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' J. D. PYOTT,
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Teems—ln Advance.
OM Copy, One Year...
Five Copies, Ono Year
Ten Copies, One Year.
JPgesnium—The Pamphlet containing the
tegelipaign Avoid fun Pit Schwejiebrenner," is given
premium to every new entsieriber sending ns
in 11 wry pastarßiMpir 'OS a Calf) of five
more.
N. .—Old Su ycrikers to the Enteryriee can re
new their subs , d, for one year at the old rate of
, 11.1 cash In advance before the
first olJanu ,
JOB PRINTING
Of every description, neatly and promptly executed
at the shortest notice, and on the most
reAsonable terma.
Employment.
(,EMPLOYMENT BUREAU of Voting
.I Men's Christian Association,
UMce, pa South tth St., being' I Chestnut and
Walnut, Philadelphia, Pa.
If you wish to hire labor of any kind, write and
tell us just the help you want. The wages you will
pay. The)lest, and cheapest way to reach your
pace, and if far from Philadelphia, you had better
enclose Rail Road fare. We will do our best to
aerie you and give you all the Information we can
about lee person we gouda . 00,r desire Is to assist
the worthy, and no WI ealt either party. Ad
dress, ALEX. SLOAN, S ,mployment Bureau,
lga South 7th Street. I', • elphia. 24-tf
Medical.
Dm? "nunwro c z, THil
BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL,
Office—l SOUTH FREDERICK STREET
. .
Discovered in the great ilospitalit of Europe and the
Met In this country, via: England, France mud ulna here,
the most certain, speedy and effectual remedy iu the
work' for all
DISEASES OF I 111P111 TDENCE
Weakness of the ll.•tck or Limbs, Strictures, Affection
of the Kidneys or Ilbobier, rtevoluntary thmellarges, Im
potency, General Debility, Nervouaties , ,llyapepsia, Lau
gnor,'Low Spirits Confusion of 1d , ./is, Palpitation of the
eart, Timidity, Troubling, Dininema of gbt or Mild i
nese, Dilleallft of the Head, Throat, Nome or Skin, Affec
tions of the Liver, Lungs, Stomach or Bowels—those ter
tibia Dim:orders arising fro... Solitary !Wets of Youth—
Secret and solitary practices more fatal to their victims
than the song of the Sy rens to the Al •itinera ui• Ulyseses t
tnightiug their most brilliant hopes or auticip.itionu, ren
dering marriage &ie... impommible.
11101101 G nrunN
who have become the victims of Solitary Vice
hat dreadful and destructive habit which Mill:Lily sweeps
-to so untimely grave thousuuds of young wen of the moat
exalted talents and brilliant inteliort, who might other
wise have entranced listening Si'llitlx4 with the thunders
of eloquenee, or waked to testacy the living lyre, may
call with tall confidence,
M.ienLaaE•
Married pennons, or Young Men contemplating mar
•iage, aware of Physical Weakness, Loss of Procreative
Power (Impotency), Nervous Exeitabillity, Palpitation,
Organic Weakness. 'Nervous Debility, or any other Dis
qualification, speedily relieved.
So who places himself under the care of Dr..l. may
religiously confide in hie honor an I% gout lomat to, and
oonthiontly rely upon his skill as a physician.
ONGIN/1.7 WEA KNESS
Immediately Cured and full Vigor liottorea.
The diatrealeing Affection, It kb renders life miserable
and marriage Impossible, is the penalty paid by the vic
tims of improper indulgences, Young persons are h. , /
apt to commit tl3Cl•39etl from not being aware id* the dread
ul euneerlueneea that may ensue Now, who that under
stands fine auhjeut will prebmit to deny that the wawa
procreation is loot scinwr by those falling into improper
habits than by the prudent! liesbi,..a being deprived of
the plensure of healthy °Rifling. the most serious and de
structive symptonim or both body and flint.] arise. The
system lamented deranged. the Physical cud !dental Func
tion& weakened I.oeff of prosrea live power, Nervous
Irritsdality, Dyapeptia, Palpitation of the heart, tudigea-
Sion, U•notituffouid Debility and Wasting or the r tame,
Clough, 0011611111PlitM. Decay 111111 Death.
A LEHR SPEEDILY %V AU PLANTED
Persons ruined in healthby unlinsurtt pretenders wit
keep them tritiling month after month, taking poisons,
and injurious compounds, should apply humetitately.
