I)C tmc0, Him Bloomftclir, )fl. A Bashful Man's Troubles. "f XANG it nil, what can a poor fcl XX low do?" A handsome, good-natured follow wan Charley Winter, but so very bashful, that in tho presence of the gcntlor sex ho never could havo told whether ho was standing on his feet or on his head. Just now his fueling was immensely ag gravated by the fact that ho was over head and cars in lovo with Clareuco Wil mer. " O, dear, I wish I knew a way to tell my love, and not bo there myself. Deuco take the girls I they bother you on pur pose, I believe, and always nianao so yourcouragooo7.es out of your fingers' ends before you are ready to ask tho futal question 1" , " Why don't you write?" ; , " Write 1 I shouldn't know a word to say ; and then I'd never daro to look her in the face again." " O, what a spoony J fcmiply say you love her. and ask her if she will make vou happv. Then face tho music like man, and meet her next lime as if noth ing had happeued unless she answers ves. and then of course you'll act as if something had happeued." Charley groaned despairingly. " Easy enough for you to talk," ho muttered, dubiously. " You who have been married seven years with mo tho case is different. I tell you, Tom, you don t know anything about it. " ' Faint heart ne'er won fair lady, " quoted Tom Hidgoly, indignantly, as he arose to take his leave. Seriously, how ever, Charley, I adviso you to put your heart on paper, and forward it to Clarice by post. Charley thought about it after ho was none. The more ho thought tho better pleased he was. " It's terrible, but supposo I must !" ho groaned, seating himself at his writing desk, and clutching wildly at paper pens and ink. An hour of torture. Charley began a dozen billet-doux and tore them up. then wrote a dozen more, and tore them up also. ' 1 ' " it's utterly useless, he moaned at last: and then tho creat booby laid his head upon tho desk and fairly sobbed. " I'll write and ask her to go to tho opera with mo to-morrow night, any how, and then, perhaps, ho dared to think no further. " My dear uo, that nevcr'll do was ever a mortal so perplexed as I am? I wish the cirls were all at tho bottom of the ocean, and Eve had never been cre ated. Well, I'll begin again." This timo ho was successful. His note was short enough, and some young ladies might take umbrage at such an invitation, but Clarice knew his bashful- ness. It read as fallows, and was not da ted at all " Will you bo kind enough to honor me bv the acceptance of my escort to the opera to-morrow eve 7" And that was all beside tho signature " Well, there," said Charley, as he got it done, I promised sister Minnie 1 would write to her this week, bo I will do it now, while my hand is in." And tossing the note one side, he soon began his letter. "Bihteb Mire :"(lt read) "Yours of the 17th came to band and 1 nave meant to an swer it before. The fact is. I am deep in love with a young lady Clarice Wilraer, of whom you ve heard speak, and am atraid she don't return it. You know that I am no confounded bashful that I daren't speak a word to her about It, and neither can write. Somettmes I thiuk I've got the nec essary courage, but when I meet her it vanishes like dew before the sun, and I'm n biceer fool than ever. I know she thinks I'm a fool, but I can't help it I'd rather face a battery of mitrailleuses, or any other engine or destruction, than a pretty woman any time, and Clarice Is the fairest, sweet est, and most beautiful young lady I over saw." Here followed tbreo whole pages of lover's rhapsody, interspersed with wail ings of despair, and then the letter wound up thus t . " I've asked her to the opera to-morrow night, and if gue goos tis possiblo that may learn my fate." l" ee o'clock can it bo possible? cried Charley, glancing at tho clock, an stuffing his letters into two envelopes. which ho backed in awful haste. " The mail goes out in half an hour. I shall be late, as sure as fate." , And paying no heed to.the rhyme, and little to the letters, he grasped his hat and started for the post-office. Clarice smiled her brightest , when Charley called for her the next night. lie fancied there was mischief in her eyes, which was not quite all a fancy. At the opera she talked between the scenes in such a way that he was quite bcwil dcrcd. He did not learn his fate and af ter he got home felt worse than ever. Next day he got a letter from his sis ter. ... ';! " I am very sorry," wrote sho, ' but I could not well oonie on ; two hundred miles, simply to attend an opera. I sup pose, however, the invitation was intend ed for another person, and it " . , " 0 Jove, I am undone !" said Char ley, dropping the missive to the floor.and breaking out in a oold perspiration. " I sent the letters wrong, and now I have done it brown. , What will Clarice think of me?" .. . Driven