“News Agents please hang this up so that everybody can ~ ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN TI TE YEAR 1870 BY STREET & SMITH, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. ‘Vol. XXV. FRANCIS S. STREET, FRANCIS 8S. SUILTH, } Proprietors, came NEW YORK, APRIL.14, 1970. poe oe em —— — TERMS f Three Dollars Per Year. Two Copies Five Dollars. PERHAPS SO, BUT I DOUBT fT. BY FRANCIS 8S. SMITH. Old Money Grub has piles of wealth, Yet toils like any digger— Greed steels his heart and saps his health, But larger grows the figure. He says religion is a lie, And men can do without it— Will this pay when he comes to die? Perhaps so, but I doubt it. And while old Grub hoards up his gold, Young Grub makes haste to spend it, Resolved to sin tili he is old— Then change his life and mend it. But when age bids him right the wrong, Do you think he’ll set about it? Will long indulgence make him strong Perhaps so, but I doubt it. And Mrs. Grub, the miser’s wife, | Who prates of Mrs. Grundy, } And Jeads a very worldly life On every day but Sunday, | Will riches her the power give To conquer death or flout it? Oan she, by wishing, longer live? Perhaps so, but I doubt it. And young Miss Grub, so full of airs, And so devoid of candor, | So fond of shirking household cares, So very prone to slander. Will Heaven her petition - hear, However loud she shout it? Will she rejoice when death draws near? Perhaps so, bul I doubt it. ———— Will strife and anger lead to peace? Will riches bring contentment? Will vice, by free indulgence, cease ? Will harsh words cure resentment? When Heaven wills that we should bear | Misfortune, can we rout it? And is 1t wisdom to despair ? Perhaps so, but 1 doubt if. SQUIRREL CAP; | OR, THE Ranger of Raccoon Ridge. By Burke Brentford. : CHAPTER TI. 7 THE SHOOTING MATCH—OUR HERO. It was early in the afternoon of a dreary November day. Snow whitened the broad plaius and rugged rieges surrounding Fort Laramie; the North Fork ef the Platte was sheeted with snow-crusted ice; and still the feathery flakes continued to fall, giving indications of another heavy storm. But, notwithstanding the inclemency of the season, a large number of hunters, trappers, half-breeds, and other wild children of the plains, were engaged in noisy and athletic sports in the large open space on the bank of tne river, between the fort and Gumpert’s Ranche—a sort of tavern and store combined. Whoops, shouts and boister- ous laughter at intervals announced the success of this or that champion as marksman, wrestler, or heaver of the heavy stone. The whisky which was passing freely among them by no means served to mollify the turbulent spirits participating in the games, and the keen winds and whirling snow seemed to have no effect upon their hardy frames. A number of officers and their wives, from the neigh- boring garrison, muffled warmly from the cold, occupied a position near at hand, forthe purpose of viewing the sports, and several squaws, with their pappooses bound to their backs, squatted in the snow, and looked upon the scene with the storical unconcern of the savage. *Come, lads,’’ cried Phil Garnet, a sturdy, thick-set hunter, who appeared to act asasortof major domo of the games, ‘The new target’s up. Who will split the willow wand at three hundred yards ?” “J reckon I will, after some of these ’uns have had a chance to miss it,’ growled a repulsive looking man of hereulean frame, and with a certain bullying, domineer- ing air. ‘Step up here, Wind’s Eye,” he continued, ad- dressing a modest-looking hailf-breed, with an oath. The half-breed, who appeared to cower beneath the bullying manners of the giant, quietly toed the mark,and prepared to fire. The snow had almost ceased to fall, and the target could be distinctlyseen. It was nothing morethan a willow stake, about an inch in diameter, driven into the suow, and having for a background an upright, white painted board, about twenty-four inches in width, for the purpose of showing the relative position of the shots to the wand. Wind’s Eye raised his rifle and fired. Some of his com- rades applauded, butaroarof scorn greeted him from Ringtail Gaffer, the bullying giant, for the mark of the half-breed’s bullet was fully a foot wide of the stake. “Who next 7 cried Phil Garnet. “Come, Tony Trivet, try your hand.”’ “So I will, Phil; but I’m not goin’ to be bulragged into it by any screamer as ever made tracks from Texas for the good of the State.” “What do ye mean ?”’ exclaimed Gaffer, with a frightful oath, and approaching the speaker menacingly. ‘Just what lsay,’’ quietly replied Trivet, coolly raising his gun, and cocking it. The giant also cccked his rifle, and there was every indication of a collision, when the master Of the games interfered. “Tush, tush, men! You came here to play, not to fight,”’ said he. ‘Here, settle the trouble over this bottle of brandy.’’ They grumblingly assented, each taking a hearty pull atthe black bottle that was passed to them; but the Silence of Ringtail Gaffer was moody and sulien, as though he still meditated mischief. Crack! rang Trivet’s rifle, but his shot was only an incn or two nearer the wand than his predecessor's, Others followed with little better success, and each was greeted by the sneers and taunts of the border bully, who, at last, took position to shoot. “Well done!’ cried a number of voices, for the bullet almost grazed the stake, and lodged in the white board Within an inch of it, The successful marksman displayed as little modesty in celebrating his own skill as he hadin decrying the lack of itin others. “Hooray! hooray!’ he bellowed, flourishing his rifle eXultingly. ‘‘Is there any more of your Nebraska var- mints a8 will crack a fifie with the Texas screamer? Garnet, Lreckon I’ll take them two bottles of whisky what we’ve been shootin’ for,” “Be easy, Ringtail,’? was the reply. “We must wait the reg?lar five minutes to see if no one else will try a shot. And, by criminy! I believe there’s one coming, who won’t shirk the game. I’m a prairie-dog, if that be’nt Squirrel Cap!’ “who in thunder is Squirrel Cap?’ growled the Texan, who was comparatively a new-comer in the Vicinity of Laramie. “You’ll see in 4moment,”’ was the reply; and the eyes of the entire party followed those of Garnet, as he strained his gaze through the snow, which was now again falling in thick-flying flakes, at a strangely uucouth horseman, who was approaching slowly. The Officers and their ladies smiled pleasantly, the assembled hurters cried out a welcome, and Ringtail Gafier laughed sneeringly and contemptuotsly, as the lonely hunter rode in, and dismounted from the bony, angular, gray mule which he bestrode. He was of great hight, over six feet two, gaunt and lank of build,and awkwardin his gait and his every motion. His face was of the hatchet order, partially adorned with straggly, iron-gray beard, and an expres- sion of quaint humor and good nature seemed to ever lingeron hiS otherwise grave and meager lips. His small gray eyes, however, were bold and steadfast, and shone sparklingly from beneath their bushy, gray brows. His costume was simply a buckskin hunter’s frock, | fringed at the edges and along the seams, soiled and stained by over-wear and over-toil; trowsers of the same material, stuffed into the legs of heavy boots; while his most distinguishing mark was the cap he wore. It was fashioned, probably by his own hands, of numerous squirrel skins, the long, bushy tails of which fluttered, plume-like, from the top and sides, imparting a most grotesque and fantastical effect to the general appearance of the wearer. To add to this, the rifle he carried was of so rnde and uncouth a fashion as to almost suggest that its stock was the owner’s improvising. “Whoa! whoa! Nineveh!’ exclaimed the hunter, in a nasal voice, addressing his forlorn beast, as he dismeunt- ed. ‘Well, mates, what’s on the trapeze, as Bonaparte observed on the night afore Frederick the Great crossed the Rubicund? A little shootin’, eh ?’? he continued, as the hunters gathered around him, with smiling faces. “That’s just it, Squirrel Cap,’ said Phil Garnet; “‘an’ you're just in time for a chance.” “Anything to keep peace in the famiule,” said Squirrel Cap, cheerfully, and taking a squint at the target, which could now be discerned only with difficulty through the fast-Ialling flakes. ‘‘Whose is that shot thar nighest the stake ?”” “Ringtail Gaffer’s.”’ ‘“‘Must be a new rooster, aint he?’ “Old enough to lick you at any thing, high or low, un- der water or above ground!”’ growled the Texan, eyeing the new comer flercely and jealously. “Mebbe so, mebbe so, mate,’ was the unrufiled reply; and, apparently without taking any aim, he threw his clumsy weapon to his shoulder with the rapidity of thought, and fired. A shout of admiration was raised, in which even the yy? yy MH iI TL SS spectators joined, for the unerring bullet nad spit the willow wand in twain, as by the blow of an axe. “Anything more around here, as the Duke of Welling- ton remarked at the Bowery theatre ?’’ said Squirrel Cap, as he lowered his gun, and glanced around him witha comical grin. “You came in too late,’ cried the baffied Texan, with an oath; ‘and I’m goin’ to huve them bottles of whisky.”’ “Sartain, to be sure, in course, by all manner of means, an’ that’s so, if they’re yourn, as Billy Bowlegs remarked to Nebuchadnazer,’’ said Squirrel Cap, with mock depre- cation. “No, no! you winned them fair, Squirrel Cap!’ shouted a dozen voices. “Then I’) rassel for ’em!’ shouted Gaffer, wtth another torrent of oaths. ‘Hooray! ima Texas alligator, and a screamer from the gulf! I kin lick any chap in this terri- tory! Hold me by the heels some on ye, while I eat up this old rooster, squirrel-skins, greasy jacket and all!” “Rasy, easy, my purty boy,’’ said the old hunter, not losing an iota of his cheery good temper. ‘‘Retain your shirt, don’t cast your skin,. as Isaac Walton said to the roarin’ bull of Bashan! I don’t mind favorin’ you witha friendly tussel, if you’ll be a leetle more pious, and ’ll stop repeatin’ the Lord’s Prayer back’ards.” “Come on, then, you lantern-jawed scarecrow!’ yelled the giant, flinging off his outer jacket, and revealing his herculean proportions to splendid advantage. He had barely done so, before Squirrel Cap bounded forward, and, the next instant, the two men were locked in each other’s arms. There was a heaving motion, a swaying backward and forward, a sudden, convulsive wrench, and the Texan was hurled through the air a distance of ten or twelve feet, falling heavily upon his head and shoulders. He recovered slowly, regained his feet, and came back to the group, looking decidedly crest-fallen. — WS Set RE . f fp are 3 y - eS) PRT SQUIRREL CAP AND HIS FAMILY. By \ Hs) lio = rn ee oor nn = Wp Wf “How about them bottles of whisky now, mate?” asked Squirrel Cap, quite as composedly and good-naturedly as ever. “They’re your’n, fair enough,” growled Ringtail Gaffer, resuming the garment he had cast off for the encounter. “Well, do you know what you can do?” asked the trap- per. “What ?”? : “Help me to drink ’em!? said Squirrel Cap, extending his horny hand, and smiling genially. The other looked at the extended hand with surprise, hesitated, and then, overcome by such generosity, grasped it with fervor. “You’re the first man as ever licked Ringtail Gaffer, old man,’ said he; “but if you don’t have him for a friend hereafter, you may callme a polecat, and then cut my weasand.”’ “Spoken like a Dutchman, as Julius Ozesar observed to Alexander the Great. An’ now, fellers, we'll adjourn to the bar, and h’ist some pizen. Come on, Nineveh!” he added, whistling to his mule, which followed him like a dog. “Does your mule drink whisky ?” asked Ringtail. “Toes a tish swim?’ was the laconic reply. When the hunters crowded into the ranche, leaving Nineveh standing meekly, with her head protruding through the open door, they found Gumpert, the German proprietor, conversing with an English tourist and hun- ter, who liad arrived in the vicinity of the fort a few days before. : “De poys vill gif you all de exberience you can possibly need, all de vile,’ exclaimed the host, as he assisted the newly-arrived party to the liquor they demanded. “But, I tell you, the boys,” cried the Britisher, excited- ly, ‘hall the time ’old me hin contempt, and hevery hour ‘ave nothing to do but make fun of me.” The host shook his head commiseratingly. ‘Here be’s de Squirrel Gap; mebbe hevill oblige you mit de invormation vot you goes for all de dimes, and makes noting at all,” said he, indicating our hero by @ nod of his head. “What's up, stranger?’ asked Squirrel Cap, turning to the Englishman, who was a very verdant specimen. “Hi ham hindeavoring to find hout some hinformation «3 to ’ow his the best way to kill the game in this coun- uy,” said the Britisher, confidentially. ‘You see I ’ave been used chiefly to slay the large game—hon the vast plains of Hafrica, but ham rather new to the hart in this | country.”’ “Humph! what sort of shootin’ do you have in Africa, stranger?- Anything larger’n niggers?” “Hoh, we don't kill the negroes,” exclaimed the tour- ist, inexpressibly shocked. ‘We christianize them.’ “Crystallize *em, eh? Does it hurt ’em any ?”’ ’ “Tf see, my friend, that you ’ave failed to compre’end ! me,”’ said the other, with an injured air. “Butit’s of no | consequence whatever.”? | _ “Well, what was it you wanted to know of me?’ asked | the hunter, good-naturedly. “I wished to find hont, sir, wich is the most wita! part in wich to ’it a buffalo.” “Oh, HOW you air coming to the pint,” exclaimed Squir- rel Cap, his little eyes twinkling with humor. ‘*‘There’s several. ways of shootin’ a bufferler, you see.” “Yes, yes,’? exclaimed the cockney, expectantly. “In one way, a feller lays low, gits within about ten yards of the animal, takes long and careful aim, draws a sure bead, you see ? “Yes, yes,’? quite feverishly. “‘An’ hits him on the tip of the horn.” A roar of laughter followed this essay, and the discom- fitted ninny was retiring in disgust. | ‘Hold on, stranger. That’s only one way—I didn’t say | it was the best one. Another way is———” “Yes, yes,” said the fool, again becoming interested, despite the ridicule he was bringing on his head. | “Another way is to creep up awful cautious-like, to | wriggle your way like a snake, you see, till yon git within | bout five yards of your bufferler, and then haut off agin, rest your gun, an’ jist as the warmint turns his back on | yer. “Go on, go on,’ more excitedly than before. “Hit him in the eend of his tail!” nother roar, more boisterous than before, sent the cockney reeling in confusion to the entrance of the cabin, where he was opposed by the barrel-long head of old Nin- eveh looking meekly through, awaiting her bitters, and Was arrested by the nasal voice of his tormentor, saying to the landlord: “Now, Gumpy, for Nineveh’s cocktail. fair, since we’ve all bad ourn.,”? “Cocktails for hanimals!?? exclaimed the bewildered tourist. ‘Vell, if I hever! The wolves ’ow! hall night, the marmots heat grass’oppers, hand now the hequine fianimal vill be refreshed vith halcoholic stimulant!” But the bitters for Nineveh were no farce, and she drank her well-watered whisky out of a pail with mulisn gusto, and was then led away to shelter by her doting, tnough eccentric, master. It’s no more’n CHAPTER 1. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE COMMANDANT—THE MOUNTAIN MAIL-ROBBERS. _ After Sauirrel Cap had Satisfied the cravings of his inner man at Gumpert’s Raiche, he crossed the space through the deep snow to the fort, and readily gained admission to the quarters of Major Warfield, the com- mandant of the garrison. A bright wood fire blazed upon the hearth of the cosy office in which, fora few moments, he found himself alone, and he doffed his unique tile, and warmed himself with evident satisfaction, before the genial blaze. “I swan, this beats raccoon cabin all hollow,’ he so- liloquized; “even with Puss and Polly throwed in. ‘How mysteriously wags existence,’ as Pontius Pilate remarked to his chum the Bishop of London. Life, wigh its hill of glory an’ its wale of tears; its sponge-cake and hard tack; its champagny and army tangle-foot. Here’s the major, with his crack-up quarters, and dainty feed; an’ here’s old Squirrel Cap, with his raccoon cabin an’ his friccaseed bar-meat, an’ his pets, an’ his old Nineveh. Light and shadder, sweet and .art. Yet I’ve often fell to caikeratin’ as to which is happiest, he or me. When I notice that air everlastin’ shadder on his old phiz, that air look as if he’d kinder Jost suthin, an’ was allers look- in’ forit in the wrong place; that air glumerumness which a cuss can’t describe without—good-evenin’ major; lhopesI finds yer well, major, an’ I trusts I hain’t makin’ mysel’ too much to hum, major.’ “Don’t disturb yourself, Squirrei Cap,” smilingly said Major Warfield, who had entered unperceived, and pro- bably heard more of our hero’s suvple philosopbizing than the latter was aware of. ‘‘You are always welcome here, and Iam particularly glad you have come at this time, for there is much information which you will pro- bably be able to give me.”’ Major Wartield was a tall, soldierly gentleman of about forty-two or three, with a pleasant, though melancholy face, and considerable democracy of demeanor for one ot his rank and command in the United States regular army. Alter bidding the trapper to be seated, and occupying a chair himself directly opposite the fire, he remained in silent thought for seme moments. “Well,’? he said, at length, “how do you get along at Raccoon Ridge. It 1s several weeks since you were here, is it not!” “Sixteen days an’ seventeen nights,” replied the trap- per, counting on the tips of his fingers very methodically. An’ the Ridge is still thar on the banks of the Sweet- water, major. An’ the family in the cabin is well.” “Family ?”? queried the major, raising his eyebrows. “Yes—me ’n Puss, ’n Polly, ’n old Nineveh, you know.” “Oh! ejaculated the major, who knew, or had heard, something about the trapper’s pets, but had not under- stood his first allusion tothem. ‘Well, have you any news of the mail-robbers who have annoyed us so much of late?’ “Major, I have,’? replied Squirrel Cap, bending for- | ward, and speaking so earnestly, that his auditor looked up quickly ana inquiringly. “What is it?’’ said he. “The Captain is abroad,” continued the hunter, lower- | ing his voice stili more, ‘‘an’ has set his ‘mail agents’ all along the road from Laramie Peak to the other side of of the Rattlesnake Mountains.” “You astonish me!’ cried the major, straightening him- self up, and looking the other full in the face. m “The west’ard goin’ mail was robbed and two drivers killed three days ago within two miles of Independence Rock.” “Heavens!? exclaimed the commandant; “that mail had all my dispatches to the governor of the territory, thousands.”’ Squirrel Cap shook his head sympathizingly. “But are you sure of this, my friend? What are your sources of information ?”’ “My sources is two, major; as Daniei O’Connel remark- ed to the Empress of China, at Tipperary, they is all sufii- cient, supposin’ ’em to be wuth a cuss. Here is one on ’em—a rifled letterasI picked up myself day afore yes- terday at Rock Independence.” < He handed a torn and crumpled note to the major, who read it carefully, and immedately called his orderly. “Orderly,” said he, ‘tell Sergeant McGinnis, of compa- ny A, tocome here at once.” The orderly departed, and, in afew minutes, the indi- vidual in demand—a sturdy and excitable specimen of the Emerald Isle—made his appearance. “Sergeant,” said the major, ‘the mail is said to have been robbed recently on the banks of the Sweetwater, where this letter, bearing your signature, was picked up. Is it your writing ?”’ ‘Yis, yis, your honor!’ exclaimed the sergeant, scan- ning the epistle. ‘‘An’ robbed, robbed, did ye say, ma- jor? Oh, howly shmoke, it contained twenty dollars that I owed my brother at’ Fort Yuma. Oh, the murderin’ blackguards, whativer will I do?” “That is enough, sergeant; it can’t be helped now. You can go.”’ The Irishman withdrew, calling upon all the saints for vengeance. “Well, Squirrel Cap, this looks serious enough,” said the major. ‘What is your other source of information?” “I saw the Captain, and he told me of the robbery.” “Saw the Captain! Tnen you areon intimate terms with the robber-chief?”’ “Werry intimate, major—thick as two thieves on a double strike!” “And does he not suspect you of bringing me informa: tion of his plans?"’ and government drafts, | am confident, to the extent of see SQUIRREL CAP. e @ 5 * == ronsasie — s ee leit : ie edit ited ' > a ; . ‘fs, hd 2 -—C m= acres | a G Cs \ Se 2 C33 A “Not u ’ = : mpc ; nd a LC werry Wuc sagt z= rr uch, major.” or whe ola tr ire did andor! ‘ ‘ andthe apper mad use oa u motio .f : c e no a s i : : 1 ¢ : n ae answer i 3 t eee ie ae a behliys ig Beg awry fi gt ha lt sine sat : ns otter than «te (and ad lovg si arou ; . a Aaa ; dee randant pac oat in ¢ ce, | aguin c long since ; nd him: . as é 3 ‘ i Winraaid t paced the floor for s U sig nitl- Some eno overeat cial 7 = i s siinauiie,. did you mi ome mon _ | More thin soit and co st with dul cee rere tt : va ye neet the ras ‘ nents in! t 2 anxious tl oon 50s <'bim on erat sata E = sea tore tan befor puched hi den-gray clot to the Ki S€e It’s pole. ft ~e¥, a = oe de e, he stretc vet his ond rk. | so run e ac se mg : ea sled ie as they call gth asked, Latin ee el eos tine tched out his re $0 Sate how te ee eee reelynguuyser seca " i . 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Sa beav ustache s pMzi the ; C the . > ee Lo, at , his.*’ 7 conti ta cr : i : | B an’ lon turough a f peaver’s hi er, hows S Attd t anger o snow, “ y beavers once, © \ i ap all the | refused to : fer to jo A Rercely, 4 | 7 ack he our-in lide, an’ LW somever, | k he next {} ~as lama si ; énty: S\on the river | QUd-D3 my b omy te itis ss ibaa rewiers : ee clean rs lack har as ch plank es two black , | kpees, dig; stant he oon Riige vi & sinner!” ex ity ofem , sh river as s. a h e my car | @hkumor are restle ptthem as : or rah ‘i } = aoe itech eam feo foams Deer gging up fl > hey was ge. . ox At plece’y SIX mules YOU Cun remar bing patern: Syamonthy ess_telloss a i arate vaue a ; 7 Se. rayth s shoulder tty kinks > splittin’ it eeper and 16 Snow sik upon. his ine you've ¢ es furtner 1 d yer Thor op ‘acks esl ~ © your st ¢ : ca ee pu ks put eplittin’ tt, looking on fi deeper h Vike a Cruz ie Nends aid ggot in | ve yer yas Jef sy mT Boeod com tor ; an—; 316) a a : : f eper he delved i Crazy ids and ae your sa be y , Spa ¢ ne od Et he’s liv “Oak don’t ‘pe V slender—b haint big for glipgts His ha my cartons awa ai : ; ; 3 eonan et a an arene cee the pie pe a aa tl on Srawad te me ; some he oan ~~ Nineveh mi oc . is a a : 7 z motion ance oe ry as a M ‘hofa cat en work for t d then ruis cle that was -like sy : rious £ < agi - * ed : Netin’ his ' 2 ar Ps? 1 I sh R “T hav ally: ‘ 2 5 ‘ (2 “iC i vos W ympathy. ha $s and’sicepis n into “Pin your ninety-six ta = e a eck : : s! ia te pstacle that, Was warm. thy. | road at ¢ , hal! yor sleepistrgri ) “Vin your d ty-si2 plainti ; ye done s our si ae eee fo Mest bier oe hatis it? N y hands of of the og To dig | ataha roared the grin. raul, § d arter ; -day.?? v } infaney. : : Pour sister. De eyes as a thunder-sh s pistols is—i y When he e | bound.” Nothin’. bi of this Sar gully, was ig | “My dea: rd gahop. — e other, : " ‘traul, | roof, ¢ the parro a ‘Shoag de Bother. ant eny his w smakes yo er-siower, T s—is jist. lik efin-| Hew but a buaul naritaD short | dressi ear,” suid th , and. yen wet ‘perc t, who. ha m your a hs sah ia | lis woice is s you skeere . Then thar’s ike shee unwou nule of : ssing | ie d the} nti t down t! ‘Pure hed herself fut a un And yg te tecause I = na i on =a eS blankets, I’ “A 1er in Dacet _nnter meee 1 the | hack rr! pu rself on tered d el me § ed me it aot: pe of 2 enh oily, but’ don’t know nin his} 8 , sweet fi: pper 7 , Ul be lie.”? cotah, “if , as the ack, and ae panther : ‘i : rs ; the wil oft aud © y, but’ chockf now wh gs | Spray tt ace beca portion of All eid forgot t 'y proceed if to ¢ rabbi a | ster’s shon om 100 } and the ) r. that co Kfull of gti y. An ae iat fell ar ine Visi the sink je,ech? W Be oaxy ed, a to also ng e panther : Richaw . e Durn comes be { grit—jist li 1 ‘Why it’ around i sible, as whi bundle Allie, d ,eh? Why, t o yeu your » ad- “uy deman Pars rer, fluteering ro ol -: : == ce He : ret on of he aaa to », do youk , that sound 23 sot name." Yes, yes d recoenit against th ing herears involur very? the chief. ah its to ik een ivsag 1¢ featl uss had * Know w % s English and f i » yest? lz : on of e trapper’ or ears That ( " : a. “i aaron cae s his | Nipev , in astoni gal, as I’ 5 nery. | be ee a see ut I'd vad : . Ho . ondlin jJaughed $ her clai per's leg. lat soft, sii jealously vent, and bis d been paci € graphi ‘ipeveh, br ishment m a sinner! en stun’ our purt, one if tl wwsomey feathe g the other Squirrel C ms. g, as| “ieee the - .. ae a nor, ltl There? » bring son and bewi ner! cri Sl w him? y face ‘ iat black ver, } 1 rs nor 1 rer, “but el Cap, st 8S of? 1e chef. . Lily blus oe nf somewhat te floor, wit elegant ere’s life ir some blankets ewilder ried tl She shook ead ¢ = ai te es = : = can is a ee ee , With his , | her, you 1 her yet nkets: fe rment. ¢ ie op yk her head. : nd as Aled Oma A . She’s hi Ler ’u g the on are love said: “‘y veme ; ; sriurbec Ss hee ; TN * fetch nent. “Here dapu 1 ae how Ih: Wi ; hoom ‘un hasn’ ne | sofi ers, and ooh hay ist oi wipe ‘ ‘somewhat seachaee At jis head | # m6 stapid old { Why don’ my s re, | Why? pub @ pil S. 5 Si had all, hav an, m hasn't go oft nons' Ihave s Bi) ; asa rev sa co ete he oy fool? } m’t yo pirit-flas i, ry??? l throwet hi } tinued , have you y child t po} witt sense and ¥ éshut ¥ oie’ and eve- ‘eas : ye n- pr ? Most u do t-flask. gi h im , as ou got yer ; ren! She’ 10ut of Mae the aPeonstn " : oe ca the ony voto gala 1e large ro robably 4 men wo Sathin’ f Another iS QI4ZZa with the girl: yer cargo : he’s | mucl making eternal ¢ ere eated me. Y | " a pon te dar finda. of 1c apartme om, | COrrect y recollect uld take ¥ ur WG rv shake of { rd. Do y ane the same sti arose, a zo a-board 4 Ri rtoendure. 1 the girl vonstune yew | ther to pri . You | oat ; ae: 1c bes ent, and | Cx ect (under ne tl you for jause, ¢ the h o you know also, aros xe still wond na sto y Allie? ichard involt Tcould s ae "Dead ome | 3 ge, onda spiny ot atine stor id | Cup rais er the cir lat m iv} Duk , as the ead, ow SO, ATOSe 4 yonder filli od looki he co Lily nvolunt a shoot th bride. D nave drea I oa sts me Vi ath deseripti Mohe n & storn. : aiged tl circums ost m eof kB We Queen ofiK . Toe . ling her wi ing toward n- lily uttered: nary hn to oo ne ‘| lown si vaguely iption of thi vuttered , and lai 1e sno tostanc en ¥ Ss Sthiepii ‘Kams re see g her w ard hi his mov ‘eda mM put hist oa Mae e stand } | HOWE, SRICO VABOETY 4 yet forcii of this r to hit aid hers Ww-wail eS, at le vould b _ She look 1 a, finders katsk viehted eemed to b ate er abe soe a ef : ae “nguehy pees DF S robber ci n- “Lucky softly und tenderly i least.) Squi e | tion i ked puzzl 4) a remark I . mind, as e a fe i yes, and he as sealed s. She kne Crys and cl ns bosom. ands.” | : S : s fel vie r-wall et Lie ta ~ yuirr into her ed ak this ; Rca ed tot 1end, i , as tho voluti le, | wer d. It hes new ir he ung goal ane li ei tee ihe ve years n} gave me,” got sor tree strong el | At len r own! is gibbe ales the ; in full, ¢ rough on worki ¢ a hund se suCccee he fire fo his arms dei C cud lett me,.ang my 4 oe g ‘ . rish, Y aman . all thi she wi rking i crichard, red other eed Ra tht ese i bold dead, but the ay from Su ing my chil have ; bose ,”) he matter ne of that ’ arms, | s! engtlia ori wiguage , whic! befor iat sl as str z in her tichard, ft her outlaw 1 killing revolver, Ki ering a | soy ne. nd ty id, my only mof his ered, a ere CO , } she asked right tho ie c 1 no tra denl eher. S 1e owed uggling t r be- Her voi , for my sak Jaws to ck ¢ the pir er, his fate 5 a ea, but STO Oe § onio, The | ply | TY betwe is hunting Jj, and produc eniac tt peared if there w ught. e her u ansla- 'y falling . She hesitat to the~st g to compr and ¢c: oice and ne sake be pati claim at @ 41 irate-chict, fate Th ; ything gi to have 7 wretche 1e latte ee ween the g-jack } ucing : ie major ‘ to-b ‘e wasn’ ‘ to stri nderst horny @ upon her xi ated a range pre- | 7" cabnness her words patient,” she erribie re a : : a a oe i |: bt eae et, he dr uw flask f! ajor | ily abe hiss t dan, to strik and y band 1er knee a mome ye, UNCYO “T hav ness. ras restor he whi revenye t &| A iecky wots . Ly is it the ed, aud pros her, was uUtUre. al{-parted lip drop VEC from t y of whic ecrete gerof t e her x Tue au. nees, kiss nt, and : uth Thave ex ae stored Rich: Hispere d. ma i" seems be Ree ‘oe an I fot ian rude eee eae ee sighed, and Hee the. ate aa an Canaan at al ihe mn daeution. sok Crean Sa ae divin, dehy ee and ae pen oh om a> oe ne ae hard tu instant cooln He ig since dead.! ié Chords ¢ ? Leecannoet t a rs narr, : sly around openin ,» unconscious Fhat's . at all, Allie’? on. Ion the fi - | times? ost like shanged, an is |_ “Ft ds " sethor Ie tO call this a i lie pa ead. 8 of tx iptenee 4 ell; and y a-| to sink ¢ her, an rg her ey us “Ppyss 's to hinder et an ss! he e the old t d his li : oa t is much—ev oats oe i said apsed agai yemerics I hi a yet it | faint k away i , and then, Closi yes, looke uss.’’ er therm ?* ashat + muttere ad time lip quivere ove the gi i—everytl her or not i my sister,’ | | nee” again, and : lad hoped w aint flush | into une , Closin ? ed m ; “ ; ; ned of t ed, huskii s! a’mos ered, first thi girl, and Ti ling 10 Se not is pothins t i q ¥,s y é GE Flan 8 ‘onsci g them _ Meanin hat d stantly lise Ww a9 iskliy; nost lik rst thing to | fone BU nah _ ie ae a a were | and th 1 lingered sciousness 1 again, s ing- oy Puss?” ; y. “What? eakbes y; but ast we e the Rie gto bed ive swor aid the ¥ to ’ | Os quirrel Cy oud: ’ nine {fr the breast 2d on the c ess on = , Seeme Yow'll pet re baby ?? Vibat’s ‘ss, he bani as At old chard clas one is ae rate Jo = : re oui sa ain g from the wi The tre st heaved cheek so ce more ed | and i see prese’ DoOY F he cried, the me anished thoroug ‘GTow asped Lily separate y she stat ced chief. pick i ‘ eS 2 ; ; ; he trg : are ‘ y . 2 F sentl . iS arr cried, raisi natter wi od his e oughly iow do vou i aly Close sited wee. ay | nose creat ne, you any fur indow behi apper teok perceptibly ghastly pi Buta] N get into the iy. ow we’ n tenderly , raising with y emoti : T inte you intend té ser, mine. T PY 1ers, im th is? Are thes urther news : nd his sad the heavy ye pale before. Nineveh a e road ag we'll mak St erly arou g@ her up, ¢ yer,, you on in- | ita ntend top ee f ‘tient sonny +d s these robber. 1ews ,concerni of the litt dle, unroll¢ y blank ec, | dow round a again,’? said $ pake this 1e did not nd her, p, and’ putty 1 heathi iow... The .y ut you in parate us?” he ; i 2 | ajor,” sai A edations?’ ers al } cerning {< little sno , unrolled it et that nm n the si sharp roek, said Sqairr ‘9 iro Tere or ae : votes is es = = a you hav said the se ions?" Llohe, «ar ai @ {a portl w-waifl dit, and was r 5 seet Same st kk where jnirrel Cz here ig see, I see. er, but I ce ag 3 : ie a _ | Ss : sie ov sl ite sc gee then | olled u hat re eep they > Where the trai ap, guidin > | Poort! , | see, as t , her tear rough By this t? control of my iil continue Jocko is ¥. { you hace a ; they is ai g |} die up agai 1e face visi ts ample f bound t pj} amo gal pal yhad be é trail Je guiding | s eetle gal’ he blind ars conti sided timé thee f my catiage,” nue ¢ Ko Js preps ; op, ; M OUF DOURE Pe eer n—by the 7 . isible ple folds he for ng the pi lace o een. ascendi ed diree 2 She’ gal’s sick ind cat sai inued . Se His ey e excite tage, to occupy a Be your eee tae oa—by the aided by ot contem gainst the tr eC. ite ds, onl rm “yp e pines n the tep of scendip directly |" ad best ck an’ w + said tc to fall and his eyes ha ement ot py these u a 1 quietly obs asked ia § m as: tas y others as mplating i e tree, and t then pr ’ y leavin The cabin? Ss, Allie: p of tl og. “Doy Y | Thar, st goto her bu weak fron to the l: : vis crucl ind a less fi the chief b oi l Bi “Who y obser ed to your sini as @rawed uy as | Pleasure og it once hen fol ropped tl z “Ry abin 2”? ; 1at op ; 0 you , thar! ¢ r budwe rom cold | ame @uck Helooked nouth had r oS oat Iiieowtshot : | I Who do: the’s lile, as d upon | standi @ Was ne more Ww ding bis de bun- xactly. py posite ri He 1 t-come al r, an’ seek doan! ok iw abou relaxed @ bicoa+! omewbey | a oe peerveut t Saitanek >, aS Olivern, € 1 | Standing not unmi with a be nis arm A vy. That’ : ky age, ed her ong, leet seek re suffer! 3. at lan for dl from its xi-shot % + sub- | ; fi “The injiss means an of Asia.” », Crom. | 2h g by the si lingled w n expressi S, Stood As they toil t's whereT ji 4 , He th into the li , leetle gal.” epose for ¢ ng. “Sit dow or a'seat, : its grimness appearance | “Hal bus we trajor.” Rats imost equal i side of her With conce ion in wl the he iled up the T live.’ in hen sat p little room, 2 roaspell ine own, you at, and saia wi ie ay | | : z i at te reall pled with eern—-cla lich | sw unter gave the gteep p: ( : 1 thougut, y the fire m, and 1 : me young lady. Lh: a with vreat ¥ ; ; 4 e| lat's wht AG abpeace Wi isuy hae a gall’? repe St. er, and 1} 24C Ninevetl swered by an rave @ shit a path lead pets ae and he along ti eft her th I do not e!} : have n j Bees al drawedon ¥ iat L meant with alt the tri a an’ purty w ‘epexted th ooking on Ww n | caused th an uneartht hrill, Joud. w atte rns’ : em “sia ; a as a | F Azra on your b nt when e tribes my. ; ON] y white fo 1e trapper; = With ry the sava ily howl fr vhistle. Tunis 1e cabin, | j All was % ne purring ¢ parently buri dro » Lthisk I o sit down cat ae | | 7 Trapshoes, } eunty and L referred alriend,’ ‘Ninevek for an injin, at ry “a Don't b me maide from . This was >| it Ss StH i : 21g aud clam uried pped heavily i will then?” a ely 4 ro i ur 3. Dae y and bask eferred , nd?) | quis 1, my le jin, a gal, } : > it be skee aiden td tre re or, ae _ a 5 : = ' Awavany 5; aecotaus, P asked i to the joial tone. » my lass,’? . at that.” , bY crimmi Puss.” be skeered,”’ té trembi interio an- ' p-toe ttle roo or of his | ! ove-making, nto a chair as the rejoi S| tunity.” t, au* helpi 8, Poncas, an in your ami m as }mule; ‘ty , as he lea! .? he conti . miny, Te Uy tl] mobie with afr yr, Which The,snow. : m. Hea s | have to be aE Miss Lily. et haven't Wee vin | : Be . E : ac =i ae | iil ai the trap affright brigt w wait i rose, and again A short on Shial and 1's rent devet >, the chief te i This is tail-rebber are all on’ e| from a mar me has Ss elbow on , uming a a shrill v: , dear! poppy . pper; “thi . oe it face uptar sleepin, : entered | 02e - owe ve fo 1e, My me B atyaie “Somership ‘ } e| “aM s. almost i evs at ever on ’em | cril 1armot t come acr the shou! collo- irill voice, as tl ppr, ¢ t ; at’s only extra blank ptern g soun q | ope must be ne: tis i ie trees raat f ne l = ee se a a i sa ol suri aaa arene ' poppy, 7 [0 anket over the sube aly, witl sun shines? nears Tt is treasure-sbi patient arrship wail Lech Bi every d 3 ol all these redibiel# exclai ppor- aid? § , Ain't it y, but ain’ rts of que aly his | out ing open tl drew near. BY, d-e-a-r!"' s ne knee at f er th rac bdued ligt AL her you long as rcs? In fact lL necessary us om | ~ ne < I e| ays day.” se tribes co xclaimed. you. uow fallin’ now, ole in’t this th er game tf, almest int ie door rae ! screamed “Find ner side, ceful for ght. Het Ing, ng as T intended ; I dom eee ho be ak oe a | } f an S . A 1 he J a > fas ; ., | parr t at 3 > ers k 1 4 Watci m, and, kK hrew Of what i led, thoug! fall lok acta nm B| fc ‘or the san ine liere to he major. | © too weak ¢ fast, nin gal? But é€ queeres parrot flutter 0 his“ da small she-pi Keepe is oe a “|e i = a2 2 I or—to gai same purpos the fort < jor, | Uhs Yere’s o shoul ? e mil what's St T ered ou Tris, and si she-pantl . ie words her long a ling u iy. rest ix this weiter vio te ee B|t tr gain inf ULpPose rt almos re’s_ whi uder this es from at’s tob le you d out, and ad simult: ler sp keepers! s over his epeated nd earaes pon | , “Of ev sia hhe?” aver! Litt ioure ae Babar s oy aki gl st | Mules back 1at them s is doub the cabi e| whens ng girl ser d alighted u aneously prang erst’? his ton ad, as thou Bestily every inte 7? asked Lily ng AS poss re us ; a) as agin Ids, tom for hi aptain think ders k ack. But th Squaws We le burden. pin, an’ | ¢ she perceiv¥ creamed, b upon hi ya green | gue; “find gh he lov > ng to stay terest,’ repli is i es L at At least 1 a7 said Squi lim as to hinks I e rs keeper they can’ was hu mn. lIreck and: aifecti ceived ? but her Ais fantasti n ers kee oved to Miss Lily. - . Lhave plied. the , a eee sudden dig i mi at ‘ ™ quinrel C the move come | te be di ergs, as Rob n't ka utin’ for? ckon | ar aifectionat 1at the . nt si stic cap (To be conti - pers! find have jly. I never some wits OF ie : | a east ere Cap, very vements e did, eh? tobin Ho ve her no r ’bout flv around her te as the e. panther oon vanis Dp. e continued ! tinder ave notev ever associ ourtliness since it is ; ai aps, dev Gru & per b you, my Th : 'y coolly s of | What w ch? Why we’ od said to w, ole gal ve | appro: ler master, parrot. Shé Y was quite ¢ ished - 2 ; a New Gri en the yout! nied with the’ eltha Teneo for you I r Al op) evoid of hetrating v8 ran," sai 3 t esl da.” ell cam George I . Fin-f1 oached the i like a aa he purr 2 as tame nt show at anadan. of a elas 8H: Souder an | lbserve 9i SUSPICIO! @ gaze, whi ad the maj ‘oO say Wi 7 y out fo Il What’ length s 1e indian gi great cat red and fi € : eyelets a n WOFS! SI of humble bi ty of yond ae eee i y reply ervelyeu, whe 1 , Which was rajor, | SNOW y Was to do wi r the ni 1at’s | whic she vent n girl at, aud, at his di awned T + ae at firs t tside.” Yet i: birth, 1 Thouw the es, ae as oor ow four with our ght, that’ sich se ured t and licked ° is dire ‘ THE He | . Lweuk Thave my o whem ¢ fur Si te of York Inthe lane you trust » per- wide-spr a laree r hero at's | tion emed to o to pat an 1st d her han ction, 7 , } wit cooked at he. uld make y 20 oe ts nF re ‘ & Y town guage of Pe st meor not,’ ‘ Spreading ge space u . Hesoo s of ples 0 OCCASLO and stroke her § ad, until : Tie ith conte rer with passi our 1ué devas nett. Flo cd Sou ; “Well Why count on li eter the G not.*? was and inaf g@ branches nderne m clear “Let's asure wilie anit > her sleek. at "Ta mpt. passionate Not ydye ee Mt i is M, welhp lw n me all the ti 1e Great atet g the | blazir few mi ies afforded ath the tr ared the |S .et's go in, ¢ é mal the liv eeky head ‘ Thee m monarc! ee ris vs ) = — ES ae ges rants at eath tree, whose Squirrel C , an’ see ne es ivéeliest se ad, é offer you a I h here,” he res gad ber ti ii f “But, a the anajor you, Squire eige |, He fas 1¢ center rereafter h siderable s1 ose} Heli ap. Now they've b sensa-} Part CHAPTER cee chica: kin tag a a t se ‘ 5 | Ce £ om . ins n, sie . 3 é i F ’ slig . ingd 4, eve a | i these as 1 mean t “Se laughing, 1 rel Cap, and i cats. astened Ninev e had a bri nelter, sad fred Allie. ec; e been gett “Doi eee with yo ‘XLEX+C ° of nature slightest bid pom Ree te Munda tT t Hes Villains ¢ oO Send ou g, mi spite ’ implicit aitk which he eveh ne : right fi saddie, and 7 ¢ s} ing on,” a w?tmove u on si ntinued birds sing: Fruus grow ding will aoc, Tae te ahjects r you ac ins and thei ut free of his +¢ licit- ted ner ie had H ear it, S rej th , and togethiet Sik her » said sone at too soo uch a ch. be li sing the y ero Nee nse ad 3 | t ou acquain heir coadi juent ex his anxie ier plenti procure produced e tame panth the ereafter o ° The n her nex nh, my ae citer walt i ie oe a i z s ) sor iains aud ti nadjuters, 1 Xpeditions ¢ ety. deepest Ss ifally; 3 ed at the & small ter’s he panther ey entered Yt hey were xt trip. Shat’ ‘ ter phy aed swee welling in ound. ‘eit mselves, fic Wiss a : ‘ y aud, Order ia gle Oficer ¥ may 2s W against | thre solicitu‘e nd then fort, witl bag of head, gi White the p: : the the spriag re waiking nats my ad wait till the Zickiey. | © et Laly. Wot a perpetual en like su vwers bloon ind | a - ea oven epost soli te at ‘tala , after casti 1 which t in a very ’ yoeif parrot st : 5 At thi in its gg bow thro advice? ¢ scl ey. ould y : ould yo bower, such things. m and A + ost nt : : yee , ¢ » co, ifero ILe by { this ce rude, re ugh th 4 @ schooner is Frene you wra a ane art ses enon oe sec Hit sebeny. v ike The fire w orest, witt slumberi ng alook le clu entral poi cky ba- e little ; ench’ embroi p that besutife > Wels, will bey t will | * 2 ns ade . 2 dv was fadi 1 his ri ng cl of the : to the poiut th in, footpaths Will seo mbroideries at rein d zu - ta eee made ris appears e in | advance adin rifle 0) by. Jarge ar contemplas # love to Vili scour the s ries? X il fige ce and pour Stave | ers. JUL ers arance ced, wii g, and n his sl » pushed ad thee mplatiry rs quittec ward | Vessels of the se as t¢ n tb is | Ina ft S$ that Ll wi . thre eare 2 yen he re the wi 10ulder ed . corber rc nof thet ed thelr 25 els of every es aie “awit Sag ; q i “ww mi ish t arcass of ¢ eturne¢ intry t . 7 erleys ovtns that ni vuptal r friend, I don’ very nat at Iw 7 cree ist aint f r we : Fas m Ba He re ofa fine y ad, but h wilight w ance : they apor at nad b n, while 1 , leaving Lily. on’t think I con sor Iwilh the Wish a : A b das of tae id acest ence laativedhisien tes A at my | $00 ie ed ge tera: € bore upon eee Footy With Si ough, not without a. bin tones, a Sony proached they beard a uy designated ey strolied | 9 pg exasperating ol a ap ee ; of his mw ne lndian fi ubee, and rS—2 rank 1e Was ar sroili ? outs .