If THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN I PnbHho.I Wffklj- at ZBEXSlirriG, Cambria Co., To., iY 1 1. A. MoI'IKTa. Vl-cr,tiwinR- Hat The lame anil rrbiiStc circolnt!, n of the Vak w:i a iircitu crnmmd"; I! lo ti c fisre.ru rde con I'liTMinn of :vit icorit. .' tirori will t jn eertei t the t alien ,ig jo rates 1 Inch, rt tun' 5 tn .n- In 1 Trar t ths . 1 ye.ir 6 m'nt lis.. 1 : to D ! . e t o s w 12 ! I jm oo .16 (JO 4" on J W S 1 k im (luttrantred Circulation - J,OOS. lv. sriis kiim lo.v iu rr.1. 1 vear. !4 rul'n C nior.li i ." C nvn! t: 1 " 6 ni"rti, 1 " 1 JIHT- " ,Tin;"rji. t' anil Fxrrutur'f No'.irrs A a 1:nir s N ilr- Sttst ari'1 fimi.'tr yt:''' Ono copy. one year, c'.-! in elvmce M.'.O If not n' i n .Tiil'i J ran. 1.75 '.tTi .. if not p ii within yenr.. 2.L'5 rf"l prn rrsidiTur ni !!' the coiifnty (0 f'ttt i'!iii0nl per yi-ar will !e rh;Ui''i to pgr rotixo. -In no evfllt will It'"' :l'eve t'-rtes t.e 1' njrtf.1 from. Tl t'i.i.-t' !;. ,0'n't cm-iilt their cn interest by riav'.t: in H-ivm.'" ni!' jioi crriectto he pin"'' -1 "' K"--.am-- f-. aor.ii as to ue vbodo. let till-' I:ii t he ! -ti'.i .!v it n a r-t ood froTi th t.mo lorward. -Pv tor vnur piper hfl"ore y.m t p it. if at no it ; on mn-t. Ncne but se-ii.i i-ac !ooti IK I:ii:re. itctn. trft iu?er-i ri 1 e itf line : ri-h H. A. McPIKE, dtlltor and Publisher. 'HE 18 A FRF.EMAK WHOM THE TRCTH MAKES FREE, AS D ALT, ARE SLAVES BESIDE. SI.SO and postage per year, In advance. Wjliw'jvSt :n.rrti"ii 5c. r l.nr. ( F'ti--!irnr or fiivrd-nj r.f ait- m-pn-Bhnn or tori fry. mil rrnnnx.! u'imi drt-.frd lo tail attn t:en lo :tj t-trttrr of h or individual tnttrett, must Uc ;titd Jot ct etirrrfjurTr.rnls. Jon l'r.i7'M: of all k!n:I neatly am: txj.ial ously exeeutcd at lowest prK-re. l');u'i yonlorget VOLUME XY. EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, ISSI. NUMBER 3. etwie. Don't be aj.ilwa- i E.-ia i i --a t is i m yr i 9 I,:., j t.:-. s'nirt. 1 liu 13 . ; a , rm: Chicago & Ncrth-Western ' Is th. oldest : nr- " n- i kt 'tf.d: : H1..1 t o:, o tiic HI XT ; L E A D I N G RAILVAYj r-r TIE- WEST AND NORTHWEST! ! 3 It 18 the short ar.-l ' r t:'- tictwctti -ii-.iir-i an-1 " i ;til ' i!l ' 5r1hrif Il'innl. lo-va IMfcntn. lTrnmln: - : braka. tali orrla. Ori'irnn. f n!orlo. I fsli, Arlzoan. Iilulio. Mintniia, pfp.. an1 Tor COUNCIL B LUFFS, CM AH A, ni viiii. i i iiiMi.ii. SALTl.A h i:, SAX rj.'AX C'fSCO. )Pa'iniMiil. SiiMi I'ttyr. . Criiar Ffrpt'- .Voiii-.. ? :L'ii. r.rS cl? -oi?'.' ! in tfie Ttrrii t k f . . .i:.i. .,- .tr, , "' Orren I -v. ' ;. . '.;..;.::. ybu-r-ultf. for -1 - ttu Lac. Ha! r . ... . 'v." A. .r'.. .Vi.- V. Paul. Minns v.-.it. I ui i. yur-t, I'ltnarrl;. Winonn, La' r-i l;rj!tf :r .r l?f c'! f.-ni'il ci Un etoia. T'ako'ri. (li.'-ri :.i anil thf .ntthn-is!. ! At t'otioci: i:."' -- thf i rjir.s -.f tin- ( " h t -r-j .St 1 ;Knrtb-wi t: ai!-! tl, I'. I vs .!.. tin irom, i i ftrrive at anil i: ;!.f :iiiip i.urt t'ni'in li";.ot. I At I'hirag". - !"-'' ', 't):i'i''ii!iH nro rm-lo vruh the '" lak Shore. M :a 'i t -itr ii , H:i!imoro Ji tiliio, : Ft. Warn. :i: i Ivi!r-K:m::.' n,i-7.i ft ilnixl tTrnilt R'jt. nu 1 t..e Ivatikakee an.l l':.n H:iiitt: Route". ' J$f no; rorncrtion mn.lf at Junction I'ninta. -'- I ! 1Ur OM.T l.lr rfnnin- PULLMAMK)iTLI)IXIX(iCAi;s; VcHICAfJO ami COrXf'IL BLUFFS. ! ;PnIIman Mtcju rs on .ill Ni.riit I'm ins. " : In't nr fla tliis ro.. i.. boy If t i . (tcrtii'-We-' f If yoa w1 "I'-oii wlil br .-B-TARE -Alll I'-: C'T- t-v. - 4-15.J t T ! I.x I V .1,. :i f 1! ilin-z .n Ti t l; t T.-.U -l!t;- A.- ;nu !:n r T . t- bv till-- r . iv, rir-,1 Ii I ! ii I-.K.' 1 - - -: 1 : I. m timx if i (.in rr. !;::.:'.-',- '' - --'. . . s-f-t, .t-:-wi ut.c tZl' , j r- :--yrry.'-et f fi re t: it, - - r tt' ir v. itlV" d .'.' r s at til- THE CRE&T nunt Txa to.v no n i rSKo other line run-Three TbrotiKli Tag-fc-er Trail i I ; ; i i i -.- between t hionfto, lui J!tie, O.m-tcil Hail-, iinml'.a. I.ir.e iln. rt. . Ph. Atchi. ii. T-ivVn r.ral Kansas City. I"t coonci -tmas for a:l (.nint' in Kar.'.ie, tbm-tct, rcb-rtfto. V.'n aiim- Mia-.tnna. Ne f ). New Mexico. Ariz -ma, I laho.Uri frou ar.d rf'.rnia. s t ' Phortet. c neediest tind Mot Com fort a . . lilia-tr. tI il in'n-i ' to Fort sici.tt, len!tni. . V..:. H-ns-'i. An tin. S'Hi Antonio, Gaives- i n-t nil r . a 1 . th. 'I iei'en "meets ffere'l lv thi : :ip! 1 urit-'. r as follows: i I eii'n.in (bWw L f-1 Tal'ie; ran civ en th'. l ine. II. & : n -.-!! mm l.'ars, with H-'tteii s . citni h li tre for t:- nt , , I f tea. ,n '.. Ft. i 'J. '.. -j- '. us Sin iiincr ,;r" . II -ti-Hti i;e,l Ka'tan !te ' :- th" 'jo Iti-'ive use of Urst- in,"' 12. ' hi ' .? to 1 ra eeiebr' cr.inir t'r. r-i!.;r D, rtinini "Ti ' -; iitonj 1 ''-e 1 iri . ,. te-i we.i i 4 . i- ht i!r i- e-- -t .... ' S'.i'cS Tra ' - T rqvir'rtent. ce-Ti-, t '! hr'-ui'ti ':t Attnr.it-.--i lei el tea n. t t:r f iivi e-it'l S t!i-" sr. :ra-l tlrs l'ar I i"ia l traveling a tuiury '.. . -O'ai hit K-1 -i. if not ' ..- t T 'II. i --? a l.'.l a t is Cvl Vrux- "eratel bipe il ?tutc-! aii'l r.ir. i i-T- r p-ii" fl-;! n a.i ;,; V.- 'V. ir P.ates T: n : o : ; 1 1 -: t e - T : i-rn A' . , : .,i St., n. -at ,-t: 1'a--1. A -t .. ( . Ai . t V. V e.l. t a'- i.r.l !,f - 1.1 t-' lt. ntr srrr n ha rs DOlil'.IXS' ill -tCTR IV of ifonr Gro- r. :1 t-t v r - - . . . fa. A$K film to fre you ft bill !:'' '', ; ,,iijt t ' i I ,n,l?lf. Mail tts lis bill ami uour ' 11 . " i i r . oil ti nfTdrens. .'ttth. lFe trill mail you riZKi: ih.vt : a3- t"ufiful and rlegnnt cards, a:tlt i.,' , ... .. i i V)yKrr'"Or ami fjord, representing ir" ' ii-i.. . . - . jl ta wW;rtf s'Sfien ArffSfif .Mail. rlnltt- T T ni-. . ; -4 d tie 1. Ij- .Ltaialilii & UU,, rci :L PHIL Alii ,.viua, .,. ta- f if'HBiys' Tl.li T v : I 'Ol'i n.. "!. , 0U I5R . Hi ".. r. 'ei, . Tot t and I r iTflii r. s. If rea t p .e.l -1, re 111 r- A -.eii-iuy nl .Vir. Sw r...tot ; ! tnm-n.h.'.a t.. am 7. i,,,ri- "- .1 w. :., ail - ' ,,. unMo wooi). n.t.. "v br? '"- "I , Ii. . 't i'!v ree. VtV e- My !... w,U return ta v..;, If 1 11 ' ' a" r t S..-T vaeate.n " ....Mf V T ! - ' IV-i'i'fj Mr.- HiWITII. Iiiiiiii.i 4 1 1 . -1 !..i1ia. Ta. I-J i.i. 1-i !i,,in I hiia. H 'OfjiKiOt;! it ( IIIO I PMI . V. T. 1 . . . . iur. '4.7 1 fjle'' 'If : 1 Jltrl .r id t'-v ;t-cP- ir- ar mi. r HI I tTIOV OF IVOHH. t x- mi r.ia . -,'' 1 O n. -:1t ,t, .rrt. 'A . I,. UK t. Kfiriitrar. II ', l.ailirV SemiiMry. -. li'i'M t,-:ii,l,ri.. . T.'l- ..N.t-liH IM1 iTifl,,,, n !v in i fe, !..e..,.,. " .ei. - " t., fl -'-'til. -r 14 ' A li lt i K. K'A I V'.J. J rinc jiai - - :Cin auSU .w Vot-h. 'ly nt h i i i .. . - ' ' 'Hie S tinrlc. n-"r.K ... ii..'-s siiyvis a i. .. Tort- l-4,'l)l.-lT.J 15 I 11 .1 1 i - i;irr. :. -j.-... t , - - ir !. , I'l- .i' np..l Sh;Hr:.l Ji.e ,"f X-'V" . Nr-- Kiti-v i !.-;. I !!- f.-rfhil- ai.-r'. ' .? 5 J.-." rr.V !.. ik!;- in ! Il-n flit .!-t-Vi-.' , k. y.. i ' .i-,v'j-i.'jjj A '.., r-.; i. lit . -. I . -t !;n-;- """' e". i;'- -, i ' I : ;m.I v:-l'i--i v. r -i. M- t f '. - .V t I A l.-W ..K.l S :i: l.l-r 1 -. - - Lv.', .;, .l I'.--' ,';r.l'--". - ; V - " V"-i-n! w- k .it 1 -.iiv.ii-- r :. ii. i ii : ii.n-i-1 HF.S. LYC'.A E. P'iiiXHiM, OF LYKN, MASS., ' o o n a - O D a o z o c rt E o r . 5 e fliers 7 -f -"2 E CO c rt u c a E C a E o o QU1TD. Torn1! tli--c rcfnt'!