TUE DAILF EVENING TELEGRAPH TRIPLE SHEET PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 18V0. Continued from tht Kighth Vug. Walter and bis wife oucc more bade adieu to Cedar Lodge. AH that had passed between beifelf and Keijlna'd Emily wisely kept ai a eecrt t which bad belter have but oue keeper. Emily's father was greatly disappointed at the result of this visit. Tue siniufo-hoarted 'old old man bad thought that Reginald would h ive made some presentation to Emily, such ns the j'iatio or some of the hooks. 'He's a shabby fellow, a very shabby felloe. After all the kindness be has received at her bands, he might have made some recognition of it." 'Hut has ho not forgotten you, dear,' replied Emily. 'Ah, yes; that's nothing. Mine was a free idfl and he has made good use of It. I've nolhhig to say; I'm content with what I hive.' But the old gentleman had thought of what ho Lad done for tbe orphan boy, and felt keenly bis desertion In the time of tribulation, noir happily passed away. 'Turn on, Old Time,' as we must hasten to an end. In two months more Christmas was com ing, and Emily had decked her pretty, small very small, we must owu drawing-room ad dinii g-room with the cheerful red-berried holly arid other greenery, although her opposite nMghbor, who came home on the same 'bus as W'Hlicr, had declared it to bo vulgar, exceed ingly. Nevertheless. Emily knew her dear old full er loved to Pte hucIi Christinas einbleuis about the house, and Walter wai not 'genteel.' neltlur was she, and so hoily and mistletoe and bilk ht hay leaves were liberVly distributed in 'jailer and kitchen and hall.' It was Christmas-eve, and Walter hai ar ranged to bring home one of the clerks with him to make merry. Aud Walter's sister, Laura, who n ally was a nice girl, and had met the lumi'y troubles like a saint (so said her mother), Lad nlieady arrived, and so had papa, who wa buty In the little pantry brewing gin punch, the secret of which he had from a great author, whose brewage was knovn to be superex cellent. Emily was too busy making her preparations to Ihii.k of Walter and his 'bus; and Laura, too, Was decking with winter flowers the dishes of tarts and other delicacies all home-made and who'esome. 'There's Walter,' said E-nily, as the street door was beard to open. 'I had no Idea it was so late.' 'Emily!' called Walter, from the top of the kitchen ttairs,' 'come ui, dear; I waut to intro duce you to some frieuds.' 'Can't, Walter,' was the reply, 'I'm in the middle of mv tipsy cake. Yoa and papa must do tbe honors for the preseut.' And when she bad finished her 'household cards' for a time, and presented herself in the small drawing room, she was surpr'sed to find an unexpected Tlsitor Reginald Wainwright. 'I f itind Reginald in the city, as I was leaving tbe oflice; and as he had no engagement be has come on to spend Christmas eve with us,' said "Walter. What could Emily say but that she was glad to see him? though she almost expected to tind a blister on ber tongue for telling such a story. If Emilv bad needed any extra stimulants to exertion to make ber little 'At Home' a jovial one, it would have been found in the presence of Reginald. lie had come, she fancied, to spy the nakedness ot the land, and she was resolved he should find it fl owing with milk and honey. Tbe good spirits she displayed became infec tious, and a merrier party keeping Christmas Eve could not have been found in Christendom. Tbe dainty supper was highly applauded, the gin punchextolled immensely nor did theladies refuse to sip the subtle compound. Laura could not sing at flrot without a piano; but when Emily bad trilled forth an old ballad that all (.the i'nnior clerk excepted) remembered to have leard long ago, she thought she would venture, and really sang very sweetly. The only one whose mirth did not appear to be real was Regi nald, and at times he might have been seen 'taking stock,' as it were, of his little room, where tbe hand of taste was as visible as it had been at Cedar Lodge. At times he Axed his eyes on the bright, happy face that ever and anon regarded Walter with a look of ineffable love that could not be mistaken, even by the man wbo bad hardened bis heart with vice and telfisLness. The party broke up as the neighboring church clock struck eleven. Reginald offered to see Mr. Mainwaring to his lodgings, but the junior clerk had already undertaken that duty, having bad a bed eogaged lor him close by. As the guests departed, Reginald offered bis band to Emily, which she accepted. 'Good-night, Emily.' be murmured rather than epeke; 'I see you do not covet Cedar Lodge. 