. "Who was G. " being a truthful tale of the Seventh regiment in the armory, during the railroad strikes in July, 1877 . ent, when the railroad men struck, lastyear. Yes, I think that did have somethingto do with it, replied Phillis demurely; but then you see, with sudden inspira-tion, he was sure to have done it sometime or other. Were nt you, Jack ? I grin, and shy a stone into the lake,without replying. I hate engaged men, says the Mentorviciously. They are always like Moham-meds coffin, suspended between heavenand earth. Having rashly abjured bachelorprivileges and divertisements, and n
. "Who was G. " being a truthful tale of the Seventh regiment in the armory, during the railroad strikes in July, 1877 . ent, when the railroad men struck, lastyear. Yes, I think that did have somethingto do with it, replied Phillis demurely; but then you see, with sudden inspira-tion, he was sure to have done it sometime or other. Were nt you, Jack ? I grin, and shy a stone into the lake,without replying. I hate engaged men, says the Mentorviciously. They are always like Moham-meds coffin, suspended between heavenand earth. Having rashly abjured bachelorprivileges and divertisements, and not yethaving attained to the delights of marriedlife, they are the most miserable creaturesin existence. Pah ! Its a blessing that we dont know whatpitiable wretches we are, I exclaim. Jack, says Phillis, tell me again allabout Camp Hardscrabble. I like to hearit. Oh Lord! He thinks that story ispart of his romance. I decline to hear itagain; and the Mentor disappears in theprimeval forest. Reader, you may accom-pany the wise Mentor and make yourescape into the woods, or stay with Phillisand hear my story. This is Are not you moved, when all the sway of EarthShakes like a thing unfirm ? Julius Cesar. r | AHE anxiety and apprehension which■*■ pervaded New-York City on Mon-day morning, the 23d of July, 1877, weregreater than they had ever been since thedread days in the summer of 1863, whenthe city was actually powerless in thehands of a mob. Thousands of railroad employes in va-rious parts of the country had struck work,and were being joined at the most eligiblepoints by a vast army of tramps who wereeager to share in the plunder which might9 IO accrue from the acts of violence and pil-lage to which demagogues sought to incitethe strikers. Railroad and mail commu-nication between the East and West wasentirely suspended; the great trunk lineswere in the hands of the mob of strikersat most important points, and in somecases the telegraph lines were had been vio
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