New York Clipper (Jun 1862)

toilfht— ■• :1s M' (Ut'J beii4«fth«bloki gflnditin»- , A o*l>n in ttao Mtrr . TUt ttMXt la imprlMBMd' ..fatrmitdsB.iBlbw. '. bvtit U boptd tbit ^ t)iiHei' di7 «1U yet itm—^ ETSdirlOWug tbelr.fftfcw'pni'ot doon, \riU .gtre wi>ycil-^'i r ^ nimi i'iitMiT »B ™« K«w TtoMt ouvm. ■^^t '"4i*a2^'t(iii loli ii4W H.ina'l antoraaiie protBis(an la whlob 401% minr yeu«> Mil 1"' ?»loIt.'u yoo.tiiow/1 ;h»Te ilM' t pUe of ODDBT, I«ata alooi teppUttoiL It Billion, Tonirin ur, in4i6My.I,''Bnt parer mind. woMd npfor.ue nl^t: veare hue - togetber, . .ut^itArtaer of ibit i^Tefn rboip., > 7«w people ue.prewmt, y^Sf of th'un wedi' to be 'M|M|0{ oinr proxlml^, or Uti vUllatt V* bntk.'ln npon.ai, poutloi and ibe r',UumlDg2l their attodUon.' Both irorither gloomy ) filnind glreplioe tbe'.worda w' ijderlT mtn, vboM ippeiruioe lUre Indlcited: to. aiiTliodT of ordliury diMrimlnt- jteslon 'be foOowe&r^bat of olpwn to i tnTelllng dqthe^ wete'bone of tbe beat In materJal—Mielr bne rb^ik. On nu feet ^e.irbie cotton aocto and Tellow _1U an old bat of ^nn-buht etrair vai MtJanntUy on ^ Siinpn satniilftiinliblng pf balr.pleDtltiil aqdwavy, and ^'^tSSa'ibadeepeit laUe, was joat beginning toaboir atlimeof frer. Hie fue 9t 0!a speaker .waa of the lame color aa huoat, •'')£fIliiMkidi(an(>«edoonBld4r»bl;; hla featorea wemregolai / d^ jhiMlh' thM-USpaA and plaaUo, the chin illghUy pointed, '"lU'klte' didC.de«p a«t,'thoi)gb 'penetrating. "At e^ttaalon /'^WU't^llfijmg otiht graTiaand gay.. Sonbtleaa manyof onr '^Mkden^ifhdl|ro'1}<M)i-/undng tha ibow fdUa, wUf-'i^mamber '■(KM M<h iti wte f eaa tott li° by no ineana nnoommon the for- •jiijS& '"^l^^ ''"^ ''^'''^^'''''^ In the woithlea who -<>>^in£?£l^^in'd n^ceaaarr explanation,let oi baVetba LtoinKftr^-I>4'>>^'~P'<'Nng hla fuuer a^eoli,hov- _, , itlon that hla name «ai John Shlrly, and wU Uown far and trlde aa one of the beat "mniiunan" Ui'oo&tliraed, alUche had replenlahed hla oiro.RUaa ^ tifUa o6ms«nion, and the two lutd dpped a little tbar» 9#ni'tdl ycm alL -About fotiy yeataago I waa leftall " 't worid; my mother, a widow of fl;ye yean, deceaalng . ttther, I bellfcTa, had been a aauor, and foimd a the'AtUnttooMsh' dorlng: otai of thote iempeati which Uo^.liweep.oTer that b|gaaanUty of wat<lN I waa an ,eMm,m7ttol)iar,beIng.i wining and indnalrl- experlenoed no tfniat dlalaalir in 'providing the thardiniandmyiapport, Bnt,'aa I hare already nld, f'knddahly, ao IeaTlng,me, a boy of ten yean, to took . abont the .world for myaelf. ixiiinBlHjr.'bttritaidl I bare hiard a neat deal abont the Undnesa '"^WJ^aMd^ u'd ldareaayyoahaTe done theaamsr-howthewtd' >"'WkiUia the orphan are the apedil care of thoae among whom <'';'lM|r~an''lell; ^tdta deatttale, except tor the aid ther leoelTe , J pmf tkotwluatandhig, 1 IiAtb h^ga andlMlcraiiea that mar ihe atdbt of Ihbia toatoma; andthsbJ^..^, , ntlered one dt^rtWl •P™ «V fere, roahWnp. 5*»e«>*«i M and fired 1 Wt S»|th>>»a bqllet apent ttaeU in (he air otm^ thUr aympathlilnB netghboi*. AH a aham, my mend,' aa I \ ijt, 'when, after a few worda of eondoloment and the glit of . eandla and pence, I waa on tbe eve of tramping off to the - ROoae^my waaawouafi with wee^lnK ind my heart beat^ to'wttbil^ aa to Uihoet banc my Jacket- for mine waa /k don* Wa,arle(.than>-I^anmed the kind mothor^I'hadlott,andZ' •yVmlU, as T wMd a prlion, the' only receptacli aTillable fbr ••■'Vi:- I might bar*, told'yoi^ .(and It ia not too late to tell yon < that, notwlthatandlng my youth, I bad picked m a Mend,, twenty yean at lsait my aenlor. Hla name waa waablngton '>-A;PIA4lara;|i>eatlona thoae of "oaefQl man" in a drom that oama ')m()e a.Twr tothetown I waa IMng ln.'