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Said the Corn to the Lilies:
• "Pressitotnear toy feet.
You are direy tillers.
Neither Corn nor - Wbeat,
Does one earn a living
ToviANDA, r A.
Ntareh
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CllAi'TElt t
A sombre landscape find a fading
light. One straight road - on a level
plain_running darkly to the east, and
with a sombre gleani stretching . back
to thet - patekof.silvir in the west. A
doleful place and time and two dole
ful figures• plodding away from the
silver gleam to assail the wall of
darkness - in the east. Splash, splatih,
side by side, and the bitter, wind in
their ears with a' shriek, and' not an
other sound for an , hour.
==i
.Tiburce Menseau, native of Paris,
six feet high, powerfully built, but
attenuated and ragged ; John Jones,
native of 1:ondon, short in stature,
siurdilfinade, but attenuated and
ragged ; these were the.dOleful two
who tramped together. They -were
human scarecrows: both, but :the
Frenchman was thetraggeder of the.
two and the mor(Nowneast: John
.1 ones, bullet-headed; fair haired anti
of a naturally cheerful 'countenan4,
went miserably enough, to b 0 sure
but' now and again he rammed • the
shocking bad hat he wore alittle .
closer tc. his head, and alwaysf "when
he did so he smiled as-though Some
&ng pleased him: Tiburce MeAscau
watched this gesture furtively, and
never a word he said. Tiburce lived
by his wits, and though upon occa•
sion they profited him little, they
were sharp. He. had.fotirid opportu
nity- for the study of Holy Writ in
several institutions suPported by .the
British Government, and one text
curiously attacked his ; memory now,
recurring to hiS mind every 'time
John Jones ramineiti the shocking
bad hat a little tightei, "Where the
treasure is there - will the 'heart be
also."
', p ~i,•79
JoII N F. SANPIII:t:ON
• Uncompromising officials in blue
uniforms bad on several, occasions
- *scribed 'Tiburce in (public. The
plirase they chose was curt, severe '
;and widely inclusive; moreoVer,lt
inever varied. „__
".Do ybu know anything Of the.
prisoner ?" S 6 ran the question
which drew forth the descriptive
criticism. The descriptive critic - in
blue uniform responded :
" - Habitual criminal."
To do TibUrce justice, he looked
the part. Leave a dark-complexioned
-man unshaven for, a week, half-starve
him far a month, dress him in rags,
'and let the rags be dirty, put a bitter
devil of resentment in his breast, and
though he was a curate - to begin with,
these things would
,tell unfavorably
uponhis aspect. A man who -lives
by his wits should be observant, and.
Tiburce Watched , thing's that
see l med worth watching " with idless
dfac , on eye." Whenever john Jone's
hand went up.to_his hat—and it -did
sa with unnecessary frequency—the
fingers seemed to stay a little- after
liking the-hat mere firmly, and there
was a little movement in them as
though they felt for something, and
then John Jones smiled as if be had
felt the something and was satisfied.:
Tiburce Menseau made continuous
furtive note of this'proceeding. What
was a tramp likely to have concealed
in his shocking had hat? Half ai
crown? Haifa sovereign? A bank'
riote ?' A stolen ring of value ?
burce had known such things. j
Suddenly Tiburce Menseau stopped'
short and pursed in a tautological
patois, blending damns and saerfs. j
‘ What's the matter ?" said , john
Jones, stopping also and facing him.
" IS there no end to the road't'
asked the other with a curse -upcfn
the dreary path Way.
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L.Et l ):
4:1n.1,1875
Tiburee Menseau, taking refuge in
this native languaffe, cursed eacf indi
vidtial mile in the live, and his can
t ',anion made another start. Tiburee
took one step after him and stopped
again to curse the' . five miles -colle'e
•
Dec. 4,1879
8123;000
166,000
N. N. BETTS, Ca bler
Aril 1, 187.11
VOLUME XLI.
THE CORN AND THE LILIES.
J nst-by :being sweet
-.Naught answered the Miler,
Neither yea war i nay,
Only they grew sweater
All the livelong Way.
And at last the Teacher
Chanced to come that way.
'While his tired disciples •
}tested at his feet, .
And the'proud corn rustled
Bidding Viem to eat, ." , •
"Children," said the - teacher,
"The'llfe is more than meat.
l• Consider the Llllea,
Ilow beautiful they giow
Never king had such glory,
Yet no toll they kno*." -.-
0 happy were the 1.11185,
That he loved them so.
—Sunday Arfeeynoop
SKELETON KEYS._
BY D. CHRISTIE MIIRRAY.
" Fire miles yet," said-John. "A:
good live miles."
" Take it easy," said John Jones ;
and his hand went up to
.his hat
He began to sing to no par
tieular tune :
" Then Merrily bent the footpath silly,
- And merrily orer the stile, ha
A merry heart goes all the day,
Your sad tires In a mile, ha : + '
lie went clean through, that quaint
ditty, and ending with a prolonged
note between a howl and a groan, he
sent ills hand to his hat once more
and smiled 'cheerfully. .'
." Where the treasure is," thought
scowling Tibtiree, always watchful of
the gesture. It grew so dark that
-they could -hardly keep the road:
Suddenly Tiburee Menseau tripped
and fell against John Jones in such
wise as to accidentally' knock off . his
hat.
" Pardon," said Tib,uree, and pop=
ins in' the darinesa-picktiUup the
hat, and passhig his 'thin; 'thievish
fingers swiftly_, around within the.
lining, felt and eld*a little, .Easkage
no larger
_than a . penny-piYCW
came away with aslight tearing feel
as though it was gummed or:pasted
to the hat. • This did hot 'detain the:
skillful Tiburilze half a second, and
the thing was &inc. with such delicate
rapidity that even in daylight it
'night have escaped notice.
