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CHRISTMAS STORY
FOR 1867.
NO THOROUGHFARE.
II V
CDAUIES DICKEXS AND WILKIK COLLINS
TUB OVEIITCRB.
Dt of the month and yer, November tlia
thirtieth, oil'; thousand cilit buudrcil ami
ttiirtj- kaJon Time by the erc.it clock of
idi Paul's, tea at niat&t. Alt the lesser L. ndon
churches strata their metallic IhroaM. Some
iippuiuly begin before the heavy brll of the
treat cathedral; some tardily bein three, four,
half a dozen etrokos behind it; all are in eui'
Jlcieuily near accord to leave a resonance in tlic
air, a if tUe winded father who devours hU
children had ma le a soun liiiR svecp with his
glcraatic scythe In living over the city.
What is tlili clock lowerthau motof thereH,
and neater to the ear, that lss ej far behind to
night us to Urikc into the vibration alone? Thii
Is the clock of the Hospital tor Foundling
Children. Time was when the Foundling were
received without question in a cradle nt the
gate. Tune is when inquiries are made respoct
ma them, and they are taken as by favor Iro.n
the mothers who relinquish all natural knoiv
Jcdee ot them and claim to them forevennore.
The moou U at the t nil, and the ni?lit U f.tlr,
With liht clouds. The day has been otherwise
than fair, for Mush and mud, thick jtied wi'li the
droppiiffs of heavy loir, lie black in the streets.
The veiled lady wtio lluttcrs up and down near
ihe pohttru-gate of the Hospital for Fouadhug
Childien has need to be well shod to night.
Bho nutters to and fro, avoiding the stand of
iackney-conches, and often jmminrr In the
shadow ot the western cud of the profit quad
Tanele wall, with her face turned towardi the
pate. As above her there is the purity of the
moonlit fky, and bedow her there are the dc'ile
jnents of the pavement, bo may she, triply, be
divided in her mind between two vistas of rellec
tion or experience. As her footprints, crossing
and recrossiutr one another, h ive made a laby
rinth in the mire, to may her track in life have
Involved itself iu an intricate and uuravelaule
iargle.
TLe pobtern-pca'c of the Hospital for Found
ling Children open-, and a young worn iu comes
out. The laly stands tiilde, observes closely,
nees that the crate ;s quietly closed aaiu from
Within, and follows the yuujr woman.
Two or three streets huve been traversed in
Bilencc betore she, tollowim; close bcliiud the
object of her attention, stretches out her hand
and touches lier. Then the young woman stops
and looks round, startled.
Tou touched me Inst nieht, and, when I
turned my head, you would not speak. Why do
you follow roe like a silent ghost V
"It was not," returned the lady, in a low
Voice,' ''that I would not speak, but that I could
not when I tried. "
"What do you want of me? I have never
done you any harm."
'Never."
"Do I know you ?"
"No."
"Then what can you want of me?"
"Here nre two guineas in this paper. Tak
my poor little preseut, uud I will tell you."
Into the young woman's lace, which, is honest
and comely, comes a ilusb. as she replies: "There
Is neither Rrotvn person nor child, in ail the
larfre establishment that I belomr to, who hasn't
a Kooi word for Sally. I am Sillv. Could 1 be
so welt thought of, if I wa9 to be bought ?"
"I do not iueau to buy you; 1 mean only to
reward you very slightly."
Sally firmly, but not ungently, closes and puts
buck the ou'eriug hand. '-ft there Is anything I
can do for you, ma'am, that I will not do tor its
own sake, yon are much mistaken, in mo 1f you
think that I will do it for money. What is it
jou want ?"
"ITou are one of the nurses or attendants at
the Hospital; I saw jou leave to-night and lust
sishr."
-ies, lam. I am Sally."
"There is a pleasant patience in your face
which makes me believe that very youug chil
dren wonld take readily to you."
"Uod bless 'era ! So they do."
The lady lifts her veil, and shows a facq no
older than the nurse's. A face far more retlued
and capable than hers, hat wild and worn with
sorrow.
"I am the miserable mother of a baby lately
received under jour caie. I have a prayer to
make to -you."
Instinctively respecting the conalence which
las drawn aside the veil,' Sally whose ways are
oii " ot simn,icity and spontaneity replaces
tt, d Kriih Id cfj . ... I
'you will listen to toy prayer ? ' the lady
Brpes. "You will not bo deaf to the agonized
entreaty ot such a broken suppllaut as I am ?"
"O dear, dear, dear !" cries Silly. "What
shall I say, or cau I say ? Don't talk of prayers.
Prayers arc to be put up to the good Father
of all, acd not to nurses and such. And
ihere 1 I am only to hold my p.ace fjr halt a
?ear longer, till another young woman can be
rained up to it. I am going to be married. I
shouldn't have been out last nu;ht, and I
shouldn't have been out to-night, bat that my
Dick (he is the young innn I am going to be
married to) lies ill, and I help his mother and
sister to watch him. Don't take on so, don't
take on so."
0 good Bally, dear Sally," moans the lady,
Catching at her dress eutreaiingty. "A you
are hopeiul and I am hopeless as a fair way in
life is before you, which cau never, never be
before me as you can aplre to become a re
spected wife, aud as you can aspire to. become
a proud mother as you are a living, loving
woman, and must die for God's sake hear my
distracted petition 1"
"Deary, deary, deary me!" cries Sally, her
desperation culminating in the pronoun, "what
am lever to do? And there 1 See how you
turn my own words back upon me. I tell you
I am going to be married on purpose, to make
it clearer to you I urn coins to leave, and there
fore couldu't help jou if I would, Poor Thins,
and you make it seem to my own self a
If I was cruel in going to be married and not
helping jou. It ain't kind. Now, is it kind,
Poor Thing V
'Bally 1 Hear mo, my dear. My entreaty h
lor no help in the future. It applies to what is
pact. It is to bo told iu t xo words."
