Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, July 26, 1877, Image 1
nun' or minima. arAfirertistng In an cases each:Latta of nibs/alp• bo is to the paper., stlKClAl..NOTlVESinsertekattrtyrats Mats per ilea for the- first taserttea,*tl. ir . tva CS.T7S per 'Anatol' subnequant insortloilinf 1,0(7A ' 1., NOTICES, same style as reaatng, OW ; tft,'TWIKNTY CENTS A A It I: ERTL'S EMEN TS rtitt be Insierted sect:4l2*i: to the following table of rates: Tl MP' 1w 4w I 2l)am 1 6m f lyr„ 1 inch 81.501 3.00 5.00 1 6.001 10:00.1 GS Inches..T. 2.001 5.001 S.oOI 10.00 1 15.00.124.40 1 Indies - 2- 4 ;0 1 7.00 1 10 - .00 1 - I s .'1;00 20.00 1,11k.011 4 inchos - LAO 8.101 14.00 1 11.251 2.041 “K 1112.00 1 14.00 I 22.001 no.ocirfs.o, - • ,S" column.. 10.001 20.001 :0.001 40,00 1 , r,SA 1 75,ms • 3 column... 77.00 1 50.00 ► 00.00 1 50.01 j - ADMINISTRATOR'S and Executor's NoticeN '.Op; A uditorknot leek 82.10: Trusiness Cards. Awe_ 1 . 11-(per rearllls.oo, addltlonatilnes. l ll.oo each: \AAIUN Adstertisements are entitled to quar t tell chsnerm. TRANSIT. QT adTertiseinents must be paid for 1 %, VANCE. At.e'ltevilutlona nt Associalloaa. Comtrannke4. t miser limited or Individual Intere4. and nottres nr Marrtarex and P..ath.. exeretlltig five lhAell, sr TER C F.RTS ry:lt lAN F. -.MB PRINTING, of pvcry 1011(1,11n plain in fan.' , rolorA. Anne with neattiona and (11-patrb. Itameibtlla, • Wank% Cards, ra ,- t n ta•errients, he, at el:cry vf , " style, prifiteel at tha tZbortest notlee. I{TER otter. I, w.ll supplied with pnwel moat nt ,new type. and el, eteeuled .tit kilid at the )ovrest rateA, TETIM 4.Y.A1 Pibfessianal and Znenesi Car& • • MIAs ; 31. ITALL, „ Attorney-at-Law and , will Oro env fill at ionito any hti‘i.ne ,o, l 4, V 1 to tOrn. (Mee with Patrick & "Ylts. (Ifer). Towanda,. Pa. JA3IES WOOD 1 . ATT‘Ilt TowiNvA. P•.. \ OEM TOIIN F. SANDF.RSON. - ATTORSF:Y-AT4.AW, , OF FW Building ((ver Stpre) , •-. thetti+-701 • TOWA VOA, W. it. W.m. LITTLF,,e- • .4 't TORIVE 1".- AT- IT', TO TPAIMA. PA j ()Mee e r n )t, : k ez's ry.,vlslon Store,iltaln S i treet Towanda. pa„ A prll 'll,. OROF, D. STlfOtrn, • • TTORNEI wIll• • —ll3lll-5t..74i . doors oT V. Rouse l'rnettprq I❑ Stzprpme !•nnrt rot' Prtm.sl.vahla and Led. T( )\V AN I)A. PA IT STREETER, El. OFFICE, TOWANDA, PA. , OVERTON k ATTOWNE.TS AT I. kW, TOW A NIIA PA. ilffkre over Montabyes Store. ' `;:rinay67s. A. OVERT4IN-. OE M. MAXWELL, A 7:7•%oRNET—ST-4-4 W, OVF:f4 DA VTON - s STOUP, Yri.AVANDA.,-PA A prll 12, 1874 pA.TRICK FOYLE;- AIENE:IS-AT-LA W. Towanda, Pa. j 10743. qfflee, In 'Nfercur's E. J. ANGLE, .4 TTOI - LVE I%A T•LAIS ' °M' -with llavleA4 Canho-han, Towanda, ra. Itxt4,'77 • (4_ F.-3IASOX, : ..• .• "Ls ATTORNEY AT, T. VW. " 1 To Ai - A. N 1,0 A PA. . Wile , ' first tlmr south rf C. It. Pewit, IC•q.. sec and - floor. • - • Nov.:PS. -74. • L. HILLIS, !' A TToRSFY-ATIA W, • (Miro with. Smith g Mon tan y..' rtiorl 1-75. - T AN REM WILT tl • .4 TTQR.YI4I - 8 ror.vsEr,/,(4:-.1 T-L.4 • Mien oviir moss • 'look StOro, two ,i7;:is north of si,•rons & Long .Towanda. Pa. May be com.atetl i!‘ iiermau, &wit 12, _.- 3.F RERsos- & KINNEY, ATTt RNE S- T-L.4 It ,TOVVAS'DA, PA. ,Onlre,t4 Tracy Ir :Noble's Nock • Towanda, Pa.. Jan. 70, 1701 : GUF F • • TTOPAWY-...1t-L AW. Mal,l.Stmct (4 (loots north of Witr , l House). T 9! cvanda, (April t.. 1877. AV . I'IFOMPSON, ATTORNEY Y •AT LAW, WYALUSING; PA. `Will attend to aw•buolneAs entrusted to his • can 3p Bradford, Sullivan and Wyoming Counties. ()Aro with F.AI. Porter. • •.• rturrl9-7.1. - ELSBREE, . A,TTORS Er-AT-TA IV, • 0.t14-74. TOWANDA, PA ICI L. LAMB,- kJ. ATTORNEY-A . P.LAW, . - WILALS-TlA l .ltili., PA C'9lleellong promptly attended to fIVERTON k,}7.I.SBREE, Arroa.., • 1 1,7 NET., AT 1...4w; Tow a. l'a. Haring tend Info ro-partner,qttp. offer their prote.4sional e"...,..ierrlees to the • politic. Special attention Oven to ""binilneas In tho Urphatl"F and itegistera•conrtg. A. F.ItTUN, .1 it. ( aprt 1-70) N. C..ELSIIRIF.E. • At tp l LL &,:CALIFF, ATTOIAKETS AT .L Air, ToW4NDA, PA.. Diflei In *nod', Block, find door sout:l of the Flint hintional bank, up-stairs. J. MADILL, Claus-73131 .4, N. C ALIFF. GRIDLEY PAYNE,' .1 .4 .irron.vE TS-.4T-LAir,• No. 1, TRACY 3.ionLE's BLOCK, Al AIN STRKKT' TOWANDA, PA. (14"7 7 ) s. It. ritryrs. =l3 JOHN W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND u. S. t owsusstoNit, 'TOWANDA, PA., Olllce=Norm Sl , lo Public Square. - • Jan. 1,1876 , • DA.VIF' it dA.RNOCIIAN, _ , ' Ai-roux SYS AT LAW,, , • MERCUR:(BIiOCK Dec 12-711 FEET, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 15 prepared to practice all I'lm/inches of his prote!ntion. tilt • 13110C1C, (entrance on ■cetth WM) TOWA V PA. PA. CJAH6-78. DB..M. WOODBURN, Physi - elan and Surgeon. Oftleo over 0. A. .131ack , s tYr.ckeryirpnro; Towanda. May 1, 187'11y.. 1 - 4 : D. PAYNE, M. D„, I • pfirstclAx AND Strlte;RON Ottire over Montanyes' Store, (Mee hones troth 10 to 1441 A., N ., and from 2t04.P. M. Special attention given to diseases of the Eye and Ear.-,;0ct.19;16-tt. 1)R. T. B. JOIANSON, Pllrstet.i.vAND SUR9EON. flake or.er Dr. Porter & Sores Drug Store, Totianas. JataL-75.tr, . _ . I'Vl D. L. DODSON, -DrtensT. z..• On and after Sept. 21, may he remain the riersitt new MIMS on 2114 floor of Dr: Pratt'a new otlre'on State Street: Business solicited:, S ,, pt. &TAIL, B.*KELIN, • I,TIRC M. E. Itosendold's, Towanda, I'a. Teeth Insetted on Gold, SlNer, Itnbben, and Al! utrittimu base.' Teeth extracted without pain. f.q. 1,142. n T At. STANLY, DENTIST; Hiying;i:einoTed Ma Dental intact intnTraeyr a ‘l, , ,rtre'n new Mock, over Kent & 111i3%• attwe. I. •pr e pared to do all kinds of dental war*. lie las,also put to a new gas aparatus. • ruay7.37l. . 11 . C. WipTAKER, BOOK BINDER itur•nrsit BU LtilNO, Tulip FLOOR. TOWANDA 0 , S. 11.1.TSSEWS - GENERAL N_ 1 SITb,ANC'E AIENCY mar..44ott ELM! r WANDA INSURANCE AGENCY. • Asia Strert, opposite the &Agri Heusi. . NOBLE. 4tV INCENT," 31ANAta 4 TNSURANQE AGENCY, , -a- ' , : . - The following . _ RELIAIit.,E. AND 'FIRE • TRIED ;Companies represented; .' : . I. t.ticSHlftZ, PROMIX;II.O3IZ •JERCIDLICTS Weeu tr;etlf, ' O. A. ilt..ll(3lKt i . . t , S. W. ALVORD, Publlsher.\ ge==ll.l rEGETINI: ' PURI lES TINE itite.i. Heat! , ates and Invigorates the iiltole sy o ...m. Its utedlfal prot*rtles tiro Alteintite, TOiliCt :Solveut arid Itittretiv. • ..