‘‘ I have knocked your fiat off,'?
said Tiburce, " Tbii fdtby rosd is
filled with ruts and hole& Oh, I have
it. Here you are:"
The wind howled so that Tiburce
had to repeat his last words. John-
Jones was groping wildly with both
hands in mud and water. He felt
gree4ily for the hat, and meeting the
outstretched hands' of the apologetic
Tiburce, took it and felt within the
lining—at first assuredly, and then
rapidly and undecidedly. Then, with
a wild yell, he *as down on his
knees in the mud and water groping
wrist deep: ,
" What's the matter ?" cried Ti
burce,hugging the little parcel in his
hands: Surely , of value—surely . ;
why such care of it, and why such a
cry of enraged despair at losing it ?
.John Jones made no reply, but
want about on hands and knees in
the mud, still groping.
"What's the matter ?" again cried
Tibitree, touching John Junes on the
shoulder. " Hive you lost anything ?"
" Lost!" said John Jones, voice
lessly. "Who. can tell what I have
lost!" And he groped on in the mud
while Tiburce waited with signal pa
tience. The search came to nothing; -
but it went on until the searcher's
bones were numbed, and until his
hands, could no longer feel the ground
he groped on. Then with heaitY
heart he staggeied to his feet.
" See," said Tiburce, pointing thro'
the heaVy darkness, " there are the
lights; that,is the town. Have you
found whit you lost ?"
With no answer„ but with no sus
picion the stiff-set Briton splashed
on again through unseen mud. Once
or twice he gave:' heavy and heart
rending grd - an-44f of grief and half
of rage. -
" - Surely," said Tiburce to himself,
tightening the grip of his fingers on
the package, " surely valuable."
Splash, splash, for half an hour
through mud and darkness, and nev
efs-a word. John Jones was thinking_
all the way, and in bitter despair was
calling certain- thinks to mind.
CHAPTER IL
" Don't cry, Nell."
This kind of advice is - often easy
to-give and hard to
.obey. :FOr once
it wns as hard to give as to follow.
The adviser's • face twitched • suspi
ciously,- as though he sorely *anted
to copy the example Set . him - by the
advised. But your stiff-built,_bullet
headed yOung Briton would rather
die than- weep, and he controlled
himself.
. " Lhaveliever cried through it all
until now," said. the girl between her
sobs; "and it's -j-our,noble kindness
that makes me cry.now."
" Rubbish I" said the bullet-headed
young MUM.
There were three people in the
room—a pretty girl of twenty,.with
a face 'disfigured with tears and a
slight but • graceful form attired •in
. -
mourning; a
_young - Map, with ho
especial pretensions to good look%
but strong and manly, with very ton.;
est gray eyes; a middle-aged woman,
gaunt and Spare, with a spiteful face
and eyes a little rpddish at the rim.
The room,. in which they stood was
almost bare of furniture, and - oblong
'spaces on the wall, where the paper
showed fresher than elsewhere, spoke
.of the recent removal of-pictures ani
mirrors, and g've the place a dis- ;
_Mantled look. .
" Rubbish 1" said the bullet•headed
young man.
And. rubbish I say," said the
spiteful-looking female. Noble
kindness !, all! Noble fiddle
sticks! Don't talk to me." ,
Neither of her companions. evincing
the slightest desire to talk to her, the
spiteful-lookint female looked more
spiteful still, and sniffing with much
emphasis, . said, " Oh, ah again, and
added, " Likely story."
He. had allays. said "—the girl
was speakingt—" that I was well, !
vided for, but now this cruel
sale has taken everything.".
" There is still the freehold of the
house," said the young than. -
Pretty. freehold 1"
_said the, mid
dle-agedfemale. " Rotten, tumble
down old place, two miles from every
where, and not even . a decent road
within a mile of it. It just.like
the old idiot to build here." ,
" Ann," said the girl in a voice of
authority, " how dare you ?" .
" Oh, ah,' said the woman again.
".How dare I? To be sure ! Where's
my year's wages with your bills of
sales, eh? It's fit and proper for a
decent, hard-working woman to be
done out of her money .by an old
'hunks like ain't it ?"
" Haven't you had enough money
to.pay Ann her wages?." asked. the
young-tnan.
"-..Mbney.or no"' said the woman,
she hasn't paid ',cm. That's allq
know." -.
The girl only shook her head and
wept anew. The 'young fellow drew
a lean chamois-leather bag from his
pocket. ,
" How much ?" he asked, surveying
the woman sternly:
" Five_pound," she . inswered, - .not
to sneak of layin' gim out and wait
ing here a fortnight to be paid."
The lyoung. man counted! out' five,
Sovereigns from the lean - big, which
lorebore . to:give forth one chink as
he.put it backintobis pocket.
" There is your money, As: soon
as you .can arrange to go I shall be
glad for you to leave."
The woman took the money dis
dainfully and "went her . way. The
young man advanced to.3be girl and
put his arm about her *aist .and
kissed her.
"It's very hard, my darling," he
said, "but it will only bring us to
gether the sooner. I Shall fineern
ployment somewhere soon, and. then
we must get married and face the
whole world together."
The girl made no resistance to this
program:he, and he went on: -
" I'm not altogether sorry that
Yqu're poor, you know, for if you
had been rich I should never have
had the cheek to tell you that I loved
you. That isn't 'together selfish,
for I shall make you happier
than any amount of money would."
It was oddly said, but it looked
likely to .be true. Those gray eyes
of his and his square, plain, manly
face were very holiest and provnca
tive of faith, They heart} the bang-
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PAZ, THURSDAY MORNINSk MAY- 26, 1881.
ing ,the spiteful female made in pack
ing her. belongings. ;, but beyond the
fact that the girl:said once that Ann
had been cruel and ungrateful, they
took no notice of it. The young man
sat down and dreg the girl beside
him on a sofa and made love to her
and dried her,eyes with his handker
chief, and by the time the spiteful
female got her, trunk down-stairs,
with much reiterated bumping from
step by step, the poor grief-worn
thing was smiling at him, though
through eyes which still hart a suspi
cion of tears in them.. By-and-by the
young - man made a dive to his watch
pocket to see what time it was, but
his thumb and finger encountering
nothing but pawn tickets, be with
drew thein with a Smile whiCh was
somewhat grim. The spiteful female
knocked at -the door, and without
awaiting a response entered.