}) the , a@ Smalier consis .ce . ‘ ‘oice Was 1 20th reme voice : Lee se of Her ti cs hot eharn | a “rete, ss Ofais military ghter apy with tb c, sterling ‘ aroused ng. The some choi \ the rear. Th on ¥% sisted of n app irembling that of M mbered. — singing, 1 j cour imidity h pel. eee ssi . of isa ieee appearing f 1¢ unmistek ney | Hooray! od by a fai en, Whil ee steak vari he rougl ttle | , appear- small w ng with eXci Mrs. Bever n low ourage she y had disap piettre, wel ared : gp ety ad : bats x throug akable ray! I aint cry @ Ski Ss, and arious Ki 1 log @ large he one , window eXxciteme verley Sweet eedins ¥ he had lea ‘a oe he eins’ to Sauirre entered t hrough the stiff le | and, af thougl y fron nning } iffe kinds, Walls w fs ‘ e@| She ows, 206 ment, the love Z mt years eather a valther pe aa on ne ‘unwiioha Poe ka ght she’d ithe bu is deer, rent fi ‘and almost Ww a closer— sash was looked ink lovers d Sha had o urang, all stead ws ' = = Scie ae i | ana, ae aoe come tol”? ndle » | tautly ur-beari tap th ¥ y | Was noch as pushed into the pri rew ne neers 1ad not e * Pet her perus 1 was the heroi ; s ee ice i estiTness , ‘ore the ad iis ha oOo! he nds ly agai ing ani 3 F wea a The fr ng to in up, : prison, ar to t] ecrs, and © neoun edie us of the thr veroic ; indicatine ’ aiuiug the t e curiosity sque appe: as The war 1e fire, he nds in t cried, joy } were t the kl mals, hi is e friends »pede the shutter he low | Pirate! id Captain tered: © three pre \ = = : : hee ‘a Eee sa oe , joyfully; of : ogs, td Ss, hung’ ur Honolu 3 from whe e1r Visio: Ss drawn a id rate | n Stocks, Is, and ss pre- ' “Whe 8s locality per’s charac e | fluence of the add ned to th 7, and dr, y: | staples d { pe, dry / tack Ge ilu were be at iy ae zl 2 tenaat th scouting in of us reside acter, vocati creata the fire} ed blank € spot. ying } pe’ , an edout | at ieneral Beve re befure “had been so ¢: there | lip, and g ‘was momentat Se it , , P think vo in the vicinity dence, t cation, @ reature. AD tad. told ets, an : a e rth and chimne at his wife oe ini aaah ae ‘ 3 a ar a is Tesi apaone » and were look right flus wond , abd the ge » ‘ limney sliehtt , who sat b De ly to envs d fiercely @ _s by by a =e a = = oe told os, 3 genlel in hooks | ehtly. pal t besid ining rn at} . 2 tl be sald: t y her rep! . f ee sun ue 1najo : roundi g strang as upo y upon 1 in- ; iy . y and | Seth we e from } ab on a low f ed to draw a: ing Ric pig.) He bi r rhter, an ly usefal nd the se tidge, lie tl ngs, und gely and n her éhe ‘stools w d de Airs ere in good * of out-du ging couch, loo! rozen Noril aw a pict saa le ey «se Tee and kaow fal. Heis _ service » HeU- 1€@ Stre she was wonde eK, Were al ae- Beve he i-dvor sottiy. B looking {| Winters hi But y aie ‘se oe s ; Sa tr ries Of 0 oy ug wr, >was strivi ringly upo ips of | s nm F Tley Was ¢ ne Vile i = one = se ac a “sere > Wall ppings triving t ¥ updo! 1 repared rial asc yet were | Jady, yous ve cun 1eart is > fair too Neo he sou! lieuten: htry well. 1unter ; Ali, Dll sw that bo o free | th a sk al, and he red TI evidently dy, you shall apres vite ct we roi! on u, enant,’? ell.?? and | Cap, fair want! Cl i bound het 1er ar : ers d ber h in utly | 1 Know be m rmit. Willi as your N rem the o Kepublicat FB tes to the Platt put i : » fairly danei { Chickity ! chi erform. - But ‘ oth t ~ fof tt w all the usag ; er tp hong Be sight bes sau Ferk—m i@ Platte, fro n Squirrel Cz ute.” cing aroun chickity !? eR 2 ‘Tittle rack 5 thiy baw 7 and beaut! ens island, | SACCSS society r yousk or upwillingls: ‘air eae ia ot couarelot ey mothe Ye Cap He ret t d his ch ar ay might ae and contai > Whiel 7 d nerself away fi ti. Have you. lawiul mis Re 3% L will 10 te Aga tar : just ate 1e Czar of bf ali Lsurves ellowstone | St released h arge. ght have ad auy 6 ained a nw . hose tond a _ se rom “We bave then chur a Loe an = — “Never fere the battic Russta )sul es, an’a du ne | Stepped e er of all hh ‘ Pe the ¢ detected ; one inspe number : of fi acmir rvpulons | from B ave no chur oo is aaeea on ' aris mind ise of —~’ ‘salu to durnec as utu 3 1er W » itrvel some o spected the yO or. L ashion ‘ation from Brasil. — e ns : aay i tenant, lavgul ul : Bee o the King of 5 to bas pon the groun er ; ae rato ducated pi f those et ae closely : ea spirit eee maombiics: in what the a dont mind sa fing that ri meet | jok_hus'tol i a Toe iL s 10 Tetbobh cs erptecmhe Proptietor drew ‘from which |» nls i e assemIies- | iota sete tg eae fume * ite ie a r es , . le : grotesqnel i yioese n vn know 7 Hs impr 2 1lds out H arts, ae re ch en i , umbied t ames he (p ledge , traced ergo of eF pment an sown and ¢ e can ma ae dow iat JUL Aas ; ogeth ; (purposely, a seen h here by hnduranee. ' nong people eowl Whet on supe, Her eh | “Beg y d : « er in th sely, an im, and th anxieti » ther and s or not, his & oe eh | ae ay your pai . z ee e use of is ere W es sine e 3d some day we’ 2. yea: : are you raing, li ede 7 inte rt ot oy a, Were thres e the | bEet shat ay wellr 6 # legalnel paneer | | young ue Lieutenal eutenant,” . es b most of thes ince the | PST say 2 lay wordt fun Ore ae Rae Soe uni ; ; g Engiist wnt Danvers said the se facts in Moa no -~ sine vaishe pefest. © What Go et tnarzied ne i | say eutensi Deis ins 1e trapper, ‘ a ous a mo ‘ wouldn't eyou tak 8g rat get marrie union, a} im? the Kuli uch | gay has for r, “but col h ment’s The pits marry ¥ ake the 416 you s re “I sup re killin’ of gave wale ra guest 0 in her joy.so that h The pirate scow ater foe 2 f - i laugh ppose is mus of bulferie ovable inf that whic eager, im) he | ‘ “Perhaps, x wiled. | wary rT tate ; ng. stbe t rs, a fe format R pulsiv coula | ftily, avd harsh ee a { fellow = Heis a ret the same,” W hours ation and 0 } : rley, Richard and e way: si , “toree and t Es is ha : | l at hear relative of » Said t 5 ago 7”? it aasse m Reo, spripgng Tare here! some boy W harshness eptoce Bee . . io-hanter aT t Doyort of mune. he lieu » Was “ae Te my vas ol ut c wo derfug am ee: ere |”? speeches. with his 1 Ss may pre S yca ke aa “lf aa fotler ty yor think he will peal good ip ie Here yer aun that ee fanned ye aubu . eset deigh mazement, ad fon eee rake eee a bis and es ce * L | said Sq Hers the ; ce a good gh | 4 ures SI ere of ; omp ro Vv expo. Sree ; . ‘ence !? i. dow. * ail se os git him.” ee ul ‘its sae ee od buifa- | igure Ss small, deli of the dark xion Ww rosure, ; : Se ithe win they . toey | lonely separate yo . With an i 1.” ; his fi } i gear, pre ap, rising gave hi 4. | figure, tho elicate, a rkest, de as natural , | Visions : e Window ts te eee »y exclaimed ’ piery, solitude i cae ; . ef Bol Ba pas and res iim, I grac ugh smi , and beautifalls eepest oy ly Sa? have le F but here y ren . in persist in y meter * : ; act Te te ing. resuming hi think 1 ace. all and sii autifall blue, mical asted ye : re you. rye horas; | Hp Dt 1 your pre rooms. If s id is bu o> + ouk after akieg his ag his w 1e will,’ Ss ( nd sligt y shap 6). her | P 1. Here’ ; leyt Y. are, 82 nas u p higher tha iin rev Se: sc sae to tuning ie Ona s wonder! , Squirret © gut, Was ins ped, and allys era 3a huil sh ‘9 | you liere’ ou don't and well arms and wit nan Ha seormtul retusa! e end of thy aveck of hd | “a if zor the BR Nineveh, um? roure. “N ulheau | ber bes ap addres as instinctive 1 her anrt ckors, & er of ? E: re's Dick | now how gla Oh, yo ns through | Kili ness his ay You 1, Ishailst that tim aes Pe. Get wes at 1¢ Ridge py , un’ seek Now, Lu 1ead doubtin ressed her i et ; tive with Polly's at (uD ne ‘ bear's - CO she mad i omt you Ki glad we 3 u darling M OU dean, |! dhim. And t img agonies. yourself she ay Lstring yo: ae i ane ae eli Be pig at Aa must, “Youn ingly. in Iinglish 4 hh | glass eye! good little er? meat left no- | him with eway for he kiss Dick 1” are. LO see | rs. Bever- | tobecotne mi ndihen, wh You sh ral ea’ batt lover iy tue quartertias 16h and previ re Mornin’ myseif, | “5 understand E lish, but sh clamé ye! Hooray! e gal! Polly ; , an’ | brow Mo hariy eeu REA atl © yee. maain! cone a ene shell ne NST. = einaitkee ki raster, S provision in’." ’ Some little.” nd English § Seeae she shook amored the bi y! hooray! lly’s a bul row. y tenderne: .apd Mrs. B again! | hearing we Lose Cae te dead healt or ~ | “in kurcertaster§ quirrel Cap,” s Ss you may r ‘Do you ku ‘e lish #7” while the 1e bird, as sh hooray for ly boy. wi “How you b ss, droppin everley She hj aémon, Ep tT shall fore ave af } Gumpert’s Ra » £ will, maj p,”’ said thy y require that di u know D i h é pantl s she flew or Gineral ith a | Hike you ave ch tears o _ embraced | S#¥ tad met'n ie ct } s Ranche. , Maajor,’? and © major, at dialect, of Jacotah 2” 5 , her satisfacti cher b flew to the . Jackson!”’ sl ure——” anged, Rich n his upiu Savages. She o one like hi oo t : . our her ° Ler fi , of whict ?? he asked, “An? action. : 2k ba rafters n? he paused, look ichard!” sk 3 irned | Setl and f e wondered s him even arched hex : Pe hero ret face br ihe w addiessi n’ how de ¥ ck, and k overhead; face gr _ looking fe he said. ‘* her ber neart ered se : \ CHAPTE urned of confi srighteuec az ama » Adaresst The w do you kinder s if , and loud d ; owing des vom th .. “How vi ter before his’ and felt h smingly ® could Ss iy te was ae ng her in 1e girl had you kinder 2 ly purr | Her words 9 athly pale. e young m: w very “I se e his awf er Cour: ¥, tf he co annibals : , ( i x ees id é 3 : r M : , .. a . see I hav ul threats. ae eS es ai pi 7 The st THE SN i lad got ther estions as to W y, wud sh a | at the indic: d been 1 to thin d | general was ere ubheed in to her h tie Sa toucl ats. Fitted Anche he aq i ay snow-fall c SNOW-W T ere. o where e asked |g dicatio a ar. K you ft Lily, askin led in tt usband 12 riumph hee yard to leav rave little Roe ‘ cs ce i wan na eee runter ace 0 the gr . but weakn as- ja e room tc doo » Wail a |) ry of the is “ite a tears, her f tichard scho o leave } te girl!” y. Ren \ express Who Wisi om Ai mber wer gu- od spirit flask again reviv ound Kness over ppeared 1 fo the Tea r leadin . aug hter eIr wand rew from. tl » her face seta schooled hims nek fOr ANI "eine? } we on oF his ied him “e Among Ut ere Path- ; oft ¥ ask, and 7 ived her ae er- | a to be busi , ar of th ung into ti | the 2nd sobs, eriugs, Whi he yo ? tan exam sle of dmysett to “the : a | | expressioa 0! bid aot good | rel were ki tn- | OF the fresti-broi then ind er with a f nd carryin usily eng the main ito the little the narration none of the fc which we ung adve before hi ple of herois bear the moment ] ' vers cOMMLULE or , he did no ack,” tho re Kung- | but shes sh-broiled veni uced her ¢ ew drops til prese g blanket aged in Movi apartment “How ca Jasted. e four attai ere given enturers | Stacles m, to what é stn to’ Lity, | t he es Ww catty I'S WiLL Nis the day 1c seem f ugh, by Peneutieae eieena o whi opartake of from| § atly he cash t8 AOC SA2 noving = ana | Pe me you bh (alctaee oss aclesimight be Bt migean Be htt aes “ | i Hiram © is guest, th ay betore 0 lave forge the | resembie a ss into a sit ich he took fi ke Of sor She saw cased the gt ns and robes i mgs abeut FAG SEES ere 2? quest mune:s a Vith an placed 10 the! Aare ge mca or a, | | ‘ SHIsWick » the Euglis —~aud I lorgette Ile w a swoon slumber ook fro ome | and W a howely rl to bes in and pout, AS chad beer fin ioned Li while | cased he anguished } ne(way of i escabe. snap i “OW ke aWick. glisn touris “leutena eu e wrapt ber . so dee mi the fire and softly ¢: vely, wiht the narrow e nd out vou,” onsol’s lai, ed. ly, whe (a rer, and plz heart and | vie, eter me : ; ' ‘ ar his tt st, Wiles no Di babe, ¢ yer up p as to re, 4-Ire y carpe Sr ywless i row ent : yUR- ile ee : y told y n the y T am re: placed he cenit nn ee ie Ls sa De de ath- abe, and the as tende aln amework cu with bat ss litle ¢ rance, oa, Lcnlog to peral, “a ou, we young chest, ¢ ‘Feady!” he sai r halt-tainting determine u | e uftabl 2accoon R 1wme Wus his 1 : 1en seati rly as if : 10st | sm we »Paised a puailaiv-1e chambe ORs poiees colog te , “and then searched s 1eBhs and couir he said hos ainting in b eS te | co : a ta te 4 an ing hinmise she 1 oothly cd abont two Ic roves, w YY, Warmly ime. Weare track of en spent for wi You've uironting his roarsely, f her easy ace, he ; : st : rer, W ge, Mr. S stra ¥, nighil-lon seif ne 1ad be : | ke spreac. scv ie LWO Jeeta , While up mip | Gene ee eon as, you. We nt mep ecks for | Wo ye got spir g his enemy. ee fans 2c i : nuit eae , Wha see - Squirrel ange, fatherly ft ng wate ar tbe en a lit ts, with severait above pona re . Fur anxi ters, you eh ths in or | Would be « rt spirit, any emy. g lis art . . a hands. idicule Bh seemed t el -Cap 7!” before ’ 1erly feel ich at | e fire, h tle | he ha pile ot hie kness¢ il bl rol is 9 a > i ee = a BULY-UW be had b 0 like out her , re—reviving iags—wi ler side, e took u ad, for & it Geh@utely ‘ses Of br yond, were pret . exckement ab san to wear’ and hav g to hurry si tter tell Mi mang such fine youn ! = ‘ py-two miles gen subj ar hero. The sti inginh hich pe e, with p | anc pilles Tf : ty adress OWN ari were Me ok for Ci oul gol ar upo e€ po y us | Steps yo Miss Lily re ene 7 rele ‘ Hand’ : niles,’* w: ubjecte ’ stillness is breast. rhaps hi many |i e, hangi To. ad ssed foxes} 127-O.an ni dive the we perish. iat lite i an ae rsa 2, 01 nt ie hunter dteeth: “Fi ed to f under. wer? T nd in sich ala think If-sacri Tt you ce , and hav that way. h ; window, | 2ours ris rock sh in. “H eek passesi”’ : | i id. ghily, tl pporting p at every of the a er mount 2 “Find iis pro ke this nat tere be. a of a big cuss “le u could nelp~ e loosened In t doors - | hours that fol she stayed efild he wou “inde | “Oneer 0 y, though t g crust ber Y | se deer he | ed his fair ers keepers.’ position ere palati longs to lu uss like ape.” p to w ; work 9) The ev ollowed. yed her st would— rarmure : iy ¥ ; rddle > had sh air cl pers.”? , | Looks, Watial abo xary as_ Wy i reuch them e 0 rked h evening ft ; torm-toss and he w a aa esi ug erust be neatli. | é e, took Ni aim on th large, Ki de with as long as yt that ’ere e will © ta | OWS: Sull Lil ell softl ssed so re Wii" \ es sweet aud g gal, said Squi as pierc ithe tots Nineveh } re precedi , and tne Now, t ng Rich the perf as clared Ric —we must! tirt Sufi Lily sat wi y at last. The room ed was sweet ae ene quirrel Cap C-} on Usome and hy the brid ding nigh carcass | I ee take your ard II sai umery um scent of Richard ist! Iam Rs / ‘ing. fler with bowed . ig the | es - iat t sea id to ; 9. the isl: ,sMiling. ‘W as strong Sudd sorrows ince a j make» 20% the upper ri n he spok ap, and hi ows, though ov perilous le-rein, a ght, upon th some veni at again, pl the Qu your g' ear] anders a g. “When gas a young | enly the s made her si ae ne ‘a thoustt 0 i a good . Walk ridges, W e to lis _ his voice antly cles gh overhead journey , and com e “Who" venison.’ | » plant yo . een of t Richar re absent, the sch young : was enteri great deo r sleepless. exut a th ishad- | Stra goes tl Welk’ ges, where mule, “\W Ce y clear, the w Y throu menced | bi o’s the ° yourselt Sheba confide d says h we will effec ooner goes, at de. | her ng the pri rs shut wit! ought of 1 Rs RAY han th 1 Hows? the upper. We'll At eacl : eather zh the bawled th new ef , my dear, W thi ntiy, with o ea depos x hos i ok Th a sgl arp nl hav. pper ¢ literate 1 step of was he dee Ae pa eritter, , while ing he se 1 & proud is away, b escape.” most | her! y, and sprang nat hou dull cla : sh in huw ady, an’ have bee rust ‘1 terated the w. again cep “She's 1 trot fro am? poppy? w -Y ts out ance al y, he will,” . bosom. ee oni 0h as oe sheep's tub an’ uw. Back ’ Taiwt en in Lie; by the ay, the brilli- e’s my dar arhis perch 3 ? who's tl : i ou have ¢ pon ” t her lov asserted Steps cro sudden ter ST maken dy che = pales logan th e peen nasa) alled so—g snow, they road—if tl well, or I'll pt rter, Pol, ari’ reh in the he critter??? indly. “Hi ereat fait ver. “He a Lily, where tl Tossed the cov ror, Ciutel mught be ; aS Ys easy !?? vy, as Lo ; { gristle i fears of noon b grew more y y were be trail repl put y mind y rafters. : Luy ow you mus: your bro’ oes uny- chief! ity paused ut os ipa inde oe poe ai gris eg gs bk of : efore th e rugged pursui , half ob ply, as the hun’ on you youan’ e y blushed mus: love him! ther,” sai ett . A face ad advanced. pistol 4 this 13 shh 4 sald t better * tlesnak they react and w ng, mig -} the fi on short Puss tre ply confus and : mi? said Mrs. Be aly, fe — coe Staping © exclamat o Queen B nb e Mountai hed the § Vild, and i night be re. ‘ See. hi rt rations,’’ at her ‘At this it lon that str her sa J verley, | less e been dow n—the f Lily’s window ; sal tht breast- aueh Was n Bess. right, and R tains or > Sweet m it wa “Pm "yy a msclf wi = 18, *’ was i junct sed f ait nny little h ngare coed any at et = wvoutr quite deep in : as occasio timbe Racceo 1 the left water, wth S high } bi your dart ; = th the v the | '"é: ure oid Vall her triend. ead with mine are re scapes: tS Celadon i oe “onsale ao uritgae ned by Ni imbered ran n Ridge » the Biack Hi the Rat »ird, angril er enison and *“Captai a came out i the maid- | 199 thé eccasionally ne window-tre iss Lily,’ b ed per out. of 1 y, Until he , where she fot inevel vance ge, rising up » & somew k Hills at-| “Wal Js meas y Our talk n Koton d into the tel at we put tos y insubordi i have es couraging of it. H ler mus she fleu 1} They g up sha what lower, on the \, this ‘ere’ e "ser ; to them ’M ono give court, fi elows, You 0 sca in th Bee tee. each de a ; I er . He the wster dis naered ley ¢ arply al wer, heay The evisi ere’s an 4 an eamed the cou 1 ?Mericans special ord frown-}. “4%! you perceive ne morning. ey have deznand where, st her on, till en walke suounte ed to | rossed the S yout four mil 1eayily | voi e cuisine of R other on ? - the}. Li rt, miss, wb s nohow. _Y¥ ers’at y absen eam ot ho! Sige over art tot ee y ae isto Me tae ed beside d, and } to be almos e Swectw miles in aa. void of conv > of Raccoon L n ’em,’? replied S 1 ly and Richa ere your friend fou must you was n absence. pe came ove Lan beart f yare unrea mand- t 2 a 7 : ke ia fap ad- | fryi enience ,0adge d Squir uctantiy turn rd clasped is.. Co 0 to to’he ot to He saw it: r Lily's ta or a lover’ asonable frozen | surface hi y found upper ri » en- road, whe , and wer 1e ice, ng-pan, @ gridi s. There ge was not rel Ca in th rned away the hands of me ‘long! ner end the to wit: yeta ce at th rs wooins.” z = = i ca i. i iin wentennes re was ask altogetl D. esunshine. ay lo thes soft thei ng? ot} toe of his ppeared not @ prospect mass. = Oe = : . dete ae Nea ee ppear- | k r three tin nh, an irot sa skillet, ac gether de- The negress 3 pot where Zic r friends and looked 3 boot against to have obs bect of his borin t bout noon, j a luttle, < y firm A you § was. see he gover cnives and fork cups, some ti 1 oven for otfee-pot. bad observ Ss appeared d Lickley ws is, and re “Und serenely at L the leaves of a: arved it. 3 to cover , just aft : e, aud asked see that cus een appreacai n- | the orks. To some tin pla bakin , 2} rem: ved too lat d dissatisfied ee : ae iol nh = base of t ver the gr {ter ente then : the nunter, cuss comi preacaing latter, @ . o cover plates, and s 1 bread ain to watc ate to over! at the int ging essness thar oa ay pi jee : : i re the Ré r ground spar ring tl 2 dialect. er, address ming to g | smoki & nd to crow! the rough: some poy! Under he ch the pris« rhear, and ne eae “aia xg ant cd an party of I tattiesnak parsely as 1e pines, : . essing tl ward us, ng steaks o rown th gh table rusted | Bicl er keen soners the ee shesho se ct a ; ndian sqa ke Mounts sone approac which She nodde g the you us, my dear ;** a few mi aks of the ffa e beard with son ard to take and suspicious ae nan : ee cg -_ ae Ratwesate M ataria. pproache “wy ded her h ng girli . at ? ¢ dates grant with t ne of approached e her haud ous glances 1e morni should “T trie eager and ecessarily ater care sale z ave eee +S the Vall thé ead, i n her guest to take 8, and then 1¢ Veniso : wo or t r the li aud, as he i lances, Lily axed» he as ze : : : ae : z naar _ a ae , in the own |} “hi take ¢ | then th nh was hree angle. e litne win ioved ta a y dared resumed, ** persuade 1e nearer, mewihat : e hee g very anXlous riousl p met Hs terri ray) y dear, is Ji affirmati +a hist i a chair. e genial as the Ww When Zi indow i ta do, and pot all § d, “but what the fellows (0 ‘ them ar ed of U ous and usly thro alt tory. He'll , is dim M ative. up a stool , or, to host b ork of hen Zick in the c nd neithe lowe | Cusaion, Dro mak a ppeared tor 1e trapper, W dejecte ugh the Oo, an’ Ur y. He'll wan oody, tl . Sheh 4 and ro * use his : ade his Richard Lickley’s hou corner ot er ugain eussio er mold. B such coarse gee | “LOOK as if 0 recegni fr, Whog d, While yo n goin’ t t to kn ry the mea ‘hi be ad, probat ot herself own lan fair | to had int r of exerci the BO ot! ion, pro and c¢ after I et Te ! as as if y “Cog nize a, however, e they ur face a oO tell h ow whe nest th efore i ybably, ni to the f guage e old w erchanged » oe a rea So Se ce sf | ean’t find,’’ s you Was kl ° ever, SOL Yj wi > an’ hes im a here I? thief in | li n her lif % ever sat eed.) ge, to sail oman vainly ged » few Ww ad expire me vessels, Wi eras deel cae | Si Was ne of 1a6 Tsay.’ ead, and a hea Vm takim’ y ittle s ’ e° Fi ina chai : or was nly endeav whis. da, and men had r , With ott om Sas a whe § : Is, Dacovtal ,? Said Squirr ud of huntin’ ot ; ays’? ? be su ap of lie Kin’ you stools a l rsf, she es 1air, or “) think marcbed to hi caxoaed nereepi, ti sat | an os 2 ce | pe i dialect. yuirrel Ca tin’ for She did sure you a, Cover t undertook t a Trg essayed ¢ . oruponas ae think Vil 0 his roc to interce sentences whi h ‘Fouts ae ss ae : They te ap, addr somethin’ bad as he i 7 seem t r up “ ok to Kn ye, but t o cover stool, |? ately t go to my ym apd Jock cept, the rot which “You. s emands—or Holle golly I was obit ge y appeare . ressing lin’ you not s nstruct o assent Poor eel up his W one of >} bar © have tha ¥ room,” > ckea in rough hie a are goin; at least toe ad,’ Dw pane nud th | mae oe g them i fro een the a ed. her. £ to | co leetle beni on it. ; ouldn'’t d the 8 than such t hideous o! said Lily ahs sh old hopeful thril ngto sea t 0 eftect as obliged a the a. . lng slow ndersté in the m the r apniaie . Le th com passionate enightec 0, so Rict cha guard: s afd cre ¥, 3t tries eyes aglow Lleapmg hee morn i a | j elder squ g slowly aw and h th road, a ing bors en, as a sionately, ghted heathi she | 1 shard assent rd as she.” Mitty seo. Bel ue e oe . = L uaW, W Vay im, but rough tl ,and strack orsema ,as though al attem Cy, at the ing!’ had subject nted, and s atch u com- { sail ith sudde the ous an her Sees ¥, Who appear y im a dik made ‘ tne Black Hi ucKk up 4 n, 1Urr gh hej way pts witl e same ti BS said th with 1 pject enou » and the tw sso. Bet oo to-morrow oe Seat ton see nnus deiec peared diferent i no an Halo, S Hills. p a na ned abru ay—Dil¢ 1a comi ime viewi e tra itn che id gh for conve o returned etter Lily turned rrow evenin; . — norrow! mt | ae ee it a ee ct - | squaw ? , Squirrel C. , when tt rrow tri ptly Hi civerlize y calair. “Cc wing her i pper, neith ea that the ne nversatio’ i to thei “] sal ned ber f HS. Ht to-mo her lovely } : i ider Whi § ag e@ Bri n, th aw 2?” Ca 7 1é. new ail leadi fe took @ yer)’s . Com : r inetréct ’ ser cared t le Meeress W 0, but } ir rooms. T ‘I said to- - ace away peng | the tre er What the they disa elr ioader, wr » LAS 7 p, whar b 7TCOMe : ing | tl Ok her v , 1e, VU S. ectu- their sou) tospeak ai 63 Was 2 noth )were ‘any They smile w morrow ev y that b ; e trapper, as | mole gi ppeared , wringip be tra e ye tray r hailed hi 1e Stool ip in hi how ye I souls, k aloud the & spy us W ere impress Ta e wreathiug his dik Feel cated th they've | per, aS he w gals is ‘ ging | co pper tu rayelin’ w nim. | he , and, tart S$ stron yer the t was w ¢ hopes ai wellas j sseq | Pxvall bear ug his repulsh . Gites oshist as i 7 10st S went is up 9° untenanc rned and with 1apds a kn! , turning } ¢ arms, 5 spent) well the pes avd plans jailer, and The j year my brid aryepe Bui fen ' oe a8 Be at on am to?! soli aes kad nce beami retu that | zl a knife a rer tov , seated | pentin cru y were f plans the and | ,,2 ne Joy. rt e with catures. tae chief, a sar ve ; es. snow. an’ ai their bk iis Way. “ soliloquized Is that aming wit! rned to tl zled as a€ nd fork, Ww yard the ti ner gentl disap ching be hns silent tat fillea | FOC br y, and hight, a aan ae rr it oe a hankele or ot Like e ed | of tl you, Jim??? th appar ne road, wi Ee hinese rk, With whici table, pla ly On }| mas pointed In not eneath their w _for after hal t breath. and color die 9 not go alone i Lae ‘ ard of is, or other fixi enougt 1e othe m 1??? he td ent cordiali » With hi Thar, : maiden iciishe ? ced in I aster, not having rwinidow,old V Trew ee a ee re oe "ea x bole r—A exclail dialit, ris | sid , now,”’ deprive Was as 1er rh ny some bit of cold Valk an heur, | C68 ybreak,” sai Lily's fi . NO ee thar they git ¢ ckin’ their is, unde a. SW nurderous med, on iy. side, and cut »? said he, ed of her as much puz eday pi bit of possi alla crept aw ai idueted to the snid tie = a stand the gees as ‘o their wi 1eir ole’ m: r “Nothi hat’s the S-looKin reaching ofal eutnng in e, taking er chop-stick puz- | 73s placed assed in 1 ; ssip to imp Sniping fer, Atal sf sre - 1 1e extre a stunnin’ wigwam man ‘ll Nothin’ in par news?” g rufian ey the side | kni hungry mi to one of @ seat icks, broug! eed on the te ow, Whispe partto her | '&! y. Youshallbet of executic ce be afeard; I z load, Ud purty be us. Ninev “Day bef particular ; , armed t knife, x man, “Go ji the steak on the op u ghta ectace, table a 1 pered discussi r . At daybre: Tbe there tac ion. Ae sand the tee Gineral J ’ Vil restrai bag hisn tor yar! If yo i eb, ly TeV efore yester r. Whend o the | fork > 106 with yer jist as Ido aks with tl posite pon bis cz ti ‘ ae from th Ittle before su SS.0713, and & He turned rea. Remer he AS save ort ms i, ts jou : fee ae as ‘xine ares ee yesterday,” id you inter ti yer fork. ‘T , Allie, N ie energy Cap aptives as s e pirate-ch ssenset, by nd supper | A mo and walke nber.”” wing him, as tree are Git up jackson ren iy ardu pper. 5B a} Major Wa ating. “1 , replied S quit tt ye hat ere li . ‘Thar; t . No, cut wi rgy | negr rain Kote soon as the chief. that y Valla, w coment lace ped aay ee. ' , vle gall smiarked t ous te sat don't jor Warfiel ze I’ve go d Squirr : ne fort?” cr tater-t littlest } , that’s if. , cut with y ¥ | negress, gar ‘on done gon le repast wi at be sh a, Whe ruttied, ap acer, the d part toe They } gail Butt 6 the Qo em perar ot her tri eld made m got an el Cap : éiverliz rap! B st hunk, an’ Now, j yer | did d garrulously gone now was coock ee see cers oath iad (hosted: ¢ 1ola on, ¢ een ot ament, as ier tribe deme pr old squaw p, purpos erlized ally! try it 4 nY @huck it ‘ria jab yer one mead fie Bet Pew to Wisit ' d aded. air] . Then a wild e nets mt toa stood u passed ont of n, an’ let's the Ca S$; ther pee at the Otoes promise jaaw he e- | po already! ¢ ry it agi nck it ri ) yet you two.” for hin men th dungeon,” sai pair—an i eryran S gone. oe ia ce = mt Bens cr me, den ge to reit re, Who Ooty pagit y! Oh eri agin, Wh ight int H 0. Im on por: wut came as on,” said t “6 and Liiy sank g¢ throug! and chal nortaweat tne spine of he woods a look-ont.”” - |} circa S$ to cultiva Seems he's eiurn to th m | bread an’ ng, I'll everli mminy, I’ iy, you ai IR ioe words fi iant busines aps ah oa meh = ene ace : Soe sc B wats a e's under obli e camp yes an’ water! erlize yer! il civer! ir half- wechard ful Ned Lily ss. *Spects heu you be in the t sald before ¢ fioor, mur t—the ery of é - ; Re | kant. cna ers 1S tL didn't friendsni ybligations dear, bot! “r! But they’ rm y hook ize yer, have fully shared. with the 3 its "bout | C8 ¥ 1¢ worning. Rh aweek bac muring: ° utter des at eee y, dj aboard Ni ier Own, t think it best lip, and 8 to He th handy!" ey air bo oky, I f or, my reserved f ared. What » wildest appreh t ‘we are lost—los Rickard a bad passed ‘ o the 2 ard Nineve 5” put it gi | best to refi , under the eC produce ‘ th on * orgot th or them? at last blow prehensions, w Again th: aa ost.” i does mot Kr . And the e Tdi elie’? gin out last ni use. S e} up agai ed some em handy e 3 ¥ could O: HB, W hich Bia: tab 2 — yr: | ers ttake y ast night, ¢ Spe had against on army bi ‘ ¥, my aptain Stocks ang ont, dying i ae gal alongst xe you for ght, andl with a comt e of the y biscuits fi 3 i . a wo pnt her | i , coitee: € projecti rom a bo 3 OF Bc ebied ropeless Wall mule? sai afool Vd nthe am pot. Shee ng legs x set hi CHAPTE > ee .Y said the ethe have left the the 0c all torren @ could hear Iii ig ed out |e hee : = = Te a ter ‘ia eed tain. aaa down Br breaking’ the pe aa ieee tod ok SEPARATION. ; “Tre Rose of KENT peas tO. i ae os 1e ice , and pre a lli-s ce ets edi we areely bee at a he : Sorry I ke feet water. of oat he Scher ha hae to i ao acne rare po Oy es eas ehenedhs aot ad in aspiendhl a pee ee op bee t no coffee t hich they b with a His ey 2 tunic. His ris sea-costu ' preety ivahence ne ae r ; | is ve to offer y y both par wr es were full is brows . ime of brai sat in silene cid gn i é ' or you, my ¢ LOOK wrath before a lot angry fi were as blac raided cap ¢ nee. idents new oy the ph ; rs are st be i ts 4 ead y fire ns black as: aie t if = aa aan i 4 earar aN eaatea a snerelertioud esque a and strange, 2 illfully handled nS. etree e st Sais Mee rakes hehe nance Weaieaien but and beautiful laz , 2nd the story is told a the in- he Si. ke an infuriated e the you t. da admire ti ul language. ¢ 8 in pictur- Li as tger. “Y ne couple at ae ae i, ou have im ie on us ana skill of a ee ae ae the wri pon Bonyert’s Coc . cau f | OAINN removes Fic | emoves dandruff and prove | OV q | nis baldness, rR. \ . , : . rr . 4: aon eet i s ‘. . | eee | { | i | ; | | { | { Miesintinnithsvats > SAM ap ec. OF AT ts é ‘g * \ tte Vs yen can et _ convict go hang?’ . Castie Thunder with my camarade, eis deadly illness, when the breath flits forth like a puff, —— —_— BY WILLIAM P. FERRIS. Pass him not by in your hurry, But stop on the way to assist The unfortunate victim of whisky Whe has not the power to resist. Though fallen, he once was respecied— Had all that the heart could desire, But himself he abandoned, negiected, And quickly fell into the mire. _ He was talented, young—only twenty; Had friends once, but now they are fled; Indulged in a home full and plenty, He ne’er had to work for his bread. But the love of strong drink grew upon him, The glass he filled higher a: a higher, While he drank to the drunken god Bacchus, As he deeper fell into the mire. He grew older in years, and the craving For liquor still grew with his strength, Till now he is scarce worth the saving— He has run to his tether's full length; And his friends pass him by with a shudder, Tiis acquaintance no longer desire; Not one of them ventures to lift him From out of the slush-and the inire. - Insensible, drunken, and stupid, And lost to respect thouzh he be, There is room yet for good reformation, And blessings fer you and for me, If we only will labor to break him Of his eraving for hell’s liquid fire; ‘Then, brothers, assist me in lifting - God's creatures from out of the mire! ay ee oe oe Faithful Margaret: ok, THE ! Sleuth-Hound of Castle Brand BY ANNIE ASHALORE. Author ef «The Bride Elect; or, the Doom of the Double i Roeses;' ‘Beautiful Rienzi; or, the Seerct Ven- a : tes detta,’’ ete. Ee thtal Margarei" was coimeti¢ed in No. ll. Back numbers * eqn be obtained from any News Agent throughout the United States. - oe ts : CHAPTER XXY, The chevalier paused with dramatic ciapressement to enjoy the eftect of his announcement. But the pale we- man whe was sitting before hun made little sign of her emotions, S Join a ' , With the tears still upon her cheeks and hands clasped ‘in her lap, she shad gone a wild trip into fairyland, and its brilliant fantasies were whirling round her in ull man- ‘ner of rainbow tiats presaging hopes of joy; and the lit tle chevalier, glossy-bearded, pleased and trivmphant, seemed to dance round her in the many tinted flare, like the good geni of the fairy-tale. Save the added wildness to these. resistless gray eyes . and the sudden aurora gleam over brow and cheek, the demonstrative Frenchman might have doubted if she be- lieved him. Seah sak “Admirable mademoiselle,’’ aspirated he, after.a due pause, “she Is braveas the Spartan boy with his more disagreeable barden the woif. She will not let the sur- rise Show 80 muci as thetip of his pose—ah, you British Know how to shut the teeth. Mais Voila, you shall say, 4Go on mon ani and accept your thoasand pounds,’ or shall Lsay no more of my colonei, wud let the naughty “He 1s alive—go on,” breathed Margaret to the pirou- etting geni of her fairy-tale. “Whatland loose mousieur’s neck-cloth, which was to strangle him?” : «Yes, yes; tell me of St. Udo Brand, that we may bring nis own.” eile is magnificent. She forgives like an Slike an empress. Ibow before so grand the eifulgence of her nature dazzles me, and, Foila! JT, also touched with enthusiasm, emulate herin magnificence, For the poor sam of one thousand pounds I give to mademoiselle the hero of her heart, and bappiness, and to ime darkness, after the blinding study of her perfection. Nay more, I have a tarn for necre- maney—[ may not read man’s destiny in the stars, but woman's fatere in her own Petife hanu Lbave oft-n seen, and [see this hand, which is a levely hand, holding out the fortune of St. Udo, my fine ¢clonel, to him, and being taken, fortune and all, lor ts Own Open kindness; and benoid myself (in the futare of this pelite hand) placing _ by the revelation Lam about to make, my noble heroine “a Spe arais of another, For only one theusand peands, “Behold me, then, lift the cloud which has swallowed up the life of onr gallant St. Udo Brand frem the mo- nent in which the rencgade Thoms has stabbed him on the battlestield, and lo! with the sweep of my magician’s wand place befure you tue succeeding picture, clear, truthful and unshadowed. “My falien hero finds himself next—notin heaven where, by gar, his brave deeds have doubtless bought for him a scat in the dress-circle—but in 3 Villainous ambulance being ‘jolted. over an execrable: wood road in a rain- storm Which kindly @renches him with suilicient mois- ture to keep his wounds flowing. Having ascertained sv much, aid doubtless feeling disgusted with the lack of corrtesy which the jade fortune has displayed, he ab- sents his spirit once more from his body, going an ex- perimental tour to his fature quarters, and leaving that tenement to all appearance ‘to let.’ - “ftis barely possible that his future quarters are not _ inviting, for the spirit comes back froma blind boxing . fora piace somewhere, and takes up with the poor shat- tered body once more, and St. Udo wakes up to find him- self a prisoner of the South, immured in Caste Thunder, yond, ea yond, i 2, ‘ “Mademoiselle, I haye already narrated to you the trials n I, the football of the vixen. Fortune, endured iu I pass the time of ‘and seenis gone forever—when the great wounds fever, ana uiy friend in biue babbles at the charge, and the rally, _ and shouts of phantom soldiers, or turns to his pillow aud whispers of woman's teuder lands, when there are but the rough fingers of his faitifal Ludovic. Ma foi! but he is a British Napoleon! ife triumphs over his desperate ~ Wounds, and N.S stifling captivity, and one day my Brand . Sits up and kaows wie, whom Jast he had known as a foe, _ by ihe ungraerfal coniretenips ef war, “Mon Diew!bat lL was glad, and I was sorry! *There he is for youd—so thin, and so geod, and so patient—wait- yng, waiting to accept the life that God shall give. “My heroine, you snall not weep. Itis betler than the death by treacuery, 18 1b not? And Voiia / he shall give you an English haud-grip yet—shail he net? And Ishall be there to see and to bless, and to be the good sorcier. Ah, bravo! or vat you callin England ‘ifear, hear? we shall all be happy presently, f “But ro resume: When 1 know better this man whom I have yet known but as the bravesoliier at the head of his company, When Lsee hin in captivity, in trial, in sick- hess, ealiug with me the crust, urinking with me the muddy Water, bearing cowardiy usage from his jailors— ll with-thas grand patience, | find in him a great man, and morally | see myseif upon my knees. befvre him to do honour, aud 1 whisper in mny own ear, ‘Ludovic Calem- hours, tell this, tue ouly man whom you ever loved better than yoursell, the plot which was made by the wreteli Mortlake, to oust hlin trom his Castle Brand)’ “And ttell him the whole story, by gar! I spare not Thyself at ail, thougi he scorns me with his hand, and Calls me ‘biack-leg,’ and thanks me nothing for my story, putaiter that he’s kinder to me, and rouses himself to stoop with me tlurough our prison floor, with the broken plate—I with the rasty key, and when we stand face to face under the stars beyond the prison bars, his hand so thin, so bleeding, is pointed Nourtiiward, tis sunken eyes gather fire, and he says: “«My forture is ou the Federal battle-field; such life as God sends me | Shall seek there; Lun: done forever with England. “Hon Diew! | love my brave St. Udo like a brother. Woulkt Uietiny brother urep Seven Oak Waaste turoug his fingers? “I say him neither yea nor nay, but traverse with him the dreary swamps, aud we go tou Washington, ‘GUS wouhds und weakness throw hia sick into a hos- pital. J, in my eiYorts to have a Knight of industry pro- perly compensated, am driven with howlings from the savage pl “ae in the pursuit of a virtuous livelincod In New York, jose sight for a time of my St. Udo. “Mademoiselie Walsingiiam, if Dame Fortune had really frowned upon my little secret scheme, Which was to pun- ish the dastard Mortlake, and to advance my brave cam- » Grade, she would not have thrown St, Udo in my way so ’ persistently, When Witu the tears and sorrow 1 had been ‘Yoreed to: part with him, as I feared for the last time, at Washingtuu. “But jook you lin my pursuit of purchasers for my .. us War-horses, | find myself in. a hospital, where u ~ general—great mao—has promised to meet me, andl meet once more, my colunelt He has been sent to New York for better attendance than cau be gotia Lhe overcrowded hospitals of Wasuington, anu I find lid weak as a chila from wound-feyer, and, by gar! Lam so overjoyed that 1 fall upOm his neck, and lorget to drive wy bargain with the general, “Tsay to him: «ion ami, 1 devote myself to you; I piedge myself to atucel the past by making up to you a little fortune. FPorswear the sword, mon Jrere, and turn it into @ pruning hook us 1 haye done; be camarade with me once more, anu we siiali reap a harvest of greenbacks from these patriots, who must every one be officer, and to ride away to battle must every one have a brave war- horse. Let us mount them, 720n frere—already [ have a modest little something made up wholly from the help J have given these patriots, What say you, my Brand “Mow Dieu, Mactemoiselle, he waxes very angry with me, and complains that I am taraisin g his honor with my villainous schemes for self-advaucemeat! 1, who am Willing to share my purse With him. _‘Lsay: ‘But Mousier, you have net heard me out yet. You have huwn ut me like your own obstinate vull-dogs, ar Se I IE RN 0 8 2 RO a 8 a | that bark! bark! bark! and will not hear reason. I have ' yet to finish my plan for your welfare, 1 would bave said | vad you not interrupted me. And then, when our purses )arst with greenbacks, let us go to England and see how Seven-Oak Waaste is getting on with Mortlake for a mas- ter, and the cempanien of the graid mere for a mistress. You like English fair play, my iriend; and it is uot English fair play to let Mortlake have Castle Brand.’ «“-sMortlakel’ shouts my invalid in a passion; ‘what pave i to do With him, or with Castle Brand, or with Miss Walsingham? Let them make what they like of it; 1am not going to soil my fingers dipping into the pot with them! 1 will never set foot in England again 1 tell you; and be good enough to understand me when I say sol’ “I throw out tie hand in disinterested despuir at his obstinacy, and ask how he is to live. ‘¢a soldier nay always live by his sword,’ he says, ‘and I don’t mind trying if the adage is true. And if ever I meet that sneaking valet of ours, Calembours, I'll horse- whip him for the mark of attention he gave me, and if you have any love-token to entrust me with, Vl! faithfully de- liver it too.’ “A strange suspicion has been in my mind since ever my colonel tola me of the dastardly murder which Thoms attempted upon him, which is tuat Thoms had been hired by my principal to do the deed after having spyed on us to seé that I fulfilled my contract. This isso humbling to my pride as a sharp-witted man whose motto is ‘The world loves to be gulled, and I am the one to gull them,’ that I breathe nothing of it, but, mordleu! I promise to myself that my Monsieur Mortlake shall hear of this. “So, generous vengeance firing me, I bid adieu to the valiant colonel, and return to the island of bull-dogs, full of indignation against the cur who will have the loud snarl af me, when I puil the bone out of histeeth. “And, ma Joi! what do I find? The papers vaunting Mademoiselle Walsingham’s courage in unmaskipg the im:postor—her wonderful integrity which refuses to ac- cept. Madame Brand's bequest; her cleverness in frus- irating the attempts upon her life. Everywhere I read paragraplis pertaining !o the ‘Castle Brand Plot,” I begin to feel the curiosity grow to see this worlderful- Mademoi- selle Margeurite. Se ae “Thave told you of my meeting at Canterbury of the abject Mortiake. Having scen him as securely entrapped as his bitterest enemy could wish, I come to you, full of my dreams for the noble Brand, and burning to thank you in his name for your bravery. : “I throw my money aboutlike the grand seigneur. I make all haste—I penctrate to your presence and find, not as St. Udo had believed, a cunning adventuress, but the empress of love, generosity, soul. : “f wave the hat again, and shriek brava ! bravissimo ! for I know that. my great news will bring the joy to your great heart, audd see that leetie conipensation already slipping into my pocket. Eh, Mademoiselle: Margaret rese and turned her face from the chevalier. As yet sye coula grasp nothing but the Knowledge that St. Tdo Brand was alfve; and ch, the whirl of joy which danced its wild measure in her heart! : He had risen from his shallow grave to a second life of purity and mayhap ef happmess. . “So good and so patient—waiting—waiting to accept the Jifé that God shall give.” ' Ahl might sve not hallow to him his resurrection by bands of love? iy bs aoineme 97 if! “He's not worthy of you,’’ erled Lady Dora, holding her off at arm’s length and looking at her with dubious eyes. “ll grant that he was a gallant soldier and a, handsome man, but he’s old in sin, and it’s not for you, my white dove, to nestle in the vuliare’s breast, and you won’t— ‘you won’t!"* snatching her to ner bosom and straining her ‘close. « La - ' . “J willhear nothing against St. Cdo Brand,” said Mar- garet, withdrawing herself and standing erect so that the generous fire in her face and yoice invested her splendid cure With a dignity most queen-like; *I,cannot expect | the world to believe in the true nobility of his character, butIknowit. Desperate he may baye been—reckless, ‘| scorning, but the crisis of his sinning has past and the man ‘is noble still; and Heaven wili bless immeasurably the wo- man who marries him.” — She clasped ber hands in her generous excitement, and stood, aresistless and passionate Conqueror, confessing tue greatness of her forgiveness fur the first time. “Faith, Lsee how itis that you haven’t a trought for poor Alfred,” sighed Lauy Dera, looking at her with tears in her bright black eyes; “because of the feilow’s misfor- tunes and on account of keeping his castie for him from other impostor who was worse than himself, you have Jen ba love with St. Udo Brand:in spite of hus evil repu- é tion. : . ‘ - “T.would give up anything—my iife—to make amends to Colonel brand for tne misfortunes I haye brought upon him,” said Margaret, with burning cheeks and distressed eyes, “but I never expect, or wish him to prize ny love: I owe him much, for being the marplot. of his life—” sbe paused, and the tears rolled sadly down her cheeks— “put I never dreamed—not once, that he would care for my love}? Dora, “and it’s not throw! lng yourself ayay you would be if you gave it. Now, ag Walsingham, durling, won't Won't you have me for.a sister.” “Your brother does me too much honor to propose such a thing,” returned Margaret, simply. “Not a bit of it! Pil teil you candidly I thought so my- self at first, and that's why I was so long in making up to you, for a simpleton as I was, and poor Alfred tearing at me every day. But 1 couldn’t help liking you at the last, mayourneen, and I'd be the happiest woman in the three kingdoms 10 call you the Duchess oi Piermont, and— there it’s out!” Margaret gazed in considerable surprise af her enthusi- asuc friend, : “T had not heard that the Duke of Piermont had a sis- ter,”? she faltered; “I am altogether astonished that you should advocate such a union—of course you are aware that Ihave not a drop of noble blood in my veins,” “Alfred says you have,” rejoined the lady, laughing en- joyably at her evident astonisiment; “ne has told me as often a8 there are legs on a centipede that you’re the noblest woman he ever met in all his born days. And you must know that Alfred is a boy of penetration; he has been years on years traveling and doing every London season (he’s got rid of his Irish tongue entirely—more shame to him!) and he has had plenty to choose from. And I’m quite willing to take his taste in the matter of the ducness of our house, dear, so you can’t ever fling up to me that I didn’t welcome you body and bones, mayour- neen.” “Is his grace on board then 7? “Yes, The boy has beenin shockingly low spirits for some time, sol made him shut up bonny Glenfarron ilouse, and take m:e out to America for &@ tour; and sure 1 found that we had left the old sod and its troutles, to accompany the trouble across the water. We hadn't been a day on bourd until he was thrown into lockjaw, or fits, by that little vision of a Chevaleer, or whatever they call him, jabbering about Miss Walsiogham; and since then it’s a queer life lve led walking the ceck. under the stars, With him, forall the werld asif he was my lover, only that his talk’s aboutyou. J’! tell you what it is, Miss Margaret, darling! he’s bound to you, body and soul, and I'd think it a burning shame if you turn from him to any otner man that breathes,” “J thank yeu both for this generous proposal,’’ mur- mured Margaret, “But what I toid him before, I can only repeat now: our paths lie in afferent directions, anu cunnot be brought together, Let him keep to his higher station, as 1 intend to keep to my lower one.” “A fig for all the stations in Christendom! The boy doesn’t care that for them,’*snapping her fingers. ‘ie wouldn’t look at Lacy Juliana Ducie, although she was as good as offered to him by the old marquis two or three limes. But Alfred is a boy of old-fashioned notions, and won't look at a pretty face, though backed by lands and titles, that can’t show himsometning better’ than that. Faith! [thought the boy was demented when he told me that the lovely Juliana Ducie, that everybody was so pleased at, was a ‘false-tongned, smooth-faced hypocrite, who would ruin hey best friend for her own advantage.’ I was sure enough he'd have to eat his words some bs but sure, now, what will ye say to hear he was right? > “Didn't the minx, thinking the impostor wo went to Seven-Oaks was the colonel, try to renew her engage- ment, and did it, too. And didn’t the old marquis come nome from yacnting, at Southampton, to find my lady in receipt of @ letter from the jail-bird, which he losisted ou seeing, as she was in hysterics over it? And wasn’t my fine gentleman bidding his ‘dear little Julie goud-by, as circumstances over which he had no control—an una- voidable engagement—liad sent bim to the Canterbury jail for a season, And if she still entertaiiied the idea of an clopement, would sie meet him on board the convict- Ship which took him back to Tasmania? Or, failing that, had she any objections to come and see his hanging, which was the only entertainment of a public character he could ever hope to atford her ? *Iancy my dainty lady’s feelings at getting a letter like that! And from the man whom she Was so anxious to marry! Why, everybody’s laughing at her folly; and her father is so angry that he has carried her off to Hautville Park for the rest of the winter, to hide her until he’s less ashamed of her. “Now, dont yousee how penetrating Alfred was, to find her shallowness out when she was trying her best to captivate him? Me's the best brother in the world—the wisest aud the kindest; and [wish you agreed with me, my darling, and wouid send me to the pour, quaking fel- low with the word he longs to hear.” ‘I¥e deserves the love of a good wife,” answered Margaret, with tears in her eyes. ‘But, dear Lady Dora, indeed I cannot marry him, Had all other tilings been equal, I do not love him as ne ought to be loved.” “Tuat’s enough, then,” rejoined Lady Dora, rising wrathfully; ‘and if it’s for the reason that ye’ve stated ye find it in your heart to be so hara, I'll not be grieving lor me boy’s sake, but for your own, with what's before ye, Whether ye know it or not, witha man that ?ildind a -way to break your heart for ye, hard as it is.” Having finished with some tearful quaverings, she rusned out of the State-room, and the conlerence was al an end, Poor Margaret, with her usual humility, felt much dis- tressed at tnis unexpected episode, und cast about anx- iously in her mind how she cowd best soothe the wounded feelipgs of the young duke and his warm- hearted sister. But she did not meet them until the next | day, as tney were steaming up the Narrows within sight 'of New York, While Margaret, with Davenport by her side, stood on the crowded quarter-deck, gazing at the beautiful city which was now the sbrine of her devotion, the Duke of Piermont stood not far away among the throng of pas- sengers, gazing, with his yearning love plainly speaking In is eyes, at the Woman who had decreed to him his tate, He did not attempt to come near her, nor did he yicld fo the wrathful twitch of Lady Dora, who wished to keep him away from such a stony-hearred enslaver; but, with eavious looks, watched the changes come ana go on that face, which seemed to him purer and more lofty than any he bad ever beheld on earth. “Sacre 1? yasped Calemvours, touching Davenport's elbow. ‘There is aman who must be, as you call it, ‘smashed,’ by your ward. They say he is the young Duke, par adieu. 1 hope he will not be the jiance of mademci- selle, instead of my camarade.” The next moment Margaret, glancing for a moment that way, saw his grace, and started forward, with a frank look of pleasure beaming in her eyes. “I would have regretted deeply missing this pleasure,” she said, meeting the brother and sister half way. ‘You have both been so kind to me—so kind!”—with a look of deep and gentle gratitude toward his grace—‘tbat 1 can scarcely eXpress my sense and appreciation of it.” A mortal pallor had overspread the young man's face. His hand trembled as it touched hers, and his tongue trembled, too, when he essayed to speak. “T would have known Miss Walsingham among a thou- sand, and yet illness and trials have robbed her even of tne delicate roses she possessed. I—I think she is more frail. than, perhaps, seis apt to imagine.” “Your grace is considerably changed, too. been ilk?” .He turned and looked imploringly at his sister, who was wringing Margaret’s hand, and patting it in a very arvent manner. “You don’t deserve me to speak to you,” said Lady Dora, ina vehement softo voce. “So Ill be looking for be oases down below, while you havea chat with the boy. Away she tripped with all haste,leaving Margaret standing silent by the side of her admirer. “Will you honor me with a word or two?” faltered his grace. ‘Perhaps you will not object to walking with me where there is less of a crowd.” “I pray you not to enter sgain upon a subject which I thought was at an end,’ murmured Margaret, reluc- tantly pacing the long deck with him, followed by the chevaller’s jealous eyes, “Circumstances have thrown us together again so strangely,’ returned the young man, leaning in a de- jected attitude across the taffrail, that I could not resist the hope which entered my mind of being mvre success- Have you “A betterman cares ace Caray retorted hady{ | you take w friend's odhyite and weara ducal coronet?. ful this time. You wished me not to seek you out, and | ave been firm in obeying you, hard asit was to avoid your vicinity while ail these extraordinary trials were besetting you. Oh, Miss Walsingham, how I have longed to take you away from the miserable position in which that Will has plunged you, and to guard you with my name and love itom what you baye suffered! Butl div not seek you bécanse you had exacted from me a prom- ise to leave you, unmolested. But, now, has not Teaver thrown us together in the most marked manner by sena- ing us three thousand miles acress the sea in the same steamer? Itseems as if we were destined for each other, does it not? And that Providence is pointing out, for the second time, the path we ought to pursue?’ “There is one obstacle to your grace’s rather supersti- tious faney,’’ rejoined Margaret, ‘‘one which Providence isnot likely to overlook. Ido not entertain for your grace that regard which heaven has decreed should be petween husband and wife, and if Lady Dora has nghtly reported our interview of yesterday, you know that sucu aregard is out of the question.” Picrmont bowed his head on his hands and bore his dis- appointment in silence. . “Tam glad that I bave had this opportunity,’ resumed Margaret in a gentle voice, ‘of. thanking you again for the generous love you offer me—a love which the noblest lady would be richly Bonored in receiving, and though I mest refuse it, itis with a keen appreciation of its value. I shall always remember your grace with gratitude—ay, with affectionate solicitude, and your whole-souled sister also”? { “T wish you every happiness,” muttered the young man, lifting his haggard face and trying to smile; ‘ana may your love be piaced upon aman worthy to receive it. Bat, beloved Miss Walsingham, uf ever circumstances throw you free and untrammeled upon tie world, and if you can send one thought of affection to me, give me the chance to try my fate a third time.” " He pressed her hand fora moment to his fond and fool- ish heart, which was throbbing like to burst for the sitm- ple girl before him, and then he went away. “By Gar! ejaculated the chevalier, plucking Daven- port’s sleeve, “the tete-a-tete has broken its neck off short—se, in the middle. Here comes aman all ready for a dose of prussic acid, or & duel with hisrival. Bravo, mademoiselie! You are one tramp to stick to the colo- nel, and to send the coronet away, And there is the charmane demoiselle with the biack eyes; see how she does poance upon our duke and walk him away. Aha, you don’t like it, miladi, do you? Would you not love to pullthe eyes out © emoiselle Marguerite with those pretty leelie ni oR, Betrothed, Wedded and Divorced. | & Story of New York City Life. _ By NED BUNTLINE, (E. Z. C. JUDSON.) (“The Shadowed Altar? was commenced in No. 16. Back num- bers can be had of all Newsdealers throughout the U. 38.) CHAPTER XXXVI. “Anna, there is more in this matter than you dream of,*? cried Mrs. Marston, as she entered the chamber of her daugnter, who was dressing, forit was near the hour when her husband would return, The face of Mrs. M. was flushed with excitement and she was very nervous, “Motner, | wish to hear nothing: J love my noble hus- band dearly, traly, and love knows no. distrust.’’ “Child, you will, at least, hear me.” “Not if you try to make me Jove bim Jess, treason to jis troth to do so, dear mother.” “Anna, you believe yourself to be that man's wife ?”’ “Motner, I know it—I KNOW Ir |? ‘And 1 know that ie has another wife living.” “Mother, have you seen her, or a certificate even ?”? “T have seen HER—sue entered the consul’s office just after me, while I was making inquiries, and though sne couid speak no Engiish, the secretary of the consul trans- lated her tale tome. I could not doubt her words—the sobs, the.ageny of a deserted wife!” “Oh, Heaven! Mother, if tnis is true, my heartis broken}? And white as snow, almest as cold, poor Anna sank into a Seat. “My poor wrenged girl, we will have satisfaction for this. Ife is only a base fortune-hanter, and “No, mother, stop there. lf Zam_ wronged, I will not wrong himinthe smallest point. He is not mercenary. He has not used and would not use one cent of my mon- ey. Nor will he allow any of my property or yours go to his use. If hehas deceived me because of my poor beauty and my wild love for him, Ueaven forgive him, as ido. My heart will break and that will end it.” She was very still, very firm when she spoke, but oh, so pale. ; Had she wept, sovbed, or in outward show told how fearful was this shock, 16 would nave been better for her. «“Mother,’”? she continued, ‘did you bring that woman here to confront him?” “No, child, 1 did not wish a scene ere, Bat L directed her to his counting-room, and before this they haye met face to face.” “Then I shall see hita no more, to come, ulter he knows all is discovered. Ifeaven! this is terribie—terridle !” “It 7s cruel, child, and I will be revenged, if you are not. #e shall know what suffering is? “Hark, mother, hark—thatis hisstep. He is coming up tie stairs with the same Jight bounding tread as yes- terday. O, Heaven help me!” “Te shail not enter!’? cried Mrs. Marston, “I will or- der him from the house instantly! You need not even look on the monster!” The door opened and Edgar Mansfield entered and was hurrying toward his loved wife, when Mrs. Marston haughtily interposed her stately form between them, and said sternly: “Do not ipproach my daughter sir. Leave her to the pusery you have bronghttpon her, the shame, the dis- grace. On that I could crush you wita a look.” “Madam, are you insane? Why do you interpose be- tween me and my dear, dear wife!” “Your wife? Colonel Mansfield, she Knows all your perfidy. Ihave seen your reat wife. From her own lips { have heard her sad story. Aona knows all and will no longer be duped by a fortune-hunting villain. Leave this house, sit—leave itat once and thank fortune, that a dread of bringing my pv0r danghter’s sorrows before the public alone keeps me from having you arrested,”? Colonel Mansfield stood stillin astonishment. What could this mean? Le tried to read an answer in tive face of his young wife, That he could not see. Her head was bowed dowa on her clasped hands. “Anna l It was only a name—er name, which he had spoken @ thousand times before. A Dame he had whispered in his loving dreams—breathed while business was 1n his brain, but she ever, éve7 in his heart! Only a name, but it Came up in such a low, wailug tone of agony, thatshe trembled wuile she listened, ‘ “ANNA 1? She did not raise her head, but she trembled like an as- pen leaf. “Oh, just Teaven! must thisbe?’ hegroaned. ‘The whole love of my nature has been given to one whom a slan- derer Can approacti and so convince that she will not listen to me!’ “Must I again say to you, sir, go ?”’ cried Mrs, Marston, angrijy. “Is not her distress enough to make her dumb ? It would be For he will not dare Oh, merciful Why persist in making her mere wretched ?” “Madam, I ain the victim of a vile conspiracy, managed how I Know not, por for what purpose, except It be to de- stroy the happiness of two loving hearts. 1 will not re- main under yonr roof after you bid me go. -But I have a right to know from yonr daughter’s lips whether she wishes te separate from one Wil0 worships her a3 woman seldom és worshiped !? “Do you not sce, sir, bow dgifated she is? cruel as you are base and unnianly !? “Madam, it is unmanly for me to stand here for an in- stant in the position of a suppliant. Bat, oh, it is so, so hard to wake from a dream of Heaven to this—to this!” Anna raised her head. Her eyes were full of tears; but they were restrained by the strong will of her nature. “Anna, if L must leave you, your lips must speak the word |”? he almost moaned. : She looked at him once—his face so white, so full of un- utterable agony. Whycouldshe doubt him? What fiend, seeking the most cruel of all tortures, first placed the thorn of doubt in the heart of leve? “Colonel Mansfield if you are innocent, you shall have achance to prove it. My daughter shull at once institute proceedings for a divorce!” “Madam, you certainly speak in a very business like way. I will strive to meet tnis blow, at least with thedig- nity which becomes a nan. Anna, if your love is so tickle that the foul breath of slander can even shake it, much more draw it from me—I shall take but little trouble to endeavor to retain it, Were I to resist a divorce it would not be to retain you, but to show the world that my honor is spotless. I know but too well how perjured evidence | can be had, judges be bribed, how innocence can be black- ened. I go, but I do not say farewell? That eruel word must come from yor lips not mine !? He turned away, his soul so wild with agony, his heart so wrapped in gioom that death would have. been relief. His step was heavy as he went away—he did not hear a_ low, agonized wail, as poor Anna rose to her feet, breathed out his name and fell senseless to the floor. t Sternly he went to tell his darling Pearl, his idolized | sister, that she with him must seek another roof for shel- ter—tiat bis dream of happiness for her and for himself was over—that henceforth his life was to be a blank. On} life, Wye? why should one chng-to it when all is darkness around him—when a crowded worldis a wilder- ness, aye, worse than a desert to the heart, ; CHAPTER XXXVIT, Mrs. Marston, with a cry of alarm, rushed to the side of her daughter and tried to raise her from the floor. “My chuid—my child! The shock has “Killed her |?’ she - moaned. With difficulty, she was herselfso overcome, the anx- ious mother raised and bore poor Annatoa sofa and bathed her head quickly with water. With a sobbing sigh the young Wife opened her eyesas poor Pearl rushed into - the room. ce : “Oh, Anna, my own sister, what is the matter?’ she cricd, in a tone Wild with anxiety. “Brother says I must leave this house with him instantly. Oh, whatis it—what is it? Tell me before my heart breaks.”? “Come to me—come to me, Pear}.”? Ang the arms of Anna extended to receive the pure little Tairy who was now for the first time to feel the eliill of the heart’s winter. 5 Impulsively Pearl rushed to the arms which had so_of- ten clasped her, and together the two young, lovely crea- tures wept and sovbed,. Mrs. Marston once more grew calm and haughty, as the alarm caused by her daughter's swoon passed away, And when Pearl once more sobbed out a question, it was she who answered. “Pearl,” said she, “you are a dear, good little creature and with us shal! ever be welcome toa home. But your brother has treated Anna too shamefully for us to permi£ his stay under this roof any longer.” ; Peari did not cry any more. A strange quiet came over her, lixe the lull which sometimes occurs in the micst ef atempest. Shedrew up and cut of the embrace ot Anna’s arms. She rose lo her feet and looking Mrs. Mar- ston fall in the face with her clear blue eyes, asked ina yoice that had no tremor: ; “What has my brother done ?? : : “He has wrecked the happiness of my darling child.” “ITow, please to tell me how.”? “Tie has, ike a yulain, married her while he had au- other wife living.’”? ‘‘Anna, do you believe this of my brother?” : Pearl was yet very, very calm as she asked this ques- tion. She scarcely breathed while she waited Tor an an- swer, “Mother has seen his wife,’? sobbed out Anna. “Oh Pearl, my heart is breaking.” - ae : “My brother spoke the truth when he isaid this roof You are as could no longer shelter me,” said Pearl. “7 cannot stay with those who doubt the truth anu the honor of the best, the noblest, the purest brother, a sitter ever had, Anna‘ Heaven will prove his innecence. Good-by—I must go avith him !? : ‘ : “Peari—Pearl ! do not go,” moaned out the wretched young wife. Ne i ; but Pearl was already gone—gone to join the brother whom she trusted as she did her own spotiess soul. There was no delay. Leaving a line only saying where their baggage would find them, the brother and sister with their wronged hearts suifering an agony no words could describe, left the house which had been so like an earthly beaven until then. : i Poor Charity Conklin knew not whattodo. She had received no explanation. All had oceurred so rapidly, that no cause for this singular separation had reached her ears. Pearl had too much misery of her own to think of sharing it with her old friend. ; ; So the good old Jady in doubt, anxiety and perplexity wandered about, dusting things over and over again, murmuring from time to time: “Pither they're all¢razy, or I have gone clear out of my senses. 1 wonder which it is?” CHAPTER XXXVI. “Glorious—glorious news, my fair ally,’ cried Frank Belphor, as Miriam Volski, accompanicau by Awnings, en- tered the room where he and Durant were listening to the story told by the spy trom the Marston muunsion. “Your plans have succeeded beyond our most sanguine expectations, The honeymoon Is scarcely over, yet Ed- gar Mansfield and his bride are separated, and proceed- ings for a divorce on the part of the injured wile are avout to be instituted’? “Injured 27 There was a world of sarcasm in the Icok that flashed out with the word from Miriam lips. ; “Well the world will say so !’’ said Belphor with a sneer. “And what the world says will be believed, whether it is true or not.’? “That is justice /'? And again the eyes of the beautiful girl threw out flashes of sarcastic light. “New York justice!’ said Durant, with a dry smile. “Now, I suppose, as I have accomplished your work, you will throw ali your energies on mime !’’ said Anna, at once clanging tlie poimt vf conversation. “All our energies aie enlisted in your service now |" said Belphor. ‘By this time cur agent in the establish- Juent of Doctor Merle is worming out every secret there. And the moment we hear wer report, we shall be ready to act and to gain the release of your mother by force if ne- cessary. _But our work in the other case is not done. I rejoice that so secon has that proud man lost the jewel which I coveted and which be secured ip spite of me. But, she must be mine, and he must know that 1 possess her before my vengeance is compiete.”” ‘ “Do not both suffer enough now ?? asked Mariam. ‘“No—for both live and time will soften their sorrows ! My vengeance will not die with death, Ske must and suall be mine, and fe must know it. And when she is nine, then she shall know he was innocent and that she has wronged him, and that on her side has been all the injustice. Then the proud heart which scourged me will break and I will be satisfied.” ; “The fiends will not all be dead while Frank Belphor lives!’ said Miriam, musingly. “But 1 am forgetinI—l have an engagement to meet. Mr. Horace Blachart begins to have bad dreams. He finds that the guilt and cruelty of years are beginning to roll up egainst him, and that the day of reckoning must be near.’ “Yes, fair lavy, he undoubtedly has some anxieties, but i met him to-day and there was defiance in his tone and 100K.’ “Both tone and look will change when my dear mother is by my side. When she is outof his power I will be less merciful to bim than yon to these whose dream of biiss has been so remorselessly swept away. The vast property which he has done so much to gain, will be wrested from him—his hopes will all be shattered—he shall be reduced 19 beg bread from the hands of those he has wronged, and in place of bread he shall receive a stone.” “It will be hard to reduce a man like him to beggary. Not only is he rich in estate, real and pe rsohal, but he is rich in’ business resvurces, in those powers of mind which grasp making chances, and turn corners where others stop )’ said Durant. “For all this he sballbe ground down beneath a wo- man’s heel,”? said Miriam, with that quiet firmness so characteristic of her imperious nature, ‘And you, gen- sleman, much as you have plotted and successfully as you nave worked, shall acknowledge that in untiringspatience, in sleepless energy, in the fullness of hate, J, young as L ain, am competent to all that 1 have undertaken. But I mustgo. Ihave an engagement which must be met. I wil come at this hour to-mverrow, expecting to hear some news from your agent in the private asylum!’ She bowed and went away, followed in silence by Awn- ings, who had lost ail his forward ways since he found hunself acknowledged and treated as a brother by that beautiful girl whom he looked upon as ear an angel as a morial could be. : If his education and past babits unfitted him at once to step into the place of a gentleman: in achons, hingvuge, &¢., ue had more sense than the suddegly-riseu generally have. He ind his ignorance im his silence and studied to learn whue he Kept quiet. ¥ Tnere is many a one now in my mind’s eye whom I can look back to in days gove by, walking in bare-foocted penury, who could learn & Valuable lesson in the conauct of Awuings. ? Bat, set a beggar on horseback and he will ride to Hackensack!”? CHAPTER XXXIX. Night set in, dark, gloomy snd threatening. Rain ariz- gled down and a heavy tog enveloped everything mov- ing or still. None passed along the streets except those who iad to, ' On suchanight the poor little trained beggars, who support lazy drunkards by their gains, throng the corri- dors of hotels, and reap a rich barvest from the unso- pinsticated strangers who believe their pitiful tales of @ sick father Who can’t work, of a@ poor »morher who has worked herself so sick she can work no rmore. But avast heaving Ned, or in opening the eyes of a eT ee ae ee PRPS eG IIAS ELO CL ALEN HE a OPER EYL OO NEI CIM CAAT ch SICAL ah > Beats stranger to the impositions of the thousand, you may make him turn one who needs, empty-handed from his presence. So give, stranger, whenever your heart prompts you—you’ll hit the right nail on the head once in a while, and at any rate save a squalid child from the merciless beating it is sure to get in this Christian city, if it goes back without money to him or her who sent it forth. it was night, and leaving her carriage two blocks away, the better 10 keep the secret of her abode from the law- yer, Miriam Volski, accompanied by Awnings, made her way along the sloppy street to the building in which the oftice of Eldad Grump was situated. The street was quite deserted. gone home long before, tired and weary, hours of rest were at hand. ho ; Business men 1n that locality, living off in the suburban towns, had steamed away in the fog over one or the other great river which girdles the isle of Manahatta, Only here and there a light other than the street lamps could be seen, Where some overworked artisan still toiled on, or some hapless brain-worker pored over the weary labor which amusing others, is but living death to him, Miriam might or might not have noticed a large, black, curtained coach near the door which she entered—if she did, she paid no heed to it, for she had such a belief in the avaricious nature of Eidad Grump, that she believed him bound to her by the reward she was to give him for his treachery to Horace Blachart. f Keen as sie was she did not yet realize that a traitor to one side, will be ready to betray the other just as quickly, if it will only pay a little better. Followed by Awnings she entered the outer office of the lame lawyer. It was dimly lighted by two lamps—one on his desk, the other on that of Mr. Screws, who, even at that hour, sat at his usual post seeming intently engaged in copying some document. ; Eldad Grump jumped from his seat when Miriam en- tered, und hopping half way across the room in three or four semi-circular whirls, bowed his fawning salute and then placed chairs for his visitors near the door of the inner office and with their backs to it. “You desired a special interview with me and my brother, this evening, Mr. Grump,”’ said Miriam, as soon as she took her seat. 7 “Yes, my fair young friend—a recent conversation which { had with you—or I should say witn Mr. Horace Blachart made this interview necessary.” “Indeed ! Has his cold heart, if heart he has, relented? Is he willing to restore my mother to her rights and to her children ?”” “No, my dear young lady, he has not the most remote idea of doing anything so unnatural to him.” “Then what has he to propose? Surely not a compro- mise—for you know and could tell him that in me there is no such thing as a spirit of compromise.” “He is aware of that, fair lady, andsoamI, He there- fore suggested another plan for the present settlement of your claims.”’ “May I know what it is, Mr. Grump ?? “Oertainly, fairlady. He proposes to take you under his special care hereafter as any parent has a right to do and under a pressure of circumstances by him brought - about { am obliged to yield my assent, Gentlemen, these are your boardéis.”” ; Before either could comprehend their peril, or even more, they were seized trom behind, bound, and their heads so muffled up that they could scarcely breathe, much less make an outcry. Then they were lifted bodily up and carried away in the arms of strong men, placed in a carriage with a man by the side of each, and this was driven swiftly away. A warning that a loud word from either would be the signal for instant strangulation was rudely given, and then for hours, it seemed, they were Qrivenon and not a word was spoken. They heard the dash of waters and felt the jar of steam machinery after a while, and by this they knew that they were being removed from the city, but whither they could not dream. , Poor Miriam regretted, but too late, that she had not taken steps to insure her safety against such treachery. She knew that for the time, at least, she was in the pore. of Horace Blachart, but she did not despair, She had a nature two firm and unyielding to shrink because amishap occurred. Silently she pressed her brother ty the hand, felt his sympathetic grasp in return, and she resolved in the strength of her will to add to the punish- ment of her persecutor when her turn came to be upper- handed CHAPTER XL. Sickness of the body makes strange changesin the looks of the sufferer. But sickness of the mindis a a times more powerful in transformation of ooks. : Poor Anna in two sleepless nights, in two long, weary, restless days of agony, had grown so wan, so pale, so hollow-cheeked and sad-eyed, thatif she had looked in her mirror she would have been terrified. She satin the parlor waiting to see the lawyer whom her mother had sent for, to commence the proceedings which would enable her legally to learn the guilt or the innocence of the man whom she yet loved with that clinging affection which seems never entirely to leave a Wwoman’s heart, much as she may strive to resist its stay. The door opened and she turned to confront, not the lawyer, but the bold, handsome, bad face of Frank Bel- phor, the gambler. “Sir, what do you mean by this intrusion?” she cried, angrily. “Soltly, fair lady, softly, for yourown sake, and do not make a scene. How, without incurring the risk of your refusal to see me, entered this house, is at present a secret. Butlask only a brief interview, because it is a matter of vital interest that you should hear me.”’ “Then, sir, let the interview be brief, indeed, or I will summon servants who will eject you from the house with more force than ceremony.” “Were one of your servants, lady, to offer to lay a hand on me, l-would shoot him dead in his tracks. I am not naturally a bad man, but when cornered lam desper- BvB.27 “I do not fear yor threats, or your desperation, sir. If you have business with me, let it be made known at once.”? “J obey, fair lady. I came to offer my services to pun- ish the Villain who deceived you into a mock marriage.” “Gambler ! The man whom behind his back you have the courage to call villain, from whom you once shrank in this very room like a whipped cur, is as much your superior, even if he ts guilty of what he is charged, as the sun in its noon-tide glory is superior to the light of a penny candle. Go, sir, if thisis all your business, and know that I glory in having loved andin having been loved by a brave man who wears an honor in every scar gained in his country’s battles capable of effacing a thousand wrongs and slanders. Go, sir, go!”’ “J will go now, Anna Marston, or Mansfield, for I care not which name you choose to bear. I go, only to pre- pare to humble your pride. For you shall yet kneel a suppliant to me—to the man you despise. I will make your name a by-word and a jest on every ruffian lip in the town. Your portrait, which I have, shall be copied, and hung on the walls of every gambling-hell in this great city; aye, in every den of vice the picture and the name shall be seen; and, when you ride along the streets, bad men will jeer, while the good turn their heads away. You need not flash your angry eyes at me. I do not fear them now. You need not call a servant. It might cost him a life, and me a load of powder and lead. Farewell for the present—the present only—for mine you shall be, if your life and mine are spared for but a little while. “Wretch, begone! so long to you.”? “Yon will listen longer when next we meet, and more patiently before our next interview ends. 1 will leave you now, not because you bid me go, but because I have work to do. Ihave a proud, willful woman to conquer and subdue—to bring in abject shame and sorrow to a condition so low, so helpless, that she will implore me— me, whom she now hates, to lift her up, and honor by a place near my person. 1do0notsay farewell. We soon shall meet again.’? And while she, wild with indignation, hurried to pulla bell-cord, summoning a servant, the gambler left noise- lessly, as he came. “Send the hall porter here,’ she cried to the servant who entered, and who was the very man who had ail the time acted as a spy for the two gamblers. In a few moments the porter responded to the call. “Wny do you admit persons into this house without sending their cards to me ?”’ she asked. “My good lady, Ihave not admitted any one to-day, with or witnout cards, ’replied the man, respectfully, but apparently surprised witn the question. “A man just now left my presence. How did he come, and how did he pass out ?”? “If by the front door, he certainly got in and out with- out ringing the bell, ma’am; and I always keep it locked on. the inside. If you please, I will go and examine eDo 80.” The porter was absent scarce half a minute. “The door ts unlocked, Ma’am, and it must have been eos by some one inside. I will take my oath that it was not me.’ “I believe you,’ said Anna, quietly. ‘There is some traitor within doors here, and he will yet be discovered. There is no harm done as it is now, but hereafter I wish the door kept locked and the key retained in your — when not needed for use to let one of usin or out. The work girls had glad that the I scorn myself that I have listened {To be Continued.] TO NEWS AGENTS Just Commencing Business! News Agents who have but recently com- menced business and who have not yet re- ceived circulars from us, will favor us by at once forwarding their FULL addresses to this office. 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In this number we publish the initial chapters of a rich, racy and exciting border story, entitled “SQUIRREL CAP, OR, THE RANGER OF RACCOON RIDGE.”’ The author, who is well-known to the readers of the only literary paper worthy of being termed a rival to the NEw YORK WEEKLY, has chosen the nom de plume of ‘‘BURKE BRENTFORD” under which to make the acquaintance of our readers, He wishes to come before them as a writer who bases his claim to their attention not on what former honors he may have acquired, but by the excellence of the stories which he may present for their perusal. We think that ‘Squirrel Cap’ cannot prove other than a favorite with our readers; he is a quaint humorist, a genial, tender- hearted man, and is brimful of drollery and fun. Those whe admired “Nick Whiffles” will take ‘Squirrel Cap” into favor at once; for though the characters are humor- ists of different kinds, they are alike in their uncultured goodness, manly bravery, and unselfish devotion. We commend “Burke Brentford’ to the readers of the NEW YORK WEEKLY as a writer who is amusing, entertaining, instructive and forcible—as a worthy addition to our em- inent staff of contributors. HOW WE WENT UP. BY REV. T. DE WITT TALMAGE. Puff! puff! goes the locomotive, and the passengers for Mount Washington are set down at the ‘Tip-Top House.””? So all the romance of climbing is gone. We shail yet visit the Holy Land with the “Owl train.” Who knows but the water of the Helicon may yet be made to turn-a factory of shoe-pegs? Bucephalus would be a plain horse on Central Park, and Throckmorton’s point- er, of history, is nothing, compared with our dog, sharp at the nose, thin at the flanks, long in the limb, and able to snuff up the track of the reindeer three miles away. We tell a story of olden times—that is, of three years ago, for the world no longer contents itself to turn once a day on its axis, but makes fifty revolutions a minute. The breakfast hour of the Crawford House, at the White Mountains, is past, and word is sounded through all the halls of the hotel that those who desire to ascend Mount Washington must appear on the piazza. Thither we come, though an August morning, in midwinter ap- parel. The ladies, who the evening before had lighted up the parlors with the flash of diamonds, now appear in rough apparel, much of which has been hired from the porter of the hotel, who sticks out his sign of hats, coats, and skirts to let. A lady, minus hoops, minus laces, minus jewelry, plus a shaggy jacket, plus boots, plus a blanket, equals a lady equipped for the ascent of Mount Washington. The horses came, unled, answering to his name— cer.’? They were ecustomea to mo of their stables, each one “White Stocking,” and orses, unlike those you. ‘sides, their knees, and f the mountains. They had clamberea terriple hi dbeen cut again and again by the rocks. Not bit-champing horses, thunder- necked, but steady, serious, patient, the gloom of shadow and precipice in their eyes, a slight stoop in their gait, as though accustomed to move cautiously along places where it would be perilous to walk upright. We helped the ladies into the saddle, though we were all the time afflicted with the uncertainty as to whom we were help- ing, and not knowing whether the foot we put into the stirrup belonged to a Fifth avenue belle, or one not ac- customed to such polite attentions. Thirty-five in all, we moved up the bridle-path, through the woods, a band of musicians playing a lively air. With what exhilaration we started we will not attempt to tell, for we were already at great altitudes, and had looked on the Kearsarge, and the Chocorna, and felt the stroke of those emotions that slide from the stupendous boulders of the Willie peaks when one first gazes upon them. “General Scott,’ considered the safest horse in all the mountains, began his upward career that morning by brushing off against atree his fair rider. He did not seem sorry a bit, but looked round to me with a wink, as much as to say, ‘‘I do not like to wear delles in the sum- mer time;” and, while I stood shocked at the poverty of the pun, he seemed hardly able to keep from breaking into a horse-laugh. Orders pass along the line: ‘Bear hard in tne stirrup!’ cr, “Hold fast the pommel of the saddle!’? Up a cor- duroy path we mounted, and wedged ourselves through narrow defiles,and hight after hight sank beneath, and the hoofs of the horse before us clattered close by the ears of our own trusty beast that bore bravely on, though the white legs that gave to him the name of White Stocking, were already striped with blood struck out by the sharp edges of the first mountain. ; After a while the guides commanded us to halt. We were coming to more exciting experiences. The horses girths were taken up another hole into the buckle, and their shoesexamined. Again we fallintd line. The guide takes his position by a plunge of rocks so as to steady and encourage horses and riders. The ponies halt at the verge, look down, measure the distances,and examine the places for a foothold. ; “Steady !? shouts the guide. ‘Steady !’ cry the riders, and down the rocks you go, now with a leap, now with a slide, now with a headlong stumble against which you jerk up the reins with all your might, the horse recoyer- ing himself, and stepping midway the declivity for an- other look before a deeper piunge, until, all panting and a-tremble with the exertion, he stops to rest a moment at the foot of the rocks, and you turn round, put your hand on your pony’s back, and watch others poised for the same leap. Two hours more, and we have ieft vegetation behind us. Mountain, ash, and birch, and maple, that we saw soon after starting, cannot climb such steps as these. Yes, we have come where spruce, and fir, and white pine be- gin to faint by the way, and in every direction you see the stark remains of the trees which have been bitten to death by the sharp white teeth of the frost. Yet God does not for- sake even the highest peaks. The majesty of forests may be Genied them, but the brow of this stupendous death hath its wreath of alpine plants, and its catafalque is strewn with blue bells, and anemones, After passing great reaches of desolation you suddenly come upon a hight garnished with a foam of white flow- ers dashed up from the sea of divine beauty. There, where neither hoof, nor wheel, can be traced, you find the track of God’s foot in the turf, and on the granite, great natural laws written on “tables of stone,” hurled down and broken by the wrath of the tempest. Oh! how easy to see that the Divine care is here tending the white flocks of flowers which pick out their pasturage among the clefts. Weare now in the region of driving mist, and storm, and hurricane. The wind searches to the bone, and puts @ red blossom on the soberest nose. It occurred to us that this must be the nest where all winds and storms of the country are hatched out under the brooding wing and the iron beak of this great Mount Washington blast. The rain drips from the rim of our hats. Through the driving mist the advancing cavalcade looked weird and spectral. Those coming behind and beneath you, seem like ghosts traveling up from some nether world, and those before and above, as though horsed on the wind. Five of the party long ago turned back overcome by cold, and fatigue, and fright, and accompanied by one of the guides are by this time safely returned. The rest are still advancing, and the guide with his long staff urges on the ponies. We are told that we are at the foot of the last steep. We cannot restrain our glee. We shout and laugh. The dullest man of all actually attempts a witti- cism. Our blood tingles, hurrah for Mount Washington ! We talk to persons that we never knew as though they were old acquaintances. We praise our horse. We feel like passing over our right hand to our left and congratu- lating ourselves. Deacons, ministers, and the gravest of the grave, sing snatches of ‘John Brown,” ‘Yankee Doodle,” and the ‘Girl Ileft Behind Me.” Our dignity loses its balance and falls off, and rolls down the side of the mountain, six thousand two hun- dred and eighty-five feet, so that the probability is that it will never again be recovered. We drive into the pen of rocks, and as the party start on foot for the Tip-top House afew rods off, we give one long, loud halloo, and the storms answer. Having entered the house, we threw off our coats. We gathered around the red-hot stoves. Some sat down ex- hausted; others were hysterical from the excitement. Strong men needed to be resuscitated; but by the time the dinner bell soundéd the whole party were sufficiently revived to surround the tables, It is astonishing with wat force the cork of a cham- pagne bottle will fy out, Two of the company were knocked over by one of these corks, and one of the two afterward fell from his horse aud went rolling down the mountain. Elegant genjleman he was before the cork struck him, any had an elegant overcoat which he put up in a bet and lost, and would have been obliged to descend the mountain in a shivering condition (but for the guide who lent him a coat) through a hail storm in which our horses stopped, and turned their backs, and refused to go till goaded on by tile guides. With this exception the diuing hour was not marred. But while we were abun- dantly supplied, alas for “White Stocking,” “Spot,” and “Bouncer.” They stood in a roofless pen. Mountain horses have a hard life. Did wenot pride ourselvhs on our orthodoxy we would express the hope that these suf- fering beasts, somuch wronged on earth, may have a future life, where, unharmessed and unwhipped,they may range in high, thick, luxuriant pasture forever and ever. —_—_—_—_- + @< —_____. ENCOURAGEMENT TO BEASTS. There are occurrences every day which are calculated to arouse indignant comment from every friend to hu- manity, incidents replete with sickening horror, often sufficient to chill the blood and tnrn the soul to an icy loathing of the creatures who disgrace the natural forms of man or woman. An average of a murder each day since the first of last December has occurred in or near New York, and in almost every case the victim or the victimiser has been a drunkard or a drunkard-maker. Yet, with the terrible increase of drunkenness in our land, and the vice, poverty and crime whicli follow in its train, those engaged in the traffic do not seem to be sat- isfied with the hight of the fearful tide—something more must be done to swell it and fill their coffers with the price of human woe and life. In our ¢ity free lunches, specie in change, everything but limitless “credit” is thrown out to draw victims into the net. But a fellow out West, ‘‘out-Herods Herod.” We see this paragraph in the Sun of March 17th: “A saloon keéper at Jatiésvills, Wis., offers a prize of gold-headed ¢ane to the man who shail drink and pay for the most liquor during tue present year.” : In other words, the man who can most essentially reach eat aes 5 op hedctiality. choll soaois for his murderer ? To Correspondents. Gossip WirH READERS AND CONTRIBUTORS.— Joe F, Hershon.—The diamond is vastly the most valuable of pre- cious stones. After it comes the oriental ruby, then the pearl, the sapphire, the emerald, the topaz, garnets, chrysolites, etc. The opal usually in value is lewn down in the scale, taking rank with amethyst, onyx, cat’s-eye, etc ; but there are opals which bring high figures in consequence of their great beauty and bril- MAG ...cn0 Erin.—It is impossibie for us to say what amount toe agent should hold to the credit of the town without knowing what profit he received on his sales. It he sold the liquor at cost he would have in hand, after deducting expenses, $18 which belonged to the town. The bill is made out in such a bungling style thata Philadelphia lawyer—a class of men who are pro- verbially acute—could make nothing of it....IJs. A, A, Avin.— The sketch has not been lost, but has not yet been published... Nineveh.—lst. A doctor should ‘have, if not a college education, a good high school education, as the terms in use in medicine and physiology are almost entirely taken from Latin and Greek. 2d. The cost we cannot state, but it takes years of close study to make a good physician. 3d. As in all the other professions, untila reputation has been gained the income of doctors is but er. We have known deep read and skillful doctors who did not make as much for the first few years of their career as would pay office hire....S. Z. ¥.— You write a good hand, which with practice would in a short time be entirely upto the bookkeeper’s standard...... H. D.— We know of no way in which youcan learn the name of the firm “about starting the Spectacle business’? in Detroit...... A Verdant Inquirer.—ist.. We cannot say how long a courtship should continue before an offerof marriage ismade. Some men propose after a few weeks’ acquaintance with the lady, while it takes others months and years to attain courage to ask the all-important question, Ane should think, would be sufficient for any man to learn her he and the lady of his love are suited to each other in disposition. 2d. An engage- ment should not continue a greater period than from two months to a year.......Reader.—We must decline giving the ad- TB 23.6. 3. ionery.—ist. There is no such word as “‘comiorta- bility,” consequently it would be incorrect to use it in any con- nection whatever. 2d. Your penmanship is fair....... Gus.—Ist. Negro minstrels use burned cork to blacken their hands and faces. Before applying they rub the parts to be blackened with mutton tallow. The story will shortly be published. 3d. There is no simple way to Coior the hair black; the oyes are all compound, every one of which is injurious to the hair and skin, and many of them dangerous to the general health. 4th Mix olive ot! and lemon juice together,and then rub on the face, and the compound will remove the tan........ Francis Feldman.—ist. Your handwriting would be excellent, did you give a little more care to it. In writing the letters should be connected, and the space between the words should be about the same. 2d. Nothing whatever can be predicted from dreams. There have been singular coincidences of dreams coming true, but these ccincidences only prove the more surely that, in the main, dreams are the wiid vagaries and fanciful imaginings of the brain when only partialiy working. 3d. What becomes of the actors after they have grown too old to act, it were hard tosay. Some of thein succeed in saving sufficient to enable them to live in independence in their old age, others are supported by their chi!dren, while others are compelled to depend upon the charity of the actors who still occupy the stage. One or the most briiliant actors who ap- peared on the stage in our beyish days recently died in the gar- ret of a miserable hovel 1n this city. How few of those who had laughed at his eccentricities, who enjoyed his fine charac- terizations, in the days of the Old Park, remembered who he was when the daily papers announced the death of the “once favorite comedian.’ He was old and he palled upon the public taste, he was sick and could do no work, he was poor and de- pended fer his mean lodgings, his inadequate attendance, his wretched pittance on the charity of those who only knew him by name. He had outlived his fame, and the bustling, busy world readily forgot that he had ever been more than a poor pie eek He was a true exenyplification of the great dramaltist’s picture: _ “A poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, « And then is heard no more.”’ hain Gilbert May.—The stuff is trash, of course..... ..A Reader.— We are unable to say which of the systems of bookkeeping pub- lished is the best. “‘Bennett’s System” 1s well spoken of by those competent to judge...... Sufferer—The successtul treatment of neuralgia depends on a correct appreciation of the causes that produce it. The neuralgia that depends on an impoverished state of the blood yields almost invariably to iron tonics, good diet, and out-door exercise; that which arises from miasmatic poison disappears rapidly under the use of quinine; that which is of rheumatic origin is ordinariiy controlled by preparations of colchicum, the alkalis, alkaline and sulphur baths, &c.; while the neuralgia caused by lead poison has its specific antidote in the iodide of potassium, a remedy which is aiso useful in neu- ralgia of a syphilitic origin. Neuralgia which has its origin in inflammation of the delicate fibrous sheath which envelopes the nerves, or the development of tumors on the nerves is usually cured by counter irritants—such as blisters, cups, issues, setons, etc. een ets can be given in all forms of neuralgia by the administration of powerful anodynes. Those most common- ly used are morphine and aconitine. They are used externaliy and internally. A-solution of morphine injected into the areolar tissue beneath the skin, near the seat of the neuralgia, gives more prompt relief than whentaken into the stomach. Aconi- tine is generally used externally, in ointments, in the proportion of 1-4 or 1-2 grain to the drachm of ointment. It gives almost instantaneous relief. adisease which has so many sources of erigin no one but a skillful practitioner can decide on the course to pursue, and he can do so only after a careful examina- tion of his patient ..... S. T. W.—We have in hand another story nt the author of ‘‘Faithful Margaret,” ‘‘Beautiful Rienzi,” and “The Bride Elect,” which we think 8 he if not super t ; : , to anything which this talented young authoress has yet written. The new story is named ‘fhe Diamond Collar; or, The Bishop’s Debt.” It will be commenced shortly after the conclusion of “Faithful Margaret.”.......... Ce .—Orange, N. J. 4 i F : Jonstant a is within an hour's ride of New York city, and is represented as entirely free from fever and ague........... Stick.—The last edition of Webster’s Dictionary has the most semis vocabu- We know of no recipe which will stop the THE NEW YORK WEEKLY. #3 lary of Latin, Greek, Biblical, Biographical and English Chris- tian names of any book that we have ever met. For the Chris- tian names Webster is an authority, but for surnames there is no such thing as an authority. One man whose name is Brown spells it thus, while another adds an “‘e” to it; and the common name of Smith is spelled Smith, Smyth, Smythe, etc. The edi- tion of Webster which we have recommended is that of 1870, and costs $14. It is the most complete dictionary, in every par- ticular, that we have ever seen.......... Rosedale.—1st. We think you were hee in taking offense. The lady having gone out in company with another gentleman it would have been dis- courteous for her to have left him and returned home in your company. 2d. See answer in last week’s paper to “J. T. 5.”.... Razfortune.—ist. You merely say, ‘Miss Hopkins permit me to introduce to you my friend, Mr. Lumpkins.” 2d. “Lotta” is the common abbreviation of the name ‘‘Chariotte.”” 3d. We do not know. 4th. You write a fair hand. 5th. Itdepends on the strength of tne orchestra. Some orchestras have but two vio- linists—others a dozen. 6th. The violin assumed its present shape about the beginning of the 17th Contry, but who it was that gave it that shape, or who orignated stringed musical in- struments is not known... .Chuck.—‘Pittman’s System of Phono- graphy” Js an excellent work, which you can obtain through the American News Uo., N. Y...... Oak K. J.—\st. Grammar can be learned without the assistance of a teacher. Goold Brown’s Grammar is the best. 2d. Moisten the caustic and then appl to the corn. Be careful that youdo not touch the soand fles with the caustic as it will burn it. 3d. The eruption will not dis- appear of itself, but grow worse every day it is unattended to. Apply at once to a good doctor...... A. Thyne.—ist. We do not believe in fate—that is, “Destiny eend to be independent ot a divine origination or control.’ The ‘fate’? which we do be- lieve in is earnest, prayeriu!l endeavor. ‘God helps those who help themselves” is an old truism, which means that idleness or want of energy meets but little favor im the eyes of the reader of hearts. 2d. We can give you no advice, as the trouble is one which we have never met, nor do any of our works of reference speak ofa like case......A. B. C.—Ist. There issuch a firm in this city. 2d. Yes. 3d. The numbers of the New York WEEKLY containing “White Eagle, the Avenger,” are out of print. 4th. Both writers will continue to furnish us with stories. 5th. Je- suits, or Society of Jesus, is the name of a religious order,found- ed in 1534 by Ignatius Loyola, and sanctioned by the Pope in 1540. The purposes for which the order was formed were the propogation of the doctrines of the Catholic church, the conver- sion of heretics and heathens, and the education of the young. 6th. No. 7th. “fhe Black Hole of Calcutta” is the name which was given to a small, close dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, into which Surajah Dowlah, on the capture of the fort in 1756, thrust 146 of the garrison who were taken prisoners. The dun- geon was but 18 teet square. After suffering the most intoier- able torments for twelve or fourteen hours those that remained alive were removed from theroom. Of the 146 men who were thrust into the “Black Hole’ but 23 were alive when the doors were opened, 8th. We are always happy toanswer the ques- tions of those who write for information; but we have not room to answer some fifty questions from any inquirer in one_ issue. We have answered but a few of the most important of your queries.........- Ephriam Bell.—You should go to St. Louis...... Emily W. Vinton.—lst. There are many reasons why we cannot comply with your request; one of the strongest reasons is, that wany of our contributors would object. . We have in hand, and will shortly publish, another s'ory from the pen of the author of the ‘“xord of Lyle.”............ Ryan Walkington any book store. ....Belle—To both your questions we answer, that it would be highly improper for a lady to do either.....- Fred Fenton ~None of the stories published in the New YorK WEEKLY are issued in book form...... Haul Zee.—\st. The milk which is found in the cocoa-nut 1s not inserted into it by the 1m- porter, but isa partof the natural nut. The tea will do you no good whatever. What you want is good, easily digested, nu- tritious food, out-door exercise, and an immediate and complete giving up of the practice. 8d. There is no such passage in the Scripiures, 4th. Your writmg is but commonplace...... Jerome JV, S.—At present we could not undertake to publish the story, as our arrangements have been made for some time to come.... Ray Roe.—We judge from your note that your story would not suit us..... Henry Drabisch.—We can furnish the numbers con- taining “Buffalo Bill.” The numbers will cost you 72 cents...., H. W.—There are several recruiting places in New York. We believe the term of enlistment is now five years...... Reader of the Weekly.—Ist. There has been a book published, named ‘‘Pub- lic Business,” which contains rules for all kinds of societies. 2d. You write a good hand....... F. W. Oliver.—The first railroad on which locomotives ran in this country was on a road that connected the mines at Honesdale with the terminus of the Del- aware and Hudson canal. The first locomotive arrived in this country in the spring of 1829, and the second arrived iate in the summer, and was at once ye on the road, 2d. Your note is written grammatically, and your penmanship is excellent...... Enterprise.—\st. The best mode would be to advertise it. 2d. If well conducted it might tive. 3d. Yes. 4th. It isan excellent placefor an energetic young man. 5th. Yes...... Subscriber.—The story was never published in the New York WEEKLY, nor has it been issued in book form...... Richard III.—1st. There is no physiological or other reason why you should not marry a second cousin. 2d. As to your worrving over wether she does or does not love you, you are guilty of folly. Ask her to be your wife, and you wil! soon learn her ieelings toward her...... Clara L. Milton.—ist. All acid is injurious to the teeth, which should be cleaned immediately after eating anything so strongly acid as alemon. 2d. The circulation of the monthly named in no way approaches that of the New York WEEKLY, 3d. Goethe was the greatest of German poets and writers. 4th. For answer to the other questions see “Knowledge Box.”...... J. T.—Send it...... Maddoc.—ist. The five largest cities in the world are London pepsiaiive about 4,000,000; Jeddo, about 2,500,000; Paris, about 000,000; Pekin, about 1,800,000; and Canton, about 1,200,000. 2d. ‘The reason is that they a not appear old when_ they reach all parts of the country. . Forward and we will examine. eee A Youth of Sixteen.—There is but little danger of your being lost in the place named, as it is not a very large town. ... Heirs. —You are right...... Hunter.—The mastiff makes the best watch dog...... Scipio—All such things are the veriest humbugs...... eB Name.—In the State of New York any judge of a court of record can give you authority to change your name. In some States it 1s necessary to have the Legislature take action in the PABIAGE. kiss nd George Edwards.—Your writing 1s excellent....... John Cruise.—Before undertaking to write for publicauon you must acquire a more extensive knowledge of grammar, spell- ing and writing...... Charles Van Tassel.—ist. As the picture was issued from this office there appeared no such mark as you de- scribe on the horse. Evidently some one of ro friends has been playing a trick on you. 2d. The story will be published as soon as arrangements will permit..... Key Box 33.—1st. The tel- low is a notorious quack, and his medicine is the veriest trash. 2d. We cannot undertake to send single humbers of the paper for which we receive an order two or three weeks in advance of publication. .. . 4 4. E.—\st. Two volumes of Josh Billlngs’ qaaint humor have been published by G. Carleton. The titles of writes: ‘Every time you publish a story by Mrs. Holmes, I feel like writing to_tell you how much I love the New York WEEKLY. I commenced to read” joer paper twelve years ago, when you published “The Mute Spy,” and have found that it has gained in excellence every year since. Each succeeding slory by Mrs. Holmes must add immensely to your circulation, and I do not wonder that you have already more than half a million of reacers. The New York WEEKLY is undoubtedly the best paper of its class published. I feel like writing you a long letter in praise of my pet story paper and its worthy proprietors; but I could not do them justice, so I will not try.”.........- Charies.—i1st. As you do not state where you reside, nor to what part of Virginia you refer, it is impossible for us to give the distance. 2d. Virginia is one of the finest States of the Union. It is well watered, has ricn soll, mines of iron ore which are of varieties easily worked, copper and lead mines, deposits of gypsum and salt, and coal, porcelain and a ras fine granite, soapstone, slate and mar- ble abound; in fact, the State possesses all the natural advan- tages necessary to make it one of the richest and most powerful States of the Union... .....- Speer Hibb.—You should obey your mother, even when obedience seems unreasonable. Perhaps were you to read to her some of the stories to which she ob- jects, she would find that we permit nothing to appear in our columns injurious to the morals of our readers, young or old. It appears to us but r wisdom in fathers and mothers object- ing to their children reading tales, where it is shown that virtue is the surest road to happiness, and that vice is as surely pun- ished. If the children are not permitted to read pleasant, in structive and moral tales, they may find other ways of amusing themselves which are not so innocent........ Constant Reader.— You can learn the art in five or six months. The necessary books will cost ut three dollars........ Ignorance.—Say to the lady: ‘‘MissS., it would give me great pleasure to be permit- ted to call upon you.” she gives the desired invitation, then thank her, and say you will avail yourself of tne permission at an early lme....... James Elliott.—1st. In place of taking quack medicine, you should seek the advice of a physician. 2d. Your writing would not prevent your obtaining a bookkeeper’s situation. 3d. The trade isa fairone. It has the advantage of being one at which employment may be obtained in most parts of the countr, Patroon.—It would be proper for him to ask the lady to take his arm....... Simple Simon.—A “spirit lamp’? is a lamp'in which alcohol is burned. It is u-ually a small, round metal lamp. It can be purchased in any store where jamps are DONG. 0+ isuc ied Al. No. 2d. Yes. 3d. For recipe for re- moval of pimples see ‘Knowledge Box.’ 4th. You write a good hand........¢. M. H.—lst. Your handwriting fits you for a copyist. 2d. There are some who regard the sieel pen as pro- ductive of trouble to the nerves. But we have never known any one who was the least injured by using a steel pen, conse- ave pily we are inclined to regard the statements put forth as w the ee healthfulness of gold pens as an advertising dodge of the gla pen manufacturers Edna.—Correct...... Lewis K.—ist. We think that the watches named are worthless. 2d. You write a fair bi hand..... €. C, J. K.—Your pen- manship would not debar you from obtaining a situation as bovukkeeper..... George C. Brown.—William H. Cody received ihe name of “Buffalo Bill? while hunting to supply. with meat the employees engaged in laying the Kansas Pacific Ruulroad. ...Constant Reacev.—The affair is a quack institution... Dublous.—We think yeu should follow the advice of your phy- siclan..... Aurora.— tis as impossible to answer why hair grows more pianece and faster on one person than another, as itis tosay why one man grows taller and stouter than another. . oe of the hair. 2a. Francis S. Smith is at present engaged ona story which will be laid before our readers sometime during this year. 3d. Copyists should write a large, bold hand. Your penmanship, poms good, has neither of these qualities,.....Dan Moultrie.— Ist. On the conclusion of the one running through our columns. 2d. The numbers containing the story are out of print...... MH, L. K.—“Infallibility’ means “inability tu err.”......J. #—The cause of the explosions of lamps burning kerosene oil is from the fact that the benzine has not been all extracted from the oil. Kerosene, if properly distilled, isnot explosive, but aia high temperature, hile benzine and naptha, which form part of petroicum, are very explosive at low temperatures—naptha is almost as dang. rous as gunpowder......£dward Wood.—Ist, Our experience is the reverse of your statement. We have always found that the earth dug outof the ground will not go into the space without much ae and beatingdown. It is possible that earth of a very porous kind would act as as you state. 2d. Of the tool in question we have no knowledge...... A, A, A.—The lady should inform her correspondent that the correspondence must cease. And she should give her engage- ment as a sufficient reason why the correspondence should cease......J. E. B.—Iist. We do not think you could receive the instruction for lessthan three times the sum you name. : Your penmanship is good...... American.—We. must decline ponies out certain physicians as the proper persons to apply to for the treatment of sickness. You should ask you acquain- tances which of the physicians of your city is regarded as the ablest...... X. O. M.—We do think the trouble curable when treated by a competent physician. ...Norfolkian.—The concern is notorious qack institution....,.Demosthenes.—Ist. If the debtor has secured a judgment he can levy on the insurance policy. 2d. The question Cannot be answered without a knowledge of the attendant circumstances...... J. M. S.—ist. The best way would be to turn a number of cats into the place where the bats are shut up. The cats will make short work of them. 2d. We must decline peremptorily answering theological questions. 3d. The best way to acquire a mastery of penmanship is by careful and constant practice. 4th. Your writing isnot too small...... Canonsburg.—We cannot repubiish the story, at least, for several years to come...... A Weekly Reader.—ist. By apply- ing to the American News Company, you can_get works on phonography. 2d. From $15 to $30 a week....W.—A quack.... Skipper .—We do not know....Frank.—In the early partof May, 1864, General Sherman’s army marched from Chattanooga. the objective point was Atlanta, the capture of which was regarded by military men as hardly second to that of Richmond, as the occupation of that city by Union troops would cut off communi- cation between Richmond and the Gulf States. Sherman’s ad- vance was skillfully contested by General Joseph E. Johnston, and the Union terces gained advantages only through their su- perior numbers. Johnston was removed, and Hood appointed to the command. General Hood signalized his taking command of the army by a gallant but mad attack on the forces of Sber- man two days afterward. He was hurled back with great loss. On the 22d of July, General Sherman attacked Hood in force. The battle was one of the most desperate of the war, and seve- ral times during the day victory was nearly in the hands of the the books are, ‘Josh Billings, His Book,” and “Josh Billings on lce.”” The price is $1.50 each. 2d. Your handwriting 1s not uite up to the bookkeeper’s standard.... Bercry.>“Philopena” is the proper spelling of the word,and is supposed by some to come irom the German word ‘“‘vielhebken’” (“much loved”), pro- nounced somewhat like “‘philip-ken.” Others derive the word from two Greek words which mean “friend's penalty.” Aunt Sallie.—Petite comedies are the best for parlor amusement, as they require little scenery or properties, ‘‘Charles the Second,” “The Maid of Munster.” *‘All that Glitters is Not Gold,” “Still Waters Run Deep,” and many other excellent plays require but little scenery...... Francis Lestie.—\st. Your handwriting is fair. ms The steamer Great Eastern is the largest vessel ever built. BIR ssealh Joseph Dowd.—Your handwriting is up to the book- keeper’sstandard. It is in every way excellent. ...Kyorw en.—1st. Pass as much time as possible in the open air, and your face will soon become hardened and toughened in appearance. 24d. Cheyenne City. Buenos Ayres is not an independent na- tion, but a part of the Argentine Confederacy..... St. uisian.— lst. There is no county named Aaron in Michigan. 2d. In an- cient times it was supposed that the pelican fed its young with its own blood. This absurd idea was doubtless derived from its habit of feeding them from the fish in its pouch. Itis to this cir- cumstance that Lear refers when he calls his inhuman children “chese pelican daughters.”....Reservoir.—Ist. Albany and New York. A. Oakey Hall was elected Mayor of New York for two years. His term expires on the 3lst of December, 1870.... .. Mrs. A. B. R.—\st. We do not know. 2d. Buchu 1s pronounced “pu-ku.” with the accent on the first syllable. 3d. The gentle- man 1s always introduced to the lady. 4th. In going up stairs the gentleman should precede, and in coming down the lady should be in advance, 5th. You write a tair hand, which with careful practice would in a short time become a very good one. 6th. There is nosuch thing as a naturally offensive breath. You should go to a doctor and learn the cause of your breath being offensive, and then you can attack the seat of the trouble. 7th. Wash in lemon juice. 8th. The only way in which an ugly old woman can get a good-looking husband is by purchase. Ifshe has money, there are always men who are ready to sell them: selves for the filthy lucre...... Lotta’s Admirer.—You ask & num- ber of questions which we must decline answering, as we think that the public have no right to invade the privacy of actors, or other public characters...... Chincapin.—ist. The course of study at the Naval Academy, which embraces a period of four years, includes mathematics, astronomy, navigat surveying, ethics and English studies, natural and experimental philosophy, French and Spanish, drawing, artillery and niry tactics, practical seamanship, naval gunnery both theoretical and prac- tical, the steam engine, etc. 2d. The eee of the world is estimated to be about 1,300,000,00v....C. Manning.—We believe the company has gone to pieces, consequently the. stock is worthless.......... W. H. W.—Yhe parents are right in denying you the company of their daughter, as it is evident that you are both too Pe pe to think of marriage.... .—Iist. If you re- turn to England you can be arrested and punished as a deserter The fact of your becoming a citizen of the United States does not relieve you from the effects of any coriract into which yor freely entered; nor can you plead your forgery of your parents’ names as areason why you should not suffer the punishment consequent on desertion. 2d. ‘Our Banner Song,’’ by Ned Bunt- line, Which is now on sale, has an excellent likeness of the author on the title page...... Bell.—Stop chewing tobacco....... . RL. C.—\st. By mquirmg at any store where musical in- struments are sold you can learn the pricé of a Complete set of guitar strings. 2d. No, we have no time to give to such mat- ers. 3d. The fellow isa quack. 4th. Apply toa good doctor. Reads « Philomath.—1st. Fechter 1s a Frenchman. His father was German and hismother French, and he wasbornin France. He is nota young actor. He has been rae London for fifteen or sixteen years. 2d. Guisep ario, nt of Mert the great tenor singer, was born at Turin in i810. He receive an excellent musical education, and in 1830 entered the Sar- dinian military, but was shortly after exiled for some youthtul indiscretion. He wentto Paris, where adm voice soon attracted attention, and after studying for two years at the conservatory, he made his debut in Dec., 1838, in rtle Diable, with decided success. In the following year he formed one of that brilliant galaxy then upon the stage, comprising Robini, Lablache, Malibran, Sontag, Persiani, and Grisi. He was married to Grisi. He is still living, and is now singing somewhere in Europe. 3d. We must decline parsing sentences. 4th. Under the apportionment of 1860 each ,000 (to put it in round numbers) of the inhabitants are entitled to a representa- tive in Congress. 5th and 6th. We explained the meanings of the phrases two or three weeks ago. .... Z. B.—You are right.... H. B.—1st. We suppose the agents are compelled to charge the extra cent to pay expressand other expenses. 2d. The subset tion price to single subscribers to the New YorK WErKLy is $3a year. The subscriber must pay the postage at his own which, when paid in advance, is 20 cents a year...... Harry Gosden.—The item to which you refer was copied from an ex rad change.... W. 4. B.—Your handwriting is up to the book- | keeper’s standard. With less Sone it could not be im- — proved on very much........ Frederick H. @ _ word “Home” is not a word which has a cosmopolitan meaning. The nations of northern Europe, and those sprungfrom them, all have the word in use: but to the languages of the south of Europe the word is unknown. ‘‘Home,” according to the dic- tionary, is ‘a dwelling house,” *‘the house m which one re- sides,’ “the place or country in which one dwells,” etc. But the dictionary does not express the tull meaning which 1s con- veyed by the word to those who speak English, German, etc. To them it speaks of the place where meet those they jove,of a fire- side at which love and peace sit side by side. Dryden gives the © meaning better than the dictionary. ‘Home is the sacred refuge of oar life.” ......2 A. W. We have no knowledge of any such ani- mals being found in the country. is possible that they exist there, but they are not mentioned in any of our works of refer- ence...... Levi Sowle.—Ist. The following will be found effective in removing pimples, if they do not come trom some bad habit: Ab- stain from pork, pastry, rich gravies, and butter, and let your diet be simple, but substantial, Every other morning take a teaspoonful of Rochelle salts in a halfa tumbler of cold water, and use the following as a wash: loz. liquor potassx, 2 oz. of cologne water, and 4 0z. white brandy; mix and apply to the face three times a day. 2d. “Squirrel Cap” the: uproarious, makes his first appearance in our columns inthis number. You will find the story fuli of fun and excitement. 3d. Your handwriting isin every way excellent........ J. W. H.—There is no part of Australia which is the direct antipodes of any part of Great Britain. They are both in the eastern hemisphere..... James Donovan.—As we are unacquainted with the lawful dutiés of the Board of Trustees we cannot say whether they exceeded Coniederates; but before dark, Hooa’s forces were in retreat. On the 28th, Stewart’s corps of Hood’s army attacked Logan's corps with the most desperate bravery, but were eventually re- pulsed with fearrul loss. General Sherman, by strategic move- ments, succeeded in cutting off Hood’s communications, thereby conpenee him to evacuate Atlanta on the Ist of September. Hood now marched to the rear of Sherman, intending to destroy his ‘ine of supplies; but Sherman, after a short rest at Atlanta, proceeded on his ‘‘march to the sea.” The effect of this march was the penetration of the granary of the South, and the de- struction ot the railroads which supplied the army of Virginia. yee A Constant Reader.—New Bedford, Mass., is the great whal- ing port of the Unitec States. Whether you could get a chance to ship we cannot say...... Jerome S. Weaber.—A_ Quack........ H. C.—Wrile to Francis M. Finch, Secretary of Board of Trus- tees, Ithaca, New York, for information..... Edmund Burt.—I\st. The fare by emigrant train from St. Louis to San Francisco, we should suppose would be about $75 or $80. .2d. The fare from New York to San Francisco by emigrant train is $90. It takes about 7 days to make the trip...... A, Weil.—The numbers con- taming the story are out of print....San Francisco.—ist. Ned Buntline is at present engaged on a border romance. It is enti- tled “Littke Buckshot; or, The White Whirlwind of the Prai- ries.” 2d. London, England, is the largest city in the world. 3d. Persons who have inclination to bile will find chocolate more injurious than either tea or coffee. Toothersit is a refreshing beverage. 4th. We do not kuow. 5th. Each locality thinks its own oysters the best. Our tastes differ from those of others, and our expression of opinion would settle nothing. 6th. See an- swer to ‘‘Aurora”....z. P. W.—We cannot supply the informa- tion....Laces.—The remedy is, of course, a humbug...... A Con- stant Reader.—In consequence of the small type which we use, our installments of the stories we publish are as long as those which occupy pages cf other papers. By putting the stories in small type we are enabled to 7 a larger amount of reading and a greater variety than can found in any literary paper. snag L. F. Horning.—‘‘Buffalo Bill” will not be published in book form. We can furnish all the numbers of the New_YorK WEEK- Ly containing the story. The papers will cost you 72 cents...... ‘rank.—In the game of back-gammon, the proper way to place the men is this: Two are placed on point one and five on point twelve in your adversary’s table, and five are placed on point six and three on point eight in your own table........ rville. The parents have the power to apprentice a minor child to any trade, with or without his consent.... . £leve.—All quacks...... St. Bernard.—I|st. The Jews divided the Bible into 22 books. They divided them into the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa. The Law comprised the five books of Moses; the Prophets were divided into the earlier parreet, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings, and the later prophets, which were again subdivided into the greater prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, ana Ezekiel, and the 12 lesser prophets; the Hagiographa, or holy writings, contained the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. Asto the arrangement of the books, the Jews not oniy differed from the Christians, but are not agreed among themselves 2d. We think not..... Snab.—ist. He 1s ahumbug. 2d. Your writing is miserable..... C. G. ne Fly.—In the game of billiards, if the striker forces one or both red balls over the cushion, it does not count against him; but if by the same stroke he holes his own bail, or forces it over the cushion, then all the balls over are considered as holed. The player who forces either of the balls on which he has made acarom over the cushion, counts the carom and continues his play....McGrath.—A swindler...... Webster.—We should think that the lady had been guilty of some intentional slight which we had not noticed, but for which she was sorry...... c. S. A.—We do not think it would pay...... Anxious Mother.—You cannot get him released from his enlist- ment without a Aabeus corpus; nor can he be released under that writ unless he enlisted without yorr permission . .. Harry Smith.—There are innumerable works published on military training and drilling. You can procure such books at almost their duty in engaging a lecturer. If there is any blame it at- taches to the Board and not the Secretary....... WwW. 7.—We can- not add to our hst of paid contributors ..