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CHRISTMAS STORY
FOR IGG7. -
NO THOROUGHFARE.
B Y
CHAULKS DICKENS AM) WII.KIE COLLINS
Continued from our Uil (.-.".
NSW CHARACTERS ON TIIB SCENIC.
Tho word?. "Tho Swlsi postmark," following
o soon upon tbe housekeeper ref-rence to
Hwitzerlanu, wrought Mr. W.ldiuir's aizitition to
ueh. h niiiiiikiible hembt, tuut his ne p-mner
could pot decently mate a pretense of lattiu it
pji-s nnnotict d.
"Wildinc," he asked hurriedly, and yet stop
pine short and glancing around ns if lor soma
visible ciuse of Lis state ot inind, 'what U tho
junttci f"
"My pood Oeorije Vendale," returned the wine
Tiiorcliatit , eivincr his bund wit li an appealing
look, rather n if bo wauled help to net over
eoiu obstacle, thiu at it be gave it in welcome
or salutaucn -"ray noo 1 Gcor?o Vendale, so
much is the matter, that I shall never be myelf
aii-iu. It is impossible that I cau ever bo my
aclf again. F"r, iu lacl, I am not niysep."
The new partner, a brown-cheeked, handsome
Jellow, of about bis own m;e, with a quick de
tciinined eje and an impulsive manner, re
torted with natural a.-douisbnicnt, ".Not your
ecIi?" "Not what I supposed mjtelf to be," sail
TV Hiiiinr.
"Wbat, in Che name of wonder, did you sup
pose jourseit to be that you are nolPwaithe
rejoinder, delivered with a cheerful trankuesi,
inviting couhdence Iroiu a moro rein-cut man.
J ma.v ask without impertinence, now that wo
are pKttucrs."
'There again !" cried Wilding, leaning bank
In Ins chiii r, witli a lost luoU at the ottu r.
'Partners 1 1 had no liubt to come into turn
business. It wai never meant lor me. My
motber uever meant it bliouft be mine. I meau
liio nioiuer meant it should bo his, if I menu.
anythum, or n 1 am anybody."
"Come, coaie," urjred hi partner, after a
moment's pause, and taking pog3esjiou of nun
With III Hi calm coniideuod which inspires a
strong nature when it honestly desires to ail a
wttiK one. "Whu'.eter ha-t gone wrou? bus goue
wroiig ihrousih no iault ot yours, I am very
sure. I was not iu lUis couutiuir-house with
you under the old regime, lor three yera, to
ooubt jou, YVildinp. We were not younger
men tuauwe up1, together, for ail that. Liei me
begin our purUii'isuip by bemir a serviceable
pm-iner, and sc. mm rnini whatever h wron-.
Has tint letter autmutt 10 do with it ?"
'ilau!'' said VV'ulcliiitr, with bis haud to k is
temple. "There auuiu ! My Uead! 1 was tor
fcttiug the coincidence. The s'ns pontrn irk."
"At a second ulance I see that t'ae letter is
unopened, so it is not very likely to have much
to an with the mailer," said Vendale, witb com
forting composure, "i It lor you or for us?"'
'Toi us," said Wild ug.
".uppoe I open it aud read it aloud, to get it
out ot our way ?"'
"Thans you, thank you."
Tue letttr is only Horn our cbampaene-raaklnr
lrieuiis, the Hou.-e at KeucnaU'l. 'UearS.r.
We are iu rece.pt of yourg of the 28 b tilt., iu
formitm ua tlm ou hve taken your Mr. Ven
dale into partnership, whereon wobgyou to
receive tlie assurauce of our felicitations.
Permit us to embrace the occasiou ot specially
comuicuaiug to you M. Jules Obeuieizer.' lui
poeMbiel" V iio'nB locked up m quick apprehension, and
cried, "tbr"
'lmpo8ible s jrt of name," returned his part
ner, slijihtly "Oiienreizer ' Ui specially coin
niinduio jou M. Jules 0eureuer, of soho
Equate, London (uorih sioe), henceforth, (ully
accredited as our agent, and who ha J alieaiy
had the houor of marling the acquaintance of
your Mr. Veudale in bis (-aid M. ObenreizerV)
native c iunry, Switzerlatjd' o be Bure; pooh,
Eoob ! what h'tve I beeu lb 11)410? of 1 1 reineai
er, now 'Alien travell n? witu his niece.'
IVitb his?-' Veudale bad bo slurped tho
last word that Wilding hud not heard it.
"When travelling with his Niece. Obeurel
ci'b Niece," soid Vendale, in a somewhat super
fluously lucid mauaer. "Niece ol Ubeiireizer.
(1 met ih m in my iirt Svihs tour, travelled a
little with tDPin, and lost tnem lor two years:
Diet them Miaio, my Swiss tour belore last, and
have lot tbem ever mi ce.) Ubcnreizer. Niece
ot Obeureiz r. 'lo be surel Possible sort of
name, alter nil! 'M. UbenreiZ'-r is iu oossessiou
01 our absolute conliaenee, and we do not doubt
you will eBteein bis merits. Duly siened by tho
liouse, 'Deiremier et Cie.' Very weil. 1 under
take to ite M. Ubenreizi r preneLtly, and clear
h,m out ot the way. Tout clears the wiss post
mik outot the way. teo uoiv, my dear WUJiuir.
tell me what I can cliar out of vnur way, and
I'll biid a way to clear iu"
More than iealy aud trateful to be thns taken
charge f, the honest wiue merchant wruuer bis
partner's hand, aDd, be(?inuing his tale by
pathetically declaring himncll; an Impostor,
it id it.
It was on this matter, no doubt, that you
were sendmtt for Bintrey wuen I came in?" said
his partner, after reilectiuj.
"It was."
"He has experience and a shrewd head; I
shall be anxious to know his opiaion. It i boli
and hazardous in me to give you mine botore I
know his, but 1 am not go d at holding bar it.
Plainly, tben, I do not ee these circumstances
as jou 6ee them. 1 do not see your position as
you see it. As to your being u impostor,
iny dear Wilding, tnat is simply absurd, beca inc
110 man ran be th it wubnui bciug a consenting
party to an impo.-itijn. Clearly you never were
mi. As 10 your eurienment by the lady who be
lieved jou to be her sou, aud whom you were
forced to believe, on her Oivn 6Uoing, 10 be
your motber, couoider whether that did not
arise out of the personal relations between you.
lou gradually became umca a tacued to her;
she gradually became much attached to you.
It aa ou you, personally you, as i see the case,
that the conferred these worldly advautage;
it was from her, her personally, that you took
them."
"She supposed me," obcted Wilding, shaking
his head, "io have a natural claim upon ber.
Which I had not."
' I must admit that," reolied his partner, "to
bo true. But if she mule the discovery that
jou have made, tu months belore cue died, do
you ihiuk it wo. aid have cancelled the years
jou wire together, and ibe imderness that each
ot jou haa conceived for tho o:bir each ou
iucreas-iujf kuowiedue of the o'het ?"
VvLat l think," said Wildiuir. simply but
aiouilj bo. ding to the bare lac, "cau no more
Cfc?.ul ue lr,Uu thin ' cau bring dou the
kitv. Ihe truin is that 1 stand possessed ot
wuat hs meant for auoth'T man."