'Mo!1 replied Emily, empbaticaUy; 'good night.' ' There are good angels abroad on Chrlstma Eve the same perhaps that watched over the stable at Bethlehem. Such ii our belief; and one stood by Reginald's pillow that night, or, debauchee that be was, be would hardly have thought, that where honest, hearty love and pure lives were to be found together, It required very little money 10 raake an abode for peace. He tbonght also that a good man, such as he knew bis uncle to be, could bear reverses with a patient resignation, and look forward to the great change with that hope which rob death of it terrors. He thought of tbe fret and fever of bis own life of tbe 'Dead Sea fruit' to which it bad turned, and what must be tbe ending. Old teachings of good came back to him, and though be strove to chase them from his thoughts, they would return again and again. Be recalled tbe incidents of tbe past evening, of Emily '8 loving regard of Walter, answered so eloquently though silently by her husband, who 'Looked bis love into his lady's race.' lie could no longer donbt that they were One in all things, in life, in death. These reflections came back to him so often during the following days that bis old habits became distasteful to him, aud after a time the good angela were beard with love and reve rence. The first good result which came from this bappy change was a proper consideration for the reverses in his uncle's fortunes. Uncle Ralph was surprised one morning at receiving a letter from Reginald, stating that ho had transferred to bis account at the Bank of Eng land three thousand pounds, with nine year' interest thereon. This tardy uct ot common Iustice (he said) would have been made earlier tut for the unsettled state of bis affairs, which bad only taken a favorable turn on Christmas Eve. Mr. Mainwaring felt himself quite at liberty to accept of this voluntary restitution, as it eu abled bim to find a partnership for Walter, aud to add to the comfort of bis child by removing some of those anxious fears for the future wbich must always beset the struggler with fortune. So ends our story, and mav all good angels have us in their keeping this Christmas time. Salt Lake advices eavthe Mohave and Piute IndiuBs are on the war-path to the number of 400 or 500. A nu- get of gold weighing 8SS ounces has been found in Berlin, South Australia. A Swiss engineer has discovered a mode of telegraphing by the transmission of sound. Very rich veins of petroleum have been dis covered near Helde, in Hanover, Germany. There are at preseut in Germany upwards Of 25,000 widows and L40.000 fatherless children. The presence of a large number ot rabid dogs in Fairfax county, Va., has lately caused a widespread terror among the Inhabitants. The vluims of hydrophobia last week Included several cats, a calf, and a valuable mare. a revengeful laborer of Turkey Hill, near DerbT, Conn., recently beat bis wife s brains vout Vlth a pickaxe, because the wretched woman bad given testimony against him a hort Uue previously when on trial for a minor offense. The English people are beginning to realize that the auvhor of Juveutua Mundi," though an accomplVbed orator and scholar, is but a rv..i.Bi wehk-kneed. shilly-shally sort of a Premier. He has neither the pluck to face the ortnraira to return. Fortunately . r.,i..,i ha t.uoi.io. through the House of Commons. Lave a prompt and easy method of riddiD" themselves of such a Cabinet lucuuus TRESSILLIAIT COURT; OP, The Baronet's Son, nv At rnon or inns. iiAKuiEr i,Ktri. THE DOUBLE LIFE, TltR T A TLtFF 8 K H1.ME, "THE fct'NPEREI) HEARTS, "THE LADY OF Kl I.DARE, A LITE AT STAKE, "THE H0VfrE0FSECKEr3,"lSTC. ETC. CHAPTER I. A FATEFUL CATASTROPHE. A wild storm was rnging npon the Mediter ranean Sea, near the close of a dreary Novem ber day, and ky and waters were black with the gloom of the sudden and furious tempest, before which a small sailing vessel was scudding under bare polea. Her build and rigging proclaimed her Sardinian. Sho was The Gull, Captain. Varino, master, on her way from Cagliuri to Palermo. Sho had on board two seaman and two pas sengers. These passengers wero Englishmen, who had procured passage on The Gull to Palermo, whence they intended to embark by steamer to Marseilles the following day. While- the Captain and his assistants were attending to their duties, and expressing ap prehensions as to their safety, the two Eng lishmen stood apart, leaning against the lor bulwarks, and surveying the wild scene around them. These men were both young, apparently of the sanio nge, about three aud twenty, but evidently they were not of the same station in life. One, the more striking of the two, was aris tocratic in his bearing, tall, slender, and bauiUoiiie, with a fianl:, smiling mouth, a pair of fearless blue eyos, sot under a wide and massive forehead, and tawny huir blowing back from his face. Noble, generous, aod kind hearted, ho had an adventurous disposi tion and a dauntless courago. He was Guy Tressilian, the only son and beir of Sir Arthur Tressilian, baronet, of Tressilian Court, England. His companion presented a remarkable re semblance to him, being also tall and slender and fair, with tawny hair and mustache, but he had not