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VOLUME XLI, NUMBER 10.]
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PROFESSION L.
w. YOCUM,
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COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
COLUMBIA, PA
OFFICE—SrY B Ilding, Bank Stree , , near
Locust.
Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining
counties.
Consultations In English or German.
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A J. GULICK,
SURGEON - DENTIST,
Extracts Teeth without Plan. Nitrous Oxide or
Laughing Oat win - 0111st erect.
OFFICE 2!S LOCUST :STREET.
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B C. UNSELD,
TEACHER OF MUSIC
PIANO,
ORGAN,
MELODEON.
CULTIVATION of 1.1)c VOICE and SINGING.
—Special attention given Beginners and young
pupils.
s ept.l-Gl.lylv
219 LOCUST STUEET
CLARK,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
in
OFFICE—No:I2 N. Third street.
Office Hours—From ft to 7 M. 12 to 1 P.M.,
and front 6 to OP. m.
H M. NORTH,
A 7 TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW,
Columbia, Pa.
Collections promptly made in Lancaster and
tor]: Counties.
A T. KAUFFMAN,
tY ATTORNEY-ST-LAW.
Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining
Counties.
Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, and all claims
against the government promptly prosecuted.
°dice—_No.ls2, Locust street.
SAMUEL EVANS,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Office, on Second St., adjoining Odd Fonows'
Hall, Columbia, Pa.
T •
G. HOFFER,
DEN S T .
Nitrous oxide Gas ailmini,tered in the e:,:trae
tht of Teeth.
011iee—,wrout SCreet. neat door to R. Williams'
Drag - St.:lle, between Locu-A and Walnut Streets,
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Columbia Pa.
RINELE,
. PHYSICIAN J.; SURGEON;
offers his professional services to the citizens of
Columbia vicinity. lie may be lound at, the
office connected with his residence, on Second
street, between Cherry and Union, every day,
from 7to 9 -1. M., and from li to BP. M. Persons
wishing his services in special cases, between
these hours, will lea.. e word by note at his °nice,
or through the post °Mee.
D ENTAL SURGERY.
.1. S. SMITH, 11EN-ra,T
Graduate of Pennsylvania College of Dental
Surgery. Office in Wagner's Building, over
Hntleinan's dry goo.ls store. En
trance, t1.7t1 hoe st Street,
cohuntna, Penti'm
Dr. J. S Smith thanks his friends and the pub
lic in general for their idiom! patronage In the
Intst„ and assuring them that they can rely upon
having every attention given to them in the
future. In every branolt of his profession lie
has aJnays given entire satisfaction. Ito calls
attention to the unsurpasssed style and finish
of anti fiend teeth inserted ley hint. He treats
disemms eion mon to the mouth and teeth of
children and adults. Teeth 11110 d with the great
est care and in the zito a approved manner.
Aching. teeth t reated and tilled to last for years.
The hest of ilentrillees anti 11101.1 th WaSileS con
stantly on hand.
N. 13.—A II work: warranted.
J. S. SMITH, D. D. S.
HOTELS.
WES TE LIN I 1.0'.r.E L,
Nos. ii, 11, 11 15 CORTE..INDT STREET,
NEW YORK..
THOS. D. WI NC:MESTER, PnoPnrurou.
This Hotel is central and convenient for Penn
sylvanians.
Aum.: INltstri.on. of Reading,
Is an assistant at this hotel, :nut will be glad to
see his friends at all clines. sent-1-59-tfw
MME
THIS num', IS PnEASANTLY LOCATED,
between the Stations of the Reading and Colum
bia, and Pennsylvania Railroads,
FRONT STREET, COLUMBIA.; Pi.
Ample accommodation, for Stratmers :tild Tray
eidrS. The Bar Is stocked with
CLIOICE LIQUORS,
And the Tables furnished with the best fare.
EINDLEY,
,Proprietor.
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FRANKLIN HOUSE,
LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA.
This is a lirst-eldss hotel, and is in every respect
adapted to meet the wiblies :eel desires of the
traveling public. MARTIN ERWIN,
Proprietor,
F RENCEI'S HOTEL,
On the European Plan, oppo9lte City Hall Park
New York. It. FRENCH,
Sept. 19.1969. Proprietor.
ArSHLF.rt's HOTEL
West Market Square, Re:aline Renn'a.
EVAN MISIILER,
Proprietor.
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urBY HOUSE,
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BALTIMORE ! MARYLAIN.:D.
This hotel has. been lately refitted with all the
necessary improvements known to hotel enter
prise and therefore otters first-elass aceommoda
lions to strangers and others visiting Baltimore.
r). ii. HOGAN,
Proprietor.
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3/AIBLE WORKS.
COLUMBIA. M A. 1113 I,E W ORES.
The Subscribers would respectfully inform
the citizens of Calumbia, and surrounding
country, that they have clamed
A NEW MARBLE YARD IN
COLUMBIA,
On sth Street, between 'Avast and Walnut, Sts.,
and ask: the patronage of the public.
