PROFESSIONAL' CAEES f
LAURIE J. BLAKF.LY
ATTORNEY AN1 COUNSELLOR
AT LAW.
Unhid States Commissioner.
Ridgwtiv, or I'rnzinycv 1'. O. Elk Co
P-,
'J'. T. A B 11 A M S ,
A T T O 11 H F. Y A T L A W
LOCK II A VEX, PA.
SOUTHER & WILLIS
Attorney's at Law, Ridgway Klk conn,
ly Pa., will attend to all profession
business promptly.
J. 0. CIIAPIN
Attorney and counselor at Law, Offic0
in chapin's Block, Ridgway Klk Co. Pa -Particular
nttcntioTi given to collection,
and nli monies promptly remittal. Will
also practice in adjoining counties.
j o iFn (t ii a i i,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
i.iao-way I'.iu bounty ivuna
1 !
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DR. V. JAMES ELAKELY
St. Mary's I lk f'onilfy Va..
DR. 7. W. SHAW
Practices .Me'liomes
Cent! iV.IL" Klk (
... I'il.
DR. J- S. BO R I) 7 H L L
Eclectic Physician,
(Lately tit lia-Ton ciiiM.v Pa )
Will promptly iiiip.vor i.ll professional
calls by night or day. Residence one,
door East of the late reside nee ol Eon
J. L. Gillie.
OR. 0. B. E.:u.t.Y, Kciw
Co., Pa. Will uitend t., :,U
Bight or day. Jr.'.y -J1, '.SC. I.
Elk
rail
DH. A S.HILL-
Kersey, Elk County P
enrn .vaina.
Will promptly ni'S-vor ; ;rnf --lonnl
calls, bv night or day
1T0TF.L CA;ti)3.
FRED. EOiilJS.
EagSe flffotel
Lutheri-burg, Cle'irihld County Pa.
eSJ-Fredrick Korh Proprietor I. a v.
ing built a large mid fiiiiiiitupi'n. house,
is now prepared t e.iter to the wants of
the traveling public.
Luthersburir, July loth 1ST). ly.
LU TITER S!J U!l 7 U .) i'E J, .
LuthersbursT Cleaifitld County IVnn i.
AVILLTAM. SCIIWEM. Proprietor.
Luthersburir, July 27ih l'M ti'.
NATIONAL II"'
and
the Buffalo llca-i.
je n i ti r a .
EN03 B. IIOYT, Proprietor
eS?This House is new and fife 1 up
with especial care- for the conveniecen
and comfort of guests, at moderate inset.
fayOOOD MABMNO Al T.CHKI)"a
exciian6Ti ot e l,
11 iihifin. Elk cninlif '(.,
DAVID THAYER, Prop'r.
)r,Tlii!i liouso ii ii'iMsmuiy situaied on
the bunk of ill? I'lavii n. intlio lower eml
of tlio town, is well provi-led with house
room and stabling, ami t lie proprietor will
spare no painn to render the stajr of his
Kucsts p!eaant un:l nereealile.
Jiuhjtcny Jutj i, PSl3..
BOYINGTON k M O U K ,
?ropvietors
Kiclgu-ay J-lk ('o ttitv tJ'im .
CLEARiTI
COH.NtU Oi' ."'i.
!LD H0U3E,
.RKET ANH WaTKI! St',
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GEO.
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PutT-i! t'.Tiut
ST- MARY'S
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Pro;.'r.
Pi f tn
jK. Li 2w -.-J
J -J.
E. W. B-G'JNY, I'r .prietor
Omnibus luri'dng to and troei the
free of charge.
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Corrected uecekU
Apples, (dry)3 buel - 8 4 W
Buckwheat '" " - If
Beans, " "... -I Ki
Butter " lb 4o
Beef " " - OTIJ j
Board. " M. - - 2J 00
Corn " bushel - - - 1
Flour " bid. . 1 -'i'
Hide " lb - - "
Hay " ton 15 l"
Oats " bu. 8;t
Wheat " '-'
Kye " " - 1 7 "
Shingles " M. - - - '
Eggs ' do?on ' . 'I
Hams " la . . 25
Pork .. M
fat
P. W. BARRETT Editor INDEPENDENT
VOL.
1805
PHILADELPHIA &
' RO 1. This great
ERIE RAIL-
at lino traverses
the Northern and Northwest counties of
Fouu-v!v.inia to the city of Eric, on
Lake Eric.