TnttJ be dead," aid Vendale.
.1-. . . "p de," said Wilding. "Arwl if he
noce .tl-Io,1,lr"'uuw'l ,U' 1 Knu,t yod in
Z l,u . ,tm 01 l"""l? H-ive I not
in h . VoZ ? ftt ,"ltl y Uw" tnHl 1 '"loved
dear lady." streteM,, u,Van 0 J.war, 1a in,
picture, ".old n.enhe Ha . J.
not robbea umi or an ti,:C l,. bU , '
on me ? Have I not even ruuheV h J, I I de
otion aud duty that I so proudly KaVe to ber T
lbeicloreu i that I ask n,j.Mt,""eOTi? vPU
dale, uu 1 I u-k jou, where is he? vnilt Uus be
come 01 him V
Who can tell I"
"I must try to tint out who can M, nut
Jnstiiuie iiiquine. 1 must nevtr delist trom
proPtutina infi'iiriec. I will live up ui me
fntere,t of my shure I onaht to say his share
in. tb's busiopfcs, aud will lay up tiie r . st tdr
him. When I bni him, I uny nerbups throw
mjtclf upon hib uenerosi' j; but l ill yield to
hirn. 1 ill, I swear. As 1 loved and honored
her," said W ildine, reverently ki sing his hand
to arris the picture, aud then cohering his eyes
with it "an I loved ai'd doeored Iut, an 1 hive
a world of reasons m be grateful to her 1" And
(0 bitkc down Bguiu,'
THE DAILY EVENING TELEG Ij AFII-fniL
nis partner rose from the ebMr ha ha-1 oc
oriou-
pert, sud fc'oon neuiuu 1
I....... 1..:. 1 hi tl.on der. "VVuLcT. I ki
kney
ynu before to-day to be an unrlphnftn. with a
mire con-cience and a Bne hearJJ It U very
lor.uiintc fur me tbut I have the pitvind?e to
travel ou in life so near to so trustworthy a inaa.
1 am thankiul for it. lc ineas youriitfht hnud,
and rely upon ine to the death. Don't thiuk
the or-e 01 n.e iT 1 protest to jou toat my up
permot let lin at rrcsent is a contur.ed, you
may call it nn uurcaunable one I teel far tnoro
pity lor the lady and lor ou. because you did
not etfiri'l 1,1 your supposed rel itions, tbau 1 enn
feel for the unknowu man (if tie ever bees me a
man), bcenie be was unconsciously displaced,
l'ou bvc dune well in sending lor Mr. Min'rey.
What I think will be a partol his advice, 1 know
is the who'e of mine. Do 1101 move a sIpd in
tiiU mtious matter prreipitaiely. The secret
must be krpt nmoue us wiih nri at iilrlctnes, for
to 1 a t w ith it lightly would be to Invite fraud u
leut claims, to encourage a host of knaves, to
let loje a r.ood or perjury and plotting. I have
l.o uioto to say uow, Valier. th:in to remind jod
that you told me a share in your business ex
pressly to mvo jourseif from more work than
your present health Is tit tor, and that I bought
it pxprewdy to do work, and menu to do it."
With tbepp wnrdf, and a parting (trip of his
partner's shoulder that gave them the nest eni
jihasis they could have had, Geoine Vendale
betook himself presently to t lie count ua-hou-e,
ami presently aitirwards to the addre.sol'M.
J ule (Aienteizrr.
As he turned inlo Boho Bquarp, aud directed
his i-tep.s towards its 111 rth side, a deepeued
color f hot acrnps his suubrowne l fane, which
Wilding, if he vd bi en a better observer, or
tad been less occupied with his own trouble,
Evght have noticed when his partner read
aloud a cirtani paatjc in Ibeir ywlss c."rres
pontleutV letter, v.hich he had not read so dis
tinctly as the rest.
A curious colony of mnunt iinpprs litis long
been enclosed within that small Hut London
di-trict of Solio. tswi-s watchmakers, Swiss
silver-cliasfrs, Swiss jewellers, Swi's importers
ot Swihs musical boxes and bwiss toys of various
kinds draw dote loeilicr there, .wiss pro
lessors of music, i niutimr, an 1 UuQunges; S iss
artibcer? iu steady woik; Swiss couriers and
other Swiss servants chronically out of plaee;
indusfious Siwiss laundress and clear
Btarchers; mysteriously existing Swiss of both
f exes; Swiss, cr dituble and Swiss discreditable;
Miss to be trusted by all means, and Swiss to
be triitttd by 110 means; thete diverse Swiss
particles ure attracted to a centre In the district
of fcobo. Snabby Swiss catmg-houeps, coffee
bouses, and lodL'iuc-houses, Swiss drinks and
dishe, Swiss service for Sundavs, and Swiss
echoolH fcr week-days, are all to be fouud there.
Kvtu the native-bcrn Lnulish taverns drive a
sort of bmken huel'sh trade; announcing in
their windows Swiss wheis and drame'and
sli'ltrrnig in their bars Swiss bkirmishes of
love aud animosity on most nights in the year.
When the new partner iu Wildiner & Co. ran
the bell of a dot.r bearit.fr the blunt inscription
Obenreizer on a brass plate the inner door of
a euiis'aniiul liou-e, who-e erouud story was
devoted to the 9ale of Swiss clocks be parsed
at once Into domestic Switzerland. A white
tiled s'ove lor wiiitpi-time filled the fireplace of
the room into which he was shown; the room's
bare floor was laid together in a neat pattern of
several ordinary woout; the room had a preva
lent an of sur ace bareness and much scrubbing;
nud tue little square uf tlowery carpet oy me
sola, snd the velvet chimney-board with its
capacious clock and vae ot artificial flowers,
contended with tuat. tone, as if, iu brimriug out
the whole elfect, a Parisian had adapted a dairy
to domestic put poses.
JiioTic water was dropping off a mill-whpel
nnder ibe clock. The visitor had not stood
belore it, following it with his eye, a minute,
when M. Obeurctzer, at his elbnv, btartled him
by saying, in very good English, vry slightly
clipped: "How do you do? So glad I"
'1 beg your pardon. 1 didn't hear you come
Jn."
"Not at all ! Sit, please."
Releasing his visitor's two arms, which he had
tiebtly pinioned at the elbows by way of em
brace, IJ. Obenreizer also sat, reniaruina', with
a smile: "You aro well ? So gluJ I" and touch
iue his elbows again.
"I don't know," said Vendale, after exchanrre
of salu'ations. "whether you may yei have heard
of nie lrom vour House at Neuchatel?"
"Ab, ves !"
"In connection with Wilding & Co. ?"
"Ah, surety !"
"Is it not odd that I should come lo you, in
London here, ns one of the firm of Wilding i
Co., to pay the arm's respects?"
"Not at all I What did I always observe
when we wrre ozi the mountains? We call
tin in vast: but the world is so little. So little
isthewoild, that one cannot keep anay from
peisouB. There are so tew persons in the
world that they continually cross and recross.
So very little is the world; that one cannot net
nd ot a person. Not," touching his elbows
again witn an luerauaiory smue, "mas one
would desire to get nd ot jou."
"1 hope not, M. Oenreizer."
