v~ -
octims mirArion.
The glagirom nets= Is pohUldted
6 Thuredal illototrt by B. aL and Z. J.
J.
ci.B eeee, d Tiro Donors par MintriOladellSM
AprghTI2I2XENTS. emesellng MN' Lhaes
wa rted at res mum paints or kit mmliolt. Sad
nu mos per Use for subsisqnani Infilethali
special Notices inn:irked before Marilletegeggi
Paths will be charged rum= erns per Um fie
each ;sorties. AU Itemdatioas of Assordsionni
ronnannimUena sr limited or hadiehholl
sod notices or larrialies and Death% agosedingi
:Ines, ire charged oar cams per lina.
1 Pear. 6 Yak
one Column. .............. 111 OD SOO Ho
........... SO -
one squire ................. 12 ge
f A tray, Cannot. Islet andironnd, and other *dew.
urn:meta. not exceeding Tim tines, three weeks.
or lees.
tdatittiarraWr s sad Executoeo Notices. 81 SO
3 tio
Anditor's Notices. 2 in
itifitou Cirds. Ave lines. (per year)... ...... as
'Merchants and others. advertising their tomirmas,
tr ll Weitz/lEOd $l 3 Per year. They he =WM
i; column. confined exeltududir to their badness.
with privilere et cleated; chan/fen.
T Advertising in all eases exclusive of snbacrip.
lion to the paper_
roil YBENTris Orrery kind. in Plign and limp
.0:ora. done with fleetness and &mug& gungisay;
slinks, Cards. Pansplileta.ltillheada. Statements. kn.
of e very variety and stxle. printed at the rimiest
ne& The UMW= Odic* to wet! antiplied with
co
Warr Presses. a good assortment of new type. sad
„ en -thing in the Printing line can be executed In
the cost artistic manner and at the J lowest rates.
TEMPI INVAILIABLY CAM
BMINESB MOS.
AE R YSVILLE 141T4 Se 3
L
The subscriber. having purchased the LoSayrrille
Mills. and refitted the same In mod order. is now
prepared to do goof work, and to
ere emen
ZY.
d Sudo.
f acticsa. M. 710 E
T ,B s isvilk. Sept. 2/. temp,—ly
PRICE LIST—CASCADE MILLS.
goat qnnlit , Wintor Wheat Flour per eack....sl oil;
Per hundred pounds 3 23
iv, barrel 0 8 60
_
v.: Flour pet hundred pounds 3 00
uo.-kaheat . 3 00
1 - ,,.a. nye.Corn and Oats per hundred lbs... I 87,t;
ytur martin Allowed to dealers.
ca.brn erindine usually done at once. as the ea
r,. iv Of the mill is sntlicient for • lame ammint of
• , k. 11. 13.1311311A11.
Camptown. lillreh 23. 1876.
kTENT TSEETALIC WHITE
WIFE CLOTRIN L!N E not to
isear, tare. oorrode or injure the finest fabrics.
1 , *save up and ready for nee. The weather deem
%-t Ihe loud street ft. It will last for 20 to 50
pare. nd comta Ind. three ("este per foot lam nay
prepared to put the wire and guarantee satisfaction
ro pay. If out railed optin at your houses. ad.
cx or call at Maridlallßmthces. liarAwive store.
C. L. DUTCHER. Agent.
Towanda.
iptLicKS3FITHENG !
1
F. J. Ih7o
Havini completed mv new brick shop. near my
~etruee on Ma , natreet lam new prepared to do
• nrk in all its branches. Particular attention pall
11111 irons and edge tools. Having anent man,
q.t ., re-Immunity% in thin bus.nesa. I trust
be a oitfwent ansrantPe of my receiving a liber
i:nrwoun t of the public patro
HENRY
TI INS MIME.
Towanda. Nov. 3. 'lnt,9 —tf
FERSBURG MILLS!
achacritX•ra are now /Intuit bneinems in their
of the BEST QUALITY at the Mmurerma
wteat. Rye, and Buckwheat Flour. and Feed con
stlntly on hand for tale at market rates.
ti.m a lame gnantlty of GROUND PLASTER of
.411..ri0r quzlity from the old Torn & Wee.
liyer%hurg. Iter. 20.'09. MCF.It k mom
NEW DYEING ESTABLISH
MENT.
The sotAirriher takes this method of informing the
of Tna-andli Ind vicinity that he has oren6a
a Dye.nrt EKt3bittlhlnetli In Cel. linage' new build-
NO. 166 MAIN STREET
.pr.o,te Gen. Pattnn'n). and that ho to now pre
!Lanni to do all work in hie line. midi al CLEANING
n 1 COLORINfI la.nea' and gentlemen'■ aament■,
&c.. in thn nnatent manner and on the tonal
r..nnabl• termm. Give me a nall and examine my
HENRY REDDING.
Rept. 23. 1h69.
B RADFORD COIINTY
BEAL ESTATE AGENCY
H. B. ISIcKEA.N, REAL ESTATE AGE.-NT
l'a;aatile Fame, Mal Properties.. City and Town
Lot. , frr side.
Parties havine property for sale will find it to their
L.trarttaor tiy leaving s description of the same. with
of sale rt this agency, as parties are consta4tly
r..l..armir for farrcur, &c. H. D. IttcREAN,
Real Estate Agent.
Maaon's Bank. Towanda, Ea.
-Jan. ix). IKiT.
CHE UNDERSIGNED HAVE
Bunking House in Towanda, under the
111'11P of F. 1.1A30N /4: CO.
. . . .
are prepared to draw Bills of Exchange, and
collections in New Tart. Philadelphia. and all
r , rt.oilii of the United Stitua. as also England. Oar
iivoy. sod Franco. To loan money. receive deposits,
CI I I.e. do a general Banking Madness.
F. 111.011 was one of the late .firm of Laporte.
l'O.. of Towanda, Pa— and his knowledge of
• n- business men of Bradford and adjoining counties
, I hoe tnu been in the banking business for about
r.: year.. make this house &desirable one through
c.. make collections. 6. F. 31XSON.
T .rarrla. Oct. 1. ISM. A. G. MASON.
BooKS POR FARMERS AND
STOCK BREED/a:DI.
+end Volume' of the AMERICAS STOCK
JOLS
tI.. for 1869 rontaining . 324 large double column
pObtaft) 1,114 for $1 SO
Vommea of the American Stock Journal for
. • .
1 , 7.1. containing U 4 pages. sent-post paid forEl SO
T linryman's Manual. sent) post paid for 25 eta
7 h.• ❑.roman's Manual. 23
liftnte Breeder'. Mamie
Poultry Breeder's Manual 23
.surge the Manuals sent poet paid to one ad.
.cress for $1 03
...nerds wanted. to whom liborti inducements will
e offered. Address
. .
N. P. ROVER it CO., Publishers,
Parkeshum, Chester CO.. Pa
.1119.3 m
NEW FALL & WINTER GOODS
IIRS. E. J. PIERCE,
iuot plumed from Ncor York with a flrat-clad
.WLINERY. GOODS
l'eueoting of the late 4 imported etyles of
RATS. BO,NNETB, RIB B-ONS, dc. Lc
Ins would respectfully invite the ladles of Towan
da and vtetuitv to give her a call before purchasing
'Fork done in neat and fashionable style
short tiptoe; tre-Rooms over M. E. Roses
store. oppo.dte Towanda. Pa.
3-pterober 30, 1859.
N E FI R 31!
