The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, September 15, 1866, Image 1
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Hliall t fret yon, hnsty lirooltf Shall I ninr your jcoh Vunvnr, wnavlns Hllvor threads IntoKllvcrlnceg, ltminil about anil In and out Tlio sunniest of places; iirirfcf your trpBflos In tho clime, Bill iibout tliu Imrder Uf J nn garden wall, tunl catch A lilrMritit, iiny marauder 7 NVh.tl shall pl(sio my Invn of onso As yolir sweet disorder. While the Motld pirs Joking oil, Prosontly I miss yoil j I.lfe Is nmdo of other Mil IT Titan your limpid tissue. Turn n mill, ynu lar.y rill, While I wait I ho Issue. Let the lipcllc whllo nwny The Kummer with his drumming, roam you nt the w hlrllni; wheel And baliblo to lis humming. Toll away the llvelonit day It Ls moro bcomlng. treep h6ncnth tho swccplnp: hongh, Whllo each ripple twinkles, Btarllke, In n sky of leaves, And your frothy crinkles Vol in n leather apron there, rull of creamy wrinkles. When the luM nnd brazen day Hath donned his dusky visor, Htlll you How n-down apace, While nlKhtV myrliWl eyes nro Wutrhltis you j for what they lew Noun nro tho wiser. MlE FIRST CLERK'S STORY. JIY IV. li. 11 lJ.. " What I'm now going to tell you, i boys, must bo kept under the seal of se- rcreHy," .mid our first clerk, iw he squeez ed n lemon Into liis tumbler. Vo Hint Is to sty, I, Ned IJolton, the present writer, Herbert Engledue, and 'young Hurry Chester, all Junior clerks In the bunk of Uaskervllle, Ti-otitinan, uand Co. solemnly promised that tho fseal tlint wivs to lock up the coniinuni- .i'cation wo were about to receive should .Jj, never be broken. "And yet," said Mr. Minton, with .itlve kettle iu his hand. " I hardly think ' ,'I'li let it out to you youngsters ; it's all Hgainst myself." X Harry Chester's eyes looked eager ap 'Tpeals, and Herbert said : "Oh now, come I say, Mr. Minton, .'you shouldn't have said so much, you know; nnd then to talk about not let ting It out, you know it's so jolly mys i'-iorlous." f "Well," said our cheery chief, "as hero litis treated usao well to-night, 'foil make some return by trying to 'amuse you boys with the account of 'nn incident that happened to me some . years ago." We were delighted I especially so, being the host for the night, and anxious, ns such, that things should go oil' well. Wo drew up to tho lire, glasses were , tilled, and the relics of the contents of ttlio hamper, which tho dear peoplo at Jioiue ltad sent me, were removed. The Jfovmber winds howled dismally over tlio London roofs, and rattled at the 'Window as if anxious to Join so pleasant , n party. Mr. Minton took an approving "alp of his hot grog, drew his lingers through his iron-gray hair, and began: "In tlio year forty-six, I had been omc seven years a clerk In the bank ' Our Mr. Baskervllle's father was the principal then, nnd a very shrewd, cute void fellow hu waif, I can tell you. Mr. Troutman was then it clerk, nnd Junior "to me, but every one knew that ho would bo a partner some day, as ho had married Miss Unskervllle. Young Hns- kerville, who looks grave enough now, ;wis n boy ut Harrow, and used, in holi- uiay time, to run in and out of tlio bank, nnd stare at the piles of sovereigns, Ju?t ' as he liked. ; "I had I mil some troubles then, and was looked upon as a grave, sedato young man; and, as Mr. liaskorvillo . told my poor mother, 'as steady as the f funds.' In cous-eraumce of this gravity of manner ami character for steadlnts, I liad several times been employed in matters of a confidential nature, and my conduct In thcso had been ap proved of. Ono afternoon iu tlio lat ter part of August, In tho year 1 speak of, I was sitting nt my dek with not Very much to do. 1 had been thinking iv good deal about my own all'alrs, and gono back over ground rather painful or mo to tread, and was thereforo father sad that sunny August afternoon. -While I was meditating and idly draw ing, ilgures on my blotting-pad, the tmnk messenger eanio to mo nnd said that Mr. Haskerville wished to speak to 'mo. I went Into his private room nnd found him seated nt ItU dosk, nnd in an firm-chair lieldo him sat a middle-aged, nynlii. looking limn whoso handsome iuco woro a peovUh sort of expression 'tlmt soomed to bo pormnnont, Mr. lias. kervlllo said : """"This, my lord, Is tho gentleman Whom I should have tho greatest confl uence In employing In tins matter.' JTho stranger looked at mo languidly, unci slightly Inclined his head as 1 no wed. "Hather young for such work, Is ho not, naskervillo'." " ' No, my lord, I don't think so. Mr, Minton Is gravo and steady beyond his years, and tho firm has very great con fldeuco in him.' "'Well, I vJll trust to you, nnd I think you fully understand all that ! wanted, I would rather not give my self tho fiitlguo of entering into expla natioiia with tills young man, If you think yon Ihoroughly understand what i Want.' If you will leave It to mo. my lord. I will undertake that Mr. Minton shall receive full instructions. Just sco if Lord Valdano's carriage Is nt the door. will you, Mr. Minton.'