to desperation at last, he pluok- up courago and hurried to Clarico's residence. Is Miss Wilmor in 1"' asked tho ser vant who answered the bell. "Yes;" and ho speedily found him self in tho parlor, and face to face with is inamorata. I I did you reoeivo a noto from mo the other day, Miss Clarico ? ho stammered, wishing too lioor would give way and prccipitato him into the cellar. An I ics I ask your pardon Miss Wilmer, for tho inadvertency. I meant ',0h, you need not apologize, Mr. Winter. I rather liko it, I assuro you. You did not try your fato at the opera, though. Why didu't you?" How mischievous her eyes were spark- ini? I A lmnt crimson dvea ner clieeK. and, altogether, Charley looking at her slyly, thought he never saw her look so pretty. " J5ut tno annoyance "It wasn't annoyance. I was pleased." Charley's heart thrilled suddenly with hope, lie took one step torward. " You say that it was no annoyance. Dare I believe you care for me? I ho taint glow deepened Buddonly. ' lou may, she said. It Charley s inend, Tom ludgoly, had dropped in five minutes later, ho would nave thought Charley s bashlulncss was all a sham. . It never troubled him again. Operations of a New York Tliief. A T eleven o'clock on Monday morn- jLY. ing, a clerical-looking gentleman mounted the stoop of the brown-stone mansion, which is kept as a first-class boarding house by Mrs. Hill, at 261 West Fourteenth street, aud rang the boll, lie is about thirty years of age, of medium height, and slender build. His clothes wcro black, and were made long and square, "hey were ornamented with long rows of little black buttons reaching to his shirt-collar, which was straight and stiff, and bound around with a narrow black silk neck-tie. When the colored servant-girl appeared at tho door, tho gentleman asked to see Mrs Hill. Ho placed his hat on the rack in the hall, and was shown into the mag nificently furnished parlor, where he took his seat on a luxuriunt divan. At this moment Mrs. Hill entered. Theelorioal gentleman arose, and with the politest of bows, introduced himselt as tho Key. Dr, Mellville. a Roman Catholic priest, who would like to secure a room and temporary board. Ho referred to tho Rev. Dr, Leou of Westchester county. Mrs. Hill thought that too far away, and he sug gested that sho might call upon the Rev Father Hecker, in Fifty-ninth street. Father Hecker had known him intimately in Home, and was acquainted with his family in fact knew all about him. He was shown to a room, and it pleased him He was boarding in the riltb Avenue Hotel, and would drop round thero and order his baggage, which would arrive within an hour. - With another polite bow he took his hat and walked out. He strolled down Fourteenth street in the direction of Droadway, down which he turned, entering Adams & Co s jewel ry establishment. He pioposed to buy two gold watches. An assortment was shown him. Their merits were discussed, and he selected two, valued at $247, or dering them to bo sent to 251 West Fourteenth street, to the Dev. Dr. Mell ville. Ho then retraced his stops to Mrs. Hill's. Tho lady meanwhile had been making preparations to visit Father lTnln,Aanr!n truth aF tfc T?nv Tw Mnliriitn'a iinr . V,,,f .ha n nnt mn',l whnn h rotnmn,! Tr wnllcnrl intn the front parlor and took up his position before the windows, looking out into the street. Mrs. Hill requested him to be Beated, and he thanked ner and complied She had a slight suspicion of his honosty ; so she instructed her servant to keep a watch on him. L'he told tho doctor his room would not bo ready until evening, nnd he answered that that would do. He would not tako the hint to go out, so sho started for Fifty-ninth street. He had hardly seated himself when the bell rang, and a young gentleman in quired for tho Rev. Dr. Molvillo. The young gentleman is an employee of Ad ams & Co., and held in his hand a neat paper box containing the two gold watch es which the Rev. Dr. had selected.' He was Bhown into the parlor, and walking np to his llovcience delivered the parcel. " I declare I have forgotten the bill," he said. "Oh, never mind.' You can leave tho watches'hero, and run round to the store and get it," said Dr. Melville.' "It won't take vou but a tew minutes: The young gentleman was on the point of complying, when another employee of . urf, I ' 1 .1.1 1 . Adams & uo. arrived in uruauuera iiaxio with the bill. ' ; ' " ' " Sorry for your trouble," said Dr. Melville, as he drew a blank chock on tho bank of America. " Here Mary 1" (to tho servant.) Mary! pon and ink if vou please The Reverend Doctor filled up the check for $217. He then signed his name and handed it to olork No. 2, in payment for the watches. That gentle man received it with suspioion. " But I don't know anything about this check," said he. " How can I tell wheth er