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VOLUME XXV, Ml
Ifltijrrllatrou. 1
The Great Medical Disctrery I
Dr. WAtXEB'9 O'ZJFOBNIA
VINEGAR BITTERS,
-5 nunureas 01 rnoatands
Bear tcttitnnnv to Uirlr Wonder.
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83.3 - , t v. i lib i r: r m
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Far aw.a.utarv wad Chraale Rhea.
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Is densrallr produced br derandemenl of She
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UYSPErMA (IK lNDIGESTIO!!.
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He Stomach, Bad taste In the Moath, Bilious At
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Th-y Invigorate the Stomach aad sthnnlete Ue
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FOB K I N DISEASES, Eruptlons,Tetter.
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Grocery and Provision Store.
. Main Street, Mifflintown, Pa.
' o
THE undersigned, having removed his
store from East Point to the building
recently occupied by Enos Bergy as a flour
and feed store, on Main street, opposite the
Post Office, would hereby announce to tbe
citizens of J'iffliniown and surrounding coun
try that he boa on hand a full and well select
ed assortment of
Groceries and Notions,
As follows; Syrups, Teas, Coffees, Flour and
Feed. Maekerai. 8alt, Coal Oil, Buckets,
fcrooms. Fancy and Common Soap,
Spices, Rice, Crackers. Coffee
Essence, Starch, Cora
Starch, Vinegar,
Washing . .
Soda, Baking Soda, Lamp F'.ues, Lamp Wicks,
Brushes, Indigo, Combs, Hair Oil, Per
fumery, Gloves and Hosiery, Sus
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Notions and Stationery, and ia fact a good
assortment of everything usually kept in a
ooun'ry Grocery and Notion Store. Also, a
l.rM stock of BOOTS, and a
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slrea's laees atvd BregaaK
The highest rales allowed in exchange
for Butter and ggs."wl Prompt payers,
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PL AW aad Faoey Job Printing neatly eia
sratasl at this Offee. , ' t ,
MIFFL1NT0 WiN
TRESSILIAN COUET;
The Baronet's Son.
. By MIlS. IIARIUET LEWIS,
at ruoa or "thc doi sle life," ' tuk a.tiL-
1171 RCHiaE," "THE StrKUERKD UEABTS,";
"THE LA1IV OP KILUABE." "A Ltri AT
(TAKE," 'THE HOUSE Of SECEET9,"
KTC, ETC.. ETC " '
' , CHAPTER I.
A FATEFUL CATASTROPHE. '
A.,
Willi' Stnrm avua rtio'ino1 nnnn Tim
x, ,.: ,m ,
Mediterranean Sea, near the clo-e of a
dreary November day. and sky and wa -
ters were black with the gloom of the
... i ir ' . i u
sudden and furious) tempest, before which
Small aaihiiir vaai-I vs. . apmlnino
the 'bare poles, tier build aad rigging
(trot'laimed her ?ardiuian. She was Tie
Gull, Captain Vaiiuo master, on her way
from Caglivri to Palermo.
Ci , , , i . ..I
bue bad ou board two seamen, and two-r
J
passengers.
These passengers were Englishmen.
who had procured passage on The dull
to Palermo, whence they iuteuded to em
bark by steamer to Marseilles, the fol
lowing- day.
While tbe Captain and his assistants
were attending to their duties, and ex
pressing apprehensions as to their safety,
the two Englishmen stood apart, leaning
against the low bulwarks, aud survey iug
the wild sceue around them.
These men were Loth young, appar-
entlv of the same aire, about three and ,
twenty, but evidently they were not of
the same station in life.
One, the more striking of the two, was
aristocratic in his hearing, tall, slender j
-v I
and handsome, with a fiatdc. smiliue-,
7
. . . . , , 1. ' r 1 I . I .1
under a wide and massive forehead, and :
ui.mtii, ui icrie.a unm ry r. set
. -
tawny hair blowing back from his face.
Noble, generous and kind hearted, be had
an adventurous disposion aud a dauntless
courage.
He was Guy Tressilian, the only son
and heir of Sir Aulliur Tressilian, Baro
net, of Tresilian Court England.
Ills companion presented a remarkable
resemblance to him, Leine also tall and.
slender and fair, with tawny hair and '
miiAtnrliP. IKiit lii liflfl nnt t.lip fmmlr ftmilp. t
tn kv.;..l.t f,.n. L.usB ltr ts tl.a itiTAiia
spirit that characterized young Tressilian
Young as he was he had seen much of
the dark side of life, and his experiences
had been such as to develop in him some
tbe worst qualities of his nature.
