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MAIDEN RESOLUTION
Oh.` I'll tell of a fellow—
Of a fellow I have 801311;
Who is neither nor white yellow,
But he's altogether green ;
He has told me of a cottage,
Of a cottage 'mong the trees,
And would you think the fellow
Tumbled down upon his knees !
Then his name it isn't charming,
For it's only common '•Bill,"
And he wishes me to wed him,
But L hardly think I will;
While the tears the creature wasted
Were enough to turn a mill,
And he begged me to accept him,-
But I hardly think I will.
Oh! ho whiiiper'd of devotion—
Of devotion pure and deep ; -
But it seemed so very silly
That I nearly fell asleep!
And he said it would be pleasant,
As we journey down the hill,
Togo hand in hand together,
But I hardly think I will.
He was here last night to see me,
And made so long a stay,
I began to think the blockhead
Never meant to go away
At the first I learned to hate him,
And I know I hate him still ;
Yet he urge■ me to have him,
But I hardly think I will.
I'm sure I wouldn't choose him,
But the very deuce is in it,
For he says if I refuse him,
That he couldn't live a minute;
Now this is very shocking,
For we are taught we musn't kill—
So I've thought the matter over,
And I think I'll marry "Bill."
The Wife of two Husbands.
A SCENE FROM REAL LIEE
When I first came to Woodislee, I came
as curate, for the incumbent was near
ninety years of age, and very infirm.
had a hundred pounds a year, and the little
cottage that is now in ruins, close by the
old church to live in, and never dreamed
to have done better. That would have
been enough and to spare, indeed—with
out my good wife here and the four little
ones of course, who then were not in the
question—for the place is not a dear one
as to living. The Brent, which runs by
our door, supplied me well with trout, and
I was my own fishmonger. A knife and
fork too, were always , laid for me at the
squire's board, and on Sunday without ex
ception, I was there to use them.
The Sunday after poor Mr. Melville,
the old incumbent died, I was as usual at
the Grange, and, as was natural, our talk
fell on his hiss and on the future vicar.
'I have appointed one in my awn mind,'
said Mr. Markham ; and if he chooses to
accept the living, as there is no reason
whatever for the delay, he will read him
, self in within the month or so—a young
man not over rioh, who knows the people
here, and is well liked by them.'
I fear then, sir, he will not want a
curate ; since the parish is so small ?'
No, I fear not, Grantley. We shall
be sorry to lose you, although we have
seen so little of each other; but I will
have you in my eye, be sure, as will my
wife, in whose way miracles come somehow
more. than they do in mine.' •
And so we parted for that time with a
hearty handshake.
Ah, what a wife that Mrs. Markham
was ! a fair, blithe woman, then, with
auburn hair, just dusted o'er with gold,
and wearing her thirty summers like a
flower. She, with her pleasant smile, was
the fit messenger to tell me ere the month
was up that I myself was the Vicar of
Woodislee. She took as much delight to
bring the news as I to hear it.
4 The vicarage is yours,' said she ; and
may this please you, Mr. Grantley, as it
pleases us. It was not with my will that
it was kept a secret from you so long, but
you know my husband loves his kindly
joke.'
It was not likely after this that I should
become less their friend ; and indeed the
Markhams and myself were foreVer to
gether. Both as clergyman and familiar
intimate, my intercourse grew very close
with them indeed. I learned pains enough,
even to join their little concerts in the hall;
I read with them old plays in winter even
ings ; and the vicarage was almost less my
home than was the Grange. lam not sure
that they did not choose my wife for me
if so, I have the greatest gift of all to thank
them for; and they stood both of them as
sponsors to my eldest boy. About two
years after I had been installed as vicar
I began to observe a great strangeness in
Mrs. Markham. She grew absent, started
when addressed—especially if by her hus
band--wasted visibly, and lost in part her
pleasant looks. The squire did not see
this ; she had always a smile to greet him
with, however she might look to others, ,
and would watch him sometimes when he I
was least regarding her, with a concentra
tion of affection in her gaze more intense
than ever. Another change was this ; the
squire's fortune being very large, his wife
had a most liberal allowance, and kept
quite a little establishment of her own.—
Her charities, besides those that were in
common with his, were extensive. When
any person needed help beyond that which
I was justified in giving, I had been accus
tomed to apply to her as readily, but now
her alms at first diminished, as to him, and
then ceased. She parted under some
frivolous pretense, with her carriage and
ponies ; and from being rather fastidious
and choice in her attire, she came to dress
with great simplicity, and almost ill, so
that upon that point her husband rallied
her. One night she was singing with us
in the hall as usual, a favorite Scotch song
of hie, that she had sung a hundred times
before, when her voice suddenly trembled,
as though her heart' was breaking, and she
burst into a fit of tears. It was one of
those exquisite melodies of Burns upon
the domestic affections ; and Markham
spoke touchingly to me afterward of that
excessive fondness of his wife's for him
which had so completely over-mastered
her. 'lf I were to be taken from her,'
said he, 'I do believe dearest Jane would
die.'
Catainly to watch her anticipating his
slightest Wish ; and listening to his every
word as though it were to be his last, it
might- well seem so. Upon my venturing
to remark to him that she was generally in
by no means good health, and not in her
usual spirits, he thanked me, and was
nervously alive to this at once; and think
ing a little company might oheer her, he
sent for his maiden sister from the North
to spend some time with them, a quiet,
elderly lady, very excellent, but not in any ,
way gifted as her brother and sister-in-law
were. We two struck up an acquaintance
very soon, and the squire was wont to
make facetious allusions to it which would
have been embarrassing from anybody else.
She soon filled up, in some measure, that
position of Lady Bountiful in the parish
which Mrs. Markham had abdicated—al
though I confess she somewhat lacked the
gracefulness of her well-doing—and evi
dently to that lady's satisfaction. It left
her more to herself, and at liberty to re
tire to her chamber or elsewhere, as had
now become her favorite custom. This
combination with the other peculiarities in
hea conduct, altnough still vailed from her
husband's notice, did not escape the quick,
womanly eye of Miss Markham.
