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office—South side Poplar street. opposite Ward
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ANDREW WILT,
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{April 12,'76.1
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_YOUNG,
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TOWANDA. PA.
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Tim k Alain St., up stairs.
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April 12. 18741.
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t! at DILL. t.inna4:lly) J. N. CALIF?.
DR. S. WOODBIJR).;, Physi•
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Toaat., a, May 1. 1a72
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1!1!M!1!132
EDWARD WILLIAMSi
PRACTICAL PLUMBIE & 0418 FITTER
i'lare of business, a few doors north of Post.olllee
Plumb!Pi. Gas Pitting. Itepalrlng Pumps of all ,
kinds, and all kinds of Gearing promptly attended
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a tali. Gee. S. !CS.
SIMQVENNA COLLEOTATE IN
ITA
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APRIL 5Tn, iaso. P.xtrenies for board, tultlou
and turniahed room, from fin to 1180 pecycar.'
Tor catalogue or further particulars address the
Principal,
EDWIN E. QUINLAN. A.M.
Towamla,..tan. 15, MO. 7yl
ALTER CHUB
W
(b . u,cmor to L. B. Pottet4 Scranion, Pa.)
DEALER IN
PIANOS, ORGANS,
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AND ALL KINDS OF MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE.
He continues the agency for the CMCEERING
nod STEINWAY 11.1ANOs. and the MASON &
- HARLIN GRGANS. which he Is prepared to sell
at eI.oSE FIGURES.
The trade supplied at manufacturers' prices.
Agents wanted In all unoccupied territory.
Scranton, Pa.. March n-nia.
BENJ. M. BECK
Slay S. 'l9
! JOHN F. SANDEnSON
TUE CENTRAL ROTEL,
ULSTER, PA.
The undersigned haring taken puteekalon
of the above hotel. respectfully' eollelta the patron-
Ago of his oh!, friends and the public generally.
amity-tt. St; A. FORREST.
VAGLE HOTEL,
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; This wel:-known hbuite has been thoroughly rem
omitted and repaired throtighoitt, and the proprle
'tor ds now prepared to otte tirst.elas aceotnmwda
limns to the pubtle, on the , moat re:turnable term..
•• E. A. JENNINGS,
towanda, Pa., May 2, 1878.
MEM
HENRY 1101 W.,
CORNER MAIN & WASHINGTON STREETS
TowANDA. PA.
Meals at all hours. Terms' to stilt the times'. Large
stable attached.
W3l. 11 Fti RY , PROPRIETOR
Towanda, Ju l ly 3, `:9-tf.
t noel 1 -75
QE.',LEY'S OYSTER BAY AND
EUROPEAN TIOUSE.—A tew - iioors southot
the Means tiotese. Board by the day or week An
reasonable terms. Warm meals served at all hours
Oysters at wholesale and retail. feht`t7.
TAKER
Dec.l l .l-th . JOHN N. WOLFE, Provn
MEAT MARKET.
E. D. RUNDELL,
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Would respertfay announce that he In (Toth:Mel
me Markfq buslt+ss at the old stand of Mulfor( &
gondol', and win at. all time!' keep a full bupply of
=3
( frb.l7A
Constantly on hand. Country dealers supplied at
city rates.
FRESH A: SALT MEATS,
Jan. 1,075
114 - All Goods deltrered Free of Charge
E. D. RLNDELL
Towanda. Pa. Nov. 27 1879.
TOWANDA, PA
TARKET
Announce to the people, of Towanda and vicinity
that they are now'ilrepared to furnish .
end Vegetables io . their season, it the most reason
able rates . Everything purchased of us
delivered promptly free of charge.
Sir Our !oration. ONE DOOR NORTH OF
SCOTT'S BAKERY. Is convenient . for all.
We buy the hest vtreek: and take great paths to
keep everything In the beskorder. Givens a call.
IDISECRANTSR & BREWER
Towanda. Dee. is, 11,715.
I\IEAT MARKET!
BEIDLE3tAN'S BLOCK, - BRIDGE STREET.
FRESH AND SALT MEATS,
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DRIED BEEF, FISH, POULTRY,
GARDEN VEGETABLES AND BERRIES IN
Sir All goods delivered free of charge
Towanda. Pa., May 28, 1879
THE OLD MARBLE . YARD
r .j:51215.000
66,000
The undersigned hiving purchased the MAR
BLE TARD ufthe late GEORGE MCCABE, de.
sires to inform the public that littering employed
experienced men, he is prepared to do alt kinds of
work In the Ilse of
MONUMENTS,
Aril 1.187.9
OMNI
Penult'. iteptrlng anything In the Marble line are
hivlte4 in raLl and eiatuluo work, atm! save agents',
toulativaion.
GOODRICH & HITCHCOCK. Publishers.
Vusittess garbs.
otefo.
ISOM! SIDE PCIDI,ID SQUARE.)
(ON mit 7.I7ROPEAN PiAlia
CANTOIC, PEAN'A
Near the I)rpat,
Xaracfs.
R•E S H
OYSTERS
GARDEN VEGETABLES,
FRUITS, &c
ROSECRANSE & iitEWER,
FRESH AND SALT MEATS,
POULTRY, FISH , OYSTERS,
MYER & DEVOE
Located In
Keep on hand,
THEIR SEASON, &c
MYER & DtVOE
MarOfe Tarbo.
STILL IN OPERATION.
HEAD STONES,
MANTLES and
th the very beat mariner and at lowest rates. •
JAM S 8 McCABS.
Towanda, Ps., Nov. la, 11178. Sit,'
4 _
WHERE` THE BLACICHIRL
, .
Down theluiet country road, befote lin reach the
'lofty yldge,
- Where the birch-tree, first awakened to the
morning's low breath airings, . •
I ofttimes eft in silence on the small moss-covered
bridge,
Sear the little shady nook where the blackbird
sings.
