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all V rinting,
‘22..) Ll 9 MICPI39I33"Cf VD aim mum tta 4 ez , u
Neatly and Promptly Executed, at the
ADVERTISER 01714 E, LEBANON, PENN'A
Vas aqablisliment is now supplied with an extensive
4kbeortiornt of JOB TYPE, which will be increased as the
rampage demands. It CAD now torn out Pazyron, of
very description, in a neat and expeditions manner--
tied on very munmable terms. Such as
Pamphlets, Cheeks,
Business Cards, Handbills,
Circulars, Labels,
Bill Readings, Blanks, Programmes, Bills o Fare,
Invitations, Tickets, Ate:, &c.
The friends of the establishment, and the public senor
mile are respectful/7 solicited to send In their orders.
4p - 11ANDBILLS Printed-at au hours notice.
q. Deans of all kinds. °Manton and Judgment BOuns.
Ftthool, Justiceoe, Constables' and other ;twice, printed
correctly sad neatly on the beet paper', constantly kept
fur sale at this office, at prices "to suit the times."
*,, , sSubscriptlon price of the LEBANON ADVERTISER
One Dollar and a Half a Year. - • .
Address, WEL Id. BRESLIN, Lebanon, Pa.
RE AL ESTATE.
Valuable Borough Property
FOR: _SALE!
g tgered at private hale, that valuable hell-lot or piece
I
of GRO'UND, *Attica& at the north-oast corner of Wa.
'ter and Walnut streets, Lebanon, fronting 33 feet on Wal
nut street and 80 feet of Water street, at proeent occupl
•ed by John Farrell's Marble Yard, ou which are a FRAME
House, &c. It le located within a square of the Lebanon
Valley Railreed Depot, between the Depot end the centre
'of town. For further particulare apply to John Farrell
on the premises. June 21,1857...
PRIVA'rE SALE
Of Dwelling House & Coach Mak
ing Establishment.
TE undersigned intending to go West, ~ ,
offer at private sale their convenient
'ind.deninible Property. It coMPriees a nets' I i
Two.B tory VII A3lll HOUSE, 2t feet front. Ig I
by 32 deep; with al° by 1 7 feet Kitchen nt --
niched; a COACT' MAKING SIIOP, 50 feet Irma by 30
feet deep; also another Shop 211 by 23Jfeet, and a Black.
Smith Shop 2i.) by 33 feet. The buildings are all new,
and well built, and Wonted in an, eligible and bnelness
part of the town. via—Water at' get, Lebanon, near Sa•
lees Lutheran Chnreh, Good title 'and possession' will
be given at any time, but no payment will be demanded
before the let of April, 1859. Apply for further infor
mation to GEOIIGIi ARNOLD,
Lebanon, Juno 30, '5B-tf., JOSEPH ARNOLD;
, PUBLIC SALE OF
Va I nable Borough
Ii T ILL be aold at public sale. at the Public. Ifouee of
Ilemti D. DARDIANIT,in the Borough of Lebanon,
.m SATURDAY, the 14th day (V' August,lBsB, the follow
ing valuable Borough 'Beal Estate, viz:—
A LOT OR PIECE OF GROUND - In the contra of the
Boromth of Lebanon, fronting on Cumberland street, run
ning back to Jail alley, and bfttuted on the east by prop
erty of Daniel Stlehter. and on the west hyjneob '
Breda, on which are eructed a good Three-Story
BRICK lIOUSE, with finished basement, and a
large twoquiti-a-haltstory BACK BUI.LDIELI,
with the necessary out buildings. The loOMit Of this
property makes it worthy the attention of Putt hserii.- 1
For a business location it is not surpassed in the orough.
Possession will laigiven on the Ist of Apr 11,1859.
Sale to commence at 2 o'cllick, I'. bf., and 'terms made
known by A. S. ELT.
. Executor of 11ImtbEL 'SVAottell; geed.
Lebanon, July 21; 1855, . .
Desirable litorosigh Lots.
PliriAge 5.4 t 11:
The subscriber offers nt private sale hisfoneltA Till LOT
OF 0 ROUN D, elturitetl In Weinut Street, near Woter. In
the borough of' Lelianori,-34 equitre front' the Court
House, fronting 'A feet CO Wilnut end 98 feet deep,
udJolnln other property of the subEerlher and lot of the
kmiato of Oen, Zwlor, due'd. •
ALSO. Tit It NE TOWN LOTS. locnted on the corner of
'Water street and Doe utley. Sold tote arri2O &mit front
'en mil street, ant/ 00 foot ItOon. Thei are In an linprat ,
Mg part of the borough of Lebanoui conyontent feel!
tie principal and uentral parts of- toon, yizt ;34 squares
Irma the , Lebanon ;Valley .110risad Depeh"thasame front
Market Square, mai tlie same from tho Ceurt Muse.—
Possession will be given frrintMlletulyit - desired.
16,61inon,:July 1868.-It. • PENA
HOTELS
F ItA iiiN I2(USE
Ctrner of Penn and Railroad rrrectr,
BRADINO, TA,
Owni . ely Railroad MAO.)
flTilitittVlfitt:thini:TlcelrolpiLehatTilbol:
nom). for their accommodation arid comfort.
lie line fornishod the Loose Well, with every Convent
,'ner; and the Chatithersand Apartments,
Isar-roum, Varlets, /Cm Ilk lintel Is fitted, rip with all
.
the modern Improvements nod visitors shalt Ito furnish
rd with the boat the market Words tit his ttible, and the
Liquors of thu beat arid purest kinds.
N, Stabling is large, and yard attached, end
strict attention paid to this department of the llotel.
nay 10,1858. .
UNION smoTEL.
NOlVf LERANON cono . .— , •
" - C.:
• turt:t.
The et et tiers. ig nett tes peetfii I y g
iiifernts tits public, that he still contin-,- 7 ,-TA,_
sat "V NION TIOTI1L," the 4. •
borough of North Lebanon, formerly
kept by Mr. John ff. Miller. where he ha new prepared
1- t welcome his.frionds end traveler,', and cheer them
the good things .of the laud. Lf i.t TABBashull be
with the :hest the seasons ran afford, and his
BAB shall tarnish thechniciest , hiquors.
iii efforts will be to snake all stopt-big wititi.lihe feel
snifrely at berae, and enjoy all theconvenleneusthat can
'he given hi a public house. The Stabling Is large and
meaty vain. alscallpril
4 --
islll),AlififSG.-41 0 is also prepar'el te, lake it - num.
of Boarders. .IlOar.ling as' I:ensemble as can ha ob
tained at one
' tither Idare. Be ek.feride ii t-erdial invita
tion to aililAithig North Lebation.ta give Mai a call.
JON ATILV.4 0-EBEWII.OI.
forth Lebakiiiit borough March 21, IS6B.
LCbanori - Vallev Dotage,
4....,r0er of Wianui Street and.LebLlon Toney Railroad,
Opposite Om Depot, Lannon, Pa.
filfrundOreigned takes pleasure in In
,l forming hie friends and the public, e
that be has completed his large N.klW e .2
HOUSE; and la now, prepared to ekorn. I
modate the 'Valle In the very BEST -
STYLE Ills helve ii very commodious, anti arranged
with nil the Imelda improvements. It contains 56 dif
ferent tome, wliftlh enable the Proprietor to give private
'ape tmente to ell who may desire them. Ills 'PA
shall be furulehed with the beet provlslot4Of the Bensons,
and We BAR shalt contain the alloiceet Liquors. Adeoni
mudating servants are employed, and no !coal° will III)
wpartxl to make , all who stop With him perfectly Comfort
able. Charged roodkrate. '
ttEA Ile has also extenalvo STAHLTNCI. 'tie traveling
ptthlftf are respectfully Invited to make this house their
I[oslo. CIIII.ItLES W. IrtlllNLO.'