I cannot think,' said she, as we were
taking a walk together, about three weeks
after her arrival, what change has come
over Jane. If we did not know herself
and George to have been the most loving
couple that ever breathed, I should be in
clined to think her an unhappy wife ; and
if I were not thoroughly convinced of the
badness of her late husband,- that she was
regreting his loss.'
I had never heard until that moment of
Mrs. Markham having been a widow and
I expressed my surprise strongly.
Indeed V said my companion. 4 I had
made certain that they had entrusted you
with that revelation ; but since you are
aware of so much you may now just as well
know all.'
'Mrs. Markham, whom you perceive, even
at this time, charming and almost perfect
being, appears •extraordinarily sensitive
and unsuspicious of evil, was, as Miss Jane
Raby, romantic to the last degree. She
eloped at school at the age of seventeen,
with an adventurer named Heathoote.
never saw him myself, but I have been
told that he was in youth extremely hand
some, and gifted with some attractive but
superficial talents. After living together
a short time in great unhappiness, so far
as Jane was concerned, he deserted her
and sent her back to her friends. He did
not appear again for years. He must have
treated the poor girl very brutally, to ac
count for the horror and absolute loathing
which she entertained for him. He knew
that she did so, and used that knowledge
for his own profit. He had openly boasted
that ' he had not married a milksop like
her for nothing but for money ;' and the
moment which secured to her her property,
the very day on which she came of age,
brought this harpy to her side again. She
bought him off with ransoms, then and at
many other times, as the civilized nations
in old timo bought off the savage, and with
the like result—he became more frequent
and extravagant in his demands. When I
say that he was a systematic gambler and
a drunkard, I believe that I have men
tioned only his lighter foibles. The rel
ics of her original fortune only remained
to her, when he required of her a blank
check to be filled up at his owm pleasure.
This, backed by her paternal uncle and
sole relative, in whose house she was then
residing, she steadily refused to give him ;
and Heathcote, uttering the most fearful
threats, was obliged to content himself
with a draft drawn by Mr. Raby upon his
own banker for a hundred pounds. He
drew it merely to save his niece, who was
in an agony of terror from her husband's
violence, and to get the man out of the
house as quick as possible; but as the
matter turned out, this was the luckiest
thing in the world. Heathcote altered
the ' one' upon the order to five,' and
the number 6 100 'to 500,' and so got the
check changed by the commission of a fel
ony. The next time that this fellow came
for his merciless tax—which was soon
enough--Mr. Raby had a policeman in
waiting for him.
If,' said that gentlemen, you ever
again attempt to persecute my unhappy
meoe,l transport you for the term of your
natural life. You may thank her alone
that I suffered you to escape the just pun
ishment this time. If it rested with me
only—and luckily the proof of your penal
crime does rest with me, and wita no milk
sop—you should be shipped off as soon as
the law could ship you.' Heathcote hec
tored a good deal, and strove to obtain an
in•erview with his poor wife ; but Mr.
Raby was firm. He took him out one
hundred five pound notes, and inclosed
them in a cover, whereupon he wrote his
own name and address to remind him of
this compact, telling him that it was the
last handwriting and the last shilling of
his that he should see. The conditions of
the gift were, that the recipient should
depart for Australia forthwith, and never
set foot again in England. The fellow
five hundred, the forged check, Sir, is in
my own possession ; and if I ever see your
face again, it shall be produced in a court
of law'--which penalty the other, there
being no help for it, agreed to.
Heathoote's brutality must have been
something excessive to have trodden all
traces of love out of a heart like Jane's ;
but he had quite succeeded in so doing.
Although she had not consented to her
uncle's threat being held over him—and
happy was it that it did not rest with her
to use it—she could not but feel comfort
from the event. Six months' experience
of freedom did wonders in restoring her
roses and lightening her - heart of a sorrow
that seemed likely to crush it altogether.
She began to move about less like an au-
tomaton, to wear the smile of content if
not of merriment, and to be in some sort
like the Jane Raby of some five years be
fore. Then came some news which made
her serious and silent for a while, but
could scarce have made her sad. Heath
cote was dead in the bush, slain by the
hand of one of his own wicked companions.
In a concealed pocket within his vest was
found the roll of bank notes in their still
unbroken cover. It escaped the eyes of
the murderer, or the passing by of some
honest settlers had disturbed him in his
unfinished search.
They forwarded the parcel to Mr. Raby,
with a narration of these facts. A year
after this event it would have been impos
sible to recognize the spirit-bowed and
fragile Mrs. Heathoote in the by no means
inconsolable widow which she had then
"THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROI7B WHIRR LABOR 00340EANDS TEI GREATEST REWARD."-BiTORANAB
LANCASTER CITY. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1858.
become. Thanks to her brief matrimonial
career, she was not rich, but beautiful and
happy as you see her now, Mr. Grantly, or
rather as you did see her until within these
few months. My brother married with
the full knowledge of her former life, and
has never had a moment's cause, as he
says himself, to regret his choice.
This narration, which the kind-hearted
but mis-doubting little old maid made
piquant with various garnishments of her
own, in the way of flings at the foolishness,
of young girls, and the futility of early
marriages, did not much enlighten me as
to what was ailing with poor Mrs. Mark
ham, although it increased my interest in
her fortunes. Her conduct towards my
self remained unaltered, or was marked by
even greater communicativeness. She put
me to several hypothetical cases of con
science, of which I could see no possible
bearing on myseq, and begged me, as a
clergyman, to give her my best.opinion on
the subject. She told me she had often
bewailed the misfortune of having no chil
dren, which she had once considered to be
the sole blessing which had been denied
her, dut now she thanked God that she was
childless. The horrible thought began to
cross me that my dear benefactress and
firm friend was going out of her mind; and
that idea grew stronger, although Miss
Markham shook her head at it, and hoped
it might be no worse.
She was as good a person as ever lived;
but she had the weakness of her order,
which somehow is to think the worst that
can be of all her sex. But when I had
seen Mrs. Markham come out of the fire
wood, under the sandcliff, a little after
sunrise one morning, and she told me,
pale as a spectre, and quivering in every
limb, that she had only been to get an ap
petite for breakfast ; when she asked me
at another time for the loan of twenty
pounds for a very pressing emergency, and
begged me to keep it a secret ; and when
I coupled with these things her piteous
endeavors, so transparent to myself and
her sister-in-law, to conceal her unhappy
condition at all times—a mark most sig
nificant of an unsettled brain—l felt quite
sure of my painful surmise being but too
true. I was even debating how to break
this horror to Miss Markham, that remedi
al measures might be resorted to before it
was too late, when a circumstance occurred
which changed my suspicions into a cer
tainty still more terribte.