They have had great ex - pale:n.o on fine work,
both in Philadelphia and New York. They will
furnish In the highest style of the art, handsome
GRAVE STONES, MONUME:sZTS,
STATUARY, ORNAMENTS, kte.
also MARBLE MANTLES, BUILDIUG WORE.
mac. Orders promptly- attended and executed at
cheaper rates than elsewhere. Call and see it,
Designs of new styles of Fine work,suclt as
monumental .11ne arts, Cc., will be furnished
parties upon application to the proprietors.
H 1 PTI\ G S MEAL
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lIAIR PREPARATIONS.
HAL L'S
VEGETABLE TCAIR RENEWER
AND
RING'S AMBROSIA.
These popular Hair Restorers and Tonics on
hand, at
R. - WILLIAMS' DRUG STORE,
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BIJCILEB'S COLVALN:
T C. BUCHER,
ej.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
FIVE CENTS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Wines and Liquors !
Ems
fins removed his Store to his Building, adjoining
Rettig:luau's Store, Locust St., Columbia., Pa.,
where he has fitted up rooms, and greatly
Increased his facilities for doing
a more extensive business
MISHLER'S CELEBRATED
HERB BITTERS !
PURE AND UNADULTERATED,
These Bitters are celebrated for the great cures
they have performed in every case, when tried
Dr. Mishler offers fire hundred dollars to the pro
prietor of any Medicine that can show a greater
number M genuine certificates of cures effected
by it, near the place where it is made, than
MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
.51ISIIL1;IVS HERB 'BITTERS
Is for stile In Columbia by
J. C. BUCHER,
At his Store, Locust Street, Columbia
WINES AND LIQUORS!
Embracing the following
CaL-twba,
Port,
Lisbon,
Cherry,
Currant tind Muscat WINES.
COGNAC, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS
Also, OLD RYE WHISKEY and
BRANDIES of all kinds:
Blackberry
Catawba,
Cherry,
GM
xx ma Rye X Oki Rye,
Pure Old Eye, 'Monongahela,
Reclined Whisky, London Brown Stout
Scotch Ale, &c., &c., &c.
MALT AND CIDER 'VINEGAR
He Is also Agent for the Celebrated
MISIILER'S HERB BITTERS
POCKET FLASKS
DEATIJOIINS,
untl FANCY ARTICLES, in great - variety,
At J. C. BUCIIEWS.
MISHLER'S BITTERS!
PURE C UNADULTERATED
BEST STOUT PORTER!
From E. & O. HIBBERT, LONDON
G ENTLEMEN :—lt gives me great pleasure to
state that my wife has derived meat benefit
front the use of Coo's Dyspepsia Cure. She has
been tor a number of years greatly troubled
with Dyspepsia. accompanied with violent par
oxysms Of constipat ion, which so prostrated
her that she Vras all the while, for months, un
able to tin anything. She took, at your instance,
Coe's Dyspepsia Cure, and has derived great
benefit front it, and is now comparatively well.
She regards this medicine as a meat blessing.
Truly yours,
January Dalt, ISBS. L. F. WARD.
PURE MALT VINEGAR I CLEEGYAIEN.
. .
• 141 e List Street, above Front
Cannot be purchased at any other establLsh-
ment In town, and Is warranted to keep fruits
and vegetables perfect.
The Best 33rands of Imported
SCOTCH AND LONDON ALE
TO SMOKERS AND CHEWERS
BUVIER will still
ands o keep on hand the
Best Brf
SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
SNUFF, HAVANA, YARA, and
COMMON SEGARS. Also,
SNUFF 4.1;:, TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES—a
thousand and one varieties. Call at
J. C. BUCIIER'S,
Locust Street, adjoining Haldeman's Store.
It is the greatest establishment of the kind this
side of Philadelphia.
m l is tiVi i itZrgy for Lee's London Porter, and
.I%faderia,
Malaga,
Champagne,
Claret,
Rhine,
Blackborry,
Elderberry,
Jamaica Spirits,
Kummel,
Ginger,
Superior Oki aye,
pure Old Rye,
XXX Ohl ltye,
AGENCY FOR
FOR SALE
TOBACCO BOXES,
For Sale by
J. C. BUCHER
For sole by
3. C. BUCHER,
Agent for the
For Sale at
J. C. BUCIIERTS
COLITM
COE'S COLEJLAT.
COB'S COUGH BALSAM !
Tuts long tried and popular Remedy is again
called to the attention of the public. As often
as the year rolls around, the proprietors annu
ally make their bow to the people, and remind
them that amongst the many things required
for the health, comfort and sustenance of the
family through the long and tedious months of
winter, Coe's Cough Balsam should not bo for
gotten.. For years it has been a household medi
cine—and mothers anxious for the safety of their
children, and all who suffer from any disease of
the throat, chest and lungs, cannot ailbrd to be
without it. in addition to the ordinary four
ounce so long in the market, we now furnish
our mammoth family size bottles, which will,
in common with the other size, be found at all
Drug Stores.
