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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

TERRS HAUTE, JUNE SO, 1877.

X... JIY MALCOLM TAYLO*,

Another little sjranger New ©oma, unushered In A WNUj-worW of sorrow,

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Of selfishness and sin.

Another mother* bleesins, Bent her from Heaven aVove Another darling something

To live for and to love. Another happy father, Glad with anotiier child Another unali foundation

Fond hopes upon to build.' Another loose tongued cherab To prattle aod to clatter I Another pair ef chubby feet

Aerose the floor to patter. Another tender blossom To nurse into a flower $ Another guileless victim

To guard In danger's hour. Another earthly treasure To keep with Joy and pride Another wayside wanderer

In paths upright to guide. Another infant sailor Shipton the vo«sgeof life Another valiant soldier

To Join in this world's strife. Another soul embodied To develope on tbeearth spirit (the Another living emblem

Another spirit destined ,v To pass the second birth.

Of 111m whom all obey Only a human baby. Born In the natural way.

THE

Circui Rider.

A LOVE STORY OF EARLY LIFE IN THE WEST. BT EDWARD EGGLESTON. e, "V Avther rf The Hoosier Schoolmaster

End of the World," Mystery of Afetropolisiriile,'' etc.

era, or at this office, or sent by mall for five cents each.*} ,«

CHAPTER XXV.

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ANN S1JZA.

How shall I make 70a understand this story, reader of mine, who never knew the inflnences that surrounded a Methodist of the old sort. Up to this point I have walked by faith I could not see bow the present generation could be made to comprehend the earnestness of their grandfathers. Bat I have hoped that, none the less, they might dimly perceive the possibility of a religious fervor that was as afire iu (he bones.

But how? You have rtever been a young Methodist preacher of the olden time. You never bad over you a presiding elder who held your rate in bis bands who, more than thst, was the man appointed by the church to be your godly counsellor. in the olden time especially, presiding elders were generally leaders of men. the best and greatest men th»t (he early Methodist ministry afforded greatest in the qualities most priced in ecclesiastioal organisation—practical shrewdness, executive force, and a piety of unction and lustre. How shall 1 make you understand the weight which the words of such a man bad when he thought it needful to counsel or admonish a young preacher?

Our old friend Mag ruder, having shown bis value as an organiser, had been made an 'elder,' and just now be thought it his duty to have a solemn conversation with the 'preacher-in-charge* of Jenkinsville circuit, upon matters of great delicacy. Magruder was not a man ef nice perceptions, and be was dimly oonscious of his own unfitness fbr the task before him. It was on the Saturday of a quarterly meeting. He had said to the 'preacher-in-charge' that he would like to have a word with him. and they were walking «Me by side through the woods. Neither of them looked at the other. The 'elder' was trying in vain to think of a point at which to begin the .young preacher was wondering what toe elder would sav.

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us sit down here on this 11 nd log, brother,' said Magruder desperately.

When they had sat down there was a pause. 'Have you ever thought of marrying, brother Goodwin?' be broke out abruptly at last.

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the mstter to guess who the person Is. You have enoouraged her to think

very much struck with the eloquem Si star Ann Elisa when she leads prayer or speaks In iovw-fewt. I *not mean to marry anybody. I have always defended the poor and the lMtp* less/ She told me her history one dsy. and I fait sorry for ber. I determined to befriend b*r.' Here Morton paused, in some embarrassment, not knowing'Befriend a woman! That is the moat

met Bob alone one day, and I remdttstrsted with him pretQr earne»Uy, *nd he went all round th*^U«try »nd paid that I told blmjwas enga#edloAnn Kline, and would whjhp bfin if he didn't let her alone. WUifS did tell him was, that I was Ann