Lebanon, May 26, MIL
- 41AVINblifj
e var tb,eo„, Skop,
goitai
13 - anon Dank. would respectfully intern the Citizens of
Lebanon and iflelnty, that he still dunthlues hie IL-et-clap
.I)resoi.?ig
'
and tepiepared to do bnaluose Vie neatest and
Lest
still' and would solicit all to him, trial.'
'Lebanon, Oct. 21,4857. '•
Slaavimor,
- E• 1:•
nil
• Sliampooning . Saloom
ZIMBIERIVAN t WHALEY would respectfully in
form the public that they have REMoVklb their
stabliehment to Market street, next door to John M.
Mark's Ifotel, Lebanon' where it will give them plea-sate
to waft on all Who yfnvor thorn with their atronage.
They have litutmuc may
a experience in the businosl p , and will
spate no pains to give entire eatiefaction to their custo
mera.; They have made mini arrangement for the per
fection of their husiness. 'They cordially invitee. call and
't
frtanciA. March 3: isas
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BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
,
J. Cood's.Book %titre.
iTint.Niiw and Chunp Book Store of the under_
signed is located in Market , Street, 2.! doors
north of Guilford a, Lemberger'e Drug Store, where he
will be pleased to see all hie old friends, and those dos!•
roue of having articles in his line. With a determine ,
Don of selling cheaper Unto can be purchased elsewhere,
he would respectfully call the attention of the public to
his assortment of /Weise, frynilt and Prayer Boats, Me
celtmteous, ,Blank end `School !Books, Wollaild; Window
rePer, Stationery, and , every article in his lino of busi
ness. Alen, Pocket' Mertes andA.lininees for 1858. All
the Masseines awl NoWePapers, both dully weekly,
•to be had lit publisher's rates.
All orders for articles in hie line carefully-and prompt.
dr attended to, by ibn undersigned.
Lebanon. Jon 14,1858. 3. %. 13001,.
lariolol l Books
. IV A LT7,..is MEDIA: would . respectfully
~.amm‘ r • inform the Public, that they constantly
receive. from the Eastern Cities, copier; of
d portnn t end attractive
;N la r13094at as s w oo n ri th e 6 s puZbltimlln whi ch they offer for
safe elieaper the* they eau be purchased elsewhere.— •
Ageohg thesp,latelyFreeived ace_
"argon's Aaron Derr,
Livingfon's - Tinrels and Researches in SouthAfWca•
Spark's Life of franklin,
Abbott's Napoleon,
City of ilasOlreat
Deleted Tay ler'eNorthern Travels,
'Debit and tigill4
TheltratitnYlVity.
They hays always' on handl; Itirge assortmentof School
806101, Mink Booliirtind Stationery,• Sunday School
Books, 10 a Imp assortment of Flute, Plano,
Violin and Guitar Plano Torte, Me.
Italian and Violin instructor,.
PA,P"ErL'HAN'GINGS
of Fore go and Domestic Manufacture,
Window Slidaes.
The, on t 1 y
and all the
NEWSPAPERS, daily ick Weekly,
op be had hy calling at the on Cumberland street,
In the borough of Lebanon; at'the sign Of the .111 g Book,"
get. Orders left with them for any kind ofgreids in their
true, will be promptly attended to. '
14 4 110 0. Feb. 4,1868, :
°Wet &rivet to Van
A TONS * idoADAM. S, and moths° their each of
Jr Vote, %ma, Trunke, Trivreling-Bege.,
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VOL. 10---NO. 7.
REAL ESTATE.
Mouse. ir Lot at Private Sale
TILE Siftsieriber offers at Private Sale the House
lA. I
and Lot owned by him in East Let anon. This
property is situated t rner of Comber.
land street and Plsea o sa n nta e ll e e ° y, fronting 68 feet
or the former, and extending back 193 feet to Strawber
ry
The .liefise,Whlc4 hi a good brick one,tOrt tabling 9
rooms, (besides garret,) gas fixtures, good cellar, &e., has
just been repaired anti thoroughly painted. There is al
so attached to the premises, a summer Kitches, amok
rootn,'bake oven,"good cistern, and two stable , , &c. The
Garden, whielrbas been much improved by the present
occupier, has, now a goad crop of vegetables in it. Pos
session can be' iven at once. Igt,„Terms easy to suit the
times. Apply to ED. M. RICITARDS.
East Lebanon, June 20855-ti:
Desirable growl, Properly
AT PUBLIC SALE.
Thu Subscriber offers at public sale at Can
, Ustsi'Sßuck Hotel , In Lebanon. on SATURDAY,
" ill- AUGUST 14, 1858, his fine House and Lot of
Ground, situated corner of Market and Church
stmts. in North Lebanon Borough, on the line dividing
the Boroughs of Lebanon and North Lebanon: The Lot
fronts 52% feet on Market street, andl9s feet on Church
Street: The House is a twoetory frame, weather board
ad; 'With Kitchen attached. The other improvements
area Stable and other necessary outbuildings,,liitS a
choice assortment of fruit trees. •
ALSO, at the seine time and place 2% AGUES of fond
Situated on Pinegrove Road above Church itreet, oppo
site United _Brethren Burying Grounitin'North Lebanon
borough. This land is very suitable for building lots.
telt. Good title and possession ittUlhe given this FoU.
Sale to commence at 1 o'clock, p. in.
North Lebanon, July 14,1888, 10111rABD FORTIVA.
LE•IrD ID I - BST's/ITE
AT PRIVATE SALE.
THE •undersigned offers at private sale his magnificent
Estate, situate in East Hanover township, Lebanon
county, about 2 miles from Ilatper's Inn, 4 miles from
the Cold - Springs and the Dauphin Sitsquehanna Rail
road, as follows:
NO. 1--Cownins 160 ACRES. more or less of the best
land in the neighborhood, adjoining property of itlichiel
Deininger. John Dotter and others. The greater portion
is cleared and under good cultivation. The buildings
erected on this tract arc the undersigned's well-known
CLOTH MANITFACTORY,;"which has a large
,s, patronage and is capable of indefinite Increase;
111 a large two-story double Stone DWelling
witj - , Kitchen annexed; good ; two:story Farm
Tenant House; largo stone Barn, will tproehing
fkier nnti Stabling.; and other outbuildingi; 'good"re
pair. Also, all necessary buildings for the Manufactory,
viz:—Fulling-mill. Card and Spinning Machine Building,
Dyeing and Finishing House, ac., An. 'The Works are all
well supplied with gond 31achinerji and plenty of _water
power. A ;stream of good water is
,led to the
dwelling house in pipes. Also. springs and pump
wells near. Also, n beautiful Youpg ORCHARD
on the premises.
NO, 2—Containing IGO ACRES, (rake or less,) adjoin
ing No: 1, land of Michael Dcininger,'.7ohn Dotter, and
othets Natirly the whole of this tract is under goodcul
tivatitin and excellent fences.