^6newaaeTermara ,T'<4MiAptbteIy atyled than poor Waahlngtcn Bsff, "nsettal man I" ^i«Waa'-n(i iMt "daeful," wtaen lie' annlted the oandlea dnrlng Ihe :^aU^p«ifiinnanoaB of the show people, made the mperUes, '^'twnrated' the bills, kept the wardrobe, and disSuned the C'imMiAjrdae'on'oiitofdooracconntat Ithlnkhewaal . ' '9<)th nyr mother and I hadvlaltcd the drciis whloh owed eo Satoilblothalndasttyof Washington Boff, and baddeilTedoon-. ^Oerabla d«Ught fcom the performaDces tbere, which were mnl- ^"gUlMlilht/and always inoladed (atleast, that i> my Impieailon) a '''lutaiMkl iMn*,, TblacoDld not fkil of being agreeable' to the : -irldoiil' and (he son of a sailor; and speaking for myself, X can say •I iiflfful moM pUaaaht to tae. Onr show tar was a Yankee ene aU ol llMBr^bciiy^as a lion, and generoas as a'prlsce; a first rate band <or ral)iar It ahonid be <bot) at a hornpipe, trsmendona at light- nl ''BIg11''oombit at'Iong odds, and patrloUo to the climax: I cn^ >';~*^hyon bad ^Ssn how be dofended the stan and atrlpds In the -a>yjaiBtirwai«p»^ and when at last be'-Waa'pMnfft^ahnndnd II (r-wMntlW how he wrapped the colorsronnd hlm,'and after ex- ihean men" (of oonne, Inclodln'g the \iiialni); and I yn^ on the eTs of making anblher change, when a drcnmatanoa trananirbd, whichdiosed n^.tobethe&lhg.Iam—lIr.'Uoriyman,lf Itao pleaae yon. But hold on a bit) I have to say something more ab6at Bnff; and aa onr meaanns ar* pretty low, what aay joa to raple^blAgt" - , • ■■■ i '' The companion of the narrator, oflulng no objection to tbla, more Uqaor was ^ed for, and In doe tlnie qoafled; after whloh the "muhmer" took up.the thread of bis storr. "Well, tbontWaahlngton Baft I must tell yon that ha oon- tlnned my 4«ar Mend ihronah aU. Nothing oonld exceed his cara fdrme. Brer ready with the rnggoaUon as la bow to ao<ial( myadf in my preeant speclalil?, be Imparted to me a fund of in- formation whloh I meet have had to seek from others, had he not been near. He was anions for<my welfue, happy whenhe saw I did my part morltorlonaly; and I, of ooorse, waa grateful to'him for all Ma pains. ' ^"liow, aa to my ohange into the /Bnny of the oonoara. Hy predooeasbr (Bedknot 1^ name), had been with the. Jingle* a long tUne,'and waa josUy esteemed as one of the beet olowna in the country. All at once, howcTer, he waa fired with the ambi' (ion to go to Callfoinia, then jnlte a new oonntry.to olvUlxationi and to come to ute end at onbe, he did go there, intent on the ao- onmolatlon of gold. AsamatterofliaTorlohiaoldmanaatrand prAfesalanal asaodat^, Bodknot consented to flnlah wltn ns in ue place where we had been some time, and where, alao, we had met with large snecess. So'flr, so good. Butwe.wcreunder announcement to begin-in another place very ishortlj'; and among tbe names that appeared In blg.letten on.the.bllls.'Was tbatofBedtoM. Berewsa a ^i"""'". net oomprleed wholly In the lk£t that Bedknot would 'be luuble to appear with us, but deHTlng half Its forte ftom the (honght that we should hare no downal all with uaI.. ■<We all pulled long faces.at the itrait we were In—I and Waihingtcn Bolf among, the number; and somehow, aaortof Inquiring look'paaaed between the two—accompanied.by a feel- ing on'my jiie; whloh prompted me to expreaa my readiness to try, at- Isist, irtiat',! ponld do ai Mr. Uotley,' H indeed, «y em< ployen would'eiccept my servioes.. i "I spoke of the ul^lr to EulT, who enopnrsged me In the dino- tlon.' I went at once to Jingle. . Be, too, wu afflrmattre; aothataUthatnmalncdformetadowasto^etupmyton, and prepare for a foil measure of socbeBS, or bllare dire. "ArrlTisd at the place of our. destination, I .oame out as Clbwn, both in the ring and pitntomlmet which always fonni a part of out peifoimanoe. To the aarprlse of everybody,' (though to none more than'myseU) I