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she had no other, aud thst I thought, as a gentleman, be wugbt to take five refusals as sufficient, and not wait till he was knocked down by veftwit." •Why, mv brother,' said the elder, •when you take up a woman's wuse that way, you have got to marry her or ruin her and yourself, too. If you were not a minister you might have a female friend or two and yeu might help a woman in distress. But you are a sheep in the midst of—of—wolves. Half the girls on this oirouit would like to marry you, and if you were to help one ofthem over the fence, or hold her bridle rein *or her while she gets on the botee

talk five minutes with ber

about the turnip crop, she would con aider herself next thing to engaged. Now, as to Sister Ann Eiix*, y0u have given ©ccas1®"10 8°*"? °ver the whole eircnit.' •Who told y°u asked Morton, with rising ind*B?*Uo?. •Why, every hadn't more than touched the a™!*'® Boggs' Corners till I heard tha1 J?" **ere to be married at this very Qu»j£®y7 meeting. And I felt a little griev6®"*at you should go so far without any nsultntion with me. I stopped at sister Slms's—she's Ann Eliza's aunt I believe—and told ber that I supposed you and Sister Ann Elisa were going to require my aid pretty soon, and she burst into tears. She said thst if there had been anything between yon and Ann Elira, it must be broken off, for yon hadnt stopped there at all on your last round. Now tell me the plain truth, brother. Did yon not one time entertain a tbonght of marrying Sister Ann Eliza Meacham?' •I have thought about it. She in good looking and I could not be with her without liking her. Then, too, everybody said that she wa* cut out for a preacher's wife. But I never paid her any attention that could be called courtship. I stopped going there because nomebody had bantered me about her. I was afraid of talk. I will not deny that I was a little taken with her, at first, but when I thought of marrying her I found that I did not love her as one ought to love a wife—as much ss I KaJfonoe loved' somebody else. And then, too you know that nine out of every ten who marry have to locate sooner or later, and I don't want to give up the minlstrv. I think it's hard if a man cannot helo a girl in distress without being forced to many her.' •Well, Brother Goodwin, we'll not discuss the matter further,' said the elder. who was more than ever convinced by Morton's admissonsthat be had acted reprebensibly. 'I have confidence in you. Yeu have done a great wrong, whether you meant it or not. There is onlv one way of making the thing right. It's a bad thing for a preacher to have a broken heart laid at his door. Now I tell you that I don't know anvbody who would make abetter preacher's wifethan Sister Meacham. If the case stands as it does now I may have to object to the passage of your character at the next conference.'

This last was an awful threat. In that time when the preachers lived far apart, the word of a presiding elder was almost enough to ruin a man. But instead of terrifying Morton, the threat made him sullenly stubborn. If the elder snd the conference could be so unjust be would bear the consequences, but would never submit.

Tbe congregation was too large to sit in the school bouse, and the presiding elder acoordinglv preached In the grove. All tbe time of 'his preaching Morton Goodwin was scanning the audience tp see if the zealous Ann Eliza were there. But no Ann Eliza appeared. Nothing butgilef could thus keep her away from the meeting. The more Morton meditated upon it, the more guilty did be feel. He had acted from tbe highest motives. He did not know that Ann Eliza's aunt—tbe weak-looking Sister Sims—bad adroitly intrigued to give bis kindness the appearance of courtship. How could he suspect Sister Sims or Ann Eliza of any design? Old ministers know better than to trust implicitly to the goodness and truthfulness of all pious people. There are people, pious in their way, in whose natures intrigue and fraud are so indigenous that they grew all unsuspectoa by themselves. Intrigue is one of tbe Dfabolonisns of whom Bunyan speaks—a small but very wicked devil that creeps into the city of Mansoul under an alias.

A susceptible nature like Morton's takes oolor from other people. He was conscious that Magruder's confidence in him was weakened, and it seemed to him that all the brethren and sisters looked at him askance. When be came to make the concluding prayer he had a sense of hollowness in his devotions, and he really began to suspect that he might be a hypocrite.

'I bave, brother Magruder/ amid Mor- ferMW oThrtSSilty TT&i'fc! and .iborter. from different p«rta of the add«i: 'But not thinking» a pr^ubte H,' that he had somehow lost caste. He received fifteen dollars of the twenty which the circuit owed him, acoording to the discipline, for three months of labor, and small as was the amount, the scrupulous and now morbid Morton doubted whether be were fairly entitled to it. Sometimes be thought seriously of sMlsfying his doubting conscience by marrying Ann Eliu with or without love. But bis whole proud, courageous nature rebelled against submitting to marry under compulsion of Magruder's threat.

subject for meditation, I have turned my thoughts to other things.' •Ahem! But have you not taken some steps toward matrimony without consulting with your brethren, as the discipline describes?' •No, sir.' 'But, Brother Goodwin, I understand that you have done a great wrong to a defenceless girl, who Is a stranger in a Strange land.' 'Do you mean Sister Ann Elixa Meadjxsm? asked Morton, startled by the sotomnlty with which the presiding el der spoke.

