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Business Directory.
BEATER.
F. 11. Acoiew
===l
Attorneys at Law,
Third Street, Beaver, Pere&
octi)-ly Opposite the Argos office.
J. F. DUNLAP.
Attorney at Law. 0 dee in the Coart noun,
liea% et . , Pa. All bnEineiv promptly attended to.
tranYn'7l.ly.
1) it THOS. IJONELIOO will practice Ws Pio-
Session in Beaver stud eurroanding conntry.
(1-111ce in the Border braiding, 3d street, Beaver,
lu open-Iyr.
r. J. LA WRENCF.—Pbyeician and surteons
~i• office, in room formerly occupied by ti. S.
elate Assessor, Sd Street, Beaver, Pa.
j W. Mil., k —Physicten and Surgeon. Office
el . that formerly occupied by Drs. fdc.Klney
Lawrence—Residence, Dr. McNutt's bons°.
LL LNDS OF JOB WORK neatly and expe
t
dltionaly executed at the Alious °lnce.
OATSMALL- Attornye
at law, Beaver, Pa.,
. Office in the Court Rouse. de ~-4.1
TWIN B. YOUNG, Attorney at Law. Office and
4.1 residence on Third et, mist of the Court House.
Business promptly' attended to, ap27;ly
TH. Mar:BEERY, Attorney at Law. O onffice
. Third et., below the Court House. All bual
n.•-s promptly attended to. Je22. 1011
.
eJAMES H . CUNNINGH. , tId, Attorney at Law.
Office east cud of Third atreut, Beaver, Pa.
ma:W:7l4ly
II ENHY MRRZ, Nianniacturer and Dealer in
1. Boot*, Shoes and Gaiters; Main et. [septtly
BEAVER DRUG ST Ills, Lingo Andrleseezi
Drt=ist & Apothecary, Main et. Prescrip
t , t,,4 carefully compounded. (seie2S;iy
NEW IMIGIITON.
11LAS. COALE, Dealer in paints. oll,glass,nalls,
V plate-ot,t. looking-giasses, frames, garden
and flower-seeds and Lacy fowls. Falls street,
:.ew Brighton. sep27ll-1.9
\VTISENEIt BIN GII &AL n ofaaturers of car
1 1 ridges. buggies, spring-wagons, black-wag
-0118 and vehicles of every description, Bridge St.
Bosh pructical workmen. Successors to Georgo
Metz. marGly
1,1 I ..ANGNECILER, dealer in Watches, Cloiks
1. - oid Jewelry. Repairing neatly executed,
Broadwit,y, near novf7l-ly
6 .1•
W Baker Confectioner;
• cream, Oysters and Game hi season. Balls,
Pie-Nles, Widdth,gs, Sc., supplied. noel
I L IT3I. WALLACE, Deteer Ream 6 American
1' Marble; ManufactUres Monuments, Grave
stones & abs at reasonable prices. Railroad et.,
near new Depot, NemPlirighton.; (..eP27
BON TON RESTACRANTand &trim]
13 Se-
LOON; merles at all hours; tatrle supplied with
all the del leader or the season. Prices low. Wm.
St ickland, Cr.o of Paul and Broadway. my 4'71-1y
S SNELLENBERG, Merchant Tallons,-
0 • Broadway, New Brighton. See ntlY [ppl•hly
NOSS, Photographer. Will.on's
Block
11. Broadway. Best photographs from re-touch
d negat i (sop:4:ly
BEAVER FALLS.
IV M. ROBERTSON, Dealer in the justly cele•
11 braked Domeetic Sewing Machine, Lattice
call and be convinced. Main et., B. Naha.
TEVENSCS WITTISM Land Office, 1h
~ P enn St , Pateburgh, and Beaver Falip. Bea
ver Co.. l'a.
STEWART SOS, Dealers in Yaniee No
-1 / tame. Sc.. Main St., Beaver Fall.. rep1:1;ly
13IILDGEIMATER.
I WEINMAN, Manufacture of Boots and
1 Bridge St.. Bridgewater. (sepl,7:ly
t L T
AI.O'S Shady-Side Photograph Gal
t.) 1.-rv. ttd door, Dunlap's eorner, opposite toll
Bridz. , water. Pa. aprifily
ABREHM, Bridge street, Bridgewater. Pa..
• Dealer in (,old and Silver Watches, Clocks,
Jewelry and Silver •W are, Spec tacles ; &e. Watch-
Clocks and Jewdry repaired. ifeblsll;ly
\ A Fattl. MILLelt, Fashionable Tallor. None
/ but experienced workmen employed. Shop
ridge st.. Bridgewater, Pa_. febS":l; ty.
L'ItST. Dry Goods, flatisps,_ Furs,
. • i'arpen, Oil Cloths and Trimmings. Bridge
Bridg.ewster. Pa. cepl4;ly
ROCHESTER
VC' W. In Wan Paper of
ad kind+. Oil-Cloth: Window lihnde.
Trankr: Sacchele; Baskets; Toy Carte; Wazore;
Chairs and Toys of every description. Near De-
ON(' lt li
ASTEOUSE.-13avid Wolf Proprie.
I)
tor. Pro Bono Publwo. it. It. Street, near
nov2o-tf.
EERIE
TIFOS. KENNEDY .k CO, (successors to Wm.
Boectinug.) - Dru,ggists and Chemists. Pre
rictions carerally compounded at all hours. In
the Diamond. Rocbeater,—, - aVALT
Sa - r ILL is CO.. Fancy Dry 'Goods, No ,
I none and Milllnery. aL. near Dia
l:wed. Rochester, Pa. (aepl4;ly.
F.NIt Y . LAPP, ]!ianufacturer and Realer In
Furniture of all kinds. Brighton et., above ,
Factory. See adv't (sepl4:ly:
LI +ul EL C lIANNEN, Druggist. Prescri,p ,
carer ully compounded . Water at, Ro-
Chester (repttly
PE Y ItE it & SONS, t% ho testate & Retail Deal
to
try I, o o d..(irocerie, , , Flour,Feed.Grain.
Ito:t I t"res.lron & Nail! Cot Water & Jamea ate.
f MILLER & CO., Contractors and Builders,
..I'l • MI nufactarera of Sash, Doors, Shutters Sc.
,te a l in Lumber Lath &c. Rochester. [sep2l:ly
t'oTT, BOYLE & Wll.f.a.A SI S, Succ.tlO+orr. to
Lukins & Co., Dealers in Sawed and Planed
Lumber, Lath & Shingles, Rochester. spl.sAy
TEFFLER & ('LARK. proprietors of Johnston
Elimse. Good accommodations and good Pta
ear R. R. Depot. oct.l9:ly
ALLEGHENY CITY.
11l J.S.WlNANS,filectrical Physician: Chronic
I 1 diseases made a specialty. office, 18.7 'Wash
venue. Allegheny City, lla. [gepl4;ly
711SCELLANEOUS.