made an Immense bit Sou know the reet, I have continued to be cne:or.the most fkniona olowna in (he'Statea for upwards of fourteen 'years—hare imoceed.ed to a share in the firm of Jingle & Co., and with respect to the rocks, have suffloient o^ them to reUie on to-morrowr' "But Wasbingtoq BOff-what of him?" ' qoerled the. "mum- mefa" companion. "Aye, I thought yon would come to that," returned onr hlito- rlan. "Washington Bnii; Ood bless him. la yet allT»—an.old man near seTemy yean of age—loUred, oomtortable and happy, on the means in duty fomlahsd him by gratitude and affeoaon. The noble old soul I What think you of his offering himself'«a a soldier in tfds unholy war that has bean distoaoting onr coun- try.for tbe'piut fifteen months?" A "Indeedr . . :'..y-' . ,i<Faot, I aasnn you. But, come, aootlMreap ere we leaTe Ibr Ihenlght And seel the stoanJuaaubsldsd, and then ia peace and beauty on the.urthraa.therewlll yet.be In.our beloved America, whei^thfrhttd.of nbelUon Is thomughly orvihed." So anded'tiiA story of a "mummar>" ■■-•./, gave a •'vl 'wlmllig, ."Ssyer give np'tho ahlp I hailed to the mast I o/r 09anaiDgbick<uranddiedr "To) Washington Buff, however, I thought Iwonld make aftre' - ■'''«i^''^eall,''Jt|it to ehake hands -with him, and to tell blm Wtsrel was goidg, and bow fondly I Bhonld teoblleat him and all I'-^nftttethJng^Ibadseen attheshow. ' And I did make the oalL :>i)taifi'glad'J'dld:' It I had nat, l8houldnothaTebeenbereto !'''>'4anyua'my story.' • ■ ' I'. '-2'Th<Re was another pause, and another alpphig of Uquor. AU - ''^tte'irnOe the storm continued dutalde-rrain ana wind; nothing . .••By a port of colholdenoe (readme^ the mummer,) I.fomid "[ VMj In MeUng Washington, he was seeking me. We met abont ^'flAlUtwv Mofarreai^aotlvecornen. I was the first to speak. Psr- <<''4Uj^''nidertiidlna]7oinumstan'ces, I should have been liat: ins not likely that I ehould be, as, my Mend, seemed ^'<wmwhata«d'aud depressed. I'gotwhatlnad to say out of my . month In good tlmit; andwasgotngtotakathehandof Buff, asa ipnUmlnai^' toaaying. those brief yet sad words, 'Qood bye,' an af.onoe, he woke into animation, and'fairly ahook'me glV^^tAptaUonof^'an oath that Anotew Jackson haa _')^ wont thonghl* be gasped, griping me ,i1f/W ario, lie going sway (nm nere, my lid. while at>]rotl,'ln .thevray of earning a rAspeotable livelihood, /a no inothw' it is true, no fkUier, no Mehds; but oome nib nie, lad, I win see'whether I oan't stand In the place jr,mother,'ahd Mends.' . ,,,-,^()i,<heae'.'irards, betook me along with him to the show. I'"(hh-tlBktiaa early morning, several houn. before any pertorm- ^ would twglyen: ooni«qnently„few of the professionals wen Ibaa no Idea of what myMendwas going'to do with jt I wts.tipt perplexed li( the leaat—on the o^rary, mon than'I baa been for seyeral days; and perhaps it was this ,( Mmlnd'thkt iailowod me to pay speolal attention to tha out- e.uogs'Of thb drous,' There was the expanse of canvas, as UK'.bttthtfir white end glittering did It look,beneaththewarm ■'',Mawflie Juheanh. There was its'pavlllon-like top, with its t)ntanable'accpmuanlment, the Amotioan fiai, floating In the ' ^UtU'Wsei^' Who could not help odmUlng the epeotadet It ■ ',',wonld haTe Veen impossible for anybody to have done so—doubly ':'' ;i^jloMbI^(lf the term pan b6 admitted) In.tho oase of abo/llke ; ''.ay|elrr-Mlo'had 80 often wttneeeod the fine doings Inside the '' 'ieu^TaB.' .1 shonld'lM happy to bdong there 1' .These wordswere i<pdrintMinm]rh'eart,lfnotbymyiongae.' ' , , "StiIlpy.Jgu|de,.Washingtoa'^a^; ocndnoted me through an .