." " 1 returned with tho requisite infor mation; and his lordship, after being carefully wrapped up, took tho arm of one of his men and went to his carriage. "Mr. llaskervlllo then asked me to shut tho door and sit down be-ltle him, and proceeded to glvo mo full and com plete Instructions as to how I was to act. " It appeared that Lord Valdano had three daughters, besides several sons. The youngest of his daughters, when Just sixteen, had caused great Trouble and distress to her family by falling In love with n violinist, who had come con stantly to tho house to glvo ono of her brothers lessons on his instrument. Tliis Imil been discovered about a year before, and had given riso to great re criminations, anil the young lady had had shown an amount of obstinacy and temper which had qui to alarmed her friends, so foreign was it, apparently, to her nature. She had utterly declin ed to glvo up her lover, and had openly declared her intention of holding any communication with hlni that opportu nities might olfer. I. nder the.M)clreu in stances, and In consideration of her youth, her father determined to send her to n school kept by a Kngllsh lady In a village about fifteen miles from Brussels, nnd hoped that n year or two of entire change and absence from homo would make her get over and forget an affection begun at so early an age. Whe was accordingly sent to Miss Slater's school, but that lady had just written to Lord Valdano, at the end of the first year, to say that she could no longer un dertake the education of Miss Valdano, us her conduct was of such a kind as to utterly destroy tho-e relations which should exist between mistress and pu pil. Lord Vaklane had, therefore, de termined to bring her back to Kngland, and ho the more readily consented to this arrangement as lie had bad infor mation that Mr. Arno had left this coun try for America. Having no servant to whom he could trust the duty of escorting his daughter home, Lord Val dano had come to Mr. Unskervllle, wit' whom lie banked, to nU that some con- tl.dential clerk might he sent to Antwerp to meet Miss Valdano, nnd bring her homo to Iter father's liou-e in Katon Square. A servant would be sent with her as far ns Antwerp, where she would bo met by the person chosen to escort her. "I nsked Mr. llaskervlllo if it was thought that the young lady would re turn homo willingly. " 'They imagine that she will do so,' said lie; 'she has complained in her letters, which have been very few, of her IrMixporlalioii, ns she called i.t. It is most probable that her youthful pas sion will have died out. This fellow, Arno, is described to me as an eU'enii-nate-looking, though elegant man, but wanting in many of thine manly at tributes which ure (o most women the chief attraction in n limit's character.' "Mr. Uaskerville told mo to come to him again for a paper of instructions that he would give me, as well as a let ter from Lord Vuldane to his daughter, directing her to place herself under my charge. He also told me that she would be accompanied by her maid, a young girl, nnd ton inexperienced to be trusted with the duty of nn escort. I returned to my seat and thought over all that I had heard, and all I was to do. 1 confess 1 did not like tlio work ; It was not tho kind ofwork that I hail bargained for on entering a bank, ami seemed to me to bo more the duly of a superior servant than of a gentleman. 1 knew, however, how much depended upon my making-myself useful to the firm, anil so I determined to put my pride into my pocket. " Before 1 left the olllce T got my pa per of instructions, anil returned home to read them, having llr.-t received from the cashier, by Mr. lla.-kerville'.s orders, u suflicient sum to defray all possible expen-.es, tho-e of tho young lady and her maid included. 1 found that I was to start for Dover by that night's mail, and go by the llrst boat to CMeud, and thence to Antwerp. 