B. SNEAD, Freedom, Dearer county, Pa.,
• (loiter in Sawed and Planed LUMIIEIt Of all
k Plata and Barzes built to order. )au9C7l-:y
I ()HA THORNlLEY,Mennfaeturer of the Great
tt) Republic Cooking Stove, and Patentee of Por
t able eztenttiOn top and centre. Fnlleton. Pa.
D. CONE, M. D., Late of Darlington,
• having removed to New-Brlghtnn, offers hts
incdical services, In alt Its branches, to the people
of the city and surrounding country. Office cor
ner of Butler and Broadway. sepl3,ly
LEWIS MeMI7LLEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
:1)4 FIFTH kV Ut h PITTSBURGH, PA.
'Opposite Cathedral
, r111 ,. 1r01l of titles, Collection of ('tame
~ t Businepn entrusted to my care
e I'7 .I,lpt attention. fan
NV. \V. 13A.111{JEI1,
to Barker t Baseltine,)
E AND RETAIL DEALER IN
CHROMO LITHOGRAPHS,
a rincs Lithograph.. !lain and Cored, Pito-
Pn.pe Partoute, Mouleinge and Picture
Irmines •,f all Mode, g 7 Filth Aveuue, L 3 doors
.hove Smithaeld tit„,) Pittsburgh, Pa. fatal4-72:13,
Homes Still Larger
FOR THE MILLION!
Rare opportnnB4e4 are now offered for securing
homes. in a tnild, healthy. and congenial climate '
.r onc.third or their value five years hence
THE NATIONAL, REAL ESTATE AGENCY
.ale real estate of every description. locat•
,il 11. the Middle and Southern States; improved
grain and fruit arum; rice, rigor and rot
/ pi:ll2ljli.n. timber and mineral lands. city,
and r , tral residence, and bu,i,eas stands;
and milt ,iteq. factories, ke.
Write for Ini,d Register containing description,
price and terms of properties we have
i•.r vale Address- B. \V. ( - LA K E & Cu .
...v,llio.a/ Epai FFtdre Aq,ncy.
11 - : and 479 Pentia Avert❑q if askingto,,
New Upholstering House.
THEOPHILUS ROLLER
150 OHIO STREET, ALLEGHENY CITY, PA.,
11 '' to notify the trLtle and public generally that
t.e has opened the abuse business with n fins
..:ock of Parlor Furniture as his rpecialty. in!
pat.-tit P.ecerrable Sprint; Mattritrs
ter,i anti for sale by him Send for Price I.lst.
cOUNTRY RESIDENCE FOR SALE
SITUATED 12 MILE BELOW BEAVER
nod having a delightfnl view of the Ohio river
and surrounding country; 7 mile from It. It. Sta.
•' .n. house brick. two stories high, 4 rooms.att,c,
cellar. porch, etc., all notched: wash-house.
•tm'ke-house, well of water at the kitchen door;
r.s w barn and stable with cellar. Nice paling
t.nce in front of property; all well painted; good
~ .-hard in bearing Condition. grapes. plumbs,
her-1,-c, gooseberries, and all kind, of small fruit.
he sold on reasonable terms. Apply on the
nrsep to the owner, J. M. GRABAII.
Agzents Wanted.
wat.ted immediately, four active, energette men
to act as Agents for the "NEW" WHEELED.‘N I Li•ON t . F:WINe. MACHINE in (his cortyd y
titiell men as can givecciud reference Si to
' , article: and ability, and furnish a Bond teed
a pply. We will pay guartrr
,teed salaries, or fiber
. ,
rommi.B4o,,s, to proper 17/01. Only such men
e ally desire to enter the business need apply.
wm. st'AINER Cu.. No. 140 Wood St.. PM&
Lurch. Pa.
fmar6:lr
-
R Ds
- . —Won. Gradeate of Jeferson Medical
rdleae, Philadelphia, author of several valuable
works. can be consalted on all diseases of the
sexual or Urinary Organs, kwhich he has made an
e.peciai study) either in male or female, no mat
t, from what can originating or of how long
.landing A practice of 130 tears enables him to
disease with success. Cures gum...t ee d,
harges reasonable. Those at a distance can for
ward letters describing symptoms and enclosing
stamp to prepay postage,
send for the Guide to Realm, Price 10 cents.
J. B. ItiOTT, M. Physician and Surgeon,
roe; iyl 104 Doane St., New York.
ra. zwiscis,
PHOTOGRAPHER
nov6tf
Vol. 55—No. 27.
Profe.siional, Cards.
GILBERT L. EBERRART.
4ttorney at Law,
Will grve prompt attention to collection', pro.
caring bduntates and pensions, bluing and issuing
teal estate, etc.
Office on Broadway, opposite Itßiff. Hoopes'
Banking House, New Brighton, Beaver Co., Pa.
SCD 4tr
.t M. tircnAitAN
IAIII2 (AMON:
CAMERON & MARKS.
Attorneys at Law
And 'Real Estate Agrentl4.
Rochester, Pa.,
Will attend promptly to all business entrusted to
their care, and bare ruperiorlacilitaes for buying
and selling real estate. decllay
aprlG-1
40.... T.J.CEIA/VliLlii,
,-`,...4%
...,r, Dentist, nil combines
ti eck:if - to perform all opera
. ~.. Ilona in the dental pro
,-:"---- -..,:':''.' :::._,--s:, - lento° at his °dice.
:4 4 ... •,, „-..... 4, -, --ic , ' Beaver station, Roches
_ 1 Zr. All who favor him
- , ..t . •IA wl.h a call may expect
t o have their work done
in the best possible mann -,? and the most reason
able terms.
The books of the late firm of T. J. CHAND
LER & SON are in has hands, where all who
have accounts will please call immediately did
Settle the same. tnaylltly.
- riexitierti-yr - •
Dr..l. Nun.
ray,ofßridge.
water, is deter
mined that nto
. Dentist in 14a
State shall do
—.--,;•77:1 work. better or
cheaper than.
-e he offers it to
,
his patrons.—
- ;#41110,11 4 He uses ibe
.
belt materials
tnanuthetared in the United States. Gold and all
vet tilling performed in a style that defies compe
tition Satisfaction guaranteed fn all operations,
or the money returned. Give him s trial.
feb2-.I
Manufacturers.
POINT PLANING' MILLS,
WATER ST., ROCHESTER, PA.
HENRY WHITEFIELD,
MANUFACTURER OF
Sash, Doors,Mouldings,noor-Loards,
Wealher,boards, Palings Brack
els, &c., (tc. Also,
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF LU3I
BER, LATH, SHINGLES AND
. BUILDING TI3IBER,
Having purchased the the territorial in
terest of Mr J. C. Anderson, owner of the
several patents covering certain improve
ments iu the construction and joining of
weatherboards and linings for houses and
other buildings, we are the only persons
authorized to make and sell to same
within the limits of Beaver county. Par
ties interested will please observe this.
Carpenters' Supplies thnstantly Kept
on Hand.
Every it - twirler of shop-Work made to
order. oet4:l
F`A.L,E,STO N
Foundry 6: Repair Shop.