-'"epsn^ln.thdeanv^-over some saw dust, Into a sort of tempo- . wr the' sdebboupant of whloh, as we entered, waa a thin, l^^ iausMo^^ mu,' with a heap of money,. in bills, gold, silvor, >• ".fiM'eftmr, sp;;«l|id bfefcre blm. A cigar was in his mouthi-md .4m Ihjiutlmatl^ bf myoompanlon, th^t he wanted a word or r' -'fifi^fl^bfgii, hesald,'Entar.' • '^';«It;w<i!ild aerre no purnose for me .(o repeal word for word, :' 2Wt9UMa.betweonBuffandthemanagerof'theclrons,forno- -'-wdyuaivraftherientlemen with the money before blm. 'Suf- „ .4oe^t ^'aay,jbAt l was (henceforth to consider myself as a WgU-' V.i'?'^J'>''''i<>arai 'Jingle'a GrandCompanyof Eque■triaIls,A«robata,' '^■ </«ild.<)Dmedhlna.' I was told what Isbould have to do, and wUt However, those parUcnlan wero losttome ■t.. wr-ins time. ■ Enongh for my fuU heart was it to know that I had " V'-'*fS!Ai"'J^'Vj'"''*'»» andwould yet bo near Washington Buffi .,.'rl'7Zthe by, I had leisure to ruminate over my new (tuotlons :'S'^.H*! ^i^S^^°^°" *')'^''*^°<>°Vlnd <o thslrderolvingon , **e.; ahalUerhaps amuse yon wbrni I ^ay that I bad been eni * ooii<>0™< tat tho npioaentaUf h of the imps other Ut^ devils of which their ordinary programmes adnut> '' '^if^lJ*! ^^.fo' "W age, which, 1 ascertained, wu in i'r'lP?'','?*™? '*^*" those, I was to be paid a weekly .IVV^KthMfa);nnsophlstlcated.vision, «eemed reallytoo lS*.*^'''"'"'^^'0^"»ll^^^t>lT possess; bht, bettor still wt« be boqsedmd looked after by Buffi. Aatpihe vi'iSi^A&SS'^^^^'^ towarda this fottmiatc Change in 'SSS^jittM^':^^'''f^^?^ »»* ^if of my prodstSilor i2l'''^5'^""»""'n»'new, He: was fifteen yean of age, and •^.■■MerevqideBtproteitto the manager against tho tnluattoeand ^.S'l}^^ blm in (he. old track, bad really thieateabd '▼•jf »>»'.ot«W« did not take plaio,. Hs^Jay tor bUsi a raJlifi^'i" ^3f^ (bpyonth was tnmaferred j!i«uiIlaIoven, .andhkdaninoreMelnhIapayof twodol- A DimL OIT THB ' BDSBISBIPFI. ' BT 6NE 07 TBE BECOilDa. Ik the year 1826, Ipdd a 'visit toandegant andbospiiable man- sion, beautUUlly situated upon one of the Danln of tbe Ultslaalppl. about twdve milea from KatcbeH. Thal it waa hospitable, many a man yet living, can testify—for many were the traTden, 'visiting In that region, who spent days there, and enjored the rldi hos- pitality and urbane attention^ 'of its wann-sooled aooompUshed proprietor.. This man,.Cbas, Olennlng, waa certain]^ aa gentle- manly a penou as I ever ^ew. Hewaseducated-attbeHorth—had spentbls early days there—butfortheaakeofl>uslnessi to which he betook hhnaelf on leaving college,be went to the South, carrylni: with blm as.bright a trad of feminine loveliness,.as ever ao< i suffered'to bloom In tbls-unoongenlal, ugly world. Isabel's lore forherbusband was ss strange aa her beautv. SbeUvedonly tor hiii>, she dnamed only ofblia—hewas her all The oircumstancea whloh flrstled me tothelr acqDainlaseewen peculiar, andsuoh as entvrlned me into tholr best feelings, Tbey had been married aboot foor sununen, end -the friilt of their union was a little orowlng, ourley-headedboT;swsetBshlamo(her'sbeauty. Iwashsnttngtan .the aids of the MuslsslppI, one warm aftsmoqii,' ifheirl obkervfed something fioating aladiranoe, which by themsana of my dog wai brought to land:' and; to my eniprliie, werri presented the pallid„ but stin warm festuns of this same little fellow. . It seemed, that filaylng near the river, he had fhllen In and- waa near about breath- Ua last Taking blm in my arms I hurried home and arrived taaltntlme waaTebim. IVom that hour tbey loved me as a brother. About half way tietween the plantation of my friend, and the dty of Natchez, there redded one Nat. Balle, a nunter. Ela-waa one of those dark browed, malidona countenances, whloh madf one, In spile of hlninelf, think of tho <lervll, wherever he met him. He never'spoke llke.other men. If you met him in tbe woods ot a morning, bia adulation waa in a low, surly tone, whldh made you doubtful aa to Ita nature; and after be had passed yon for forty or Bf^ yaidi, you might observe blm atop- ping and Iboklng back, as .If be fdt himself suspected by every body. The devil-fbr snob he was, and snob will appear befoiie I have done with him—bad txen often seen prowling about (he ^^7^ ot theUnd of tUngi I had (o do, and -les I bad (0 tat on, as tho l&p of a (ravelling (nmWMjWhlohhad seemed aa an ever jedsd Y perfccUy <unlUar.praotlse ;k.Slfff'i*SSSn"***»'''"^ like bones.abont Lifi?i?.