It has been leased 1y the I'ennoiJva
7n'i: li'nil Road covijKint, and is opera
cd hv 'hem .
' Its entire length wns opened for pas
senger and freight business, October
17th. lSi'.l.
TIME OF PASSENGER TRAINS
AT R IPG WAY.
i ," Eattivurd.
Erie Mail Tr.-in 7 25 a. m.
I Eiio Express Train 7 44 p.m.
I Lnu-r WctltlCiirtf.
Eiio Mail Train 11 52 a.m.
. I'.r.i- Exnu--s Train 1" 15 p. in
i I 'avenger cais run through without
' eln.iigo both ways between Fhihidelphiu
I ai.d Erie.
j N E W YO !t li CO N N EOT ION.
i Lcivo New Yoik at 7.1'U p. m., Airivo
at ;,!, .! .) a. m
Leave E ie at 2.05 p. in., arrive at New
1 el ! 1 ' loir.
Ei.v.ii:nt Slkkvin.i Cars on Express
Trains hi -Mi ways hot ween Williamspurt
mil Ifciltiut no. atiu liiiuuiiijiun, uuu :
l'!ii!:idcliiiia. I
...... .11. Ml: I
l'or int.inu uioii vespentiii" Passenger
l.-usiiirsi apply at the S. Ii. corner iiilth
and Market
And f.ir Fr-jiht business of the Com
pavy't Airenf.-:
S !!. KiiiL'-fon, .fr. Cor. 13th and
M;oVrt Sts. IM.ili di-li.hia.
-T V. IJovnohN Erie.
W Hrown. Agent N. C. R. R. Bal
tiniiiio. il II. IIiU-mTON.
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II. IV CtWIVNFR.
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ST. MAR) '.?. ELK CP. PA.
Ln'e of the rniv ol the Potomac !
JWPiiriicnlar at'ention given to all
cases of Mirgical nature.
TO7
7o vm i
Dealer in
Clothing, Hot. & Men's Furnibliiug GooJb
WATER STREET,
Lone IIavesj, Ci-istojc Co., r&.
Idol p tiTim .
Cent revilte, Klk couny 1 a. .
JGeneral Manufacturer of Wagons,
Buggies &C-ALS0 Furniture, such as
Bureaus, Tables, Stanas Bcdst"ads and
Chairs. All kind of Repairin done at
reasonable rate.
OOitllEAO HOUSE, Main S
rookvillo l'a.,C. N. Kretz. Prop'r
This
I. ....... lo.eh.w.n rAfiito.l ,m,l furnish
e l in a neat style, and is every way
,
ala'ited to the wau's of the public
COUNTY DIRECTORY
1
..o'oVf,' JilihlC.
lion. R. (J White, Wellsborough.
.'.'.r.r Jiiihjr,
'in. '. S, Brock way. Jay tp.
51o:i. E. C. Sehuitze,' St. Mary'6.
Sh.;-;j.
P. W. i lavs', liidgway
',-..' .'oh. .;.-;. ''. '? Tire.
George Ed. 'Aids, itidgway
'i' u t . i .-iy,
L. J. Rl.liely tf.Jgway
t ''. i OSI 7-,
Charles l.uhr. St. Mary's
Ci.tny Sif vritr.
George Wahuslev, St. Marys
i '-ittl niittiitttrr.
' Ch arles 'Veis. St. Mary's
, Geo f:
; .J I .SI l)l
Biilgway.
I'fX.
W. Taylor,
.1 il lit .!-.,
R. T. Kvl-
.l.ae. b Mc"a
II. D. Fctr
Fox
is. Vox.
Be:u zett
vn-ori.' M .no t.iti.KiA.I Irt lnt
Fir...H ,ff'.' I.nlir S: Po. nnd Krul Sfhosning
- fo ir. roq-iositxt ilicir ncroiint h.v the
firs, of v i i.t. eiiher hv nme or oilier.
wise. W!"!l ' H M HCI'Olin S Vl'l IIO-M o 'i-it
.
. i.e i
i in.1"iileu
i..i. ,.n
fur aamfd'ut" f'llleolion. Vcn
... C...1 CA1...!M . rA 'll .l.oii. tin.
eniinu.it Ceniieville uiiiilihe ahoyn stilted
I inc.
nAS. LUIIR.