1 was Instructed to bo very firm with Mls.s Vuldane, and was advised to avoid any attempts at intimacy on her part. I was simply to bo her escort, and as far as po-sible to relieve her of all trouble. She would expect me, asu letter had been written to Mrs. Slater, desiring her to send the young lady to Antwerp, under charge of a servant." "Uy Jove, though!" said .Herbert IJilgledue, " wouldn't I Just like a little thing of that wirt to do!" " Walt until you hear the end of my story, and you will think differently," said Mr. Minton; "no ono likes to bo fooled, and that was what happened to me." "I slartod, according to my instruc tions, by tho night mull fur Dover, and at onoo'cloL'k tho next day found myself at the door of tho Hotel St. Anfoine nt Antwerp. I Inquired if -Mi-s Valdaue hud arrived, ttud was asked to step up tun drawing-room on tho second floor. No ono wa- iu the room when I entered, but in a few minutes a respectable-look. Ing, nilddle-aged woman came in, with an expression of anxiety on her coun tenance. " ' Are you the gentleman from Lon don, sir?' sho Mild. "'1 am,' said I. 'When will it bo convenient for Ml Valdano to set out oil her journey'," " ' Oh, sir,' t.ii.l she, Mis-i Valdano lr very unwell, and has been obliged to go to bed. This has upset all the plans that had been arranged, nnd I don't know what to do.' " ' When did this Illness conic on '." 1 nsked. "'Why, sir, Miss Valdano seemed very well when wo left, but as we got near Antwerp she complained of head ache, and was obliged to go to bed di rectly after wo got to tho hotel. The worst of 11 is,' said she, offer a pause, ' that I have to return by tills evening's train.' "'Tho young lady has her maid, J understand'." said I. " ' Oh, yes, sir, she is with her, cer tainly; but sho is young and flighty, and 1 haven't much eonlldence in her.' " 'Has Miss Valdano seen uuy medi cal man?' said I. '"Oh, no, sir, she wouldn't hear of ono being sent for.' " ' Well,' snid I, ' It cannot bo helped ; you mut return to your mistress, and 1 must wait hero until Miss Valdano is able to travel.' "In the course of the afternoon, and after Mrs. Slater's servant had left, 1 sent up my compliment to Miss Vnl dane, nnd requested to know how she win. "'Ml? Vuldane's compliment, she was so much hotter that she hoped to bo down stairs in the course of an hour. "'Chirf was good news, and I immedi ately stabout inquiring as to trainsaud boat". I found that by leaving Offend nt half past three the next morning, the young ladycoiild beat her father's houe lit tinio for lunch tho .-amo day. 1 ac coi'dingly made the roqullte arrange ments, and awailed Miss Vuldane's ap- peurailco. "IIor maid shortly afterward came down with a me.-ugo to know if it would be convenient to me to have an interview with her mi-tress. J,ofcour.-e, assented, and directly afterward a young lady came into the room. " I bowed, and looked at my charge with some curiosity. Her appearance surprised me. Sho was dark, and had large, tender-looking eyes, but in oilier respects was by no means good-looking, and seemed to want the easennd suvo'n aire that I should have imagined a girl lu her rank would have possessed She was well and handsomely dressed, but was decidedly not elegant, and there was a want of freshness and youthful ne.-s about her that made her anything but un attractive-looking girl. She ad dre.-scd mo iu a constrained and rather unmusical voice: '"You nro tho per the gentleman that has been sent over to fetch me'." '"I am, Miss Vulditne; when will it be convenient to you to set out on your journey '." "'1 don't know,' sho said pettishly; 'I wanted to see the pictures and the cathedral, but 1 suppose I shall have to do as I'm told.' '"I was instructed,' 1 said, 'to escort you home without delay.' " ' Oh ! by tho way,' mild she, ' there's a schoolfellow of initio and a great friend going with us. Sho wanted to go home, so we agreed to travel to gether.' " How strange, thought I, that the servant should have made no mention of this other pupil. But I suppose she was so much engrossed with Miss Val daue's Illness that she could think of nothing else. " ' I wits not aware,' said I, ' that you would have u companion ; but J sliall bo very happy to be of use to her.' " ' I'll call her down,' sho said, and going to the door, she called, or rather shouted, ' Amy, come down.' "She forgets, 1 thought, that sho is in a crowded hotel, and not at home. 1 heard a light, trippingsteponthestairs, ami aflersomo little giggling outside the door, Miss