^f •«m»timeB gnea. some- ■/L*^i*T^l'^'^?i'?.°'li' "Vrtnged ihouldeni my One m^t,'! might be damb-4nly lndloatlnfl the a iMililda by the fiouriah of a torah or A flinEtrt-' be, iiest,.aUowed ,(be eurdae of .mi -voice. 11 :: I'Itoprtditlob, following'the win br iV >:«ff|,]i»|,|ui| iWtUtte^owr . '. '.^ i'4o.'raa''mr tooitMi'Aiy'V rewjrears, daringwUdit'vlkfa aa''mr«oiiMei'Br a lewyears, oanngwUehl'vlMtMa I tlaSi|ftiill«iil«yM'th«!dlowshlp bTWakh^^ dwelling of Olennlng, and once shot a tame doe which Qlennlng bad kept for two or three yean, the care of whloh had devolved on, andwasa sohice of amusement to Isabel; and on that ac- count Itseemed a double Ji^uiy. Olehning, as cool a man as ever ld( claim to the qualltlea of honor and honesty, at this, rodedowntotbe plantaUon of Balle, and mildly, yet eainegtly expottulated with nlm> on what wu esteemed a breach ot fdth—careful at thesaqe time to express bis belief that the shooting of bis tome animd was undesigned.' yet requesting, for fear of a similar ocouxrisnfe, that he would hunt elsewhere in future, which thing' he oould do vrtlhont in. commoding himself. To this mildness in Olennlng, Ralleoppoaed there^iark-"that he would do as he pleased; that the woods wen tree,and that he should fatint towards the north or soath, wlthont mMiib of Tankee Idterlopcn.":' aionnIng,'as I. hare add, was a gentleman. He was such, if there over was one—a man of good morals, oharilable In his dla- SoalUon, and could not boar to Inflict pdn,even on a dumb eost With such notions—and they were not men talk vrith him—It Is a thing I cannot explain that he ao far forgot himself as to burl back.thcr Insult bS had recdved, and in a manner that called forth a'cballesgeftom the surly banter. * * • 'Befolre the rising of the sdn next morning, my Mend was ready for tho rencontre. I met him at the bottom of the blU' in ftont of bis dwelllngi.witb his platcls In his hud- '•■Foor,poorlsabdl"wasallheconldartlaulaie, ■'Sheslsewl she suspects b'otUng, poor thing-and ahculd I fall, it wiU bre^ her ..heart. Death," cried ho, "Ifearnot. I have lived to die when time fotnes. But dteT-she who loves me—whose life la 'wnpped up in mine—how osn die—" and a tear started omhisoye, . i Onbping my hand, "mT Mend," add he, "you must help hie in this. Tou must sund by and see m; through; and should It prove fatal to me;'bear tbe news gently to her." I asked him if there were ho meshs ot avoiding It, ' "None, none in the world." He add titif Id a tone whloh 'for>- bade argument,tad I sdd no more.. - The place seledted for the rencohtn vnu a wild and belten spot on tbe river, shore, when tbe rooks, rising sbrnptlr to the altltade'of some bimdnd feet, swept round like a honMhoe In two pibJeoHons, and .tben'thti^t tbemsdvfis into the stream leaving a hoUnw ourre'of kmootb, wet aand witUn thorn of about three rods In length. :.The beach vvai whito as snow the blue, blue Waldn Of the Ulaalasttapl went by wl^ a low groulna sound, the hosM scnamlng of tho flamingo, swept out from the rodu overhead, an(l theann was Jnst blazmg out from the lazr misls.of the nlomliigi'sa tbe party entered. :, I Bhall neve'r forgot how the dombatantslooked attbat momenL OMnnlog waa <laim, atem, and