"There's nothing to eat in the
house," she said. "Am I agoin' to
be drove out without a crust?".
The girl's face flushed, and then
became deadly white, and she return
ed no answer; but after, a struggle,
which her quivering, features clearly
indicated, she burst anew into tears.
The young man stooped and , whis
pered in her ear :
" Is that true ?"
" Yes," she sobbed in answer. " I
have no money—not a penny. l !
" Right about face; march !" said
the young man, rising. The spiteful
female, who bad come in for the ex
press purpose of firing this spiteful
shaft, went out exultant.
" That being the case," said the
young man cheerfully when the wo
man has' gone, " you must let me be
your banker." He drew forth the
lean chamois•leather purse again,
and from it extracted one last sover
eign, which he laid upon the table.
"And now," he added, "there Is no
more`time to hise. I must go back
and look for employment at once. I
will send more money in a day or
'tvkl, somehow."
Oh, Waltir," said the girl, cling
ing to him, "I.can't steep in this
house alone. I dare not. There is
nothing in it that belongs to me.
They will take away everything to•
morrow."
" Have you nowhere to go ?",he
asked gravely. .
' "Nowhere," he answered. The
bullet-headed young - Briton's lip
quivered, and a tear sprang with a
sting into each honest gray . eye . as
he looked down at-her.
"I will go into the' village," he
said after a momentary pause to
Make sure that his - voice was steady
and should' sound cheerftil in her
ears " - and get TOOllll3 for you."
lie kissed' her and went away, a l p d
In the course of'an hour and a Li if
returned, trundling a Wheelbarr,w
before him. •
" Pack up,", • he said 'cheerful y ;
I've got a stopping . place' for you."
He lit hii pipe, and sat . upon.the haw.;
dle of the wheelbarrow. "Tell . me•
when you're • ready," he called
through the 9pcirdoor, and I'll carry
your traps dawn, Nell." . Thor' he
smoked with-an aspect of deliberate
jollity, belied by occasional . stispi..
cious 'winking of the honest gray
, eyes and -a suspichifiS 'quivering in
the upper lip. When the girl came
down again. she saw that he was
alone. -
" Walter," she said, "you cannot
wheel my things into the village."
." Why riot?" said he, squaring his
wide shoulders and lifting a stalwart
arm - " I wheeled three hundred
weight a measure&mile without rest
ing in my last term. Won a teener
that way. Went into training at it
for a fortnight. I'm a great•hand at
a wheelbarrow "
"1 knoW you're strong enoughZ
she answered with .a sad, admirina
smile ; bayou m,usn't do it, real
" Dignity be blowed, my dear,"
said the young man.:"Are the traps
ready ? Tell me the room." •
lie went up stairs in obedience to
her directions—reluctantly given af
ter further protest—and, brought
down two. boxes,-neither of which
looked very heavy in his muscular
arms. -
" Now," be . said, "you're not a
part - of this procession beyond the
top of the hill, and you'll go into the
village through the fields. Every
body knovirs me here, and I'm Wal
ter Mackenzie if I wheeled a pyra
mid of barrows and stood on my
head to do it. There, lock_the out
side door, and give me the key.
Good-bye; old house. Fetter luck
for' us where we're going. Come
along, dear, a brave heart !"
Ile .trundled the wheelbarrow
along and began to sing to no par
ticular tune :
"Then merrily bent the footpath way,
And merrily over the sttlei.ha
A merry heart goes aft the day,
Your sad tires In a mile, ha
Now and then, the road being
onely, he lightened_ labor with a
kiss. The specified hill-top : , ;being
reached, he directed his - companion,
to the house he had chosen for her,
and. they parted for awhile, and Wal
ter Mackenzie, B. A.,. of Oriel, and
barrister-at-law, toted' his wheelbar
row down hill, the lighter, `perhaps,
that he had not a sixpence in ' his
pocket, or' anywhere in the• wide,
wide world.. •
" I've got a clear field 'and no fa
vor," he said as he went. -" Except
Neil's," be added in revision. " I'll
work for her if I turn cabman. I'll
knock some golden chips- off some
odd corner of this thundering _old
planet before I've done,with it. See
if I•don't."
He met the object of his solicitude
at the door of her new home and
give her in charge to a decent, eitan
looking old village woman, and then,
having wheeled the birrow into a lit
tle tool-house at the back of the gar
den, he returned to say " good-bye."
With promises of an earls return
from London and a whisper lhat
would send more . money soon,- tie
went his way .to the railway station.
" Got a return ticket, anyhow," •he
said, to himself. "There's _grub in
my chambers for a couple of days,
and Billr will be honie by then. Get
some coin Of Billy: Good sort, Bil
ly is, and has lots of the needful.
Don't know when I shall be able to
pay him, back. Must get something
REGARDIXIM OP DENUNCIATION FROM. ANY QUARTER.
to.do. Bar. in't my line. Gordon
Cumming business mighty' lion
slayer—tbat's my form, or might be
if there was no Nelly. Poor little
girl! Must get something to do and
get. married. Not proVident. Can't
afford to be provident. Should feel
like a sweep if I. tried to be provi
dent. Nelly must be taken care of,
and the only way is .to marry her;
take care of her at once—only Way
to marry at once. Here's the train ?"
Walter Mackenzie reached London
in due time and walked from Eus
ton to his chambers in Gray's Inn.