.YE GooDs AYD LOTV PRICES!
AT lIONMETON, l'A..
TRACY & HOLLON,
)i,Lnii Peelers in Grooeries and Provisions. Drugs
rr, I Medicines. Kerosene Oil. Lamps. Chimneys.
~ ide s . Dye Funds, Paints, Oils, Varnish. Yankee No.
Tobacco. Cigars and Snuff. Pure Wines Mid
I lucre . of the hest quality. for medicinal purposes
.:+ I Y. All Goads sold at the very lowest prices. Pre
s.r.ptions carefully 'compounded at all hours of the
do) and night. GM, us a calL
TRACT & HOLLON.
Monroot.m. Pa.. June 21. 11169—1 y.
CHE.kI) PASSAGE FROM OR TO
IRELAND OR ENGLAND
INHMBEMMEI
Wlilmeum S tittion's Black Star " of Liv•
Paaete. Failing entry week.
Line of Packets from or to London.
' , nat.; twice a month.
lteauttances to England, lreland and Scotland ply
l'.:e On demand.
, forth.r particulars. apply to Williams 4 Onion,
")Bresilway. New Turk. or
0. Y. MASON & CA.. Bankers,
Towanda, Pa.
MIMI
S. PECK, MILT,WRIGHT
C • ictirium. Towanda. Pa. Kills butte
rvia:nd. Engines and Boilers pet in the best
I .-ould call the attention of mill owners to
NEW VORTEX WATER WEREL
•-oaknan.; all the elements of a find-class mottcr,
aLinph,ty ofcoluotn1 , 1:0B. ureasibility.great strength
• , 1 part developing thewreatcst amount of power for
w.wr u,ed . easily repaired. rsitinitwunder backwater
en detriment to power except .diminution of
T.Truring, no alteration in mill frames or addl-
flume. will rue ender low head. and made of
rapacity. These wheels will be furnished
than ono-half the cost of any other Ind-clam
in market. and warranted to perform all that
-!amid for thorn. These wheels will be made for
.! !.rite w nth et without Mita. on abort notice, of the
• St Iron m market
r '7 full partxulars address or enquire of the clder
,- 4..1. 0. S. PECK. Towanda. Pa.
s•—Thr•te wheels can be sot% in operation at
'll.rtou Ar trolls' Mitt. Towanda twp. Tba
s Ira wholly composed of Iron as now made.
J. It. 1 1 1,1.1 11
GENUINE IMPORTED
NORW AT OATS.
tiEST FREE TJ FARMER&
mra iW to 130 bushels gipwo to the sere.—
' n.'as from 40 to 45 pounds to the bushel. This
.4111 11.1 a he ,n gruen on eTery variety of soil. sad in
„,. lute of the taloa, with the most perfect sue.
t , ,nmn t• very large • pinmp find handsome. bee
s iiiitharkstile thin hunk • and ripens earlier Man the
ecuoh varlet:es.
Ta...tes.. la brlght, cltar, stunt and not Ilatde
i.p.rfestly clear: of rust, and grows ftbm 4 to
11,4 11,01.
• .
htse both the White and Blavk Norway, both
•arge pnoe and equally prodnetive.
1r..1.1.0A Otte quart of the abase oats to any
4ideeo b poet pail trer„ St 00
Two - quarts post paid. 200
ptil s , ut by express or feelebt, • 3OS
14 :11nnititl, 20 pounds, 6 as
buittv•L 40 pound.. • 10 00
tUTION.—stA. We wish It distineUy naderstcmd
tblt 1. not a light oats. weighing 23 to 32 lbs.
England, cud told under the name of
'''''"Y• but imparted seed, every bushel gauss.
to weigh 40 lb, or the money refunded.
samples sf both kinds lent tree for a three sent
twiny, Also circulars and lestimonala. Address all
re a Xlo to It. P. DOTER 61 00..
Partreintrg, elterfsrCe., re.
4. ;,;
t, 71.
ALVORD & CIAAVVIDN, Publishem.
VOLUME XXX.
:4 1::11
JAMES WOOD,. know: an,
Om:mum it LairAbysm". PS.
UENRY PEST, ATT9RNEY AT
Law, Tamils. Pa Sw rr, 411.
PDWARD OVERTON, JR., AT
LI TOZIMIT AT, LAW. Toursids. Pa Me famed"
oscapied by the late I. C. Adam. and' 1,
GearD. MONTAN= AT AT LAW. 060111-011110! 01 WWI se(
opposite Porter's Dreg Stare.
Ncr A. PECK, ATTORNEY AT
• Law. Towanda. P. Mos .roa ns Jko•
%wry. south of tb• Ward Houk aod owed* Ow
Court Baum nova, I&
vira THOMPSON, ATTORNEY
• AT Law. Tenreads. Ps. °else erlth W. C.
Bogart. Eq.. No. II Ede Now. An business e•.
trusted to Ws ewe Inn be promptly attended to.
July 1. MO.
WH. CISENOCHAN, ATTOR
• mAT taw (Dietriel ketone, k End.
ford Cowan. Trer,Pa. Concedes& nada sed=ell.
17 remitted, " fib 11.
JOHN N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY
•AT Lew, Towanda. Pe. Partlady Mention giv
en to Orphans' Court boaimea. Casseeyaaelas attil
Conecticom As- Moe at the Reoatee awl Seem.
dere ofhoe. month of the Court Sous.
•
De 1.186 e.
BE:NJ. M. PECK, . ATTORNEY
•AT Law. TORIIIIda, Pa. All badness 111141411110 d
to hie care will receive prompt attention. Cent In
the once lately occupied by Menne & Namur. south
of Ward House. up stairs. . July 111.
MEROUE & DAVIES, ATTOE
nTII AT LAW. Towanda. Pa. The undersigned
having associated themselves together in the praettoe
of Law. offer their professional mercies, to the publht.
ULYSSES DEEM& •W. T. DAVIE&
March 9, 1970.
JOHN W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT
Law, Towanda, Bradford Co., Pa.
itzszam. ninnualcz LeExT.
Partlcralarittention paid to Collectionsand Orphans'
Court badness. Odice—Mercor's New Flock. north
aide Public Square. Vt. 459.
IFIB. McKE A N, ATTORNEY
~ a COMMILOII AT LAir. Tovaads, P Par
ticular attention paid to, liminess in the Orphans'
Court. July 10, WI.
IV B. RiFILLT, DENTIST. OF
• lice over Wickham k Black's. Towanda. Pa.
Particular attention is called to Amenrom sa a base
for Artificial Teeth. Raving need- his material for
the pad four years. I can confidently recommend it
u being far supeVior to Rubber. Please call and ex
amine specimens. li' Mimeo= administered
when desired. may 20.
11R: IL WESTON, DENTIST.-
..iv Mica in Pslian'e Black. over Gore's Drug and
Chemical Stare. Pa I.'Bs.
Fr II JOHNSON, PHYSICIAN
• AND BCRGEOII. Tomda. Pa. OfillYl with W.
B. Kelly. over 'Male= & Black. Residence at the
Means Heuer. sarl6.llll.
DR. H. A. BARTLETT, Physician
and Surgeon. Sugar Bun. Bradford County. Pa.
Office at reatdenee formerly occupied by Dr. Ely.
aug.10.1a131.11
DR. STEVENS, over Buovars (late
Gouts) Drag Store, Pattoals Block, tu aloes
lately occupied ba Dr. Madill and Dr.Weaton. 11.50.