He was Jasper Lowder. Guy Tressi-
lian's hired traveling companiou and bo
som-friend. , -
The meeting and connection of the
two had a touch ot romance, loung
Tressilian had spent four years in a Ger
man University, whence he had been
graduated with honor. On leaving the
university, in obedietice to his father's
written command, he had . undertaken a
tour of the countries inclosing the Med
itcrrncan Sea, in company with one ofiUe wanta me t0 Ktwn and marry
his late tutors. , This gentleman " being
nnexpectedly promoted to a professor
ship, abandoned Tressilian at Baden,
leaving him to find another traveling
companion.
On the evening of the very day after
this desertion, as Guy Tressilian was
sauntering through the streets of Baden,
be had been assualted by a trio of his
countrymen, all more or less intoxicated.
It was apparent that they took him ' forjTTcss. . "My experience has been widely
another, and intended to wreak vengeance
upon him. Without allowing him to
speak, they forced him to defend - him
self. Gny was getting the worst of the
conflict when a stranger came running
to his assistance, and in a few moments
This stranger who came so opportune
ly to Guy's assistance, was Jasper Low;,
der. His resemblance to young Tressi
lian awakened in the later a romantic in
terest. He questioned Lowder, learned
that he was poor and alone in the world.
and took him with him to bis hotel. Be
lieving that the similarity of features in
dicated a similarity of tastes and natures,
he engaged Lowder as his traveling com
panion, and the past year they had spent
together more like, brothers than like em
ployer aud employed.
This storm is a regnlar Levanter,"
said Lowder, clinging' with both hands
to the bulwarks. "Do you think the
craft will stand it, Tressilian 5"
"Oh, yes," answered young Tsessillan,
wiping the salt spray from his fa e.
Tbe Captain knows the Sicilian coast
perfectly. In two hours, or less, we
shall be iu the bay of Palermo. In three
hours we shall be domiciled in the
best rooms of the hotel Trinacria, with
the best supper which Messer Ragusa
can furnish. ' And to-morrow, at noon,"
he added, " we shall embark for Marseil
les in a Messageries steamer." ' ,
"And from Marseilles you will proceed
said Lowder, with some ' bitterness.
"And what is to become of ue T I have Jwhere, a year later I was born.,'
had. a year ot unalloyed happiness, and - The wind for a moment drowned his
now come back the drudgery, tbe hope- voice. As it presently lulled, he resumed
less toll, the anxieties of the wretched recklessly, and with, passionate bitter
old life. , Ton picked me up at Baden, a ness l . '-' 1
. -? - - .... j . . - - . - - .1 -
tiii coTiTTioa tbi tiaiua aai ra aarueoaxn srer
J UNlATA COUNT! PENiYA.,
poor ad ventarer seeking to gain a living
by teaching Knglieb, and the same ' des
tiny is open to me now,
Tresdilian turned ln bandsome face
tjpoh Ltd C'opatiloa ui Wptiat)
tionate reproach
, - -S
Jasper !" he exclaimed, uyon talk
strangely. D yon suppose t Lave call
ed friend and brnthor so long, and lived
you so well, to lose you now ? I meant
to have written to my father concerning
you and your future, Japer, but his sud
den recall, received yesterday, causes me
to return home whithout writing. I shall
I. r lr ...:ii. ,t. .i .. :tt
KirKiun iiijiii ,fjaiaciMt;B iutfa y"U will
-
T come home m-ith me And you will, will
'
! ' i,,u ,w,u "ol ,mnuo" me m7
I frien1 ? J w!" ch" m'"U !th 0Ur
lutnru. a win ae" mat you tiutniu me
i ... ,
. " J . J
You have no ties to keep you on the Cou-
tiueiit.''
A strange expression passed over Jas
per Lowder's face
4-No, I have no ties," he' said huskily,
'
MAud you will go home with me :
What will your father say to my
coming?" demanded Lowder. "lie will
think your geuerosity Quixotic. He will
dismiss from his house the hired compan
ion who dares to resemble his son '
A sudden lurch of the little vessel, a
wave sweeping over the dixk, interrupted
! the sentence.
j "You wrong my father," said Tressil
ian, his blue ees kindling, when the ves
sel had righted ' "lie is the noblest man
iu die world He will welcome my
friends as his own. You will love him
Jpr, as I do. wheu you know him."