it is good or not ?' Sir?" onswerod tho indignant clergy man, "What do you moan, sir r. JNot good 1 You are crazy, sir. It is good as gold, sir. I am the llevorond Doctor Melvillo, a Roman Catholic priest, sir. Send to tho llevercnd Father Hecker of tho 'aulist Church in Fifty-ninth street,, and ho will tell you who I am, sir." I hat s too lar to go, quietly respond ed the clerk. " I cau't tako tho check unless I know it to bo good." " Well, then, sir. send it round to tho bank. It will take only a few minutes, sir. Here, young man, go to tho bank with this, and seo whether it is good or not." . . . . One of tho clerks accordingly depart ed on his mission to the bank, while the other remained to watch Dr. Melvillo, who all tho time retained possession of tho box containing tho time pieces. Iho Reverend gentleman s indignation at the clerk's imputation upon his hones ty was something extreme. Ho lrcttcd and fumed, and unable to contain him self in his seat any longer, arose to his feet, and becan pacing the parlor, mut tering to himself all the time. Happen ing to pass by the door once, and hnding it in his way, ho impatiently slammed it too. Tho frescoing of one cornor ot the ceiling in tho back parlor had been dam aged by an overflow of water in the up per part ot tho building. Casting his eyes in that direction, he suddenly stop ped. " Why, what's this ? ho exclaim. ed. " Tho frescoing ruined ? Mary I" He stepped up to tho silver boll on the centre table, rang it energetically. Mary appeared. " Mary, what s tho mutter with tho ceiling? It's ruined complete ly," ho said. , Mary unsuspectingly an swered that tho water had como through " Tho water ? And you never told me ot it before : Una must bo fixed at once. You can go." And poor Mary, bewil dered, quit tho room. The clerk felt sorry that ho had sus pected tho Reverend Doctor ; ho now be lieved him to be tho owner of the house and became fully convinced that the check would turn out all right. Dr. Melville next took a look at tho piano, lie thummed unon iw keys 1 hey ve even let the piano got out ot tune," ho said. " Thcso things must bo ' attended to immediately. No timo like the present, sir. I II just call my man and get him to work at them at once. Charles I bo shouted. No answer. He advanced to back parlor door and pulled it open. Charles 1" ho called again. Still no answer. " Charles! he lairly yelled 8tcppirjg out quioky int0 the hall-way at the same timo. lie waited not tor an- swer now, but with lengthened strides he mado for that front door on tiptoe, seized his hat, and walked rapidly up Fourteenth street, with tho box containing the watch es still in his hand. Tho astounded maid servant saw him go. Sho rushed into tho parlor, and informed the clerk " Where 7 Which way did he go 7" ask ed that gentleman mechanically, but ho had so utterly lost his preaenoo of mind at tho audacity of the scoundrel, that he was unablo ior a tew minutes to stir foot in pursuit. Whe he did rush forth tho Rev. Dr. Melville had disappeared aud hasn't been soen since. Neither have tho watches. A Game of Cards for a Wife. N the State of Illinois there is a certain villatre boastinir of a tavern, three stores and four groceries, where lrom morning till night and from night till Mawn a Porson m?J fi.ml "?.the tttVern stores, and groceries aioresaid.onoor more eroups ot porsons playine cards gamo- Hng there is reduced to a science and from te schoolboy to the veteran from the Miss in her teens to the mothor of a large lamny iiiey are all initiated into the mysteries of high, low, jack game, right and left bowers, tho honors and all tricks. One of tho best players in tho village was Maj. smith, the tavern fcponnr. nr na hn oxnressod it. thfl nronri- ctor of the hotel a widower, who like Jethro, Judgo of Israel, Had a daughter, passing fair. ; F'anny, the daughter, was one of tho prettiest girls in tho village. The sweet heart of Fanny was a young farmer re siding in the neighborhood, whom we shall designate by tho name of Dob. It happened that one day before har vest, the young man was dctaiuod in the village, and night found him as usual at the hotel, seutcd between the Major and his daughter. After a desultory conver sation between the two gentlemen on the state of the weather, tho prospects of tho approaching harvest, the important sta ples of conversation, the Major asked Dob how his wheat crop promised to yield. In reply he t was told that , . the young farmer expected to 1 , have at least ow nusneis. The Major appeared to study for a moment, and then abruptly proposed a game of " old sledge," or " seven up," the stake to bo his daughter Fanny against the crop of wheat. This, of course, the young man indig- nantly refused, because he could not boar the idea that the hand of her he loved should be made a bet, or