There the spreading trees meet o'er me, and I hear
no harsh voice calling, '
Whilst hie sweetness to my fancy's dream a sa
cred feeling brings,
hs it mingles with the rippling of the brook o'er
pebbles falling,
In the little shady nook where -the blackbird
• sings.
There the ivy clintbithe highest of the lofty trees
'bi.sitie me,
And the bluebell like a carpet in the early sum
' iner springs;
In the Main I need but clamber, and the snowy
bloom would hide me
In fhe little shady nook where the blackbird
sings.
Where the trout his supper seeking, in The sunny
beam is leaping.
And tne pool is broug'it to life Again in many
glistening rings,
When the day seems growing fainter, and the shit
, dews onward creeping,
In the little silkily nook where the blackbird
sings,
When the swallows 'dart like spirits underneath
the narrow arches,
And the air a sweetened pirtanse like the al
mond round me flings,
And I dream of holy quiet as I watch- the leathery
larches'
In the tittle shady nook where the blackbird
slugs.
0, If I could only tell you what uuhrokeri heartfelt
pleasure
Ever Waits me in the'spot, to which my thought
so fondly clings,
You would follow toe nor wonder my only
pleasant Moire,
By th,3 little shady nook where the blackbird.
sings.
elected (ale.
RUTH MORRISON.
Captain Sinclair stood at. Mrs. Mc-
Grath's bright. cheerful fire, lifting . up
first one foot and then another to the
blaze. " You know what comfort
means, Mrs. McGrath. I wonder,"
Said lie laughing, " you don't get
sonic one to share it with you."
"9, captain, for shame," rejoined
the widow, smirking and looking.
down.
" Now, what do you say to Marks;
for instance ?'' he continued, pith It
quizzical sruile.
Tut, nonsense, sir," she - replied
half angrily. " captain speak
ing of ikiarks I'm sorry Ichear of
all the work they had above Yester
day?
4 What work ?" returned the other'
quickly.
"Why sure enough, I forgot; I
suppose you don't know; but there
cap be no harm, tow in my speaking
of what's in everybody's mouth. The
first I heard Of the business was from
Tom Reynolds, the policeman, him
who was up at Oaklands to see into
it; and Marks was just telling meal];
when we heard the car coming; but
I don't know ; my mind missives me
about that fellow. Tom Reynolds
didn't think so. bad of her, some
Captain Sinclair listened in aston
ishment to thee unconnected and
unintelligible fragments. " Why, in
heaven's name, what is it all about?"
he impatiently asked. " I know no
mate than_ the man in the moon what
you- are talking of. A policeman up
at Oaklands—what the mischief was
that about ?"
"Bless us,, captain, but you take
one quite aack ; you gut me inn
fluster, you speak so short. Sure 'tis
Miss MorriSon that stole a loV:of
things, and Tom Reynolds wan up
with a warrant; and they found them
al in her trunk ; and so they sent her
off this morning. "Mind," added
the widow, correcting herself, " I
don't tell you she stole the things;
but them as knows best, I suppose,
says . it ; and proof is proof, as Marks
was just after stating; and there's
how it is."
" Miss Morrison stole !" repeated
Captain Sinclair slowly, and opening
his eyes wide in
,sheer amazement.
" She as much stole as I did. And
do you mean to tell me that they,
sent her off from Oaklands, my poor
•
child ! Where did she go to Mrs.
McGrath ?" he asked fiercely, stamp,
ing his foot.
" Lord, captain, how on earth can
I tell ? They sent her to Newry this
morning, that's all I khow ; buit, in
de xi, Marks said," added Mrs. Mc-
Grath, with that spirit of contradic
tion so rife in woman, for at heart
she thought Ruth innocent, " Marks
said that there the things all were, in
the very bottom of her box ; rings
and jewelp, and I don't know what
else, belonging to the mistress; and
sure, that's 'plain anyhow—leastways,
Marks says so."
"Marks be—," returned Captain
Sinclair, furiously. Now the captain
was never gtven to swearing; but no
question about it, he rattled out a
tremendous oath then and there, that
we can't by any means chronicle in
these pages. "The confounded im
pudence of them all!" he continued.
" Policeman ransacking my house,
and people sent off bag and baggage
in my absence, and I knowing noth
ing about it! 'Tis enough to drive
one stark mad. Here give me these
things;" and he seized the small box,
and flinging his coat over his arm,
strode out of the house, without even
saying good-night to Mrs. McGrath.
' Well, if I ever !" exclaimed that
dame, looking after the retreating
form of the captain, as it vanished
down the road. s' What a dazed
woman I was to go and open my lips
at all about any of their works. Had
teas to them Marks, and that gov
ernes's, and the whole lot. One would
think 'twas I had the doing of it, so
hot and, heavy did the man come
down upon me !" And she slammed
to the door of her establishment; with
a bang, and went to wreak her wrath
upon the kitchen-maid.
It would have beet[ no easy task to
keep pace with Captain Sinclair as
SHELVES?
got! v.
—London Soctety
[CONCLUSION.]
CHAPTER IX.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA.,
be dashed out from the Golden Sheaf.
and plunged along regardless of the
mud that went splashing all over him
st every step: He. muttered each.
moment dire anathemas against all
his household, scarcely excepting.his
wife.; he gnashed his teeth, with in
dignation as he thought of Mrs. Ma-
Bernd, concluding at once thdt she
had influenced bet mistress to act
thus. rashly and- hastily: "'Tomas
some hellish plot," he muttered,
"concocted the moment my 'back
Was turned. I'll have that Fr i e . nch
harridan of - before the morning light,
as sure as my name's Sinclair. That
poor,'gentle little thing! • God knows
what may happen to her." He rush
ed open the small gate leading in
from the road to his own demesne.
