2
Ijc 6Ctmc0, Ncto Bloomfidii, Ja.
"No, your honor; I only ask for the
reading of this" And he passed a paper
to the justice.' y
There was a slight buzz of astonishment
in tho room when the Justice opened the
paper and read aloud, "Deposition of
Charles Winthrop;" which was followed
by intense stillness, as he gave the contents
of tho document.
The instrument was quite brief. It set
forth that on a specified ' day, therein
named, the deponent, of his own free will
gave to Henry Peabody a gold hunting-case
watch, with Chain and seal attached there
to, as a token of his high regard for said
Peabody' diameter, and a testimonial of
his personal esteem and friendship ; all
which was duly signed and sworn to in
presence of his attorney, Mr. Jameson.
After the reading, Henry remarked: "
"I presume, your honor, thnt is a suffi
cient refutation of the charge brought
against me?" ' '
" If there is no question about the au
thenticity of this deposition," said the jus
tice, carefully scrutinizing the signatures
and seal. '' '
"I see that Mr. Jameson, before whom
the dcpoHition was taken; is present. Ho
' will testify to its genuineness."
' ' '.'01 ah I Mr. Jameson is present? I
was not aware of it. Certainly certainly,
everything is correct and satisfactory."
And ' declaring the case dismissed, ho
passed td Henry his watch, with many ci
vilities of speech. ' ' 1 ' 1
' v As Henry, with a slight flush of triumph
on his brow, loft tho court room, Edward
Perham sneaked out of a sido entrance,
woefully crestfallen, and . looking ' very
much like a whipped cur.
! On arriving at his hotel, Peabody found
a note from Mr. Winthrop, inviting him to
dine with him. At present, it Btatcd, ho
received but few fi lewis, and thoso only
whoso intimacy permitted him to dispense
with all formality. n .
j' Henry was very desirous to 'see Mr.
" Winthrop, to thank him for hi good offices
' in his behalf, and gladly, therefore ac
cepted the invitation. On reaching his
; residence lie was ushered into tho library,
' Whcro, wrapped in his dressing-gown, and
resting on a lounge, ho found the owner of
tho mansion.- 10 ' ' ' ; ' 1 " v 1 .,
. '"Excuse my not rising," he said,1 as
Henry advanced 'and took' his1 extended
hand; " the doctor and the nurse still tyr.
annize over mo." 4 ''' i"; '' : ;.
Henry' entirely failed to recognize in the.
, line-looking courteous gentleman-before
him the rather repulsive .looking individual
he had taken from the wreck, t
' ' "I see by your looks that you donotreo
ognlsd mo," ' he continued, 1 in a hearty
genial voioe, "nor do I wonder, for I was
1 : a terrible battered and vagabond iu looking
object when I last parted with you." ' Hut
take a seat, take a seat. I bear that you
have' been waylaid and robbed robbed,
and accused of robbery; rather hard on
you, oh? You must, tell me all about it
after dinner, which I' am expecting my
niece to announce every moment." ' ,
- At that moment Clara entered the libra
ry, unobserved by Henry, whose back was
towards her. ' ,'. .. . 1
" Ah, here she is 1" added the old gentle
man. "Mr. Peabody, my niece, Miss Clara
Weston." -' . , ,.
' As Henry arose to salute the lady a flush
of glad surprise lighted up his face as he
, beheld before him his long-ago fellow-passenger
in the cars. A rich blush mantled
the cheeks of the young lady as Henry
took and fervently pressed her proffered
. hand, while he expressed his joy at again
- meeting with her. . , , . ..p,j
"Aha I I had forgotten that: yon had
. met before, and that an introduction was
scarcely i. necessary,'1 said the old gentle
. man, with good-humored smile, i " But
come, Clara, Mr. Peabody will hardly
thank you if you permit the Warmth of
your welcome to cool bis dinner." .
The dinner proved eminently a social
meal Mr. Winthrop was in the best of
spirits, and possessed a fund of small talk,
' which banished all restraint; In the course
of conversation allusion was made to the
: accusation brought ' against Henry, when
-.. the latter embraced the opportunity to
-thank his host for the favor he had done
him. ' , '." I-'. " 'I " .: . ;
Doi not speak of it as a favor, mr voumr
friend," said Mr. Winthrop. "When I re
ceived your note this 1 morning I hardlv
knew what to make of it.: However, I at
onoe sent for my lawyer, who took my de
position. Pray inform me, for I am at a
loss to imagine, who preferred this charge
against you?" '"'' ' ' .
"It was Edward Perham." :
' ' "Edward Perham !" was the mutual ex
clamation of nncle and niece.' '
- "I am astounded I How dared ho to do
such a thing?" Indignantly continued Mr.
i . Winthrop. Why did not the fellow first
1 consult met Had he done so, all this mor
tification might have been spared you."