that ho should win a wife by gambling for her, and per haps, because lie knew how hard the old man was to beat, and thero was a strong probability of losing both wheat and wife. It was not until the Miiior. with his usual obstinacy, had sworn that unless he won her he should nover have her, that tho young man was forced reluctantly to ooi) sent to play. Iho table was placed, candles lit, tho cards produced, and the players took their pluccs, with runny between them watching the gamo. The cards wero regularly cut, and it foil to tho Major's lot to deal. I ho first hand was played, and Dob niado jack to his opponent s high low, game. ' isob dealt, tho Major again mado thrco to his opponent's ono. " Six to two, said Miss Fanny, with Iho Major, as ho dealt tho cards, wink ed knowingly and said. . " I m good for tho wheat, Master Hob. Tho old man turned up a trump. It was a spado. F'anny glanced at her father's hand her heart sank; ho held tho trey, eight spot and king. She then looked at Robert's hand, nnd lo, ho had tho aco, queen, deuco, and jack or knave. Sho whispered to beg ho did so. " lake it said the Major." Robert led the douco, which the old man took with tho trey ; ho then followed by playing the king, Dob putting his queen upon it, the Major supposing it to bo the young man's trump, leaned over the table, and tappiug on tho last trick with his finger, said : " 1 hat s as good as wheat. " Is it ?" said Dob, as he displayed to tho astonished Major tho aco and jack in his hands. " High, low, jack, gift, aud game," cried lion. ' Out!" ejaculated F'anny. " . '" ' ' Good as wheat !" added Dob, as ho flung his arms around her neck nnd kissed her. In duo timo they wcro married. Ever after that, when anything occurred of pleasant nature to tho happy couple, they would express their emphatic approbation ot it by tho phrase " Uood as wheat. . SUNDAY HEALING. The Applo In tho Itottle. On the mantlepiece of my grandmother's best parlor, among other marvels, was an apple in a phial. It quite filled up the body of tho bottlo, and my childish won derment constantly was, " llow could ll havo got there 7" Dy stealth I climbed a chair to see it the bottom would un screw, or if there had been a joint in tho glass throughout the length ot the phial was satisfied by careful, observation that neither of these theories could be supported, and tho apple rcmainod to me an enigma aud mystery. Une day walk ing in the garden, I saw it all. . There on a trco, was a phial tied, and within it a tiny applo which was growing within tho crystal. Tho apple was put into the bottle whilo it was little, and it grew there. Just so we must catch the littlo men and women who swarm our streets we call them boys and girls and introduce them within the influence of the church; for nlas ! it is hard indeed to roaoh them when they have ripened into carelessness and sin. . ' God's Deer. -A correspondent ofZion's Herald tolls the following story, as told to him by an early settler in Northern New York : , When our settlement commenced, we had to live mostly by fishing and hunt ing. Our guns we usually kept loaded aud ready for uso. On Sunday morning, opening my door, there was a deer near by, and stepping back, I took down my gun. Defore I got to the door, something whispered, " It is the Sabbath," but this was followed by " It is a Godsend." 1 paused, and inwardly said, " No. Ho would send on a week day," and hung my gun. At the evening prayer we thankod God that He enabled us to en duro the test. Notice, on Monday morn ing, when I opened my door, thore stood a fine deer. 1 used my gun aud killed the deer, and added, " God's deer is far larg er, bettor, than tho Devil sout." breth ren, let us trust the Lord. Little by Little. A poor woman had a supply of couls laid at her door by a eharitable neighbor. A very little girl came out with a tire shovel and began to take a shovelful at a time, and carry it to a sort of bin in the collar. I said : "Do you expect to get all that coal in with your little shovel t" She was quite confused with my question but hor answer was striking. "os, sir, if I work long enough." Humble work er, make up for your waut of ability by abundant contiuuanco in well-doing, and your lifo-work will not be trival. Tlie repetition of small efforts will effect more than tho occasional uso of great talents. tSpurycon. ' Jfca? A Doston minister says ho ouce preached on " Tho Recognition of 1'riends in the Future," and was told after service, by a hearer, that it would bo more to tho point to preach about the recognition of friends hero, as he had boon in the church tweuty years and didn't know any of its members. a9 An aujrry word spoken to a friend is like the poison-tipped arrow used by the savages in war, sometimes. 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