NEW "YORK CONTINENTAL Life Insurance. Company, OF NEW YORK, STJilCTL Y 31 UTUALl ISSUES all the new forms of Policies, and pre. gents a favorable terms as any company in the United Mates. Thirty days' (trace allowed on each payment, and the policy held good during that time. Policies Issued by this Company are non-forfeit-are. No extra charges are made for traveling permits Policy-holders share in the annual prolitsof the Company, and have a voice in the elections and management of the Company. No policy or medical fee charged. L. W. FROST, PrcMent. M. B. Wthkoop, Vice Pres't. J.P.RooEKS.Bec-y. jt eaton. General Agent, No. 6 North Third Street, College Block, Ilarrlsburg, Pa. THUS. H. MIMJOAN, 6 42 ly Special Agent for Newport. Perry County Bank! Spongier, Juiikln A Co. THE undersign id, having formed a Banking As. sooiation under the above name and style, are now ready to do a General Banking business at their new Bauking House, on Centre Square, OPPOSITE THE COURT HO USX, ' NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. We receive money on deposit and pay back on demand. We discount notes for a period of not overgo days, and sell Drafts on Philadelphia and New York. On time Deposits, five per eent forany time over four months; and for four months four per cent. We are well provided with all and every facility fordoing Banking Business; and knowing, and for some years, feeling the great inconvenience nn. der which the people of this County labored forthe want of a Bank of Discount and Deposit, we have have determined to supply the want land this being the first Bank ever established in Perry county, we hope we will be sustained In our efforts, by all the business men, farmers and mechanics. This Banking Association Is composed of the fol lowing named partners ; W. A. Sponsi.br, BloomUeld, Perry county, Pa. B. F. Jukkim, " " " Vim. H. Miller, Carlisle. omcias: W. A. SP0N8LEB, PreHdent, Wn-liiM Willis, Cathitr NewBloomneld.Sftly TERRY COUNTY Real Estate, Insurance, CLAIM AG1SISOY. LEWIS , POTTEE &. CO., Real Estate Broken, Insurance, Claim Agen New Illooiiri field, Pa. -ITTKINVITK the attention of buyers and sell W era to the advantages we offer them In pur chasing or disposing of real estate through our of. nee. We have a verv lame list of deslrab Drop consisting of farms, town property, mills, store and tavern stands, and real estate oi any aescrip. tlon which we are prepared to oiler at great bar. Kalns. We advertise our oronertv verv extensive1 ly, anduseallour ellorts, skill, and dilltgenee to effect a sale. We make no charges unless tht property is sold while registered with us. We alsc draw up deeds, bonds, mortgages, audall legal pa Hers at mixtam! raLeft. Some of the best, cheapest, and most reliable fire, life, and cattle insurance companies in the United States are represented at Oils agency. Property insured either on the cash or mutual plan, and perpetually at 14 and tf per thousand. Pensions, bounties, and all kinds of war claims collected. There are thousands of soldier and heirs of soldiers who are entitled to pensions and bounty, who have never made application. Sol dlers, If you were wounded, runtiired. orcontract ed a disease In the service from which you are dis. abled. you are entitled to a oenslon. When widows of soldiers die or marry ,the minor Children are entitled to the pension. Parties having any business to transact In onr tine, are respectfully Invited to give u a call, as we are conlldent we can reuder satisfaction lu any uraix'ii m uur UUHIUttSH. . No charge for Information. 4Z01y LtWIH POTTEB A CO LOOK OUT ! I would respe ctlvely Irifcrm my friends that I In tend calling upou th in with a supply ul good of my , ! . OWN MANUFACTURE. l V Consisting ol ' . V ' ' C4.8SIMERS. , . , , (v . OA88INET8. FLAJNNELB, (Plain and bar'd) OAlirETS, &o., to exchange for wool or sell for cash. . ' ' - .' i " J. M.WXLEK. Ckxtui Wooi.xk Pactokt. 6,17,4m, - New Bloomfleld, Fa. T1IK subscriber having purchased the property im tlixrurif Maine and Carlisle stieets, I'IxmIUi th(urt House, Invites all his frleuds ami toimrt tustoniers to give hlin a call as he Is deUNiaiuoa iofuraUk nrtola aeooinmislaliolis. . . TtWMAH HUTVil, . . lt. Proprietor. A Banker's Story. IT WAS almost three o'clock on a hot ummer'i day the long polished coun ters of the "Royal Domestic; Bank," were crowded with customers money was flowing in and iunning out in the usual business-like manner. From a raised desk In a private room I, the manager of the Royal Domestio Bank, looked out ou the busy scene with a certain pride and plea sure. The Royal Domestio is not a long established institution, and without vanity, may say that much of its prosperity and success is attributable to the zeal and ex perience of its manager. In