THE DA1IA EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 18GG.
will have done well the work you have been set
to do in this life." , .
After the trirls were in bed Arthur asked inc,
aenoualv, It wo were not living too expeucWely.
1 imilod with aluiot innato glee as 1 tol l htm
which wm the truth ihnt onr expenses were
much lefsencd bv the acliuree or the cook)
that we hnd preHter varli tv, with more diReatiblo
food; that is, it was ooki'd in such a manner as
to render It more easily B3inilatert with the
jtiiccs of the stomach, which really was a somo
thniff to bo led, and uot a mill to be used lor
crindiriK loud. . , . .
lie laughed at my simile and then I entered
upon a subject which had lontr been near my
heart. Alice was prettine of an aee in which,
though Hurrounded by all the endearments ot a
happy home, there ia still a void in ft young
Brl s'bieust thut ran be filled by neither parents,
brothers, nor nter?. This I represented to my
husband, who could not, or. would not, under-
eiatid me. ... , , ,
"Explnin yourFelf, Polly. I am wide awnke."
"I read a verse to-day in Ecclesiaticus which
will perhaps make you more readily understand
me: 'ilarry thy dautthter, and so shall thou
have performed a weighty matter; but give her
to a man of understanding.'
"Mow do not exclaim, Arthur, but listen to
me. I wish to keep my child with me as lone;
as God sees fit, but I do not wish that neglected
youth should sour in maturer ago."
My husband fidgeted in his seat, and his eyes
ilat.hed a reply. I rested my arm on his chair,
Btunainjr behind him, and occasionally pressing
my lips to his forehead, 1 continued:
'lt is the concealed hope of all girls to marry,
to be happy, as all their parents or friends have
Deen belore them; tor you know as well as I
that there is no real happiness hut between
husband and wife; and yet how is a girl to
find a husband if she have no opportunity of
mixing with the opposite sex r We have been
so happy in our home, so selfishly wrapped up
in its contort?, so lovingly idolized by our chil
dren, that wo have ioraotten to associate with
other families more than what has keen abso
lutely necessary.' What youth have wo ever
invited here to make acquaintanoe with our
daughters to see them as they are, with loving
natures, with simple manners, and truthful
bearing f And how are we to repair this thought-
"But I do not see it Is thoughtlessness.
There is plenty ot time, il loverd be really neces
sary." "It !" I hastily exclaimed. "Carry yourself
back in thought to our early days. Had I not
known you, 1 might, in the choice to which I
was limited, have married some one who would
have made of me a decperate woman."
"There was no tear of that," my husband re
plied, looking up smilingly In my face. "But,
to return to the topic jou have started, one
would think, Mary, that you were desirous of
getting rid of your girls, while I, on the con
trary, would fctep them always with me. Why
ebould they marry?"
"Arthur, 1 never recognized you as other than
youthful until now. You have uttered the speech
of eighty winters. You, a man of forty-five, to
talk like this ! Do you think for one moment
that I waul to get rid of my girls, as you term
it? God forbid! But I do not want to see them
lead loveless, joyless lives, or makiug their
placid joy apparently lrorn the choice of a single
and solitary lite, when too frequently other
selections has been denied them."
"Now, how absurd you talk I There is Jane
Hardy. Who can be happier than she? Usetul,
contented, and always in good spirits."
"Did you never know that the happy soul lost
her lover by death when she was very young?
Some natures cannot love twice, and hers is one
of them. Therefore she is no example."
1hen there is Miss Mavor. She is certaialy
happy, though she Is nearly sixty. What do
jou say to her, Polly?"
"I heard the story of Fanny Mavor not long
eince, and perhaps hers is a case in poiutot my
argument. She was the only and, ot course,
idolized child of her parents, bred up in every
home luxury that their means could command,
but at the same time made to be useful. She
was rarely permitted to go from home. Mr.
Mavor had a dread of her marrying during his
lifetime, and never invited any one to the house
who would have made her a suitable husband.
On the contrary, he was so exceedingly uncivil
that did any one venture within the sacred pre
cincts, no matter how introduced, his conduct
"was such that the suitor never made a second
experiment. Mr. and Mrs. Mavor married late
in lite, and when Fauny was about twenty both
fell into ill-health. Consequently she was kept,
from her affection, a willing prisoner, neither
thinking nor caring of what was to come after;
and when she was thirty-eight she was left soli
tary, with., only enough of fortune to keep her
in a much lets luxurious style of living than
that she had ever known."
" But who told you all this? It may not bt
true."
"The best of all authority herself. And
more, she said that in her parents' lifetime she
had met one with whom she could have been
happy, but the dread of leaving her parents
alone made her put away all thoughts of mar
riage, and when they died she felt rejoiced that
her means were too limited to Invite an adven
turer, for, as she expressed herself
" "The solitary, lonely teelinir, the desolation
of heart was terrible. Till my parents died I
scarcely knew I was capable of loving other
than them, but to bo lett alone till I was seventy,
perhaps, it was dreadful; so I thought. But,
you see, I have lived to realize the Scriptures.
The desolate hath many more children than
she which hath a husband." Children 1 dearly
love, and so I make the stray little ones my
own, as far as teaching and taking careot them,
till they go out and battle with the world, and
know its joys and cares, and live, which I have
never done. My Ute has been one of vegeta
tion only.
"I asked her If she had never loved, and I
fcha.ll never forget the sad expression and sulfu
sion which flooded her face as she replied:
" 'Once I flid, Mrs. Norton. It was a painful
dream, and I do not like to think about it.'
" 'But whv did vou not marrv then?' I asked.
" 'Because I heard my father say so often that
he honed I woutd never leave them, and I
always set duty before Inclination. So I put
such thoughts away, and perhaps it is all tor
the best.'
" This is the story of the life of Fanny Mavor
and her parents' Belnsiiness."
" Selfishness !" my husband exclaimed, as he
got ud and looked at me. "That is a hard
word. Marv."