FOR CROUP,
The Balsam will be found Invaluable, and may
always be relied upon xn the most, extreme
cases.
WriIOOPH•TG COUGH,
The testimony of all who have used It for 11115
terrible disease during the last ten years, is,
that it invariably relieves and cures it.
SORE THROAT
Keep your throat wet with the Balsam—taking
little and often—and you will very soon Ihul re
lief.
HARD COLDS AND COUGHS
Yield at once to a steady use of this great
remedy. It will succeed in giving relief where
all other remedies have failed.
SORENESS OF THE THROAT, CHEST
AND LUNGS
Do not delay procuring and immediately talc
ing Coe's Cough Balsam. when troubled with
any of the above named diflliculties. They aro
all premonitory symptoms of Comminution, and
if not arrested, will sooner or later sweep you
away into the valley of shadows from which
none can ever return.
IN CONSUMPTION,
Many a eare-worn sufferer has found relief and
to-day rejoices that her life has been made easy
and prolonged by the use of Coe's Cough Balsam.
IN SHORT,
The people know the article, and it needs no
CO111111E:n1, from us. It is for sale by every Drug
gist and Dealer in Medicines in the United
States.
TIIII C. G. CLARK. CO.,
Sole Proprietors, New Haven, Ct
READ WHAT YOUR OWN DRUGGSIT
MEM
ComtmbrA, rENNA,
October 13E11,1668. J
The C. G. Clark Co., New Haven, Conn.:
GE\TY,EMILN'—I have now been selling Coe's
Cough Balsam for the past two years, and take
1 his opportunity to say that it has given univer
sal satisfaction, and as a remedy for all Pulmon
ary Complaints it stands unequalled. I always
keep myself well supplied with this truly valu
able medicine, and earnestly and conscientious
ly recommend it to my customers.
Yours very truly,
S. A. MEYERS, Druggist.
Columbia, Penne
READ ! READ !! READ! !!
THE ATTENTION OF TILL PEOPLE
I=
W'ORLD'S GREAT REMEDY,
Coe's Dyspepsia Cure
This preparation is pronounced by Dyspeptics
as tile Only knuwn remedy that will surely cure
that aggratating and fatal malady. For yeas
it swept On Its fearful tide, carrying before it to
an untimely grave, its 1111111011 S of sufferers.
Coe's Dyspepsia Cure
has come to the
Rescue
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache,
Sourness or Acidity of Stomach,
Rising of Food, Flatulency,
Z.assitude, Treariness,
finally terminatiny
in Death,
Are :c surely cured by Lids potent remedy, as
the patient takes it. Although but live years
before the people, what Is the Tel diet of the
masses? near what Lester Scion, of Milwau
kie, says :
"IRON - LESTER SEXTON,
olMilwattkie
IItINVAtIZIE, Jan. 21, ISGS.
Jlcssi s. 0. Clank & Co., -Yew Riven, Ct.
Both myself and wife have used Coe's Dyspep
sin Cure, and it has proved perfectly satistactorY
as a remedy. I have no hesitation In saying
that we have received great benefit train its use.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) LESTER, SEXTON.
A GREAT BLESSING !
[From Rec. L. WARD, Aeon, Loenin Co., Ohio.]
.11O"rs. Strong $ A rmst rang, Droymts, Clevtlanti
The Rev. Isaac Aiken, of Allegheay, testifies
that it has eared him, after all other remedies
Lad failed.
D RUGGISTS.
Any druggist In the country will tell you, if
you take the trouble to immire, that every one
that buys a bottle of Coe's Dyspepsia Cure from
them, speaks In the most unqualified praise of
its great medicinal virtues.
EAD WHAT YOUR OWN DRUGGIST
SAYS:
CoLvmstA. PENNA.,
October 13111, ISIA
The C. G. Clark Co., New Haven, Conn
GENTS,—/ have now been selling Coe's Dys
pepsia Cure for the past two years—and take
this opportunity to say, that in all cases it has
given great satisfaction as a remedy, and is
spoken of in the highest terms by dyspeptics.
It has proved itself a great and wonderful Medi
cine in numerous cases—as a certain and speedy
cure of Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Distress after
Eating, Souring and Rising of Food, Colic.
Fever and Ague, Bilious Derangement.% and in
fact all diseases arisingtrout a disordered con
dition of the Stomach or Bowels. I always kced
myself well supplied with the article, and most
cheerfully and conscientiously recommend it .o
toy customers.
Yours very trluy,
J. A. MEYERS, Druggist,
Columbia, Pa.
00E'S DYSPEPSIA. CURE
Will also be found invaluable in all cases of
Diarrhea, Dysentery, Col le, Summer Complaints.
Gripping, and in fact every-disordered condition
of the stomach.-
Sold by Druggists In city or country, every
where at el Per bottle, or by application to
THE C. G. CLARK CO
oetl7-131 Sole Proprietors, New HaVen, at.
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CREAP AS READING, NOB ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
THE BOY MAGICIAN,
OR
The Secrets of the Sea.
