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SELECT POETRY.
AT SUNRISE.
IIV CIU1II.R1 t. IIII.HIIRTII.
It Is the lost dark hour, and from their cars,
That wheel them down through glimmering
voids nt light,
Loaning reluctantly, tho hearkening starts
Hear tho faint and final music ot tho night
Blend with the far, sweet voice ot comlug day,
And, with the moon, low riding, wane away,
Like Bomo soft-footed maiden, licarlng high
A silver lamp auovo her timorous head,
The dawn mounts up tho stairways of tho sky,
Flushing thu ashen cast with lambent red,
Tilt from tho topmost tower sho looketh down,
Smiling through cloudy tresses wildly blown.
Tho world awakens j hark I from glen and copso
Mujlc and many voices ot delight,
Tho splendor ou tho purplo mountalu-tops
Descends, and all tho summer plains aro bright
And all tho luminous, puro sky abovo
Is calm aud tender as tho smllo of love.
SEECT STORY.
AN EMBEZZLER' REVENGE.
It was ton o'clock ou Tuesday tnoni
ing. I lind already been at tlio ollicu a
couple of hours hard at work over
ledgers and day-hooks. They had been
my constant companions for many
days past. I was beginning to tire of
their company. JJul at last I had din
covered that of which I was in search.
I whistled down my speaking tube)
for Mr. .lenkin, thu head clerk of the
firm.
"Is Mr. Maufailano come yet V
"No, sir," was tho reply
1 felt annoyed. Hu o'uiht to have
arrived half an hour ago. Was it pos
sible ho had taken fright?
I gave orders that he should be sent
to tno directly he came.
I had been engaged on an impomnt
affair, but I believed I had carried it
through successfully. So far as I
knew my examination of the books
had been made without exciting supi
cion, but it was dillieult to be quite
sure.
Half an hour passed before Maefar
lano made his appearance. When he
enteied the room it was evident be
thought ho was about to bo reprimand
ed for his taidy arrival, for lni began
to iipolnjfize.
I listened to his exx'tises, which I
happened to know were puro inven
tions, and then turned to the matter in
hand.
"Can you explain these figures t" I
asked him quietly, opening the ledger
at a certain page.
He gavo a slight start, and then
moved slowly forward to inspect thu
entry.
" imt is it that requires explana
tion 7 ne asked.
"According to tin returns which
have receivod from Frodshim it Walk
or, ' I replied, "the amount of alloy in
tlieir last consignment does not tallv
wan that stated iu your etitty. More.
over, they do not seem to liavo been al
lowed ino usual discount, tliougli you
liavo deducted it lrom the sums for
which you have acounted."
Tho evidence was as clear as day
lie could givo no explanation.
"It must have been a mistake,'' he
said. "Wo used not to allow the di
count, and I suppose I must have over
looked tno recent change in my hi
struolions.
"It's a curious mistake," I observed.
"It has occuired in thu only case in
which, in the ordinary course of bust
ness, we should liavo no cheek on your
transactions. rure accident rendered
mo suspicious, aud I resolved to ceo if
there were any grounds for my suspic
ions.
He made no reply.
"Havo you anything to say 1" I do
tnanded.
"Only that it was a mistake," he re.
iterated.
"I am afraid that excuse will hardly
bo sullicient. A mistake which results
in a los to tho firm of a hundred and
seventy-five pounds is not ono that can
bo passed over.
bat do you mean to do i ho
asked-
"Naturally, I shall put tho whole af.
fair before mv partners. In the mean.
time j ou will remain hero till they de
cide what steps to take.1'
lie moved a step toward tho door,
but I had my hand on tho bell, and ho
stopped.
1 liavo told you it was a mistake,
ho repeated j "but I am ready to suiter
tno consequences ot a. it will rum
me lo icpliu-o the money, but I can
give you half of it, and you can retain
the balance by demies from in v sal-
try."
"That is not tho usu il method in
which embezzlement is treated,-' I re
plied, coldly.
"Un you mean that you will prose
cute me ?
"I hum no doubt whatever that tho
firm will."
"It's no L'ood putting it on the linn,"
he said angrily. "It is vou who liavo
discoveied it all. No ono A-ill know a
word of it if you do not speak."