corroboration of this statement, I might refer to the last printed report of the directors, laid before the shareholders at their annual meeting, in which they are pleased to say but after all, perhaps I may be thought guilty of undue egotism and conceit, if I repeat tho flattering terms in which they spoke of me. A clerk put his head inside my door " Mr. Thrapstow, sir, to speak to you." 11 Send him in, Robert, I said." Charles Thrapstow I had known from boyhood ; we had both beon reared in the same country town. The fact that his par ents were of considerable higher status than mine, perhaps made our subsequent intimacy all the pleasanter to me, and caused me to set a value upon his good opinion greater fib an his intrinsic worth. Thrapstow was a stock broker,a very clever pushing fellow, who bad the reputation of possessing an excellent judgment and great luck. At my request he had brought his account to our bank. It was a good ac count ; lie always kept a fair balance, and the cashior had never to look twice at his checks. Charlie, like everybody else in business, occasionally wanted money. I had let him have advances at various times, of course amply covered by securities ; advances which were always promptly paid, and the securities redeemed. At this time he had five thousand pounds of ours, to secure which wo held City of Damascus Water Company's bonds to the nominal value of ten thousand pounds. My directors rather demurred to these bonds as being some what speculative in nature ; .but as I rep resented that the company was highly re. spectable, and its shares well quoted in tho market, and that I had full confidence in our customer, our people sanctioned the advance. I had perhaps a . little uneasy feeling myself about those bonds, for they were not everybody's money, and there might have been some little difficulty In finding a customer for thorn la case of ne cessity for a sudden sale. Thrapstow came In radiant. Ho was a good looking fellow, with a fair beard and moustache, bright eyes of bluish gray a nose tilted upwards giving him a saucy, resolute air ; be was always well dressed, the shiniest of boots, the most delicate shade of color in his light trousers and gloves, the glossiest of blue frock coats, a neat light dust coat over it a blue bird's- eye scarf round his throat, In . which was thrust a massive topaz full of lustre, and yellow as beaten gold. ' 1 " Well, I've got a customer for those Damascus bonds waiting at my office ; sold 'em well, too to Billings Brothers, who want them for aa Arab firm. One premi um and I brought at one discount." I'm very glad of it, Charlie," I said, and I felt really pleased, not only for Tbrapstow's sake, but because I should be glad to get rid of the bonds, and the di rectors' shrugs whenever they were men. f InnArl i ' ' ' . " Hand 'em over, old fellow," said Char. lie, " and I'll bring you Billings' check up in five minutes. You won't have closed by tbon ; or if you have, I'll oome in at the private door." ' ', , I went to the safe, and put my hand upon the bonds. Charlie stood there looking so frank and free, holding out his hand for the bonds, that I hadn't the hoart to say to him, as ought to have done, " Bring your custo mer here, and let him settle for the bonds, and then I will hand them over." I should have said this to anybody else, but somehow I could not say it to Charlie There would be only five minutes risk and surely was no risk at all. The thing was done in a moment ; I was carried away by Tbrapstow's irresistible manner. I handed over the bonds, and Charlie went off like a shot. It wanted seven minutes to three, and sat watching the bands of the clock in little tremor, despite my full eoufldonce in Thrapstow ; but then I bad so thorough knowledge of all the rules of banking, that I could not help feeling that I had done wrong. A few minutes, however, would set it right. Charlie's white hat and glit tering topaz would very soon put in an ap pearance. Just at a minute to three the cashier brought me three checks, with, a little slip of paper attached. They were Tbrap stow's checks for fifteen hundred twelve hundred and three hundred odd respect ively, and his- balance was only five hun dred odd.' :' I turned white and cold. "Of course you must refuse them,", I said to the cash ier., ,: ,: When be went out, I sat in my chair quite still for a few moments, bewildered at the sudden misfortune that bad happen ed to me. Charlie Thrapstow was clearly a de faulter ; but there was this one chance he might have give the ohecks in the con fidence of selling those bonds, and placing the balanoe to his aooount In due course these checks which were crossed would have been brought to the Cloaring House, and have been presented on the morrow. But It