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Show llife 'A U'illiout a Driver. when Madaire felt that thehrtck hadicfru&toa'stttud tUl. The next moment the door opened and she beheld her guide, philosopher and friend, his teeth fairly chattering with cold. "1-- i there an ii.n ny thing I can wr-- r he asked; r r ap myself coolish 'outside." it's a . She unctMU'd from her head and wrapped it about his neck and chin. "Thanks," he murmured frolu under the layers of and again resumed the position of a hack-drivwithout a licence. ,".. It lacked, twenty miimtea of 2 o'clock a.'u. wUeu be discovered the residence of his charge and pulled up the horses at the door. She led him into the. house.' His face was gene rally blue, but a flaring red knob shone forth where' his nose commonly had place; his eyes dripped water, bis hair was damp with fog, and he shivered with the cold fiom head to foot. ' She made him sit by the tire, kind woman that she is, and made him a hot Scotch toddy, which seemed to dash into every portion of his frame and cheer his blood with its tingling warmth; and when he had been halt thawed and half dried she brought ;(for he declared that he must drive that hack back into town) a pile of great coats and shawls and wraps, in which she so enveloped him that when he bade hergood-bit was with difficulty he could climb on the hack, so swathed aud bundled up was ut-- s (Trom the San Francisco Cull, Jan. 11.) One evening last week there was a this city, ai which quite a number of the elite of San Franc!..-cThe affair p tsed were present. off most pleasantly, the fair bride and the manly aroom received the of their friend; their wccLliug in . o i- -s lit-t-t-i- the-nubi- happiness Tas toasted in bunipora of champagne, and ir, was Ute at a any offered to depart from tlie pleasant scene. One lady was there, whose ood husband had been forced to at his office to prepare business of moment for the morrow, and upou an intimate friend hcii'f'oM-- the on Madame pleasaat duty if waiting friend most gladThe home. to her had known task d lie the ly iicc-pher to be as knew the lady long, and as she was a char mini; 'a companion Even the devoted wife and fact that he was a lawyer, and. used to devp plunges in tho opn(jue waters of probate proceeding, had uot left him devoid or all human sympathy; .neither had it quite extinguished those qualities of politeness for which he was noted in earlier day. , As the flight grew long-- Madame expressed a desiro to depart, arid her cavalier rushed forth and about the clustered1-carriageuntil he found with whom he had the special Jehu split-zephy- t . -- , y s contract. With her nubia twined about her heal, and her cloak snugly drawn about h?r, that the fog might uot penetrate, Madame tripped from the house to the hack and entered the vehicle, followed by her escort, who shut the door and cried out "AH right!'1 Then the hack moved slowly made a epet arte off. Now it requires about twenty mins utes' sharp driving to reach residence from where the wedding took place, and. when this time hsd more than expired she interrupted the conversation by saying, ''It is time we reached the home, is it not?" , "I think so," "replied the lawyer, perhaps the man has mistaken the street. Ho! driver!" There was no auswc, bo the lawyer poked his head xut,of the window and yelled "llo I driver!'' iigaini ' "Ulessed if I don't believe the' inau's drunk !" he exclaimed, pulling ia his head and addressing his companion. "Perhaps be is - only asleep," Madame, with true womauly Mud-nme'- A . ed '.' . charity. "Well, if he isn't tight the horses are," thc lawyer replied; "just sec how the carriage goes from one .ude of tie street to the other !" 3Iy goodness!" exclaimed Madame, gazing' out throngh the fog, "this isn't our ueighborhood! Where ' are we?" "Blessed if I know," auswered the attorney, with deep caution. ''Say, yool. Bill! John! Bob! George! lkn-ry- ! Augustus! Driver! wake up, confound you!'