Valdano eanio In with a very pretty, niNchiovous-looking blonde, who could not present tho semblance of gravity when sho was Introduced to " ' What on earth are you laughing at, Amy?' said my charge. "' You mustn't mind mo, Mr. Min ton!' said Miss Manvers; 'I'm rather slllv, I'm nfraid.' " K,itlior.!lly!' said Miss Valdano; 'ho thinks you a littb; torn-fool, and he's perfectly right in thiukingso ;' anil before I had time to put In a disclaimer to this opinion, sho added, 'I don't know what you people are going to do, but I'm going to dine.' '"Shall wo ditto at once, Mis Val dano'." said 1, ' and then wo can leave Antwerp at half past seven, e.Uch tho night mull at o-teud, and bo in Lon don by mid-day to-morrow.' " ' Jiut as you like,' said sho. " ' I ordered dinner for three, and that finished, the young ladies went to their rooms to proparo for tho Journey. " I could hear Miss Valdano whistling as sho packed, and I must say that tho young lady's 'collection of tunes was very varied, If It was not very select. " I could not help wishing myself back again at the batik and my hands clean waihetl of my cvotitrio charge. MUs Valdano embarrassed mo very much as we were leaving tho hotel by interfering with the various directions that 1 gave, ami when wo git to th.i station she hud an altercation with a porter, which exhausted all my rather scanty stock of French to set right. Ml-s Manvers remonstrated with her friend, but always as If more amused by her vagaries than annoyed. " It Is needless 'for mo to detail all tho worrying events of tho Journey to Os lho young lady's spirits, and she lay on a bench on deck with n stlllhh glass of brandy and water beside her, and held her tongue. Miss Manvers was a riddle to me its well as her friend. In a great deal that she said and did, and lit her manners and nddross, sho showed the education and refinement of u lady, and yet she encouraged rather than subdued her friend's eccentricities by her evi dent amusement. " Upon our arrival at Dover, I found that the next train to London did not leave for a couple of hours ; so, after Ivlng directions for the examination of our luggage, I went with tlio two girls to tho Lord Warden, and ordered breakfast. Hero Miss Aluiivcra announ ced her intention of leaving us. Sho had her friends living at Dover, with whom sho was going to stay, and she would go to them after we had left, as sho wished to seo as much of her dear CoiHtanlia us possible. "After we had had breakfast, Con- sdintla asked mo to walk out and sco the place, as we wished to have some private conversation with her friend. I accordingly dawdled away a half-hour on the pier, and then returned and found that wo must start at once if we wished to catch tho train. Tho two girls parted in tlio most airectioiiato manner, Miss Manvers seeming more amused than everntthd cxtrannlinary expressions of aH'cctiou Indulged in by Mls Vuldane, who-o conduct would 1 have brought down the hou-e' in a melodrama. " Wo went to tho station together, Miss Valdano having left her m lid to look al't'-r her friend and eoiiieon by the next train, another thing which would have n-ttoiiMiod me, if I had had any capacity for that feeling left. Upon my asking her that luggage she had, she said: "'Just a portmanteau.' "'Nothing more'." said I. '"Not a thing.' " Accordingly I found a not very large portmanteau, which Miss Vuldane said was hors. "'Ju-tsee and have it put into our compartment,' said sho; 'and, I say, tell the guard to let us have the carriage to ourselves; you're not afraid of me, and I'm sure I'm not afraid of you.' " I was going to disregard this last order, as 1 had no wish whatever for a (,-te-U'trte ; but C'onstantia came up and gave it herself, together with half a crown, which had tlio elt'ect which she desired. " We found the portmanteau under the seat, and, taking our places, the train started. Not long after she said : "'Object to smoking'." '"No, thanks, Miss Valdane; it's very good of you, but 1 don't smoke.' '"Mind if." " ' Well, no,' r said ; ' not much.' " f stared blankly at her while she took a cigar-ca-o out of her pocket, and, selecting one, lighted it, and settled her self comfortably in her seat. " L sat as far as I could from her, and, looking out at tlio window, tried to for get her. " ' You're a very pleasant companion, I must say,' said she, after a time. '(.'nine, say something, man, and don't leave mo languishing here. Hero we might have a very pretty little bit of flirting, if you would only