"You eouiess it then T' I asked.
"I confess to nothing except a mis-
take. It is fur you to undertake the
rwsponsibility of treating it as any
thing more. Aro yon going to nun
mo JJon t you know that it I ntn nr-
tested my life is wieckedt"
I hesitated. It is n serious thing to
blast ii man's prospects forever, how
ever much ho may deserve punishment.
no saw my hesitation and took advan
tage of it.
Why do you want to inmromot
What good will it do you T You
know I am tho best man in tlio wholo
place. Ls it wise tn lone mo? I will
work as hard as a dozen ot them if
you let mo oil". You will always havo
hold over mo in thu inline, and if
you see mo shirking you will always
bo nblo to keep mo up to my woik. If
only vou will keep silent 1 No one
else knows I"
His argument was tho worst ho
could have used ; it determined ino Ii-
inlly. I saw that if I consented to
hold my tongue I should be as much at
his mercy as ho at initio wo should bo
accomplices.
"It is too late," I said. "You should
havo thought of all this before. I havo
no choice.''
"You will send me to piison, then ? '
"I shall report what I havo dicov
ered."
"Very well, thcii," ho said in a whis
per, "it you do, 1 swear I II liavo my
ovengo I Another couple of years,
and I should miiko my fortune i now
,'ou nro destroying everything. Take
aier ;
BLOOMSBUTIG, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER
"I am not lo bo hindered from doing
my duty by idle threats," I retoited
as I rose.
"Yon will Hml tlnn are not Idle," he
tinned, "I'll mnki- you repent this
day, if I havo to wait half my life for
it.''
I disdained to hear more. I loft the
room, locking tho door behind mo.
Macfailano made no leslstnncei he
know escape was impossible. To
reach the street ho would have lo tra
verso a room full of men, even sup
posing I could not liavo prevented hitn
from leaving tho room.
An hour ntterward ho was given in
to custody. When tho trial came on
tlmre va no dilliculty in proving his
guilt ; it also camo" mt that .ho had
squandered thu money ho had appro
priated in dissipation, and that ho was
oven n inoro worthless character than I
had believed. I felt no compunction
for the part I had played. I had only
fulfilled toy duty. Nor did I antici
pate that his thienls were anything
moro than tho evpressions of tho hate
which ho naturally felt toward mo.
He was condemned to two years'
Imprisonment with hard labor
The two years passed swiftly by. I
had nearly forgotten Maofarlane. Tho
only result of tho aff-iir as regards me
had been that my p irtners conceived
an exaggerated notion of my ability
and tact, and reposed greater confi
dence in mo than before.""
Thu linn of which I was a junior
partner was an old-established one.
Our business wns that of nianufaetu
ing goldsmith', and was a profitable
on.'. However, tiado was by no
means so prosperous as it had been ; in
spite of unremitting -IToiti the income
of the firm gradually sank. Our only
oonsolation was the knowledge that
our rivals suffered even more than wo
diil.
Personally I spared no pains. I was
not by nature a busin.'ss man, prefer
ring the professions to manufactures,
but ciioumsiatiees having led mo to
embark in business I determined to
make tho best of it at til events.
Nattually I was dk-utisliod with the
recent oiurse of thing, and eai my
eyes round in i-very direction for a
In sh Held of activity. At tho same
ti "io it behooved us to bu careful ;
more than one linn had recently como
i ... . .
hi unei, un veii nuo uangorous specula
tions by the necessity of doing some
thing. T was in tho refreshment room ut
Euton one day, iak':ig a haty lunch
on my return from a journey to Bir
mingham, when I wan conscious of
som-' on looking at im
I turned round and faced a matt who
seined familiar to me. A moment's
reflection aud I recognized him Mac
farline. IIo hesitated a moment and then
lifted his hat to me. Almost uncoil
"ciously I gave him a siun (if recogni
tion. He at oneo camo forward.
"How do you do, sir ?" ho asked. "I
was afraid yon would not oaio to rec
ognize mo."
"I am scarcely sure I do," was my
reply. I wanted to let him see that l
was not anxious to reiuw our acquain
tance. At the Hume time the meeting
had taken mo so by hi prise that 1 had
no' made up my mind to utt him
deud.