-l ftriv.Hiii: m.l UrrVnfKM iir-iiumQn i our lie : i .u! ' u !n 1 ln. It rrlll :& ::tUv!y w.'-r-t f'.rr.i f i on:r.lo f.vni rl'ltiti, nil nv,:ian 1 r-'rJ.Ti t. !::"(. Tt.r.ti'.n nr..! Wrra t!on, I aiiii nT.-l I"i-; I.T'Ti-.r,' n- t::" rrr.-unt P; !rnl TVolir.. ., orni is -a: 'i.n:;.r'y ti!?i tfd to the Cl:a:.p- n .. It w.il ii;.-r!r.- art'l f-y-l tilir : froT: t!. rtem. in an f-rlr tiii't if (!"';. r. -rt T:. t-'ninfTtncan-C'-.r" hnr;-'." i.j . 1.. .! t-. r- -'fi.'ly It it a ne. It rOtlTOV-.-T f Ti ; ttr ysnll rmvtng ?3 nf the stoE'-arh. -r-: Prostration, :T' sv.on and Inul- fcrt:nnll-'::t. nr.! r-rcuri It CUr-. r'.-r'T-. I"-- -.-::r. (recti-- n. Tiint f.-il:'e- -.r 1.. r'n fV,t-r. r-i-tiar pftfn,wl!rht und bH--knrh i -.. r."-! u:."n- "t'y rure'l It itl u. It tviil at .' ; i ti:. i t::i.V r 11 rir.-i;mrtnrcs a-t in hnrmonr r-'t Ii tV" I . t'.Tt - fmnlo Fj-atm. F-'rtlif -r.ri f -v . mi :aiui i f e.ti.&r aaxtiila Coranotm-! 1' ii: '"-: - " . lv ii t t'. pin :. :i v"-i-s Trr.rTtttTXCOM- I--Or.VI' ; r. r .-. . ; . t. ,-ilpro Arenn-i, I.j-nn. :-.si. l'--i'.",l. i-'isl. ti! .:')r(i Sel.t by mail tn tV f-'tr.i of : ..1. a'.-.--t inllis f r:n of lozmarf-s, cn rer-if t of price, ?' rbt x f. rciiV.T. 3tr?. rickh.m fr.'j'.ycKi". rc Pii 1- t -'T-- r.f irq'rrr. for pamph let. A'liir.l M nt"''. .'fnt:rn th'S i r-tr. ! fairily MinuM 1 v. ii ho-.it L VI II P!SK BASTS I.r"Tiit Tills. Ty c-:ro cititlpatlon, L:liousnt3Sa nni t n 'i'y cf th-iirir. '.c. r.-nts tcr box. r.v-t-;ottI ?r ai! Pr;Tjr,-;!!if. -i.a An if. 1-. 1 -:.-. 1. T ' C - I N2nc-iri sTi;'rtisi,i I ti 7Vcv' .' I .()!.!' I CASIIMi'.lfl'.S Just rrpiiP'l : r.p' FrPttrli t.oniN. 1." in l-'2c. pi-r Til ! T tl'C!'-; i-li .1:1 a : : r:;:vAi.s : AM) S -TINS. n;r 1 ii - . I.-- m-i , : :.r i! I if. e, r. T;;.1 a- I l.-ir.-li-i-i I: - il !Cll TTC- : - - e v fii , air i ' ! r.-l ro i if.-- 1' t' :ui. 1-1, ill o- wnr" Mitci. i; : te o , i-ai !i. IIt.V T-I A V, I.nrire Iir.: ' rr.t i-n .-f New ll:-l: New Swi: i Km i r-en'iiriL-s. .Now !.. el!-.' VAS BOGf.S & RUHL, 118 and riTDrRM. Street, Ar.i.rc.irr.xY, r t. N Jt. .V 'i Kii'-i.-r y.-K Klu.iiK'!? ! Hlank r' fiv'.lf. ,'r. an a v-tii,!; at -,.-,.:.i rl.,-f. i.r-,-.. New 1 lme-i i r.! l..i....k..-i (liil. I.lncn Tal lin..' a, ! N'-M l:in tm'-c i, :-.l ntt.-.-tion. Stato Normal ScliooL ITS'I..I.-7-A- I.V. ItKllitlns. 'Mi-k s'Tieim T 1-ri us "lit. I' 1. h":t(l liy 1 tlic V iti.l i;. -t it. ni in the I nl'ial Stat--!. Itmt 1 lour i? f.r-jviii ,! wi ti bet ale! ,1,1 water, ii.: t It It.M in? ;ronin!i. : -- o 1 1 : n 1 ene ; etiiiiu: a tl ei ii I Oi 1 rei'i'!' f Treini.nri.b'S, Cn .jia i iruinlr Kiel I. I.orntinn pa--y nf 'le'c-- by r.t'Wueii l,.r iit-r.i, iit't'lai-.-.i. .tccniiiinotl.-it lon l-,r be -t nr. 1 Jtisf. HOI i: i;ht-iv anil rc- l. :l. 'r- 1 (4-0) Ite.M ll'IS. The- l ar-iilly Is c.-.m;..'-l of liaiinent K,!'i- e.iter-. Tlor-artt.K'nli-N' rtetil. t !aieal. t'ommT i'il M 't M'l-a-ai. '11m- KiI! 'lrm of 1-5 V.'ookn will o i n MONDAY. SKI'TFMBKfi o. 1881. fi:-ei:ea i; i.,w a an. oflier Nernial SeheeLuf ferli'sr fijn-il a.ivanTairfi' nn-1 acceinaa-'tata n. K"f :: r: ii-nt". n:nl e-italouneis. aiVlr-t3 .. WILLIS itu:. M.S. Au.'. 'J l-!l I'BIM'M'U. l'lO trm. A T'DITOirS XOTICE. The under- iiftie,. naviriar neon ii.,r:n:iii .Aiiaiter in re- r.orf 'I i -1 rilii'.t ielt nl tlie luilanee he hiini. "f I. II . I..' :i "il. I. il ii ' ' . "i I ' ' I i " 'i "ii. 'e - , .as .--liowii by her 5e,.ni, nn,l tinal a-.-niint. herrhy II. lar uiii iiiiT'i' ill ti ef. Vi ii nil hi 1 1 1 iiiiii-; '.il i.i'i-ii- hnrir. n .Vfftirtfev. Sept. J". I";.'. at two o'itUmtIc in trr attern .eti. ,,r the .iirp..-"f attcn.bnj to the 'I""" ' '''''l aMlnttncnt. when nn4 where all ner-enj hnvinif elaims nuint nro-nt them, or be ileliarrial frnm ceininir in on saiil fi:n,1. A. V. BAKKKH, Auditor. Kben.-hnrz. An. IsHl.-t'.t. A riNKC AL LAND FOU SATJ: ! j The un-li-riirne-l f! er nt private ?a!e anl ' ne.,niii.l-.:,n t-.rm a tra-t et lami Ivirnr three- i f"i'ro, ,.f a t-.e.. 'r,.,;, tiia iven.-vivati.a K iilniinl ! jn-l .-"inniii!: T7 Acres. 'T-i, 'i.i ml is urab-ria ill ' wf l, e.iAt.. Kiio: . i.w ,.,,,! na-NevR. a,.,l in : tan i. i.-.T. a iw-mill j 11 u.J P t I fr-aii t::i' a. ; .1 I y a 1 '. it -.1,' tniok fnr'a r 1 ,r;i -ii--r rai1 .1 AMI S lit i;kk. nmre. i'ain'-ria '.., l'a. o 1 tin 1 r aii !,-e-- I Auj. VI. 'Sl.-iit Desirable Property for Sale. f I'l; : e.rv. ,,-,1 -(.-!., to i 11 t-i- Ml I.I. I'liO 1 l-!.!.;T. t...,;,l at el 1 1 w.c! . i'.'e' ae ,re',.i n, I- nnt v. -,.i i i - ir. ot liu' I', 1.'. K. : eit:iele ..r a rn.-r.-' ::t tr-1 : ! . Is in an m e!.-nf uran i-'.in.ry. ii.ir T - L.-,,i ir.-e k-'f. i:a t'iree r-:n o! -ti .- o,;i . ni t : r p a eepaeis t-e:'ii , f w it, r :. ,1 an t ni... W.ll. bll.NNLl.I.V. 7-1 t , ,-!, .1 a ,y 'JiS. 1 sj.-'jip . C.T 1 : A V? M U 1, 1 ;. C'it :uo to the piem- ; ii-..., ia tt.o i:'.-i-ri''ier. in W ii-hiniti-ri t" n h i p. ..e. er ..b' l-.t the l a tw,t Jnlv last, a black nolle, j "'"'it ' n re, ia!-- len'i. ami li.ivititr. tea white 'I" b'" run. ii. 1 i.r ,,.vner Is re,iiet'.il Ta eetne j ferw ir.l. pr-,. :,r a.. i i v. i, iv i-haur" and take him i "'':' : '.'thei ais he will 1 J , ,.! ..r a-, the law lr-'-t. i. j. ii iM'pt-K. I V.'-etitnuleii Twii., Au. 2'3, 1 -1 . 7? t . j j avi) ro:: s a i j-:. - tl-Tn.Trrsi'in- i J J ea li-i!fl Afrfi of land iyii.g hetwoen I.e rt-ttn an t Clie.-t. Sprinp" whieti 'hu will ci y.-rv -eheafi a nd on r "' tenn. I I ere are ainnt Foiirr i Ac "K licared. t he ha lain'e Peiiia: n-.-ll iiivereil w i in 1 n loa-ier. p-oie: pa : i v ni'::;i,a-. ir ir t . rl Ii -r l n l'.e ai OK n call oa or I'l-irey. i-. A sfuhM, July l.'i. -If. Korcttu' l'a iAr I r;. nrrKi.iiv, ATTOIt X It V-AT- t.A W, A KT li i. A. PA. i- Irfies at ll'"- Ttfl ft h freer, in . a me hiiild Injanii itnnie llnt..!v m r nr of f lrrtNat'l Dank. Altoona. April tti, 'l'll.-tf. Qt C a wnii r TO'irrwri trwn Term land 4nutflt C'OrVee. A9r:ft H. ff-n to., rTortlaTia. Me. - J. rnitpnsirj i'rsi I'lT'l l.llf'.'iA' Vi:ri; ot I nil !:. ;l : tn-i r v i . f t 'i , p :i. r.) i.:;:i i-.- vr-l ; : m -r'. 'i 'jj ; l;ofil ,tv s.. ,7 --. J I. p il-o-l. et r ... II.i tl 1 i.e., X.-W Ii;-,,.'.- v- .!. r,-,! -. ; ;-. r . liif 1-,T i ! Tj ? !.r. . i a.-i . S ' r t ' ,n:' . n ml r 'ir-.'ulttrc. r the Scottish banker's dilemma. IN TWO CHAPTKr.i-. CHAPTEll I. Mr. D'.ilF, the worthy an.l ri sprrteil nirfnl rf the (.'omr.'tl Hank at'Tullkirk, was sttrtlod liy his tfil'.ir, James Hamilton, coinincr, to liim to saj", just ss the hank.fr liml sie-ticj the lust oil'n ial letter before proceciiiug to hxk tip the safe: "I am sorry to say, sir, the rash appears to be one htin.Ircl pniin-Js short." James was very pale as he spoke, aivl, despite his f-tTr!s to prevent it, his voice trembleil. A F'ranper could not have told whether the youth's agilatioa was the result of fright or pr,!':t. .Mr. D i:r knew him too well to let th? laiter ai'ernative dwell in his mind for even a moment; but the lad's exeitement was somewhat infectious, and it was wiili jsst a liilie throb tlat he replied : " You're joking, Jamie." Mr. Duff leaned back in his chair and nibbled llie festher-end of his quill a.s he looked in the lad's fare. " I was never more serious in my life," roitt rated Hamilton. It is ome mare's-nest, depend upon it," said Mr. li'.itl', in a tori" th"! partly re-a-s-.ir'd th" younn fdinw. "Ilivc'-rt'i been very biTy tit the desk to-day. Jam? a ? " "That is the tnysiery of it, sir; we have not been bij-y. Uai liy three pa.