It was on a Tuesday, in the midsummer,
and the squire was gone to a meeting,
likely to be a stormy one, upon education,
at the neighboring town ; Miss Markham,
ever desirous of a little shopping, had ac
companied him, and I had intended to
have done so likewise had not the illness
of a parishioner suddenly prevented it.—
His case requiring certain ailments which
were not within the scope of our resources
at the vicarage, I walked down to the
Grange, according to custom, to request
that they might be sent to the sick man's
cottage. Mrs. Markham was not within ;
but the beauty of the afternoon enticed
me upon a terrace, the extremity of which
communicated with a walled garden. The
gate was always kept locked, I know, and
only the squire and the head gardener had
the keys of it. Sauntering slowly along
upon the turf, and drinking in the prospect
dreamily, I had reached the extremity of
the walk, and was about to turn, when I
heard the whispering of voices. I could
not see who the persons were, for they
were behind the wall in the garden close
below me. They had no business there, I
knew, and had probably come after some
very choice melons of the squire's. I
made no scruple, therefore of listening,
but after the first few words I felt as
though I would have given both my ears
rather than have done so.
" 1 tell you, Jane, that now or never is
the time. There is a heap of money in his
desk to-day, which will go to the bank to
morrow. Markham is away to Ruff ham,
and it will not kill him when he comes to
find it gone.'
'Never!' said a clear, full voice, which
I knew to be Mrs. Markham's. I will
die first, I will go away with you, yourself,
before I would rob my husband.'
4 Your husband,' said the other with a
sneer, 'Pooh, pooh ! you need not be so
squeamish for a few pounds, since you are
in for so many pennies already. Why,
you've made free of hundreds--'
Not a shilling,' she interrupted vehe
mently—' not one shilling have you
touched of his. My own luxuries, my
comforts, the wants of God's own poor,
have gone to support your profligacy ; but
not one penny of his, Heaven knows.
Jane,' said the ruffian, slowly, take
you good heed to what I say ; I'll blow
upon you, and tell all to his face. I'll
carry you off, I swear it, before his very
eyes. What you have known of me hith
erto is nothing to what you shall know of
we when you and I come to live together
again.' I seemed to see and feel through
the wall itself a shudder that ran through
the poor lady's frame at these words. If
I had thought the worst of her, instead of
being assured, as 1 then was, that her
wicked husband Heathcote was indeed
alive, and persecuting her with a power
more terrible than ever, my heart would not
have bled for her less painfully, my indig
nation against him would not have risen
higher ; but as it was, my teeth were
grinding in my wrath, and my stick was
furiously grasped, as though it was a
sword. Silently, like a thief in the night,
I stole down to the wall, and setting my
feet in some convenient crevices, peered
cautiously above it. Both, luckily, had
their faces turned away from me ; but 1
could see, even on the man's back, scoun
drel and coward written. His poor wife's
wrongs and goodness, and all that I heard
of his brutality, swept over me in a sea of
indignation. Oh, for one quarter of an
hour of my college days, before I put on
that ecclesiastical garb ! Oh, to have
given him ever so brief an example of that
one, two,' which I remembered to have
had some skill in the bygone time. My
years and profession indeed were already
so far forgotten that I rather wished that
he might just have laid his hand upon her
in his rage. My stick was an ashen one,
and would would not have broken for some
time, I think. He wanted to do it, I
could see by the twitching fingers ; the
bowed and trembling, but still graceful
figure—the appealing sobs—for which
I could only guess the meaning—the
young life withered and struck down
in its joys by his cruel threats and pres
ence—they moved him not one jot. I
dared not : trust pelf to look any longer,
but resumed my station at the foot of the
wall. After a storm of menaces, met by
almost hysteric expostulations that grew
fainter every moment, I heard him say :
Yon know where I am to be found
woman ; and if what 1 demand does not
come to my hand within the next eight
and-forty hours, I come to this house as
surely as you are my wife, and claim you.'
I heard a fall upon the ground, and knew
that his poor victim had fainted ; but I
waited until the wretch—who heeded her
no more than if she were a log—had left
the garden and plunged swiftly into the
copse that fringed its northern side. I
ran in then at the open door, lifted Mrs.
Markham from the path, and revived her
at the spring that flowed hard by. She
was afraid, on coming to herself, to look
up at me, faking me for Heatlicote ; but
I told her how I had walked in, seeing the
gate open, and expecting to find her gar
dening, and how I feared the heat had
been too much for her. She was ice cold,
poor thing ; but she murmured Yes, the
heat ; it was the heat ;' as I supported her
homeward up the hill. I got away imme
diately, and pretending a telegraph mes
sage, packed up a little carpet-bag, drove
down to the rail way station at full speed,
and arrived in time for the up express, as
I had hoped.
On the next Wednesday at noon I was
back again, and at once took my way down
to the Grange. Mrs. Markham had been
very ill, I heard, and was now no better ;
the squire was even then at her bedside.
I sent for him upon the plea of very urgent
business, and he came down into the library
at once. If I had not been in his own
house, and expecting to meet no other but
himself, I should not have known him.—
His eyes were swollen and dull, his gait
tottering, and his features white and drawn
like the face of a dead man. She had told
him at last ; his first and only love, his
true, devoted wife, the partner of six happy,
happiest years, was to be torn from him by
another, and doomed to a life of misery.
Grantley,' said he,in a hollow,unnatural
tone, I have that to tell which will wring
your heart, I know—it has already broken
mine.' He had fallen into a chair like one
whose limbs refused to sustain him, and the
tears coursed down Lils cheeks and uncheck
ed and unconcealed. •
Markham,' said I, I. know all—every
thing—more, I think, than you can tell me.
Your agony is not for yourself, but for your
—for her, lam well assured. She shall
not be dragged away. Be comforted. He
shall never touch a hair of her head.'
His despairing eyes turned toward me
not without a touch of hope. I was about
to speak further, when the front door bell
rang gently.