-11 food as4nrt, the Print tiv tetic TritVolloll VEGETIN F. TtELIABLF, EVlDEtier V E t. E V I 1 E:Mn. 11. U. Srr.rENs Dear rkir-1 will 'awed cheer ' fatly add My ieStirtl(4ly to Ih, V F. G E T .Ir' };.gnat pig have already .. received In favor of , tour grrst and goof ntedielne, V IFIG t:TIN X, V F. t: El' I N Elor I do not think enough can he ' , aid in it, poise:, for 1 1V23 trou bled deer thirty year, with that N E(i F. T 1 N F. ,imaorni dim•ase, Catarrh, and ,had" sorb had co:1401111g ~l udi, ' that it vrottt4 maul a..i. though I V E ti E T I N E never could tweathe any more, , ater Vial F:TI •sq." has - rimed me-: otary,l l I ptrnlit (~irc•r and' I ght toel,to.thank 610,1 all 'V E }T 1 N tho time that there is so goOtt imedielno ns VrAttrlSTE,,,alot also think it (Me of the befd 111141- VEO ETINE letnes, for ritIIMIS, %Mkt II king feelings at the edoznactt .and :NIVIAO everybody to take VEGET 1. - Fa Lai VV, for I ran ale,ure :eines that vvor was. V:GETINEr f With. L. Onus., Vor.,Magazine SrWalnut mts„. ainbrh,lge, Mass V E ETIN DEE SEM OM FEE Er =I Eil3Ml 123311 I3IM ME Eli 12/11 111 IMI amp:, it tri as a V F. G F T I N F:hood purtfh•r or .Spring it the hail thing I rave • e•vrr itvd. awl' I hate USei al . (. ETINE e•ve•Q - thttig. r fully ree. , l'utai..l‘,l it to,any true ta. ltreed of t,neh a inedletne, • \: Yr,-.11.‘ tweet fully, 3lit+. A. A, ttiNSUCIRE. No. l 9 Russell stre.t. V 1: ti ETI N V-EGETINE, VEGETINEI VEIiIETINF VE- F. 4 'r I N v E G E. T I ' , 2 k ; y Mr: STOVENS utth•, 4.1 . your V EitETta'r, and VEO ETI g . E am con v I 'wed It I a valuable • remedy t6r; Dy . stultsia, 'Kidney l'ourpfalunt and vt.tral debility V E I.:VINE of the sv.tein, • . . 1 eau heartily re entnnien4 It to alt sulleting truth the ahuve VEl:k:TINI: i'llo)l43inlSl S. Cones respectfully. , 3flts. MUNROE ['AUK ER, • , VEGETINE 86 Athens street,/ repareil by ii. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mlis VE(ETINE IS SULI) BY ALL DIti:GOVaTS EM! T IE CHEAPEST P-7 IN TOWANDA SCYTHES, FORKS, FIXTU July 27,18 Cheaper Than al Any Other Plate hare alwari on hand Repairs for the . 1, - OUXU ainl CUM ./I'lON Mowing "%Otani!: PERRIOOS SIDE HILL PLOWS Best in Pse; • • Ail kinds of TINWARE on hand, and Tin work of all kinds dono at lowert TOWandll. Juno 28, 187 L ING:REST AWARDS! f TonANDA.TA Tfl I IiTKE 5T11,414D,, YI LBERT .STS.., PULA Mandfacturs of patented _ WR011(111T-IRON AIR,4IGHT - HEATERS, with ttbalchig aid Crinker.titinalng Grates for Isurniug Atrthracita.or Bituminous Coal. WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS, Descriptive circulars its N. 7 ruts to any address TIEFOUE Philadelphia, April 25.::17-Iy. • O REATLY REDUJED PRICES! •PLANING, MATCI.II.N . GAND RE-SAWINO, TOWANDA, PA 1876 Made promptly' iiorder, at a low price, for CASIT IT TOE WAiTT TO QET RICH QUICK; Lumber brought here to be milted. erill be kept undiir .iver end perfectly dry untiltaken away. timid ed , mdi for your bona; and a dry Wear to load. , • , ' BOLiGERS. ...ttiurituia. Jan. 18,11171 . . 1 Vegetine. MEER =MMWM RVCUV)i EN IS IT IfEARTILY SOUTII !SOSTON. Feb. 7, 10 Door :41r-4ft:ten taken feverat Earbrare \ HARDWARE STORE IS IN MERCUR:BLOCK k taa bay t.tele 17311=1 ONES, GRINDS L OS, .11,0Ek c., Jai =I - H. T;-JUNE. , Neaten, el,: CETENNIAL EXHIBITION. J. REYNOLDS a, SON, 'Northwest corner 'CF.NTXN.NIAL Iro; Btrtimlimns Coal KEYSTONE Cooking Ranged, Low•Down"dntee, Etc Main, ke. The undersigned is doing And all kinds of Pinking-mill Work, AWAY DOWI 4 i, I DOWN:: DOWN 111 . - • F So tar you ean't spe It. I dare also on hand aurae stock of SASH AND DOORS, Vallei I am qeillng at priersio snit the Uinta. D 01V-BL 1 NDS Cali and ice my Goods and Prices. ::---1 • 1.. . -- • i \ I I Live for nontnthtngllro IPA LePk ahriat thee for employ ; • B.IC riot dowti \ to useless dryarefeg— .l:aborlm th\swei•test joy„, Folder! 'lauds ale ever weary, •: Selfish hearts a e never gay, tite Tor thee.lea.A tl my dutte's— Active t„•; then. you may. \ Scatter blesslogil Iti thy patinva.r. I tmltle word. Itutt eheerlog stutlee •` Iletterer t than gold anii\!+llver, With their grief..itspettiovviles„ the pleasant iwinshlne ftiqeth F.ver on the gra:ett.ti earth,. So let iiyhipat brand klmtuesi rifnii.ten well the darkened earri. • Warts that are oppremed • arol wei7, :I)'rop the tear of t , , yinpatny ; \ Whiver words of hope and comfort, lave and the rewardsnail 7 ...toy onto thy i‘ool returning From this perfect fountaln-liosil, Frly, AS thou freely Itivt.st ee , Shall the grateful light he shed.' \ entiy one ihnntent,tintetteyetl I , y car', nut.lied as the ti•tnple Iterated to praSer, When 'leaven la p.Antingthe Ehrottlng the t.ky thy,' Its prtals ajar, tivapttm the enttatn nt •night with A stan-. Give tzli., n At. MEI ct.t , v,i to.l of health irli U. itlit• of health, Spirit or.mwer, forever yon 4 ll rcign, Tyramt, eimlacln th heart and tho brain, With ev'ry endeavor ophcsxeil, • , Shit of the It•hstinx that nature has taught, Weary with hurih•us of Infiniti.' 9itinglit— OEM I=l ti rant tne a poinpt leile.an. a draught., Sparkling 1% it to t ranooll teNer plativit By inortti., at We:mire's; behest. Give on a•peare the ...v;nl,l cannot give— -10-9•l'lie (min action : to art Is veva, rest. reasio,s tla• kof of tho Ft.it It fllstratightt' itoundles.: the reahu of Int;INIllie thought. r hero iluagery'tlogors carves:se)); Waves of oblivion !jeer ow ndi Welotone torgolfulltess lortux to'nyy soot— .tco toe rest. rertifr Blood' Illy for 14 that, US HU. • !al d ak. That Dead Leltter. A STORY IN 'THREE CHAPTERS. , . cuAro . , 1.,' FIRE AND TiliEF PROOF. Dinner 7 hour in the manufacturing town of Alidilleto n,upon Irk; a hot Summer'' day; the sun glaring•upon huge Warehouses of- dull red brick, narrow tortuous streets, the gilded minarets of 'our new town-hall-6f which ate Middletonians are justly proud. All , o ,this I can see from ,my office window, with a glimpse of the coekedf-hat ot\the brOnzememo- Hal to the late Prruce Consort, who, in Field Marshal'studfOrm is hold ing a review of the arts adsciences, on a rearing charger..ltie are an,en-, ergetie and thriving cdiumnunity at ,Middletown, although ycliinight not think it just' ; now, when it streets are all deserted, and everybody is engaged in hard feeding. It; is no fault of mine that I am not thong the evetyhody.• A 'pereLopto ' en gageMent retains me at my pos I expect my. Uncle llgnry on busi, ess of importance, foirliieli liii:'lt c, chosen the dinner-hour, when no on is about.. .. 