-s of our Cash-book :trr filled." "A liumh'cd po'jnd.?! Ilm! I nm ftinj up stairs to dinner. In the meantime, check your fumninions and your cash, and by-ard-bv I'll come in to lock up the safe with ye." The teller wrnt from the banker's room t the out- r t.t'i - e wi-ii a very grave faoe. Mr. H it", 'a ho liv-d with his'family, as is cust.i:n:iry in Scotland, in the very com m.odio;i holism tutached to the li.-:nk, sent his letters lo be copied by the junior clerk, aud tii'-n went leis'inly up-stairs to dinner. Mr. D-.tfl's wr.s, lor a io.a who dots not ohject to penoaiient residence iu a provin Ci.'d town, a very easy and plei.-ant mode of life. His work wtis not hard, nor sverc Lis n .spoii?iiii!i!it;s very heavy, lie had a pretty and comfortable home in an !d i'ahioned country town, a. id although his wife lay iu the churchyard on the brae by the river side these ten years, si ill he bail two of the prettii-st eirls in Toiikirk Minna- an 1 Mary DttiF (besides Jf t.ny, the 1,1 irricd da'ghur, who lived in J-'din burrrh), wb.o.-e deSiirht it was to make his life sunny and happy. Hi"! was naturally Ix-ini? known to poss.-ss private means, :;nd on acco'.int of his ollicial capacity as tlie dispenser of discounts and custodian of the wealth of the neiirhborhood a man of soine importance ia Toiikirk, r.nd formed par: of, us well as moved in. Toll kirk's best society. He was maistr-vo and farmer r.s well as batiker; and on b-tn lays, for i:-..i:iy a b-n ye.ir, he had 3'l....1 in-.-iniin l.i'.'i.itfi "th" pi e" at t!:e rrtrauee to the ;'.''! kirk." Kr-.'-b:-ly knew him. be knew everybody ; and perhaps nobodv resoi-cte-l bim the lc-s because lie jn-i-oy il knew to within a pound or two what every i .-iteti'iycr on his side of the county v,-:.s worth, linanchtlly. II" took life vt ry easy, as I have said; ticking co undue f uss w hen ail accommo. :n-. 'i lii.l was ;.r'en'-- 1 to bin. if be kn.-'V a.i he w.;s cert ti'i t ) kr.ow the ii,., ; o find ;r irri ;s thronph !:(' ol drawer Mid imi'iiM r. lb1 was res;i c!ed. I' , by his Edinburgh cmplovc-rs a a r.i.-m of pr:eierec and ..!'. K ity, who m-vcr made ha i ih-', is. never troubled them with appii ca'ions for ri-'-e of salary or tran-f.-r of a 'rent v whose books elwavs sb.o I the ill ! vi i t'.'-f uistieetton, and wiio, speaking '.i;y, wanted no f.ivors from them. r, jrrante.1 favors, by f-cr-tfioii-il in- to vi-it bite, ; Tr.'ikirk. wii'n; tie :- :-- ..ns:;ri:issert troat a ad salmon !i ;i i:i r. b -cides ni-.-.!ii:ice;:t " links" for iro;f, t.t.'i where lis- local ilist; ;! -rv y'u Id a la. ! f ni'irc Ihtoi loetil r jnOation. The city. birds w. ie n d slow to accept s;u ii in. t i;.i! .us. .Mr. f,itr bt-ina-over a t"iui,'er of to.'.iy liie i,: st of coiiijiativ, and sti wrmij in tii'- m-.'t-r of liar-t ; and f: binu'-ro !-. Tl " :, i. f ir.sji'-.-ior of the bank came often en-i i'Th to woo ihe fair .fenny, the eldest of tiie f - oily, nnd took her away with him nil' , tinnier day, to the general b'-reave-tii ... of Toiikirk. Tiie banker did not hurry over dinner on the particular afternoon of which I write. AVh .-n he went up-ftairs be did not cive a second ihouirht to James Hamilton's pale face, but quickly settled himself in his arm-chair, after doinrr justice to his simple repast, to read for the second time the re port of his own recent great speech at the parochial board, given at length in the Toiikirk Herald, the fine roll of his own somewhat improved spoken sentences seen in black :m 1 white, communicating a pla ising sense r,f complacence and impor. tauce as influencing public opinion. It w is nearly seven o'clock before Mr. Dull remembered that he had not yet locked tip his sale, and that bis clerks were probably wasting below for him. lie was surprised when he opened the office door lea'linTr to the bail of bis bouse to find Hamilton still hendintr over his cash-book with an expression of deep anxiety on bis face, and bundles of bank notes lying ou the desk before him. " iiat. James, still in a fog?" be nsked, cheerfully, as he came in. "Not found your dilb-renee, oh" " I am a hundred pounds short, sir, with 'out doubt." Hamilton had toiled throucfh every entry over an 1 over again, had counted and re counted his bundles of notes, and now had a very sharply defined fear in Ids heart, and a vision in the lia' kground of his ima. "dilation of a dearly loved old mother wa;,.i:i r for him at home, and who was ill abb: to bear the responsibility of such & loss if loss it should prove to be. "A mare's nest, I'll be bound." Mr. DufF sat'l, good-naturedly, taking Hamilton's plaee before the cash-hook. Very cart-fully and wilh a keen eye he went over each entry; very carefully, too, he eountcd the rash, and recounted it; but only to find that Hamilton's words were too true. The rash was undoubtedly one hundred pounds ihort. "I think wc had better sleep over it," Mr. Dull' said at last, looking at his watch. "The diCVrence will turn up in tho morn ing, you may depend tpon it." Then the cash and books were carried into the safe, and the office closed for the night. Poor Hamilton lay awake nearly all nicht thinking over some probable cfae to the where abouts of tiie. missing money. Nt ver before ha 1 he h !l the bank with s"e!i a tire id on his mind, for he !' H oer 'aiit lie hp 1 .cone over each item of tiie day, that lie Lad not over-paid any one to such nn extent; and he knew that on hiin de .'. dved the responsibility to make good any s tch deficiency. lie hardly spoke to his tool her as he ate what she called his "ruined dinner" spoiled by three long hours -waiting in tiie oven; nor could she fit from hi:a all throtic'i the evening a bint of the cause of his trouble. She rn, sscd, f.nd hinted that perhaps Minna 1) id", ' the li'.tle Uirt," had something to do witti Lis gloom; for she knew how her li.tv'3 heart ay in regard to the bmiker's yo".'ii;rf r daughter; but her son's reply was equivalent to a snub. He was in the office two hours before rnTieial bank-hours on the following morn ing; but no trace of the missing money could be found. During the day, all the banker's customers who had on the pre. vious day been paid large sums, were asked to chock their payments; but when four o'clock arrived aud the ttsh had as-ain to be counted, the balance still showed one hundred pounds short. If the money had been psid away in error, no man hud been honest cnousrh to return it. Then for the first time in" the history of the Toiikirk branch, a deficiency in the cash had to be reported to the hesd office. A hundred pounds to a rich ran may secra a small mat-r to worry orr; hut to James flarriil tn, who yearly salary, after ten years' faithful and conscientious eervice, did not amount to one liuutlieU pounds, ami whose mother save for the lielp of a trilling annuity left by her husband was in great measure dependent upon him the liability to refund this sum wciihed heavy. Hq became anxious and nervous, not being altogether certain that the authorities of tho bunk might not suspect him of having ap. propriated tlve money ; and from