! But there catno no re- -- vhThen the lawyer let down the narrow eash at the front of the carriage and peered, upward to the driver's scot. It was vacant! "Blanknation! there's nobody on the box!" he roared. The two stared at each other for a Moment, the horsea ineautime keep ing up their monotonous trot "Well!" sighed he. She sighed without saying well. "Blessed if there is but one thing to do," he exclaimed, and iu a jiffy, to her horror, she saw her cavalier squirming upward through the nar, row window. "Oh! suppesiug he should stick thorel" she said to herself, with a hopeless groan; but he didu't stick he was not constructed ou the principle of Daniel Lambert and after a fearful struggle succeeded in reaching the driver's place and obtaining possession of the reins. He stopped the horses, and then followed a consulta Hon, he talking from the box and she from within, the result of which was that he tamed the horses and drove back over the route they had tome. The fog was dense and bitter ly cold, and the" impromptu,., driver . was arrayed in lavender kids and a fuit of light broadcloth, the coat f the style known as clawhani-Q- r. IIp.hf)d:drivea about .ten nun- , be-o- r, er re-rou- in m.-thtr- -- a h. It did not take him long to drive those burses, into toivu and, leave, the hack at a livery 'stable "to be called for," and np to this day the sleepy hostler who opened the stable door has not ceased to wouder whq was the gentleman iu lavander kids thnt drove a buck into the stable at half'j past 2 o'clock iu the morning. It was just alter the hack had driven away from the house of Madame that her husband, worn out with the task of the evening, earu home. To hiui, bs he sipped his grog, she told him the whole story, and whtn she had finished she said, "it was surlra narrow escape Just think ! We might have beeu upset and killed !" "Indeed you might," he replied, his face solemn at the possibility. ; ! ' t'Andohl Ned," 'sho coniiuued, "I'm' you didn't go to the weJdinir." V Are ton: deaf, and whv?, . love, you never, never could h.i'C crawled up through that little hacY window !" And the patted his broad back and filled another glass of gro for him. so glad ' JOHN 1. LEE. An AflVclioHalc Inciter from . the Alleged Criminal. The following copy of a letter from Johu D. Lee, of Mountain Meadow fame, to his daughter, Mrs. Doltoa, wc received from the writer with a request that it be published, Mr. Lee being anxious to publicly express his 'feelings of gratitude to the officers and those who have him in charge, for the manner in which they have treated him during his captivity; and also to correct jsoine false impressions iu regard to alleged complaints froni him : Fcmf Camerok, Beaver Co.',' ..January 4th, 1875. Nancy, Emily. .,-- . My Dear Child : Through the mercy of God 1 am permitted to use my pen this morning as an agent to express and communicate a few words to you, knowing that you would esteem 'them as an evidence that you are still held in fond remembrance by your aged father, in prison. I have been rather indisposed for about a week past. Confinement, I think, has a tendency to impair my health, and especially these chains around my ankles, which are heavy, clumsy and galling. At times I cannot for the acute pains in rest nor sleep You know that I and legs. my feet, have been subject to rheumatic affections, rn ore or less of winters, and thus am inclined to think that those cold irons around my ankles night aad day arc the principal cause of my , bones aching' as they do. u I sent a hote to the post surgeon asking him to call and examine my situation, but for some cause' unknown to me he has delayed coming May heaven help tuu to endure this torture, and all other punishment that my op pressors may feel to aSlict me with, and hasten the time of ruy deliverance, when I hope to be allowed to make my defense aud "prove my in who arewilhng to allow- me the beu-ef- it of a doubt. May, heaven bless you, my dear chitd, in "ctrtniectiyu with"" your brc ther, 'Joseph HM who is a faithful boy. Help and encourage him with the Sunday school, and in return let him assist you in your day school. Have all the children in school that are old enough and can be spared. Your