Two letters awaited him: , One of
these was in a familiar hand, and
told him that his' friend was away
for another six months" yachting it in
the -Mediterranean. No chance of
help from that quarter. The next
letter looked legal. Probably a dun ;
but it came Ilom Liverpool, and he'
had no creditor there. He read it
eagerly enough at first; but having
got through it; capered around' the
room and Snapped his fingers and
roared "Hurrah I" again, and again,
and again. .
"Sir," the letter ran, ."acting, on
the instructions of the. late
. Jolin
Launceston Barclay, of Ashford
Warren, we beg to inform you -that
we hive in our Lands "a safe - which is
only to be opened in your presence
and in our office. We shall be glad
to see you here at your earliest cen
venience." t
' The letter, bore the signature,.
`‘ Thwaite & Tolby."
"4111 right, Thwaite & T(slby,"
said Walter Mackenzie. be With'
yOu like.a'bird. Old Barclay knew
that and I would '.marry. He
had no.money after all. Everybody
knew he had money, thciugh nobody
guessed where it was or•liow lie kept
it." .
. .
• So full-orhopes and.queer surmis
es, he began - exultantly to platr for
th 'future, when it struck him a
rather chill way that be had to go to
Liverpool and - had no money. The
scanty, furnituief his chambers did
not belong to him. - . He• had sold his
law books and pawned -almost every.
thing pawnalle to bury his sweet,
heart's great- uncle aml to relieve her
later necessities. Ile began to ran
sack his wardrobe. Half .a dozen
shirts ; one very elderly,' shabby suit
Of clothes - one very 'batteTed
.old
portmanteau. Into the portmanteau
went the shirts, the shabby suit; .the
.ivory -backed' brUshes, and away
through the dusk went the barrister
'to the sign of • the triune grobeS,
gold. • 'My uncle's myrmidon. survey
ed the lot with depreciatory air, and
offered less by half a crown than the
third,class fare to Liverpool. •
"Take 'ern over the counter:" said
the bullet-headed - Briton: : _ "Pll be
back in five minutes." • • ,
He dived.mit of the shop into Hol
born and went hurriedly back to his
chambers. • : Vinding a felt hat there,
he rammed it into an old leather-hat
box and returned, , Amain reaching
my uncle's, lie opened, the hat-box,
took off his guinea lcastor, much
worn but decent still, and assumed
the felt. A
" Half a crown off that lot," lie
said cheerily.
" Two said :urNji uncle's
myrmidon.
" Give me the old coat out of the
old. portmanteau," said tbe barrister-'
at law: He emptied the pockets of
the new pocket he had on, •took off
that garment and assumed the . Old
one. .." Now, hoW much r
Go yer an extra five bob duthis "
said the myrmidon, having carefully
examined the coat 'with an especial .
eye to seams, button-holes, cuffs and
linings.
"That . will do." ,
" Name ?" said the . myrmidon.
" John Jones." .. •
" Address?"
" Seven' Dials." -.
The .myrmidon grinned and sub
stituted " Holborn." - He slammed
the silver a n d copper op the counter
and puihed the ticket across it.. A
second later, looking aitritle shabby,
the hurrying John Jones was iii the
street again, and flit minutes later
was seated in his chambers consult.
- • •
ing a time-table.
" I fancy I. shall do best to go at
once," he said aloud. .‘ Rug and
overcoat both gone. Don't like it."
There 14 took a mental stand, and
witk an air of much scorn and sever-
ity addressed himself: " Look here,
young man ; what you like and what
you have to do are very often very
different things. You do your duty
and shut your trap and cease to
grumble. That's your lay, young
man. Irye hear me now? .Ha!
would you? Very well, then!"
"' Reachink Liverpool while the day
was yet scarcely alive, be walked into
a eecond-rate coffee-house and break
fasted, dwadling over the local' morn
ing papers and an odd number of
Punch, old enough for -its jokes to
have acquired a sort of freshness.
e'en :o'clock came at last, and he
State& -for, the, office of Messrs. i
ThWaite k Tolby.--40n the road the
announcement, " Wash iind brush up,
two-pence," appeared before him, and
a glance at the mirrored window 'as
sured him that two-pence so expend
ed would be wisely bestowed. He
had not many two-penes, but he had
the wash and brush up notwithstand
ing, and in spite of the crumpled felt
and the seedy coat he looked a
gehtleman.
Neither the great Tont) , nor the
greater Thwaite had yet-arrived when
he reached their offices, and he ildt
down to wait, beginning a new study
of the local papers and yesterday's
Times. - After a weary waiting
Thwaite and Tolby Caine—elderly,
fresh-colored gentleman, so much
alike that they might' have seemed
John Doe and Richard Roe in per
son.'
. " Our business is very simple, Mr.
Mackenzie," said Mr. Thwaite; "very
simple. Our late client, Mr. Barclay,
himself accompanied this safe to the
office." Mr. Thwaite_waived his hand
behind him, and it was not yet cer
tain which was the safe alluded to.
The visitor was cations on that point.
"In our presence he put a seal upon
'the lock." Ah,t,hen, that was the
safe with the sprawling red seal upon
the key-hole. " He left , written in
structions that the safe was pet to be
opened until a fortnight after his
death, and then only in your pres
ence and OCI6I. The specified time
having expired, and we three, being
present, we may, I presume, at once
open the safe and hand • its contents
over to - your eiirey That is the limit
of our ins4nitions." _
• With gine interest the young bar
rister und the junior partner stood by
while Mr.. Thwaite, - . demdlished the
seal by two or three taps with a big
key, and then' with a smaller key
turned the lock. 'pie- . door Willie
heavily back, for it was a safe, and
the hinges seemed somewhat dull.
No one knew what. - he;expected to
see; but there was at least an idea in
each mind that - there would be . some
thing more in so large a. safe than a
single blue envelope ;yet that was
all. Mr. Thwaite gravely banded it
to the chilled and -wonderin g Mac-.
kenzie. There was his own name
written, and aftei it the words, " To
be opened at once." -
"The mountain in labor, " said
Walter, nodding at the Sae, " has
brought forth a mouse."