seemed that his creditors had some mistrust of him, and had caused the ohecks to be demanded out of due course. The clock struck three. Charles had not oome back. The bank doors closed with a clang. I could endure the suspense no longer. Telling the bank porter that if Mr. Thrapstow came he was to be admitted at tho private door, and was to be detained in my room till I returned, I went out, and made my way to his office, which was only a few hundred yards distance. He was not there. The clerk, a youth of fif teen, knew nothing about him. lie was in Chapel Court, perhaps any where,' he didn't know. Had he been in within the last half hour ? Well, no ; tho clerk did not think he had. His story, then, of the cuBtomor waiting at his office was a lie. With a heavy heart, I went back to the bank. No ; Mr. Thrapstow had not been in, the porter said. I took a cab and off to the ofll ce of Mr. Oedgemount, the solici tor to the bank. I told him in confidence what had happened, and asked his advice, " Could I get a warrant against this Mr, Thrapstow for stealing the bonds ?" "Upon my word," said Oedgemount, " I don't think you can make a criminal matter of it. No ; I don't see how you can touch him. You can pursue him, as hav ing fraudulently carried off his assets." But that advice was no good to mo. I was wrong in taking it. 1 think 1 ought to have gone straight off to the police office, and put the affair in the hands of the detectives. Dignified men of law, like Oedgemount, always find a dozen reasons for inaction, except in matters that bring grists to thoir own mill. I went home completely disheartened and dejocted. How could 1 face my di rectors with such a story as that I had to tell ? The only excuse that I could urge of private friendship and confidonoe in the man who had robbed us, would make the matter only the worse. Certainly at the same time I told the circumstances to the directors, I should be bound to place my resignation in thoir hands, to be put into force if they thought fit : And there would be little doubt that they would acoept it. How damaging, too, the story would be to me, when I tried to obtain another appointment. I had promised to take my wife and chil dren tor an . excursion down tue river as soon as the bank closed, and the youngost eagerly reminded me of my promise, replied so savagely and sternly, that the children made off in tears ; my wife, coming to see what was the matter, fared little bettor. Mr. Thrapstow wasn't coming home that night, his landlady told me ; she thought he was away for a little jaunt; but she didn't know. He occupied the grouud floor of a small house in Euolesford street, Pimlico two rooms opening into each other. I told the woman that I would sit down and write a letter. She knew me well enough as I had frequently visited Thrapstow, and she loft me to myself. Then I began to overhaul everything to try and find out some clue to his whereabouts. A few letters were on the chlmuey-piece, they were only circulars from tradesmen, In the fireplace was a considerable quan. tity of charred tinder. He bad evidently been burning papers recently and a quan. tity of them. I turned the tinder care fully over spreading it upon a newspaper when I saW the name Isabel shining with metalio lustre. Then I went to his bed. room and searched that. ' Here, too, were evident preparations for flight ; coatr. other garments thrown hastily into cup. boards, boxes turned out, an old glove or two lying upon the dressing table. I care fully searched all the pockets for letters or any other documents but I found nothing. The keys were left in all their receptacles an instance of Charlie's tboughtfulness for others in the midst of his rascality. Laying upon the wash-stand was a card which was blank upon one side, but on tho other had the name of a photographer printed upon it. The card was wet, as it had been soaked In water, and near the upper end of it was a round irregular cut, wbioh did not quite penetrate the card. It had evidently onoe had a photograph fas. tened on it ; accordingly, the card had been wetted to place it in a locket or something similar. , It struck me at onoe that the photograph about which a man on the eve of flight would take so much trouble must be a per. son very dear to him ; - probably his sweet heart. Although I bad been Intimate with Thrapstow. he bad always been very re served as to his own friends and associates, and I had. no due to guide mo to any them, except the photographer's card. . ' , Re-entering my cab, I drove off .to the photographer's. There was no number or distinguishing mark upon the card, and the chances seemed faint that he would able to tell me anything about it. Indeed, at first when the man found that I wasn't customer, he seemed little