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Plenty to-Weiar , and Pieitt to Da
Some people there are
. Who have nothing to weal- -
-And others have uething to do ;
Young ladies of fashion
, With thousands to dash on
And young men in purple Aid VW..
The languishing tifaidelk:,
- -With wardrobe laden
With robes that make nests Tor rite like;
Shn can wear then
he 'his worn thew' before -
Mad 'tie vulgar to Wear& dress Nice.
Be Ike 'nest wliat it may. ,
Est the bright-thing -
tittOg het its beauties again
Thotigh Spa 'May sc Old,•
Yet mother'll upheld •
Lest 'tissaid that" year daughter is pia
• Tis the way the'worid goes,
And the way 'to cateh- hem
Young gallants of elegant e lei sure,
Who hare nothing - to do" -
• But drink; smoke and chew,. -
,And go courting for:pastime and pleasure.
. •
Though rich their attire, -
And strong their desire
"To marry an heiress, 'tie plain -
Their pockets are bare .
Of cash, 1 declare, _
,A.stheir thick heads are empty 'of brains.
Yet the silly mamma's .
- And foeiisliAapas . - •
-Will scoff while their noses grow shorter,
, At t he hard-working youth, .
Who in lore and in troth, -
Dares to ask for the hand of their daughter.
;-. While the gamester at - A
loafer '
. - Successfully—offer ' " •
- 'To cherish, to love and protect *es,
.. -
Bu t soon he will wpend \
• Her money, and then . - ..
.2... f. Tie will.cease both to loveind respect her
'l l Vhen the world first began
- The Almighty made man,
Arid He made him as rich as a Tear,
And his garden ins fenced
NVithont cost bb esd ease,
:And the,youngster had " nothing -tosifio
For a plaything Re had-him,
_ And'eailedbia naeie Adam,
Anegive him a charming iyife,lo6;
But a cede) mishap
Soon beret) the y-oong (Mar
13ecanse he bad " nothing to cli."
. Tho scriptures do tell
As the girl was a belle,
So youthful, so lovely, so fair--
And so blind was het lover
.He failed to diseever •
ilia dieing had " nothing to Wear."
Oft had it been said
That an idle nian's.heai
IS a - ship for the deCil to work in,
- And certain 'tis , true
When we're 4 ,pothing to do,"
About us he's sure to be lurking.
So Mem "ma Ere
He eesayed to deceive,
And dressed himself up in his best,
And rnade - quite &show'
- •-As an ele,gant beaux,
to his rat:leansks. krazkrges and 'est.
He first went. to Eve
And made her believe
The best frtiitssta the apple of evil...,
She. tasted and sold . us
The good book has told ue,
Her-progeop—all to the Aetrii.
Then.God;in hit anger, •
Cogrd stand it no longer, -
13 ot. out in a trice they were driven—
He pnt,Eve toselring,
And Adam to hoeing.
And ever since then they have teriven.
HOW MAI. TONES POPPED THE
.. - QUESTIO..V.
' "Major .Tone ' s Courtship . ," is' the title of a
humorous w.,rk recently published, the de
noument of which wegive our readers. Too
bashful to "
. pop the clue:bon" in the usual
"way, Major J. persuades his sweetheart to put
up a stocking which will hold a couple of bush
els, on the night when Santa Claus pays his
' visits„receivitg her promise to keep forever
what he gave her. She complies by hanging
up the- - meal bag. / Into this the gallant and
lose art! Major contrives to introduce him
self "at the witching hour of nigbt." But we
will let the major speak for him.elft
--" - -I - • 'net - up - - till - midnight; and-then when
they were all gone ,to bed, nient softly - into
the back gate, and thar, sure enough, was a 1
great, big meal bag hanging to the dice. It
was monstrous unhandy to get to it, but I
- was tarmined not - to brick out. So I sot some
chairs on top of a beach and get bold of - the
rope and let myself down into the bag ; but I
jest as I was getting in, the big swung agin i
the chairs, and down they went. with- a ter-
tibia 'racket. But - nobody didn't Wake up but
but old, Mrs.Sulline's great big cur dog. and -
'here he come rippin and tarin - *through the
yard - like rath, round around he went
nd.. \
ryin to find out what was - the matter. I sot
dOwn in the bsg.and didn't brea h louder 'nor
a kitten, for fear that he'd find me out, and
after a while he qiiit barkin. The wind began
to blow butninable cold, and the Cold bag kept.
turning round swining kilt mide me sea sick
.as the mischief. I was fraid to more for fear
the rope 5= 1 .: 4 .1:7 -- 1 : an ;et me tali, AO
thar I sot with my teeth rattlin like Ilhad the.
igen It seemed like it would never come day.
light, and I do believe if I didn't love Miss -
Mary so so powerful I would freeze to
,death ;
for my heart was the only that felt warm,
and it didn't beat mote'n two licks a mink,'
only when - I thought bow she would be
squeezed in the morniu,. and then it went in
a canter. Bimelev 'the cussed old dog cum
up .on the porch and began to smell about
the bag, and then he barked like i m :thought
he bed treed something. "Bow lbew I, bow t
Theo he'd smell agin, and try to get the
bag. "Git out !" sell, very low for f r they'd
hear me. how
gone . you bominable fool," sea I, and I felt all
over to apotaJor I spected every minute he'd
' dip me,• and . what is worse I did, not know
_
whereabouts he'd take hold. "Bowl bow 1
bow I." Then I tried coazing" Come here,
good - feller," sezi, and whistled a little to him,
but' it wasn't no • use. Thar he stood and
kept up his eternal barkin and whinin 'all
night. I could not tell when , day' light, was
breakie only by the chickens crowin, sad I
''was monstrous glad to heir 'ern. for if-I'd had
to stay in there one h4out more, Ldon't believe
I'd-ever get out of that bag alley." - - '
- They got him out in the morning covered
with meal and almost frozen! But Misa-Mary .
does not refuse his Foment. And Ite.fark "I
tell' 'You what it is' worth hanging In a meal
bat fromone Crisinus to another to !Kg at .