Oft. JIIIINSIIO4IN,
Slumber of the Royal College or tiurgeoutt,Londoss,Gradt
ate of one of the moat eminent I.:Mired in the Unite
Siete i t and t he
_ bent part Of whose life has been ape
to the eitelPitilits et London Paris, Philadelphia and els ,
eater.; 001 e ff ected some 1;1 the moat ausionlshing cure
Wet , known; many troubled a nth ringing in th
when ealeep, great uervounnenr, bein
, • • en annul iM, IANI1(1111101111, with freest°.
NOMIItiIIWII with derangement oho'.
*. • 7 tel
A k iWnirritit r a';''
De. .) , "r :MI hose who base initinsittitemeinne
y improper indulgence and solitary habits, which ruin
nth body and mind, unfitting them ler either business,
tint'', society ur marriage.
Them ere some of the sad and melancholy effects pro
duced by ti... early habits of youth, viz: Weakness of the
Dank and Limbs, Pains in the Head, Dimness of bight,
Lome of libiscular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dys
pepsia, Noreetiv Irritability, Derengoutent of the Diits
tire Functions, General Debility, Bytoplonia of Consum•
thin, he.
DI ENT A LLV.—The fearful effects on the mind are
notch to be dreaded. LOAN of Memory, Confusion of
Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forebodings, Aversion
to Society, t4elf-Diatrinit, Love of :Solitude, Timidity, Ate,
me some of the evils produced.
Thousands of per ow of all nen can now Judge what is
the cause of their declining health, losing their vigor,
becoming weak. pale, nervous and emaciated, having a
singular appearance about the eye'', cough and symptoms
of Consumption. . .
YOUNG 'MEN
Who have injured themselves by a certain practice, in
dulged in when alone, a habit frequently learned from
evil companions or at school, the effects of which are
nightly felt, even when asleep, and if not cured renders
marriage impossible, and destroys both mind and body,
should apply immediately,
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his coun
try, the pride of his parents, should be snatched from
all prospects cud enjoyment of life by the consequence
of deviating from the path of nature, and indulging In a
certain secret habit. Such persona must before contain.
plating
NAIR IMAGE.,
Reflect that a sound mind ani body are the most neces
sary requisites to promote connubial happiness. Indeed,
without these the Jourhey through life become', a weary
pilgrimage, the prospect hourly darken', to the stew,
the mind bocoinos ettadoced despair. and tilled
with the welemeholly reflection that the happiness of
smother Is blighted with our own.
A CEUTA'S DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary of pleasure
Ands that he has imbibed the seeds of this painful dis
cue, it too often happens that an ill-timed sense of
shame or dread of discovery deters him from applying to
those who, from education and respectability, can Moder
befriend him He falls into the hands of igornant and
designing pretenders, who, incapable of curing, filch Ids
pecuniary substance, keep hint trifling month after
mouth, or as king as the smallest fee can be obtained,
and in despair leave him with ruleed health to sigh over
his galling disappointment; or, by the use of the deadly
poison Mercury, calm the constitutional symptoms of
this horrid disease to make their appearance, such u
ulcerated sore throat, disAased nose, nocturnal pains in
the head and limbs, dimness of sight, deattieow, nodes on
the shin bones aid arms, blotches on the head. face and
tttremities, progressing with frightful rapidity, till at
last the palate of the mouth or the bones of the nose fail
and the victim of this awful disease becomes a horrid
abject of commlaseration till death puts a ported to his
dreadful suffering, by sending him to that undiscovered,
Gauntry "from whole bourne no traveler ever returns.,
To atoll, therefore, Dr. Jolutatoa oars the most °er
ode speedy, pleasant sod offirotual remedy in the world.
...11LIFFICE, V SOUTH WRIBIII4IIIOK
Left head side ping from Baltimore street, * few doors
role the corner. Yalloot to observe meta oad number.
[Er No letters received unless postpaid aria contain.
ug a stamp to be used on the repty„ Persons writing
should state age, and and portion of a dvertisemeat
de
scribl symptoms.
The Doctor's DIPLOMA bangs is his oMee.
ENDOUSEDIENT OF TUE PIKES&
The many *moan& cured at this establishment with-
In the last twenty years, and the numerous important
surgical operations nerformed by Dr. Johnston, witness
ed by the Representatives of the Prime and many others,
notices of which has appeared again sod again Wan Dal
besides his etftliding ago a man of honor sad Te
e poubibility, Is • sulliehint guarantee to the &Meted.