Holston, who was her lover, not to an- conviction to cometo the mourners noy her any more, and you assumed to dofoud her rights in the lawauit atout a

Christian or a gentleman.' The elder spoke severely. •Brother Magruder, I will tall you the plain truth.' said Morton, rising and •Making with vehemence. 'I have been .w- —»of

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Imprudent thing in the world for a minister to do, my oear brother. Y«n not befirtond a woman without doing harm.' ,, •Well, she wanted belp, and I could not refuse to give it to her. that she bad refused Bob Hohrton five and that he kept troubling her. I

In the afternoon the Quarterly Con-

At tbe evening service Goodwin had

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wirnvuj H«u MV Rvs V4i WMV looked in vain for Miss Ann Elisa Meacham. She was not there to go through tbe audience and with winning voice

bench for prayer. She was not there to pray audibly until every heart should be shaken. Morten was not tbe only a

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not slow to divine the cause cl ber absence. Brother Goodwin found the laces of his brethren averted, snd tbe grasp of tbeir hands leas cordial. But this only made him sulky and stubborn. Hs had never meant to excite SisCer Meacham*s expectations and be wcuid not to many ber.

be driven Tbe early Sunday morning of Quarterly Meeting aaw all tbe orowdedwithpeople. Everybody on horseback, and almost every 1 rried Hioubl

Tbe early Sunday morning

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carried Hlouble.' At half-past eight o'clock the love-feast began in the large School-house. No one was admitted who did not bold a ticket, and even of tboee who bad tickets some were turned away on acoount of their naughty corfc their sinful 'artificials,' or tbeir. wicked ear rings. At the moment wben the love-feast began tbe door was locked, and no tardy member gained admission. Plates, with bread cut Into half-inch cubes, were passed round, and alter

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVBNIIS1G MAIL.

ikjtag waa opened ty aoine of tbs lerbrethren, who iefp particularly refill as to 4«tes, aniiounclng for in__nc£, that it woulM»e Just en years ago tbe twenty-first day efv next November siooe the J^ord 'spoke peace to'my never dying soul while I was kneeling at tbe mourner's bench in Lo* mqHi tcnool hout6 on tlio bunk® of to® South Fork of tbe Boaooke river in Old Viral nny.' This statement IhfbMltren had heard for many years, with a proper variation in date as .the tima. advanced, but now, as in duty bound, they greeted it again with pioua ejaculations of tbankagiving. There wn* a ssmeneea in the perorations of these little speeches. Most of the old men wound up by asking an interest in the prayem of the brethren, that their Mast daya might be their beet days,' and that their 'path might grow brighter and brighter unto the perfect dav.' Soon the elder sisters began to speak of their trials and victoria, of their 'ups snd downs,' their •many crooked paths,'acd the religion that 'bappifies the soul.' With their pa tbetio voices the fire spread, until tbe whole meeting was at a white-heat, and cries of 'Hallelujah!' 'Amen!' 'Bless the Lord!' 'Glory to God!' and so on expressed tbe fervor of feeling. Of oourse, you, sitting out of tbe atmosphere of It and judging coldly, laugh at this Indecorous fervor. Perhaps it is just as well to laugh, but for mv part I cannot. I know too well bow deep and vital were the emotiona out of which came these utterances of simple fend earnest hearts. I find it hard to get over an early prejudice that piety la of more consequenoe than propriety.

Morton was looking in vain for Ann Eliza. If she were present he could hardly tell it. Make the bonnets of women cover their faces and make them all alike, and set them In meeting with faces resting forward upon their bands, and then dress them in a uniform of homespun cotton, and there is not much individuality left. If Ann Eliza Meacham Were presont she would, according to custom, speak early and all that this love-feast lacked was one of her rapt snd eloquent utterances. So when the speaking and singing had gone on for an hour, and the voice of Sister Meaobam was not heard, Morton sadly concluded that she must have remained at home, heart-broken on account of disappointment at his neglect. In this he was wrong. Just at that moment a sister rose in the further corner of the room and began to speak in a low plaintive voice. It was Ann Eliza. But how changed!