say tit to my tat.' " ' ExoiHo me, Miss Valdane,' I said; ' but it was business, and not pleas ure, that gave me the task of escorting vou home; and I shall make no apology for saving that I have had no pleasure whatever in the mutter. You will, (here- fore, permit mo to finish my business iu the way 1 think best, which is to' band you over to the care of Lord Val dane with as much dhputch and as lit tle talking as possible. " ' If you won't talk you must work,' said she. ' You surely won't object to oblige a Italy so far as to take that port' mauteau from tinder lho seat and un strap it.' " I complied, to save further words She thvt-w her key at me, and said : "' I'nlock, and throw o en the fatal chest.' " I did so, nnd saw the usual contents of a gentleman's portmanteau. There were the in-.itly-1'ulik'd shirts, the brush- es and shavlng-tacklo lltlod In here and there, visions of very gentlemanly-lonk-lng garments below; in fact, nothing whatever that ought to belong to a Italy's wardrobe, I was really rather pleased than otherwise, and said : " ' You've managed to bring some one else's portmanteau.' " ' No 1 haven't, you clever man; I'm rather given to foreign cti-toius, and af fect what you, you mass of propriety, would consider eccentricities in my cos tume. However, before making tho requisite changes to fit mo for meeting dear papa, let mo fell you a little story, as you seem In want of amusement.' " ' Your clover people In London, backed by the wishes of Lord Vuldune, sent you over to Antwerp to bring home that nobleman's refractory daughter. who, it was hoped, had forgotten her disgraceful engagement, ((five me those balmorals, will you? Thanks.) You, accordingly, beluga very clever young limn and an admirable accountant, were of course eminently fitted for the work, and werofhet'eforechosen to do It. (Just seo If you can tlud a blue striped flannel shirt ainong thoe. Thanks, Hang it over the arm of the seat to air). Well, your noblo client wrote to the school mistress wind would have been a most plea-ant loiter, If It hud not been quite heron having recovered from her little attack of love, and saying something disparaging of the poor lover, who was In America. (If you will take that coat and trow, well, those things under It, and hang them to the roof, the creases will coino out. ou won't? that's rude, nnd not proper conduct to un un protected woninn.) But to continue my story, as I see you are getting restless: By a wonderful chance this forlorn dnni- sel snw Iter unfortunate lover shortly after she got papa's note. She shouldn't have done It, but sho did. They put their heads together they'd done that before, but they did It In a different manner now, and they made up a little plan. The young lady went down to Antwerp under charge, and she got so poorly as sho neared thestation, and her head was so bad, and she had, oh I such n pain here, and ah ! such a twitch there, that to bed sho must go ns soon as she reached the hotel. The elegant and po lite escort arrived, and was met by a domestic who-o face showed longitude, if Iter Instructions did not admit much latitude. (By the way, where do you get boot-laces? Look at this thing, broken oil' iu the middle.) Well, the manifold her story, and lho youth lis tened, and then homo goes tho maid, leaving tlio youth in sole charge. Short ly afterward downtimes Miss Valdane, recovered and charming; Introduces Miss, Manvers more charming still. They dine, this delightful trio, and away they go. (Tiio advantage of this apparatus is, that you hang up the glass like this, and then you can shave at leisure. See what a good lather this makes!) Well, our three graces arrived at Dover, and then dear Mi-s Manvers makes her bow, and the other pair of turtle doves go oil' together, only, and now please attend, for I come to tho point of the story- only Miss Valdane, for whom Mr. Minton was sent, and over whom he was to exorcise the tender ness of a parent, with the authority of a guardian, docs wt accompany that gen tleman to Loudon.' '"Then who aro you'." 