SKIN DISDASIIB 14•1111.1 y
ROLLOWAYS
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4 40 (111 4
EVERYMAN HIS OWNFINSICIAki
CAUTION.
nn Immense demand for HOLLOWAY'S PILLS
land OINTMENT has tempted unprincipled
parties to counterfeit these valuable medicinaL
In order tO protect the public and ourselves, we
have histeidlineW "Trade Mark e n °mistral Of an
Netiptien el eNket a gement, with the letter Win
the centre. Hoary box of genuine NM,OWers
Paw and Orstatiorr will have this trade men on
it none are minim Withinit
N. Y. OamilcsL Co., Sole Provletors,
4a
.Maiden Leta. New Yo*.
111:50
. 0.00
10.00
VOL. Vi.
Cabinet Ware.
GREAT REDUCTION
w.
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q hi
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.FURALTURE IaiDACHAIM
At the Retentive 'CAMEROON'S of
WIDMYER & RICICSECHER
Southeast Cot , . East King de Duke.Sts!
SOLID WALNUT. OAK, AND
IMITATION WALNUT
CHAMBER tkr PARLOR SUITS
LIBRARY, DINING ROOM
AND KITCHEN FURNITURE.
CANE SEAT AND PAINTED CHAIRS.
"Call and examine the Workmanship
and Prices before purchasing elsewhere.
You will find the largest aesottment to
select tram in the City.
1. HENRY WIDNYEit,
JAS. BICKSECKER,
Corner East King and Duke-Sts.,
tul7-0 LANCASTIOt. PA.
"WE CALL ESPECIAL ATTENTION
V to the tact that we are now selling a Large
and Very Superior Stock of
PARLOR,
CHAMBER,
A.ND DINING ROOM,
FURNITURE!
I
Ladies and Gentlemen.
„,.. As a promoter of health, a retorter
~ of comfort to the sick and well ; a pre
• volitive of many of the illd minted by
--. .- --,‘ Col,le, snob ea
.:. , i :. .. \ RHEUMATISM,
L'...1 . 1 SORE THROAT,
LUNG DISEASES, &o.
4 - : . Reenonmended by the entire
t '
ME ICAL FACULTY.
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...
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, GLOVE,
.. ~: i..:-;
-7x -
•., 1.. 1.-) NEOIK TIES,
OOLLARS,
UNDERSHIRTS for Men.
TTATDERSHIRTS " Boys.
VESTS ed Ladles.
ERISMAN'S.
No. Of North Queen Street, Lanoaster, Is.
062 Next door Horsing/ Noblott , e Hotel.
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- Taal erhieliiiiiiiiiiii instill sovereign =relive prope ,
ad tato the vegetable kingdom for healing the sick.
WA were ever before combined in one medicine
The evidence of this nun is band in the great varlet)
of most obstinate disetwesitl g : it law been rouse
to coA k ter. In the cure of romelmil i tevere
Vo o f and the early s of Co imp.
Sion, t has toe early
the Medial acuity, and
eminent physicians pronounce it the greatest meal
cal discovery of the age. While It cures the sever
e a s t Combs, it strengthens thesystmend PUPIIIOII
Um Wood, By its great anot o rongh. blood purl
tying properties, it cures all ttrinore from tit;
Nora iklepttt la to a common tab, IPlani e l
or lintyptlos. lierearia diseaseanneral Folio
and their elects are eradleilte
~__4l Mid vigorous h
and a wand constitution 'estientshed. Illrysipie
jp el, 114pinl it ezial f lkompe: senors iDip A y in
MOH ill O. snag, all tee numerous emus&
bed b lboid, are oroaquerett oy this powerhil
puttying and itivWB medicine-
If yon *el du 111111 M tilebilitated, have silky.
color of anti or' y IA brown spots on Awe as
body, frequent honlache or dbudness, bad taste la
mouth, tutorial beat or chilis tee rnated with hot
lushes, le* obits, and gloomy reienu, i
lit' appetite, and tongue cot . you ate ' ea = l
from Torpid laver or 4 , 1111111opahtesahn
lei taanjes of ss ILiver Conspleillai" qul7
is
of
-antips are onerienced. As a reins
r cues Dr. rime's Golden r o
has no equal. as it effects porno curek
las, liver stein (Ss z wd and healthy. or the
I L
cure o Om . pampa oy the Bow
Me it is a never In i , lad those Who have
used it fbr this pa Me loud in its praise.
The proprietor rot OM reward lbr a inedichW
that will equal it for-the we of an the dieetwe lb
which IS is recoluteended.
i t
Al l Per " it Frei 1 1 1
oratory; 188 Seneca three kN. .
fiend your address for a pamphlet.