' Ue A"1 ettm veT affectionate."
rked Lowder. ' You have been
ay from hou,c for five J'esrSl nud Le
a 11 1 in
na Jusl rtcall-u Jou
1. ..!.. , 1 l ii ii . .linn,, ti 11. 11..11 i
t- 111 M-'-' l-'l'il f.J
r - p. " , .
UUII ,( LtllLSI. U V. I V- K -J MUGUV,., " I
Lowder 8awr tLc Iu,iJ W tUut momen
tarily lighted up ttie tempestuous sceue!
Yuu know, or can guess, the reason,
Jaf per," he said, with something of au
effort. "My iaiher has a ward, the
daughter of au old fiieud. Ah ! hear that
wind shriek ! The gale is increasing !"
"Yes," assented Lowder. "Aud the
ward is Mies I thy the golden-haired
Blanche of whom you have talked so
Iiom
tUh
fatbe
"J"- aB1 wi
hum you have exchaug-
lttttM I
t
"Yes My father formed a protect to
me-marry Wai.effet He Uifi",
wisli us to grow up together, lest we
should learu to. regard each other as
brother and sister. . xl hen Blanche came
to live at the Couit my father sent me to
Germany. Thc night before I left home,
- ik? clM me iut0 L'8 1ibrary aud lolJ me
all his hopes and plans for my future,
aud entreated roe coutinue worthy of his
innocent ward, aud to keep my heart
pure for her: I have done so, Jasper.
I have never yet loved any woman.
Aud yesterday I received my father's
summons to come home. He has recall
ed me after five years of absence. 1
know the wieh that lies nearest his heart.
Blanche. I ehriuk from the proposed
marriage I dread going home. And I
dread offendiug my dear father, whom I
love better than any woman. It is hard
Jasper, to revolt agaiust the hopes a.id
plans of a kind and geuerous father,
whose very love for me causes him to
urge on his marriage t"
"It is !" said Iywerdrjdyvand with
a strange smile full of sneering bitter-
different from yours, Tressilian. Did 1
ever tell you of my father?"
"No. I took it for grauted that he is
dead."
. "Perhaps he is. I dou't know," said
Lowder. . ;
with a reckless laugh. "But if he is
living, he is a scoundrel. Don't start.
Tressilian, at my nnfiiial speech. Wait
till you hear my story. I am in a des
perate, mood to uight. This storm stirs
up tbe bad withiu me. ; As nearly as 1
can discover, my father was the younger
son of a proud old county family '
"You . do not know, them 1" asked
Tressilian, pressing his companion's
band." ,"A '. .
"I have no proof of it. All I posi
tivcly know is this. My mother was of
humble station, pretty, with blue eyes
and an apple-blossom face, and tender,
appealling ways. She was the daugh
ter of a widow, residing at Brighton
The widow, my grandmother, kept a
lodgeing house,, and nj- fathar, a-.gay.
dashing young fellow, came to lodge
with her. . As might have been expected,
be fell in love with bis landlady's daugh
ter. He offered the young girl marriage,
on condition that the union should be
secret until his affairs brightened and he
chose to divulge it The young girl
loved him... Her mother was ambitious
and penurious. , The result was the lov
er had his way, and married the daugh
ter of Lis laudlady quietly, almost se
cretly. Then he took his bride to Lou-
don, to cheap; and obscure lodgeings,
ma tawa. j
-JANUARY 4, 171.
''For years my mother and . I lived in
those stuffy, oliscure lodgings until her
bloom bad f tded, and she had grown: thin
and wan and nervous.'',, My father visit
ed im at stated seasons, once or twice' a
week, but be never brought any of his
family to call upon us. I doubt if his
aristocratic relatives even suspected the
existence of the faded wife and son of
whom he was secrelely ashamed. I have
good reason to believe that fie had fine
ludgeing.i at the West End, where he was
supposed to ba a bachelor, and that he
went iuto fashiouable society, while my
poor mother and I lived obscurely.. He
was a profligate and a roue, but he had
au air of fashion that awakened my boy
ish admiration, and aroused my mother's
affectionate pride iu him She . was al
ways pleading to be introduced to his
relatives, and to have her sou publicly
acknowledged. But my father always
put her off, saying that he was not ready.
Worn out aud despairing, my mother j
iea wlieu 1 was ten years old.
Again the wind shrieked past, again the
little vessel lurched, the sea sweeping
her deck.