111 My obligations to Uncle Henry are so great that his wishes t ate law to me, eveb when they involve the sacrifice . of My dinner. He has been my guardian and. my best friend. By his help have: been enableetb. set up On my own'accOnnt as a solicitor, end, through his iliptience, I, hope eventually to be prodded withra re-• Spectable practice. He, is 4 thriving rnerchani.of our rising awn,and one o(the best fellows in. the !mild, en-.. terprising arid sPectilative., -firehaps' rather too iveli of the last, but there is a cool gsnfldence about. him that generally brings'hini out rightin the end.' He has no children of but has another ward, a niece of , his wife, one Kate BroWn, between Wltern and myself, I may tell you, exists in attachment of long standing. - Whew, my practice brings in`4 sufficient in: come, Katt. and I nre.to, be married. Altogether, in spite of\ the dusty, sultry air, the sleepy aspectof things, and the 'Knee of something wanting caused by the negleeted'call: din„ net., I - felt as' happy as e t maii\,could well ~ desire to be; the ,future scenic& bright And cheerful, Fund there was nothing_ i the present'to cause me the Slight st disquietude.\ , • \ But something i • my uncle's . step upon the-s Stairs gave me a kind of presentiment of coming misfortune. lie came in,ittui threw'hiniself into ri chair; thinc , his hit upon the 'floor, and,,wipeehis face with his handker elliefi an nnacetisOuned air of weari ness ancl,chagrin \upon his face. 4 E All well at home ?" I 'asked. ". Aunt all right, and Katel".. He'nodded in an abstract way, and flung a telegram across the table to me. It Vas from, his Londonscorres pondent: "Dillies k Co.'s ace ep-. Lances ' returned ; regular smash ; everybody connected with them will come down." ' SNATIIS, ,I remarked bandy that it' iris a very good thing that he wlsnot CCM fleeted with them. ' " But I am; Jem, worse luck," he said ; " we wi•re operating in cotton together for a' rise, and they 'have drawn upon me for a big figure." I felt this was bad news, and !did not know what to suggest. But pres. ently 13nele, Henry brightened up, and went on to say thati . although this would no doubt hit him, yet he could weather it, as long as his 6onnection with the bankinpt firm was unknown. The bills that wer now mitturing, drawn upon hith by Gillies & Co., were payable in-'Lou don. He must raise £lO,OOO to meet them, and this at once, and with t)e utmost secrecy. He could do this easily enough on the security of tie title-deeds of the property he hivl in the • town and neighborhood ; his banker would tulvance_ the -amount atOnce, but he did not want to go.to his banker. He would not have it known for the world that - he was - raising money on his property. . Bet ter pay a heavier percentage for the loan, and deal with a money-lender unknown to the world Of commerce. Could I "find him some one to vance the money at once on; the.se. .securities? . . , Priv!. ''.r••••••:-1•••-•••-- LINT rov. 13014ETHING GIVE ME REST IMM3 —.tt - LIA CLARK intria/CP,nts. BRADFO ------.)---- — 7 --- It was not \ without-embarrasstheit th t I replied 010, .I thought I could put . y hand on, stich• a person at - once. somotimebefore, in my hot and fscolish youth; had been led in . - to bettmg a good dal on.races, and •losing, One , Liverpool fleeting, -a , good .deal, Vint* than \ I maid pay, was recomended to.a MoneY-lender -one Bob • largreaveS, of Ilembent It\ —who had rl. ieved My pressing ne cessities at a 'ulllciently exorbitant,'' rate of interest. \' tni. , le Henry. had subseqttently Vel . y generously paid oil all my debts without asking any questions, only ex sting frthh .tae a .promise to abStain f Rm such ethirses for the future. Bob it was welt known' among the iiii'tinted, could \ t i, tind money .to any amou tif he could see his way to a good p At, and . Ji had no doubt that he vrOtilil jump at the prosper t of _getting.. iii 4 1 . a high rate of.interest and uneiteep ionable _security. ' . r' • \ - Hargreayes was nn eccentric kind 1 of man, nominally a' tailor,ONing the life of a recluse, and ner*, Ou-ly pprehensive of having , it :trio • tat he had any money at all of hi . : ,- . ~, own. There / was .no mar. of any \ wank oi. , secrecy` on his part. Ile did . not . bear the best character in the world ;Pit is Arue, and It was said that lic\had acquired, his money in a Way tlitik \ would' hardly bear investi., gationL ' But ; then, you don't a'slt the character of a roan who is ping to' lend' y ou ,e19,Q00, , I .telegraphed to , _ ,largreaves tp - come over and se me, and next inon ioii • at the appointed hour, I heard a, \tremenduons thump ina• o-i the stairs;., as if a heavy bed stead or sometliiitif of the kind were 'being dragged uP, Presently the door was cautiously \lieltr ajar, and a wizOed face appeared in' the 'op en ingX_ , \ - : 4leeing that I .was all' iilone,l,3ob-- forti*it was—Whisked dexterously into the room, incinnbered\as be was by a crutch-handled .stiek.\in each hand, ao,brass-bourid woods clogs on his feel;\ The amount, of timber he •carried ac c eoutited for the not. oia, the stairs. \ , ' " Well i'm\liere to oblige you, Master Turner iiiit. if it's brass yoli want, you'll, bear\iii • mind I'm a pooir. nian."• , '' " Then you an replied brusquely. 'go-the way you • " Aye, but I can get a bit of money sometimes, • thou knoivs.• There's many thinks a 'deal of Bolt Har areaVes.. But at this ' mtpute, I'd en• take my Bible oath, Una : worth \noth ing; but what I carry on my liaek. ), itec9rding to appt aPance thaOras very little, • for •he was. dressed\iti threadbare clothes of a dirty snuff_ brown color; patched s and; mentl 1 ., and that would lave advantageous stilljnore patching and mend ing. A greasy lack cloth cap-was on'his head, mull the only sad thing about him was a heavy:co*skin waistcoat, - strangely out of keeping with the 'Sultry Weather. After chaffering awhile:---for Bob's . -, impeeitniosity,was only assumed to justify a higher percentage—he con sented to find the . money--at 6 per cent,- for. three months—down upon the nail:. While he was , &Way to get the money, I sent for Uncle henry to come and ratify the !bargain. . A \ simple memorandum of deposit : of ti tle-deeds was all that Was neeessary, 110 this I was not long in preparing.; 1302 th w at the affair as Concluded •at -one6 i and • the parchments 'banded over to Robert in exchange f0r..00,- 000 in\ Bank, of England, notes, .all \ . , , *oiled 'and limp , as if they •had been !fujibirg .while. in' circulation. It' gave 4iie a greatleal of trouble to make a list of thew, for Wel' were of all de , ,\_ . . . , . ' 'nommattonsond none Of the same dates. or : coriseeutiVe numbers. ' I I finished:the task,' after a while, and slipped the list \into airy .portfolio. 