She proceeded to say that she had passed through many fiery trials in her life. Of late she bad been led through deep waters of temptation, and the floods of sffliction had gone over ber soul. (Here some of the brethren sighed, and some of the sisters looked at Brother Goodwin.) The devil had tempted her to stay at home. He had tempted her to sit silent this morning, telling her that her voice would onlv discourage others. But at last she had got the victory and received strength to bear the cross. With this, ber voice rose and she spoke in tones of plaintive triumph to the end. Morton was greatly affected, not because her affliction was universally laid at his door, but because he now began to feel, as be bad never felt before, that he bad indeed wrought her a great injury. As she stood there, sorrowful and eloquent he almost loved ber. He pitied her and Pity lives on the next floer below Iove.

As for Ann Eliza, I would not have the reader think too meanly of her. She had resolved to 'catch' Rev. Morton Goodwin from the moment she saw him. But one of the oldest and most incontestable of the rights which tbe highest civilization accords to woman is that of'bringing down' tbe chosen man if she can. Ann Eliza was not consciously hypocritical. Her deep religious feeling was genuine. Sbebada native genius for devotion-and genius for devotion is as much a natural gift as genius for poetry. Notwithstanding her eloquence and ber rare talent for devotion, ber gifts in.tbe direction of honesty and truthfulness were few and feeble. A phrenologist would have described such character as possessing 'Spirituality and Veneration very large Conscientiousness small.' You have seen such people, and tbe world is ever prone to rank them at first as saints, afterwards as hypocrites for the world classifies people in gross—it has no nioe distinctions. Ann Eliza, like most people of tbe oratorical temperament, was not over-scrupulous in her way of producing effects. She could sway ber own mina as easily ss she could that of others. In the case of Morton, she managed tfe believe herself tbe victim of misplaced confidence. She saw nothing reprehensible either in ber own or her aunt's maneuvering. She only knew that she had been bitterly disappointed, and characteristically blamed nim through whom tbe disappointment badoome.

Morton was accustomed to judge by tbe standards of bis time. Such genuine fervor was, in his estimation, evidence of a high state of piety. One 'who lived so near the throne of grace,' in Methodist phrase, must be honest and

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ure and good. So Morton reasoned. bad wounded such an one. He •wed reparation. In marrying Ann Eliza be would be acting generously, honestly and wisely, according to the opinion of the presiding eldtr, tbe highest authority he knew. For in Ann Eliza Meacham he would get the most saintlv of wives, the most zealous of Christians, tbe most useful of women. So when Mr. Magruder exhorted the brethren at the clo^e of the service to put away every sin out of their hearts before they ventured to take the communion, Morton, with many tears, resolved to atone forall tbe bsrm be bad unwittingly done to Sister Ann Elizt Meacham, and to marry ber—if tbe Lord should open the way.

But neither could he remain firm in this conclusion. His high spirit resented tbe threat of tbe presiding elder. He would not be driven into marriage. In this uncomfortable frame of mind be passed the night. But Magruder being a shrewd man, guessed the state of Morton's feelings, and perceived his own mistake. As be mounted his horse on Monday morning. Morton stood with averted eyes, ready to bid an official farewell to his presiding elder, but not ready to give bis usual cordial adieu to Brother Magruder. •Goodwin/ said Magruder, looking at Morton with sincere pity, 'forgive me I ought not to have spoken as 1 did. I know you will do light, and I bad no right to threaten you. Be a man, that is all. Live above reproacb and act like a Christian. I am sorry you have involved yourself. It is oetter not to marry, maybe, though I have always maintained that a married man eon live In tbe ministry if he is careful and has a good wife. Besides, Sister Meacham has some land.' 86 saying, be shook bands and rode away a little distance. Then be tamed back and said: •You beard that Brother Jones was deed?* •Yee.' 'Well, I'm going to tend word to Brother Lumsden to take his place on Peterborough circuit Oil Conference. I suppose some young exhorter can be found to take Lumsaen's place as second

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Morton, $o!dly. •Obi I hojM^jhe will, Peterborough Isn't mucn lilrylnhBaKhy than Pottawottomle Creek. A little more intermittent fever, maybe. But it Is the best

man, and I should hate to lose mm, though, He'll atop and see you. MM he cornea through, I suppose. I think Id better give you the plan of his circuit, which I got the other day.' Alter sdieux, a little more friendly then tbe first, the two preachers nsrted again.