, BEACH, . D. •
Physician
L. and Surgeon. T o anda. M Pa. Particular atten
tion paid to all Chronic Diseases. and Diseases at
Femalca. Mae at Ida Siwidence! on State at.. two
&ors east or Dr. Pratte. nev.11.69.
DOCTOR 0. LEWIS, A GRA.DU- -
ateof the Collage of “Phyaiciana andliargeona,"
New York city, Claes 1143-4, gives exelnaive attention
to the practice of his profession. Mee and residence
en the eastern slope of Orwell Hill, adjoining henry
Jan 14. M.
R. CAMP, INSURANCE
T
Amorr.—Oface formerly oCcupled by Marone
k Morrow, one door month of Ward Mouse.
/lily 22, 1869.
LENTS RHEI3EIN, Fashionable
Tailor. Noma' over Lephavralre Stare. 'rowan
la. Ps. acts. 69.
FOWLER & CO. !
. BEAL ES
.• TATE DEALIO/A. NO. 70 Wagiungion Street. op
posite Opera House. Chicago. m. Reid Estate pur
chased and sold. Investments made and mosey lean
a.. P.. FOWLER.
April al, 1840. S. LIND.
11 B. HOLLETT, MONItOETON,
11• Pa.. agent for the 'Hubbard Mower. Empire
Drill. Ithaca Wheel Rake. and Broadcast Sower far
sowing Muter and all kinds of Grain. Send trir
elr
cclars to It. B. HILLISTT, Hour:elm Bradford Co..
_
Pa.
Jane 9{,'69-Iy.
HAIR WORK OF ALL KINDS,
such as SWITCHES, CURIA BRAIDS. FM
ETTS. ke., made in the best manner and latest stele,
at the Ward Home Barber Shop. Terms reasonable.
Towanda, Dec. 1, ISO.
I'RANCIS E. POST, PAINTER,
.1: Towanda. Ps., with ten years expirienoe, is COll.
64.4nt he can give the beet satisfaction in Painting.
Graining, Staining, Glazing. Papering
vim. Particular attention paid to Jobbing in the
solitary. sprit it, '66.
TORN DLTNFEE, BLACKSMITH,
310111tOET014, PA., lulu particular attentionle
ironing Buggier, Wagons. Weighs, AL 'T'ire set and
repairing done on short notice. Work and charges
guaranteed rudiatactot7. 12.15,69.
OH YES ! .. OH YES!
►. E. MOE. Licensed AllaiolW[f.
All - calla promptly attended to and uttered/on
irlyaranteed. Call or address. A. B. Mon. Monroeton,
Medford county, Pa. 0et.26, 69.
GIFFORD'S NATIONAL PAIN
Killer aod Life Oil, are the Great Family
lipedfice that find a welcome in every home as a
Sovereign Remedy for more of the common Ulm of
life than any other medicine in the market. Sold
by dealers in medicine generally. Manufactured
by C. T. GIFFORD. Chicago, DL. and 113 Main it..
HORNELLEIVILLE. N. Y. March 10, '7O-6•
PATENTS!
J. N. Dears, Solicitor of Patents,
73 Baca) gram WAVERLY. N. T.
Prepares drawings, epecidattione and an papers
required In making and properly amditetlng Appli
cations for Persurre in the llfxrrzn Brassy and Fon
due Covezarze. No ensnare re trxsoectssrm
CAMS AND RO AT1011121 4 11112.1'0 PAY DPITIL PAIIO7
ONTADISD.
Sept. /11. 181M-tf
OW. STEVENS, COUNTY SUR
• wren. Camptowu, Beal Rd Co.. Pu. Thank.
ful to his many employers for past patronage. would
umpectiblly inform the MU:ems of Bradford County
that he is prepared to do any work in his line of but.
tress that may, be entrusted to him. Those baring
disputed lines would do well to have their property
accurately surveyed before allowing themselves to
feel earrlerved by their neighbors. AB work WIVE*.
ed correct, so far as the nature of the cum will per.
mit All unpatented lands attended to ss seen as
warrants are obtained. 0. W. HT/ITEM
reb. 21. 1462-Iy. 1
WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA.
Oil Main Strtet, near tha Court Eldon.
C. T. IMITIL Proprietor.
Oct 8, 1866.
DINING R0 . 031S
CONNECTION WITH THE BAKERY.
Near the Court House.
We are prepared to teed the hungry at all times Of
the slay and evening. Oysters and • Ire Cream in
their sessorui.
March .80. 1870. D. W. SCOTT k CO.
LWFILT, HOUSE, TOWANDA,
Pa.
JOHN C. WILSON
Having leased this Hone, to now ready to aceommo.
date the travelling public. ItSpalns norengense wig
be spared to give satisfaction to these who may give
him a call.
Er North aide of the public oguaro, east of Mi.
cnr's new block.
- pp tritMERFrELD CREEK HO-
J-L TN&
man Lasinutsses,
Raving purchaawl and thoroughly rallied this old
and well•known stead. formerly kept by Sheriff Grit•
la, at the mouth of Itummerkeld Creak, fa reedy to
give good accommodaMms and askew:tory treatment
to all who may favor him with 0 eilL
Dec.• 23. 1868--IC
MEANS HOUSE, TOWANDA,
Ps.. Joasum & Bourns, Troprieton. This
popular Hotel having been thoroughlititted and re
paired. and ftunlahedthnntgliout with sew and ale.
gant Furniture. will be open for the reciedfrat of
greets, on SAMIDAT. Hat /. 1869, Neither r
nor pains has been spared in renderinig Ws=
a modal hotel in all its arrangements. A superior
quality Old Burton Ale. for invade, Just received. ,
April 29, 11363. ' _ _ _
TEMPERANCE HOTELI-Situs
ted on the north-west comer of Main sad Mist
lwth streets. oPPotle WPM'S carriage Factory.
The ulldenfillited hating reeeutly melted his well
known boardlug.house with good aeroausiodatktms.
would respectfully inform the 'pub*: that be
now revered to remise guests and boarders upon
the meat liberal terms.
. .
Jurymen and others attending court will apse!.
ally Mid it to their advantage to patronize the Tem
perance lioteL BROWN: Prop'.
Towanda...Tan. 1.2.1140,—5in -
TRY OUR TEAS AND COFFEE,
mina /L. anim.
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izecattaatt 0h my Oodt
Inconstant! When a single thought at Wee
Sends all :Sy shivering blood •
Back on my been in thrills of eastacyl
Inexnutbultt When to sleep
And dream that thou art near me, is to kern
Bo mueh heaven, I weep
Because the earth and morning must -return.
Inconstant! MO too trio!
Tuned from Hoe rightful lobelia of thy breast.
Hy tired heart flutters through
'The changeful world—a bird without a nisi
Inconstant to the crowd •
Through which I paps, as, to the skies above,
The Beide simmer cloud,
Bat not to thee, Oh, not to thee, dear lore!
I may be false to
On earth beside, and every tender tie
Which seems to hold in thrall
This weary life of mine, may be lie.