Having been Engaged in the Foundry 811P113t,5
for more than thirty years,—during which time 1
bare accumulated a variety of useful patterns, be
sides constructing models and Wang oat patents
for Improvetuerits on • •
COOKING - STOVES
—and atter having thoroughly tested the Im
provements, I Vrel warranted In offering them to
the public.
3E" 0 VV .
The GREAT WESTERN has no Su
perlor for nits Locality.
s-trovEsi
Stoves of Diderent Styles for Heating and Cooking,
The Great Republic NNE Stove
HaA the beet Record of any Stove VVVT wro-reti fn
IT TAKES LESS FUEL
LESS ROOM TO DO MORE WoR
BEST BAKER,
1110 ST DITRA_ 131,E
TILE BEST STOVE IN USE
In connection with the stove I le.ve gut
EXTENSION TOP,
which occupies little room, no additional
fuel, and is not liable to wear out, dispen
ses with all pipe, can be put on of taken
off at any time, and made to suit all stoves
of any size or pattern.
Five I - lunch-et' Persons
Who have purchased and used th(
GREAT REPUBLIC COOKING STOVE,
Most of whose names have been publish
ed in the A nus, are confidently rcierred
to, to bear witness (Wits superior merits
as a cooking stove. •
Having threw Erg els.as enzines on hand of
'bolt fifteen horse power capacity, they are offered
to the public at reaeonable rates.
JOHN THORNILEY.
evra3r.tf
J. B. SNEAD
Has 710 W in operation a new
SAW AND PLANING MILL
IN FREEDOM, PA.,
(laving the latest improved machinery
for the manufacture of
FLOORING.
SIDING,
LATH &C. &C.
and is now prepared to attend to the
build* and repairtnz of
Steamboats, Barges, Flats, kite..
Keeping eons.tantly on band a superior
quality of Lumber. The patronage of the
public is respectfully solicited. All orders
promptly executed. aug2-ly
WILLIAM MILLER, JACOB TRAX,
- PLANING 2JIILL.
MILLER & TRAX,
I=l
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Dressed Lumber,
SASH, DOORS, SHUTTERS, SIDING,
FLOORING, MOULDINGS, &c•
Scroll Sawing and Turning
DONE TO ORDER,
ORDERS BY ➢TAIL RESPECTFULLY
SOLICITED, AND PROMPTLY
ATTENDED TO.
Opposite the Railroad Station,
ROCHESTER, PENN'A.
april 19 '7l; 11
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ALTOGETHER
up a Patent
Insurance.
ALPS INSURANCE COMPANY
OF ERIE; PA.
Cash Capital $250,000 00
Asssets. Oct. 9, '7l, 3 ' 11,948 29
Liabilities, - - - 5,200 00
0. NOBLE, President J
U. W. WOOD/,
TROS. P. GOOD
DIR :'
Hon. 0 Noble, Erie Hon. Geo. B. Delameter,
I
J W Hammond, do Meidvtile,Pa.
Hon Selden Marvin, do Hon J P Vincent, Erie
Hiram Daggett, • do Henry Rawlo do
Charles llMeed, do l l) T Churchill do
H S Southard , do f Capt J S ilictumis do
W B Stemtt. do Richard O'Brian, do
H W Noble, do IF 11 Gibbs, do
J Englehart, do John R Cochran, do
J 11. Neil, do X Ilartlebb, do
W H Abbott, Titusville. Capt 1) P Dobbins, do
Juo Fertig, Titusville.
• rates and liberal terms.
by /I.l4lM:dna as well as
B. lIIIIISIN Ag't
I, 1S11; Jr
Polielep Issued at f=ir
Insures against damage
Fire. CILtS.
_Boatester. Pa.. Dec.
O. L zarnumrr .
A Word With You !
It you want to hay property,
If you want to sell property,
It you want your house Insured.
It you want your cooda
If you want - your life insured,
If you want to Insure against strident,
It you want to lease your house,
If you want to hire a house,
If you wagt ttrbuy a farm,
Upon wautto sell atoms,
If you want any legal writing Bono,
Do not All to call at the (Mont
--- .Ebertiartiknedison,
GENERAL. LT RANCS-AGENTS
- - AND.
Heal Estate Brokers,
80. 223 Broadway, Nov-Brigaton,
ang, 4 2411 Boner County, Penn.
ELClonr.srrimit
Fire Insurance Company.
INCORPORATED by the Legislature of
Pene
sylvanla, February, Pat. Oftlce one door east
cf ROchester Savings Bank, Rochester, Beaver
county, Pa.
People of Beaver county can now have their
property insured against loss or damage by ire,
at lair rates, In a safe and
RELIABLE HOME COMPANY,
thereby avoiding the expense, trouble acd delay
Melo:lent to the adjustment of 10111C11 by companies
located at a distance.
110.&17.D OP DIBECTOBII:
M. S. Quay, George C. Speyerer
Samuel B. Wilson, Lewis Schneider,
,William Kennedy, John Grsebmg,
'J. Wack, J. M, erodes,
M. Camp, Jr.,
:David Lowry Mary Gehring.
ri-m7 , fl
OEO. C. SPEYERIIL, Pnrior
M. S. QCAT, V. Pres t.
J. SPZYZSZIL, ?tea&
JOHN GILACIIINO, /It., Seel/. Jy3l;ly
Chas. B. Hurst's
INSURANCE
AND
General Agency Office,
NEAR THE DEPOT
ROCHESTER, PENNA.
Notary Public and Conveyancer;
FIRE, LIFE, and ACCIDENT INSUR
ANCE: "A.nelior" and "National" Lines
of Ocean Steamers; "Adams" and "Un
ion" Express Again.
All kinds of Insurance at fair rates and
liberal tetras. Real Estate bought and
sold.. Deeds, Mortgages, Articles. &c.,
written ; Depositions and Acknowledge
ments taken, &c., &c. Goods and Money,
forwarded to all parts of the United States
and, Canada. Passengers; bytkell tiOnd.
from tnglatitr, Ireland - , Scolland, Frania
and Germany.
JETNA FIRE INS. CO.,
Ot fiartf ni , C"ttu
Cash iLssetts $6,000,000
" I v their fruits V( know them.'
Losses paid to Jan, 1, PC73, _539,000,000
One of the oldest awl wealthiest Compa
nies in Ow world
NIAGARA Insurance Co.,
of New York
Cash :Isqetts,
Boat Insurance Company,
Of Livrtr.)l, En4land.
Cash :Issells (Gold) $11,000,000
Lyconi big Fire his. Co.,
Of Muncv, l'zi,
~„rl 1 S
Chicago loslips all pant, i 5448,097 00,
organized in Is4o-33 yew - -; in ,nuee , ;sful
Opt•rrti()n.
lioehester lox. Co.,
ut Rochester, Pa.
GEu c, SPEYERER, Prrxidnd .
?J. S. lit 'A Y, Vice-Presid.ht.
JNO. GE..1131N(1, Jit , Secretary,
11. J. SPEYERER, Treasurer.
It yOll Want homy instuance, pratitre a
Policy in the Rochester compatty tt this
Agency.