" Perhaps not, Mr. Mackenzie,per
haps not," said - ,the junior partner
The, envelope, being opened, re
vealed'` a single page of note paper
and a package no bigger than a
penny-piece. The paekage was tight
ly.folded'and carefully. gummed. The.
page of note paper !contained- these
words only. , "It is my wish that
Walter Mackenzie Should carry this
package to Ellen Barclay,. my great
niece, and should open it in her pres
ence." -'
Well ! That was :all. '.,There, was
obviously nothing to do but to Say
" good-morning " and go about-their
respedtive businesses. The partners
smiled and looked serious,.and said
that Mr. Barclay was always a Singu
lar...mart from his youth, up. .They
trusted Mr; Mackenzie wont& find
matters-satisfactory yet. They boy_
ed' Mr., Mackenzie out', civilly, and
Mr. Mackenzie, With a package of.
unknown . Contents - .no bigge
,tlian a
penny-piece, was standing with - won-
Bering indecision in the street and
asking himself '4vaggely what was to
'he done / How far to Ashford War
ten ? Tow-pence for
a 'glass of beer and a look at a local
ABC time-table. One hundred- and
ninety-eight miles •-. Mr. 'Mackenzie,
-WWI Iti glass of ' beer untasted • be
fore:hith,. looked dismally .$ that
record.. Call :his' possible rate of
travel on foot' three-and thirty miles
Call it's six days' journey.
Itowito live in the meantime. Total
fund S—tw o: and ?three pence-half
penny. .Fourpericetalf-penny per
diem and a.half-penny to spare. He
drank his glais of beer . . - iand walked
into-the street again..;
Bullet-headed; square : set, with hon.
est grayeyea;and plain, manly comp !
tenance; pukiled, but not downcaSti
lie stood and planned. Not a
ant man, not a clever fellow, by.any.
means. The problem wwilverysiMple"
- - borrow the fare from *he lawyers.
there s was a solution. Not for him,
though. He began to Walk, set his
first stage in his mind, inquired - his_
way, kept solidly on at it. . Tramp,
tramp, tramp, tramp—a set, regular,
measured swing.- He was in splendid
training, and. the miles went by—
miles o _ streets, miles of suburbs,
miles, of country road, country town
and scattered village. .
The' little package rested in la limp
chainois-leather purse, otherwise
empty. He 'drew it out as - lie went
and: looked at it, and there clearly
impressed upon the paper in a blur
red- outline, like the beginning of a
heel-ball 'copy of 'an _old brass, was
the outline of a small key. lid could
follow the same outline with its
fin
gers. It seemed probable that 'the
key was intended for a locki some
where or other, and that the lock pro
tected something. He put the little
package carefully back an '' ain, , and
munching fragments of his loaf,
marched on, castle-building. ' Five
and-thirty miles since morning. Ex-;
batiste& nature said, " Do no more ;"
sturdy will of the bullet-headed Brit:
ton said, - "Another mile." . Six-and
thirty miles since morning. Exhaust
ed nature cried out,- " Beware 'a
break-down!" Said the bullet-head
ed Briton, stumbling sorely, "One
more mile.?!. And so the fight went
on till forty . miles - Were finished. Feet
raw with much galling. Honest gray
eyes dim with_ great fatigue and pain.
Boots wrecked, shoulders bent; plain,
resolute countenance pale and worn,
with 4 ; streaks of.rain-drawn dye, from
forehead to chin, distilled. from the
crumpled felt.. lie sold his waistcoat
tot:Six - peace to an old clothes-man in
the Next town be came to and bought.
food, and pegged along 'munching.
As 'he'mUnclied
. he sighted a miser
able fig* ahead, and by-and-by over 7
took itil i ;The miserable figure threw
him a satutatioirin .a foreign accent.
.11e. - retuteed it and went on, not -be
ing in the mood for converse with
anybody. But, looking back, he saw
that the man looked pale and weak,
and so waited for him to come up.
" Hungry, mate ?" said the barris
ter-at-raw. •
"Half-dead," said the man with the
foreign, accent.
Walter 'shared his loaf,. and 'the
other fell ravenously at it without a
thank-you.
" How far are you. going ?" asked
the Englishraan.
"Ten miles to-day," said the for
eigner with a groan. and a French
anathema..
G ocid-day and good luck to you."
The bartister-at-law was ahead again,
n'eaning to db much more than ten
miles that day .; - but before ten miles
were done, or, for that matter, five
the rain came .down in such drench
ing torrents that he took .refuge in
an open barn; and thither 'came the
Frenchman. also, - dripping wet, and
looking scarcely alive. They sat npon
straw and watched the rain as it
pelted down. Walter shared his last
pipe of tobacco with the miserable
stranger, and the two fell to talking
together, and shared confidences so
far as to tell each other nothing that
was true:l The barrister trotted out
his simple alias of John Jones and
announced his destination as Seven
Dials.' The Frenchman gave his
name as Tiburce Menseau and frank
ly avowed. himself without a deStina-
Lion. The rain subsiding a little,
'they made another start, but before
they had gone a mile it came down
worse than ever, and tikfrobk—shel
ter in another outhouse. .
" Where shall you sleep to-night? _ "
asked John Jones.
"At the neat , workhouse,". said
Tiburee Menseau. - "They will give
me bed and , supper, and although
they will make.me work before I go,
they will give
,me bread -for.break
fast. Thatis .something, let me tell
you„when a. man is starving.'At-.
"Something—yes," said John Jones
and fell a thinking:
John Jones was faint ; John Jones
Was' weary- and ..foredone. Kor a
dweller in the Seven Dials - he enter
tained a singular objection to sleep::
ing in a workhouse. Yet where else
could he rest? Who would give
-shelter?
