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COVE RTISEIIENTS,
el
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twolvo linos for throe insertions. and ae tits far each
sulointirient irtgortbin. All inlyarthiatnents of less then
twelve linos considoreil as a square.
Al. vartiiiiiirtenti: I naerta 1 hof ire Atirriettre anal . dent h•
S aunts par Ilan far first insertion. and 4 routs per
liar
fir in'iiiiquent in.artioasi tie
ject '4 of limited or 11;ilividifal In t ertiat will lie rh irred
S cant, pa: line. The Praprlotar will not ha r^afnli:'•
We in ditto ties for i•reara In ailv'artisainants. OH tire
notions iir Mara ifea not eareeding live lines, alit hr
loserted without charge.
JOB PRI:SITING
'Phi Oarlicln Harald ;um PIZ rING the
Ltr t ost and COlllplOtPestablif.htnent in tip , . nnuttl
Four G ., 1 . 1.1 P1 . 1•, ,, 111. and a gf`nrral varlotv of I,ll,lLini tl
Vaal I f plain and Fancy work of PVOry
un to 410 .TO4 Printing at the shorteAt notice awl the
moAt roaslnahle terms. Persons In want of 1;111s.
Blanks nr anything In the Jailing lin:), will find ft to
their i4orost. to etre us a call.
general - anti Coca( ;Inionnation.
U. S. GOVERNMENT
rfeshient —Aar:Allot LiNcoz.N.
Pr.-411.0t sMI.IN.
SPertitury of Statn---W.m. ti. ELWARD.
Si47‘C . ltta r ry - allitkiVlClM-7.-CALEIC ,zurru - ,
69ere (.30' of Tr,,,snry---. 0, ...1.m.:4- P. Ci.tsE.
Secretary of War—StmoN Cl3tEnv.,
Secret try or Navy—firm:ON Wiait.s.
"Port U tit.or 6onora.l—MoNfoommy Bum:.
Attorney tionor.II—KOWNRD ItyrES.
Ohio( ustico ut 1.116 United •States—li. B. TANET
STATE GOVERNMENT
Govereor—ANDßEW 0. CURTIN.
Ne •entary of StiLte—Etp SLIFER..
tie iperal.—W Pa. U. KELII. •
,A lit ic —Tees. E. COCHRAN.
Alt ,, reey Uttnonti—Wm. M. MERLINTEL
Adjutant Gen e E. M. RIDDLE.
vu lAtirAr—tii.NEE 0 Moe r,E.
.I tnl~ee of ttte Supreme tiourt —E. Lewis, 3. M. A nPt
iTtIONG. W. B. LOWRIE U. W. WoITWAV.D, JOHN M. READ
COUNTY OFFICERS
President .Pad_„o—llon. dames 11. Graham- • •
Is,.clete J edAes—ltou, Michael Coeltlin, Itagh
Stuart. . •
. .
I),:it,t, A ttornny—.T. W. D. I;
Prottloo.a.A.r. - --41oninunqi 1..u1t0
tor ¢t..—lran Floyd.
P.o4Ator— 0.. A. 13rady.
111411 •lterifT—Thounpoon Ripper; Doputy,
0,1 oty Treamot.o—Julm
,ner—Daild
C nte ovrs ner. (:00.
ILlst.. Cleric to ennuniesioner...lnines
•trnng. -
' , lra .1 the Poor—li'm \lclh-r,
C irn man, Superintendent of tour lion,.
tinydJr.
80R0UU.... OFFICERS
Chief Bur,ctiEs.—.lohn Nobte,
Adats 3 tit tlav4os,—AdAm Sen. -man.
v , i; —J lhn uat4bntl, Wm. W. Dale, .1. C.
Irvin.). a liar, I;arnuy..lobn 11111,1 rt, J. ii. P. k er. Fred
grtok e.er.,
1 I. AIaSOIIIIVIIIIVV.
111 41i • ....Htttqlek—:lea..l3.2.ntly..l,,serdi Stnari. Ward
C0n...c.i.b..,-1.1.e0b lire It,
to, rno ziponslue, David 6111101
111 AI Lel fI Achim!), Aiwa. Ugh ucf.
C II U ii,C 11 ES
First Presbyterian Churnh, Northwest angle of ran,
t , e 6,111. we; !tee. IVing Pastor.—ltlorvic.a
er St.t u lay 11. 'l . : dug at II o'clock, A. NI., and 7 o'clock
‘ , l l're.hyterlau Church, corner of South Vinnecer
.n.I orett, , net., Rev. Mr EVIIH, Pastor, s••ry btes
• 30,53 at 11 U . CIUeIC, A. 31„ and o'clock P. M.
t0...1 'no'" EplSCOral)llort [wart motie of
Bierleer. Fratteis .1. Clete, itector. Sec:
iron
it 11 0',10...1t .k. 31.. and 7 ll o'clock, V. Si.
tottthpran Ilhurch, itedford bete eon Maio
~ 1. her ,t 0 .0,1, 1, 1te0..l aeobFry, Lbetter. sortt'rh
t t, .• and 41A tt'cloch P. NI.
, toforoupt Church, Lou ther, between Ilan
.ver test Pitt streets. lies. Santael l'a:Jor.
one at i I o' dock. A. 'M. and o'clock !..
, leen list C. t:hureli.iiirst chnrge;coytter el 11,11. anti
PILL streets. Rev. Joseph A. ttl.b, CIANIOr. too'. lerstit
lI e'eloelr. A. M. er.d o'cloek P.
,th.tdist 4..:h arc h,seco ud charge.) Rev. trerruan 31
. t t,,tor 111 r1111o1 . ) U. E. Churab at II
o'-loott A. 31 and 3;4 .: l' M.
St. t'at..i.t.'s ten.. t.• Churvh, Pomfret near Earl, it.
ftrv. .I.t.tere iiolley, ['Astor. Services every other
Saobttli at lei o'clock. Vespers nt 3.
r, w Lathers.. Church COr of Pomfret wad
Ifor.l streets. Rev .0. A. Ittroots Pastor. Lroc ices ut
PI tr'elo..k, A. 11 . sod o'clock, P. M.
changes to the above are ncreszary the
roper persons are requested Sc notify us.
DICKINSON COLLEGE
Rev. If. Johnsoa,l). D., President and Profcssol of
Moral Scionee.
daniog Mdrshall, m.