ALPS INSURANCE CO.,
Of Eric, Penna
Cash capital,
IIO3IE LIFE INS. CO,
Of New York
Cash rt.ssetg
Travelers' Life Accident
Insurance Co.,
Of Hartford, Conn.
Cash assetts over $:2,259,945.
Representing the abov• first class lusurtuace
Companies, acknowledged to be Amongst the best
and most reliable in the world, and representing
a gross cash capital of nearly $81,m0,000, I am en
abled to take Insurance to any amount desired.
Applications promptly attended to, and Policies
writtetts ithont delay, lad at fair rates and liberal
terms. Losses libsrall!, adjusted and promptly
aid. INSURE Tr DAY! By one day's delay
you may lose the savings of years. Delays are
dangerous, and life uncertain; therefore, Insure to
day! One" to-day, is worth two to-morrows."—
itusdity;-.also, Is of the utmost Importance. The
low priced, worthless article, always proves the
dearest. The above companies are known to be
amongst the beat and wealthiest in the world.—
. .
'• As ye sow that shall yon reap."
Grateful for the very liberal patronage already
bestowed, I hope—by a strict attention to a legit•
imate business—not only to merit a contintence
of the same, but a large increase the present year.
Mr. STEPHEN A. CRAIG la duly authorized to
take applications for insurance and receive the
premium for the same In Freedom and adjoining
townships.
CIIAS. B. lirRST,
Near Depot, Rochester, Pc LjeKly
Brighton Paper Mills,
BEAVER FALLS, PENN'A.
PRINTING,
MAN] ILLA,
ROOFING, BAILING,
Hardware, Glass, Straw.
RAG AND CARPET
3E , MI Pt. .
MANUFACTUE,ED
And Sold At
-- Wholesale 4* Retail by
Frazier, Metzler & Go,.
82 Third Avenue.
PITTSBURGH
1121r - Raga taken In exchange. Eeepl9t.G9
DAILBOAIDIL—P
AIL/ CIITCACIO RLILITAT.
Rom Juno 29.1873.
Pittsburgh
ce
Rochester..
Allian
Omit .....
Mansfield .
Crestline
Wit...........
Port Wayne.
Plymouth
Chicago... ...... •
P.VINCENT, Vice Pt.
Tretenter;
num, &MUM.
• CTOES:.
Chicago
Plymouth...
Fort Wayne
Ulna— ...
Forest
Crestline
Mansfield
Orrville
A11iance..........
Rochester
Pittsburgh
gar No. 1 daily -
8, daily, •ex .t Sn
P. R. '
W. L. 1:1119111021
CLEVELAND & PITTED
On and atter June 29,
Stain:ins daily (Sundays ez
Cleveland
'Judson
Ravenna.. ..
Alliance.
Bayard
Wellsville ...
Pittsburg - b.. .. ...
Pittsburgh..,...
Wellsville
Bayard
Alliance
Ravenna
Htidion
.....
levee.
Bayard MOO LE (150 p
N.Fhtta. 41:40*.m. 4,1
rivkkiirvisiort.
001314 1A37. ,
-- Th' ---- ii — A.l7olts. , Accox MAIL. ILtr's Stecott
'— --
Bali: 1 5454,11 105045 t 54011 .;
Bridgeport I 555 1100 ma. ..... .
Steubenville. 657 1207 11 610 . .......
Wellsville II 860 105 753 .......
Rochester , fro 235 - 925 ~ „ ....
Pittsburgh ...... .. 1,1040 341) 1030 ..
_ —.— ...
Gotxo Niits2.
.--- - -
sr ATIONS. I 151Ai Kires. , Accom Amos
Pittsburgh ', 8110sv 11511 450rx
Rochester , 740 220 GO5
Wellsville 1 840 810 715
Steubenville ' 1250 420 639
Bridgeport. 11100 525 945
Bellair ' 1110 , 540 11100
P. R. MYR!
General ter and 71Ata el
James T. Brady Co.,
COR. FOURTH AVE
itry AND
Goyerament Octuittris,
A 2411) COVT4;):
aiST. .L.r.sgxtAx 4 .
''And do a General Darddrag Thad]
SIX PER CENT: •IWFBREST
611 Wed to cheek without notice.
1.1i 3 ;ty.) JAMES T. BRADY & CO.
BEAVER DEPOSIT BANK
I3EAVER, PA.
liIIEN ALLISON
40 4 1) - 1,11,1;;Cnr I 40N e•
I'IMMPTLY MADE AND REMITTED
Correspondence a7id .1.-rounta Igo/kited
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
$1;500,000
EXCHANGE, SECURITIES, &c.,
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Ofttre Hour. from 9 o. zu. to 4 p.
neret2:9'.
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Beicated to apuctaal Peopli
I have always been Into all my
life. I, began itTiy being teu minutes
late for a title 4nd fortune. In this
wise it happened: My mother, after
ten years of Marriage, during which
time she had 90 made the slightest
attempt at pit:tenting my father
with an heir, suglenly annonced that
she bad greathopes of, in time, sup
plying bun with the much-desired
blessing. Greet, hopes they proved
themselves, tolp Ibr one lovely June
morning she ntt only conferred on
my father ono ..rt, but being deter
mined to do I k a. ing by halves ten
minutes aftersytrd a second made
his appearance, The eldest km was
at once proclahheil as such, and in
vested with a piece of blue ribbon
which, I shoild think, formed a
pleasing contraSt to the crimson wrist
it adorned—that no mistake as to
his identity - SWM occur, while I,
not being impacted, came off second
best in bonok and attention, and
went shares Wail the goods the gods
had
- provided for my brother, i
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as cradle,
age of each
Impressed
ly grew up
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le forgave
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late.
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lewood;
my father's name was Manners; my
mother having been an heiress of
the name of Compton, had conferred
it, with herself, on my gratefut ,
father, whose acres before his mar
riatre were not equal to his ancestry,
and whose hat onetcy was bestowed
upon trim by rind impoverished
monarch, who received in exchange
an equivalent, and rather more, in
the coin of his realm. Such being
the case, the double patronymic of
Compton-Manners descended to the
twin offspring of the illustrious coup
le afore-mentioned, and remained
their undisputed possession, as my
mother, after that supreme and high
ly successful effort of maternity,
rested on her laurels, so to speak,
and no other child arrived to share
my fortune as a younger son. I
have mentioned that it was a' whim
of my mother's to call us both by
Christian names beginning with the
same letters, and the same whim
caused her to increase if possible the
likeness between us by dressing us
exactly alike. Of course, this oc
casioned
endless confusion, but,
luckily, when we had both attained
the age of twelve years, my hair'
grew rapidly darker, while my
brother's retained its rich . auburn
color. This at once, to my mother's
great disgust, proclaimed a difference
between us, though we possessed the
same blue eyes, dark eyelashes,and
regular features.
Eamma
I pass over the school days at Har
row, a year at Christ Church, and,
finally as we would have it so, our
first separation, my brother Charley
getting his commission in the Guards
while Y contented myself with one
in the Rifle Brigade; and I had not
been in that most edifying and
steadiest of dear old regiments for a
month before I became fully con
vinced that the G uards were nowhere
as compared with it, and not for
gold untold would I have exchanged
my dark green—there is really as
much green about it as there is in a
London square—fcrr the gaudier trap
pings of the Household troops.
