c -/ - .- _ - w I'M-u m‘ mrvrrv'uflaai. al:m\:~.ms.a>1“«.1(h m, B s~;-;:wu;»—.:m-«Aumu ' V \J \ J'— __ A, _ _ .s...._a.-..--.. . _-.... .._-_~. vfi H e U L __, ‘. A faint light came through the keyhole, and stooping, she beheld a scene that chilled the blood in her veins. Simon Hill found the slightest movement fol- lowed by such excruciating that he had, for as a week past, spent his well as days in the soft-cue ioned Here he sat fitfully dozing, when he was awakened b a rough grasp upon his shoulder, and the coldy muzzle of a cocked revolver prem- ing oainst his tern le. ‘ Make a sound a ve a whisper, and I’ll blow your brains out!” The old farmer was no foo A single glance into those glittering y eyes told him that this was no idle threat. ercy and compassion had no abiding place there. “ What do you want!” he uttered, in awhisper. “ Money, of course,” was the cool response. “ That’s what we came for, and that's what we mean to have. You sold a farm and fifty head of stock last week. You received the cash for them, and we know that you haven’t taken or sent it to town yet. Just hand it over, and we’ll leave without doing any damage. Refuse ——give us trouble, and we’ll put an end to your earthly muMee—then squeeze the truth out of the girl. Which is it—-—speak, and be quick about it!” This was what Sallie heard and saw through the keyhole. The threat against herself she did not heed. She could only think of her cri pled father in the hands of those ruthless , and with a v e rmolution to save him she flung open the cor and entered the room. The robbers were plainly startled, but were not long in re ’ning their senses. The one held Simon stil firmer, threatenin him with the pistol, while his comrade stole so tly toward the maiden. “ Stop!” and the fellow obeyed the motion of her hand almost unconsciously. “ What does this mean—” “ It means that we want the money your fa- ther has been hoarding up against our mar- riage,” was the blunt response. “ 0 know there’s a lar e sum in the house, and we mean to have the fingering of it. If you are obstinate and force us to use means, so much the worse for you both.” “ If we give you this money, will you swear to o away at once and not injure him?” asked 8. 'e, in a voice t e steadiness of 'which sur- prised no one more than herself. “ Yea That is all we came for. We are not fo rd of bloo l-iettirg, when it can be avoided." “ Sallie—you won’t tell—” “ Peace, father,” she said, giantly. “Your life is worth more to me than a the money in the world, and they would not hesitate—” “ To spatter your brains over the wall—not a bit of it. You just hold our hush, old man, and let the little lad run t ’ her own wav.’ “You will find t e money here, under this stone,” mid Sallie, touchin one of the hearth- stoues with her stockin° -foot. “Be quick—— take it and go.” One of the men fell upon his knees and at- tempted to lift the stone indicated. It was tightly fitted into place, and was no easy task, but b the aid of his knife, he managed to raise it e. ifle. He could not support it with his fl r-tips, and if be relaxed the pressure of his knife, the stone would sli back again. “ Give us a lift, Tom,” 6 said to the man be— side Simon Hill. “ There’s no danger. That old cri ple can‘t stir. Hurr up.” he fellow com lied, dl‘opping theecpistol into his belt, and inch by inch they work the stone up; but an incautious movement allowod it to slip back again, “ Let me help you,” said Sallie, and without waiting for an answer, she was beside them. But rmtead of the stone, her fingers closed upon the buts of two revolvers and whipped tirem from their scabbards. Springing back to the side of her father she gave him one of the weapons, and almost ere the rufl'lans realized what had occurred, they were covered by their own istols. “ I you stir or attempt to rise, you are dead men!” she cried, in a ringing voice. “If you shoot, father shoot to kill !” “Give ’em k and we’ll go away," muttered one of the baffled ruffhns. “It isourturn, now. You will do just as I say, or suffer for it. You ” and Sallie indicated the taller of the two, “ will hold up your hands. Get up and walk to that corner, facing the wall, holding your arms above your head. Father, cover him with your pistol and shoot him at the first motion. I will look after the other one.” There was nothing for it but to submit. They were mmpletely at the mercy of the father and daughter. The tall man sullenly obeyed, and stood quietly in the position prescribed until Sallie had bound his comrade hand and foot. After this, she served the other rufflan in the mine manner, and rolled her captives over upon the floor to a spot where Simon Hill could cover them with his weapons without inconvenience to himself. The rest of the night was passed in this man— ner, but when day dawned, and the fury of the storm had ly spent itself, Sallie waded out to the le, saddled a horse and rode of! through the drifting snow after help. Her