Erected thereon is a Dwelling ilouse, Stable,
and a large Shed. Also, nearby n well, eking,
Ve.; a splendid site for the crectionetit dwelling
house. There is flowing Iviiter in nearly every
. AAehbol Muse is located on Ibis 'tract.
NO. z--Contains 180 ACRES WOODLAND,
(more or less) adjoining No. 1, land of John Dot
ter and others. It has a rich'gronttrof Chaitdql
oprouts, from 8 to 10 years growth.'
As the undersigned la sincerely disposed to ecr. the
above may be purchased either in parts as above or in
the Whole, as may be desired.
.18a1I- Good title and possession wig, laigiven.on theist
of April, 1869. For further information apply to
LYON LEM itERG ER,
.Etsl arnoyer, Lebanon Cb., Pa:
Aug. 5, '57-t f.
NOTICE,
To the Members of the Nutual,Fire Insurance
Company of Einking Springs, Berks County,
Pennsylvania
IN consequence of defile remaining from lest year and
previous, and recurring since :Tannery last', arneunt,
Ing to nearly six thousand donate. it wan deemed Demo
wary to levy an assesnment of 60 cents on every thousand
dollars insured to meet said deftolency. It is all impor
tont for the well meaning members , , and those desiring
the Company to prosper. to be punetnidr in paying their
portion of the easeful - mote. either direetly to the Tress
neer. Isaac !Myra, Esq., residing In Citmru township. or
to John D. Metter Esq.. the authorized agent of the
Company or bin stil4gente at the time and platen desig
nated by the agents. For the benefit of the members we
publish the hitter part of Section 6th of the Charter. and
call your especial attention to it, as it in our"aim to carry
out in full the clear letter of the Charter.
SECTION eru.—When the just demands of any Insurer
in said Company, or members theca, shah exceed the
ateount of its a %%Habit; funds en hand, stall Sams as shall
be necessary to pay the same libel'. without unnecessary
delay. be assessed by any three of the Board of Managers
appointed by the Presidenton the insurances; each mem
ber to pay in proportion to the amount they have insur
ed, end publish the genie:' and all and every of the mem
bers of the Company shall pay into the hands of the
Treasurer, his. her, or their proportionable part of such
rates within foßy days:after Snell publication us afore
said. and every of thena making, sueli default therein shall
forfeit and pay doable the said rates, and neglecting to
pay the said forfeiture for' fifty days more, may by the
Managers, for the time being, be excluded and debarred
from any , benefit , orf advantage from his, her: or their in-,
serums - reppoetiVely and all right to the stook of this
Company, and* shall "notwithstanding be liable to said
rates, pursuant to his', her, or, their covenants and agree.
manta.
Therefore take notice, that if, at the end of forty days
from the day of this publication, there are any mem
bers that have neglected or refused to pay their proper
tiohablerate of this assessment, either to the Treasurer,
agent, or sub-agent or agents, sold rates so refused or
neglected shall be doubled, end at the expiration of fifty
days more the rates and fol ( feitures of dolinqnents (if
tilY) will be placed.lu the hands of a Jiistire'of the
Peace for Collection and furthermore dealt with as pre
scribed by Section 6th.
Jens B. listsrza, of the Borough of Lebanon, is the
General Agent for Lebanon county, and M authorized
to receive tbe assessments 'and receipt fur thesame.
We respettfully call the attention of the memberato
the importaure of being punctual in paying the assess
ment. The state of the Treasury requires It. Each
member !mutt-likewise bring his, her, or their policy to
have it receipted. By order.
SAMUEL DECKER,
PENN SEMI, unit/mace on
F. PILDERT, Aficsiment.
Winnelsdorf,
Are For the ronvemenee of the members I will attend
at the following named times awl places. between the
hours of 10 a. in., and 1 o'clock, p.m., of each day,- to I'o
- tlw,assesamcuts,
Monday, August 9. at Helm's Hotel, Myerstowg. -
Tuesday, August.lo, at Mick's Motel, Bethel,
"wediaesclay; Aug. rit-Eurrist's Hotel. Frederleksb'g.
Thursday, August 12 ' at Weigley's Hotel, Mill6reolc.
Friday, August 13, atDisslnger's Sluefferatorrn.
I. 4 aturdar, August 14. at House of the Agent, Lebanon.
Monday, august 16, at Leshers Motel, Jonestown
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Tuesday, August 17, at,Harper's Hotel, East HanoVer,
Wednesday, August 18, at tby'a Hotel, Cornwall:
.101 IN B. ITEISTER, Agint.
Lebanon, July 28,1858-td. •
li M. E. =ITU.
SMITH Oc BROTHER,
Lan', Loa's and Land Office,
Bellevue City. Nebraeka Territory.
PECIAL A'rTESTION given to the examination of
0 Titles to Real Estate, Scorching tha Remote, fram
ing Abstrocts, Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages. '
LOANS effected for Emlern Capitalists at I'Vestern Mates
of Interest. on Mortgnges or other heal Estate securities..
Taxes paid in any county In the Territory and West
era lowa.
Our Commissions' fel. buying and selling Real Estate i
negotiating or collecting Loans, are five per , cent. I
Land Warrants bought and sold.
Also special'attention given to thokteetion and entry
of Lands for Settlers orffilastan eapindists. either with
At
Land Warrants or ,Voris' Nebraski - or Westkin lowa.
We charge Ten bolters per One llnndred and Sixty
Acres,, mid make _reasonable deduction's when:eutering
large quantities. When Land Warrants are Sent, Two
and a half per cent per acre, the Land office fee (11,00)
must aco-eupany the locating fee. Aloe the same per
contage for selling Warrants.
When Worrants are sent, the Noe. of Warrants, date,
to whom issued and assigned, should be copied and re
tained to guard against lots in Malls.
_ ltemittences tons can be , made in Branson any of the
Eastern Cities.
We will enter. Land with Warrants or Cash, buy Im
proved or unimproved Land or Town Property, oego-
Hato Leine on Real Estate security, all tai the name of
the perPou furnishing the funds. pay,all tees,tasee and
commissions, for one-third of Gie *gross profits'adcruing
fro% the tale ofitbe property or collection of the Loans
—ill. to come out of our third of the profits.
We will else entel Land, NO 'Property, effect Leans,
&c. as tibitve; guaranteeihte ta n the parties their
capital with Ten ; percent. interest, per-annum,, and an
equal division of the profits, witholdtiadY farther charge
or .oxpense.to them. Our arraugronts are such t
'We can enter Landitin all the ogle id the Territory and
Western Aram, Alecropetent,Surviia eleleys.th rmitil
nese to find and-select choice Landp,,Coal Fields, Rock
Quarries,'ili`iiVSitea:'Sllneril ,& Tra btlS, kf IllSiteit: I nem& Trahl; &c. -
The Land offices .in , Western` haqingbeetcolotiod
for the twoyars lad past. are open ferprlintfe entry.
Within the hdxf,twelve. menthe there will be offered
for sale hrNebraskek one mnd half: million Acres. pf
Land, compriturig'the best Ildrtlim"of the Territoty; ex
tending &Aug. the &dime art
boundary to the mouth of the Lean-qul,court
°River.,
We Eastern capital for 11)08011SL'
Itrom the Southern
Investments proPeriy.ffiade 'lnWesterterilo Ida, Town
Late and Mortgagee , are now paying from Twenty-five
to Fortr-hundrecl_perCent - . tj
Being of the first'pioneers of %Els vast and growing
'country, and intimately acquainted' wide nearly every
portion of Nebraska and Tows, we feel aolitldent, that
we will be able to render satisfactima in all business un
truPted to es .
