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FISHER, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, , U Pa. -Columbia, C.D. fIOTTENSTOIN, M. D., QURGON AND PHYSICIAN, Columbia, Pa. liffiee . inthe.roolee lately occupied by Dr. L. S Filbert. ' Alay 14, i859-tt. S. Atlee Bucking, D. D. S. PRACTICES the Operative. :Surgical and 111rekiiii. iral Orparlizenis of Dent's' ry. Orates LOCI.I' , I hal wean the Franklin Bon, and Po,' Office. Columbia, Pa :day 7 1,59 CHEWING TOBACC T 'RV I'FA I ILER'S, Locust re et opposite the A Frankliti House, can be had itlibLA LEAF, CO N GRESs,.aild several other brands of the best Chewing Teheeco, to which. the attention of chewers in invited. May 1, Ida ThIPORTKD bubin , s, also, Glenn's Double b.:siren'. 1 for the handkerchief, at - - HARRY GR Kr:N'P. Opposite Coln. Bridge. Jima st ME= BROONS.-100 Doz. Brooms, at Wholesale or Rem). to R. (WA 141.1&1{'S. Dec. 12, 1e.:17 Ler 1.141 street. SINE'S CompOund of Byrnp of Tar, Wild Cherry attid tiourbound, for the rare if cuir . /3-. Volds, Whooping Gough, Oro:mil:co I.'or sale nt IIIeCOICKLE h ov.l.l.lTrt-s • Faimily Ned/eine store. Odd Feilows' !lull :October 113. 1106. Patent Steam Wash Hollers. THP:SE well known lioilvr, nee kept con.on n tly on hand ut Locuni . street. opposite the erktuklin House. Columbia, July 18, 3e37. Oats for sale by the bushel or larger quail 111Y 5 .1" B. F A 1 •4•01. D, Coluinb in. Dec.2s, 18.13. eillllll 1011.-11/ rrOBICCO and Segars of the best brands. wboiesaie and retail, at Jte.59.. BRIJ VER7 O .. JUST in store, - Tfresh lot of arcing roo6eles celebrated Vegetable Cattle Powder. sad for sale by R- W 11 . 1.1,1 US, Front street, Co,umbia. Sept. 17, 1.5:43. • Soap. A K Boxes of Duty Broveu Soap on hand d for tow mthe corner of Tuird and . LlnioU T' Sts. Allusi 6.1559 Suffer no longer with Corns. • AT the Golden :Mortar . Drug store you can procure an article which is warranted to ramose Coma in 48 hours, without pain or sorenera. , ••• • y • aper. A G E P T Ri n es 9 Vc cie h O a r 4 l' i l . ) :Ti.:l ' e P i r i r ro cc r c i l l ,. 7 eS e 'ul n cis c e - Drug store of R WILLIAMS, Front street Columbia, July 30,1839. Harrison's Columbian Ink WHICH is n 4uperior urlictc, permanenite black. mud not' corroding the Rea, can be had quttntity. at the Funilly Medir/be Store, and blacker pet 14 Om EligliAlt Boot Pollak. Columbia. Jame 9.1b59 On Hand. • st.o.tttp. Syrup, which toil 111greally :fattilitnte the prucese of teething by re Alueinentl iemalion y i,.g pain. -p -mudte action hayta ve ry....t.bort time. For intl.- by R. W I LLIA MA, Sept. Front et reel, Columbia. iIstEDDINC & CO'S Russia Salve! This ex tremely populor rrirp-dy lot the cure ofezierno situaeots la now for .ale Iry • K. 11 7 11..LIAMS. Front Si., Colo m bi a . rept. 24; 1859.,- n.IIIIII4'tiIOWERS can carry on their bets' N_ A -011Cf.e. most . +lll,e..llliir lit iialf111101:1011, lire from &opt.' SONIC fony vineysards eel out the peueon.:'",See - adyertiftatent of nuttostooton Luada P • ' .wit o BOONSiI ag: change ot climate for health dcr ttavertisement oftiontrautoott lauds in another ttolurno. Only 2. Ina.6a QALT by the Sack or Bushel, end Potatoes 10-;„ 51s rge or,amull quantities, ior velem Me Corner . Titlid and. Onion streets. [Jou. 8. V , RANUIPANNi Extraelb and Soap; tin everltteting .r perfume. ut !CARRY OREFIN'S, ; rob. J. '59. Opposite Cola. Bridge. Front St. CISTERN PUMPS, ' HE subscriber hen n lurge stock of Ciatern Pumps T and itnros.rto %lack' he csile. the imention of the Ipobl c. 1-4 e is prepared' to put them op (or u.e in ti Aubsuintial sod euduane, mustier. December 12,1857. FANCY TOILET SOAPS. Or FIE finest us , oriatsnt 'icy Toilet Soaps, ever °tiered to Columbiana, at HARRY GRF.EN'S, Feb 19, IH):, Hsi/write Cole. Bridge, Front Si (101..OGNC 'WATER by the pint. quart or gallon iV 4.leatt • s..T.itractag. lot the bnuakerchiet by the once or,frOuttApr,ink any quantity to snit purchaser , " Atreb.Hamm <intro's, DPPoldle Cola. Bridge, Front St Juktigettehred and For sale, 2 0n ablo. round - Plower 50 6blß Eziru Family , Plaqr,S3'l.tt.;. No:1 lAN Oil or. beat qualin; ;100 Grotaild'Ailitu 2. , ;kft, by R A PPOLO, No I and S CsHal 'Ara , ch 26.'5. • Celebratal Black end -Green Teas, or y . 14, ker. Com* uud 010CfnMe, in Co. el., of Tiord And Union Pineeta. ov 20. 'or,-Bond'a Boston • Craekers, for p Li • flyapaptito. and Arrow Itoot CnoArr.,. for lio oalids oad thodono.onew articl. la Columbia, al the Fansill kledicias Store. .April 16. 