1 The notes 'I plae .carefully, Within c ii my safe, and. lock them up..130b wrapped up his pare ments, in azi old blue cotton handkeraidef and hOh bled 'off, casting, ruanY - , a- regretfid -look behind at my safe,. \ as if it had` been a sarcophagus • where„his heart Was :enshrined. That safe .. by, the a. way, was present.from ! Un le Ilen-• \ e ry,'a•capifal one by a' first-ra mak er, and 1 was really pleased tO\have . something valuable to - put tn it. Hitherto a simple cupboard would have answered my purpose just iur well. • \ . ;,i - As sootins Bob was gone, Uncle Henry gaverne instructions as to the 1 disposal of the money.. On no ac- count was it to , go through the bank, It must remain in my safe till the next morning, when I was to:talce it un\to L'ondon myself,and 'retire cer tain\ acceptlnces -then coming due, and 'get back the bills. My :uncle was. intFli pleased that \ I had manag ed the \business so promptly, .and gave me nelieck for .E.5/3 \ for my ser vices. lie s . was in excellent spirits now. Cotton had seemed, a -trifle harder at that day's market, and should it rise 1 a little more, he\wonld be able, he told s ine, to put back the flO,OOO he' had just bortowed,\and 'clear as ranch more besides. In that ease, he would settle a good part of the money on Kate, and we might be married as Seen as svliked. I wentito bed that night in a hap py frime of mind, proinref the con fidence placed in me, witin,vague but pleasant dreams of future happiness, when I and Kate should be-man and wife. But just at, dawn I ~ : avecike in a horrible - fright, perspiration break in,; out all over me. I had &earned , that somebody had robbed the office; and in the moment of waking it flash ed upon me thati had , left the duplP cate key`of thy Safe hanging on its accustomed nail over the fire-place-In my 'office. 'for. there I had got into the habit of hanging it, as I had trick 'of . leaving -My keys at home,' and found that the duplicate obviat cd the inconvenience of not being able to get at my things. in the ex citement of the dayl had forgotten about its existence. s ‘ I rose at once, Although it was barely four o'clock,and - walked down to my office at top speed. There ev erything seemed' quiet and tranquil`; the windows, grim and dusty IcoolE-1 itig, blinked down upon me ins reas swing way. After , all, my-seire Was uncalled for. There was hardly the remotest. chance in the 'world of thieves getting into the place, and if ,they did, would they be likely to find . , - 1 , .\_ . v-\ r , .: , tri 11,:. -,..1 . 1 t -Cj I s r ‘i, J 1 -, 1, . i ‘... , s I .P.. . • • . , . , v l REGADLESSOF DENUNCIATION •FROM ANY QUARTS • D COUNTY,. p ( 4 TiIISDAY MOIINING,...MY6, — lBiie \ od to me,!' I yoll'd better person having entered the premises Sti tild.l Relieve such aistory myself told f any third person ? On opening for hope occurred to me. I was. possible that Bob Har greaves Cad kept the numbers of the _notes li4ad .handed over to .me. Howbent, Was only sixislilea away ; I might be th t and,. back before the hours of bu s t ess commenced, in am ple time,,too„ telegraph the num bers to the leading banks. After soine difficulty I\ found IL cab, and started to drive to re. A'thiserable, . \ ,t \a xions drive it w ob liVed in a ro el little stone co gc, on a waste, untidy piece of l i fan in the outskirts of \ the village of I bent, Early, as \it was, he, l was a e dy astir • I could see .hiin throug the window cross-legged on his boar( busily at work, stitching away at a wskirs waistcoat,. even in the lave veering anxiety o . the I moment, I cOu 4 not help a feelin 01'1 wonder at .hii employment, the t, of his apparel i \ so much •more i need of his ItibOr, The ground was too soft to' give ins ning of 'my ap proach, but my shad falling across the window made him look up sud denly. Catching my e -e, a deadly pallor came over his face the corners ofl his mouth began to witch, be junsped off his boar I and ca eto the \i door. Bob stood in the don way re • garding me with an air of cove mis trust, then his, eyes glanced eaerly around 'as if ,he doubted whether I were not accompanied. Seeing only the empty cab and,its driver, _wait c ' ing in the road, a hundred' yards oft, he recovered his self possession aid inquired my business.: I asked hini; eagerly, if hp had kept the numbers of the notes he had paid 'me on the previous 'day. "Why, what's amiss ; have 't you'?" parried Robert . with 1 l asti t cave caution. Something at this oment prompted me withequal caution. It struck me that Hargreaves world be more ready to give infor rustiest if he thought that I was al readylxissessed of it. "Oh, I have the nuriabers," but I thpugbt I ahould liketti compare my lilt with yours." "What, you've gotten a . list then," cried Robert,. '.'then what do • you ' Vrant + more?"\ "The notes have been s len," I said, and then' I went on to eseribe the\eirenitistance Of the reb 3;4 Robert listened with aisar eastie„ incredulotis smile that 'was very prvoking, especially as, I felt that his s \mental attitude towrd the story wae \that which the whole world would speedily assume "Take my advice," he \ said,. "go \, home and frame a likelier tale than that. Same time, if your uncle's in with ye, I'm not one to spot sport.. There's One lee to begin with , if they toeic . thy case with the num rs in it, how do you come to 'know \ ' em now ?" \‘‘ I I took a. copy, of matte," I replied, scarcely noticing the ussinnistion :Or broad assertion.• rather, 'contained in t4r : Robert's speech; I was broken r spirited. " But I must c pare it' with' yours. Oh, do give me the numbers, Mr. Hargreaves," "'Say, \ I've gotten no numbers ," lie lied, sullenly ; ". what'd be the use of um bers tome ? Pd work enowto h er 'ern, together,'bit by bit and., o e by one, without , bothering 'shim 'lumbers. I'm no scholar either, for that matter." , ' With' that he slammed the door in my fake, and went back to his board,' but I saw no sign Orthe cowskin waistcoat as I passed hie window, dejected and crestfallen. BoWillis sitting with his needle in his hand, gazing at its point in a kind of sul len reverie. la him was the last gleam Of hope I• possessed, and. I , could not give it up without another ''trial. "I'm sure you could telt me something 'about them, Mr. Bar-. greaves," I cried to him ,thrOugh the .window,'" Where you got them from, some of them." " I tell thee what," said Bob from his board, " I• sweat my Bible oath I know naught more about thy notes, e!3 go thy' wars." There/was nothing to be gained by wasting more time over Robert, and I drove away homeward, still more *etched tharf beets. Bar th e time . . I. the' duplicate` key 3 .P There was no use in alarming ,he'netghbo. rhOod by .trying to Wake up the housekeeper. Et erythitig Wah arm* told. tigitOhe street tranquilly sleeping in the ear. ly sunlight. .1 would wait till o'clock, • and the world' was astir \ again, and then go and secure the duplicate 10y. . I' walked shwa the i deserted tOwn, refreshed myself atii an early-breakfaSt stall, nii4 tlieh, As the factory bells Were all jangling out, and the streets vrere filling with operatives hurrying"to work, I pre sented myself at - the door of the .building that held .my °Mee., The ~a hOnSekeeper nodded at meulicablY. NO catastrophe had happened in the :night evidently. 