"ion ve every excuse ior not recog
nizing me, no sain. "My taco is a
lit' led altered, isn't it?"
It certainly was. lie woro a board
and moustache instead of being clean
shaved. His hair was differently ar
ranged, his whole dress ami appear
ance were quieter and more gentleman
ly than tonnerly. lie had immensely
improved in overy reqnet.
"It is Homo time sineo wo mot," ho
continued.
"cs, I suppose it is" 1 replied,
wishing he had avoided the subject,
ior l icit very iincomiortatile.
"It is nearly four years," ho said
"Four years mako a good deal of dif
feionce to a man, especially when two
oi them havo oeon spent m prison.
n nai couid i say ! it would liavo
be. u insu'ting, even ertiel, lo say that
i V as sorry.
"You don't mind talking to a jail
bud, I hope? ho s.itd with a smile.
" ion need not be afraid of my being
recognized ; no ono but. vou has recog
nized me, yet I don't think you would
havo done so if I hadn't fixed my eyes
on you.'
"I should havo thought that it would
havo been you who would havu been
the first to object to our meeting," I
sain. "i no sight oi mo can t be very
piensant to you, nu atratd.
He almost laughed.
"You're mistaken, I'm glad to say,"
no replied. ".My on nope lately has
been to meet you. Wo can't tnlk
quietly here, no added ; "there is
uch a crow. Could you spare mo a
half an hour'' I think I can promiso
vou won't regret it."
"I wanted to get back to my work,
but Macfailano interested me. I had
been sovero perhaps with him in old
days. I might nt all ovunts grant him
tho small favor of an interview now.
Wo took a cab to his hotel a quiet
ono in a street olt tlio htrand. Ue had
a privato room, and ho ordoied np
soino coffee. Evidently ho was in dif
ferent circumstances than when a ju
nior clerk and traveler in our firm.
"Try ono of these," ho said.
Ho produced soiuo cigars. I took
ono i it wns in tho green condition Hint
Anieiicans love.
Vot dry enough for you ?" ho ask
ed.
"It will suit mo admirably," 1 re
plied. "Didn't you get these in Amer
ica r
"Yes : I only crossed a week auo.
I'vo been there for tho last two years
or ho over since you know what.
"I am glad to see that you havo not
been so utterly ruined as you anticipa
ted," 1 said, conscious that tlio remark
wns in bad taste. But I was in a false
position, and overy thing I said must, bo
either stupid or awkward.
"Uo you remember, ho asked, "the
laj when you had mo np iu your
room ?''
I remembered it as well as be, prob.
nblv.
"Do you remember what I said when
you wouldn't let mo off ?"
I nodded, Wns ho izoiiik to spnntr trap
of mine on mo ? Was all this a prepa
ration for n deadly revenge ? Impo.s-
Bible, Ho was as harmless lookini; ,i
companion as ono could wish for.
"1 slid that I d bu ruvonged on you
f I had to wait year. Well, I havo
wai id years, and hero is my revenge. ,
y 10 -I $ iff IJ $ ff
I'm treating you to coffco and cigars,
and talking away to you just as if I
were tho Bonior partner, and you a
clerk. That's a better rovengo than
trying to put a bullet through you, and
then hanged for it, isn't it? Upon my
word though sir, when I mado that
threat I meant doing you a mischief, if
ever I got the chance. '
"I ntn very glad you have thought
better of it," I remarked, truthfully
enough.
"So am I," he said. "So far from
wanting to servo you out for tho pnrt
you took in that wretched business, I
am thankful to tho last degreo for
what you did. I was on tho way to
rnin when you stopped me j you cut
mo adrift from all my old temptations
and companions, and when I left prison
I wns free in more senses than one. I
went to America, and thoro I got on.
i ou know I have a certain sort of tat
ent oven you must ncktiowlcd
Hint?"
"I know yon woro the best man in
the place," I said, "and we woro sorry
to loso your set vices.
"I think it was fortnnato for you
that you did, ' ho said with a laugh
"or in a few years I should havo appro
printed a good proportion ot your
prohts. 1 saw where tho chances lay,
However, I've Utely been turning my
energies into a moro legitimate chan
net, and find it pays better, as well ns
being more comtortable to my con
science. I vo np longer a constant
dread of a policeman, and can look
every man in tho face."