Jiippy as I bare.er.er since." .
THE lINKNIYWN. •
FtiIEND AND F ATHER.
A C AtE
ttiAPTM - T.
7 * ' toocl itif cant, Harry Worn!. A merry
Welcome my boy. Take it seat, and, prier
onA soul asyoU are, show itsa decent trump.'
the sbeaker Was is rma,judging from his
physiognomy, bordering ha'rd ttpott fifty—
tall-and_stalwart. te Was the owner ora
keen eve that twinkled and .danced and
laughed as he spoke. ;Ilia visage Was dark
and crossed by many a line drawn either by
huffs ,
25 care or the fearful work of long e-tintin
ued•dissipation ; and yet there was an unde
finable something about his features which
interested and fascinated Whilbt it repulsed.
Such a counteaance as one may study for a,
long time -And yet know' nothing.
The person addressed, on the other hand.
was a young man of delicate mould, genteel
.exterior, and singular beanty. _Ms dress was
pf the most costly mate/ibis
.htia arranged
With taste- and precision. she limbed
ide the ringlets from his fa r,
r, broad brow,
7 Phidias never conceived and executed more
faultless features or feel, rounded butt.
The room, in'which the twowere, was large
and filled with small, immcivablu tables, at
_which were seated a number of men of all ag- i
Os and descriptions, reading, tali:frig. smoking, 1
drinking, ay, something more. The shuffling I
of cards, the, deal, the play, the exchange of
money, the muttered oath, the obscene jest,
revealed one of the most noted gambling dens
of the c;ty of P.
' Come, Harry? continued the man ! s
take a
teat and try your, hand.' •
' ' Thank you, *., Socklev, not to - night. I
have an engagement which- I must - keep and
can -tarry but a. moment'
Wk; t, now, turned religionist Some
prayer meeting, or lectura i forsooth—you are
harry,
to take your lady-love. - By-the-by,
harry, I understand you are to be married
soon, does report lie, or not V •
' To-morrow, Mr. Sockley.' ,
Zounds boy , rou are mad, not-to-Morrow?'
and the man assumed a serious aie as he con
tinued. [Larry, it is saki of all viees ad
vice is the most odious,' awd it may seem
doubly ,e cowing - from one whom the world
calls bard-hearted but you will receive what
I say, in - the satin Spirit in which it is utter
ed. After you are married rres-tv enter this
place cr any place alike character, leare off
drinking, apply -
.1-ourself to business, spend
rour evenings with yoUr wife, and find if you
can that peace which we are told surelyfol.
lois a clear conscience. We shall miss your
presence here, Harry, for you are a jovial fel
low, and your wit has often sparkled as bright
and clear as the wine we have sipped togeth
er; 'your hearty taugh t has time and again
lifted the cloud from my. brow and thrown a
gleam of sunshine across my path, but— . the
rest of the sentencso was inaudable.
' This is'eertainl:v sensible ad vice, Mr. Soak:
the more. in it
seems devoid of self interest and desimned a
lone for me benefit: and he seized the bilnd
of the ganibler, pressed it warmly and left
the room.
' Strange man,' saidllarry to himself, 4 I
wager he is not what he seems. One thing
frizzles me much, he has always artfully a
oided answering my questions to - itching his
own history ; and though I have, known him
for more than t-co years,'l am to night igno
rant e l e of Lis b isinetter his home. Some
-times I have met him in the street and cud
osity has prompted me to follow him; but I
have invariably lost him either in the crowd
or restaurant. That he is a man of sense I
cannot doubt. The most precious jewels are
s)rnetimes plared beneath rough coatings and
in obscure caverns. • His dark, forbidding ex
terior conceals a strong mind.
Thus he soliloquised as he hastened pion
the crowded thoroughfare, jostled -first this
side and then that by the hurried tread of bu
siness, theelastic step of pleasure, or the wea
ry march of poverty. "Let us follow in the
same direction, 'reader, and keeping close to
our hero, be spiritaike his invisible compan
ion.
We need not - follow long, however, for he
stops at a superb dwelling, and is ushered in
to is - magnificent parlor. The only occupant
of this room is a young lady. In appearance I
she is-tall and of delicate mould; just such 1
a form as the artist ieves to trace upon the
canvass, and loves, to, study while he paints.—
Her features are regular, and across her 'fair
complexion the rose chases the lily, awl the
lily the rose. llet eyes are citenlar, spark
ling eyes, disiclosing once the unwritten
history of kid / life. Her smile is angelic, be- '
witching rather, and might, perchance, re
mind the classical student of the far-famed
beauty of the Grecian Helena, Marie Eber
•line is beatitiful; reader. She has ripened in
to womanhood, it is true, in the heart of a
great city, great in population and groat in
wickedness ; and as she walked along the
fashionable avenue sheifnconsciously breath
ed the tainted air of crime, and passed and
repas-ed the miseaable degreil.cd fatv'ts of lust.