"But it is the truth. Turn and twist such
conduct which way you wilt, it is pure selfish
ness, and nothing else."
Arthur drummed on the chimney-piece for a
few momentB with his fingers, then turning
round sharply, said:
"What am X to do ? I cannot go and invite a
ldt of young men in to marry my daughters."
Tn an instant my face became scarlet, and
am afraid my tone was rather sharp as I said:
'That is an unmaniy way ox treating me sub
ject."
"Hans it 1 have vour own way, then. Only,
if things go wrong, don't blame me," and with
these words he swung out of the room.
I sat down to take a view of my position, and
to discover it I had been in error in thus almost
suddenly broaching a subject upon which many
men are very sensitive.
My husband was not different from others in
conflideringhis elder sons and daughters as yet
children, xen years is not a period of much
moment to a man or woman in a settled posi
tion, but to a girl it is her fate.
Thinking thus, 1 mentally argued that if we
loved our children we must give up our own
selfish feeling of desiring to have them always
-with us. and so place them in positions that we
should be enabled to feel life again renewed in
their happiness. .
1 was not surprised when Arthur next greeted
me wlth,'"Well, Mary, how goes on your husband-hunting
?" He saw that I was hurt by his
thoughtless remark, but I answered, waiving the
question as mildly as my rising temper would
"Arthur, Alice has asked me to invite two of
her school-follows, who are both older than she
is. I do not think Mrs. Forbes will object to
ttmir (mendinar a fortnljrht with us." ' 1
"By all means ask them," he replied, cheer
fully. "I am glad you are come to your senses,
Utj;tQXio you know I fancied your theory
of rinding husbands for Alice and Mary, to say
the least ot it, rattier indelicate r"
"Well, Arthur, I am of opinion that this in
delicacy, as you call it, but as I think common
sense, when wanting in parents is just what
leads many girls to be restless, unhaupy. and
frequently to forsake their homes.
"We have a duty which cannot be ignored
to put before them, as tar as able, the opportu
nity to choose between a ringle or married life.
And it Is this opportunity which we must make.
"Hitherto we have created our happinp&s
away from the world. Months and years have
rolled on, and our smiling Infants, our prattling
children, our rose-bud girls, have expanded
into beauty, which in our arrant selflshneos we
would keep aluue to gladden our eyes and com
fort our hearts. 'Do to others as we would be
done by,' Arthur dear, and we shall not err.
"Daughters are a perpetual source of anxiety
to a mother to obtain a suitable marriage, not
that her own care or expense niaybe lessenod,
but that she may see no discontent on her
daughter's brow, hear no disappointment in her
tone, nor feel that there is bitterness lurking in
her heart. This is a truth as old as the hills,
my husband, and witnessed by the sou of
Uracil, ere the last of the prophets departed to
their rest."
I paused suddenly, though scarcely aware of
it, and had fallen into a reverie, from which I
was startled by my husband asking:
"What does the son of Siraoh say, Polly ?"
" 'The fathertwakethfor the daughter w hen no
man knoweth, and the care for her takctb away
eleep, when she is youne, but she pass away the
flower of her age, aud being married, lest she
thotild be hated.'
"But it may be said now-a-days of the mother,
not ot the father, tor all lathers in middle-class
lite are very heedless of their daughters' future,"
1 lemrrKen,
'Well, don't say so anv 'more. Pollv. I'll
send the town-ener notice to tell all eligible
jounp men candidates for matrimony thut they
may call upon you."
Hooked up in astonishment and disappoint
ment to find that all my arguments had ended
in ridicule, and I fairly burst into tears, which
seemed not a little to surprise him, for he came
over to where I was sitting, and, kissing me,
said:
"Don't be a little fool, Mary. I dare say you
are right; only a man doesn't see these things,
and I don't know how to help you In the mat
ter. I shall make a mess of it if I go inviting
men here. You may do what you like, but
don't ask me about It'
Upon this understanding the matter was
dropped.
Christmas was approaching, when Richard
would be home. I wrote to Mrs. Forbes, asking
for the two girls Lucy Darner and Lillian Foster
to visit us. Both were orphans, without for
tune, only barely sufficient to keep them from
want. They had been many year with their
valued governess, and were receiving the finis!i
of their education under masters, pieparatory
to their taking situations.
My husband, being now the manager ol the
bank in the town, was greatly looked up to; but
so absorbed had 1 been in my children and
house, that I had never extended the circle of
my acquaintance so as to embrace any families
where there were young people, an l 1 was not
aware how isolated from the in wo had become,
till one day, expecting some friends, Jane, or
Janet, as we called her, and now fifteen, said,
"How tiresome, mamma, to have, to make these
preparations for such old fogies ! Why don't you
ask some young ones ?"
"Janet 1" I exclaimed, In surprise, "you have
associated with your brothers so long, that you
have acquired all their random sayings "
"Sav slimf,' mammie dear, and that's just it.'
I looked up very erravely : not that I meant' to
do so, but her remark struck me forcibly. She
was right, but as I was silent, poor Janet
thought she had otTeuded, and, with a deprecat
ing look and gesture, turned my face towards
her, and, kissing me. said:
"You know, mamma, It Is so tiresome. There
is old Mr. Edwards and his wife, and Mr. Pater
son and his 6ister. who, I'm sure, is ninety, and
lots more. I could not sit and amuse them as
Alice does, and Mary actually seems as it she
delighted to listen to a detail of rheumatics and
coughs, and the doings of the maid-servants,
and Low their sweethearts have gone away, and
all this trumpery. And then, what do girls
want to know about who's likely to be in the
town council, and who's to be mayor, and who's
dead, and who's to have the vacant almshouse?
I hope, mamma, you'll know some young people
when I 'come out.' "
I could not find it In my heart to censure her
flippancy, or even to make a remark, and I
walked away; for suddenly my child had turned
a page in the book of life, and its readings were
new to me, and this it was which led to the con
versation with my husband relative to inviting
suitable companions for the two elder girls.