the frank smile, the bright, fear less look, or the joyous spirit that character ized young Tressilian. Young as he was, ha had seen much of the dark side of life, and his experiences had been such as to develop in him some of the worst qualities of his nature. He was Jasper Lowder, Guy Tressilian's hired travelling companion and bosom-friend. The meeting and connection of the two had a touch of romance. Young Tressilian had spent four years in a German university, whence he had been graduated with honor. On leaving the university, in obedience to his father's written command, he had under taken a tour of the countries onclo3ing the Mediterratean Sea, in company with oue of his late tutors. This gentleman being uuex pectedly promoted to a professorship, aban doned Tressilian at Baden, leaving him to find another travelling companion. On the evening of the very day af I t this desertion, as Guy Tressilian was sauntering through the streets of Baden, he ha 1 been assaulted by a trio of his own countryman, all more or less intoxicated. It was apparent that they took him for another, and intended to wreak vengeance upon him. Without al lowing him to speak, they forced him to de fend himself. Guy was getting tho worst of the conflict, when a stranger came running to his assistance, and in a few moments the two had pnt the ruffians to flight. This stranger who came so opportunely to Guy's assistance was Jasper Lowdor. His resemblance to young Tressilian awakened in the latter a romantic interest. He questioned Lowder, learned that he was poor and alone in the world, and took him with him to his hotel. Believing that the similarity of fea tures indicated a similarity of tastes and na tures, he engaged Lowder as his travelling companion, and the past year they had spent together mere like brothers than like em ployer and employed. "This storm is a regular Levanter." said Lowder, clinging with both hands to the bul warks. "Do you think the craft will stand it, Tressilian?" "Oh, yes," answered young Tressilian, wiping the salt spray from his faoe. "The Captain knows the Sicilian coast perfeotly. In two hours, or less, we shall be in the Biy of Palermo. In three hours we shall be domi ciled in the best rooms of the hotel Trina- cria, with the best supper whioh Alssser liagusa can furnish. Aud to-morrow, at noon," he added, "we shall embark for Mar seilles in a Messageries steamer." "And from Marseilles you will proceed to England and to Tressilian Court," sail Low der, with some bitterness. "And i what is to become of me ? I have had a year of un alloyed happiness, and now comes back the drudgery, the hopeless toil, the anxieties of the wretched old life. You picked me up at Baden, a poor adventurer seeking to gain a living by teaching English, and the same destiny is open to me now." Tressilian turned his handsome faoe upon bis companion in surprise and affectionate reproach. "Jasper!" he exclaimed, "yon talk 6trangely. Do yon suppose I have oalled you friend and brother so long, and loved you so well, to lose you now ? I meant to have written to my father concerning you and your future, Jasper, but his sudden recall, re ceived yesterday, causes me to return home without writing. I shall telegraph from Mar seilles that you will come home with me. And you will, will you not ? You will not abandon me, my friend ? I will charge my self with your future. ' I will see that yoa obtain the position to which your talents en title you. You have no ties to keep you on the continent?" A strange expression passed over Jasper Lowder's faoe. "No, I have no ties," he said huskily. "Ami tnn will an hnma with me?" "What will your father say to my coming ?" demanded Lowder. "He will think your generosity Quixetio. He will dismiss from his house the hired companion who direa to resemble his son " A sudden lurch of the little vessel, a wave sweeping over the deck, interrupted the sen tence. "You wrong my father, said Iresilian, his blue eyes kindling, when the vessel had righted. Ue is the noblest man in me world. lie will weloome my friends as his own. You will love him, Jasper, as l do, when you know him." "He doesn't seem very affeotionate," re marked Lowder. "You have been away from your home for five years, and he has but just recalled yon!" Young Tressilian'a cheek flushed, as Low. der saw in the lurid glow that momentarily lighted np the tempestuous scene. "You know, or can guess, the reason, Jas per," he 6aid, with something of an eff irt. "My father has a ward, the duhter of an old friend. Ah! hear that wild shriek! The gale is increasing!" "Yes," assented Lowder. "And tho ward is Miss Irby the golden-Laired Blanche of whom you have talked so much, and with whom yon have exchanged letters?" "Yes. My father formed a project to hive me marry Blanche. He did not wish us to grow np together, lost we should learn to re gard each other as brother and sister. When Blanche