"Stop!" said he to- himself. "It
Might be well if I went round and
saw this policemart i Reynolds, first,
and get from him all the bearings of
the case. I remember Mrs. McGrath
said he didn't suspect her, or so,ne
thing of .the sort. True, though the
'fellow Marks told me the front gate
might be locked." And -he stood for a
second or 'two irresolute, with his
hand on the half-open wicket. A
cold sighing wind swept over the
waters of the lake, and shook the
naked branches-. of the trees, and
came like the ominous Whisper of im
pending danger to his ear. The cap
tain shivered where he stood. " What
a weird sound that wind has to-night!
Yes, I will see ReynoldS. Sure, I
can climb the gate "'
,And he swung
to the little, wicket; and again strod e"
on up the road ; for the police bar
rack was.at the Other Bide of, and not
tir from the front avenue. On how
trivial a thing do the greatest events
revolve! The captain ploughed his
way through mud and gloom to the
police barrack; • and the lurking
assassin, as he changed his uncomfort
able posture-behind the old oak, won
dered what- could be keeping the
master so long.
We must briefly retrace our steps,
and return.to where we left l the hero
ine of our narrative, unconscious, on
the floor o!: the room in the Down-
Shire:Arms at Lisburn. The'sound
of her fall, as well as the previous cry,
quickly brought in some of the ser
vants of the hotel to poor Ruth. She
was lifted gently into an easy -Atari'
the window' *as thrown open; re
storatives such as• smelling-Salts,
water, and witiewere all succesive
ly brought and applied ; but when
the death-like, pallor still continued,
and no sympt4s of returning anima
tion appeared; the landlord and his
daughter, who had both come in at
the first note of alarm, began to . get
extremely uneasy, apprehensive that
life itself was extinct. "Where did
she come from ?" "Who is . she ?"
were questions whispered from one
to another.
" No matter who she. is," , exclaim
ed the man; "we mustn't let a fel
tow-creature die this way on our
hands without help ;" and he bustled
'out, announcing his intentionior. go-
Jag off himself for the nearest'. c
tor. At the door, he metlagtgitle
man who had come to the house in
the morning. "A stranger lady taken
very bad, sir,". he said, " in. there."
pointing to the r00m..; " Don't know
what's amiss. hurrying for the
doctor; for I own to you, I fear she's
dead."
The gentleman addressed passed
quickly into the apartment, to see if
he• could render any assistance. They
were, at the instant, wheeling the
arm-chair close to -the open window,
to try and get- more air 'in upon the
fainting form. and so the young man
entering did not at once see who it
was. He went round in the rear of
the frightened group that were gather
ed about the sufferer; and being tall
er than most of them, soon caught a
glimpse of the livid countenance.
As lie did so, an expression of horror
and astonishment broke from his
I ps. "make way. there; for .God's
sake," he cried, "and don't press so
close round that chair—you'll smoth.
-er her."- He pushed there all wildly
back, and flung himself on his knees
beside the insensible figure, seizing her
hand ; while with eyes fixed in tremb
ling apprehension, lie gazed into her
face and his own became almost as
white, with the unutterable . dread
that this stony sti Iness was ,death
itself. He laid his finger on the'
pulse, and it felt like the feeble vibra
tion of a slender thread. "Quick,
bring .some brandy here," he called
out hoarsely ; and with a spoon, he
succeeded in getting a few drops
within her lips. " Ruth, my own be
loved," he whispered softly ; and like
an electric touch, .the low sound of
that loved voice sent the flush again
to the cheek, and the eyelids were
lifted, and she made a faint effort to
speak, although the words' were in
audible. When the doctor came, he
sent every one but Ferdinand—for
we need scarcely say 'twas he—and
-the landlord's daughter from the
room, and continued giving to bran
dy in small potions, which, before
long, restored the lost animation.
Ferdinand
.continued holding her
hand, and watching tearfully the
ravages that anxiety and sorrow had
wrought in her face, and wondering,
in miserable perplexity, what had
caused it all. The. doctor tried to
hinder her from speaking; but im
mediately after consciousness had
been fully
_restored, she whispered - to
him, foriiiiie could
_speak no louder:
" I must speak at once to this gentle
man; it is a matter of last impor
tance." The physician accordingly
withdrew.
When left alone with Ferdinand,
Ruth explained to him rapidly and
succinctly the terrible position in
which Captain, Sinclair' v as placed.
It seemed as if the fainting-fit had
restored something of collected calm
ness to her disordered.mind ; for she
could not, with greater clearness,
have imparted' to the astonished
young man all that was needful to
know. It was only when the doubt
arose as to being there in time• to re
trieve the error of not having taken
some precautionary measures in
Newry that her mind again became
confused and restless. Ferdinand,
however, more uneasy than he cared
to let Ruth perceive. taking out his
watch, assured her that ' he had lots
of n time'—that he'd have a chaise
1)•\ •) ) f
(IL‘
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1880.
and pair at oney; and easily overtake
Captain Sinclair before be could by
any possibilitylreaeb Common Cross
—the place, as' Ruth indicated, at
which be was to arrive by the' mail
car, _and • from the moment of hiy
leaving which the extreme peril be,
gan. "I ought, ,1 see now." slid. mur
mured, throwing down her feeble
hands desparingly, to have hid my
self somewhere about there, and m et
him when be came;'but it never , once
occurred to me—never once."
Ferdinand, telling her again and
again that all would be right, had a
power that none else possessed. to
impart to ber quiet. and strength.
He repaired instantly to the landlord,
desiring him to' have a Chaise,':and
pair got, as rapidly as possible, to go
first to Banbiblge, and thence: to
pursue 'the Mail-car. He then calle , i
his uncle, the elderly gentleman who
was with him at the hotel; -and tell
ing him, in few , words, exactly how
matters were, brought him in, and
introduced Lim to Ruth, when.the
affectionate fatherly manner, and
.teeder commiserating face with
which the old gentleman bent over
her, brought' balm to her spirit.
" llncle will take care of you ' der-.
ling, until I return,?' he whispered to
her; "and kar nothing; trust iii
One above, Who is the helper of the
friendless;' and I'll be back -soon to
you with good news." And so he
tore himself away; for though he.
scarcely dared ~ to admit it to himself,
he grew sick at heart as he felt how
little time was before , him, and calcu
lated the distance' to lie traversed.