sorrowful—BaUe looked like a devil. He Stfiwlod horribly, as he'marked tho (all, handsoms flgnnofUltad^anary; he.oeemed Joyedthat.be had It In his poiter to'ilpolleiioh a fine piece of Ood'e,workmanship. I approaohed Olennlng, and aahed his wlihea. , i "I aiA rdady^'—were his wordsl The pistols were placed ib their hands. They fired->-my Mend into the air—Balle with a steady dm; yethlsball wfalsthidhatm- lesely by, and lodged In the bppodte took. Thd' iniserable Balle did not approdato this generoBllr bnt inststod on a socond,shot, vrhloh iny Mend accorded, ond l waa in hopes (hat this second round .irould end the business, but I ■was mJSlaken., He pistols wer^sgaln plaoedln their hands, and lhayfii«d> I belor«, planning In the air—Balle'S: ball passing hatnlesdr by. Tbe latter thon domaiided: a- thud, ahoi,- deobriig at the asms time (hat he betlered "th^ whlto. Utered enas waa dnu (a shootathim," •mmio "Silenoei:' thundered Olannlng,."thon bloody'ynialnI do not add insult to injnry.- That I am no.oowaid, dr, I baveftillv ahown, by twin* wlthalandlng'yonr<ilr^ Now 'ttsmyturn-alVe ^ Uie pistols) and unless you are more fortunate than I am. xou no#.loolifo«th»lasltlmooiithe«iinl" -^im jjfteplstoliwerp hahfed them; tha word Blven; this ttosmr Mebd dtned- and filted; ^dle staieered baol, and fdl upoii hla }M4*^ htaodn raeovared hCmieli;.and tldng to hlaleeli ho offtdBU^^pM^the tnoaihorritdi oonatnuioe.isCuw Tb» b*U iudatnuikUihontheJaW, near tha ear,'and MttM it ■ -A-O'T 1 N O " V H'B ' '« H O B'T f ' •■ • ATBAVEUi^'tf'tAM'iOP rtXAa,''' Nkablt, or quite,' a score of yean'agOt-1 apent a aeason in >(h*, (hen, BepubUo of Texas, and a ahortstayaooaoottvUtoed me (hat theresldantaof thatsecUonhad (hslr bands pret^ foil.^ What between thdr Uexloanenemips,and(he«wannso{ lawleaa4s*< leradoea who Infested every hole and oomer of the place, U was laid for any man to enjoy an boor of natly peaotfDl repoae and aeourity,. ■*.>.,;. . .• i''• I had several adventures with tbe Texan ont-throala, soma a which *U1 bear npeatlng. ' '' ..' '■*<'! The fint that cornea Into my mlnd4a'the one ihatfdlows, and- that you shall preeently hear. ' . i • Abont dnskone evening, I hiftedat a road-Mde. inn, a thrlf(< less, tumblenlown-Iooklng plaMi evan for Texas. In such mat- ton there waa little chdce, however, fa I had- loon. foVnd'out, and so I did not murmur. - . Nobody but tbe landlord, a atont, red-lhced, bnrly-looking nan of fifty, mayhap, iraa In the ba^room when I entered, ao I took a seat by the flr^-lt waa lato in the fUl-iand called' for soihsthinA to eat, at the eame time signifying my Intention of remaining an night, If there waa no objection.. "Vvcounethar aint any objection, stranger," reaponded the Innkeeper, with a atrong attempt at genla^ty.' "I keep an inn,- aQ> ui mn'a a place o' roommodation lor man an' beast, aflknow. anything'tMutthomalter. 'Bides, stranger, you're not the locdtin man to make a pusson suspldous/an'thatfbr, not likely to be kept oufln the cold by any one but abom toO, an' Job Jardin— that's my name, stranger,—alnt lived a half a centuzr an' mined no wit at all. Ter wdoome beneath my root an' the beat rts got InthehousesbjaUbeready foryeatwunaCv . . . The fellow's epeeob waa fair enough, bnt still I did not feel ^ie< possessed in hla bvor. •■ ■ •• , Later in the evening; several tdaok^ alnlattr-looUng man eama staggering In one by one, but no mon travellen thrived,- and then were no nel^bon. It seemed, to drep in for a sooial diat, the Inn being dtoated on' a somewhat jtotratelled and in an isa>> latedlooallty. I watched (he landlord and (he newoomen.doaely, andwai not dow to notice the meaning looks whldioocadonaUy paaaed lietween them. ■These fellows an cQt-throaUi" I mnttandtomyaeli; "and I muat be on my guard." In one breast jpookct I carried a double-barrelled pistol, and In tbeotberadeiolyBowlefcnUlB. The time and the plaoe called foir such precautions, ','..'