ride was shorter than expected, since she met Harry Stevens hastening to see how they hai passed that stormy night and bidding her return, he rode to town to inform the authorities of the at- tempted robbery. A week later the two robbers were tried and sentenced to the nitentiary. On Christmas ve Plucky Sallie was made a wife, but it was long ere she forgot the events of that stormy night. To this day she is known as Mrs. Plucky, by her admiring neighbors. A Cup of Coffee. BY HIRMAN KARPLES. “T- minutes for refreshments!" sung out the conductor, with a grandiloqnent air, as if he were conscious of enunciating a very highly im- portant truth, when he knew, and every one else know, that he was telling a downri ht false- hood, for the ten minutes romi would dwindle into five, and then t e warning bell would be struck, and lunchless passengers would boil their throats with scalding tea and coffee, and rush for their seats with the comfortable impression that they had drank it and saved their ten cents, even if they had their throats scalded. Rahlfiynth knew very well that there would not f time enough to eat anything in a Christian manner, for he had traveled a great deal in his life; but his head ached, and he was out of sorts generally, and a cup of coffee was all important. So 6 13ft his comfortable seat rushed into the refreshment-room, called for his beverage, and did his best toput himself outside of it when it came. Bu‘. it was absolutely boiling, and in his fran- tic efforts to cool it, by pourin it into a saucer, his elbow was jog ed b some iody on one side of him, and he spi led t e scalding contents of his cup on the lovely blue silk of a lady on the other side of him. Mynth was not a lady’s man; be detected wo- men nerally. He been jilted in his youth by a Man- haired little wretch of a flirt, and he harfogiven the sex a good deal of see-room ever since. But he mus of course, apologize for ruining her dress, an he turned to do so. The lady turned also, ve one look into the handsome face, so full 0 concern and so far above her— for she was a little and Mynth was a six- foot “grant—and then wi l: a scream of delight she ung her arms around him, pulled his face down to hers, and gave him a series of kisses which fai: ly knocked all ideas of everything out of his brain. " Din l ding! ding! dong!” went the con- found bell and the lady seized Mynth’s arm and hurried him to the car. “We shall lose the train, Willie,” said she, tugging at his hand, “and that would be so un- fortunate. Help me up, do! Where’s your manners? Ideclare you act like a pig!” And before Mynth knew how it had been accom- plished, he found himself sitting very close to a most ravishing French hat, with lavender rib- bons; and, peeping out from behind it, a ril- ously bewrtching face, with blue eyes an lips like a rifted pomegranate. And she had kissed him! After all, it wasn’t so dreadfully unplea- sant to think of as it might have been. "We didn’t expect you on this train,” said the fair girl pulling at the bottom of her glove. “ Dear me, h0w I detest that kind of button!— and I was going on before you. Florence will be delighted to see you! Tell me, are you go- ' ing to propose to Florence?” he crept up very close to him as she asked the question, and laid her little hand confiden- tiall on his arm. “ —I don’t know, ” said Mynth—“ that I— that is, I don’t feel ac uainted with her.” The fair unknown aughed. Such a silvery lau h as she had. It was perfectly enchanting. “ on don’t? Well, that is good! How long does it take to get acquainted with her? You’vu only known her fifteen years to my knowledge. Dear me see how you have ruined my dress! The who e cupful went over it, I should say, And I drank mine boiling.” By this time Mynth had got breath, and be- ? to realize that things must not go on as t be; had 11. He cleared his throat, but he h a fearf time doing it, and his companion grew very much concerned for him. “ Wh , Willie ” said she, “ whatever ails you! on must ave taken cold, or else you’ve got the catarrh! You make a worse noise than old grandfather Blithe." It was too hot for him. “ There has been a mistake,” said Mynth. “ It was all owing to that infernally hot cup of coffee! Be don for using the long Words, bu:1 Itshgul t have spilled it if it hadn’t been so 0 - “ Oh! never mind! a dress isn’t worth fretting about. I forgive you.” “ Yes, but my name is not Willie !" “ Not Willie? What is it, I Won ler?” She had crept up close to him again, and was flicking tire cinders off his coatcol ar. “ My name is Ryth Mynth!” he said, slowl . She turned round and looked at him intent v, and as she gazedthe color went out of her peach- blossom face and left her white as marble. “There! there!” cried M nth, frightened within an inch of his life, and gilly believing she was going to colla and die then and there. “Don’t take it so (1! It was a mistakeba most nat-rral one I expect, else you would never have made