Lettere of enquiry promptly alunocrei
Riclirro of Cliaigt•
har&on, Gov- of Ne
braska; Hon. F. Ferguson. Del. - to Pl:iongresss Nebraska;
Benton and Town, Bankers,-council mugs, Iowa; Geo.
& J. Green, Bankers, Cedar liapido, Iowa; Bank of Elgin,
Illinois; Hon. Janies H. Campbell, Pottsville, Pa.; Hon.
Adam Grittleger and Jacob Smith,Eeq-,Lebanon, Pa:
Marah a, . 1868 .- 6m
TOIMP , MUSSION MATCHES sold stiAnllibo ' Imo'
o r - at, s.•RAIMR.SIorne Store•
••••' • ;
a 'tray gtorg.
NANCY BLYNN'S LOVERS.
William Tansley, familiarly palled Tip having
finished his afternoon's work in Judge Sexton's
gerder, milked the cows, and given the pigs their
supper—not forgetting to make. sure of his own
—stole ant of the house with his Sunday jacket,
and the secret intention of going "a sparking."
Tip's manner of setting about `this delicate busi
ness was characteristic of his native shrewdness.
lie usually went well provided with gifts; and on
the present occasion before ^ qatting the Judge's
premises, he, "drew upon" a certain barrel in the
barn, which' was his bank, Where be bad made,
during the, day, frequent deposits of green cern,
of the diminutive species called tueket—smuggled
in from the garden, and designed for roasting and
eating-with Blynn'S pretty daughter.
Stealthily, firthi dusk, stopping now and then to
listen Tip brought out the little milky ears from
beneath the straw,,eranimed his pockets with them
and packed full the crown ofhis old straw hat";
then, with the sides of his jacket distended, his
ttoitsers bulged; and a toppling weight on his
head, he pooped cautiously from tho door to see
that the way was clear for an escape to the or•
chard, and thence, "cress lots," to the
. window
Blyrin's house.. • '
.Tip was trouping furtively behlutl the wall,
steeping, with IMO baud steadying‘ his hat, and
the other his pOercts, when a voice called his
name. .
It was the voice of Cephas Buxton; Now if
there was a person in the world whom Tip feared
and hated,' it was "that
~Cephe,” and this for
many reasons, The chicif . ohrhich was that the
Judge's son did, upon occasions, flirt
,with Miss
Nancy Blynn, who, sharing the popular preju.
dice in favor of fine clothes and riches, preferred,
apparently, a single passing,glance from Capin's
to all Tip's gifts and attentions.'
Tip dropped down behind the wall.
"Tip Tansley I" again called the bated voles:
But the .proprietor of that euphonious mane
not choosing to answer it remained quiet,.one
hand still supporting his hat, the-other his pock
et, while young Sexton, to whom glimpses of the
aforesaid bat, appearing over the edge of the wall,
had previously been viz,ible, supped quickly and
noiselessly to the spot. Tip crouched with his
unconscious eyes in the grass; Cephas watched
him good humoredly, leaning over the well:
it'isn't Tip, what is it?" And cephas
struck one side of the distended jacket "with his
cane. An ear of corn dropped out,' lie struck
-the other side out dropped another ear.. A con
pie of smart blows across the back succeeded, fol
lowed by more corn, and at the same time Tip,
getting up, and endeavoring to protect' his pock*
let go his hat, which fell spilling its con
tents in the griv.
"Did you cull?" gasped t h e panic 4triokon
En
The rivals stood with the wall 'between them—
es ludicrous a contrast, I th;ro . assert, as ever two
lovers of one woman presented.
Tip, abashed and afraid, 'brushed the hair out
of his eyes, and made an unattectBsfal attempt
to look dm handsome and smiling tophas .in the
face:
"Do you pretend you did no hout , ,. with AD
these ears ?" said the Judge's sou.
"I—l was huntite for m shoo-strihg," murmur.
ed Tip, caning dismayed gl maces along the ground.
"I lost one here som'ers,"
"Tip," said Cephas, putting his cane under
Master Tansley's chin to assist him in holding up
his head, •'loots Imo in; the eye,'and teilineiti•bat
is the ditierence r twixt you and that corn?"
"I don't know—L.:irks; ?" And, liberating his
chin . , Tip dropped' his head again, and began
kicking in the grass in search' of the Imaginary
shoe-String.'. • •'.
"That is, lying' n We. ground, and yen are iy
ing—on your feet," said Cephas.
Tip replied that he was going to the woods for
beanlpoles, and that ho took the corn to feed the
cattle in the "back pastor," cause they hooked."
"I wish you wore as innocent of hook lag as
the cattle aro Said the , incredulous Cephas„—
‘oo and put the saddle on Pericles: .
Tip ,proceeded in a straight line , te, the stable,
his pockets dropping corn by the way,.whilc
phas laughing guietly, winked sip 'down un
der the trees. -r" -*.
,'llases ready,' tauttarial Tip, from tbC barn
Instead of leading:Periacs out, he left him in
tho stall, and climbed up , into the hay-loft to hide, •
and brood oier'his misfortune until his rival was
gone. It was not -alone the affair of the stuleu
corn that troubled Tip; but fretn the fact that
Pericles was. ordered, he suspected that Cephas
likewise purposed - paying a visit to Nancy Blyen.
Resolied to 'wait and watch liii , departure he lay
under the dusty roof,
, ehowing. the bitter end of
envy, and :loci and then a stein of new-mown
Timothy, till'Oephas entered the stalls beneath,
and said, 42e still in his clear, resonant tunes,
to Pericles.
Perkles uttered a quick, low whinny of recog
nition, and ceased pawing the floor.
'Are you there, Cephas ?' presently said anoth
er voice. ' •
It was that of the ; Jacige, who had followed his
son into the I-are. Tip lay with his elbows un
the hay, and listened.
'Going to- ride, are you? Who saddled the
horse?' •
'Tip,' replied Ciiplais.
'He didn't half curry hints Wait a minute.—
I'm ashamed to.let a horse go, out looking so.'
And the Judge began to polish off Pericles with
wisps of straw, •
'Darned of I care P muttered- Tip,
'Cephas,' said the Judge, 'I don't want to make
you vain, but I mestiay you ride the handsom
est colt in the county. I'm proud of Pericles.—
Does his shoe piach . himiately ?'
'Not eine& 'twos set.' Ne looks well enough,
father‘ rinfileyes.2te berttercit4n Mine,' said
you etflasee'aby dizst on iti4 coat.'
'I luf to rub a colt. It doos 'erase much good,
rejoined the Judge. 'Cephas, if xou're going by
'Squire Stecimtfn 's, I'd io bare you call and
get that mortgage:.
don't think,l shalt ride that wtty,,,,father.—
I'll go for it in the morning, however.'
'Never mind, unless you happen that way.—
.
Jos t hand ..tne,:a isp Of i lliat straw, psphas.'