1 ran up stairs three steps at a-time, darted-IntO•my \ (Mice, and—Casting •ti glance arotind. to assure myself that everytliing was in statu iwo—toiard th t fireplace for the key. It was hanging 'in its accustomed place. With a feeling of joyens self-gratulation, that no ill effects had followed myearelessness, I proceeded in a leisurely, Oiay to open my safe,,to• assure myself of the-Safety of the 'deposit. Judge or my horror and dismay when I. found oat the notes were gone clean at e. \ . . ~ . . o . IAPTER 11. THE DEAD LETTER. T the first stuPefathon of despair. at the lass' of my uncle's money ~foll owed n eager .desire to lie doing somethirl, I mast go to . the'Police (Alice at nee ; ' the notes must, be stopped; I had taken the numbers where was the list? In 'nly :portfo lio; that too' I, had placed in the safe; that also: was\ gone. Nothing else was• touched, thOoose silver \J .kept ;,!sere was intact, • Here was a blow\that almost over powered me. In adition to the less of Money, loss of re utation would follow. What a prett --sort' of tale I. should have to tell, ofrobbery. in which the thieves had at-left •the 4 41:. slighte:st trace of their perations, where the oileets stolen were notes of which I had retained none \ of the ,par,ticulars. Those who knew me best rniiiht believe me, but certainly no one else .Wbuld.. Ten thou and dollars abstracted- from an unlopked safe, the minibers not known; and no kgns whatever of any ,unauthorized I / we reached -31 ddleton buSiness had connuenced at , unelels warehouse, and, always . ea y at hie? Work, he was these „himself busily , ociapied s 'k Tk telling him was the worst \paW of the business, but he uttered not a word of reproach, and evidently, ful ly believed my account of the mat tc.r. Still, as he paced up and . down\ his room a gloomy ashen' face,. I saw that the.didaster was. one tliat affeeted him 'bitterly, "Have You told the Poliee?"he asked sharply, 'at his*, I "'NO," replied. "I am N now on h - o e way; I, have only, seen Robert Hargreaves since." " Thank Heaven ydu have not. The thing is bad enougl4 let ifs make the best of Not . a WOrd to anybody of the loss, • except 'Kate; you .may Crust her; but not another living soul." My uncle Wati \right, I could see, hard as ,it was-to keep quiet. The tale of such a hiss,N s tlnder thescsus picious circumstanCes, at this eSpe cial.juncture. would lb fatal to his credit: As it wis, he 'might lie able to tide oVer his dillicultiO. Ile would go to LOnclori at once aiii\ try_ to 'get the - bills :held over. And cotton Would onlYc,spring a little! Already Uncle,_,Henry the worst of his misfortune ing about his business alert. posed. Hut for me, bow con the thought of the probabl disgrace, own-L-3 should bav, upon my friend and benefactor !v 1 kept up till I had seen him MT by the London train. Then I 'hurtied off to Kate ttr tell of the irretrievable misfortune and to get a little com fort,-where 'Only comfort was possi blelfrom a woman's sympathy. • Kate, • when I - first told 'her my neiss, was ov ercome w ith grief anti 'dismay. But she soon recovered presence of mind and eouraire,• and tried to re-establish Mine. e 'lt was possible to d ter. If, we c urea-to/find try; secret n lut, stolen enough be nnee;',perha an offer, an( ages of a g( ty- therewith I inserted \I the local pat. 4es, offering ) 311 the. recovery of :,the missing notes tt be' kht tio \ x. \ rna% all t anoth \ pidity E, by ever o MI,. against in . Ten- ‘,.. Why, a , w ole life's 5... not be an e uivnlent. I n,. dead letter fro me in disgust, .... retuned to ray ismal reverie. There 'it Illy, however, looking• at Inc re proachfully, and took it up at last to be rid of - it Biktocin tearing open the Post office envelli e, I found that the letter within was n t in my hand writing, but apparent y• in that,. of some illiterate person, and that the address•was that-of a person I knew nothing about. It was an Unopened letter, addressed to "Captain Sam I \k ,White, 'Nowland's.row, Middi ton." Why bad they sent it backt . rze, who certainly had not written 't, ? Tice secret was that the envelipewas one of mine—its seal embossed with \ my name,and address-'—and thus, it had been sent, to me at once, failing its delivery to the addressed. It Was' very cool of somebody to mair,e use, of my envelope. Still; as the 'letter \ had hpthing to do with me, I had no .right to open it, and I.Was about to, lnelds It to the Postmaster-General, asking him to have the letter opened and returned to the original sender', when Kate came liras, usual, toSee if I Lid heard Anything. , "No news apt:6 totaay; James ?" she asked stonily ; "'NCI news, IC-ate." and we \both' , sighed `• ...then she looked over , 1 m Shoulder ' b re what I was doing. ' ''Oh, Jem " he said reproachfully, ' talt ng 'the letter from my hands, 4 Y 44, -are corresding with those betting men again;; ; you are trying '1 to'fg4t back uncle's money that way, 'and you Will only.matte it worse." then I\;emembered' that Sn] a White was. betting Irian who had 1\ betin'advert - *ng a good. deal lately. I explained Kate how the thing. had happened, nd she quietly dis posed\ of my . se les, and satisfied her own eunoriity, y seizing the let ter, tearing it open, nd taking 'it, to the- window to read, As she red, her pretty face was pti*ered up lath, \ all kinds of pnr,zled IV Ides. "I can unike'nothing f it," she said, at list, banding m the dead letter. - . It was dated the 16th of .1 r , day after the robbery, but by [ address and no signature. It • _, .., ~ nv Et.:. • \l r tistsvrted trenri—llav : e a Iltel Joh lot of callret pritle... tett timeisaiel yards or sejasewlable tor. fur rehy iarket. row over and see the on Ate forst and HMO ye have the shiners teddy. 