"There I This is worse and worse," cries
Bally, "8'jpposiog that I Understand v hat two
"Words jou mean."
"You do understand. What are the names
they htivo L'lvea my poor baby? 1 ask do more
lhan thut. I hnve read of the customs of the
place. He hsd been christened In the chipel,
tind registered by touio surname in the book,
lie was received lasj Monday evening. Whit
Jiave they called him V
Diwu upon icr knees iu the foul mud of the
Dy-way into which they have strayed-an empty
street wuuoui a thoroughfare, ciAlng on the
dark gardens of the llospiial-tho lady would
uiuy iu un u3siuuuw- euueaty, out th it bally
prevents her.
'Don't I Don't I You make me feel as if I
was setting 111.1 sell up to be uocd. Let me look
in your preuy nice Hgaiu. rat your two hands
in mine. Now, promise. You will never nsk
jne anything more than the two words'"
"Never I Never 1"
"You will never put them to a bad use, if 1
Bay them
''Never I Never!".
"Walter WilJing."
The lady lays her face upon the nurse's breast,
iraws her clone In her embrace with both amis,
murmurs a blessing aud the words, "Kiss him
1or me l" and is gone.
Day of the month and year, the first Sunday
In October, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-st-ven. London time by the great clock of
fSanit PaulV, half patt one iu the afternoon.
The clock ot the Hospital for Foundling Chil
dren Is well np with the cathedral to day. Ser
vice in the chapel is over, aud the Foundling
hildrtu nre ut dinner.
THE DAILY EVEfrllSTG
There arr numerous lookers-on at the dinner,
1.1 the u-U.in K Thcie are two or three gov
ernors whole Inmilie! from the conre-ation,
ftnulle'r groups of both sc , individual strag
clrrsof various devices. Tho bright autumnal
un strike) Irephlj into the wards; and the
hoMvy-lramcd windows through which it idiiues,
and the i nm lied walls on which it strikes, are
prch windows and mch walls as pcrrnde
Ili'garth'g t'icturcs. The girls' relectory (includ
ing that ol the jounuer children) is the princi
pal Inn Taction. Neat attendants silently glide
about the otderly and silent tables; the lookers
on move or stop as tho (ancy takes them; con
ments in whispers on (ace such a number from
m;ch a window nre not mifrequent: many of the
faccp nre ot a character to tlx attention. Some
ol the visitors from the outside public arc accus
tomed vi-ltore. They have established a npeak
ing acquaintance with the occuF iuits of paitiea
lar scats at the table, and halt at taoso points
to bei.d down and tay a word or two. It is no
dhpnr&gement to their kindness that tno-.o
points nre generally points where personal
attractions are. The monotony ol the long
(spacious rooms and the double lincti of faces is
agreeably relieved by these Incidents, although
so slitrht.
A veiled lady, who h(M no companion, goes
mi) org the company. It would scorn that curi
osity and oppoitunity have never brought her
here before. Khe hns the air of being a li'.tie
troubled by tho eight, and as she goes tho length
of the tables, it is with a hc-itating step and au
uneasy nisnner. At length she comes to the re
lectory of the boys They nre fo much less
popular than the girls that it is baro of visitors
when she looks in at the do.irway.
11 at just witbm the doorway chances to stand,
inspecting, nn elderly female attendant some
order of ination or honsekeeper. To whom tho
ladv nddresM-a natural questions, n. How mmy
boys? At what nse are they usually p it out In
life? Do they otteu taks a faucy lo the sea ?
So, lower nud lower iu tone, until the lady puts
the question, "Which is Wulter Wildinar?"
Attendant's hen I ehaken. Against the rules.
"You know which is Waller Wilding V"
So keenly docs the attendant feel the close
ness with which the lady's eyes examine her
face, that she keeps her own eyes fast upon the
flcor, lest by wandering in tho light direction
they should betray her.
"I know which is Walter Wilding, but it is
not my place, ma'am, to tell names to visitors."
"But jou can thow me without te ling me."
The larly's hand moves quietly to the atten
dant's hand, l'ause aud pilence.
"I am going to pas round the table?," says
the lady's interlocutor, without seeming to
address "her. "Follow me with your eye. The
boy that I stop-at and spea!; to will not matter
to you. But the boy that 1 touch will be Walter
Wilding. Say nothing more to me, and move a
little away."
Quickly acting cn the hint, the laly passes on
into the rcom, nnd looks about her. Altera
few moments, the attendant, in a staid oilicial
way, walks down outside the line of tables com
mencing on her left baud. She goes the whole
len-ith of the line, turns, and comes back on the
inside. Very slightly glancing in the lady's
direction, i-he stops, bends forward, nnd speak?.
The boy whom she addresses lifis his head nnd
replies. Good hum redly and easily, as she
listens to what he savs, the lays her hand unon
the shoulder of the next boy on his rip.ht. That
the action may be well noted, she keeps her
hand on the shoulder while sneiking in return,
and pats it twice or thrice before moving away.
She completes her tour of the tables, tonchiug
no one else, nnd passes out by a door nt the op
posite end ot the Ion? room.
Dint;er is done, and the lady, too, walks down
outside the line of tables commencing on her
left band, goes the whole length of the line,
turns, and conies back on the iuside. Other
people have strolled iu, fortunately tor her, and,
stoppinc at the touched bov, aks how oid he is.