Ruth was able to stand, leaning on
old Mr. Munroe's atm, and to stniie
a faint yet hope4'ul return to Ferdi
nand's eager farewell, as he gazed at
her from the window of the carriage.
It was some time ;before quiet , Aas
restored to•she Downahire Arms, so
great bad been the commotion and
excitement.. The Doctor returned
on Ferninand's departure, and found
his patient so much better that h.•
contented himself with ordering her
perfect rest, with some simple .nour
ishruent, and desiring that she should
retire very early for the night. Mr.
Munroe followed litn- into the halt,
and slipped the fee into his open
palm. Be made s feint :of - declining,
asking, in si dubious manner, who
she was, and what were her circum
stances.
"My dear sir," responded the old
gentleman, "I'm her uncle—l'm her
uncle."
"Oh, thank you, s;r," rejoined the
doctor. "I shall call in the Morn
ing."
"It isn't a lie," observed Mr, Mun
roe to.liimself,"as he returned to the
sitting-room ; " for sure she will be
my niece very shortly, please Clod;
and a dear nice little thing she is too
—only I hope she is-not delicate. I
wouldn't like a sickly wife for Fer-
It was a peaceful, pleasant even
ing that Ruth passed with the kitid
old man in that hotel at Lisburn'.
He explained to her how he lived at.
the other side. of Belfast; that his
nephew had Joined him but the day
before, on his return from France ;
that some business of his own had
brought the to Lisburn, not an
hour previous to Ruth's arrival; and .
Ferdinand was to have gone. on the
next day to see her 4t. Captain Sin
clair's. Then Ruth narrated to
as she lay back in her chair, all she .
had gone through at Oaklands, which
so excited and irritated her listener
that he had frequently to rise and
walk at - a rapid pace up and down
the room.
" Bless my soul and body!" he
gasped out; "I never heard such a
thin g in all my life—l never heard
such a thing. Poor creature! I won
der that you are alive after it all.
Let me see—l forget—if that dread
ful house, Oaklands, I think yoU call
it, is Down, or Armagh?"' .
• "Down, I think," said-Ruth.
" Oh, then they'll 13c. banged in
Downpatrick. Yes; and walk,
my dear young lady— Stop! I'll
call you Ruth. Why shouldn't I?"
" ado !":said Ruth earnestly.
" Well, Ruth, I'll walk, God will
ing, in my stocking-vamps, to Down
patrick to see the execution ; I
will, as sure as ever my name is
Cecil Munroe. 'leaven g rant that
erdy will be in time, and they'll be
caught;" ; and he flung open the shut
ters to look out. "I'd hang that
Mrs. Sinclair, too, as an accessory
before the filet ; . I would, upon my
honor; and 'twould be a great god
send to that good old soul, the cap-
tain, to get quite rid of her in that
war."
The night was fast falling ere Fer
dinand Munroe reached B7inbridge,
and it was scarcely necessary to ask
after' the maiVear ; it had long ` gone,
as he bad feared. Some short time
was necessarily spent in instituting
minute,inquiries about the cross
roads through the country, for both
driver and traveler were ignorant of
the route. Having received as ex
plicit 'directions poisible, and the
horses being recruited with meal and
water, they set out anew. The even
ing was gloomy,'And they had not
proceeded' many 'piles before the
road became sorrough and bad that
they had to advanceislowly toAd with
care, and in a few minutes came to'a
dead halt." •
" What is the meaning of this?"
shouted out Ferdinand." *..
" Why, sir, I fear we took a wrong
turn below there; for hang me if I
think we can make way here at all ;"
and he bent over the. horses, heads
in a fruitless effort to'sce sufficiently
far to judge if there was any outlet.
" Heavens and 'earth !". cried Fer
dinand,' hounding . from the vehicle.
" What do.you mean by going astray
in this manner? I tell you, 'Cis a
matter of life anddeath."
"Be gorra, I can't help it," an
swered the poetilion sulkily. " I
didn't come (town here a•purpose,
and how to getout of it how," he ex
claimed. "sorry one of me knows."
However, blid as things seemed,
by !Morally aawell as metaphorical.
ly putting the shoulder to the wheel,
r Ferdinand and the man Between
I them succeeded in extricating chaise
i and horses from their awkward posi=
tion, though with considerable loss
of time. The remainder ofthe drive
was passed by the young man 'in a
state of mind little short, of distrac
tion ; he could not stay an instant
quiet, and half resolved, more than
once, to-leap out and run ahead, as
he thought that his tingling feet
would far outstrip even the rapid
rate at which the carriage now roll
ed along. At, length the carriage
drew up so audilenly that the horses
were thrown upon their haunches.
and the fidgety inmate sent with vio
lence against the front Window.
" ilolloa! what's this ?" he called
out. "Is this it?" '
Without replying; the postilion
shouted, in a voice Out instantly
brought Mrs. McGrath to the door:
" Any on inside there? Be this
Common tre es?" . .
" Yes," replied the woman, ." it is;
and very good . board and lodging,
though I say it, any • r ,oentlem.in can
have here, at the Golden Sheaf."
Ferdinand had already sprung
.from the carriage. " , Woman," ask
ed he with i excited eagerness, " has
Captain Sinclair been here yet?"
t• Captain - .Sinclair !" .repeated the
other in surprise. "Yes, to be sure
he's been here, and in there warming
himself; and is gone—no, .not three
minutes since—np home, to Oak
lands "
" Which way did he go? For
God's sake, woman, tell ni quick !"
t
" Oh, : just down tit road there," re
turned Mrs. MeGra h, 6usiclerably
startled at the abrup and fiery earn
estness of her interloeptor. _
" Down this road ? he inquired,
pointing with his finger. "Straight
on,, i l 4 it?"