CHAPTER I.
TILE PRISONER or 31103.0CEA.N.
Late one summer afternoon; a dozen .
years ago, a solitary white man stood be
fore an idolatrous temple on an island in the
South Pacific.
He was of middle age, tall, thin, and
gaunt, with rugged features and sorrowful
eyes, and with every sign of goodness and
and intelligence.
Besides him was a grim stone idol, in
grotesque human form, more than twice
as tall as himself which he had just fin
ished, as was indicated by the mallet and
chisel in his hands. •
"It is done," he muttered. " And
these heathen little suspect that I have
cut my name and story into the base of
the base of this idol."
He ran his eye rapidly over the inserip
tion in question. It was as follows :
" The Bth of May, 1852, I, David Lester,
of the firm of Lester & Nichols, of Nor
folk, Virginia, sailed as a passenger
from Charleston to Hong ICong,via Cape
Horn, in the ship Henla.' A cyclone
struck us in mid-ocean, the ship found
ered, and we took to the boats which
all filled, with the exception of the one
I was in. After drifting several days,
during which my companions perished
I reached this island. The idolatrous
inhabitants made me a slave in their
temple, and for more than four years I
have been doing menial offices and carv
ing images. I have been chained every
night, and watched continually by day
but have nevertheless made three at
tempts at escape, and shallsoon make
another—doubtless my last, as I am re
solved to succeed or die,preferring death
to a longer captivity. 1 therefore write
these words upon this idol, praying any
one who may see them to report my
fate, if possible, to my family, at Nor
folk, Va. Finished this inscription this
7th day of July, 1857."
For several minutes the prisoner con
templated these lines in silence, and then
aroused himself, looking warily around.
" Three times I have tried to escape in
a canoe," he muttered, " and every time
I was caught, and visited with tortures.
To be caught again in such an attempt
will be certain death. Yet I will risk all
the first opportunity that offers. This
longing for freedom and my family is be
coming a positive madness. Oh, my God !
what is that ?"
He gazed in perfect stupefaction to the
eastward, far out upon the ocean.
Three miles and leagues away, was a
ship, her white sails gleaming as she be
calmed upon the waters.
"A ship! a ship!" cried Lester, sob
bingly. "At last, oh Heaven ! At last
my prayer is answered.
THE PRISONEIVS ROME.
On the east bank of the Elizabeth rivei
j list out of Norfolk,and overkroking Hamp
ton Roads, stood a beautiful cottage the
of . the Rife and dalkslter of David
Lester, the prisoner of the lone island in
the far Pacific.
Near the close of a lovely afternoon in
May, Mrs. Lester and her daughter sat
together upon their front verandah.
The mother was a lovely, sweet-faced,
sad-eyed woman of two-and-thirty years.
The daughter, Amy Lester, not yet fif
teen, was a strange compound of child and
woman.
" You are thinking of father,dear moth
er?" murmured the maiden, as she mark
ed the lady's longing gaze.
" Yes, child. Your father,my husband ;
where is he ? Somewhere under the sea
waves, wrecked on a desert island, or lan
guishing on a hostile shore? It is five
years since he left us on that fatal voy
age to China. My reason assures me that
he is dead : yet, Amy, I can only think of
him as living."
" It is so with me, mother," said Amy,
with a tremulous quiver of her lips. " I
dream often that he is living—that he is
coming home !"
We need him in a hUndred ways, said
Mrs. Lester, sighing. "If anything were
to happen to me, Amy, I shudder to think
what would become of you. You have
been brought up in luxury, and would feel
keenly any change to poverty."
" Are we not rich, then mother ?" ask
ed Amy, in surprise.
"I supposed so, dear, until three years
ago," replied the mother sadly.
" Your father was a merchant and
ship-owner, a partner of Col Nichols. But
two years ago Col. Nichols informed me
that the out-standing debts of the firm
more than balanced the assets; in a short
Amy, that he was on the verge of bank
ruptcy, his fortune and ours alike wreck
ed !"
" I don't like Colonel Nichols !" said
Amy, thoughtfully. "If he lost all the
money with ours, how does he live in such
grand style? To whom do his ships
and great house belong ?"
"To his nephew, Ally Bell. Colonel
Nichols is Ally's guardian. The Colonel
has nothing of his own, excepting a farm
or two up the country which were uut
risked in the business."
Amy contracted her little brows reflect
ively, and was about reply, to when the
garden gate swung on its hinges, and a
boyish figure came lightly up the walk.
" It's Ally mother—it's Ally Bell !"
exclaimed Amy, all smiles and blushes.
" I'll bring him to you."
The young girl ran lightly down the
verandah steps and met the new-comer,
linking her arm in his and drawing him
gently toward the house.
He was a lad of seventeen, an orphan,
the nephew and ward of Colonel Nichols
Bright and gay and handsome, Allen Bell
was also impetuous, ardent, and intelligeitt
—one of those noble, manly boys who ma
ture early into grand and noble men. Boy
as he was, he loved Amy Lester with a
pure and chivalrous love, which bade fair
to deepen in time into the great love of his
life.