St. Mary's. Mny 15th 1805.
JfotlgO,... Purlieu nttending Cnnrt
is .witnesses in Coininiuiwealih eases,
must horetiHer elaini Iheir lees of thj
'oideiu'ene I. bef re leaving Court, or
ilievwill no' be taxed in the bill of
costs.
By order of the l"Vun'v Conn-V
LAURIE J BL A K FLY.
Dulriul Aitoxcey
18G5
ItiDGWAY lk County Pknna. Satcrdai Novembur, 11th 1SG5
Under Suspicion.
CDArTER I. UNDER ARREST.
"Uncle Joseph, will you see to the
luggage ?"
'Certainly, madam," I replied. 1
always called my brother's second wife,
'madam ; we never fusrreled, but each
thought that the other was the most dis
agreeable person in the universe ; and
as we each knew what the other thought,
it may be imagined our intercourse was
not a very cordial kind.
I did see to the luggage, and then
.took tickets for the party lor the York
Express by the Great Northern Rail
way.
j Fortunately we had a compartment to
ourselves, that is, Mr. Web.-tor, my
niece Clara, and myself.
'Clara, my dear, you look as ill as
you can link ; no ono would think, that
to.monow was your wedding day.
"Do I look ill, iimtiia ?'' said Cl(.ra
' dteaui ly
"YtM. my no-iir, nnd wretched too. T
winner you Imvo not innto mmnn nt your
auo. a girl ut twuniy fiv . mi 1 brcakim.'
her heart, lor l ve ol" a man who. tor
lour yeai ha not taken the blightost
notice of yiiii."
"Why. it was one of the erudition,
Mr. Vehslci, that ho Mlouid not
write," I exclaimed.
Clara said noiliing. but looked her
thanks at her old utiele.
"However I'nclo Joseph, ho ought
to have come back and taken his dis.
missal quietly. I have no patience with
these puor men blighting a girl's thunee
ot getting well settled in life in this
way ; however, thank goodnes-, it's all
over uow ; the four yeuri are gone this
three mouths md ty morrow ou will he
the happy iviiu oi a man whose age will
e.oiitiuHiid your respect, and whose posi
tion will secure you every comfort."
"Ami one, mania, whom nothing on
earth but the solemn promise to my poor
lather would make me call husband."
"Well, dear, it is fortunate lor your '
future interests that you made that
promise. I 'm sure Mr. 'I icdgar is a man 1
alter my own heart. If I hadn't niher ',
views for my children's sake. I bhould ,
have set my cap at him myself."
"L m sure, madam, Mr. I r.dgar would
feel too much honored if he knew your
Hcutiinents ; the candid iivowell of them
is, I think, Irghly calculated to add to
Clara's happiucss under existing circum
stances." "Well, you know, Uncle Joseph, Iain
candid to a fault."
"Decidedly, madam, most decidedly,"
1 replied, a remark which caused
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for some time in silcuce, though shortly
afterwards she dropped asleep.
Clara stole to my side of the carriage
uuu icaucu nt r neau uu my soouiuei. j
"Oh, uncle, I wish I were dead ; can I
it be so y cry wrong to die? I am so
wretched ; I dread to.morrow; oh, why
will uot God pity me, aud take away my
life ?"
"My dear Clara, don't! there's a good
child ; it's wicked to talk in this way;
life must be borne ; I have felt as you
eel, and yet I hvc, and am not p .s.t.ve.
If iiiihtiimt nn v n I'tio-no uh iil.liHVV
I i '1 ' i ....i.
, irrei lor nnai ini'-ni nave uecu sunns
between nie and mv hanniness that
. . . . v. . i n
. , , " . .1 j
ings, but bear them patieutly, and use
iiiiu-nr rip linn.-! i mil- u urn Kt'eii kiiio'i.
Ti.!!! rl.tll tV.A -.. r
on... it..L .i...i:.ii . i
jjaii t;ueiD, nnv um tie outi lei uic
ueur jiuiii uuu,ii9 uiaiiin Miys ;
"Because he was a man ol honor ; the
four years were up last April, and this
is but July; who can tell where he U ?
Wherever he is, he is faithful and t'.ue,
I Lnow.