Wo continued talking some time
longer ; ho was an amusing companion
and regaled me with the most enter
taming stories of his life in America
At last my business compelled mo to
leave him, so I rose and excused mv
unwilling departure.
Ho held out his hand as I went and
I shook it. I did so with considerable
satisfaction. I felt an immense relief
in finding that the man whom I
feared I had irreparably injured had
become a changed character, and had
actually profited through tho very ex
perienco that, might havo been expect
ed to ruin him.
"I'm glad vou'll shako hands with
me," hu said, warmly; "it sho.vs that
vou, at all events, no longer despise
me.
"L-very one must respect, a man who
has done as yon haw,'' I said.
"I'm afiaid not-s-at all events, I
don't, mean lo rik it. If you should
happen ever to talk of mo to anyone at
your place, 1 wish you w.nild not men
lion that you havo'seon me.''
"1 am sure no one would wish to
rake up tho past.'' I said.
"remaps not. nut 1 don't want any
one to be reminded ot it. I don t ob
ject to your speaking about it, but no
one elso shall. 1 ve even ch.iuged my
name ; hero is my curd."
I took it Mi. Charles Farebrother,
"It 1 can be oi anv assistance to you
I hope you will say so," I remarked as
I put on mv hut. "I should bu clad of
an opportunity of making you forget,
as tar as posaiuie, that we once were
on bad terms.''
"ou aro very good; I should
-carcely have ventured to ask you to
do mo a lavor. ou are in a hurry
now I see ; vt!l you honor mo bv din
ing with tno some night this week?
should very much liku a talk with you ;
perhaps it might result in advantage to
I'Vlll J I 113.
I consented, partly through curiosi
ty. A few minutes afterward I was on
my way to the office.
I was careful not to mention that I
had seen Macfarlauo ; his wishes were
entitled lo respect.
At the appointed hour I met him at
his hotel. IIo gave mo an admirabl
little dinner, and supplemented it with
some of his choice cigars. Not a word
did ho say which could havo reference
to our past connection ; ho was simply
an agreeablo host.
I was curious to learn how it was ho
had changed so mnrvolously in his cir
cumstances, but ho seemed in no hurry
to enlighten me. However, as wo sat
cinttmg alter dessert, ho gradual v ed
tho talk up to tho reason of his invita
tion.
To condense his story, it appeared
that on leaving prison ho managed to
scrape together fifty pounds, which
took him to America. He obtained
employment in a small jnwoler's storo
or shoj), but soon managed to find a
better position. Instrumental in sav
ing the placo from a nurglary, ho was
handsomely rewarded a timelv invest
ment of his gift turned out successful
ly, and he found himself in possesion
of ten thousand dollars.
All this time ho had been" on the
lookout, and he thought he saw an
opening for making money. Tlio
knowledge whiiih ho had acquired as
traveler for our firm showed him that
tho goldsmith's art was not in a high
tato of perfection in America, espec
ially iu tho Western States. Ho con
coived tho idea of buying tho raw ma
terial and sending it across to Kuglaud
ior manuiactiire tno smaller cost and
greater finish of workmanship iu this
country amply replying thu coinpara-
i"nj nuiiui uiuuyes ior iieigut auu
duty.
Iho business prospered; ho took
two partners, who brought considera
ble capital into the firm, nnd ho was
now tho head of a nourishing concorn.
ui course, ail tins was intensely in
teresting to mo, There was evidently
a field for further enterprise, of which
1 know but little. I had made innuiries
about tho American market, but had
failed to secure an opening.
"I'm over about it now," said Mao
farlane, "and ono of my partners,
Richardson, will bo over next week.
Now, what wo want to find is a firm
over hero who will do tho manufactur
ing for us at fixed mid moderato rntcs
a firm wo can trust for good work
manship, and so savo tho oost of a
London agent and placo of business.
Iliehardson recommended Jackson's.
but thoy havo served us rather badlv.
and wo have come over to mako freeh
irraiitjeuionlH."
My mouth watered. If only our
firm could only get hold of such a
splsndid job it would go far to revive
our sinking prosperity. My businoss
energy got tho uppor hand of mo, and
i dropped a inn:, that possibly wo
might eomo to sonui arrangement.
