9 STIjc tmc0f New Bloomftcfo, Ja. to seek an interview with his solicitor. The ncuto gentleman informod him that there really seemed to bo something iu tho claim which was set up, but that it would take ft deal of legislation to prove it, nnd so far as ho could sec, it was odds on tho man in possession eventually win ning tho day. But still, if an advantage ous compromise wero to bo suggested, it might bo as well to take it into consid eration. " Ho Mr. Johnstone took to walking for hours about tlio garden of Joss House Villa with bin eyes bent on his toes, and his bands closed behind his back, lost in thought, and muttering at intervals, 'Advantageous compromise." He was accustomed to spread a silk pocket-handkerchief over bis head after dinner, and tako forty winks at tho rate of one wink to two minutes; but his slumbers now wero strangely disturbed. Ho would turn and mutter, and bis lUjiit tcrings, to the excitement of Annie's cu riosity, invariably framed sonic parts of the words " Advantageous compromise !" Miss riumtrco and Annie Johnstone sat in tho same queer summor-housc overlooking the dragon in the chick weed, employed in the same description of needlework, the advance of the year being shown by a basket of apricots which stood in tho place of tho straw berries. Mr. Johnstouo sat near them in silent abstraction. At intervals, in deed, be would tilt his chair forward to bring his hand in range of the mellow fruit, of which he was devouring a chol erio quantity ; but he seemed to do so mechanically, as if he did not quito know what ho was about ; and, indeed, while bis palate was engaged with the apricots. ins mind was absorbed in contemplation nf bis position. " That fine, that remarkably line wo man," ho said to himself, as his eyes rest ed admiringly on Miss l'luinptrce, " will not marry mo until that girl is off my hands, which is loss likely to happen than ever, now that it is doubtful it' I can givo her, or even leave her a penny. And yet, if these fellows really manage to tako away my money and thero is no knowing what lawyers may not do iu that way it will bo an extra reason why 1 should marry a woman with a nice com petence to make up. I. wonder bow (jleorgo the Fourth would have acted under similar circumstances''' I Jut bah! how could ho possibly have been placed in them? When a king has bis property taken from him, he does not go to law ; he fights, or rather, other people fight, which is better still, and settle the mat ter that way." His meditations were interrupted by a servant bearing a card, who told him that a gentleman wished to see him. " Where have you shown him ?" " Into tho grand music-hall," replied tho girl. ' Too much flurried to say a word to either of tho ladies, Mr. Jobnstono has tened to the grand music-ball, an apart ment fifteen feet by thirteen, whore ho found a young man. " The ah ! the claimant, I believe '!" said Mr. Jobnstono, glancing from his visitor to tho card ho held iu bis hand. " Yes," replied tho other. ' The ! course which I have taken in calling upon ( you personally, may seem somewhat strange, especially for a lawyer; but there has been souio mention of tho possibility of a compromise; and to tell tho simple truth, you have been in possession so long, and tho information which enables 1110 to contest your rights has come from so disreputable a quarter, that I am rather ashamed of my position, and would prefer settling the matter amicably to commencing a long course of litigation. " A very unprofessional view of the case, I own, but I beg you to believe that I should have no such scruples if I were acting for a client. It is a delicate matter, however, to nmko tho lirst 'ap proaches towards a compromise in writ ing, because, if your opponent is unwil-1 ling to entertain it, be may take it as an j acknowledgement of weakness, and be- j come confirmed in tho strength of his case ; or, he may find a weapon in some I sentence of your letter which maybe turn ed agaiust you. So I have determined to sink tho lawyer, I am only a very young one, and call upou you personally to talk the mutter over quietly, and soo if you are inclined to meet mo half-way. Of course, you will commit yourself to nothing without consulting your solic itor." "I am no great friend to litigation my self," said Mr. Johnstono ; "aiid if you can show nio that your claim is really a good ono, I am ready to listen to what you have to propose.' The young man then commenced trans lating tho case from jargon into Knglish ; aud when his auditor seemed to have a pretty clear idea of it in all its bearings, he told him