-.. -The following MSS. have been accepted and will be published in the New York WEEKLY: ‘The Kiss that Lingers,”’ “The Never Restiul Sea,” “The Green Hillside,” ‘“fhe Penitent’s Hymn,” ‘A Query,” and “UO RPGR iets The following will be published in the Lirerary Atpum: “Be Honest and ‘Mina Your Own Basiness,” ‘the Soul’s Yearning,” “The Timid Maiden’s Blush,” ‘The Insect of a Day,” “March,” ‘Ode to Beauty,” “How to Conduct Yourself at the Fair,” “The Stolen Watches,” ‘““Checkmated,” “The Great European Doctor,” “Foiled,” ‘Judge Not,” ‘Easter,’ “‘Chastis- ing a Bully,” ‘An Idyl,” ‘Loved Ones,” “The Deacon’s Sirata- gem,” and “Live and do Good.”......The following are Respect- fully declined: ‘Howland, the Scout of the Potomac,” “To the Tempest,” ‘Lucy Gray,” “A Probiem Solved,” “Byron,” ‘The Almighty Dollar,” ‘Alice Gilmore’s Lover,” ‘The Brothers’ Feud,” “To Lizzie,” “The Golden Sun is Sinking Low,” ‘Aunt Charity,” “Use the Talent God hath Given Thee,” “fo Those who Aspire,” and “My Maggie.” Josh Billings in Greenpoint. THE POPULAR WIT AND HUMORIST, JOSH BILLINGS, Will deliver A ttumorous Lecture, For the benefit of the Union Avenue Baptist Church, Greenpoint, on THURSDAY EVENING, March 31, IN THE UNION AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH. Subject:--°““MILK.” Doors open at 7. The ‘Milk’? will commence to flow at a quarter to 8 precisely. Tickets 50 cents each. To be had at the door on the evening of the lecture; at drug and book stores in Greenpoint; and of any member of the churck. Residents of Brooklyn desiring to be present at the lecture will save time by taking the Hunter’s Point eross- town cars, which run through Atlantic, Court and Wil- loughby streets, and pass and repass the Union Avenue Baptist Church. Rae Tickets for the above Lecture nuty be had at this office. Qe thi r gee . \ V | yk . e “A tall and noble looking gentleman, a general.” ‘‘Oh—then you mean to keep the knife 2” designs in my name—the name I am called in the schools | Aunt Jerusha could see. In short, the dinner was a fail- — “A general 2?” “Certainly, you might try to use it against me again. | —won the prize, the chain of gold.” ure, aud when it was over Aunt Jerry removed her tur- BY ENIMA ALICe BROWNE. “Yes, and a count.’ Give me the sheath, the knife is ofa very peculiar shape, “Oh, dear Robert,’’ said Blanche, ‘your copies were | key nearly as whole as when it went upon the table, and —_ “Ah ! a general and a count,” give me the sheath.” _ : far superior to the originals, or they would not have won | carried back hercranberry and peaches untouched, and Again the balmy south-winds blow! “Scarcely forty years old, and very handsome. Blue In fact the blade of this strange looking weapon was | the golden chain.” both her pies untasted, and felt in some sort as if she had The pallid wreaths of fading snow— eyes, aquiline nose, clear complexion, black hair, sprin- | set, not at one end of the hilt or handle, but in the center ‘Your hand alone lacked firmness and boldness, my | been badly used that her dinner wasthus slighted. Edna Droppec ped in some dim, secluded spot, kled with gray very slightly; black mustache; cheeks | of the haft, like the iron of acorkscrew or gimblet, so | Blanche. Your genius was superior to that of any in the | did not offer to help her as she cleared the dinner away, By hoary winter, aud forgot— closely shaved, except at the chin, on wnich is a glossy, | that when the hilt was grasped for use tlie blade, or | schools,” said the artisan, generously concealing that | but sat, with folded hands hands, leoking through the y ce Ste Na jet black beard, long and silky, with here and there a sil- |} rather the round shaft and base of the blade. was be-; when he presented the copied designs of Blanche as his | window out to where a brown, blighted rose-bush was ; Like ghosts that haunt the morning gray, ver thread. In fact, General Henri La Mothier.”” tween the middle and ring fingers of the hand. The blade | own, he withdrew those which he had designed himself, | gently swayea by the wind. Melt, with the melting mist, away, “Ah | Henri La Mothier !? proper was short, broad, thick and oval, arrow-shaped— | that her chances for the prize might be increased. Once when Aunt Jerry could endure the silence no Till the blue heavens, a flawless scroll, “What! You know him ?” not more than four inches in length from the shaft—be- “After that we met often, and she told me all she knew | longer, she said: Round the glad earth rejoicing roll! “JT have never seen him dear Robert. But once I saw | tween the fingers grasp a corkscrew or gimlet as for use, | of herself, which was very little, Mamma Grimo, and all| ‘What under thesun do you see outthere? What are i at a Mamma Grimo fumbling over some old letters, and upon | and the reader will understand this description perfectly | of your cruelty to her, which. was great and abomina- | you looking at?” kB On all the méadows sere and brown, one of them was that name.’, 4 —remembering that the blade of the knife is in the place | ble.” . “My future life,** Edna replied, without so much as The dazzling sunshine ripples down. ‘Ah, there in der sacred old chest she keeps something | of the spiral of the corkscrew or gimlet. ___ | Mamma Grimo wanted to spit at her, and yell, “She is | turning her head, and Aunt Jerry gave an extra whisk . ‘And sifts thro’ thawing glebe and mold ] besides her savings and scrapings ?” t ij knife, much used in late years by assassins in| a great liar.’? But she thought it best to wait, as the arti- | to her dish towel as she went on washing her dishes. aunbtie Ana dt told “Yes—a casket of ivory—ah a casket of ivory ?”? _ s cities, could be terrible in a blow deait as a boxer | san still held that dangerous knife in view. As it began to grow dark Miss Pepper brought out her & thouanid spbGe flab! Eom, “Yes—and a bundle of clothes—garments of an infant, | strikes, and severs rib and bone, or skull as if mere or-| ‘In the character of a master-weaver, and that I | candle and was about to light it, when Bdna started sud- | r They pierce the frost-king’s hidden cells— I am sure, and papers and parchments.” ange rind. ‘ ; might study you, Mamma Grimo, I have, as you know, | denly and turning her white, stony face toward her aunt, They break his pitiless, icy spells, “Papers and parchments ! infant’s garments! Come, Cruel as it wasin shape and strength, Mamma Grimo, | often visited your abode. In order to disguise the prize- | said: Till the frail seeds that sleep below I must remember this,” thought the artisan. former associate of Le Scorpion, ha« added to its power | chain, and yet have it worn around the neck of its win- ‘Don’t, please. Don’t light the eandle now. I iike ci Grasp the bright ‘cleWs. and wake aud blow. “But I am very sure, my Robert, no such personage as | a coating of deadly poisonous gum, distilled from the | ner, I separated the links and added to them other links, | the dark the best. I want to talk with you and can do it “¥ ; << you describe, has ever obtained an impression of this | poison-bags she had plucked from the jaws of African | of silver and steel, and presented it to you, with the con- | better if I do not see your face.” And the biind roollets, winter-bound, key; nor can I believe, or at least remember that I have | serpen Si aia ; dition that Blanche should wear it attached to the key of} There wasaring in the voice which perplexed Aunt © In the dark labyrinths under ground even seen him.” : ' ‘ ; Her terror of a blow from the knife held by the artisan, | the lock Imade. The more I saw of you, the more I be- | Jerry not a little, but she humored her niece, and felt a rue at “That may be, yet he did have an impression of it, and | was extreme, for she well knew what her fate would be. | lieved that you and Blanche were not of kin. Still, I did | glad that at last the silence was to be broken and Edna Lured by the brook’s glad murmuring, crushed it in my hand this afternoon.” “Give me the sheath of this knife,” repeated the lock-| not suspect that you were more than a very miserly, | was going to talk. But she was not quite prepared for Grope for the tender hand of Spring: “Good Heaven ! what does all this mean, dear Robert? | smith, almost touching her cheek with its broad, razor-| cruel, mean old woman, until three or four days ago, | what followed, when Edna, who had suddenly outgrown Each stately oak, each lowly brake, Why is a key like this so valuable to them ?” edged point. — : __ | When my friend declared you to be the once infamous | all fear of her aunt, went over with some things in the © Kissed by the ardent sun, awake, “Because arobbery is intended, Blanche. It is my Mamma Grimo drew the sheath from her. bosom quick- | Lisette Rousseau, or Lisette Malus.” past, which, had they been different, might have borpe 4 © And drain at every fiber fine opinion now that there is something in Mamma Grimo’s | ly though under against her will. |. “That is false. I am not Lisette Rousseau,” cried | different result and have kept her from doing as she had a 3 ‘ n leaf. iii tebe old iron-bound chest each of these three is eager to pos-} -So long as the arvisan had no sheath ready at hand, | Mamma Grimo; “and 1demand the name of that lying | done. Rich draughts of leaf-renewing wine sess.?? there was achance that he might wound himself, anda| friend you speak of. Stars of light! I will sue him for| “I believe you meant well, Aunt Jerry,” she said, ‘and . High on the orchard’s windy crests, “What can it be ?”? mere prick or scratch would make an end of him,for care- | slander.’? ie ss perhaps some would say you did well. You gave me a> z Like torches shine the robins’ breasts— “Le Scorpion and Esark Hasserbrek—that captain I | fal Mamma Grimo had freshly anointed the blade that} At this exclamation the artisan laughed aloud, which | home when I had none; gave me food and clothes, and — ‘ In upland oak andielm, ail da hammered—may be eager only te steal the money they | very morning. ; ost made the old woman burst into curses. taught me many things; but for the one great thing GP APS SERS ; gi! may imagine Mamma Grimo has hoarded, Certainly| W:th a snarl of rage and terror the old woman drew] “Go home now, my dear Mamma Grimo,” he said, un- | which children need the most and miss the most I did Rings the shrill whistle of the jay; General La Mothier does not want that—ha! there is some | the sheath from her bosom, and cast it on the floor. locking the door. “i know you haye the law to appeal | hunger so terribly. I wanted some love, auntie; some — . Down from the poplar’s airy spire one hidden under the work bench,’? suddenly whispered to, and in its name, and armed with its authority, you | petting, some kind, caressing action which should tell Paseo, The oriole drops—a fiash of fire— the artisan. CHAPTER X. may demand the person and guardianship ef Blanche De | me I was more to you than the poor orphan whom you Athwart the blue lake’s crescent rim In a violent and heroic effort to prevent a sneeze, Mam- ipntk toektinitte ee iat athe Mounilaine as your niece. But remember this: there will | took from charity. But you never gave it, never laid your Th lous swallows @ip and skim ma Grimo had involuntarily produced a spasmodic heav- , ee Pus be those who are ready and eager to dispute your claim, | land upon me fondly, never called me a pet name, never eee ee P ie Ss ing upward of her back, which so shook her hiding-place “Please pick up that sheath, dear Blanche,’ said the | and among them the man who was once the means of | kissed me, auntie, in your life, and we living together ~¢ By still lagoon, and rivulet, that the scattered irons on it rattled loudly. : locksmith, calmly. _ “ee gy scattering that band of assassins who were known in | these dozen years. You chide me for turning so readily : The blue-fiag’s shining spears are set— “Oh good Heaven !? exclaimed Blanche, in alow voice.| Withashudder of horror and disgust the beautiful | Paris as ‘The Snake Charmers,’ the chiefs of which were | to a stranger whom I had only known fora few months, fs And rank on rank, in serried line, _ “Some one has been listening to us.” girl took it up and placed it ona small shelf. near her. Barbe Rousseau, Scipio Le Scorpion, Esark Hasserbrek, | and preferring him tomy own flesh and blood. Auntie, } E ; , i hi “Ho ! it may be Le Scorpion ! whispered the artisan, | To her it was 4s the skin of some loatlisome and poison- | and Lisette, the wife of Le Scorpion, the sister of Barbe | in the few months I knew Charlie Churchill he gave me J The Nymphia’s golden javelins shine. while Mamma Grimo remained silent and motioniess, | ous reptile. : Rousseau. Go appeal to the law, if you wish. Blanche | more love, more kindness than{i had ever kuown from - The laughing cascade tosses up trusting that the noise of the passing multitude had se-| ‘Now, why do you still hold that knife over me?” | remams with me—for life.” you in the twelve years we lived together, and when he ' The foam-wreath from her crystal cup, cured her from suspicion. ‘Perhaps the snake has crawl- | whined Mamma Grimo, trembling asif within reach of a As the artisan uttered these words, he threw open the | asked me to go with him as I did, I hesitated for 1 knew i Flushed with that splendor of the skies ed in again. Wait! I wil! burn him.” rattle-snake in coil. ‘Let me go home; I do not wish to; door, and in walked Barbe Rousseau. that was wrong, but when your letter came threatening to That paints the bow of paradise ! The tramp, tramp of the populace on the pavement, the | stay here any longer. Have I not said that 1 consent to (Yo be continued.) bring me home, the long, dreary winter during which , 5 shuffling and scraping of feet, the roar of voices, and all} your marriage with Blanche? Ail Idesire new, since scarcely a kind, pleasant word would be spoken to me, i. A wild delight dwells in the wind, the teousand and one voices of the crowded street rr things have sone so far, is iat the marriage re peer ee ee ee a more than I could bear, and so I went with Char- t The very clouds are silver-lined ! the ears of Mamma Grimo, as the artisan left his stooland | in good style. do not wish my nieee, my only relative 5 : ie.’ Sol happy growing things took up the furnace which was filled with gleaming | on earth to marry, astit were, in the dark, and give room BEAUTIFUL DREAMER Edna paused a moment here, paused it may be wih | ; Lift to the light their emerald wings; coals. for people to gossip. I haye some pride, and perhaps bee ie Sis! crescent the hope that what she had said might bring some ex- 2 = s : At the moment her eyes were not turned toward the | more money. So let Blanche come with me, and do you pression of regret from the woman sitting so straight,and if & aaplom Sant aie, Nee 3nd. sare, bedroom door, for she had lowered her foreaead toward | come to-morrow, and in a, friendly, decent manner, as is Bodie te wiatiend trea pe prim, and silent in the chair near by. But it did not,and Drawn from the sunny feunts of air, the ground to releave the aching muscles of her neck— | proper, we Will fix the wedding day, after all, since you Over baytehetstene stuepa as Edna could not see her face she never dreamed of the “er Warms the dark bosom of the earth waiting impatiently for the uproar of tue multitude to | are the master of a shop, @ master lobustnith with a good ‘Aid neecdeotty te hie siden hair effect her words had produced, and how the great lumps With the mysterious joy of birth! subside, stand for business. I knew old Papa Canton, and he Pee § ce were swelling her aunt’s throat, as that cold, peculiar wo- we “Come out, reptile !? cried the artisan as he dashed the | could have made much money here if he had not passed Oh, beautiful sleeper man forced down the impulse of her better nature, which ¥ Qe red-hot charcoal from the brazier, as one empties a/so much time in ‘The Golden Loom,’ and as you can The angels will keep her, did prompt her to say she had in some things been to it ro ET Es bucket of water at a single cast. make money as a mastel-weaver, orin that calling, why, My gentle one so lovely and so fair. blame. To confess herself in error was a hard thing for is : DHE The red-hot coals fell in a shower of fine and scorching | stars of light and beauty, I do not think Blanché.can do Miss Pepper to do, and very glad now for the darkness a e cinders upon the head of the horrified old woman. She | better than snap at you for a husband, all things con- The world is all too bright; which prevented her niece from seeing the tear which e gave a scream like the cries of a thousand fish-hawks in sidered,” En, Shut out each ray of light actually rolled down her cheek she maintained a perfect O¢ Sie @ VOUS: one. “There, you may sit in this chair said the locksmith, Itseems to mock me, and I cannot pray, silence while Edna went on to tell her more of Charlie, - _ e Fortunately, her great pasteboard bonnet saved her | pushing one toward her. “Sit down, aud let us hear all ‘Avid dtualioa dha Bleeding Ned and of her life in Chicago, and her indebtedness to Roy, . OR, head and face. Buta red-hot coal rolled between her | you have to say.” : ; } ‘ : and her resolve to cancel it as well as to.pay her aunt for : collar and neck, while her hands, spread out at each side “Ido not wish fo sit down, my dear son,” replied : My heart with bitter cries, her education if she woulda only wait patiently till she T H E W x - yy K R S’ W A R of her face as it lay upon the ground, were severely | Mamma Grimo, blandly, ‘‘and [have no more to say. 1 ‘“‘ Thy will be done,” I cannot feel or say. could earn it. : ‘ Les * | scorched. , want Blanche to gohome with meto bathe and anoint d “Tam very tired,” she said when she had finished her or a “Saints and demons!? screamed Mamma Grimo, min-|the burn mm. my back. Come, it. is all arranged, How beautiful she hes— story. ‘rode all night, you know, and if you don’t aa By HOWARD W. MACY, gling prayers and oaths as she scrambled out from her |isn’tit? Blanche is very young, but she is’ very well Those soft dark hazel eyes mind being left alone so early, I think I'll go to bed. Lt AUTHOR OF “THE BANKER OF CHICAGO.” hiding-place. “Murder and fire! Ho-o—oo!’ and, grap- | grown, and, in fact, early marri ‘are the best. In- Closed gently just as if she were asleep; shall find my own reom the same as ever, I snppose.” _ ee s ling madly at that coal which was roasting her between | deed, | was married at an early 27e ‘ The lips just parted smile Then Aunt Jerry arose and struck a lignt, and with- © ] “Locksmith of Lyons” was commenced in No. 18. Back num | the shoulders, she rolled over and over from one side of} ‘To whom, Mamma Grimo?”? interrupted the artisan. ei, out looking at her niece said to her: “Hadn’t you betier go — bers can be obtained from any News Agent throughout the | tne “gnop to the other. Ab, fiends alive, take it off! | “Was it not to Le Scorpion?” bea And seem to speak the while, up to theiront chamber? It’s a nicer bed, you know; — ae, rs CHAPTER IX Saints of glory, take it!” and she bounced about like a2] ‘How did you learn? I mean, whotold you? That is, And bid me not to mourn and weep. nicer every way. 1 guess you better try it.” : : ' : headless hen. who—stars of heaven! I was neyer married to Le Scor- This was a great concession on Aunt Jeiry’s part, and THE KNIFE OF MAMMA GRIMO. “Good life, it isa woman!" cried the amazed artisan, | pion!’ sputtered the old woman, angrily, and in plain Her hands so gently folded— Edna was touched by it, but she preferred her own ola _Jyen as the lovers spoke, the shrill, fife-like voice at the | as he beheld this scrambling of somebody in female garb, | confusion. ‘Did I not say that!) married when 1 Like Parian marble molded, ' room, she said; she should not feel at home elsewhere, window of “The Golden Loom” united the words already | and beard then shrill cries of pain and terror;.and,} was young, and am Inot much older than Le Scor- Will never, never clasp mine own again. and taking the candle from Aunt Jerry’s hand ane sald — thundered one by one over La Croix Rousse, and shot | snatching up a tub of water, which he sometimes used | pion?” : O4 BY PHE PEERLESS AVTHOR. The Rose of Kendale. By the Awthor of “*Peertess Cathleen,’ and “Lady of Grand Court.’’ > a of Kendale” was commenced in No. 20. Back num- had froin News Agents throughort the-country.} } vit Daan : CHAPTER ¥. Love wounded, and wounded by treason, perfidy, ingratitude and cowardige; one ust have gone through thy poi;nant tor- tures to understand them perfecily.—Heyri pe Koce. Evangeline rose up from the chair where she had re- posed, inusing and watchful, up to tae time of the en- tranee of Eustace. Twilight filled the library, and the changing hues of her cheek, the trembling of her lip, the eager widening of her large blue eyes, were shrouded from the ‘sight of the young msn, but there was a ccrtain tremor in ‘her voice which perplexed him. ‘‘T must speak,’? she said; “I must ask why years of friendship and brotherly love are allo be canceied.as if they had not been? ‘Aud more—you .are leawing In bit- ternéss, Will, in disdain, in anger, insorrow. Ah! I Know how it is—l see how it is: you have ‘been. fascinated, eaught m.asnare like a-bird in the fowler’s net. You love Claribel, and you are vexed that she does not return yoor Jove. Ah, if you could believe me: Eustace, Claribe) (it is not her fault) is 80 ‘constituted as to be incapable, quite incapable, of what you—and I—” she paused a mo- ment—‘“anderstund by the word ‘love.’ Claribel thinks of title, position, a great marriage. You must°not be an- gvy with her forit; she cannot-help her nature.” “Tam not ina position, Miss Evangeline, to-express my anger or to manifest the utter scorn and indignation which 1 feel for your sister’s conduct, Icanonly suffer in silence, bat at least lam. a free agent. The Jaws which bound a Roman: slave'to -his master do net happily ob- tain here. .l.have- worked for my board and Jddging and pocket money for many years; 1 have been Sir Hgerton’s steward and Lady Stanfiela's lancscape -gardener and factotum; P have despised no work thatcame to my hands, from: breaking in a restive horse to drawing up the lease ‘ora farm. Ihave been useful in the house, and Sir KEger- ton must have paid a high salary to any man who should have fulfided my functions. Tnerefore;l have nof eaten slive’s bread. Iamgoing away—Heaven knows whither; but: ] owe no: debts to anybody here; and, pardon me, no~ bedy has @ rigpt to'question me, to dictate te me, to tell me that [must not dare to feel anger :aguinst Ciaribei Stanfield! That) woman, who is to sell. herself in a few days to a villuinous.lord, ‘has poisoned my whole life—has taken from me faith;.and hope, and charity—has left ine [“ The Rost bers can with a withered neart and a cynic’s mind attwenty-four years 014; nay, more—had she not smiled false smiles up- on me long years ago, in my hot youth, Lsheuld have gone out into the werld, and have achieved sumething by tlus time. Now itis too late, and ” “Wiliam? William)? Evangeline came close to Eustace, whe jas clasping his forenead with his hands, and speaking in alow, fierce, passionate tone—a whisper that was almost:a hiss. “Wiliam, you are illand feverish, or you would not taik so. Butl kKnow—oh, yes, L know that Claribel has been cruel to you. She amused herself with your deep, strong. iove as 4 Ghild amuses himself with a playthidg; but why give her the. triumph of knowing that her co- quette’s powerds so.great? Ah! why not stay to the wedding, and:smile and chat with the best.ofthem? Af- ter that papa must get you some goud appointment in a Government office,.and you shall come and visit us here— but only when Claribelis away.” “And do you think I could endure to hear her name, to listen patiently tothe history of her carriages, and her receptions, her balls, her triumplis, her endless) coquet- ries, Which last will increase:and multiply after marriage. Slie will have children, too, this exquisite Countess of Chesterton;”? added Eustace, breaking into a short, bitter laugh. “i should chance sometimes to see them wrapped about in white.aad crimson and canopied with fine lace; I should, ‘inthe course of years, see them tumbling about on the lawn, -er riding abouton highbred ponies, and their voices would.sound about the hall from morning till even- ing. Now do. you think, Miss Hyangeline, that 1 ama. meek youth—a melanchoty scholar, who weuld endure these fine and graceful torfures? Oh, no; believe me, I have fierse*blood in my veins, a desperately wicked and deceitful heart beating time to black schemes and evil thoughts—a ‘heart which, feeling itself outraged, has learnt to brood over its wrongs as a vullure migut brood over its nest—a gloomy holein some distant cavern, but stillits nest, and iiteH you, Miss Evangeline, lam savage as any vulture. Youmust not preach Christian peace and for- giveness to me, if you please, or you will drive me mad. I am not a Christian, lam a savage, andIam going away to-night; nothing shall prevent me,’’ At this moment a man Servant suddenly entered the li- brary carrying a large lamp. Eustace, pale and fierce, steod near the fireplace clasp- ing his head with his hands; but he, even he, abstracted and suifering, and full of rage as he was, could not for- bear an exclamation of concern at the sight of the young- est Miss Stan@eld's face. It was aS white as that of a sculptured saint, the eyes were turved upward as though in prayer, the mouth was shut with aiclese tension. It wasa liovely countenance, bat the beauty was of that paler, more refined kind, which often escapes notice when charms brilliant as those of tue dark-eyed Claribel are near. - Golden hair, large blue eyes, exquisite features, check spale from thought or sorrow, er delicate health, mouth -eloquent with a handred unspoken words. [It was the face of a saint, but of an agonized saint at that moment, und when they were again alone together Eustace ap- proached Evangeline. “Do not fret on your sister's account,’ he said. “I Shall alwas hate her, but you 1ausi see that a poor wretch, penniless and outcast as Ishall become, can have no pow- er toinjure a Lady George Cnhesterten. She is well, and she was saved almost by a imiracle the other night. You need not tell heraii [ say. Let her ferget me, tread on roses. and sleep on down, let her find bliss in her toilets, her titles, ier husband—ia she can. Don't fret abouc her.” Saddenly the jarge blue eyes emitted sparks of such fire as Will Eustace had not Greamed was within their depths. “Por her? fov der?’ she echocd in a tone of con- mip. “im Lfretting for her, think you? She who has lized all her hopes, and whose life will be, as you say, , one continual dance on Gowers, one perpetual t from golden dishes. Nay, Day,’? cried the beautiful angeling, clasping her hands tightly. “‘Itis not her I agnourn fer, but you, you, you, William, Kustace !? ‘He turned toward her suddenty. Some dim conception of her {celings toward himself tried to force itself upon the ming eng soul ofthe unhappy young man, but that mind and sou! were tempest-tossed by bis. hapless passion for Caribel, and amid the uproar of his surging thoughts he could not waderstand that a harberef peace and love avas close te his storm-wrecked seul. “You need nat pity me,’’ he suid, simply, looking away from her into thg fire. “You have always been kind to me, and £ shall ever think of you with gratitude.” She urelasped ker bands and Grew near to him. *L_pity you,’? she said, “because I have loved you with le atfeetion of a.sister, because I have longed for the time when you wonid make your name known. I have been ambitious for you, anxious for you. I have divined your love for Claribe!, and mourned over it, and now tu lose you—-to see you go, away without one word of kind- ness, hard, cold, sterk. toward us all—teward me.* Oh, Will Eustace, i breaks my heart,’ And she broke out weeping, He was amazec. ife made a step toward her, and sen pansed, “Evangeline,” be said, hurriedly, “1 am not a simple- ton, not quite. fhis love of yours for me, this ‘sister's love,’ iS sweet in its Ways aut itis net the love to heal the wound whieh your sister kas. dealt me, ‘Sister's dove ? Ido not want if," fie spoke, emphatically. “Pity, ana sympathy, and Christian regard, I will have none of then! Your mother dealt out such te me when I was a child, brought me here and reared we as her son, and what good has it all Gone me? Iams beggar, you are a bar- one’s daughter. You are not my sister, nor can all the sentiment in the books of tne pocts make you so. God has not given me a sister, Evangeline, ad 1 will not pre- tend 16 tuke strangers for sigters agaig,, No, wo, forget + t Oo sie vegan to feel as if she had made. atonement for all me, forget me—find some, other poor wretch to pity and protect, some villager, who Will be more grateful VW She had mastered her sobs by tis timae, and her young heart beat high with indignation. Had he learnt her secret ?,. Did he understand how that a measureless love for him, strong as his love for Clari- bel, strong but more patient, purer, more beautiful—the love ofa true woman, in short, filled her whole being? And if he did not understand her, had he dared to cast contempt upon her? It was like death to her ardent spirit. “You are crugl, ungrateful, uimauly, unjust,” she said. «.J__of course it is natural that I should feel as @ sister to- ward.you. Ihave been brought up with you, but now, go if you like. H——” And then poor Evangeline left. the room, and Eustace bad not divined her secret. He thought she was hyster- ical, angry with him for bis plain speaking and insuber- dination, and s® flied was his sonl with the thought of Claribel that it did not seem as though he had place for other ideas in his mind or heart, Evangeline went to her room, and wept the tears of. wounded pride and bleeding love. Ana the next day Eustace was gone; Without a sign, a token, an adjieu— gone without a line, a word—goneé completely from Stan- } ton Mall. Sir Egerton, a proud and portly baronet, with white hair and haughty face, expressed much dissatisfaction av the conduct of tbe young man, -hegeaites 'F “Makesure he has taken nothing away with him,” said my Lord Chesterton, with a sardonic smile. ‘The family were assembled round a4 fire in the oak library, for though wey were only.in the first days of Sep- tember the weather had, with the caprice which dis- tinguishes the atmosphere on the coast, become suddenly chill, since the storm @n the night when Claribel had been so nearly drowned. Thus fires had been lighted at Stan- ton Hall. tad others In a cushioned chair, bounded up when her brother spoke those cruel words. ee «“Sir—my lord,’”? she exclaimed, turning upon the peer her large, violet eyes, flashing fire, while her fair cheek glowed scarlet with anger. “Do you know that you are speaking of one who was as a brother to us—one who Was educated as 4 son of the house—one for whom my mother can speak in all truth and ‘sincerity as a noodle soul, gifted with a generous mind? A seholar, my lord, and.agentieman is Willam Eustace; and I, as his sis- ter, refuse to remain and uear- him scoffed atin his ab- sence”? “Upon my word, Evangeline,” said the peer, with an odious chackle, “the fellow has a warm advecate in you. should say myself, Sir Egerton, that- it was rather a good vircumstance that the gentleman in question has taken his departure. A dangerous brother, en?” ; And he laughed again. : Clarivel, lounging upon a couch, still treated as an in- valid — Claribel, rather ‘pale, inexpressibly beautiful, wrapped about with a shawlof crimson and gold, her black hair wound into a large, careless crown about her superb head—Claribel looked vp suddenly, supporting herself upon one elbow, her large, star-like eyes ablaze with anger, her, smooth cheek white, for when Claribel was angry she became pale. She said, in clear, cold, dis- tinct tones: “Evangeline, I am surprised you should speak in that tone to Lord Chesterton. I’ am annoyed, too, that you have not more maidenly dignity than to excite. yourself about an ungratefol, violent-tempered young man. His sister, presuuiptuous fellow, if he dared reckon you g0. For my.part, Lalways tell mamma, Ihave no faith in those adoptions of children outof the pale of society, and 1am sorry Mamma ever brought that boy among Bs. [think he made Kvapgeline rude, as @ child; taught her to cherish trees, and so on, and applauded her when she spoke her mind too openly. Imust beg, my dear Evan- geline, as your sister, that you will leave otf this excifa- ble manner of expressing yourself, LI wish you would learn to repress your emotions. When. you visit me in town, I shall insist upon it.” ; Lord Chesterfon looked at eyes brimful of admiration. It was the aamiration of a roue man of the world for a beautifal woman of the worle who has euthralled his senses, and of whose loye- jiness be is.proud as amanis proud of his pictures, his statues, his nouses, ’ . ; “You are right..d@earest,” he said, ina low tone. “A Woman in society should never allow her emotions to master her, not even in the bosom of her family.” : “If one has no emotions,*’ cried Evangeline, passion- ately; “if one has no heart, no affections; if one is cold as imarbie, then 16 is easy never to utter a human cry; but Tam buman, andi have had, and still have, a sister's affection for William Hustace. No elder sister shall curb smy lips into obedience, of forbid me to speak in the de- fense of alostdriend. 1 have no ambition, Ciaribel, to become whut you aud my Lora Cresterton style ‘a woman in society.’ ”? : And then Evangeline rose np and quitted the room. When the lust sweep of her velvet skirt had floated out of the doorway, Lady Stanfield, a lady with a biond, be- evolent, but rather ns face, laid dowa the fancy work wbien had employed her fair fingers, and looked very un- easily at Claribel. . ‘1am afraid that dear child will make herself quite ill about Willam’s unkind, abrupt departure,” she said. “For my part; fam quite at a loss to. understand it. J can’t think what was said or done to offend him. 1am sure some people would nave been fearfully angry with him—hbe that ought to have known better—for venturing your life and his int ‘boat last week, Claribel; but nothing was said to him. Not even Sir Egerton spoke a word of anger to him.” Did you, Sir Egerton ?” Sir Egerton threw down the paper which he had been reading and crackling in his corner near the wide ¢lium- ney-place. ; “Hang itl’? cried the haughty old baronet, “I am just of Claribel’s way of tninking, that it doesn’t pay to bring a beggar’s brat into a house,and rear him like a gentle- mis son. That was your doing, my lady. Compassion fur the fatber, pity for the mother; beth of them are dead now}; and then, instead of apprenticing this young fellow to a trade, hemust needs be sent to Eton. And we in- tended to give hima profession, but somehow he stuck to the place, made himself indispensable, so that, in fine, [ was actually about to settle a) coupie of hundred a year upon him for life, so that le. might cultivate | bis love of art and letters, or give himself up to a life of ad-. venture, Which he used to talk of sometimes; and. sud- denly, without notice, without adieu, he packs up his lug- gage, and he leaves a few cold lines for Lady Stanfield, thanking her for ber kindness, and stating that he has no intention of ever intruding again into the family cir- cle, and that henceforth he shall be as dead to.every mem- per of the fanrily.’? j “Either be is mad,” said: Lord Chesterton, with another. odious sneer, ‘‘or else he has taken some papers or bank notes, One or the other.’? “No, Lord Chesterton, yon must not say that,’ cried Lady Stunfield. ‘William is honor itself, and always was from a child.’? “Tam afraid, my dear jJady, you will find that I am not to be stopped in my speech,’ cried Lerad, Chesterton. “I still think that young man had some sinister motive in leaving so suddenly.” “Tt mnever liked him,” cried heartless, Claribet, looking up With a glittering smile into the coarse face of her lord- ly lover, “il was always peevish and distanttoward Eus- -tace. There was something about him that I never could like, and how I let myself be persuaded: to accompany him in that boat I can’t imagine,” “ite willbe coming back,” cried Leora Egerton, slap- ping the little reading-table with nis open palm, “when hus temper is over he will be coming back, and you mina, my lady, he has left just at an Inconvenient time, when J want his attention for the copyhold of the Draggon Farm, and if he comes back poor, shoeless, starving, not a pen- ny, my lady, not a crust for William Eustace, on pain of my eternal displeasure.’ “That’sjust what Lapproye of,’ cried Claribel, witha cruel sparkiein her magnificent eyes. k “For shame, Claribel,’? cried the kindly lady of the house, in a tone of kindly consideration. “Oh, well, Lonly mean that when people behave ill it's no use to forgive them, mamma, because they are nearly certain to behave ill again, and I consider Eustace has been horribly ungrateful, and if he .comes here again, I hope nobedy will speak to him. Now let us talk of other things.” Tne wedding, put off on account of the beat accident, was to take place in a week’stime. Thus Claribel and Lord Chesterton had moch to talk of in regard to the fes- tivities which were to mark the occasion. In the solitude of her pretty chamber, weeping bitter tears for William Eustace. Sne wasof 2 deep, strong nature, mild as a dove, except where her affections were concerned, when these were wounded, Evapgeline had something of the courage of the lioness in her nature. She bad loved Will Eustace with all the jorce of her pure aud ardent nature lor two years. She knew by instinct, bow noble, and high-sonled, and earn- est he was. She understood that he loved her sister Clari- bel, and that Claribel, merciless coqnetie, and. seeker af- ter this world’s prizes, as she was, did notyreturn his love. But she had not understood until that last inter- view with the maddened Eustace, that Claribel had play- ed so cruel a game, had promised so much, bad broken faith with him, just as some, people break with a little child, simply because there was no redress for him. She had not counted either upon the intensity of his passion for her heartless sister. : “He loves her even as I love him,’? murmured Kyange- line, sinking, Weeping into a chair before. a fire, “anu te think he is gone, without money, without a friend, out into the world. What wil he do? I nhave,a fortune, I ain. an heiress, in two years time I shall be. twenty-one, and then papa will seitic my thirty thonsayd pounds upon me. Ah, if i could give most of 1t to hin, anonymously, $0 aS Hotto hurt Iris pride, but two years, two years most pass before then | meanwhile, Lhave, only. my al- lowance, fifty pounds a year pocket money. What is that! Lt would not be anything, Isuppese, tohim. See how much money have Lin wy jewel box.'