"Pit aso call me, in your country, Mr. I call
myselt so, lor I love jour country. It I
couid be Ldiultsh ! But I am born. An I you?
Tboueh descended lrom so hue a family, you
have had the coudtsceution to come into trade ?
Stop, thoueh? Wines? Is it trade, in England,
or profession? Not tine art ?"
"Mr. Obenreizer," returned Vendale, Bomn
whatout of countenance, "I was but a silly
joumc fellow, just ot age, when I first bad the
pleasure ol travelling with you, and wheu you
aud I, and Mademoiselle jour niece who la
well?"
"Thank you. Who Is well."
"Snored some slight glacier danger to
gether. If, with a boy vanity, I ratner vaunted
niv lanulv. I hope 1 did so as a kind of lntroduc.
tion of nijbell. It was very weak, and in very
bad taste: but peihaps you know our Euglieb.
proveib, 'Live aud learn.' "
"You niske too much of It," relumed the
Swiss. "Aud whut the devil,! Alter all, yours
vcas a uue lainiiy.
George Vtnoale's laugh betrayed a little vexa.
Hon, as be rejoined: "Well 1 I was strongly
attached to my parents, and when wo tirst
travelled together, Mr. Obenreizer, I was in tho
erst flush ot coming into what my father aud
motber leu me. bo 1 nope it may have been,
after all, more youtbiul openness ot speech aud
nekri tnau uoasuuiuess."
"All oi'tnuess ot spech and h?art! No boast-
fulness!" cued Obenreizer. "You tax yourself
too heavny. You tax yourself, my laitb I as if
jou was jour government taxing vou ! Besides,
it commenced with me. I remember, that even
ing in the boat upon the lake, lloutui among
ine rtuectious 01 me mouuiams sua valleys, ibe
crags and pine woods, wlr.eh were my earliest
re nieriibraiice, 1 drew a word-picture of my
soruio cniiduooi. ut our p or nut, oy ttie
water all h:ch myuiother showed to travel
lers; ot the cow-shed wnere I slept with the
cow : of my Miot hull-brother always silling at
tue door, or limping dowu the pa.-s to beir: of
my hall-sister always siuniiiner, and resUnir her
enormous goitre on a great stone; of my beina a
lanusr.ed, 1 uked little wretcu or iwo or tnree
Tears, wuen thev were men and women witb
hard hands to beat me, 1, the only child of my
lather's second marriage it it eveu was a mur
riaae. Wuat more natural than for you to com.
paie rotes with me, and say, 'We are as one by
lcp: at MiHt same time 1 sat uncn my nutber
ltp iu my lnther carriage, rolling through the
rch Kngiish streets, all luxury suirounding
me, utl eqiitilnl poveity kept lrom me. bucti
is my euiiicbt remembrance as 0 posed to
vours'l'"
Mr. Ol enreizer was a black-haired young man
of a dm k complexion, through whose swarthy
skiu no red alow ever shoue. Wheu color
wou'dhave come into unotl.cr ch-ek, a bar Hy
aiseeri iblp heat would come into his, as if the
machinery lor briugiug up the ardect blood
were ttierp. but the machinery were dry. lie
W'us robiutlv made, wsl'-nronort ioned, aud had
havdsomp ipaturcH. Mauv would have per-
j . 1 . i , .1 1
(civet! Hint w,m,.. .i,,.r...o n ar lii him would
have set them more Bt thetr ease with him,
wi'hout ben g able to deflne wh it change. If
ins lips could haya b-eti made much thicker,
t!L V1.. nrck ucu thinder, tuey would have
luund their want supplied.
But tbe groit ot ureizer peculiarity was, that
acei urn nameUs, biui would come over bis
pjeR-aoparentlv bv the actum of his own will
which would lnipeutUttbly veil, uot only Iroui
those tillers ol ta'ei, but from his faco at large,
every express ion save one ol attctniou. It by 110
means lollcwrd that his a'tention should be
wholly given to the person witli whom hesooke,
or even wholly bestowed on present sounds and
objects. Hut her, it w as a comprehensive watch
fulness ol everything he bad in his o wn mind,
Bnd everything that t.e knew to bp, orsiipecd
to be, in'tlip minds of other men.
At this stage of the conversation Mr. Obon
reter's dim came over him.
"The obiect of niv present vis'l," said Ven
dalp, "is, Ineed hardly saf, lo asuure you of tha
Ineudliuess of Wilding A Co., aud of th ood
ness ot jour credit with us, and of our desire to
be of service to you. We bops shortly to oiler
jou our hospitality. Tuinnis are not quiie in
tram with us yet, tor my partner, Mr. Wilding,
is reorganizing the domestic part of our esta
lishmcnt, nnu is interrupted by some priva'fl
allairs. You don't ki!OW Mr. Wilding, 1 bo
lieve ?"
Mr. Obenreizer did not.
"You must come together soon. He will be
glad to have made your acquaintance, and 1
think 1 may predi 't that jou will b glad to
have n.tdc'hi". You bare not loin' rippn ests
blisbed in London, I suppose, Mr. Obenreizer?''
"It Is only 110 ff that I have undertaken this
apencv,"
"Mademoiselle your niece is not marriel?"'
"Not married."
George Vendale tlnnced about him, ai if for
spy t0KP"8 of hpr.
"She has bei n iu London ?"
"Slie is in London."
'Yl en and here might I have the honor of
rr calling myself to her remembrance ?"
Mr. Obeni ticr, dir arding his tjlm anJ touch
irg his v isitor's elbows us before, said lightly,
"t cine tip stairs."
Fluttered enough by the Buddeuncss with
which the Interview he had sought was coming
npen him f.fu r all, George Venda'e followed up
stairs. In u rouui over the chamber he hd just
quitted a room also Sw i-s-npimiuted a young
lady s:;t near one of three windows, working at
an tuilirolderj-liamt; and an older lady sui with
her face turnoJ close to another white-tiled
fctove (tbovgh it was sum mer, atid the stove was
not lighted), denning gloves. The young lady
woie an tmusuHl quantity of la:r hriglit hair.
very prettily braided about a rather rounder
while lorebPBd man me average hmgiuu tvpp,
arid so her luce might have been a shade or say
a light rot'iider man tbp average English face,
and her f uure Blightly rounder than the figure
ol the average Eiigusu girl at nineteen.
A remarkable indication ot freedom and grace
of limb, in her quiet attitude, aud a wou ieriul
purity and freshness of color in her dimpled
face aud bright grey eyes, seemed lraugbt with
mountain air. Switzerland, too. though the
general lashion of her dres.s was English, peeped
oui ot the lanciful bodice she wore, and lurked
in the curious clocked red stocking, and in its
little silver-buckled shoe. As to the eloer lady,
sitting v, ith her feet apnrt upon the lower bias
ledce of the. stove, aupponing a lap-full of
gloes while she cleaned one stretched cn hr
lef. band, she was a true Swiss imi ersonatiou
ot another kind; from the breadth of her
cushi'in-l ke back, and l!io ponderosity of her
respectable legs (it the word be admissible), to
the black velvet band tied tightly rouud her
throat tor tha repression of a rising tendency
to (joxlre; or, hither anil, to her great copper
colored gold earrings; or, higher still, to her
head-dress of black gauza stretched oa wire.