When I was about two and twenty
it chanced that my brother's battal
ion of Guards and my battalion of
the Rifle Brigade were ordered to
Montreal, we preceding the Guards
by a few weeks. It happened to be
about the time that a certain political
outbreak was feared, and soon after
our arrival at istontreal I was sent on
detachment to a country town to
frighten the disaffected Inhabitants
into good behavior. This proceed
ing, strange to say, gave great de
light to some of them, though I fear
it was only the female portion of the
town of Agnesville, Canada West,
who hailed our advent, not only as a
protection, but as a break in the,
monotony of an otherwise decidedly
dull country town.
You must know that in those days
of youth and folly, dear reader, I
prided myself on an unexceptionable
taste in beauty, andcto keep up my
supposed credit for this I wont sys
tematically to work to ascertain who
was the belle par excellence before I
fixed on any young lady as my
"muffin" during our stay at Agnes
ville. For the first week I flirted
generally ; the second week I began
to reduce the circle of my acquaint
ance ; the third found me In a state
of waver between two beauties; and
by the end of the first month I was,
figuratively speaking, on my knees
before Miss Marguerite)Duval, who,
I had now quite made up my mind,
was one of the most .beautiful, as
well as one of the most innocent and
simple)-minded, of her sex. Who
could doubt the fact for an instant
who had been permitted the felicity
of gazing at . her? When with her I
felt inspired. like Montrose.
"To'make her glorious by my pen, and famous
by my sword."
Wben I was away from her I felt--
don't be shocked my sentimental
reader,—as if I had nothing to eat
for a fortnight, followed by an extra
ordinary tendency toward, Villa
Duva. This, I suppose, was sympa
thetical electricity.
Let me describe her; let me, in fact
make her glorious by my pen, as the
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tr. theposslbllty of winning herp fame
.. byany other means. She was tall
10 and slight—overy alight. _Now this
°' slightness, is, to ~my mind, almost a
fault in a.Ctuualian beauty, and It is
a in the onerespect of figure that the
maidens of England excel their Ca-
I. nadian Mateo. Imploring yourpar
ai don for Ibis dignnsion. let me pro
a.teed with my portrait. Very slight,
w with a graceful, piquant head,
crowned with quantities of silky
w Jude': maned in an extraordinary and
" mysterious way, all loops and twists
and coils and sunshine. No—lt. was
ai not dyed, and' it was not, bought,
tc She taintedin my arms once,. and,
d 4 . though it. came tumbling down in
glorious and goidenvonfusion, it did
i not tumble off. \ These wonderful
tralus were cut straight, across the
forehead ala Vandse. lam aware
_., that this way of arranging the hair Is
" 1, generally condemned as "bad style,"
h but it was not as common then as it
is nowomd, I boldly say, nothing
can be more becoming when it forms
ftfalr and silken fringe over a soft
w young forehead and dark-penciled
o h eyebrows. As for the , eyes. it Is
k simply itnpoteible.to describe them:
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They were "everything by turns and
nothing long." Yes; they were
, always beautiful--melting, burning,
w alaughieg, loviug, scorning.. They.
41 were large, they were brown - , with
Lei very dilating irides, and they were
pc guarded by a double 'file of lashes,'
long, soft, and almost black,
As I write these words in praise of
those wonderful eyes, helping Any
memory with a glance at a vignette
by Notman that dose them but scant
justice, if any, the recollection of
them even now will stir theblood in
my veins, and cause 'my heart to
heat almost as tumultuously £L9 if I
were again gazing Into their unfath
omable depths in the conservatory.
or, touse Maggie's own words, "the
Flirtoriun3," at Villa Duval. ,
It must not be supposed thatjl
Was allowed undisputed possession
of the first place in' Miss Marguerite
Duval's affections. Had that' been
the case. I ask myself, looking back
as I do now over an intervening lapse
of time, how long should I have
valued such solitary possession?
And I answer after reflection, and
always taking the lapse of time into
consideration, not an hour! I should
certainly have sent in my resigna
tion, which she on her side would
have accepted as gracefully as she
did everything, from. bouquets to
bracelets, with a fain sigh perhaps
1 over the fickleness of mankind gen
erally and soldierkind individually-.
But Miss Duval was never doomed
to receive mortification at my hands
she had swarms of admirers, some of
whom were declared lovers, and I
being, as I have before stated, very
young and very foolish and not a
little vain, actually allowed myself
to be aggravated into love with her;
I really cannot describe the process
in any other way, and the amount of.
excitement I went through in keep
ing my place among my rivals and
my anxiety always to be first by her
side almost cured me of my early
failing.
When the Rifle Brigade, or, to
use the Agnesville abbreviation,
"the brigade," had been quartered
there two months, it was agitated
among us that a ball to our hospital
entertainers would not only be right
and proper, but politic—in fact the
only thing wanting to restore com
pletely and intibectiately that loyal`'
state of feeling' that once existed in
Agnesville. ‘Ve at once called a
meeting to discuss and settle this
Important matter without more de
lay, as we were in fear of being re
called to headquarters immediately,
now that the Fenian panic seemed to
have abated. After the question of
funds had been discussed, and we
had all declared our readiness to
place our enortrious fortunes at the
disposal of the mess committee, the
next question was mooted as to
"when ?" and "where?"
"When ? Next week," was ter
answer from one of the younger i d
wore enthusiastic of the Priny Con
sort's Owu. "Where? In liner's
Hail, to be sure, not in th',. wretched
rat-hole they call a barrat.."
The first part of this suggestion was
negatived as impossible by the stead
ler members of our council, the sec
ond was taken into consideration
and ultimately carried without a
dissentient voice. The ball was fi
nally fixed for that day fortnight at
Aylrier's Hall, a tolerably good sot
of public reception rooms In the
heart of the little town, which were
used for State affairs and small en
tertainments, and called Ayluier's
Hall, after„a former Canadian Cloy
ernor of that name who had passed
through the town during its erec
tion.
It was the day before that fixed
for our ball, and when my arduous
duties were over I drove out to Vi !-
la Duval to pay my respects to In
belle Marguerite. It was lovely
weather in early spring, and the del
icate tender green of grass and foli
age was an inexpressible relief after
the endless wearying miles of snow
we had been gazing on and walking
over for months. The sun had al
ready attained considerable heat, and
when I had reached my destination
found the jalousies closed, the aw
nings spread over the balconies, and
some of the inhabitants of the Villa
assembled under the sheltering col
onade, while the more venture
some were returning to croquet with
all the zest that a - long interval de
voted to sleighing and toboggin was
likely to inspire them with.