very nervousness was guilty during the next few da3-s of making several small mistakes in his cash dealings, which confirmed him in the belief that he had paid the money to some unscrupulous rascal who did not mean to acknowleuge it. It seemed an age, although in reality barely a month had passed, before a note i from Mr. Tait, the chief inspector (Mr. j Dulfs Eon-in-law) set the matter at rest. : "In consideration," the note ran, "of the j admirable mode in which the business of j the branch at Toiikirk has hitherto been conducted, the directors have agreed to ! wipe off the deficiency in cash, which it j may be hoped will yet turn tip and be re- j credited; but in doing so it must be firmly ! kept in view that the directors by no means j establish the present case as a precedent, i and must remind the gentleman who has charge of the bank's cash at Toiikirk thr.t ; at no future time will the directors be dis pose 1 to relieve him of the responsibility : attaching to his ofli'-e." . " There. Jamie: take that to your roc abc r," said Mr. Dull", kindiy, hand'tig the ot'tU itd . note to Hamilton. "1 thought I t'T would ! manage it" (referring to his son-in-law, the ! inspector); "but v e maun ca' canny," sai l ' the banker, relapsing into broad Scotch, to ' put the reproof, if such it might be failed, in the gentlest form, to spare the lad's feelings. There wore te.irs of relief in Hamilton's eyes as lie read tiie note. "That is generous ; treatment, sir ; I was afraid Ihry would roup sell by aue'ioi me and my oid mother out oi' Toiikirk." - "Koupye? I couldn't spare ye, lad." Then the youth went home to his mother ', jubilant, a burden lilted from him. . Jiut on the next evening, after business hours, Hamilton's lace was whiter than ! ever. His hands wens trembling as he ' fumbled over his cash, and "cast" and "re-cast "the long column f'f figures in j li is cash-book. It'wf.s market-day. a busy i day, and large sums bad passed into and out of his hands. To his horror, lie found his cash three hnnhvl pun'1 short! He j had not th" courage cm this occasion to go ' to Mr. Dulfs room with his plaint. But : the banker saw at once tisbe passed through the oiViee on bis way up-stairs that some- ': thing was wrong. i " You arc lat", Mr. Hamilton." (Mr.' Dull' never in a general way caii d .Tame-s 'Mr.' His doing so now ii.ii.licd r.ii.-giv-in - ) " Ye-, sir; but T think T won't be long;" his lips felt parched from excitement. "Are ye ready lo lock tip the safe with me V " " No! quite. If you arc in no Lurry, sir, perhaps we can lock up v, l;c yoa come uowri." ! " Very well." Mr. Dull" went tip.s'atr ; but on this oc casion he did not linger over hi" met:!. A hen lie came down half an hour later, Hamilton was not ready to lock the sat"-. He was silting looking i;ii.o space, his head rt st i r.g on his Lmv.ls. ! "Have you balanced yonr cash now?" , Mr. I)-, ;V a.-keu, with just a percept ible i edge- oi' rsnnoyance in his lone. , " No, sir. I differ Uiic-e liuaelfcd pounda." '. " vt r or short '; " "Sho;t. sir!" ; "Mercy onus! Thi? will not do. Yo't must b'Ttir yourseii and and find it. I : have to go o-.t to n m'-itlng to-nirdit." The banker -; ":.. sb r Htii.ii'ton te;.T pp : eve, nt-rvot.slv y.ijit r CO!!!;!:-'.! h i s c ; ':. Tit Co w:;v be ace i:;r,!t d i i .- 1 '.'under Mr. P ::"'"- ' ver bis i rn : deficiency con! r. : l ill "This ii teirii-tv .twkwr.rd, .T-.c Tia re iv, re P as in tV yo.fh he v.eorcd: "Y"cs, six; and it nil me mad." ! When Mr. Duff rett-.rn.-l from l;:t ir. ot ing at eleven o'clock, Hami'ioi; v:i tis iar from p' ae.- as ever. The you neer clerks ( bad gc:;e ji-y; y. Again t-i'j bank' r r.nd ! ll:upil!:.'!i wentove.T each iteta tociher J in vtiin. ' " e can't report this to the head office, i wliateyer happens," quc-th Mr. Duff, grimly. 1 i R AVhat is to be done, sir? " . "Find it!" - '" ' ' ' 1 They looker! Idankly in each other's ; faces. Both men went to beel with heavy hearts; nor did the search next day tliro '. sny light on the mysteiioua transaction, j Mr. Puff could not bring himself to report this second deficiency to bis head office; ' and the only alternative left was lo refund ' the amount from his own private means. ! This, as may be imagined, he did very ' reluctantly; "and for the first time in bis experience he watched the younger men, ' aud perhaps bis trusted b licr too, with just & faint aud irrepressible glimmering of suspicion. A mistake of this sort might happen once; but to happen a second time j at so short an interval, made idni uneasy on i other matters than luere loss ef monev. ' He had a framework of mahogany and ! glass made for Hamilton's desk, ki that no erne could come near the cash in future but : Hamilton himself. And so. with what grace lie could summon, and wilh many grave warnings, Mr. Puff paid the "short" i money, having, as he said, to "grin and bear iu" j For a week or so things worked well j unbr the new arrangement; but for the third time Mr. Duff was destined to sec j Hamilton poring eivor his books long after I batik hours, this time to hear on inquiry j that the Ltekless lad was short bv no less ! an ainrniiit than five hundred pounds! Had j the sb.rewd, quick-witted James Hamilton after ten years of faithful service, become ! SUdib-ldy. dolt ? i "This is beyond endurance," the banker i said, sharply, as the fact was communicated i to him. " It is most strange," replied the helpless ! teller, fceiing that the Fates were against ' him. " I " Il is impossible you can have paid the 1 mopey away." . ... .... I It is gone, sir." "'.'.' j Then you ?ritt find it. I can r.o longer ' be responsible for your blunde rs. Here is no less a sum than nine hundred pounds in l'-ssi than six weeks to be accounted for. Many a one has been sent across tiie sea for les-. " The yorth put his hands over bis face and. fairly burst into tears. "I must trive it uo. sir. I can't stand this. I must leave the place." Mr. DuT was looking a" him with very keen eves as this was s- bl-ed out. "Leave Toiikirk? Understand. Mr. Hamilton, that you d,ire not leave Toiikirk before this matter is cleared p.p." For die greater part of the night the men f.'.t tip searching; but when the morning came'tliry were S3 lar fpsn the mark as tV!T. Mr. Dufi", much to the surpri-e of cur totr.ers of the bank, next elay " took over " the cash Jiirnseli", and, rather awkwurilly from want of practice, became his owa cashier. Hamilton was degraded to sub ordinate duties. His spirit, poor fellow! was fairly broken. No trace of the missing money ton Id be found. Of course, Mr. Dull coiii.l p.ot long continue acting as teller. The work interfered with even more important rluties. X A son of Mr. Traill, the parish minister, who was employed at the Aberdeen branch e.f tl.' same bank, at this time visiteel Toll kirk, and being of the same craft, spent a good (leal of time in Mr. Duii's company. The subject of the missing money was broached and riiscussctl between them. It so happened that George Traill was en gaged to be married to Mary Duff; and ihe banker having lost ceinfidence in Ham ilton and fceiing sorely in need of capable help, proposed that George should apply to t lie directors ef the bank for the appoint ment of joint agent or partner wilh himself in the management of the Toiikirk branch. So it came about that in a short time George Traill, a shrewd, practical business man, relieved Mr. Dull at Ihe telling-table, in order to familiarize himself w ith the faces of the bank's customers. For some elnvs all went well. Then came market-day. At close of the day Mr. Traill's cash was live hundred pounds short! CHATTER II. Disinay fell on the quiet little bank Ir, Toiikirk. The former uneasiness beeamr in the office a panic. Hamilton had been made ill by the anxiety of his position and was in bed on the day that Mr. Traill's deficiency occurred. After closely scruti niziug every entry in the books, Traill came to the conclusion that he had not paid the money in excess to any one, and that the notes must have been stolen by Borne one on the premises. The bank's safe was duly examined; but the locks bore no marks of beinrr igm.woi r. ;o. The windows and doors 'of the olice were ' cnalTccted; and Mr. Duff's elom.