came to live at the Court my father sent me to Germany. The night before I left home he called rue into his library and told rue all his hopes and plans for my future, and entreated me to continue worthy of his innocent ward, and to keep my heart pure for her. I have done so, Jasper. I have never yet loved any woman. And yesterday I re ceived my father's summons to come home, He has recalled me after five years of absence.' I knew the wish that lies nearest his heart He wahts me to return and marry Blanche. I shrink from the proposed marriage. I dread going home; and I dread offending my der father, whom I love better than any woman. It is hard, Juspor, to revolt against the hopes and plans of a kind and generous father, whose very love for me causes him to urge on this marriage!" "Is it?" said Lowder drjly, and with a strange smile fall of sneering bitterness. "My experience has been widely different from yours, Tressilian. Did I ever tell you of my father ?" "No. I took it for granted that he is dead." "Perhaps he is. I don't kuow,"sald Loader, with a reckless laugh. "But if he is living, he is a suonndrel. Don't bUrt, Tressilian, at my unfilial speech. Wait till you hear my story. I am in a desperate mood to-night. Tbis storm stirs up all the bad within me. As nearly as I can discover, my father was the younger son of a proud old county family" "You do not know, then?" asked Tressilian, pressing his companion's hand. "I have no proof s of it. All I positively know is this. My mother was of humble station, pretty, with blue eyes and an apple blossom faoe, and tender, appealing ways. She was the daughter of a widow, residing at Brighton. The widow, my grandmother, kept a lodging-house, and my father, a gay, dashing young fellow, came to lodge with her. As might be expected, he fell in love with his landlady's daughter. He offered the young girl marriage, on condition that the uniou should be kept secret until his affairs bright ened and he chose to divulge it. The young girl loved Lim. Her motner was ambitious and penurious. The result was the lover ha 1 his way, and married the daughter of his land lady qnietly, almost secretly. Then he took his bride to London, to cheap and obscure lodgings, where, a year later, I was born." The wind for a moment drowned his voioe. As it presently lulled, he resumed recklessly, and with passionate bitterness: "For years my mother and I lived in those stuffy, obscure lodging! uatil her bloom had faded, and she Lad grown thin and wan aud nervous. My father visited us at stated sea sons, once or twice a week, but he never brought any of his family to call upon us. I donbt if Lis aristocratio relatives even sus pected the existence of the faded wife and son of whom he was secretly ashamed. I Lave good reason to believe that he had fine lodgings at the West End, where he was sup posed to be a bachelor, and that he went into f ashionable society, while my poor mother and I lived obscurely. He was a profligate and a roue, but he had an air of fashion that awakened my boyish admiration and aroused my mother's affectionate pride in him. She was always pleading to be introduced to his relatives and to have her son publicly ac knowledged. But my father always put her off, saying that be was not yet rea iy. Worn out and despairing, my mother died when I was ten jears old." Again tbe wiud shrieked past,, and again the little vessel lurched, the sea sweeping her deck. The captain screamed his orders to his men, and for a few minutes disorder reigned. "A nasty bit of weather!" said Lowder. "And a bad -kj!" "Yes, but I've seen as bad," returned Tres silian. "We shall make port all right, never fear. We must be well on toward the Caps di Gallo. And it's only seven miles from the Cape to Palermo." "But the seven miles in this etorm are worse than seventy in good weather. These coasts are dangerous, Tressilian." Lowder shuddered as he surveyed sea and sky. "But about your father, Jasper?" said Tres silian, who had beoome deeply interested in his companion's story. "What did he do after your mother's death ?" "I remained at the old lodgings with our single old servant a month or more, my father visiting me several times, and expres sing anxiety as to what he should do with me. A week after my mother's death, he told me that his brother was dead. A month later, his father was killed by being thrown from Lis horse. My father came into riches and honors by these deaths. At last, deciding to rid himself of me, he took me down to Brighton, to my old grandmother. Her sons were dead; she had given up keeping lodg ers, and was grown miserly. He promised her five hundred pounds a year to keep me, and to keep also the secret of my paternity, solemnly promising to acknowledge me some day as his son and heir. The old woman agreed to carry out his wishes. She would have done anything for moaey. I never saw my father again. I went to school, grew