"Oh, uncle, God bless you for those
words. 1 know it too, but what can I
do ? I cannot delay longer ; mv poor
father's dying words, my solemn prom
. ise to this man, my stepmother's pere
' cm 'n 'lis what can I do ? 1 hree month's
have I fought, aud now I wi-li I could ,
lie down and di -. O. Unc'e is there not
e-cape ? 1 have such a diead that he
will come back alter I am .lurne'l ami,
ihen. oh 1 it would be oro than his
deal h to see hi in ! The temptation 1
J oh ! why cannot I die ? '
I ' Poor child ! my pour child !" was all
I I coiil 1 utter.
Bound by a vow mado at her father'
I death bed, sho was going the next day
to marry a man who was old enough to
be her father, and who, but for the fact
ot his persisting in his claim, spito of
V.r openly cxpiessed d'slikc of'hiiu, was
i .i i - -
es'i'emed very good kind ofa man.
, r . ... ,
True. Clara was beautilul and arc
aecom-
plished beyond the nverage of women of
her class, and Would be n struggle to anv
man to nive up such a piize, bucked as
he was bv the assurance of the Mep
Mother, that it was only a girlish fancy,
and that love coming after the marriage,
was more to be trusted and more lusting
than il it eame before, I confess I w:i
but a poor councilor under mch c'r
ciimalanees, still I loved her very ituly ;
she was almost as mv own daughter, for
T was a childles widower, and I would
have given my life to save her. But it
was iotpoMible, ud to-iuorrow would
TERMS $1 50 per Annum if paid in Advance
seal her fate.
It was not a pleasaut journey, that,
Mrs Webster read and slept at intervals
the whole time, and when eho slept
Clara nestled close to me.
We arrived at. York about six o'clock
and, just as the train was slacking speed
into the station, a iuai d jumped on to
the footboard, locked or unlocked the
door, and ret laiticd there uutil the train
stopped.
'Have you all your parcels, madnm V
'All thank you. Undo Joseph, except
my umbrella oh; t tint n s
under the
seat, saia .'ir. coster.
Now guard unlock this door.'
Are you with that yuutig lady sir ?'
pointing to my niece.
'Yes, certiinly ; unlock the door.'
'Better not make a fuss, sir.'
'Fuss ! what do you mean ?'
'Step into niy office. I dare say it's
all right. Bolter uot say too much here,
you know."
We followed him through ths lit-.lij
crwd of pasen el's an I porters, aoooui .
p-mie l by a p ilie?ni in in uniform. As
we parsed wo heard fragmentary obser
vations of a ttni't pleading kin 1.
' Whi. h is it ' said ono.
'It's thu girl, I think.'
'No, it'n tlio old woman ; sho looks as
i I she'd do unv one a mischief if it suic.
ed her.'
'The old woman looks too soft for any.
.1- I 1
iiiing, ami ho on.
We went into tlio office and I indig -
muitly turned to the station nuiter.
' What's the meaning of this, sir!"
'Oh ! it's very simple, sir a telegram
has arrived from the police in Loudon
witn oruers to stop tins young laciy :
here it. is.'
I took it. acd read :
'The young lady looking vry ill.
drjsscd in black silk mantle, white straw
bonnet with white flowers, is to be do.
tallied at the station till thu arrival of
the officer bv the afternoon mail. Sho
is seated in the middle compartment uf
the thiiil c.'irrmgo Ironi the emt ol tho
triin. Ilrr present name is Clara
n .i ...... iv. i :: :i:... . i-
mui.-MT. loHvoni uiu pon-ioniijf ,,,
mistake sho has a diamond ring on tho
third linger of her Toft hand, with the
. .
words -From Herbert, engraved on the.
inside '
I t certainly was a correct description,
ami, tho name there might bo two
Clara Webster, though.
'Let me see your left hand, dear.'
She pulled off the glove and there was
the ring.
"Let -no seo that ring; with the dia.
ruond in it.'
'Uncle what does this mean ? Is
. .1.
lucre uuYiuiug wrong hi iniiim ;
I 'I II tell you presently, deal ; give me
f.( n , J ' " '
j u ,ff aD j u ,a m an d
j rcad ,Fwm Herbei.t , Qn ,he
'Why, that's tho ring Mr. Laugley
gave you.'
'What has ho to do with this?' said
Mrs. Wehster. 'Perhaps he '
'He what, Madam V
'Perhaps it did not belong to him, I
was going to say.'
