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"By the grace of God, I am what I
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houses where I lived were iu various
s'ages ot filth and decay. Whether
the old blear eyed man who kicked
ami commanded me was my father I
never knew. Whether the woman
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was my mother. I cinnot say. All
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about life of it, going round after cold
victuals, knocking smaller boys down
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I suppose I was rtflier a good look- j
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Of course I was like the rest of my
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Nobody had ever made nie grateful— !
had ever held out hope to me.
Borne strange imp llse was given rue ,
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the words came from my lips, "I am
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It was about noon, and I had not |
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ity to take something that would stay
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fir begging. Passing round the cor- j
ner of a public street, I saw a genteel- j
looking man, standing at his horse's |
head, gazing about him somewhat per- I
plexed. "Boy," he cried, "won't you j
take care of my-hor-e for half an _
hour?"
"Yes sir," said I.
I think it was the first time that I
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"There's a man!" he exclaimed.
I've got considerable fruit here and
you must guard it well. "Here's a
couple of peaches for you; just stand
here quietly—nobody'li disturb you."
He went away, <>-'* * -Good c *
while till I was tired. Then, thinks I,
"I'll get a hatful cf fruit and run."
But for the first time .1 felt an in
stinct of shame at the suggestion.
"He trusted me—he saw I was a ,
mean looking fellow, too ; but he trus- j
ted me and I won't abuse his kind
ness."
Something like this reasoning ran j
in my head, and I squatted down on
the curb stone feeling the importance j
of an honorable trust as I had hever feit ,
such a thing before. Presently some ;
of my fellows came along and hailed j
me. I told them to go on. They
peered about the cart, and saw the sun- j
ny faces of the peaches. "We'll have ;
some of them," they said.
"No you won't" says I, "I'm put j
in charge here, and I won't see the first
thing stole." With that they began a
rumpus. They reached over the cart.
I struck them, and used such efforts
that they all came pell-mell upon me,
and we fought till the blood came; but j
I vanquished them.
Just then out came the proprietor.
"What's the matter ?" says he.
"Oh, nothing; only I had to fight for
your stuff here," says I.
"Youdid, eh? You've got a black
eye for it."
"No matter," says I. "I mean them
boys shouldn't steal a peach, and they
didn't neither."
"Well, youv'egood pluck—here's a
crown for you."
My eyes stood out. "A whole
crown," says I.
"Yes; do what you please with it,
but I'd advise you to buy a pair of
shoes."
"Thank you, says I, with a beating
heart. It pays to be good don't it ?"
j He smiled a curious smile, askeu me
I several questions, and ended by taking
me home with him.
Home! I thought I was in heaven,
allieit I have seldom heard of such a
a place. My heart beat heavily every
ti trie I dared put my foot upon those
rich carpets. Hie mirrors were some
thing new to me. The next day there
came a man to see me. I was washed
dean and had on a good suit of clothes.
Says he "Youngster, I am going to
i where you live, and probably shall
make a bargain with your people.
I want a boy, just such a bold clever
boy as you are, and if you behave
yourself, I promise you that you shall
have as pleasant a home as you de
sire."
Well, that was good. I hardly dar
ed to speak or breathe, for fear of
breaking the illusion. I never was so
happy as I was that day. They gave
rue light tasks to do, I wished they
were uiore important. From that day
I was treated as one of the household.
The man was a widower, and had no
children; consequently, I b.caine to
him as a.son, He educated me hand*
sotnely, and when 1 was twenty one
he died, and left me three thousand
pounds.
Weil, i considered myself a rich
man. I gloated over my wealth ; it
became au idol to me. How to in
crease it was my first desire. I consul
ted competent men, and under their
counsel I put my money out oa in
terest, bought stocks and mortgages.
I grew vrealthier; ray business '"ray
benefactor had stocked me a fancy
shop) prospered, and I was in a lair
way, I thought, to marry Lucy M gn _ !
ning.
Sweet Lucy Manning! the most art- i
less, winning maiden in all the world !
to me. I loved her deeply, dearly,
She was bine-eyed, auburn-haired, her
disposition was that of an angel, and I
had plighted ray vows to her.
One night I was invited to the house
of a prosperous merchant, and 'here I
met a siren in the person of hi 9 niece,
a liiack eyed girl, whose charms and
whose fortunes were equally splendid, j
She was an heiress in her own right, ;
\va> beautiful and accomplished.
Heavens, what a voice was hers— j
pure, clear, sweet, ravishing! I was i
charmed, and she was pleased with j
me. Alas, I met her too often !
In her prt-ence I forgot my gentle
Lucy ; she magnetized, thrawled me.
It was triumph to feel that so beauti
ful, gifted, and wealthy a woman lov
ed me—me, who had been brought up
in the jiurleous of a city, who had
known misery and corruption all the
first yea's of my life.
