Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 1, 1875, Page 3

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1875.~SIXTEEN PAGES. _ EUROPEAN GOSSIP. the Princess ‘of Wales” Garden- Party at Chiswick. #3rand [National Dog-Exhibition” at the London Crystal Palace. e French Woman Who penled that She Was the Mother of Her Child. ALEXANDRA'S GARDEN-PARTY. Greenicood's London Neics to New York Timet, (July 5) the Princesa of Wales gave garden-party st Chiswick. The msll, unimportant, uninvited world of London asemmbled in the park, slong the Kensiogton osd, and under the fruit trees of tha avenue esdiog to the grounds. We happened slong Jbent that time. and *lest our neighbors sbould ‘hiok us proud,” left onr one-horse chariot out~ ide and walked into the avenue, mingling free- ¢ with the populsce under the trees, and Jook- 7g witn the mild interest of American sover- igus on the princely and sristocratic display. } st in truth » magaificent, wonderfal show— plendid equipsges and exquisite summer cilste in dazzling and almost interminable accestion. 1t gave me an overwheiming ealizstion of the wealth, the refinement, aud Sondless Juxury of thet great upper world of inghnd, 636 by immemorial privilege above * jo mutations of ordinary forsune and the fluo- astiops of valgar trade. We watched them . giving in till we grew sbsolutely weary of gran- eur. The Prince and Princess of Wales drove 4st early, on * pospitable thoughts inteat.” 'be Prince is raddy and somewiat portly,—not 36 handsome snd proper man, that model of sportment, bis fatber, was,—but & good fellow, 28 vecy populst now, especially with the people, he Princess 1s rather thin for perfect beauty, at most graceful and gracious, and is remark- Jle for her faultless taste in dress. The most splendid_and dashing equivage we o was that _of the Duke of Sutberland ; but e Jollieat affairs of )l were tho drags. Neatly 1 thieso famous four-in-haod turnouis, these d-fashioned stage<coaches plomously resur- \cted, were there. every seat filicd with gallant yung lords, or lovely young indies, ar damty 14 demure footmen with tightly-folded arms— 1. sapocially the latter, lookiug prond and iri- mpbant, immeasureably exalted above tbe gaz- 1gsnd admuring pedestrizns slang their way. o all very grand sport, doubtless, but . rather ‘me sfter ail. I should prefer that eort of Jusement tiavored with a Liftle adventur. yre me rather A beat With thodriver on a Rocky ountsin 8'age-coach—eix fast horses, full wod, on the down grade. This, after all, is aly diletlants dnving. Looking at some weary, ead-faced working- 0, eoatching & bit of coutly holiday from the oo etruzgle for bread, to e Lbe brave ehow, wondered what was the secret feeling of their Arts—wondered if deep down, out of sight, & vsua discontoot wers -not gmawing &t the ota of their loyalty—wondezed if they were 1% pondering I their dull way the fearfal, iihstaggering problem of the insquality of aditons amoug God's crestures. Well, many are the ways,” and the ways of gettng ‘re, " but the end is one,’ and - *‘the. night @eth in wlich no man can work," or dave o : . The Queen was expectad with therest, bot ehe ¢@a 1o come il by a back wav from’the Chis- & ststion, and 8o disappoiuted a maititade- of I Joyal subjects, bungry_.for 8 =ight of ber wtan motherly face. Hearing that she was ileave for Windsor at 7, the kuowing ones, aich included our party, of, course, drove ronnd \the staticn spd thers had s very satisfactory ww of bar and the Princess Beatrios and ince Leopold 1 am bappy to say. that jolography 18 no’ courtier, and that mo velph gaive by it. In a few dass Majesty pes oa to Osborpe, and from - tbence back to ilmoral, moet blessed snd beloved relreat. tme of tne Queen’s subjects rebel agamst this seenteeiam, this resolute flinging off of the mp and circamstance of glorious royalty ; bot » hear f10m one w0 bsa the best opportunity knowing the facts that this is the only conrse ¢ Ife by which her Mafesty can preservs her Ealth and strength, so a8 _fitly to discharge her prely oficial doties, Thess ahe hms never Iglected, tot even in times of profound- o Doubtless® her lfe in th heart of the Highlsnds, quiet, suple, natural, surrounded by » logal bat self- repecting people, is more 1o her taste than aver wa the Liib of courts aud the servile adalation of palace fiokics. She is 3 woman of shrewd saso and simple tastes, Joving independence md sincerity—sbove all, Joving love. ‘1 have laely hesrd, as coming from ove of her former Nlies in waiking, s tonchiog Little story, which ilbstrates the tender, domestic nature of the wevan, When Prince Albert died, so soon after e mother, jn the firet hour of her bereavement, o out of the depths of her deso'ate widow- lood sod quoenhood, she cried, . *Thare is 00 ©s8 laft now to call me Victoria." THE CRYSTAL PALACE DOG-SHOW. Col. rorney’s London Letter to Philadeiphia Press. Tye published report of the grand national «hibition of sporting and other doge st the Cystal Palacs on the first four days of June of s year is a tingular document, some ' festures etwhich will be strange reading to my American frnds Among the bloodhounds which belong ke first class the price of the dog called “ral” 8 yoars and 9 months old, was £500 (®,500), and that of “Bolla 1 year and 11 Dotbs old, 500 guiness. Among the mastifls, th price of the ** Chimpion Turk,” owned oy the Br. J. W. Mellor, 7 years and 3 months old, b dog that has won more than thirty firet prizes i cups and is of immenee size, 18 £5,000 (225~ ), whilethat of the mastiff psmod ** Gran- b" owned by Mr. A. B. D. Fivas, which won the firf meda’s for 1874 a5 the Cryatal Palace, for fin yame year at Northambton, and for the sear 15374 at Portsmouth,—an snimal nessly as Igy a8 a lion,— is £10,000 sterling, or £50,000! Thaorice of the mastiff known as * Duchess” is 410000 sterling, while in a list of 171 of the mme braed thers &xe four at £1,000, 6ix at £500, 030 £300, mxat £250, nipe at £100, ten at £3, and the remainder varying in price from £00 £5. Bome of the manft puppies com- + mumed prices ranging from £100 to £35. Sev- @l d the St. Bernard rongh-coat dogs were held & £000 apiece, one_at £1,000, and & number Rorefrom £300t0 £20. The St. Bernard pup- wrought from 20 guineas down to 10. One whundland dog broughs £1,000, one £500, d Jome £100, and seversl zs low ss £20. The drices of the deerbounds ranged from . £5010 £100. Of the greybounds ‘‘St. Pat- nk’ and “Warwick" were each beld at %00, sod * Landerdale,” * Queen Dertha,” ‘fl “Bit of Fan" at £1000 esch: Bick Besuty” at £500. Ten of tho painters beoght £1,000 each, & number £500, and others £10end £50. Among the sefters I cocated & lug number held at £1,000 each, and one, the Progrty of Mr. P. B. Btone, M. P.. aged 5 years, wu habelsd £10,000 sterling. 1 counted eix etGvers at £1,000 each, and very many from £30t0 £150. Among the Lrish watar-spaniels ¥y, N.mllar:zn'a ;‘ Shamrock * ll: heldla‘g , the others st prices ranging from £: ®£), Bix of the Bpanieis were lngzled £1,000 tackiwo or thres £500, and s large variety from to £300. Ten pounds were regarded M avery reasonablle charge. There wers two bouds at £500 each. The beagles, not exceed- ng 5 inchea Ligh, ranged from £100 to £20. Thes were nearly 200 fox-terners held af ex- Tates. at loast half s dozen as £1.000 And bout twenty at £500, the others ranging 100 fo £50, £20, £10, and £5. The sheep ere also very high, 8 dozen commanding £1.00 each, and others £500, very few running Mlyas £30. A Dalmatisn, belongiog to R. J. L. Fice, knovn as i cto,” 3 years and 5 months old, I £25, One bull tarrier, ** Young Puss,” was held M £000 sterling; aoother, belonging to the Samywner, W, Graat Bawas, at the same price. semed to be s favonte Maay com- moandd £100 each, ard a few ran as low as £5. Buckand tan terriers exceeding 14 pounds weigt commanded $100 eanh, very few as low ™ £ Ope of the drop-esred biue Skye named Sam, belnsgoing to Mr. J. W. al £10,000 slerling! There Davdy Dinmont terrier, - called lope,” price £1,000, and -another ealled Maeth," price £500—general ratea from £y £5. Yorkshire terrier called * Mo~ nn"belonging to Miss H. Algerson, price £10% The Bedlington terriers commanded from 100 £0 £5 ; of one species-called. ** Dach- scimp,” biack and tan, three commanded £L00(and the rest ran from £100 down 10 £35. ma s white P § months old. Ve 2t frors 0000~ Tomhsa 15 3 Wk, be- ooz o Mrs. £nd & nomber at from £60 to £10. One of these puge, belouging to Mr. A. Doveton Clarks, * Chuog,” 6 years.and B months old, was held at £10.000 sferling. Maitese dogs, several . st ~-£100, two b £50, thres at £20. King Charles wpspiels from £100to £10. Italan greyhounds £200, £115, and £50 each. Toy terriers, smooth- baired. not: excecdiog 5 pounds weight, com- manded as highas from £300 $0 £200 apiece, some £100, sud a_large oumber £50, £30, and £20. The eporting. puppies . were held at a charge of aboot £5 each ; non-sporting puppies, 20 guineas, 10 guineas, aod 5 guiveas. An jm- meose assorsment of harriers were exhibited, but were 80 valnsble a8 not to be offered for sale. T notice that many of thess were owned br clergymen. The Prince and Princess of Waleg, and most of the pobility, igured largely inthe catalogue as chief owners. Tho prizes swarded to this best dogs amounted to & very large eum, and ranged from £10 to £3. A MOTHER DENYING HER CHILD. Paris Correspondent New York Tvmes. We frequently fing, in the histary ot domestie tribulations, instances of fsthers who disputo their patermty, but cases of motbers who deny their children are probably rare. I donot remem~ ber to have road of a case exactly like that of the Vicomta ds Finfe, just decided by the Or~ leans Coart of Appeals. If Iremember rightly, you gave au outline of the cage sometime ago, faken from so English jourcal, but I have a babit, »-bad babit perhups, of waiting until & case has ended before giving it, publicity. Twenty years 3go a family settled in Tour- raine, and, oying to the fact that it had long been upon the Belgisn frontier, was supposed to be Delgian. ut the family was purely Freach. It was composed of the husband, aged about 50, of the wife, several years younger, and & boy about 12 years of sge. - The-husbasd was & mieanthrope, having few relations with his neighbors, and devoting himsel? to the direction of the emall propercy he had purchased in Tour- raine.. The wifa sppeared to be eccentrio; the child w2s of fesble intelligenco apparently, aud 80 quiet that he passed without uotice throngh the rchools. This {amily was that of M. Achille- Apolion de Finfe, Vicomte ds Risnmont, and Mme. Anne-Simoune-Heloise: Messager. M. de Fiufe died in 1574 His gole heir was the boy in question, then a yoong man of 23 years. A fow wonths later & family arrangement was made, Uy which the motber gaveup her rights in tbe landed propertv in exchange for anpual pension inmoney. The fortune of the son. composed of tue paternal eststs sud the savivgs of forty years, was estimsted at only 800,000 francs. He ‘married, snd for a time continued fo_live with his -wother, but quarrela - arose, and_the two ties separated. The conduct of Mme. de nfe wes such that the son asked the courts to grant sn interdiction, and to pronounce upon . her sanity, a8 waa rocently done in the csse of Lincoln. M. Rafael de Finte wiehed & _judicial council, s sort of legal guardianship, naied to_take charge of his mother's property, he ssserting that she was not in mental conaition to take careof it herself. Mme. de Finfe was cited to appesr before the courts to show cause why such & council shonld not be appointed. sod . Jenuary last she did aovear, but only to opposo ihe interdiction in & carious manner. She declared that Rafael de Finfe was not her gson—that she never had s child—and she demanded s bodily exsmination by medical exports to prove that sbe had_never Pborne children. According to her story, fuding thst sha was parren, M. de Finfe had found a child for adoption on the 11thof December, 1845, whose efaf civil was reyulated at 3Montmorency, aud inseribed as first born of Finfe and bis lemtimate wife Heloisa Messoger. This ehild dying on the 18th of December, 1846, it was re- pacad by another. born on the 16th of Jannary, 1847, inscribed under the pame of ** Leoa, father apd mother unkpown,” sud but out to narss nesr Gaiscard, Ose. This bov was in- geribed as born of M., and Mme. Io Finfe, but after some quarreis with neighbors, one thought to reveage sgme allront by prosscuting the Finfes for perjury, they having taken oath that this was their child. They defcuded themselvee in the coarta of law. On'éxamining the records it was found that this wss perfectly correct, Brought up for perjury and substication of chil- dren before the tribunal of Pontoise, on the 10th of Jannary, 1851, they protested their innocence of violsting Ait. 327 of the Civil Code, sna claimed the child 28 their own. Now, Mme. de Finfe confessed @ their perjury, and it must be conceded that all this went to upport her alle- gations, _The Vicomte de Finfo was thunder- struck, - He desisted at once from his demand for the interdlction of his mather, and wanted to hush the matter up ; but the case belug al- resdy in the bands of the law, the Court refased to allow it to rest. 1he yaxzni’mm felt that he was lost, but the ressons for this action of the Judga will be aprarent after resdiogths final de- ision. A medical commismon was appointed to examme Mma. Fiofe, snd, in fact, it reported that she bad never been s mother. This would appear to settle tho case, - But after hearing, the Cours decided that it is nor mow competent for Mme. do - Fiofe to contest the identity of the child sbe reared and tended in- cessanily; whom she presented to society aud ‘maried 28 her legitimate son ; that, moreover, the facts ghe urges are denied by the proofe against them, and that Rafael de Finfe, being able to justify Ins constant etatos of legitimato son, is now entitled to have full possession of the title and condition it confers upon bim.” 1L Rafael de Finfe can now praceed with his de- mand for & goardianship for* bis mother, whose former ecoentricity, it was amply proved on trisl, bad iocreased. with years and wo into a state of ooeound mind. I¥ not exsctly 2 lunatic, Mme. de Fiofs is not far from it. Under the circumstances. this de- cision is unsatisfactory, 28 M. de Finle is 2 mag of good character, good moralg, and excellent reputation ; but, nevertheless, one is inclined to muse a littla upen the report of the medical commission sppointed to examine the body of Mme. de Finfe. Their declaration was 83 posi- tive 8« the testimony of experts ever is, thst is to say, it was positive withont beiog positive at all. Certainly, Mme. de Fiofe had never been a mother, ihey thonght; bat yet, phenomenal cases were poseible, and cases bad been record- ed where the ordinary sequeliz of childbirth were not apparent upon the person of the motber. FRENCH MARRIAGES BEFORE THE LAW. Galignant’s Messenger. A trial to obtain the nullity of & nuptial union, which has just ocoupied several sittings of the Civil Tribaosl of the Seine, excited considerable interest from the position of the parties and the circamstances under which the snit was bronght. The plaintift was M. Breop. s Isnd-owner of Montbard (Cote-d'0r), father of tho wife, snd the defendant, the husband, M. Paul Besson, Advocate at the Court of Cassation and Deputy £ the Gilpin, st £500; several a4 £100," |- reJectsd the’ far the Jura. The suit was commenced i 1873, and although the daughter of 1. Breon is gince deceased, and the action. may, be gud to be now without object, from a pecunisry point of view, the father Devertheless persisted in carrying it to an isane. According to hisal- legations L. Paul Besson. whose brother’s fami- Ivhad casually made scquaintance with 1Mlle. Tireon at s watering-place, haviog discovered that she would haye a fortune of 8,000.000 of francaon the death of her parents, resoived fo inveigle her into a marriage. He first made & proposal to