C. 31, Professor of Natural Science
and Curator of the Auseutn.
Rev. Win. 1.. A. 31., Professor of Greek Idvt•
gnu (f) and Literature.
Samuel D. Ililltuau, A. 31., Professor of 3lath,inati..s.
K t Lty nrt O,A. ft . Profesrior of Latin Lan
guages and Literature.
•A. I'. Mullin, A. .d., Principal of tho Grammar
School.
BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS
Proshleilt, 11. iiiax.tota, P. Quigley, E
Cornmel, C. P. fluinerich,J. llnuiljtoa, Eneretary,Jason
liby, Treasurer, John 'diesseuger. Meet on
the Ist Nionday of each Month at S o'clock A. M. ct Ed
ucation Ilan.
CORPORATIONS
CATILIALE DEPOSIT BA:lE.—President It. I. II en dcrron,
Cashier. W. M. Beam; As,;. Cashier, .1. P. Cash, ;
Tellor, .f as. Roney,: Clerk, C. 11 Plalller; Messenger,
John llutiorwohd ; Viroctors, IL. M. lienderson. John
Zug, Samuel Wherry. .1. D. Uorgas, Skiles WoodLuru,
It. C. Wold ward, Cul. Henry Logan, ['ugh Stuart, +lnd
JOi110:1 Anderson. -
CuuesaLosn VALLEY RAIL 11000 COMPANY.—POOsidODL,
Frelorlek. Watts: . Secretary and 'Treasurer. Edward M.
Bid lie; Superintendent, O. N. Lull. Passenger trains
twice a day. Eastward hewing Carllsle at 10.10 o'clock
A. 11. and 2.44 I'. M. Two trains every day
West wrir.t, leaving Carlisle at 0.27 o'clock A„.Nl,nud
1.30 P. 11.
CsItLISLE OAS AND WATER COlAP.ANT.—l'resident, beln•
nil Todd ;_ Tremont or, A. L. Spouslar ; Suporilitentlont,
George -Wise; Directors, F. Watts, WEL M. Beetetu.
E. 11, Biddle. Henry Saxton, It. C. Woodward, John B.
Britton, y. Car Oner, and .I,lln Campbell.
Cum .atto sID 'ISA NlL—President, John S. Story,
rett ; Cashier, 11. A. Sturgeon; Toiler, .los. 0. Hoffer.—
Directors. John S. Sterrett, Wm. Ker, 11ofchoir !Irene
man, Mantra. Woo Os. John C. Ddutsp, itobt. C. Sterrett,
LI. A. Sturgeon, and Captain John Dunlap.
SOCIETIES
•
tu.mborlay•YStar Lodge No. 197, A. Y. M. *meets at
Marlon hall on the ,2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every
Month.
St, Johns Lodge No 2110 A. Y. Ikl, Mots Sd Tilurs•
day.of oach month, et 7tttrlon 11011;
Carllele Ledo No 91 1. 0. of 0. E.. Meets - Monday
evening, at - Trouts building.:
• 7 FIRS COMPANIES.
• -
.The Union 'Fire Company leas organiFed 1n: 1150.
^ Prooiao Deentnap ; Vice President. Femnol
'Wetzel ; Secretary, .7. D. Itempten; Trenonrer.,:. P. liin.
yer..Oompany PlUttta,tha drat-Saturday In Morel', Juno,
September, and Doeembor. —; • • •
. • • The Onmborlend nett Company was Instltuted - Febra.
dry IS, 3.F,0 . J: prer,ltlent,' 4 Phos. thorn' on f Seeretar
Qul Icy; tiroeFuroi, the eel:el - laity
m or,t3 au tne: third , l,Saturdoy - of - Janurtryi.Aprllr
`The (I mid Wllllloseoomprini 7aslnstliut Orin alarcli'.
189 b., Prisitionti. ll . 4. Sturge.*' Aloe- Preoldont, C. P.
Mriebllastereldry;_,lVlll.lo2.4fijitilbert-;-I.remmror
coumany Mcotiv the' 6C1:0110
tipril. - 3ulv . . and Oci ‘ lnbei.
The ii , oplre and Laitiler tionipany wine Inmtlflitt
eft le 1851 ;President, Wi at : Porter; yto: Pr&4l of
John 9J tno; •Troa'adror, Jnbn.Ekniplii3ll:;_pnrretary.
'John W.'Parle. The coMpAnrineoto .tlnt....l.lret"Yri
. day inJanuary, /I.prll, July told' OCEii mimr..
*- :-- RATES OF POSTAGE: - •
- , ,, i!oettyp:nn ait 4etternat4ma:liair ()nue() :freight ...or, un
lisr, 8 eenti 'priviatia,Lexeoptsj,to . on3tfortila: nr clregou,
tch Is Wee:us nTT pslst- .!,
~,P nats,go nu tho!f 1,1011(1!,', oinnty,.. erre'
7Wlthlii,the ;Hate outs'. pbr year: To any part .of th
I;rattag Lk , " Pasfage oi! all LT:ln:Out palter ,
Iturter EV2ortneettfLiteleittit cent pre-paid , two Tent:,
.1 1 1*p rt, : - A.av eit in 0, if tot4rFcto.borlutrge4 ,IVlLll'Lkte"e9sf
,)(;) Tb„tt,..k i t).SH ttit rdopv , hd
• ;,', ciltapcCisf - sdinn,
altd(Polie,•rtußvs . ilvd..o,llttretep 111orpcorlvqt,.
81106.1tWilticitr,14.1 , t1119 ept• Drico.
110•1100.„CA:4,4MICI , ' ' • , •
• "" IV'', " • •• •
.'i'l.c,rlvil ecl.ortr.
S C.KINGS
By the Or. cosily seated,
With sitertlelosyltlitig her nose,
The lively - W.l lair is It nitt tug
A nt,idel Cul pair of hoot..
Fite pities the thKrring huldler
N% h. is oat in the ',offing storm,
And nnsil) plies her needles
To hue', Lim hearty and-Wallin
Her eyes are rending the
I. tiff t thn war.
she hunivs ivhatrithono bravo Pillows
Are cni lastly fullt inf. , . for.
11, ;I.4n:wt.:As well an lior.f..nry
than on their way.
11 ho. 100.1..i.1 humor,
Are ..vin, their country to.d.iy.