"Nell shan't suffer for any fine-
Mouthed freak-of mine," said the
bullet headed. " I'm not going to
break 'down , oblige,•.anybody's no
tions of pride. You'll. , lie in the
, WorkhOuse to-night, John Jones, as
befits Your Seven Dials' breeding. ,
When the rain ceased again they
plodded on once more, and turning,
matters over in his'bullet-head, John
Jones determined to cachef his little
packet. So,
finding a, crumb .or two
of bread ,Ive moistened
.. hem into
paste between his lips, and retiring
• behind a hay-stack, he sinearcd the
glutinous softened bread • upon_.one
side of the paper packet, and fasten
ed it wkihin the leather lining' of - his
'felt hat . . Who knew what treasure
he carried' there ? Not be ; though
: he had all - sorts of visions: The , vis . -
ions were all for Nell, but Nell, 'be
longed to a hungry'tramp wose
boots were broken, and who carried
El Dorado in his hat.
The two travelers slept in a coun t
;try workhouse;'and Tiburee Menseau
before entering,-had his • own -little
treasure to caclwr. He hid it high
above,th door-jamb the broken
. .the.'Very workhouse he slept
in. The' wall looked ' - on bare fields
at the edge of the country town, and
the little treasure was nothing but a
small
-bunch of skeleton keys, neees:
nary, perhaps, for some future opera
tion Tiburce may have had in mind.
•
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
=CI
judge Ingham's . Lecture.
The last lecture of the Institute
Course was delivemd on Monday
evening, 16th inst ; b the Iton. Judge
Ingham. • The inclemency of the
weather prevented many from hear
ing this most itteresting lecture ;
still, quite .a large nntnbet' were in
attendance.and were Well repaid for
coming. • •
. The subject of the lecture was
" Subeess in Life." Many men think
to be : successful in life is to get rich
or become
.'famous. •In this sense
Astor, Vanderbilt, Stewart Webster,
Clay and Calhoun . were 'success!' ul . •
ThiS kind of .success is only for the
few, not for the many. Success for
the many is the ;attainment of that
degree of
. happiness which the Crea
tor has placed in reach of human
beings. -This degree of happiness
does not come naturally hor by fate,
'nor entirely by
.our own- exertions.
We are surrounded bYuncontrollable
circumstances. yet we have a 'wide
field wherein.,we may choose our
own paths for good or evil. It is not
our place to complain' of our lot in
-life. We must accept the situation
in which we 'find ourselves,-whether
it be in the abodes 'of wealth or pov
erty ; whether vigorous and: healthy
or weak and delicate ; whether with
great intellectual powers _or small.,
Our condition may be made better
or worse, and the resolute.determina
tion of. every one should be to make
it better. Every one may have such
;a determination, but it neOs more,
than a wish and a hope to grapple'
with the great-realities of this life.
We are not in the happY Valley of
Rosselas, - where all that is lieautiful
and. delightful is gathered•arbrind us,
and all that is troublesome and dread
ful excluded. It.liS'not by over-con
fidence guides
, that the skillful pilot
his vessel through. rocky channels,'
but by-.carefully-constructed charts
and unceasing vigilance. The . tray
eler in the wilderness does not take
the first path that presents itself, but
the one that has been proken to be
safe: No two lives can .be • alike—
each one must mark out for himself
the course he intends to follow. SOme
seek fame; some wealth ;- but the road
-to - happiness does not necessar.ily
lead -to such ends. Wealth which,
comes- as the result of honest labor'
and reasonable frugality ii'desirable;.
but the wealth that results from
grinding the poor4in.ehing the con
science and •dwarfitig the mind, ren
ders its possessor, an object of con !
tempt and:sends a poor, shrivelled
•
soul) into eternity. The fame which
. coms :to . him who'unselfishly labors
for his country and-humanity is more
desirable than the brightest jewels
• that sparkle in•the crown of kings:
The ancients' sought only the immoi
tality of a' great name ; men now
prize the . happy immortality of the
soul, and no•plan of a successful life
can be formed which does not include
that.
Some Of the requisites of a success
ful life are health, education, habits,
marriagq politics and religion. Here
are the subjects for seven lectures
condensed into one. Health is the
basis of happiness, and the usual ba
sis of all solid achievements. There
are many examples of those who did
great deeds, with broken, health ; but
these are the exception,not the rule.
Health, then, should e preserved.
Our bodies-are tearfully and wonder
fully made ; we should use them
carefully, not abuse them. Every law
Of health that is broken brings a sure
reward: It may be discomfort;.it
may be the overthrow of life% cher
ished plans; it may be settled dis
ease; it may be. early death. Dis
ease is one of the most widespread
of human evils; it is one of the pa
rentsOf poverty, often the companion
of crime. It often starts from eess
'pools and abodes of filth, and wanders
into the houses of purity and refine
ment. We must, therefore, avoid all
that will give growth to disenie.
Success in life depends largely on
iLOCi - ner Annum In il4ance.
good and Steady habits. A habit of
steady, systematic labor accomplishes
the world's great 'work; The swork
man who has every tool sharp and in
place can finish a job while a careless
workman is getting. ready to do .it.
A skilted habit enables"us tO do, with
out thought:or effort; that which cost
time and thought to, learn. The nuni
her of things we learn to do by this
automaton habit is astonishing, and
a morne,rit's .reflection shows what a
power , We must - form habits
according to our - circumstances. A
program canriot be made to fit every
person,- : any more than a dress can
be made tti._,fit every lathy"•. Habits
that tend• toi,,,dwarf our • physical or
mental,heing 'should never be formed.