the fatber, who made & direct Te- fasal. baviog spparently had his donbts on the disinterestedness of the suitor, who was, be- sides, donble the age of thelady. This occurred in 1868; the application was afterward re- peated by letter, but M. Breon declined to roply. . The war intervened, and the father be- camb geparated from hia wife sud danghter, who went to teside at Clermont-Ferraod. M. Besson took advantage of the opportunity to press his goit with_them. and was sccepted. Some time after M. Breon received from his daughter, wbo had been staying at 8t. Servin, the formal noti- Heatious of marriage required when the sonsent of eitber of the parsuts is refused. He then found that she had left that place with ber mother, and the communication did bot mention ber place of residence, Not being able to find ot ber address, he lodged an oppo- sition to the mmimyga 8t the Mairie of the Sixth Arropdisement, in Paris, in which wis AL Bes- son'a domicile, but they evaded the difficuity by ‘having the marital ceremony performed at Vec- saiiles, nokuown to him, snd in violation of the Jaw, which requires the marriage to taks place in the'parish of on of the patties. XL Besson was accnstomed to stay sometimes with & friend in the Bue de Monchv, in that town, during the ses- sion of the Assembly, and gave that sddress in the register; the bsnns were, however, not published there. but in Paris. On If of the dofendant it was maintained that there was nothing_clandestine in the marrisge, and that the residence at Versailles was safficient ; it was slao shown that the tnfon was entirely oge of inclination on the part of the danghtar, and that the father had acted most cruelly to her; she sabsequently went to ask for his pardon, but be rushed at her and struck her, sod his batred even pursued her after her death, for bo went t0 ihe oi.ma‘thuy w 5:;: lu?a was buried and abused er in the grossest langusge over her grave. Yesterdsy (Julv 9) the Cinl Tribunsl u%n the Saine gave judgment, and in coaformity with oconclusions of the Iaw oficars of . the Btate, ing AUNT CINDY’S DINNER. Barah Winter Kellogy in LippincottC's Hagazine, The Rev. Mr. Burgiss slammed the front gate to, not because he was angry: - the gate refnsed: to stay ahut unless it was slammed; snd, be: sides, the Rev. Mr. Burgisa was ona of those bustling, nervous people who go through the world slarming everstbing that can be elammed. Mforeover, on'tbis particular day he felt unusual- ly nervous. -He bustled along thé uokempt walk,—things were apt to be unkempt on Mr. Burgiss’ place,—bustled up the steps into the square * passage” and bustled into the room &t his right. In $his room esr Ars. Burgiss, 88 complacent a8 her husband was ex- citsble, eating in & leisurely way an Indisn pesch. Parhaps I ought to tell you that Mra. Turgiss bad & pale face with brown trimmibgs. She wore her hair fn * dog-ears ;" that fg, tbe front locks were combed smooth and low over the cheeks, then carried above the ears and con- fined to the back hair. Mir. Burgiss wore hia hair rosched. He had a receding chin—almost no chin st all—and s short, verycarved parrot nose. He looked like a cockatao. 1y dear,” bo said impetuously, “T'vein- | vited four Presidin’ Eiduz to dioner to-mor- row. Now youwll bave a° chadce to put the big kettle in tho littlo one, ap’ I hopo tosee youdo it. Let our brethren see what hospitality mesns in" Brother Burgise' Lonse.” Y7o baven't any long table-cloth.” Afrs. Bar- giss mada thia startling anoonncement in 3o un- oconcerned way, quite in cootrsst with her hus- band's important manser. Then she slowly burted her teeth inthe crimson fleshof the poach. ~t Borrer ons,” snid Mr. Bargiss, with 8 prompt- nees and energy entirbly equal to the occasion— «gen' over to Brother Phillpotis’ sn’ borrer one. He's a brother in the Lord an’ one of the galts of the earth: an’ Sister Philipotts is a lovely sister—s -sweel little sister as ever joined the Church. Sbe’ll be delighted tolen’ s tablecloth cranyihing else to belp on the good cause, Jus' sen’ 0 Sigtar Phillpotts’ for suything yon haven’t got. Shecaa len’ from ber lh{\nflls(‘}; an’ fesl no lack—no lack at all. Iv's ber duty to help God's min'st'np’ servants. There is & comman’ in ber name. Phillpotte— Jin She is & stewardess of the Lord’s. a0’ ‘mus’ one dsy give sn sccouyt of her steward- Phip. Besides, haven't I-been prenchin’ to Rister Phillposts, off..an' on, for going on' fou' vears—a-leadin’ ber an' hor fam'ly to glory ? Jen't the laborer worthy of bis hiro Y T~ Tell Ciody,” said Mrs, Burgiss indolently, re- moving the peach-stone from her mouth, where 1t had been forming & knot on the cheek. She Yosaed it lazily into the open chimney-place, &D omnium gatherum of litter sud trash. ++Pell Cind) aid Mir, Burgies: ¢ of course we'll tell Cindy. She’ll bave to do ber tip-top bes’ on the dinner, but you mus’ len' a helpin' hsa’. Do, my dear, pleass try, for once, to wake ot of you' easy-goin’ Way, 8o’ let's do some- thin’ worthy of this gran' occasion. Yere we sir to have fou' of God's distinguished smbassadnz under our humble roof to pa- take of our galt. 1t may be the ooca— gion of my geitin' appointed fo a nom- ber-one station ¢ the nex’ confrunce. It's the Prosidia’ Blduz, with the Bishop, that have the sppointin’ power, Kissin® goes by favor. Bo, pow, dear, jus’ please do you' bi WOt coures I'll do all Lean—I al'ays do,” re- sponded Mrs. Burgiss. She rose with & languid air, went to a glass of the size of a bymp-book that huog on toe wall, took down 8 brush from ite top, and began $o rearrange bor *dog-oars.” The Rev. }r. Burgiss bustled out of the room into the square passage. This square passage is & featnro Beldom wanting to plantation-houses in certain localities of the South. It is ssquare floor conpecting the two main rooms of tbe house, sometimes _inclosed. but. ofiener open on two sides. In Mr. Bargiss' bonse of howed Jogs snd olay chiuking the passige was open, with block steps at the two uninclosed sid Log houses &3 plantors’ residences are not common. I have known Southern satraps. own. hundreds of slaves and leagues of land, dwelling in log-houses of four or five r00ms, sud entertaining at dioners and eveniog-pariies the countrs gentry for miles aroand.- However, Mr. ‘Burgiss was not one of these autocrats. All told, e owned but seventeen slaves. At this time be was n “local preacher” of the Methodist Charch, but he was intending to go into the traveling conuection at thd next Confereuce. Mr. Burgiss hurried down the back- gteps into the yard. and crogsed ‘the yard to that sitchen, 1 wieh I could take you into this kitchen. You, perhaps, have been used to acity kitchen, wbose woodwork is grained or painted white—as one of my friends insists on baving hers, that dirt maystand confessed be- yond Al peradventure. Your kitchen floor i carpeted or painted, or, better still, kevt sconred white as new pine. The siove shiues, the tina are like silver. ‘There ars hydrants and drains, sutries, closets, cupboards, drawers,—a place Bor “oversthing and everything in its_piace. Now Jet m tell you sbont Mrs. Bargiss® cali- nary depattment, cr rather . Aunt Cindy's, for Mrs, B. fought sby of the kitchen. Tu the first place, it was an outhouse, 60 feet at least f10m the family residence,—* the house,” ag it is called par excellgnce,—so that the meals bad to vass under the skies, rain or shine, to reach the table. In the second place, this Kitchen was no honse at all, but a simple rude ghed—a roof supported by four posts sunk in tha ground. Oo the dirt-floor s00d tho bis- cwmit-tsble, whete tha biscuits were made de- licionsly light without the aid of chemicals— beatep light—and where, in a wooden dug-oub tray, the various corn-breads were mixed as only the Auat Cindies and Aunt Dinahs of the South can mux them. Why is st that the most ekillfal cook in a Northern kitch- en, _ using _ unsparingly &l those “ood things” that ste conceded to insure & delicious result, is unable to prodace Corn-bread at sll approaching in_sweetness