1 almost shrieked. '"Felix Arne; and now, my good fellow, the farce is played out, and I'll take oil' this trumpery.' " I fell back in my seat, and watched, with dizzy brain, the shedding of the feminine and the assumption of the masculine attire. " ' You infernal rascal!' at last T said. " ' Now I'm not going to mind any thing you say, lor l ilare say you arc rather hurt. The thing was well arrang ed, and has ansu'ered capitally. You can tell your employer that it's no sort of ue making any further ftiss about me. I wtis married to his daughter some months ago, but did not intend it to be known yet, only his precipitancy alters matters. Someday we'll toll him how we managed it. We determined to have some fun out of the gentleman sent to fetch Mrs. Ante home, and, its ho had boon so good as to pay both our fares back to Kngland, wo could do no less than provide him with company to town. Will you play n game of billiards with me while 1 wait for the next train to Dover? Don't say no, if you'd rath er not. Tickets? That gentleman has mine, guard. Ta-ta! Sorry you've no time for a game; best love to papa-in-law." And taking his portmanteau, he sauntered down the station. "How I got my story told at head quarters 1 don't know. Mr. Iiaskcrvillo llr.-t frowned, then smiled, and finally roared. 1 entreated him to keep my failure from the other clerks, and you three lads are the first who know it." " Did you ever hear anything more about them?" said I. " Yes ; it was not such a very bad af fair, alter all. lie was a gentleman by birth, and some uncle of his, delighted at having an Honorublo for a niece, left them some money, nnd I believe he set tled down as a country gentleman. Lord Valdane has, however, 1 under stand, never forgiven them; and now, boys, 'Homo, sweet home.' " I thanked our good-natured chief for his story; and, when we met the rtiine morning at a later hour, we youngsters could scarcely believe that the grave ami sedate gentleman, who looked its If "money articles" were his only litera ture, was the same who had been the hero of tho story of which he himself was also tho relator. A TOUCHING INCIDENT. Titr. Glasgow VhrUthm Acwwgives the following its no Action, but the plain truth : " A young man and Ids wife were preparing to nttenil a Christmas party, at the house of n friend, some miles distant. ' Henry, my dear hus band, don't drink too much nt the party to-day j you will promise me, won't you V" sitld she, putting iter hand upon his brow, and raising her eyes to his face, with a pleading smile. ' No, Mil lie, I will not; you may trust me;" and she wrapped her Infant lu u soft blank et, and they descended. Tho horses were soon prancing over the turf, and u plensiint conversation beguiled tho way. 'Now, don't forget your promise, whis pered the young wife, as they passed up the steps. Poor thing, she was tho wifo of n mini who loved to look upon the wine when red. The party passed pleasantly ; the time for departing drew near; the wlfo descended from tlio up per chamber to join her husband. A pang shot through her beating heart us she met him, for he was intoxicated; ho had broken his promise. " Silently they rode homeward, savo when the drunken man broke into snatches of a song or unmeaning laugh ter. But the wife rodo on, her bubo pro.sed closely to her grieved heart. 'Glvo mo the b.iby, Millie.' I can't trust you with him, she said, as they approached' n dark swollen stream. Af ter some hesitation, sho resigned her lirst-born her thirling babe, clo-ely wrapped in a great woolen blanket to his ariiH. Over tho dark waters tho noble steed safely bore them ; anil when they reached tho bank, tho mother ask ed for her child. With much care and tenderness hu placed the bundle in her arms,; but when she clasped it to her arms no babe was there! It hud slipped from the blanket, nnd the drunken father knew it not. A wild shriek from tho mother aroused him, and he turned round just in time to see tho little rosy face rise ono moment above tho dark waters, then sink forever, and that by his own intemperance! Tito anguish of the mother and remorse of the father aro better imagined than described." STcrmji of gidwriisinj. Oneflqnsrf.onoorllirff liioit!nn fl M liieh sulwtiiient liisi.rtlou less Hum Ihlrltdi. One Hqutiro Olio month 2 01 To " " Sin Three " " , M r, (, four " " , ........ II ml Half column " 10 (0 Ono column " f, i) Kxecutor'snnd Administrator's Notices s in) Auditor's Notices.... ,. '.' M l.'ditnrlal Nutlet's twenty renin per line. Other nilM-rllieinclits Inserted nccoidltig tospr. clnl contract. - - srs-Jirj u. ui. jj You should have seen his eyes flash and lho smile of triumph break over his face, "as hesiiids "Mother never told me a lie, sir, but you have been so long on tho way." What a lesson of trust, nnd how this Incident shows tho eirect of never de ceiving children with tnles. tend an I the voyage to D mr. During 1 so dictatorial i and he also wrote to his AN ENTEItPItlSING YOUTH, A Mu.w.vt'Ki:i:, Wisconsin, paper says that about a month ago, n ragged little urchin called upon u merchant for fifty cents, for which ho promised to glvo his note, bearing interest at ten per cent. Tlio merchant, struck with the novelty of the proposition, and with the evident straightforwardness of the boy, gave him tho money, and took his noto as tho boy insisted upon giving it. He had almost forgotten tho occurrence when ho was surprised to seo tho little fellow walk Into tlio store ono day am ask to redeem his note. Upon inquiry the merchant learned that he ha 1 lu vested the money In papers nnd oranges ami had aiready made about forty dol hit'.-, which ho was about placing in u savings bank, lie bail no father nor mother, and did chores at a friend'. house for board. That boy will make his murk yet. GllAl'IXiltOWIllt Llt.NflWOIU'Il Wll Introduced the other day to poet Long fellow. Of tho llKcncss of their names the poet said : " Worth makes the man tlio want of It the fellow." Tltucorn crop lu Virginia has been A GOOD JOB. Tm: head-clerk of u largo firm in Churlostown promised un old customer, ono day, half a bale of Kussiu duck, to be on hand precisely at one o'clock, when the man was to leave town with his goods. The linn were out of duck, ami tho clerk went over to Boston to buy some. Not finding a truckman, he hired a man with a wheelbarrow to take It over. Finishing other business, on his return to Charlostowu the clerk found tho man not half way over the bridge, sitting on his barrow half dead with heat. What was to be done? It was then half-past twelve, and tho goods woro promised at one. There was no time to lose. In spite of the heat, the dust, and his line, light Summer clothes, tho oung man seized the wheelbarrow and pushed on. Pretty soon a rich merchant, whom the young man knew very well, riding on horseback, overtook him. What," said lie, " Mr. Wilder turn ed truckman !" "Yes," answered tho desk. "The ;oads aro promised at one o'clock, and mv man has given out ; but 1 am deter mined to be as good .as my word." "Good, good!" said the gentleman, mil trotted on. Calling at the store where tho yoioi; man was employed, ho told his em ployer what he had seen. "And 1 want you to tell film," sunt the gentleman, " that when ho goes into" business for himself my name is at his ervico for thirty thousand dollars." Beaching tho store, which lie did in time, you may bo sure, tho price set on his conduct made amends for nil the heat, anxiety, and fatigue of the Job. Kt'cpiii! hii word. You see how ini- nortaut it is regarded. It is one of the host kinds of capital tt man can have l'o be worth much to anybody a boy must form a character for nt lability Ho must be depended upon. And you will like to know, perhaps, that this vouug man became one ol the most eminent merchants of his day, known far nud wide, both In Kuropoand thi cmui try. His name was S. V. Wilder and ho was tho first President of tho American Tract Society. Child's J'a per. jthu hitter, the sia icuaiuiy did suinutei.'tc.t.j.'i. to. (laughter, cjnoKuiil.iiiiig -011011 Jy injuud by the diou0lu. PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S TASK. Tin: Anulii-Amcrkwi Times, publish ed in London, has an article upon tho Memphis riots, which closes with the following remarks: "Andrew Johnson has 11 gigantic tusk boforojhini. Few of us can appreciate the enormous dllllcul ties with wheh ho has to contend. Few' of us can understand tho means bv which ho hopes toperform tho solemn promise he there made. Ills meas ures may not appear to us directly to lead to such 1111 object, nnd wo must not forget that the children-of Israel passed to their promised land through forty years of sull'oring In the desert, and that their leader was only per mitted to get a glitnpso of tho coun try which Providence had marked out for his follower. There are thoso who believe that the President's heart lias fulled him in the tusk ; that helms fallen oil' from tho stern resolve required for the weary struggle. Hut wo do not de ll ve this. We believe Andrew Johnson to bo 11 patriot with his hi'iirt fixed on the grand object of reconstructing tho Fnion, of giving to the South the law, peace, order, and equal ' rights of tlio North. It Is 110 fault of his if slavery its so degraded it largo section of tho itli'.ons he rules that nothing but yours f patient legislation and strong gove rnment can elevato tho lawless peoplo into the highest lack of a civilized com