Miss Marguerite," said Obeureiser to the
yotiug lady, "do jou recollect this gen'leman?"
1 mum," sue answered, rising lrom her seat.
surpiised and a little conlused, "it is Mr. Veu-
lUUe."
"1 think it Is," sa'd Obenreizer. drvlv. "Per
mit me, Mr. Veudale. Madame Dor."
Ttie elder lady by the stove, with the glove
stretched ou her lett hand, like a glover's sign,
half got up, balf looked over her broad shoul
der, and wholly plumped down again and rub
bed away.
"Madame Dor." sa'd Obenreizer, smiling, "is
fo kind as to keep me free from stain or tear,
Madame Dor humors my weakness for being
always neat, and devotes her time to removing
every one 01 my specks and spots."
Madame Dor, with the stre'ehed clove in th?
air, aud her eyes closely sciutinizing its palm,
discovered a lougn spot in tir. Obenreizer at
that instant, and rubbed hard at hm. George
Vendale. took his scat by the cmbroidry frane
(baviug Drst taken ttie lair rigbt haud that bis
entrance had checked), and glanced at the gold
cross that d'pped into the bodice, with some
thing ot the devotion ot a piliiiim, who had
l eached his shrine at last. Obenreizer stood in
the middle of the room with his thumbs in his
waistcoat-f ockets, and became fllmy.
He was saying down stairs. Miss Oben
reizer," observed Veudale, "that the world is
so small a place, that people cannot escape one
another. 1 bave tound it much too large tor me
since 1 saw jou last.''
'Have you travelled so far. then ?" sho in
quired.
"jot eo tnr, lor 1 nave onty gone back to "Swit
zerland each year ; but I could have wihfd and
indeed I have wished very often that the little
world did not affTd euch opportunities tor long
escapes as it does. II it had bsu le.-s, I might
have found my fellow-travellers sooner, jou
know."
The pretty Marguerite colored, and very
slightly glanced in the direction ol Madame Uor.
"You tind us at length, Mr. Vendale. Perhaps
jou muy lose us azain."
"I triiPt not. The curlons coincidence that
has rnablpd me to find you, encourages me to
hope nor."
"What is that coincidence, sir, if you please ?"
A damty little native touch in this turn or speech
and in its tone msde it perfectly caotivating,
thought George Vendale, when again he noticed
an instantaneous glance towards Madame Dor.
A caution seemed to bo conveyed in it, rapid
flash though it wa9; so he quietly topk heed of
Madame Dor from that time forth.
"It is that I happen to have become a pnrtner
in a bouse of business in Loudou, to which Mr.
Obenreizer happens this very day to be expressly
recon. mended; and that, 100, by another house
of business in Switzrland, in which (as it turns
out) we both bave a commercial interest. He
has not told you ?"
"Ah!" ciiod Obenreizer, striking in, Aimless.
"No. I bad not told Miss Marguerite. The
world is so small and so monotonous that a sur
prise is worth having in such a little jog trot
place. It Is as he tells you. Miss Marguerite,
lie, of so fine a family, and so proudly bre.1, has
condescended to trade. To trade I Like us poor
peasants, who have risen from ditches !"
A cloud crept over the fair brow, aud she cast
down her eyes.
"Why.it is pood for trade I" pursued Qben
reizer, enthusiastically. " It ennobles frsde I It
is the misfortune ot trade, it Is its vulgarity, that
any low people for example, we poor peasints
hiav take to it and climb by it. See jou, my
dear Vendale!" He spoke with great energy.
"The father of MUs Margueiite. my eldest half
brother, more than two times your me or mine,
if living now. wandered without shoes, almost
without rags, from that wretched pass, wan
dered, pot to be fed with lbs mutes and dogs
at an Inn in the main valley tar away, got 10
be Boy there, got to bo Ostler. tot to bo
Waiter, got to bo Cook. got to be Landlord.
As Landlord, be took me (could he take Ibe Idiot
bet-gar, his brother, or the spinning nrms'iosity,
his sis'cr?) to put as pupil to the famous
watchmaker, his neighbor and friend. His wile
oies when M s Marguerite is born. Wha(.
ih his will, and what aro his words, to
nie, when tie dies, she being between girl ami
widvau? 'AH lor Marguerite, except so much
by tne year tor you. Y'ou aro youuir, but 1 make
her your ward," for you were of tbp obscurest
and ti e poorest peasantry, and so was I. and so
was her mother; wo were abjeet 0 asants all,
and jou will remember it.' The thing is equally
true of most of mv countrymen, now iu trade iu
this v ur Loudon quarter ot 80I10. Peasants
once: low-bum drudging Swiss peasants. Thou
bow good uuu treat lor iru'ie. ii'ir, noiu
1 having been warm, he became playfully jubilant,
. 1. u ,...,,,,- minn ,n.iliin nllin.ifa
and touched the young wIop merchant's elbows
! again with bis light embrace: "to be exalted by
et nilenien !"
"t do net think so" said Marguer'te. .with a
fun-Led check, aud u look away lrom the visitor,
that was almost deriaut. "i tuluk it is hs much
exulted by us 1 easar.rs."
"Fie, tit-. Miss Marguerite," said Obenreizer.
'You speuk iu proud Engl and."
"I sucaK iu proud earnest," ehe answered,
AD ELP1II A., FlilDAY, DECEMBER 201867.
quietly resum'ng In r work, "and I am not Eog-
l.sn, nut iswu peasant's daughter."
mere was iismiai ol tho suoject in ner
words, which Yeudule could not contend
aguinsf. He only said m an earnest manner, "I
niuft heartily agree with you, Miss Obenreizer,
tun 1 nave aueao; sai l so, as mr. Ooenre'zir
will beHr wltuens," which he by no means did,
"in this house."
how. Vendale' eves were cfuick; eves, anl
sharply watching Madame Ior by times, noted
something iu the broad Dacs vipv or that lady.
Ihcre was considerable pantomimic expre-sion
In her clove cleaning. It hid been very softly
done when he spoke with Marguerite, or it had,
altogether stopped, like the action ot a litenr.
Wheu Obenrcizor's poasaut-speech came to an
end, she rubbed most vigorously, as if applaud
ing it. Aud once ortwico, as the elove (which
she always held before her, a little above her
face) tinned In the air, or as this fln-jer went
down, or that wcutup, he even faucied that It
made some telegraphic communication to
Obenreizer: wbose back, was certainly never
turned upon it, though he did not teem at all to
heed it.
Vendale observed, too, that In Marguerite's
dismissal of the subject twice forced upon In m
to Ids misreprifentatious there wai an indig
nant Ointment of her guardian which she tried
lo chi ck, as though she would have flamed out
acH'iist Litn, but lor the iullueuceot tear. Ho
also, observed though this whs not much
that h never advanced within the distance of
her at which he brt placed himself: as though
there witu linnls fixed between them. Neither
had he ever spokeu ot ber without the pretix
"Miss," Hough whenever bo uttered it, it was
wi'h the fuiutebt trace of en air of mockery.