it! l—that is, you—dear me! how was it? and what was it?” His evident distrem was too ludicrous. The girl laughed vain, and all the color came back to her face. ut she had moved away from Mynth, and somehow or other it didn’t seem half so nice as it did before. “ I m stook you for my brother, William Leighforth,” she said, with dignity. “ He was coming to sister Anne’s wedding, and he and Florence St. Pierre are to be groomsman and bridemaid. I must ask you to excuse me for annoying you so much, and—and I will find an- other seat.” But Mynth begged so hard for her to sit still, and impressed it upon her that if she did get up he should be certain she was angry with him, that she consented to remain. Of course you are expecting that there was a collision, or that the cars ran off the track, or the engine burst its boiler, but nothing of the kind occurred. There is no shadow of a tragedy in this story, neither is there an moral. At least, I don’t know of any, and t e individual who discovers one will be a deal sharper than I Mynt’i found out that his companion’s name was Lydia, and in spite of the fact that he de- tested women, he made himself very agreeable to this one. So much so that he was invited to sister Annie’s wedding, and they all concluded to increase the number of 0'roomsmen and brides so as to allow Lydia and Kiynth to articipate. They became man and wife all t rough the agency of a cup of coffee. But I would not advise young men to scald themselves at railroad refreshment saloons, and ruin ladies’ dresses under the mistaken impres- sion that they wi secure lovely wives by so doing, for the old saying is true in most cases: “ There‘s many a slip 'Twixt the cup and the lip." OUT OF LOVE. BY A. W. BELLAW. You love me not: but oh that you Some sweet deerit could find To ma re rue think you are not cold~ And dream that you are kind. Only to dream that l could be What I have never been.- To think that. I had won the love Which I shall never win! Deceive me for one life-wrung hour; What other hours may be, Let me for of, let me forget, And think you care for me. Ah, let me live, however brief, In dear delusion blind; Let me forget that you are cold— And dream that you are kind. The Diamond-Hunters; v ADRIFT IN BICAZIL. BY C. D. CLARK. IX. A "AT TRICK—ON THE MOUNTAINS—OVER- WHILKED IN THE FOREST—CAPTURE BY CANNIBALS. Tm: fugitives discovered their danger, and looking over his shoulder, Don Ruy saw some- thing more, and that was, that out of allthe scoundrels in the Minas Geraes, there could not by any possibility have been ten worse ruflians secured than those Who followed on the trail of Estevan Garcia. Not a man of them but had deserved death a dozen times for his crimes, and had only escaped by 00d luck. The river was ha a league away. Could the reach and cross it safely, all might yet be we! . But the enemy were ranging up rapidly, and scarcely a mile se arated them. “ The close in, my aughter," said Don Ruy. “ It is almost time to turn and fight.” “ No, no!” whispered the girl, eagerl ; “they don’t know this country and I do. ait; you will see 5 rt soon.” The gir actually smiled as she spoke and did not seem in the least disturbed by the close ap— proach of the enemy. Still they closed in when SUdrlG ily Estrella turned her horse's head to the right and rode up the river in the very teeth of the coming enemy. The pursuers changed their course at once and rode at an an- gle to cut the fu itives off from their course. “ You are m l" declared Don Ruy. “Would you ride straight into their grasp?" “Keep on! she answered. ‘I tell you we are safe.” Both parties were now at the full stretch of their horses, one riding direct] up the stream and the other at such an angle t at in ten min- utes, if each ke the same course, they must meet. Ned and Eh drew their revolvers, for they felt that the s ock must come soon, but Estrella only smiled in calm superiority. Be- tween them and the enemy la a strip of grass a quarter of a mile wide, an as smooth asa carpet. Suddenly, as they seemed about to colse, t- e headmost horse went half out of sight in the quagmire hidden under that delusrve greensward, the secret of which Estrella know so well. They were at full speed and found it impossible to stop, and the fugitives burst into ‘my girl. shouts of laughter at the ridiculous attitude in which their foes were placed. “Adios, senors!” cried Don Ruy, raising his hat. “ I am sorry to leave you in such a dis- tressing predicament. but, really, time presses.” “And farewell from me, Senor Estevan Gar- cia!” also sung out Estrella. “ I have left you a souvenir of my regard which will always be pleasant!” And, leaving the party floundering in the mud, the fugitives rode down to the river, crossed a ford, under their very eyes, and dashed away toward the mountain. Before they could extricate themselves and make the circuit of the treacherous morass into which Estrella had led them, the fugitives were out