Do not foam bad habits ; they are
fatal to
. true success. Cowper has
said : -
`. Habits ate saint assumed. but When we .strive
"To stop them, bring thty , d al
Here is' thell ‘ ret, gra" At battle of young
manitoOd Defend yourselves at this
point as the Greeks defended them
selves at Ther'niopylae, for if vicious
habits overrunyour whole nature all
.is lost. Above all, then, be blasters
of yourselves, for he that ruleth his
own ship it is greater than-he that
taketh a city. -'•
The education which conduces to
success in lite is that culture of, mind
hod body which enlarges and strength
ens the mental powers. It may be
obtained in almost all the _conditions
of life. The opportunlties for acquir
.itig knowledge . are now so widely
diffused that the young have only to
'reach out determined hands — and
grasp what they, need. It ..is not
enough to . repeat the words and
'thoughts of otlietes;.--we should learn
to think :And act for-inirseLves, - _SuchT
education contributes. iii many ways.,
to success in life—in fact there is
little to be done without- it•ln these
days, 'eNcept to swing the pick and
shovel.,: 'Besides the practical ad
vantages of education, it contributes
largely.to our happiness. The knowl
edge of the great and) wonderful
things that surround u 3 on every
side is a_pe:r_ennial fountain of , pleas
ure to the mind. through our.pilgrim-..
age on earth, and' sends'stronger anni
better souk into eternity...
• A suitable business or employment
is essential to success in life. Even
those who inherit great wealth should'
have some,stt:.ady em ploy ment to give
life an object. So fully is this prin
ci.ple adhered to in RusSia that prin
ces-of the royal faMily are compelled
to 'learn trades, and yonng ladies of
the nobility are taught to cook and
keep !louse. Burns .in' his advice t
a young friend exclaims:
"Tb catch Dame Fortune's golden smite
Assidnous wait upon her
And gather yearly every wile,
'That's Justified by honor. -
Not rife to hide it in a hedge,
Not for a train attendant,
lltit for the gluttons privilege .
or being Independent."
Have :a business of your own ;
business which is productive Do
not get- among the driftwood that
floats on every - sand bar: Let no
will o' the wisp that hovers over the
swamp of rapid gains lead you lfitp
. -
uncertain gpcculations, - .or .sef, you
wandering for the pot of gold „that
lies buried at : the Rainbow's end. A
Mackay mak fine, a gold , mine:- a
Colonel Drake may ' strike oil ; -but
these are lightning ...strokes that do
ll* enter into , ordinary business
places. The'road to succcss is sur
eStaml safest through Selldenials;
through -plodding and, long-continued,
labor... There` old poem which
says,:
"Werall there hung - a shath;yv awl a fear.
A - sort ofnatneyo - ss drea4l the spirit .13111114. a, -
\V rah.) as plain as ichhpor Itt the ear,' _
The nuttse,ls lusitute(l
Worse than al hOuse ha - unted by
the most dreadful - ghosts . Conjured
up by Bulwers imagination,. is a
house haunted by 'debt. Business .
men cannot always avoid - debt ;•'but
beware of it. It is as deceitful' as
the desert. mirage, :promising cool'
groves - and. - refreshin g .fountainS;
where there is nothing but burning
heat and dry sands. Resist in the
beginning, and it will lice from you
add one great enemy to your success
in life will be - vanquished. • -
In Whatever business !you engage
in, let it bear the impress of your in
tegrity. Trutb, honor, and ,lionesty,
are the primary rocks of a ':business
character, the firm fonndStions of
manhood. : - ,Satan may Suggest that
the kingdomi of this world
.areLT-With
in. reach by fraud and deceit; s_uch
suggcstions are . pits • and' snares
fold fast to integrity, and success
One Means to
success - in life is a suitable Marriage:
'suitable, for such-.a marriage devel
ops the purest, the noblest, the most
beautiful traits of humhn character.
An unhappy or uncongenial arriage
is the swift road. to ,caret laedness
'and ruin. Be careful the young
•
ir.en and women Whoni yso t th t hrry,
If youth ever has 'wisdom et it be
shown" in the selection of iusbands
hnd wives. When this se ection is
rightly — made, then marring; becomes
the most sacred of earthly. ies. By
ron, after enumerating ma Y of the
delightful things' in life, sa
. Ilia dearer, sweeter tor -than, thl. thatt these,
than 311,
[sliest and passionate young lo*
Burns says
`•I have paced much this - wearyHncwital round,:
'And page experience bids me thls4t;Oaim;
If ffeueen a dranght of heivenfy:Wasure spare
One cordial In this inelsurholy7ate,• •
`Tis when a youthful,' loving, tittxty.st pair
In otheis arms breithe,o4t the illet• tale,
Beneath the milk-white thorn t h) it scents the - even
lag plc.',
' In the' land of the . tfree and the
home of the brave, where every
poor boy expects to' 'become Pres
ident, politics detnan4, somewhat of,
our. attention. 'These who enter
the! field of polities for ,the sake of
.gain generally reap it liarvest , •
an*ieties'and disappointments. They
pick up a crumb occasionally %Met'
costs more than it is wortVanit which'
leaves them 'hungrier ' than before.
We lay down this : "It is
'Unwise to pursue politics' as a busi
iless or for gain." , This doe, not
Mean that we shall not be posted
upon the events of -the day norliave
anything to -do with the affairs of
Mate;'far froin it. ;All aheilld be
NIMBEIi 52
informed, and no one should refuse -
an office for which he is , fitted and
that comes honestly. Our homes;
our institutions, our country must
be preserved. it often happens that
• ••• All Mugs good await
who carts not to he great
lint as htraves or serve. the State; -
Not once or twice, In cur rough 'land stmry. -
The path of duty was thu way to .
There can be no plan of successful
life . . which doe's not recognize Our
dependence upon the over-ruling
power of the Divine, -Creator. ..No
One - can tell . what to-morrow. will
bring forth. We are surrounded by
Uncertainties of all •kinds,-and it is
impossible for us to Carry out uner
ringly our plans. Amid all the trials.
troubles and 4y,c:rplexities of life we
need the,. helping hand of the Al
mighty,-and Inust call upon Him" in
prayer. • -
i,3lorn thing's - are wrought 14 prayer, than this
world Arcata., or.-
• For what are we better than cheep Or goati.
