No. L am not sure But, my dear Unorna.
1 am very careful in guarding against acci-
dents of all sorts, for L have attempted to
resuscitate a great many dead people and l
never have succeeded, and 1 know that
false step on a slippery staircase may be
quite as fatal as a teaspoonful OF prusslc
acid-or an unrequited passion. Iavoid all
these things and many others. Ii l did
not, and if you had any object IN getting
me under your influence, you would sue
ceed sooner or later. Perhaps the day is
not far distant when 1 will voluntarily
sleep under your hand"
Unorna glanced quickly at him.
''And in that case," he added, ~ am
sure you could make me believe anything
you pleased"
''What are you trying to make me under
stand" she asked, suspicously, for he had
never before spoken of such possibility.
''You look anxious and weary" he said
in a tone of sympathy. in which Unorna
could not detect the least false modulation,
though she fancied from his fixed gaze that
he meant her to understand something
which he could not say. "You look tired,
he continued, Though it is becoming to
your beauty to be pale-I always said SO. L
will not weary you. 1 was only going TO
say that if 1 were under your influence
you might easily make me believe that you
were not yourself, but another woman-for
the rest OF my life."
They stood looking at each other in silence
during several seconds Then Unorna
seemed to understand what he meant.
"Do you really believe that is possible?"
she asked, earnestly.
81 know it. l know of case in which
it succeeded very WELL"
Perhaps" she said, thoughtfully. "Let
US 90 and look at him."
She moved in the direction of the aged
sleeper's room, and they both left the hall
together
1t appeared to Unorna fortunate cir
cumstance, when she at last determined to
overcome her pride, that the resolution
should have formed itself exactly a month
after she had so successfully banIshed the
memory of Beatrice from the mind of the
man she loved. She felt sure of producing
a result as effectual if this time she could
work the second change in the same place
and under the same circumstances as the
first. And to this end everything was in
her favor. She needed not to close her eyes
to fancy that 80 days had not really passed
between then and now. as she left the
house in the afternoon with the Wanderer
by her side.
He had come back, and had found her
once more herself-calm, collected, con-
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wild and dreary place. In. the summer, in-
deed, the thick LEAKAGE lends it transitory
color and softness, but in the depth of win
ter, when there is nothing to hide the naked
ness of the truth, when the snow lies thick
upon the ground and the twined twigs and
twisted trunks scarce cast a tracery of
shadow under the sunless sky, the utter des-
olation and loneliness of the spot have
horror of their own, not to be described. but
never to be forgotten.
Unorna walked forward in silence, choos-
ing path so narrow that her companion
found himself obliged to drop behind and
follow in her footsteps. In the widest part
OF this wilderness of death there is little
rising of the ground. Here both the grave
stones and the stunted trees are thickest and
the solitude is, ii possible, even more COM
plete than elsewhere. As size reached the
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OF wedIock, purple nosed politicians, dignl-
fed and greatly overestimated billy goats,
mud. ooze, slime, pestilence, frog works,
stencil, and one long. piercing. wailing cry
TO heaven ior soap, salvation and Street
Superintendent Beatty, mark the locality.
breakfast on the Minnesota.
In strong contrast to all this came the
clean and giistening decks of the Minnesota
and the trim and weil-fed officers who well
coined us. We went down to the wardroom,
where 1 removed my beautifully dimpled
high hat, and we sat down to breakfast At
hrst we had broiled freEh mackerel-
at least | think it was Yes, broiled
mackerel raised on the place. Then lamb
chops, with nice Drowned potatoes cut in
triangular hunks, also hot rolls We did
not have any horse doovers. Sometimes
they nave huItres but not always. POissous
are used quite commonly, especially when
company comes on board. Relieves occur on
Tuesdays and Fridays We had cafe noir, also
sliced oranges with crushed cocoanut on to
them, also grown on the grounds. Wins
consisted Of Phillip Bast's Burgundy and
trapped Crotonue Sec. Then cigars and
Speeches followed. / spoke on Free Coin
&c Iud Free Lunch, the Richly Upholstered
bnAl Toward Which We Are Ali Gaily
fastening Toward" 1 spoke from mere
thoughts,s so did not occupy much of the time.
1t was In every way a corker
Other speakers followed, but space will
not admit OF an extended reference to their
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WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH
BY T. MARION CRAWFORD,
Auhor of Isaacs' audus, 81 Roman Singer" and
Mana Other That Have Taken Rank as
Literature.