Henry assured his host that he did not
regret the affair, seeing that it had been
the means of introducing him to Mr. Win
throp, and of renewing a former brief ao
' quaintanoe with Miss Weston.
"My greatest solicitude growing out of
vu suiair,- ne adoea, " was the apprehen
slon that Miss Weston might share in the
suspicions of Mr, Perham." ;
"What, Clara share in them!" ex-
claimed the old gentleman. " Why, Bhe
combated them from the first. It is not
every man, let me tell you, my young
friend, who has the good fortune to be de
fended by such an advocate."
" Why, uncle, do you mean to force me
from the table?" said Clara, her face man
tled with blushes at the old gontloman's
betrayal of the interest she had manifested
in behalf of Henry. '
" Permit me to thank you most heartily,
Miss Weston," said Honry, bonding a grate
ful and admiring jrlance on the blushing
girl, " for your advocacy of an almost en
tire stranger; and you, sir, for removing
doubts that have caused mo not a little
pain."
"If you had known Clara as well as I
knowhor," said tho old gentleman, "you
would never have admitted your doubts."
And then, seeing how embarrassing the
subject was to his niece, he adroitly gave a
turn to the conversation. ,
After Henry and his host had adjourned
to the library, which had bcon cosily fur
nished for the purpose, and was tho favor
ito retreat of Mr. Winthrop ' in those his
invalid days, a long conversation ensued be
tween thom of quito a confidential charac
ter. Prompted by tho undisguised interest
manifested by his entertainer In tho sub
ject, Henry was led to speak bliofly of his
past life, and moro fully of his plan3 for
the future, and to solicit his advico in re
gard to tho latter. ; '
' "I will cheerfully counsel you to the
best of my judgment," said Mr. Winthrop,
" but previous to ofl'eringniy advice, I wish
to mention a project I havo in my mind,
after giving it a littlo more consideration."
At that moment Miss Weston entered
the library. ' 1
" You have come in good time, ruy
child," said Mr. Winthrop. " I wish you
to entertain 1 Mr. Peabody whilo I take my
afternoon nap, and be sure and boguilo
him to remain to tea and spend tho ovc
nlng with us. Do not fail now !"
The young couple took the hint, and re
tired to ' the musio-room; and you may" be
sure that it did not requiro a great effort on
the part of the young lady to accomplish
the task Imposed upon her. Indeed,, so
successful was she . in hor bcguilemeut,
that ' Henry was, ..not . a little astonished
when, ;t. Was announced that the evouing
meal was in readiness. . , ... .. , !
I mentioned1 something of a project I
hnd in my mind," i said Mr. Winthrop, as
ho and' Honry sat together again , in the
early evening. " Why should you go West
at all? - I am growing old, and have for
some time thought of retiring from busi
ness because: I could not find a partner to
suit tao, and more seriously since this mis
hap of mine. Now this is the projoct to
which I alluded: that you become my part
ner you tho active, and I tho "sleeping"
partner although I will endeavor to keep
ono eye open. What say you to that?' '
'But. I have not the capital, such as
your extensive business would requiro,"
said, Henry. t ,
J' Leave that matter to mo, my dear
boy," said the old gentleman; " you have
all the capital I want, , the best you could
bring, energy and integrity. I would like
to stipulate one thing, however, that when
the arrangement , is fully completed, you
make your home with me, for I find my
self lonely in this great house."
," But there is your niece, Miss Weston,
she might not V. ,.
"0, if you und Clara cannot arrange to
live in the same house without quarrel
ling," said the old gentleman, with a quiz
zical smile, interrupting Henry, "the sooner
you pack up for the West the better J I
think I hear Clara in the next room, and
my advice to you is, to set that matter at
rest without delay.y
Henry acted on the suggestion at once.
We do not know in what manner he exe
cuted his mission; this much we do know :
that Bhortly after, Peabody was announced
as the partner of Mr. Winthrop, which in a
few months was followed by a brilliant
wedding at that gentleman's mansion, and
that net long had he reason to complain of
the " lonel iness" of his house.
A Grave Joke.
A certain marble dealer, residing not a
hundred miles from this village, says the
Montpelier Journal, recently received an
invoice of gravestones, upon some of which
were inscribed touching' sentiments of
sympatuy and eulogy ready made for the
fortunate person whose tomb they were in
tended to designate. Among them was
one with an index finger pointing heaven
ward, and under it the motto, ' No graves
there," , One evening the dealer reoeived
an order for a gravestone, for a gentleman
named Graves, the style and decoration of
which were left pretty much to his own
judgment, the price only being fixed., As
he had to loave the city the next morning
be hurriedly selected the one bearing the
above motto, Tha Indignation of the sur
vlving relatives of Mr. Graves, for whose
cemetery lot this stone was Intended, when
it was received, can be better imagined
than described. , , ,
IV Tho potato-rot is said to be caused
by the rottater-y motion of the earth.
tW Sausages are said to be a speciflo for
ague and fever, on account of the canine in
thsra.