"i oootess that u ins, what 1 should
like," he said, "but I was afraid to
propose it. You are not likely to want
to do business with me. cons doring
what has happened in the past."
1 did not know what lo saw so I
kept silent.
5, 1884,
"However, you would keep your
eyes open this time, no donbt," ho con
tinued with a laugh. "Seriously,
though, nothing would ploaso mo more
than to havo you as our manufactur
ers') I know your stylo of work, and I
am sure you would treat us generous
ly. Only I must insist on ono lliing,
should wo como to any understanding.
Thero aro to be no running nccounls
between us j wo pay ou tho unit for all
work done, not in bills or checks, but
in cash. Unless you consent to that
proviso, I decline tb carry tho matter n
step further.
I protested ngainst his want of be
lief in my ohnngo of convictions re
garding him. But ho wns firm ; be
would not feel comfortable unless he
put all possibility of doubt on our part
out of tho question.
i After all, the advantage wns on my
sine.
The upshot ot it wns that it appear
ed there was nn immediate demand for
certain work a demand so pressing
that there was no time to manufacture
to meet it it must be supplied from
stock. This, of course, was agreed to.
Haw gold was to bo supplied at vary
ing intervals to be made up ns direct
ed, and when tho metnl was not forth,
coining orders were to bn executed in
the usual manner from metal stock.
Tho only proviso of importance was
that neither firm was to deal with an
other as regarded ttio Amorican agen
cy. To this I had no objection.
About 11 o'clock we dallied forth to
gether ; he offered to walk with me
part of tho way. Happening to pass
an American bar, he said ho would
show mo what American drinkn were
like. Wo had two or three, for which
he paid.
Wo then bad a cab to Paddiugton,
from which station I had to start for
home. IIo wanted some fresh air, so
oamo with mo to walk back to tho
park. He insisted on paying for every
thing that evening, so produced a five
pound note for the fate, having no
chnngu left.
Naturally the cabman had none.
Macfarlauo would not hoar of my pay
ing, but consented to my ohanging his
note for him.
I mado nn .appointment with him
for next dav, and returned homo im
mensely pleased with my evening's
work. If things went well, it meant a
clear profit of many hundreds a year to
the firm.
When I was in bed, however, an
unpleasant idea came itito ray head.
Was it possible ? But no ! I dismiss
ed tho thought, which, however, would
not bo dismissed finally. Was the
note I had chanced for Macfarlauo a
good one ?
1 had heard of tricks of a similar
kind often enough. Maofarlane had
not made a bad thing out of mo if I
had palmed off a bogus note in ex
change for my five sovereigns.
I got ont of bed and examined it
carefully. It appeared all right. I
was ashamed of myself for doubting
him.
Nevertheless, I went to the Bank of
England next day and had it examin
ed. It was pronounced genuine.
Judge how ashamed I felt ! What.
then, worn my feelings when I caught
sight ot Macfarlane standing at the
counter not two yards from me, filling
a stout pocket-book with notes.
I tried to slip out unobserved, fear
ful lost ho had seen the transaction I
had been engaged in. But ho hap
pened to loci: up, aud caught sight oi
me. illy only consolation was the
hope that he had not seen the business
upon which I hnd boen engaged. I re
sponded to his greeting, and wo walk
ed away together.
IIo had received a telegram that
morning from America to tho effect
that his partner had started for Encr
land. So it was too late to instruct '
him to bring tho gold with him ; for
the preseut Maofarlano would be oblig
ed to givo bis ordors to us to bo cxecu
ted from our own stock. Fortunately,
ho observed, his capital was large
enough to enable him to do so.
Tho ono point on which bo insisted.
which I thought unnecessary, if not
foolish, was that, no mention of his
former name should be mado to my
partners'. It was a moot point with
me for some time whether I had anv
right to embark in transactions with
him without informing tho members of
my firm of all I know, but the security
was so good, and the transactions so
profitable, that I yielded to his condi
tion.
In the course of tho noxt few weeks
wo executed a valuable series of or-
furs for him. Ho always paid mo
himself on tho dolivory of tho goods.
Tho payment was invariably iu notes
or gold. Only oneo did ho offer me a
check. I took it, nnd it was honored
without question.