But she knew it DQt. So carefully and-itrict
ly had'she been ieared,i that she dreamed not
of the degredation df humanity„ Unsuspect
ing, she always confided until-sasurned friend
ship in some doguardetl y tiOur developed the
heartlessness of its professions, then, ebild-like„,
she would withdysw her confidence, at nev
er auspected 7 that selfishness forms the very
foundation-stone of the-great majority of the
friend ''Pkof the world. She magnified hu
m nature, and admiring its beauty stopped
at to scan its , blemishes. Such being her
education and diapositimi, it will not be tho't
strange that she was fatally ignorant of the
character of her lover. She believed him pure,
upright add noble,and as she nestled her head
upon his bosom she knew not that it rested.
upon lottery tickets—she knew not that mad
dened with disappointient• or elated with
success, be tarried long and late over the wine
cup, and that the- serpent of Intemperance
had already coiled itself around bins—she
knew,not that he hid squandered dollar after
dollar at the gaining table, and that the hab
it of indolence had taken fast hold of him.--
Knew it not I She-never dreamed it possible.
Whilst the 'world looked upon Harry as stand- •
ing ulxin an e.ceeding slippery precipice, love
taught Marie to believe him the model of so
briety, morality and every virtue that-adorns
a symmetrical character. - Strange that no
interested friend >coaed see the dangUr and
warn the innocent ere . she made'shipwreck of
~her- h appiness; Or atranger 'still, that busy
talkers hid forgotten or negledted to seize up
u*E.AlikE ALL ilittAL IBEFOIiF, GOD AND ThE CONSTITUTION."-i,iraines BuOuntan:
_
okras,.,% , ,usquel/anna (Eoußtg, genit'a, qurstrdn gorning, bung 7, 1858
to li tany's weak points, and present them,
thrice magnified, WI the trustitg ?Earle.
loth friend and gossip proved derelict, and
when Harry left Nr. Eberlie's upon the eie
ning in question, riot one barrassing doubt
flitted across the Wind o('his affianced. Per
hapi ignorance were Loyal, for verily at this
latelhour it were useless to be wise:
The Morrow dawned. The sun arose from
his eastern chamber and ushered in a beauti
ful day. The world refreshed with its night
store ber commenced again its' ceaseless round
of business.' The published bans of „Harry
Worm! and Mary Eberline had caused some
erpression of feeling among the bon too. An:-
ionamothers, arthey looked spin their tnarri
a,gehlo daugliters, drew long pneasy sighs to
think them still without suitors; and Iner
t-400ln 'daughters potted their ruby iins as
914 languishingly talked of the marriage of
la bilk Marie. Both parties were made the
subject of more than one unkind.jestby those
;Tho r in order to satisfy jealousy, are ready to
daily with the character even of tho tried
and true. So universal is it for the depraved
heart to envy, Vander and malign. Strange
trati there is so little disinterested , friendship
and ;Affection in this world. Humanity has
groWn inciedibly selfish.
The forenoon wore slowly away, and the
hugh haletht of the state house clock were
gradually approaching the appointed hour.
The:church was 'rapidly filling with, beauty
and .wit, age :ma yosh, friend and stranger,
'.all attracted there, vortninly not by the nov
elty of the ceiemorty, Vat for . t'Ae rdka of see
indand being seen. The ofd clock pealed
clear and loud the hoer or'one, and there was
a stir in the. ample vestihnie. Tire trend
stood. wide and the patties entered. Mr. Eb
erlie escorted the bride up the left, 'end the
first,groorusman at tended the bridegroom up
the right aisle of the church; and meeting in
front of the circular railing, in full view of
the auditory, the father placed the hand of
his daughter in that of her betrothed husband.
and stepping aside the officiating bishop com
menced the solemn ceremonial. How still
was. the vast assembly !- Every word was
clear and distinct and the sweet, low -voice
of Marie, as she slowly repeated the solemn
Episcopal oath of marriage, thrilled,' like'
some gentle. - melody, through the arched
building. The last words were spoken—the
bishop pronounced then; man and wife, and
the leaven constituted tight was perform
ed, .
Friends crowded around to offer felicita.
tiona .and congratulations, And strangers,
standing aloof, whispered as they eyed, the
happy couple, truly this is an' elegant mar
.
riage.'
.CIIAPTER _II
will ao it, sir, provided- 2
We don't wish any proviso. It is not a
!natter of choice, and I desire that-you sho'd
distinctly understand that ;it is, sir, a matter
of 'compulsion,
,and the speaker knit his
broivs, and nervously paced the counting
roar),
(- • • d f ;1"
ana_. f f aithfully promise to prat ate t OA
even to the last farthing, 'but just now, sir, it
is out of t h e question.
'Give me your note, Mr. Worrally backed
by good security, and I will think inure leiii
iently of the matter.'
'.Harry's brow contracted. TIO leaned
against the desk fur support as be murmur
ed
t,Daeked by good security' What is the
amount, liedgee I
' Seventeen thousand aid three hundred:
large a sum as that I Backed by good
security.'
I have no time to parley or quibble, Mr.