Bus true as God's own tenth,
My eh:admit bead tams backward evermore,
To that sweet time of youth
Whose golden tido beats such • barren shore!
loci:instant! Not my own
The hand which builds this wall betw,een our
lives
On its oold shadow, grown "
o perfect sine, the flower of lore sursives.,
433 d knows that I would give
All other Joys, the sweetest and the best,
For one short Low to live
Clow to thy heart, its comlbrt and ita rest
But life is not all dark ;
The sunlight gladdens many a hidden slope,
The dove shall and ita ark
Of peaceful refuge and of patient hope
1 yet shall be possessed
Of woman's mead—my small world set apart I
Home, lore, protection, rest,
And ctdidreris voices, singing through my heart,
By God's help, I will be
A faithful mother and a tender wife ;
Perhaps even mom, that Be
Has chastenedlhe beet glory from my life.
But sacred to his loss
One white sweet chamber of-my heart shall be ;
No foot shall ever cross
The Silent portal seakxl to love and thee.
And sometimes when my lips
Are to my first-bunes clinging, close and long,
Draining with lbeo 7 like sips
As its sweet lily heart, se it be wrong,
for an instant; wild
With precious pain, I put the truth aside,
And dream it is thy child
That I am fondling with such tenger pride?
And when ahother's het
Bleeps on thy heart, it it should ever seem
To be my own instead,
Oh, darling, hold it closer for the dream.
God will forgive the sin,
If OW it it; our lives are swept so dry,
SO cold, so passion -clear,
Thank Him Death comes at last—and so good.
bye.
(From the Atlantic Month
THE BLUE RIVER BANIC
ROBBERY.
" It is not of thOeast use to argue
the question, father; . Tell me plain
ly, yes or no, and'l will bother you
no more- about it."
" I cannot indulge yen in this, Har
ry. Indeed, you should believe me
when I say we cannot afford it."
Mr. Houghton leaned his head
heavily on his bandana he spoke, and
seemed to deprecate the displeasure
of his handsome, impatient son. ---'
" Very well, sir," said the youth of
nineteen, his hand quivering AS he
rose with the anger he seemed striv
ing to keep out of his words and tones.
" I hope you will never be sorry for
the you have refused me to
night. I shall make the trip to Lake
George next week, nevertheless, if I
have to sell my grandfather's watch
and chain to get the money."
A half-groan came from,the hidden
face of Foster Houghton, and a re
proachful "O Harry!" from hismoth
er, whose eyes had been filling with
tears as she sat silent through the
stormy interview. But the boy was
angiy, and in earnest, and he twisted
th 3 chain in his waistcoat to give em
phasis to the threat. Then as• he
took his cloak and cap from the clos
et he continued :
-AUCTION !
" You need not sit up for me, or
leave the door unlocked : I am going
to Tinbormigh with the fellows to the
strawberry party, and as there will
be a dance, and the nights are short,
I shall wait for .daylight to come
home, if I do not stop and catch a
nap at the Valley House before start
ing."
" Who is going from Eludield ?"
inquired the father, more from a de
sire to.ohow an' interest lind win the
boy from his moodinesp than from
any real curiosity.
" Nearly everybody of my set;" said
Harry, with something of studied
coldness ; " Arthur Brooks and Tom
Bonham and Frank Pettengill---ind
Harrison Fry, if you want the ithele
list." •
His father turned sharply -allay,
but the mother spoke appealingly :
"If you would cut off your intima
cy with Harrison Fry, IiOW and for
ever, I think there are Very few things
your father would refuseyon. I have
seen his evil influence over you ever
since he came back from the city. He
was a bad boy, and will be a bad
man."
"Like myself and other wicked
people," said the boy, looking at his
watch, " Harry Fry is not half so black
as he is painted. But I am not as
intimate with him as you fancy • and
as father, I don't think his ireat
meut of me twilight gives hinis claim
to interfere with my lkiendis4pa."
Henry Houghton shot his sUft de-
liberately, for be knew his . .father's
sensitive nature, in which it would
rankle cruelly ; and in a moment he:
was off, bounding through the low,
open window, and running with fleet
steps down the gravel sidewalk to
ward the common.
The family circle thus divided was
that of the cashier of the Blue River
National Bank of Elmfield. Foster
Houghton was a man put middle
age, and older than his years in ap
pearance and in heart. He had pet
ted his only son in , his -childhood
enough to irpoil most boys, and now
made the balance even by repressing
the exuberance of his youth with s
sharpness sometimes no more than
just, sometimes querulous and un
reasonable. The boy's grandfather,
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befiA at ninety and'o44llaliaosi,
weindlipetTEarry. and;lllooo4.4th
bed, bad Preimmted his "oilii-14stk
Frodaluon: watch to thir/114. - lind
both father and mother kill...Arland
bodeeply moved to spariiciiighey
akpalrtu ag -
"liray fear HeorDlr yZukiea
badl Cii:-.
," said . 4 =
lly;ifter a pause in w
er On* of his wife's needlilit**.that'
her thoughts were busy.- . ./ivioell
to the other &toilet-Whiten to be
gin with . He imeihh; after 1 bave
repeatedly e told him how;Vitillibit
hurtnie in my boyhood; std wbst a
fight:l had to break it off..-Alele
te&her_ too much in Ifithllkdlorfe,
com_Pany. He has beenliAiiiiirfore
to Toborough. driving' IMnerikicem
antlitrY in the gray of tir`vuOing ,-
-Aid this project of gang ralcito to
.Lake George on a weelektiiptipm&-
tivelY - ridiculous." - -
" Very likey you aritheinistinage;
my dear ; ' said Mrs. llong*** - : - She
always began in tfist . warfrhilia she
meant to prove him otheriise.- " I
fully agree with you abontlhit reck
less young Fry. But ai 'to: Harry's
going to the brown chureh, 'auz his
visits to Turbormigh,, I think' the
same cause is at We bottom of *both:
Grace Chamberlain has linehlihitciiii
in the choir over there thie - npring;
and now she is visiting her Wink at
Tiuborough, And as she is
going with her aunt* family to Lelo
George to spend July, and I suppose
they have expressed a • WWI to meet
hilt there! Grace Clianibellidii ; is a
very pretty girl ; and Hurry is like
what you were at his age."
" Bless my soul, May,' ,
said the
cashier, " then why didn't the - boy
tell : roe what he 'was driving .at?
Chasing across the country after a
pretty face is foolish enOtigh;'l . it
age; but it is not so bad as :ping to
a watering - place nierelyiliethe Ush
ion 'of it, like some - rich oldiobob or
professional dandy. If Thiel had
told me wanted to donglialtergraoke
Cheraberlain, instead of talking in
that desperate way about the watch,
I might have received it dilfirettly.
There is a charm on the
1 1 my mother's hair that' I wouldn't
have go out of the family for a for
tune.'
Just here the door-bell num as if
a powerful, nervous hand'irere at the
knob. Mr. Houghton answered the
ring, for their one domestie lad been
called away by a messagefrom a sick
sister, and the mistress of the house
was " getting along shine " for a day. .
So when her quick ear told her the
visitor was one to see her husband'
on business, she quitted the room to
set away the milk and lock up the
r7 h doors of the house for the night. ,
e caller was Mr. Silas Bixby..
H would have been a sharp'man in
Orefield estimation who could pre
dict the object of one of Silas Bixby o _
calls, though there were few - doors in
the village at which his Isar: was not
frequently seen. He wanthe combs
ble, but he. was also' the superinten
dent of the Sunday-school, and the
assessor of internal revenue in the
district, to say'nothing -of his being
the agent of two or three sewing-ma
chine firma, and one life insurance
company, and the correspondent of
the Tinborough' Trumpet, 41e owned
a farm, and managed it atodd hours.