Pho pOllll.lrA 110 , 7.111 htle childhood
Per grandniothl-r ri,ed„to tell
The story of bar.foottd soldiers
11 b e fought so loog need well:
And the oleo of the
Aronearer to leer I ban
Al,l that, pee hips, is the r,asop. •
Why she is I Alindthun.
She cannot .hctider a In Wket,
Nor ri•t • with the CllVally Crew,
But ourerthnleF4 uhe is leady
To w e re Pe the hop: WII(1
And yet in despAtehex
that (-any from the ormy or tieot,
-
TIER feata may hmvi•hever !rnottea
Though ever n) mighty the f! et!
pru . rl owner or muscle,
Or purse prz.ll.l Wynn or,toA , .
at the 110,0r.0r.
_Or smile at their bundle of socks.
Tier heart may Le, larger anJ braver
Thmi his %%Loda tallertol all.
The vforl, of hrr :Is Important
As nosh that buys powder or Lull.
And thu.; while her quiet performance
Ts beima recto dad iu rhyme.
The Lords in her tromuirais fingers
, 'are running a rice with Time.
— St ran Le that lair need:, ran farm
A porfvet triangular hailed—
And equally rtran.a that t h e it antics
Result. tii perfecting •' the rauhd."
And now while beginning . " t narrow,"
Flit , thinks a. the Maryland mud, -
And wundars If over the stacking
\\ ill wade to the aul,le In hi d.
Avd now she oh,,p•mn; the heel,"
And i,otv she Is leady
Ana h yes, if thl •oldi,q Is Wounded,
it never will be hum behind.
And now she theAnstep,"
Now enr,vin, 071:a Lb., I. , 1.12'
A thin end ”1 - 1 , 1.• eorttett
Mat et 0 , le• turoed to the co,
Fho •` others" the I tnt or th. fl Ltd.,
As Ira net I•nrel was wan.
And plating the bell In the hatket
Announces thu sttetkin..Ts or "
Ye nice who are fighting our battles,
A slit) from. Lilo corof rf s of life, .
11 h.. It, ugh: lull; muse by 'oar camp free,
(5 5 . sweethearts. or sis elf, or 1, ife,,
Just think of tlo•ir elate t , Al lit:10, r
..
jii i
Aea ray for the clraluillol hers, too,
7 - 7 , - 11 - liti , l !sully rat.lN In kpr,t.(4o,
.- .' 'Ai: thittliik t1,,,.:C.,,i;ki,1'iv: for yea. .
TIIL BROTH r, S
A T1:211 tiIORT
(CONC L . (11, ED.)
Laurence frowned; but be tore the let
ter open, so soon as the - servant had left
the room. and read :
I had almost sworn never to address you
again, alter that hist lo'ter you sear In that
you hade ins 1155 , 5 , r to trouble von More ; you
told me thatyou would mother listen to me nor
assist me. - however acre my strait us ly i C.
ti/I'ljta, rOIA were tiny hr.oher when I. lead
!host , words; the th-vil re-o Within me, and
uttered—what hereafter it might hove with•
eyed me to think of. ouly my wife cattle up to
and looked in my face, and, God hlo , s
her, while her eyes rested on WC, I could not
speak, nor even think of what was III:551 11J at
toy heart. I tell :,ou this that you mar judge
what it costs nie to write to you DOW •1
might starve.' you said Lturence Carr,
since then. I have learned what starvation is
like—l have travelled very near its utuuot
Lriult ; it is n word rite meaning of which I
know. That would not drag me one quarter
inch towards your. threshold: its worst agony
is not within n twentieth part of that which
the thought of addressing jou for help
would have cost me. But that anguish is now
swallowed in n greater. I seek your help - I
entreat you, I beseech - you - to' uasist mo.
Lawrence we me brothers, the children of
one mother; do ant deny mo. Give to mu as
yon would to a beggar—fling to
,mo some
looney into the strew. I care not how; so you
do not he deaf to my cry—only be prompt,
for Death is pitiless.
"Britt her !, God 1 mks on you as you heark
en to me. ..!!!./ for wool of food.
I wait. (Ann
Laurence rose from his gilded chair,
and traversed the luxurious chamber
wherein he had sate, stately and solitary.
He opened the door— there be paut;ed.—,
Then, as if with a new resolution, ho
stepped forth into the ball.
In a remote corner, whkch even the
brilliant lariT 'failed to illumine, he dis.
timr h uishCd a.` tall thin figure—a pale, pin.
cht , d face, witti:giey hair falling tangled
over the bro,aebrow. Did' Lauiviee see
then the vision of the. 'bright-haired child
who slept : On his breast one Christmas
night lung yeitri,bagikM Who can` tell.
Howbeif; he retreated into the room
hoTore lie was recogiiiied; or even seen,
t)y his - brrther:,•and it was by' IA servant
that ho soot to William a . snialltutheavy
-packet. -He cargerly Seized-it; with a
cry; almost like a sub, and the no-xi-in
stant had left' his brother's house
;.ne„child, was saved ; and then William
h'ad time to think of the sacrifice, he had
to make, to save it. His Fond heart was
tormat...th rertmobra.necthat
a 'vaitirig petitioner - in the bap his •
IMbther'S.house, amrheen re4eiveil at the
Tutu is his , brotheea, lackey::
,he could .
„ikot•linow•:that .I;4M:otter,'hard man.ashp
yas,.litui 'tried to face hint brit could lint;
that be matehcd , . him „as, be darted. Away,
the street that he had thVught
of liiM.otten since, with' sernothing
al
west' approaching; tenderness.', ;,• ; • •
~ .
He did not ).:noiy „
and--with-her• •
.kintd, give ; hack 'his bfotheer., gold, And'
• t hen Teturned it - Yrith a briorackneiviecitee
moot •• added . L , ;-tslt.laVe4,ol.4 both .
mforget.our
%led- a) me, c us z. m traugers.
Z..:3 4 1i6, - ,retur,ned 'lllMicy fOulitt.j.4aii7rene ) e,
•INrt..4,:pbe,t'uloil'i- political
rAFTIIR, WORI SEM -I-A=2lY CER,TIM.