and delicacy that found in almost any Soathern ne- gro eabin ? The Southern dinuer-bread found at tha table of rich and pooris msde by stirriog, with the naked hand, water aud a piach of salt intoa conmel_vzgmnn corn-meal, sod yet Aunt Dinah's “corn-dodger " is more foothsome than auy preparation of lodien mesl of which Del- monizo's is capable. But to return to Aunt Cindy. Her kitchen was entirely open on three sides, the fourth be- iog partly occupied by a clsy-aud-stick chimney, 1n the fireplace the logs rested, in e of andi- rous, on two chunks, and here depended the iron ‘orsue -on_which, by meana of pathooks, were hung the kettles for boilieg. Tho baking was_accomplished in deep Datch ovens orin shallow ekillots with lids, the glowing coals ply~ ing their heat sbove as well as below. The hoe- cakes were cooked on a flat disk of iron sup- ported on legs over coals. The broiling was done—and capitally done, too—on a grigiron 1aid on the coals; sometimes the mest wss placed immediately on the coals, from which the ashea Lad been biown, Then there was a trivet—arim of iron on threo lega & few inches bizb—which was the coffee-pot’'s 8tool. Besides these, there was a meat-block, which also served Aunt Cindy as a seat. . Btanding almost nuder the eaves was & bench which .she used for efevating her portly figars when aha was sesrching the hewed log sleeper under the Tatters for spoons or forks, or papers of &wice, each with the inevitable leak. Indeed, these sleapera and the vellow clay jambs of the chim- ney-place answered the” p e of shelves, closets, drawers, and all thosdother things be- longing .to the ciass called ‘kithen con- veniencds.” Those jambs especially Aunt Cindy prononnced * mighty hsudy.” They were ‘tho Teceptacles of the ahovel and _tongs, the kitchen koife, the dish-cloth, the trivet, the coffes-pat, the rolling-vin, the cook's tobacco and pipe, the gridiron, the pot-covers, and indeed eversthing pertaining to kitchen furniture to which they conld afford lodgment. “Well, Cindy,” esid the Rev. Mr. Bargiss, you air goin’ to haye-a chanee to-morrow to dis- tinguish you'self.” 3 Cindy was a_tall and flesby woman, weighin, 317 pounds. She wss eitting on the biock whic] -waa seat or meat-slab as the ocoasion demanded. 8ha rose from this block with s heaving, Iabored motian, which called to mind a steamboat getty anderway. * I'stolerbnl distingnished a'ready,” sho replied. Perhaps the speaker fonnd s diff- culty in raising and lowering her astonishing lower jaw and double chin; ber words hsd & ueer, ‘smothered sound, as though coming ugh hot mash. * What's gwyne on ter-mor- rer 2" she asked, “YWhy, we air goin’ to have fon' presidin’ elduz zfdre to dinner to-morrow—yes, fon' presidin’ “Good gracious!” exolsimed Aunt Cind slioss averahelmod, * Anssy on s} Foa' prs. ridun’ elduz! Reckone I hab tor stir my stumps tolerbul lively *bout dat dar dinver;” and ber eyes, hid away in rolls of fat like pin-heads in a cushion, began to twinkle in “anticipation of a culinary triumph. *But,” she continged, cloud- ing sgiin, ** we-all aint got no Little pig. . Can'’t git no dinner fit for thucks widouten a pig ro: Shole, wid » red apple in its monf. Mus’ hab a pig somehows, o be sartin.” 5 4 'Oh, we can get 8 pig, " said Mr. Burgiss s suredly ; ** {:n‘ sen’ Tony.over to Brower Phill. pota’ sarly in the mawnih’ tobarrer one. Tall ‘we uator 'sin ‘him 1o tsfl Sister Philipots that I'll retarn it the fas'.éhanca. An’now Cindy, my girl, jus' do Jom'bes' on_that disner. Trua’ in the Lord ’ foar nothin’.” L wiDeed I'll do my very bes’. Paffidin’ dinper for fou’ puzzidun’ elduzis & heap ar’spons’bil'ty, ‘but I recons yar'll f}k' ole Cindy kintate it. 18 don’t worrit you'sef.” Aunt (}ind;m an ardevt Methodist. That the path _to Heaven lay throngh ths . Methodist ¢ meetin’-house " ehe aa earvestly believed a3 that sho bad agoultosave. Bhe wouldreluctantly grint that a sinner might “git religion " else- Where than at & Methodist protracted meeting or o0 & camp-ground, bat in ber heart of bearts she did not believe the thing possible. With her, 20y Methodiet minister was an object of rever- euca,—a Presiding Elder, 88 being .nearer God, of adoration. According to her creed, ' Jesus hes got bo!’ er God’s han': do Dishiop hol’ er Josus’ ; de puezidan’ elduz hol! er Bishop's; den comes de station-preachers, au’ circuit-nduz, an’ eggsoriers ; den we pore mizzibul sinners, all in s string; pullin’ for hebben ; an’ef wewall hol's on tell deat pawts dis immottla frame, wa'll git dar shos yer bagn.’ ’ When the Ney. AMr. Bargiss .hed left hor, Aunt - Ciody ° lighted ber _cob-pipo from the hot- embers snd reseated herself | on the meat-block, as ~thongh she was settled for life. She sbut her eyes that she might the better contemplate the marrow's re- spozsibilities, apd was 800s fast aslesp, her cob- pipe, fallen sad emptied into hot lap, sud Ler D oparas-atriped apron slosly burning uuder her nose. ‘I'he fumes finally woke her. *Sgkes er lival” she exclaimed, rubbingout the fire between her broad fat hands with their cashion- Jike backa, ‘“What in de worl’ ef 1 hadu't woked §is’ 10 timo to put myself out ! Dat dar dioner for dem fou' purzidug eldnz! Take Yere, Cindy Burgiss,” she coutinued, apostro- phizing hesself : « yor can’s be spawed yit—not by no menns.” . £ "At this moment Mra. Burgiss: entered. Aunt Cindy rotained possession of the -meat-block. She wished to conceal the burne’ in her 'apron: theo ehe nover ross to Lier feet when ehe could belp it, sud sho did noi hold her mistress in sy eat awe. i What yer come fer, Miss Rithy? " she de- manded in a challeuging tonc: «J come to see 'oont the dinoer to-marrow. How wa'm it is! " and then the Iady yawnad. “Nov, look yere, Miss Rithv " (Zateths was Mrs, Burgies’ name) y *' yer needn’y come yere henderin’ de cook wid you’ nonsense-talic ’naut das dar dinner. Yer dou't know nuthin®’t all, aca'cely. Jis' go 'long, an’ don’t go pesterin’ you'sef ’'bout dat .dar dinner. Yer bstter Ditieve I's gwyne tes foteh it out all neht,—din- ner fer fou' puzzidun eldnz. De Lord'll pufide ; Fell he'pme. Law! T seed de circait-rider go inter de pulpit not koowin’ nuffin’ 't alt 'bont what he's gwyne ter preach—iis’ leanin’ on de Lnrd—-nn‘g'n ‘seed bim preach sich a discau’se ea ‘would set moe’ ebrybods derstracted. Ds Lord'll he'p me, to bo sho. Ain't I got ter git dinner fer fou puzzidun elduz uv Hig'n? Don't yer pester you'sel ome bit : jis’ lean on' ma an’ de " Well, do it up all right,” ssid Mrs. Burgias, relievad of ell anxiety—if {ndeed she was caba-~ ble of any—by Aunt Ciody’s tons of sufficiency. “Law, Mise Rithy!” the negro answered, with & dash of resentment in her tone, ‘““ain% 1 bin_muster dinuers an’ sich all tay bawn days? When Ilib at oo’ paw's hsb such things gwyne on all de bleased time. Dat wus when yer wus tolerbal Little, “fo’e ole Mars’ Pettergill loss his propty. Yer paw usterbab & hoap er dlack folks, an’, { tell yer, we-all nster hab a heap er fun a-dancin’ an’ a-morryin' au' a-habbin’ fun’ruls. Dar wus £0 meny uv we-all black folks, yer see, dar uster be heaps er fun’rals ; but, law ! when dar’s sich fow es dar i8 on dis yers plantation yer csn't hab no 'musements sca'cely. Law, Miss Rithy ! yer don't know what ver tawkin’ *boat. T'a seed 1 besp mo's fine geyueons dan what yer obber done, kese when you' pow los'- his prop'ty ver was tolerbal little. I'll bring dat dar dinver all right outen dem dar pots an’ kittles, shos ver bawn.” : With this ssesurance 3frs. Burgiss departed from the kitchen, fully restored to ber usual mmthent ood of apirit. X + Dat light-bread ought to begot ter raisin 2™ Aunt Cindy soliloguized when left alone. She spread ouz & fat hand on esch knee sud helped herself up from’ the meat-block. Then sue mounted tha bench that gerved a8 her obeerva- tory and began searching tha iog slsopor, ram- muging among the various paper parcels. 