of sight. “That will do!” declared the man called Pe- drillo. “ As for me, I return to work the new mine; there is more money in it.” “ Do you abandon me?” hissed Garcia. “Oh no; we will allow you to go with us, if you choose,” was the derisive answer. “ Go, then, in the name of the devil, and take my curse with you. I do not give up so easily, for I saw in the hands of that rascal, Don Buy, a diamond as large as a gra shot. I will fol— low them, and it will be al mine, do you un- derstand! You will not have a reis.” “ Hold l” cried Pedrillo. “ Are you telling us the truth, then?” “I tell you that I saw it myself, and the sight of it drove me mad. He held it up between the thumb and fin er so that the light of the blaz- ino‘ wood fell 1; rough it, and it seemed as if he held a star in his hand.” “Enough!” announced Pedrillo. “We will go with you to the end of the world for the sake; of, the stone. Fair sharing, though; equality in a l. “ Agreed!” was the eager reply. “ Oh, what a time we have been fooling here!” They dashed into the stream and crossed upon the trail of the fugitives, who by this time were hurrying through the mountain passes, led by Estrella, who knew all the secrets of the hills. From time to time Ned broke out into '011 laughter as he thought of the plight in thic they had left their enemies. “Oh, it is worth a farm in the Genesee val- ley to me to think how the face of that Garcia looked when he dove headforemost into the mud! I’ve had some fun in my time, but I never saw anything like that.” “The girl saved all our lives,” confessed Don Ruy. “I thought I knew the country but she beats me.” “ It is onl seven leagues to the mine where my father ived so long,” she said. “ I have lived in the forest and on the plains since I was a child, and I know every foot of ground with- in fifteen lea es of the mines.” “ Do you t ink Garcia will follow us further!” the don asked. “ Nothing will turn him if he has seen the large diamond you have found. He will crawl like a snake upon our trail, hoping for a chance to lay you low and possess himse f of the royal stone.” She was looking uneasily at the sky as she spoke, and now called the attention of the ex- outlaw to it. “ “ Yes, yes, child!” he said, glancing upward. ,“I have been looking, and have seen for some time that we were 1n‘great danger.” “ From what?” asked the captain. “The wind which swee the plains of the south, and which equals t e hurricane in vio- lence. We must get out of the wood quickly, I would sooner meet the danger upon the bare mountain-top than here.” “I can show you a place where we can hide.” was the maid’s encouraging answer. “ Push on ra idly and we may reach it in time.” hey urged their hardy horses on at a quick trot. As they went the trees grew fewer in number, until at last, as they reached a broad lateau, they saw nothing save mountain shrub- ry—nothing which could do them any harm in falling. On the crest of the plateau they turned and looked back. Far below them la the plain which they had left, and they caug t a glimpse of their enemies just plunging into the thick woods at the base of the mountain; “ God is on our side!” avowed the outlaw, sol- emnly. “ They are doomed.” Even as he ke the first roar of the tempest was heard, an the trees upon the plain beyond the river be u to go down one by one, wrth a sound whicgain the distance sounded like the discharge of a park of artillery. “ Come on!” cried Estrella; “ there is no time to lose.” They hurried away and turned into a defile of the mountains, a place hardly wide enough for two horses to ass abreast. Five minutes’ ride carried them, orses and all, into the mouth of a great cave, the outer room of which was large enough to form a be rrack for a regiment. They dismounted, made the horses fast, and sat down to wait. The tumult was fearful. They knew that the storm was roarin outside, but, it could not touch them here. e Crash of falling rocks re- sounded through the defile, and the very foun- dations of the mountain seemed to be shaken, and in awestruck silence they waited. Two hours passed; the roar of the wind ceased, and then came the deluge. Ned step to the mouth of the cave and looked out. He thought he had seen rain before, but this was not a rain: it was a flood! The windows of the clouds were opened, and down came the cloud-stream as they had never seen it come before. This continued for another hour, and then Don Ruy stede out of the de— file and saw that the clouds ad broken away. They rode out at once and crossed the plateau from which they had seen the approach of the storm. The forest at the mountain base had been cut down as though by a gigantic scythe and they knew that nothing could have saved the arty which followed them. “ e might go back to the mines,” suggested the captain. “No, no; we have enough without risking anything more, and I am too much sought for to return to yonder lain,” was Red Ruy’s rotest. They descende to the