In
les.abroad r 'With . their ineVitable , cense
(inetides,two or three nii;;taltes in home
cotninercial,::ppliey - 7,--had wrounht this
great change;•atid-he Was bankrupt. A
day --two Or three hours lin that day—saw
the - fall;saW.the, i.uin,to its elituait, he
merehnnt,:prinee was . wOrse'thaii pen n i less;
.for-tli. , re-wereh;!rge-,debts—which all his
vast ,j'aiSseSsions•,,, 'his accumulated
weaith,-WoUld2,fail .to ,sath=ty. His wife
'Mitu,rally4aCensed, at his ini.ifortunes, be
took:lierself,-aq.)mr liberal jointure to
the imrental-robl,' and he remained alotte
to efunbat with min.:-•
Then Carrie out the . finer part of 'his
char. icter. With courage he eneountlered
the ho•t. of difficulties that pressed crush
ingly upon him With scruphlousTSouil
peop!'.: call integrity lie . gaVe
up all he hid, awl'giicily and simply
announced his intention of payini , off the
residue: of his debt to the uttermost
farthing, if he lived. Then with proud,
silent bravery he accepteda clerkship in
some brut heronerehant's office, took an
humble and began again the
ilte he had commenced in his early youth.
'file world —even the world inisinuss
and inoney•getling —is no:so wholly bad
1)! . in DO , re l s. Laurence re
eei ved tnaoy offers of assistance and one
or twd go.tl hearts pqrsistA for a long
time iudbllowin4 hiai with toeir active
friendship - But - he was not great enough
to feel gratitude, or even to thoroughly
appreciate their goodness. His pride was
but the ride of a strong, bold, deter
mrytrd in In lle dislaino 1 sTnothy,
and .stilkuly repulsed all prolThred i4enor
,-if V.'
The w:iliel of fortune had made a com
plete rem Motion. While depressing one
broi heti, she eli3vateil time other. William
ygrowing into. - that rartn, frvig, u flour
i .Hug ani!mr• lie was riulticiently far
t rom w.ialthy.eirtainly, but he was
Lit an r.yn illy sire d dit ince f rum want.
Atli now —oh, bowdre ! 1 e who hastily
write ti,•-ieittimenti- T he ftlt Ro thouctili he
wood Ott,ll return- to hip ul i piivorly,
ire amid uoly reeall the few liras he h.kil
sent :mole since to his now ruined bru
they.
It was long before he dared to ap: - tritach
him with a ue npti recuneili cion.
IL kit' , with angui , h, the fresh
hitt rifts,: IL: hail lii.n•eir added to the
f.irm e•tr mt. ii desperate then,
it was surely hopeless now. Irei% he t led
wr,te anti) and s4ain, ann his letters
',quilled with their seals unbiu,:en.
Ile laid in wait often, and e,B.lyed to
speak to him —to gr lap his hand Ile
was coldly thrust aside, without a word,
without a luA. was always denied
adinit . i.aoeo the our, %Ohm time...after
time he souLfht, the poor abode where the
f;:irfilor mi/./i,o ,c yirr had his yhzlrer,
f ate less tender, less patient than Wil
liam, h l),,en LiCf2etullly regulsed with
halt' the rtibilffs he met with. But his
exceeding live and ye 'ruing over his
brother, hesii.h's the consoiousw!ss of
havingoutraged t'tat brother's pride now
that he had fallen frkm: his high estate,
sin ito hint with an intense sharp remorse.
Ooly a mow? can wholly sympathize in a
man's pride. William's 11W11 heart, differ
ent•as it was, told him h IW great was the
barrier he had set, before them.
At IC. , i)gth Wi and hi; wire be•
ihou , dit thein , adves of her plan.
Their child, the eirl, that, Lanrenee'i4 an
sistalice had saved frpin death, W;18 now
grown ink; a fahohlori,d, of some fourteen
years. Chu was like her father, with
guidon hair and briy,vn eyes, suull as he
had..
"lie cannot turn h. , +• from him," said
the father and mother, as with glistenin. , .
eyes they watehod hue ho her way. 1.-3110
led her hide brother by the hand, and
these two presented themselves before
Laurence as lie sat reading in the quiel
sunshine of a Sabha; h at'ternoon.
"We are Willit; and Alice j " said the
girl, timidly, looking in his face.
lie knew them at once, though his
eyes had never rested o n them • bcCott.
Alice wa's his mother's name, and his
mother's face seemed bent on hitll'uow,
longingly, yearningly
and his wife were right—he
could not turn her from hint.
"Uncle won't, you look at . us'" Fait]
the pl 'tiding, voice again ;. won't, you Speak
t o us—nn: and little Willi:?"
"Papa's-own
the boy inopportunely.
"Go home to your father," said Lau
reoce, in a harsh constrained voice ;
have nothing to say to you. Go hothe.
I do not:wish," he added in a softer tone,
"to be unkind to, you, but-- but—you
must leave Inc."
The girl stood drooping and tearful . ; the
little buy gazed up at hilt'. with wondering,
eyes. lie was fain to escape from thew,
and so pasted from the room
"After that William grew hopeless. Ile
had exhausted his stock of expedients;
all his pitience, enduraneseeined in vain.
lie despaired of ever softentng:the . obdn.
rate heart,
Tio4 paused on, itnd Laurence was
troubled by his brother...lilis:persevering
indbstry own . 1,6 y, too,
and he was already • clear of U.° barren,
poverty he had
,at first experienced :after
his ruin. Each sueeeeding..year . ft;ohd
• hiin'adVrfueing to case again, Jl.not to
affluence ; and he Was.stern, cold; and up: .
bending its eves, -
Another Christina's tide drew near
-for-ty--11-ve-yearS.-after-thb t-C hrietinas--witen
1110 moon Olono on the little"white:bed - at
Clieritaty._.-It styes ~Chrit=tmos Nand
Laurence been:dctitined , late
city; balancing:Onto ot
It .cnplexcd accounts.l,\ ‘ 'll3 past midnight: as., he mended' 'his
wayhonleivard. f . ti7.fosv
and .. moonlight, 'and Suburbaritreuts Were
-quict,.and.'Sltpubgrous
iteps, , echeingl,inr: the, pavement;-alone'
breaking the:Stillness. -ISoptehow witfieut
lire _Own:-will, al.utost i in_spite ot. it,,. indeed,_
his . thonghts
and, there erUse. e,e , e him a,vision of
quaint.:bijp,t?o; the ,cenit try, whore .lira
bnyltiitidipitl:beett.passeti.; the large
Ilag : gardq4 . l , 001'4, 1111!1.14:1yry7tree,:,. - an4
.Ifiet'Wend 2 nearthe .Yl44:' Micrcl76.,d•
i . 7 - TQA - 4.115L,E; PA., y11 . ..0.;A:1%.:,....TAN1TARY, 3, Wt.