inclined to trouble about the matter. The promise of fee, however, made him more reasonable, and be offered to let me see bis books, that might search, for the name I wanted to find. It was unlikely the photograph had been done for Thrapstow; if it had there would probably appear in the books only the useless record of his address, already nown to me. Then the man shook his head. If 1 didn't know the name, it was no use looking ; the card was nothing, he said ; he sent hundreds out every month. What information could be possibly given me? Then I tried to describe the personal appearance of Thrapstow. But again he shook his head. If ho hadn't taken his likeness, he wouldn't be likely to remember him, hardly even then, so many people passed through his hands. All this time he had been carelessly holding the card in his fingers, glancing at it now and then, and suddenly an idea seem ed to strike him. "Stop a bit," ho said, and wont into his dark chamber and pres ently emerged smelling strongly of chem icals. " Look here," he said triumphant ly. I looked, and saw a very faint ghostly impression of a photograph. ' 1 It's printed itself through," said tho man " they will sometimes and I've brought it to light. Yes, I know the original of that." Again he dived into a closet, and brought out a negative with a number and label to it. Then he turned to his book and wrote down an address for me Mrs. Maidmont Larkspur Road, Notting Hill. Away I went to Larkspur Road. Mrs. Maidmont's house was a small, comfort able residence, with bright windows, ve randas, gorgeouB window boxes, and strip ed Bunbliods. Mrs. Maidmont was at borne, said a very neat, pretty looking maid ; and I sent in my card, with a mes sage : "on most important business." Tho maid came back to say that her mistress did not recognize the name, but would I walk in? I was shown into a pretty drawing-room on the first floor. An elder ly lady roso to greet me with old fashioned courtesy, at the same time with a good deal of uneasy curiosity visible in her face. This was not the original of the photo graph, who was a young and charming girl. "Madam," I said rapidly, I believe my friend Charles Thrapstow, is well known to you ; now, it is of the utmost impor tance that I should ascertain where he is at this moment." Stay 1" said the old lady. ' " You are laboring under a complete mistake ; I know nothing whatever of the gentleman whose name you mention ; a name I never heard of before." Was she deceiving me? I did not think SO. ...,..-.' i "Perhaps Miss Maidmont may know," I said eagerly. " Miss Maidmont is not likely to have formed any acquaintances without' her mother's knowledge," said Mrs. Maidmont with dignity. There seemed to be no other alternative but for me to retreat with apol ogies. "I am very busy, you see," went ou the old lady, with a wave of her hand and, indeed, the room, now I looked about me, I saw to be strewn with preparations for some festive event, a ball perhaps, or, from a wreath of orange blossoms that I saw peeping out of a milliner's box, more likely a wedding. I was about to take my departure reluctantly, when a young girl, a charming young girl , bounded into the room ; she was the original of the photo graph. :!.'..' "Oh, mammal" she cried, "here is a letter from poor Charles, to say that he can't possibly come here to-night ! Isn't it provoking? And I' want to consult him about so many things 1" " Well, my dear Isabel," said the old lady, placidly ; "you'll have enongn of his company after to-morrow. From which I judgod that my surmise aa to the wedding was correct, and that Charles was the bridegroom elect. " By the way," she went ou, " hore is a jrentleman, Isabel, who insists that we know a Mr. Charles , I forgot the name now." "Thrapstow," I interjeotcd. ." A Mr. Charles Thrapstow. You know of no such person, Bella ?" . "I know of no Mr. Charles but Charles Tempest," said Isabel. "It is singular too, that the initials of our friends should be the same. May I ask if you have given your portrait, taken byBlueboreof Kensington. ."Upon my word," said Mrs. Maidmout, rising, and sounding the bell, V this Is too much for a total strangor. , We don't know your friend and we don't know you Susan, show this geutleman out." " But a geulleman,",I criod, ." with blue eyes, yellow beard and moustache, and turned-up nose." "No morel" cried Mrs. Maidmont. "Am I to repeat once more we know,noth ing about him?" , What could I do under the circumstan ces but take my leave ? In Susan, however, I found an unexpected ally. She had beard my parting words of description, and she turned to me as ,.we were dosoendiug the stall's, and said : " ., . , , . "Miss Isabel's young man is exactly like that." Half a crown and a few blandishments, which, under