And now it occurred to Vendale lor the first
time that romet lung curious in tbe man which
he bad never belore been able to deiine. was
detinabi" as a certatu subtle essince or mockery
that eluded touch or annlysis. He felt cou
vinctd that Marguerite was in some sort a
prisoner as to her in c will; though she held her
own against thote two combined, by the forte of
her character, which was nevertheless inade
quate to her release. To led convinced of this,
was not to leel lees deposed to love her than he
had always been. In a word, be was despe
rnip.lv in love with her. and thoroughly deter
mined to pursue the opportunity which had
opened at last.
l"or the piesent, he merely touched upon tho
pleasure that Wilding & Co. would soon bave in
tutteating MIbs Oneureizer to honor their
establishment with her presence a curious old
rdace. though a bachelor's bouse withal and so
oid not protract his visit beyond such a visit's
ordaary leugib. Going down stairs, conducted
by his host, be found tbe Obenreizer counting
house at tbe back of tbe entrance-hall, and
several shabby men in outlandish garments,
banelns about, whom Obenreizer put aside that
li mioht nnHj. with a fpw words in natois.
"Countrymen." bo explained, as he attended
Vendale to the door. "Poor compatriots,
Gratc-iul aud attached, like dogs I Good by,
To meet again. So glad I"
Two more light touches ou his elbows dis.
rriss-'-d him into the street.
Sweit Miireuerite ut her fiame, and Madame
Dor's broad back at her telegraph, floated before
him to Cripp'e Comer. On his atrival ttiere
Wilding was cloFeted with C-ntrey. The collar
doors bupt euing to be opcti, Vendale lighted a
cardie in a cleil suck, huh went down lor a
cellhj-ous stroll, (iracetul Marguerite floated
before him faithfully, but Madame Dor's broad
biicu remained outside.
Tne vaults were very spacious and very old
There had been a stone cry pt do wn there, wheu
bygones were not bygones; some said, part of
a moi.kifh relectorv : some said, ot a cnapei
si me said, of a Pgan temple. It was all one
now. Let who would make what he liked of a
crumbled nillar and a broken arch or so. Old
Tune had made what he liked of it, and was
quite indifferent to contradicnoQ.
lhe close air, the musty smelt, and tbe tbun
derous rumbliug in the streets ubove, as being
out of tbe routine of ordinary life, wentwtii
enough with tbe picture of pretty Marguerite
holding her own ngatust these three. KoveU'
dale went on until, at a turning in the vaults,
he saw a light like tbe light he carried.
"On I Y'ou are here, aro you. Joey?"
''Oughtn't it rather to go 'Oh I you're here,
are jou, Ma ter George V For it's my business
to rje nere; out 11 uiu t youru."
"Djn't grumble, Joey."
"On I 1 don't grumble," returned the cellar
man. "If anything grumbles, it's what I've
took in tbroueh tbe pores: it ain't me. Have a
care as something in you uou't oecin a-giumo-
ling, Master Georte. stop heie long enougn
for the wapors to work, and they'll be at it."
His present occupation consisieu 01 poking nts
head into the bins, making measurements and
mental calculations, and euteiiug them in a
rhinocerous-hide-looking no tt boos, Lke a pieca
of himself.
"They'll be at it," be resumed, layibg the
wooden rod that be measured witb, acro-s two
casks, entering bis lust calculation, and straight
ening his buck, "trust 'em 1 And so you've re
gularly come into the busiue'S, Master George?"
"iteguiariy. 1 nope j 011 uon t ouject, ioey r
"1 don't, bless jou. But WHpors objects that
you're too joung. xou'ie pom on jou too
"v c snail get over mat, oojection aay Dy uay,
,
Jfey." .. . ,
"Av. ju aster George; dui 1 snan, uay oy aay,
get over the objection that I'm too old, and so I
sha'ift be capable of seeing much improvement
in you." .
The retort so tickled Joey .Ladle that he
grunted forth a laugh and delivered it again,
grunting lortn auotner iaugu aner tue secoi.u
edition ol "improvement in you."
"But what's no laughing matter, Master
George," he resumed, straightening his back
once more, "is, that Young Master Wilding has
fone and changed the luck. Mark my words,
le has changed the luck, aud he'll find it out.
I ain't been down here all my life for nothing I
1 know by what 1 notices down here, when it's
a-eoing to rain, when it's agoing to bold up,
when it's a going to blow, when it's a-going to
be calm. 1 know, by what 1 noticesdown here,
when the luck's changed, quite as well."
" Has this growth cn tne root anything to do
with vour divination?" ased Veudale. holding
hislitht towards a gloomy lagged growth of
dark lungus, pendent from tbe arches with a
verv disagreeable and repellent efJect. "Wo
are famous lor this growth in this vault,
aren't we?"
"We ere, Master George" replied Joey Ladle,
moving a step or two away, "and if you'll be
advised by me, you'll let it alone."
Taking ud toe rod lust now laid across the
two easks, and faintly moving tbe languid
fungus with it. Vendale atked, "Ay, indeed?
Wbv so?"
Why, not so much because it rises from the
casks or wine, and may leave you to judge
what sort ot stuff a Cellarmau takei into him
self when he walks iu tbe same all the days
ot his lite, nor yet so much because at a stage
6t its growth it's maggots, and you'll fetch 'em
down upon vou." returned-Joey Ladle, still
keeping away, "as for another reason, Master
Geirge."
"What other reason?"
"(I wouldn't keeo on tonchin' It. if 1 was
you, sir.) I'll tell you if you'll come out of th
place. Mibt, tuke a look' at its color, Master
George,"
'I am doing eo."
"Done, sir. Now, come cut of the place."
lleuiovid away wuh his light, and Vendale
followed with his. Whe n Veudale camo up with
him, uud they were going back together, Ven
dale eyeing him u3 they walked through the
arches, said: "Well, Joey ? Tbe color."
"Is it like clotted blood, Master Gejrge ?"
"Like enough, perhaps."
"More than enough,! think," muttered Joey
Ladle, shaking his head solemnly.
"Well, sav it is like; say it is exactly like.
What iheu "
"Master George, tbey do 6ay "
"Who ?''
"How should I know who?" rejoined the
Cellarmnn, spptirentiy much exasperated by
lhe uniensoi able natuie ot the que'ilou.
"Them I Them as says pre'ty well every ibiug,
you know. How should 1 kuo who They are,
if ycu don't V
"Truw. Go on. , , .
'"Ibey do say that the man that pels by any
accident a piece of that dark growth Tight upoa
bis breast, will, tor bute and certain, dio by
Murder."
AsVmdale laughingly stopped to meet the
C Herman's eyea, wb ch he had fat' tiPd on his
light white dreamlnvly saving thoe words, ne
suddenly became conscious of beinx struck
upou his own breast by a heavy haud. Instantly
following wi'h his eyes the action of thP band
that struck I.iiii which was his companion'
he saw that U had beaten off bis nreast a web
or clot ol the lungus, even then floating to the
ground.
For a moment he turned upon the Cellarmnn
almost as scared a loo as the Hellannan
turned tinon him. But in another moment they
had reached the daylight at tne toot 01 me
cellar-steps, and befote he cbeeriully sprang up
them, he blew out liu cauaie ana tue supcrsn-
tlou together.
i 0 be con 'tn Mm. j
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
1829 CHARTER PERPETUAL
Fiaiililin lire Ihsw
Co.
or ruiLAin-.i-rpiiiA,
OFFICE!