The captain screamed his orders to his
men, and for a few minutes disorder
reigned.
'A nasty bit of weather !' said Low
der "And a bad sky !"
Yes, but I've seen as bad,' returned
Tressilian. "We shall make port all
right, never fear. We must be well on
toward the Cape di Gallo. And it's only
seven miles from the Cape to Palermo.''
"But the seven miles in a storm are
worse than seventy in good weather.
These coasts are dangerous Tressilian "
Lowder ehuddered as he surveyed sea
and sky.
"But about your father Jasper I" said
Tressilian, who had become deeply inter -
lested ill his comoanion's storv. "What
did he do after your mother's death ?''
' I remained at the old lottgiugs with
our single old servant a month or more.
my father visiting me several times, and
expressing anxiety as to what he should ;
do with me. A week alter my mother s j
death he told me that his brother, was!
dead A month later, his father was j
lulled by being thrown from his horse, !
w r . 1 - . . 1 1 1
aiy lamer came into ricura anu iiooors .
by these deaths. At last, deciding to
rid himselt of me, he took me down to
Jt-iitnp, ta my old Traiulmnth-r -Her,
sons were dead ; she had given up kee
ping lodgers, and was grown miserly.
He promised her five hundred pounds a
year to keep me, and to keep also the
secret ot my paternity, solemnly prom-
ising to acknowledge me some day as his j
eon and heir. The old woman agreed to
carry out his wishes. She would have
done anything for money. I never saw
my father again. I went to school, grew
up, aud at the age of twenty -one came
into my grandmother's money, the fruits
of years of savings, she dying at that
time. My father had deliberately aban
doned me 1 did not know where to
seek him, if I had wished to. I took
my money came abroad. I had been two
years on the Continent, and had spent
my little fortune when I met you. The
rest you know."
"An old romantic story! But why
did your father abondon you I"
"That he might be free of encum
brance to make a grand marriage. From
what my grandmother said at different
times, I conclude that my father was in
flove with a titled lady before mr moth
er's death. No doubt he married this
lady. If he lives, this lady's son may
be his acknowledged heir. My father
has utteily disowned the son of bis first
hasty, ill starred marriage. I have a fan
cy that I shall meet him some day," and
Jasper's brow darkened to deeper black
ness. "However, I stand no chance of
ever receiving jtntic : at his h in ls."
"What is your father's name, Jasper V
a.ked Tressilian.
Iwiier's face darkened. He bit Lis
lip savagely.
"What 1 have toll you about myself I
learued from, my own observation, or
from chauce words of my parents and
grandmother- My m ither's maiden
name was Jauette Liwder. At our Lou
don lodgings, my father bore the name of
-T . '
Lowder. 1 dou t know bis real name,
but I should kuow his face anywhere, al
though I have not seen him in thirteen
years. My mother was actually married,
Tressilian. but I never heard my father's
name. The clergyman who married my
mother was dead ; the witnesses also.
When my grandmother was dying she
.tried to tell me the story. She had put
it off too long ' All that I could under
stand of her mumbliuga was the name of
Deverux. I shall never forget that
name Dkvbrux! Probably that was
my father's name my own rightful name.
But as I ebould never find him if I
sought him. and as he would repulse me
if 1 did find him, I stand no clianca of
inheriting his prop rty. , He may be
dead. He may have other sons who
have succeeded him. It is all a mystery.
but tbe prominent truth is that "I am ao
outcast, poor, disowned and friendless."
Ue leand over the bulwark; the spray
dashing over his face violently. '
. Tretnliaa'i heart warmed to- him.
EDITOR ASU riiOPBJETOK.
WHOLE NUMBER 1212
".My poor friend J" he said. 1 "Must I
say again your not frfendless while I live.
My father has influence' enough to obtain
for you a government appnintnent. This
tangle may straighten itself out someday.
But if It don't you are' resolute enough
to make your own happiness " . .
He grasped Lowder's,, hand and look
ed with warm bright eyes, full of sympa
thy, into Lowder's lowering face.
There had been a teuipoiury lull iu
the Stoim. But as thc two stoo 1 there,
the tempest revived aud swept over , the
wild sea iu maddened rage.
There was no time for talking now.
r"fhe wiiid rose so hiirh that words would
scarcely have been distinguished. y The
storm that had gone before had been hut
play to this awful outburst The ves
sel drove on, creaking and groaning, a
mere cockle shell ou the billows.