--Ttr- ! who swept out the office had l.eetl hia cer. VHnts and were known to him for year?. The matter was on thi3 occasion reported to tho bank's head office; but thence cami the coll intimation, that no further de.fi cieney could lie nwts good, ami reiMriii:' tiie bank a genu to their recent letter to that eliW-t tit such and such a date. Mr. D-.ift beg.m to think the pi ace was ha'tn'ed. Wherever the money w.i er,er., it had to be paid up; raising the total losses made in this mysterious way to the unpalatable sum of fourteen hundred pounds in less than three months. Tiie mystery was nil the deeper '.hat during the any of the tlil'erenite in Traiil's cash it Lad happened there had not been a single cash payment amountbigto five hundred pounds. Then there came .ague rumors such as the police, had tiie mailer passed into their hands, would certainly have made use of that there was an itinerant locksmith, a gipsy, in the neighborhood lo whom popu lar rumor attributed almost miraculous ower in the manipulation eif locks. Y'et .t would ttikc a very clever locksmith in deed to open the Central Bank's sale un heard in the house, and to close it again without leaving traces of his work. The r-afe had a foundation, of eight feet of stone, nd was coated on the four, wall, and roof with a two-inch plate of solid iron. The doors were, of course, of iron, and each there were four doors had two keys and Fopriraie looks. Through tiie lock of the outer iron door aa ir.-n boll was each even ;rg shot down from Mr. Dulfs bedroom .'.'t-.v i, an 1 while th it bolt was down, no Key in the worid could open the door. It was ia-.-, - roy to be in Mr. Diilfs bedroom f -fore the i.'-.'t could bei eirwn or dropped. It was cMreinoh- improbable thr.t there were any in Toiikirk who could, even with li e nr t .-ary keys in their bands, bad their way ir.to the ytrong-r-.iom unaided. No longer was Mr. Dull" able to leave the bar.!: with au easy mind by a to o'clock luncheon with forty winks to fob low as 1m I been bis custom these two; ty years. He was clo-rly on. the watch. Yet Lie re was no visible cause for suspicion. Bankers and clerks were fast becoming ie mo!.dir.rd in tho military fetisc i'rotn sheer li i gl.t, ucce'erate-d by mystery, and a sense of utt'-r helplessness in face of it. .Mr. lb::! mi.rht far better be lotting bi..;for Ttme oti lite Stock Exchange, or li. ro ving ait. i.e-ney away on turf spe'-ula-ione; in i'Of lucre woiiid lie some r .note chance 1- l.t, ;1 not sal is: action m losing his :y. His iil fiPOo in r. si bark had up to ibis time ,''i fe as. had even, hiiherio, lepere.l bay. unexposed to -t.s or break'-r-.; but now a 'irons s:t had s; --.,;, -, ;s fitted, to ingulf 1dm at his i-.nv buffeting of waves in mi a as -I:. P-.tff b.-vame a changed man. He was thin arid worn and ill with anxii.tv and t to! i h: g. TIi cy were all watdittg. Traill rav tvliii; i a;p: iion ; IbiTuii'on tinned U"---i gi::ce on jl,n boys; the boys kept a'ir tees very widely open -nil round. Mr. Di-tl' was unwilling to put the ma'ter in the bands of the local police, know ing that the fir-! to be suspected weiuld be bis clerks, and that the aifair would speedily D'come town gossip. Secretly Mr. Dull began to think the place was bewitched. His partner, George Traill, being called p.pon to pay up hail" of the five hundred pounds, resolved to get to the bottom of the matter. He had a liel fitted tip in the banker's biisiness.room, and determined to speml bis nights there until some solution t i' ihe problem presented itself. His trans fer from the Aberdeen branch seemed just then to prove a bad bargain. The keys of the safe, it should lie mentioned, number ing eight, were plaeeel every night after the locking up of ihe safe an f the dropping .!' the irop. bolt from the banke r's bedroom, ;r a sir rg box, the key ed" which v. aa al ways carried by Mr Puff. George Traill, n-a-.ed with a revolver, in spite of Mary's p- -Is and Mr. Dr.T's jeer-, ocoi-.p:.-.! the i.v.un when the bed bad been fitted there, and waited philosophically the course of events. He s'ept lil'le for the first night or two; but no intruder came to disturb hi.s r.-oose. The long dull hours crept on without adventure or either rese.lt than to to.-. he Ti oi": 1 sleepy and eroas elering the following days. l iie bankers w ere beg: li ning to despair of discovering the thief. Yet Traill despite Mr. Pull" perfectly reasonable argument that if any pian broke mto the safe it would not be merely- rive Hundred pounds thr.t would satisfy'him, nor would he likely risk a second or third visit continued to spend his nights in the ! bank. " " . ; At daybreak, however, on a certain mom- i ing in the following week, Traill, who i slept very lightly, was suddenly awakened and startled by hearin g the bolt" that passed through Ihe lock of the outer door of the ' safe drawn sharply up. He could hm!iy j believe the evidence of his ears, thinking ! thst perhaps he hael elreame',r But tint j "click" was still reverberating, exaggerated as ail sounds arc in the stillness of night, i If the bolt was really lifted, the person that drew it up must be in the room where Mr. Puff slept. Traill was a courageous man; but in spite of himself, lie trembled as he bit for and examined bis revolver. When the reverberation subsided, there was a silence for a few moments as of Death, Shop's twin brother. Then be thought he le-nrd, far off, a door open, fol lowed by a step on the stairs. Then a ; light showed at the seam under the door; files; ntly Cue door opened, and a man eu ; it-red, carrying in one hand a lighted can ! die. in the other a bunch of k- ys' The re , vol ver was firmly held in Traill's grip, and j be fore firing, be was about to utter a cry of i warning, when lie noted that the figure ; paid no heed to his presence, but passed ; !)iru. making straight l r the stife door. In ' the dim light, to his astonishment, be dis : tinguished the fixed, even rigid features of ' bis friend and partner Mr. DutT! His eyes. ; were wide open, and he moved with his usual d. litieration, but with an air of stern t preoccup iiion quite foreign to his working 1 habits. Trniil saw at a" glance that the i banker was walking ia his sleep, i His first impulse was to seize l,im and wake him; but a moment's reflection