The man has come,' groaned the poor
Squire, as if inexorable fate had laid its
hand upon his very shoulder.
Show him in,' said I to the servant, for
his toaster seemed to have lost all power
of speech. For my part, I drew a hopeful
augury from that delicate ; a
ruffian that had nothing to fear would have
pulled with both his hands.
Heatheote slouched in with an insolent
air—half sneak, half bully.
6 I don't want the parson to hear what I
have got to say you,' were his first words.
Mr. Markham, who kept his back turned
toward him, waved his hand to me in sign
that I should speak for him.
You may say whatever you said
I, quietly. lam aware of the object of
your coming ; ou want to extort money
from this gentleman, which you tried to
persuade another to steal from his own
desk.'
6 Oh, she told, did she ?' said the villain,
with a diabolical smile. 'lt will be the
worse for her presently ; that's all.'
No, sir, she did not, if you mean your
wife, Mrs. Heathcote. Ay, Sir,' added I,
as he started back, we are aware of all
that and very much more. You were over
heard in the garden. There is more than
one thing known, witnessed, Henry Heath
cote, of your old doings, which you are not
aware of.'
I saw him turn as pale as the poor squire
himself. ' Whether or no,' said he, after
a little,' ' I shall have the money, or I shall
have my wife—who has committed bigamy
—whichever that gentleman there pleases '
4 That gentleman,' said I, as I observed
Mr. Markham was about to speak, is not
to be intimidated, month after month, as
Mrs. Heathcote was, into supplying your
bottomless purse. Nay, Sir, your oath is
not to be trusted. I hold in my hand a
warrant for your apprehension, procured
yesterday from Hapshire, by Mr. Raby,
upon a charge of forgery, the proof of
which I have now with me. The con-e
-quences are upon your own head, remem
ber, and when you leave this house, it will
be for a jail.'
I was quite prepared for this, Sir, said
the ruffian, with a look of indescribable
malice. Mrs. Markham, that was, will,
however, accompany me to prison. Fine
food for the scandal of the county that will
be ; and a good convict's wife she will
make to me in my banishment, without
doubt.'
Mr. Markham writhed like one in tor
ture upon his chair. We were indeed in
the man's power, as he said, and my jour
ney into Hampshire had been of but small
service. One desperate course, however,
which had been suggested by Mr. Raby,
was left to me and I tried it. ' Miserable
man,' said I sternly, ' do you then dare to
force us to extremities 1 You scoff at ban
ishment, but what say you to the gallows ?
you'—l strode up to the trembling wretch,
and laying my hand upon his shoulder,
whispered aloud—' you murderer!'
The sweat stood out upon his palid brow,
his knees smote together, and his hair
seemed absolutely to bristle up, so abject
was his terror. , Mercy ! mercy ! I never
found the notes,' he murmured.
said I, , but here is the pocket'
—and I produced it—' and red with the
blood that still cries out against yon !'—
At the sight of this frightful evidence, the
coward knelt upon the floor and covered
his face with his hands.
Rise, wretch—go !' thundered the
Squire, who had risen up like a man re
turned to life from the grave. Here is
money—the sum that you demanded—take
it. If ever again these eyes of mine light
on you, as sure 88 there is a sun in heaven,
I hang you.'
The cast-down, half-paralyzed figure of
Mr. Markham seemed to dilate, as he said
these words:, he looked like some incar
nate Nemesis denouncing certain ven
geance upon the creature at his feet. It
gathered itself up like a stricken hound,
seised the proffered notes, without daring
to look up into the donor's face, and rush
ing out of the door and from the house, as
though the executioner was even then upon
his heels, sped away under the flaming eye
of noon from Woodislee, for ever.
Mr. Raby's guess had been a true one.
The pocket of Heat hcote had been picked
by one of his wicked companions in the
bush, and he had murdered the thief for
the purpose of recovering the packet, in
which hope he had been foiled. This hav
ing been found upon the body, had been
judged conclusive to identify it with his own
remains ; and for these so many years he
had not dared to show himself in civilized
parts to gainsay it, but had lived the mau
rauding life of a bushranger. Tired of this
and having by a successful pillage obtain
ed money enough for his transit home
ward, he had ventured back to England.
Finding his unfortunate wife well married
and in such great happiness, his hatred of
her was redoubled, and his determination
strengthened to persecute her at all haz
ards. The poor lady had never before had
strength of mind to reveal his existence ;
and now her confession, and the certainty
of having to leave her beloved Markham
for the dreadful husband, had brought her
into the most dangerous state. She had
prayed for death more fervently than any
dying man for life ; when, therefore, the
squire had carried up to her the result of
my interview with Fleatheote—for he did
not needlessly distress her with the account
of this new atrocity,and of the means where
by he had finally got rid him—she was
almost beside herself with joy.
Her gratitude toward me was without
bounds, and as she strove to raise her at
tenuated form from her couch to receive and
thanks me, tears choaked her utterance.
The squire was but little more composed.
With their mutual confidence, which had
been but this once broken, quite restored,
and their very life blood, as it seemed, set
once more flowing in their veins, it fell
to me to wake them from their dream of
new found happiness, by reminding them
of the real position in which they stood.
The reaction from the extremity of despair
to certainty of safety had been too great to
admit of any thoughts, save those of
unalloyed content. Good and Christian
man as the squire was, the circumstances
of Mrs. Markham being still the lawful
wife of Harry Heathcote—whatever the
man's character might be—and therefore
making her continuance at the Grange
impossible,had never once occurred to him.
The man having been thoroughly got rid
of, and all idea of personal annoyance at
an end, Mr. Markham had dissociated her
in his mind, from all relation with- her
first huband at once. The poor lady
must have indeed thought often of the sad
case, but had put it from her, probably, as
something too horrible to be dealt with
justly. Nevertheless, she was the first to
see the rightness of the path which it was
my duty as a clergyman to point out to
both of them.
If ever there was a case where spirit and
letter seemed at war—if ever one where
innocent error seemed to be more terribly
avenged than crime itself—l acknowledge
that I was this of theirs. My heart was
wrung for them to its core ; but I bad no
glimmer of doubt as to what was necessary
for them to do. Tenderly, but firmly, I
put it before them ; and before I had done,
Mrs. Markham signed to me that it was
enough. I go,' said she, 'dearest George,
at once, while I have still strength to
The vicarage, madam, is of course
your home as long as you please.'