Cephas handed hes father the straw. Theludge
rubbed away some seconds longerrtheniald, care
lessl3r,
'lf you are.guitictiOlie mountain, I wish you
wouldcstoP and tell . Colby take those lambs,
aniienit for 'em '
neat week.' tt ' •
'l'm not sure that I shall go as far as . Colby's,'
=the repli Jtidge's Voice Changed Slight.
farther thou. the widow
,e4op Cephase : d_oatoften
got
Itlynn's when you,travel limit road. How is it?'
'Ask the widow; eaiid Cephas.
,Asliber,,,tianghter, More like," l ;rojoirted, , -the
'Cephas, I've kind o' fii*aa:th'iMie:
ought to have a little talk with - jam abOut that
144 yoft ain't fooline Ece-
Ogg: - ' , .
J. R, lIIMITIT
LEBANON, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1858.
And the Judge, having broached the subject to
Which all his rubbing bad been introductory, and
bis remarks a prologue, waited anxiously for
his son's. reply.
Cepbas assured him that he should never be
guilty of fooling any girl—much less one so wor
thy as 11,1i4s Nancy Blynn.
'l'm glad to her r it I.' exclaimed the - Judge.—
'Of COIII3O I never belieVed you could do such
a thing. But we should be dare rill of appear-
AUCCF, Cephas. (Just another little handful of
straw 3 that Will do.) People have already got
up the absurd story that you are going to marry
Nancy.'
Tip's ears tingled. There was a brief silence,
broken only by the rustling of the straw. Then
Cepha.s said;
"Why tbsurd, father?
"Absurd—beeause--why i of course, it isn't true
is it ?"
"I must confess; father," replied Cephas, rthe
idea has oethiret tisqtlti. that 1;4 - env—would make
me—a good wife."
It •is impossible to slay which was the most as
tonished by this candid avowal, the Judge or
Master William Teasley. The latter had never
once itnag,ined that 'Withal' intentions, respecting
Nancy weree serious; and now the inevitable
conviction forpcd upon him, that, if his rich rival
really wished marry her, there was no possible
chance left him, smote his heart with twduts of
i
despair.
"Cephas, 10u stagger me 1" said the Judge.—
_"A youn man of year education and pros_
poets—"
"Nancy is;uot irithouL some Education, father,
"interposed Cephas, as the jadge hesitated.—
"Better thari that, she has heart and soul. She
is worthy to, be any man's wire
Although Tip entertained precisely the same
opinions; he was greatly dismayed .to hoar them
expressed so generouslypby Cephas.
The Judge rubbed . away again at Pericles'
flanks and shoulders with wisps of straw. -
"No doubt; Cephas, you think so—and sartin
I haven't.anYtlbag agin' Naney—She's a good
girl , enough, fut's I knew. But just relleet' on't
—you're Of age, and iu one sence you can do as
you please; but yon ain't too old to hear reason.
You know you:Might marry most any girl you
choose.' . -
"So I thought, and i cheese isaucy ; " answered
Cepbas, preparing to lead out Pericles.
"I wish the hoss'd fling - him; and , break his
neck:" whispered the devil in Tip's heart.
"Don't he hasty; wait a, minute; Cephas," said
the Judge. .17 9 u know what I mean—you could
marry :rich.:--„!Talte'a practical view of the matter:
Get rid of these boyish notions. Just think how
it will look for a yeung man of your cloth—worth
twenty thousand dollars any tiny I'm a mind to
give it to . you,—to go: and marry the widow
Blynn's daughter I a girl that takes in sewing!
What are you thinking of, Cephas
"I hear;" replied Cephas, quietly, "she does
her sewing well."
"Well, supliose sbe does? She'u matle.n good
enough wi(o for some such felloW' n 9 Tip . ; no
doubt ; but I thought n son of Mine would ha'
looked higher. Think of you aud.Tip after the
same girl: Come, if you've any pride alma you,
youll pull/„0,9,.0.01e—0ff-tho colt and stay at
116 M e ."
Although the Judge's speech, as we perceive,
wti's hot quite free froin provincialisms, his argu
ments were none the less, powerful on that
.ae
count. lie said it geed deal more in the same
strain, holding out ti'eats of unforgivenees and
,disinheritance on the 'one hand, and praise and
promises on the other Cephas standing with the
bridle in his hand,. andpoor Tip's anxious heart
beating like a pendulum between the hope that
.his rival would be convinced and the fear that he
would not.
"The question is simply this, fatter," said Cep
has, growing impatient; "Which to choose, love 1
or money ? And I assure you I'd,much rather
please you than displease
"That's the way to talk, Cephas, That sounds ;,
like 1" exclaimed the Judge,
"But if I choose money," Cephas hastened to
say, "money it shall be. I ought to make a good
thing out of it. What yon give to Make' it .
an object ?" •
"Give?—Give you all I've got, of coarse.--
What's mine is yours—or will be, some day."
"Some day' isn't the thing. I prefer one good
bird in the.hand to any number of fine songsters
in the bush. Give tee five thousanddellars, and
it's a bargain.'
'Pooh p4ub P said the judge
.'Very wel '; then stand aside and.let tne :Ind
Pericles Vatis'
'Don't be unreasonable, Cephas! Let the'eqlt
stand. ' What do`' you want cif five thousand "(tel
lers 2' .
' Weser if yott Llon'ts9e Cit to giver it I
go, and see Nancy.'
'No, no, you shan't!. Let go the bridle. I'd
rather give ten thousand.'
'Very well; give rue ten, then
I mean, don't go to being wild and head.
strong new ! give you a thousand dollars, if
nothing also will satisfy you.
divide the difference with you,' said Co
phas. 'You shall give me Mit° thousand and
that, you must confess, is very little.'
'lt's a bargain!' exclaimed the Judge.
Tip was thrilled with joy.
'l'm sorry I didn't stink to five thousand!'
said °elates. 'But I wish to ask, can I, for in
stance, marry Neilsen, More? Next to Nancy,
she is the prettiest girl in town...
'But she has no Position ; there is the same oh
jection„to her there . is to Nancy. 'The bargain
is, you are not to Marry any poor 'girl; and I
Mean to haVe it in writing. So pull off the sad-
Me and come into the house.'
'HT bad been shrewd I might just as welthave
get five thousand,' said eephas.
Tip Tansley, more excited than he had ever
been in' his life, Waited until the two had left the
barn; then, Creeping over the hay, hitting his
head in the 'ditrk against the low ra IT, fte I 1 slid
doWn from his hiding-place, carefully deficaded
the stairs, gathered up what he could find of the
scattered
s ears' Of TOCKET, and set out to run
through the orchard and across, khnfield the
widen. Blyun'ecottage. The evening:Was starry,
'and the glittering.edgas of-the few dark clouds
that lay low in the eastpredicted the rising moan.
Halting only to climb fences, or to pick up now
and 'then' the corn . that persisted in dropping from
his pockets, or to scrutinize some dark object
that hi thought looked "pokerisie in the dark,
prudcMtly shunning the dismal woods on one Side,
and the pasture lilt ere the 'hooking' cattle were,
on theother, Tip kept on, and arrived all palpi
tating and 'perspiring, at the widow's house, j ust
as the big, red moon was coming up amidst the
,clintilsevar the hilt " He had left a goad'deal of
his corn and all his courage behind him in his
flight; for TiP;ardmitly as he loved the beautiful
Haney; could lay no claim to her on the poetical
ground that 'Only the bravo deserittlhe
` With uncertain:knuckles Tip rapped on the brim:
bl,etlecW, having firat looked through the kitehen
witidoi,and seen the widow sitting there, sewing
by the light.of,s , tallow candle. - ,
4 EickAT,evitifing, Miens sa Mrs: Blynn, "op.
ening the door, with her speetacles ()niter fore
head, and her work gathered up in her lap under
her bent figure. 'Come in ; take a chair.'