up, and at the age of twenty-one came iato ruy grandmother's money, the fruits of years of saving, she dying at that time. My father had deliberately abandoned me. I did not know where to seek him, if I had wished to. I took my money and came abroad. I had been two years on the continent, and had spent my little fortune when I met you. The rest you know." "An odd, romantio story! But why did vonr father abandon yoa ?" "That he might be freed of enoumbranoe to make a grand marriage. From what my grandmother said at different times, 1 con clude that my father was in love witn a titled lady before my mother's death. No doubt he married this lady. If be lives, this lady's Bon may be his acknowledged heir. My father has utterly disowned tLe sou of his first hasty, ill-starred marriage. I have a fancy that I shall meet him some day," and Jasper s brow darkened to deeper blackness. "However, stand no chance of ever receiving justioe at his bands. "What is your father's name, Jasper?' asked Tressilian. Lowder's face darkened. lie bit his lip savagely. "What I have told you about myself learned from mv own observation, or from chance words of my parents and grandmother Mv mother's name was Jeanette Lowder. At our London loduines. mv father bore the name of Lowder. I don't know his real name, but I should know his face anywhere, although I have not seen him in thirteen years. My mother was actually married, Tressilian, but I never heard mv father name. X he clergy man ho married my mother was dead ; the witnesses also. When my grandmother was dvine she tried to tell me the story. She had cut it off too long. All that I could under stand of her mumblings was the name of Dtvereui. I Bhall never forget that name 'Devebecx!' Probably that was my father's name my on rightful name. But an I shonld never find him if I sought him, and as he wonld repulse me if I did find him, I stand no chance of inheriting his property. He may be dead. He may have other sons who bave succeeded him. It is all a mystery, but the prominent trnth is that I am an out cast, poor, disowned, and friendless." lie leaned over the bulwark, the spray dnsking over his faoe violently. Trf ssiliau's heart warmed to him. "My poor friend!" he Baid. "Must I say again you are not friendless while I live. My father has influence enough to obtain for you a government appointment. This tangle may straighten itself out some day. But if it don't, you are resolute enough to make your own happiness." He grasped Lowder's hand, and looked with warm bright eyes, full of sympathy, into Lowder'B lowering face. There had been a temporary lull in the stoim. But as tbe two stood there, the tem pest revived and swept over the wild sea in maddened rage. There was no time for talking now. The wind rose so high that words would scarcely Lave been distinguished. The storm that had gone before had been but play to this awful outburst. The vessel drove on, creak ing ami groaning, a mere oooklo shell on the billows. "Mother of Mercies!" wailed the captain. "It's all up with us, signores. I can't make out the Cape in this darkness. We shall go cn the rocks. St. Anthony save us !" The seamen echoed his cries. The two young Englishmen, comprehend ing tbeir peril, clasped hands in silence. For tbe next few minutes it seemed that a Pandemoi inm reigned. Then a noise like the report of a cannon suddenly boomed through the storm and the darkness. The little vessel shivered, stag gcrtd, and careened npon her side. She bad struck npon a rock. A moment later crew aud passengers were struggling in the waters. A few moments of buffetings aud tossings, of vain struggles and agonized, involuntary prayer, and then Jasper Lowder felt his senses slip from bim, and became unconscious. When he came to himself, he was lying upon a rocky beach of the Sicilian Bhore, sore, bruised, and weak as a child. He opened his eyes. The wind had spent its fury, and now moaned along the coast with a desolate, despairing wail. The waves beat against the rocks. Lowder struggled to his elbow. "Wrecked!" he muttered. "I am cast ashore while the others are drowned! Oh, this is terrible! I have lost my best friend to-night!" He moaned and wrunr his hands. "He is dead, who "would have done so much for me, and I so worthless am saved! All my hopes of an easy and luxurious life must be resigned now!" At that moment he beheld a dark object at a little distance in tbe water. The waves Lurried tbe object against tbe projecting Lead of a sunken rock. At the same in stant Lowder recognized it as the body of a man. He crept towards it, and the waters dashed the body on the shore at his feet. He put his hands on the face. How cold and wet it was! It felt like the face of a dead man! Lowder's fingers came in contact with the soft, silken moustache, and he knew that the body was that of Guy Tressilian! Of the five who had stood on the sloop's deck a balf-bour earlier, these two alun. were left. Tbe captain and his crew hat found their deaths among the cruel, yawning waters. Lowder thrust bis hand under the waist coat of his friend, but be could not perceive ! the beating of his heart. Despair took pos session of Lim. 