His partner arrived in tho course of
ton days or so, and Macfarlane intro
duced me, apologizing first for the
want ot retincmcnt observable in him.
"IIo s a rough diamond, a self mado
nnn. But ho has monov and honesty.
and knows his business."
s I had scarcely anv transactions
with him personally. I could not ob-
ject to his appearanco and manners ;
but I should havo put him down as a
villain of considerably deep dyo had
not Macfarlane given him bo good a
character.
Business became oven mor lirislr
between Macfarlauo and our firm. At
tho end of a fortnight tho former show
ed mo a largo consignment of metal
which ho had lust received. He nrom-
isod to send it to us noxt mornino-.
Tho samo day wo took for tho second
titno a check from him. Tho reason
of his offering it was that ho had been
obliged to pay on the spot for duties,
&o., of tho gold. I received it with
out a misgiving.
"i wish you would como and speid
quiet evening with mo and a low
others," ho said, ns ho handed me iho
oheck, "I have been making some ar
rangements which I think may open
up a now field for both of us. Will
you come ?"
1 assented, IIo gavo mo an nddress
a now one. Ho warned mo that it
wns not a swol affair, that
the mon I should meet woro of tho tvnn
of Richardson.
Hiving ntenlvof time on mv linn, la
I walked to the roudczvous at the time
appointed, but was overtaken by Mao
farlano a few yards from tho door.
"i iu rather late, ho said, I'vo had
little business to seu to. finnm
along."
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'by a short-out," as ho said, to a houso
in a sticct not far from So ho-snuaro
A latchkey gave him admittance to a
passage, nt tho end of which wo clam
bered.
"Brutal holo this is." ho exiilnined
"but it contains moro money than you
would bellove. Here wo are."
IIo pushed open a door and ushered
me into a largo room, almost baro of
furniture nnd half filled with tobacco
finoke. Macfarlane was grouted with
words from most of the men, some of
whom did not nppear to mo to bo very
wen disposed toward mm,
'i ou ro late," said one with an oath.
"ics, i Know, was tho answer.
"Kichardson, you know this gentle
man, i neiiovrf ; will you introduce
him ?
"Why don't you do it yourself?" was
bis reply.
"I want to look out some samples
"urn wiu iiual luuiu, sum luuuiai lane,
"I shall bo back in half a minute."
no sua out ot tno room, leaving mo
ratner uneasy. i no company was an
in looking one. liven making allow
ance for tho lact that thoy were min
era, pcrhnps, and self-tnado men, their
appearance was unprepossessing.
"This is the gentleman that helps to
distribute," said Kichardson to the com
pany generally.
"I wonder how much sticks to him,1
said ono speaker.
"Not so much as that fellow in the
next room," muttered another, with a
glance toward tho door out of which
Macfarlane had departed.
A vague fear fell on me. What did
these slrango remarks mean?"
"I don't quite understand vou." I
nam to uionarnson. "Air. i aiebiother
asked mo to moet vou to-night on a
matter of business."
"Exactly, and the sooner we get to
work the better. How much have vou
to account for!"
Ono thing was plain by this time
mat i nan oeon deceived. I was in a
nest of hornets, and I doubted if I could
escape without being stung.
"If you will wait till Mr. Farebroth
er comes hack, he will, no doubt, ox
plain why I havo como here," 1 said as
I could. "I am at a loss to understand
to what you refer."
"No, no," said a tall, cadaverous
man, eyeing no suspiciously. "We
should like a s 1 Miient of "this job
without Farcb o tier's putting his iu o
it. The less we m)i: of him the better
till we have done with you. How
much did yon get for that last packet
of flimsies?"
The word was a revelation. I knew
it was used to dcii'ito forged notes.
Like a flash, tho whole thing became
clear. I had been skillfully trapped
into being an accomplice of note for
gers. My friend Macfarlane, instead
of being a reformed character, was the
villian lie al wins had been. He had
ktpt his word. This had been his re
venge. Fortunately I did not lose my bead.
I could see that I was among a desper
ate set of men. If countenances told
anything, they w-re an unmitigated lot
of scoundrels." Should. I cross them I
would repent it.