113
CCM
F it
\\\ swav.,4
towards none, with charity for
in, the right, as God lives us
t us strive on to finish the work
d up the nation's wounds; to
Jewelry.
EDW. J. ZAHM,
JEWELER!
AT THE OLD STAND.
COR. NORTH QUEEN-ST. AND CENTRE SQUARE
Lancaster, Pa.
I have now on hand a very full assortment of
Gonda In our line, comprising Gold and Silver Hunt
ing cased Watches from the beet American and
Foreign Manufactories, Fine Gold and Rolled Plate
Jewelry, Sliver and Sliver Plated Ware. Clocks of
American awl French manufacture, Table Cutlery,
Thermometers, Canes with Gold, Silver and Ivory
Heads, which we are prepared to sell at the Lowest
Possible Prices.
AGENT FOR TIIE
ARRESTIND THE HEAT-EMIL
of solar or artificial light Wane they enter,' eye
/be Lenses of the
ARUNDEL PEBBLE SPECTACLES
ARE VIOLET TMED,
TIVIOCONSTRUCTZD THAT WM= APPLteD TOTI6IIII
APPLUI OOLORIMBEI.
The weaker and higher numbers the
Arundel Pebble lenses
ARE THE RAMP.
They are the Most Brilliant and BeZtiful
Ever Invented.
Tan principle on which these specta
cles are constructed, can not be too highly
prized. Those who have felt the small-
Ing, Irlitatingimin consequent on use of
all spectacles, by lots -light, or even day-light
of ordinary Intensity, will readily understand
that any invention that will overcaue this
common trouble must be bailed with de
light.
From J. Bottum° Watts, Prof. of
Ophthalmaology in Kin& College, Londin,
and Asit Burgeon to London Ophthalmic;
01. 11 14 114 . ry desirable to combine a tint with the
use et convex and concave spherical lenses : iu the
soselsr susibere this can be very effectually done ;
but, in the higher numbers, it is difficult—for the
+varying thickness of glass causes considerable dif
Armee in the tint in the centre and edges of the
lens."
From A. Amman), Burgeon, L. 8.
F.8.M.8.. London:
C * ► * * •
The maw of glass to be used in speetseirs, is
sane to which I lone given some attention, and I
lave arrived at the
si conclusionon.w
that the largest
amount of distinct vi tther with the least
ilimountofgiore, is to be otaed by using a vidliat
tinted pebble, and to oondrm the good opining I
have (brined of this peeullar oolor. I am enahpad to
stale that it is nowrecommended es the moat OW
able to be employed for weak vision, by the moat
celebrated oculists of the day."
WATCH WORK
And Goners' Repotting done in the best manner.
,'DON'T FORGET TR& PLACE.II
Min CORNERI -
Forth Queen Ettritet and Centre &pule.
Tritmnings, Ribbons, &C:
LADIES
•
TAKE NOTICE THAT
GuNDAKE R .
Are reeelving daily all the latest styles of N
EM, HATS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIB
LAMS, VICLIWS, &0 ., and, as heretofore,
THE VERY LOWEST PRIG
Also, the latest styles of
• DRESS TRIMMINGS,
•IN LAMS,CIIMPfI ; SATIRE MIMES ECTT*
VElifEl 4 .B—all colors—cut vitas.
the greatest variety of
FANCY GOODS INOTIOIII
In the city, awe as ROWE, SCIARIfE
—The Beat : hi the Market, one and two butl e r
ELE and; LE. Call and see them. ,
all the
bed mo
CORSETS,
At la cents t_tp,__Ask to see the A. D. WIRT.
LADIES' MERMO VESTS DRAWERS, an es.
Fall regular made and other EffOCEINCIS,err
thew
Give as a call, and examine our stock, at
eundaker's Ezaporiuut,
AIMS and 444 NORTH QM= ITERNT.
LANCASTER, PA.
LANCASTER, PENNA., FRID
It Iles around us like a el.
A world we do not see
Yet the sweet closing of
May bring us there to
Its gentle breezes fan our .
Amid our worldly es
Its gentle volees whisper
And mingled with our
Sweet heat to around ue
Sweet helping hands
And pal hatespe veil
WWI
And in file h;e.'" . •
e
'Tis easy now to s - 1
How lovely and how wee
The hour of death ay
To elease the eye an e 1...,
Wrapped In a tran C of
And gently laid in loVing
To swoon to that—from
Scarce knowing if we w
Scarce asking. where we
To feel all evil sink away,
All sorrow and all care.