I thank you, dear Mr. Grantley, but I
leave Woodislee,' said she, as far behind
as possible this very night.'
And I,' chimed in the good little old
maid, whom we had almost forgotten, she
had been so silent a spectator—' and I
with you, sister Jane, to the end of the
world, if you will. She is my care, George,
from henceforth, for I have wronged her
in my heart.'
The squire's grief was terrible to wit
ness, but he made no opposition. Miss
Markham had a small estate in a distant
country, to which it was arranged that the
two ladies should immediatly remove.
Boxes were hurriedly packed, the travel
ing chariot ordered to the door : and after
such a leave taking as I trust does not
often fall to to the lot of mortals, the
invalid was lifted in, in a fainting state,
and borne away swiftly into the night.
Darkly, indeed, it fell upon the Grange,
where the widower was left mourning for
the wife that was still alive. Weeks and
months passed by, but he would not be
comforted. The sketch-book on the table,
the piano in the hall, the flowers in and
about the house, the garden wherein she
had loved to busy herself, her favorite
walks, the very prospect her soul had, de
lighted in, were robbed of all their charms
for him at once. Tears instead of smiles
sprang forth at the sight of them ; horror
Was born of them instead of joy—skeletons
of their former selves, wherefrom the
glory had departed, and into which the
life was no more breathed. As kind and
as good as ever, his cheerfulness seemed
quite to have forsaken him, and he was
growing old at heart, and gray on bead
apace. Mrs. Heathcote—for she had re
assumed her former name—never wrote
one line to him, nor he to her ; but his
sister corresponded with the squire daily,
and to receive those letters, and to talk
with me and others, who had known her,
of his departed wife, was his sole pleasure.
It was sometime after the separation of
Mr. and Mrs. Markham, that I exchanged
my vicarage at Woodislee for the Summer
on account of the sickness of my eldest
child, for a parish on the sea coast, and,
with much difficulty, I got the squire to
accompany us.
The novelty of the mode of life and
scene were somewhat benefiting him, and
long excursions on the water affording him
most amusement, I persuaded him to take
them continually. One evening, while he
was thus employed, I was suddenly sent
for from the beach, to see what could be
done for a poor fellow who had fallen off
the cliff. lie was, the messenger told me,
as we hurried along, a well-known accom
plice of the smugglers infesting that part
of the coast, and had met with this acci
dent, it was supposed, while signalizing to
some of them the approach of a revenue
cutter. A little crowd had gathered
round him on the shore, but not, evincing
that sympathy which is usually felt among
the poor in places of that sort for victims
to the excise laws. They had, however,
furnished him with a mattress, and were
giving him water. He was speechless and
scarcely sensible, they said ; but a glance.
at his terrified eyes as I came up convinced
me tp the contrary. Mangled as he was
about the head, and altered by what
appeared to me to be the certain approach
of death, I recognized the wretched
Heathcote at once. He was borne with my
directions, to the nearest cottage, and a
man on horseback dispatched for medical
help, although I saw that it could be of
no avail. I remained by his bedside all
through that night and it was a fearful one.
When the doctor told him that without
doubt, he was a dying man, I thought it
would have killed him on the instant.
6 I have done everything horrible, and
nothing good my whole life long,' he said.
I gave him such comfort as I could with
truth afford him, and urged him to peni
tence and prayer. His murder, his felony,
and whatsoever other crimes he may have
committed, did not seem to oppress him so
heavily as his treatment of his poor wife.
An angel, an angel,' he repeated, and I
was a fiend to her. Markham, Markham,
he will make her happy yet. Poor Jane
Poor Jane!' were his last words. When,
after his burial, I told the Squire this, he
was affected to tears. My hatred of that
man,' said he, has stood between me and
heaven, I believe ; but 1 forgive him all.'
In twelve months time from that forgive
ness, he stood within this church upon the
hill at Woodislee, and was married afresh
unto Jane Heathcote, by me. It was a
happier one day than any of us had hoped
td see at the Grange again. The only
person who shed a single tear was dear
little Hiss Markham ; but that is her way
of expressing intense satisfaction. Not a
villager was there who did not rejoice in
their joy, from the ancient clerk of eighty
years, who kissed the bride's hand at the
door, to the little school children who
scattered flowers before their feet. There
is very little else to tell. Besides—see,
there comes toddling up to us, a little fel
low, before whom, nothing father must be
said; a pleasant looking, handsome lad,
with the smile—the old smile that is worn
again now—of his mother. Once upon a
time, I remember, she said she was happy
not to have him ; but they were both glad
at the Grange, too, I think, to welcome
the young squire.
CARDS.
IIION P. E Y
AT EY AT LAW.
OFFICE:—Su 3R North
.may 11 ly 17] LAN(' A,rest, PENNI
FREDERICK S. PYFER',
ATTORNEY 81' LAW.
OFFICE.—No. 11 NORTH DUKE STREET, WE, SIDE. LAN
CASTES. P. opr '2O t f 14
E 0V A L.--WILLIAM. S. 1111IWEG,
Attorury at Law, has rrtm,ul from
former place into South Dec! sir. rt. .pp ,4te the
Trinity Lutheran Church :Apr 5 Cfl2
ADIUEL 14. REYNOLDS, Attorney at
Law. office. N. 1.4 North UoU st , piro , ilo the
Court thou, i lay 5 ,rl5
NI T .T.McP H A A T I PnIi NEY Al LAW.
mar 31 1 y 1l STRAMICI:(I. LaliC.l-tt, Co., la.
IVEWTON LIGHTNER, ATTORNEY
11 AT LAW, has his °nice iu North link street. nem lv
niiposite the Court (loiter.
Lancaster, Apr 1 It 11
110 EMOVAL.--WkLLIAB B. FORD NE
IX, Attorney ut Lv.v. had removed his to loon North
Queen steel to the Lnildinu in the south east earn, of
Centre Square. formerly known as Ilubte s lintel.