I resolved that iho safest thing to do
was to pretend that I was tbo accom
plice they supposed tuo : then, when I
was safely out of their hands, the police
should be on their track.
I temporized. I said that Maotar
lane known to them as Far. brother
-had the accounts of what I had re
ceived. I would step into tho next
room and ask him for them.
This was prevented by a man lock
ing tho door and swearing I should not
leave the room till their demands were
satisfied.
I listened patiently to tho confused
uproar of voices. As far as I could
gather, Macfarlane, who seemed the
ohief of tho coiners, had taken consi
derable quantities of notes, stating that
a friend of bis was passing them very
successfully. After some titno had
elapsed and he hnd produced very
small amounts for distribution, pressure
was put on him, and he promised that
his agent should come and himself clear
up tho balance due.
I was tho agent, und now they de
manded, in no measured terms, sums
amounting to several hundred pounds.
1 explained that Macfailano had de
ceived them ; that I had never received
the sums. I was rudely searched, and
several notes and Macfarhno's check
were found on me. Tho threats be
came moro violent. I began to fear
for my safety, when their was a sudden
hush.
Steps we hoard on tho stairs ; tho
door was rudely shaken and then burst
in, and a file of polico maiched into tho
room.
Never had I seen a policeman with
such gratitude. I leaped toward them
for piotection. I was only just in
titno ; there was a loud report and I
felt a bullet whiz past my ear. I al
most suffered tho reward of a traitor,
for the gang evidently thought that I
had betrayed them.
So agitated and overcome was I that
it was some titno boforo I realized that
I, too, was a prisouer. However, it
was so ; but I had no anxiety on that
score; explanation would bo sufficient
lo restore mo to liberty. I yielded
without a protest, thankful enough to
find myself under tho careful guard of
tho stom policomon.
Tittlo did I think then of what was
about to happen mo. I had not reck
oned on tho calculating villainy of mv
old onemy. Ho had so entangled mo
in ins transactions, so caretully put on
mo personally tho responsibilities of
his nefarious transactions, that when T
heard my solicitor unfold tho ovideiico
against mo as an accomplice I was hor-lor-struck.
I was a known companion
of Maofarlano. I had concealed his
identity with an embezzler I had
passed numerous raiso notes, taking ad-
viuiiHgu oi my secure business leimta-
tton, I had even noknowlodged to tho
gang that I had been a partner in their
swindling transactions.
Worst of all, Macfarla no was free.
IIo had given information to tho an
thoritie.s of tho meeting of tho forgers,
nnd then quietly absconded, whither no
ono know, I furnish' d every puitiou
lar about him, but all attempts to track
htm failed.
Now that his scheme of rovoiigo and
profit had succeeded, it was easy for
mo to see how it had been accomplish
ed, nnd to wonder at my own blindness
in nover suspecting that I was being
mado a victim. Having ouoo put ufo
off my guard by profcsilng his grati
tudo for my prosecution of him, ho
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nnnmHaiMnMnMjiti
idea of my making it a test of bis hon
esty. IIo was waiting for mo at tho
bank next morning with his pocket
book open to display tho magnitude of
his transactions. Ho camo to my firm
because we could supply him with
easily convertible goods which, when
melted, could not bo traced. Tlio gold
ho showed mo was bogus. Tho check
ho gavo mo on tho morning of my ar
rest was dishonored. Everything won
managed to got as much ns possibloout
of mo first, nnd thou involve mo in rum.
I hnd almost resigned myself to being
found guilty. Judgo then of my joy
when my solicitor brought mo tlio news
ono morning of tho capture of Macfar
lane. 1 had been affected in tho moat un
expected way. So far as wo knew, all
tho members of tho gang bad assem
bled on that memorable night. Thero
was, however, one exception a man
named Baikeg was delayed. lie ar
rived at tho houso an hour or two late,
thought that things looked strange,
and found tho polico in possession.
IIo naturally withdrew. Uo beard
full details of the capture, and then
went to find Macfarlane, who owed
him personally a considerable sum.
iuactarlanc was not to be totind. lint
Barker persevered ; tracked him at last,
and demanded his money, .uactnriano
refused it ; Barker went tho samo day
to inform tho authorities of Macfar
lane's whereabouts, offering to turn
Queen's evidence, an offer that was ac
cepted.