Sweet souls around us w
Press nearer to our side
Into our thoughts, into 0
With gentle helpings g
Let death between us bo
A dried and vanished •
Your joy be the reality,
Our suffering like the 4
There is -a slu
air. It is the Brit w
and July has been dam
lax everything in
enough even to relax
indomitable woman w
along the three miles
that intervene betw
home and the on
where she can get bu
ble price.
Butter at a reaso
great consideration w
so are eggs; so are
and house rent. Flo,,
thing. For she
Torn," trying to II
man on a very BM,:
For ten years it
her neat little in
village of Bingha'„
hard to debase itse
rounded.tovvn.
/LIP
eon , w
J .
well-kept ga la
Is shut off from the r
gaze of passers-by by a
wall that is well O.OW
The house is exactly like:
house in the crescent, sti
it looks very different
Its windows are bill&
door-knob has a big " ier
those of the other ho
crescent.
She is rather more an
,ionsthan
usual to-day as to the of her
Inerketing at Balsingharnif A. young
niece has come downlaeldious
young lady, who rentrlrest daintily
4 .
served, without at all deiring at
what cost the service is ered.
The young niece is at hiktne now in
the pretty, bowery room Ilk the house
in the crescent that isrlor, and
dining-room , and drawl in, and
f
boudoir, all in one. Th sluggishly
nvo
soft air. makes Ali and
sleepy ;so she reclines w e her aunt
goes in search of butter or the fair
young being's tea.
S i tio is very pretty, very pleasant to
look at, albeit she is bored, and hot,
and sleepy, and slightly crpss, on this
sluggishly, softly warm dey. Curled
up like a cat on the sofa in the shadiest
corner of the room, she is lazily watch
ing the shadows come and o through
the half-drawn, drab Veni n blinds.
"How can they have tit patience,to
go on doing that?" she wo dere. How
can any ono have the pat' ce to go on
doing anything down le?" She
gets up as she halt matte this Fon
:
der, and she stands at h whetkiw,
balancing herself upon her 1-81111ped
hands planted firmly ur ,et Won
shaped hips,in a semi-del attitude,
that would have called tot Orgrand
.mothers reprobation. SI NU
stately," and she has
pretty yellowish hair,
knows how to have'
and how to put Ulf
will make her
Her hair is tt
been asleep for
yellow luxurl
little, we can
Jet d aggtr
g ma:
inl enouh.
looks y
out of pl
13be has a r
an acquired
two things ha\
In Afinnie's sere
that in order to
must be bewitchl
To be brief; 3
her holidays wl
nience sake, at
own sweet will.
satisfied with he
does not see a
yet, but keenly
motion. At ti
looking, there
nest in that
a good deal
with the w
claims bett.
.Even now, sr
, the window ,
briince of hew
onus that, was on
tea-tien% she ejac
"Oh, dear; a '
and then go back
b ur r. .
Bhe Imes up yawning . yrkr 3 , to
,
the little white nest Of if = , Tillalitheir
attnt has given up tO , -' , • , a , 're
tiring herself intairitteo , Star of
the house, hart.* gifd : ' litOM ,
Fortson.-
THE OTHER
1=2E1113
TRITEID lIFER
h in zeli
1477:d071? 1171
anal cherish, a just anti,
ourselves and with all nations.".
4&72.
Js time to put this maiden aunt
Itou. She is almost at the thres
her own. door when Minnie !
to adorn for the sacrifice, as
dens It, of a "regular set tmi'l
1, %luck. Miss Paulett has walked 1
, .has come home heavily laden, I
, - is -if Is oppressive. But in spite
:•Y, Ititlutiness of the flesh, she
? ' •r: . 'lO : shit as she comes
.... . . r,: •'. - ~,- ' ', Mr
:, L ,. - . .1,1441101., is
f . ,•., I I • °ant ,
n ace of twenty calls her an old mai d
But, in spite of all these things, she is
a woman with a long lease of life be
fore her, in all human probability.
for she is healthy, and only just past
her thirtieth birthday. It seems al
most a pity that this probably long
life should be lonely as the last ten
years of it have been.
She is not tall and lissom, like her
twenty-year old niece; but she is erect,
graceful, admirably proportioned.
Her face is clear complexioned, deli
cate featured, brightened by a pair of
nut brown eyes, that are precisely the
same color as the luxuriant hair that
Is wrapped In a clever coil at the back
of her head. Altogether, she is a
pretty and a prepossessing woman;
and why she should be lonely htlll is a
marvel to many people.