"Inm twelve, ma'am," hi answers, with his
bright eyes fixed cd hers.
"Are you well nnd happy?"
"Vec, ma'am."
"May you take these sweetmeats from my
hand?"
"If you please to give them to too."
In stooping low for the purpose, the lady
touches the boy's lace with her forehead aud
With her hair. Then, lowering her veil sprain,
she passes on, arid passes out without looking
back.
ACT I.
' TUB CUKTAIX RISES.
In a court yard in the city of London, which
was No Thoroughfare either for vehicles or foot
paf-sengers a court yard diverging rrom a steep,
a fdippery, nnd a winding street connecting
Tower street with the Middlesex shore of the
Thames stood the place of business of Wilding
& Co., lne merchants. Probably as a jocose
acknowledgement of the obstructive character
ol this maiu approach, the point nearest its
base at which she could take the river (if so in
odorously mmded) bore the appellation Break
Ntck Stairs. The court yard itself had likewi-,0
been descriptively entitled, in old time, Cripple
ptner,
c.,. Vrm ilin rrpar fine thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, poplo had left off
taking boat at Break-Neck Stairs, and watermen
had ceased to ply there. The slimy little
causeway had dropped into tho river by a ';ow
piOCtS Ol OUieiuc, niiu otuui ut
piles and a rusty iron moormr rin(r Wlro all
that remained of the departed BreakNcck
glories. Sometime", 'indeed, a laden coal barj;e
would bump itself into the place, and certain
hiboiiouB heavers, seemingly mud-engendered,
would a rlb deliver the cargo in the neighbor
hood, shove off, and vanish; but at most times
the only commerce of Break-Neek-Stalrs arose
out of tho conveyance of casks and bottles,
both full and empty, both to and from the
cellars of Wilding & Co., wine merchants.
Even that commerce was but occasional, aud
through three-fourths of Its rising tides the
dirty, indecorous drab of a river would come
solitarily cozing and lapping at the rusty ring,
as if it had heard oi the Doge and the Adriatic,
and wanted to be married to the great con
tervor of its nlthiness, the light honorable the
Loid Mayor.
Some two hundred and fifty yards on the right,
nn the onnobite hill (aonroaching it from tho
low ground ot Brcak-Neck-Stairs), was Cripple
Coiner. There was a pump in Cripple Comer;
there was a tree in Cripple Corner. All Cripple
Corner belonged to Wilding & Co., wiue mer
chants. Their eelleis burrowed under it, their
man-ion towered over it. It really bad been a
mansion in tho days when merchants inhabited
the tilv, nud had a commodious shelter to the
doorway without visible tupport, like the
sounding board over au old pulpit. It had also
a number of long, narrow stiips of window, ro
disposed in its grave brick front as to render it
symmetrically ugiy. it had ulso on its ioof a
cupola with u bell in it.
"When a man at five aud -twenty can put his
hnt on, and can say, 'That hat covers the owner
of this propeity, aud of the busiue?s which is
transacted on this property,' I consider, Mr.
Biutrey, that, without beiug boastlul, ho may
be allotted to be deeply thankful. 1 don't kuow
how it may appear to you, but so it appears
to me."
Thus Mr. Wulter Wilding to his man of law in
his own cruniin;.'-hous, takinc; his hat down
from the peg to buit the action to the word, and
buugins it tip wh"ti ho had done 60, not to over
step the pioocttj of nature.
Au innocent, open -Rpenklng, unused-looking
man, Mr. Walter Wilding, wlih a remarkably
riiuL ami while rmnnb'xioil. and ft figure much
' too bulky f 1 r so young a uiho. though of a good
i 6tattiic, with crit.pv. curling browu hair, and
! amiable, bright blu ; eyes. An extremely com
, muuicative inau-a man with whom loquacity
was the irre.iiaiuahie outpouriug 01 couieni
ment aud giatltu le. Mr. Itintrey, on the other
hand, a cautious inaiv, with twinkling beads tor
eyes, in a larje, overhanging bald head, who in
wardly but intensely enjoyed the comicality of
opennes ot speech, nr lmnd, or heart.
"Ye," said Mr. iiintrev. ' Ye3" 1Iahal ,
A decanter, two wineglasses, and a plate or
bircuitb stood nn the debk.
"Vou like this forty-flve-jear-old port wine?"
paid Mr. Wilding.
"Like it!" lepea'ed Mr. Biutrey. "ilathcr,
tlrl" M
"It'd from the best corner of our bc3t forty-fivt-jeur-old
bin," baid Mr. Wilding.
TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY,
' Thank you, s'r," said Mr. Biutrey.
'It's
inert excellent. "
lie Inuphi d Hgsiln, bs he hel l up his pin"? and
oghdit. at, tho highly ludicrous idea of giving
away Mich wine.
"And now," fiid Willintr, with a childish
enjoyment in the discussion of affairs, "I think
We have got everything ftiaicht, Mr. Biutrey."
"Kverything ftraight," said Bintrcy.
"A partner recured "
"PnrtDer pecured," (aid Bintrey.
"A housekeeper advertised lor"
"Housekeeper Hdvertled for," said Bintrey
" 'npply personally at Cripplo Comer, (Ireat
Toer Stiect, from ten to twelve' to morrow,
by-the-by."
"My late dear mother's affairs wound up"
"Wound up," said (iintrey.
"And all charges paid."
"And nil chaix'es puid," eald Bintrey, with a
chuckle; irotmbly occasioned by the droll cir
cumstance that they had bjtn paid without a
bnenle.