Yery recently old Wilson, the chemist, had
died, and his place was taken by a gentlemanly
man of five-and-twenty. His sister, many years
older, kept house for htm. So one fane morning.
without mentioning my intention at nome, i
called and sent up my card to the sister. Miss
May she shouldhavebeen December received
me with a great deal of flutter, and at the same
time ot assumed dignity, wnicn rendered ner
reception rather a ludicrous oue. Evidently she
was an old may, wno iiaa been arawn rrom cue
seclusion of her village home, where she had
reigned paramount in her respectability; und I
am not sure that sue tnougnt my ranic in me
equal to her own, for on my taking leave, she
did not very cordially respond to my inviiation
to visit me.
Soon after this I called upon Mr. and Mrs.
Elwood, who had retired lrom business, but
who had two sons in London. I found the
father and mother well educated, well bred, and
most hospitable; but as I had never visited
them betore. 1 baa to invent an excuse Tor
doing so now. The ruse ultimately succeeded-
I would just mention here, that these worthy
people oecame auerwaras our nearest, ana dbbi.
respected friends.
a wet K or two atter mis, i went 10 a nigmy
respectable bookseller. Here I had a great
difficulty, i could only sea as a purchaser, ana
was. of course, served with great respect. 1 waa
unaDie to say, "i am sorry i nave ncgieciea
hitherto calling upon you, but it was from no
sense of pride, only I have not before needed
your acquaintance." I asked to be permitted
to want into an inner room, iu wnicn oooKn
were arranged to look at the titles. Here,
hidden by a screen, sat a young girl about
Janet's age, working at a canvas frame some
really beautiful needle-work, which I could not
but greatly admire. I ottered to show her
some of Alice's work, if she would call and Bee
it. She thanked me very sweetly, and after I
had make a show of inspecting the books, I left.
When I got home, I said to Janet:
'1 ,saw Miss Marshall working tome very
pretty embroidery, and I asked her to come and
see Alice's; so when you paB that way, call, and
beg her to come with you."
Janet promised compliance. I did not know
how old Mr. Mart-hall's sons were, though 1 had
beard that ne uaa two wuo were not at home.
A fortnight passed on; my nusband asked me
no questions, ana wo wi-iu tuning togerner
alone one afternoon wuen janet ana Miss Mar
shall i walked in, very delighted. Janet had
taken her for a walk, ana tne two had struck
up a loving triendsmp mat was seen at a glance.
The work was exnibited and admired, and we
tiled to keep her to tea, out sne nam, "Mamma
would be lonelv. as papa was in London." To
thin nl h ft notbtna could be said. Janet looked
as if she would have retained her bv force; but
alter inviting her to come to tea on Tuesday in
the week following, bhe accepted, conditionally
on her mamma's permission, and then left. On
retiring to rest, my husband asked, "Is that
part of your scheme, Mary, to entice the little
ones first? Marshall is a rich man, and he has
two sons, one at uamonoge, ana iuu uiuer witn
Be don. reading for tne oar."
i tA not know what Mr. Marshall's sons
were. And how came you by the information t"
. 8Ahnnt the sons or the wealth V he mischle
vouslt asked. "1 have means at hand to know
whHt'Vnnnev there Is. but I have only recently
heard about the tons, and from no one in the
town, or I should doubt tpe correctness ot tne
tnlc; hnt (Man. the lawver at Farnlnetiaui.
with whom the youneer son Is articled, told me."
"Wen." I stud. "I tu happy to hear uoU
good news." Put- it was snappishly uttered, as
though. I had been detected In something under
hand. i 1
Long before Christ-mas came we hsd so im
proved our position wilh. our neiahbjrs, that
pleasant calls and occasional tea-drinkings were
established. Janet, quite happy in the society
ot Acnes Marshall, forgot about the "old
fogies." Mr. May, the chemist, who did not
come near us tor some time, in the end proved
not only an entertaining, but an intellectual
guest, and my husband always met him with
the heartiest of welcomes.
One morning, about three weeks before Christ
mas, y hen we were assembled round the brenk-fast-table,
and anxtously listening tor the post
rran's knock, which we hoped would bringu
Itichard's letter, I asked, fllow would you all
like to have a party the week before Christ
mas'" . ......
"I should like one," replied Alice, "on Lillian's
and Lucy's account; but 1 don't care much about
it, mamma, until Richard conies."
"And J don't care about it at all, mamma,"
paid Janet. "Now, if Richard would bring down
some ol bis London friends, then I ehould jump
tor joy, but our parties are stupid. Walior and
Frank sre so rough; they always come home
lrom school eager to enjoy themselves, and
won't give us girls a thought, unless we can
scamper over the country, and go out with them
in all weathers."
"And what say you, Mary?" I paid.
"I do not care, mamma," she answered, pen
sively, "if we are to have, many old people here."
My husband sat reading his paper, with his
fme concealed lrom view. He did not speak
till Dick's letter came, when all thought of the
distasteful party was put aside, Richard said
he could not be w ith us till the Christmas eve,
aud could stay only a week. This was rather a
disappointment to us, who had calculated on a
fortnight at least. Arthur said he was glad to
hear it, as it showed that the boy was acquiring
a love ot business, and that he had probablv
become usetul to his employers. He got up, and
on leaving the loom motioned me to follow him
into his study.
"Youwero right, Mary," said he. "I could
not have supposed the girls had lost their child
thoughu so sor n. Give a party ten if you
like but don't bore them with old poople."
'That Is all very well," I replied. "But
where am I to get young folks ? My plan is to
eive a party purposely to introduce the two
girls, Lillian and Lucy, and before Christmas.
Mr. May muBt be our only single beau, if he
will come, but all ot our newlv acauired friends
must be invited, with the most influential ot our
old ones."