Morton mounted Dolly. The day was Hur advanced, and he bad an appointment to preach that very evening at tbe Salt Ftok school house. He baa never yet felled to suffer from a disturbance of some sort when he bsd preached in this rude neighborhood and having spoken very boldly In his last round, he was sure of a perilous encounter. But now the prospect of fighting with the wild beasts of Salt Fork waa almost enchanting. It would divert him from grayer apprehensions.

CHAPTER XXVI. KNQAGKMBNT.

You do not like Morton in his vacillating atate of mind as be rides toward Salt Fork, weighing considerations of right and wrong, of duty and disinclination, in the balance. He Is not an epic horo, for epic heroes act straightforwardly, tbey either know by intuition just what is right, or they are like Milton's Satan, uneneumbered with a sense of duty. But Morton was neither Infallible nor a devil. A man of sensitive conscience cannot, even by accident, break a woman's heart without compunction.

When Goodwin approached Salt Fork he was met by Burobard, now sheriff of the county, and warned that he would be attacked. Burchard begged bim to turn back. Morton might have scoffed at the cowardice and time-serving of the sheriff, if he had not been under suob obligations to bim, and had not been toacbed by this new evldenoe of his friendship. But Goodwin had never turned back from peril in his life. 'I have aright to preach at Salt Fork, Burchard,' he said, 'aod I will do it or die.'

Even in the struggle at Salt Fork Morton could not get rid of his love affair. He was touched to tind lying on the desk in the school house a little unsigned billet in Ann Eliza's handwriting, uttering a warning similar to that just given by Burchard.

It was with some tremor that be looked round, in the dim light of two candles, upon the turbulent faces between bim and the door. His prayer and singing were a little faint. But when once he began to preach, his combative courage returned, and his ringing voice rose above all the shuffling sounds of disorder. The interruptions, however, soon became so distinct that he dared not any longer ignore them. Then he paused in his discourse and looked at the rioters steadily. 'You think you will scare me. It is my business to rebuke sin. I tell you that you area set of ungodly ruffians and law breakers. I tell your neighbors here that they are miserable cowards. They let lawless men trample on them. I say, shame on them! They ought to organize and arrest you if it cost tneir lives.'

Here a click was beard as of some one cocking a horse-pistol. Morton turned p$le but something in his warm, Irish blood impelled him to proceed. 'I called you ruffians awhile ago,' he said, husk lly. 'Now I tell you that you are cutthroats. If you kill me here to-night, I will show your neighbors that it Is far better to die like a man than to live like a coward. The law will yet be .put in force whether you kill me or not. There are some of you that would belong to Micajab Harp's gang of robbers if you darod. Bat you are afraid and so you only give information and help to those who are no worse, only a little braver than you are.'

Goodwin had let bis impetuous temper carry him too far. He now saw that his denunciation bad degenerated into a taunt, and this taunt bad provoked his enemies beyond measure. He bad been foolhardy ror what good could it do for him to throw away his life In a row? There was murder in the eyes of of the ruffians. Haif a-dozen pistols were cocked in quick succession and be caught the glitter of knives. A hasty consultation was taking place in the back part of the room, and the tew Methodists near him huddled together lixe sheep. If he intended to save bis lite here was no time to spare. The address and presence of mind forwbich he. had been noted in boyhood did not fell him now. It would nut do to seem to 3uail. Without lowering his fierce inignant tone, he raised bis right bend and demanded that tbe honest cltiaens should rally to bis support, and put down tbe riot. His descending band knocked one of the two candles from the pulpit in the n»o»taccidental way in the'world. Starting back suddenly, he managed to

upset

aad extinguish tbe other just at tbe instant when the infuriated roughs were making a combined rush upon him. The room was thus made totally dark. Morton plunged Into tbe oncoming crowd. Twice he was seised and interrogated, but he changed bis voice and avoided detection, when at last the crowd gave up the search and began to leave the bouse, he drifted with them into the outer darkness and rain. Once upon Dolly he was safe from any pursuit.