that ho had sooner the first sketch of compromise should come from him. " Are you married ?" cried Mr. Johu stone, his eyes brightening with a sudden idea. " No " "Then, by Georgo!", slapping his thigh, " why not marry my nioco 1"' " You do nie great honor, I am sure," stammered tho young man. "So unex pected t tio sudden 1 No idea of mar rying unless Besides, I have not the pleasure of knowing tho lady j in fact, was not aware you had a niece. " 0, you shall soon know her,"- cried Mr. Johnstone ;" sho is in tho garden. Como and bo introduced." And ho led tho way to the summer-houso, his visitor following him with a face of cotnio per plexity. "Marry another; perhaps afterwards to find Iter never 1" lie said to himsolf. " Anuio," said Mr. Jobnstono, " let me introduce you to Halloa !" No wonder, ho, ns well as Miss I'lump trco, was astonished,' fur tho stranger cried out, " Annie, my Anuio, is it possi ble !" and rushed forward to seize her hand, which she gave with a little cry .of Ned ?' " Why, Annie have Winston before ?" you met Mr. " Yes, uncle." "O yes, sir," said Ned Whiston; " and when sho disappeared from Dreary street so mysteriously and suddenly, I was iu despair. I havo looked for her everywhere; I havo advertised for her in the sensation column of the Time, not by name, of course, but so that sli3 might understand." "We have sent for it the second day, and tho supplement docs not coino with it." Well, I expect you do not want tho whole story over again, so wo may omit the rest of tho conversation. Everything was arranged satisfactorily. Ned Whis ton, who was doing a respectable end yearly increasing business, married An nie when the peaches came iu ; a nice sum was paid down on their marriage, and tho remainder of the property se cured them on Mr. Johnstone's death, subject to an annuity to be paid to his widow, if he left one. A month after the young people had been settled in their now home, Mr. Johnstone and Miss l'luinptrce were qui etly tied togother ; and the lirst thing the former did, after returning to Joss House Villa, was to walk into the kitchen and put the poker into the fire. " What are you about dear ?" inquir ed his bride. " I am going to lire a wedding salute twenty-one guns," replied her hus band. And ho did. A Diiiclininirs Troubles iu Lemm ing English. D1KDKICK VAN Bit AMKLDAM was it good naturcd, scholarly young Dutchman. We knew Latin and Creek, was familiar with French and Herman, ami had little difficulty in un derstanding tho English grammar. Ilu could pronounce English very well,having received, when a boy, a few lessons from an English tutor. .His available stock of English words was rather scanty, lie had occasion to visit London, and natu rally encountered many difficulties iu making himself understood. I met him at the inn, ami at the same time I intro duce him to tho reader, bo had succeed ed in making a tolerably good supper Tho next thing iu order was to get to bed, which he easily made the landlord understand. Nut being in tho habit of shaving himself, ho thought it might bo as well to order a barber for the next morning. Ilcineinboring that tho namo of tho instrument which barbers used is called a razor, bo said to tho landlord, " Can I be razed to-morrow?" ' 1'iaiscd !" the landlord repeated, sniil--ing ; " yes, to be sure you can." " Will you, then, send up a man to raze me ?" " ( will raise you myself." Ah, very well. At nine o'clock if you please." Tho next morning, punctual to time, tho landlord knoekeil at Diedrick' door. "Within!" Dicdriek cried, and the landlord entered. " Where is your knife?'' asked Dicd riek. .My knife ? Fur what '." ' Well, to raze me." " Vhy, you mo raised." " I am wit razed. You must raze inc with a knife along my visage." With these words Diedrick passed his hand to and fro over his chin to imitate tho operation of shaving. " Oh, I pee," the landlord cried, in a fit of laughter, "you want to bo shaved ! But I am not a barber, sir; you must go to a shaving shop." Where is a shaving shop Diedrick asked. Tho landlord took him in the window, and, pointing to a street on tho opposite side, said something about turning to tho right, and then to tho left, and about an out-standing pole, and a brass plate, and told him to look out for tho word 'shaving.' Dicdriek understood scarcely a word of what was said; but from tho direc tion iu which tho landlord pointed, he concluded that he hud to walk up the indicated street. Bcfure leaving the inn, however, he was careful to unto down the name of tho street. Ho walked ulonir. looking carefully to tho right and left, but