A Ridiculous Mistake.
HOW did you know that ' Bhe was a
Widow? ; ;
Don't you give me credit for any com
mon sense or discrimination at all?
How do you know that a rose is red ?
How do you know lobster salad from
sardines ? .
I knew she was a widow from tho very
moment I took tho ' corner seat in the car,
opposite to hor little black bonnet with its
fluttering breath of crape veil, and the
Astrakcan muff that held her two tiuy,
black-gloved hands. " '
How I envied that muff. .-......
Don't tell me of your Venuses, your
Madonnas, and your Mary, Queen of Scots,
they couldn't have held a candlo to the de
licious little widow.
I never did believe in grand beauties I.
A woman has no business over-awing
and impressing you against your will.
And she was one of your dimpled, daisy
faced creatures, with soft, brown , eyes,
long-lashed and limpid, and a red mouth,
which looked ns if it was just made to be
kissed. . , ,
And then there ..was a tangle of golden
spirals of hair hanging over her forehead,
and braids upon braids pinned under her
bonnet, until a: hairdresser would have
gone frantic at the sight. .
Just as I was taking an inventory of
these things, in that sort of unobservant
way that I flatter myself belongs to a mau
of tho world, sho dropped her muff, and,
of course, it rolled under tho car seat.
Wasn't I down on my knees at onco after
it ? I rather think so.
"Thank you sir," said tho delicious
littlo widow.
" Not at all," I replied. " Can I do any
thing more for you ?" , , . .' .
',' No, thank you unless you could, tell
what time wo get into Glentlalo. ' ' ' , '
" Glendale," I cried. . " Why T am go.
ing to Glendalo." ' - ,
- . ' 1 , i i : ) i
Of course we were fiiimds at once, find
Iho daisy-faced ' enchantress niado room
beside her, " lest," as sho said, " some
horrid, disagreeablo creaturo should crowd
In and bore her to death," and I Btcppcd
right out of the .musty, ill-ventilated world
of the railway carriage into an atmosphere
of Eden. "'
AVhon a bachelor of forty falls in love at
first sight oh, what a fall is there my
countrymen.' No half-measures, I tell you.
Beforo we had been speeding ' through
the wintery landscape an hour, t bad al
ready built up several ' blocks of chateaux
d'Espagne, in my mind." - ' " "
I saw my bachelor rooms brightened
with her presence; 1 ,t '; .
I fancied myself walking to church with
her hand on my arm. . '
i I heard her dulcet Voice saying, "My
dear Thomas, what would you like for
supper, to-night?" I beheld myself a re
spectable member of society tho head of
a family.
What would Bob Carter say now 1
meant tht t - , . .'
Bob, who was always rallying me on my
state of hopeless old-bachelorhood, who
supposed, forsooth, because he happened
to be a trifle younger and better-looking
than myself, that I had no chances what
ever. - . ' ,.'... '
I'd show Bob 1 '
" What did we talk about?"
The weather, of course, the scenery, the
prospects all the available topics, one
after another ; and the more we talked, the
docper grew my admiration. ,
Bhe was sensible and so original, and so
everything else that she ought to be 1
I discovered that she preferred a town
life to the seclusion of the country resi
denceso said L Who would stagnate
when be could feel the world's 'pulse as
they throbbed ?
Bhe loved the opera so did I. She
thought this woman's suffrage all ridic
ulouswith a bewitching little lisp on the
last syllable I agreed with her. '
Bhe thought a woman's true sphere was
home ; my feeling urged up too strongly
for utterance, and I merely bowed my as
sent. Here was a delicious unanimity of soul
a mute concord of sympathy.
What would Bob Carter say when . be
saw this beautiful littlo robin lured into
my cage., now I would lord it over him.
How I would invite him to "happen in any
time." How I would figuratively, of
course hold up Mrs. Thomas Smith over
bis envying eyes. I uttered an audible
chuckle as I thought of these things, which
I had some difficulty in changing into a
cough.
"You've got a cold," said the widow,
sympathetically. "Do, please, have one
of my troches ; they are soothing to the
throat."
I took the troche, but I didn't swallow
It. i I would as soon have eaten a price
less pearl, I put it in my loft hand breast
pocket, as near my heart as practicable.
Her first gift I ,
' A bachelor like me is used to suoh
tilings," I said, in an off-hand manner.
" A bachelor I" echoed my traveling
companion. "Bless me, then you are not
married?" ,
"Undoubtedly, po." , :. '
" It's never too late to mend," hazarded
the widow, roguishly. ,
"That Is my sole consolation," I an
swered, gallantly, " ' , ' '
"There is nothing like married life,"
sighed tho widow, with a momontary
eel Ipso of the limpid, brown orbs, beneath
the whitest of drooping lids. ," But what's
tho use of my talking about It to you?
you can't understand." ' . . ,.