He was the bearer of a letter from his
uncle to Mrs Lester, and having delivered
it, he strolled with Amy down the wide
garden walks into the cool shadows of a
grove at the bottom of the garden.
" I've been expecting you this good
while Ally," said Amy with charming
frankness. "I thought you would be
down here to try those scientific experi
ments to-day,"
" We'll try them to-night, Amy," re
plied Ally. • " The blue lights show better
at night. I'm getting along finely in my
chemistry, Amy. I like it best of all my
studies."
" I am sure you do," said Amy earnest
ly. " You are the nicest boy I ever saw."
Ally Bell laughed aloud. Amy's child
like simplicity and outspoken truthfulness
were her greatest charm in his eyes.
" The sight of that brig yonder," said
Ally, " reminds me
_that I promised to
meet Colonel Nichols on board of it direct
ly after I delivered that letter to your
mother. I must go now, but you may ex
pect me as soon as it is dark."
He clasped her in his arms and kisred
her.
For a minute the youthful lovers stood
at the garden gate, toward which they had
slowly walked,and here they parted sober
ly—Ally to go down to the brig where he
had engaged to meet his uncle, and Amy
to return to her mother.
• She found Mrs. Lester, the open letter
in her lap, silent and motionless as a statue
her attitude that of profound despair.
" What is it, mother ?" cried Amy in
wild alarm, springing to her side.
Mrs. Lester looked at her daughter
with a woe-stricked face.
" Oh, Amy !" she cried, turning to
that brave,ehildish heart for strength and
comfort, "Colonel Nichols writes me that
we are beggars He reminds me that he
has asked me three several times to marry
him. And, Amy, he says be knows your
father to be dead, and he offers himself to
me for the last time. He reminds me of
my ill health, of your youth and helpless
ness. And be says"—and Mrs. Lester's
voice broke down in .1 tempest of sobs—
" that on the one hand ho offers me wealth
comfort, and happiness, on the other pov
erty and sorrow. If I refuse him he
swears to turn us out of our home to-mor
row." •
"Oh, mother !" exclaimed Amy, with
a sharp cry, as she hid her face in her
mother's bosom.
CHAPTER II
ALLY ENTRAPPED
Before Ally Bell reached the brig ly
ing at the wharf, his uncle Colonel Nichols.
had been there and arranged with the
Captain, who went by the name of Miley,
carry A off&a-Chiina,--fotfivhich ser
vice the Colonel promised tb give the
Captain the brig and ten thousands dol
lars, in case the boy never came back.
Hiley was a murderer, whose real name
was Sprouls, and CJlonel Nichols knew it.
And colonel Nichols had robbed Mrs.
Lester, and wanted to rob his nephew and
have him murdered, and Hiley know that,
and resolved that Ally Bell should never
see Norfolk again.
" Where is the lad ?" he asked, as he
and Colonel Nichols finished drinking suc
cess to their nefarious schemes, to which
the Colonel replied :
" He should be here at this very mo
ment. Ah, I hear his step on deck now !
Here he comes !"
Even as he spoke Ally Bell came hur
rying into the cabin, his face flushed
with pleasurable excitement.
" I'm just in time to see you off Cap
taia Miley," he said, not noticing the
giiilty looks of the conspirators. " The
wind is fair, and the crew anxious. A
good voyage to you, Captain. Bring me
some rare shells when you return. They
are for a little girl's cabinet, and must be'
pretty."
"Aye, aye, Mr. Allen," responded the
Captain beartly. " Didn't you see my
collection of shells in yonder state-room?
No ? You are welcome to your choice of
them all sir."
He advanced and flung open the state
room door.
Ally bent forward and booked in.
With a quick thrust, Tilley pushed him
into the little room and hurriedly locked
the door.
With an exultant smile Colonel Nichols
said adieu, and went ashore.
The next minute the hurried trampling
of feet was blended with the songs of the
stout seamen, as the brig moved slowly
from the wharf toward the sea.
Ally's first thought, on Eluding himself
shut up in Captain Hiley's state-room,
was that the two men were joking—
merely intending to scare him a little and
then let him out; but he soon discovered
that the Quickstep—the brig was so
named—had left her wharf, and was stand
ing down the Elizabeth river toward the
ocean•
The truth flashed upon him.
"I see it all I" he cried, leaping to his
feet. " Ailey is taken me to sea with
him ! Captain Hiley !" be shouted, pound.
ing on the wall, " open the door this min
ute ! Let me out, or it will be bad for
you !"
No reply was made to him—no atten
tion paid to his cries.
He saw that hi: was fast, and stunned by
the knowledge of his stituation.