''Mother of Siercies ! wailed . the c.ip
taiu. "It is ail up with us signores.
I cau't make out the Cape in this dark
Iness.-We shall so on the rocks
St
Authony save us I " .
The seaman echoed his cries.' "
The two young Englishmen, compre
hending their peril, clapped hands iu si
lence. For the next few minutes it secmd
that a Pandemonium reigned. . . ,
' Then a noise like the report of a can
non suddenly boomed through the storm
and the darkness. The little vcsselshiv-jrang out through the liight with start
ered, staggered, and careened npon her "Ting distinctness. 1 lis light he had seeu
sice. j moved and disappeared A minute la
bile had struck upon a rock. : ler answering cries reached Lowder's
A moment hit vr crew and passengers ; ears, and he heaid hasty steps' and saw
were struggling in the waters. i the approaching light of a I intern, bono
A few moments of buffetings an I toss-: aloft by a muu's upiaiaed arm.
j ings, of v.tiu struggles aud agonized, in
voluntary prayer, and then Jasper Low-
' der felt his senses slip from hiWaud Le-
, came unconcious. .' ''
r IVbon l, ,ma , l.rmlir l I..
j inj upon a rocky beach of the Sicilian
1 shore, sore, bruised, and weak as a child.
He onened his eves. The wind had I
j spent its fury, and now moaned along
the coast with a desolate, despairing '
wail. The waves beat against the rocks, j
Lowder struggle 1 to his1 elbow.
"If he is not deal, he soon will be," !
he muttered. "His brain has received
f" ..... ... .
an am till 11 jury, lie will never know
who he is again. He won't live tiii "I think he is dead!-" he sid iu a
morning, and he h perhaps dead already, choking voice. "Carry him up try your
Ue nust be dead !" - . . cabin. Let every thiug b do that
Agaiu it seemed ' to him as thougti ; otrr bo wt 11, I puT"
some demon echoed his words. j yon well for any kindness to hi poor
The match dropped from his fingers ; fellow ! He was my travellitigpon-.rtan-intothe
water. For a littlo while he 1 on. I lived him a if he had h .en my
crouched on the wet stones in silence, ; brother instead of only my hired at ten 1-
battling it may be with the better aud'ant! Poor Japer!"
nobler instincts of his nature. 1
"Wrecked !" he muttered. "I am cast
ashore, wli'ib: the others are drownded !
1
Uh, this is terrible ! I have lost my best
friend to-night !''
He moaned an! wrung his hands. j
"lie is dead, who would have doue so !
much for me, and I so worthless am
saved! All my hopes ,of an easy and ! January 7th, which ran b had at any
luxurious life must be resigned now!"' ! news office or bookstore. If you are not
At that moment he beheld a dark object within reach of a 'liews oluce, you can
at a little distance in the water. The Lave the Ledger mailol to you for oue
waves hurled this object against the pro- j year by sending three dullara to Kulert
jt.'Ctitig bead of a sudden rock. At the j Bonner, publisher 1SJ Williara street,
same instance Lowder recognized it as the New York. The Ledger pays more Lr
body of a man. ; original contributions than any other
He crept toward it, and the waters periodical iii the world". It will puhl'sh
dashed the body on the shore at his feet. ! none but t!u very, very b?t. Its rcor
Ue put his hands on the face. How cold : al tone is the purest an 1 its circulation
and wet it was ! It felt like the face of ' the largest, livery body who takes it is
a dead man ! Lowder's fingers came in happier for haviug i?
contact with the soft, silken mustache, i
and he knew that the body was that of
Guy Tressilian I .1 The passage from the New Testament.
Of the five who had stood on the ' It is easier for a Camel,'' etc.. has per
sloop's deck a half-hour earlier, these two ' plexed good men who rea I it literally.
alone were left. The captain and his In oriental cities there art? in the lug'!
crew had found their deaths among the 'gates, small and very low apertures,
cruel, yawning waters. Cil!t;tl meraphorically, 'needles eyes '
.owder thrust his hand under the waist- j Xbeso entrances are to narrow for a c tin
coat of his friend, but he could not pre ,-1 to pass through them ia the ordinary
ceive the beating of his heart. Despair manner, or even if loaded. When a load
took possession of him. ed camel has to pass through one of
"Dead !" he sai 1 shrilly. Dead ! tuese entrances, it kiietb down, its load
And he would have done so much for me j3 removed, and then it sliuffi -s through
if he had lived ! And his father and the on ;ts kne3. "Yesterday," wiites L-.dy
young girl was to have married will wait j Duff Gordon, from Cario, 'T saw a cai.-.el
in vain for his coming! His place at , go through the eye of a needle that is,
Tressilian Court ia empty. Who can till , the low arched door of an enclosure.
it?"