1666. 13= .F.litnitsipply of th e t celebrased Teas of Zoo :AL Yips & C_Cly rbillldelp Le finaleh i l atr.;;Eß u t. C.eraar 4 3 :Eird 'sic! H. P .'oloisiSisseia. $2 SO I decline to name the income on which Emma Maria and I married, lest the state ment should have a tendency to reopen in these pages or elsewhere a certain discus slots which attracted a good deal of atten tion some little time ago. It is sufficient for my purpose to declare, that its amount was such as to render us desirous of so arrang ing our prospective household affairs as to avoid all expense and absultftely , necessary for comfort and propriety of appearance.— With reference to such arrangements our mutual friends and relatives favored us with a good deal of advice; and as there was non siderabledifferenee in the opinions expressed rendering it impossible fur us, with the best intentions in the world, to follow every one's counsel, I need scarcely say that we managed to offend, more or less, about nine in every ten of those who wore good enough to "take an iuterest in our welfare." There was one point, however, on which a remarkable unanimity of opinion appeared to subsist, that point was "servants." It was demonstrated thai we could'ut get along at all with only one, and, further, that we ouuld'ut afford to keep taro, This would at. first sight appear rather a dilemma; nut so, Cll however. Two servants "proper" being clearly proved unattainable, the alternative was us clearly proved to be one, and "a page." We were informed that an average Female servant, at average wages, cost from thirty-five to forty pounds a year; but thatn page—buttoned and ornamental to open the door and wait at table, unbuttoned and use ful to clean knives and shoes, and su forth —was an article almost costless, and quite priceless, to young housekeepers. I must affirm that I did nut see the ad vantages of the proposed functionary in quite su strong a light as 601116 of our adri- Sers, and that it was more iu deference to the opinion of others, the parents and guar dians of my youth, than of my own free will, that I was induced to try the esperi went. And uh! it I had had the stnalles; idea of what I was preparing fir myself and Emma Maria, I would have quarreled with every relative I possessed in the world, mill_ er than have taken the course I did. If the recital of u few of my miserable experi ences (a very few, fora volume of this peri odical might be filled without exhausting the subject) be the means of preventing any young couple from treading the same dreary path, I shall be amply rewarded. 011! my young friends, it you would be happy, re main pageless! Well, having settled upon keeping a page, the next question was how to procure one; and here tin aun Ler Emma Maria's (front whom she had expectations, never, alas! ful tilled) stepped forward. This old lady took an interest, in an orphan asylum, the pnpils of which being put out to service, were bound to their employers for a term of years; and it was represented to me that, in addi tion to suiting, my own purpose, I should be 'assisting a deserving charity by taking a buy from the establishment. Accordingly, the week before we were married, Emma Maria and I, accompanied by her aunt, went to inspect the school. Sundry boys were called forward and put through their facings . as it were, before us. Among these was one of the most ungainly youths I ever remem ber to have seen. His bones stuck out all over him in great lumps; his head was of the most peculiar -hope—all angles where ordinary heads have curves; and there was that in his face wtlich made me whisper to Emma Maria, in my droll way, that I was sure an admirably interesting mete-dra matic story might be written; suggested by his appearance, entitled "Ske , ros; or, - The Fatal Orphan." As be came from his seat toward us, be took the most exaggerated pains to tread on the tips of his toes, so as to avoid noise—a mode of progression which ended in his overbalancing, falling heavily against a desk, and eventually rolling up to Emma Maria's little boots, much to her alarm; though she could'nt help laughing when he had picked himself up, ut his rue ful expression, and the ape-like, way in which he rubbed himself. When we adjourned to the Superintend ent's room, I was asked if I should like to select a boy. I modestly said that as I knew nothing