Worral,you shall have until evening to turn
yourself; if you fail to make satisfactory ar
rangements by that time I must bring suit
against you according to law,' and the man
cf business wheeled, bowed, and left the
store. •
Marie, for thy sake,- my. wife, I
Wobld avert this blow. Lovely innocent,
thriu bast seen much of' trouble since thy wed
ded life began—and all . occasioned by him
whom thou cal lest butthand. Would that I
had taken the advice or friends, than might.
my character have been unimpelchable, ay,
free from the charge of perjury. But where
forje regret, or, what availeth contrition now 1
It fully to tack rif a man's extricating him
self when he is lost, or, by his own power re
visiog when he is dead.'
While such 4honghts were rapidly revolv
ing through the mind of Thirry, the feelings
°lithe creditor who had just left the store
Nverti of a different cast. • The bill which be
held against the retail house of Henry Wor
rill had been contratcted little by little. The
ridh.tnerter trembled when be heard it whiss
pered around that dissipation had squander
ed the magnificent fortune of his'debtor, and
with an eye to his own interests he set about
itkVestigating the matter, Investigation con
firmed suspicion, and.it was with a troubled
heart he turned from the store of the young
merchant.
Mr. Redgee wended his way to an attor
neys office, and seating himself in close prox
imity to the silver haired , lawyer, commenced
a conversation in a low torte of voice. His
sopeech was hurried; and his actions excited,
bet his words were indistinct.
Tbe'clock struck ten, and be arose to go,
just as the door swung back; and admitted a
dark-visaged, stout built man , who glanced
first at-the lawyer then at Redgee, and ad
dessing the latter, said :
Mt. Redgee, of the firm of Redgee, Hook
di Cos:
The same, sir; was the business-like an
ewer.
' You have a bill against Henry Worral 1'
' I have. sir.'
What is the amount?
The aniount I' and the mercer flied his
lray eyes upon the stranger ati* he continued:
ure you authorized to settle his affairs, or
are you like myself, an unfortunate creditor,
4nd believing 'misery • loses company' seek
419 sympathy and-- °
I ask you • simple question, sir, and when
. *on haves answered it you shall know the
cause, and be well pleased too, 1 trow.
• Well, then, seventeen thousand and three
hundred dollars:
I The stranger seated himself, filled out a
iDlank check , which, he took from his ' Pass
Ho - ok,' and - handed it Lc the mercer, .
I 4 Write me a receipt for the asnount: said
the stranger.
' ki‘ceipt How do I know I shall ever
Bee the first cent of this'l'
'Do you mistrust me Look at the signa
ture.'
Mr. ftedgeee tlauced at the cheek and read
`dons C. JONES.
.*Sones—John—My memory either proves
ine false or else you ar trying . to dUpe me,"
and he looted the said Sono foil in the face,
as if trying to recall his features, -
`The first is true,' and the stranger curled
ihis .lip in derision, 'but to the business., I
wish to cancel the debt in (volition-. My gold
is as good as any one's. Draw the Money, sir,
and give me a receipt.'.
While the stranger was still speaking the
mercer had seated hi self, and ere long han
ded him a receipt I r the fullamount, He
)3
took it, left the ee, and was soon last in
the crowded thoroughfare. •
Harry in the meantime was trying to pro
cure a surety, but to no purpose. A few short
months ago he could, with tho asking, have
obtained the name of Any wholesale house in
the city for any amount, but now friends
were suspicious, and by way of excuse shielded
themselves behind the old fortress of "Hard
Times." Everybody symyatbized with, Mr.
Worral, and sincerely hoped he would be suc
cessful. The world is still full of lobs com
forters, and where are they so numerous as
in the higher walks of life..
Foot-waory and heart-sick he returned from
his fru ess labor, and throwing himself in
th . mple arm-chair of his counting-room
buried his hard in his bands. Wes there no
way to conceal the truth from Marie; must she
know the real state of his circumstances? Had
she not drank deep enough , of the bitter wa
ters of trouble already I Had not his partial
intokication , the irritability and peevishuess
exhibited at ouch times throwu a lengthened
shadow across the tom-dial of her life! Ay, it
had ; and besides, too, he remembered a pro
mise, solemnly made to Marie and to God—a
promise of reform. Her hoeps must not,
should not be blasted in the bud, and seizing
his had he sallied forth once more to try the
cold 'charities of an unfeeling world.
„Mr. Ebe'rlie," said a domestic, „Mr. W.or
ral has called to see .3*Qll , and is waiting in
the parlor." , 1
Mr. Eberlie was a retired mercbant.'ke
markably successful) in business, he had auras•
-sed a princely fortune whilst yet CoMparati
vely young, and wifhal possesed good sense
enough not to enter into any ruinous specu
lation, whereby he might loos in a day the
accumulation, of years. His, riches, contrary
to the general rule, had not caused him to
become oither avaricious or parsmonious. The
city of P. contained not within its lit nits a
more liberal, generims-lieruted man as Mr.
Eberlie, and beeing a devout Christian as he
was, according to the standard of right and
wrong, a model of true escePence. Such was
the character of Mr. Eberlie as he, with his
pleasant-, unaffected manner, grasped the
hand of his son-in-law.
"I mit glad to see you, Henry. Marie is
well, I hope."
"Very well, I thank you, sir."
"And how is business! Larri ou)..so•little .
eftw i mely,iy,t)ifitz hs.t.her it is t risk or
store it is always bri.4i with you."
"Not always, father. The dullness of busi.