no shaving plaeo could he see. At length, after having turned down half a dozen streets ho no ticed on a window the inscription 'Savings Bank.' " Ah," said ho, to himself, " this is it. Hero is a bank upon which poo plo ore placed to bo saved." It did not escape his notice that tho landlord had spoken of hiviwj and not Hiving, but ho surmised that this was owing to tho inn-keeper's cockney pronunciation, which always likes to squeeze in an h whero it is not wanted. IIo entered tho savings bank. A young man was standing at a desk op parcntly engaged in somo calculation. " Can I hero be saved t" Piedrick asked . " I'll attend to you in two minutes," the clerk answered. Diedrick looked round the place. ' It was a magnificent ofiicc.' A largo set of mahogany desks seemed waiting for a dozen clerks who bad not yet mado their appearance. Dicdriek perceived that ho was mistaken. " Still," thought he, " 1 will ask this young man to help mo on my way." " Well," what can I do for yon?" said the clerk.' "Now, Dicdriek wanted at once to tell him that bo perceived ho was wrong, but bo did not know tho word ' wrong.' What is 'verkeorcd' in Knglish? ho ask ed himself. IIo translated the Knglish word into Latin, and giving it an Eng lish termination, ho said : " My gentleman, I sec I am perverted. I wish to bo saved." j Tho comical faco'with which Dicdriek ! said these words called up an equally comical expression on tho face of the i clerk. " What ! Arc you perverted ?" h ask i ed, contracting his brow, with a queer look. j " Yes, I sco I am here oii the pervert j ed place, but perhaps you will bo so good I as to help mo on tho way : Do you want to deposit any money ?" cue ciorK asi;ei " Yes, I havo money," Diedrick an swered, producing a handful of coppers from his pockets; " I must bo saved with a razor along my visage." Tho clerk laughed uproariously, and so did some of the other clerks who had now come in, until the whole offico echoed. Diedrick, perceiving tho oddity of the case, heartily joined them. The young man then took him to a barber's shop, where be soon got what he wanted. A few days later ho read, in a shop window, " Sliiiviiij Jur ijnitrt." " Ah !" ho said to himself, " 1 suppose this is a philant hropic establishment for poor people to be shaved gratis !" After leaving the barber shop, poor 1'iedricK airaiu lound lnuisell in an awk ward predicament. Ho could not H,,, i his inn. In vain he walked up street af ter street. At length lie asked a person whom he met : ' "Can you tell me ' where Truman anbury, Buston iV. (.'o.'s Entire is ?" "I don't know I'm sure," was the answer. " Ask the cabman over there." I Cabby readily offered to tako Die- V,,,ll'..i. lir.n.'u I diiek to tho place. After lrivo ho found himself at tho entrance ! to tho brewery at spitalliclds. Of cou rso i cabby was ordered to driva back : and this time it was to my ollieo. I was glad to meet our friend and givo him welcome. "Where have you passed the night?" 1 asked. " Well, in an Entire!" I iedrick replied. " It was written us with big letters, jruman, Haudbury, Buxton A Entire !" Co.'s I I could not help laughing out, al though it was unkind. But ho laughed us heartily, when I explained the matter to him. " Don't you know the name of the street?" 1 asked looking as grave as I could. "' Yes !" ho answered, looking into bis pocket-hook. " I t is, ' Stick no '., F. p. i;i ft!' " " How iu tho world did you get that address ?" 1 asked, scarcely able to con tain myself. " Well," ho answered, " 1 went to the corner of the street, where a church stands, and there 1 road tho words." " lienlly, it was no easy matter to find out the place from such an address, I'lio ' circumstance, however, that the corner of the street was occupied by u church, and some other hints I gathered supplied us with u thread to truck our way through the labyrinth. After an hours search ing wo wero successful iu finding tho " Entire," aud soon we were on our way to Chelsea. licin" eiii'Mi'oil next, ilov mi iiiitii,i.f,ii.t ' business, I left, Diedrick to see J.ndon ! for himself. With his dictionary iu ono pocket and bis map in tho other, he set ! out in (lie direction of Hyde 1'ark. He' refused to tako a guide, preferring to' find bis way unassisted. " In that man- ncr," ho said, " shall I the city better ' learn to know, and I shall better to my eyes givo tho tood. Alter having walk for a eouplo of hours, however, ho found i that lie ought to " givo the lood also to his stomach. Ho noticed it iiie-shop. ' Can I hero a little eat f ' Yes," the hidy replied. What do you want '(" " What havo you ?" Diedrick asked. " I can givo you u pork pio." Diedrick took his dictionary. He had never heard tho word before Ho soon found it or at least ho thought ho had. " What 1" ho exclaimed, " do you eat those bcastfl in this country ?" " Of course wo do," tho lady replied. Wo aren't Jews." " Tustcs it nicely ?" " Very 1" the lady answered, with a Btnilo. . " Oivo mo a piece, if you please." I cannot givo you n piece, you must take a wholo ono." " But I cannot eat a whole porcupine," Dicdriek exclaimed. " Oh, dear I" tho lady cried, shaking with laughter, " did you think I meant to givo you a hedgehog 1 No, sir, I can not treat you to such a dainty. A pork pic is mado of a pig."