9,01 at levtn morideg," Jetp !" cried Kate, when 11 had 2iiti4shetl\rreacling no li ,, ht.qothi9k ,•• r, • ina in ,thd,proceSs, were there: Any. enVelopesln the I,brtfolio tlllit was. stolen witlr4he- notes ?!' • " Yes, tlit certainly were a few, and, stamped with. my name anti ad dress on the seal. • ‘" Then "that letter is from the thief and\the ten thousand yards of ealieo are then Otes; and lit; is going to meet somehody on the ticst, that is•to triorroakto get rid ofhem." • • There Was no doubt 'that Kate was right; anal rose and• liti%"ged her on the spot at \ the joy of her\distxwery. But-, after' all f when the - fir 4 burst of delight wasovier, how wete we the better-for this.lettd? The postmark was 'Middleton ;\ there was tiothing in the letter.itself\to give any,elueto the writer. liut•ifwe could find out the_perSon to whom it AVIS addressed and keep• j d watch On . The post 011iee people had not e teen able to find. hiin ; but, iilthough \ Sam 'Wright might have no definite address, there was. no - dottlit that he was still in exis- tance, Ills advertisements appeared in the , papers constantly, although the • crusade - of . the Police kainst, betting men compelled him to \keep out of the way. My former experi ences stood' .me in good stead. %I found out a roan, an occasional tout' Who knew. all about, hull. - \ Sarri Whip!... said the man. "Why, he's" go' g to be wedded thi's blesSed morn g." lie went on to 41110 rue that White' was about marryi • ! , ..„ 4 . ,;young• woman with.a lot of mon :, -t at - . lie was going-to re tire f OnO•ulgar turf business tab get cr, and for the future bet.only . w• h the aristocracy and at Tatter salPs. He' w. s going away - to Paris for his weddirr trip, arida few of his friends were g lug to the station presently to see him . off, and give hini a parting cheer. Making myself 'ot t to be in the' chtegory of . Sam W ite's friends, I got permission to join he party, and soon, after 'noon the bride and bride-. , , groom made. their appeat.ance at the station and were by pkto a `first ,class carriage by the wait*. crowd of admirers, who howled and\C.theered in the most, roWd3= `faShion.% The Captain did not,secin over pl ased 1 With the• attentions 'of his friends,l and the' bride Was decidedly fright ened; ,She was a V, ery\pleasantlook' ing, prettyyoung woman, by the way . and in. formand features reminded que a good deal of; lite. The oppor tunity was not to be lost, and jump ing upon the carriage step, i s thrust the dead letter before him, arid .tell' :lug him it was.a matter of lifk\ and" „ death, begged him to say what he knew about tli writer. He snatched the letter from my hands, crumbled it, up, and s flung it out of the a window;, bidding me begone for *impudent rascal.. The train moved off amid a salvo of cheers froM White's admir ers; and I picked up the letter. some what crestfallen and, discorted.. My frierl;.,the tout, sided up to. me again. , "Cut up rather rough ; With yon, did Sam, Sir? Set beggar on horseback;-yon' know. Was it money= you wanted of him ?" ‘: As a forlorn hope,, I showed the =intim letter, and asked him if - he could make any_guess as.to the Writ !, adding thatit might be .£5 or £lO his pocket if he could find Out. __. , i \ .l g k ilf i i: wr o eenima t all abou , at my bale the man al e out that Sam l of meeting so c netted with the 1 nes4 at the Three . house in one of t of rho-town freilu a and other disagrees fa The landloYd 5f the ini c a retired prize-fighter -a and dangerous fellow, ant a -lc tout confessed that . a t standing abdut a disputed . ' ek Made him afraid to-venture, 4 place, and he could gather-no. t information. The 'whole e day passed away, . a nothing more could be , done. Ka e ooked despairingly - at me as,l toi what ,had . passed., Captain White one out of Our ken, and out of En g lish jurisdiction altogether; his correspondence was still a' mysteci- - ous nothing. The'elue that had been_ so 'marvelously revealed , to us, - all come to naught.. It was enough. to make, its despair. , 'he man's rape brightened, and hole aspect changed.. "I don't the hand-wad/la myself, but three hours and i find out it." . CIIAPTEE: 111. TUE TlItyEE PIOEONS, There was a dinner party at My . mule's that night:—.a very grand' one. I never saw Uncle Henry. more gay er, to all appearances, in better. spirits, -et . three days at - the outside would, zee him a. ruined man. Among the gi ests was . Major - Smith, the Chief. Co stable of ttre'towii,a; .bachelor anti bon 'vivant, who, was still rather a l lull s' man, and - . not averse 'to makin - bimself agreeable •to ; .Nate. .., lie took ler down to dinner, - aud I \ kept a watchful 'eye upon them. A great epergne of flowers was beweefi .I us; but in th lulls and pauses in the they. clatte I • could was in they. were sayii .He very . fond of talking about the . great people he knew, and - 6d ben indulging in a long • flourish ' about_ his dear Old_ friend and comrade,tord'--, wheni Kate *ught him down to the com mon level by the . question,l , "Prdy, MOjor Smith, do you know a Captain, Sam 'White?" • • • 1•/ " White!" cried the .Mitjor,,,rathr . .. nettled at being. cat - short, "Nhite I of what regiment?" . • • / • V • " Oh,. I..don't . know that, -bu be 'lately lived •at NoWland's-row"' • \The Major's - eyes at once Assumed the\ keen . twinkle of the/ of Police.. ' - • I . ." Have you been plunging into the bettinn•-ring, Miss Brown ? gam White is a dangerous / fello*. He has the'eharactct, too, 0 being a secret it fence." "Il . • ' . AThat was all .I / could hear, for. the tide of conversation .rose once more,. and Art:owned all individual voices... I did not enjoy my :dinner.' that evening s flelt that we wolo on, the e, the : no e an appointment to meet and punctual to his time i )eired: Ile had found . White wis irk the habit fellow, not cob turf, on, secret Nisi ‘,Pigeons, a public-, lowest quarterS 'rated by thievei hie Characters: . one Grinrod; vas • a - fierce "my friend . - lisunder. iebt had ~ ar the rther • , nnuth In Advance. S 2 pe r Trecii)tee. 'lt seemed, in. enough thrit.itajOir Snfitti Km li::i•e.-the tiis4 htiuting prisoti,.on a charge - of fraud cal taunt of:property:, hL. , 'iTorne Of my, aunt—in t . precl and help:ess of Women Kate?, The _ thought was edge or deeil, •might so, us off to silent cote would • 11 good-imp —and -ol unendur A Ile r he Iguests NYCT? .gone,_ K 4 : and Ihal a : tong an Entrions ul tation t getimr. •i f tin; next d -A passed ) o, - er our hew . without nri ~: ing something to liltlit, rarewell to hopn tiltogtither,', lt' was.bardly Ilke ly, indeed, that the unknown criminal would kiMp thelappoinlinent :nit had made, asjle-nad reeeiN'ed no reply to riiii letti.. Still, thqre :was chance that-he. would. , .. . Would it' be • impossible to get somebody to represent Sash White, And keep the appointinent oti be half? That ivas out of tile-question, White was too . - well knon,- Then, although w' e assiuned that the ,Three 19 cons was "•.ohl place P ;Men tioned in • the. dead, letter, yet we were jtist as likely :to be wron , i alto gether. .3 Then Kate.'