about any of the youths, I should much prefer leaving it to the super intendent to send me one whom he could thoroughly recommend. He said he would think the matter over, and promised that we should find a boy at our house on our return from nor wedding tour, which Emma Maria's aunt—who, I am bound to say, took a more leading part in the arrangement than I altogether approved of—bad told him was at hand. H. PFA !ILEA, Locust street At that epoch, when we drove up to our door, behind the friends who were in the hall waiting to receive us, my eye discerned a well-remembered hideous face; and I in voluntarily exclaimed, in a tone of horro'R "Skaggs!" I thought Emma Maria would have fainted. flowerer, there was Skeggs, sure enough. resplendent in bright buttons, (I had made arrangements il.bout the clothing question.) and on. thereantelpiece was a mite from the saperintendent, stating that Skaggs' name was Bernard Wilkins, and that in bit. (the enperintendent's) upiniun, be was the very boy brie. , . ' - 1E ttik[no. Our Page I= "NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1860 Emma Maria was rather mollified by this f notet . ebe said Bernard was a nice name. and wouldsuund well. I had misgiving:4 but I poly shook my head; after all, they were but misgivings; I knew nothing about the lad, and could hardly send him back because of his looks. Besides, we were to have him a month on trial before I inding him for three years. I may state, too, that the resources of sartorial science had con siderably diminished the angularity of his appearance. During' his month 'of probation, Skegg,s so Conducted himielf as to cause me III:111 y pangs of self-reproach for my judgement of him. He was respectful and attentive—p - r haps a shade Mu demonstratively so, though this may be -an after thought, begotten subsequent events. The knives and boots were resplendent; the door was "ans eyed " without undue' delay; and the fnald-ser- cant's report was in addition so favorable that, on a certain day, I, the superintendent of the asylum, and Skeggs, set our hands and seals respectively to a document where. by I hound myself to provide Skeggs with food, shelter and raiment, for three years— which was ttb,,ut the worst quarter of an hour's work I ever did. Very shortly after this the perfidious hyp ocrite threw off the musk, openly stating to Mary, the maid-servant, "that we had him for three years, and that he was'nt going to slave as he Mid him" Ile became idle, saucy and gluttonous, to a degree I should have before thought incredible; he was al ways eating, notwithstanding which it came to my knowledge that he had c implaine.l to a neighbor's servant that we—that is, ELDMIL Maria and 1--were "a rubbishing starving lot; and that he could hardly get enough to keep body and soul togettim;" and that he had likewise given to the world sundry other built:moots, which, Omagh geniously and dialrdically - falsified, were yet sufficiently based upon circumstances of actual 4.lourrenee to convince me that he had acquired habits of persevering and ju dicious eaves-dropping. lie apvedily be came the bane of my life; never did I leave rite house in tile morning, without some un pleasant reminder of his presence there; never did I return in the evening but to hear the voice of Id ell tat Ifni and complaint respecting his behavior. Unblocked were now the boots, unpolished the cutlery, un heeded the knocker and the bell: nay, one day he absolutely declined to wait upon Emma Maria at diluter (1 dined at a chop boost, near toy place of business,) and was sit violent that, on my return at night, 1 found her in rears. eould'nt believe that any sane person would behave its Skeggs had done without some cause, fancied ur real, and I demanded EMEEtaI •[le j•.st said he would'nt." "But, my dear," 1 asked, "did'nt you reason with him on such preposterous con- duct?" Yes. Emma Maria bad • reasoned with him. "And what did he do then?" "He da-da-dnneed at met" with sobbing I admitted the difficulty of refuting this argument, end descended to the kitchen.