munitythai of governing Its own pas- ions. OFFERINGS TO AN ACTRESS. At tho Alcazar Theatre, in Bio Ja neiro, says the correspondent of tho Provitlenco .oiirofH", " I saWonoBussian olllcer bring in at tiniesduringthoeven- Ing all the llowers he could carry, and bower them upon an actress. Tho next day he sent presents to the amount of 11 thousand dollars. This gentleman, when his floral offerings hail given out and no more could bo obtained, finished his gifts by scaling his cap at her. This was tlio signal for a scene to commence. Instantly hats of beaver, fiilks, and vel vet were showered upon lho stage, and rings, gloves, canes, and umbrellas. Kv- ery one seemed to bo trying f o outvie his neighbor in shouting fmivo nnd viva; tho din was (errille. One ninn in thegallery, iu his excitement, seizoil a. large glass from tbeohandelier,and hurled it toward the stage, but missed his mark and shat tered it upon your correspondent's boulder. At this point be thought it time to leave, which lie did, nud with four of glass globes and 11 lunio arm for monitors, has not patronized the Alea- ar since. A LESSON OF TRUST. Somk time no n boy was discovered in a large city, evidently bright and In telllgont, but sick. A man who has the feelings of kindness strongly developed went to him, shook him by tho shoal tier, and asked him what ho was doing there. " Waiting for God to come for me," he replied. " Wimt do you mean," said tho gen tloman, touched by tho pathetic tone of the answer and the condition of the boy, in whose eyo nnd flushed face he saw evidence of fever. " God sent for mother nnd Uttlo broth er," said he, "and took them away to 11 is homo up in tho sky, mid mother told 1110 when sho was sick that God would take cure of me. 1 have no home, no body to give me anything, and so 1 cauio out here, and have been looking up in tho sky for God to come and tnki cure of me, us mother said He would Ho will come, won't lie? Mother novel' told 1110 a lie." " Yes, my lad," Mild the man, over come with emotion, "Ho has sent nu t'j I'ihA lute of .vou."' iV i'aniiio.vaiiw: but ignorant young lady, desirous of purchasing it yyuteh, was shown a very bountiful ono, tho hop-keeper remaking that It wont thir ty-six hours : " What, In tme day ?" An American citizen residing at Slielliehl, Kngland, has sent 0110 hun dred and forty gross of knives and forks toaid the Portland, Maine, faiullies,thut were burned out, In resuming house keeping. It appears that the Knglish Govern ment has had its equanimity consider.! blydisturbed by tho revival of tho Fen ian scare. Three regiments have already been dispatched to Canada, and others aro to follow soon. I'm: Commissioner of Agriculture; gives notice that ho is now prepared to distribute to tho agriculturists speci mens of superior Mediterranean white wheat, which will be put up in quart packages, and delivered free upon re- olpt of applicaton. Tin-: following story Is fold of n captain of Austrian artillery in Italy. His company was under 11 tremendous lire, nnd at one gun thero was only ono man left to work. Tho captain went and helped him to servo tlio piece, nnd round after round was discharged, till thu olllcer suddenly, lu nn interval of loading, exclaimed, "Schmidt! how dure you havo your shnko on your head In u way contrary to regulations ?" IMI'OIITANT TO PllINTr.US. Till) Secretary of the lntrior has received from n gentleman in New Jersey, sam ples of paper manufactured from Sedgo gnu-s, a gra-s which grows in great uhunduiu'o upon all tide-water Hats. The paper Is very white and clear, nnd will undoubtedly provo n good substi tute for ordinary writing paper madoof cotton and linen rags. It is estimated that it can bo manufactured for twenty percent, less than any variety now iu use, nnd this clrcumstanconlone renders the discovery. of great Importance to the printing Interests, of the country. Mi:.v do not leap the bill of vlrtuo in a moment, nor do they descend into tho valley of death or pit of vice iu an 'in stant. You took up your newspaper this morning, dear reader. Tho cruelty you shuddered at the wife-beating, thu murder think you these have sud den Inspiration? No! they are the out come of habits, of thought, action, of long and steady preparation. Youm-m the volcanic flame; you se. tlicsinoiild erlng embers; you seo tlio broken bridge; you did not co thellttle madre pores eating Into the timber. I'.ven in fln-.-e great sins it has been "here a lit- l!.J lb- I li'l'e."' 1 cferttUoW ni'iwiMimiWwiK'-j