He' gave some of his winter' evenings
to keeping a writing-school, with
which he sometimes profitably com
bined a singing-school, with lucrative' .
concerts at the end of the term. He
was clerk of the fire company, and' ,,
never had been absent from a fire,
though some of his manifold duties
kept him riding through the neigh
bormp,,towns in his light gig a great
deal of the time. He had raised a
company and commanded it, in the
nine months' army of '62. He kept
a little, book store in one corner of
the village quadrangle, and managed
a very small circulating library, with
the aid of the oldest of his ten- chil
dren ; and he was equal Partner in
the new factory enterprise et the
Falls. So Mr. Houghton did ' not
venture to guess on what errand Mr.
Bixby came to see him, and showed
him to a chair in the twilighted sit
ting-room, with a face composed to
decline a request to dirmarunt a tote,
or to join with interest in a conver
sation on the Sunday-school, or to
listen to a report on the new fire-en
gine fund, with equal ease and alae
rity.
Mr. Bixby looked about him to see
that nobody was in hearing: "
excuse me, I know, Spire, if . I shut
the windows, hot is it is ;" and be
fore his host could rise to 'anticipate
him he had suited the action to the
word. " It's detective bnainetin ' It's
a big thing. It'll a mightil*tliing.
Do you know I told you, Mt.-Hough
•ton, the first of the week, that• there
was dangerone characters abont town, ,
and asked you to keep your - eye/open
lat the bank. Will you beat witness
of that?"
"I remember it vary well, Mr. Bix
by,. and also that there hai not been
*.single person in the bariksince that
day, other than our own townspeople
and Mends."
"That is just it," said Silas Bixby,
twisting hiswhhheis rellectitely ;
"‘they have his,
some accomplicewho
knows the neighborhood and whom
we don't suspect. But we Mud) catch
him with the rest. The fact is, Mr.
, Houghton, the Blue Biter;, National
Bank is to be robbed to-night: The
plot is laid, and have grit every
thread of it, in my loud:"
Foster Houghton waiimecof a &so
in the village who werababitually in
,credulous as to Silas Itiilirlidisere
ments„ as anatutheabylumself ; but•
there was a positiienese aid *mi
-1
mace about the y constable's 'mauler
which carried conviction' with it, and
he did not conceal' the shock which
the news , gave him:
" Just you keep very cool, sir, and
I'll tell you the whole story' in very
few words, for I have got`one or two
things to do before I catch the -bur
glar% mil hove Vramirt' te look
into 'Petterigars - barri
doctor ins la honer.' There
men in tha. job . , beside . scaneliodY
the. village here thatis'working
them' secretly. Ton needn't = ask - ate
how I managed to -overhear tbeii
plat* for I. slta'n'A, tell; you will fetid
th it all itt the Itomigh : Trußeptt , cif
irilt*itair morrow. ' Thor
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i ;then; - said the oonstable.:' '•' Tiiiik
I Ifateillitieiffortfiliniiiiitddellatstit
the safe, goserstrahht 7tenide and el
Their teanrilh) biriandionthe Tin"
1• borOugh4onk end Urea . Of
:the owl - train; Tim they odctdateto
leave, tied' hind and ' font,' on the.
1 tank floor, till you are found there in
the morn ing
.
Foster - Ifolightthi stopped in his
rapid-walkup and -down= the tittle
'rota; and took his booth • *Mt the
*let
finis aaicq- BWiY;
bsysng a hand on the cashier's arm as
he sat, down and kicked off his slip
pers. " I've told you the whole story,
when I might have carriedi out my
OM without telling a word. Now
what are you going to do ?"-
, " Going to order a stout bolt put
on my front door at once, and to Ale
pomit the bank keys in the safe at
Felton's store."
" 'Yon will think better of it it you
will just sit stilland hear me through,"
replied the visitor. " Don't you see
that will just show our hand to the
gang who are on the watch, and they
will only leave Enfield and rob some
other hank and make' their fortunes ?
Moreover, the plot never would be
believed in the village, and such a
'way of meeting it would make no
sensation at all in print. No, Mr.
Houghton, you are cashier of the
bank, and, it is your business to pro-tect the property. I am' constable at
Elmfield, and it is my duty to cap
ture the burglars. I propose to do it
in such a way,that the whole State
shall ring with my brilliant manage
ment of the matter, and yours, too,
of course, so far as your part goes.
Theprogramme is all complete, and
you have only to fall in."
"Von, Mr. Bixby, said the: elder
gentleman, again surrendering to his
companion's superior force and,cle
termination of character ; " and what
is the programme?"
"As far as you are concerned, sim
ply to remain p_assive," said the rural
constable. ~" You are to show no
knowledge ef expectin the visit, and
after a proper 'display of reluctance
!you are to go with the burglars, with
your keys in your hand. If I were
tiiirrest the rascals now, I should
have nothing to charge them with,
I
and could only frighten them out of
town. When the bank is entered,
the crime is complete. I shall be on
the watch, with two strong fellows I
have secured to help me—men who
served in any company, stout, afraid
of nothing, and not smart' enough to
claim the whole credit when the job
is done. When you are fairly inside
the bank wa shall pop out from be
hind the bowling-alley, guard the
' door, flash our lanterns in their faces,
and overpower them at once. It
sounds very short now ; but it will
easily fill a colpmn in the city papers."
Mr. Bixby," said Foster Houghs
ton, with a good deal of deliberate
emphasis,' "I have 'always thought
you a man of sense. I think so now.
Do you Suppose I am going to stand
quietly by, and see a couple of ruffians
tie a gag in- tho mouth of my wife, at
her age, when I know I can prevent
it beforehand?"
• " No, sir, I expect no such thing,"
said Bixby, not at all embirasaed.
" I expected like as not you would
bring up some smelt objection, so I
have provided for it is advance. John
Fletcher's little girl is very sick; they
have gone the rounds of all the folks
on our street, taking turns watching
there • to-night they came to ate and
said, :Bixby, can't you find us some
body to watch? and I said I knew
just the one that would be glad to
help a neighbor. So I will deliver
the message to Mrs. Houghton, -and
'ou needn't have a mite' of anithty,-
- about her, up there - as safe and com
fortable as if she were ivienty miles
away.'
While her luisband yet hesitated
Mrs. HoOgtdori re-entered the room;
and Bliby, quick to secure an advan
inge;-warready at the moment with
his petition.
." Good evening, Mrs. Houghton.
Been *tilting very patient for you to
come in. I called to see if you felt
'able and willing to set np to-night
'along with John Fletcher's' little girl.
The child don't get any better, and.
Mrs. Fletcher, she's just about sick
abeit hexself, with care and worry."
"You know I am always ready to
'help a neighbor in such trouble,rsaid
tlte'htd r,:gl.nekna with* the prompt
# iltihoseenee w people* Eno
oonntry give •to sack calls: 4 ‘ And
:nova think "of it, Mr. Bixby, -I hive
another call to make' onyour stmt..
I think I will ivallinp with you; and
"so get around to Fletcher's at nine
o'clock. My husbandhas several let
, Ova to mason hewillayt ales nie.!'