"The mention or my late denr mother," Mr.
Wilding continued, Ms eyes tilling with tars,
and his porkrl-lmndki rchief drying them, "un
nitius me tstill, Mr. Bintrey. ou kuow how I
loved her; you (her lawyer) know how she
loved me. The utmost love of mot her and chil l
was cherished between us, and we never ex
perienced one moment's division or unhappi
nets irom the tiaie when she took me under her
care. Thirteen years In nil. Thirteen yenrs
under my late dear mother's enre, Mr. Bintrey,
and eight of them her confidentially acknow
ledged ton ! You know tho story, Mr. Bintrey;
who but you, sir?" Mr. Willing Bobbed, aud
dried his eyes, without attempt at concealment,
dining the'e remarks.
Mr. Biutrey eniojed his comical port, and
t aid, niter lolling it in his mouth: "I know the
fctory."
"My late dear mother, Mr. Bintrey," pursued
tho wine merchant, "had been deeply deceived,
and bad cruelly suffered. But ou that subject
my late denr mother's lips were forever sealed.
By whom deceived,! or under what cirentn
btanccs, Heaven only knows. My late dear
mother never betrayed her betrayer."
"She had marie up her mind," said Mr. Bin
trey, again turning his wine on his palate, "aud
the could hold her peace." An amused twinkle
in his eyes pietty plainly added, "A devilish
deal better than jou ever will !"
"'Honor,'" Baid Mr. Wilding, sobbing, as he
quoted srora the Commandments, " 'thy father
and thy mother, that thy days may be long in
the land.' When I was in the Foundling, Mr.
Bintrey, I was at such a loss bow to do it that I
apprehended my day3 would be short iu the
land. But I afterwards came to honor my
mother deeply, profoundly. And I honor and
revere her memory. For seven happy years,
Mr. Bintrey," pursued Wilding, still with the
same innoceut catching of his breath, nnd the
same unabashed tcr., "did my excellent
mother prticle me to my predecessors in this
business, 1'ebbleson Nephew. Her affectionate
forcthousht likewise apprenticed mo to tho
Vintners' Company, and made ni8 in time a Free
Vintner, tind-nud cverythiug ele that the
best of mothers could de9ire. When I came
of nge, she bestowed her inherited share In this
business upon me: it w as her money that after
wards bouaht nut Pebbleson Nephew, aud
pa nted iu Wilding & Co.; it was she who left
me everythhig bhe possessed but the mourning
ring you wear. And yet, Mr. Bintrey," with a
fresh burst of honest aBcction, "she is no more.
It is little over half a year since she came into
the Corn r to read ou that doorpost, with her
own eyes, Wilding & Co., Wine Merchants. And
yet, she is no more 1"
"i-ad. But the common lot, Mr. Wilding;," ob
served Bintrey. "At some time or other we
must all bono more." lie placed the forty-five-jcar-old
port wine in the universal condition,
with a relishing bigh.
'do now, Mr. Bintrey," pursued Wilding, put
ting away his pocket-hanukerchiefj nnd smooth
ing his eyelids with his fingers, "now that I can
no longer show my love and honor lor the dear
parent to whom my heart was mysteriously
turned by nature when she first spoke tome, a
strange lady, I bitting at our Sunday dinner
table in thft Foundling, I can at least show that
I am not ah named of having been a Foundling,
and that I, wlio never knw a father of my own,
wish to be a father to all iu niy employment.
Therefore," continued Wilding, becoming enthu
siastic In his loquacity, "therefore, I want a
thoroughly good housekeeper to undertake this
dwelling-house of Wilding fc Co., Wine Mer
chants, Ciipple Corner, so that I may restore in
it some of the old relations betwixt employer
and employed 1 So that I may live in it on the
spot where my money is made ) 80 that I may
daily sit nt the head of the table at which the
people in my employment eat together, and may
eat of the same roast and boiled, and drink of
the fame beer I So that the people in my em
ployment may lodge under the same roof with
me! So that we may one and all I beg your
Enrdon, Mr. Bintrey, but that old singing in ray
end has suddenly come on, and I shall feel
obliged it you will lend roe to the pumt."
Alaimed by the excessive .mfc 0f Via
client Mr. Biutrey loj "uot a moment in leading
him forth into the court-yard. I was easily
doe, for the counting bouse in which thev
talked together opened on to It, at one side of
dwelling-house. There the attorney pumped
with a win, o oca lent 10 a sign irom me cnent,
and the client laved bis head and face with
both hands, and took a hearty drink. After
thcte remedies, he declared himself much
better.
' Don't let your good feelings excite you," said
Bintrey, as they returned to the counting-house,
snd Mr. Wilding dried himself on a jack-toffel
behind au inner door.
"No, no, I won't," he returned, looking out
of the towel. "I won't. I have not been con
fused, have I ?"
Not at all. Perfectly clear."
' Where did I leave off, Mr. Bintrey?"
"Well, you left off. But I wouldn't excite
myself, if I was you, by taking it up again Just
yet."
"I'll take care. I'll take care. The singing
in my head came on at where, Mr. Bintrey 1"
"At roaBt, and boiled, and beer," answered the
lawyer, prompting "lodging under tho same
roof nnd one and all"
"Ah I And one and all blngtcff in the head
toeether "
"Do vou know. I really toould not let mr cood
feelings excite nie, it I was you," hinted the.
lawyer ngaiu, anxiously, " iry some, more
pump."
"No occasion, no occasion. All right, Mr.