'Dead ! " he said shrilly. "Dead ! And he would have done bo touch for me if he bad lived ! And his father and the young girl he was to bave married will wait in vain for his coming! His place at xressuiau court h empty. Who can nil it t It st emed to him that some demon at his side echoed the question: Wco could Jill the place left vacant by noble Ovy TreaUianf A thought came to mm a tnouxnt so strange and sinister that be shivered involun tarily. Again he lull of iressiiian s Heart, it gave no throb against his hand. He passed bis band over Tressilian s bead and disco vered a gaping wound in the skall. The hair was clottep with blood. Putting his band into bis breast pocket, Lowder drew out bis little water-proof match- safe. He opened it with trembling fingers and struck a light. The red flicker danced on young Tressilian's face. How gbahtly and terrible it looked: me eyes were closed, the smile was gone. The seal of death seemed set on the noble fea tures. Lowder examined the wound. It had been make by contact with tbe Bharp rock, and even Lowder perceived its terrible character. "If be is not dead, he soon will be, he muttered. "His brain has reoeived an awful injury. lie win never Know wno ne is again. He won't live till morning, and he is perhaps dead already. He must be dead !" Again it seemed to him as though some demon echoed bis words. Tbe match dropped from his fingers into tbe water. For a little while he crouched on the wet Btones in silence, battling it may be with the better and nobler instincts of his nature. At last, with sudden and abrupt stealthi- ness, bis bands stole into the breast pocket of Tressilian and drew out his private note book, a packet of letters, a few trinkets. He secured these among Lis own wet garments. Tbeir possession seemed to give him courage, and bis face hardened, and be knelt besiue tbe body of his friend and rifled his garments of all that they contained, bestowing his plunder on his own person. Then be took bis own purse, his note-book, a few receipts and trifles from his own pockets, and put them in tbe pookets of Tressilian. "It is done !" he whispered to himself, looking with wild, defiant eyes through the darkness. "No one is harmed. He is dead. If he had lived he wonld have provided for me. As he is dying or dead, I must provide for myself. lhi Ukenevi between u will make my fortune. Hn friends will be spared a terrible grief, and I I shall li ve at last ! Fortune gives me a chance to gain a name and wealth at one lucky stroke !" As if to give himself no cbanoe for repent ance, he arose to his feet and turned his searching glances in an inland direction. A light, as from a cottage window, glimmering faintly through the thick haze, caught his gaze. liaising his voioe, he oalled loudly: "Help! Ho, there! help!" The wind Lad abated, and Lis cries rang out through tbe night with Btartling distinct ness. The light he had seen moved aud dis appeared. A minute later answering cries reached Lowder's ears, and he hear a tasty sf eps nnd saw the approaching light of a lan tern, borne aloft by a man s upraised arm. "This way!" shouted Lowler. "We are wrecked on the rocks! For the love of Leaven, Last en!" Tbe bearer of the lantern, attended by a male companion, came running to him, and was soon at bis side. The lantern beirer was a rough Sicilian fisherman, a grade above his class. His companion wan also Sioilian, but evidently of somewhat higher degree. Both were all excitement, astonishment, and sympathy. In as few words as possible Lowder toll tbe story of the hhipwreek, and called atten tion to the condition of his noble young em ployer. "I think he is dead !" he said, in a choking voice. "Carry him np to your cabin. Let everything be done that can be done to save bim. I will pay yon well for any kindness to him. Poor fellow! He was my travelling companion. I loved him as if he had been my brother instead of only my hired attend ant ! Poor Jasper!" The two Sioilians lifted the helpless form of poor young Tressilian, and carried it be tween them towards their cottage. Jaiper Lowder followed them, bewailing his loss. The above we publish as a speoimen chapter; but tbe continuation of this story will be found only in the N. Y. Ledger. Ask for tbo number dated January 7, which can be bad at any news office or bookstore. If you are not within reach of a news offloe, you can have the Ledger mailed to you for one year by sending three dollars to llobert Bonner, publisher, No. 180 William street, New York. The Ledger pays more for original contribu tions than any other periodical in the world. It will publish none but the very, very best. Its moral tone is tho purest, aM its circula tion the largest. Everybody wh j takes it is nappier lor Having it. 