Fiitiitittnteithik Si in' a sort' at
1131114111106 fatethittentinged lairs
to:ihi*":b'_Vill:tendedlii coil
`summation which was far from wet
eerie to his mind. Hie' wifirtnint
out for her smelling-salts, her epee='
tides, .and her ",heir' - Arita mid
Bixby snatched thebrifOprinrttmity,
_ 'I have told YcniCiwythinlignire,
that you neetto - blow tp - . your
mina eSigy and yonr: 'held ' and
the whole thing may be ihnur si easy
ss "the
year hand:~ - Itetntaa
het it is the wily Way to NIA Si
brialciimicatch the merrthat - inly
hive rohbed a down banks krfnot
serfnit alPthi , 1 1*.f$ 11 '
or yen 'kill ezeitee- t
rum the gatee;-- - Se t lnufmkk ant
t •:,i .. ,t4/osl,
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41. , ' bi'lar,t-lhitmi krt./mom:oV ,Pot.
litrkalionsbion.:Tvgar•ditimakg the
`4MW.
"Clime is siiiiir,*ketilrcaifoina
belt, you eriaid -, the
s dossers°
. 4saacksinvilsels bargain.) ;7 ,•• ,
"Not for thit:mWeld' *aid the
'pOnstsbb). , "Itf;wonid tapas*, unr
land at once, and . spoil the '.trick
raireallnirola
tti be the beaw to , such- a sprightly
young belle." ' - •
And so, with a ward' of farewell,
'they were'ofrand • Foster, Houghton
eat alone in the house With hisseeret,
He was not a coward; but a nian
of pestle by tempeetinme4 andtrain.'.
mg, and the enterprise ut,' which- he'
inatoesta.adistaiLiaseAndk,
and distasteh4 to lint., How , many -
incidents rt - VitriiiiiiKtitit id down
in,Hixbyliprograinme,,te make the
xlightliwate VW! flange:vat and di* ,
agreeable His TAT loneliness
the prospect seeiiidoubly unpleasant:
A. dais times, as he sat musing:over
it htpat forth his hand for hisleota
itithwitent to gtl i out and' fr ustrate
the robbery in his own =way, cigari
llo of schemes - of capture
inid'glory, As many times he fell
back in his 'easy-chair, thinking now.
thalhe was 'bound in honor' by his
tacit agreement with the constable;
and -again that the whole - story was
nothing but the fruit of the officer's
'fertile imagination, and thet'ottly the
inventor should make himself ridicn--
, lone
. by his _credulity, -Now be wish
ed h is wife were at home to make the
war s momenta pass inewe'quickly';
then; that. Harry were there to give
the aid of his daring and- the stimu
lus of his boyish enthusiasm in the
strange emergency. And sometimes
the old man's thoughts wandered, in
spite'of the excitement of the hour,,
to his boy, fiend* awiiy the night , at
Tinborough. He recalled his 'anxie
ties over his son's dissipation& Maas
sociates; his ,growing recklesOnent of
'manner; his extravagant -tastes, the
look of hard defiance in his" face but
an hour or two before. His heart
pouted over the lad in spite of his
wild ways, like David's over Absa
lom, and he resolved to try the moth
er's method and imagine excuses, and
replace harshness with indulgence,
hereafter. The village bell clanged
out from the steeple close by, and
Foster Houghton dropped the thread
of his revery with a start, and went
back to the robbery again. Clearly
he was getting' too nervous. He must
do something to shake it oft
" get Harry's revolver," he
thought, with little purpose what he
should do with it ; and he took the
lamp and went up stairs to the boy'i
empty room. The drawers were
thrown open in a confusion which
offended the cashier's neat prejudices
acquired in the profession. He knew
where the pistol was kept, but its box
was empty ; and he exclaimed under
his breath :
" That is a boy al over. He goes
to TinborOugh to dance and eat straw
berries, and he carries:a pistol, load- .
ed I date say to the muzzle. " It •is
ten to one he will shoot himself or
his sweetheart before the evening is
over."
As Mr. Houghton fumbled over the'
bureau his hand encountered a cov
ered flask Even his unaccustomed
nose was-able to recognize its " con
tents as whisky ; and his regret jut
such a diricovery in his son's room
was lost in the joy with which he
hailed a stimulant so greatly needed
to put his nerves in condition for the
events to come. Perhaps he forgot
how long it was since he had called
in such a reinforcement ; perhaps his
hand shook;perhaps he th ought the
occasion req uired a large dose. He
took * hearty- one ; and when he was
down stairs again the difficulties , in
the way of bagging the burglars van
ished from his mind. He was a young
man enamor°, and entered into the
romance.of Bithy's plot, he said to
himself, as enthusiastically as Harry
would have done. He paced the
room with an elastic Stride very did.
ferent , from the nervous, wavering
stej with,which he bad heard the
news. Bixby and himself, he thought,
wad bererroso to oirerpewer any
threeburgtanc" Then his head was
heavy, end he felt drowsy. To be in
proper condition for the emergency,
he reflected, he needed all the, sleep
he could get. The resolve was one
to be executed as promptly as form
ed ' • and a few minutes later the cash
ier had lockel.i . the door, fastened the
lower windows, and was snugly in
•
A gentle tinkle of the door-bell
aroused him again before, as it seem=
ed to him, he had fairly closed his
eyes. "The robberi at last," he
thought ; and then he rebuked him
self for the absurdity of !supposing
that a burglar would announce his
coming by the door-bell. "It is Bix
by, of course," he said to himself,
" come to own he was a fool and the
story all nonsense." But he paused
before he turned the key, and said in
his fiercest tone, " Whnis there?"
" It is only me, Foster," said' the
sweet,' familtar voice of his wife, with
out ; and when he had admitted her
she told him; in her quick way, that
after she had watched with the child
an hour or two, a professional nurse
who had been sent for a week before
had arrived' unexpectedly, and that
she had been glad to give np her
vigil and'come home. •
Foster Houghton rarely did any
thing without thinking twice about
it, if not more ; so it came about that
while he balanced in his mind the
pros and ma as to revealing to his
wife the secret which Bixby had con
fided to him, and thus giving her a
fright in advance for what might
prove to be a false alarm after all,
the tired lady went sound asleep ;
and this the scale was
.tirued in
fa
vor of reticence.. Perhapl the • htis:
band's continued drowsiness con
tributed to the resolve also ; for his
eyelids . st il l drooped with strange ob
stmacy, dad 1121 influence more pow
erful that mien the apPrehension of
danger transformed his terrors into
_One, two, rang out from the belfry
on the breathless June night, already
heavy with the rising fog from the
river. Fatter Ifoughton-fonnd
3s3{mss- - .j '=~€ic. ~ ~
Una
MIMI
=IS 1
IMES
SUM
,
midi broad aisle as lia ,c ounted the
atrekeaf bit Mil while, huthought it
Vrao the clock that had did=W
Ile felt .w cold, hard ring of steel
against his temple; and saw through
the darkness a mot by his bedside.
"Not one word; or you will never
niter another."
He noted the voice - even in the
t ~ .. f.:%.~ :2.
birl of the moment, and knew that
it was strafe, to Ake. He turned
tOwards his wife :and taw that there
Waa a man by her side also, with re
volver aimed; felt, rather than saw,
that she had waked when :he did, and
was • awaiting, self 7 possessed,. . for
whatever was to come. :'As the dark
ness yiehfed to his eyes, he was aware
of a third figure; standing at the win
, doir.-
"Perfect quiet, remember, and we
will tell yon what is to be done," said
the same - voice, cool, firm, with an
utterance entirely distinct, yet hardly
louder than a whisper. Ton have
nothing to fear if you obey orders. A
knife is ready for the heart of each
of you if you disobey. The lady has
isiMply to lie' still; as she will be
bound to the bed and her month
Stopped, that will be easy; and the
fag is very gentle, and will not hurt
if She does not resist.' Mr. Houghton
will rise, put on his trousers, and go
with us to the bank, always in range
of this pistol and in reach - of this
blade. The , keys are already in my
poeket. Number Three, will you
scratch a match that I may help the
gentleman to his 'clothes."