"Bravo 1 Polly, you are a capital diplomatist.
Things may be safely lett to your management."
"Without sending round the town-crinr to
invito matrimonial candidates ?" I asked.
He went out of the room laugning. and
knew 1 had gained my point. 1 might do what
I liked in the matter now. The details ot our
projected party had to be talked over with the
girls, w ho fceemed provokingly indifferent to all
my arrangements, for I would not have (riven
the slightet whisper as a clue to my hope of
return invitations,
it is ro odd or you, momma, that you wilt not 1
' in vuii.iiuBs,- miiu uiaij. u.v, f
everybody will be engaged in mailng their own
piepHration3."
"As this will not be a grand party at all, but
merely a tea-drinking, a Utile music, and a
dance afterwards, there is no occasion to make
a fuss over it. You should recollect that Lily
and Lucy will like some llttie introduction to
our friends previously to the festivities of Chtist
mac,'' I replied. "1 do not intend to send out
written invilationt; but, Alice, you can rail
upon our old acquaintances, choose any six you
like, and ask them to come, while I will do 'the
same by the Mays, the Mar6halls, and Elwoods.
Do not convey to them any idea of a parly In
the usual sense It is understood, but merely to
tea and a little music."
And so this tirst step of the ladder was
gained.
CHAPTER X.
School Friends The Party Christinns Eve The
Characters of the Friends Levity of Manners
Excuses for Shopping Invitation to the Ball.
In the following week Alice's two friends
arrived, attractive and showy, but both wanting
in that 6 weet nameless grace which bhows the
influence ot the Spirit's teachings. Lillian Fos
ter ws a tall, handsome girl, with hair of a
chesnut hue, and large blue eyes, but there was
a furtlveness about these sunny eyes which
made one uncomfortable. You felt, that could
she be touched by Ith Uriel's spear, she would
suddenly appear in a very different form from
her present most lovely one.
Lucy Darner was a brunette, with sparkling
black eyes, which seemed never to have a mo
ment's repose. Her hair waa black, and worn
in short curls over her head, her whole sem
blance partaking of the Indian nature, to which,
however, ehe had no claims, at least within her
knowledge.
Two days after their arrival our party came off.
Janet would have termed them all "old lbtties,"
with the exception of Mr. May, who came late.
out in at ner ooservant eyes were closel y scan-
nine the characteristics of everybody, and she
oeeame interested in spite ot herself. And the
new charm of Agne Marshall's society being still
ire?n, biie made nerseit very amiable, aud sub
mitted to be petted by Mr. Elwood.
Fanny Mavor had been invited as a kind of
companion lor Mihs May. Experience, however,
proved there could be no assimilation between
the two. After tea the card-tables were urranged
in one room, and two parties at whist sat down.
Miss May and Mr. Marshall played chess, and
r anny Mavor tutted about lrom onetotaeoiner.
The girls retreated to the back room, and closed
the folding doors. Alice's two friends played
a duet, und nlaved well. Inn. Then Alice suns-.
1 Mary played, and Alice sane again to ber slster'a
) accompaniment. Presently, one of the folding
doors was slowlv opened tor a small space, and
Mr. Elwood whispered, "May I come In?" Janet
held out her band, and conducted him over to a
chair. The old man was delighted. He asked
for several ot the old ballads of his youth, but
none of the girU were accomplished enough tor
this, excepting Mary, who warbled, for it could
be called nothinar else. "Ye banks and braes."
Soon alter one and another came in, tin my nus
band complained ot the desertion, aua both
doors were thrown open. Jauet asked:
When shall we dance, mammar ana win you
plav for us i"
"BOW. 11 VUU UILC, BUU 1 Will U1UV. ' '
The rooms were soon arranged for daneing;
all the gentlemen were pressed Into service,
spite ot faint denials and requests that if they
mmented all Bltorieoimnes must oe overioogea.
We bad a good country dance; one of the olden
times, then quadrilles, and, lastly, Sir Roger de
Coverley. And to the pleasant evening passed,
and fcenaraiions cnine. auu muu miewenn were
said, and hopeB of future meetings, which latter
came in an uue time.
tihrlHtmns eve arrived with all its welcora
ings, but the toul had gone out of it. Unspoken
memories of Dot and Edith were visible in all
our laces, however deep burled in our hearts
we strove to keep them. Even Walter and
FraLk's boisterous spirits were checked, but
only occasionally, when they looked up. and,
instead ot smiles, saw the rebellious regret
which time had been unable to enace. it was
late before Richard arrived, brimtul of mirth,
He brought with him some small, present for
each none were forgotten. Anion other
things, carefully packed in a box, was a large
midpd doll of eiticer-bread for Janet. She ac-
nted the present without remark, much to
the astonishment of her brother, who presently
discovered her feeding Fldo with the dainty.
Kh vflH lnuchinff. aud giid she waa meditating
on the best way to make "Fiddy" return thanks
for being so pleasantly remembered. Dick
lnnlcpri crestfallen: be had expected anythme
but this.and set himself thinking how it was pog.
Bible that nis joice coum iu voimieiu 10 me
cronnH. n i ' '"
Thote two trivial circumstances opened my
ejea to their characters. I felt I held the key
to both their natures. I might trust Janet the
world throutrh. She would receive no insults.
hut m,itiv turn the tables on anv oue who
ollered them. The glncerbreai doll did not
uiakei tbi slightest aiueience in uer love or
regarfl for her brother; tt did not lend her to
retaliate la any way; but, whether ahe kite tt
or not, Richard was angry and disappointed.
and in endeavoring to set himself right be sim
ply made hlmsell ridiculous,
'there was no fbvno.-g about Richard: he and
Lillian Foster soon struck up sn intimate ac
quaintanoe. Dick assumed to be witty, and
Lillian answered him with repartee, the Instinct
or wuicu muse nave been born wild ner. asji
listened to ber bandying word for word, regard
less of time or place or person. I trembled tor
the future that lay before her. i
Meantime the Christmas week passed over
without bringing us any invitations, and Rich
ard was preparing to leave us. He was satisfied
with his positior, so he said and had hopes of
a rise in his salary, though his employers he
teimcd "ftingy curmuiieeon9." This was uttered
in my hearing, not in his father's, aud I fancied
there was a concealed discontent not exactly in
baimony with bis assertions of being satlstied.
lib left home with but slight regier, and seemed
rejoiced to get away. From this hour there re
mained a doubt tn my mind which I constantly
strove to dbpel, aud which hisfiist letter alter
his return did not at all dissipate.