4 Wonder what’s gone wid dwm twin brodders 2" she smd. (Aunt Cindv was looking fora small package of Trvin Brothers' yeast-cakes,” which pome Yankeo had introduced in the neighbor- hood.) * Dat darTony's gone su’ toted off dem dar twia brudders’ I'il be boun'. To-nee! “To- nee!” sle called at the height of her mufiled voice. I gee yersneakia’ b’ dat dar clricken- coop;: yere'd- batter come yers, 'fo’e I comes dar an' fotcbes yer wid » peaci-iree limb. Hurrs "long outen dat dar snui)'s pace.” Tony appeared, looking like a'tattered scare- erow with & live head. . “Whar's dem dar twin brudders? I waots ter put one uv um ter eoak. Wbat yer gota au’ done wid dem dar twin brudders?” persisied Auot Giody. ++] hain't done nuffin’ 'tall wid dem dsr twin bruddera—nebber te:ched um,” Tony hal! irightened. half suilen. “ Hush you' mouf, yer storv-teller! I'll e ‘boun’ yer'a gope an' feeded all dem twin -brud- dera to de chickena; ver's too lazy ter mix a lit~ tle cawn.meal fer um." . * Nebber feeded dem dar twin brudders to de chickens, no more'n pufiin’,” Tony insisted. s How yor reckona Ia gwyne ter git dinuer for dam fou’ puzzidun’ elduz of I haln't got no twin bruddera to make de light-bread ? ” :‘Iogun know.™ P F Yy cou'se yer dun kmow; ‘yer dun know puffin'. Coms, yere whiie T Tases vou' jaw; I boxes yer kase I Iubbed you' gran'mudder. Mo an’ her uster play to- gedder when we-sll wns bofe gals togedder.” ‘Aunt Cindy was heaving and balancing her- self preparstory to s descent from the bench on which she was mounted. Down she stepped st length, her broad bare foot mesting the dirt tloor with a8 heavy thad-—or slap, rather. * Come long up yers,” continued Aunnt Cindy. ‘Tony was moving toward ber wish s reluctant, bewildered aur, his dead grandmother and the twin brothers sl in a jumbfe in his brain, when Aunt Cindy suddenly exclaimed, Dar's dem twin brudders now, on dat dar jam’'!™ Tony smiled from ear to ear in his satisfaction af hay- ing escaped “the impending boxiog. “ Hush ~ vou onin’ dar, yer imper- ence! an' go 'long en’ foteh me some hick'ry-bok to cook dat dinmer. Waen't-yer 'ware I's got ter git dinner fer fon’' puzzidun’ elduz?” “Lony gave & long whistle of astonishment, and ‘weat off toward the woods. While the veast-cake was aoaking Annt Cindy a6t to work collecting materials for a cake—s pound-cake with iciug—she had decided upon. Although ber movements were alow and labored, there were streogth and force in them, so that she acconiplished a surprising smount of work. 8he didu't lose much time Jooking for spoons and forks. 8he stirred things withher finger, and with it she tested her gravies and sauces and custards. It needed but & few strokes of ber warm, soft ‘haud to best the bui- ter to a cream : a fow turns mors snd the sugar was thoroughly incorporated. with this. Then with some twigs of crape-myrtle, in lien of ao egg-beater, the yelk of the éggs was goon foam- ing, and the white standing alone, Lastly, she }wbhnn%ht ber of the cinngmon to make it ‘taste,” she esid. Panting and blowing, she again ascended her observatory, snd began anufiing, tasting, and peering at the various pa- per, parcels on the log slesper. ‘Whar kin dst cin'mon-bok be at 7" she said, *I hafn't seed it mence I tukitto meetin' toscent my hen'ker- cher. Ira be bound da: dar Tony’s done gang ap’ tuck ao’ &t dat dar_cin‘mon-bok, ha'r an’ hide. “ Maybe 1 put it in de big gou'd.” Blie waddled down' from the bench and across the shed t0 a gourd s larg a giant pump- kin, aod with much the e of ope. Sho turned it bottom up ou the dirt fioor, and out poured an incredible sssortment of thinges—a fork, three partridge-eggs, a headkerchief, 8 pair of slippers, s dish towel, two peaches, a purple belt-ribbon, & vial of bair oil, a hymn-baok, & lump of loat eugar, s stick of sassafras-root. & paper of saleratus, and another of spuff. Tain't yere." Sbe looked the jambs over, and then with & majestis waddle she crossed the yn.d to the house.” ¥ & * Miss Rithy,” she ssid when -ehe found herself in i presence, "I t gwrpe ter take de ‘spons’bilty uv no poow’-cake widouten cin’mon-bok to puffume it, an’ I bain’t got mo cin'mon-bok: on my PriBed over to B * Ben’ over to Brother Phillpotts® an’ borrer s stick,” said the lady sppesled to, returning to ber porforated cazdbosrd, on which she was ;«:;a;i ni\sor;’:nb;; worsteds & church with & o than el ; mxn wag taller the Aunt Cindy went her way, and soon the yard wad resoundiog with calls for Tony. But in vsin it te;onnded: 1o Tony answered. *“I'll be boua’ b id down under s blsck-jack an’ gone ter sleep.” she- mattered. Then she called Nervy, and cthore came an answer from away off in the gin-house. Nervy was geanddsaghter. to Aunt Cindy, sud her ‘mother wasd She was nurse-maid to ali the elave babies In turn, unless there were more than one st & time, 80 that the girl was séldom Up the lage, m & field .4 5 o A onss whers' the | ing declared, & w0 broad, wing-lise scaffolds where the cotton wagsunned. Close by was the great screw, with itelong arms, where the cotton was led. Nervy came out of the pick-room, the apartment which received throngh a wooden flue the light, downy.cotton as'it csme from the giv, aud where the fleece hung from ihe walls aud afters in streamers and festoons like white gauze, and; piled in great ‘drifts soft and pure, 2s gnow, ‘was banked up to the roof like summer clouds. A plunge into one of those tempting baoks was not unattended with the risk of smothering, for it was anstable sad trexcher- ous as down. Of conrse, theo, Nervy ouxht to Dbave been in the pick-room with that little black baby, but that tlie place was well-uigh empty, containiog only & remnant of lsst year's crop, which bad been reserved for home contumption. Over the fence iuto the lane. scrambied Nervy, thelittle black baby ciinging squirrel-like as she pulled up one side of the railfence and backed down the ctber. Throwing ber srms bebind her aod clasping the baby, she went trotting down the lave. Cotton-lint was *clinging in fantastio strearmers and bunches ail over her funny hair; ber coarse homespnn dress was streaming out bebind 88 she trotted. for it was slit to the kuee, exposing her bare lega and feet.* *Yer_ botter burry lang.” cailed her grand- motber io & scaring_tone. * Whar yer been sil dese two hours, anvhow ? an’ what yer doin’ wid all dat dar cotton in you' head ¥ © Nufiin',” said poor Nervy with a havg-dog Iook. ** Bio ployin’ in de pick-room,” she sdded. Yes, s’ fus' thing we-all knows yerll go smudder dat dar baby in de sof” cotton. Playin®! What business yer,got plaviu’ when I's wakkin’ mysef to skin’ an' bones, yer lazy good-fer- natiin'!” ‘ As the speaker stood there, her fat hands epresd out on her fat thighs, her monstrous chest naing and falling with ber effort at scold- 1ng, Nervy riggled at the skin-snd bone imsge. Being laughed at was one thing that Aunt Cingy alvays resanted. **Come yere, while I show yer. how ter laugh "tother side uv you® mout.” What the speaker meant by this threat I can-- not 8ay, and I am equally unsble to tell you the location of that "tother side of Nervy's mouth that was vot laughing. - T won't langh no more, gran'mammy, long es 1 live," the chiid pleaded. I dou't reckons yer will srter I guv yer dis bosin'. Yer'll 'member it long es ver libs. Sot dat dar chile down while I boxes yer.” . Nervy deposited the Jittle half-unde baby on the dirt floor, and stood up cowering, glancing from the broad, strong hands to the face whose cheekn 8t00d ou with fatness. There was & meek, supplicating look in the little upturned black faco. + Mockin’ you' e'periora !” continued the grand- mother. *It's my duty ter box ver fer you' mud- dar'seake. Law! yor looks jis' like yer mammy! +Go 'long ! she suid, suddenly {urning avay from the child with the quick tears in her eyes as she remembered . her Haposh 1m the graveyard at ‘‘ole Mars' Petterzills.” “Go to de woods an’ fotch dat dar Tony," ::3 ;unfinnod. without showing her face to the Nervy Luelt with her back to the little black baby. The baby scrambled to its accustomed place and clung with its arms and legs. Then Nerwy trotted off with