CHAPTER 111
LEST.E.R ESCAPES AND HEARS FROM lIOME
We left David Lester on his lonely
island, planning his escape, with a ship in
sight from the elevated point were he was
at work. Hewaited till night and until a
priest of the idolatrous temple camp to
chain him in his dungeon, where they
nightly confined him; and suddenly leap.
ing upon the priest, be bore him to the
floor, chained and gagged him, disguised
himself in his priestly robes, stained his
face brown with dirt, went to the shore
where the canoes were lying, he entered
one of them, and paddled out to sea in
the direction in which he had seen the
ship.
He paddled for hours with all his
strength, and had gone so far that the lights
of the island could not be seen, and yet
no ship had been found; and now the
wind was rising and a storm was threat
ening.
" Oh, God ! Am I forsaken ?" he cried,
in an awful anguish, seized with fear that
the wind would take the ship from him.
" Must I perish here ?"
At that moment when hope was dying
he beheld a sight that turned all his wild
woe into yet wilder ecstasy:,
There to the northward; was the ship
standing directly towards him, with all
sails set to catch the rising breeze,
and not half a mile away.
" Yes there she is !" he shouted. " She
is comming this way. I am saved—saved!"
Ho raised his arms to heaven in a mute
thanksgiving and sobbed aloud, the glad
tears streaming down his worn and hag
crard
,cheeks.
The ship came nearer and nearer.
He redoubled his wild shouts, his heart
and soul in his voice.
An answering cry came suddenly from
the ship's deck, and she drew steadily
nearer—swerved from her course slightly,
and a rope was thrown from her deck,
falling into his canoe.
He seized the rope in desperate eager
ness, and a group of sailors leaning over
the ship's side drew him aboard.
In an instant more the ship had re
sumed her course, and was moving in
stately fashion before the breeze.
" Safe at last 1" murmured Lester, lean
ing against the bulwarks, weak and nerve
less as an infant. " Oh, thd gladness of
that hour 1"
Poor man ! He did not dream at that
moment that his adverse fate was even
then relentlessly closing around him;
that he was on one of his own ships— the
Cyclone; that that ship was commanded
by a biter foe in league with Colonel
Nichols, who, on recognizing him, would
without remorse consign him again to the
mercies of the Pacific in his Indian canoe-
On inquiry Lester learned that the
vessel was the Cyclone, and in the light of
the cabin lamp recognized her Captain.
Tearing off his priestly robe, and wiping
the stain from his face with its coarse
folds, he exclaimed :
" Captains Sales, don't you know me 7"
- ' geDavid - !Lester'!" cried the— Captain,
turning ashy pale and grasping his sta
tionary seat as though he had received a
shock.
Lester wiped his brows and sat down,
the Captain taking a seat opposite him.
He bad so much to ask, that his emo
tions choked his utterance, and prevented
him from observing the look of deadly
hatred with which the Captain regarded
him. But he finally piled his questions
fast, and learned that his wife yet lived,
that his daughter Amy had grown into a
lovely girl, and that both wife and daugh
ter had long mourned him as dead. He
also learned of his wife's poverty.
" Colonel Nichols settled up the firm
affairs," said the Captain reservedly,
" and there was nothing left for Mrs.
Lester. She has bsen living on his boun
ty these two or three years ! When your
interest in this ship was sold, I bought it.
The Colonel owns the other half!"
" But this is a base fraud !" exclaimed
Lester.
" The Colonel has been untrue to the
trust I reposed in him. I have had sus
picions of his integrity during my long
exile, but I have never dared to entertain
them. I'll make matters straight on my
return. I can prove my claims and bring
him to justice, the dastardly villian ! My
poor Margaret!" and he groaned.
Lester's threat concerning Nichols
seemed to stir up all the malice of the
Captain's nature. He beheld his interest
in the ship, fraudulently acquired, threat.
ened, and he bated still more the lawful
owner whose right in the Cyclone he had
usurped.
"If report speaks truly," he said, "Mrs.
Lestet need not be called ' poor.' Colo
nel Nichols has long been paying her at
tentions, and when I left port, five months
ago the story was that they were engaged.
The Colonel told me himself that he loved
her and meant to marry her. No doubt
by this time they are married."
This cruel thrust struck home to the
poor husband's heart, and uttering a great
cry, he fell forward with his face upon
the table, while the Captain regarded him
with a look of mingled hatred and exul
tation.
Leaving his victim thus stunned, Cap
tain Sales went on deck, and seeing that
a storm was rising and thinking the time
favorable for getting rid of Lester, he in
formed the crew that strange man in the
cabin was an insane creature, whom it
would be unsafe to keep on board, and
easily convinced them that it was their
duty, as they valued their own lives, to
set him adrift again. He then went • be
low, called Lester on deck, and at once
set him adrift in a well-provisioned boat,
notwithstanding the wretched man's pit
eous appeals for mercy. The Cyclone
then sailed on, and Lester's boat was soon
lost sight of in the darkness. A short
time afterward the storm broke furiously;
and Captain Sales rubbed his hands as he
thought of the certain fate of the poor
waif whom he had so recently exposed to
its power.
But the storm was of short duration ;
$2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2,50 if not Paid in Advance.