— But I could do no good with him, and I found that the notion that "we had him" for so long a time, had taken entire posNes sit/ of him. So, on the morrow, I 'resented myself before the superintendent of the asylum, and laid before him my complaint I niund him it different man from what he bad been at our last interview—cold, hot to say tin t:Wl). "It was very - strange; Wilkins had :11- WILSB ahuwu himself a remarkable good 1),..y it. I doubted this, I could see his eilitraClel. duly certified in the bouks of the histit4- Lion." I declined this solace, not seeing its ex act bearing on my case, and being already aware from experience that Skaggs was a finished hyp , ,crite. Shall 1 confess that I only kept my temper with difft.ni lty, seeing RS I did in the superintendent's manner an evident expression of opinion that I had uu buqiness to hare a bay from the institution belWing badly in my house? All that I could get by way of proposed remedy was a ■uggestion that one of the ladies' committee should call at my house, talk to Wilkins, and give himgood advice to keep from future evil. I had'nt the liveliest faith in this moral prophylactic, but, in an evil hour, I consented to its administration. How much the remedy transcended the dis ease, it is beyond my power tell. The committee lady came and talked to our page. and talked and came, and talked again. She was never out of the house; she was there somtimee as early as nine A. M., andon one occasion she left the door at a quarter before eleven P. M. Whatever Bernard was doing, sbe Game and demanded him to be talked to. She routed. Emma Maria, who hinted to her that ber presence I was occasionally inconvenient; Bad when I ventured to second the hint, she wouldn't take it. She possessed us, and I used to go about my daily affairs thinking of how she was even then closeted with Wi!kitts in our dining room, and composing ituagiaary forms of address to her, of which the begio ning used to hover between "Madam, I must really request that you will be good enough." and "Fiend, in the shwt e of lady, arsunt!" I don't think I sh odd ever have had the nerve to, turn her oat, had that course no; been fumed epos me. It may be well supposed how this occur . rence acted upon Skoggs. He, of course learnt the result of OM interview between the superintendent and myself''—(l'll swear I saw the committee lady, lurking in the street mie'mornicg)—and shaped his course accordingly. But deliverance was at band. One evening I was returning home, and 9 one Fortunate wind having blown a brick . down our hefl4oom chimney the night be fore, I bethought Inc that I would go up tfc back street, and look a h-ther any outward damage was discernible. It was just dusk, and hastened up the street, doubting ivhether the fading light would serve my purpose, when I sod denly became aware of an old and very ill-favored woman at our yardoloor,,in earn est conversation with some one within.- 13enfre I could reach the spot a bundle was transferred to her, and she straightway de parted. I went around to the front, was admitted by Emma Maria, who was at the window lookingout for me, and called Mary, the maid-servaikt. Mary wagnu t. ''At last, Skeggs," thought I, "I have thee," and I regret to say that I felt sumethinA like triumph at tire idea. aamonmed hint lip , •taii•s, and imperiau , - ly demanded Whitt Wi/111101 he had jti.st heels tail:jog to? Of I*/urse the tir-t itnpui ant the itigeoieue hey was 1),1 , 1, by ellteed fit.l".t+- OE lle 1 - 1,1.1,e; bean talking to any li . 0111:1 II." Ivrntvineed hint gently that this line was useless; and then, "Oh, yes; there was a woman!" as tining'i it lia , l quite escaped his memory. "IVell, it wits—yes, it was his aunt." "Oh! and What had he given her?" -Nothing." required the threat of n p , ,liceinnn be ft.re zi'4oz,A4 a 4nated, as he ultimately did, that a few artieles.d li.teselp,ld fillet' had heel, cooshlerately Lescuwed by hitn upun this relative. I may as well state here what we after wards found out--tliat •'a few" very inade quately described the number ..nd variety of articles which had disappeared, evident- ly during some time. Nest day I had the pleasure of visiting the school, and informed my friend the su perintendent that if he didn't at once ease me of Skeggs, I would be under the necessi ty of bringing the matter before a magis trate, who would not only deal with the said Skeggs, but would cancel the indenture whi c h had bound him to me. I was sorry a f t e r i d!, the supotintendant—he seemed so cast demo and really grieved at the affair: hut 1 was firm; and. to prevent the scandal and consequent detriment to the institution he consented Li, quash the indenture. Ile much wished me to try :mother boy, but to this proposal I 'lastly replied, ”Ileavett