When the swift-footed mare bad put him beyond danger, Morton was in better spirits than at any time since tbe elder's solemn talk on the preceding Saturday. He had tbe exhilaration of a sense of danger and of a sense of triumph. So bold a speech, and so masterly an escape as be bad made could not but demoralise men like tbe Salt Forkers. He laughed a little at himself for talking about dying and then running away, but he Inly determined to take the earliest opportunity to urge upon Burchard the duty of a total suppression of these lawless gangs. He would himself head a party against them if necessary.

This cheerful mood gradually subsided into depression as bis mind reverted to tbe note in Ann Eliza's writing. How thoughtful in ber to send it! How delicate she was in not signing it! How forgiving must her temper bet Whit a stupid wretch be was to attract her affection, and now what a perverse soul be was to break ber devoted heart!

This was the light in which Morton saw tbe situation. A more suspicious man might, have reasoned that Ann Eliza probably knew no more of Goodwio's peril at Salt Fork than was known In all the neighboring country, and that ber note was a gratuitous thrusting of herself on his attention. A suspicious person would have reasoned that b«r delicacy in not signing tbe note was only a pretense, aince Morton had become familiar with her peculiar bandwriting in tbe affair of the lawsuit in which he had assisted ber. But Morton was not suspicious. How could be be MiMpidous of one upon whom tbe Lord hadsn manifestly poured out hii Spirit?

Besides, the suspicious view would not have been wholly oorreot, slnoe Ann E|)s% did love Morton almost to dietraction, and had entertained the liveliest apprehensions of his peril at Salt Fork.

But with however much gratitude be might regard Ann Eliza's action, Morton Goodwin oould not quite bring bimaelf to deeide ou marriage. He oould not bfelp thinking of tbe morning when negro Bob bad discovered him talking to Patty by the spring-house, nor oould he belp contrasting that strong love with tbe feebleness ot tbe best affection he oould muster for the handsome, pious, and effusive Ann Eliza Meacham.

But as he proceeded round tbe circuit it became more and more evident to Morton that he had suffered in repute* tlon by hla oool treatment of Miss Meacham. Elderly people love romance, and they could not forgive bim for not bringing .the story out in the way they wished. Tbey felt that nothing oould ba so appropriate as the marriage of a popular preacher with so zealous a woman. It was a shock to their sense of poetic completeness that be should thus destroy tbe only fitting denouement. So that between people who were disappointed at tbe come-out, and young men- who were jealooa or the general popularity of tbe youthful preacher, Morton's acceptability had visibly declined. Nevertheless, there was

quite

approved of nl» oourse. He bsd found the minx out at last! One of tbe results of tbe Methodist circuit system, with its great quarterly meetinga, was tbe bringing oi people scattered over a wide region into a sort of organic unity and a community ef feeling. It widened the horizon. It was a curious and, doubtless, also a beneficial thing, that over the whole vast extent of half civlliz9d territory called Jenkinsville ciroult tuere was row a common topic for gossip and discussion. When Morion reached the very northernmost of his forty nine preaching places, he bad not yet escaped from tbe excitement. •Brother Goodwin,'said Sister Sharp, as tbey sat at breakfast, 'whatever folks may say, am sure you had a perfect right to give upSister Meacbam. A man ain't bound to marry a girl when be finds ber out. I don't think it would take a smart man like you long to find out that Sister Meaoham isn't all she pretends to be. I have heard somd things about her standing in Pennsylvania. 1 guess you found them out.' *1 never meant to marry Sister Meacham said Morton, as soon as he oould recover from tbe shock, and interrupt tbe stream of Bister Sharp's talk. 'Everybody thought you did.' 'Everybody was wrong, then and as for finding out anything, I can tell you that Sister Meacham is, I believe, one of the best and most useful Christians In the world.' 'That's what everybody thought,' replied the other maliciously, 'until you quit off going with her so suddenly. People have though different since.'