LiQES is a general complaint throughout the
city just now. But we. are hoping for better
thiifgs now. There must be an ebb in every
.tide, and happy he who is far-seeing enough
to take the particular tide at its-floo b d., which
may lead him on to fortune."
Thus the two chatted on general subjects.
harry always keeping farthest from the sub
ject nearast his been. How could he tell his
father of his - ernbarassment True, he knew
of his loose habits' of late, :tad had more than
odce spoken to him of them ; 'bift he little
thought that his property was so nearly Rquon
dered and be himself involved in debt. In
the presence of Itr.Eberlie his - heard failed
him, and he took nis departure without once
broaching the subject.
Depressed in spirits he plodded his home
ward
,was. At the ball door the same sweet
smile welcomed him-- 7 the same low voice re
peated his name, and the same little mouth
imprinted the wonted kiss- He trted tcoppear
cheerfully at tha,te,ble, but the cieich.eye of
his wife defected upon his brow more cloud
than sunshine--more sadness than joy. She
whys smile once constituted a haeven of bliss,
whose voise was more sweet to his ear than
harp or voil,—now a burden! Crime always
blushes - its the preseuce of purity 1 and bertidy
sits uneasely when confronted by meek, for
bearing constancy !
"Approved security," mitrinured hts to him
self; „approved security." How the words la
cerated him. How torturing was the last 'seri
tetice of the mercer; ,J must bring suit
against you according to law." "To-morrow,
then," thought be, „will wisper i,n Marie's
ear the story with I dare-not."
The evetillag passed' Slowly. Harry com
plained of wearinelc and,rnade this his apo
logy for retiring early. As he bade his wife
an assumed cheorfully „good night," she loo
ked up archly into his face and whispered :
„Do you remember one year ago, Harry I"
thiuk not, why should I I"
„IL is one year ago to-morrow sinso we
were married."
CHAPTER 111
One nPore day has passed. Evening has
thrown her veil over the city. Weary mer
chants leave their desks and seek the quiet in-.
closures of their families, where smiling wives
and pratling children beguile the evening
hours. Salesmen, clerks, bookkeepers, er
rand-boys We!coals twilight and hie from their
respective places oremployments; sore to the
quiet and peace of "home,' and some alas !
to scenes of amusements, debauchery and
crime. The sun in its course shines upon a 1
busy world, and with its beams set in motion
the machinery of life.; but the twinkling stars
and blushing moon look down from their stunt
bone and see gigantic crimes, that bide their
head by day, prow rarou nd beneath the shades.
Vice and light aro sworn enemies!
The -lamps were already shining in the
saloon to- whioh the reader has been intro
duced. Teropation, shaking off` her, fears
with the departure of the light,'had thrown
wide open her dens, and oldand young were
entering: The old man bowed with the weight
of years, Weak and trembling,.-was there; the
strong, stalwart, in the meridian of life, nit
fettered by the chains of age, was there—and
the tender youth with the dews of life's morn
ing upcin, his brow was there. , Fathers, sons,
hisbands,;brothers, friends, all were there.
'Oh, the dear - plessures . of the velvet plain,
The painted , tablets, dealt and dealt again.'
The time-womtimelc)iled do"sw ^ back,
and a dark-visaged, stout built man centered.
He glanced up and down the loneroom, scan
ning as it seethed the contour of each person
present. This was the work of but a moment,
and he moved toward the opposite end of the
building, where a man
.was titting alone with
his - back to the jight.
"good evening, sir," laid the man, tapping
the dreamer gently on the shoulder. • -
Whr, good evening, Mr. Soekley," re
turned the t othbi, looking up and - gra,spieg his
hand.
Vichy so pensive, Mr. - Worral r
"I have just received a very singular and
to me wholly unexplicable note. if yot oan
Offer any explanatiotryou will 'confer a lasting
favor," and he banded him a small strip of
paper which he was holding in his hand.
Mr. Sockley took it, and found it to be a
receipt for seventeen thousand three hundred
dollars paid by one John C. `!ones toßedgree,
look & Co.
" Well, Harry, what of this Y I find it manly
a receipt."
" A receipt indeed, nothing strabge iti that;
but who is John c:Jones Jones?"
"Jones! Jones! the name teeriss familiar,
but I can give you no-explanation."
"The circurnstances'are thtse : I had con
tracted a large debt and which 1 was not pre
pared to meet. Yesterday, itedgre, my cre
ditor, positively declared his derertnination to
have the whole amount, immediately. [related
to him my situation, and he finally consented
to give me six months' credit, iCI could obtain
good security, otherwise be should proceed
against, me according to law. J s traveled 'from
hou.s4 to house-in order to obtain the - "good
security," but i sin vain. Everybody had a
debt of their own to pay, and were unwilling
to put their name to any note of Mine. 'Dig=
heartened with my poor success, T. returned
home, fully expecting that the-unfeeling hand
of the law would close my store and send
upon the
- world at this late hour poverty
stricken; ut what was my surprise this morn-.
ing to find this note awaiting my arrival at
the store, a receipt for the full'amount. ; ' ,
1 . A friend in need is a friend indeed, tfar
tr.'? •
' Yes, very true, but to be the recipient of
au unknown and unheard - of friend's
ty
"Not at all, Mr. Worm'', rest assured time
will' act as an interpreter of this Mystery
But how happens it, my friend that ion are
so much invoted in debt I"
"There is the explanation, s. and Larry
pointed to two men engaged at a_game
whist:
•
"It is not possible, my friend, that you have
thus foolishly bartered your time and four
tune. It is supposed by the world that the
poor come here to get rich; not the rich poor."