.*..fitce ItOitcd up, :tuft' Flaw tliat•she an idea. . " Yotusay that the brille•of Captaip White w a good 'deal - like me.' Vell,•_wiiy should I not.isilie - believe..to, be 31N. §aln tin(l go yz 'keep the. :ip pointment. on hisbehaff!"' I lip(1 great may . objections to urge tb suelj_n OW, bat. one by' one lilt!: overruled- ttion. Ent I perginvled (lei. to umkc• this addition to her sc4ierrke, that I should accompany her he guile of. her 'husband's clerk, , or . secretary. Finally, we •inade n .\ - appoin s tment to. meet At 10. o'clock the following morumg - , and go to the • Three Mewls. • , As we - \puslied open the .51Viit Idoors•of tlise Three Pigeons, a strolig waft of 'inln , fled odOrs—beer and spirits, flavor s ed with tobacco, and a slight suspiciOa of wet sawdust— drove againstusyi a babel of voices ; too; surged out ijocuse, luau 'ling quarrelsome., Kat\'?.slirank back and got` behind me ; for, a ,moment she Was: not prcpared - foi\such an ordeal as this. kerowd bf people, chiOly • Women whose'chain - eters \ it would be compliment to call doubtful, were clostered , about a sloppV; \ pewter covered' counter, wrangfing, snarling, - swearing. The most alarming thing was-that, at thC\Sig,ht ofus, the noise suddenly ceased\Und alp - e yes were directed toward ; is. The 'landlord; a huge; brutal - lookia urin, was 'bailing wit - supplies, Nuor, rigorously exacting. the price before delivery, helped by. two slat terrqydoeking- women. fle... glared at us v crithliot, bloodshot eyes, 'and seeingthat.we.hesitated at spproach ! ing - the\drinking counter, fiercely de- mandeduir business., KateMliarch.ed up to him .with well simulated bola- Bess. i 1 Lam Ifr Raptai if - Mite " \ she whispered. • : '," At once the . man's ..couu.tenance changed anti,asiume.d.a more friend ly aspect, said he led the •way to an tip-stairs room. • •' • - ' 77 "'RutW what do you ant ?- . said to me,l,aying his you on" m' breast in a threatening way as about' to folloi:`Kate.• " You've - naught 'to clo with the \ Captain ?." . , w I' • Date at once explained that' . , the. captain's 'acw . see ret ai or • iigen 11er husband. was -Obliged - out of tie, way,.oWing to -police !port,. 'secution; but he lead an important - , appOintment'liere, 'and, had sent,, - lie'r. 'and his .new seCretary to tratis4et t4O, busineSs.• In confirin:dion :Of this:,' she handed:him tbedead letter., ~ -GrinrOd spelt , it over *Rh, a can tiotts,but comprehending face:- "Aye,-it's all right,'jno.'c~oubt," he said. "I charge ,a sovereign rot the room; you -knows:' Kite badetue Pay this at once ;AMA as'soon'as the,, money had paased, Vrlitroti bered that a . telegtara.dicid just'conie for the':Captain, which, 'perhaps, bOre. . upon the matter in hand.., lie ,went: to.the bar. and - trough!. backthe tele-. gram. Kate, opened it ,and read it; and_handed it over to me with a ges ture. Of despair.' :It was from friend, nosvbent, to Captain_ White, Three :.Pigeons," :laconically, As thee do not answer, I shall na conie.". • - Now It seemed that all our trouble and painti bad been . lost. , . The un known would not Wine forth and be' revealed. Our Cliamn) . _ was• . gone. The landlord.looked at us ingniring ly.: .No doitht s hc vr. had read' the 'tele gram,'and• kne was a put-off. " Oh;he's not coming, then. Well, Why didn't you wire- him to.-come over,? ,yoa can have this room , till he cones, only, as it is. wanted a dcal,- shall Charge you another pound; fd,il the use.of it." -r, ' •',' • '.` ,The suggestion was- a good. one; if we had known to whom. to ~send the message ;, but., in the .latter cage, we need : not have, been going, vi.r9'ugll this disagreeable, 'dangertuf experi, went at• the Three Pigeo'n7! '‘ 4 I . ' don't think," I. said at last Othat euiplo3 4 erwouldapprove of my sending for.. this ; it Woke'', like belt* over-anxious about the bar aiin2". ••• 4 , s: • • .'• • I looked . over a l t/rKate;,who once took, the 'cue. tj7.es; I am sure 'my husband woul not like it. if y = ou, tuy dear Mr. Grinrod, would kindly let Urn know, withon our ; 'knowing about it—'-%you know "what / a-temper the Captain , has —that CiMf,ain Whiter is here, wait ing/for/hitn. I would:pay for the ropm mid five shillings for th m e es sligecab and-so on, - and should be ,4o much obligee. to you." - The irascible, suspicious Grinrod 74 , 6 mollified- and subdued by, the power of beauty.. - • , . I' i'll do anything to:oblige a lady." be said, and went out; fcqlispatch the message evidently knowing .quite well where to 'send it Never did hours pais so . elowly as thOse that elapsed • while we were waiting at the Three Pigeons for the unknown 'thief.. The. landlord came in and mit, doing his best" to. lie civ il and attentive, talking about hOrsda and handicaps, and asking -for advice upon this race, and that, until I was afraid he Nyould.discoier my shallow, superficial knowledge,. and, detict me as an imposter. The peoplAn the. bar yelled, 54' quarreled, and' fought; ebtnethnes, GiinrOd Was call ed out Mutat halfa - dozen of the !nog. Intoxicated, those who could dritik no tnore, into the itrcet. Twclre o'clock - struck from the.: ehurcia.c.lock. opposite, •. ti 426. . : slowly on, still no body''-came. 1 An ! , other honr- struck; and we began to' felet that it-was uselcsi to wait l.ong- II C.. 1:.) , . ] - ' 'jut then •we heard a bell ring, t' . , and '0 rin roil bustled in. " Ilea here; i ' at, private. door;. shall I show •,'ein up ?" Kate nodded' The, next: fewl!.. minute§ seemed.an age. ' .': ' : - I . . There was a whispering eonferen4 at the' door; then we _heard something, . • 'on the Stairs; thump, thump, thntnp,', , :. :ip if alleaVy piece of furniture were;' being dragged:: upi. Then the dOori , opened ~ and - revealed the- cunntng; • Wizeriwt'face of.l3ab IlargreaVes.. .; ...!-Ile had evidently com, in bot ' Ilaste; - the perspiration streamed ' from: his-face, which he vas wiping - t nervously with bis blue cotton hand.:, .I,:erchief. - Ile wore the very Mine., , . costume as when 1 first saw him, ex j ' _ ' ceptthat the cOwskin waistcoat, was . .rephiewl by one of dirty white coti. ton., '" Tin laie, : ,missuS," , he. cried,,' - -inaking \ it kind - of 'awkward . salute. " A nit sO, the,Captain . could 't conic sell, he'd‘ouiilit to let me know.'' ~ e 1 .