She. looks around the room, and a
shade of annoyance crosses her face
swiftly. It is one of her attributes to
be daintily neat. The small room,
that is at the same time dining hall
and saloon, isHaways fresh and fair,
and scrupulously well arranged when
she is alone; now the cushions are
piled up untidily, the sofa-rug is trail
ing on the floor; books, newspapers,
magazines, and a half-made muslin
tunic are littered about on different
chairs ; and worst of all; in her pro
gress from the room, Miss Ward has
upset a light wicker stand of flowers,
which has stood in safety Just Inside
the door during the whole of the
summer.
=A
EMI
August;
gh to re
- damp
9 11 of the
tramping
sty road
%r- village
et town
reasona-
lee is a
Paulett;
bread,
every
all for
ntleWo-
Miss Paulett has just fulfilled a por
tion of her mission in life by clearing
up after her niece, when that young
lady came undulating into the room.
tier hair is tousled still, but now ac
cording to certain rules; and the big,
jet dagger stabs It with a well-defined
aim, She has •ut on fresh laces and
around
in this
trying
anur-
d Ono the
red brick
with ivy.
,:47 other
ity. But
e others.
Its brass
Bab, than
in the
these facts, and cause tiled*
bright and becoming.
`'Oh ! you're back, Aunt Catharine!
I'm glad of that; I want you to go out
on the green for a stroll with me."
Prom her bedroom window Minnie
has seen a manly form—the only man
ly form in the place—take the direc
tion of the green. Hence he' desire
for exercise. She would look upon it
as a willful disregard of a providential
opportunity if she did not go out now.
"My dear Minnie, just consider that
I am only just back from Balaingham,
and that lam rather tired. Do let me
have my tea first." •
"Why did you go? What could In
duce you to go rushing off in the heat
of this afternoon?" Minnie feels dis
appointed, and so speaks crossly.
"I went. to get butter and fruit,"
pointing to thobe delicacies.
"Batter and fruit!" Minnie shrugs
her supple shoulders." "I'd rather go
without them any day; why didn't
you send that grampus Bridget? If
she walked more she wouldn't puff me
out of my mind nearly every time she
comes into the room with her hard
breathing."
Miss Paulett laughs. "Bridget
• had her work to do. And what has
put you out, my little lady? Have
some tea, dear."
"No, thank you, aunt." When
Minnie first came, the still young aunt
had requested that her niece would
call her "Kate," but Minnie very de
cidedly refuted to do it. "There shall
he no mistake about my being the
niece, and years the younger of the
two," she graciously thitermined.
"No, thank you, aunt, thereVome
thing unholy in tea at this Bine of day
unless you dine after it. go out
on', the green ; you can join me by and
by." Then'she half repeats herself of
her rudeness, and adds, "I shall like
some of that nice eretun cheese for
stippopr if I may have it."
•"You may have what you like,
dear; yes, I will join you by and by,"
the aunt says, good-temperedly.
So Minnie's conscience feels clear,
and she rings for Bridget to bring her
hat and blue llama shawl, the ends of
which she will presently toss over her
shoulder in a jaunty way that has
neither the merit of being pretty nor
uncommon, but that is immensely
popular with young ladies.
Minnie walks on perfectly satisfied
with herself,her head waddling up and
down occasionally in little fluttering
paronyems of conceit. The color deep
ens in the face that she holds very
much up, and a little
. on one side, us
she steps on the green, and the well
owned blue eyes dance. For there, a
headred yards ahead of her, is the
ma ly form reclinidg on one of the
71ruhackily the manly nose Is turned
awaY from her that it may sniff in so
much of the breeze as there is. AM-
A). has come to Bingham on an unac
knowledged mission. Is her bounden
duty tO herself, she *els, to do some
thing' definite during this campaign.
The on)y "something dellniteo that a
girl of Minnie's calibre cares to achieve
is matrimony.
Her object is well befbre her now ;
but it 'would hardly do for her to go
up and sit down by him, and let him
see that she has followed ' him on pur
pose. 'fte turns, slightly, therefore,
and entailers nitwit, skirting the green
until she is on the other side of it,
quite In his line of vision.
o look
MO
And now she knows that her work
is done.
In a few minutes she hears footsteps
ehind her. Another minute and the
fully form is by her side, taking off
to hat and looking ridiculously pleased.
It is Mr. Bough ton,tbe curate in charge
of Bingham—a good-looking mad'of
ins or two and thirty.
Up to Within the last twelvemonth
r.oughton had *WWI advoeitt
. lkocolibaey of tick Att.