" Yes, sir, yes ;" and -she added,
calling out atter him as he darted
forwitrds. not
,waiting for smother
word , : "You go in the little ?wicket,
gate at the leftl.hand side of the road,
not two hundred yards before you—
if it is for Oaklands you're bonne."
" Yes, yes, I remember ;" and he
recalled What Rtith had said to him
about that side-door entrance, and
the wait on by the take, gasping out
as he did so: '. If it's so near, I'll
never citeh him in time."
"Mercies be around me!" exclaim
ed Mrs?. MeGiath, turning to the pes
tilign, NFtid was busting himself on
harbessing the horses; " tia well if I
don't go, clean crazed this blessed
night. f that ben't a fiery spark, 1
never saw one. What's it all about?"
she asked.
" Faix, - missis, that's more nor I
know; but sich a fierce young _blade
I never kim across. Lord! 'tis a
blessing he didn't crack my Skull
•
upon the road ; and iopk here," he
continued, taking the light from Mrs.
McGrath, and holdingi . it up to the
reeking sides of the panting steeds;
alai a lather of c, sweat. 'Twill be
small hours of the morning afore 1
have them dhry and done."
"I'll send Jim out tp help. you,"
said. the hostess. -" Biit when have
you to be for the mad. again ? Is he
going back, and how far did you
come—the whole way lion" Belfast,
suppose ?"
"No, wini only from Lisburn._ But
my 'Word for it, it'll be a good stretch
of the day afore I put these poor di
villa under harness again, -I can tell
you, to say nothing of myself; I niv
er had such a hard dhrive in all my
by born dayS. What's that ?" said
the man, suddenly stopping in his
talk, and in the undressing opera
tions that - he had resumed.
" Tis a shot," cried Mrs. McGrath,
nervously, pausing a moment, after
they had listened to the clear, sharp
ringing sound that broke upon the
dull stillness of the night, with its
returning echo answering back from
the distant hill.
" Have you poachers hereabouts ?"
asked the postilion.
"I don't, know; it sounded as if 4t
was somewhere about Oaklands.
God grant that young young man
you brought isn't after mischief."
" ; Not he," replied the other.
"'Well, I snppose it is some of
these poaching. chaps; I heard the
police over there talking of them.
I'll send Jim out to you now," added
Mrs, McGrath, as . she turned into
the house; " and I'll have something
hot and comfortable for you by the
time I think you'll be ready."
." Thank you, missis; 'twas never
more welcome, or more needed."
When Ferdinand - Munroe hurried
off so quickly from the 0-olden Sheaf,
he had not gotta many yards before
he found himself at fault. The road .
was altogether strange.; the flare of
the light Mrs. 31cGrath's door was
still in his eyes, and the night itself
was dark ; at Beast, the thick cloud
that drifted through the sky effectu
ally dimmed what little light the
moon in its first quarter might have
sh(d. Ile had therefore to slacken
his pace a little : , but keeping close
to the wall on hisleft, he, soon came
upon the small gate.
" This is it," he said, flinging it
open. and in his impatient haste, not
knowing the nature or length of the
walk, and careless of everything but
getting up to Captain Sinclair (who,
he concluded, was on before him) ere
he could reach the spot where the
attempt on his life was to be made,
he dailied forward at full speed..
was only as he came where thri path
wound away among the trees, and
when a Taint gleam from the heavens
disclosed to him the still sheet of wa
ter almost at hisAtle, that he stopped
in some _uncertainty.: " Why, this
must be the very place," he said ;
.but the thought bad scarcely flashed
upon him, ere he heard a - slight rus
tle, in the'grass on his right; nor had
he well turned in that direction, when
a shot was tilred, and the ball whizzed
so close that it grazed his ear. Fer
dinand rushed in towards the trees,
and in a second he and Marks, who
plunged forward as he discharged
the pistol, were grappling with one
another in a tierce and deadly en;
counter. Ferdinand was lithe strong.and active; yet Marks, though much
older, was a powerfully-built, man,
and now had the strength of despera
tion added to his natural vigor: At
first, be fliought l it was Captain Sin
clair, but he was not -more than a
moment *engaged in the conflict be
fore be found his mistake. No mat
ter—it was now, with Uhl/ equally , a
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CHAPTER X
struggle for, life. Mark's antagOnist
had, at theontset, grasped the wrist
of the hand that held the 044 for
he rightly imagined - that there might
be yet an undischarged barrel.; and
he retained his vice-like hold t in spite
of the desperate efforts of the other
to ais O n g a g e it. Each tried GO thrOwl
his opponent, but for a considerable
time without success ; the younger
and slighter man had literally twined
himself around the grosser forin of
his foe, and half-a-dozen times or
more they had wheeled round and
round on the grdss and upon - the
walk, panting, struggling, until at
length a slip .upob the trampled
sward brought them down, when
both rolled heavily to the groUnds
Then upon the earth the wrestling
combat was continued with unabated
fury, each endeavoring to get aboVe_
the other. It • is hard to know how
long the silent struggle (for not a
word had been uttered) might have
endured, had' not Marks, by, a dex
terous feint of yielding, got a Momen
tary advantage; rising above Ferdi
nand prostrate forth, anti .pressing
willh his knees and-hill weight upon'
the young man's. chest, he caused the
grasp upon his6'wrist, to palliablyl re
lax, and breaking the silench With
the ominous wrds, • Whoever you
be,•if you knoW a prayer say it now,
my tine fellow,"l he' bent round the
hand that was still clutched but 'fee- .
bly by the unfokunate youth, so as
to bring the liaitrel of the pistol di-.
reedy on a line with the head that
lay pressed deeply into the grass,
with all its. brown curls drooping up-.
On the forelvail. One low cry broke
from him, a cry of intense sutleri»g s
as the violent pressure up.,n the ehest
was augmented. and huth's name
fluttered to the lips that were parted
•in gasping anguish, as he felt that all
was now over for him upon earth.