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tho 0fiil!or cam0 dowa ,le woulJ ' ,uill
th(j
. .
'U here e in we wait. I said.
'Wait, Uncle Joseph ? what for ?'
IM., 1.,.., .I,; .,,1 ,1, .
I .'lu'i'i.ii. inn iui:jit ii i ui: .1 iiiu n 1
, , ,
' rest of vour daughter, an 1 her detention
-. . , ,
London.
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1 'But what for.
"I cannot tell you ; it is useless to
complain ; we must wait.'
I 'I shall do nothing of the kind ; I
i shall at oneo go and get my brother aud
Mr lredgi.r to come down.
'Pray don't, madam; there's no oeea
sioii to make move noise about this mat.
ter than ran be helped''
'I shall remain with Clara ; you ha 1
better go and say wo are coming very
toon.'
'Your instructions don't include this
la lv or myself?' I asked.
'Not at all. sir ; you are both free to
go at any lime, but the young lady must
stay.'
Where ?'
Well, sir, I'm sure there's some mis
take, and was so from the m ini:nt I saw
the young lady, so if you'll give me your
word not to go awav, I'll lake you into
my house, out of the bustle of the feta
tion.' Mrs. H'cbsier went off, and Clata
and 1 went out uf the house.
' It hat can it be, uncle '!'
'Can't say, my dear ; it will bo snine.
thing to laugh at by and by. though it's
not pleasant now.'
'But uboiit the ring do you think it
possp le what mamma said ?'
'Possible ! my dear, it's ridiciiloin.
It's a hundred years old, mid I dare say
belonged lo his mother before he gave
it to you.'
'I can't think what it can be.'
Don't think about it. It's a mistake,
that's ail ; il will all be cleared up in a
few hours. He'll have some dinner, and
pass the tiiuo as well as we cm.'
'Bo you know, uncle. I feel almost
glad oi this it seems like a break in
NO 4 8
dullncp? ; it puts olT my 'wedding nt
leatt a week ; mammy herself could not
press it for to-morrow, after this.'
He had dined, and get to bo rpiito
cheerful and laughing over the blunder
as wc sat nt the window, when a rap at
the door startled us both,
'Come in.'
A gentleman entered.
'Miss Wibster?'
Clara bowed.
'Miss Clara HVbstrr.' he
ing the name iioma letter.'
said, road-
Clara I
W.: I !lg;!l)
lie handed her the letter, which she
opeue'l ana reai
floor exclaiming :
and uiope l on the
'Thank God '. thank
God ! (J 1 uncle f am so happy,' thru
fell iu'o a chair fainting.
I picked up the letter, and calling tho
people uf the house, very soon brought
liet to, and were once more alone with
the bearer of the note, which ran as
fuilows :
Tnrno.vtt Hall.
"Mi. 1' ni lie! T rndger pn sen's hi sc.. i:i
p'tinents to MUs Weh-ter. nil I Legs to
,-tati- that he nin.it dee'inn ti-e Pi u H 1 ' fi'f 1 1
ot Ii'h proiniM) to uiaku her his wife.
.Tho uiihupny cireuiiistatieos of .Miss
' W'eh. fei 's uibi'e arrost, on t:m charg'j
of b.-ing iu poosion of :i dinmnd ring,
stoliiii hv her f irain- l iver, will at once
n-coUMt to her lor hi j rleci-i.m ; Mr.
Trudgar's wife iuut he ab-jvc siHnici i'i.
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( ".ui1. 1 re igar eog al-o to inlorin Alis
, Webster that tho services cf this solicit-
j or, Mr. blake, (tho bearer) uro tit her
'disposal."
j "Well, Mr, Blake." said I, "you sec
we shall not require your services; I
shall wait the event, mid, if it is not!
cleared up, shall employ my own solicitor
I in the matter. Will you present n y
kind regar. Is to Mr. Francis Tredgar,
and express my own an ' my niece's ad
1 mirii'ion of his gentlemanly courtesy
and kindness ? I would write to him, if
I did not consider that a correspondence
with such a cowardly scoundrel was too
utterly degra. ling to lie th night oh" I
- -I h;dl laitliluhy convey your mes. i
. . ' '
$aop, s 1 1 ; ii it ' 1 allow in') to assure you
i,.it I was unite iennrant of the contents i
i -
of the letler mid that it shall lu tlo last
t',lne I ,.vt r b-ir one from him ; and now.
as vou wii! noi let me helvi you as his
solicitor, alimv me to proffer my services
as a fiiend."