main pass rapi l , and soon entered it. Here they found the evi ences of the awful force of the wind. Great rocks had been rent from their places upon the moun- tain side, and had come rollin own into the valley. Trees had fallen in a 1 directions, and they worked their way with the utmost diffi- culty through the barriers which lay in their wa . The contrived to get through at last, anclr as nig t came on ma e acamp upon the mountain side and set a guard, which for the first hour was Ned. The storm having cleared wholly away the moon was shining brightly in the clear sky. Never in all the time he had been in South America had the lad seen so beautiful a night. An armadillo, knowing nothing of the resence of enemies, went lumbering by, and Ne sprung up to give chase. It was only of short dura- tion, and he had stretched the creature prostrate by a blow from his rifle, when his very blood was frozen by a terrible yell, and turning on his heel, he saw that the camp was in the pos- session of a great band of savages, and that his friends were all prisoners. The first thought of the boy was to throw himself into the midst of the enemy, and die, if need be, in defense of his friends. But the second and better thought came—that he could be of more service to them free, and he drew back into the cover of the bushes and watched them. The Indians mi ht have been fifty in number, all powerful-looiing men of a different tribe from that of Hualta. They were dancing wild- ly ab0ut their prisoners, shouting in therr hid- eous delight, and making uncouth gestures. Their onslaught had been so suddenthat neither Captain Transom nor the den had time to strike a blow before they were down and prisoners, securely bound and guarded. “ They are not of Hualta’s tribe,” averred the captain. _ ‘No," replied the don, in a. tone which told that they were known to him, and that he fear- ed them. “ No, not the Guarinas; we could not have fallen into worse hands.” H ‘thy?” “Hist; do not let her hear. We are in the hands of the Cataweis, the cannibals of Brazil, and we are doomed.” Half an hour later the hideous wretches brought up their horses, and placing the prison- ers in their midst rode away toward the west. (To be continued—commenced in No. 421.) Torpedoed. An Incilent of the Oil Regions. BY EDlVARD L. “'HEELIR MY father and myself were among the first in the oil territory known as Casliup. A wander- ing, adventuresome life had laced us down in the heart of a big strike. W e caught the fever at once, and launched out into business, in a lit- tle one-story shanty in the woods, where we ofler- ed for sale a varied stock of merchandise, and at the same time speculated a little in stocks and oil; for he that could not say he owned oil or territory, in those days, was not considered of much account. By and by we were induced to open a little ban 'ing business, which as the weeks rolled by and operations became livelier, amounted to s. considerable transaction. The nearest regu- larly organized bank was in Pleasantville; we acted as agents for this bank, to whom we made large consrgnments every Saturday afternoon. To me was invariably assigns the task of carrier, and it was a job for which I had no particular relish, for the route lay through a wooded and lonely section of the count ,and many a dark deed had been committed ong it by the rascals who made up a large class of the heterogeneous population of the oil-fields. There were men hanginv about the petroleum precincts who held life of as little moment as do the freebooters of the “’estern frontier; and of this style of men Cashup had more than a lib- eral supply. Many were the days that I left the “ town” behind me with an inward feeling of re et, well knowing that if the roughs knew o the wealth I had in kee ing, my life would not be worth a fig. But fortunately never had an accident, with one exception, and that is the subject of this sketch. Occasionally there came to our store to pur- chase ammunition a foolish lad of about my own age, who was made the butt of many jokes about the town, and was a laughing-stock in general. “ Shallar-pate” he was unanimously dubbed, and I often pitied him for the hard knocks he got. They said he had no home but the woods; money he sometimes made by bring- in a deer into market. hen at our little Red Front Store, my fath- er and I used to take his part; but once the poor fellow was out of our protection, he was teased and often abused, shamefully. But be repaid us for taking his part. One Saturday forenoon he came to me, in the store, and said: “ Look out to-day, Ned; trouble ahead for you on the road. He! he!” Then he ran away. and we saw no more of him. I went to my father; he poohed me out of the notion of fear: but, finally, on more careful deliberation, started me off without the usual consignment. I wasto meet the bank officers, and a )point another deposit day, as it was gene- rally nown that Saturday was our time for “ cleaning up.” So I started off, not feeling quite so blue as if I were the bearer of three or four thousand dol- lars, as was often the case. Half a mile out of Cashup I came upon “ Shal— lcr-pate,” standing in the center of the plank- road; but he stepped aside, and let me pass withlout a word, only tapping his gun'signifl- cant y. Just like one of his foolish freaks was this, and I fillopfsd leisurely along, my mind weaving suc we as only ayouthful brain can conceive; scarcely did I grve a thou ht to the foolish boy. But, ter, I was arousagl. In a gloomy portion of the road, where the huge trees’ branches met overhead, formin a natural archway, two rough, desperate-looking fellows, whom had often seen in Cashup, step- ped forth from concealment, and while one seized my horse by the bits, the other covered me with a cocked six-shooter. “That’s Nat Wheeler’s boy, Sam!” cried the one who held my horse. “ Go through him!” “ Kerect!” replied the other, with a grim laugh. “Come! pile 0E here, boy, an’ let me operate on ye.” And, nothing 10th was I to dismount, for I supposed that, after they found that I carried no money, they would let me go. They searched me care ull , and then my saddle, but of course found no ty. Then the man Sam turned upon me fiercely: “ VVhere’s the money, you young whelp?” he demanded, giving me a rap beside the head that was not so very pleasant. He was a six—footer, or else perhaps I should have undertaken to return as good as I got. “ In Cashup,” I replied, decidedly, and all their blufllng and swearing could not make me say differently. Finally they found I was not to be coaxed; then Sam grabbed me by the arm and cried, with an oath: “ Cum alon , Sheffield; we’ll fix him.” And they agged me by main force away into the timber, emergin , after ten moments’ brisk walk, into a little g ade, unknown to me. At the edge of this I was bound to a tree, and then Sam went off toward a ruined engine—house on the opposite side. He soon returned, how- ever, bringing one of those deadly instruments used in the bottom of oil wells for opening veins —a torpedo—to which was attached a string sevoral yards in length. One end of this was throun over an overhanging branch, and the torpe lo was drawn up to about an even with my face, and but a foot or so from it. Just then was the time I began to feel dubious. I could see by the new seal that the shell was charged—with that most terrible of explosives, nitro—glycerine. That these devils meant to blow me into atoms, if I did not produce the money, was only too evident. “Thare, blast you!” growled the man Sam, after everything was arranged to his satisfac- tion; “now, if you don’t tell us where that money is, I'll b0w ye to kingdom come. I mean business. You, Sheffield, git ’cross that by the engin’-honse wi’ your gun. I’ll give this young whelp five minutes to tell. Ef ye see we dig ofl' inter the woods, shute an’ hit the can. That’ll do the business. Then git I” The villain addressed bowed, and marched 03. Then his companion jerked out his watch, and glanced at it. “ Five min’ts to two, boy I” he said, grimly. “ At two I goin’ ter- vamoose, of ye don’t shell out your information!” I am not the one to “ skeer" very easily, but, I’ll allow a more frightened fellow of my meas- ure couldn’t have been found around that vicin- ity just about that time. In vain I expostulated and attempted to ex- plain, but Sam ke t his gaze riveted on the face of his watch an spoke not a word. Which made thin look even more desperate for Nat Wheeler’s y. But that torpleJdo did no one any harm—not me, at least. 6 seconds were rapidly ass- in , and I was getting bluer than ever w en su denl , there was a rifle report, and I saw Sheffiel fall. An instant later Shaller-pate dashed out of the timber, and dealt the rufflan Sam a blow that stretched him out. Thus was I delivered from a frightful death, by the bravery of that foolish boy. He is dead .now, but his memory is with me, to-ni ht. an I shall always remember him with fee ' gs of gratitude. The two roughs were “ sent down the river,” for their attempted crime; and shortly after, that same torpedo was the means of causin an old worn-out well to flow over the top 0 its derrick. '7 . TO A1) VERTISERS. [.3- A few Advertisements will be inserted on fhis page at, the rate offifty centspe'r line, non- pare’il measurement. THE BlillE IALOGUES No. 22. Comprising Original Humorous Episodes, C: mic Collisions, Colloquies, Dress Pieces, Funny Little Play s, Laughable Famin Affairs, etc.. for schools and scholars of all grades and both sexes and pair- ticnlarly adapted for the home, school and exhibi- tion stage. CONTENTS. Tm: DARK Currn; 0R, Tar: MrsrAus or A Mom» mo. Fr =r three gentlemen and two Indies. THAT NE‘sR-Lo-WRLL; OR. A Baorgrnn‘s LESSON. For two males and two females. Hron ART; 0R, Tm: New MANIA. For i 1'0 girls. STRANGE Anvsn'rvhss. For two boys. 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