"At my father's death, Nfr. Sockley, I fell.
heir to a magnificent fortune. I was young
then and foolish, and someliow became posses- -
bed with the idea that there is a certain kind
of nobility connected. with plenty of Money,
fast horses, gaiming tables and drinking par
ties. Such being my foolish idea, I was easi
ly led astiay, and when once a skiff is started
farther and farther oil the downward course.
The end of this dissipation is the loss of prop
erty, loss of friends, loss of credit, loss of a
clear conscience, and, I bad almost added,"
whispered the young man, f' loss of soul."
" Talk not so, harry, the star of hope still
waiti to guide thee to, the barn of security.
If you will-but learn a lesson from the past,
the future is bright with promise, bright even
3 at. Learn wisdom from your folly." ,
" You- are a starnge genius. Mr. Sockley,"•
said Harry, thoughtfully. "One bad man
generally helps another to ruin ; but you are
always expostulating with me, and I hesitate
not: to say that ',have received More sensible
advice from you, than from all the so-Callel .
Christians that every Sabbath, Pharisee-like;
make a great parade - of their piety."
1 1 "My interest
and
you must be my. excttqe if
one he needed; and now I want y.ou to promise
me that you witl never play another game of
cards, or rather that you will never enter a
gambling saloon again."
" I cannot promise you that. I have too
mucb resiket. for an oath to be willing thus
to trifle—for if I were to promise, twenty
, font hours would not pass before I should
break it, aid that would add one More sin to
the already blabk catalogue."
" What is the reason. Harry, that you
could not keep a promile of this nature
" rite force of habit."
"-Trite, habit is an intperiona tyrant; nev
ertheless I will hot believe but one may
thwart him and yet succeed. There have been
reformations more wonderful than yours will
-be: The course of one's desire has been turned
into a different channel, and the sin. to which
lie very soul was once wedded has become as
loathsome . as the venomous reptile."
"It may bare been sb," said the.young
man. '
"It is so—and you are going to etettiplify
the triumph of principle over the force of habit
in -your •ease. Now promise me you will try
to reform."
" I —will—Arv."
"That is al f ask. Let us leave this place.
Tt is time you were at home. You must learn
to spend y.bur evenings with your wife." -
The two left the'saloon together, and walk
ed towards the dwelling of the young mer
chant; nor did Mr. Sockley leave him until
the door closed behind his alertly form; then,
unbuttoning his tight-fitting coat, he hastily
walked away, and *as watt lost to sight,
Mr. Werra'," said a domestic, as he was
ebteriog this parlor, "Ton came about an
hour ago for you to go to Mr. Eher
"Is anything the matter, Mina!"
" Yes, sir, Mr. Eberlie is very sickP •
" Where is Mrs. Wand, Mina I"
"She went with Ttim, sit, and-told me to
tell you as soots as you came
But a very few moments elapsed ere tarry
stood by the bedside of his father-in-law.
.Three physicians were in attendance, each
trying to fan the spark of life, and, yet each
well-assured of its uselessness. The disease
was - a cardiac affection, always dangerous,
particularly to in this case. The paroxysms
of dyspncea were truly distressing and alarm
ing ; these were followed by deep syncope,
approaching the character of asphyxia. One
hour and a half , the sufferer lay gasping and
fainting. Now the arterial action was entire
ly suspended, now he would suddenly revive
=revive only to pass through the same tor
turing pains again; but at butt it came—
. death came,
"The silver cord was loosed, and the golden
bowl broken,"
Death has its quiver fuli of pleated darts
thatstrike, and Wound, and reAer, and de;
atroy. One man lingers long and enters Mitch,
and cristett sway until "desire &Hi," and
then lays him down to die; another atomg
and well, Shuts himself in the quiet inclosure
of his room, and, 10l he is' found asleep in
the antis of death. • We hold the - tenure of
life but. for a little ' .and the duration of that
little none can knovrP
tfiA:PTER, iv.
,The "sudden demise of Mr. Sheaf) %tat the
t ause.of deep sorrow to all who had enjoyed
his acquaintance. The Mitch with which be
was connected, and of which he was a leading
member, felt, the stroke severely ;_ for, in his
death they lest a -most.exemplary brother and
!able snpViorten But no where al the arrow
wound so deeply andintartibly at in the cake
of Marie. itelatives bdw'ea their Beads in
contrition,' ltat friends dropped the sympa
thetic tear, and then returned- to their homes,
happy in the bosom of alters. families.. iVot so
with Marie. She felt the hiss doubly, because
she had never known a to - other's love—price
less jeWeL When t) enerricg-archer laid
hira low in death, it *rat nothing less than
severing the, tender vin e from-the sttang oak,
and leaving the tendiils trailing in the dust.
True, the had a husband, but one short year
had disclosed his character too well—he had
been.weighed -and found wanting. It had
been Marie's custom always to seek sympathy
and advice froth her father, a source from
whence she always obtained itz--and dark and
gloomy indeed was the night when she sigh=
ed alone; an nrphan. a ?