had used to,glithey , , rf. e and
Willie—there he frowneikaitd:Sternly re
fused to dwell on. the retitt4p.:aetion.. lie
walked quickly on, withbisaipS sturdily
compresed and brows knittereselved to
shut his mind on all eorteiok:; influences ;
but he could dot—the tbouglits came
again,. rind-would not - . bo-:-Tqpulsed.;,: He
lifted his eyes to the ,the myriad
stars'were - snininm down Oni4im with 4
kind of smile- 7 417e same 'tstrdie:as that., of
long ago. 1' - s , "'. '4l - e y eenlil not sleep
that night. He lay .very : lo4 but with
a world of busy thoughtalbittering about
his heart, striving for entrance.- The
moon light streaniedin through a crack i n
the blitid, and lit, up`tlie dre-4„eoinfort
less room. Laurence closeitrs.eyessud
denly. The moonbeam's bthught a re
membranee; With them that h'ould not
welcome.
There.'ertme a sound of nmsrcthitside in
the frosty street.
The waits. And-they,plar:,' : `ed the old,
old tune two boys bad listenQ to years
; ago at Cheriton,-.
Very strangely it soundedlrl Lauren
, ee's edrs—strangest of aft': 4 - amuse it
!seemed so familiar. With,. -it to,ysterious
irresistible power the sweet;salmon strait . '
!smote on his closed heart, aiid - ten before
!he recognizedit he had: - ,-yiet t icd to its
I power. and wondering flie - while; felt the
' hot •tears bubbling Thickly-.roans -eyes, -
And then came thronging-tlfe 'recollec
tions of_ the olden days-vat , iished the
intervening years like an obse - ming smoke,
leaving clear and vived the trniMory of the
' happy, innocent time, when hewas a boy,
and Willie was his d •ar broowr. The
pleasant home, the kind fatlter, and—
gentlest thought of all—the - mother who
had been wont of every night •to hang over
her boys in their little whit - e4ed, - and
lin %eringiy kiss them ere they went to
sleep How plainly he remembered all
—tile childi s h faee with its golden curls;
he opened his eyes, almost -expeeting to
see it on the pillow beside hint. No! the
uliPmlight only fell on his owe thin wrin
kled hand, wort) and shriVellodWith the
trutitiles.arid the cares of well-uigh sixty
years
,I . yinrfol thou4lits, long strange to hint,
came in'tinetively to his tAind, and
he heard, low Mid sok_ buL elea.O7riitd.
bh:rtmilii,gwith-theAnnsie in the 4i.reet,,, the
I mice his - mother sounding es of old
when she rca 1 to her little sons front the,
large book on her Ruse. 'Ho Oard sol
emn, slow, and sweet, the Divine words
—"A .1.1 this comm'intimene Ilejtae with,
yea, tha...' y—tocri on; anothet'.". l ,'
lie saw the deer mother's eras they
rested on her boys with such an. infinity
yearning tenth:rites:4lo their t l iely,
could tell now, what •iliUt- it.!*;
t f:0,11.1 4
of what wore lier'Anoug'hts,
their childish quarrels she av'e l ttfir - draw
little Willie close to her side, And then
pass her arm round the strong, active, vig
orous Laurence, irhisiveringe" Don't be
harsh with Wkliie; take care of Willie.
Love, each other always, my boys—my
datlin,s."
The waits ceased—the air was silent—
but there was music in the heart of Lau
roce Carr.
Christmas* day at Cheriton was drawing
to it close. The evening hells vere ring
ing—the stars shone in the dark colorless
sky. The 11111Ttlinr of the wave:] beating
on the :hur l : came ever and anon—a quiet
sound and haus
Only two (lays before, William Carr
had 'come to live at Cheriton in the old
house. [t was nothing altered : there
were the same many-paned windo”,
quaint corners; and gabled ends, the saline
surroliUding domain of ;garden, with the
;;love of trees beyond, behind which the
icy moon was rising even now.
A, the 11 , 1 window ache oak-pannelled
parlor sat ‘Vilhato and his with, w:tlitheir
two children, watching the pale light
trembling between the brarrehes of the
gloomy firs. The—fire-light flashed sod
glowed within- the- room r lighting Tap the
pictures en tIT walls,,the hi-Mks and prints,
rind drawings.scattered on the table, and
the graceful groups of winter. flowers hiV-3
ish ly disposed as women love to have them
—everywhere. Alice rested beside her
father—his hands wondered among her
bright curls; but he was looking towards,
the fir grove - and his thoughts had - tray , '
idled back many, many years. His wife's
eyes were fixed on his face; she could
road the language of that-sad wistful look ;
she kneiv how eloquently. everything he
saw spoke-to his heart of the old happy
childish clays—tender, pathetie;meniciries
that she also loved so dco4y for his, sake.
Tho children prattled . gailylor aonie,time.
but at lehgth their, voiCes: ceased ; they
-were Subdued into stillnesi3 by the anweit- .
fed gravity of their father . Never.Arad
they seen ' , him so sorrowful,
.and they
marvelled , in their innocent hearts ; for he
was happy they kriew;' at
. couting back to
'heriton = toli is old homei:_..All 061 af
ternoon ho had Wm pointing out to then)
his favorite hannts—hiS garden, his tree
with the seat undeiit, aud tho.littlo'rhom
where housed to sleep-, 'He had been so
smiling and gladt4eir ',What could make
papafooked grieved now !. „ •
Awed by the, mystery, they gave their
goochniglit -kiss - . with - added; tenderness,
but silently ;_:and silently followed their
mother fromn the room:--But she-returned
,almost indnediately, and stole softly be
hind-the chairotrwitielrherlntifirmid - siic
still looking forth,: with. that silent, twig ,
ing, 'regrgtful look, Even when he felt
her arm around ,his Week he did not turn.