scious of her own powers. No suspicion OF
the real cause of the disturbance he had
witnessed crossed his mind; still less could
he guess what thing she meditated as she
directed their walk toward that lonely place
BY the river which had been the scene OF
her first great effort. She talked lightly as
they went, and he, in that strange humo- of
peaceful, well-satisfed Indifference which
possessed him, answered her in the same
strain. 1t was yet barely afternoon, but
there was toretaste of coming evening in
the chilly air.
81 have been thinking of what YOU said
this morning." she said, suddenly changing
the current of the conversation. Did L
thank you for your kindness?" She smiled
as she lnid her hand gently upon her arm to
cross a crowded street, and she looked up
into his quiet face.
"Thank me? For what? On the contrary
4 fancied that had annoyed you"
perhaps did not quite understand it all
at first, she answered thoughtfully. 1T is
hard for woman like me to realize what it
would be to have a brother, or sister, or
anyone belonging to me. Ineeded to think
OF the idea. Do you know that am quite
alone in the world?"
SIT is very strange And how came you
here?'
81 was told that the time had come. We
started at night. 1t was a long journey,
and 1 remember feeling tired, as was never
tired before or since. They brought me
here, they lett me in religious house among
nuns. Then 1 was told that was rich and
free. My fortune was brought with me.
That. at least, 1 know. But those who re-
ceived it and who take care of it for me
know no more of its origin than 1 myself.
Gold tells no tales, and the secret has been
well kept. I would give much to know the
truth-when am in the humor."
She sighed and then laughed again.
You see why it is that find the idea Of
brother SO hard to understand" she added,
and then was silent.
you have all the more need OF under
standing it, my dear friend" the Wanderer
answered, looking at her thoughtfully.
''Yes, perhaps so. can see what friend
ship is. can almost guess what it would
be to have brother"
"And have you never thought of more
than that?" He asked the question In his
calmest and most friendly tone, somewhat
deferentially. as though fearing lest it
should seem tactless and be unwelcome.
"Yes. have thought of love also," she
answered, in a low voice. But she said
nothing more. and they walked on for some
time in silence.
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all real intents she was quite alone, burn
Ing flush of shame rose to her face, and her
heart sank within her. She felt that she
could not do It.
She dropped his hands. They fell to his
sides as though they had been of lead. Then
she turned from him and pressed her aching
forehead against tall, weather-worn stone
that rose higher than her own height from
the midst OF the hillock.
Her woman's nature rebelled against the
trick. 1t was the truest thing in her, and
perhaps the best, which protested so vio-
lently against the thing she meant to do; it
was the simple longing to be loved for her
own sake, and of the mans own free will, to
be loved by him with the love she had
despised in Israel Kafka. But would this
be love at all, this artificial creation of her
suggestion reacting upon his mind ? Would
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the nearest and most level way to the trencn
fort was now impossible by reason Oh many
great swamps; that he would be Obliged TO go
by way of Fenango, and that he would not
reach the nearest fort in less than five or SIX
days good travelling Washington was very
eager to set forward, but his Indian escort lnow
greatly AUGMENTED by shingissl could ho not ges S
finally left Logstown for the French tort;
About o'clock of the 18th he started IN
company with the three chiefs. the Half,klng. La,
White Thunder and the Hunter. Inelr way
lay mainly in diagonal line, more or less
direct. through the present counties OF butler
and VenangO. In their way they were opllgeo
to cross the Connoquenessng, Muddy CREEK
Slippery Rock creek and Sandy creek.
Or course this was not directly up along
the shore of the Allegheny river, as we would
go to Foxburg nowadays, in the age OF rail-
roads. But take map of Pennsylvania,
and examine the general course of that river.
You will find that by cutting across Butler
and Venango counties Washington'S party
saved a wide curve of the river. If they
touched the Allegheny at all it was probably
just about where the Clarion river emptles
into it, and consequently
Where the Stone House Stands,
because there the river has not yet COM
menced its outward bend, or rather it takes
it from that point down. Or they may have
come back from the expedition down the
Allegheny shore as far as the mouth of the
Clarion, direct from French creek. In fact,
the narrative of the balance of the journey
indicates that On the 4th of December the
party arrived at Venango (now Franklin).
Washington describes it as ian old Indian
town, situated at the mouth of French
creek, lying near north about 60 miles from
Logstown, but more than 70 the way we
were obliged to come"
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subjects or the remarks which were made.
(Having made several excellent speeches at
Delmonico's this winter which have not
been reported fully, refer above rather
pleasantly to this one).
Some Studies in India Ink.
After our cigars we went above, and the
examination of recruits began. We hap
pened in accidentally while DIR. Keeney was
engaged in examining youth. He
had on his breast very good study in
India ink of Washington crossing the Della
ware, and on one flank the burial of Sir
John Moore. The doctors have to make
memoranda of all marks and brands found
on these applicants, and transmit them to
Mr.. Tracy, who is making a collection Of
them.
Some of these lists read like the cata-
logue of the Louvre; others read like the
record of stock brands for Sweetwater
county, Wyoming. Birth marks also have
to go in. So the description might read
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L the time OF thls
writing the United
States steamship
Minnesota lies at the
foot of Fiftieth
street, North river,
New York. She is
housed over for the
winter, and looks
like the trim little
craft In which Noah
defed the long wet
spell and saved his
allied show 10 delight
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Two Bold Thefts,

Journal.l
I.
only stole kiss.
She stole my heart,
And now denies the theft.
Of happiness bereft,
grieve apart,
My heart l sadly miss.
II.
She has some kisses still,
But l no heart.
So, heartless now am l.
What then, if ! should try
With loves sweet art
To steal hers?-Jovel I wilt
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CHAPTER XIV,

In the midst of the city lies the ancient
burial ground, now long disused but still
undisturbed, many acres of uneven land,
covered so thickly with graves, and planted
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HOUSEHOLD goods packed for shipment.
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