forbid!" and left the place, which I have never since entered. Our next venture was not it bad boy like Skeggs, but he had his faults. lie, too, wits gluttonous; this, however, I tied to be a pe culiarity ot the genus page; but it was un pleasant that this youth by ,gross feeding used to bring out boils upon his face to such an extent that he was often unable to wait at table. Not that this was an unmixed suldeet of vexation, espocialiy when we hod frimithi at our social board; f. , r Edward used occasionally to take an obtrusive interest ' in the cenvorsation, and alarm people by breaking out tato hoarse chuckles, much behind time, at passing jokes; and cover Emma Maria and myself with confusion, either by losing himself in the contempla tion of current et eats, or by dropping the plates and dishes. The fact is, 1).3 was only one remote from :an idiot. Skeggs' suit of clothes s ea s alicred tor hi to, ond it appeared thar lie hors 11114 SUMO undeveloped views on the bullion question as connected whit the Alloy buttons thereof: for, having removed three of them from the most prom- . immt hart of his chest, with a view, I sup lom, p, s , noc experiments on their nature and properties, be appeared at dinner tine Sunday with two common brass flat trouser buttons n d one pin diii inetly visible itt lieu ~f thew, Notwithstontliog this. there was as usoch ;il:l,:id.ty a nd sell-c onplai-mwe io his thee a, Lootign his e , e „ no grounds for cadi or c .l/ t; is.,l manner altogether was that "o.e u.,tiou:-; of being in all respects a pera Doily nppoiot ed page; This was trying: but it was more to see him, when mildly questioned its to the cause of this absence of buttons. suddenly pass from absurd equanimity to idiotic des pair, giving rent to the must frightful howl imaginable, and protesting that he ''thought they were silver," as if that was a good and sufficient excuse. Ile hadn't sense to per ceive that it was an agravation of the off ence. Well, I looked over this, had him re buttoned, and retained him in my service. What was the consequence? One morning. in accordancejvith a previous arrangement with my tailor, I told Edward that a person would call for some new clothes—sent home' to me in an unsatisfactory state—which he WAS to deliver on such application. When I returned home, I found that the clothes were indeed gone, but whither, no one knew. ft appeared that during the forenoon Ed ward, on opening the door. found there a man, and, idiotically jumping to a eonclu sion, at ones said, "Oh, you're frum the tai lor. 1 suppose, for these clothes of master's?" to which the stranger—evidently a man ca pable of improrinj opportunity—protnptly replied • in the affirmative, and at onceltore off the babilitoeota is alio so overcoat vol untarily added by our page. When the tai• lug's boy—the real Simon Pare—arrived. Edward broke wildly' in upon Emma Maria with a voluntary confession, the substance of which I have related. The top coat he said he thought wanted ;mending, and it mightes well go. Tho little freak cost me twelve pounds odd, and the serrices of Ed- ward. I have left myself no space to describe in detail the misdeeds of subsequent pages, and can only name three briefly: James, who in conjunction with Everett. Maria's brother, aged fourteen, in the course of some experimental philosophy involving the use of gunpowder, set himself on fire; and had it nut been for the presence of mind and body of Mary the servant, a female of great dimensions and weight, who at once knock ed him down and sat upon him, he would hare set the kitchen on fire also.. As it was, he came from beneath Mary bald and but tonless, his clothes being utterly ruined. Then there was Henry. Well do I re member returning ono summer evening at about half-past eight, from a friend's house , and seeing our "pretty page looking out atar"—that is, perhaps fifty yards from our dsir—at a single combat between two of the youth of the neighborhood. It was Mary's "day out," and henry had been left to charge of the house. The neglected door had t>rt Nately or unfurtunutelyslammed to, and I thus found myself shut out from my hearthstone and my household gods. After attracting tiro delinquent's attention to this state of things, I hod to beg temporary ac commod.stion for Emma Maria at a neigh bor's, whilst I sought a glazier. I thought myself fortunate in finding one in a neigh boring street, on his way home; and