But she spoke softly- 7 -:„
" Dearest, / - iltora.A:y 6 Thii he. comfoted,
It will he Made right some, day - ,Perhaps
before another QtaiStdas:,--. , ..004 his been
og;Qod to r us, deny -this:-ope
-blessing you-so-breve ' so - pray : for,.'" - ; -
And• "Williams folded , ' Ithi heart;
and stniled : `4leiry's-vaigo neyeiTiou'nded
jn:hirears but to create
~pertee,.,„Or. en add
to, cohtent. 14"112aR'n3"94.°:
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tit9isB;.)eicytivto,:ityr,:biAofp6;46o;
1111
•
•
the , the bell rang Startlingly throitgh
the quiet house. William-rose, and him
self went to meet the intruder- Fairly,
clearly, purely gleamed the moonlight in
at the w i iminw; warm anti generous glow
ett reVealing the pleasant home
like aspect-of the room.
So William throw:back his grey hair
front his brows boyish habit, continued
ever since. the time of golden. curls—and
went to the outer door, unbarred and
opened it.
A gush of chill, sharp air- 7 ,00 sound
of the si.a, like a far off chant-the'moon
beams, white on the stone porch'and pave
ments—and a dark.figure standing motion=
less there ;—this was ;what William felt,
and heard, and, saw; the Arst moment.
' The next, a face:looked on him, a hand
was stretched towards hint, and. a voice
uttered only_one...Wetd-- - - 7-
"Brother-1"
William's joyftilery answered. him ;
then, like Joseph of ;old, ho fell upon
his neck, and. wept:':'.
And at the - dootwketeflio two children
had so often entered:freni their play, the
two gray-haired inen'atood, the Christmas
stars shining on thejr:faCes.
THE WIPIC OPHILINVAN IN THE
SWAN Clliilll3lSa.
The name of Bunyan is inunortal. His
character and .writings- tviil trayeLfiewn
through all corifing:iigeS, arid lie read till
the end of time,4 ; '„Tle historic scenes
and events of
,hisAife are ever mmnorahle.
They are starni4titit'the impress of an
abiding ititcrest,'!... 4 •.'llig twelve years' un
just iihprison:netit l Aind the elions for his
release by his iin,V;ted.and'hernie wife,
Will be held .Fitlierpetual remembrance.
One of the platers:, heautifully engraved,
in the Jamiary---ettinber of the :Bleed?,
illustrates :f flinching seeee in
the Itfii of Butuyan. ,, He-was in prison:
His family werein wafit-, - and needed a
father's care, protqbtion;
_and sympathy.
AS a .inearis of obtaining his from
prison, Banyan wrete several petitions
His wife had, by lif4' direction, earned
one petition to the House of Lords, and
failed oilier object. She was directed to
apply to the Assize t otirt- She ha I ap
plied twice - to the judges of that high
tribunal,-and was denied--her- petition and
" repulsed. Lord Chief Justice Hale, en
eminently kind-hearted and christian man ;
pitied her case and seemed strongly in
clined to grant her request. But the _
o her judges, unpitying and cruel, objec
ted and overruled the decision against her
petition each time.
The scene in the plate is intended to
"show the heroic wife of ; Bunyan as she
appeared, the third time before the- A.sizo
Court.. Thqaudimiecfrchtimber is filled to
nverflnwing; Judge Hale\ in his robes
MagieLtelal; fstts• io eiteht tn
.-rc
(a:lye pfltitidns, and bear the pleadings of'
the petitioners. The Swan Chamber is
crowded—judge,.juniees, and gentry are
present. There is a pause in the busi
ness Or the Assizes. 'A Woman clad in a
coarse black dress, with a white cap sha
ding her pile, sad thee, rises:',fren.) the
crowd at the back of the romn*l.:pafises
up the aisle with dignided,: . ,ol?Wlest'
step. II n fah eringly she -Wallfl.qt . ?:tho
crowded courts until she ettilieffeffh•the
judge and the 'justices, ae
stinted in the plate in the )4ifidetinitact
'
of speaking. Directing herkle:-A&•l.)rd ,
; Chic r Justice II ale, she
My lord, I wake bold to efinte!!;agfdit
to your lordship to know whtif.V*l4
done with my husband." '
All eyes were fixed upon liar-16" she
spoke, and eager ears bent forwarif_ from
every part of that large audien c e 'to " cat c h
her words. • There she stood, a poor, frail
woman, plea:ling before the assembled
dignity of the realm for the life of - hei•;
husband: — Was evermight more sublime'
—W./8 ever a scene more tonellino•'?
TllJii - dge turned upon her. touching ?
hes
itated, 'then answered in a tone of min
gled confusion and decision : •
Woman, I told -Awe before I could
do-thee no good They have taken for a
Lcbtroictiort what thy husband spoke tit the'
Sessions, and, unless there be something
.
"dope- to undo that, I can do thee no
good."
. Hear her as she replies;
" My lord, he is unlaNfull& kept in
" prison; they clapped him in prison before
there were any proclamations against the
'meetings. The indictment - also is
Besides, they never asked him whether
he Was guilty or no. NeitheKdid ho con
fess the indictment."
" • "He was lawfully convicted, woman,"
interfered: one of the: judges, chafing at ~
her words:
the turned a look upon him, He was
one *how she did not know, Addrees- •
ing Judge Hale, she replied, with' the
true courage of a nOble seul . : " .
"My- lord, it is false ! • ForYben, they
said tollinr,' g Do vkil
confpse indict- .
mont?' he sad on'ly i this; that -he had
been at severaLmeetings, both Where there
was preaching tha : W.o4.and.prayer, and -
jhat they. had GOO; preSenee, =wig'
them;". ' •
That, women, .do - you think ye can
do_ as- we list,", interfbred Judge 1 1 Wisdon, •
iti-a loud, angry tone, looking upon 'her „
with all the yengeance.of his mean
ture. ."Yourdfuelbliod",is'. rt - breakei of
the_peace;-,anti is.convietedl - ky. the
' 1 ! . 1 - friiig the- slatute.beek,".denended - :
Judge — Hale; " . and - we'irillsmett-fer , -eur,,r
.
iselvest"
it, I ,ryti
was not Zato:ful convic7R7;ll7,,_
lord,' said:tho biayo woman. as 'she -
ed upon JUdgeTwisden.'a lld
was. lawfully convicted," inter- ,
ruliced . Judge Chester, raving with mad`..
ness, that bisect '(his'was one of the fivei
red•lotter 'naines thacsent 13unytin to pri
son) and his word should be called in
questipp, _
"Tt fahie," she said calmly; was
but a word of , diseeilirse, that they, took for
-
a conviotiOtV'' (' - r
• It ik,lE3 reaord o od,'Woman • it is regordecl;;',' - .