The characters of the two girls who had fallen
across our path were not such as to satisfy my
exacting heart for my daughter's companion
ship, and betore the first week had passed I
regretted that I had asked them lor a month.
In Lillian Foster there were so many signs of a
deceitful underhand disposition, and in Lucy
Darner such a passionate, impulsive, yet idle
nature, that I dreaded the intercourse with my
girls which must take place during their visit,
and many times before the month expired I
heartily wished that they had never entered my
house.
Lillian and Janet went one morning for a
walk. What was my astonishment to tiud that
they had, on pretense of Lillian's wanting some
perlume, paid a visit to Mr. May's shop ! Janet
mentioned this when she returned, and pouted
because Mr. May had not asked them in to see
nis sister.
Lillian thought it was very fortunate: she did
not like old "irosty-face," as eke had the rude'
ness to term her.
I was silent from astonishment and sneer. I
could not control the movements ot mv visitor.
girl though she was; but I spoke to Janet, who
at once said that it was net her intention to
go again, as ehe thought Mr. May had not been
very rehpectful to Lillian, who was always
talking of him. Both Mary aud Alice was pre
sent w hen this conversation took place. Lillian
and Lucy were absent on a shopping expedi
tion. Janet was older in quickness of fore
thought than her sisters, tnough in years the
youngest. I thought it a pood opportunity to
speak to all of them on a subject which none
but a mother or near relative should enter upon
with voung girls.
"But how did Mr. May behave. Janet?" I
asked.
"I cen scarcely tell, mamma. Only I think I
should have spoken out if It had been Alice.
But Lillian says it is the way with all young
men: they like to flirt with girls; she says it's
good fun flirting."
m 1 A . . . I. . 1. - : a i
iiuij, i nuu uruuui, iui- ioibuu nower into
R my bouse, and my girls would be the victim. I
looked at Alice: i-he turned red and Dale bv
nuns, wnue juary'8 eyes sparkled.
and were
turned inquiringly npon Janet,
"Alice, Mary, Janet," I exclaimed, "beware
how you entertain such notions. It is a despi
cable, cruel nature which APserts such things.
How could Lillian have such ideas?"
"i suppose Dy visiting as sne does twice a
year with some ot our old schoolfellows," said
Mary. "But really, mamma. I cannot see any
hi) rai in Lillian's ways."
"it is out tne Deginutng ot a bad end, Mary.
I hope and trust that neither of you will ever
know from experience what flirting means. It
is destruction to a girl. No man cares to marry
a flirt, whose modesty has exhaled, and whose
purity is smirched by levity of manner. A girl
courts to win contempt."
"Mamma I" exclaimed Alice. "Oh, ! no, no,
mamma, a girl never courts." .
"Uv what other name win you call It. Alice?
A cirl who goes to a shop and purchases things
she has no need of, on purpose to converse with
tne man who serves her, pray what do vou cull
this?" 1 asked.
But Lilliau really required the articles she
purchased, mamma," said Mary. "She told me
so the day before she went to Mr. May's.'?
"Possibly so. But do you thiuk ahe would
have needed them so much if she could have
purchased them only from Miss May?"
mere w as silence t-jr a moment, and no reply
was given. It made me miserable reflectincr
how many pit talis young girls are likely to tall
into without a mother's watchful eye pitfalls
which to guard against requires a prevision
almost omniscient.
lo be continued in our next is9ue.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAI.
JlHD NAVIGATION COMPANY.
' . ... Philadelphia, Auut 29, 1968.
Tne Sf ocknolaeni of i hi, i'nmn.n ... iIAn,hv ..tttf
that tbe BoarO Ol ilintunn ha ilalarmiiiMl Ia.iIam
to all persons who shall appear aa Btockboidura on the
iiooKi in tne company on the 8th ot bepteinber next,
alter the cloalng oi tranatcra, at 3 P. M. ol that day the
privilege ot aubscrfblng lor new stock at par, to the
extent oi one share ol new stock lor every Ave shares
then standins in their name Krth BhiMhnM.. a.....!
to a fractional nart oi a churn shall i.bva ih nrivti. e
nhtu'rihlnir mr a full altttVA r
Ihe subscription books will open on MONDAY, Pen
temper 10, and close on 8ATCKDAY, December 1, lsoti
at 3 P. i.
pavment win oe considered due June 1, 186T. but an
Inaialu.ent ot 20 ner cent., or ten dniiara n.r,...
be paid at ihe time oi aubseriblntr. Ihe balance maybe
Sam irom uma to time, at the option ot the subscribers,
eiorc the 1st ot IioveniOer, 1HM. On all mvnunti
Including the aforesaid instalment, made before tha ut
o I June, IN7, discount will be allowed at the rate of 6
PIcSnIl Pr "nu1n ano on a 1 payments made between
that date and ihe lac ot oveniber. 18M. iyr,.r-t .in i,
charmd at the same rate.
oiJI"t.0ft,l,' plt'd UD m1' by the 1st ot November.
IBM. will be lorluited to ihe u ot tha l oiniunv n...
tlhoates lor the new atnok will tint h l. I .,! .
vuuv A. iwji, anu buu iuick, II Daiu un in mi . ni l i,n an.
tit.ed to tne November dividend ot 1667, out to no earlier
dividend. 811i.PHKKD.