Lancaster, april 10
TAR. JOHN 111'CALLA, DENTIST,--Office
If No. 4 Host King eitrool. Loncootor. pr 1 , tr 13
LDUS J. NEFF, Attorney at. Low.--
IA 011ie, with B. A. Ahmffer. nou , h-'t-st , or nor
Centre ~quare, Laneast..r. may 15, '55 ly 17
E DWARD 111. 9 GOVERN.
ATTORNEY AT I,IW,
No. 5 SOUTH DUKE sTiIEa—NEAK THE 1'4 , 1:1.,
LA NC.% , 4 1 . ER. PA.
apr 6 If 12
NATILLIADI 'WHITESIDE, SURGEON
11 BIi,V2IST.--0111re in North Queen street. directly
over Imni_fr Drug Store.
Laricastir. may 27,1656. ly 16
13 EitOVAL.--DR. J. T. BAKER, 1109—
(EPATIII.2 PHYSICIAN. hoe removed his other, to
Limo rtreot. between Orange and En,t King streets, west
Side.
Refenneu—Profosgor W. A. (Junin,. PliPnlelphin.
Culls horn the country will ho promptly attended to.
npr G tf
TESSE LANDIS, Attorney at. Lovv.--Of
ti tee one door east of Lechler's 116te1, Eaat. King street,
Lancaster, Pa.
A❑ kinds of Srrivening—such so writing Wills.
Deeds, Mortgages, Accounts, to., will be attended to with
correctness and despatch. may tf-17
JAMES BLACK, Attorney at Latv.--Of—
lice in East King slrset, two doors east of Lecloler's
Hotel, Lancaster, Pa.
All business connected with bi• profession, and
all kinds of writing. ouch as preparing D. Mortgages,
Wills, Stating Accounts. Ac.. promptly attended to.
may 15. tf-17
JOHN F. BRINTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PHILADELPHIA. Po.,
fins remnre , l his of to his residerre. No. 249 South 6th
Street, Itt.ol, , Ce.
Refer., by permismion to
nov ly 5
DETER D. MYERS,
HEAL ESTATE AGENT
PHILADELPHIA,
will attend to the Renting of Houses. Cone, liug House
ttat Ground Rents. kr. A•_enaiea entrusted to his care
will be thankfully received, and carefully attended to.—
Satisfactory reference given. Office N. E corner 01
SEVENTH and SANSOM streets, &wood Floor. No. 10.
fah 17
rIRUG AND CHEMICA L
. STORE.
17 T he subscriber having removed inn store to the new
building nearly opposite his oil stand. and direcfly opposie
the ern.; Ness lintel, has now on hand a well selected
stock of articles belonging to the Drug lousiness consisting
in pirt of Oils. Acids, Spices. heeds. Alcohol. Pondered
Articl-s. :sarsaparillas, be., Ac., to which the attenthm of
COUUtr) merchants. physicians and consumers in general
is invited. TIIoM AS ELLAIAKEIt.
fel, 9 tf 4 West King street, Loner.
TO FARMERS.--Having been appoint
'rd Meesrs. Allen & Needles agents to Lane.seter for
the taco of their eelebrettel _ _
SUPER PHOSPHATE OF LIME,
we would call the :carol bon of Farmers to this fertilizer, it
being superior to all others; and from the testimony (.1
those who have used it for some years pact. we feel author.
Mod iu saying it is the; bust application for Corn, Oats
Wheat, Grass and other crepe which require a vigorous
and permanent stimulant, that has ever been offered to
the public. Apply to 0 EO. CALDER .4 CO,
East Orange street, 2d door from North Queen st., and at
Uraeff's Landing on the Conestoga.
A/117'00D MOULDINGS.
V UNITED STATES WOOD MOULDING, TURNING
AND SCROLL SAWING MILL.
Fifteenth street, between Market. and Chesnut streets,
Philadelphia.
Also, Sash, Blinds, Shutters and Window Frames for
sale low—all of which are of the btot_materills_and . work•
Mani
ship.
ay 111 p 18
T)IFLESI GUNS! REVOLVERS !-.I
bare opened a 'tarp. assortment of Rifles, Guns. Re.
volvers, Pistols and Hunting equipments of all kinds, at
low prices.
I have engaged the services of Mr. Henry Gibbs, who
will attend to repairing rt Guns, Sc., in all Its branches.—
All work warranted S. A. DANNER,
W. st King street, between Cooper's and Leumn's Hotels
apr2 tf 15
ONIGIIIACHER do BAUMAN, TAN
jI here and Curriers Store, back of Robr. Moderwell's
Commission Warehouse, fronting on the Railroad and
North Prince street. Cheap for Cash or approved credit.—
Constantly on hand a full assortment of all kinds Saddler's
and Shoemaker's Leather, of superior quality, including
" Rouzer's celebrated Sole Leather," also, Leather Bands,
well stretched, suitable for all kinds of machinery, of any
length and width required, made of a superior quality of
Leather. Furnace Bellows, Band and Lacing Leather, Gar
den Bose. Tanner's Oil, Currier's Tools, Moroccos, Shoe
Findings, &c.
All kinds old Leather bought in the rough; highest pt ices
given lor Hides and Skins In cash; orders wilt be prompt
ly attended to. , sly 6
FALL GOODS .--The subscribers beg
leave to inform their friends and country merchants
generally, tha their stock of
HOSIERY, Gi.OVES, SHIRTS, DRAWERS,
Woolen and Small Waris is now complete. comprising
their usual assortment, ano which they will sell at the
lowest market rates.
They would especially call attention to their stock of
BUCKSKIN GLOVES AND MITTFINS, comprising the
Hanover, Germantown, Johnstown and oilier desirable
makes, which they have purchased directly from the man•
ufacturere, for cash, and are now prepared to sell at re
duced rates.
SHAFFNER, ZIEGLER. & CO.,
Importers and Jobbers, No. 38 North Fourth Street, near
the Merchants' Hotel, Philadelplda.
a tf 82
ng 24
.
FARDIERS ATTENTIOPUI
The best article Jn the world for raising Wheat la
LEINAU'S SUPERIOR PHOSPHATE OF LIME,
at 4140 per too, or 2 1 4 cts. a lb., by the barrel. Analyeed
and recommended for the Wheat and Grain crops b Eb „, 2l,-
femur CHARLES T. JACKSON, Chemist of the
States Patent Office, Dashiquten, 55. C.