M
I I yfiu," itociforptcid
would;:-silence
voleo-if he could ptit,by argurnent4 3 ,..'
hi„ false 1f: itf,"'' and . j
=2=IMENIII=E
•" fie is coni;icteel and it is• recorded,"
repeated Chester... " What more do you
want ?"
"My lord," ' said the fearless Wife. to
Judge nab., I was a little while since
at, London to see if could get niy hus
hand's liberty, and there I. spoke with my
Lord Barkwoed, ,one of the douse of
Lords, to whom delivered apeiition,
who took it of me and presented-- it to
some of . the rest of the- House of. Lords,
for my husband's releasernent, who, when
they had seen it, they said that thdt could
not release him, but committed hisre
leasement to the judges at the next- as
sizes: —This he. told_ me i and - now I am
cone to •you to-bee can be
dotni in this businessand';ijou give nei
ther releasement:nor relief." -
•
_ The Judge made no answer.
"lle is conviete and it is - recorded,'! --
reiterated the infuriated Chester. '
" !Sit be, it is false," repeated the he
role woman.
" Ho is a pestilent fellow, my lord
There is not suoh a fellow in the eountly i "
exclaims Chester, turning to Judge Hale.
" Will your husband leave - off preach
ing, woman ? .If' he will do so, send for
him, and iet him answer here for himself,"
spake out Judi.o - -Twisdon, almost as much
exasperated as was. Chester.
" lord," the Christian woman said,
"my husband d'ares not leai , d pfeialiing
as long IN he c in - speak."
" See here, see here," vociretates Twis•
dim, rising from his scat,and striking the
beach with his clenched list, "why should
we talk any more about such a fellow ?
Must he do what lie lists . ? He is a
breaker of the peace." • -
The brava woman noticed him not.—
Kecping, her ejes2.s.tcaidily* filed_ _upon
.Judge Nile she said : •
" My husband desires to live peaceably
and to full'ow.hjs that his family
may be maintained. Mor, over, my lord,
I have four small- children that eanno,
help themselves, and
.oue of them is blind,
and we have nothing to live upon but the.
charity or good people.
The eyes 'of the Judgci bent in pity•.
upon her.'
" Ham. thou four • children ? he said,
I am but mother-in-lair to them, my
lord, nut having been married to him yet
two fn.! years."
" Alas ! poor vvman," said the kind
Ju Igo., as she finished her touching story.
" You make p )rerty your cloak, wo
man," broke in Twisden, and I hear
your husband is better maintained by
running up and down a-preaching than
by following his calling."
What is his calling?" asked Judge
halo of her. .
. . .
"A tin' gr, my lord, a tittlepr!! an
swilet.Ll Sea :e. - an'n'titanduil. ; l "b - i':" :
"Yew, my lord, and 'f)ecatis:6 --- liii ii a
tinker and a poor wan, he is despised and
cannot have justive."
" Sine° it is thus; my poor woman,"
said the Ju4e, mildly, " that they hat,e=
taken what . thy husband spike fur con
viction, thou must either apply thyself to
the King ; Or sue out his pardon, or get a
writ, of error"
At the motion of a writ of•error, Ches'-
'ter chafiA and was highly offended, and
:
This man will preach, my lord, and
do what he ploffses."
" lie preaches nothing but the Word
of God,' fearlessly spoke out the true
Vvi
" lie preach the word of God !'' repe:,t,
ed Tivisden, with a sneer, turning toward
her as if he would have struck her; " he
runs up and down the country and does
harm."
"Do not mind her, Judge, send her
e,7ay," TWIS(h)11, seeing that
le could not intimidate her.
am sorry, my poor woman, that I
oah.do thee no good," said Judge flak
etiMpassiohately. Thou must do on,sof
these three things ai'Jrcsai.,, namely apply
thyself to the lita,z, or sue out Lis par
den;-or get a writ of error ; - ..ut a:thit of
orror.will be the cheapest.''
80, whoir I departed from them, the
bout( tof, ftiututes was brought, but what
theY'ktid.of it I knoW'nothing at all, nei
tlihrdid-1 hear any further from them.
.t.(7'Of all subjects which are presen t.
ed._to_the_mind of man, there is-none so
interesting or so worthy of attention as
religion, - It is religion that:opens our un
derstanding tot he knowledge of the
Allot' of our existence,. reveals to us the
dispensations of providence, and un
folds theivwful destinies of man. En•
lightened by its precepts and hp , irmitions;
the soul is drawn to a love of virtue, and
taught -to look hopefully forward for ree-
Ompensoin the world to ;come.
clergymen -meeting with ode of,
his Congregation who:, had recently come
in possession of quite a.handsoine proper
ty bythe derith Of his Brother,: inquired
how 'he,was getting along in --the':Seittle:
inent..of the estate, " Oh," said he, o' I am
havitig,a dreadful time What with get
tino., out letters of, aduiinistratien; and ati..
tending_PObliteedttrt,,and settling claims,
I sometimes almost Wi;11 ho hadn't died."
I.iitorature opens a - haek-door
,out
of the, i.ittetle . or the busy world, into
garcieniof moral and intellectual Califs and
k"7. 0 (•w4 1 14 1 utdonted_to.fle
1 our 'happiness ' . . .
f,f).,7 11. 114te-1.--04-th
ge!-of-a fall When leaning :ph ::arotlatiFi
.pleasure. ler Our own iepose.... ; • -
imperfeet.heing,lxia
-
dignjty eau net he:perfect ;,yet, it- May
swnear go 'es to give delight;: and power,
and. honor, and 'true ; happiness the peg
Sessor„and.,,enahlo.liini.olead.r
era .'seek teliehr.;...-
r*Tho'•or.djiitiry,7.: , :eOploydie,#..
title& 4 6 14
almost always ifie.o...he , rho..
it to:,oover.hiwiw
~ 1!1;_91'10'14 400,j uncoy,Qrs
:.',
-4,l4llBotin,anothei
itYP'dOtieFi' Of 'life,' th'en. litti; . e.,cluilful
11 *
'9 '' , lo ll6 9 4 ikirY o.lll :,
40T••• -r-;• ... .. • • ,••:•••: • .::•.• - 5 . :7)
15,0
M==
61) I , or KINSWEII abase.