the circumstances, I think even ray worthy spouse would have con doned, put me In possession of the facts. Miss Maidmont was really going to be married tomorrow morning at Bt Spiken ard's Church to a Mr. Charles Tempest, a very good-looking young man, whom they had not known long, but who seems to be very well off. My description of my friend tallied exactly with Susan's of the bride groom ; but the coincidence might be mere ly incidental. Had Miss Maidmont a photograph of her lover?" I asked. She bad, in her own room, it seemed. Susan couldn't get at it now without sus picion ; but she promised to secure it and bring it with her if 1 would meet her at nine o'clock at the corner of the street. I was punctual to my trust ; and at nine Susan made her appearance with a morocoo case containing an excellent likeness of my friend, Charlos Thrapstow,massive pin with topaz in it, and all. Now what was to be done? Should I go to Mrs. Maidmont aud tell her bow she was deceived in her daughter's lover ? That would have been the way best adapted to spare the feelings of the Maidmonts ; but would it bring back the five thousand pounds 1 I thought not. " Miss Maidmont," I soliloquised, " will find some way to warn her lover. ..Even, robbing a baDk may not embitter a girl against her sweetheart, and no doubt she is over head and ears in love with Cbarlio." No; I determined on a different plan. I rose early next morning,dressed myself with care, put on a pair of pale primrose gloves, donned, my newest beaver and took a cab to St. Spikenard's, Notting Hall. The bells were jangling merrily as I alighted at tho church-door ; a small crowd had already gathered on tbe pavement. drawn together by the keen foresight of coming excitement characteristic of the human species. " Friend of the bride groom." I whispered to the verger, and was forthwith shown into the vestry. Tbe clergyman was there already, aud shook hands with me in a vague kind of a man ner. ' 1 " Not the bridegroom ?" he said in a mild interrogating manner. I told him that I was only one of bis friends, and we stood look ing at each other in a comatose kind of a . way, till a little confusion at the vestry door broke the spell. " Here he " comes I" whispered some one ; and the next moment there nppeared in the vestry, looking pale and agitated, but very handsome. Mr. Charles Thrapstow. I had caught him by the arm and led him into a corner, before he recoginzed who I was. When he saw me I thought he would have fainted. "Don't betray me," he whispered. I hold out my hand with a signficant gesture. " Five thousand," I whispered in his ear. " You shall have it in ten minutes." "Your minutes are long ones, Master Charles," I said. With trembling fingers he took out a pocket-book, and handed me a roll of notes. " I mean't it for you Tom," be said. Per haps he did, but we know the fate of good intentions. , It did'nt take me long to oount over those ' notes, there were exactly five thousand pounds. "Now," said I, " Master Charles, take yourself off!" " You promise," he, urged, "not to betray me." " No more I will, if you go." ' " She has got ten thousand of her own," 1 he whispered. ': " Be off; or else" "No ; I won't said Charlie," making up ' his mind with a desperate effort: "I'll make a clean breast of it." , ' At that moment there was a bit of a stir, and a general call for the bridegroom. The bride had just arrived, people said. He bushed his way out to the carriage and whispered a word to Isabel, who fell back in a faint. ' There was a great fuss and bustle and then some one came and said that there was an Informality in the license, and that the wedding could not come off that day. I did not wait to see anything further, but posted off to the bank, and got thero just aa the board was assembling. ' I suppose some of the directors had got wind of Tbrapstow's failure, for the first ' thing I heard when I got into tbe board room was bid Venable, grumbling out "How about ' those Damascus bonds, Mr. Manager?" I rode roughshod over 1 old Venable and tyrannized considerably over the board in general that day, but I could not help thinking how close a thing it was, aud how very near shipwrecked I had been. . i As for Thrapstow, I presently heard that, , after all, he had arranged with bis cred itors, and made it up with Miss Maidmont. He had a tongue that , would win round anything if you only gave him time, and I wss not much surprised at hearing his wed- , ding day was fixed. He has not sent me an invitation, and I don't suppose be will, and I certainly shall not thrust myself for ward a second time a an uninvited guest IW Bad temper bites at both ends; It makes one's self nearly as miserable aa it doss other people. , .
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