The finger of the assassin.was touell
ing. the trigger, and Ferdinand's
doom hung upon - a second, when
another figure that had been forcing
its way, unheard and unnoticed by
the •combatants, through • trees and'
branches, emerged from the grove
upon the walk ; and the loud, quick,
familiar voice, with its " Halloa I
what's all this ?" so disconcei•ted
Marks that he bounded up from his,
vanquished enemy, and retreating
several paces, stood, pistol in hand,
gazing - upon the unlooked-for appari;
thin of his master. Ferdinand, when
released from the 'incubus that fur
the last few seconds had nearly
crushed him, sprang to his feet, and,
staggering from giddiness and still
impeded respiration, cried oat, -in
hardly articulate words, "Seize him,
seize hies, the murderous scoundrel !"
making a forward movement to where
the butler stood at bay. Marks, With
a wild Imprecation of ‘lballleil rage,
'tired off the second barrel of the pis
tol at random, and turned to flee; it .
was too dark, and he was too con=
fused to notice that the Jake at that
spot expanded 'with a slight curve
into the land ; and some long tangled
grass anti weeds catelfing his feet, he
plunged headlong and- 0 heavily in.
While
,one
..e.rrific• ety4eaving, _the
very air, r 4e from him, as the wa
ters closed Over hisliescemling form
Ferdinand tottered and, fell to the
ground. as it happened; at the • in
stant:the pistol had been fired—and
'Captain Sinclair, in the utmost con
sternation, hurried to him, certain
that hi had , been hit, if not shot dead.
He had' no idea who it was that he
was bending over,nor the remotest
notion iof what had led to the strange
encounter in his own grounds. Marks,l
he had in the dim light recognized,'
and by his firing at himself. conjec
tured that it Was•murder 116 eontern s
plated ; that last appalling cry, with
the splash into the Water; - he had,.
too, a course heird'; but all his at
tention was devoted to one who, he
feared, had been shot down by the
assassins hands, and who he saw was
a gehtleman, though he did not yet
discover him to be a friend. No very
long ,time elapsed, however, before
Ferdinand recovered, and the captain•i
had the happiness of being assured,'
from his own lips, that nOthing ma
terial Was the matter. He was only
" giddy and bothered," he. said,
" from the weight of that rutlian, who
had almost done for him ;" but no
ball had touched him. ,and he- aeain
rose tobis feet, assisted by Captain .
Sinclair. I , •
" I know your voice," said the lat
ter, " but I. can't see your faceeiwell
enough in . this light to • recognize
you." '• ~'
" Ferdinand Munroe. Don't 'you
remember 2" • - .
"To be sure I do," and he warmly
grasped his hand.
" But where did that fellow go to ?"
inquired Ferdinand, eagerly.
" He's gone, I fear, already to his
great account ;"' and they both hur
ried forward to •the water's edge.
The lake was still and quiet now, and
st4e not of the guilty wretch whose
b lay motionless in . the slime be
loWl,"save by the yet uneasy swell!
-With which the disturbed .element
rippled againgt the sedgy margin,-as
though inquiring who it might •be
that had sought repose in its cold,
recesses. • .
"Human aid cannot reach the,mis
. erable mail," said Captain;Sinclair.
." Under any circumstances' it would
be impossible to extricate him in this
light, and without any appliances at
hand ; but, to tell you the truth, I
'lover thought about him when I saw
ybd full, 'as I sepposed, from that,
last shot. But tell me something of
all this, for I never - was so bewilder
ed. What, broult you here?, What
Was it that led to this attack upon
ybu ? and, stop moment—tell me,
Munroe, first of all, do you know
anything of
. Miss Morrison, or where .
she is?"
" I do,indeedi' s replied Ferdinand;
and. then followed abrief recaPitula
-Mon of nil that 11.. id occurred, as they
- hastened on towards , the house, in
terrupted only by the captain's ex , -
clamations of astonishment, as One
scene after another was, rapidly
sketched by the narrator. { 1 .
. "Thank God," cried CatAnin Sin
olair,,With a sigh of relief,' "that I
came•up at that, opportune .inoniteots
I heard the pistol tired as I was 'in
the avenue. I see now that I escaped
1 assassination myself by going round
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to the police barrack. I failed in
seeing - the man • I wanted, .and 'was
returning by the avenue. When I
heard the shot I• felt somehow a
strong instigation to lose not an - in-'•
stant in ascertaining what had hap
pened.. If I - had delayed ever so
~little, as it seems now, your fate
was fixed."
" Indeed," responded Ferdinand,
With considerable emotion, "I . should
have been in anotherWorldthis mo
meat, instead of talking _ hereto you.
But stay," •he added, as they now
drew close to the house; " remember
that-we have another criminal to dal
.with indoors."
"Leave her to me," rkurned Cap
tain 'Sinclair, moodily. " Accursed
wretch !—the worse of the two, by
far."
All this time Mrs: Montserrat had;
beep prowling about in a state of in
describable restleastisss, listening at
open - windows, slipping to the door,
getting more,. uneasy.as thii - eipected
time passed on, without any signal
that success-,attended their' dark'de•
sign. At length she heard the report
of the pistol, the token that the at,
tempt had been made. 'At once she
was at the 'door, pacing the veranda,
Clasping her hands that twitched and
quivered
' - in the excess of leer nervous
anxiety; ti - nd getting more and more
disturbed as minute after minute
elapsed,•wiLliout the appearance of
Joshua with, the coveted booty.
- she althost screamed ; "I
should have been there:myself: MoP
Dieu, if' he has blundered, what will
become- of us?" Then, when - the
soundof the second shot reached her,
and still no sign of the returning
mltr,lerer, • ,hiq• Feverish impatience
•
Anngedm
'to'the extreme of terror.;
and uismal forebodings of the result'
to ,herself„ In lease of the failure of
the plot,:earne with a deadly sensf,
don that made her , sitake from head
to - foot..‘.‘ , Is it mine to . this.at last?