? She went up to an Lvory box,opened it, drew out Some notes and golu. “Twenty pounds,” she said, ‘only twenty. pounds, that isn’t much, but, ifLeould even Send him, that; but it 1s not possibile, J have mo trace of him, and then Evangeline feil to thinking that there were said to ve people in the world, some in great cities, some im mountain. villages, some in coast towns by the sive of the restless sea, who boasted of the power of divination,..who could tell you where a lost friend was hiding, Wuat he was tainkipg of, what were bis troubles, bis diopes, his joys, bis ioves, and then Evangeline, poetic and brave, and deeply loying, be- gan t pace her luXurious chamber with impatient steps. At last she rang her bell, saddenly and impetuonsly, A. litte sprightiy maid of French extraction, bur whe had beea brought up in England, and spoke English, en- tered the room. *Vinette,”? said Evangeline, “shut the door, child, and future ~ his promised bride with Evangeline sat eome here, What o’clock is it, Vinette ¥* Evangeline, sitting a little apart from the “It’s half-past ten, miss. They have taken wine and biscuits into the library,’’, °° “fam not going down again to-night, Vinette,*? said Evangeline. ‘1 have been wondering if that strange old man is alive who used to live on the hill, below Earns- cliff, in that battered old house with broken windows, You know all the vilagers used to go and ask him about their sons that were at sea, and when they had lost any- thipg? I think his name was Ephraim Bell.” : “Bell? Oh, he’s alive, miss,” cried Vinette, “ana last week John went to ask bim ‘news of his brother, who made a large fortune in China, and has not been heard of since last year. Hetold him his brother had been murdered.” Evangelme shuddered. “Put more coal on the fire, Vinette, child, and bring me my thick boots, my fur winter-cape, my fuf cloak, and then tell me are you willing to walk to Black Fell, and consult the old man, Ephraim Bell? I have a ques- tion toask him. 1daresay | am very silly; Vinette, and I daresay, the old man Knows no better than I do what I am anxious to learn—and still, and still, Vinette, I am going to him, and at might, because] do not -wish ‘the rest of the household to wonder where I am, and I shall not be met or wondered at in the village. Wall you come with me, Vinefte.”” en Vinette was only fifteen, her little cheek grew pale, but she adered Evangeline, who had the faculty of making all ber dependents love her to distraction. ; “I would go anywhere with you, miss,’* said Vinette. Evangeline stooped and kissed the cheek of her little maid, P “You are a good child, Vinette, and I trust you,” she said. “If we love pare, we Will never betray them, and even if-we think they are acting in a weak manner, We must pity them and pardon them. Perhaps I aim, ndeed, Lknow lam,” added frank Evangeline, “acting na weak way in seeking counsel ot old Ephraim Bell, bat you are my friend, Vinette, and you will stand by me in my weakness as well asin my strength so long asl donot injure another or speak falsely. Iam very un- happy, my little Vinette, and very anxious, and when we are anxious we are not always wise, but if you will come with me and keep-secret you shall be my little friend for life.” Vinette burst into a flood of tears, and covered the hand of her warm-hearted, lovely, if impuisive, mistress with kisses. Then the two Wrapped themselves up warmly, for the night was chill; Evangeline opened the French window of her chamber and stepped out upon the balcony. ? From this balcony steps led into the flower-garden. The two young girls found ‘they way across the lawn to @ path which jee the park, from thence fo the sbrub- bery, and soon tley stood at a lite gate which led into the high road. The moon was Sailing amid pitlows of Gouds white and fleecy, the wind was keen-edged, ana every now and then the voice of the sea murmuring upon tre ‘rocky coast, and then retreating with that Jong washing sound which makes musi¢ en hot sommer days came to tne ears of the halffrigitened young pair. They passed onin silence, Evangeline and her little maid, and soon the lane thickly bordered with trees was passed, ahd they came out upon the steep and rocky ‘fume which led to the straggling street of Earnscliff yil- higd : A little while lopger and they were passing along the rough roadway, The houses, some with lights gleaming in their tiny windows, some with their shutters closed, turned their facestoward tne restiess sea, Which mourned, and wailed, and beat itself against the rocks of the shore. The houses at Harnsclity were only built on one side of the way. Evangeline pansed, a little out of breath when they had arrived at the last house in the village. That lasthouse was alittle larger than the others. It was compassed about by a garden, planted with vegeta- bles, and those’ stunted shrubs and small apple-trees which flourish by the seaside, Evangeline rested her hand on the latch of the gate, and locked about at the wild coast: country, viewed un- der the weird influence of tiie moonlight, fitful and rest- less as a coquette’s smile. A somber sbadow rested upon the hills below@he village, for Earnscliff, as its pame tes- tifies, was builf ppon a very high clill, and it was neces- sary to descend mito a valley before reaching Black Feil, where old Hphrainf dwelt. Something like dread daunted the resolution of Evan- geline fur aninstant. Whatif oid Bell were a man oi violent nature, without principle or honesty? What might not she expect to suifer at bis hands? The wind rose up With a long snurill ery at that moment and seemed to wail over tre halls like a spirit voice. i Vinette clasped ler little hands,and shuddered, “Courage,” said Evangeline. “Courage, Vinette. Come on, fear nothing.” : = er bravery never failed her. “4 . They descended into the grassy vane and soon began @gain to ascend. ‘The hill-side of Black Fell wa and Vinette pausediind panted more than once, bu geline cheered heron. Another quarter of an hour Ia And from that time, nerved witha sudden inspiration, led to the desolate dwelling of Ephraim Bell. As yet the heuse was noc in sight, but turning suddenly round the Sharp pomt of a rocky projection, the young adventurers perceived a house before them. Dismantled, one-eyed, shutterless, one window on the right side of the door, no other in view, and a sloping roof, a long chimney, a gray front, a miserable weed-grown gardea, but, strangest sight of all, an olfmaw®sitting in an old crazy, ghostlike chair in front of thre pegch on that windy autumn night at eleven o'clock, lo. ing the moon riding high among the pillows of clotds,' atid at the somber weird shadows which they cast over the hills and villages. What took somewhas from the unearthly aspect of old Ephriam Bell in his crazy arm chair, was the unromantic fact that he was smoking along pipe, and the odor of the tobacco came pleasanlly upon ine keep, cold air. Evangeline walked courageously up to the old man, straight through the miserable weed-grown garden. Yinette followed, her teeth chattering with dread, ; Old Ephraim laiu his pipe on the ground at his side and rose up to greet the young lady. He seemed like a withered and bent aged man, with harsh features. His clothes appeared ragged, his head was covered with a wonderfully thick thatch of white hair, He wore no hat of any sort, but’as for the expression of the battered old face, it was impossible to distinguish that clearly in the moonlight. fe ; “Lady,” he said, making a low bow, ‘Iam honored by this visit to my poor place, honored beyond expression.” Evangeline started, The words and the tone were the words and the tone of an old courtier, a gentleman ef the ancient regime—not the harsh, tasping, .ubgrammatical speech she had most naturally expected from old Bei “Pray pe seated, lady,” said the old maf, Still, in' the same tone; “you must be tired with your long ey If you could drink some nut-brown ale which I. keep in my house, it might refresh you, for it is wholesome and good; but it is scarcely courteous to offer malt hquor po a lady ??* ah: 13° Bigot 6 Evangeline was more than ever astounded. Wonderful old man, wonderful eld. gentleman, she was almost think- ing. She seated berseli in his chair withouf scruple, and hesitated for a moment how to begin the tale,. , “Tam ashamed of myself, Mr. Bell,"? she, said, at last, “atleast, Lam alraid you will think me weak and Tool- yr ish . 1 Old Bell smiled. She pansed. | eiake sspuy dual oR “I see [must help yoa out, young lady,” he said, inter- posing his. ragged figure between her, and the moonlight. “You have heard that since my arrival here some six years back, the good people of Earasclim haye thought tit to consult me respecting missing property, and missing persons; occasionally 160, tiey have Consulted me im re- gard to their future let life! I may, therefore, conjec- ture that you seek infoyation touchipg a certain friend, of whose abode you kiPw nothing? If you will ask your little companion to step Miside my house, and take a seat by the fire, L will Speak you out here.” Vinette took the hint The door of Ephraim’s dwelling stood ajar, and a fire burnt on the ground under the wide chimney. Vinette, glad $0 ‘varna herself, sank into a chair and soon fellasleep. Outside sat beautiful Evangeline in that crazy ancient chair, the wind moaning about her ears, and old Ephriaim Sell sianding before het, “Yon are anxious to knew where a certain youth is hid- ing, and what he is doing?’ said Beil, ‘‘ife is in London to-night, to-morrow he goes to Paris, there to study art in the art galleries, and to improve jis taste, and there I may prophesy that his genius will ripen, and that in tline he will be known as a great painter—or if not that, he will Gistinguish himself in literature; but he has hardly five pounds in his purse, and tiere are months of hunger and suffering in store for this brave spirit. Pray for him, lady, not only. that he may meet with the reward which a niggardly world too olten witholds from struggling genius, but also that the ernel spirit which hitherto raled his destiny may lose its power, xy “It is a tearful thing when a man gives his soul into the keeping of a woman without a heart.. For you, fairest lady, you have so jarge and true a heart that it wouid in its nobleness and Wurmth shelter all humanity, yet for the present it 1s torn and bleeding, and he who, has tora. it knows nothing ef whathe has done. He was blind, he was drunk with love for another, he trampled on the true pearls in stretching cut his hands toward floating empty air bubbles! Ahi weep net, lady, sweetlady! Your star sttall rise, the star of love and tears shall. be wiped from those dove’s eyes, 2nd smiles shall wreathe about that rosy mouth! I cannot tell you the garret where your friend Will Jive in glittering Paris, but in time I may know it; for the present you can only pray for him. I must also tell you that your fair sister, in stretching out her hands to reach the treasures of this world, will find them turn to empty baubles in her grasp. “There were two brothers who loved thesame woman— the one loved her as a man should love the woman whom he wishes to see the mother of his children; the other loved her as the libertine loves, with the selfish thirst ofa passing fever, a thirst for mere possession. The one brother was neir to a title—he who loved her truly; the other ene tempted him ont in a boat upon a wide sea: and there, Where no humaneye saw, he pushed him down to death under the cold waves... Then he rowed back to shore, and, having plupgedinto the sea showed dimscls, himself, wet and weeping, on land, and told. how that he | had nearly perished in trying tosave from a watery grave! That man is now Lord Chesterton! ife.ruined the woman whom he professed to love; she drowned herself with her child. They say that in the rooms of his castle in the north the unhappy shadow walks at night, clasping her infant in her arms, her wet hair apd wet trailing. gar- ments drop, moisture on the carpets, and their, colors fade out, no matier how often they are renewed, in a few weeks, “Your fair sisfer may yet weep and wail in those lordly saloons—nay, fle will, she must.. lt is wmtten! And broughé them to the steep, narrow, winding path which : z = = a now, lady, go home. go home, and pray for the mistaken young man who loves an ice woman, a pillar of snow, a fashionable belle. He must weep, he must eat his bread in tears for a space, but he will rise nobler out of suffer- ing. There is no trial which may not be turned to good account, and from which we may not emerge better and wiser, purer and gentler.” ‘There was something so elevated in the tone of the old man, that Fvangeline lelt more as if she was receiving spiritual connsel from some good priest, some eminent philosopher, than simple advice from a ragged fortune- teller called Ephriam Bell. : CHAPTER VI. Is there a tear So mild and meek, It weuld not stain an angel's cheek, » Tis that whieh pious fathers shed, Upon a duteous daughter's head.—WaAvLtER Score. tne old Countess of Kendalé contiined to shake her gold-headed stick at her beautiful granddaughter; her thin throat was swelled with anger, hardly could she ar- ticuJate for a minute or two, so indignant, so filled was she with wrath. “Go into the house with you, littie rattle-snake, little imp of darkness, little deceiver,” she cried at fast, in a loud, clear, screeching voice, *I will have nothing more to do with you until | put you into your convent, deperd upon it,’? Fancheite turned away with a slow and stately step, and walked toward the liouS8¢ with a gesture full of Heyesty ; uval watched her pacing up the woodland path, as we watch the last moments of those we leve. It mer seem too strong a simile to employ, perchance, but we have already said that the young officer had con- ceived a violent and unusual passiou .vf the Lady Fan- chette Germain. He gave up his whole soul henceforth to her, with a species of wild idolatry which is happily rare, for few are worthy of exciting such a love. It was-a passion altogether different to that which Clari- bel Stanfield excited in the soul of William Eustace. Eustace was proud, flery, self-respecting naturally, and his whole nature revolted against the woman who had wasted his years, and humiliated his pride; but it would be impossible for Fanchette, let ber become cruel as an eastern sultana, to inspire any other sentiment than adoration in the fervent soul of Duval. The beautiful creature was unconscious of her power, as she walked toward the castle, her heart swelling, her eyes bright with tears, ber scarlet lip bitten almost through, by the strong, pearl-white teeth. She passed out of sight, and then Duval found himself lstening to a ridiculous war of words, between the old countess and his gay friend Hamilton. “YT will find your names out, sir, depend upon it. If you are officers, I will have you posted, and Ill write to your commanding officer, and I'll disgrace you in the public papers, coming here in company wiih an isolent gipsy.’ ; Elsie now stood afary her arms folded across her chest, she was leaning against a tree, and regarding the ola countess with a supercilious smile. “In company with @n insolent gipsy, waylaying the Lady Fanchette, and daring to commence a conversation with her! Dl prosecute you beth, l tell you, to the very uttermost limits of the law.” “Most grateful to your ladyship,” said saucy Hamilton, making alow bow. “I should think you might makea request to have vs tried by court-martial, and shot! that is, supposing us both to be really officers, which, how- ever, does not seem to be a well established fact, by any means; or you might take us into the castle, Lady Ken- dale, and lodge us in the black dungeon, for one night or so, with a supper of bread and water, and cold live frogs —eh, Raymond?’ turning toward Duval. “Should you object strongly? Can you not overcome a few natural scruples, in endeavoring to pander to the celebrated tastes of a live countess, who has a predilection for the manners of the middle ages ?” “J suppose you mean that for wit?’ eried the old countess, in atone of supreme disdain. ‘To me itseems like the ill-bred inselence of a vulgar paryenu, trying to appear at his ease, and failing.” Hamilton was of a good family, therefore he could afford to smile at the old countess, putting him down as a parvenu. “You are very complimentary, Lady. Kendaie, only if those be the manners of the ancient nobility, how wise our French neighbors were to get rid of their nobility some eighty years ago. Come, Duval,’ and the young man turned on his heel, with a pretty affectation, “I am afraid I shall fal hopelessiy in love with her ladyship if I remain much longer, and a2 man in love is not responsible for his actions. Let us wend ovr home- ward way under the sootning: apd poetigal influence of twilight, and let us endeavor to modify that rapturous admiration forthe nobility which the reception of her Jadyship has excited in our weak minds,’ Flourishing his cap in the air, Hamilton bent down and sf touched the earth with his ferenead, so low was verence Which he made to Jane, Countess of Ken- ut Duval had not spoken one word in his own defense since the arrival of tre ccuntess, and pow he = only si- lently raised his hat, aud suffered himself to be led off by Ifamilton. When they found themselves alone,the loud laugliter of Uamilton rung out through the woods like a peal of joy-bells. “Duval, are you out of yonr senses, that you don't en- j@y the scene? itell you itis the finest lark that ever was beard of. The old monster of pride never was so well spoken toin her life—tirst by Elsie, next by me. Oh, wouldn’t she have liked to put us both into her dun- geon, and have ground our bones to powder to mpke bread! Have you not heard of such goings on in the ola times? But these days of telegrams, and railways, and Reform Bills, have put all those nice old customs out of date. Ha,hal Why don’t you laugh, Daval ?” “Because,” said poor Raymond, *‘l1 am disgusted with my conduct. I felt the old countess had every right to be angry With us getting into her park under false pre- tences; and then the Lady Fanchetle—we were insolent to approach her.” ; ; “Tne Lady Fanchette be bothered!’ said Hamilton, ir- reverenuy. “ithink she was very pretty; but she is only a woman. Sheis not an angel, or a saint; and we have as. much right to look at her as she has to look at us. Duval looked on the ground in silence. He felt that it would be utterly impossible to make his friend under- stand the depth and power of tne mighty love that haa taken possession of his whole being. While Hamilton scoffed (and with reason) at the cruelty of tne middle ages, Duval felt himself inspired with the deep love, the, chivalrous spirit, which had animated the knights and heroes of those times, He fel. that he could have died at the feet of Fanchette after having been wounded in a hundred fights for her sake, happy only to be rewarded by a smile. His was the love wiuich gives all, and takes nothing in return. As the days | passed on, this love of Duval’s increased, ifthat were possible. He wandered over to Kendale, and took up his abodein an humbie farm-house, close to the park, so that he might have a remote chance of see- ing tne great Kendale carriage roll through the village street, the withered countess, a benevolent-faced goy- erness, and the exquisite Fanchette seated inside. There were always footmen behind, and two postillions before, ,| for the old countess delighted in keeping. up an old-fash- ioned state, and with a rattle and rush, and clatter of ‘horses’ feet, the splendid equipage would sweep throngh the streets. Fanchette in a straw hat, her superb lead held aloft, not in pride, it seemed, only in a modest self-assertion, aad Duval would be hidden, lying, perhaps, all along a bank by tne side of aroad where he knew the carriage must pass, trees over his head, shading him from the sight of the haugity, fierce countess, and the beantifnl Fanchette, Lady Kendale was a Catholic, and she did not come to he churchjin the village, buiemployed a domestic chap- Jain in the castie. Thus Duval never saw Fanchette on sunday. One Sunday evening he wandered down to the little inn—the Kendale Arms. He had not dined that day. He had spent his time reading, smoking, sleeping, musing, wulternately wonder- ing where this great folly of his would lead. him to, be- lieving, with a sickly apprehension, that it was. leading him toward a wasted life and an aimless, purposeless throwing away of energy, and thought, and time. In the parlor of the Kendale Arms sat a remarkable- looking man, with white hair and black eyebrows—a man prematurely aged, it seemed. He was dressed with tnat scrupulous nicety which distinguishes a weli-bred person, but there was something outlandish in the cut of his clothes, This personage bore the traces of a remarkable beauty in his eyes and: brow. He wore no ornament, saye a heavy gold ring on the forefinger of his Jeft hand. Duval bowed to him as one gentieman bows toanoither, and the stranger courteously retnrned the salute. Then he began to converse, passing rapidly from one subject to another, He .came, as ‘by accident, to the great castle, the crooked countess, the lonely rose blooming in the seciu- sien of the grim ela fortress. “ At last, springing up and clapping Duval on the shon!- er: 5 “Let us dine together, my dear sir,’ he said, “and after that, willyou doune a favor? Will you deliver a mote from me into the hands of the Lady Fanebette Cer- main, and wait by while she writes her answer?’ Duval. stared aghast at the handsome, tall stranger, who seemed scarcely to have passed youth, ia spite of his whitened ‘hair, A) strange teeling, haif’rage, lalf sym- pathy, possessed him. You love her?” he asked. “I ‘am herdatber,” replied the other, ina quick whis- per. “Say, will you take my letter? Twill tell you how tO Manage, You must getvinto the house aiter dark.” (To be continued.) To Bill Posters. PATRTVOU DAW NOPIC!E BILL POSTERS THROUGHOUT THE UNION —IN EVERY Cry, TOWN AND HAMUET—ARE REQUEST- jh TO. SEND. US THEIR. FULL ADDRESS IMMEDI- | ATELY UPOQN THE RECEHIPT OF THIS NOTICE, BY | DOING WHICK THEY WILL NOT ONLY. BENEFIT THEMSELVES, BUT GREATLY OBLIGE STREET & SMITH. i . i | they persevere in thé course they are Return of Dr. Schenck. Dr. Schenck has returned from Florida, and will be pro- fessionally at his office, No. 15 North Sixth street, Phila- delphia, every Saturday. When Dr. Schenck started for Florida he said that upon his return he would let the pub- lic have some liveideas about that State, and he has come back to fulfill his word. If the entire community could be imbued with a littie of the doctor's energy and ability to succeed in every undertaking, it would be a blessed thing. His patients are continuaily given the benefit of some new experience of his, and he does net appear to hesitate at any legitimate expense. He tells the story of his trip so well that we need only add it here: A WORD TO CONSUMPTIVES, It has been my duty to advise with invalids, giving them instructions in regard to the care they should take of themselves, and where their winters should be spent. When I had opportunities of examining them, and found that their lungs were not so far gone as to be beyond the reach of healing, L at once advised them to go home and stay in their rooms, keeping the temperature at from six- ty-live to seventy degrees, and to exercise as much as they could within the limits of the room, in order that the free circulation of the blood might be kept up; and to take Schenck’s. Pulmonic Sirup, Seaweed Tonic and Man- drake Pills. By implicitly following these directions hun- dreds have been saved, who, under almost any otlier cir- cumstances, would have died a lingering death. The ordinary method of treating consumptives is to advise them to go out in the fresh air. This generally pleases them, because the fresh air affords them tempo- But a reaction ensues, and the almost inevi- table 1esuit is that they are continually taking little colds, which are scarcely perceptible at first, but which, in the end, prevent the healing of the diseased lungs. As I have resolved to discontinue my professional visits to other cities, I paid a visit to Florida, for the purpose of ascertaining whether that’ region would not prove beze- ficial to invalids, and the conclusions at which I arrived are these: The climate of Florida is admirably suited to consumptives. It isofan equable temperature, so that invalids can exercise in the open air without subjeeting themselves to the danger of taking coid. The liver of a man of sedentary habits generally becomes torpid or in- active; hence exercise is absolutely essential to him. li he is of a consumptive habit, this exercise cannot safely be taken in our changeable northern climate, and hence the advantage of going to Fofida. J saw hundreds of consumptives there, many of them in a rapidly improving. condition. They will get well if ursting. They had the advantage of open air exercise in connection with the proper medical vetnedies. The majority of them are taking my medicines, and are carrying out fally the idea { have been endeavoring to impress on the public mind, and that is the free use of Schenck’s Mandrake Pills. The stomach of a sonsumptive patient, the liver and bowels, are almost “invariably in a dull or inactive con- ditien. The stomach does not crave food, and if itdid could not digest it. It has notthe power to convert it into good, healthy blood, without which acure of con- sumption is impussible, To make good biood is the omce ! of food. lf the stomach and liver are in order, then digestion rary relief. proceeds naturally, and of course with advantage to the patient. Le grows in flesh, and consequently in strength, and as 2 natural sequence the lungs heal rapidly. Now allthis is readily accomplished by the judicious use of Sehenck’s Palmonic Sirup, Mandrake Pills and Scaweed Tonic. They should be taken together, for the following excelient reasons: The Pulmonic ‘Sirap assists in ripen- ing the impure matter in the lungs, and good blood takes its place; the Seaweed Tonic prevents the food from sour- ing on the stomach, stimulates the coats of the stomach, and assists digestion; the Mandrake Pills act onthe liver, exciting it to vigorous action, causing a healthy secretion of bile and carrying olf the morbid indigestible matter. In my opinion Florida isthe. place for consumptives, though there are some portions of it to be preferred to others, for the following reasons: Jacksonville is & de- sirable place in many respects, butit has the disadvan- tage of bemg located «irectly on the St. John’s river, where heavy fogs and dews are frequent, and where, at times, feverand ague and chills prevail, which are cer- tainly anything else than beneficial to consumptives. St. Augustine has few advantages which cannot be found at It is a bleak place, located near One day the atmosphere is oppressive; the home here in the nerth. the ocean. neXt an overcoat becomes necessary. At Palatka pa- tients do well. lhavea great many there, all appearing to have good appetites, and gaining fiesh. and strength. Many of of them would, to the casual observer, appear to have no lung diseases; but appearances are deceptive. Rapid walking or the ascending of stairs would bring on coughing spells so violent as to astonish those not famil- iar with all the facts in their cases, But for these coughs, they would, from their healthy appearance, be tuken for perfectly sound persons. ‘ I examined the lungs of a great numbé€r, and was amazed to find how seriously many of them had been diseased, but were healing nicely, But Palatkais not the ' Such is my opinion, There is teo much low, wet land in the vicinity. My own candid impressions are that Enter- prise and Melonville are the best locations for mmvalids. The climate is not variable, and appears to be somewhat warmer than other locations visited by me. At» Enter- prise there is a large aud very fine boarding house and hotel, known as the Brock iiouse; its only fault being its location onthe banks of Lake Monroe, ;which causes heavy dews ai times. : ei 45 Decidedly the best place in Florida for cousnmptives is at Maior Marks’ hotel, two miles from ‘Melonville, and about the same distance from the lake, right among the pines. The house is large and the table splendid, whic is saying a good deal for Florida. I have come to the conclusion to recommend this spot to my patients, after having visited and carefully examined nearly all the places to which invalids are usually recommended. Those who desire to know. more of Major Marks’ hote}, can obtain the necessary information by directing a letter to him at Melonville, Orange County, Florida. Ido not desire to be understood as saying that these are the only desirable places in Florida for invaiics, They are by all odds the best localities I visited, and for tins reason I confidently recommend them. > J. H. SCHENCK, M. Dr. most desirable place in Florida for consaumptives: atleast Dea ar ergs tates wept : eee SE CE 3 a | | ; +> f : i ae er i 4 c ‘ ; vo ieee i og 1 Ss § wt ~ ie : =e 3 > z iv ¥ r iad is ib ; ih A 5 se dob Ass OVE, LOVERS. ——— ——— BIRDS, BLOSSOMS, © SONG OF THE BOAT IN SPRING. BY WILLIAM ROSS WALLACE. 0, the winter is over, Already the wiug Of the little vlue-bird Murmurs sweetly of springy Already the blossoms, Called out from above, Are in ecstasy breathing “Love, love, only love es Thave longed all the winter. A little iithe beat, Once more on the waters To joyously float, Once more to feel in me A human fréight shout, “The Blast’s in his cavern, The blossoms are out!” Allwho may take passage Are welcome to me, And through every atom Til tremble in glee; But my beiss shall be greatest When lovers shall glide With a heaven of kisses, Along the blue fide. Ha! there they are coming! Ha, ha! now I feel Sacred joy as they board me, From taffrail to keel! O, winter is over! Spring leaps from her grave? Birds, blossoms, love, lovers! Tm out on the wave! —_>-o<____- NED BUNTLIiNE’S GREAT PRIZE TEMPERA ACE STORY. Gut ef the Dark. A TEMPERANCE STORY. . e he ce And now the speaker's voice changed from the tone of fiery indignation which had marked it, and he, painted the temptations brought to bear upom men. The peril of the first glass. The wild, strange, magical thrill it was too apt to bring to him who had not tasted before. The appetite created—fostered until froim @ mere desire, it became a fiery longing, a madness which would not be refused. Hetold of the wild excitement of drink, how it made the brain whirl in fwiry visions, then thicken and thicken, until all was darkness and stupor. He had felt, seen it all, knew it inits every phase. He had ‘been there”’—almost lost in the darkness, but in the mercy of Heaven he had been lifted up into the light once more. He told of the crueliy which broke the heart of the dear wife, which sent parents sorrowing to the grave, which bowed sisters down in a sorrow no words could describe. : Touching were his points, earnest his pleadings, so real his pictures, that eyes moistened on every side. More than one—aye, hundreds there felt the truth come hometo them—they had knowin What he de- seribed. ; And one—that one, Eugene Westcott, drank in every word until his soullayin an agony of remorse. With opened eyes he saw his peril, saw how cruel he had been to the devoted wife, how wretched he had made mother and sister. Trembling from head to foot, hardly able to choke down the sobs that strove for vent, tear- fuily his eyes were seton the speaker's fuce, and while he listened he resolved. “Neyer, never"—was that resolve—‘will I agatn touch that which bas made me and these I love miserable.” The speaker drew to a close with a thrilling appeal for those present to sign the total abstinence pledge. It was a first step toward reform. That taken and kept, it would be easy to goon. Aconnection with some order, “Sons and Daughters of Temperance,’ the “Temple of Honor,” the “Good Templars,” “Samaritans,” *Recha- vites,” “Father Mathew Society,"? or apy open or secret regular society would strengthen and secure. The pledge was circulated. With his own hands the noble Merriit carried it to the group in which he felt so great an interest. Mrs. Westcott was the first to sign—the little wife I mean. Could Eugene refuse then? No. fe signed it. Then his mother and sister also. Mr. Pendleton alone refused. ; “J would scorn myself,” he said, “ifI could not keep a resolution I made without bringing myself in that way. ifIthink drink hurts me,lam yet man enough to stop it.’? Alas! in that very self-confidence many a good man has been wrecked. In that contempt of binding one’s self by promise or obligation, many a man has veen lost. Arguiept was useless with Mr. Pendleton; he was ob- stinate mn nis refusal. Well, a triumph vad been gained. The young husband had signed the pledge. Me had told Mr. Merritt he BY NED BUNTSINE. (E. Z. C. JUDSON.) Oar of the Dark” was comme: cedin No. 21. Back nuy can be had trom News Agents throughout tie United States : CHAPTER Vill. It was Saturday evening. and once more the true tem- perauce mun, Gou's cheseu missionary in a greatana hely work, called to see the heart-stricken. motuer to learn if the young man im whom he Jelt so deep an interest would be present atthe regular Sunday evening temperance meeting at tue Institate. Notouly was. hé met by the mother and sister of Eu- rene Westcott, but bis young wife was there, her face less sad than usual, for she nad begun to hepe. Sickness had kept duriug this tine spe had tenverly nursed him, and he, ali penitence, Was ready to promuse and te co anything which would comfort her in her sorrow, During this time she had been Visited by Mrs. Westcott, wue had named tue desire of Mr. Merritt im regard to the Cvoper Institute meeting, atid she had, witnuut approaching the object, or | naming any one’s wish but her own, got [rem him a promise to go with her to tbat meeting. She intended, her nusband two daysin the house; to get you to do so. might propose himin a division of the Sons. And his mother, sister and wife were to join at the same time. di was a@ gloricus meeting. Hundreds took the pledge. Many, already strong in the work, went away yet Others, yet undecided, went away to think, and thought is almost sure to convince. | stronger. CHAPTER X. “Where haye you been so long?, It seems an age since { suw you, my dear boy. How pale you 100k!’ cried Alfred Neville, meeting Eugene Westcotton the street on the Monday morning immediately following: the Sunday night described in our last Chapter. “{'ve been sick—very sick, but am now able to go to the store,” said Eugene. ‘Tiiut miserable spree of mine, last Wednesday night, cost me very dear.’? : “It wouldn't, if you had only gone home when 7 tried You were fifty thousand doliars ; ahead of the bank in the game, and they were about to declare broke, anu stop. But you wouldn’t listen to me, and let well enough alone. You must bet your whole pile on a single card. You lost, and only laughed at it, You swore you’d play on, and did,.”? “Flow could I, ater losing all? I know I lost, for, With the tact of a loving daughter, to induce her father to when {£ eame to myself, my pocket-book was empty. I go also, and these things Were under discussion when Mr. Merritt came in. His face was allaglow with pleasure when that Eugene and Mr. Pendleton would be there. ‘‘We will work as if for them alone,” he said. “Though there may be maby present wno, needing the same argu- ment, may find good, resulting to them, also. We have the best speakers im the land—Greeley, with his cold, semmetimes dry, but powerful and incontrovertible array of facts and argument—Cuylet, sharp, logical and pergua- sive—Kendrick, rather methodistie, but rising at tunes to sublimity—Bungay, stadied, smooth and. strong. Ican- not name the hall of them—with music from the soul-stir- ring Hutchingsons, And to-morrow éyeniog I will have a speuker who has been enyironed by the perils of intempe- rance, Known its transient pleasures and its terriple ago- nics, and who has come ‘Out of the K’ into the glori- ous lignt of the Temperance Star. He has convinced his thousands and tens of thonsands, and on iis efforts, aid- ed by the prayers of the goud, we will depend for tie re- storation of your son and this noble wife’s father to the}. good estatein which they dwelt before temptation met ey will be there,’ said Mrs. Westcott—“Eugene at icast, Tour he wnt pot be able to go out where temptation can mect him before to-morrow, fam giad the hour is so near at hand,”’ : “You ladies must’also be ready to. join, sata Mr. Merritt. “Why ?? asked Mrs. Westcott, hastily. “I never drank even a glass of wine in all my lie, Neither has my little Mary !”” kee Twould not touch wine orstrong drink to save my life!’ said Kugene’s wife. “The first g on my wedding night alarmed me, I felt itsimfuence, and 1 saw it in him who bad just become niine, From that instant my resolve of total adstineace Was taken. Why should we join a temperance society ?”? “Ty set ahnoble example To swell the ranks of our temperance army. To turow the all-powerful influence of woman into the scale against the greatest enemy to hu- manity. To encourage otpers, by your sweet presence, to come aad tostay. Are Dob there reasons encugh ¢"” “Yes, and more than enough tosatisty any tree women wlio feels tbat she is pat om earth for a good purpose and net as a Vain ornament!’ Said Mrs. Westcott the elder, “We will all join !? “Then, my dear madam, I feel a redoubled confidenre in saviog yoarson. Wuwergivou, lis stster and lus devoted wife lead tne Way, fie cannot refuse to follow; and once wichia our fraternal circles, we will strive to so interest and to so please him that he will never wish to leave us, be he temptedever so much.” “Mr. Merritt you make me very happy! cried the young wife, her face alt aglow with the pleusure of hope. ‘That’s what my Dolly says when I promise to take her to meeting with me, and what she says sue means!" said the yorng minister lag such & quaint way, that the ladies laughed heartly. “A good wile is the brightest jewel that was ever placed in the casket of a man’s life }’ “Tlow about a bad one?’ asked Mury Westcott, with a mischievous twinkle in her eye. “I have ha@ ne experience in that line and can’t say |"? said Mr. Merritt, with a smile. “I-have been blessed with a good one—one, too, who bears patiently with what some would term neglect, for she Knows that if often ab- sent from her, it is not for any temporal gratification or any selfish ambition. I go to do good; she approves of wy labors with ter warm-looking heart; she cheers me with her worvs of encouragement when I go; she receives mc With the glad kiss of welcome wnen Lreturn. One of my friends told her the other day that [had temperance on the brain. ‘Yes,’ said she, ‘and it has struck through. isvery vein in his body thrills with temperance fire. Every throb of his heart is for the cause. Every energy of mind and hody is devoted toit. AndIam proud of him because he is in this work. I love him more instead of jess for it, tor it makes the people love him, and Iknow God loves him too. My little Dolly stands up for me like a litthe Spartan, vou may well beiieve. But pardon me —-I have a committee to meet, so good evening.” CHAPTER IX. Crowded even before the hour to open—every seat taken and the aisies filled or filling with tose who must stand —this was a preefofthe people’s interest in the Cooper lustitate Temperance mectings inaugurated by the Sons of Temperance through their G. W. P. and Propagation Com- mittee, aided by the gifted Hutchinson family, ever ready to vokuntcer in the cause of right. Foremost in a sat, in the central part of the hall, the eye of Mr. Merritt fell on one group, and his heart leaped with joy to see them. Mr, Pendicton, his daughter and son-in-law, with Mrs. Westcott and her daughter all occupied one slip, The face of Mr. Perdieton wore a flush deeper than that of health aione—yet he seemed calm and in a thoughtful 200d. Eugene was pale and nervous. The effects of the large quantity of drugg:d wine which he had taken on that fearful nignt in the gambling house, had notall pass- ed away, and he was yet in a Wretched condition of body. His wife had persuaged him not to have a doctor called tn, for experience hud taught her that in their almost universal prescription of wine or liquor as a tonic, res- torative, or necessary stimalant,. they only fed the appe- tite wnich should be destroyed rather than fostered, and she had no hope ofhis ever becoming sober under a modern doctor’s care. She did not know that there were noble men of science in the profession, who would not in- sult Deity, by decluripg alcoholic stimulants the only es- sentials to be found, and that He permitted ilis to come to an With no natural remedies to cure them. The bour to commence arrived, The Hutchinsons sang with their whole voices an invocation which thrilled every lieart. Then the young minister who acted also as chair- man opened with a brief and touching prayer. A second song Was sing. While it echoed through the room, Mr. Merritt held a brief, earnest consultation with the speaker of the evening, Their eyes wandered furtively to that farolly group, but mot in @ Way to attract observation even from them, The work of the evenivg was being laid ont. The last note of the song rolled in a wave of melod tirougl the room, and then the speaker was introduced, He rose, and tna voice at first low, but very distinct, Swelling, rising and falling as his subject changed, opened. r He first complimented the people on the interest in the cause made evident by that immense gathering—the sea ofup-turned faces before his eyes. Then he took a view ofthe crime, the sutlermg, the misery in the great city and showed statistically that the greater proportion of all this, causing heavy taxation to support it, was caused pe surely didn’t borrow.” S “You borrowed all I had—only seven hundred—lost it, he heard | ana then i gave you cheeks, playing until you Were so drunk you could play no longer. Then I got you into a carriage and took you home, Till then I could do noth, ing whatever with you, you were so bent on having your own way.” ; “My checks on the bank ?” “Yes; you would give them.” “How did Isign them? In the name of the firm, do you remember 77 ae res. 7 “Merciful Heaven! Iam ruined! I have no right to sign checks for the firm. Mr. Pendleton alone has powe: to 0O it—tnat is, inour articles of partnership.’ “1 am glad you have told me so scon, tor [ will prevent Selden from presentivg them at the bank, and you can Setule, with him privately.” “Oh, thank you—thank you! You are my friend, in spite of all they say. Are you not, Alf?” “Of course Lam, my boy—of course I am. And now take my advice, well meant. Alter you have seen Sel- Gen, and settled with hun, never again enter a gambling house. To aman who drinks, there cannot be a more dangerous piace.’ “{ drink po more, Alf. I have signed the pledge.’ AwWhat pledoe? I don't understand y even wine, beer and cider, as well as stronger arinks.”? “Whew! “Thank you, Mr. Seiden; but I signed a total abstinence pledge last night. The paper I am now drawing fer you would not be worth mucn, were 1 to break the pledge of paymeén: implied in it.” : . “True; yet I do not fear yourbresking it, To prove my confidenee, there go your enecks into tie fire.’ * Wesicott would quite as well liked to have destroyed them himséli, but, as His own erés saw them in 2 ‘plaze,” he felt satisfied. ) Lew Est “And now, In Tegard. to the pledge you todk,’ Mri Westeott. Did it not specify that you would abstain from: using intoxicating drings as a beverage 2? uk 4s “Yes, 1 beheve that was the closing word? 6 1! “Did you notise ary peculiar nieaning init ?™ 8 > ‘Why, Pes, that'd was ‘not te drink any liqadPsy wines, cider, or Beer 11% eit : Yoa were not habitually touse *‘Really I don’t know. I scarcely understand. 6) 9" “Well, ldo, Mr. Westcott. That word is used fora special: purpese. The' good man, St. Pani, adviséd the use of the articie as a medicine. Did he net say to Tim- “Phe pledge to abstain from ail Lise CaN intoxicate, | Ys }ed fulland he oe y, ‘Take ® Hiule Wine-for thy stomact sake and thine often tnyirinities ?