'Guess I can't stop,' replied Tip, sidling into
the room with his hat on. 'How's all the folks ?
Nancy to hum ?'
`Nancy's up stairs; I'll speak tolter: Nancy,'
called the widow at the chatubordoor, 'Tip is
here ! Better take a chair while you stop,' she
added, smiling open the visitor, who always on
arriving teessed he couldn't atop.' and usually
ended by remaining until he was sent away.
'Wel, may as well ; Jest as cheap sittin'. es
standin,' shld Tip, deposithrg the burden of his
personalityL:weight,l46 - 1133.,--upon one of these
creaky, splint bottomed chairs. .
'Pooty warm night, kind o'," raising his arm to
wip his face with his sleeve, upon which au car
of thatdiecon tented TUCKra took occasion to thrn
ble ripen the floor. ! what's that! By
gracions if 'tain't green corn ! Clot any fire ?••••
Guess haye a..toast.' ' , ,
- x - ria Tip, taking off hie hat begart "toentpty his
stuffed pcekeb3 into it. -
'Law me?' said the widow,'squinting over her
work, thought your pockets stuck out antazinl
I ha'n't had the first, taste of green corn this year.
It's real kind o' thoughtful in you, Tip; but the
fire is all out, anti we can't think of roastin' on't
to-night,- as I sec.'
tilfebby,Nancy chuckled Tip. "Ain't she
cornin' down ? Any time to-night, Nancy V cried
Tip, rasing his voice, to be heard by his, beloved
.in her retreat. 'You do'no what I brought ye!'
Now, sad as the truth may sound to the reader
sytnpathisiug with Tip, Nancy eared little what
lie had brought, and experienced no very ardent
desire to come down and meet hitti. 'She sat at
her window, looking 'at the stars, and thinking
of somebody who she had hoped would visit her
that night ;1)14 that somebody was ,not Tip; al
though the first sound of his footsteps had :ether
heart fluttering with expectation,' his near ap
proach, breathing fust and loud had given her a
chill of disappointment—almost of disgust; and
she now much preferred her own,lhoughts,... and
the M00131i:30 through the trees in the direction of
dudgeflbxten's house, to all the green cord, and
all the greendovera, in New England. - Ifer moth
er, however,.who commiserated Tip, and believed
as much in being civil to neighbors as she did in
keeping the Sabbath; called again and gave her
no peace until she had left the windoti, the moon
rise, and her romantic dreatni, and 'descended in
to the prosaic atmosphere of the kitchen, and .of
Tip and his corn.
Tip's mouth, which Lad been .watering is a
ticipation of the roasted TUCKLT, watered more
than'ever at sight of Waney'S exquisite eyes and
lips. filer plain, neat calico gown, enfolding a
wonderful. little rounded embodiment of grace
anti beatify, seented.to him an .attire fit for any
Ancen or fairy ever lived. But it was the
same . old treed story Over again— although
Tip loved Nancy, Nancy - I, w e'ved_ not Tip. Weil
for him had his, mouth watered only fur corn I—
flowerer he might flatter himself, her regard for
him was on the cool side of sisterly—simply the
toleration of a kindly heart for one who was not
to blame for being less bright than other people.
She took her sowing, and sat by the table, Oh,
so beautiful?. Tip thought; and enveloped in an
atmosphere which seemed to touch cad transfig
ure every ; object except hithself. The humble
apartment, the splint-bottomed chairs, thesteek
ing drying on the pole, even the widow's cap and
gown, and the old black snuffers on the table—
all, save poor, homely stole a ray of grace
from the hale of her loveliness.
Nancy discouraged the proposition of roasting
stern, and otherwise deeply grieved her visitor by
intently working and thinking, instead of taking
part in the aonversatton. At length`dbright idea
ocpurred to him.
Got a slate and pencil ?
The widow furnished dm required articles.—
lie then found a book, which happened to be a
Testament, and using the
,cover as a rule marked
out 'the . plan of a genie.
Fox And geese, Nancy; ye play? And haiing
picked off a stilileient number of kernels from one
of the ears of corn, end placed them upon the
slate for geese, ho selected - the largest he could
find for a fox, stuck it upon a pin, and proceeded
to roast it in the candle.
Which'll Ye" have, Nancy 7—pushing the slate
toward her; take your choice, and give me the
geese ; then beat um if you cam! Come, won't ye
play?
Oh dear, Tip, , whet. i tease you'are I. said Nan
cy. 'I don't rant to play: I must work. Got
mother to play with You, Tip.
She dOnft',we:titeil exclaimed Tip. Come, Nan
cy.; then 1 - 11 tell yo suthin' I heard jist'fore
CUM away---zstithint 'bout you
..And Tip, assuming a careless air, proceeded to
pile up the ears o f corn, log-house fashion, upon
the table, while Nancy was finishing her seam.
'About me ?' she echoed.
"You had thought Bor. said Tip, slyly glancing
over the corn as'he spoke to watch the effect on
"Raney. 4 Cepheand the old man , had the all-fir
.
edst routell yea
He hitched around in his .chair, and resting
his'elboWs on his"knces, looked up, shriwd and
g rinni ng , into her faee.
'William Tan,:ley,.what do you mean?'
'As if you couldn't gleam ! Cepho was coming
to see you to-night—but I guess he won't,' chuck
led Tip. ',Say !ye ready for fox and geese?'
'Bow do yon knew that?' demanded Nancy.
''Cause I beard l The old man stopped him,
and Cephe was gain to ride over him ; but,the
old man was too much for him"; he jerked him
off the hose, and there they bad it, lickety.switch,
rough and tumble, till_ C'ephe give-in... and told,
the old man, rathOr, than have any -words. he'd
promise never to come and see you again if be
Would give him three thousand dollars; and the
old man said it was a bargain?
'ls that true, Tip, cried the widow, dropping
her work and raising her hands.
'True as I live and breathe, and draw the
breath of life, arid has-a a. living being ! Tip ROI
,
ellnay affirmed.
juit as I alwaysstold''you, Needy exclaimed
the widow. 'I knew bow it , would be. I felt
sartin Cephas could not be dePended upon.. Bi's
father never would hoar a word to it, I always
said.. Now do not feel bad, Nancy; do not mind
it. It will be ail forded hest, I hape. Now do
not, Nancy; I:beg itud , bomadh'..' •
She saw phtittly . by. the convnloive movement
•of the girl's bosom and the quivering of her lip
that some passionate deMonstration was ihreat-
Tip.ineeewhile; had advanced'still nearer,
contorting his neck and looking up with leering
malice into her face, until his'nose almost touch
ed her eheei. •
ES
'Wh'at do ye think now of Cephe Boiton bey ?
ho asked, tauntingl y.
A stinging blow upon the ear roWardecl . his
iut
pertinenoe, and he recoiled with such suddetl
impetuosity that:his chair went over 'end threis
him sprawling upon' the floor.
'Gosh all hemlock!' he muttered, scrambling
to his feet, rubbing first his elbow, - then - his - ear.