aunt Kmuia has bought books for the children, and wijl bvin them noeeuce. My guard and Deputy Marshal when she comes. My love to you Stokes have been kind to nie, but and alljbe family. Write .often. their duties are prescribed by their John I) Lke. To do and cannot Nancy Emily Dalton, Lonely they superiors, any more thau they are allowed to do. I DellColorado Statiou, Mohave. Co., live iu hopes of better days, when A. T. 8. L. Herald. "the wicked shall cease from troub ling and the weary are at rest.'' Becently at a revival meeting in Sometimes I am led to exclaim in the N. Y., a rough convert lamjuaue of the Savior, "I am a man Denning, and siid that he hai "gone forof sorrow and acquainted with grief." arose going f only in this world we have hopes ward" and V by J : he was " of all mcnf we would be tfie most to stick to it." miserable. But my hope is like an The Prefect Tein Tsin. the port of anchor to my soul, both sure and Pekin, China, whose salary was SI steadfast,' reaching within the Vale. 500 per annum, has just retired, afYour dear mother who was with ter four years service, on a fortune of me when I was arrested, is a great $7f)0.(K)U. He displayed thrift and comfort to me. Her presence alone, industry equal k the average Amersaying nothing of her soothing and ican comforting wordj, cheers rod awakens every emotion of my lonely soul Reading the great Spurgeon's deAlthough she has not been allowed claration, "A cigar is a thing to to remain with me at night, through thank (r d for," a Navy Yard school the courtesy of the marshal aud boy bought a cigar. He was afterganrd she has been permitted to vi;-i- t wards seen hanging over a fence, but Wash. me at certain hours of the day. he w:.s not giving thanks. Chron. officer the f.n of Capt. Trotter, post, proffered tn arrange for her board, if she were privileged to stay with me nights, but this being denied, she ESTRAY NOT1SE. stops at Beaver with my daughter, A VI: IN MY POSSESSION THE FOLLOW-inII Sarah Janesome two miles distant I ties- rilwil nniuiiilR, which if uwt claimed. from this place, thus causing her nndlnki'U away within ten days 1'rom dat will Id the hiKha-iresponsible bhliler, ou four miles walk at every visit. Not- he MMlnelrty, eD. t, 1S5, at 2 p in., at ' thaOgdeu ' t $ Stray Vouuri. withstanding the distance, the jour City Ono twn year old Heifor, white, red en r. red on is with formed and lH.t Hiui iiHck, two iiruluv cuts tn riicht tar. no uey pci pleasure blttllllel VIMlit'. delight, she knowing that I appreciOne rel and white Knotted Hull Calf, under bit ate aud acknowledge her true and fl" left car. One rimu Steer Culf. blit in left car. hulo aud unflinching integrity, as a token of tlii iu right. j her love and esteem for me her husDistrict l'ound Keeper. band and friend. These are blessOfUcn City, Jan. 23, 1S75. ings and privileges that I'highly ap- SOEVtETHINC - -- VOU OUGHT to KNOW n t : ., . dlOS-,7-- 1 preciate, and with gratitude acknowledge the hand of (lod ia all these ' ESTEY ORGAN. ' thjntrs. While writing, the post' surgeon, IN-- i 5Iaj. W. 'M. Notson, called aud ex THE BEST .MADE AND StKtklENT MANCrACTCnml amined my shackles, asked me some question?, when I handed him the Agent for Northern Utah;'5 this letter. He looked it over, then laid it on the table and walked out, JOHN FOWLEIt, - OGDEN. saying he would call again and not Hates' HeasonaUe." forget me. An hour later he handed ' Tet-mme a note containing the report of his examination. lie said that Ortlers by letter promptly attended to. Lieut. Col. Woodward, ' commander 'Instrur lioni giveo by the quarter. f of the post, refused to do anything in the matter; that I was a citizen, Kndr the control of the marshal, CO and that the latter only had power to to remove my shackles. The certiCD 1 fied report of the surgeon was that the chains on my legs were the cause H of my bein; afflicted with pains in my bones; that they were impairing my health, and that for a man of my age he considered the treatment of me very severe, more so than is usual with prisoners, lie said he would recommend the removal