Is 2 Oa 11 ne# paid` 1* idtviumee
poNTErtivEn FARMER .
Once upon a time, Frederiek, king of
FruSia, surnamed Old I?te, • took - a ride
and
.espied : an old farme4.l9ughin g his
acre by the way side,- cheerfully singing
his melody -4
" YOU must be well off . ,old • taan,'!,said
the King; -does this am. belong to you,
which you so industriously. labor .•..
"`No, sir," replied ,thelarmer;
. who Aid
not know that it was.,the "I am
not.so rich as that; I plow for . wages,:"
"Bow much• do you get a day. ?" asked
the King. , , .
"Eight grosehen," said ,tlie:farmer,, - .,•,,
"This.is not replied iha-King
"can you get along with this ?'.'
"'Get along, and have.sometbiriglefo
"How is this?"' • '
- Alto farniersniilod,
iftinustlell
are for Myself and Wife.;.-witli two I 14
my old debts; two I lend; and.t*oLgife
to the Lord's sake"
"This is a mystery which I_.eatitit# -
solve," replied the King. -
"Then I will solve it for you,"
said the
farmer. I have two parents at home who
kept - me' when I was weak and needed'
help; I keep them ; my debt to
ward •which 1 pay. two grosehen-s day . —
The third pair, ofgroseheri, Which . I lend:
away, I spend for.theAbil.clren„that.,they,
may - receive a Christian inSiruction
will imam handy to the and . life WhßirWO - .
get ,old. With the last two grOsclidw
maintain two sick sisters whom- I - mould:'
not be compelled to keep; this . 1 givelb;'•
tne Lord's sake. •• •• •
. .
The King, well pleased with tliie' app;
swer, said—' Bravely spoken,
Now I will give you soulething_to guess.
liave_you ever seen me before ?"
"Never," said the farmer; -
" 1n lea's than five minutes you. shall
see me fifty times, and carry iu your pock
et fifty of my likenesses."
' "This is a riddle which I paniftit - iiii . -
ravel," said the farmer. -
"Then L
will do it for you," replied
the Eiiu, . •
Thrusting his hand into his pocket,
and counting him fifty new gold - pieces
into his hand, stamped with his royal
likeness, Ise said to the astonished farmer,
who knew not what was coming.:-4 - The
coin is alsci genuine, for it comes from
our Lord God, and I am his paymaster."
A MANLY YOUTH
Last week the " Orabtown Dorcas Sew
ing Society held their annual meeting,
and on motion it was voted "That our
Parson wait ou Tony Jones, and see if
nothing can be done to improve the man
ners of yoting Tonyzr,, - : • .
Tho 'next, day : the Parsott•ealled'upOrt
Tony, Wattled ..hitit.-.feSp'e-cting
tQi" 6 - S6C:IX Whieli' - 'nole;; -
plied—
" Parson, I'd let Tony go to -meetin'
every Sunday, if I only know' d gotp!,
to preach. But, Parson, there aint a boy
'in the village of Cralitown what's got
More manners than my Tony, and I can
convince you of that in just u minit. Yon
see Tony out there skinnin' them niffers?"
The Parson .nodded assent.
" sow, sec, I'll call hiAo." And rais
ing his voice to the
: highest pitch he
shouted—
To-0.0-n-y I" ' ,
The response was quick and equally.
loud.
" Sir ?"
Do pia hear that, Parson said the
wan. " Don't you call that manners ?"
"That's al very well," replied the Par
son, " so fir as it goes 7---"
• "What do you mean by far as it floes 1
That boy, sir, always speaks respectfully
to, we when I.: call him." Then raising •
his voice he a,galpircalled
"T-0.0..0.n51?.
The boy *upped a half•dressed gsh,
and shafting his fist at his sike;)ielled4;int
(The Parson 'shook: •his he s :id )
~Ye .
iserable r - olcl7-- drunken -
I'll come F there injist two minits,
an' . _mhul 'ye jilie blitzes."
The Parson was 'astonished, The old . '
man was disconcerted ler a.ino:Lent, hut=
instantly recovering himself, he tapped
the Minion on the shoulder, isaYin—
"You see, Par Son, My boy haa_got grit,
as well asnanners. This chap will make
au ornament teyouy; Roczety, sem6'6f :fen .
dayS2
_
The Parson shook his head and mizzled..
tom'A. Scotch paper speaks of a fox,
having 'been seen tryimto spring a, steel:
trap by- Means of stick , - -which he ear-.
lied in his month We knew a fox -that
took `a woil pole from the.riell and piishOd
Jit•turli : ey. - Off from ,the lower litinb of.tt tree
with it, and put the pole backlit its - place:7
At letitit' lie'. got. the turkey, and the , -pole:.
wanlfound nil tight in the Morning.'
George I:, on a journey to Euler
stopped at a villsg . o, in Tolland;,. a:lid.
While his lmrses were getting
asked for two or three eggs', whiny . , were
brought him, and elierged_lyfo .liUmlrcit
florins; ''''l:lOwls this ?” eaid his s . .Majes ty: -
Ego.,s must )4407 :mare() in thik .
place." "„Pardon Said the host
eggs aro plentiful 'enough, but 'kings',
scarce-7' ',The kii3g Smiled, and,'ordered
the money to be paid. ,
A young and ~beautifol7
I d having two lovers, and not knoilingWhich
prefer,. settle . F,tho matter by , roarrying ,
ene-and elopins with the other. . .
Ire'wio 'profits by bis - owri experience
is mita° inflect' yet viser'fat' is •ho: :who
profiteby _OS of another, , , for` he thereby
hi t l, ell the benefit 'but none of , the pain:,
to ; When poetry is rather a projinnsioiC
than': a .possian,
r the dishriatjaatiott , al It di%
"easy; because the,hluse, instead
the ohjentsrof" Ntati,re;itnurpaititlng;tltent -11 1 •
the gl9witlft. colons - of 'a•ytvid•intaginitinii,,'
resorts to:that for Inssrdarit4 . eeurti whielrite. ,
klesikint4efit,niigtio2); - ';' 4.•3
of is conspesed:of t4et
`part gt-liia natural approaches
*OO . 45 iuritif and thk , `?part'et.zhkirlaW% '
Wei* , wh so- eban,(tt
titSguoo.':,ixot 'nor deforotiftilO.ortio.l,?4 , 4,l,kl ,
• ;14,4,r :?•;.
NO 6.