Mr. Sberlie had, accordin to his Jast will,
Made hislrother George ex titor of his et-z.
tate. ilia affairs were easily tiled. He (1 '
nated a large portion of hi rppertv both to
education and religion. To Marie he left,
during her life, the interest yearly of one hun
dred thousand dollars, and at her death this
was bequeathed to her...children—but, in case
of tw issue, it was to be expended in'defray
ing the expenses of indigentyoung men seek
ing a collegiate education. - Harry was some
what chagrined at the disposition of .the pro
perty-71).1A men of sound judment considered
it a wise disposal, as it thus placed the bulk
of his,property beyodd his Spendthrift habits,
and in case of his death, secured Marie a life-.
time competence.
..
4 Are fou thp executor of the estate of
Frederick Sberlie i"wired a ttranter, enter
ing the office one morning.
"1 am, , sir." .
" I suppo.e 'yob have ail his private pa
pers in you possessiati.'"
"Yes,eir." s •
"Do rou re'membe'r seeiitii father singu
lar Iranifer made by one lobn 'O. :Jones!" .
"I. remember it,distinetly, for I have just
been reading it."
"I introduce myself to you, then, as the
identical
-The executor started from his seat, drew
his massive glisses over his eyes, and closely
scrutinized the strangeij's feautures, and'then
murmured something aboutfate. destiny. and
theprooi, since we are
entire strangers:"
" Anegood proof, too."
1 . N!Vell, then, *hat shall it be
"*hat shall it be Why nothing less than
a detail of every particular connected with
this transfer, as-you ate pleased to twin
"Seventeen years ago,' contnienced the
stranger, "I was Jibing in C:. stied, in the
thew suburbs of the 'City. I ins a carpenter
by trade, and had married at the age of thirty
a most lovely girl of heinble, yet - worthy pa
rentage. B yincessant managed to pay
my rent and live comfortably. Four years
smiled upon us,—foilr years of sunshine and
happiness; and although our, demiting was
humble two happier hearts could not have
been fouttd in the •whole world. We were too
happy.• Cruel death, jealous of our domestic
joy, entered our dwelling, and took: my idol
wife. Grief overpowered inn, and people
said I was demented ; but be that as it may, I
determined to leave the city, and forget bitter
recollections, by mingling it the_busy world.
But my nhilel, whtt was to be done with it
This puzzled me much, !Mt driest t came
across, by accident, a than who Was seeking
fora little girl. I- talked with hith, his con•
ditiob Seemed unbearable, but at last.l condi
Lions seemed unbearable, but at last I con
sented. Marie was three Years Old wheh I
gave her to Mr..tberlie, and signed thee so
lemn document you he d in your hand. • I
kissed My child, and hurried away aboard the
steamer bound for California. was absent
fourteen.years and while I had amassed in
that time a fotinne i i had, else I Own cal
lous and worldly. I returned US the city dB,
a changed' man. The first plice,l sought was
the grave of
,my wife, and 'then I looked
around for my daughter; I Mind her grown
to he a beautiful, and above all, ah accom
plisbea lady •;. but I dared not disclose myself,
for I rememl a -ed that compact; and, so I
have been here three years, an unhappy; dis
contented man ; but, thank God ; the time
has come, and my child shall know all , every
thing.'
And the man brushed away the tetra Which
bad been coursing down his cheeks.
'Strange as it,seems, ' Mr. Jones, I cannot
doubt its truthfulness. I remember distinctly
the tithe brother adopted Mayier, but never
knew how or where he eit One thing
more, you will please be explicit in mention :
ing the stipulations of this .cempact.'
,Frrst, 'then, I signed' away my fatbership
over the child, I gave • Mr. Eberle permission
to change her name; she was to be the big'
of his property; during his life I was not to
interfere in any way, bat keep myself entirely
aloof; and—'
,That will do, air, I ans satisfied. You may
mention, however, the attorney's name.' •
'Robert Caire, Esq.' •
,Rightt and now, sir,' continued the wen
tor„l *lll go around to-Mr; Worral's with
you, and reveal to Marie this attAbge and no
vel business:
In the dining-room sat' the executor and
the yoethful wife. The former delicately-un
foldingthe subject, and the latter listening
and crying by turns. At last_ the whole was .
explained, and Marie cowposed her feelings
as best she could meet the attattget Whom
`she waslenceforth to call father: It - was a
'sad Meeting, but 'endured by both With re
markable fortitades, • '
- &piles were beginning to clime the tears
away s when, - the door opened, and in stepped
Amy, with the exclamation--,
' Why, lir. Sooner,.l alai - rejoiced to see
yu t :' t
You are mistaken Mr. *mai ' said the
ezeicotdr, ' Alto* *is to IntVddifdp lon to Mr.
Joises:
.
‘ifelk. one and - 14 &one, Ohinsed in - tht
strapge MAD.-
Jones f Jones! Is yotr name lobe-O.
- longer
‘ That is My real name,. Harry'
Then I am indebted" to You for a reetipt
kve ih my pocket.'
Don't-teention tbrit, it IS of BMA eremeiet;
We have somebody this •to talk about just
now'
- M r.
Eberlie commence igaiblind relateall
the whole ate/. .
' indrediblet incredible l' etlaithed 111$. _
'7. ---- . , .._, ,
'kit even so, my son, the verity of my
identity- With that of /dm. O. Jones I have
already- established, and
you need no-proof t •
suppose to convince you that in,ne you find
old Socktey.' •
None, whatever, but I don't , understand a
your double
' I will explain. the name by which Tod
have alWay known me is nothing more nor
less than a vnisnaine, one which I received: in
California, and Which followed me to this citr.