I was received with considerable
enthusiasm, and a flattering increase
of color on Maggie's fair cheeks as
she left her game and came forward,
mallet in hand, to greet me. I was
not a little annoyed, however, when
I discovered in a young man who
was her partner at croquet, one of
my brother officers, as I had hoped I
should reign supreme on this occa
sion, and did not fancy the espion
age now, the chaff afterwards, which
would most assuredly , be my lot. I
therefore rather surlily refused Mar
guerite's request that I would join
their party on the lawn, and throw
ing myself lazily on a rug that was
spread under the colonade devoted
myself to a younger sister of my en
chantress, who, for age, scarcely six
teen, had a very fair idea of flirting,
Miss Eunicewas kept as a rule In the
background, and how heartily she
enjoyed on this occasion being first
instead of second, I could see by the
dimples round the mouth and the
qukver of the dark eyelashes, in spite
of her efforts to look demote. My
back was turned on the croquet par
ty, but I could see the whole scene
reflected panorama-like in the plate
glass of the window in front of me,
and in spite of my access of temper
I was not a little amused at the evi
dent pique which Maggie endeavor
ed to hide by apparent absorption in
her game, and I was as usual irresist
ibly fascinated by her grace, and the
perfect foot she displayed in the rap
id movements entailed by the vaga
ries of croquet.
Meanwhile Eunice did la belle in
genue to perfection, and while her
little white fingers moved I ' B l 3l O l Y
through hertatting, or some men
pretentiouetiork she was engaged
in. her eyes and tongue were not
slothful.
"And you will, you promise me,
won't you, Mr. Manners?" she said,
ending with these words a torrent of
vivacious nauseam about the first
ball and her fears that I should be
too grand to dance "with such a stu
phi little thing as me, you know?"
"Yes, you poor little Cindrella, I
will do anything In the world you
like to please you," I replied, re
turning, :her soft glances with inter
est, and in absurdly tender toneq'for
I could see in my impromptu look-
I ng-glass" tha t Maggie was approach
ing and walprobably within ear
shot.
Eunice, to do iterjustkv, looked a
little astonished, and, I fancy, re
ceived an admonishing look from
her sister, for she got up and went
into the house. something about or
dering tea, and then Maggie and
were left to a certain extent - alone.
As the house was a square stirrotind
ed by a piazza, the step or two I had
taken in rising, had carried me round
one corner,of it, and a newly-letifed
and thickly-growing Virginia creep
er screened us from the rest of the
party.
There was silence for a moment,
and then she said. "Come and Me
„the monkey. ll
Dear me! how many tete-tete vis
its we paid that monkey; and hew
very little attention that small rep- -
resentative of our former inglorious
'but untmumneled state ever , receiv
ed! In that day Ur:Darwin% theo
ry had not attainetrits tiresent'beau
tiful perfection ; had such, been the
ease, what inex haustible resource: of
scientific argument would that little
tudinal have suggested to its. As it
was, in my foolish, and I must add
insolent, ignorance of the dose con
nection between ourselves and that
little gibbering nut cracker I wan
dered laow God, who had created
so frightUnl a parody on man, could
have devised so beautiful a creature
as the fair woman who stood beside
me, holding out her delicate snow
white han4 to be emptied of its trea
sure of nuts by a black paw with
curvernails, and hairy cuticle.
Pardon this digression; perhaps the
reason of our undue partiality for
the monkey was that he lived in a
hodse, suitable as to size, at the end
of h long avenue, which house, by a
fortunate coincidence, and a lucky
contrivance of art and nature, was
not visible from any window f the
villa; moreover, by keeping under
the piazza fora yard or so, we could
diverge from thence into this avenue
without any one on the other side
being the wiser. After a moment
being spent in laying in a stock of
nuts for Dolly we started cautiously
and rapidly on our little excursion.
"We must not be long," said Mag
gie, "for tea will be ready directly,
and I guess I shall be wanted."
"It may be the last time I shall
ever see tne monkey," I said pathet
ically, not the least seeing how ri
diculous my remark must sound. I
have since thought how well Maggie
resisted the struggle to laugh that
must have assailed her, for she had
a strong sense of the ridiculous. She
replied, without a muscle of her
face Moving:
"Opt. Johnstone was telling us
you exprct to be recalled soon, but I
hope ) t is only a false report. , ‘Ve
should miss you all—really!,
"I don't suppose you'd ,are," said
I, shaking the basket of nuts so en
ergetically that two or three hopped
out on the gravel path and necessita
ted qur both stopping to pick them
up. If two faces did got close tzs
_gether for a eecond. what matter?
There,Was only Dolly the monkey
looking on, and he could not tell
tales—luckily
"I don't suppose you'd care?" said
I, repeating my question and trying
to get a peep at the eyes that were
shaded by the envious straw hat.
She did not reply; she did far bet
ter, raised those darkly fringed lids
and gazed full at me. Was there a
tear trembling on the lashes?
There surely was, and the thought
intoxicated me. I. caught her round
the waist, and drawing her unresist
ingly toward me, began,• "My dar
ling!" In another moment I should
have poured my love tale into her
ear, when a rustling In the neighbor
ing bushes anti a laugh startled me,
and I had hardly time to release
Marguerite when from behind the
monkey-house appeared Johnstone
and la belle ingenue. Maggie, who
had tied from toy grasp like a start
led fawn, had instalitly regained her
composure and began to feed poor,
neglected Dolly, who Was chattering
and grinning, and trying with his
paw stretched to the utmost length
to reach the nuts, talking to him as
if she had but one thought in life,
and that thought giving a monkey
tints. •
At that moment, balked as I was,
I hated Eunice,Johnstone, the mon
key, everything hut Marguerite,
whom I loved with a passion which
astonished myself.
"I came for the keys," said Eu
nice with an aggravatingly pert
smile and know-all-about-it sort of
look.
"And what did Capt. Johnstone
come for?" said Marguerite, bestow
ing her lastimt on the monkey, and
.speaking in the sweetest tones imag
inable.
'•'l'o see your charming monkey,
Miss Duval," replied Johnstone,
smiling, "and to assist your sister in
the search for the key:"
"Hang the keys!" said I, semi
audibly.
"Yes; but that's just what Mar
guerite recollect to do, though mam
ma has had a nail driven in for her
and all," said Eunice, with a de
lightful simplicity.
What the "all" was I was never
fated to hear, for Marguerite made
one effort to renew our tete-a-tete by
despatching her sister to the house
with the said keys in great hops
that Capt. Johnstone would think it
necessary to escort her on her return
journey, but she and I were doomed
to be disappointed, for Johnstone
stuck to us perseveringly from that
moment until I took my leave. I
only just managed,-as I pressed her
hand at parting, to whisper "Keep
the first dance for me to-morrow
night," and even this was overheard
by Johnstone, who said:
"He'll not be there to claim it,
Miss Duval. Don't you wait for
him; he wns never known to keep
an appointment in his life," and a
good deal more in the same pleasant
bantering strain. It was enough to
try the patience of a saint and as I
never pretended to be worthy of can
onical honors, my reader, unless she
or he happens to be blest with a su
per-angelic nature, may easily pic
ture to her or himself the horrible
temper I was in when I mounted
my dog cart to return to the bar
racks in company with my interfer
ing friend Capt. Johnstbne. I - had
indeed almost descended to the pet
ty revenge of refusing him the lift
'back that he had the audacity to de
mand, but the recollection that if I
did sohe would probably remain in
my beloved's company until the
next' car passed made me deem it
more prudent to comply.
mine
Johnstone
a g
oci fellow,re allygs afrbieuntlilposo-f
sessed, as I then thought, of no tact
whatever. Directly we were off,
he began cheerily:
..What's the row, old fellow?