- 7 , e, . . At this Moirient 'he. caught sight. ann... I could withhold .myself no , longer, and rushed eagerly forward.: i I iS . face lice,amediviel, and then green. : Ile: UAW to escape, but his ,stick m sliped fro. under him , he . came . ' down- heavily, his • iitia ' d : striking against the corner of the table, and lay . .. Ahere Insensible. - . . .ft was not a tirrt for ; . thinking of . -. legal nitetieS,,and I had' no scruples in turning out his pockets at, once, making 'sure that I should - find the . missing notes, ..I. soon came to a .. big' greasy pocket-book and opened' it, but the notes were not there...A • , thorough search only revealed in"his lio's6ession. a half-eroWn, a few • cop-,.. ,cis. a..return third-class ticket ,for' 'v. • f NUMPER ItoWlent, and a.. pawnbroker's dupli cate for the cOwskiiiwaistcoat; pledg f : cd for half-a-crown that morning- I • was staggered at this last appar- - via proof of the'man'S impecuniosity, and Certainly the• Position. was• an awkward :one.-. -Hargreaves; for the moment stunned by the , falli was . just, recovering his senses. On the faee: of it I had been guilty of an aggro. vated :assault and - robbery. And: L had not a title of evidence "againSt_ tSe man. 4 .l . j ' ,.. . -: " 1 - think we'd ~ • better get 'out -of this _as - fast as we can;" I said to - I Kate. " . 11 r. • Hargreaves . has , been: , ' ' too many for .us," end I began cram- - i .., • ining,• his. things back into his pock- .. - et. " Stop," cried Kate, " Jem, I've, -. • ' been thinking ..- • there is . just d one chance. - Let us steal the pawn-ticket." • ''l Tlict thou g ht tbat . was :in her mind also" clashed upon me. 'I slipped the ' ' ticke.t into my- pocket, • Kate •put her • ' :arm in. mine, we -marched .' boldly,. kh3wn. stairs and out or 'doors; we --. ~ were ,in „tire fstrcet before, anybody had noticed us. - ,Then we . went, • , ' 'straight •to the pawnbroker's shop - . • ...tad redeemed-the. cOwskin waistcoat, carrying -it - Qtr to :my office, where. , We careftilly examined it. ~. . , .. -' •At first' • sight 'thed.yas nothing . reiiitirkable in' the waistcoat ; but Kate's-attention 'was speedily drawt .-: - to -the .elabOrate way in - Which AIM lining was• quilted in, and the pains- \ taliii.t . g . stitching about it. - It was .an cxeitpig Moment when, after unpick- , , , in \ g.some - of ,i,lic lining, she: brought • the \corneCoPit •pieec,of paper •to - .. - light. \ It was a bank-aote, and, bit - • by bit;as the waistcoat was ;unpicked, . ' • note after note game to light, till the whole araonnt `Of x• 10,000 was made - . - _ up! - -,..: '-- '` , :-• - - • • 'Yon. Can \iniagirie Our jok. as' we ~ . Put the. mi . sing• money into Uncle Henry's' hands \ Hp was on the point '• • • . of . calling in an- . .accountant'to take ' Charge of his'books, and inform, his ... • • creditors_ that he\ could no longer . •. • • ineet'llis engagements, but the recoy- ered .£lO,OOO put a new aspect on af- ,'. - fairs. My uncle's credit was saved. : . We sent the cowskin waistcoat' to . _ . '.;,-- 'Mr. Hargreaves at Ilowlient" with a n...,.,.... polite.. mite "begging, him to. accept • , : the' two and seven-pence-halfpenny . ' we had paid Air its redeniption,• ; as eo'inPensition for' the..,ilight dathige . we liatl y done to its lininga.damage , . yr•-i: wbich•hi4•skili in his craft would en; . . 'Ole 'hi - in speedily to repair. 'We'saw/ • I nothing tnore of liin till the.end _of •, • three monthS, Nsilten,a favorable turn ' - of affairs enabled my uncle to rePsy . . his' loan: with interest: . Then /Bob - was seizetritith. reinorse, or /some ."... leeling that answered_ the .same pur pose, -, and.he.confessed tome that he bad_ stolen tli.rnotes .thato / ve had so, fortunately recovered.• /The: devil had . tempted: hirrt, he !said..;:: fOr . lie': • -- had noticed that; when/ I -locked Pg. • • the safe, I Made use of a key I took , • from a nail over the fire-place, and '' that I returned itAb the same place„ . Time tereptation to clear £lO,OOO at a_ - blow was iiresistibl,e. He watclied.' • u3e out of the / Oilice, and had no ditt; - , fieulty "in ',shooting back the lock of : -' . my door With-his clasp,.knife,. - There •, - was no risk; for, had he been. found •.: . in may robin, he 'would hire had a• , . . Plausible -. excuse ready:' Then he ';,.- fonnd/the key of the sate, hanging '-. - . where I had left- it,.and was soon in -.‘ , 1- -- - ; possession., of the money lie had so• \ . ' , ,, r • reeettly parted with. Ile took , my 'T 'fOrtfolio;loo, for he had:seen:me put . ;the list of notes there. .He„would- '- have gone -•t - ziLeiniCit next day and - - cashed- them-, had he -not heard from ~: ",;:` • . we that I had a copy-. of the list of numbers--may Lbe forgiven for the, ~ • - fahtehood 4 told on the occasion !---- . . . ba, assuming . that the notes would - . lie stopped, he wrote to . Captain' • ~. . White, who- ' from his frequent. visits to the Continent and' his 'habit: of • • dealing with .large sums .of,oney, was a convenient agent for .he pur- ".• p4se. - I fancied that! Bob h il. had • similairle.alings with him before of a • • ./._ like nature, although he solemnly 4f- iirmed that he had not. ' ..' T A'S Robert .• - .Saitl f lie.was y no scholar, and had not -. noticied, in' using one of my envelope§ .! : • '-=for • the sake of -economy— that.. • . - there was any but an ordinary device . • - on the - spat. If-he had he-we - WU have • thought nothing of - it ; and '; tre was- ‘ still in wonder as to the way in which . - , we. found out his appointraerie*ith. 'White. .fte had sewed the notes up in •• • his cOwskin waistcoat the-day af- •: _ . ter, he stole them; in' fact,' that was' . hi occupation on the mciming..of my • `-.. viSit.•.: 'And he secured' a plaettof safe - - deposit for hiS money by . pawning . -. :the waistcoat on - his 'way ,to meet' .. Captain - White. •... . - • - After all, Uncle Henry made-a lot . • -•. of money through being ' obliged to -. hOld on to his cotton; lor, it rose - . . Suddenly to half-penny a-pmind; on-- -- • receilit•:of disastrous news of the new 'crop.. Ile behaved very to Kate on •the occasion-. f ..onfwed , .. ~-'. sing the other day.'-'. I•.often, shiver ' lif/ o whenl - . thinitiof. ho • nearly I bads' shipiireckednlllinr .proSpects . for . life • by. a..moMelit's carelessness; 'sad: . • undeti Provitlenee s iand , neirt to my , , Wife! Kate,. I 'ha l ve nobody, tblhank ',.. so munch forgetting mice out. of the. 'scrape• as, heiltajesty's Postmaster-:• .. ' Oblersliii-ho'sent me that unopened .- dbrid . •lettql4.l/tq'Allie - 0 - 004dt . - • „. II