Mon hien, - I was always successful ;
yet: if he lives, and is caught, I know
bell betray me. Fool, fool, fool 1 I
managed better before." And then
came the determination to strive to
'the „utmost for her own safety; no
mater what was said, to 'brave it out.
WhitJthe lingering thought remained
thither mistress would stand by her.
She r laccordingly crept .back. to the
and, remained lurking in .the.
daikkto see what might turn.
W hen the ring at the hall door came:
she bounded as tLiOngbit were the
bell tolling for - her . own execution.
"What shall I do?" she exclaimed.
" It might be Joshua." Again it was
repeated more loudly. "It must be
him—it - must be him ;" and she has
tened to the -hall. with fresh hope
gathering 'in her heart: When she
opened the door; both the gentlemen
designedly stood aside. "Is it you,
.Joshua?" asked a whispering voice.
" No !": -was the dread reply from
her master. .
. .
The peal of the last trumpeteould
scarely have - thrilled with deeper hor
•ror the listener to that single mono : ,
syilable. She knew by,tfie utterance
that all was •known,that•all was over.
• " Your wretched companion - in
crime . has gone before / you to the
Judgment Seat," .eiclaimed . Captain
Sinclair, as he laid a strong hand up
on the woman's shoulderi,and drove
the unresisting form in I ,, iefore him.
" Come ; we'll, find you temporary
prison • here_;" and he opened' the
door of a small pantry off the hall
with a single high-barred window
".To-morrow, please God, you shall
have better accommodations else
where. It may be well for-' you to
know that-the. body of that unfortu
nate man •Marks, whom you at" any
rite, helped to his destruction, lies
this moment at the .bottom of the
lake ; sent there, not by any of us,
but by the hand of the Great Aveng
er Himself ;• and all your plans and
plots have. been discovered." So say
ing. he locked tile door. •
The unhappy woman fell with a
IoW moan to the ground, and remain
ed there. looking in her misery more
like - a. • beapof clothes gathered up
than a human fOrna. In the lonelv
darkness, the sinful past rose up 1.4-
fore her terrified mind, until she ro4e
wildly up, and with appalling cries
importuned fer a release, and to lie
putlsOmewhere.with a light,and not
alone." Her master took her out with-.
tut a word, and locked her into her.
Own bedroom, *efusing either light
or companion. The next day she was
taken to DoWnpatrick jail ; and.' the
morning but one subsequent to her
committal was found a ss corpse in her
eell—killed by. a subtle poison that
she: had secreted about her person.
The remains'.-were quietly interred
within the precincts of the prison,
after a formal inquest. 'SimilarlY,l
when with Irawn from the waters,
Was the ' y of the drowned felon
committed to - a dishonored grave'.l
;Words would' fail to convey an idea.
of the effel,t upon Mrs. Sinclair of .
thodisclos* of her favorite's Ws
-11
my, and tiregrievous wrong.she had
inflicted. up" . an innocent sufferer.'
Her' linsham ; witnessing her extreme
dismay. dealt . tenderly in the matter;
onlY . byllegrees informing her . of all
that had occurred,. and endeavoring
tosoften the humiliating sense of.her
own, share in the painful transactions.
11er &St. articulate words were.an
.anxious inquiry atter Huth - (for well
now, and with a bitter-Tang, did she
recall: the 'look of dreary. desolate
angursh that.stamped that fair young i
face when last she , had looked upon
it); she earnestly entreated Captain
Sinclair' to go for her and bring her
1 back—a request ihat.needednot re-
petition, as - early '• n the 'following ,
day he and..reitlinai d repaired again
to Lisburn 'for Ruth. ' They found
her at the hotel; as bad been\ settlo.-'
by her betrothed; in care of hiS.,unele, 4 l
the elder Mr. Munroe • but in stich.a '
shattered and 'enfeebled , state, both.
ofiliind and -body. as to be unable to
stir I frem a sofa-bed . that lid,heen '.
prepared for her in the sitting-room.',
Thelmeeting with Captain Sinclair
anti Ferdinand . was so trying 'that
for hours afterward she could not
speak. They • had a long consultation
with the physician ;. and it was then
decided that she, might be remOved
1 to Oaklands-•by, easy stages, for the:
lAiscomfort of a hotel for an invalid .
I
render the change sadesivable that
they:determiued to venture, notwith
standing her week condition; and
when, after a tedious time upon the
road, they reached Oaklands, she was
borne unconscious to a. room that
Mrs. Sinclair had had' prepared. The
first glimpse-of. the old and-remem
bered scenes induced a 'paroxysm of
nervous excitability, so Were that -
her.companions were in the' utmost -
fear. Then ensued , a long and
parently - hopeless illness; a lever that
at, once preyed upon the body and _
unbalanced= the mind., -During the
sad protracted period ! Ferdinand
Munroe remained the welcome guest
and inmate at Oaklands; _at one mo
ment buoyed up with all but joyous
certainty, and again sinking into the
very depth's of despair. - During 'all
Ituthi-Morrjson's hours or sickness
I Slrs. Sinclair never left herside, i save
Or the short respite that now and
a . a id became inilispensablp ; all the
medicine, every cooling *aught, was
given by herown hand.'-An entire
revulsiOn sealed to have cora& over
this , woman'si mind • indolence and
apathy were, flnng to tifeivinas, and the
one, ceaseless :supplicationwi% her'
was
was for, Rtithls recovery. "If she
~dies," she said, " I can never know
a moment's "peace again.' It was
comforting indeed to ncr to see, that
whether
• the wanderings' of the
disordered brain, or theliteid periods"
that intervened, her presence seemed ,
to - soothe, her absence,.however brief;
to increase the sufferer's distress.