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All other articles of GENTLEMEN'S DRESS GOODS in full variety. WINCHESTER fc CO., 11 1 No. T06 CHESNUT Street, WHISKY, WINE, ETQ. ARSTAIRS & McCALL, :o. 126 Walnut and 21 Granite ett IMPORTERS OF Brandies, Wines, Gin, Olive Oil, Etc WHOLESALE DKALKB8 IN PURE RYE WHISKIE8 IK BOND AND TAX PAID. IS tpt FURS. FURS ! TURS ! FURS ! The undersigned respectfully Informs his friends and the public in general, as he Is about giving up bnsti ess, thai, be will close out his entire stock of FANCY FURS at greatly reduced prices, sucn as tbe best Siberian Squirrel Sets from , . S 00 to S9-00 Astracban sets from 6-oo to 9-00 hrmlue at ta f rom 5-00 to 8-00 BestRoyal Ermine sets from 15-00 1 85-00 Mink Sable sew from .- U-oo to 80 oo Hudson Ba Cabin Bets from 40-00 to 75-00 hufstan Sable sets from 75-00 upwards and every description or rursat Keducea rnces. Persons desirous of purchasing will do well by call ing ai JOHN DAVIS', No. 51 NORTH SECOND STREET. 11 85 wsmlmrp Above Market. STOVES. RANGES, ET O. rpHE AMERICAN STOVE AND HOLLOWWARS JL COMPAJNX, rUUAJJbLriUA, IRON FOUNDERS, (Successors to Nsrtb, Chase A North, Sharps A i nomBon, ana cugur jj. luuuisuu,; Manufacture Of STOVES, HEATERS, TnOM SON'S LONDON KITCHENER, TINNED, ENA M-ELLED, AND TON HOLLOW WARE. FOUNDRY, Second and Mimin Streets. OFFICE, 809 North Second Street. FRANKLIN LAWRENCE, Superintendent. EDMUND B. SMITH, Treasurer. JNO. EDGAR THOMSON, President. JAMES HOEY, SS7mws6m General Manager PROPOSAL.. OROPOSAI.S FOR THE ERECTION OF FU1 X LIC BI-1LD1NUS. OrncK OFTUK COMMISSIONERS fob tub EKKCTION OF THK PrHLIO BriLIMNUS, Philadkli-uia. Nov. 8, 1870. Proposals will be reoeived at the Otttce of tli President of the Commission. No. 129 S. SEVENTH Street, until December 31, 1470, for the following materials aud labor: 1. For excavations for cellars, drains, ducts, foun dations, etc., per cubic yarx . Vnr eoncrete foundtions. per cable foot 3. For foundation stone, several kinds, laid per nereh of twentv-nve feet, measured In the walls. 4. For bard bricks per thousand, delivered at nroftd and Market street during the year 187L 6. For undressed granite psr cubic foot, specify- In. thA kind. 6. For undressed marble per cubio foot, specify ing the kind. 7. For rolled Iron beams (several sizes), per lineal yard of given weight. The Commissioners reserve to themselves tbe rlirht to reiM-L anv or all of the Drooosals. Further Information can beoouiued by applying to the President of the Board, or to the Archlto-t, John McArthur, Jr., at nls oulee, No. ob . SIXTH Proposals muni be sealed, and will be received nntil a nVlork tit u.H dav mentioned, but will not be opened until after the decision "f tbe Court on tbe petition lor an li'.juuuou nun ycuuiug. tin ir,t,.r f Mih coinmisiftnn. JOHN RICE. President. rota. s. Roberts. Secretary. 11 0 COTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OF A LI numbers and brands. Tent, Awnuig, Trunk nd Wuron-oover Duck. Also, Paper Manufao turers' Lrlor Felt, from thirty to sevoaLj-sL Indies, wtta rauuna, w. ou i-ww. w NO, 10 CHURCH Street (CUj tttoi oil ADO riON 8AL.ES, M ,IHOy.A? fc f,ONH AUCTIONEERS, NOB. 139 and 141 S. FOURTH Street. BALK F RBAL R8TATR STOCKS. V.TC On Tuesday. Dec. 87. at la Exchange, will Inclnde j ikk. xso. 930- store and Dwolliiif . Walnut, No. 8403 MchUtq Hcsidonre. M ANHHALL, No. 805 Oenucl Dwelling. . ( lake's La it, Twentj-slxta ward ulav Lot. 11 acres. ti RAY'S FRRRT rtntn. hntwPKn Thlril.th nJ Thlriy-tlfst-Two New Dwellings. M i.awoRTn. No. S104 Oenteel Dwellln. UKOt ND KKNTS 118. i'20. 120. 1 10. I'M. an I9S a Jtfir, each. . MOHTIIAGF.S iinon, 750, and tlBOO. STUCK 8, KTO. 13 shares Central TranRportatlnn Co. 1 flllRre milMrllilVllU I.lhmrc Cn c fhares rWpoi Pofnr aud' Philadelphia Ferry Ce Bro shares Amyjralold Mining Co. i reawon j icKei Arcn street Theatre. 87 aliares Northern Liberties Ja Oo. 10 shares Kensington National Unk. 19 23 Bt 166 shares MeCllntorkville Petroleum Co. " 1 share l'htiad. ana Southern Ma'l Steamship C.'r loO.ono 1st morleaire bonds Danville, llazleton and WilleBliurre liallroad. fc.70 ahare Baker Shver Mining Co. mi anarea lenign vrane iron uo. . ataiogues now ready. JJARTIN BROTHERS, AUCTIONEERS. No. 704 Chesnut street. ' NOTICE. MONDAY NEXT belnir a holldar. our Recninr Weckiv Sale of Furniture will be held oa fcATlRDAY OF THIS WEEK. TFRKMPTORY SALE OF TnR MACHINERY OF VALUABLE A SILVER- TOOLS AND SMITH. on Wednesday Mornlnsr. At in o'clock, at the northwest corner of Twelfth and Filbert streets, up stairs. US V4 at BUNTING, DURBOROW CO , AUi TION KKKSI. Noa. 833 and 834 MARKET street, corner of UaEk street. Successors to John B. Myers & Oo. CLCSINO FALL SALE OF 2tW0 CASES BOOTS, SliOKS, TRAVELLING BAGS, HATS, ETC., On Tuesday Moruluir. Deccmi r 27. at 10 o'clock, on four months' cre dit. 12 81 4t LAST PALE FOR THIS SEASON OF BRITISH, FRENCH, OKKMAN. AND DOMESTIC UOODS, On Thursday Morninr. Ill 83 4t December 29, at 10 o'clock, on four months' credit. rpHOMAS BIRCH A SON, AUCTIONEERS AND 1 COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 1110 Ohea- M T Street; rear entrance No. Ilu7 Sansom street. Y BARRITT i VIX, AUCTIONEERS. OASH AUCTION HOUSE, No. 830 MARKET Street, corner of Bank street. Cash advanced on consignments without extra charsre. 