" One can Imagine," I replied, modestly.
" You must find a wife as soon as pos
sible," said the widow, looking Intently at
the hem of her handkerchief. "You're
only living half a life, now. Ah I you can
not think how much happier you would be
with some gentle, clinging being at your
sido some congenial soul to mirror your
own."
Instinctively I laid my band on my
heart.
" Do not fancy that 1 shall loso an in
stant in the search," I said. ' "I havo al
ready pictured to myself the pleasures of a
new existence" '' ' ' "
" Have you t" Tho brown eyes shot au
arch, challenging sparkle. " Tell mo all
about her." '
" Do you really wish to know ?"
" Of courso I do." ; ' '
I congratulated myself mentally oh tho
flue progress I was making, considering tho
small practice in love-making that I had
hnd. Bob Carter1 himself, with all his
ready tongue and good-looking face, could
not havo carried on a flirtation more neat
ly. "Is she fair or dark?" questioned tho
widow, with the prettiest of interest.'. 1
" Neither about youu complexion."...
" Oh !" laughed my interlocutor; with a
charming pink suffusion ovor hor. dimples,
"Js she young?" ' ' .iu
" Yes, about your ago."' .i-:
"Pretty?" ' X, v- ' ,- V.
'"More than pretty beautiful." i ", "
, The widow arched her pcrfoctly-pencilod
eyebrows. " What -a ' devoted . husband
you will niako ? mid wheu are -you to bo
married?" , , . ., . .. -, . ., i
"Are you , acquainted with Mr. Carter
Mis. Alveru's brother?". asked tho widow;
presently. ,,,',. - . . 's. i :
.'f Yes," I answered, with a little grimace.
"A self-conceited, disagreeablo puppy." 1 ;
, "Do yon, think so?" asked the widow,
doubtfully.
" Of course, as everybody else. So will
you, whon you meet him," , ,
"Shall 1?" , .,1 . . ,
"A man who thinks becauso he's got a
handsome face and a smooth tonguo, that
nodody else has any business in creation."
" Dear, doar 1" twittered my companion;
" that's very bad, indeed.", , . '
. " Of course, he will pay a good deal of
attention to 'you, if you aro to be his sis
tor's guest," I pursued; " but it won't do
to encourage him." "' ' :
"No!" V. " ' ' '"' ' ' '" ' .' "; . :
"By no means. lie's a ' professional
flirt."
" Is it possiblo ?" lisped the widow.
And I mentally shook hands with my
self for having thus deftly put a spoko in
Bob's wheol. ' "
' First improssions are everything,1 and I
certainly had been beforehand with the
pretty widow. Neither had I any com
punctions of conscience, for hadn't' Bob
boon playing practical jokes of all styles
and complexions on mo, ever since wo had
entered the bar side by side ?
" Stupid Tom," had been bis pot name
for mo, always ; but this wasn't so vory
"stupid" a game, after all. ' '
While I was thus metaphorically hugging
myself, the conductor bawled out, " Glen
dale," and I sprang np to assist my lovely
companion out of the car, cheerfully bur
dening myself with bags, baskets, parasols,
and bulky wraps.
As wo stopped upon the platform, I
nearly tumbled into the arms of Bob
Carter. '
" Hallo, ' Tom 1" was his inelegant
greeting. " You don't grow any lighter
as you grow older."
I was about to retort bittorly, whoh a
sudden change came over his face, as be
beheld the little widow behind me. -
" Gertie !" he exclaimed clasping both
her hands in his. -
. "Yes, Kobert," 'she answered, with
sparkling eyes and flushed cheeks.1 "That
gentleman has got my parcels ; he has been
very kind to mo."
"Oh, has he, though? well, we won't
trouble him any further. I am much
obliged to you, Tom, and we'll send you
cards to the wedding."
"To what wedding?" I gasped.
"Didn't you tell him, Gortie? Why to
our wedding, the tenth of next month, to be
sure. Aurevoirt Tom, be careful of your
self for my sake."
And that was the last I ever saw of my
daisy-faced widow. For if you think I was
mean-spirited enough to go Ho that wed
dlng, you are mistaken In my character.
tW That was a good, though a rather
severe, pun which was made by a student
in one of our theological seminaries (and
ho was not one of the brightest of the class
either), when he asked, " Why is Professor
i the greatest revivalist of tha age?'
and on all " giving it up," said, " Because
at the close of every sermon there is a great
awakening. . . ' . .
W The mystery of the milk in the co
coa-nut has been eclipsed by that of the
hair on the outside. ....
. rEitmr county
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