Gradually I broke off my intimacy j
with Lucy. I received no token from .
her, she was too proud. But that
cheek grew pale, that eye languid, i
and though I seldom met her, I knew i
in my heart that she was suffering, and I
branded myself a villain.
At last she knew with certainty that
I was to marry Miss Beliair. She sent
me a letter, a touching letter, not one
word- f upbraiding nor one of regret.
Oli, what a noble soul I wounded !
But she could calmly wish rne joy, j
though the effort made her heart
bleed. I knew it did.
I tried however to forget her. I
could not. Even at my magnificent |
wedding, when my bride stood before j
me, rudiant in rich fabrics and glitter- !
ing diamonds, the white face of poor ;
Lucy glided in between, and made
my heart throb guiltily. Oh, how rich
I grew! Year after year I added to !
my goid. My miserly disposition be
gan to manifest itself soon after inv
marriage. I carried my gold first to
banks, and then to my own private
safes.
I put constraint on my wife, for
very generou ly she had made over j
her whole fortune to me, and began to •
grumble at the expenses. I made our j
living so frugal that she remonstrated, j
and finally run up large bills where ;
and when she pleased. Against this
I protested, and we bad open quarrels
more than once.
My clothes grew shabby, I could not
afford to buy new ones, although the
interest of my investments was more
than I could possibly spend for ration
f grew finally dissatisfied with ev- |
erything but my money. I neglected
my wife, and grew careless of her soci
ety. Several gentlemen came to my i
house, among them a would-be author
and celebrity. He came, I thought too I
often for my good .name, and I order- ,
ed my wife to discontinue his com- ,
pauy. She refused and I locked her in j
her room. How she managed to set i
hersejf free I never knew; but in the ,
evening, when I returned, she was j
gone from the house. That caused me
some uneasiness; not much, for I was j
soon absorbed in taking account of my j
gains.
It was, perhaps, nine in the evening,
I had just managed to take up a paper
for a moment to read out its business 1
details, when the door opened, and in i
came my wife, dressed bewitchingly, j
as if just from an evening concert, fol
fiwed by that moustached celebrity.—
"Good evening, my dear," she said in
the coldest way imaginable, and plac- i
ed a chair fot Iter friend, "s'top!" 1 1
cried; my jealousy aroused; "that
man sits not down in my house."
"That man—a gentleman and my
friend, shall sit here if I please!" said I
my wife, firmly.
My passion was excited then as it
never was before, and I collared the
scoundrel. He was n;y match ; but
my wife put a dirk-knife that she drew
from a cane into his hand, and he
stabbed me. I Stinted, and I remem
bered nothing more till I found my
self on abed in my own chamber,
watched over by tnv housekeeper.
"Where are they?" I gasped.
"Gone !" was all she said.
It occurred to me then, like a flash
oflightning, that somebody was npar
! me at the time I was wounded, that
! my keys were about my person, and
| that I had been robbed, perhaps, of all
■ my available property.
The thought threw me into an agony
of fear. I ordered my clothes to be
brought to me. The keys were there,
i Taking one of them out, I told Mr-,
i Hale, my housekeeper to go to my
j safe, and bring me the papers that were
; there. She returned, her face whib?
I with terror, to say there was nothing
there, all the little doors were open.
"Robbed! robbed!" I yelled with
imprecations, and again my senses de
serted rne.
Brain fever endued, For weeks I
lay deprived of rea-.on, literally tread
ing the verge of the grave. One morn
ing I was conscious only of a sinking,
deadly feeling, as J feebly opened my
eyes. Was if an angel I saw standing
beside me, her soft eyes full of pity,
looking down upon trie with the most
commiserating gentleness. For a mo
ment I thought 1 might be in heaven;
but no, I reasoned with myself—My
treasure was all of the earth, earthly.
Again I opened my dim eyes. The
vision seemed wavering now, but oh,
did it not wear the beauty of sweet
Lucy Manning? A quiet, unutterable
peace took possession of my entire be
ing. I forgot wealth, health, every
thing. My past life seemed blotted
oat, and I was again innocent, un
t juebed by the griping hand of avar
i -e, true, loving, and loved—and Lucy
Manning was mv idol.
But I recovered slowly and at I aid,
a* my strength surely returned I litis
sed her. As soon as she saw 1 could
be left with safety, she had left me;
and oh, what a blank—the dreadful
blank ! I wondered around my rooms
now so desolate, and saw many evi
dences of my miserly habits.
I know not why, but towards my
wife my feelings seemed io have un
dergonD a revulsion. I fear I hated
her. She had nearly l*ggared me,
had deceived and shattered myhealfk,
destroyed hll my hopes
Months passed before I was able to
estimate the damage that had been
done nie. Every means that could be
put forth were u-ed for the di-CO very
of my money, but all in vain.