1 he result of tho ovidenco that ho
produced wns that tho jury inclined to
tho belief that 1 had been a victim,
and I was adjudged not guilty. But
though I left the court proclaimed to
he an innocent man, none the less was
I awaro that .Macfarlane bad kept to
the letter tho vow be made to bo re
venged on me. All the Year Hound.
Winter on the Farm.
While the summer has its many
entities and comforts, it also has a
multitude ot cares calling for weari
some labor week alter week, month
after month; from thu coming of tho
springtimo until the harvest is all gar-
neied and mo doors are hrmlv shut to
shield the precious store from tho de
stroying elements. Summer is the sea
son of especial care and labor to
the husbandman, and the winter
should bo a comparative time of
rest.
Tho watchful farmer finds but littlo
if any lime when his cares aro not num
erous, but ho may so completely mas
ter ins position as to oe enabled to let
the physical nature rest and regain its
wonted vigor, lint littlo moro should
require his attention in winter than tho
care of the stock ; this is a pleasant
task, and one that pays well for closo
observance, and brings heavy loes if
legiected. I his work should be so
systematized that tho tlock master and
ioi d keeper finds himself at liberty be
tween the hours of niuo in tho morn
ing and four iu the afternoon, and with
nis lamily or i.t some social gathering
where matters of general interest mav
bo discussed.
Wo look upon it as being a positive
sin ior any man to make a slave of
himself, taxing and wearing out his
bt'-ength through avarice, and crip
pling and stultifying his mental facul
ties until he hardly represents tho
species to which ho belongs. Thero is
no economy, no gain and no comfort
obtained in such a life unless it be in
satisfying tho cravings of a morbid
nature. Iho man who thinks, is tho
man who finds the avenues that lead to
fortune, and finds those most agreeablo
to travel. The self-made sluggard and
tho selt-madu slavo should almost rm
land iu hand, so far as their moral
worth is concerned, and tho latter is nn
better than tho first, unless something
of a credit may bo drawn from a mis
taken ambition.
Now, wo do not decry labor, for
nothing is inoro uoble, and our picture
ior tuo oeing who closes his ear
against intelligence, nnd leaves all tho
lopeiisities oi his nature that makes
man manly undeveloped, oaiisinu him
self to bo a serf and a blot unon tho
woild of rational activity.
As wo before hinted, tho summer
has such a multiplicity of cares and
ressing duties to bu performed that
the husbandman finds u-ally but littlo
time ior amusement aud thorough cul
ture, out tno winter may, and should
be his season of rest, culture and men
tal ciMoyment. A well conduct!
fanners' club opens up a wide field for
vigorous thought, and throut'li tho in
terchange of experiences and ideas a
profitable store oi useful information
may bo gathered in. Good ai'ricul.
tur.il papers do the same, for in them
is always found some now idea, and
their columns aro ever open to the per-
sou who has an'exnerieneo to rrivo.
either iu the management of his crops
or stock, or anything pertaining to tho
interests of his fellow farmers. Tho
social meetings f i om houso to houso ;
the evening games at the firesido with
tho children also tend to shako up and
renow tho system, to give new life to
the body, and take tho wrinkles out of
the face.
Music, both vocal aud instrumental
in tho homo circle, when tho family is
gathered around the lamp, and tho
chilling blasts aro whistling without,
nas nn eiovatitig lnliuence that makos
ouo better satisfied with lifo and firmer
in purpose If tho parents cannot sing
or play themselves, they should bo none
tlio less anxious to havo their children
earn. It is a false idea that an accom
ilishment in musical arts unfits a tier.
son for tho more rugged pathways of
lifo ; music leHnes and elevates tho
snmo as a classical education, and bo-
oauso city holies andeqxuisilies play tho
piano and do but littlo else indeed ,
mv fit for little else is nothing moro
igaiust tho power, beauty and useful.
ness of musio than it is against reading,
becauso these worthless butterilicsspend
all their hours pouring over sensa.
ttoual novels.
Show us iho farmer's homo whim.
books, papers and musio enliven tho
win.er tiresule, nud wo will show vou
one of tho happiest spots on earth.
Tribune cO Farmer.
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