This shot took effect. Morton oould bear that people should slander him. But, behold! a crop of slanders on Ann Eliza was likely to grow out of bis mistake. In tbe midst of a most unheroic and, as it seemed to him, contemptible vacillation

and

perplexity, he came at

last to Mount Zion meeting-house. It was Here ttiat Ann Eliza belonged, and here he must decide whether he would still leave ber to suffer reproaoh while he also endured tbe loss of his own good name, or make a marriage which, to those wiser than he, seemed in every way advisable. Ann Eliza was not at meeting on this day. When once the benediction was pronounoed, Goodwin resolved to free himself from remorse and obloquy by tbe only honorable course. He would ride over to Sister Slms's and end tbe matter by engaging himself to Ann Eliza.

Was it some latent, half-perception of Sister Meacbam's true character that made him hesitate? Or was it that a pure-hearted man always shrinks from marriage without love? He reined his horse at the road-fork, and at last took the other peth and claimed tbe hospitality of tbe old class-leader of Mount Zlon class, instead of receiving Sister Sim's welcome. He intended by this means to postpone his decision till afternoon.

Out of the frying-pan into tbe fire! The leader took Brother Goodwin aside and informed him that Sister Ann Eliza was very ill. She might never recover. It was understood that she was slowly dying of a broken heart.

Morton oould bear no wore. To have made so faithful a person, who had even interfered to save nis life, suffer in her spirit was bad enough to have brought reproach upon her, worse to kill her outright was ingratitude and murder. He wondered at bis own stupidity and wickedness. He rode in haste to Sister Sim's. Ann Eliza, in fact, was not dangerously ill, and was ill more of a malarious fever than of a broken heart though her chagrin and disappointment had much to do with it. Morton, convinced that be was the author of ber woes, felt more tenderness to her in her emaciation than he had ever felt toward her in ber beauty. He could not pro fees a great deal of love, so he contented himself with expressing bis gratitude for tbe Salt Fork warning. Explanations about the past were awkwaid, but fortunately Ann Eliza was ill and ought not to talk much on exciting subjects. Besides, she did not seem to be very exacting. Morton's ofcr of marriage was accepted with a readiness that annoyed bim. When he rode away to bis next appointment, he did i.ot feel so much relieved by having done his duty as he had expected to. He oould not get rid of a thought that tbe high spirited Patty would have resented an offer of marriage under these circumstances, and on such terms as Ann Eliza bad accepted. And yet, one must not expect all qualities in one person. What couid be finer than Ann Eliza's lustrous piety? She was another Hester Ann Rogers, a second Mrs. Fletcher, maybe. And bow much she most love bim to pine away tbu»! And how forgiving she waa! [TO BB OOMTCNUKD.]

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PALXEB

ARBLE WORKS.

BARNETT, PALMER fc SWIFT,.. ixroaraus ASTD OKALCKS IN Rose

and Gray Scotch Granite

AND ITALIAN MARBLE MONUMENTS, Tombs, and Stones, Vaults, Mantels,

Main street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, TERRE HAUTE, 1ND. work Wirraats 1 stfi#UattoJ.

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week In your own town. Terms

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Co^Y-ortauMl, Maine.

Professional Cards.

ASA X. BLACK.

anwix W. 1UOK.

LACK A BLACK. ATTORNEYS AT I.AW, ,, 3134 Main street.

TERRE HAUTE, 1ND.

TOHN T. WILEY, 1KSUKANCB AID COLLECTION AGENT,

NOIUBY PUBLIC.

••Itee a Specialty of Collections. 62SX Main Street. TKKKE HAUTZ, INDw. o. Burr. S. X. BBKCHKR

BUFF

A BEECHER, ATTOKJKKYS AT LAW,!,

OMUCK—No. 330 Ohio Street, bet. third and Fourth, north side.

R. J. P. WORRELL,

Office, MfrTOlf MAIBION, Southwest corner 6th and Ohio Streets. Office hours from 9 a, m.

DR.

a party of young women who

to 1 p. in. and from

4 tb 6 p.m.