"What ta'''that fdr,'Td like to knoiv—kncMitin* a
feller don
, .
'What do;think of. Collates. Sexton. V cried
think the essee:rtfid beforti—iihy
stipuldu't 17 Your obuider uo "louder, !Sow
WHOLE NO. 475.
sit down and behave youraelf, and don't ptayour
face too near mine, if you dont want your ears
bored-I
Why Nancy, how. eouta ,•ou 1 groaned tho
widow.
Nancy, made uo reply, but resumed Lei work
very numb an if nothing had happened.
Hart you much, William ?
"Not tuneki,only it made my elbow ainglike
all JerewsalemA l Never mind; shall flnd out!--
Where is my hit?
Yon aintgo ng Le WI said Airs. Blywa, with
an air of solicitude.
I guess . I aint,wanted bare, mumbled Tip, pul
ling his hat,oyerjis ears.- He - struck the slate,
scattering - thii fox ani geese; and demolished the
:louse of green corn.- "You cati-Iteep that; I do
not want it Good nighty, hiss Blynn.
Tip placed peculiar etriansis Upon 'the name,
and fumbled -a geed while with theiateb, expect
iagNaney;wetridsirrsomething; Mat She main
tained a s o u l and dignified silence; and as no
body urged him to itiy, he reluctantly departed,
his heart full of injury, and his hopes collapsed
like his pockets.
For seme.minutes Nancy,continued to sew in
tent and fast, her flushed face bowed over the
seam ; then suddenly her eyes flamed, her fingers
forgot their: cunning, the needle shot blindly
hither and, thither, and the quickly-drawn thread
snapped in t wn
"NaneY ! Nancy l don't !" pleaded Mrs. Blynn
"I" . beg of ye, now don't!"
"Oh, mother," burst forth the younrgirl, with
sobs., "I am so unbappy! ..What did I strike
poor Tip for? lie did not know any hatter. I
am alWays doing something soijieng lie could
not hare made up the eery. Cephas Wrottid hare
come lore to-night,—l' know he would!"
"Poor child! poor child!" said Mrs,,Blynn.--
' , Why couldn't you hear to me? I always told
you to be careful and not like Cephas too well.—
:But may be Tip didn't understand. May be Ce
phas will come to-morrow, and then all will be.
explained."
"Cephas Is true, I know--I know !" wept Nan
cy, "but his futher--"
The morrow canto and passed,' Maim &Ant;
The next day was. Slln day, and Nancy went to
church, not with an undivided heart; but with
human leVe and hope, and grief mingling strange
ly with her prayers. She knew dephas would be
there, and felt that a glance of his eje Woitld
her all. But—for the first time in many tactiths
it happened—they sat in the same lions() of wor.
ship, she with her mothorin their hutoblocorner,
he . in the Judge's c+inspicuons pew, and no word
or look'paSse:d between them. She went home,
still to "wait ; tortured with the wasting anguish
known only, to those who love and doubt. Day
after day of leaden, loneliness,,night after night
bf watching and despair, succeeded, and still no
ephas. Tip also had discontinued his'visitS.—
Mrs. Blynn saw a slow certain change come 'oiler
her. child ; her joyous laugh , rang no, more; nei
ther were her tears , often seen or sighs heard ; but
she seemed disciplining herself, to bear with pa
tience and serenity the' deaolatenMis of her loi.
.. Dee evening it wits stormy, and Nancy and her
„Inotherweretogether in the plain, tidy kitehen,
both sewing and both silent; gusts and rain lath
lag the4indows, and the eat purring in a chair.
NaneY's hMirt was 'More• inint usual; for,
albeit•expeetatien was :not quite 'extent;•no vial•
ter su rely could he looked for on such a
But is it not true that the spirit loves surprise;
and that, when least expected, grace ayrives ?
This truth applies alike to the seeming trifles of
life and to matters of the greatest moment; and
it was made manifest to Nancy that night; Brat
when,,amidstthe sounds of the storm, she heard
footsteps and a knock at the door. She need not
have started and' changed abler so tutnultuously,
however, for the visiter was only Tip.
"Good evenin',': said young Masten Teasley,
striping, pulling cif his dripping hat and:shaking
it. "I'd no idea it rained so: I was gob? by,
and thought I'd Stop in te, Mad, Nutley?" and
he n'eare'd . tit the ytiiang frenf isemeith his wet
hair with e,hashful grin. +.:' ,
Nancy's heart, was too much softened to cher
lilt any resentment,
.antl with suffused eyes she
begged Tip to'forgiirethe
I do ; no? what I'd done to he knocked
flown.fur4began T ip,with a pouting and aggriev
ed air; though I s'pose I den; tew: But I. guess
I told 'Ye turned tint about' to. after all;
didn't it,' ?' • '
At Nancy's look'of distress alts: Biynximrade
signs , for Tip to forbear.. But he bed come too
far through the darkness and rain with an excit
ing Piede Of news to'bo thus easily silenced.
Itatt't brought' Ye: no . corn thii time, for
didn't knoW as yoli'd -roast it 'HI did, .say,
Nancy! , gephe andAhe old man builiE again to
day; and the Judge . forked over the throe thou'.
sand dollars , ;I' 12" "* . te only waitin'
tai' Au€so ELM e
it. - It is real mean in' dephe, I ?pose,
you thiok--,,lnebby ftis ; but, by, gracious ! three
thousand dollars is tutarnal slue'of money Y,.
Hugely satisfied with the effect this announce
ment produced, Tip 'sliYawled" upcni a and
chewed a stick, lilse'one resolved to make hint
self comfortable for-the everting.
‘Sasefrax-..---yer want some?' he said, breaking
off with his, teeth, a liberal piece of the stick.—
'SaY, Nancy! ye needn't look so tread,: Capita
'has sold. out, I ten yeiarid•when I Offer Yo sax.
afrax, ye may as well:tako some.' •
Notwithout effort Nancy held her pence; and
Tip, extending the fragment of the sassafiw-rciot
Which his teeth' liati off; was coMplicently
urging her to accept it--" Twas real good'=..when
the sound of hoofs was heard; : a halt at the gate;
a horseman dismouoting, leading his animal, .to
the. shed; a roice saying ? 'Be still, perioles!' and
foetiteps approaching the door.-
'Nancy! NaneY artiedlitted Mt's. Blynn,
,scarcely less agitated than- her daughter, 'he has
come.' 7
Ceph o ! whispered Tip, hoarsely. 'lf ho
should keteli ine hero gneisi I'll go! ton
-found that!Oephe, anylifivir
Rap, rap ! two light, decisive strokes of a rid
ing whip on the kitchen door.
Mrtl. Blynu glanced around, Cie, see if everytb ing
was tidy ; and Tip, lrupping 4'o sassnfinsorhirl
ed about and wheeled about like ahn ("row, in
the exeiteinen t of the 'moment. '
•Mother—.go P. uttered Nanai,
tion, hurriedly pointing .to the door; 'I oan't.'
She - made .her , escape•bytife stitinky
ing . Fhich, the huwildered•Tip, ,•Whe bakindplged
a frantic thought of , leaping,froit the windp w . to
avoid I:death* blif dread riiiir; changed his mind
and rushed after her. Unadvised of4iiinfen
lion, and thinitipg only' of shutting herself from
the 'Sight' of CePhas," Nandi 'Atised, thOtitchen
door rather severely upon' Tip's *agora ; but his
feai rendered b in insensible to
on
and 61'01-
levied heri scrambling up on
,to the "diirk Stair
case just as Mrs. Blynn admitted UePhai.