B3U . Treasurer.
Kkf DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGH-
th--y WAYS Olllce or Clilni nnmii.iiii ci v in
Street, west side, be ow Chesnut.
. .. iLADKLrHiA, September IT, 1806.
Sealed Proposals will ba received at this nffina nntn
li o'clock W.. on MONDAY, tha tilth Inst, tor tne
gradlnu and brlii.lna- or Washington lane irom Hlpole's
lane to JJomlno lane, in the l'wentv-tlrst Ward In
accordance with plans and speclncatioa oa Ale lo tha
omen ui mo viimi r-ngiueer ana nurveor.
All bidders are Invited to be present at the time and
place ot opening said proposals
K.sch nroDoaal must be anrntnnanlad hr a certificate
thut a bond has been filed la the Law Department, in
accoiuuDun wun a rrnoimion oi i ouncus. apurovea
May , if; anau tne lowest bidder does not eoaie
toiward wnnin three days atter ODenlna aald nrososau
he will be deemed as declining, and will be teid liable on
Dts Bona ror me oiuereuce Detweea ni uia ana uie next
higher biauer.
vr. nr. on c u i.r. i ,
0 19 3t Chief Oonuubvtioner ol Highways.
fr-rs- BATOHELOR'S HAIR DYE
fSZ? THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
Harmless reliable. Instantaneous, ihe only pcrlect
dye. No disaopointment, no ridiculous tints, hut true
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A 4tn I1IUIIU ill" I rikWII.
AUIU,
Vooaneratlns Extract oi MUlefleursreatores.oreaervea
and beautifies the hair, prevents baldness, r-oid by all
Druggista. Factory Ho. 81 BARCLAY be, N. Y. JS
av-rs- JUHT r I B L 1BHE
sVCLV By the I'h slclans n( the
D
th. Sinetteth MSf 'tCBBS.
antltted- ... m,.nnv m wi ..n, ir.r.
To be bad nee, ior four stamps br aadresslng Secre-
miLunui II & w HAH UAUb.
taiv New York Museum ol Ana'imiy,
8 6S No. 6181 UOADWAT. New York.
DENTISTRY.
TUB UUV JSBflJUBHT MA V IMi
LiYT?r) granted ma letters-patent tor mr mode ot
f1. ...ri..n lihMii OvM. hu .I.I..K Y 1. ....
extracted many thousands of Teeth without sain. 1 am
Justlllidin asserting that It la both safer and su parlor to
any otner"
PR. C. t, MTJNNS
Ko.731SPbUOE Btreet
SI 6m
TPOR 8ALE-
-STATE AND COUNTV RIGHTS
JL' of
rranewell Ac DO. S ratent Wind Guard and Air
Heater for Goal nil Lamnsi u prevents uiu Ghlunar
r...... i,nkluii. This we will warrant Also, save am
Mo. Wi KAC Stieet, Philadelphia. ' Sample sent to au4
part ot tue l'uiiU Hiatt,n roouijit ot tl genu I W
iiir.4 ti, nil t'aii anu se iiitio tuey coai nut ten cants
i hi j
INSTRUCTION-
pARDEE SCIENTIFIC COURSE 1
j , lafayettE college. ,
In addition to the ftnrrl Cooise of Tntniet!on is
- ln Iietinrimrnt. omened lo J Mihfltnnttal bcmln (
kDOleitc Bi d acholuric cultum, student cn puna
thou linncbci wblcu ar ewnUaUj- praotloal and
tf!hnkl, Tir. t ...
thOlNrmiNO-'Ctvil. TopofrrspMcal, ana Wectis-
mrli UIMMl nnil MF.TA 1.1.I1HI1V 1 AK'H1I0-
intK.nndthe ppllealiou ol (JUeuilsUT to AUK1CUL-
i l nr. na tne a him.
1 trie m moo aflurded an opportunity torspaclal ttudT
Of T h A Ilk. anil I nhklklll k.i ot l)OIKKN LAN
f.rAC.l-- ami I HlU'UMiY.nnd of Uie HISTORY ana
IJSKTlTl'TNiNS olonrcomitiT.
Fot ttioulan appl to I'lewdont CATTELL, or to .
I'lol. K . 11. VOUNliMAN,
Clerk of the Kacuitr.
Eastok rrnrlTanls, April 4.1(6. 619
JJ-AM
1 O It
ILTON I N S IIIOIE
YOUNfl'.liA'DIES.
PHILIP A. CHFOAH.
Pelnft about to rellniulh hw poll It Ion In the pnblto
ccbooia wnn -wnicn be lias been eonaeotod for the taut
tfnt-tlini veaifl.
WILL GPLN A DAT AND BOAR 1H NO HCUOOL
roa
YOTJKQ LADIES.
AT
NO. SH10 CHRttNtTT 8TRF.FT,
ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10.
This Inxtitutlou la designed to rival tha best semi
nortea In the country.
CIRCULARS
Containing nartlenlar and oilier Information In relation
to l Iiia Institution, can be bad until tne 1st of Sep-
tni r' No. 640 N. TWELFin Btieet. , 827
TVTONSIEUR ALEXANDRE . WOLOWSKI'S
CLASSES FOR PIANO AND SINGING,
Bf bt entirely new simplified sjstcm, are now open.
Tli one wishing to read music at night, keep time per-
lectly by a nevuy invented- manner, accompany any
aunt! or piece by a new niarcn oi Daruiony, aiug or per-
loi ni in concerts, cnoir, or private, can can ai
lo. 704 8. WAfctliLNUTON (Square.
Chi dren admitted.
I ndies' Seminaries attended to. 8 24 8mrp
c
IIEOARAY INSTITUTE.
FNfiMSN A Nil FRF.N CH.
Koardlmrand.ua? dudIIa. Noa. Ibil and 1529 SPRUCE
Street, will reopen oq 1 HTJHHDAY, Hepteniber 20.