of my letters and that I have more excrcisa in the J1 day time. Soon after, Deputy Marshal Stokes came in and I handed him the post 0 surgeon 8 report, and after a thort interview my chains were knocked w off in the day time and put on again m at night. My tongue would fail to express, my pen to write the gratitude and thankfullacs of my soul. I felt to praise God and thank my de'1 H liverer, Maj. Notson, whose independent soul would not allow him to court the favor nor fear the frowns of CD any man or party, when h 3 was called da hia duty. Capt. Trotter upon to aud Lieut. Hassen have also evinced feeliugs of humanity and benevolence which will long bo cherished in my : memory. to this militarj post I In justice S3 must acknowledge that the officers are men of high attainments, generous, free and independent; the soldiers in general are peaceable, quiet ATTIiai and well behaved. I eannot say of s 1UHT J jU'NlNG, Coupled with immense pow r and duraThe enly siruight needle Sewbility ing", Maeliine, which .'combines these gieiit eff euiiitlrt. Observation andj hnve deinoD5(r&fed the' fact, I Kat s good sewing enn be done on all uiftckinos. TLen the ttiquiry arises; Which Machine runs the lightest? iac-lic- . e' ' firbl-olas- tiik ! vb:b:i. Machine ew? ibe I'as'csi? WLich THE .., WEED. i; Which Machine hat the handiest appliances? "the ", weed. with Can you few, successfully, No. 8 cotton? Yvsl Query ' THE WEED. 5.V N. U. Saturday being the day which calls. mny fVoni the outlying town9 to Ogden City, Isitall make it ii jioint to be found in my office altvnj s on orncK MA snow ANi I IV Saturday. on nwo.vi T II K K tZ 1 Ojin. to the Old Tithing Vurd. j J. office-holder- - AND gPEED A. P. PERKINS, Wc?l Agant S. M. Company, OdDEN CITY." 1 ;S9 low worth Reding UA Ciaacnl worth Seeing! A Gem SAVE YOUR EYES! Eestora your Eiglitl IHROW AWAY yonr SPECTACLES. WV jfjSV untva physiolouy ?'rK:rH.' AN D ANATOMY of the ? 'i K YE SI OUT. how to Ketitore Impair v' t liow ed v mon a 11a unrworkrn to cure Weak, Watery, Intlauiecl.aiul Eyei, aud all other Diseases ir-Ai- lv Ncar-Slht- c't of the Ky. WASTE IfO MORE UOXEY BY ADJUSTING JVJOE GLARES VX YOUfi NOSH AND LIS. VIGURI.XQ YOUR FACE. Pamphlet of 10U page Mailed Free. Send you address touaalao ;i 1 Agents Ldl. lanted, $5 ta $10 a day poarantwd. Jienfa or Full particulars Kent free Write Immediately, DE. J7 BALL' & CO., ir. o. box 957.) ' So. 91 Llterty fit, New lork City, H. Y, r THE "L1GHJ RUHKirtC "DOMESTIC" " 7-rt.- y, 19-t- o ft 9 Q has it, "Man's inhu them as thc-poWHO VVCULD WALK I man makes to counties thoumanity WHEN sands mourn;" but, on the contrary, Z. CM. I. will furnish a Light the humane Kindness they have ex . , ,f Spring ,Wagou tended to me a prisoner of my rep ' " foh ' ! has wrought a feeling of utation ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS gratitude that death itself cannot re In, calling the attention of the pulUa to our machine at this time, we cannot refrain from'', to our buHineen of the last 'year.! We have sold a large i : .1 Bunibr 6f the "DoinifHtio" 3tac;linoH. ' md (hem in' all parts of the and for all the varied purpose, country of tewing.an l whether iu oily or country We tiftT !6vf Family Manufacturing hte We unhesitatingly claim tuat '.'they fully answered the requirements and the ' J expectations ov' the purohagers. Au Machine has cvtr been more SatLfactory to the Buyers. . That any Sewing Machine should have so many POINTS .,.. u- Thave many other good friends SAI4i: d2S3-l- tAKE (CIYv;17TAn. 1W. H. UOOPEE, Sspt. OFSUPERJORITY I as are' claimed for the "DoraV5i!c" Veevnt to many minds incredible. The fact is, the inventor itarled Tkt, nri(l that the .machine should be superior ia only the natural result, and explains the extraordinary lead which this ntHchine takes with the public over machines long re' garded aa the best. BcauTiful Illustrated Catalogues of "Domestic" Paper Fashions furnished free. (Enolose Stamv) v., SEWING V Company, .... Mote . 74, a-- i MACHINE : ; ct move. , - '. , :.AGEN i . ! , T .. 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