Nancy did not immediately perceive what bad
occurredi,bit presently, amid the sonnksf the
rain ou_the reef and of the wind ahoutthe,gabAes,
she heard.the unmistakable Rerturbitd hreathing
of her luckless lover. . " • '
4 ganey,' whispered Tip, 'where be ye?. rvo
'most broke my heed "An, this Idested:=himir
'Whet are yonhore for r dem.044,x40:-. 2
‘'esupe Y didn't want him to isoofti:-"t w 40".!
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stop" but a minute; then I'll go down.
give my head the all-firedest tunic 1' said Tip,
Mrs.lynn. opened the door to inform Nanny
of the arr:val of a visitor, and the light tram
low, partially illuminating the fugitive's retreat,
showed Tip in a sitting posture on one of the up
per stairs; diligently rubbing that portion of his
eranitini Which had come in collision with the
beam ?
'Say, Nancy, don't got" whispered Tip; 'don't
leave me here in the dark For the widow had
closed the door, and Tip was suspicious of Lug-
QM
Nancy had too many tumultuous thoughts of
her own to give much heed to his distress ; and
having hastily arranged her hair and dress by
ttn seise of touch, she glided -by him, bidding
him Imo:, quiet, and descended the stairs to the
door, which she openetl and closed again, leaving
him to the wretched solitude of the plasm Which
appeared to him - a hundred-fold more dark and
dreadful than before.
Cephas in the mean time had divested himself
of his oil cloth eapote, and entered the neat little
sitting room, to which he Was civilly shown br
the widow. 'Naney'll be down in a minute.'—
And placing a candle upon the, mantle-piece,
Mrs. Blynn withdrew.
'Nancy having 'regained bet self-possession, apt
neared mighty dignified before her lover; gave
him a passive band; declined with angled bead,
his proffered kiss; and seated herself at a cool
and respectable distance,
'Nancy, what is the matter?' Bald Cephas, in
mingled amazement and alarm. 'You act 1411
though I was a pedlar, and you didn't owe ut
trade.
"You an trade, tit—you can make *bat bar.
gains you ploaeo with others; but—" Nancy's
aching and swelling heart came up and choked
her.
"Dear Nancy ! what hare I done? What boa
changed, you ao? Have you forgotten—the last
time I was hero?'
" 'Twould not bo etrango If I had, It waa so
lung
Poor liancy spoke cuttingly ; but tier sarcasm
was a sword with two points, which pierced her
own heart quite as much as it wounded her lover's.
B •2Qaney,". said Cophas, as be took her hand
again so itnilteilY that it was like puttiug heaven
away to withdraw it, "if we love each other, let
us be true with each other. Can you net trust
Ire?. Has not your heart assured you that I
could ill*Ok tta l y away from you so without good
reasons?"
"Oh, I don't doubt but you bad reasons I' re
plied Nancy, with a bursting anguish in her tones.
"But such reasons I"
"Such reasons?" repeated Cephas, grieved anti
repelled. "Will you please inform me what you
mean ? For, as I live, lam ignorant I"
"Ah, Cephas I it is not true, then," cried Nam
en with sudden bope,"that—your fathom-"
"Vi'hat of my father ?"
"That he opposes us; that he has offered mots-
rza
A vivid - emotion awaked across the young :omen
tare, -
"How—what have you heard, Nancy P
.rec true?" suld Nancy; bar rigid featurei,
her intense look, her unnatural tone of voice, all
botraying the painful and dangerous tension of
feeling with which shc awaited his reply, "tell
me l tell me quick
"I would have proforma to tell you without
being questioned so sharply," replied Cophas.—
"But slue hearsay hos got the start of me, and
brought you the news, I can only answer—he has
offered me money."
"To buy'you—to hire you—"
"Not to marry any poor girl—that's the bar
gain, Nancy," said CePhes, with the tendered of
smiles.
'And you have accepted ? ' cried Nancy, quickly.
"I have accepted," responded Cephas.
Nanty Uttered not a word, but she set like one
frozen by despair, her eyes full of hopeless pas.
aim, Ezell intent and tearless upon bu lover.
"I came to tell you all this ; but I should hare
told you in a different way, could T have had my
choice," said. Cephas, with profound pity and af
fection, "Whet I have done is for your happi
ness as much as my own, asy father threatened
to disinherit me if I married a poor girl; and
how could I hear the thought of subjecting you
to such a lot? lie has given Inc three thousand
dollars—l only received it to-day or I should
have come to •you befoin—for Nancy—dear Nan
cy Lilo. not look so strange! it is for you; this
moneyz—do you hear?
BO attempted to draw her toward him, but she
sprang indignantly to her feet.
"Base ! base I" she exclaimed, trembling with
emotion. "Cephas, had you struck me dead it
would have been less cruel :than that! To offer
me money !" And she covered her burning face
with her hands.
"Pearest, dearest Nancy !"—Cephas caught her
and folded her in his arms—"do you not under.
stand ?. It:is your dowry I • You are no longer a
poor girl. I promised net tomarry anypoor girt,
but Innyer promised not to marry you. Accept
the dowry, then you wilt be a rich girl, and td,
wife, My wife Nancy I"
:"Oh„ Cephas! is it true? Let me look at you !'
Chi held him firm, and looked into his face, and
into his deep, truthful eyes—"lt is true l Forgive
!, forgive mer - •
What more was said or done lam maahle to
relate,. for about this time there came from an
other part o f the house a dull, reverberating
sound, succeeded by a rapid series of concussions,
as of some ponderous body decendiag in a swift
and irregular manner from the top to the bottom
of the stairs. It was Master William Tansley,
who groping about in the dark with intent to
find a store-pipe hole at which to listen, had lest
his latitude and his balance, and tumbled from
landing to landing, in obedience to the danger
ous laws of gravitation. Mrs. Blyttn flew to open
the door ; limn him helplessly kicking on hia
back, with his head in the rag-bag ; dms him
forth by one arm; ascertained that he had met
with no injuries which a little salvo -would not
heal; patched him up almost as good as new
. gave him her sympathy and a lantern to go home
with, and kindly bade him good night.
So ended 'rip tam:lore unfortunate love affair;
and tam pleased ,to relate that his broken heart
recovered frOm its hurts almost as his broken
head:
A Month later the village clergytaan *al call
ed to administer the vows of wedlock to a pair of
happy lovers in the Window Illynn's cottage
and the next morning thero went abroad the re
port era tharriaga.whieli Surprised the good pee
.
plo , ;of. theipayiah-genergly, and Judge Benton
more
In the afternoon of that day Cepbag rode born*
to pay his respects to the old gentienten, and ask
him if he would like an.introductiou to the bride.
"Cephas I" oried the Judge, filled with wrath,
smiting his ,spa's written agreement with his es-
Ary htyid, "loolc hes-el your promise! Rave you
folititien ?" 1 '
altsiad . it, Own,'" Said Cophas.
"Inloonsidaratdort ~...bei g a2 the jidgie, roa
ring bis
troubled eye over the pi" "I do ben
byrAll?cfl,ge nvia# , , never, at any l is emir
any poor girl •