her burden. In process of time Touy sppeared with three small pieces of bark, and was, properly or im= properly belabored by Aunt Cindy's tongue, she declaring thac she conld * eat all dat dar bok,” 20 demundiog to be told how sho was ** gwyne ter caok dinner fer fon' puzzidun® elduz wit dat thimbalfnl of box. An’my cakes s-sottin' yere waitin’ dis _while, "ag' all dat ‘nifi- kent white froff giwn’' limber, an' all de Iather ~ done gove oufen dat dar yaller! An’Ibeat dat dar egg till my arm ache o de morrer-bone, Yer go 'loog an’ hurry an' cotch old Jack =n' go to M’ Phillpotts’ tes borrer somethin’.” E 4 Touy hurried off, glad to got awsy from Annt Cindy and ber tpcertain mooda. It was over an hour, huwever, before he got started to Phillpotts’ ; for, first, he had to indunlge himself in repeated climbiags and eliding oo the foidor- etacka ; then in divers tnmblings and leapings ib the straw-pen ; sben he *skinned the cat” a few dozen times ; then he bad a thrilling ride round and rouvd the barnyard swinging on old Jack's tail ; tuen he made s raid on kome black- berry-busnes in the fence carner, where he ate berries as long and black as his thumb for ten miputes. Thep he put a bridie on the old gray mule, mounted its bare back, and en- teted upon a courso of pullings, tuggiogs, .and Kickings to the end of making the said muls forward to Mra, Phillpotis’, instead of back- ward to its stall, a8 it seemed determined to do. Ls il the boy's thoughts and epergies wers thuy engaged, 1t nover occurred to him that he didn't know what he was going for -gntil he #0od in Mra. Philipotts’ - presence, feeling and loox- “:iy _fdolish, Nothing ~ remained to. be done but to remount hig gal- laot steed, retura -to Aunt. -Cindy, and mscertsin the natare of - the something he was to borrow from M:a, Philipoits. Oh, how ho shrunk from the fortheoming _inter¥iew with Aant Ciody ! ia size to his frightened fancy, aod his ears. seemed to tingle with the inevitable bozing which Aunt Ciody would be certain fo feel it her daty to adminiater because she joved -his grand- motber. 4 g « Wish she nebber lubbed my gran'mammy— wish Ehe'hate my gran’mammy,” Tony whispered to his beating heart as on went old Jack at a spanking, bouncing trot that threatened to no- Lorse the rider, 1t seemed to Tony that no ofher mule ever trotted 8o relontlessly. ~He cluog des- perately to the bridle and the rosched 1aane, and a8 trotted on by the merciless brute past the house, through the bamnyard and iato the stable, Tony throwing himself almost under the belly 10 saye himselt from beiog rubbed off in. vhe low doorway. i % 7 X Whyn't yer spen’ do night at Mig' Phill- potts' 7 Cindy nsted when he appesred in ber - presence, bis eyes distended sod roll- g in fnghtened anticipa Dat white's done gone gu:k twiet, woitin' yer' lazy bones. Nobody out a bawn cook could feten s poun™ cake fit fer fou’ puzzidun' elduz oten- sich trib- ‘lations, Don't yer know I's got ter git dinner fer for' puzzidin’ elduz? But law! yer wouldn't kere ef dey wns fon’ Bisbops. - What do yer kere 'bout reciigion ? Yer's so wicked! Gim me dat cin'mop-bok, sn’ don't stan’ dar shiliy-shatly, like a gobbler on hot " Then came Touy's acknowledgment that he .| bad goue all the way to Mrs. Philipotts’ without once thinkiog that he did not know wEat he was oivg for. & on sbond bave seen how Asut ginny received this when the ides bad fairly taken possession of her mind. It went to her funny spot. ‘Plantivg ber hands, outspread, on her sides, as if to fortify herself sgainst shaking to pieces, sha began langhing, almost without s sound, 28 thongh she Wwas t0o wall cushioned to ks any noiss. . She quivered all over like a 2t mass Of Jolly, Swaying back and forth, her ead falling on her chest, 0o this shoulder snd on that, till she fell witha great flopon the meat- block, where shs continued 0 8wsy, d roll, and quiver. . Tony's ‘intense appreciation of the turped tide, expressed in broad grins, in titters, in giggles, in ghuffles, in balancivgs, in_baod- rabbiogs, was sbout a8 funny as Aun: Cinds's Tharacteristic 1aughing. - Befora this lsughing was ended he bad made good his escaps, and in ‘process of events was repeating hie L ®idns and. Ballings at old Jack's bridle. It was dark beforé D retarned from his errand, for Mrs. Phitlvotts, not baviog any cinnemon, had seut s runser to A7, McDonald for the article ; Mrs. McDooald, in turn, had sent to Mrs. Dounbleday, and Mrs. Doubledsy to the cross-roads store. Aunt Cindy pever went to bed that pight—never weat to her Pabin; ehe sat up with ber cako and light- bread. 1t was on the next day, the day of. the im- portsnt dinuer for the impartant guests, that the real bustle began. Everrbody on the plan- tation was enlisted except the bubies. These, Jeft to their own tender mercies, wera toddling ‘or arawling about the yard in & iost and rackiess way, and had to be rescued from manya thnll- ing danger—f{rom tubs of water, from cracks of feaces, from Qizzy beights, from thorus and briers, from the settiog hen, the gander, and the tuskey-gobbler. There were dishes to ba 4, aod knives and forks and spoons &nd ovens and: skillets and pots and kettfes. The i bad to be butchered snd the cbickess gmaud. There was s square table to be pieced out; fuel to be brought from the woods and’ chopped : countlesa paila of water ftom the spmng, distant. su eighth' of & All the plantation had to be xansacked mile. I? the 'garden, fields, snd orchards, mor :g for vegmg‘bxlu. ‘melons, and fruit. “Pete was gent 6 miles for a bag of apples from Mr. T.a Mai's orchard, the only one in fhe neighbor- hood. - Andy hsd to go to mill with a of cozp before there couid be any bread for dinner, for v light-bread,” which witn Northern people ig ‘the staff of life, is with Southern people a koiok-knack. . T It was spproschiog 10 o'clock, and Aunt Cindy was getting paoicky; not that gho ~ diairusted her abilities—ihe - be- lieved in berself ss she did in the Meth- odigt Church. ¢ Bat,” ehe said, * piggers sin'y $o ba ‘pended on, ** specially dat dar Tony.” vaa about this bour that a Very important article in the get-up of & dinper was found to be missiog —nameiy, ealt. After thecustomary search that preceded the use of anything which Auni Ciady had occasion to employ, she went in to Mrs. Bar- gisa with the intellizence. This lady was gatb- oning a rafile for theneck of her dress, and was, by all odds, the most composed person op the plantation Mrs, Burgies made the uSualSug- gesiion-af_sending 1o Mre. Phillpotta’.. At Cindy want her wax. bot in a moment was back ¢ Her dresded hands doubled” #1e-aTl ain’t got no blackberry cordial ter “roun’ wid das dar ponn-cake,” she sxid. | ** Well, don't pester me, Anat Cindy; jua’sen’ to Brother Phillpotts’ or somewnere else for soything we haven't got.” A Aip't po hosses lel’ in d6 bawn ler sen’ fer e¥'s il off borrin’.” Afo’t no misgers nuther tersen’ : dey's all off bor'rin, too.” Well, manage it jus’ 88 you like.” eaid Mra. Burgiss, blsndly. “Humph I ejaculated Aust Cindy, tarping awsy. She came back immediately “ Law, A3 Ritoy ! herp dem dar clul'ren—Miss Mary Bummerfiel' an' Misa Susan Wesley—ain't fix n? 8 epeck. Yer mue' git fix up, boneys. Lasw! dign't yon-all kmow we-sli's gwsme ter hab fon' pizzidun' eldoz ter disner? To put on you' ghoes an’ stockin's ao’ you' pew caliker frocks.” * s Mine's dirty,” 8aid Susag Wesley. «3line’s tors,” exid Mary Sammerfield. As it wasecarcely practicable 10 borrow dresses for these ladies, Sussn Wesley was set down 1o mend Mary Summerfield’s calico dress, and Mary Summertield was sent with Basan Wesley's to the spring, where black Polly was washiog out some articles which would be in demand at the dinoer-party. ¢ * Delllaw! Miss Ritby!" said Annt Cindy, reap- pearing altera fow minates, ~ dat Tony av’Alfred mus’ be fix up an’ sot at de fron’ gate ter take de fou’ puzziinu' etduz’ hosses, an’ ter tote um to da baw; an’ Nervy mus’ bo fixed ap ter keep do fiies offen dat tabul” : All his was desirable, but when