It seemed to him that some demon at !
t,ia atla ftrtiiwl tfiA it,nati,n
, , , 1 " !
Who
louin jin m piai-e lejc raanl oy noble
Guy Tretsiuin ?
A thought came to him a thought so
strange and sinister that he shivered in- J you cannot afford to do that which is
voluntarily. Again he felt of Tressilian's j wrong. The only way to obtain h.-ippi-heart.
It gave no throb against his hand. ! ness for yourself, is to do the right thing ;
Me passed his hand over Tressilian's head you may not always hit the mark ; but
and discovered a gaping wound in the ; you should nevertheless always aim for
skull. The hair was clotted with blood, i it, and with every trial your strength will
Putting bis band into Ins breast nock-1
et, Lowder drew out his little water
proof match-safe. Ho opened it with
trembling fingers aud struck a light j
The red flicker danced on young Trea-
silian's face.
How ehastlv and terrible it looked !
The eves were closed, the "smile was
tone.t The seal of death seemed set on
jtlfe noble features
" Lowder examined the wound. It had
been made by contact with the sharp
rock, and even Lowder preceived ite ter-
mOl character.. . ... ;
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At last, with soil. leu a'trupt- etaaltUi'
ness, Ms hands Ftolr Into the breast pock-"
et of. Tressilian and i drew out his pri
vate note book, a jrtcket ef letters, a few
trinkets their' possession Seemed" ft
give him courage, and his face h;rdend.
and he knelt beside t!se body of his friend
and rifled hi3 garden's of 'all that 1I1C7
contained, bestowing bis plutier ou Lis
own person.
Then he took his own purse, his note
book, a feT reeerpty and trifles from hi--own
pockets, and put them-in the pock
ets, of Tressiliar?. -
"'It is done t" he wintered t Lirr:
self, lxtking with wild defiant fe
through the darkness. "No ttie 5s hand
ed He is dead- If he had lived, Lt
would have provided for me. he isdj
ing or dead, I must provide for myself.
Tli . L'trrr us' rill mal.e mi
Joi tit'. Ins friends will be sn.trod a
terrible grief and I I shall lire at l.tt ?
Fortune gives me a chance to gain name
jjtnJ wealth at one lucky stroke '."
As if to give himself ao chance for re
pentance, he arose to his feet and turned
his searching gh-nces in an inland direc
tion. A light, as from a cottage wind
ow, glimmering faintly through the thick
haze, caught his gaze.
Raising his voice he called loudly :
"Help ! Ho, there ! help !"
The wind had abated, and his cries
j "This way !' shouted Lowder. "V.e
' are wrecked on the rocks ! For the love
of Heaven hasten!"
il'he bearer of the lantern, attended by
' 9 u! ronimnins rt.mf. rni.nTn 1,:.
and soou at his side. MThe lantern bearer
was a rough Sicilian fisherman, a grade
above Lis cl.ise. His eVrcnanion was al-
so Sicilian, bat evidently of somewhat
higher degree. B itti wero all excite-
meut, astonishment and sympathy,
In,- as few words as possible Lowder
told the story of the shipwreck, and
called attention to the conditiou of his
, ,
noble young employer-
'Hie two Sicilians lifted the helpncfs''
form of poor young Tressilian, and cir-
ried it between them toward theircottage.
Jasper Liw.ler followed theai bewailing
his loss. The above we publish as a
specimen chapter; but the continuation
of this story will be found only in the
X. Y. Ledcr. Ask for the number daled
The Eye of a Xeedlc.
j He must knell, and how hii held, y
creep throngb ; and thus must the rich
man humble himself.
Follow thk Knurr No nutter b
you are, what your lot, or where you I've,
increise.
. An old gentleman of St. Albans, Vt.,
plumes himself somewhat on Laving
smoked regularly at the hours of eleven,
tweive (miJight). two and four in tho
moruing during a period of thirty years.
! In Cornish, Mfc , hut week, a mere Lay
itook a Fi3t0' frJm tU ?nckfc aa I eh"t
himself, rather than he compelled to go
to school against bis wil.
. m
An Indian boy and twenty-one head
of cattle were lately. lost during a snow,
(term iu Nevada