Willi all mv hour Mr Ml-A-o mine
in here a few minutes before the train
eoti.es in, and wo shall bo glad of your
.help"
"Was I not right, uncle dear?" said
' Clara, as soon as we were alone. "O !
you can't tell how happy I am, I can
live now. O this gloiious mistake ! It's
the most fortunate thing that ever hap
pened to me in ail my li'e. Now, you
ee glad, uncle, aren't you?" and she
came up to me,
; ' II itli all Hope's torches lit in both her eyes."
and kissed me' and would have ino spenk,
' Yes, darling, I am glad more glad
than I have words to toll. Your fate,
linked to such a man as this scoundrel,
would have heen a living death. I am
heartily glad, Claras"
CHAPTER II. TIIE OFFICER.
"This way. sir
The young persm is
in niv nnnse ; sue gave me her whim not
,,, utt t , , , ,
man is with her."
'J'hi i we heard through the door a th.i
station master came along the pas-age.
Our friend, Mr. Blake, had arrived some
time before.
The station-mister entered, an! be
hm 1 him a tall, broad should ere 1 man,
with bushy heard and moustaehe con.
coaling all the lower part ot his luce.
Will ynu have a light, sir?" sail
the station master to the ofiijer.
'Thank you. no "
Clara starred at the sound of tho
Voice. !.fi! !a; 1 her hand on mine,
' Now. my goo 1 in in." began Mr.
Blake. ierh ii. s you'll expliiu this mat.
ter. You telegraphed down from Lon
don to stop t his lady, an 1 here she is.
Now. if ion please, exulain."
' This geniienian.'' I said tothe oPieer,
'is mv i.ii ec's e.e,l adv iscr. I a-suuic
it as a m;-'al;e ; sl'.l!
11 he glad of
your cxpian atiou.
Yi il are a detective.
1 presume.''' ,
I 'No, sir, 1 am not ; my name is
'Uerheit 1 lleihert ! iny dear
Mer
bea t ! it is you '.'
i ('Lira lia J gone to him, and he had
clasped her i i his strong arms, while
her lace was hidden in his great breast.
"My own 1 my d nhng '. 103' own dar
ling. she love- me h ill !"
lint why ilt'sfi ilit! l!i:s meeting ! Mr.
Bl ike said to me at one,-;
"Mv ilear sir, I am not wanted heie,
and I doubt if you ate," uul we left
them.
' 1" half an hour we thought il proba-
bio wc might bo less in tho way, and we
went iu. They sat upon (ho sola i.t a
W".t suspiciously gieat distance from
each other, and I joked as h.ippy and
foolish as possible,
' AnJ u5' 1UJ doar Uetlnrt, pleas to
t x I'lnin fo us what has taken jeu at h.tifft,
half rn hour to make clear to my niece
'Well, my dear uncle I may call yovt
uncle.'
'()h, yes; ti mouth Ruoner is not cl
much coiierjni nee.'
'Pon't uuele,' said Clara.
'You know how I went away, with
just enough t) pay for tooN, nod outfit
and passage, i went to California, to
the diggings, and was lucky, got a good,
claim, worked it made a little money.
! took tdiarcs in a uiachine, worked tho
claim, improved the machinery, became
manager, got rich ; started MX mouths
j ago to come home for Clara, took tho
i fever nt Pauaiua, was down lor twi
! months there, not able to move band or
foot, and arrived only lust night in Liver.
pool. 1 here I met an old friend, and
heard all the news ; poor Webster's
death, the promise, Mid the rest, ami
above all. that to morrow was the day.
I started by the first train to get to Lou.
don, thinking the marriage would tak
place a'ld I should be in time. Looking;
out of the window of the enrriage as tho
trains were passing each other at Peter
boiuttgh, I haw Clara with her mother ;
I did not see voir; I was mad the train
had Malted; f could not get on. Thcro
was Clara g .i'ii lioui me, and I from her
as fa-t as express trains could go. What
! c m-'
I 1 do? I knew imtlcng uf whero
she was going, and vet m' liitoi'iualioti
I was positive that she was goitg to be
i married lo.morrow, solely because she
i we'll I keep her promise.