. After satlBfyingibyself that my w^pons 'wero. dl'rlght, I drew apaperfiommypooket, and fixed myafl(, apparently, topemae the'contenta. ' After a while, the landlord and tbe othen gradually drew to- gether in a knot, near the bar, but'aa fkr off from meaa poadble. and, for a few moments, whispered together in law.'aiid'indlstlna\ tones, at the same time every now and th^ fUrtlTdy eyeing ma where I eat, with the paper up before nta; JnatUyly peepine,oter thetop. ' , , Ibr some time I continued to'watoh and think. "Here an seven of these men, indud^ng Ihe landlord,". I said to myself,-after oonntliig their numtiei, "and dthongh'I iam weU Vmed .for an ordinary conflict, what are my.ohaaces nnder such dronmifanoes. I might kill half o^ (hem In a stroggle, and still not esoape with my own lift). .1'muat wdt, and watch for some diance, though the Xo'rd ohlyknowalf anywIB tumnpinmy fbvor. BHuTlhavehope." . ,• Qoletly the evening passed awar, no one otbring to pioleal me In any manner. Indeed, after a few momenta, no one apparent- ly aeoned to noUee me, for the outlaws seated themiielvea around a huge pine table, and without regard to my presence, aa it looked, proceeded to indt^e their paadon for gandillng and drinking. About the used bedtime I slgnlffed mv intention of rpUrlng, and was politely conducted to a-room above Stairs. Bat little convanation ooonned at the time, both the landlord and myadf. " ling fnny precccupledt'thcrugh ftom different cauaea.. I had no acubt In my own mind but that an attempt would be' made to rob, and pertaapa murder me, baton moralng, fod the reflection vras anytning ont pleaaant "Hard as the condition is," I sdd to myself emphattodly, must not go to deep." I sat down to reflect, and not having the leaat donbt but that I shonld soon recdve a tldt, I tried to think how I ;nlght save my life without a pereond encounter with these rnfBans aa I had no doubt they were. At IVt it came to me. In my valise I had a piece of chalk, with which I .thoronghly whitened my face and handa. I did not then wekr either beard or moustache, and consequently I had nothing of that deaorip- tlon in the way. In one comer of the room I also fortunately found a oork, whloh I burned black, and vrith wbldi I dtow deep drdes around my eyes. I looked terrifying, I have no doubt. Then I tied up my head In a white hanakenhlei; and wound and twisted the sheeto around me so that no portion of my .per- eon was visible. Then I made up a body something llke a hu- man form, and placed it in tbe bed. AU thla might not have stood a very dose inspection, bnt, .of ooune, I did not oaloulate on anything like' that. - An hour or so paaaed,'and 'my candle vras burning down in the socket, nie room grew dark, and abadows began to danoe upon the walL Byes and ean wide open, I wdted. Suddenly I beard a fsmbllng and whispering ontdde mr room door. I arose aDleUr to my feet, planted myself beside ue bed, rested one band on the bundle by my dde, and fteed the door, extending the other band.ln the same directton. A few momenta afterwarda tbe door waa aoftly opened, and the landlord and his confedentes stedthlfy pushed into the room before the; took a realldng sense of what waa before them. The next moment they spied me, however, and vrith a ysD they darted pdl-niell and panlo-atricken from the room. I waa alone again. Fifteen minutea or mon paaaed amy, and there I atooid^ ui> oertain what to do next At length my quick ear again heard (ha nbben oreeplna towardamy room. ThevUlaina were not yet frightened 0% It aeemed. ■Man. devil, or