Biutrey. Aud one nnd all forming a kind of
iamilyl You see, Mr. Bintrey, 1 was not used
in my childhood to that sort ol individual exist
ence which incst individuals have led, more or
less, in their childhood. After that time I be
came absorbed In my late dear mother. Having
lont hei, I tind thut I am more lit for being one
ol a body than one by myself. To be that, and
at the same time to do my duty to those depen
dent on me, and attach them to me, has a
patriarchal nud pleamnt air about it. I don't
kuow how it may appear to you, Mr. Bintrey,
but so it appears to me.','
"It is no. I who am all important in the casu,
but you," returned Bintrey. "Consequently,
how 'it may appear to me id of very small im-
"It appears to me," said Mr.WildiDg, In a glow,
"hopeful, uselul, de-ltghtlul !"
"Do you know," hiuted the lawyer, again, "I
really would not ex"
"I am not going to. Thou there's Handel."
"There's who?" asked Bintrey.
Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Kent, Purcell, Doc
tor Aine, Uieme, MeuJelsfohn. I know the
choruses to those anthems by heart. Foundling
Chapel Collection. Why shouldn't wo learn
them together I"
"Wlioliaru them together?" aked the law
yer, ruth!- short'y.
"bmplorer and employed."
"Ay, ay I" returned Biutrey, mollified; as if he
had halt expected the ans wer to be, Lawyer aud
client. "Hint's another thing."
"Not another thing, Mr. B.ntreyl The same
thing. A part of the boLd among us. We will
form a choir iu Bome quiet church near the
Comer here, aud, having sung together of a
bundny Mith a relish, we win come homo nnd
take an early dinner together with a relish. The
object that I have at heart now is to tret this
system well in action wiihont delay, eo th.it my
new pnrtuer may hud it founded when he enters
ou his partnership,"
"All pood be with it!" exclaimed Bintrev, 1
riciiig. "Alny it prosper I Is Jix;y Ladle to tke
a pharo in Handel, Mozart, Hnydn, Kent, I'er
cell. Doctor Arnc, Creeue, nnd Meiuiel08ohn?"
"i hope so."
"1 wlMithem nil well out of It." returned Bin
trey, with much hentttnes. "Good by, Bir."
'Ihey Phooiv hands ami parted, riien, (lirsv
knocking with his knuckles lor leave) entered
to Mr. Wilding, from a door of communication
between his private counting-bonc and that in
which bis clerks sat, the Head Cidlarman of the
cellars of Wilding A Co., Wine Merchants, and
rrst Head Cellarman of the cellars ot Pebbleson
Nephew. The Joey Ladle in question. A slow
Hnd ponderous man, of the drayman order of
human architecture, dressed in a corrugated
biilt and bibbed apron, apparently a composite
of door-mat nnd rhir.oeero3-hide.
"Ketpectiiig this same boirding and lodgiug,
Young Master Wilding," said he.
"Ye., Joey?"
"Sneaking for myself, Young Mater Wilding
and 1 never did speak nud 1 never do speak
for no one el?e don't want no uoarding nor
yet no loleiug. But li you wish to board mo
'and to loogo nie, take mo, I can peek as well
as most men. Where I peck ain't eo high a
object with me as What I peck. Nor even so
high a object with me as How much I peck. It
all to live in the house, Young Master Wilding?
The two other cellarmeo, the three porters, t-c
two 'prentices, nud the odd men I"
'Ye. l hope we bhall all be au uuitcl family,
Jcey."
"Ah 1" said Joey. "I hope they may be."
"They ? liatoer fay we, .loey."
Joey Ladle shook hi head. "Don't look to
nie to irakc we on it, Young Master Wildiug,
not at my time of lite and under the circum
stances which has formed my disposition. I
have said to Pebbleson Nephew many n time,
when they have aid to me, 'Put a livelier lace
upon it. Joey' I nave aid to them, 'Gentle
men, it Is all wery well lor you, thut has been
accustomed to take your wiue into your system
by the conwivial channel of your throttles, to
nut a lively lace upon it: but,' I says, '1 have
been accuttomed to take my wine iu at tho
pores of the skin, nnd, took that way, it acts
ditieient. It acts depressing. It's one thing,
gentlemen, ' I says to Pebbleson Nephew, 'to
chnrte your glasses in a diiiiug-room with a Hip
Hurrah and a Jolly Companions Kvery One, and
it's another thing to bo charged yourself,
through the pores, in a low, dark cellar and a
mouldy atmosphere. It make all tho difference
betwixt bubbles and wapers,' I tells Pebbleson
Nephew. And so it do. I've been a cellar-man
my life through, with my mind fully given to
the business. What's the consequence? I'm as
muddled a man as lives you won't find a mud
dleder man than me nor jet you won't find my
equal iu molloncolly. Sing of Filling the
bumper lair, Every drop you sprinkle O'er the
brow of tare Smooths away a wrinkle? Yes.
P'r'aps so. But try filing yourself through the
pores, underground, when you don't want to it V
"I mil sorry to hear this, Joey. I had even
thought that jou might join a singing-class in
the house."
"Me, bir? No, no, Young Master Wilding,
you won't catch Joey Lndlc muddling the
Armouy. A pecking-machiue, sir, is all that I
am capable of proving myself, out of my cellars;
but that you're welcome to, if you think it's
worth jour while to keep such a thing ou your
premises."
"I do, Joey."
"fcny no more, sir. Tho Busincs' word Is my
law. And you're a going to take Young
Matter George Vendale partner into the old
Business?"
"I am, Joey."
"More change?, vou see! But don't change
the name of the Firm again. Don't do it, Young
Master Wilding. It was Dad luck enough to
make it Yourself & Co. Better by tar have left
it Pebbleson Nephew that good luck always
stuck to. You should never change luck when
its good, sir."