they came to the point of fixiog up the Burgiss retainers they came upan & problem, After much search and consultation it was decided as s [ast resort to hem up the lega of Mr. Burgiss’ winter pantaloons for the boys that were *'10 tote the fon' puzzi- dun’ eldnz hosses ta the bawn.” Then s roverend swallow-tailed coat was sdded to Alfred's ward- robe, the’ cuffa being turned back and the long waist buttoned to the chin. Tonmy, who was amaller and had s clean sburt, was more comfortsble but less satisfied in massa's vest. Very grotesque-looking they were, a8 was littls Nervy in a dress Which sbe 2tepped on in walking, sad which ne- cessitated s ceaseless hitcoing up of the ghaul- ders to prevent its slipping off the wearer. But bow csn I hope to _pictars “Auuc Cindy’s kitchen a8 the battle thickened? Great logs wore roaning and blazing in the broad firaplace. Hunging bofore this was the pig. rosstiog en- tire. Then camea buge tin reflector, with its buggy-like top gleaming in the firslight and re- flecting its heat on the rows of beaten biscuits thus baking. Over balf the dirt floor patches of *coale had been drawn from the fireplace, sud oo these beds were yvens and skillets sod pows and trivets and gridirons in bewildering num- ber and confusion. Outside ths kitchen-shed, seated on the ground, wers nsgr&®ebildren, boys and girls, husking grecn corn, paring potatoes, poeling and sroning peaches, stringing beans, ng cymlins, peeling tomatoes, ete., ete. Nervy wes shelling marrowfats, snd tha little black baby was esting them. Then there wers thres women assistants in the kitchen that “ hendersd moren they he'ped,” sccording o the head-cook. Cindy herself wasmoving about in her elephantine way, ordering the assistants, boxing the children, basting the bissing pie, stirring the costards, shifting & Oven on the «coais to insure sa éven bake ; transferring & shovel of coals from the chimaey-place to & kettle on the ontskirts of her lipes ; searching the jambs and sleapers for some condiment orcloth; renewing the fire, call- ing for water, etc., ete. And all the while these was such s hissing and sputtering and bubbliog snd steaming and gizzling a8 wonid bave been entirely worthy of four tumes * fon' puzzidan’ elduz.” U *Nervy, baving fioished her pes-shelliaz, was prancing back aud forth over the brown grass, admiring over her shoulder the efect of her sweeping train, when sbe perceived up the lane & great eloud of dust, and heard Teny call, “Doy’s er_comin’! dar Gey is! Dem fou' puzzidon’ .eldnz 18 er comin’ I” Nervy repestea the cry; then somebody else did the same; then snother, till the whole pian- tation 1aog with it. Then there was. a8 general rush from sad plantation. Even Mrs. Durgiss Tushed—buttoniug her dress a8 she rushed—to the front window. Aunt Cindy deserted hor dinoer, and, with 8 tlour-sifter in her band, went, blowing Like » porpoiso and strewing the sified four as she went, to the side-yard to witness the important arrival. Little biack {faces sud big hlack faccs wers pressed against cracks in the palings, oF wete peeriog from behind chimness 24 ntound bouse-corpers, while the Lspps, im- portaut, snd envied Tony sua Altred ran to tbeir posts at the gate to take the boises and *‘toce” them o the bara. Mr. Burgiss was on hand, giving a_bustling and notsy grestiog o hi . = Welcome, my brother,” he said to each of thefourin tarn— “irelcome to the bospitalities of mybumbleroof. AS tong as Brother Bargiss bas & crus' of camn- bread he'll share it witha brother Methodiat.™ They wore condustod to the houso, snd seated in the open passage for coolness, for the aix was sultry. Thero was that inertia aud hush in the atmosphera that precedes a thunderstorm, and dark-gray clonds were banking in the southwest. “1 ses you take the Ladies' feposilory. Drother Burciss,” eaid one of the Elders ip the course of conversation, Opening the magazine and tarning to an engraving- e Ladies' Reposifory,” exclaimed Brother Burgize with ensrgetic enthusiasm, ‘i the pretiies’ book in America ;" and he brought his feg o inging slap with hus open palm by #ay of empbmiz'mg his remari, ~** The prettiea’ book in America Again he slapped his leg. *The hau'somes’ book on. this continent Or any oOtber, Brother Falconer. As to 1ts matter, L pisce it amoug the clagsics ;" aond ba turned to snother of the Elders—+iu the fron’ rauk of the classics, Lrother Purryne. There are but two books in the worl’ fl:ll: mltx-lnl:l iy Frofier gil:dnrwood," he continued, sgain changing his auditor. “Apd what are those?" asked Elder Updar- wood, bus eyea twinkling st this exuaordinary apnouncement. & € «“The Mefhodis' Dircipline and the Bible,” an- ewered Drother Burgiss courageously. “The Methodis' Discipline 18 the moat ‘wonderfal book {7t the civilized laugaage,—the mos' supenior un- jnapired book that was' ever extant,—the mos’ wsuparior book, L may &sy, the universe ever saw. We're & wonderful people, my dear brotber,—s wonderful people, we Methodiste. ‘We keep the worl' movin". e help to doit,” Brothar Foater modestly amended. "My dear Brother Foster, wo move the worl'—we move it,” Mr. Burgiss reiterated, bringing his bands together with & rioging spat,—* the religions worl, you understan’. Who's - doia’ bing, for iuunqu , tu?wus ‘tais district to glory except the Methodists 2" “The Presbsterians have established some flourishing churches in this neighborhood, ™ sug- gested Eider Purryne. ¢ 5 “The Presbyteriana!” exclaimed Mr. Burgiss with impesuous scorn. I wouldn't give that " T and bo enapped bis finger with & Hourish— “+for all the good they'll do at briogin' sinuers down. The Presbyterians are belunders—the Methodists are leadin’ the ldv‘lucei we're Christ's vanguard. Presbyteriaos can’d hold & candle to us. We can out-number them; we can out-preach them; we can out- sing them; we csan out-pray them; we cao out-shout them. Iteligion would die out—die out from the face of the livin'earth, Brother Pasryne—but for the Methodis’ Chuscii, but for our protracted meetin’s, our class-meetin’g, our camp-meatn’s, our love-feasts, our revivals. Presbyterians ocould never Liave such a thiog a8 & camp-meetin’, Brotngr Underwood—never ! Theyaiu't got encugh vf tlis knock-down ia ‘em ; too. col'—no fire. Tbeyrs sfraid to snost— afrsid somebody'll hear ’em. It takes the Mechodists to storm heaven; it's only the Metbodists that ‘can be trusted to give the deyil » bayouer charge. Presbyterisng will do to &z’ an' shoot arrers, but wWhea heaven is to be carried by sasaul, gve ma the ol-fashioned, ~camp-meetin', shoatin” Methodists. Sinners can't get to beaven at 0o essy Presbyterian gait; if we ever gek to heaven, Brother Underwood (which may we all do, my dear brethren!), we'vegot to trot it every atep of the way. The Methodists have gab bol’ of the bes'thing out. Iudeed, the Methodis® Church is the phenomens ot America.” + [ remember hearing you say that in & sermon at the Bush Camp-Ground last fall,” said Brother Underwood. “Mr. Bu:gies colored, for those heraics he had been delivering ware passages from 0as of his tayarite sermous. = = b “That was_s_very striking discoutse,” con- tined Brother Underwood, **but ooa sentance in it 1mpressed o s 50 remarksble that I have remembered it to thid day.” : \Ir. Bargiss brightened snd oustied with de- light, * Aud what was the seatence, my dear broghor 7 he aaked. " “You sad, ‘When Cleagntn raised the poisoned chaice to bes lips.” 1bad aleays sup posed that Cleopatra was Ialled by the poison of « Hem! haw!” said Ar. Burgies, bustliog and fidgating, * it was—bem!—it was formerly thought 8o, but—ham !