That nourish a Whoa life, within the liraln,
k nowing,thxl th - ey lift not hands of prayer ' •
Both - for themselves and thole who call thietti
frlezfil „
It is one of the proofs of the in:
finite love of God that He is willing
to hear the feebly murmured prayerfi
of myriads of his creatures and often: .
answering them. Realizing all
intelligent' persons Must. do, the
loving kindne,s of -the Creator, does .
it. need a command to make us love
him with all our lielrts, all our souls,
and with all'our strength ?, Cast out
the love of God- from life and what
hare you left? 7Clouds of.passicin
and discontent ; : dismal hate and bit- • .
ter reveng l e; brief that knows no.
comforter awl forebodings of death
-that knoWS no -hope.. .Tudge not
hastily when you seek successful men.
There May lye gilded failures and the
leaden asleet way contain pure g_Old.,
In the pahteari be foand .miserable
lives while; pelce and con,tent dwells
in-a . huni;ble cottage. A.•.- great king • .
once said that be had only fourteen
-happy days'in a reign of fifty years:.
The love of God is the greatest civi
lizing agent hi the world. It sent
aid-to. burning C.'fife.ag-1); it sent pro.,
vfsions-to starving Ireland ; it - sent
-nurses and doctor§ to the n fever.strick- .
en.
th
. - Vicksbur4r. Love such as . this
dissolves e. inkCS --- tlsat--han , *over
the earth ‘until-the.fulk.brig,htness of
heaven beams upon the whole world.
'J. D. IL •
Changes of a Century.
Ile nineteenth century has wit
nessed many great discoveries-.
In 1 Fulton took out the lint
patent for. the invention of the steani
-
boat.
The first.steamships: which made
regular passages.across the Atlantic_
oceanwere the Sirius and the Great
Western, l l.
The fifst appli - cation to practke
of the useof cras fol. illumination wtri
in . -
1SI:l the streets of London fur
the first time
. r;Tre lighted by_gas._.
In Isl 3 there were built at Walt
hani,3.llas:sachusetd, a Mill, belicve , l
to have Veen thOirst in tlie,world,
which combinel :11 the requirements
for making finish& cotton cloth from
_
raw cotton. - :t-: .
In 1 - , thPre . ..Were only twenty
live post offices in the whole country,
and up to 1N37 the rates of postage
were twenty-five, cents for a letter
.sent over four hundred Miles:
I-0; wood clocks commenced
to he made by machinery-. This ush-,
ered in the era of cheap clocks.
About the year I<',J3-thefirst
rail
'r'oad of any consiae - ralt:e length in
the United States was constructed!
In :lo the 4rst, exreriments in
photogyapliy were made. by I)apuerre.
About the first cxprez,s
Pusi was establisKif.
The anthracite coal business - may
be said to have - begun in 1'420:
fir - 17 , 7711 - 7-therst patent for the
manufacture of matches was granted.
- In 14-15 the first - telegram was sent.
Stebl pens were introduced for use
in I .46:„ •
Tin. first ~t weessful reaper Tra.,s con
str.s.'eted in .1...33.
In Is4ll Elias llowe . Obtained a
patent for his first sewing machine.
The first successful method of vAl
tmizing.lplia rubber was potentelf
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A WrFF. WW:TII IfSvis(L— She
was a plucky roman, the wire• of a,
Bradff?rdoil spcc - ,:lafor, who saw her
11w-band's fortune pass awaralmost
in the twinkle - of an eye by :t sudden
and heavy fall in the price of illumi
nating fluid Walking into a store
she took offher sealskin gaeque and
sold it. From that place she went
to • the jewaer's, and disposed of all
her diamonds' and all her silver.
When her husband - lreturneil
disconsolate and dovvneast, she met
Ida - in the door dressed in- a neat
calieb - w.rapPer. Ile had been a clerk
before fortune stalled upon him, and
she a modest school teacher: She -
informed him that. she had discharged
'all the servants, and they would live
as formerly, she doing the work. F .tike
handed hiin $5,100 as the iesull:of
selling her jewelry, and told hint to l
use it. Joy and hone beamed
eyes, and found .a place in his heart •
again. lle went again to hi. 4 basi
e-ss. In -one month he had reg,hined
fofmer-pwition.
1)1,1tilq11, TO: Wm or
Nos 11 4 AL.—General Henry Boyton,
of Aii - gusta,- United States claim
agent, Luis recently secured a-pension
for Ward A..gnox, formerly of Com - -
'puny D, First Maine heavy artillery,
for almost total blindness, caused by
a cannon ball, in the - battle in front
of Petersburg, passing dose to his
face. The shot oirt . not touch the
soldier,. but the wind of the . shell
effected his eyes disaStrously. On
full investigation the facts were fully
proved, not-only by the testimony of
comrades who were there with him,
but also . by corroborative statements
made by the assistant surgeon of his
regiment,. Dr; A R Lincoln, who
Was , ..on the field - and gave his profes
sional attention to tlfe case 'at the
time of its occurrence. So - severe
was the injury - caused to the soldier's
!yes—by . 7 the Rind of the shot that
the government has awarded him
SI LI a month pensioil.—Artgusla
Journal. -
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. M. - I..ctns: MAN ET hits siteceeded in
bleaching by means of the- electric light.
The concentrated rays completely olecol
orize blood albumen in twenty-four hour..,,
under onlinary conditions. - -
LitE.is not so poor a book - in the
corld that iiiiiild not be a proaigions . et"-•
Tort were it wrought out entirely by a
single mind, without.the aid'of prior
vest igtors. —.I oh io 74,
IT may serve as a comfort to its in all
our calamities and afflictions, that h. that
loses - anything and 'gets wisdom by it is a
gaial. , c by the 14')N:.:-
Taut: ;4104 take root oven spreads ; all
all false.pi.etence,:like flowers,. fall to the
ground; uor Call :Illy Colllltprieit 13.54, long.
—Cicero,