de- citlel him to wait tlie natural issue -f j even's. J.lr. Puff, without hesitation rr fumbling, chose the ri.;ht keys for the ouier tloor, and pushed it, as the lock sprang back, slowly open; then Ihe wicket gale, the inner iron door, and so on, until lie disappeared silently in the vault-like shades of the streing-room. When he rea' hetl the inuer safe, he took from the well-packed store of pound notes Traill eagerly watching hi in from the door a bundle containing five hundred; he then noiselessly p'mt and locked each d'lorns he retreated. He paei within arras-innh of Traill, bearing the bundle of notes, the keys, and his lighted candle ; left the office followed by his partner walked slowly up stairs to his Iiedroom, where he delib erately dropped the bolt back in its place, and finally laid the keys carefullv. appa rently counting them, in their usual place in the box fixed in the wall for the pur pose. Traill expected he would then re tire to bed; but it was evident that the somnambulist had not finished his night's work. Having safely put away the keys, he lifted his candle and again went down stairs, carrying the notes' in his hand. Traill followed him through the kitchen and out into the courtyard 'behind. With the same purpose-like deliberation that he had shown at the safe, he now marched to the unvarnished truth, O romantic reader, must be recorded to the Pio-stt! Ar rived there, he lifted a loose fold of thatch that rested on a slab of stone in the rickety roof, secreted the bundle of notes there, re placed the thatch carefully, and then turned with an air of relief and went indoors. Traill did not disturb him. did not even take the trouble to follow his partner lo Ffc if bc reui"!'l bis bed safely, but sprang. fag, r!y to the loo.-c thatch, in which. snugly lying, be found tiie comfortable sum of one thousand nine hundred pounds in bank notes! He could not help laugh ing as he stood there in the dim gray morning, hardly haif-clad, for fie pur.sui't bad not been w ithotit excitement. "An ex pensive rooting for Duff's pigs," he mur mured, gathering the varieius dustv bundles tog'-iher and retreating indoors "from the coiol morning air. "I thinkDuff," said Traill, serio-j.'-v, when they met in the office, after breakfast - i tiiitiK, to make certain that no thief, or witch, or gho.-t has been tampering with .i i. .i .... . ,fc u:e ca.-ii eiuring tiie night, wc had better count the cash henceforth in the morning as well as ;.t right; that will make certain w hether the money disappears by night or during the elay." Mr. Dull assented. " Suppose you begin this morning. Again Mr. Duff assented ; and with re luctant fingers, at h is partner's suggestion, counted the inor.cv. "Powers of darkness !" bc cxclaimr-d, "1 shall not slav ano,i,er day in this house. The cash is;;gain live hundred pounds short!" Had Mr. Dufi not beeu a remaikably bald man. be would have probably torn his hair in agony. "How much tio you reckon ye.ur pigs cejst you annually, Dub"?" Trail asked with apparent irrelevance, and, as Mr. Dull thought, flippancy. "Pigs! Hang ihe pigs! Hang the bank ! and Yes; I nie-an to re-sign my office. I'm not going to remain here to be robbed anil ruined." "I see you are putting a new roof on your sty, and psp-ring it," Traill went on s "r.teiitiously. Sparing no expense oa it, Doing the thing stylishly, eh" "Are you mad. Traill ?" 'Well, let ine see. At thn rn'e of two thousand pounds, say. in three mer,'!;--. that pig-sly will cost you nr.d nut .in t about eight thousand pounds a year." Traill was apparently in his gravest iu od. " That's pri try mo.ierat t h " " I'oor Tr.tiil 1 The loss of ins pi one, has taken bis brain. What demo tered this house V" sighed Mr. J);; presence ef a eld-pair more tra ft as e j in tiie c even than bis own. "Look here, old fellow 1" said Traill. o-.!. denly bursting into laughter "look bare! I found these in the roof ed yo-.r pig-sty this morning; an! what i more. I .wou put them there with your own hands.'"" "Prodigious!" Yes, ali the p.ihsing money was there. The banker gave a champagne eiinnei to his ilelighfed clerks on the evening rf lii.it day. His own liordth. liowevor. was in rath'T a bad w ay. In a montli or I . o he resigned his cilice, retiring on a liberal pe-nsion to bis film; and in order to com. pensate James Hamilton for all liis p-cent trouble r.nd misery, Mr. Puii" re que sted, ns a personal and final favor, that ihe Itire c tors might appoint him to tlie position of As-d-tant-agi'iit wiih George Trail! ; a pro posal which the Directors favorably en tertained. Those offices both of Ihe gentle men hold with honor to this day. It may 1 Ricntieuiod too that George" Traiil and James Hamilton are neiw brothers in-law, eacli Jniving in due time wedded one of Mr. Puff's daughters. The bank is James Hamilton's home; while George Traill has rented a farm anjoining Mr. Puff's. The fresh country air, and exercise, and fishing, and uniimiled golfing all enforced ou him by the doctor as the licst medicine have put an end to the old banker's som. nambulistio rambles. THE E7TD. Stories Abartt a Famous "Hymn. "A curious mistak',"' says a corres pondent, 'was made on the band-bill distribiiied tin:- it; tee worshipers at Vesn:inis?or Abbey yesterday evening. It lo.s boon f i itid convenient to print on slips of paper the hymns sung nt each of tin special services p v being held, and oa tho slip given out yester day .appeared the weil-known hymn be ginning: Lord. ismiss u wi'h thy Kb -sina." with this aopei.rfe 1 staietnent of au thorship: 'Hon. Waller Shirley. 1774. The compiler of the hand - -ill sot ms to Lave trns e l to the e l.torial .accuracy of John Wesley, in whose collection of hymns the composition in question was liist attributed to Shirley. In two other collections it is assigneel to some poet named Madan, who is otherwise unknown ; but the author was Pr. Hawker, of Piyiuou'b, well known to evangelical persons a' the beginning of the present century as tiie writer of the devotional work M-d-niiig and Even ing Portions,' ami to general readers of the present day ns tint grandfather of Robert Stephen Hawker, the occont' ic vicar of Moren.-ilow, whose biography lias been written by Baring-Gould and Pr. F. G. Lee. In Baring-Gould's memoir there is an amusing story of bow, when quite a boy, Robert Stephen Hawker wrote what he considered an improved version of the hymn, and presented it to his gratidf ather with the remark that the original was 'crude and fiat.' 'Crude and flat, sir!' roared the ira'c Poet or. 'young puppy, it is mine. 1 wrote that hymn. Ine young eiuenda'or was only abashed for a moment. 