It will repay the outlay 50 to 100 per cent., and will not
burn the seed by coming in contact as (Stun° does.
teal" TRY IT—PRO rE IT 1 I
G. A. LEINAD, Proprietor,
No. 21, South Front Street, Philadelphia Clty, Pa.,
or ofmy Agents throughout the country.
ANALYSIS can bo seen at my Office.
411' - Cash mailed with the order will metre prompt at.
ten tion.
A liberal discount to storekeepers who buy to sell again
Pamphlets con be had at my Office.
aug 24 2m 32J
FTAGEII. & BROTHERS,
I Lace just received and offer for sale at lowest prices,
CARPETINGS,
VELVET. BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY,
TEIREEPLY, PTIRAIN, VENETIAN.
and RAG. of the best styles and manufacture. Also, su
perior qualify of FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, from one to four
yards wide. FLOOR and STAIR DR UGGETS.
WALL PAPERS. DECORATIONS, BORDERS,
of en t irt•ly ziew die.igns in Velvet. Gilt, Glazed and Common*
CHINA, GLASS AND QUEENSW ARE, SPRING, HAIR
AND HUSK MATRASSES,
FEATHERS,
sep 7 tf
PRILATELPRIk. Jul) 10th. 1858.
TO THE FARMERS AND GRAIN DEAL.
ERS OF LANCASTER COUNTY:
In consequence of a prevailing misapprehension on the
subject, I am induced, under the advice of Counsel, re
spectfully to call your attention to the several Aots of As.
sembly relatin, to the Measuring of Grain at the Port of
Philadelphia. All Grain imported or brought Into the
Port of Philadelphia. must. by the express words of the
h. oteasnred p the underni4ted or one of his Depu
ties. The eDtiliC•ueui of these provisions is required as
aril for the rnote••7i'm the public. as for the Interests of
she trade, and I rely oil your co-operation in the endeavor
,4hi,h I shall ni h. , faithful!, to execute the duties of my
office. Any practise whirl, dispenses with the official act
of the undersigned ur his deputi,s, and at the same time
subjects either the consignor or consignee to a charge for
measurement. is. I am advised, in contravention of law,
and ennuut longer continue.
Respectfully yours,
JAMES ALLISON,
Head Grain Measurer for the Port of Philadelphia.
OFFICE, Corner of Broad and Race Streets, Philadelphia.
aug 24 3m 32
EVI W. GROFF.
FAR lIIRETILLE. LANCASTER COUNTT, PA.
MANUFACTURER ON TUB OLD PROCESS . •
sisce 1342 or
DOUBLE DISTILLED PURE RYE WHISKEY.
Wftrranted to be Pure, without Corn or Drug, and die-
tilled out of the best of Rye only. • aug 17 4m' S 1
PENNSYLVANIA PATENT AGENCY.
J. FRANKLIN ItKIUAItT, of Lancaster city, obtains
Lstters Patent from the U. S. Potent Office, on the most
reacenabie terms. Drawings of all kinds of Machinery,
Architect are. or Surve), correctly executed by him. Like
wise Deeds, Bonds and other instruments of writing.
Other—No. 3 Fulton Buildings, Prince street.
11DUC ATIONAL HEAD QUARTERS.
BooKs, Si'lliaJL A PPABATUS,
Such es the Holbrook School Apparatus, the Franklin
Globes, Pel ton's Outline Mops. Sanders' Elocutionary
Chart, Sander,' towns. and Porker 3 Watson's series of
Itead , rs. Brook's. Stoddard's Davies' and Greenleaf's series
of Aril litn,tics,MiiNitlii a d MOl/111,UCK, Smith's. Mitchell's,
i'olten and Filene's and 15"Irreti'm series of Boographiss.—
Bullion's. Green's Covers. and Smith's Gratunters, Atc., &a.
In addition to the ob ire, we have everything in the
educational line. needed far the complete outfit of a well
supplied /i)1 nen. to he had at the Educational Depot
at the clout reasonable wholesale and retail rates.
The publi, have been informed of the recent change in
the firm of the Cheap Book Store, lint we would here state
attic, that the canto undiminished efforts used by the
preoed , mt firms, will be continued to meet all the wants
of the people in the most satisfactory manner, and as to
the ability of the new ft rut to fulfil all its promises.
We would extend to all a eordial invitation to call and
se, the choice, select and extetodve stock, ascertain the low
pri..e, and we will be responsible If yin don't buy. Never
was there a more extensive and cheap miscellaneous stock
of lieoks, in any one store in Laneanter before, than DOW
on the •helves of the Cheap hook Store. Those wanting
d 19. k. aid lhu vahlablo for a mdect library
boul4 I.lli at the Cheap Ikuk Store of
.1 , ,11N SHAEFFER,
Success, I Murray, Young & Cu.
ng 1 tf u
F.ItcvAANNb'sp,'%.;;ELLYicABLOsT.O....ST A-
T rENTR ' E sQUA RE BOOK SToRE, formely carried
on by Murray. Young & Co., box been purchased by the
undersigned, who intends to conduct It in all its branches
here, Twe ;
out by attention to business and to the
ants af the people, he hopes to render satisfaCtion to his
fri,aals and to the public generally, who favored the old
establishment under his management.
Morin;; been in charge of this concern for some years,
under II writs.Cu_ be has bacome Intimately
iwunitin:s,l will) the name of the business, and does not
doo , t 1110 stilly to manage it to the satisfaction of tho
public lA' therefore respectfully asks encouragament.
CHEAP Pllll UASII —There is at present on his shelve.
a large stork of NI in-thou.,. lobs in all branches of liter
attire, which will be sold extremely LOW FOR CASH.
10)1)11k ORD I.:RED.—Any book not on our sho:ves will
emorel iw moll lady if desired.
Til P LATEST PUBLICATIONS will he received as soon
as possil.:e.
STATIoN Eli Y.—A gem eral assortment of PLAIN AND
FANCY STATE'NERY will be kept constantly on hand.