Kronen la the language of the family, and to conittantly
spoken in tna institute.
1'rluiarr 1 epartment. (SO per annum.
lay 8choh.rs per annntn. tlUO.
Day Boarding i'upU. m
6 22 ftnw4m Principal
ACADEMY OP TUE PROTESTANT EPIS
COPAL CHDRCH. LOCU-T and JTJMPKB
streets 'llie Autumnal Hnanion will onenonHON DAY.
reptemner 9 Applications for aninisxion may oe mane
during Ihe
preceding ween, neiween tu anu u o uiuua. in
the niornlng.
8 UmwilKt
UAIilUU A IV f
Mead Master.
rpHE CLASSICAL AND ENULIbll SCHOOL
X or
H. D. GREGORY, A. M.,
No. 1108 MARK BT Street,
will hf.open 8J71inrp
OS MONDAY. Ht-PiEMBEB 8.
TAELAWARE LAWN ACAPEMT. ENGLISH
1 ) classical, M alhematleal Boarding Hchool mr Hots
liflanco. N. J.. twelve miiea above clt hourly accesil-
ble. tireuars obtained at No. 21 Soatn atVLill'U
btreet. No. 1U34 t HksM'T Street, or of
9 8 im Rev. JOHN McKl.LWAY, A. M., Prtnolpal
PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR BOl'S. IN TUE
PHIL DELPHIA CITY IN8TI1UTE, N. E. corner
nt I HkHN'lIT and KIOHTI KN 1 11 .Streets. re-ODOna
MONDAY, September 10. entrance on KIUHTKE-NTU
(Street. LB 22 1ml L llARKOWn, Principal.
rpHE ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL ACADEMY
J- N oa. HOD and loll CHESNUT Htreet will reopen
MONDAY. Hcptember it), l. u. lanuiua ana u
SE1DENSTICKER. Principals. tttlm
TVTISS ANNIE E. LANGTON'S SCHOOL FOR
XV J. Y
oung Ladles
No. 142 North TANTlI Street, will
reopen on
m ujn ha i , Bentemner iu
8251U1
Mrk
perelli having returned from
nrone. has resumed bis lessons.
8 Kmwsliu No. Vim (JUE.HNUT street
QI.EN ECHO MILLS,
CERMANTOWN.
McCALLlMS, CREASE & SLOAN,
MANrFACTTTRER3 AKD IMPORTERS OF
CARPETINGS.
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT,
No. 509 CHESNUT Street.
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
No. 510 CHESNUT Street,
OPPOSITE 1HDEPEKDENOE BALL. 9 12 2m
T HKEE
IMPORTANT
A C E N C
I E S.
THE CELEBRATED
Lillie'u Chilled Iron Safes,
Th apest and best, indeed, the only strictly Fire
and Burglar-Froor Bale made.
1 be modern and extremely popular
STEAM ENGINE PACKING!
Called H liter's Lubrlcatl ve Steam racking, unsurpassed
and unequalled.
AND THE SCALES FROM THE
GREAT BESD 8CALE W0HK3, PENNSYLVANIA.
, Bcales warranted equal to any In the market, and on
terms mncb mora favorable
Iba undersigned baying the General Avency for the
sale of the abore articles in this city, ha respectfully
sqllctta the attention of all parties interested, both tha
dealer and consumer, boning to merit (as he has already
received) the continuance of a liberal public patronage.
M. 0. SADLER, AGENT,
8 11 amwlSirp anvwl3t -270. 639 i BOB Btreet
CAPE MAY RAILROAD COMPANY.
Notice la beieby mren, that the present arrange
ment ot the Trains to aud from Cape May will be
COoTlNl'fcD, via t Leave Philadelphia at I if. M.,
aud Cane U and at V A . M , dally.
j. VAN UEi.8BlO.EAE, Superintended.
September!. IBM. . tf
TV?
KINKELIN CAN BE CONSULTED
eonndrnttally on alt recent, local, chronic and
eousi
ituiionai u'M'onta. aI niaoiu enaniiaUment north.
westtotaerot Ihlidoudl'ulon streets.
9Utiui.
LUMBER.
i ftflft -FLOOKINUt FLOORING
, D-,vjiruLinA g Injyttik NO, ' ,
i-4 CAROLINA KLOoltl NO.
5- 4 V I BUI MA Fi-OOIilNU.
4-4V1I5GINIA FLOOHINCJ. "
6- 4 lr.LAWAFK fLnottlNC .
4-4 Dr I.AWAKK FLOOKINU
fH ANI WALNUT Fi.O'"KIN(.
ABU AM WALNUT FLOOlUiiQ.
HTKP UOABOii. . , ,
IKAIL FLANK.. , '
1 Rfifl -PLASTERING LATHS I
XOUU, I'LASTF.KINO LATHS,
AT JiMOkl- I) r-RK'KH.
AT KEDUCED PKJ.CE8.
1 Rftft -CEDAR AND PINK" SHINGLES
J-OVjvJ. CKDAR AMI PINK ISHIKOLEj.
. P.O. I LONG lEDAtt 8HINUlK8. r
Ko. 1 SHORT CV.UAH NHINULE8.
WHITK I-INK fHINOI.IiH.
..... .LR Hs HHINtiLr.8.
FINE AE8QRTMKNT frOR SAL-K LOW
1 I rnfiMiu l'0U UNDERTAKERS!
KFD CMiAU, WAUiHT.'
HtDttDAH WALNUT.
AND PINK.
AND PINK.
i Q(( ALBANY LUMHEUoFALL KIMDH
lODU. A l.HAN Y I.UM BKR OK At I KlNDil'
r-EAflONr D WALKtjT
KfcAflONr.D W ALNUT
CRY Pt"LAR i'HKKUy. AND ASrt '
UAK I LK. AND BD8. U
., MAHOGANY.
