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;
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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.
MATS AND CAPS.
try WAV BURTON T3 IMPROVED VENTILATED
and easy-flttlng DRESS HAT8 (patented), in all
the improved fashions of tbe season. CllboNUT
Htrnet. next floor to the Post Office. rw
EDUCATIONAL..
1) Q S U 1 L L SCHOOL
MERCK ANTVILLE, N. J.,
Fonr Miles from Philadelphia.
Next session begins MONDAY, January 9, 1371.
For circulars apply to
21 1 j Kev. T. W. CATTEM
CUTLERY, ETO.
RODGERS & WOSTENnOLMS POCKET
KNIVES, Pearl and Stag handles, and
beautiful finish: Rod gets, and Wade a
Butcher's Razors, and the celebrated Le
coultre Razor; Ladles' Scissors, In cases,
of the finest quality ; Rodgers' Table Cutlery, Carvers
and Forks, Razor Strops, Cork Screws, etc Bar In
struments, to assist the hearing, of the most ap
proved construction, at P. MADEIRA'S,
No. 11B TENTH Street miow Chosnnt
QENTi'B FURNISHING QQODI.
PATENT SHOULUEK-8BAM
SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORK.
PERFECTLY FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWERS
made from measurement at very short notice.
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