"At all events, I have no intention of changing
the name ot the nouse again. Joev."
"Glad to hear it, and wish you good day,
Youne Master Wilding. But vou had better by
half," muttered Joey Ladle, inaudlbly. as he
closed the door and bhook his head, "have let
the name alone from the first. You had better
by haif nave followed the luok instead of cross
ing it."
I To be continued.
INTERNAL REVENUE
PRINCIPAL DEPOT
FOB THE BALK'OP
UNITED STATES REVENUE STAMPS,
No. 304 OHESNUT Street.
CENTRAL DEPOT,
No. 103 South FIFTH Street
(One door below Ohesnnt street).
ESTABLISHED 1803.
Oar stock comprises all the denominations printed
by the Government,
ALL ORDERS FJCLKD AND FORWABDED BY
MAIL OB EXPRESS IMMEDIATELY UPON RE
CEIPT, a matter of great importance.
Drafts on Philadelphia, Post Office Orders, Giseen
Dacki, and National Bank Notes, received la ppy
menu '.The following rates ol commission are allowed
On 120 -..TWO PER CENT
From 120 to 1100 ..rOCRI PER CENT
From loo upwards FOUR AND A HALF PKB CT
The Commission la payable In stamps.
All orders, etc., should be addressed to
(STAMP ACEBICT,
No. 304, OHESNUT Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
ORDERS RECEIVED FOR STAMPED CHECKS
DRAFTS, RECEIPTS, ETC 1122
STOVES, RANGES, ETC.
NOTICE. THE UNDERSIGNED
would call attention ot the public to his
NEW GOLDEN EAULK FURNACE.
Thin III an enLlrelv new heater. IllSHO'COn-
Btrucled as lo at once commend Itself io general lavor,
beliiK a combination of wrought and cast Iron. 11 la
vorv ulnuilfi In Its construction, and is nerfectly air
tight; aell'-cleanlug, having no pipes or drums to be
taken out aud cleaued. It Is so arranged with upright
lines as to produce a larger amount. 01 ueai irom me
same weight or coal than any furnace new In use.
Tne liyroiiieuic condition of the air as produced by
mv new airanKemenl ot evaporation will at once de
monstrate lout It Is the only Hot Air Furnace that
will produce a periectiy iifcaiiny atmospuere.
1 hose In want or a complete Healing Apparatus
would do well to call and examine the Uoldeu Kugle.
Kos. 1132 and U3 1MA1LK KT ISlreet,
I'hllatlulnhli
A taree assortment of Cooking Ranges. Fire-Board
BIovph, Low Down Urates, Ventilators, etc., always
on nana.
N. Ik Jobbing of all kinds promptly done. 510
DYEING, SCOURING, ETC.
K- R E N C H STEAM
SCQUKI1TG.
ALBF.DYLL. MARX & CO.
AND
KO, 510 BACK BTBEET. UOmwf
FERTILIZERS.
A M M O N IATED PHOSPHATE,
AM UKKUBPAKSED FEBTIUIEB
For Wheat, Corn, Oats Potatoes, Grass, the Vegetable
Oardea, Fruit Trees, Grape Vines, Etc. Eta,
Tills FertlhDwr contains Ground Bone and thebes
INtf-miKlUE fcalui.
I'rioH fno pt ton of 2000 pounds. For tale by UM
Uauulacliuers,
WILLIAM ELLIS A CO., GhemlsU,
1 S8mwf NO. T24 MARKET
DECEMBER 18, 1867.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
1829 CHARTER l'ERFETUAb
rranlilin Fire Insurance Co.
OP PMII'AEI.PIIKAt
OFFICE:
now. at Ann 437 chess CT htueet.
AN BETH Oft OCTOHF.B 1,1807,
aa,ni,86!t.
nvpltal
Accrued bumiut, -............
IOO,IW0O
,.M...1.0".7fiST0
Prpmlunis ...mm.
ONBETTI.Ep CLAIMS,
IN COM R FOR 1867,
.fxi.iN.
f mil Id,
IOHHTM PAID MMK 18tt OVEB
93,000,000.
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
D1BECTORH.
Cbftrlps N. Bancker,
ttoorge Falp,
Alfred Fltlcr,
Francis W. Lwla, M, D
Thomas hparks,
YVIlilum S.Grant.
Ionian wanner,
Hanmel Uratit,
ttporge W. Richards,
Isaac
CHARLES N. JlANCKKlt. Prfwrnnnl.
GKOhWK FALKH, Vlce-1're.ldeuU
J. W. McAMJSI tat. isecrctary pro twin. U 111281
BROOKLYN LIFE INSURANCE
OF KEW TOKK, MIITIJAU
POLICIES NON-FORFEITAELE. Thirty days
grace given In payment ot Premiums. No extra
charge for residence: or travel In any portion of the
world. Dividends declared aansully, and paid In
cash, Dividend In lbW, 40 per cent.
COLTOJH & SIIELDEN,
GEK&BAL AGENTS,
N. E. C'OBNEB KETEMH AM) ClfEAKUT.
Agents and Solicitors wanted In all the cities and
towns In Pennsylvania and boulhern iS'ew Jer-
1 aii
INSURANCE COMPANY
OP
NORTH AMERICA:
OFFICE, No. 232 WALK DT BT., PHILADELPHIA.
INCOBf OBATED 1794. CUABTER PERPETUAL.
CAPITAL, $300,000.
ASSETS IANPABY 8,1807 91,763,36780
INSURES MARINE, INLAND TRANSPORTA-
iivn Ainu utB, ttish-a.