amid the jeer.. of the multitude, I had to super- L:tend this individual whilst he cut a pane of glass from the parlor window. Having thus gainel access to the house, he opened the front door; but I regret to say thnSon the way he managed to possess himself of Emma Maria's gold watch, which was al ways hung from a stand on the mantlopiece, and that I hare not had the pleasure of see- ing him since. After this youth's ignominious dismissal, came a string of pages, principaly charac terized by general incapacity; among them however, stand prominently forward in my remembrance, John, who was subject to Sts, poor fellow—not his fault, certainly, but to some extent our misfortune. It will be seen, when I mention our ••puke," that I use the word es noun of mul titude, signifying many. Talk of thirty-live pounds a year as the cost of a servant! I am convinced that I em within the mark, when I declare that the average annual expence of our page, or Seri es of rages, was nm.•t one farthing, under fifty pnunds, taking into consideration the almost constant renewal of clothing requi site, and the damage and ,loss conseqeunt upon stupidity and evil doing. When 1 at length became convinced that the sari rig to be effected by the employment of these boys was a myth, I registered a vow—that is, I told Emma Maria—that I would no more of them, to her great delight. We got another respecta►ale female ser vant—oot easy to Get, my friends tell toe; but we were fortunate, us we were perhaps unfortunate in our selection of boys, at all events, never have I had occasion to repent of the resolution which I formed of abolish ing and doing away with the Office of "our page." Hop Villa I had not seen Luke Swinton fur thirty years; and so lung ago we were classmates and sworn chums. In the Interim I had been knueked about, the very shuttlecock of fortune, until the capricious daute kayo me the means of coming home=ihat is, to England—with the pruspet of ending my days there. I said I had not seen Luke Swinton for thirty years, and yet when he and I accidentally jostled each other "on 'Change," soon after my arrival, there was enough of the old face left for me to recog nize it. -You nre Luke Swinton," I said, and held ~ut my hand. y, ? u u - re 7— Lie looked inquiringly, pu!rn, slowly • extendeid, touched kr,ii.e with u doubtful , clasp, till I filled up the selitouce 'lames A.sti burton." No want of cordiality when those words fell upon his ear. "To think I did not know you," said he. "But thirty years make many changes, and yours has been a roving life, by all accounts. You shall tell me everything by-and-by." "I shoook my bead. "Mine would be too lung a story in detail: but you may fill it up from the outline. I went away poor; I have not returned slob, though with enough to supply a bachelor's wants." "I am sorry you are a bacbeior my dear fellow," said my old mate, eyeing me com passionately. '•liut there is a bright side to everything and you can go bomeerrith me to dinner without its being necessary to ;ink permission; moreover, you can give or ders for your baggage to be forwarded to [lop Villa—my little place out of town— without fear that your other half will lodge ' n detainer. Depend on it, I shall not soon ' part with you." "And can you really give such on invita tion without the cognizance of the lady that owns your 0, happy Benedict!" eon-. tinned I. taughim 'Veil me icheml I,:mk. $1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,00 IF NOT IN ADVANCE. kid such a partner, and I will forthwith juin your fraternity." "Don't talk rashly, James; but rather make all the prepaintions ynu need for long visit, and jcin me two hours hence." He named the place of meeting. Bull, were punctual, and we duly arrived at Hop Villa. I did not expect to see such a lonely & main as that which called my old 'frietad master, and its extent as far exceeded rn . % anticipations as•did its beauty, "So this your home?" I asked, my face expreish4 both surprise and pleasure. "Yes, all is really mine these boundaris , encluse. I see yon wonder bow it came be so; but I du not like to begin a long story before dinner, so be patient a little while longer," We were near the house when we came upon the gardener, who was examining the withered remains of nn old hop•vine. "Is it quite dead, Scott?" asked my `Quite sir, Simi! I remove it?" "I suppose you must; but I feel sorry to give the order. itemobaber, you