Lester's boat outrode it; and the next day
he succeeded in reaching the Cloud
Islands. His fame as an image carver had
preceded him, and the chief of the Cloud
Islands, who was named Lanoti, at once
compelled him to go to work on an idol,
informing him that he should spend the
remainder of his life in that odious ser
vice. The unhappy man was driven to
despair by this terrible announcement.
He toiled day after day, and night after
night he planned to escape. But all his
plannings were in Jain, as he was heavily
ironed, and closely guarded at night. But
finally, after months of disappointment,
when the attention of his guards was at
tracted elsewhere by the ceremonies of a
feast, he succeeded in eluding their vigi
lance, and getting rid of his irons he es
caped from the guard-honse, and dashed
wildly toward the sheltering obscurity of
a thick forest, which be reached in safety,
but not before his flight had been discov
ered, and scores of the islanders had start
ed in pursuit of him.
An overruling Providence had so or
dered it that, a short time before Lester'a
escape, Ally Bell had been left by Captain
Riley on an uninhabited island, within
sight of the groupe on which Lester then ,
was. Ally had been drugged by Captain
Hiley, and while in a deep sleep had been
left on the island, with his chest,a basket
of provisions, and a full set of tools.
The boy on awaking, and finding him
self thus alone in the vast Pacific Ocean,
was crushed by a sense of his calamity.
But he was a brave lad, and he soon ral
lied, and set at work to make
. the best of
his case. H.. 1 built himself a hut, and
having a lot of fireworks in his chest, he
arranged them so that he could play them
off with effect, in case any savages from
the neighboring islands should come to
molest him. His knowledge of chemistry,
and of fireworks, and his skill as a ven
triloquist, was so great that he had ac
quired the title of "The Boy Magician,"
which title he determined to make good
in case any savage visitors should attempt to
work him mischief. He had been in his new
home but a few days when he saw a fleet
of canoes and sail-boats approaching his
island, and hastily getting his fireworks in
perfect order, he calmly awaited the ar
rival of the painted barbarians, whom he
could already distinguish eagerly gazing
at his cabin.
CHAPTER IV.
THE MOST FIENDISH PLOT OP ALL
The summer slipped away, and Septem—
ber was drawing on at a close.
One morning late in the month, Colonel
Nichols sat in his office, idly drumming
on his desk with his fingers, an expression
of satisfaction' on liis ' feutures.
He bad , been persecuting Mrs. Lester
with his attentions, which she had dis
dainfully repulsed. He had also conceived
a vehement desire so avenge himself on
her daughter Amy, who believing that
Ally , had been sent off by Colonel Nichols
had been a constant thorn in his side for
months.
" Well," he muttered,with a long-drawn
breath, "I finished closing up my affairs
yesterday. What is to be my next move
I can leave Norfolk at any time. It might
not be a bad idea to take Mrs. Lester and
Amy to my Cape Henry house. People
begin to look coldly on me here, and they
look on Mrs. Lester as an injured saint !"
He frowned darkly, as if unpleasant
memories were recurring to him.
At this moment were sounded a heavy
uneven tread in the outer office. The
clerks had all been discharged within the
month, and there was no business doing.
Nichols, therefore, did not stir from his
seat, nor trouble himself to inquire the
ipusiness of the intruder.
The heavy tread approached the inner
office, the door was opened, and a man
looked in.
Nichols saw him, and sprang to his feet
in astonishment.
" Captain Sales I" he ejaculated. "It
can't be possible ! Come in ! Come right
in r'
The man entered, closing the door be
hind him.
It was indeed Captain Sales, of the ship
Cyclone—the same man who had so inhu
manly set David Lester adrift in the South
Pacific, in the very teeth, as he had sup
posed, of a terrific tempest'."
The two men—fitting companions—
shook hands heartily.
" When did you arrive, Captain ?" de
manded Nichols, proffering a chair.
" This is a surprise ! I wasn't expecting
you this month
" I suppose not," said Sales, seating
himself. "I ran into the Roads this very
morning, and cast anchor not an hour ago.
I concluded you didn't see me, since you
didn't come off. We bad a gale all the
way home that blew us right along.
Never made a better voyage out and in."
Nichols went to a closet cupboard, and
brought out a bottle of brandy and a tum
bler.
" Have a drink," he said, filling the
glass. " How about your trading busi
ness ? Sdems to me you didn't stay long
enough to do well."
" Well, I haven't done so well as usual
Colonel, that's a fact," replied Sales,-be
tween swallows of the liquor. " But I've
got something of more impertance to you
than athousand dollars more or less Colon
el." -
" And what is that ?" demanded Ni
chols.
Sales tossed off the remainder of the
brandy, and set the glass down heavily as
be responded :
" It's a piece of news that will come
bard to you, Colonel. David Lester is
alive."
" _Alive!
[WHOLE NUMBER, 2,0810.
Nichols reeled as if a bullet had entered
his heart. His complexion turned livid.
" Alive !" he repeated, in a shrill, cut
ting whisper He lias:c.ime back. "He
is in Norfolk ?"