DIRECTORS,
Arthrtr G. Colli n,
t-amuel W, Jones,
John A. Brown,
Cbarlf Taylor,
Ambrose White,
Richard D. Wood,
William Welsh,
H. Morris Wain,
George L. Harrison,
.1.UU3 1I. VAipe,
Edward H. Trotter,
:CwRnl fct. Clarke,
William CuinmliiKS,
T. Cliir.tou Meiuy,
Alfred D. Jesnup,
Jonu P. Whim
jonn Mason,;
Louis O. Madeira.
ABTHTJIt a. cut it. m u....if
Pttiwtvo ?l ITT hwn.i nr.' '
WILLIAM BOEHLKR, ilarrhbarg, Pa., Central
Agent for the Btate of Pennsylvania. I2ij
Q-1RARD FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
(No. 639)
N. E. COR. CUE5NUT AND SEVENTH STS.,
PHILADELPHIA.
CAPITAL AND hUHPLl N OTEB $300,000.
INCOME AOlt ISO, 910S,U3A.
Losses Paid and Accrued In I860,
847,000.
Of which amount not t&ri)0 lemaln nnnald at this date.
tliK).(uo,(HiO ol properly hau.bevn successfully insured
by this Company In thirteen years, aud JbUgut Hun
dred Losses by Fire promptly paid.
DIRECTORS.
Thomas Craven.
Silas YerkPs, Jr.,
Furnian bheppard,
Thi mas U ucixeilur.l
John Hurmleo.
Aiireu b. uiueii,
N. W. Lawrence.
CharUs I. Dupont,
Henrv F. Keunev.
John W. Ciagnorn,
uoKupu &iapp, oi. u.
4THOM as CRAVEN, President',
A. B. OILLETT, Vice-President.
2 22 fmw JAMES B. ALVORD, Secretary.
TIRE INSURANCE.
EIVEBPOOE AND EON DON AND GLOBB
UisUBAMJE COMPANY.
t
ASSETS OVER ......10,000,000
IM VENTED IM TUB V.MH OVEB-91,800,000
PHILADELPHIA BOARD.
Lemuel Coffin, Esq., ICharles S. Hmlth. Esq.,
Joseph W. Lewis, Esq., Henry A. Duhrlug, Euq,,
Edward Biter, Esq. '
All losses promptly adjusted without reference to
England.
PHILADELPHIA OFFICE,
JTo. 6 MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE,
ATWOOD SMITH,
10 17 thstneml General Agent for Pennsylvania.
PROVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA,
No. Ill 8. FOUKTU Htreet.
INCORPORATED 8U MONTH iZ, l&i5.
CAPITAL, lluo.WHS PAID Iif.
Insurance on Lives, by Yearly Premiums: or by 6.
10, or 120 year Premiums, Nou-lorfeliure, '
Annuities granted on favorable terms,
Term Policies, Children's Endowments.
This Company, while giving the insured theseourlty
pta paid-up Capital, will divide the entire proUla of
the Lite business among its policy holders
Moneys rteelved at interest, and paid on demand.
Authorized by charier to execute Trusts, aud to act
as Fzecutor or Administrator, Assignee. orUuardtan,
aud in other fiduciary capacities, nuder appointment
oi any Court ot this Commonwealth, or any person or
persons, or bodies pulillo or corporate.
PIHKCTOaH.
SAMUEL B. SHIPLEY, lliiSNRY HAINES,
RICHARD WUOK, VV. C. LON'JSTRKTH
RICHARD CADKURY, WILLIAM HACKER
0 , , CHAKLE8 F. COFFIN.
SAMUEL R. HUl 1LH.Y, ROWLAND PARRY,
President. Actuary.
WILLIAM C. LOKU&TKEnT, Vice-President.
THOMAS WlfSTAR. M D.. J. B. TOWNtSKND,
7 'Z7j Medical Examiner. Legal Adviser.
IlfEMX INSURANCE COMPANY; OP PHI.
LA DELPHI.
INCORPORATED 1E04 CHARTER PERPETUAL.
No. ii4 WALKU1 btveet, opposite the Exchauge.
This Company Insures from loss or dainaue by
FIRE,-
on liberal terms on buildings, merchandise, fnr
ullure, etc., lor limited periods, and permanently
on buildings by depohlt ot premium.
The Company has been in active operation for more
than H1XTY YEARN, during which all 'oBtiH have
been promptly aujusted aud paid.
John L. Hodge,
UlfclLCTOIlrt.
David Lewis,
lteujutnln Ettlng,
Thomas II. Powers,
A. R. McHeury,
Edmund CaHtllion,
Samuel Wilcox,
Louis C Norrls.
41. ii. muiioiiy,
John T. Lew is,
William U. Grunt,
Robert W. Learning',
D. Clark Wharton,
Lawrence Lewm, Jr.,
JOUri It. W
UCHERKR, President.
Samuel Wilcox, secretary.
TjMRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. THH
X' PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COM..
PA NY Incorporated li& Charter Perpetual No,
HO WALK UT btreet, opposite Independence bqnare.
This Company, favorably known to the community
lor over forty years, continues to Insure agalnHt loos
or damage by fire on Public or Private Bulldlugs,
either permanently or for a limited time. Also, ou
Furniture, blocks or Goods, aud Merchandise gene
rally, on liberal terms. . ,
Their Capital, together with a large Snrplus Fund,
S Invested in the most carelul manner, wtiicu eimuit
theuii o oiler to ihe Insured au undoubted security La
the caae of loss.