.. 485 ADD 4H7 tllfcSMJT HI IlKET.
ASETM ON OCTOnr.U 1,19071
a.aMi.t.ou.
rt'UBi.... iioo.nocvro
Accrued Isurpius '' l
f reiulums ..- l.a.i.swdo
CNf.TTI.Kn CJLAIMU, K Ko 17.
(wiHoa, w).iio,
LVSSJ1J PAID SINCE lBVatf ovrc
$3,000,000,
Perpetual and Temporary Policies, on Liberal Terms,
DIHKCTOPR.
Charles N, Banckur, lUeorue Fides,
'folium WHKiier, Allred Finer,
Kkuiuel Urnnt, KruuelH W. Lewis, M. D
tiKorxe W. ivicbards, I l ficuia tMiarkn,
Isaac iasa, Wlliluiu b. Urunt.
CHAIU.tS fc, iA.K.l!.K. f resident.
UKjl.uis lALks, V l: rTMMloenL
J. W. Mc.ALLIfr'l S K Hrretary nr tun, n I tlUll
BROOKLYN LIFE LNbURANOE
OF NEW lOKU, JllTl'AL.
-Oi,n;il!.a KON-FOHFIlITA BLE. Thirty days
grace given In payment ol Premiums. No extra
charge tor residence, or travel in aiiy portion of tne
world. Dividends declured aanaally, and paid In
cash, Dividend In 1867, 4u per cent.
COLTOK & S1TELDE1T,
GENERAL AGENTS,
N.E. COUKEJB KEVEKTII AND CHEMNfJT.
Agents and Solicitors wanted
towns In Penobylvanla and
I
In all the cities and
fcoutbern 2ew Jer
M
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF
NORTH AMERICA: .
OFFICE, Ko, 232 WALK OT BT., PHILADELPHIA.
INCORPORATED 1784. CHARTER PERPETUAL,
CAPITAL., 9500,000.
ASSETS JAN IIABY 8, 1807 1,763,307'liO
INSURES MARINE, INLAND TRANSPORT!
T1UJN vAJND E1KU KI3K3.
DIRH.CTORS.
Artlior G. Cnfllo,
Iskiuuel W Jones,
Joiju a. Bruvs n,
Charles '1 lor,
AujUiobu Wldle,
Kielmrd i. Wi,od,
tV lilluru Welsh,
B. Morris Wain,
George L. Harrison,
Frumis R. Oopo,
Edward H. 'I'rotler,
F.oward o. Olarke,
'Wllllaiu I'umuiiiKS,
T t'h .r lou Uemy, '
A, fiea u. Je.sup,
John P. Willie.
juuu aihsou,;
L'aiU O. Madeira.
Chart irs Pi-att, s-ecreiary. '
W11L1AM bUKHLKK. lia-rlsburg. Pa.. CenrraJ
Agent lor lue btale ol 1'tnnsj Ivaula. in,,
Q1BARD FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
(No. 639)
N. E. COR. CEE5NUT AND SEVENTH STS.,
PniLAOBLPUIA.
CAPITAI. AND kVKFLUat UVEB 8300,000.
IHCoME UU 1806, fioa,Bai.
Losses Paid and Accrued In 1S66,
47.00O.
Of which amount not Mfu iviualn unpaid at this date,
llnu.tiai.COU ot properly baa.been BucuebBlu ly luaurud
by this uoiupauy lu tmrieeu years, aud J4ignt liuu
oxed Losaea by f ire pionipt.y paid.
DIRECTORS.
Thorn aa Craven.
Bilaa Yerkea. Jr..
uruau bbwppard,.
Tu. uiu MauKedar,l
Ji bu sjunuiee.
Allred K Uillu,
N. o. Lawrence.
Cnarb a I. Jjupont,
Henry Ir'. keuunv.
John w.Ciagnorn,
rfosvpu n i'p, n. u
I THM A is CRAVEN, President:.
A 8. OIL LETT. Vice-President.
g28tuiwt JA M KM b. ALVORD, Secretary.
PliOVIDhM LIFE AND TKL'8T COMPANY.
Ot PHI LA IKLrrllA,
No. Ill a oUrt'lll blrert.
INCOKlOKA'IFt J IklOM U i. 1865.
CAPITAL, I4. ,WJ., PAID IN.
IntnraDce ou Llvra, by Yearly Premiums; or by S,
10, or 2U year Pren,iunis, Oou-lor leliure.
Aui uiues granted ou iavoruole eruis,
lernj Pollclea, tlilldreu'o Jkiidowuieuls.
Tbia Company, while aivlnv the Insured tbe security
ot a paid-up Ckpfial, will divine the euilre proUta ol
the Li e bUBWt-bB among lis policy holders,
Moneys r. eelved at luUreat, aud j a.d on demand.
Authorized by charier to exicui 'l'rusts. aud to aut
as ixecuu r or Aduinilairalor. AaeiKUee, or uuardian,
aud iu oilier fiduciary capacities ou er appounuiHut
ol any Court ol ii.Ib Coujuinuwttalth. or auy person or
persons or bodies poliuu or corporate.
lilKlLLIOaH.
BAMTJEL P. SHIPLEY. ,HKNKY HAINES,
Jos-llUA II, WUKKlo,
T. WlstTAR BR'ivVN.
j.iv i a i nuuu.
RICHARD (JAWiUKV,
CHAhLKS
W. C. LONUs-TKErH,
WILLIAM HALKlLlt,
F. COFFIN.
BAMUEL R. bttlPL- V
ROWLAND PARKY,
Siwlllfiil. Ai.liii.rv.
WITLIAM C. LONOb'l RKrH, Vlce-Presideul.
TPOMAU Wlb'lAR M D., J. B. T' W.NatU,
7 27J Medical Exauiluer. Legal Adviser.
rTllcEMX INbTJKAKCE COMl'AKY OP PHI
X LA I'K.LS- li l a.
INCOKIORa'1 K.U 16(14 CHARTER PERPETUAL.
No. VIL4 W ALN UT felieel, oppi.si.e the Ejichauge.
Thio Company lusurea li oiii luaa or dumaae by
F 1 R h
on liberal terms on I.uiIuiiik, nierehmullie, fur
iiilure, etc., lor limited p-riudH, aud peruiaueutly
ou huiidiiika by eteposli ol preuilum. .
1 he ton.pauy hau been in active operation for mtre
tbau Mi l V VKAlis, diinug which Mil oosea have
beeu prouipily ai'Juuird and puld.
Joliu !. Hodge,
illtti.C l mm.
David Lewis,
lleujaunn Ruing,
'1 humus II, Powers,
A. R. Muiieuiy,
..dunii.U laxLiilou,
sauiiiel Wncox,
l.i. ills C. Nori l.s.
in , n. Aiauony,
John T . l.e ia,
A lll.au. K Uiant,
Kobeil W. l.tauilllg,
1) lurk W liuriuu,
Lawrence Ltwia, Jr.,
JOHJN it.
UCutKtK, President.
bAUt'kL Wucox tiicielury.
FILE ltCliACE fc-ATI.CfsIVELY.-TUS
PEN NfcV LV AMA 1 1 RS INoURAisJCEuoivl
P A N i Incorporated ISIS Charter Porpelual isu.