11 844 CONCERT n ALL AUCTION ROOM3, No. 1I1S CHESNUT Street. T. A. MCCLELLAND, AUCTION EES. Personal attention given to sales of household far nlture at dwellings. Public sales of furniture at the Auction Rooms. No. 1819 Cbesnut street, every Monday and Thurs day. For particulars see "toduc linger." N. B. A superior ciass of furniture at private sale CITY BAZAAR AND TATTERS ALL'S, JkrtXtlo. 1126 RACE Street Regular Auction Sale of Horses, Wagons, Har- ness, ma, every rnursaay, commencing at iv o'clock A. M. No postponement on account of tbe weather. Gentlemen's nrlvate establishments disposed or at public or private sale to the best advantage, and a general assortment of Hoises, Carriages, Har- neaa. Etc.. to suit the need of all classus of pur chasers, constantly on hand. Carriages taken on storage. Superior Stabling for Horses on sale or at livery. Outside Sales solicited and promptly atteuded to. Liberal advances made on Horses, Carriages, and Harness. DOYLK A NICHOLS, 10 19 tf Auctioneers. LUMBER. 1Q"7A SPRUCE JOIST. "f OTA 10U 8PRUCB JOIST. 10 I U HEMLOCK. HEMLOCK. 1QTA SEASONED CLEAR PINE. -4 Qnrrt lOlU SEASONED CLEAR PINE. 10 4 U CHOICE PATTERN PINE. BP AN IS H CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS. RED CEDAR. I OTA FLORIDA FLOORING. -t Qrrfk lOlU FLORIDA FLOOR NG. 10 I U CAROLINA FLOORING. VIRGINIA FLOOU1NG. DELAWARE FLOORING. ASH FLOORING. WALNUT FLOORING. FLORIDA STEP BOARDS. RAIL PLANK. 1 QTA WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. lO v WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. 1870 WALNUT BOARDS. WALNUT PLANK. 1870 UNDERTAKERS LUMBER. 1QPVA UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER, AO I V RED CEDAR. WALNUT AND PINE. 1C7A SEASONED POPLAR. 1 Q7A lO i U SEASONED CHERRY. 10 I U AKH, WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS, HICKORY. 1 OTA CIGAR BOX MAKERS' -i QwA 10 1 U cigar box Makers' 10 1 U SPANISH CKDAK BOX BOARDS, FOR SALE LOW. 1870 CAROLINA SCANTLING. CAROLINA H. T. SILLS. NORWAY SCANTLING. 1870 1870 CEDAR SHINGLES. - Q7A CYPRESS SHINGLES. lOlU MAULE, BROTHER t CO., No. 8600 SOUTH Street. PANEL PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES. COMMON PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES, 1 COMMON BOAKDS. 1 and 9 BIDE FEXCE BOARDS. WniTE PINE FLOORING BOARDS. YELLOW AND SAP PINE FLOORINGS, llf aB 4 SPRUCE JOIST. ALL SIZES. HEMLOCK JOIST, ALL SIZES. PLASTERING LATH A SPECIALTY, Together with a general assortment of Building Lumber for sale low for cash, T. W. SMALTZ, 11 30 em No, 1710 RIDGE Avenue, north of Poplar SW ENQINES, MACHINERY, KTO. PENN STEAM ENGINB AND BOILER SiQWOHKSNEAFIK LEVY, PRACTI CAL AND THEORETICAL ENGINEERS. MA CHINISTS. BOILER-MAKEKS, BLACKSMITHS, and FOUNDERS, having for many years been In succeasfdl operation, and been exclusively engaged in building and repairing Marine and River Engines, blgb and low pressure, Iron Boilers, Water Tanks, Propellers, etc. etc., respectfully otfer their servien to the public sb being fully prepared to contract for engines of all slzess, Marine, River, and Stationary; having seta 01 patterns 01 aiueieui vo pr pared to execute orders with quick despatch. Every description of pattern-making made at the shortest notice. High and Low Pressure Fine Tubular and Cylinder Boilers of tbe best Pennsylvania Charcoal iron, r orguigo ui ii bibo huu uuiib. jtju sua Brass Castings of all descriptions. Roll Turning, r,crew Cutting, and au other work connected with the above business. Drawings and apecincatlons for all work done the establishment free of charge, and work gaa- subscribers have ample wharf dock-ioom fot repairs of boats, where they can Ue In perfect safety, and are provided with shears, blocks, fall, etc etc,, for raising beavy or light weights. JOHN P.'LEVY, 8 iB BEACH and PALMER Street. piRARD TUBE WORKS AND IRON CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA., Manufacture Plain and Qalvanlzed u.'L'i,i iiirrii(iM pick aad.Bundrles for Gas and Steam Fitters, Plumbers, Machinists, KalllDg Makers, OU lietluers, etc TWENTY-THIRD AND FILBERT STREETS. OFK1CK AM' y Anuuui n No. 49 N. FIFTH b'fhKET. 81 Corn Exchange Bag Manufactory. JOHN T. BAILEY, N. & Cor. WATER and MARKET BU KOPK AND TWINB, BAGS and BAGtilNQ. fOi Grain, Flour, Salt, bupcr-Photphate of Lune, Uoa Dust, Etc. Large and small GUNNY BAGS constantly baud. Alao, WOOL 8ACKA
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