AZI N ES AND NEWSPAPERS 01 the latest dates
will be, receirf,l at the eadiest moment.
sEBSCR PTIIEsS will be received for all the Periodicals
at the loceo xu bocci pion prices, Magaginss or Newspapers
will he ~e”t bv moil. if desired. to any part of the country.
BA, R . NUMBERS FURNISHED.
SCIGn IL itin }Ks. —The various Books In use In this
ell y hid runty, will be kept on hand and sold as low as
elsewhere. wholesale sod Retail.
The public is invited t , "all anti look at the stock of the
CENTRE SQUARE BOOK STORE of
July 27 tf 28 W. F. DUNCAN.
AT EVI/ . YORK WINE dr., LIQUOR STORE.
ill Al) REIGA RT. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Elf;`:iG iii AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS.
- ;kg No. - k North Duke Street, oust door to the office g k
of the •• IsTotumiNoott," sod directly opposite • • •
the Court. House, Lancaster, Pu.
The subscriber take this method of informing the pub-
I:c that he has just opened a large assortment of
WINES and LIQUORS of the choicest Brands and Quali—
ties. Having made arrangements with some of the first
houses in Cognac and Rochelle, enables him to furnish to
his customers, upon the most liberal terms, the followitt2
brands of Cognac and Rochelle Brandies:
UTARD, II EN N ESY,
PIN ET CASTILLION,
T. DIMES, MARTELL,
MARRETT, PELLEVOSIN,
J. J. DEPUY & CO.,
A. SEItUNETTE, &c, &a.
WINES.
OLD OPORTO,
CLARET,
MADEIRA,
TEN ERIF FE,
MUSCAT and
MALAGA WINES.
of various brands and qualities. Holland Gin, Scheldam
Schnapps, Jamaica Spirits, • Scotch and Irish Whiskeys;
Peach. Apple, Lavender, Blackberry, Cherry, Ginger and
Ila,pberry Brandies; Cordials, Wine Bitters, Amsterdam
Bitters. Br., Ac.
Also, Agents and Sole Proprietors of the
OLD WHEAT WHISKEY.
Constantly on hand, an extensive stock of Old MOI2OII
- Whiskeys of various grades, some of which he
guarantees to be superior to any in the country.
All goods front this establishment are guarantied to give
sat islaction, with the privilege of being returned
apr 28
CHAMPAGNE,
BURGUNDY,
SHERRY,
LISB,IN,
HOCK,
!lon. 11. G.
A. L. HAYES,
FERR,E BRISTON,
TLIADDEUS STEVENS
AM (TEL L. FOX, OPTICIAN,
1.7 NORTH 20 STREET, AO ,YE iitniONWOOD CaIiZZT,
Spectacles in Vold, Silver and E:astic Steel Frames, of a
great variety of patterns, with Superior Glasses, carefully
adapted to (he eight, , "PY 4 . 11 .5.n. Eigetteasi
scopes, Drawing . Instruments, Surveyors'
42ompasses and Transits, Dairy Thermometers, Glazier?
Diamonds, he., he.
All kinds of Optical Instruments made, repaired and
adjuettd.
Agent for Fix,' Oblique Pointed Gold and Steel Pene,
and the $25 Double Threaded Sewing Machines.
may 18
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the MOUNT JOY SA VINUS INSTITUTION, located
iu Mount Joy Borough, Lancaster county, with a capital
stock Lf Fifty Thousand Dollars ' will apply at the next
oeooion or the Bouncy Ivania Legislature, for the privilege of
increasing its capital stock Twenty-five Thousand Dollars,
with the further privilege of i ocretuting the same CO Use
Hundred and Filly Thousand Dollars, and for power to
change its IMMO to the " MOUNT JOY BANK," and under
that 110010, in its present location, to Issue bank notes, and
in addition to its pres,mt privileges,
to exercise and enjoy
general banking privileges, under the general laws of the
Commonwealth regulating Banks. By order of the Dire°.
tors. HENRY EBERLE, President.
•
JAcou It. Loss, Treasurer.
Mount Joy. Penna., June 22,1858. [June 22 em 23
Xl' ET CASH DRY GOODS HOUSE.
.1.11 1858. NEW STOCK OF FALL GOODS • 1858.
EIRE G LANDELL, FOURTH & ARCH Streets, Phila
delphia, have in store and daily receiving a fine Stock of
Fall Dry Goode Fulled to the near trade.
BLACK SILKS of all grades.
FASHIONABLE FANCY SILKS.
SHAWLS of all the newest styles.
DRESS GOODS, in full variety
STAPLE GOODS. in large stock.
FANCY CA SSDIER.E, CLOTHS tc YESTINGS.
BLANKETS, QUILTS, LINEN DAMASKS, Ac.
N. B. Good Bargains Daily received from New York and
Philadelphia Auvuon Sales.
""." TERMS Nr.r CASH, AND PRICES LOW.
aug SL
IiENJAMIN ESLER,
Proprietor
V i - ATIONAL POLICE GA ZETTE.--Thls
Ureat Journal of Crime and Criminals Is In its Thir
teenth year, and is widely circulated throughout the noun
try. It is the first paper of the kind published in the
United S'atea, and in distinctive in its character. It has
lately panned Into the hoods of Geo. W. Matson k Co., by
whom it will hereafter be conducted. Mr. Matsell was
formerly Chief of Police of New York City, and he will no
doubt render It one of the most Interesting papers in the
country. Its editorials are forcibly written, and of a char
acter that should command for the paper universal sup
port.
/Qin Subscriptions, $2 per annum; $l for Six Months, to.
be remitted by Subscribers, (who should write their names
and the town, county and state where they'reside
GEO. W. MATSELL & CO.,
Editors and Proprietors of the
National Police Gazette,
New York City.
MEM
HOPEWELL. ACADEMY. .
The object of the Proprietors of this School is to. if-:
ford young men an opportunity of procuring, at a moder
ate expense. the elements of a thorough English Classical
or Mathematical Education.
The Winter Term will commence on the VIM Tlffii!,.B
- of NOVEMBER, and continue twenty wiltlti,' • - -'
For circulars containing particulars, address. •
asp 21 6t 36 JAMES W. ANDREWS,
"
Hopewell Cotton Works, attestor ocouity,lono
NO 40.
PHIL ‘DELI . IIIA.
Sir rears with eh" ilcAllisters.