Jill W A LN t"l s-lrtH.1, oi pimiie ludependence suowe
Thla l'ou pauy, tavorahly known to the ooinuiuuliy
lor over lori year, ooutluiiea to insure analnsl Iom
or damage by Ure on Puollc or Private Building,
either permanently or for a limited time. Also oa
porotuun stiiu'kaof Uoods, and MerchanuUe gents
rally, ou liberal terms.
1 heir t aultal, UiKtilier with a large Sinrplna fond,
Blnvested In lhe must earetnl manner, which euablta
1 1 en" o oner to the Insured au undoubted security lu
ibe caa of loss.
Daniel S-inllh. Jr.,
DIBEtvroFB.
John Devereus,
Alexander Henson,
I H arii rniral,
I'lioujaa Hin llli,
H-nry lwln,
J. Olllinvham FelL
Thnmaa Robbina,
xiar.ii i riautiocH . jr,
DA N I k L km ri H , Ja., President,
Wiixiam U. Caowitix, beruutry i
SHIPPING
fsTKAM TO LIVKUl'OOL. CALLING
A'l ULhKMilHWN,
1 nr. Ionian Mue. snilliiir hs:m 1-WF.F.K LV. carry In B
tli Ulillvd SMlt Mali.
l'iT I'K 11(IS(). Sta(uri1T TwcomhlT !t
C l'lY OK N1 WKMP. ..Siatii(1ay. liwiemher i
1Y tiK J UN HOIS h .ti,r,l,. linimrr 4
I1TY OF WAMIlNu lON ismri1y. Jannry 11
n- ...tur(ly. January i
and f. li siieceetliiiir sturilay R'ul WeiluesUay. at
uon, lrom Pier No. fl NORTH lllver.
Itftles or l''Me I.V Ilia Mull Mtnamar aalllne
KVi-ItY A I hllAVi-
I'avsnle Iu uo'a. I Parable In Cnmnnr;
Flrit C' bin.. ftOilHteerage f Yl
I" I' I"1. n " IO IUMIOU ...... TO
to Paris lir, to Parlx I
Paanair" by Hie Wi iln.miar steamrs: First Oabin,
lie: i-ieerme f in. Hayalile Iu tolled sittm cm reney.
'a senders also forwarncd lo Havre llaiuhiirir. llre-
nien, etc., at nn dvrnte rte Hiwrai;o iiaxsnKe from
Liverpool or yupena own, tin. currenov, l'lckela can
be boUKlit liere hy persons aenninV for their friends.
For lurlher lulomiaiton apply at the 'jimninv'l
ftiree. JOIINO PALKAireut.
12 fj UO. 411 I'H F;sNT.'r Htreet, Phlia,
NORTH AMERICAN ETEAMSHIP
COMPANY.
1 hrvuftU lilum to Ca1lfornla,Tla Pouamai
or KlcarK
Pa llnir frm New York Deeenitxir 6th anil isn.
Jkiiuhi ) KHi, iran, ami 'Z.iin, and February im ttuJ
'ilnh. unii New HipaumbiUH ol me Firat-claas,
raftMHK l.weritan iy an5 oilier l.lne.
'r lui ilier iiiloiniail.nl adur ha the uuderHlanori
at JSo, 177 VVtsl blrret New York.
1 IS. 1 A KM.N'ITON, A Kent.
Or 'l IIOMA1 H, ahuKi.K,
0. ill WALNUT Silreet,
12 S Urn PiiiittiWipiitu, Pa,
1' A S 6 A li t TO A . 1) b'UlUr
HkU 1, BH1 1'AiN AND Uki aku
til nii..oif-iii- iiMioaii.iiMi CAtiUKiv
AT III JU t KK KATKH,
DKAFTH A V A I LA LLKTH ROL'H IIOL'T F..TTiAN"!
IRK I. AND. MH'ILAND, ANO WALKsl,
For particulars 0.lv lo
T A HMXIT TS, BROTH K RSJ A CO
No. SRHOUTH S-treet. and No. BROA U VV AY,
11 Or to 'i HOM. T. sKA h .;. No, in WALMU t
'i in: i-iii(.Aii:i.i'cii ivn
rtrfr ' -v 1,111... jinn, ni r.rt,.innir VVJ.U.
Ais Y'rs KHil I. A it St AI 1-MONTH I.V I.I .N K,
1. 11 M.W 41111.1 AN S, VIA HAVANA.
J tiSl A'lA, r.'iu l.'iiri. laplain P.F.lluxie.
SJTAROF 1 li K L'NlON.IuTaiuus, Lupt. T. N. IkiokHoy.
'lhe JUNIATA will leave lor New Orleaim on
r-ainidii . iitceniuer 2i, at S o'cloolt A, M lioiu l'ier
lh, (South V hurves.
The nTAtt uF TfTR HN'IOV will leave New Or
leeiis lor ibis port on Mlurday, Dm-emiier 21.
'1 l.roiiKh til 1 1 m ol lit. In. k siuiitril lor IrelKlu lo Jfublle,
Galvesttiii, Nnlcli,.. Yit ksuuiK, Alempnla, Nuuliville,
Cairo, ht. Lotus, Louisville, and Cincinnati,
Ageuls at New Orleans, I rervy Nickersun, it Co,
WILLIAM L. JaMKS), Oeneral Agent,
lilARLEtt K. DILRFS, Frelglit Agent,
11 22 No. HI4 si. Delawnre uvenue.
CJ.I ilil.r,i miii wii..iiiin ......
ataCt-M
THE I'IIII.A1.II'III AVIS
SOL I tt KRN 4IA1L slt,AUslllP i'ti.M.
tt PKOia.AR sKMI-WOVlULV LliNE.
i'u ii,MiM. io,, x. v.
The steamship Plo. tfc.lt, su.tous. Captain J. I3en
rjett, will leave lor lhe above port ou Thursday,
liei tn.ber 24, at S o'clock: P. il., lrom Pier IS boulti
hui ves.
Hi.is.oi lading stRiied at ttirough aud reduced rates
to ell .r!iiciai iitaniH In Noitn Catoliua.
Ageuls at Wlimlugiou, Wonh iS. Daniel.
WILLIAM L. JAMKi. Ueueral Agent,
CHaRLKcI E. H1LKK3, ereight Agent,
11 1'. No. ;m Si. Delaware aveuuo.
1 II K I IIII.Alt-:l.lllI A A V II
SOU'l lltRN AlAlL t5l CAMalllP CoM-
MO. PA t V ' R.l, V LA R L.IN K
tlt St IA...AII, UA.
IUNAWAaI'a SSo tons, Cu,itaiu Wm. Jennings.
Vi s o.MlNt-, Sou loui.Captaiu Jac.ib Teal.
'J be BiebUislup TON A VV A N ! A w 111 leave for the
above pull ou Saturday, Deceu. ber 21, at 8 O'cloclc.A.
JU., lrom Pier IS south Wharves.
'I i k.ukIi passaue ilt:kets soul, and freight taken for
all poluia lu c. iJiiecllon with the Oeorgla Ceulrul Rail
road. I Li.l AM L. JAUM, Ueueral Ageut,
CHARLES E UI LKlus, Freight Ageut,
No. tin b. JifcLA WAKE Avenue.