—more recent historical suthorities, Brotber Underwood, ssys deffrent.” i the entrance of Mrs. Burgiss cre- diversion, and tho conversation the fll\zhu of s;hxhodm men fn msiters of dress. n _after o fapondiog storm broke. _Tho raia ap- pearad to descend D0% in drops, bus in streama 354 sheets and spouts ; the thunder seemed ou oo, snd the molenné:: 5 down. And the hmbmjulu Aund ‘'was dishing har ated » dioner. By dimt of engaging sl the hands on the plantation in_simultanecus action she bad managed to get all ths dinner accessories from tha spring-house just as the vegetables, meata, ete., 1n tho kitchen wers being dished, so that all tha'cold things might be kept cold, and all the hot things hot, till the final moment. Aud now it was ‘‘rinm' blazes,” ac- cording to Tony. Boc delay was out of the question ; the diomer must be got ou the table, vet the kitchen, as you are supposed tc Temember, was 60 feet from tbe house. Aunt Q:gimm\ the verge of teara, Everybody e btng 'y hiad an inspiration ; he was to tell, yet Aunt Cinay looked 8 stormy as the skies. Hoe recalled ber uncertain moods, sud re- membered dxgn she owed a duty to hum for his grandmother's sake. Tony trembled, but spoks: * Umberillers an® porr'sols! ™ A awift change avept tha leader's face. She caugbt Tony up and kissed him, and that made Tony cry. “Git um.” she said—‘git all de umsggflfier; a0’ part’sols.” n there were eollected a more of theee, th dozem S umbrglias - being. AlmoBt every mnegro at the owna anytbing has au umbrella or parasal, for thers is a long period of sunshins to figbt. ‘A procession was formed of the dinner-car- riers, at whoss head marched Annt Cindy. bear-- ing the roast pig with red apple,in its mouth. I maust tell you that Aunt Cincy wore a pink ico dress made with short slesves and low in the neck. When sll was ready, and shs had sufficiently bewildered her corps of acsistants by the multifude of her instructions, with s tread of her bare feet that shook the house, she crossed the square passage, from which the rain had driven tbé company. 'and in the august prasence of the ‘fou puz- zidan’ elduz.” *‘Sarvant, marstars!” she said T2 tone of simple reverenco which was really touching. Theun she curteied in & way that rarsed s momentary foar that shs wookd never be sbla to recover hersalf, but must go down. * Dinner is serve.” m!lr\s. Burgiss rose langnidly, Mr. Burgies bus- ngly. +Come, my brzthren,” 3aid the reveread host, “tlet us see what good things—" +The cook hath provided for them that love them—that 18 to ssy, the good things,” inter- rupted Elger Underwood, who was a fanny man. Then they crcssed the open passage, being well epriniled in the trangit, and entered the room whers Auct Cindy's dinuer was spread. The table reached the length cf the room, and wasg literslly jamomed. From this you will fofer that Aunt Cindy had served all her viands to~ getber. 'This was even so—fish, flesh, fowl, pig, pastry, pudaing; cabbage, cake, cordil, all 1 & jumble. But there was method ia her jumbling. Ay head-waiter she superintoudad all the serving, and she naver offered two incongraouns articles together. Thers was complete harmony. per- fect dovetailing. She was an untutored calipary §=nmn. Bhe hzd never heard of & fifteen-conrse inoer, but ebe mnevertheless piayed off the courses ** by ear,” to borrow from the musicians. 'And eurely thore never was & funnier sobject than Aunt Cindy—her great heart in sn attitude of reverence toward those “fon' idnn' elduz,” every incll of her swollen with the im- portance of ministering to such dignitarics ; bozzing sod panting oud heaving about the ta- ble; finessing to get all her dishes tested: up- traiding, tbreateniog, encouraging in panto- mime her aseistants ; vibrating in & waddting ruo, under so umorells, between the dining room and kitchen: shaking the house aa sbe moved, even to the disiodzng of the clay daud- ive. and canaing tho dishes to tremble for then es. And tbers never was a happier, Taore com- placant creature than this same Auut Cindy, seated that afiernoon on the meat-block, with & satigtied stomach, relinog in memorv her ta- nmph, and fonaly rapestiug to har heart sil the words of colmendation bestowed on hor dinnet by the “fon’ pzzidun eiduz”—no happiar croatare, Tony perhaps excepted, as he sat oo dérs clump of chios-trees. ihe skies having cleared, eating il tua: he Wanted, And more t00, of the marvelous diner. Aud1f that din- ner did not procurs for the Rev. Mr. Bargise tha denired station appoinzment, is it Dot clear thad Presidiog Eldecs are ungrateful? THE LONGEST DEATH-WATCH.* The woman §s 8 pietore . v, The Squuctis's suns bave toucked har faco The coil of gold upon Les brow Shines tack on an Invrertal race With most foriorm :nd biticr grace, 012 palace lamps behind bes brrm,’ The ermiue on ber train, Her ever-constant eves #till yeuru * For ope who came not beck to Spain; ‘And dizm s0d hollow s ber Lais. One only thing she knaw fn life, Four hundred ghostly vears ago— That she was Flendsh Diititns wite, Nar much beyond aie carad Lo kEow ; Without a voice shs teils mo 60, Fhtiip the Beautiful—whose cyes Might win 3 wowan's heart, I fear, Even from bin grave! & Ho wilt uzise.” The mosks bad murmured by Lis ez, i And reign opce more amoug us bers” Bh {their whisper, and furgot Caatle, and Arzgon, and an Save Philip, who had loyed her not ;. ‘The cruel darknesa cf bhis, Beemed on an empty warld to fall She took the desd man—to her sight A Prince in death s disguise, nafair A» whan bis wayward smile coikd ght The throne he wedded ber to share— And followed, hardly knowivg where. Afmost 28 Jumb 23 be, she fed, Fallid and wasted, toward the pl~ce Whezs be, the yriesuy promise said, ‘Must wait the hour when God's sweet grace. Rhould treaths inte his breathleas tace, : Onee, when the night was weird with rain, ‘She sought a convent's euelter. WhaR The tapers showed a veiled train Of nune, natead of wpled men, SEe vicia 1nto the pight again s These women, sainted though they be,” ‘She muaned throngh all her Jealons Ave women still, and shial: not vee “Philip the Fair—though be it blind1 Favor with him I yet aball find.™ Then, with her piteous searning wild: Ftericy e suddsn nmquCLx.':g Felia 0 suC [ When thiey had laid the d away— Liks scorn, upon the regal clay. Bhe kissed the desd of many days, As though he were an hour aalosp. Dark men with swords to guard ber Way - “Wept for her—but she did not wesp; Bhe bad her vigil left to They reached the appainted cloister, While ‘The beart of Philip withering lsy, She, withont moan, or tear, or smile, ‘Watched from her window, legends say— Watched seven and Sty years away | Winds bew the blossoms to xmd fro, Int0 the world and 0ot agxin : “ He will come back to me, 1 xuow "— ‘Poor whisper of & wanilering brain To peerieas patiencs, posciesd pain. A, longest, loneliest, xaddest tryst ias aver kept on carth 1 _And yeb Had be arisen would be have kissod The gray wan woman be had met, Or—taught her how the dead forget o wop, discrowed mdold, e could nut win, 1o scolb, 4 When queenly purple, fold oo fold, "And all the subtle grace of youth, Helped hes o bide s hapised truth 3 He would have isoghsd {o bresthe the tale Of this crazed strangec’s love, I fear, Neath moon and rose and nightingale, With courtly jewels Into some lovely lady's ear. —¥rs. 8. M. B. Piait. “Joanns, the wife of Phillp the Handsome, was the daughter of Ferdinand and Issbella, sister of Cather- ina of Aragon, and motber of the Emperce Charles V. ——— Hunting Deer with a Steamboat. The Portland .Orgonian deecribes an_episode of the Fourth of July thus: * On the afternoon of the lhlh inst., a8 durlla.met hmk ‘Wilkens was on ber way from Freepptt alams, sha ‘sighted a deer in the river about & mile below {the Intter place. When first seen ho was about one-third of the way across, sud striking ont boldly for the Oregon shore. Tha, waa hesded for him with all baste, sd; thafe being no firearms on board excep: & small pocket-pis~ tol, it was decided to &y to capture him slive. A Doose was made in & rope and thrown ea the boat approsched, but missed the gamo. Tho deer wbirled and mads for the Washington Ter- ritory side, which was the nesrest, but Capt. Huntington taroed the iittle steamer i fine styla and hesded him off. ‘The chase now becama ex- A second time the wers turown citing. ‘Topes unsuccessfully, and tbo desr, thongh msking prodigious efforta to reach: the shore, waa & thirlh