1•4•^- • • • ',1••
I uted in a great measure to his inti
macy with Miss Paulett. Now Bing
ham did not grudge him his paiticular
attentions to the handsome, fresh
hearted,
clear-headed, una ff ected wo
man. On the contrary, Binghatn de
clared that they would be a delightful
pair. But it was intolerant to the ;!
daring of the stranger within the gates
who flirted at him with such ef
frontery.
He is quite conscious that she is flirt
ing with him. He sees that she puts
herself at her best as soon as he ap- ,
proaches her; that she makes her eyes
sparkle, and looks admiringly at his
eyes, and ho likes it.
It is useless to deny it. He does like
it. lie has indulged in many power
fully
worded Jeremiads against Jeze
bels generally; he has cautioned the
young men of his flock against Circe
in all her forms. But now, when Min- i
nie Ward puts a feattuaa.Liit-her hat at-i
him, and wraps a blue shawl mysteri
ously about her lithesome shoulders at 1
him, and gazes with a look that only
misses being a look of love by one
hairsbreadth of intervening modesty
at him, he likes it.
Ills eyes are very fine, and his ap
pearance and manners very gentle
manly
and refined, and his prospects
are very good. and she is sick to death
of teaching. Given such conditions in
such a situation. and it is not difficult
to guess what will ensue.
"Is not Miss Paulett coming out this
evening?" he asks, when they have
taken a turn round the green, to the
dismay and disgust of all the occupants 1
of all the villas.
"Aunt Catharine? No. I couldn't
drag her out, so I braved a solitary .
stroll. I shan't have many more walks
on the green."
"Why not ?" he asks, with a qualm.
"I am oin
.
mess, and s e as ma
vow silence on that 'mint. To "main
ma,” therefore, it becomes necessary
to impute a greed for her child's so
ciety which amounts to selfishness.
They are on the verge of the green
now, at the farthest end from the vil
lage. The ruins of an old abbey are in
sight. Beyond the abbey there is a
wood. She tosses her pretty head in
the direction of the wood, and says—
" How sweet it would be of Tile to
take dear, lazy, old Aunt Catharine
a boquet of wild flowers !
A faint spark of loyalty to charm
ing Miss Paulett is still alive in
Boughton's breast. He is preparing
to say something that shall testify to
his admiration for and sympathy with
Miss Paulett'a tastes, when Minnie
adds—
"She is so fond of things—of cats
and flowers; it is a pity she hasn't
something better to love instead of
wasting all her life bemoaning some
one who didn't care for her."
The sole remaining spark of loyalty
dies out. "Has she done that ? Let
us go and get the wild Bowers, Miss
Ward; I know where the best live In
that wood."
"Can you spare the time ?" she
asks softly. 011! how good of youl
My last walk at Bingham will be my
pleasantest one."
Mr. Boughton has a maiden aunt
living with him who keeps his house,
and drives off the unwary who ap
proach him when she is near. She has
for some time had her auntiy eye on
Minnie, and Minnie has a delicious
little sense of satisfaction now in hav
ing brought things to this pass. No
aunt, neither his nor hers, shall come
between them now.
She sits upon a stile. and he skip&
close by her side, and the rays of the
setting sun stream through the leafy
boughs.and glorify her head. It 180
very pleasant, but Minnie feels, fit her
own forcible idiom, I.that mere pleas
antness won't pay."
For a few moments she forces her
self to contemplate each side: of the
shield. If she marries Mr. Boughton
she will have to lead a Bingham life;
and when he is her husband she will
not be able to infuse an element of ex
citement into her Bingham life by
flirting with him. It• will be dull,
probably—but—
" But it will be hater than horrid
teaching," she reminfs herself. She
has no more sense of Inoral responsi
bility concerning what she is about to
do than a child has of knocking down
a house of cards.
"I've altered my mind about the
flowers I gather to-night, Mr. Bought
on. They must be for your study.
Will ou have thedi
"Will I not Pl'
His face" is in the shade, and looks
very well there. Minnie adjusts her
head at the proper angle and makes
another effort.
"Aunt Catharine, with that good,
serviceable common sense of hers,
Would jeer at me for being romantic,
if she heard• me say that I should like
to take a tiny bit of this stile away to
wear Ina locket as a charm.
He knows that she means him to
think that she loves the stile because
he Is leaning upon it with her, in what
a poet would call the "gloaming." He
knows all she means, and likestit.
He takes his knife and defrauds the
lord of the manorby cutting a square
inch out of the stile. He would de
fraud twenty lords of the manor of
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twenty times the value of this square
inch of stile, at this juncture, to please
Minnie Ward.