One evening—the crisis, it was said,:
was at hand—there came a turning
hour in the treacherous disease—the
hour when the very shadow' of the. .
grave seems like a presence' in the
sick-m(lm, and the. physicianti kit
thitir patient sleeping; telling those
around her that Sleep woulc:Ohther
melt'sway into the last long slumber _
of all, or that she would waken up
to-life once more. Their breathless
watch, continued through all that '
cold dreary night; and through_
with
the light of a gray chill Morning, the
last agony of suspense passed off . ;.
the feeble but quiet • whisper .that
came from the bed, scarcely, beard
through the room, tcild_- better than
the physieiawe verdict that'the worst
was over. Recovery was slow ; but
happiness without a flair was now
fully enjoyed by the convalescent.
Ferdinand left when it was pronoune;
ed that all danger was at an end
and i'ultimately the 'arrangement was
entered into, more for her than with
her, that'for another year she was to'
remain as governess at Oaklands— '
no longer -a dependent, , but as f an
elder daughter, a loved and. Cheris
hed friend.
NUMBER 46
These. were halcyon - days ,with
Ruth. A reference to the past was
never made; there seemed a tacit
agreement, that names whose mention
could only bring up . trying and ter
rible recollections should be spoken
no more; and even among the ser
vants, an allusion to • the fonder
guilty inmates 4 of the honse7appeared
to be a:most*superstitiouslyavoided.
All alike rcgarded• the,, governess
with esteem and affection.
.Then
there, dawned dne bright spring day,,
when Violets and urimroies smiled
- along the grassy hedgerows, and soft
sunbeams shed their mild illumine
'tion upon a small but festive train,
!All nature seemed to breathe a bpi
son upon the young bridal pail'. Two,
: ehild bridemaidS flattered !'round the
central, object of ; the 'grOup, their
" Ruth," that was to be MiSs 31orri.;
son- no. more: And . soi
. tbe- , Tentle
bride and manly bridegtomn,pledged
their *troth each to the Other, that
bright spring morning, in_ the' old
parish church' near. Oaklands,' and
thew went forth, halid fn . band, with
'united hearts, to wall: their road
through life, content, ..virhile spared
together,.s'ilike to brave the blasts or
enjoy the sunshine..• , Thus; the dark
episode in Ruth Morrigbp's humble
history; that threw its disturbing
force: into the current of; her earlier
days, became to her but as " that
weeping that endureth , for a night,"
and only enhances •" the joy. that
cometh with the Morning." • -
Fun; , , Fact and Facetim
Moats rule—Tour wife's opinion.
" ELIMINATE" is' the, new high-toned
w.ord, for steal.
.
•--!'‘ IT isn't the thinness of - the milk I ob
ject to,'' said John Shuttle, as he pulled
out a small frog from the creamer, it's
the thickness of the water-that it's mixed
with."
A scHoot. mistress aSked a child what'
s-e-e• spelt. The child sliesitated. Said
the teacher : " What do :I do when I look
at Mr.. Smith?" •" Thquint," replied tho
pupil. . - . • . •
" oui must make calls,"- Said i !an
de to bib. nept:ew, "whether you like it
or not ; for there'll always pleasure deriv
ed—if !aet when you enter, at least when
you come out."
WHEN one woman says of 'anotliwr
"She is perfectly awful, and looks like
fright." she'has no earthlyidea of what
she say's; but she knows she wants to say
something real mean.
• •
3lus. PMITINGTON, 'in .illustration of;
the proverb, "A - soft. answer .turneth
away wrath,!' says, ;" That it is better to
speak paragorieally of a peilson thin to he'
all the time flingingiepitaphs at hiin."
Lady—" I dinna ken what ails
folk that-canna, like' folk as folk should
like folk ; for an folk liked -folk as folk
Should like folk, folk wouli like folli.',as
Well as folk evei liked ,fulk.sin* folk war
folk:" .
•' ! .
" It: we are to live: after death. :why
don't we have some certain knowledge of
it ?" Said a skeptic to a clergyman, "Why
dAn't you haVo some knowledte of. this
world before'you eo:ne into it?" was the
caustic reply. •
A Missoritt German paper advocates
lion. Adolph Pantz for the Presidency.
We suggest Scherz as Vice.- 'Ant z and
Schurz would work well
.together, espeo: ,
chilly in connecting government bureaus.
Washington Capital. •
Ex-G617..i0rt Hi:unarm -speaks not to
his Nellie who went with a coachman to
roam,-; "but;" says old Father Hubbard,
"she may come to my cubbaid if Isbell
leave her low- hubbie at horuc."-,-Phitz
detphia Erening New'. .• ' -
. Hntax nature is queerly cmstikuted.
The average man doestet feel as - bad
,when be receives ten dollars WO -much
change as he does when-he get ten cents
too little.. He is more anxious to correct
, the t little mistake than he is to rcctir_y the
big one., • . ,
. • " a fanner, as ho exhibit
ed a broken jar to the Manufacturer, - "I
-packed this lull of butter and . the jar
split from top - to bottom. Perhaps you
tau explain the phenomenon." 01.3,
, yes, I can," was the -ready . repli, "the
liutter was stronger than the jar.
. A cveNprr gentleman rt.Clentlr, at two
o clock. n the morning; *as seen walking
down the stairs of a New . York hotel.
His gown was white and ho .held inshis
right hand a large pitcher. As be ap
proached the clerk's desk he said, -
you be so kind as to: hew me to the
well ?"--lferatd. •
- A. ci.sssin- journalism "t is about to
be - established in Cornell. University . .
Where the students are to cornefrom is - a
mystery, - as everybody not oontiectcd witb•
a newspaper knows just -how it sliould ,t
run. Perhaps the editors of-the country'
are'espeetvi to take -lessons under- the m
Cornell professors.Eouisva's . Cowrie r. -
Journal. . ' •
Pansnx Jo.lvits says; geuentlly hap.
peas; when I-have prepared a particular
ly good sinn4i), my congregittion will be
very, small. and V.Wge.when have a poor
one.'" I have been told that tho house
is - alivays full when you preach," was the
somewhat equivocal complimout
pie-mindol 6mitlL—Boatort Teatacrfpt.