A gents atfavannah, Huuier Jt Uammeli. 1122
tlllL.AI.l.llilA, KI4JI1M4NI
AND NOMDOLE. olfc.AMs.HlP LINE.
IHltOUUH AIR LINE TO THE BO U TIT
AXSU Wfclll
1HROUUH RECEIPTS I'O NEWBEKN,
Also all points lu North and syoulh Carolina, Via
Peaboard aud Roanoke Railroad, aud to Lynchburg,
Va,, Ttnnessee aud the West, via Nortola, Peters i
burg, boutn-tsiue Railroad, aud Rlchmoud and Dan.
vine Railroad. --
The regularity, safety and cheapness of this ronMl
Commeud It to the public as the must desirable
medium lor carry iuk every deacilption of freight.
No ouiirge tor commission, dray age, or any expenat
of trensier.
(Steamships Insure at lowest rates, and leave (ecu.
larly lrom lirst wharf above Market street.
Freight received daily.
W ILLIAM P. CLYDE 4 CO.,
No. 14 North aud bouih WHARVES),
W. P. PORTER, Ageut at Richinoud aud CltjT
poiul.
T. P. CROW ELL A CO.. Agenta at Norfolk. 6 1
ui'i'usniuN T4 noun
POLV. DA1LV LINE FOR BALTI
. MOuE. via Uhesaueaka and Dula
Wat. Cauul
Philadelphia aDd Ilitltlmore Union Bteamboat Com
pai , dally at S o'clock P, M.
T he Bteamers oi this Hue are now plying regularly
between this port aud Baltimore, leaving IhePier No.
2N. Delaware aveuue, above Market street dally t
o rli ci P. in (.-sundays excepted).
Cuny iug all deeuiipuou ol Freight as low aa any
Other Hue.
freight handled with great care, delivered
promptly, aud lurwarued to all poluia beyoud-lba
leimiuus tree ot cummlssiou.
Particular attention paid to the transiwrtatlon of
all description ol Merchandise, Hoisea, Carriage
etc. etc
Fur lurlher Information apply to
JOtliN v. .
rrrrTmi A
(Hit
tfutiii MJm Jkuvi c aKru
No. is N. DELAWARE Aveuue:
at,H r; x r aEsa 1.1 M K ra
ffVt' Alexandria, lieorgetown, and Washington,
2aJfr. D. C, via Chesapeake aud Delaware CanaL
wuh couneciions at Alexandria lrom tbe most direct
route for Lynchburg, Bristol, KnoxvUle, NaahvUla,
Dallon, and the bvmihwest.
sjteamers leave regularly from tha first wharf akOTf
Market street.
Freight received dally. m, .
WM, P. CLYDE k CO.,
No, 14 North and SJooih WbarveaJ
3. B. DA VIDKON, Ageut at lieorgelowu. '
M. ELDR1DUE k Co., Agents at Alexandria, VH
glnla.
, 1UU MEW IOBK, VIA UKLA
ware and Rarltan Caual.
i-.Api esa bleamooai cimpauy dwshi i vjpiiers
leave Dally from Urat wuurl below Market street.
Through iu tweuty-four hours. Uoods forwarded to
all pomm. North, EhhI, and West, tree of oommiaalon.
Freight received at tue lowest ratea.
WM. P. CLYDE A CO., Agents,
No, 11 bomb Wharves,
JAMF8 HAND. Agent,
No. UU W all street. New York.
43BaMi UU NEW yOKKHmiKT.
lyTis, ,! r- bli Kt Tratisporlatlou Company Ue
JSi trrJkSk. spatcli aud bwlftsure Linus, via Dela
vTiiVTni, nariiao Canal, on aud alter the 15ih ol
March, leaving dally al 12 M. and 6 P. M., OouuecUng
With all Norlberu and Eastern Hues.
Fur Irelght, which will be ukeu on accommodatlnc
lerms.epply 10 WILLIAM M. BAIRD 400..
1 1 No. la'j K. DKLAWAKW Aveiina.
T.i s.mi pa ptaIVS AND OWNERS-
llJJti. 'i ne u, neiMiMied having leased the KfciM-
io. bi RKW DO. K, bens to loloriu his Irieuds
fcnu the pairona of lhe D ck bat be Is preparea wiiu
lneiei.std lactones to aecommodaie thuse haviue
vi s . Is lo be raised or repaired, aud Oelug a practical
il l, -cm peeler aud eaiilker will aive peisoual alteu
t.oi. t.. lhe vessels euirumed lo him lor repairs.
Capielusor Ateuu siuie-farpeutersaud Wachluiat
Lav.ng vessels to epair, are solicited to call.
Having lhe ageucy lor the sale ol ' Welterstedts'
Paieul MeiaUe Louiposltioii" lor Copper t aint, for
the preservation el vessels' bulloius, lor tuts chy, 1 UIU
prepared to lurulsh the sameou reasonable tenua.
Kensington Screw Dock,
1 DELAWARE AveuuelwyeJurel s(eU
STOVES, RANGES. ETC.
NOTIC K.-TH K UNDER8HiNEl
Would call aiieniiou ol the public It ' hj
NKW OOLIE EAOLE FURNACE. ,
This Is an entirely new beater. Illssooon.
sirut ied ax lo al onuei ouimeud luieli jgeuerai lavur,
being acou.biualiou ol vtroti. bl am) cast iriiu. ,11 UI
very sin nie lu lis cousirucUun. aud U 1""'
light; selM leunlng. having no pipr "'dr urua to ne
tifkeu em a. o cleaned. 1 ll ar.aii'ed wit u upr Ijf li
lilies as it. proiltiee a larger amount u' '7,m11lua
eamewehhiol coal tbau auy lurnace uow u jise.
The liyt rou, . trie . onnitiouol the air a produced by
,,,y new' .Ma.ement of ev.poral .'
nioiisiruie thai H Is il.e only Hot Air b urnaoe that
v.111 pronnrea perleclly bealihy almospbere.
llii.se In wait ol a complete H eat in g A PPJ''
would do wetl 10 call and examine the Oolderi Eagle.
CHARLKH WILLIAM'S,
Woe. 1132 and US 4M ARK K t Hrreet.
Plillaileliihia.
A large asfortnr.enr of Cooking Rangeii, Klre-Hoard
M-.--.eM. Low lon iraies, Veulilalors, etc, aiwaya
on l:an1. j
N. j,. Jobhlut ol ail kinds promptly dona. lu
COAL.
B.
IIDDIFTUN A CO.. DBALKBS IN
llARi.nnH I.KMIOH aud EAOLE VEIN
COAL. Kepi dry under i-over. Prepared eiprmaiy
for fniitlly ese. Yard, No. 1Z2S W ABH1NU POfl
Avenue. Otl-oe, Nfi. SI4 W A LN UT Htrmi. M
II.I.IAM STILL'S COAL DEPOT, Noa
mis l'2'S. a uu 12-ai WAt-iijNuiON Avenue.
lhe best tjHullties ol ttoal. for rtuuiesll'; n steam use,.
uritlul.Ud l'uy paii vi lue-uity. uiuu
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