., j Dicdriek again referred to his diction ary, and turned up tho word pick. "That's iu the wholo no food that's a hammer," he said. " I cannot cat iron and steel," he added with a smile. Tho lady felt quito perplexed. She called her husband, to whom she ex plained her difficulty. Ho at once took a pic, and, pointing to it with his finger imitated the grunting noiso of a hog in such a perfect way that there could be no further misapprehension. Diedrick then ato the pie with comfort and relish. A Trick on tlio Aiinicanlan Indians. It Is not a little curious to know how tho telegraph wires and posts havo been preserved from injury by Indians, other wise the communication of tho frontier forts with one another could not have been kept up. Tho following strategem was hit upon and related by a traveler recently from the frontiers' who was asked how this was. I lo says when tho posts wore erected. there were some forty or fifty Indians prisoners in tho camp of t no army. Uencral 1'into, iearuiK that j they might destroy this important work ot civilization, culled them together and brought. iu an electric battery: ' Do you seo this wire which is placed here?" " Yes, General." " Well, then, I havo caused it to be placed there so that you should not pass to the other side or touch it, because, if you do, your hands will adhere to the l fill . T IT ! . ... . wire. i ue uiuians smiled witn an m ! credulous look. The General called them ; one by one, and made them lay hold of tho wires of a battery aud then set it agoing. I '' Let go the wires, I tell you.' ! " I cannot, sir. my hands are licntimb- jed." ; On cutting off tho current of course ; they drnped the wires. Each Indian was '"'"Jc to experiment for himself. Before letting mum mo uenerai recommend ed them to keep the secret and not tell it to their countrymen. Of course they did quite to tho con trary, and told every indian what they had seen and what bad happened to them. J! .1 . . ill Since then not a wire has been damaged, uccauso taey now a" believe that it tliey touched the wires they would be caueht 1111,1 lle,J I"''"iers until tho troops camo uf' How a Holler tursts. The whole theory of boiler explosions appears to be involved in inexplicable mystery. In the lato case of l'iudell against Stirling it Elicrus, tried iu tho Superior Court of Baltimore eitv. hnfnrn Judge Dobbin, intelligent engineers wero examined as exports, aud they differed greatly iu their opinions and conclusions as to the immediate causes that induce tho rupture of a boiler. Cupt. Wheeler, au engineer in the I.'nited States revenue service, gave the generally received theory, but other en gineers of equal eminence differed from his conclusion iu tutu. X synopsis id' Ciipt. Wheeler's testimony appeared iu the American at the time it was given, ami embodied about all the experiments of men of science have given up in this subject. It amounted about to this : When tho water is allowed to get low iu the boiler the plates become red hot and the tensile power of the iron is ureat- 'y diminished. When tho cold water is turned into the boiler, the instant it touches the heated suiTaco it assumes the spheroidal stato, aud dances about iu little globules until the temperature is reduced to a certain degree, when sud denly the globules burst nnd tho whole mass is converted into super-heated steam the expansive power of which is immense. I ho sudden impingement of this mass of e"'." nVn .,1,w l,,,lt, "lrady nkmml ''V "vci'heutii.g, fractures tlio iron, pl'"" the result, There never was a wit at the bar so ready as Cumin. L'pon ono occasion, where lie bad laid down some points which oiu hot In id tavor in tlio eyes of tho presiding judge, ' If that is law." said Lord Clare to Currun, "I muy as well burn my books." 'Better read them my lord,' Currun. replied Some people make their religion go a long way. 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