• The figure in the window stepped
noiselessly forward at the summons.
As the blue flame lighted the room
Foster Houghton obsefved that his
visitors were all masked with black
silk, through which a narrow slit per
mitted Vision. He noticed that their
feet were shod with listing, so thick
that a step made no audible sound
upon the straw carpet. He noticed
that long, thin, black cloaks covered
their forms to the ankles; so that no
details of clothing could be noted to
identify them. And while he observ
ed these; things, not venturing to stir
until the threatening muzzle was
withdrawn from his face, he felt his
hand tightly clutched by the &gen
of his wife beneath the corerlid.
Years of familiar association had
made him apt at interpreting his
wife's thoughts and feelings without
the aid of the spoken word. Either
by some, peculiar expression in the
grasp itself, or by that subtle mag
netism which we know exists among
the unknown forces, he felt that there
was something more than the natu
ral terror of the moment, more than
the courage of a heart ever braver
than his own, more than sympathy
for his own supposed dismay, in his
wife's snatch at his hand. More
alarmed, at the instant, by the shOck
thus given him than by the more pal
Fable danger, he turned his head to
wards his wife again, and in her eyes.
and in the direction they gave to his
saw All that she had seen.
The masked figure in the centre of
the room, in producing a:match, had
unwittingly thrown back:one side of
its cloak. By the sickly flame just
turning to white Foster Boughton
saw, thus revealed, the twisted chain
he had played with in his own boy
hood, the golden crescent with his
mother's hair, the massive key with
its seal, just as• he had seen them on
his boy's breast at sun-set. Is an in
stant more a taper was lighted; the
curtain of the cloak was drawn tot
gether again But the secret it had
exposed was. impressed upon two
hearts as if they had been seared with
iron. As a drowning man thinks of
the crowded events of a lifetime, Fos
ter Houghton thought in that ino-*
meat of supreme agony_ of ' a dozen
links of circumstantial evidence—the
boy's baffled desire for money, his
angry words, his evil associates, his
missing revolver, his deliberate expla
nation of a night-10'g absence, his
intimate knowledge of the affairs' of
the bank, except the secret combina
tion of the lock;which he had often
teased for in vain. Two things were
stamped upon his brain together, and
he was thankful.; that his wife could '
know the horror of but one of them.
His own son was engaged in a plot
to rob the bank; by threats of assas
sination against those who gave 'him
life.
•He himself was irrevocably enlist
ed in a plot to capture • the robbers,
and so to bring his boy' to infamy
and a punishment worse than death.
The discovery compels a pause in
the narrative. It made none in the
actual p rogress _ of events. The man
who had spoken motioned the cash
ier to rise, and assisted his trembling
hands in covering his limbs with one
or two articles of clothing. The one .
on the opposite side of the bed, mov
ing quickly and deftly as a sailor,
bound Mrs. Houghton where she lay
without a tench of radenessor indig
nity beyond what his task made nec
essary.A knotted handkerchief from
his pocket was tied across her mouth;
The
The third figure stood at_ win-.
dow, either to keep a watch , without,'
or to avoid seeing , what took place
within; but Foster Houghton's eyes
could discern no tremor, no sign of
remorse or hesitation ; in its bearing.
"Now, cashier," saidtthe one voice
which alone 'had- beeti heard since
the stroke of the clock,. "you will
have to consider yourself ready, for
we have no time to spare. I feel
sure you know what: is healthy for
you, but still •I will tie this rope
around your - waist to save you from
any dangerous temptation to try a
side street' Number Two, you will
go below," and see that the coast is
clear." . '
With one look at his wife's eyes, in
which he saw outraged-motherly af4
fectio' n Where the straws saw only
fright and pain, Foster Houghton
suffered himself to , be led from the
room. One of the robbers had. pre-
ceded him . ) one held him tightly by ,
the wrist; one, the one whose pres
ence gate the scene its treble terror,
remained only long enough to lock
the door. The outer door was fast
ened behind them slain and then the
nois' elm little procession (for the
cashier had been permitted to put on
his stockings only) tiled along, the
gravel walk, through the pitchy black- .
nese which a mist gives to a moon
leo night, toward the - solitary brick
buikliag °caplet' by the Blue River
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They passed, the • school-lwame .
where Foster Haugh had married
hiwboy a date? before .with a
bright new primer ticked=
mod little Sugars; then the
old mansion of his emu father, where
the lad had been pelted and
ed 118 fervently as oaf bane; a little
hither on, the church, Artutre-the ba#
by bad bee:lll'44*A and where the
youth bud chafed beneath distasteful
sermons - its white steeple lost in the
upper darkness; and, a few west..
yond, 'the academy, within whom;
walls the cashier had listened with
Bitch pride to his Harry's eloquent
declamation of "The Return of B:%u
las to Carthage," on the last Com
mencement day. He thought of these
things as they paned. • thouch tip
many other' thoughts swqrsa in his
mind; and he wondered if another
heart beside' his own was beset 'with;
such reminiscences on the'slientjour
neY.
Before they reneged the bank the
man who had gone in advance rejoin
.
ed them.
"It is all serene," be said, in a low
tone, but with, a coarser voice and
utterance than his eordetioruten
"nothing more than a cat atiriing. I
have unhitched the mare, and we
should be off in fiftemiminutes."
"All right, Number Two, said the
leader. "The swan' Fill be. in the
buggy in less time. OPSubier, you are
a man of prudence, I know. If you
Work that combination skillfully and
promptly, not a hair of your 11 ,, •-
•shall be harmed. If you make - a
blunder that costa us At minute, not
only will this knife be at home in
your heart, but We shall stop on our
way back and set your cottage on
fire. Our retreat will be covered,
and you know the eonseqtteneof there
before the alarm will arouse anybody,
I have sworn to do it."
Foster. Houghton fancied he saw a
shudder in the slighter figure beside
him; but it might have been a puff of
wind across the long drapery.
."Oh, blow the the the threats !"
said Number Two
nes his life, and he is going to open
the safe quicker than he'ever did be
fore. Open the door, young one,-and
let's be about it." The robber who
had not yet
. oreued his lies, an
whose every motion the. cashier still
watched steadily, stepped forward to
the bank door; and as he drew a key
from under his- cloak the prisoner
-Caught:another glimpse of the chain
he could 'have sworn to among a
thousand
The door swung open. The cash
ier's heart was in his throat. He had
not heard :a sound of Bixby; but, he
knew the village Constable too well '
to fear, or hope, that he might,
have 'given up the chase All Jour
entered the building; but before the
door could. be closed behind them
there was a shout, a cry of• dismay a
rush of heavy feet,. flash of light in
a lantern which gleamed but a mo
ment before it Was extinguished, the
confused sound of blows and. oaths,
and the breaking of glass, punctuat
ed by. the 'sharp report of a pistol
Foster Houghton could never give a
clear account of a terrible minute in
.which his consciousness seemed part
ly benumbed: He took no pad in
the struggle, but seemed to be push
ed outside the door; and there,!, as
the tumult within began to diminish,
Silas Bixby came humedly to him,
dragging a masked figure by _ the
shoulder. • _
"Houghton, you must lielp a little.