proem and plant another immediately. I must nut have Llop Villa without one vine." "I have been wondering," said r, "what induced you to give this charming p!acc the name it bears—if, indeed, you acted as it, sponsor." "Aid thereby hangs a—or rather the— tale; but wait till after dinner." I must say I felt very Engem in compar ison with my friend, when I saw the joyous greetings he received from a handsome =- iron, and half-a-dozen boys and girls vary ing is ago Crum six to eighteen. In spite of his mock lugubrious expression of face. when he informed me that those formed only a portion of his "responsibilities," for one olive brunch was at college, and the youngest tendrils of his household: Nine would come in with the dessert, one tnighi see that his home deserved the runts. 1; was pleasant to receive a sort of reflected edidun of all their cordiality, and I felt my heart warm in return, though I knew their welcome was for Luke's sake, nut from per aural friendship towards me. "Scott is just grubbing up the old Imp rine. Nelly," said my friend to his wife. This remark called forth quite a chorus of regretful expressions, and made me ask fur inflirmation as to the cause of such uni versal interest. "Patience, James," said Swinton; and "Dinner," said a servant at the same mo ment; .0 r was fain to marshal my hostess to the dining-room, and endure.uncomplain ingly several jocose remarks on the sohjevt of "hops," which were evidently generally understood, though I could not compiehend their• meaning. Much as I admired n.y host's Alarming family,' I felt glad when he and I had the dining-roam to ourselves, with the promput of an unrestrained chat. ••My wife was a very fall•in-love with-able person; seven-and-twenty years ago," said Luke af%er the door had closed upon that. lady. You need not, tell me n hai she mo, old fe(b.w," I replied; "she is charming, still; and I would soon lot her know my opinion I if she were a widow." "Thank you. I have no &eh to test your sincerity in the mode you so feelingly hint at. But take my word for it, in those hy gone days, Nelly would have been bad to match. I was intended fur the church, as you are aware, and went to college with that profession, in view; but during my very first vacation I met Neils at a Christmas party and she changed everything." "Did Nelly object to parsons, then?" "No; but her father did. The old man was very rich, and. had amassed his wealth bydrade; so he was determined to havo merchant, and nn other, fir a son-in.lnw. Nelly was dutiful, and though she owned . her regard forMe, would enter into no en gagement unsanctioned by her father. So dr: end of it was, that I never went back to Cambridge, but entered the old merchant's office as a clerk." "Very chivalrous, I am sure; liut I ilrc sume you would hove re , igned eromks as well its a mitre—iu perspeciire—tu' win Kelly." • "Say as you will. it requires same self denial to give up such fair prospects as I had, and take to ploddin L t and quill driving with no definite notions of any reward.— Old . Stanley--Nelly's father—would only any that. if through my own unaided efforts I edzoald win a good position in the mercan tile world, he would not refuse me when I asked for bid daughter. In the meanwhile, I was allowed free communication with my beloved, and we were both young enough to wait a few years; for I was only twenty when we first met, and she was twelve znanths younger." "For three years I tolled like a galley slave in my 1100 vocation. Old Stanley smiled P pprovingly, and advanced me fairly enough; but still there was an awful hill to climb before I should dare ti about claiming Nally, or indeet cumstances would permit me to out pecuniary aid from her whole capital amounted to .£3. legacy from a maiden aunt 01 runny times during these three yenta had 1 boon tempted to spt it, in the hope of . toking forum cm is were, instead of winnia riSi ":r ctitmkranatiou a 1 1 41 c9. 1 .! E . 4,14 I, "though I alsniya ccail EVOIOLE N (R,ll3Elt 1,533. p trlicuiariv. wide awake individual. Do . y remember your sauce: nick name, "Ail Eyes?" "To be sure I do; anal I deserved it. Still,. as you say, r am not na:nrally speculative. I make the most of things in a regular way of business, but run nb needle's risks.