Daniel Bmlth. Jr.f "T W
Alexander beunon. llwU'
Isaac Hazlelinrat. " fliftnZiS
Tiion.M Rubb u, I . . J. ujinghaia Fell,
pANiiL hm ith, J a., President.
Wiuiam a. Caoww. boexotaxy M
FINANCIAL.
525
M
S
OF TU1
union pacific railroad
Hun nlii g West from Omaha
Across tiio Continent,
ARE NOW COMPLETED.
This brings the line to the eastern bane of tho
Rocky Mountains, and It Is expected tnnt the track
will be 'aid thirty miles further, to Evans Pas', the
highest point on the road, by January. The maxi
mum grade from the foot of the mountains to the
summit Is but eighty feet to the mile, while that of
many Eastern roads Is over ono hundred. Wori
In the rock-cuttiugs oa the western slops wilt
continue through the winter, and there is now no
reason to doubt that the entire grand line to the Pa
cific will be open for business Iu 187'i.
The me ans provided for the construction of this
Great Rational Work are ample. The United SUtea
grants Its Six Per Cent. Rnnds at the rate of from
Jie.ooo to 1 18,000 per mile, for which It takes a iccoiul
Jinas security, and recelvfB pnyment to a large If no
to the full extent of Its c'aim In services. Tueso
Bonds are Issues.', as each twenty-rolle section Is
finished, and after it has been examined by United
folates Commissioners and pronounced to be in all re
spects a first-claw road, thoroughly supplied with .
depots, repalr-sbops, stntlojs, and all ihe necessary
rolling stock, aud other equipments.
The United Htutes also makes a donation of 12,800
acres of land to the mile, which will be a source of
larga revenue to the Company. Much of this land In
the Platte Valley is among the moat fertile In tha
world, and other largj portions are covered with
heavy pine forests and abound In coal ot the best
quclity.
The Company Is also authorised to Iisueltsowa
First Mortgage Bonds to an amount equal to the
Issue of the Uoverummt, aud no more. Hou, E. D.
Morgan and Hon. Oakes Anus are Trustees ler tha
Bondholders, and deliver the Bonds to the Company
only as the work progresses, so that thoy always re
present an actual and productive v.Jiuo.
The authorized capital of the Company Is ONE
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, of which over
Ave millions have been p:UU In upon the work already
done.
Earnings of tho Company.
At present, the profits of the Company are derived
only from Us local traffic, but this Is already much,
more than sufficient to pay the Interest on all tha
Bonds the Company can Issue, If not another mtla
were built. It Is not doubted that when the road la
completed the through traffic of the only line con.
nectlng the Atlantic and Pacific States wilt be large
beyond precedent, and, as there wlil be no competi
tion, It can always be done at protUable rates.
It will be noticed that the Union Pacific Railroad Is,
In fact, a Government Work, built under the super
vision ot Government officers, and to a large extent
with Government money, and that its bonds are
Issued nnder Government dliectlon. It Is believed
umb uu oiuiimi dcuui it. in ou i.uiaiuii xunxutiu, null
certainly no other Is based upon a larger or mora
valuable property. As the Company's
First Mortgage Bonds
Are offered for the present aro NINE TY CENTS OX
THE DOLLAR, they are the cheapest security In tha
market, being more than 15 per cent, lower than
United b'tutes blocks. They pay
SIX PER CENT. IM GOLD,
Or over NINE PER CENT, upon the Investment.
Bubtcrlptlons will be received In Philadelphia by
DE HAVEN & BROTHER. No. 40 a Third street,
WILLIAM PAINTER & CO , NO. 36 S. Third St.
J. E. LEWARS & CO., No. 29 8. Third street.
THE TRADESMEN'S NATIONAL BANK",
In W llmlngton, Delaware, by
B. R. EOBINSON & CO.
JAMES McLEAR & SONS,
And In New York at the Company's Office, No, 29
NASSAU Street, and by
CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK, 7 Nassau It,
CLARK, DODGE t CO., Bankers, No. El Wall St.
JOHN J. CISCO & SON, Bankers, No. 83 WaU St.;
And by the Company's advertised Agents throughout
the United States. Remittances should be made la
drallB or other funds par In New York, and the bonds;
will be sent free of charge by return express.
A NEW PAMPHLET AND MAP, showing th
progress of the work, resources for construction,
and value of Bonds, may be obtained at the Com
pany's Offices, or ot Its advertised Agents, or will t6
nnft twajk nn annllriallnn
(A VV vu ai'i'vnvAe
JOIIX J. CISCO, TllEASCBEIt,
NEW YORK.
November 23, 1867. 12 U wfm9t
HATS AND CAPS.
J THE FALL AND WINTER
STYLE HATS
AT L. BLAYLOOK'S,
NO. 6 NORTH KICiUTII STREET,
Are commended to the especial attontlon of
OKKTLESIEIf OF TASTE AM) FASHION
BEING ELEGANT IN OUTLINE,
MATCHLESS IN FABRIC,
CUARMINOTIN FINISH
For ease, grace, and fashion, they are. 11 22smw?0t
THE IMOOEI M OF TIIENEANON. SBPft
INSTRUCTION.
OTJSVENBD ALE INSTITUTE.
BOARDING SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIE3.
Terms Board, Tuition, etc.-per scholastic year, 1500
NO EXTRAS.
Circulars at Messrs. Fairbanks & F.wlng's, No, 711
CHESNUT Btreet; also at Messrs. T. B. tersoq
Brothers', No. 808 CHESNUT Street,
Address, personally or by note,
JX FOBTEB BROWNE, Principal;
10 I Uuntl South Amboy, N, r
II Sixth svN& Jt