'I beg y our pardon, grand father,' lit cxclnitip' l ; 'I ' id rot know that. It is a very nice b;. nm, indeed, but but ' and as 1;; went out of the door, 'mine is b' tter.' "' E:3 Interest, in the Boj. A negro boy in Ga'v ston c-ainc very near being run over by the locomotive of the special train. Had ii not been that an old negro. Ht the risk of his own life, S"iz el the boy by t ho collar and jerked him backward just as tho cow-ivteher reached l;iin, be would undoubtedly have br-n cut to pieces. A gentb tnati. whr witnessi.il the heroic act, said, to tlie old ne-ro : "I suppose you are the father of that boy?" "No, sail ; Lis fodder libs edit he country, an I semis do boy lo town to j-et his edification. Pe boy boards w'nl me, sah." "Y'ou seem to take a profit deal of interest in him." "Indeed, I docs, sah. Ills fodder owes me foah two nnimf-j board ob dat boy ; so you see dis ain't de right time foah him to be run ob: bv do kears." A RIDE FOR A II F- Tliil aJL ..: i . i c t i a . . : ' ' " ' "", n 1 1 iKiu.i u i ii-iiuire nccutomeu to gfKtu se- eiety, nut a w ild steed of ibe plains brought up on the irrass and rattlesnakes, and aeeus- I totned to cavort repardless of the constitu ; tiem as amended, or the rights of man. i Mules are pretty much alike the world over ; only the Texas mule is a little nmre so. ' I rode one the either day, and I'm going to I try to tell you about it. It won't be very well written, because my right arm has been ; in a slinc, and I have more bruises than ; bones. You see I fell in love with a ctirl ! deep as a forty foeit well I mean my love, j not tiie girl she isn't deep a bit and as my j luck would have it, another fellow fell about i the same elistanee about the same time. I He's not a bad looking chap, and wears istore clothes on week days lie parts bis ! I air in the middle, and eiils it up with beiga i n mt and cinnamon. He has bis name piint- ; -d on pieces of pasteboard ai d drops them i around itromiscnoiisly for fear people might i forget that A. Brown was about. I bad to acknowledge that between this fciiow and j i myseif, in the affections of the divine Ara-: minta, it was nip and tuck, with the eb.g a I little ahead. j I put on my bet clothes one day and walk j ed over to the girl's bouse, intending to move ! on her works and have the little thing set- : tied without any further lehate. My lival ; was there, and set ined to have or. Lis bet ' clothes. That didn't amount to iii .u-h, for I . . knew that at ten o'clock, six hours after my I arrival there, he'd haveto wend bis winding j way borne, for the old lady be hoarded with didn't allow irregular hours. ! If Jig Rfit to bis frugal couch, oi rather the ; Iiouse containing it, be might skiti bis bnuek- les and kick bis lio-.ts off, but he wouldn't 1 get in after that 1 our, and the hay mow is r.f-t a veiy pleasant lied room in ilea time. Hut I was soon, relieved f a'i nt.a!. We i had a diversion that broke up the sifting. Aiauiinta is possessed of a little brother i I hat girl's brothers 1 II they are htt they 1 play tricks em yem, and if they are big they i borrow your meiney, get di'.mk, and inMilt i you with impunity, knowi" that you aie in ' love with b's sifter and won't r t an in ! suit. While we were talking in a small way. and iookirg volumes of love at the en 1 ami wratli at eneh oth pardon pat w e beat li i: yeii in found li! convnisi.i he le and runr.itig out blether (ill the cto'.ui'l ill '.o tivo Hi' v.a- trying lo o.;l Lis w.tv Hie!" n p: b It v.. a o.-g .T.1VK d or two a-, ii" ti: n.hv. ; ; f.iomc, i or gone for he could pa t ! ay. into the co- tents of bo As it was, it Jo, 1;,. 1 to he de.dh in the (, 1 e v.a- going :t d raininta 1 ft us to run sore:. meet a seream r.i.n yeii. i for the do.-tor. Wc both took iii the situation nt a g'.'ince the man that got the doctor fii-t would g'-t Arainii.ta for life. My rival went over the f m-e like a d-'er, atul seized the only 1 horse in the stable, lie biidh-.l and sa.blied tlie animal in double ouiek time, while I found nothing left me but a mill" I seied a blind bribe, aval ru-hir.g at the nnimal, . felt siimi'thing whizz over my bead that lam sure was a pair of heels. They narrow ly cs t caped my skull but carried off invl.at. Nothing daunted, I seized the creature by the oar, put edi tin bridle, fast. -in d the t l ain by which be was haltered and led him fiom Ihe stable, lie went out willingly, so ma, h so, indeed, that I had si 'tne diffieu'ty in keep ing up, and had not the creature stopped out ; side to give vent in a prolonged bray, I could t ne,t have mounted. As it was, before lie got through with liis musical eiitertaimeiit I was on bis back. The beast seemed somewhat astonished at ' this performance, and stood turning it over in bis mind for a minute, while I dug my i heels vigorously into its sides. He seemed i suddenly to come to the conclusion thai a change of administration would be an exeel j lent thing, and to this end began going up and down like a saw gate. I loal'y expected to be split in two, and would probably have been pitched over but that, in the midst of , this pieasing exorcise Mil ley caught sight of the horse disappearing at a haul gallop in tlie (!i-!ancc. He seemed animated by the laudable ambition of overtaking the horse, . and ftarted so suddenly that be came very ; near leaving me be hind. I worked my way ; forwatd until 1 could get bold of the halter i chain, and pulling this, rigging tight, got a i pretty secure hold. How that b.-ast did run ! He ne.t oniv j gained on the horse to such an extent that Araminta might have offered two to one and no takers, but exhibited his superabundance i of bottom bv thiowk'g in, at intervals, the i liveliest kicks that ever emanated from a ; mule. About a mile out we closed in on the cob, and as wc passed Muley favored liim with a : salute that was most diabolically foul ; for ' ' planting bis two heels upon the quarter of the honest P.iieelialus, I beard a jt 11, and glancing around, saw my rival and horse go ! down In a preipiiscuous manner. My steed 1 of the desert kept straight on. We bad a j ride of eight miles before us : and I fc'.t sat ' isfied that in that distance, at the rate we j were traveling, Mu'ey would have a good I deal ed demon taken out of him. I lt'came , : aware of another fact, and that was my best ' j pants were giving way. J j About five miles out we struck a water- ' ; melon patch and went straight through. I i could'hear the melons bursting under me like bombs, and when we emerged from the fur ! tb r side specimens of this fruit were strung ; on the mule's legs like beads, i A tune beyond this I saw our excellent minister of the gospel wending, bis solemn wav aross the piaiies with a wagon full of infant Jacob, as d I saw tliat unless he whip i ped his horse into a tiiot extt ao; dinary run, i we would be into him almost itistanter. I i pulled bard on the rear rein with one band, ; while I steadied myself with the chain with i the either, but with r in ore effect than if I taken a pall on Pike's Peas. e struck the : parson's famiiy about amidships, nnd went i through. I never saw infant Christiaiiit-y so sca'tt-red as on this occasion. I left the parson gathering up hi.-, famiiy, and contimieu until I struck tho doctor's ' fence, and wont flyiug into bis front dor I with the bull eiog close at my tattered roar. ' I knocked over the cradle and upset the sup I nor table. Tiie doctor came to my rescue .:.t, l-;..Tr li-. tin. rihs if K.la rlofr IVat cur.t ILL. a r. e ... ..... ...