He looked around him wildly,as if seek
ing an avenue of escape.
" No, Colonel he is not here. He board
ed us just after a calm in the South Paci
fic. I saw him face to face, heard him
tell how the vessel he went out in had
been lost in a cyclone, and how he alone
remained alive to tell the'tale."
"And you brought him back ?" cried
Nichols, in that shrill, incisive whisper,
putting his livid, scared face close to that
of Sales, and fairly startling the latter by
the glance of evil meaning that shot from
his bloodshot eyes. " You let him live—
you, who will lose by his life and gain by
death ?" ..
A regretful expression crossed/tn face
of 'Captain Sales.
" If I did, I didn't mean to ! he ex
claimed. "The factlis, Colonel, I meant
to dispose of him in the quickest manner.
I thought there was a big storm coming,
so I set him adrift in an open boat. The
storm blew over, and Lester, I am sure,
made for the nearest islands. He was in
a frail boat, the poorest of the lot, and I
allowed him only a small allowance of pro-
visions."
" Then be may be alive now ou one of
those Pacific islands !" ejaculated Nichols.
" And he may be picked up by a vessel
at any time, and coine book to ruin me.
I was sure he was dead Tell cue his story
as be told it to you.
Sales complied wit:: while
Col. Nichols paced the
steps
"Yes, he must have
island he escaped from, ;1,13 tpLie:ll
- island cried Lk') con
federate had concluded. •' Xlvlt a cursed
fatality seems to pursue m 3 1 Sales, Les
ter isliable to come back, as I aid before
nt any time. His return would he my
ruin. I tell you," he added excitedly, "
have done things for which he could send
me to the state-prison. I should have to
fly with the officers of justice on my track
and I should never dare return to claim
my nephew's fortune. Sales, Lester must
not comeback 1 He shall not come back!"
" And how are we going to prevent
it ?" asked Sales. "so doubt he went
back to the Land in the Sea, and was set
to idol-carving again ; but he may escape
again, or a friendly ship may rescue him,
or some chance set him free—"
" But there shall not 1" interrupted
Nichols, with inergitstion. "Ie
the Cyclone sea-worthy ?"
" - Yes, - Colonel. • - 1 - Sla's:in'22pleridid or=
der. Could be got , to sea at any hour's
notice, if she were provisioned."
" Provision her at once. See to every
thing.. She must be off within twenty
four hours. I am going in search of
David Lester.
"What I to rescue him.?"
No," hissed Nichols; " to destroy him."
He continued his walk with increasing
violence.
" And I will not go alone : Margaret
Lester and her daughter shall go with
me l If I succeed, and Lester perishes,
his wife shall become mine. If I fail,"
and his eyes gleamed luridly, "and I ar
rive out there, to find that he has been
rescued, I shall hold his wifo and child as
hostages, and demand my safety as the
price of their freedom!'
" I'm in with you, Colonel," said Sales
admiringly. " And what is more, I can
keep every one of the crew by being a
little liberal with them."
" Then go to work immediately. Set
the men to unloading. Provision the
ship, and be sure to provide wine and
dainty stores for the woman and girl. I
will send abroad furniture for three state
rooms, and one of my
.servants to set them
in order. The servant will accompany us,
to cook for and wait on the ladies. You
understand ?"
" Yes ; but hoNi are ive to , z,c;t the ladies
aboard ?"
" They must be taken aboard to-night,
and we must slip out (~f the I:ea,' i in the
darkness that comes . .t. You
and I will go up to _u;-
soon after dark, and g ,„.
the house. The rest •,-,.:? 1,- c
This programme, \
was resolved upon. -
confederate witY;the nc,:
they separated—Sales
ship, and Nichols to r: pur
chases, and to send h:3 to
the Cyclone.
They did not meet until evening.
The shadows were falling thickly whoa
the two stealthily approached the cottage
of Mrs. Lester, and as stealthily entered
her garden, approaching the house while
keeping in the shadow of the trees.
Mrs Lester and Amy were in the par
lor, the windows of which were wide open,
the security of months having restored
Mrs. Lester's former confidence. The
two men could see the elder lady seated
in her arm-chair, and the young girl,
dressed in white, at the piano, upon which
she was softly playing, accompanying the
instrument with her voice.
The room was not lighted, both mother
and daughter loving the gray twilight
shadows.
On the steps of the kitchen porch, the
colored serving-woman was sitting, and in
the garden old Nicholas Collins and his
wife were holding a lively discussion on
some domestic question.
"Now is our time !" exclaimed Nich
ols, in a whisper. " Got the woollen
socks over your boots ? Good I Come
along softly. I know Mrs. Lester's room,
and the girl's adjoins it. Old Collins
sleeps in the rear part. Now for it!
The confederates softly mounted the
steps of the verandah, entered the un
lighted ball, and stole up stairs, unheard
and unseen. The next moment they bap
secreted themselves in the closet adjoin
ing Mrs. Lester's room, and were ready
for the execution of their villainous pro
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