Dost understand .
hear and understand, but time - aldne must
woyk ,
Marie found it aserere trial at first, bat in
time the tenderness and affection of the 'tinge
man won her Confiande, i►nd the snn of do:-
mestic,felicity threat its gladsome rap over
their household. .
The retail store was speedily converted into
a wholesale house, tindlhe glittering -letters
over the entrance way read : Jones and Wor.;
ral..' Application to business and strict in
tegrity regained llalry's former lost position
and once more he glided oyez the tinrutilid
waters of prosperity. • '
'Harry, my dear,' said his wife•one horn
ing, as she•held a.wee babe in her arine," o Can
you believe it, it is twelve year to-day sine*
we were married.
' Twelve years 4 Well, well, somebody has
said and, the language is beautifully apropos
'l'm tkirty.five,l'm tbirry-five
Nor wonld I make it less; - '
FOr not a year has passed away
• Unmarked by happiness."
A CA UDLE LECTURE.REVERSEP
The following "rich, rare and racy," . is &-
Capital hit 'at. some bllbbandS : and may to
read profitably by all who are ,inclined to
find fault where thhre is no fault.' "A place
for everything and everything' in i ts place,"
is a rule that would prisvent many lectures
were it practiieed more. But just hear Mr.
Caudle:
"Novi, Mrs. Caddie, I should like to know
what has become of ray•hat ?'Here Pre beeti'
hunting all over the house and-lost ten min- \
utes that should have been given to the Mu
tual Life Insurance Company. N'ow, I say,
what have you done with -my hat 1 'You hare
not seen it! Of course not;, seder do tee it.
Frank, go and got my hat, and ' Jane, fetch
r`de my cane. What's that! You: can't find
my bat t Diair, air.. Vonril d a F •hnIsIA 1a...fa..
know why you will persist in training pour
dil.dren in such a heedless manner I. He can't
pm( my lacy I ".To besure not; "bow - "can im
if yon don't learn him to look I Did I not
leave it in theiritchen when I went there last
night after something to tat! Bow the deuce
should you know I
~I say it's•your business to
know, and to have things all ready , for me
in the triornint, and not have the lose so much-
Of my time. Eb! you have too much else to
do! . Of course you hare, with three servants .
and two - children I- Be calm! Oh yes, I will
be calm 1 ,You• see I ant calm, and if yora .
would only IA so I Shoitld have been able to
have found my bat long ago,,intiteaci of stay
ing. here' to listen to your oldness ; -When. I
ought to have been down town attending to
business. I wonder how youitipect Fin going
to keep this bowie agciing, if I'm tole kept-.
here waiting for my hat?. What! how can you
help it! liow can you help it! Why, Madam,
it's the easiest thing_in the world I WI sirtiply\
this rdoeern managenient. /Cow l do you sup
pose things would go on in this way, if you'd
only see that erticltitiire in their right places l'
Bat I euppe.se yon haVn't, gottiMe tea de that..
even! 10f course not! Well, there is no use
of talking, I most go U . ) the office bareheaded.
Your bonnet, madam! Your bonnet i But'
why-sboald I be-surprised ; why should Ile
supprised iyou should offer me - your shirts
also, since I stein to have loot all authOrity
in this hou sel It's not your fault! and pray,
then, whose-fault is it! I will repeat it over
twenty times, if you wish it—whose fault is it!
What! the servants! No; madath t I tell you.
you are -mistaken—it'soset the servants—l
tell you it's yonr fault. I wonder who Oversees
the servants—who madapin but you!, Then,
it's clearly your fault than can't find my bat.
(Sits down.) Well, it's no use tsilking-1 .
shan't go to the Ace to-day, - and you, madam,
shan't go to Newport—d'ye hear ! Its no use
'asking, you shan't go. You needn't suppose .
Fin going' to be deprived of my hat in this .
way, and then allow you to spend my money
at Newpolf.' No, madam, I'm no such foOl
as ill. that comes to. No, =dein ; here h.
am, and here I'll stay all day, madam, and 7---;
ehl, What! You wish I wouldn't talk so
mutt I I tell you I Will talk—l'll talk all day,-
if I please, and smoke too---d'ye bear that
I'll smoke in tte dining room, and yes, by
Jove, I'll SMOIM in the parlor, and by Jove;
Madan], Pill scent the curtains, I'll smoke all
over. the house." r , .
' here," saya Mrs. Caudle,. "the horrid
wretch war about phtting -his odious 'predept
into practise, when Jane earde id with hie
hat, having found it Where it bad teen left
by him, in a corner of the : loge oak, trod
chair, on the back , porch." „ • .
--7. 4 46-4116- ,
Air tt is said thit a lady once asked Lod
13ronghate, the great Beglish. dnitor
author; who was the be.st debster in the House
of Lord*. IT» Lord,thip replied; "Lord
Sunday is the second best, madam."
•
tar k -I‘dy was requested by A bacheleir
Who was iothewhat advandediii yhars, to take
a seat oh his lap while - its a crowded sleigh.
"No; think you," said " I'rit afraid such
ab 9 1 0 , sea; *OR break down, with
Ord bachelor looked , fun ny
Lam' "Miss Browty,' I , have Imeti to lean
ho* to tell fottnnee," mild a yOung man to It
tirisk .bruaette. "Just eve me your , honcii
ityOu "La, Mr. White, hoirsUddeo
you are! Will, go aik pa.
a rgir The' }limit law of gravity is. nevei to
raiser at yodi