* * “Well, yes, UVe-read that, or heard it quoted.” ‘Are you better than Paul or Timotuy was ?”” “No, not half so goed; but what are you driving at?) — “Simply this: you’are sick, You needa stimulant as a medicine. I:preseribe it for you. I giveit to you, and something after to so disguise your breath that your own wife wouldn’t Know at her one luniredtl Kiss that you had been drinking. Yoadco not break your pledge, be: cause you do not teke brandy ‘as a beverage.” “Well, I'velieve you are right. I do feel unmwell— strange sinking of the stomach. Nerqous? Yes, I anv very nervous. | Alf, tell me, my dear fried, Go you think I'd break my pledge if 1 teok just one dink, net as a beverage, but asa medicine 7? “Of course net, Bagene—of course not. Thatui they put that word in. Ifa man hz jlera ned aie if be didn’t havewbrar temper warer with it, “Only as a Wesfcott did net hesitate. He took and ‘drained the glass. All the time appetite had been gnawing at his very Vitals—trying te overcome honer, aud to drown memory. | “Doesn't that set you up ? asked the tempter. < “Yes, alitie, But itis very weak.” *Meliow—only mellow with age. Another will not hurt ou ? : - Westcott reached out the empty glass. rained it asecond time. New the pallor Jeft his face. His eyes grew bright. *Itis wonderfnl—wonderful,” he muttered, like anew man, isialt humbug. My father-in-law was right when he laagned at me for taking the pledge. Why every vein is full of fe. My nervousness 1s ali gone. Another glass, Selden, another glass and Vl go. It is. medicine yor kKnow—nota beverage. Thunk you—thank you. Now the stuil to conceal ny breath, or to disguise it.” “Take this box of aroinatic pastiles, Tueyare full of ; the oil of cloves... Tell them/at home you liad the tvoth- | aghe and used Pike's teoth-ache. drops. That'll blind | them completely.” “id . “Thank you again. Now I'll. be off, I'llcall in three or four days at farthest, to take up that due bill. Coed af- ternoon. I feelsplendid now. ‘That medicine was joliy, wasn't if.) Good afternoen.” j And the young man burried away, aircady intoxicated, and tie brandy had hardly yet reached his brain, CHAPTER XII. “Selden—I did not think you were so foolish,’ cried Alf. Neville when they were left by Westcott. “What, in making him drink? That. will bring him back to our net quicker than anything else.’’ “Oh that is all rignt and you did itup brown. . l mean about burning the checks You had a monstrous, hoid on him in them.” : “I Know, it, and I haveit yet. Ifyou had looked close- ly, you Would have seen that { was burning only couple | of old letters. Here are the original documents and 1! } make them worth double their face yet. If by the articles | of partnership he was forbidden to sign a cneck of the firm, then his signature of the firm is equivalent to for- gery. Itis a crime at the very least, forifnot a forgery, it 1s raising money on false pretenses.” “Yes—yes, and you havehim. Oh how sweet will be my revenge. His baby wife shail receive hate for hate. l‘il. have her at my feet yet,as i wasonée athers. She shall plead for htm—and—well Pll not say what ll do till the time comes.”! “T will 20w,” cried Selden, “and beyond the money I shall make in which you share, I've got another plan. Accidentally, when she was shoppipg the other day, I saw a lovely girl. Such eyes, such aciear illy and rose complexion, and a form that even Venus would have en- vied. I Was so smitten with her that I followed her home taking care not to attract her observation. Once there and the number of the house discovered, a few cautious inquiries at the corner grocery told me Who lived there and to.my surprise I found that my unknown charmer ‘Was Mary Westcott, the sister of the dranken fool who has left us.”’ “Yes, she is very beautiful. As bridesmaid, she was admired full as much as the bride, when Eagene was married. You don’t think of marrying her, do you?” “Marrying 2 Ha! hal. You make me laugh, Neville— you do, indeed. No, sir, When I marry one wife, Brig- ham Young will disavow that polygamy is a divine reve- lation. And he’d drown himself in Great Salt Lake with abagof diamonds about hisneck which he keeps hid- den from profane eyes, before he’d dothat. No, sir— marriage is not one of my specialties, while other men are provided with the article known as wife, and often so neglectful that the dear creatures sigh for conso- lation, and seldom sighin vain. These checks are a power, and I snall not hesitate to use them as such.” “Selden you are an unrivaled villain!” “Thank yoo—l know lam.” “A profound scoundrel, if ever one lived!’ “Right—very right. Anything more, Mr, Neville?" on o.’? “Then hear me. If you were not a coward, Alf Neville, you'd be a bigger vilkain than I!” “Mr, Selden’? “Knowing the first fact I mentioned, you will put on no airs, but take a private drink and then go over to the Saint Nicholas and seeif you can’t rope ina few cus- tomers for the evening.” “Mr. Selden, my father’s anger and my own indiscre- tions have to an extent made me a dependent on you for certain per centages,” “Yes, and I want you to earn them.” “But, Mr. Selden, you should remember that lama gentleman; at least, a gentleman’s son.” “Bah! Satan’s Kingdom will be filled with such gen- tility. There 1s no gentility outside of wealth in this re- publican land, Clothe the mightiest scholar in rags. and though he plead fora place m every tongue that is spoken on earth, he will not getit. Let him speak with the It was return- * Nore. —The writer distinetly wishes it understood that this is not his arcument, but is written to show one of th@o mupy ways by which the enemics of fcinperance approach those who have t one time, and if you had won when you pat it on | | i “Exactly. them’ as ‘a4’ beverage. But if sick, were you to refuse to take them as: a medicine 2” bi } SAR } from bim. “7 feel} To talk of getting along without liquor 4 > C= — NEASX Will be deaf to his words, thatis dependent. should be hissed down wherever it tries to. rear its brazen front.’ “You are Severe, Mr. S¢luen.” “Severity is not always. injustice, Mr. Neville. 1 like to take down this false, gentility once ina while., Litke to break one of your preud gentlemen, who has cut me in the street because of my profession, and liave Dial ask me for 2 loan..i remind; him of the, tume when. he couldn't see me, though Livas within. a yard. of him, and tell nim a gentleman should never condescend, to borrow ofa gambler, But come—tnurry up, take your drink and go. Itis time you were at. the hotel. Are you brake, as usual??? > 7 oes meant to have got money from Westcott, but orgot it." : “Well, there is a fifty spot. Muke good use of it.’ The roper-in took the money and crept away. : CHAPTER, XIU, Florence Westcott. had never taken more. eare in her toilet, never tried to make her beauty: more striking than she did on that Monday afternoon, She wished to look well, in. her husband's eyes—and where is the true wife who does not. And she wished to make _ his mother and sister, feel proud of her, for it’ was; the evening set for all four to join Harmony Division of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance, and she expected ber husband home early, for his mother and. sister were to take tea there, se they. could start together for the Division Hail. She was fully daughter came. not her dear lusband to take a'step which would insure bis steadfastness to the new faith. to which he, was pledged? She telt that that step ence: taken, he would be safe. That he would be “Out of the Dark” and into the lights ; Five o'clock came. ‘The mother and, sister had been there an hour; \yet he did net come.,, Florence felt un- cusy—he had promised to come early, by three o'clock. Yet six. struck,aAndy ever -thea-he was) not ithere. At seven they were to start for the hall. Tea was ready at #ix. They would wait little while longer. : Another haiLe heurand poor Elecence. grew pale. Her sad heart sank, within her, They, woukl; take tea by ifiemselves—he might be detained on business, and com- ing late, wouid wait for tea until alter the initiation was over. : ; So they took tea and were through, soas to be ready: to go at seven. That leur came; and with bonnets and Shawls enithey walted trembling for him to come. A step was heard. It was heavy and uneven. That could not be his. ‘The deor opened. Ob, merciful Heaven! With a face all bruised and bleeding, garments) sediled with mud as Well as blood, only the fiery eyes teRing that med human- ity existed in that form, Eugene Westcott staggered into te room? ©] ¢} , : f “lorenee screamed wildly, thovgh sbe recegnized tims ; iva “D—don't make a f—fool of yourself, old gal. I’ve had a jol—jolly eld rewi, diicked the crowd+-did) by thun— thunder ?%s r 792 ¢ ink agit 7 And the drunken wretch-whatelse .ca2.we.call him staggered over te a sofaand tried:to sit down, but lesing dressed when Mrs, Westcott and: ber Screamed with terror, even his, balanee, fell to. the floor. my son!” cried Mrs. Wesrcott, thoroughly indignant. pledge signed but just might" ' sienan “Novis a bev'rage, bev— bev'rage ole woman?’ muttered A eman, allen in a double sense. ; “On—only,as a med’- Ginga? 120 g . ie , “‘Eagene—Eugene this is horrible !*’moaned the wre ed wife as she bent weepisg over his: prostrate form. . “Leave him where he is,’ cried the mother, “and come with as tothe division room. We will not-disppoint that g00d man who waits for us. Come, Florence, doubly dear tc me in your great serrow, coine |"? * . “Mother. He is my, husband, I cannot, will not leave him. He needs me now. Io one else must see him in this condition. Ge you and say he is not, well enough to gothere to-night. Yousee that he is not.. Perhaps by another night he will be fit and willing to go.”? “He. will never, never be fit,” moaned the unhappy motner. “I had a hope ilnow, But it all fades away while I see him there in bis drunken filth. He looks now as Lhave oftenseen jus farher look. , But Mary,and I will g0,-so that Mr. Merritt shall not be completely disa ppoiat- ed. Lhate to leave you behind, darling one, but if you feelit your duty Ishould be the last.to draw you,;away All 1 can Say is {hat not oné woman in a thou- sand would be so fuituful, and it but renders his brutality the more odious in the sight. of, God and of man. , Good tche your only comfort now!” To be continued.) aaa pl HE FALSE HEIR; THE BELLE OF THE SEASON. RY MRS, HARRIET LEWIS. “Tho False Meir was commenced in, No. 4b. Back numbers ews Agent in the Cnited Stites}. cun be @btained from any N CHAPTER XLVI, The Lady Geraldine proceeded to set upon the programme formed, betraying neither by word nor manner the knowledge she had guined of her uncle's cruel Gesigus mpen her lite: Ou the mornivug subsequent to the interview whieh she had overheard, and which bed revealed to her the characters of the eark and countess in their true colors, she appeared at the breakfast-table with her ustal healrh, and the iniprovement in her appearance was marked by her relatives, who congratu luted her upon it. The maiden received their expressions of joy with quiet gravity, and althouga they did not tail to notice ihe umwonted seriousness of her countenanee, they tailed to ascribe it to its true cause. | ¥Yhe maiden spent the dar in her own teoms, forcing herself | to appear in the drawnig-room in the evening, where she was eutertitined by vie countess, who told ler that the invitations jor the ball had been sent, and thatthe various preparatioas for the grand event were in fall progress. She was told what the mediaicly upon her own dress, that the order might be sent to her dressmaker on the morrow. Distasteiul as was such a subject to her at such a time, when one great sentiment of horror pervaded her whole being, the Lady Geraldine suonmoned all ber calmness and resoluuon, and couversed With the countess upon her costume, etc. Atan early pour she retired to her own rooms. The next morning she felt quite weil again, the effects of the Poison she had taken having given way under the vigorous treai- ment to which she had sabjected herself, She feit no more hin- guor nor faintness, no more quiveriog of the Nerves, nor rest- lessness, aud realized, with a thankful heart, that she had re- gained her usual strength and vigor. é ‘ Daring the morning the countéss sought her boudoir, witha small basket of chvice fruits, which she proposed to shure with her. “Jt seems so selfish to eat them alone, dear,” she said, explain- ingly) “and 1 know you are as tond ofthem as Iam. It did’me cood yesterday to see how you enjoyed your pear.” ~ Geraldine did not wish to refuse the proffered fruit, Jest she might awakeu suspicion; su she took a peach tnat stood out very prominently, seemingly mitended especially for her. A momentary glitter in the Italian's eyes showed her that she had taken it. c Pe eg “I won't eat if now,” she said, carelessly, placing it ina Sevres dish near at hand. “i haven’t much appetite at such an early hour,” The countess gave her a quiek, sharp glance, which yielded to asintle of satisiaction, as she became convinced thut the maiden suspected nothing, aud proposed eating it soon i *Do as you like, my dear,” she said, blandly, “You don’t know hew happy Lam-—to change the subject-—in the happier relations that have arisen between us, It ts so pleasant to me to feel that in coming mto’my husband's house have been so for- tunate m winning the affection of his lovely nicce. I trust I hare done so.” She paused but GeraltIne fonnd wt impossible to reply, so great was her abhorrence of the hypocritical, woman before AN, T know I bave!" said the Italian, attaching no fmport- ance to the maiden’s silence. “AndT return your sffection, iny dear. I was pleading with the earl in your behalf last evening, and I can see that be begins to relent toward Mr. Loraine,” Geraldine coulé hardiy vail her disgust at these false assuran- ces, and, toher great relief, the countess soon after withdrew, taking her dish of iruits with her, ; “TY wish the ball were come and gone,” thought Geraldine, on finding berself alone. “I can leave on the night of the festivities with dear Lady Rosenbury, tell her all, and unplore Ler vo tuke me away from my uncle’s reach, If 1 were to go to her now there would be so much scandal, particularly as we are almost on the eve of the countess’ ball. Perhaps,” she added, “Ladv Rosenbury might wislrto take me to Scotland, and Walter might tollow, when we could get merried.” ; A delicate blush suffused her cheeks, and her eyes lighted up with an expression of tenderness for her lover. “Tt will be pleasant to be under his protection,” she minse “to be eared tor, and shielded from all these harsh realities! Walter is so good, so trae, so noble, that I cannot fail to speedily forget my uncle's wickedness and folly. How strange that W al- ter should have loved me so long, and feared to tell me of his love! Dear, noble Walter!” : There were happy tears in the maiden’s eyes asshe thought of her handsome, ardent young lover, and she lived over again, iu thought, her brief interviews with ‘him wpor the shores of Rock Land, particularly the one in’ which he had poured forth the story of his love for her, and-she had confessed that that love vas fully returned. : Th blissful memortes like these, the Lady Geraldine uncon- sciously forgot the perils which beset her daily path—perils which she did not wish as yetto reveal to Walter. At length, with a sigh. she recalled her thoughts and busted herself with affairs claiming immediate attention. . ‘At the dinner-tabie she again met her plotting relatives, and her manner wasso subdued and quiet that the countess was convinced that she had duly eaten the peach prepared for her— the peach that ihe Lady Geraldine had ordered her maid to throw unseen into the kitchen fire. “You do not feck at all well, Geraldine,” she said, with as- sumed sympathy. “You are looking quite pale and languid ” The maiden felt no ivctinatioa to smple, although she knew that the pallor alluded to was more the iilusion of the, count- ess’ imagination and desire than a rea ity, “I think L will retire to my room immediately after dinner,” she replied. “I do notfeel at all like singing or conversiag this evening.’’ The eart and his wife exchanged glances of satisfaction, and Mrs Tomlins ventured to express her regrets at the maiden's indisposttion, beguing to. he permitted to sbare her solitude. The Lady Geraldine ylelded assen:, and, after the conclusion of the meal, retired to her own apartments, preparing to spend a pleasantevening with her companion. On the third day aft-r the countess, overjoyed atthe appar- ent success of her schemes, resolved upon a chane in her mode of giving the deadly drug, so that her suspicions might continue to sleep. After breakfast, therefore, the earl said: : “Don't retire to your rooms directly, Geraldine. You seem quite to have deserted us fora day or two, Come into my fibrary with your aunt. Itis butscldom you boner my sane- tum with year presesce ** ‘ “f would have visited you oftener in your illness, uncie, if you would have admitted me,” returned the meiden, 9 signed the pledge, to endceavur to get them to dbrcak If, Alas} sometimes the “Ah, true. By the way, Geraldine, I fad a sample of French wifes sent me yosteruay, wich | would like you to taste. “Let-luim lay, he is not. worth your eare,, even if he is. “Thisis. his, reformation—tkis is the way he keeps ‘his: night, dear Florence—may He aid you whose aid will be. Her face was radiant wiih joy, for was- ‘ QEXh 2 Spee PY | countess intended wearing, and was importuned to decide inn- | | disappoinved at that. ¢ } Jecting a a ~ Rp ipg well The maiden turned pale at this announcement, seelng before her a trial she had not expected. She quietly proceeded to the library with her relatives, however, and prepared to mect it With self-possession That the wine was to be drugged she bad no doubt, and that she wonld not drink it she was deterniine The eari bade her be seated, and she obeyed, taking a seat at 4 lirtie distance frem the countess, and: beyony her minediate gbuservation. Her uncle then extracted the cork from a bottle Unt bad pecn opened@before, and j onred ‘for Bera glass of wine. Geraldine noticed that the countess and the earl both drank wine from the same betile as that offered her, and. rightly con- Gluded that the drug had been put into the wine-glass, and not into the beverage itself. As her relatives re theirgiasses to their lips, she dropped her handkerchief purposely, and, 3p stooping ferward to pick it up, she spilled the contents ef ber gla.s upon the hearth- rug. Shading the empty glass then frem observation with ber handkerchiel, she Hited it to her Myps, and’ then placed it upon the table. The result of her movements was, that neither the earl nor the countess doubteu but that she bad drunk the’ wine, and they redoubled their atientions. When she proposed to withdraw, the countess inssted upon accompanying her up stairs, the real motive ot the Italian be- ibg not to awaken the attention of Mrs. Tomhns or the servants to the supposed: fact that the Lady Geraldine’s ilinesses inereas- ed after an interview with her relatives. They had scarcely departed, when Julian, the page, entered, with a letter for the Lady Geraidine, which had: justbeen lett ly the postman. “You can leave it, Julian,” said the earl. be down d. rectly, and Twill give it to her.” The page bowed, and left the room. The earl then took up the letter, supposing It to be from Wal- ter Loraine, or Lady Resenbury, but the handwriting was that of neither. . Tt was cratbed and irregular, and looked hke the: proguctian of a man leng nnaceustomed to the use of a pen. ILaiso seemed diszuised, for here and there, where less care bad been shown, the letters were differently shaped from the rest. As the earl marked these facts, he grew pale, and seemed about to experience a return of-his late malady. ifis cuilty soul, ever on the alert, ever iull ef suspicion, had taken the alarnyfrem the simple address of that letter to his liece. < With trémbling hands, he tere oper the envelope, and he then eloquence of a Cicero‘or a Demosthenes, andthe people You must have some wine that you like, for you are not look- Out upon.the idea of gentility | Nn. eS v i “Her ladyship will ; seemed to d- your the evntents of the epistic, Which in Ne wise tended 10 reassure him. ; It waswithout address or signature, and te the (effect that if the Lady Geraldine’Sum mers would bé pta certain plice; imdi- sated, at five o'clock that afterneopy she would nicet. an old 1, who would inake imporiant revelations io her, affecting vhole futare happiness. it prayed, her to be restrai from this meeting by no fears whatever, bur td bries her niaid or companion with her, and stated that the writer was an o'd! gentleinatewho hwdenee Known ber. | fd eancluded a few mysterious aliusions to the past, whick would be belter -under- stood by Lady Geraldine than any other, and added that he was a firm friend of Walter Loraine, whom he praised forvently, Vben the earl had concleded its perasal, Ne thrust ‘it tato his pocket, and erouched in his chair: pate‘and trembiing. “it must have been written by the—the lunatic,” lic muttered hoarsely., “Who else Wonld havc ovritten such a-tettert Yes, san it be possible? Mure says the man is safe in his. cus- . df not written by the prisoner, then it must have. been ritten by some friend. whom he has made. Tan standing upon ife ground. Mure is still iii ‘town, Eknow. TI nitst see him immediately.” t : 7A Going rohis desk, he hastily wrote a few lines to his axployre, sanled and addressed the note andthen summoned bis! page, to lfs presence, . : cs : ‘ “Let down thé shatters, Julian,” he said, hoarsely, “and turn on the gas. Quick! And then go with thisfetter with all speed.” The page obeyed, darkening the wibdows and behting the gas ” then departing withthe note, white the earl eowered again im his chair, under a pile of shawls, which seemed to hin a sort of screen avd, pretection. . i \ The time that elapsed before the @octor’s’ coming seemed a lapse of aves to Ins lordship, who pressed his hands ‘to his side, as if te queiPthe taniuitat his heart, and groaned bitterty. / But at) length Mure made ms! appeatance, and thecart hall started upjexclanming, ma tone ot rehet: “Thank fare, you have come, doctor! Leck the deor—lock borh the deots, and then cone and sit by me.” ; Mure obeyed, softly turning the bolt of the ‘door opening inte the corridor, and then lecking ‘the one that Jed inte the reotn where Geraldine had listened to the interview between her rel: atives When they had threatened berdise. a He then seated himself close to.the earl, who exclaimed: “| thongbt you told me, Mure, that vou bad the dunatic allsafe in vour custody 7° tap me The doctor started. and a took of Alarm crossed his visage “So T did, mytord,” he begun, but ‘then’ paused; unable to compictethe semtence. ; en ofl “Butit dic beim your keeping, how do, you explain that, let- iér?” cried the earl, producing the, episue addressed to his niece. “Et was either writen by him or afriend.” 9. | ‘cod Mure looked relieved at this statement, and carefnily perused the Jetter again and again. fy “Well?” said the carl, impatiently. i “You see, my lord,” replied the deetor cautiously, “that is withont date. Ji might have been writicn, before we captured him, or tt may have been written,by some pe n to whom he has communicated the truth. din, it may © norefercnce to him whatever. Itis, perhaps, the work of some person who was once acquainted with the Lady Geraldine, and wishes to apply to her tora . : “aut in thate “True. Perha; for your Tordship niece,” “No, no! Since the linati¢ fs safe, Pcare notliing for this ous- sider. Do you see anyindieations of his approaching death? You remember our agreement?” “Yes, my lerd.. I huve dene nothing. yet... I have. sent him back to the asylum with iny Keepers, na shali follow directly, tor the purpose of putting an end toall dangefs of future ¢s- capes-on Bis part. Next week I will tidy you desire.” ; The eari expresses off his sha ‘ ‘ “About this letter, doctor?” he “The appointment is made for the Spring Gardens. tt had better go azid see Who iv can be that desires an interview with mw niece otttside her guardian’s house. “You might even ‘follow this person. home, it youthought such astep desiratiie.”’ Ga ‘The deetor assented, again glancing at the letter. . He had been able to dispel the carl’s fears.in regard to the au- trees? 119 f nthe come;to.the house t” the mutter would be Made for your , to settle return with the inturma- i Ins gratification at this promise,and flung * tiorshipor the epistle by the false statement thut the tugitive nad beet taken to Mure Hall. Knowing, however, that he was) still at liberty, he had no difficulty in traeing ube letter to tinny amd the reso:ved so keep the appoinnnent made for the maiden. ; After an hour or more.spentin restoring {he earls equanimity, the doctor departed tull of e@letion at the clone he had gained to the fugitive, and resolving to follow it pp to his capture. As he passed down the street, he had afew minutes’ conver- sation With the spy, who! had continued to haunt the vicinity since the atsappearance of the iugitive, and'then resumed his course. At the hour appointed by the Writer of the letter, Dr. Mure was atthe piace mentioned, eagerly watching tor the appear- nnce of his former prisoner. ‘ihe docter bad changed his usual carments for a sportsman. like costume, in order to escape recognition from the fugitive, bot the change only served tomake him more ieonspicuous, it secining so ulierly incongruous With bjs looks, At first his vigitanée was fruitless, but tinally “his “attention became aitracted to 2 well-dressed gentleman, who, leaning upon a ‘stick, was wabhibg toand tro, yet evidently désirous of uvoiding observation. This genticman» seemed to be expecting some. one, and to be ‘some one’s” non-arrival, and, alter sub- him toa close scruritiy, Dr. Mure became convinced that mr was noother than the fugitive ‘himnse!t, skilltully dis- suisec But the fugitive was equally. vigilant, and, atthe ‘same mo- ment of his recognition by Mure, noticed the doctor, and pene- trated his disguise, ' ‘ Without a moment's delay, he turned and left the gardens at aswitt pace, followed by lis late jailer. Mure sw the fugitive get into a cab, and drive rapidly away and he signaled another vehicle and followed in purstit. It is unnecessary to record the movements made by the fugi- tiye to elude thebservation of his enemy, how he spent two full hours in endeavoring to escape, and then, lesing sight of the pursuing vehicle, dismissed bis cab, procecded homeward a \ on foot. : He had gained his residence and rooms, and'\was congratu- lating humself on his tertunate eseape, when, as he was about to letdown the shutters, he noticed a slinking figure on the op- posite side of the street, watching the house attentively. In that figure he again recognized Dr. Mure. “Fracked!” he ejaculated, sinking intoachair. “I thought Thad got rid of him entirely. Imust jose no time mi escap- ing.” ; He looked through dhe shutters, watching the doctor for sev- eral minutes in silenee, and svon became Convinced, from the actions of his ememy, that his exact residence was unknown, the doctor regarding the several housés composing the block with like serutimy. While he lecked the @octor crossed the street, entered the litue yard, and knocked cautiously at the door. ‘Lhe tugitive stoie ont into, the corridor to listen, just as the landlady answeredihe knock, “beg your pardon, madam,” he*heard Dr. Mure, saying, blandly, “but do you keep lodgers ?”” “No, sir,’ was the response; “at least, only one. accommodation tor mere than that.” “Tnweed °° reurned che doctor, politely. “I moeticed your bill on the door.” ; “Ah! I forgot to take it off, sir,’ answered the landlady. “Our new lodger’s but just come, as 1 may say, sir, and I've had barely time to arrange things since,” She seemed inclined toend the conversation with the visitor, buthe hud no idea of leaying the house unulthe had obtained the information of which he was in quest.. Leaning quietly against the door-post, he remarked: “Tam very sorry I should have been too late for your rooms, madam. This neighborhood and the house itself would be sure to suit me.” Js there any probability: do you think, of your lodg- er’s departure soon?” “Oh, dear, no, L hope not, sir,’ said the landlady. “Heis a very nice lodger, and makes no trouble whateyer. Ile seemed alittle strange when he first came, but he’s quite a gentleman, sir. So, you see, I can't Jet the rooms at all.” Witn this dictum, she bowed ibe doctor out and closed the door, Mure inwardly blessing ber communicativeness, The fugitive bad heard all this,and now sitoe back to the window, lookivg through the shutters. He saw his enemy hastening away at a swift pace, and real- ized that he had gene ta, summon assistants to cupture him, his tandlady’s statements having, of course, betrayed the secret of his hiding-ulace. , Toe realization did not fora womect deprive him of his self possession, he having acquired, during. the few. days ot free- dom, all the resoluuon and firmness necessary to establush his claims, and win back his lost heritage. Laying bis purse upon the tale, and taking therefrom only a halt-crown tor necessary cub hire, he donued bis hat and lett his room, bastening froin the house. He paused & moment on the sters, but saw nothing of his en- emies, ava with a quick, energetic ste;, be hurried throngh the nearest streets, not pausing until far distant from his late odgings. “By this (ime Mure is secking me with his mon, and discover- ing that Ihave disappeared,’ he mused, a smile playing about his hps. “The purse [Jeft to pay for my lodgiug amd expenses will show that I have discovered his plans, and ci:cumvented them.” Signaling a cab, he entered it, giving the address of a cele- We haven't -brated attorney to the driver, and then, ag he drove away, he muttered: ; ‘ “Jn that letter to her I gave him a last chance ef setthng the matter without scandal or trouble. It seems he opened the Jet- ter, a8 I half expected he would, and instead Of allowing her te meet ine with propositions of peace, he set that hound, Mure, upon my track, todrasine back fo my prison, I might have foreseen it. The time has now arrived for me to act. Within an hour I shall have taken steps to Claim: my rights, to proclaim the trath to the world, and to exact justice for these who have for 30 mally years persecuted and tormented me.” (To be Continued. } DG at There isn't a sweeter flower in the whole literary garden which we present to astonish the eyes and delight the senses of our friends than the beautiful “ROSE OF KEN DALE.” The story is truly one of rare beauty. ~Read what appeared im the last and that which is in the pre sent number and yowll be imnationt for the parts yet to come, a ee i NRRL 3 3 oe 7 —F . THE NEW YORK WEEKLY. ioe MARCH. BY MRS. M. A. KIDDER. Bold March, the stern trumpeter, comes, And he biows in his fury-like zeal, Till he makes the stout oaks sway and bend, And trees of the forest all reel. He blusters, and flusters, and raves, And frightens the children at play; He chases and scatters the dust About in a terrible way ! But the sweet little flowers know his voice, The crocus and violet, too, And look from their beds in the vale To the sunin the heavens so blue. They know when the March winds prevail That beautifal spring-time is nigh, And they hasten to greet the fair maid, As she in her joy passes by. Then blow, oh! stern trumpeter, blow! And rave in your blustering way— Thy blasts, as they sway the proud oaks, But herald the breezes of Mayt KENNETE’S RESOLVE. BY HANNAH HOPPER, Kenneth Winnard stood like a statue in bis handsome library. His face wasas white asthe snow which lay without, and his eyes seemed, in their expression, to be wholly unconscious of anything about him. A beautiful young girl had just left him, and had taken with her the bright hopes and happy anticipations which fer a twelvemonth had gladdened his heart. He stood as thougn he would never stir or smile again, and his disap- eens and sorrow were the same to him asif number- ess bearts had not felt the same, the very same grief . Which was tearing away every desire for future existence. Son.ething flashed suddenly into his face. He started. The sun was just setting, and the startling flash was from the beautiful diamond ring which lay at his feet, the ring which had sealed his betrothal with beautiful Claudia Drummond. He, with man’s foolish heart, had thought her an angel, and had expected that nothing but death would part them. He was a man of wealth, and had lived in luxury and ease all his life. As the diamond's brilliant reflection was thrown across his face he luoked down, as if from instinet, and saw the little circlet lying where he had dropped 1t when Claudia Drummond had placed it in his hand. He raised his foot and was about to crush it into the carpet, when suddenly the expression changed upon his face, he stooped and took it in his hand, and turned it about in many different ways to see the light of the low sun flash upon it. “{ will keep it,» he said, “to remind me continually of woman’s inconstancy.”’ With his knife he pried apart the golden ring upon his watch-chain and slipped the ring upon it. He sat down in an easy chair by the window, and as he watched the going down of the great sun, new thoughts, new hopes and new desires took the place of the old ones, and never had he felt himself somucha man as when, after an hour’s meditation in solitude, he arose and left the library. He passed through the dainty reception room and opened the door of the hall. A pleasant murmur of voices in the parlor greeted his ear. He stood a moment, irresofute, then asif to prove tue strength of hisnew determination, he crossed the hall and entered the parlor. There was Claudia sitting by the side of her new lover, the man who had won her heart from him. Hesaw that another ring flashed upon her finger in the place of his, and her cheeks were glowing with the joy of her new engagement, His brother’s wife was there, too, and his niece, and he knew by the pleasant smiles upon their faces and their lively chat that they either did not know of his disappointment or did notsym- pathize with him in his great grief. His rival was his nephew (a man not much younger than himself), and he seemedin his own happiness to forget = sorrow of his uncle, and the great wrong ne had done lim. ; When Kenneth Winnard entered the room, there was an unpleasant silence fora moment, but the composure of the rejected man, his ease, and apparent indifference, broke up the stillness. “I was just wondering where you were, Kenneth,’ said Mrs. Graves. “Come into the charmed circle, do, and chat with us.’ “No. Dm going to give you some music,” said Kenneth, taking his seat upon the piano stool. He never played better, and the room seemed filled with the music. All were silent, and Ciaudia listened and” forgot for a moment the new lover beside her. She saw the. diamond ring dangling from his watch-chain, and. saw his animated face as he played, and she was chur- grined, and half angry that he had given her up so easily. Her new lever seemed to notice it too, and a portion of the charm was gone, the prize he won from another was not after all of much value. A servant opened the door. : «Please, Mrs. Graves,’ she said ‘‘the little girl has come again for the pay for her sewing, and sie says she must have it this time, for they will suffer without it.” “}m sorry, but I can’t pay her to-nigtit. All the money I have by me must go with me en my shopping excursion to-morrow. Tell the girl ’m sorry, but I can’t pay it to- night, that is certain.” : The music ceased, Kenneth Wimnnard turned about, for his ear, quickened by the new resolve in his heart’ to fill his future days with good deeds, caught the servant’s words. “Stup,’’ he said to the servant as she was about to leave the room. ‘Stop, I will go myself and see the little ari? ™ He passed out of the room, and went into the warm kituhen. A Tittle girl stood warming her red hands be- fore the fire. “Good evening,’’ said Kenneth. your puy for the sewing?” “Yes, sir,’ said the child, timidly. ‘We need it, or I would not have come out this bitterly cold night. My sis- ter Annie is not able to work now, and we have no coai, “You have come for and not much to eat.” “Wait a moment,” said he, as he went out of the kitchen, Soon he returned in overcoat, hat and gloves. “J am going home with you,’’ he said to the little girl’s questioning iook. He took the child’s hand and they passed out into the street. The child ran along by his side scarcely able to keep up with his rapid strides, and at last he noticed her effort, and lifted her in his arms. It was a good mile to the lit- tle cheerlesS home, but they were soon there, and climb- ed the stairs and soon stood before the pale, shivering —— lady who sat by the window wrapped in a tattered blanket. “JT have heard of such sights as this,’’ said Kenneth; “but I never.could think them real. Why, you are freez- ing to death here, and there’s no time for words. I will be back in a moment.” He ran down the stairs, and the little girl, Mary, had hardly had time to explain who he was before he was back again. In his own hands he brought a dozen bunches of kindling wood, and all of these he placed in the little stove and set them afire. He moved the young lady away from the window to the stove, and was so filled with surprise that any should be so wretchedly poor that he did not even notice the grateful smile that hov- ered about the quivering lips, and did not even hear the low “thank you!’ which she uttered. A man shortly aiter tumbled in a barrel of coal, and very soon the room was warm and the frost began to melt from the windows. Kenneth Winnard went again into the street, and when he returned he had with him a basket of eatables. “Tnere,’? he said, taking a long breath, ‘‘you will be at least partially comfortable fer the night, and 1 will come in again to-morrow.” ase He was hurrying from the room when little Mary caught his hand and kissed it, “Dear sir,” she said, ‘“‘we will bless you forever and ever. With these heartfelt words sounding like sweet music in his ears, he went back to his sumptuous home. They were still pleasantly chatting in the parlor, but he did not join them. The next day he went again to little Mary’s home, and was greatly pleased tosee the young lady look much brighter than on the night before. With great earnest-- ness she thanked him for his kindness, and related to him a little of her life-history, which was the old story of wretchedness and poverty taking the place of affluence. She had supported herself and her little sister for more than a year by her needle, but her health failed her, and then she saw no way left for her to live. Kenneth Winnard was much touched by her simply- told history, and every day found him fora half-hour or more in the little room, which now began to look cheer- fuland cosy. He found many more who were in need of help, and he visited them, and many hearts blessed him, and many lips heralded his good deeds. Claudia soon tired of her new lover’s soft words, and the calm, handsome face of Kenneth haunted her, sleep- ing and waking. She heard of his noble deeds, and her new lover seemed insipid by the side of him, and so she drifted away from him and ‘treated him with coolness, and often with contempt. The winter passed away, and the giad, new spring came to send fresh hopes and vigor into the nearts of the poor. Poor Annie Day and her little sister Mary were now living in comparative comfort. Annie had regained her health, and was again working with her needle for their support; but she had found one friend, and life seemed brighter and fairer to her, and she worked with a new giadness in her heart. Kenneth Winnard loved her. His acquaintance with her sweet disposition and cheerful spirit had won his ad- miration and affection, and. he smiled as he thought of the love he once felt for Claudia Drummond, and com- pared it with the tender, quiet affection which he gave to gentle Annie Day. Hedid not declare his love, for he had promised himself when he attached the diamond ring to his watch-chain, that never would he place it upon a finger again until he had proved the faithfulness of her whom he loved, if ever he shou.d love again. He was rich, and Annie Day was poor. Would she not be glad to marry him, even without affection? Hetried to invent some plan by which he could learn if she truly loved him, and while he thought and pondered in vain, Providence was about to execute a plan which would be a sure test. Kenneth continued to visit the poor, and administer to their comfort, and, at last, he was stricken down, and the doctor pronounced his disease the small-pox. They all fied from him. His proud sister-in-law, his niece, and Claudia Drummond, and a servant only, was left to care for him who had been so kind to others; but one day the room seemed to grow bright with the presence of sweet Annie Day. She remained at his side all through his sickness; she bathed his brow, and sung low, sweet ie to him; she did everything human hands or human heart could; and when the sickness was over, and he sat, con- valescent, in his great arm-chair, she left him, as it were, in darkness, and commenced again her labor with the needle, He was soon well again, and the house was once more in order, and occupied as formerly. Claudia Drummond was learning fast to despise her second lover, and to love Kenneth Winnard with much greater ardor than before the engagement was broken; and one day, while he sat in his library, she entered, and, throwing herself at his feet, implored him to take her back again to the place she once occupied in his heart, and place on her finger the ring she had once worn. He pitied, but did not love her, and with a few kind words, and a recital of the change in his feelings, he left her there ashamed, angry and wretched. ! He sought the humble home of Annie Day, and told her of his affection, and asked her to be his wife. She looked into his truthful eyes, andin a firm tone replied: “Kenneth, I love you, but 1am poor, and you are rich. I will do anything for you; I will be always ready to com- fort you, and do all that a faithful, worshiping heart can do, but Il cannot marry you, Your station is far above me,’? ‘ Then Kenneth Winnard, douvly convinced of her faith- fulness, pleaded with her until he had reasoned away all objections, and she was made his wife, and the good min- ister said: ‘4 “What God has joined together, let no man put asun- er; Little Mary found a beautiful home at their pleasant fireside, and never a night did Kenneth Winnaru forget to offer thanks that Claudia Drummond had broken the tie which bound them, and given him by that act the im- petus to work to some purpose, to give to the poor of his abundance, and he woulda often say to his wife: “If [receive no reward in Heaven for my charities, I shall be satisfied because they have brought me the glory ore happiness of my life on garth, my faithful, loving wife!’ WHO SUFFERED? AN APRIL STORY. BY FAITH FAIRLEIGH. “Ah, what a tangled web we weave, When first we venture to deceive.’’—Scort. “Just look at that girl. Did you ever see any one put on such airs? Look, Nettie,’’ said Georgie Raymond, direct- ing her friend's glance toward a tall, dignified girl, who was attending one of the confectionery tables in the Or- phan’s Fair. “Why, I do not see anything unpleasant in her deport- ment, and I certainly should if she was doing as you Say. She is very lady-like, I think: but by no means pretty enough to have incurred the jealousy of Georgie Ray- oo. the acknowledged belle of C ,? answered ettie. “Indeed, I’m not jealous of her, but I confessI dislike her very much.” “So l should think—but do, for mercy’s sake, Georgie, try and change your expression, and look a little more pleasing. I declare, here comes Frank Haverfield. Quick, call up your smiles, orghe will be frightened away.” . Frank was by their side soon after, and was welcomed by a bewitching smile from the Leauty. After a few mo- ments’ conversation, he asked: “Who is that young lady assisting at Mrs. Bainard’s table? That pale, queenly-looking girl, 1 mean?’ “Tm not acquainted with her,’? Georgie replied, the unpleasant expression stealing again over her features; but a warning look from Nettie caused her to cast it forth, and smile so sweetiy again that for the time Frank cine to think of any save the beautiful one at his side. Soon other gentlemen gathered round Georgie and Net- tie, and Frank whispered to the former: : “Y see Mrs. Bainard beckoning me. You will excuse me a short time, and do net make any engagement for going home. Allow me that pleasure?” Georgie again smiled, that sweet, deceiving smile. But in her heart were thoughts that would have ban-— ished Mrs. Bainard, her table, and all the attendants, Sard the face of the earih, if thoughts could) have availed, . oe What was Georgie’s chagrin, a few moments after, to see Frank conversing with the object of her dislike. But she was restored to a better humor when pe returned to nee side again after having been away less than half an 10ur. ; : “Well, Mr. Haverfield, you were introduced to the gueenly girl—wiho is she?’ asked Nettie. “Yes, lhave had the pleasure of an intreduction to Miss Forrest. She isa particular friend of Mrs, Bai- nard,”’ answered Frank. “She could not have exerted herself to be agreeable, 1 fancy or you would have ‘lingered longer by her side,” said Georgie, archly. “Well, she ts ot reserved, and really offered no in- aucement for me to remain away from more agreeable company. I guess there is no danger of my keeping any one else from enjoying her society that wishesto. In Soar I’d sooner iook at than talk to her,’ answered rank, He was very attentive to Georgie the rest of the even- ing, and going home, was so watciful for her comfort, insisting on folding her wrapping cloSely around her, and seeing that she did not suifer irom the March winds, that Georgie was almost confident she could win him if she willed. Indeed, she thought most likely he would ask her to be his, the first opportunity that offered. Nettie Aylmer, remained over night with her friends, and after their escorts had gone, the girls retired to their room to have a good talk over the events of the evening. “Now Georgie, tell me why you dislike Miss Forrest ?”? “Dislike ! I almost detest Edna Forrest ! I do not know how it is, but really, I believe that girl is my evil genius. She is continually crossing my path, unpleasantly’’— “Why, did I not hear you tell Frank you were not ac- quainted with her?’ asked Nettie. “Yes, I should have said, though, that I did not recog- nize her, I do not choose to. I will tell you about her. We were schoolmates, and in the same class. Until she came, I was acknowledged the first in nearly all our studies. She soon took my place at the head of the class, and re- ceived the prize, which I had thought to gain. I could have borne it betterfrom any other, and with that proud quiet air, she received it, as if it were only her just due. Afterward, in similar contests she excelled me; and last Winter she again crossed my path in a manner more ag- gravating. Youhave heard of Morton Davenport ?” “Yes, where is he now ?”? “In Europe, recruiting his health. about him. H me here to supply the place of our. pas- tor, who was then traveling itor Ais health—well, of course, the girls all did their best tovatch him. Young, unmarried, talented, very handsome, and the only child of an immensely wealthy father, of course he was a great favorite. lI really liked him very much; and here again I felt quite hopepul of securing his preference, when the first thing I knew, and every one else knew, that artfal girl with her quiet, dignifi Manner, as you say, had certainly won liis attention, if not his heart: The next thing it was whispered she had rejected him—I cannot be- lieve this though. However, no one else won him—and lhe went away, many say heart-broken. Vow do you not think I have cause to dislike her?” ; A quiet little smile, was Nettie’s only answer to this question, and she asked: eid “What are her circumstances ? I noticed she was dress- ed very plainly.. Is that style an affectation, or a neces- sity ?? asked Nettie. “No, that is because she cannot dress fashionably. Her mothet isa widow, and quite poor. It is wonderful to me, how they are received in good society. They are of an excellent family, I believe. Mrs, Forrest was discarded by her uncle, whose adopted child she. was, because of her marriage, which was much against his wish. I tnink they are entirely supported by Edna’s work—painting, embroidering, and so on. I’ve heard that she is confident of coming into possession of her uncle’s wealth sometime, for Mrs. Forrest is the nearest relative the old gentleman has. And really, 1] suppose that is why she nolds. her head so high. I'd just like to play her some trick about that. Whiat can I do? Let me think ?”” “Oh, Georgie! pray do not feel so ugly toward her. Really you have no just cause f “Ido not care; 1 will. On, yes,and I’ve a thought now! Day after to-morrow will be the first of April. I will just write a little advertisement thus: “af Hlenor Forrest, or any of her heirs, will call at No. 96 Bond street, at the agency of Fierce & Co., they will hear of something very much to their advantage A “No, no, Georgic, you must not. Besides, suppose you should be found out?” “T will; and I don’t care much if I should be. But I'll tell you 1.do not think any one will come after me. You don’t know half of the fun yet. No. 96 is the office of old Lawyer Pierce—the crossest, ugliest old bachelor that hated all womankind since. His name ought to be Fierce. Don’t you see, now, the fun? She will go there, find him, and find out, too, that there is no such office as that or Fierce & Co. Inthe office, studying, is Fred. Mer- riman. He willsee the joke, and won’t it fly! never hear the last of it. and get it carried to the morning papers early _to-mor- nh oh The Next day she will see it. And I shall hear the result.” And so Georgie did as she said she would, despite all her friend could say agains it. April the first Edna Forrest saw the advertisement, and both she and her mother thought, of course, ii was news from the uncle. No time wss lost before Edna, looking quite pretty, her cheeks flushed by her long walk,and hope sparkling in her eyes, presented herself at No. 96. : She told her business, and produced the slip cut from the morning paper. Edna. will The old lawyer looked at her sharply, and crossly, too; T have: neither father nor brother to be called to an account, and. ever lived. .It’s said he was crossed in love,and has) I will write it before I sleep, opened his mouth to say something unpleasant, when he stopped; looked at Edna more intently,then more kind- ly, and finally, to the astonishment of young Merriman, left his desk, and, presenting a chair tothe young lady, said, in a tone never heard trom him before in that office: ‘Sit down, my child. And I will look into this mat- ter. f He took the slip, read it again, and then said: “This is the Number and street, certainly; but we have no agency office here. And I know of none of that name, Fierce & Co.? Merriman, do you?” he asked of the young man, Merriman’s face was convulsed with his effort to re- strain his langhter. He Ruane to speak in reply, when his mirth broke forth, and he said: “Please excuse me, but I think it is either a mistake or ‘an intentional altering of the first letter—an / for the ere ; Lawyer Pierce understood it then, and he said: “Ill give a hundred dollars to find out who did this. My dear young lady, this is intended for a joke op one of us—perhaps both. Fierce & Co.! I wish I could find out who did it. I would give them cause to call me Fierce.” Poor Edna! Her calm dignity deserted her then, and her lips were pests as she arose to leave. Just then, Who should step into the office but Frank Haverfield. He immediately recognized Edna and bowed. Lawyer Pierce said: “Step a few moments, Miss Forrest. Mr. Haverfield is a shrewd young lawyer—he may help us in this matter.” An: he handed Frank the advertisement. Frank glanced an instant at it, and then his handsome face flushed an- grily, and he poiiited to the date—April ist. “Yes, yes, Miss Forrest,some malignant person has done this for an April trick. I may find ont who. Will you be kind enough to give me your address, and I will confer with you if it should be so?” “What has come over the man—always before so cross and fierce to every other woman that had ever entered that office?’ Merriman and Frank wondered in vain. He even followed Edna to the door, and when Frank said: “Excuse me, Mr. Pierce, I will be back after a while— that is, if Miss Forrest will permit me to walk with her home?” Edna would sooner have gone alone; but she could not be rude, and so smiled her consent. ‘The old lawyer returned to his desk, a softer light glow- inginhis eye than had ever been. seen by any one for many long years. What could it mean? Had the old gentieman—the woman-hater—tfallen in love? Georgie Chureliill was Walking with her friend, and just then, talking about the joke, when she caught sight of Edna coping the street, escorted by her particular favorite, Frank Haverfield. There was no getting out of the way—she would have to meet them. Andso, with avery beautiful smile, she acknowledged Frank’s bow. Butoh! the rage that was hid for the moment beneath that deceiving smile, I think if she had been anywhere but in the street, she would have screamed and torn her hair—such a temper as she was in, ‘Still worse she felt in the evening, when young Merri- man camein, and instead of giving a humorous account of the scene of the morning, he expressed disapprobation —and spoke so highly.of Edna’s appearance and manner, and finally wound up by expressing his great surprise at Lawyer Pierce’s kindness, and said: “After all, [should not wonder if that call would prove to the young lady’s advantage, somehow.”’ Just then Frank presented himself, and explained the mystery of the lawyer’s conduct. . He had a few moments before left Mr. Pierce, who was on bis way to find Edna’s home. It appeared that, years before, Mr. Pierce had con- ceived a passion for Mrs. Forrest; and it was his love for her which had kept bima bachelor solong. It was Kd- na’s great resemblance toher mother that had won for her such a kind reception. And on learning that the one he had loved all these years was a widow, he was going to renew his acquaintance—who could tell but, peraps, with better luck this time? _ 3 During the evening, Frauk asked Georgie for a pencil, to make amemorandum of some music he wanted to eying her, and she bid him get one from her writing- esk, , , He opened it to find one, and rather awkwardly upset a| lot of papers. Woaile picking them up, his eye caught.a few words written on asheet, that im a measure ex- plained the scene of the morning: “If Edna Forrest will cailat No. 96 ———~’? That was all. There was a large blot on the sheet, pro- bably for which it had been discarded, Frank did not linger that evening as usual, but soon bade adieu, and left with young Merriman, to whom he told what he had seen. “Can she have done such acruelact? I would not, I ean not think so,’ he added. “I know Georgie dislikes Miss Forrest—I’ve heard her I guess you have found the truth,” answered Merriman. x ot : ; The next evenitiyy fornd Frank with Edna instead of Georgie; atid when, by apparently careless re ks, he found out the acquaintance that formerly existed between the young girls, he felt sure then that Georgie was the author of that cruel joke. The more he saw of Edna, the better be liked her, and soon fejt the power that had won for her the affection of many others. Georgie bitterly regretted her April trick. She knew afterward that she had. sent. Edna to win not only what she herself had lost—the love of a trueand neble heart— but had been the.means of meking Edna remember that April day as the tnckeey {ber life. From that time blessings seemed to crow< 0 her. The uncle’s lorgiveness Weaiasiiy gained when bis friend, Wm. Pierce presented to him the long-estrangea niece as his wife at last—aithough she had not loved him in her early youth, she rewarded iis long devotion and constancy With trne womanly affection. ; ‘ Before another year, Frank and Edna were married, and came to live in the city,in a styleef magnificence unsurpassed. o * Georgie wonld like much now to renew the school ac- quaintance, for Edna’s receptions are very brilliant and select, but she dares not, as she feels quite sure Frank discovered her malice. She is still unmarried, and will likely remain so until she uproots the disfiguring traits in her character. She has received a severe lesson, and is wise enough now on that subject te know that evil intentlons may result in happy conclusions. Items of Interest. « a aa- A brutal mother has aroused the indignation ofr the good people in the town of Muncie, Ind. By the most de- moniac cruelty she drove two of her daughters from her to seek a home among strangers. She beat, and bruised, and starved them, until they were forced to fly. The last thing she did to them was to take as many pins as she could hold in one hand and rake up and down their arms with the points! She also took #n orphan child, living with her, and putitin-a pen where several hogs were fattening, and tried to make the brutes tear the flesh from the child’s body. Ba Of $946,000,000 of gold which the United States Mint has coined since 1792, $844,000,000 have been issued since 1850; out of £320,000,000 of gold issued by the British Mint simce 1603, £115,000,000 have been coined since 1850; since 1726 the French Mint has coined 10,800,- 000,000 francs, 6,600,000,000f. Of which have been issued since 1850; since 1664 Russia has coined 626,000,000 roubles in gold, of which 360,000,000 have been issued since 1850. ; a ae a k= Who will doubt the evil effects of tobacco after reading the statement of an old lover of the weed, who died recently, at the age of 101 years? . He stated that he commenced g tobacco at the age of fifty, but aban- -Seven, having discovered that it made is nerves improved, he said, | vorced womeli have a right to vote under the fifteenth amendment, which provides that the right of suffrage shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, ‘or “previous condition ofservitude.” — The beneficent effects of temperance have become str: kingly ay number of arrests has ong I temperance moverment began. .' asingle arrest. , bly decreased since th he week passed with Reverdy Johnson. itis a history of iis mission to Eng- land, aud, of course, will explain how the British diplo-: mats settled. the Alabama. claims by tickling his palate with dainty dishes. ; er aa An editor in Philadelphia wants to know if in the event of women being permitted to serve as. jurors, and one of them serving as such should be locked in a room allnight with eleven men, would it furnish grounds for the husband to sue for a divorce. 4a> Louisville, Ky., has a General Jackson, who is calied “Mudwall,”’ to distinguish him from “Stonewall; and he mht hg classed asa poor stick, to distinguish him from ‘‘Old Hickory.” 4G An Arkansas paper coneludes an account of the accidental kitling of a citizen as follows: “Tne deceased, owing to his frequent marriages, leaves several families of numerous children, but bequeathes little else to the world.” : &G The Northern Hotei, in Utica, erected in 1795, was recently destroyed by fire. Among the historical person- ages who were guests in this old house, in its palmy days, are Aaron Burr, the Indian chief Red Jacket, and others of less fame. _ &a> Chicago husbands are appalled at the. bare sug- gestion of Mormonism. Ina city where it is. difficult to live peaceably with one wile, the idea of taking fifteen or. thirty women under your protecting care is enough to make any man stand aghast. ‘8 The proposed’ revision, by: the English bishops, of the’ King James version of the Bible, may remind some commentators that Elijah is the only one of the prophets who was literally translated. Bae A sehet ons grocer in Buffalo has given a police jus- tice fifty dollars for the privilege of selling a quart of ex- plosive kerosene. Aiter paying the fine he was “blown up,” and told to go and sin no more. 4a> A Californian exchange informs us that ‘Sleighing is excellent at White Pine, Nevada.’ Just so! Six- shooters and bowie-knives are used in that delightful posture. .* > © , cha es 2 pag ‘er 33 2 NR sao OS sages gnome aN to = - aeei , — ag The new champion billiard-player of England, William Cook, is only 20 years old. ali bs. ‘ent in New ier Conn., where the] ‘o P. pation isa big thing. Send us another as soon as possible, and oe m aa A new cookery-book is in course of preparation by | SUSI’, niall in the New York. WeEekty—No. 45 of Pleasant Paragraphs. {Most of our readers are undoubtedly capable of contributing toward making this column an attractive feature of the New York WEEKLY, and they will oblige us by sending for publica- tion anything which may be deemed of suflicient interest for general perusal. It is not necessary that the articles should be penned in scholarly style; so long as they are pithy and likely to create amusement, minor detects will be remedied, | OPDS AND ENDS. It isa matter of impossibility for a magistrate to give a deaf person a hearing, or allow a dumb man freedom of speech. Punning, as some persons allege, may be the lowest kind of wit, still they must acknowledge that itforms the foundation walls to erect humorous stories upon. Muggins wants to know if the cream of touee and the mik of humau kindness are compounded of the Isle of Cowes. A druggist acquaintance recently received a large lot of Peru vian bark, and in overhauling it, ascertained thatil was in very bad condition and of imperfect quality, which tact caused him to get very angry and do considerable grumbling. Upon being remonstrated with upon the uselessness of such conduct by his more temperate partner, he very doggedly replied “that such mean dark as that was enough to make a saint growl !” O!d Jenks thinks it very singular that while so many laws are passed for the protection cf minors and women, nothing 1s dune to protect the ‘old man.” Tis far better and more honorable to blacken an enemy’s boots than it is to defame a whilom frienu’s character. The chap who mounted the ladder of fame onthe rounds of applause, becoming dazed at his “great expectations,” suddenly lost bis hold on public opinion and was instantly precipitated into the gulf of oblivion. “Men of Mark” —Target companies. Our Muggins thinks that Mark Twain must be dreadfully af- Rictes mre the scrofula, and assigns as a reason that he iss full of humor. “Theodore Tilton, in his literary capacity, has never been a State Writer,”’ nor has he ever been accused of being a Capital one. : sprite builders notonly have moats in their eyes, but beams also. “Clothes-line thieves are the prevailing epidemic at Grass Val- ley.” Sosaysa California exchange. If caught, we imagine that their “shuffling off this mortal coil,” will be by means of a eis close line. They then will be “wrung out” and “hong up o dry. A delicate dish, consisting of asses’ flesh, was recently served up in a hotelin Lombardy, to disprove the public opinion that ibe aforesaid meat istough and unwholesome. Horrible! We imagined in our simplicity that cannibalism was solely confined to the Sandwich Islanders. The committee ofarrangements for the proposed “monster” concert of Camilla Urso, have already begun to “growl” among themselves atthe “treble” number ot bear-o-tones engaged,there being a “‘claqs” in the programme laid down, as to the definite nu:nber of such singers. such being the “tenor” of the “bare’’- trath of the case, if the applicants are ‘‘base” enough to persist in their “‘vear’’-faced pretentions, the committee will unani- mously ‘raise their voices” in protest, and “pitch” into the aforesaid oppligsnis, who bring in their train too much ‘‘dis- cord.” If “harmony”? is not i porn restore, the public may well anticipate that there 1s plenty of trouble ‘‘bruin’’ for the fair Urse. If some folks that we wot of possessed brains in proportion to their birsute appendages, there weuld be a justification in their being termed hare-brained. “The last tie is broken” and cut up into little mementoes every day on the overland railroad. The laborers sadly complain that the last tie won’t last. “Judge Jim Hardy has gone to Sacramento with a pocket full of bills. He will henceforth be known as ‘Bill’ Hardy.” And if the bills are such as he cannot legally pass, he wouid better be known as “fool”? Hardy. Anew element to raise the wind—Political breezes. Onty A PRIVATE. “LADY NANCI—E.”’ “Oh sing to me, darling,” he lovingly said, As he sat by his lady-love’s side; And her shoulder supported his languishing head, And proved to the world that he dyed. “Oh sing to ne, darling,” came the same earnest moans, “Oh sing to me, darling,” said he. And his lady made answer in soft, gentle tones, “Yes, dearest, pray what shall it be?” “Oh sing as of yore,” he gushingly said, As he telt "neath his vest for his heart, And he rolied up his eyes, nearly out ot his head, With many a terrible start. “Oh sing as of yore,” cried he in despair, “Oh sing as of yore,” cried he, And his lady she sang that beautiful air, “Shoo Fly, don’t bother me.” “OCoRNY BLAKE.” TAKING A RECEIPT. : “Pat Malone, you are fined five dollars for assault and battery on Mike Sweeny.” “I have the money in my and will pay the fine if your honor will give me a receipt.” “We give ne receipts here. We just take the money. You will not bc called ona second time for your fine.’’ ‘But, your honor, I°)i not. be wanting to pay the same till after I get the receipt.” “What do You want to do with it?” “If your honor will write one and give it to me I will tell you.”’ “Well, there is your re- ceipt. Now tell me what you wanted todo with it” “Ii tell your honor. You see one of these days Til be after dying, and when I Fo to dhe gates of heaven I'll rap and St. Peter will say, Who's there?) and 1’ me, Pat Malone,’ and he'll say : DISAGREEABLE RELIGION. Alf Smith was very sick, and sent for the village pastor. The pastor wore a face of perpetual mourning. As he appeared in the doorway the sick man started up and exclaimed, ‘‘Why, what is the matter with you? 1 guess your religion don’t agree with you.” - C. CHURCH. BOUGHT HIS OWN { 4a nuinber of year: ae 0, betove whe fine OF Futlrouds, a part of ten or trrcive tenmatcrs started for the city of Weatbucch with produce, a distance of 35 or 40 miles. puee the number was au old close-fisted fellow whom we will call Uncie Joe. As they were making their way down adecending piece of ground, the tire of a hind wheel came off, and rolled past Joe down the hill, he not seeing it. Uncle Joe drove on until he came up to where the tire had stopped agai a his team. ‘Hallo, by golly, boys, I’ve foun tire,” | Deneticiar. -._. THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG, Last evening an interesting meeting of the Pennsylva- hia Historical Society was held. Col. J. Ross Snowden occupied the chair, and William J. Canby, Esq., read an essay upon “The American Flag.’ He discovered, in tracing the history of this national emblem, that the first instances when the Stars and Stripes were unfurled were at the siege of Fort Schuyler, Aug. 17,1777, and upon an occasion just about one year prior to that, time, tne brig Nancy was chartered by the Continental Congress tw procure military stores in the West indies, during the lat- ter part of 1775. * While at Porto Rico,in July of the ensuing year, the information came that the colonies had declared their independence, and with this information came the de- scription of the flag that had been accepted as the nation- al banner. A young man, Captain Thomas Mandenville, set to work to make one, and successfully accomplished it. The flag was unfurled,and saluted with thirteen guns. When the brig Nancy was upon her return voyage, she Was hemmed in by British vessels off Cape May. Her of- ficers succeeded in removing ail the munitions to theshore, and when the last boat put off, a young man in it, John Hancock, jumped into the sea, swam to the vessel, ran up the shrouds of the mast,and securing the flag, brought it iviumphantly to Shore, through a hot fire from the Brit- ish men-of-war. , The first American flag, however, according to the de- beth Ross. Three of her daughters still live in our vicin- ity to confirm this fact—founding their belief, not upon what they saw, for it was made many years before they were born, butupon What their mother had often told them. A niece of this lady, Mrs. Margaret Boggs, aged ninety-five years, now lives in Germantown, «and is con- versant with the fact. The fact 1s not generally known that to Philadelphia not only belongs the honor of fling. ing the first star-spangled banner tothe breeze, but toa Philadelphia lady belongs the honor ofhaviug made it, The house in which it was made: still stands—No, 239 Arch street, (the old No, being 80)—the last of an old row. I¢is related that when Congress had decided upon the design, Colonel George Ross and General Washington visited Mrs. Ross and asked her to makeit, She said: “TJ don’t know whether I can, but 1’ll try,* and direct- ly suggested to the gentiemen that the design was wrong, in that the stars were six cornered and not five cornered as they should be. ’ This was corrected, she made the flag, Congress ac- cepted it, and for half a dozen years this lady faurnisned the Government with all its national flags, having, of course, a large assistance. This lady was also | wife of Ciaypole, one of the Jineal descendants of Oliver Crom- well.—Philadelphia Age, March 15. Our Knowledge Box. A FEW PARAGRAPHS WORTH REMEMBERING. QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND INPORMATION WANTED.» Albert. OFFENSIVE BReatH is sometimes caused by a foulness of the stomach, a remedy for which is the concentrated so/ution of chloride of soda. Pour a few drops into a wineglassof water, and drink it in the morning, or at any time during the day. The frequent use of pulverized charcoal (swallowing a tablespoonfal ina tumbler of water) will also prove beneficial. When the breath is tainted by decayed teeth, the only remedy 1s to re- move the affected teeth........ Joe Lingard.—To Remove InpIa- inK MARkKs from the skin, prick in warm goat’s milk over the ink till the blood flows freely. The process is the same as that employed in making the marks. Another plan is to apply to the part a blister larger than the mark, keep the spot open for a few days, then dress with some healing ointment, and as the new skin grows the India-ink marks will disappear......F. P. @— FRuCKLES.—To remove them, wash the face three or four times a day, and every evening before going to bed, with a fluid pre- pared thus: Take one ounce of lemon juice, a quarter of a drachm of powdered borax, and half a drachm ot pulverized sugar. Mix together and let stand ina glass bottle for a tew days; then apply, and allow todry on the skin.—2. Another way to remove treckles is to mix two tablespoontuls of grated horseradish in a teacupful of sour milk, and apply frequently with a linen rag......Montana Boy.—See No. 21...... aa ue To make gold ink, see No. 10...... Gabrielle @ Escobar .—Spirit of ammonia, or 4 mixture of salt and lemon juice, will remove the stains..... .D. Hottinger and H. B. B.—The following have been recommended by a subscriber: SHox Biackine.—Place in a bottle half an ounce of gum-shellac, broken in si pieces; cover with alcohol, cork tight, and put in a wari place, shak- ing itoften. Adda piece of gum-camphor the size of an egg; oo shake again tilt dissolved; then add one ouneeof lamp-blac The whole will be ready for use in two or three days. If it be- comes too thick, add more alcohol. Apply witha b This blacking wiil not leave the boots only by wearmg..... .. POLISH Wirnout Friction.—Guni- arabic, one an ounce; ivory-black, half an ounce; easily applied with a sponge. he sugar and gum to- gether, and grind the black ve th before adding to the other in Apply with asponge or brush... Newbern Reader. —We recommend an increase in the quantity of sal-soda, and a less quantity of water. you have succeeded in producing ward particulars, and we wil! pub- the proper article, please Gem for b readers. Many of these recipes : i Saar he benefit ego you want?’ and int y, ‘l want to come in,’ and he’! aah Beer see AG Brea a : : m : say, ‘Did Jou behave likea acent boy in the other world, and pt pet te ee ane — pas ean as be peed —— the tele a rh na holi- —Dysrrpsia.—Indigestion, or dyspepsia, is cifficu It te cure band if my pocket and take out my receipt and give it pac MYT unless the greatest care isobserved in eating. Avoid made Aldi gt Havel go medina ober purgatory or heater | ici" gun {Me ¥amach. stale brew alwarnfeterie ; y : ws ler} heavily upon the ach. Stale bread is alway a warm place, to find your honor to get one.”” W111. A , WwW is fresh-or warm unless converted into toast, and t then very little butter should be used with it. Eatstowly and at reguiar hours; masticate your food well, and, if possible, have agreeable company at all your meals. A little cayenne pepper will materially aid your digestion; it will stimulate tlie stomach without injuring it. Phe eating ot mustard-seed—about half a teaspoonful every second hour—has cured many a dys- pentic. The drinking ot gentian-root tea, before meals, is ais Oficial. -....chomas Johnson.—See ansWer in No. 19...... Marian.—FLoripA Water.—Alcohol (strength 90 per cent.), 33 quarts; essence of lemon and Portugal, of each 2 ounces; essence of lavender and clove, of each 4 ounces; canella oil, 1-4 ounce; water, 10 quarts——This correspondent also desires recipes for verbena water and rose-water. Willsome reader please furnish them?...... M Fisu Cxarm.—For a bait, take a hand. ful of swa le blessoms; put «them ina glass jar or bottle, together with a gill of rum; cork the bottle tight and let stand saidhe. Placing the tire in his Mie he ye on to the next village hotel, where they stopped. The teamsters thought that Joe had had such good luck, he oaght to stand treat (they. knowing all the.time that it was Joe’s own tire.) So Uncle Joe the tire to the landlord for fiviy cents, and took, it out in whisky (Ww was only three cents a glassthen.) After drink- ing allhan ted their wagons, and drove on about a mile, when one of the boys said: “Why, Uncle Joe, you have lost one of your tires!’ Uncle Joe’s face was a picrure of petrified amazement. ‘By golly, boys, I'll bet that wasmy own tire that Lso]d tor whisky.” So back went Joe to the landlord and gave him seventy-tive cents for his tire. Unc ix Jor’s NEPHEW. DIDN'T KEEP COUNT. : A gentleman whom Heaven had blessed with thirteen daugh- ters, was one day accosted by a friend, who asked, ‘Well, Cap- tain, how are you and that house full of daughters. By the way, Captain, how many daughters have you?” “Can’t exactly tefl, just no,’”’ answered the happy father.. “I don’t keep count. I let the old. woman “tend to that. But I think she told me that we had about sixty feet of gals—about one half of them ets riageable.” ; NEW WAY TO PULL A TOOTH. Acertain soldier, who took part in the late war, was much bothered With the toothache, and as there was no dentist where he was stationed, he thought it best to pull the tooth himself. Tying a piece of stout twine to his tooth, and the other end to the bullet, he loaded his pistol and putin the bullet. He then discharged the pistol, ana when he got over the shock he looked all aroand for the bullet and the tooth, but never found either. E, ACCARDY. A WASHERWOMAN’S REVENGE. A religious old lady, a washerwoman by occupation, had managed to scrape together enough means to buila guns little house and barninthe country. One lonely aftern n July, soon after she was comfortably established fn her new home, a biack, heavy cloud was seen inthe northwest, and before many minutes elapsed a termble tornado swept through her little property, scattering the timber of her small barn, and part of the house, in every direction. Coming out of her kitch- en and seeing the devastation the storm had made, the old lady at first was at a loss toexpress her indignation, but at last she sobbed: ‘Well, here’sa pretty business. No matter though— T'll pay for this—I’ll wash on Sundays!” Dis Drinks. NOT CRACKED. The son of my employer had his hands chapped last week by the cold air. His father procured some salve at the drug store, and-began zabbiag iion little Eddie’s hands. As it smarted him he commenced yelling, when his father said: ‘Shut up, or VU rub it all over you.” ‘‘No you won't, papa,’ Eddie an- swered, ‘for I ain’t cracked all over.” ALTON. © . QUEER aoe act ties Some of the people in Suamico, Brown county, consin, use queer erareancis. The other day an old lady hailed a neighbor, saying: ‘‘Have you heard the latest news from Cuba? Matanzas has been vaccinated (evacuated) by the Spaniards. It’s true, for the news was telescoped to New Orleans.” Another person, describing a fight between two men known as Tom and Dick, said: ‘The first blow which Dick struck was a fearful one, for it knocked Tom sensible, and it teok him fit- teem minutes to discover.” Amos KEETEN. P. P. Contrisutors.—Beat Time.—Your “Grand Gift Distri- ore partietilar in writing your address. ...A. D. JL—1. Not gi Mess in. ohnny Sisler.—The article you sent ast volume. Now are you not sorry that you lost your time ig ee tte it . aoie Daddy Laidlaw. —“ike Hyler” is still lively, but.-having lately. become possessed of rather more than a fair share of this world’s goods, he thinks it better amusement to be spending his rhino than inditing funny articles for the enter- tainment of the public. Notwithstanding his good luck, how- ever, he still occasionally writes—and, we are happy 40 say, only tor the New YokK WEEKLY......- &, B.—Rather poor...... Mrs. M. G—“Strong Feet,” will parade in the Phunny Phel- low. ..... W. D. A.—It has been published recently and is an old acquaintanee:..... J. Keen.—Welcome. Let your next be more pointed and pithy .... J. M. Killin.—Send on the short stories...... Sam Veracity.—Your ‘Story of Hamlet’’ will appear in the Phunny Phellow......The following articles are accepted: “My. chelor Friends,” ‘Bravery,’ ‘A Narrer Escape,” “Mother's Partiality,’’ “Did Any Get Away?” “Only a Stump,” “A Rest Quiet Cat,” “On His Respond,” “Doughnuts,” “Couldn't See It,” ‘Delicate Dinner,” “Immaterial,” “That Kind of a in the sun for three or four hours, then take half a pint of water that is found in Pe where grows the plant commonly termed fiytrap. This plant, the botanical name of which is dion@wa mus- cipula, vegetales in quag moss around fresh ponds. Saturate acer bait with the liquid two or three bours betore using. The iquid should be kept in wooden or earthen vessels. Bait thus treated 1s much relished by fish....B.—Harr Dyr.—To one drachm of lunar caustic add enough aqua ammonia to dissolve the caustic; then add two ounces rain-water. This dyes the hair black, and may be used without injury, which.is not the case so-called restoratives, which not only affect the sight, but cause pains in the head and bones. By adding double the quantity of water, a hghter or brown shade will be produced. Apply to the hair a tooth-brush, being careful not to dye or touch the skin...... Benny.—You should consult aphysician..... Will V. McGufin.—Here are three or fur methods for the re- moval of Warrs.—1l. Touch them daily with a feather weited in hydrochloride of lime. 2. Wet them frequently with common black ink, and they will rot away. 3. Touch them e nd of oil of vitriol. The vitriolshould be applied with great cation, that it may not fall on the adjoining skin. 5. If the wart is large, wind a silk thread three or four times around the excresence, and the wart will soon drop off.——Corns.—One teaspoonful of tar, one of coarse brown sugar, ond one of saltpeter. The whole tobe warmed together. Spread it on kid leather the size of the corns, and in two days they will be drawn out..... y Lugenia. To prevent them, —The articles named do not cause pimples. 1y for a fortnight, a ory your blood by taking, every second . of the compound extract of sarsap. Jt may be pro- cured at any drug store, with directions for use.......4da.—It cannot be accomplished....... H: F. R.—1, In No. 21 we gave an ointment for sores and ulcers. 2. Not at present....... P. P.— Law.—To whiten boxwood for the reception of drawings (which are afterward to be engraved), pour a sufficient quantity ot water on the surface of the block to ther wetit. Rub with smooth surface of pumice-stone for a couple of minutes. Again wet the surface and rub over itan enameled card until quite a quantity is left on the wood. Then rub itsmartly from side to side and end to end with flat of fingers until it is evenly distributed and all streaks-disappear; after which let it dry. Care must be taken tokeep the surface sufficiently moist, the whitening well. ; 4 NEW STORIES “4 our Great Authors. FRANCIS A. DURIVAGE, HELEN CORWiN FISHER, P. HAMILTON MYERS, EDWARD MINTUR. The stories named below will be commenced as soon as we can find space for them: CONRAD THE CONVICT; OR, THE BRAND OF GRIME. By Francis A. Durivage, Author of “Ramon the Outlaw,” etc. THE SKY TRAVELER ; Baby,? / Speaking,” “A Barking Irishman,” “No Scholar,” “Odds and Ends,’ “Sheshequin,”? Sitace The following are | re- speetfully declined: ‘‘Smoked Meat,” “No One at Home,” “The Belly Ache,” ‘Short and Little,” ‘‘Matrimony in Cleveland, “Must Come Out,” “Sickly Piace,” “All Blind,” “Ladder that Man,” ‘Bowl Peddler,” “Sour Wine,” ‘Contents of Seventeen,” “Captain Jinks,” “Musketo and his Lantern,” “My Uncle’s Ex- ploits,” “Severe Change,” “Joke on Jack Green, ““Brevities, by Martha C; “Professor of Signs,” ‘Slang Phrases,’ , Young America,” “Not so Green,” ‘‘Wax Pulling,” “Two Whoppers,’ “Brad Deane’s Epistie,” “Hans and Katrina,” “Your Eye on Him,” “Senses,” “Dutchman's Cider,” “Chewing a Bug,” “Now You Have Done It,” “Come Through the Root,’ “Business be- fore Pleasure,” ‘fom, the Shoemaker,” “Scene in a Camden Turtie,” “Just Looks Like a Man,” “I was Blessing.” “Crossing the Monongahela.” 6 htc Sa le FUN IN GREENPOINT. Our esteemed contributor, Josa BILLINGS, has been en- gaged to deliver a humorous lecture in Greenpoint, at The subject is “Milk;? and we can assure our readers | that Josh’s lingual milk is all cream—ihe quintessence, of sarcasm, wit and humor. Orange county can’t com: pare with it; in truth, his milk may be termed “bully.” a ee | Church® ‘Curing Grandma,” by A. 8. T; “Catching a Snapping | ; There,” ‘‘Counted } the Rattles,” “The Resolution,” “Look Outfor Traps,” “Priest’s } the Union Avenue Baptist Church, on Thursday evening, | OR, THE MAGICIAN OF THE LAKES. By P. Hamilton Myers. i Who Did Lady Violet Marry? OR, THE MYSTERY OF HE BLACK DIAMOND. By Helen Corwin Fisher, Author of “The Unloved Wile,’’ ete. ‘THE WITCH OF THE OCEAN ; i oR, | } March 31. The proceeds are for the benefit of the church. | By Edward Minturn, Author of “Red Douglass,” ete. The above are four really charming stories. They will soon be commenced. sign and approval of Congress, was made by Mrs, Eliza-— ; very seco i day with moistened cuustic. 4. With a feather apply a drop — and fasten it; unwind and draw the thread ughter every day, — sO as to prevent the stone scratching the wood, and also to distribute \,gE LADY OF THE SILVER SPRAY. SS aT Ta Wore TT na PINES nme eye eee T Tae