One night I sat by the fire, a cheer
less, disappointed, and lonely man. I
had been thinking thoughts that only
burned my brain, but did not purify
my heart. 'IfI had only married
sweet Lucy,' I said, again and again,
'all this had not been so.'
My housekeeper came in with a let
ter—an unusual large package u was,
and as it bore a foreign postmark, I o
jiened it with a trembling hand ?
What was that? A rustling, crumpled
bank-note! Another and another
came forth, until there laid upon my
knees twenty bills of the largest de
nomination. A few trembling lines
accompanied them:
"MY* HUSBAND: lam dying! My
disease—there is no need in telling
you. Forgive me, and accept the en
closed as a faint effort toward restitu
tion. Jt is not much over half of
what we took from the safe. The rest
is—l know not where. lam desert
ed. Farewell, forever!"
An icy ehill thrilled me. It seemed
as if her spectral presence was near
me. I shuddered as I rolled the bills
together, and throw thom across the
room.
"Lie there, curse of my soul!" I
cried. "Lie there till I have conquer
ed myself! ay, if the victory is not
won till you are rotten !"
I shut the door and sealed it, and
for six months I toiled like a penniless
man, till I had partially redeemed
myself By managing cautiously, I
placed my business on a successful
footing, and began life again, a new
man.
It took many a year to wear off my i
old habits of parsimony, but every ef
fort gave me a new and agreeable sur
prise. Meantime Lucy Manning be
came dearer to me than she had ever j
been in the flush of youth. I entreat
ed her forgiveness! humbled myself i
to a eoufession, tested myself in all j
ways, and convinced her at last that I j
was as worthy now as once I was or.ly ;
in seeming.
On the day of my wedding, I open
ed the door the sealed. The bank
notes- lay where I had flung them. I
took them up with the pride of a con
queror, aud placing them in her hands,
exclaimed, "They are now no longer
my masters ; use them as you will."
Now I am a man .'—redeemed from
the thralldom of eovetousness. I have i
three blooming children, Lucy is an
angel of goodness, and I write myself
as I did at the beginning, "By the
grace of God, I am what I an.."
LADIES' READING.
Drop Biscuit: Cup of milk, one egg,
cup of flour, one spoonful of melted j
butter and a little salt. Bake in a hot
oven, and eat as soon as possible.
Very Nice Biscuit: One quart of
milk raised ; when light, add one cup
of butter, one egg, one tablespoonful
of white sugar, half teasj>onful of so
da ; raise again; rollthin and bake
quickly.
Rye Drop Cake: One pint of milk
and three eggs, a tablespoonful of
sugar and a salt spoonful of salt. Rtir
in rye flour until about the consi-ten
cy of pancakes. Bake in buttered cups
or saucers half an hour.
Baked Muffins: One cup and a half
of sour milk, half a cup of butter, two
eggs, one teaspoon :'ul of soda, (you
can use sweet milk and cream of tar
tar.) Stir to a stiff battt?r, aud bake In
muffin rings. They are best made
with >ne cup of cream and one cup of
sour milk.
Crumpets: Mix a gill of yeast with
two quarts of water, just lukewarm,
to which add sufficient flour to make a
thinnish batter, and let it stand six
hours in a warm place: whenever
raLed stir it well with a wooden spoon
aud let it remain four hours longer ;
then bake in muffin rings.
Horseradish vinegar: One-quarter
of;>oun<l of scraped horseradish, one
ounce of minced garlic, one drachm of
Cayenne, one quart of vinegar. Put
all the ingredients into a bottle, which
shake well every day for a fortnight.
When it is thoroughly steeped, strain
aud bottle, and it will be fit for use
immediately. This will be found an
agreeable relish to cold beef, etc.
Silly Luun: Seven cups of sifted
floor, half a teacup of butter warmed
iu a pint of milk, one salt spoonful of
salt and three weii-beaten egg-., two
tablespoon fuls brewers' yeast; if the
yeas', is homemade use twice as much.
Pour this into square pans to rise, and
then bake it before it sours.
Receipt for pickle; Seahl the piekle
ing brine every three days for two
weeks, then soak out the brine in
freshwater; wipe them dry and put
them in a liquid composed of two gal
lons of vinegar, four ounces of black
pepper, four of ginger, two of tumeric,
two of cloves, two of allspice, two of
mace, two tablespoon ful* of celery
s vd. one large handful of horseradish,
onq of garlic, three lemons, sliced, and
two pounds of brown sugar. The
spices should be beaten. Pickle made
m.de by the above receipt took the
premium at one of the Richmond fairs,
and is recommended for use.
VOL. 65.—WHOLE No. 3,358.
FAR* F.R*- ( l,| M *.
One or two applications of butter
milk will destroy lice on cattle, and is
a safe remedy to drive off the vermin.