We have got the better of 'era, and
my men are holding the two big fel
lows down. But the.fight is not out
of thee' yet, and you Must hold this
little one three minutes while I help
to tie their hands. Just hold this
pistol to his head, and he will rest
very easy."
Even while he spoke, Bisby was,
inside the door again, and the gleam
of light which followed showed that
he had recovered his lantern and j
meant to do his work thoroughly. ,,
Foster Houghton's' left hand had
been guided to the collar. of his cap
tive, and the.revolver had been thrust
into his right. There was no ques
tion of the composure of the robber
now. He panted and sobbed and
shook, and made no effort to tear
himself fmin the feeble grasp that
confined him.
If the cashier had been irresolute
all his life he did not waver for an
instant now. He did not query with
in hiinself what/ was his duty, or what
was_ prudent, or what his wife would
advise, or what die bank . directors
would think
"Ilari7,"• ho whispered hoarsely,
his lips close to the mask, "I know
you:
The shrinking figure gave one
great sob. Foster Houghton went
right on without pausing. 3 • j
"Bixby does not know:you, and
there is time to escape yet. I 'shall
fire this pistol in the inv. Run for
your life to your horse there, and
push on to_Tinborough. You. can
catch the train. May God" forgive
-you!" ' - •• .
The figure caught the hand which
had . releasedits 'hold as the words
were spoken, and kissed it. Then,
turning back as if upon a ratdden im-
pulse, the robber murmured some
thing which could not be understood,
and thrust into the 'cashiers hand a
Mass of chilly metal which his intui
tion rather than his touch recognized
as Pelv Hought4in's watch and chain:
He had presence of mind enough to
concealit in his pocket; and then he
fired his pistol, and . he 'heard the
sound of fl feet and rattling
wheels as S•laa Bevyaccosted him.
"'What in thunder 1 did he wriggle
away from ! you? -Why didn't you
rig out sooner?"
"I think I am getting. faint. In
Heaven's name, go quick to mi holier)
,and release my wife, and•telt her all
is safe. The fright of thew skits:
will kill her."- - ,
Foster Jloragiitoir sunk is b swoon
even as haspoke, and only the quick
arm of Silas Dishy saved him from
a fall on the stone istgs.
"See here, boys," said he, "if you
have got those, fellows tied. up _tight,
one sof you take 'Squire Houghton
and bring him to; Aran go over to
his house and untie his wife before
start after that , prisky little reseal
-that has got away: HI had
poised be would dare to risk the
tol I should ban's' turig. ash ta'
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Trinapetas he went.
NUMBER 46.
Thus it came about thitkilvsnerroa.
ter. Hoyhton hinallUilisr4sloased
his wife's bonds--beidinelle•gray
head, as he did so, to , prints,kiss of
sorrow and sympathy= berwrisk
led cheek, and laving atier thew.
"He has escaped," be aside "and
is on the road to the station."
"Will bent be avertakeiir
"I think net. He has a fair AAA,
and knows -what is *Vistas; and the
_train
t." passes through 'before day.
ligh
Then the woman'ii- hart, which
had borne her ,bravely up so far,
gave way, and she broke. Iwo terri
ble sobs; and,the hnabanawho wield
comfort her was himself wreroomaby
the common grief, and could not.
speak a word.
.Sileutly they mdlirod
together, prewar* hands, until- the
'entering' light of dawn Aretainded
them that even thin day, bad duties,
and perhap. new phases of - sorrow. •
They co* bear the . quiek stspet , oi.
passers evidently full of ,excitement
' over the event of the night,szai,
talk
ing all together. ' They could:not! bs
long left undisturbed. As S &
al sof
ed, Foster Houghton , --imalda• or re
luctant to describe in nr-detail the
scene at•the bank, as his wife was t9_
ask-him about it--auddenly ,•incoun
tend in his po cket the watch, entan
gled in its chain.
"He gave ,me this, and a kink" he
said, every Word a- sob; and- Mary
Houghton pressed it to her heart.
Then, as a quick step sounded on the
porch, she hastily thrust it into a
drawer.
"The man val-
."What shall we say_'!" she asked.
"I. do not imow.- Heaven svill di
rect us for the best"• he replied.
The step did not pause for eeremo
-molly, but came in, and up• The stairs
as if,on some pressing errand. Then
the door opened and Harry Hough
ton rem in—his curls wet with the
fog ofthc morning, his cheeks rosy
as from a rapid ride, his eyes dartemg
with excitement. '
His father and mother 'stood
speechless and bewildered, filled with
a new alarm. But the boy was too
busy with his own thought" to ob
serve his re cep tion. Thick and fast
came his words, questions waiting for
no answers, and narrative never paus
ing for comment.
"What is this Bixby shouted to mo
when I met him about robbers ? And
what is there such a crowd at the
bank about? Did I coarse sooner
than you expected -me ? We - had a
glorious time at Tinbororigh, you
know, and when we were through
dancing _I decided to drive home at
one. And a few miles out; I met Si
las in his gig giving like mad, and •
he shouted at me till he was out of
hearing, but I could not catch one
word in a dozen. Bat before anything •
else, I want to beg your pardon for
my roughness last night. I am old
enough to know better, but I was an
gry whew! spoke; and I have been
thoroughly_ ashamed of myself . ever
since. You will forme and forget,
won't you, father ? Hallo, I didn't
suppose .
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mother,
Mary Hought on: was clasping her _
son's neck, crying as she had- not -
cried that niglit. But the Ciabier,
slower in ge eing his way as
stood pasting his hand "cross his
Weirs for a mament. , Then he spoke:
"Henry, where is your grandfath
er's watch?"
"There, did you miss ft so quick
ly ? I meant to get it back before
you discovered it was. goes. I will
have it after breakfast. The fad:
is, I was not myself when 'left the
house last night, with temper, and
Harrison Fry eared metweirimdred
dollars for it ifiad, to be l paid next
week,' and in my teraper . l let him
take it to.bind the bargain. I was
crazy for money, and I sold him my
pistol, too. I regretted sherd the
watch before I had fairly quit the
I'villap; but he broke his=t
I and did not go with ea
us to.
'after all; so I have Issd no chance to
get it back again
' "Harrison .1" exclaimed Foster -
Houghton; a ndhis hands - clamped
And his lips moved in Ward:fel pray
er.
"But-if you don't tell are what is
all this excitement - in the viihige.,
shall run out and find out' for my- -
self,". tried the boy. inipatiently.
- "You never would stand - herenskixig
me questions if the beak had been.
broken open in the night."
FosterHouirldonput his bandeau
his boy's shoulder and kissed him, as
he had not done since his sows child
hood Then he took from its hiding
place the watch. and himg it on Ear
-s neck; - his laniket emotion
checking the expression of the lad's
astonishment. '
" There's much teleillust, Harry,"
he said, " and pals* yoiNrillthink
I have to auk your forgrnmess rather
than'you mine. - But my heart is too
full for a word till afterprayers. - Let'
tail° down:"
Then the 'three went down the
stain, the mother:clinging to the
bogy's band, which she bad. never re
enbram
Foster. took-the =rive
Bible, as WWI his &i 4. 0111i01114 and
read the chapter upon which *sided
the mirk - M . :the nunviv
but his rains :UAW and lamsysalit
ed sigen-whawhe cam ta4bir Haw: -
" Foithis mlllOll wius deed and
alive ainins;leviasloskindianasid."
Silas Birby
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