Won't she have anything to say to
von?"
"I beg you will not make Miss
Duval the subject of my foolish jest
ing," I replied with dignity.
Ho gave a whistle long and low.
"Why, you don't mean to say,
Charlie, it's as serious as all that?
I am sorry I spoke."
I vouchsafed no reply, but gave
the maro a savage cut. My compan
ion lit a cigar, and after a puff or two
began:
"But seriously, Manners, I hope
Established lBlB.
you are not caught. You are , far
toot young and the girl has nothing
buther !cooks; these, I admit, are
geed enough to turn older heads than
yotirs; but still you'll bee great-fool
to , give up all your future ton pair of
fine eyes.
"What the d— can It matter tit.
yeti what I do?" ',retorted, further
incensed by the c&itempt expressed
for my two and tWenty years. "And
I Consider the-- - eXpression you use
with reference to `Wrig eanght' ex
tremely -offensiveAn the strongest
sense of the word, to Miss Duval,
whose nathe I again*qtreA May not
be mentioned in naf=presence.'
"Oh, these boys! these boys!"
grumbled' my adviser; then laying
his, hand firmly on my shoulder, he
said: ~.‘Now, look 'here, Manners,
'yott , ,dre a capital, good fellow—far
' , too giand a fellow to make a fool of
your Self and quarrel with your best
friend. You are irritated just now,
find - hot likely to lake a favorable
view of my cenduet. Some day you
'will thank me for the last hour's
'work. lam many years older than
you and I have Hayed more than one
youngster from marrying in hake
and repenting at leisure,. 'and by
Jove! "%save you whether you like
Mtn' mi."
I was provoked at -bit; obstinacy,
'but his god tempered remand little
twinkling eyes—not unlike the
monkey we had Just left—unset my
gravity and forgetting my dignity
burst into a hearty laugh.
"That's all right," said my un
tliwartable friend; "I see I'm for
given, Charlie. I wish at the same
time, I could see any signs in your
face of taking my advice and letting
the matter drop, now and forever.'
I became grave and replied stiffly,
"I am obliged to you for your ad
vice, Johnstone, I am sure you mean
it kindly, but I consider I am com
promised and bound in honor to pro
pose to Miss Duval; and moreover,
I tell you frankly that I intend to do
so to-morrow night at the ball."
Now, to tell the truth, until that
moment I had never quite 'mile up
my mind to take the final step; and
as to being compromised, officers in
the army, who are always running
the blockade, so to speak, know a
trick worth two of that. But I had
recovered my temper a little, and
with it a strong temptation had set
in to defy my self-instituted men
tor. The latter shrugged her shoul
ders, and merely remarking: "That
being all settled,. it is useless to dis
cuss the subject further until the
young lady either accepted or reject
ed von," changed the topic, and we
talked away amicably till we reach
ed-our quarters in time to to dress
for mess. After that convivial re
past was over, I beat a retreat to my
own room, as I found the mess-com
mittee had by no means exhausted
the subject of the coming ball.
Now, from personal experience,
should say that a good dinner, a fair
allowance of wine, a luxurious arm-
chair, solitude, and a pipe, aro to a'
man, however slightly in love, `fuel
to the flames, and if your experience
tells you the same I need hardly say
that, on this particular evening, un
der these particular circumstances,
my thoughts had a decided leaning
to one subject. Should I proliose to
Marguerite Duval, or no? Prudence
—that too often fatal enemy to the
tender passion—said "No." Love
contradicted her fittly an said
"Yes." And Love, having fhe for
midable allies before mentioned to
strengthen hiseause, wason the point
of gaining a victory over his stern
adversary, when I was recalled to a
serl_e of my present position by the
opening of the ante-room door, from
whence distasteful sounds of mirth
were borne on the tobacco tainted
air; then, as I feared, steps approach
ed my door,which 1 had taken the
precaution of locking. I paid no at
tention. to a loud knocking, which
was followed immediately by a vlo
len,t wrench at_the handle, and "I say,
old fellow!"
"Well?" I growled. surlily
"I say, old fellow:"
"Wet.:"' (still more surlily, and
drawn out into a prolonged tone of
"It's only me—Hood; I want to
speak to you."
Here another voice chimed in,
"Oh! leave him alone—he,s a sulky
brute—and come and have a game of
pool." Then tbespeaker walked otr,
leaving Hood master of the position.
Hood, or, as we generally called
him, Ilohin, was a great ally of
niihe, and as good a fellow as ever
lived; so, repenting of my ungra
ciousness, I opened my door eau
tiou,ly and admitted him. Though
I had yielded so far, 1 was to sulky
to offer him my favorite armchair,
but let him make himself as happy
as he could in an American rocking
chair, with his feet up on another.
Next came the inevitable' question,
"(lot anything to drink?"
"What a bore you are•!" I replied
civilly, and dragging my weary
limbs out of my chair, I produced
from an oaken bureau some seltzer,
brandy, champagne, and some old
Venetian"glasses of which I was not
a little proud.
"Why; old fellow, you havegot an
attack of blue-devels to-night, and no
mistake," said my companion, help
ing himself liberally to liquor. "I'll
give you some of this delectable bev
eraee, and you'll be all square, in no
time at all."
Having taken a dose of that rem
edy of the British sub, against all
evils, I became more amiable, and
we both began to smoke. At l:ist
Hood asked, as he knocked the ash
es out of the top of his old gentle
man's expensive head, and Proceed
ed to refill it again from the con
tents of a small seal-skin tobstcco
pouch. "Any plans for to-morrow,
Manners? I vote we get away from
the busy haunts of men, especially
committee men."
"No, I've no plans; and I perfectly
agree with you that flight or suicide
is the only course left open to us."
"Not going to see Mademoiselle
Marguerite, eh?" This was said too
gravely for me to take umbrage. I
glanced at him to try and detect
chaff, but hiK face was sober as a
judge's is poeularly supposed to be
and wearing that peculiarly dreamy
expression the physiognomy of man
derives from the perfect enjoyment .
of a second pipe.
"No. I was there to-day." said,
conscious of a wretched failure m
my attempted unconcern of tone.
Puff, puff, from Robin, and Silence
for a few seconds, "I am going to
drive out to Nethercotes," he pres
ently said, apparently regardless of
my last remark. "Will you come?
Let me see, do you know them?"
"I know the son; and between you
and me, I thiuk he is a bit 'of a cad."
"Not a bit of one, but the whole
animal!" replied Hood; `•but the
girls are pretty, and sing like Svrens.
By Jove," he added, waxing quite
enthusiastic. "1 could listen forever
Paulina's voice."
"Are these young ladies Terpsi
chores as well as Euterpes?" I ask
ed sententiously.