With rather a shaky hand he pro
ceeds to cut his initials, "E. 8.," on
the little bit of wood. He trims it and
smooths it, andathen he looks at her.
She gives him one look, and be for
gets all his views as to the propriety
of the elergy being a celibate .
"May cat y ours, too ?" he ;
• she beads down her head Oki
• 4 fifeer and
h fn.
As she leans upon his arm she makes
him understand that life will be a wil
derness to her until she has The right
and the power to so lean always. Be
has his own views about short engage
ments; he disapproves of them; but
he thinks that her sweet soul trembles
at the prospect of ever so brief a sepa
ration from him. And he believes it—
good, young priest as he Is.
"Then It had better be soon," he
says, eagerly. Why he says it he can't
exactly define, but he gathers up im
pressions that it had better he soon, and
speaks, from the• impulse they give
him.
"Oh, if you wish it!"
Of course he wished it. Suddenly he
found himself wishing it very much,
and feeling that all his preconceived
Ideas on the subject were utter folly
and empty humbug. Minnie would
be a-ercw-ofliosor.bra husband, and
he, Edward Boughton, would crown
himself as soon as possible.
She is very full of pride of her success
as she steps out from the shade of the
wood, on the open green. Her head
settles back into a satisfied wobble as
she sees Aunt Catharine approaching
them.
Mist Mullett cranes toward the pair
in the dint light, and as she mines On
it is made manifest to her, even in the
dim light, that something has hap
pen ed .
For four days Minnie has been very
happy and very amiable. Edward
Boughton manages to make duty and
inclination agree wonderfully well.
When he goes abroad on missions of
mercy Minnie accompanies him—a
fashionable-looking angel in ditierent
colored camhries.
dlaturbed
exprestilon of feeling. She merely re
marks to Edward:
"Your aunt looks so sour about it
that one would think It was a crime
to love you ; as if 1 could help it 1"
Minnie means marriage as soon as
possible; and Dow, on the evening of
the fourth day of her engagement, sire
is feeling a tittle annoyed and perplex
ed because the time is not definitely
fixed yet.
"You might speak to him, Aunt
Cal linrine."
"About miming the day? No, my
dear ; its for him to speak to you about
that."
"But what's the good of waiting?
What are we waiting for?" Minnie
pouts.
"Wu haven't waited long," Kate
reminds her.
"No; and I don't mean to wait long,
thibtls another thing ; we shall not
know each other a bit the better while
he is down here, and I'm going ou
with that horrid, horrid tearbing. I
don't see why we need wait."
"You can hardly be the one to sug
gest a speedy marriage," Kate says
dryly ; "but I have no doubt when
Mr. Boughton realizes that you con
sider your present one a life of slavery,
he will speedily resole you from it.
Minnie pushes. "I don't want him
to know anything about my present
lite," she says, with an effort to seem
at ease.
Kate flashes up a glance from the
preserving-pan over which she has
been bending assiduously during the
conversation.
'You don't mean to say that you
haven't told him ?,'
"I have not. Why should I ? Men
are quite apt enough to think they con
fer a favor on a girl by proposing mar
riage. If the girl's a governess, they
know they confer a favor by taking her
out of bondage."
"He ought to know it. I f you don't
tell him, I will," Kate says, skimming
off the scum vigorously.
"Don't be malicious and spiteful be
cause you have failed to get him your
self." says Minnie.
"You'd serve your own ends (I
know what they are. Minnie) better
by telling him a truth that is honora
ble to you ; but rest assured that I will
never interfere between you after that
—that very coarse, cruel speech."
It is settled between the lovers soon
that they were to marry inla year. By
that time Minnie will be twenty-one,
and he will have a suitable home to
receive her in. This delay will enable
him to settle his aunt elsewhere. "She
broke up her home to come down
here with me,'' he explains:
"She'll be desperate fussy about a
house. I know she will keep you un
settled as long as she can."
Hisgreatest comfort (he is dreadfully
in love) when Minnie is gone is to go
to her Aunt Kate, and talk about her.
Kate is merciful enough to let him
maunder on uninterruptedly, as a
rule; but one day she does hint to him
that Minnie Is but mortal.
"Minnie can Hi bear stagnation
and suspense," she says. "I shall be
glad when you can take your holiday,
and go and see her. You'll go soon,
won't you 4' l
Something in her tone sets him
thinking. It does not exactly alarm
him, but it startles him.
"Is she 11l ? Have you heard"—But
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