In pruning very young pear trees,
the object should be to encourage the'
growth of wood in proper directions,
rather than production of fruit at
the expense of retarding lh** develop
ment of the trees.
A New Yorker says that cows should
be salted every morning, and if in the
stable, before foddering, but never aft
er taking water. This is the practice
of the be>t stock-keepers in Switzer
land, and he thinks much preferable to
Pilting them once or twice a week, or
to keeping it constantly within their
reach.
Indian MuJJing. —One tablespoonful
of yeast, one pint of water, flour e
nough to make a thick batter, and let
them raise through the night. In the
morning add one pint of Indian meal,
a coffee cup and a half of milk, a tea
apoonful of soda, some salt and two
eggs. Beat the mixture well before
putting it into the rings to bake.
Trimming Shade Tree*.— Such farm
ers as have shade trees in different
parts of their farm can improve their
appearance greatly, as well as add to
their utility, by cutting the top branch
off. This will cause the branches of
the tree to spread horizontally, and
render it much better adapted to the
purpose for which it was intended.
A Correspondent of the Western Rur
al thinks that the ground is the best
bed for hogs, as he thiuks it warm e
nough, and a valuable disinfectant.—
To prevent the hogs making distinct
beds, he advises laying down flat
stones, and then covering with
four tr five inehes of earth. He pre
suppeses a good house, built of brick
or stone sides.
Fowls eating each others' feathers. —
This propensity only come to those
that fue in confinement. Birds that
are at liberty never fall into it. It a
rises from a bad state of body ; this is
caused by confinement and depriva
tion of something they get when they
are at liberty. We speak practically.
Oars are cured by lettuce and sods of
fresh earth.— Farm Jour not.
Beet Sugar. —The Fond du Lac
(Wis.,) Commonwealth, gives a descrip
tion of a beet-sugar factory which em
ploys twenty-four hands, and has a
capacity for making one thousand
pounds of sugar daily. The owners
planted eighty acres of beets the pres
ent year, and the next propose to in
crease their area to one huudred and
sixty. The roots, and the success of
the enterprise is deemed beyond ques
tion.
The successful management of a farm
especially in this age of progress, re
quires thought not less than hard work.
Something more needs to be done than
scatter the seed and reap the harvest.
What to plant, in order to be t derably
certain to obtaiu a good price .for the
product; in what soil, as to quality
and rotation of crops; and Ju-t when
to cultivate, and with what imple
ments, secure the best results— F.!': these
things need to be considered. Tho
comparative leisure of winter is the
b ?st Utile to think of these questions.
Now is the time to lay out the spring
campaign, and to prepare the means
for prosecuting it vigorously.
The best food for horses affected
with the heaves, is such as is nutri
tious and succulent, and should be con
densed into as small a compass as pos
sible! Dry and ducty hay is injurious,
and makes the animal wheeze distress
ingly. Moistened ground feed, pota
toes. carrots, and rutabagas, are the
best fcod for animals having the dis
ease, and if the water to drink would
be given to the horse out of a cask
with slaked lime at the bottom and
stirred occasionally, it would material
ly lessen the difficulty of breathing.
Persons owning horses afflctied with
the heaves, and neglectingto feed and
and treat ihem properly, should be
visited by Mr. Bergh or some other
member of that humane society, and
admonished that it is contrary to law
to oppress poor dumb brutes.
Many thousands of dollars are lost
annually in cousequenee of planting
poor seed. Acres of old and worthless
carrot, beet, onion, and similar seeds
are sown every year, which might be
avoided if every one who is growing
such crops would take the trouble ot
testing a few of the seeds previous to
sowing. The loss of preparing the
ground aud sowing is usually far more
than the cost of the seeds, gener
ally when their worth iessness is dis
covered the season is too far advanced
to remedy the evil.
It is a very easy matter to start a
tew seeds in pots or boxes, and deter
mine what proportion wilt grow, with
out running the risk of losing a crop
in addition to the cost of preparing
the soil and sowing— Hearth ainf
Home.
To Rejuvenate Old Grapevine&. —The
editor of tlie Praeticul Parmer says :
Having on our premises, planted by
former owners, probably twenty years
ago, half a dozen old grapevines, with
large weather-beaten trunks of stems,
which made annually but little new
wood, and yielded but very few poor
grapes, two seasons ago we out off the
branches, and laid the main stems
down in trenches, covering with about
a foot of earth. Vigorous and healthy
shoots sprang up in great abundance,
the weak ones of which were broken
off, and leading ones, at a proper dis
tance, trained to the arbor. The new
gruwths are now clean, healthy and
strong—sufficient entirely to cover the
large mlior the present season; we
now look for bushels of fruit from the
n *w-bearing wood. We see old grape
vines everywhere doing no good, and
which could lie madeyoungand thrifty
by this process.