- ..... ...... ....... him -oii howl ruirl n inniithfnl of lantita- loons into the yard. I then told the doctor in one breath all I had left that Aramiuta's little devil of a brother was dying of too much watermelon patch, and wanted a tor with squills. . Pi.r--ii ( i .e crtiii.ir We red u r rloeio' v had "been favored with, kept the lead, hi j pill hags flapping hi the air, while bis coat ; tails made a straight line behind. jf j ;, tf'rse flagged, ti e untie started him up again with a vige reus bite on the rump that seerrted to infuse new vigor it.to t ha medicated animal. We passed my rival sit t nig on the roadside nursing bis off leg as if it hurt him. He never came back, acknowl edging bis d feat in the most gentlftnaiily manner. The detetor soon put Aramiuta's little brother in a peip-r.dicular position, and that night at the bedside e.f the little sufferer, keeping well to the front, I prepoed, was accepted, and the 1 appy day was fixed. I lode into Aramiuta's affections cn a mule. IllNTIMJ IOK A WIFE. JONATHAN JINKS ON H W E OK T.KINi THE nilK'D OIKI.S OI.ll M.tlW. Why woman should dread to be classed as I "old maids" is a matter that the majority of men cannot understand, for tlie seusilile por tion of the sterner sex hnak with something akin to reveret-ee upon a maiden lady who has outgrown the frivolity of youth, and blossomed into a kind-hearted, pure tr.indedt se'.f-saeriheiug woman, ever reads to lend a helping hand to assist the poor, ocr smooth the pillow of the sick and sufTf-rtnc. )f course there are many old maids the cross and cranky ones who are an exception to this rule, but the good -;unat itans uriong th.-m are by no means in the minority. However, not u it hstamhng the views ot men whose opinions are woithy if respwt, there is no disguising the fart that the ma jority of the fair s,-x look orward with brrr ror to th" day that w ill see their names class 00 with those of "an uncertain age," and to escape tbeiefiem, often sacrifice themselves by ma! lying the most graceless scamps that eoine in ti;t ir w ay. bi every band are evi dences bbghu-.l, ruined lives, which aie ol.-ar'y ti t tbie to marriage entered into to es. -ape iieing called old maids. Now, it is my fiim convict ion that a great deal of the evil results freitn the proper par ties fatilr g to conic together in early life. In other wends, there are just as many young men who would make good husbands, who stay at home, 1 anguishing for female society, as there ate young girl-, living in dread of dy ine i id maids, i p... gre. t mistake that many parents make is prohibiting their children fr. ni ming. ipg s ially with members of the opposite sex. Many a young man who is nan, vasti:,s, h .lays and nights loafing around bar-looms and cigar stores might have been a useful and industrious citien, and a happy biistund and father, bad his pa rents eneo'iiaged bitn in mingling in the so ciety f good and elei eiit girls, instead of confining his companions-hip Solely to boys "f his n n age. I knuw w hen my boy reach es sixteen, r.j matter Low bashful he is, I shall say to him, "My sen, rdthough it is ear ly for on yitlobe looking out for a wife, still I think it high time that ymi should learn tn appreciate the value of female companion ship. Your heart is young and tender, and just in the condition to fall desperately in love with some frth, blue-eyed elanisel of fifteen or thereabouts. Otn-e desperately in love with a pure-Piinded maiden, I amconfi-eb-iit that you wid never do anything to dis grace your parents, or ie.ive a stain upon vc'iir memory to be regretted in the years to come, when you have acquired in "re discre tion and j augment. Now go and fall in love, and it y . ii haven't got tiie cash for ice cream theatres, and the otl.ei- necessities fur court ship, you may draw on me every wee k for a reasonable amount, and I shall ccuisider it money well invested. That is the way I shall talk to my son yes, and if he is too big a booby t hunt tip a girl to love, I shall find one for him, and if he don't love her, I'll "whale him" within an inch of bis life. Why is it that in nine case out of ten ou find the women really worth marrying tho pure-unruled, sweet-ficed. obedient, indus trious, faithful ones united to men who of ten treat them little better than slaves, while men who are really parog .lis of husbands so frequently hay. wives unworthy of them? I will tell yu the reason. The bold, bad feJ-o-.ys, who have plenty of eb-ek, go fort!:, and, motnplioriealiy speaking. piu-k the best fruit in the market. Tlie shy, timid fellows tiiustwait patiently until circumstances throw them in the way of some sinew of a long tongued. bra7.ei -faced female, grow n desider ate at tin neglect of the sterner sex, and rather than pot have any husband, they meet the timid Benedicts half-way at J do a large share ed the courting themselves. It is thus that good men and pure wnncii e.ften get 1 the very refuse and scum o! the market, while the rea! matrimonial pi-es are picked up by adventurers of both sexes who arc really undeserving of their f.ood luck. Thk WnnsT Snake Stop ? F.vfh Pi:inieiv Wbi'e my wife and I wore busily engaged back of out lop; ca''tn (!e-uing the erov.ud, our little f our-y ar old had .-Uay ed a ay from the lioi.se into the deep, dark forest. Wc looked all the evening for her, but could find no trace ed In r v. hereabi vi.s. We eaiue back, but s!.ep was far from as: we sat and spec ulated all right The next ej.ty several eif the neighlx"rs joined jr. ihe seardi, but to net, avail. We camped oat, that teg it, and about midnight were urnu-esi by many and loud sounds of bissinc au.i raili iig. We tumped up and followed in li.-direction fiom wh?nee the sounds catne. atd had not g tie far when we all stopived sir'-denty as it vne bad bf n rooted to tlie ground, for tefor us we hs-held. our little ciil jn' t . united by taree dozen tat tlesnaV.es, vary'trg in 7? ltdi three inches, to fiiteen feet", Lie larger nr.es -.landing on their tails in a eucie with erect boibts and pecks curved liiorn toward the bead of the. in'ntit in tl e : . ntre. We looked on iu hor ror but coahl eh. po'hing as the ci'-l was ii, bi danger :iy.c a position. But soon alter th 1 snakes bad as we suptcsed. danced the.r , war dance and sung tla j war sop--, the la-got ones mn.h each for the lowest branch on one of the tiees iii a litrect line with our cat in ; w t ar ptng one on I of their bodies ar-jiiiid i each ar Air.d a brain !.. thevdn pped the other 'end to the ground. In the nt-ant two larTe MtaKes h id wrapped . tie end of t't.r bod es around the- child, so that one nf their bead., was on on side and the othi-r on the other side. Oik of these snakes t.teu tied It self with one hinging ir.-m ai.-.ve : they le n swung th-oiisclves. t-gethet wdt: the chnd : -iil M,e snake holding tbechitd cou.d catch ! the snake e.n ti." a,',"t'.:ng tree, w hell i t ,e former let go and the latter swung theel.nd l, tl enevt. Pnting this novel pr-Kfi- .tng ' t he. .th.-r snakes kept up an inces-aut jubilee rattle Till i-i' cl i.d was Ur. led inside our cab- jn s-fe and sound, en they once more re ' pe'-ited the s -ene in tht woods by rlanemg around her. Rfter w l.ich they left. K,.'.,amet- j.ort )-) Sun and HannT. s old Mr., heaved the last scuttle of tour tons of coul into Ms cellar, he wss l, .... 1 tn remark : "If till V bad tfen boys Ill- ,tead of tjiris. It wouldn't" have been thus. f, would hist ai! w inter." pr-nen..-. "ies can be praised, - A nriief t I i A I f f f .is ; i , n n
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