Practice now limited to diseases of the EYB BAlt,

J. MILLS

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would most respectfully announce to the citiitens of 'lerre Rant# and vicinity, that he has opened^ on the corner of 18th aud Chestnut streets, a Medical Office, where he will treat ail classes of Chronic and acute diseases, of both ilexes, in the most Ecientifio aud successful manner, either wither without electricity.

Offioe aud residence on corner of 13th and Chestnut streets, three streets east of Vanda11a depot. Visits made to the country, if required. (febl7-ly)

OSEPH RICHARDSON, M.

Office on Ohio Bet. 8rd A 4^ TERRE HAUTE, IND.

CO.

LINCOLN,

nnwmibin V"

DENTIST.

Office, 221 Main street, near Seventh. Ex­% tracting and artificial teeth specialties. All work warranted.

DR.LH.BARTHOLOMEW.MechanlealandSnrgeon

DENTIST,

Dental Room, 157 Maiu Street.): near 6th, TKRHK HAUTE, 1Kb. Nitrous Oxide Qas administered for pan ess Tooth Extraction.

W. BALLEW, DENTIST, 1

once, 119 Main Street, over Sage» •Id eonfertlonery stand. TERRE HAUTE, IND.

Can he found to office night and day.

Business Cards.

CAL

THOMAS,

OytidaB and Watchmaker For the trade, Main street, near Sixth, slgtf of big man with watch.

WP.

MYER,

Tinware and Job Shop,

114 south Fourth st. opp, Market House. A

full stock of Tinware. Special attention given to Job Work.

RW.

RIPPETOE Gene «U Dealer in

GROCERIES, ..^VISIONS AND PRODUCE, National Block, 165 Main 8tree

KISSNER,

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Pianos, Melodeons, Organs. Musicaf Instruments, Ac.,

SEWING

STOVE DEALERS. TY HEELER & SELLERS,

Main HAUTI^INI)1

S[tted

mk-±'%

Palace of Music, 48 Ohio 8

MACHINES

REPAIRED AMD ADJUSTED In the very best manner and warranted t« werk, by JOSEPH FOLK, No. 822 Maia street, north side, between 3rd and 4tb streets, up stairs. Don't condemn your machine until Mr. FOLK has bad a look at it for the real troublo may bo, very light una tne cost of repairing a mere trine. The best needles and oil constantly on hand.

Jnnel9-tl .a

Produce and Commission TOS. H. BRIGGS, ....

KIODUCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, ., -t. and Dealer in

HIDES, PELTS, RAGS, BUTTER,

C.H'K0UfS

HOTELS,

ENDERSON HOUSE.

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Niuth'

Keep on hand at their place ef business a large and well selected stock of STOVES, TIN AND HARDWARE. And ask the public to call and price their

oods before buying elsewhere and be benethereby.

A

EGGS, AC.,

Corner of Fourth and herry streets,

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TERRE HAUTE, IND,

RESTAURANTS.

Restaurant and Dining Rooms, No. 010 MAIN STREET,

North Side, TERRE HATJTE, IND. OPKN DAY AND KIOHT.

F. P. NICHOLS, Prop'r. .gii

South Fourth St, Bet Walnut and.PopIar, TERRE HAUTE, IND. First Claw Boarding by the week, Day or Meal. Best wagon yard in the city.

HOGS.

HENRY

M.A. BWJrT,

BROWN,

HOO SHIPPER, 'i" TERRE HAUTE, IND.

Buys hogs every day in the 7car.lMjA no and no grumbling. Office on south Fourth street, one half square south of the market house, one door south of Htnderson house. All I ask is to try me. Trade with me once a ndyou will trade with me again.

nvipHEM RELIEVED. Nomedi-

VWJAT

cine. Book free. O.J.WOOD,

Madison, Ind. Je9-4t-«ow

WHOOPING COUGH.

Dr.Detchon 'a

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Whooping Cough Specific cures this disease in one week's time. If used generally, it will save the lives of hundreds. Do net let your child die of whooping cough whenone bottle of this Bpecifle will cure it. It moderates all the severer symptoms within the first twenty-.our honrs. fror sale by BUNTi AKlrti.iU*U. i'feue tiaule, lud.