ghost, lH have aahot at it I" I heard One whlaper, with a terrible oath: . Uy sltnatidb was palnfnlly' crltlcd, but I could see no mon dangerin fkoing the peril than there would be in flying fkom it Again the outiawB crept frito my room, and every man of them was armed irith pistols and knives. ••Hay the Lord he^ji me I" I mentally mnt(eTed. ■Take (bat, blaat yerl" anddenly cried tbe torenioitof'the vlllahia, as he aimed hla pUtol and fired it'at me. Agitated aa I waa, I did not loae my preaenoa of mind, ot betny myself; dthough the ballpasaed undar thKtip of my ear, singing my cheek. Hy eacapcwaamlracnlanaiAidforamomenl I was bst in amazement;' Tbe instant I leallied my safe^: however, my mind reverted to my eltnatlon. Fioridentlally, I had not lost an atom of firmness, and the cnt-throate gazed upon me. with undisguised 'astonishment Plainly enongh they were mon scared than ever. "Ter mleaed it, arter aU, BlU," one whispered to the other. "I never missed afore, then, as yer know," rceponded Ihe fellow who had fired at me and came so ntar taking my life.', I thought It time now for me to make another domonstntton, and I did BO by nttering a hollow and aepolcbral langb, and that without moving a muscle of my ri^dly set fice. Agahi the.vuIalnB fled onrslnglrom the room, and almost at the same'moment my candle burned out, and everything waa dark. Now or never waa my time to escape, and I diroctea my atepa towards a vrindow in the bach of ttio room. It opened noon a low shed. Haatlly removing mr ghostly disgulae, I muemy way down to tbe ground, (hougn not wlthont much difBoulty, and finally ancceeded In reaohlng^ the a tobies In the rear of the tot N^Mdlotellhli'^ "frite'.'tol>lm,'a)]2r (bit irialntha M^qa ofa lady ^he waa ma^stioSS li^ormedethiaornet^.. Ibi Oieaaby wm anasled, and si"'~ ,to4nipiUBh)^ent and hard labor for one month, QoodI _iiot'Us'eiaiflo7i^b^l^^Xai otit .lh«t Jiia naawwak'OmS^ ■I .. CkWyLAPlVB liIBKHWT OF BOMAilOB4' HELEN 07 TBOT-OANTO ZXb. '';. the text'day and thobext,ai every''dttinA'f' ' .'HdvlnawaaatBoward'aeasd'salde, ' With flashing eyes, wlios'e glances were befitting .' ' Here ^ young, ardent, and adoring bride, . ;! ' Than It m,ere ebtoakt; but tbe girl, forgetting . '" In hla great beantyaU her i^aUen pride. ~, ' BQOii fo^d the draught the quaffed with ao mooh haiL -', Like de^SUM)lt,uat Utier la IA<fatt«/ . . ^77 , Deipentely ••blttor to the.taste" of a senilttra femde mn ihe poesesdon bf a skin diaflgnred by tan, frsoklea, kteipUii lowness, aunlmm, ringworm, fleehwonna, raahea, moOT nsHi iXongbnesBr or other aimllar dlBagreeaUeai. To m thuaaflUo(ed,thedelIdous ITAIJAN HQ>I(UTED BOaS-, pared by DB. aOUBAVO, must be hailed with aa muoh Jeyfit the oasis in the desort by the toU womAnb. ThlavrosdM oomponnd. 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(hestoblesintberearofthetot With (he speed of desperation I saddled my bone and mounted blabaok. • All (hlahad.neceaaarllv'ooiianmed aome time,and Jnst aal emerged from the stable door, tbeouUawa made theirappeannce trqm the'bdnso, and with the most fiendish yells and orles, slmnltaneoudy dlsoharged (he whole of their weapons at mo. Providentially I escaped auy serious Injuiy,-though the balls Whistled aU round' me, lome of (hem dlgbtly woimdiiig my peieon. "Now, God be with me I" X exolalmed, ai I putapun to my hone and wildly'dashed away. i ' - I, ThedlBoo;nfited. robbenonaaed'iae.tftoraoina diatinoe,Hflng eevord roilnda j^r me,ibut in a few momenta my good horse bad so far onmin them that tbey give np.the'ohase, Itmay b&Vofideredhowthe desperadoes dlacovoredme.before I got away'nom'tho premises, but of conno, I cannot glve ahy definite answer. 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