ROPEWOOD AND WALNUT VT.ST.gRa
1866.
CIGAR-BOX MANUFACTURERS
CIGAR-BOX MANUKA PTiiDiru. "
SPANISH CEDAR BOX B0AIUd7
AT REDUCED PRICKS.
1866.
SPRUCE JOIST!
I PRUCE JOISTI
BI'HUCB JOIST I
UPhlJCK JOINT t f
FROM 14 10 91 FEET LONG.
ROM 14 TO n FKKT LONG.
hPHUCE .SILLS ' '
HEMLOCK PLANK AND JOIST.
OAK SILLS.
B2? 6m rp
MAULE BROTHER CO.,
No 2500 SOLTH STREET.
m nr o . t . t . . . . .
8&IALT7S
J . corner FIKTIlKmtii .-.i Vd -V""'
r r i r TJi
OFt EK3 i'OK
HfhAXE,
Panelist com., 2d com.. Id conl, 53, tf t
W hlte Pine, seasoned. o 8, -f
riVel'4?KSttYe"0W (M'W Wh,to
First mi ft AfnwA nimiui ... . .
Boards. H lJ uuo "UQ Fence
all width? JOlM ""i 8o'n'tUD fron t is teet long.
lo!;niie-.dlrh.8ill8'nd 8cn,lln.'ro"' U to 28 ,wt
i iosienng Latn (Kiigii.h and Calais), Pickets.
Shingles, chestnut i'ota,eic. 1
niiiiii.Koiiy. nainut l'lunk and Boards.
All kinds Of ltUildlllir t.mnhnr m ...... r. ... . . ..
ahortest notice, at the lowest pnea. '"ru""gun", "
JJNITED STATES'
BUILDER'S MILL,
Nos. 24, 26, and 28 S. FIFTEENTH St
PHILADELPHIA. '
ESLER & BROTHER,
WOOD MOULDINGS, BBACKETB. STaIR Itir.ns.
TER8, NEWEL POSTS. QEHKRir. Tn,u
SCROLL WORK, ETC. .vawvuv,
BHELVINO PLANED TO ORDER.
1 be largest assortment oi Wood HiiMin u.,.
constantly on hand. 6" 7 y 3m r
J C. P E R K I N
LUiMliKIi MEROHANTl
Bucoossor to K. Clark, JrH
No. 324 CHRISTIAN STREET.
Constantly on hand a large and varied aaaortmen
of Building Lumbar.
6 81
COAU
JAMES O ' B K I E N
DEALER IN
LEHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL COAL.
BT TH E CARGO OB 8IHQLB TOK.
Yard, Broad Street, below Fitzwater.
Ba constantly on Lond a competent suddIf of tha
aLore superior Coal. Bur able fnr rBm,ir
which he calla the attention of his friends and' tUa
public KOnerally.
Ordera lett at No. 206 South Fifth atrnt. N a
South Beventocnth street, or through Despatch r
s. u uuioo, promptly attenued to.
A SFJPJOHOa VIUAUTI OF BLACKSMITHS
xti Taj
JJAZLETON LEHIGH COAL.
A SPECIALTY.
II. W. PATRICK & CO.,
No. 3C4 NORTH BROAD i street
Would solicit oroers for the above Coal, which ther
have always on hand, togothor with their celebrated
EE-BE0KEN SCHUYLKILL COAL.
825smw6m
TP lYOa WANT PERFECT SATISFACTION
JL lnevary respect, buy the celebrated PEKSTOt
COAi., 1-ng and Htove sixes, at 7 'it per ton. Also, tha
genuine La11.E VKIN CUaL, same slsee, same price,
and a very fine quality of l. EUIutl, ICgg amlHteve, Hi
8 tu per ton I keep nothing bnt the ItesL Orders re
oetveuat Wo. 114 South TH1RW Street. iU
' ;.' V BOARDING. ;
JvJO. 1121 GIRARD STREET
Being neatly fitted op, will open tor
FIRST-CLASS BOARDERS
ON TUE FIRST Or SEPTEMBER.
Two large Con nmnlcatlng Booms on the second floor
well adapted lore ramtly. tti
PRESERVING CANS AND JARS.
JJ S, FISHER'S PATENT
SELF-QEALINC PRESERVING CAN.
This celebrated Can has been used by thousands tor
the last five year, and all who have trkd It speak In tha
bipbeet terms or Its superior merits Wa venture to
aaiturt that It la more re table, more convenient, and poe
senses more practical merit, than anv other Uaa In use.
It Is sealed and nnaeolud with the greatest ease, a merit
oi which It particularly boaata All :ana warranted that
are put up accoidiug to directions, svir sale by tha
manufacturer, at hit old Ktond. J. H. McMUK i HIE. aiew
bus tPhlMi GAKDEN Street, fhlladelnhla. 120 lino
TRUSSES, SUPPORTERS, ETC.
PHILADELPHIA 8TJBGEOKS
B AN1A0E INSTITTJIE. No. M If.
XIVTII klH.t l,.v. U.rk.l M tl.
. liETT. allr thlrfu Mra nHn.i xnarlenos.
uruiiieei tne akiliul adluatuient ol bts Preailuir
1 atent Graduatlna; iTemmto Trusii, and a variety ol
other. Supporters, Elastic Stockings, Hhouiaer Braoea,
ru'jf. Suapenaorfes, eto. Ladies' apartiuauta eoa
ARBLEr SLATE jilALES.
SLaVk WOfiK of every description on hand, or done
to order. ' . ( .
fLAJS BLATE AKD TILES always on hand, " ,,
! J. B. KIMK8 &;OO.i' ,
0125 ' Kos. S12 sndSiaCUE8MJr Street.
342
BOOTH STREET, M. IVANCOSA
navs the nigueai piic mr i.aaiei ana
(ienta'casVolf Cluthui. 1.0. Ml siQUTU btreet below
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