—: Above all, I hohl that he uliu eiidarigora.a p Hind mere than he re.:lly r osses,es, coin; wits a brezteti .1 11:e •Th u shalt not steal.' Ya. I bare ,pt.ctl hoed despes afil it i, , •f ins ,i.e ;..p:mi;:in'e - , trans- I :Lin g/ik, ; :, L. 1 had made sach Stan! ley's tizi'loll, that at lellgth l,e pl' . ,, pta•Od that I should invest mar litchi , and beenuie his partner to the amount I have rini3lod above, Well du I remember leaving house on the mrning of the day on which he made this proposition. As I passed through the gate which led into the little shrubbery —yo . recollect the place, James, fur you .pent many a jovial day at our house vrbeert .ve were lads—l attracted by the beau tiful appearance of a hop-vine which :wined lightly vomit' a sapling hard by. I bad watched its growth, and nun' as its flowers trembled hi the soft wind, I paused to ad mire it as I passed on my way. Before, r returned in the evening, I. bad made ar rangements for becoming a partner in the great house of Stanley S.: Co., and my little capital was, I may say, in my bands ready to re-invest. -Any person would suppose that, under, such circumstances, I should be too much absorbed in meditating on my commercial prospects to notice small external objects.— But such was not the case. As usnal,l was 'all eyes;' and Arluan I reached the little I shrubbery gate, I noticed that the plant which, in the thariiing, baked so beautiful, I Wit now shrunken, and appeared as though riCorchod and withered. Curious tonow the cause, I went immediately to the libtary and took down a work which would, I thutight, enlighten me. LI it I found a do' 4i:rip:ion of what is termed (he *11 ,, p-blight';' :old an eon: pari my awn satallezt.perience with it, I could scarcidy ticubt that my fa vorite plant had been thus suddenly struck with the disease. Still, I was not gnito eat! isfied; so I consulted the gardener, who happened to be at work on the lawn. if shook his head whoa he saw the vine. is the lqight, sure enough.' said ho. .`"Creiy" few hops will there ba this year. It comes in'this way, and covers a great Went of country all at once, just as though a flame had passed over it.' •' • l'hco. you think,' yak: I, 'tho crop will beepoilel' ••'Not übit of doubt of that, sir.' '• •That will do; tbnolt you. I fort attii.int to know what had spoiled au vitpi so mid: de isl).' •.The man returned to his wrrk, and I. never waiting fir dinner, harried baCk to town, to pun:hose orery pocket of bop? I Coahrlay 11.,1,1 on, It was a desperate game, fin• I risked every farthing_ I posseac4; but -no mere. Reps were then particularly cheap, f.r the procoding srar had been one of re• cnarknby S., find a few hour§ before I be; to bus there wits n 3 good a prospect for the coming season. Thanks to my bc ing eye..' I wits first in the field. rnadd no •confidant—l did not et•en tell Ne what I NC :I S doing. When chi, Stanley r luded to the paamerbhip, I quietly request permission to reconsider the matter. I face ttad me de deemei eue a fool, for 1 offer was certainly a thing in jump at, he inforute4l IKelty in my presence, nird-yr a perceptible sneer, that I was congideri whether a partnership with hirsUld would not he lAvisable. roe dear girl seemt4,l tihn..t hurt about it; but I trr-: pored to her that the :limo. truot entlnt •.; and silo yetiti no inatv. welly bad wont • Cul faith in-my infallibility than. It wt have been a great comfort to me to tell • all about that venture of mine, for I g quite haggard with keeping it to Impel: And how I watched that solitary plant! I saw the least signs of nrnendment.isi Appearance, I trembled; and the. uxore.:•i le tro4 drooped the more did wy spiritsr - - I was like a .follow hy the sickbed 7 of , • .. ~. from whom ho aspects a riot) legacy. sae I embarked not only my casb,but, my future prospects in this ono center.. If I. lost the money, I know I should be t, lose Nally also. The successful spec t )t.' is feted as a shrewd. man, and .bis lows talk of his talent fur business; .-the luoky ono is atigmatised as a gansWer a madman. • "Bat my nitileties did not last long certainty of n failure in thcorop of bops Caine known, and there was ftoLcutcr) - - the market. Nobody knew n - hero all hops were gone to. The brewers, calm . '' ing on diminished prices, had but fer.tost hand when the blight c: me. '3 , 111 now eagerly sought to increase their stock. will gues bow I bold back, aud then tier." -- ray precious commodity in small quatitit • and bow my capital was quadrupled •by I FILI =Ma Mg 0
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