"What the deuce do you mean?"
said Robin, who was not well up in
his classics, not having had the ad
vantage of a college education (?).
"Well, in plain English, are they
dancers as well as musicians? And
are they coining to our ball?"
"Decidedly, I have promised to
dine there and escort them thither,
and I have an invitation for you to
do the same."
I was about to express my approv
al of the arrangement, for I had long
wished to make the Miss Fanshaws'
acquaintance, when my appointment
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lection, and I be3itated.
"I shOUld like to go with yoU, of
ail things;fßobin; but won't it make
us late at our ball?, For the Colonel
- expressed.a hope we should be all
there to receive our guests."
"Is that your only reason for wish
ing to be early? But 1 won't chaff
you, my (lair Charlie," replied Rob
in. "To relieve your mind, let me
assure you, you will be in ample
time for the tirst dance. The Fan
shaw girls had each a promising
.flir
tation on hand, and are not likely to
be late. So you .eoine with me to
Nethercotes; we'll drive out about
four o'clock, and I promise you a
very agreeable afternoolt"
I consented, but trot without some
fears, for one well 'knows how diffi
cult it is to start from a country,
house eight Miles off so as to be in
anything like tinae." - - The next day,
at four o'clock, found me driving
with Robin through Mr. Fanshaw's
pretty pleasure ground, arid ap
proaching the large, white, veranda
guarded house. My friend was right;
we . had a very pleasant afternoon;
the girls--..were large eyed, large
limbed, and large-voiced, and sang
to perfection. The dinner, also,
when it arrived, was perfection;
but it .waa utipunettial, and my fears
were . realized when, on the ladies
leaving us, I looked at the clock and
sa the-hands last approaching nine.
The ladies had to dress, and I saw.t he
gentlemen intended to fortify them
selves against the fatigues of the
coining evening by a "big drink,"
and I reflected with the calm agony
of despair, that if I were able to keep
my oppointment it roust be by a
miracle. However, I determined
upon making an attempt, and lean
across the table, I said to Hood,
"I must be off. Will you let me or
der the dogcart at once?"
"Couldn't be done, dear boy," he
said with provoking calmness; "I
should have to pay a doctor's bill
either for your neck or my horse's
knees, to a dead certainty. - No one
but myself shall drive Semiramis;
she takes after her beautiful name
who by all accounts , , wasa rum
one. Besides, I have promised to
take Fanshaw over, and you are to
cavalier the ladies."
There was nothing more to be said,
and I wisely gave np the idea of be
ing in time, and trusted to the chap
ter of accidents. And a very long
chapter it was. It was exactly half
past ten when we, got under way,
and it was not by any means plain
sailing after that. What with a gib
ing horse, a broken bolt, and some
thing wrong with Hood's turn—out
—he insisted on our waiting while
he remedied it, it being, he said', so
unsociable to divide parties—it was
twelve o'clock before we reached
Aylmer's Hall, and by that time the
fun was raging fast and furious. Of
course I was bound to dalice with
Miss Fanshaw, directly we got into
the ball room, and I did so with as
good a grace as was compatible with
the fact that the whole time I was
looking eagerly about me for Mar
guerite. She was nowhere tb be
seen. There were gardens at the
back of the hall, and these were lit
up for the occasion with colon('
tamps, and-there were seats placed
at interals for the comfort of exhaust
ed dancers. Immediately on obtain-
in;,• my release from the second Miss
Fanshaw I went off on a systematic
search for Marguerite, and this I
prosecuted with unflagging perse
verance, but with no success, for a
quarter of an hour.
On !iv return to the hall, and just
as I entered an ante-room, almost
dazzled with the full blaze of light:
I saw. my lost love approaching me:
•I did not notice her partner, who
immediately disappeared to get her
some tea. but ,greeting her eagerly,
and pouring apologies for my non
appearance before, I solicited the
honor of aAjance. To my astonish
ment she rived me as if she had
never seen ine - before, and regretted
in the orthodox young lady style her
inability to confer on me the desired
favor as she was unfortunately en
gaged for the rest of the evening.
Just then her paatuer returned, bear
ing a cup of tea, and to my further
astonishment accosted me with a
-Flol lo ! cha rley ! how are you ?"
and there was my twin , brother,
whom I thought safe at Montreal,
dressed in the Rifle Brigade uniform,
and evidently carrying on a flirta
tion with my love.
"Why, when did you come, and
wh y thus ~o t up?" I questioned,
. b
having returned his greeting with
brotherly affection. ,_ '
"Too long a story to tell you now,
old fellow." he replied, and mur
muring something about "lost my
luggage— borrowed your coat—rath
er a lark," rushed forth to relieve
Miss Duval of her emptied cup, and
taking her upon his arm again in
another minute he had disappeared
from the room, leaving me ina state
of mind in which mystification, an
ger, and astonishment struggle for
the masterly. Indeed I began - to
fancy that the fumes of Mr. Fan
shaw's claret had, turned my brain,
and I betook inyself to a distant part
of the garden to collect My scattered
sense:;. The fresh night air had the
desired affect, and all became as clear
as day. My brother, who was al
ways up to some lark or another and
took. especial delight in mystifying
people with our extraordinary re
semblance, had borrowed my uni
form for that purpose, and had cer
tainly succeeded with poor Mar
guerite. It was not a pleasant idea
to think of the mistakes she might
be guilty of in taking hird Tor me.
It was evidently possible to enlighten
her respecting the delusion she was
under, and with a laugh at so ridic
ulous a dilemma I determined to go
to her parents and explain to them.
I found my little friend Eunice doing
wall flower between her father and
mother, looking rather disconsolate,
and being received with MO of her
prettiest smiles, I carded her off,
nothing loth, to dance a quadrille
which Was being formed near us.
As luck would have it her sister and
my brother were vis-a-vis, and Mar
guerite, when she saw us, colored up
to the roots of her hair. Eunice
looked puzzled and kept on glancing
from one to the other. "That's my
twin brother, Miss Eunice," r said
at last, "isn't ho like me'?"
"Oh !" she exclaimed. "I never!"
'—her astonishmen drawing forth
k s
her most nasal pronunciation.
"Why did you never Olt's? And
he Is in the brigade too."
"No'heis not; he is in the Guards;
but lost his clothes and borroWed my
uniform."
"But does Marguerite know ?
she takes him for you, I really do
believe, for that gentleman met us at
the door and she laughed and said,
Punctual, I do really declare.' "
"And what did he my," I asked,
beginning to smell a rat.
"Oh, something smart about `such
an inducement,' you know," and
then Marguerite thanked him for
her flowers, and' oh ! what a deceiv
er he must be! he said, 'They wero
the best he could get.' "
I saw it all now, and I was furious
when the dance was over which I
walked through like one in a dream,
for I was utmost motionless with an•
ger, I took Eunice for a little walk,
and told her what I suspected; then,
scrawling a note to Marguerite on a
piece of ,old letter, explaining the
trick of which she and I had been
victims, I gave it to the little sister to
give her. This she promised, and
having restored her to her parents,.
I went off to the barracks to prepare
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