! 'Can you wonder at my doing as I
! did ? the train did not stop till it
reached London, and I found that by tho
! time I had hunted the address t
which you had gone from the servants
at huiiie. I should have lost the last train,
' and not been ahlu to g-it here long past
1 midnight. What to do 1 could uot
: thh.':.'
' 'In the cairiagn in whieh I sat sotue
I body iiad been talking about the mur.
derier. Taw-el', an I tho telegraph, tho
' p.li,;e on the d !'.' step, and so en. It
a'.i flashed on my mind i.i an in -rant.
' 'I went to the tc'egriph ollice, and
I,
n.r in, the! e was oi.lv a young lad
iheio. I v.ei.t in and called him.
'Can yn'i telegraph tj Yoik fur me?'
'Certainly, sir.'
'I wrote the telegram ynu saw."
'You ur.iM sign this, sir.'
'No I must not, vomer man,' and I
drew him toward me by the shoulder.
'My name's Field, inspector Field ;
you tin ler-t ind '!'
'Oli ! tertaiiiU. sir. Bid vou catch
that man the o:lier
ironi one of our clerk
d;
1 heard it
tju, ves, e.iiight li'ni ea
P. i.l ononrt .
he's r.t Newgate no r.'
'Indeed, sir,' said the hid.
'You'l send that at once ; the train's
duo in less lhan au lfuur. I'll see you
do i'
'He did sen 1 it, and ti3 I heard tho
1 elle
i
it was like tho. throb ot a new
j ''Cart the
' tM(i throo
ie click, click, click, it was like
ou oi a iicw l ean circulating
j ry blooii m arteries. lor 1 Knew itwoulU
om.b'.e me to see you. Clara, dear, and
! then I C Hill down, us you sec, by this
! f""""'. "H" I 'eel
uisposeit to embrace ail
.i. i. a i.
itv. cierks in Hie kingdom.
'Well, young man, ii's a dangerous
game. I toippo-e you are aware it's an
offence not lightly punished to pretend
you're an oilier of puliee,' said Mr.
Bhke.
'My dear Mr. Blake, if it was death
on the instant of diseuvery, r.ud I was iu
the tame Mrait, I Bhould do the same
thing over again.'
'You must find a prosecutor, Mr.
Blake,' said Clara, 'and as I, the prin.
cipal person couecrued, am not goiug to
prosecute the ofliccr, I thiuk he will
escape.'
'But why,' said I, 'did you not telo.
graph to Clara direct?''
'Because I feared that Mrs. Webster
might possible have preveute Jour meet
ing:' Mr. Blake left us wiih his eyes twink
ling, and muttered somelhiug to lue
ah.jiit -servitude for life.'
A i.i .nth after this 1 had the pleasure
of giving away my nie -e to Herbert, aud
in two mouths moio 1 had t tie pleasure
ol reading iu the Times the annouuee
ment of the maniagc of Mr. Webster
t 1 Francis Tred gar, Esq, of Tredgar
Hall, to which eereui my I need scarcely
say I was no' invited.
Clara, Herbert and 1 live together
an 1 M this day he i ; spoken of among
his iutiiii ins us Herbert Lungly, 'that
active and i ileillgent o;ieer.'
Paivii.p.c,KO Cr.Assr.s. The privil
eged classes of this country may be claa.
,'died as follows :
'hiss , holitioiiis.
Class B Bonnholders.
Class C i '.ir.traetors.
Class H Dead men.
Class V, Exempts.
Class! 5 il io.l fur-ti olh'iiv; Gen?rals,
I (
II l.angnKti.
1 Idiot.:.
J Judge Advvnte!..
Cli-s
(la,.
(Mass
("hiss
Kiiii.v-X.jthii
L l.'Klati
(Ma-s M Member. of Congrcs-).
CI. is-; X Ni.-gei-satid X it io:ial Guards.
S anrnv. my u.;ar boy, what aro
y.v.i crying for ?'
Bill hove the Bible at r.13, anl hit
me eii the hoa I.
We!', yoi are the Hist pi-rson in my
fiiinilyoii whom tho Bible has made the
slightest impression."
fiyGen Sherman, in Irs speech at
Indianap dis, said, he wotiU -never,
never accept civil offj -e. and never agiiu
draw his 'E word in anger.'
(C7Man has Beveu aes, but woni-ia
ss never au age.