1 1 A H Dcuotcii to politics, literature, Agriculture, 0cieucc, iHoralitn, aub aural Intelligence. VOL. 2C. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JULY 18. 18G7. NO, 17, Y Published by Theodore Schoch. TER13 Two dollars a year in advance and if not paid before ttie end of the year, two dollars and filfy ct. will be charged. No paperdi$cntinuel until all arrearage are paid, czrept at the option of the Editor. HA'ivertisenieuts of one Kjuare of fcigl.t lineOor le, one or three insertions $1 50. Earh additional insertion, 50 cents. Longer ones in proportion. JOB PKIXTIXG, OF ALL KINP8, Executed in the highest i-t vie of the Art.andonthe most reasonable terms. C. IS. KKLfiKK, DEALER, IN Boots, Shoes, Leather, AND FIxDLGS, STROUDSBURG, Pa. March 29, 18G7. J. I,. WYCKOFF, WITH HUSZ & WULF, COMMISSION DEALERS IN Butter, Esss, and Country Produce, No. 250 Washington Street, Between Robinson & Marry streets. Mirch 21. lS67-ly. New-York. S. HOLMES, Jr. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL CLAIM AGENT. STROUDSBURG, PA. Ojfice tcith S. S. Dreher, Esq. All claims airainstthe Government prose cuted with dispatch at reduced rites. An additional bounty of $100 and of $50 procured for Soldiers in the late War, FBIK OF EXTRA CHARGE. Q August 2, 1SG0. Furniture! Furniture! McCarly's Hew Furniture Store, DREIIER'S NEW BUILDING, two doors below the Post-office, Strouds burg, Pa. He is selling his Furniture 10 per cent, less than Easton or Washington prices; to say nothing about freight or break age. May 17, lS66.-tf. T F YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON, .1 from one of the best makers in the Uni ted States, folid Rosewood Cage, warranted 5 years, call at McCARTY'S, he would es pecially invite all who are good judges ot Music to come and'test them. He will sell you from any maker you wish, 810 less than those who sell on commission. The reason it he buys for cash and sells for the same, with less thin one-half the usual per ccntage that agents want. J. II. McCARTY. May 17, ISGG.-tf. NDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRAN ches. Particular attention will be given to this branch of the subscriber's business. He will always study to please and consult the wants and wishes of those vho employ him. From the number of years experience he has iad in this branch of business he cannot and will not not be excelled either in city or country. Prices one-third less than is usual ly charged, from 50 to 75 finished Coffins al ways on hand. Trimmings to uit the best flearse in the country. Funerals attended at one hour's notice. J. 11. McCARTY. May 17, ISGG.-tf. MT. VERNON HOTEL, M. & T. P. WATSON. Proprietors. No.'s 117 & 119 North SECOND Street, (Between Arch and Rce,) PHILADELPHIA, PA. Close proximity to the business center of the city, excellent accommodation, a nd care ful attention to the comfort and wants of quests are charscteristics of the Mount Ver on. The House has been thoroughly ren ovated and ncv-furnished. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. October 11, 13G0.-tf. Saddle and Harness Manufactory. The undersigned respectfully informs the citizens of Stroudsburg, and surroun ding country, that he has commenced the above business in Fowler's building, on Elizabeth street, and is fully prepared to furnish any article in bis line of business, at short notice. On band at all times, a large stock of Harness, Whips, Trunin, Yalices, Car pet Bags, Ilorsc-Blanhets, Bells, Skates, Oil Cloths, tfe. Carriage Trimming promptly attended to. JOHN O. SAYLOlt. Stroudsburg, Dec. 14, 1805. Gothic Hall Drug Store. William Ilolliiishcnfl, Wholesale and Relail Druggistt STROUDSBURG, Fa. Constantly on band and for sale cheap lor cash, a fresh sup ply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oil. Glass. Putty, Varnish, Ker osene Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods; also Sash, f!in!s and Doors. Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal purpose. 1. S. Physician Prescriptions care fully compounded. Stroudsburg, July 7, 1SG1. Drs. JACKSON & BLDLACK, 1 PillSICIAXS AM) SI! ItH ICONS. DRS. JACKSON & B1DLACK, are prepared to attend promptly to all calls of a Professional character. OJjice Op posite the Stroudslurg Bank. ' April 25, lS07.-tf. IF YOU WANT A BEAUTIFUL SUIT of Enameled Furniture in Colors, just into McCARTY'S. May 17. 1866.-tf "jVTcCARTY i8 the only Furniture dealer XTX in Stroudsburg who has a Liccnte to icl! FURNITURE., r August 2, 16C0. r irown Ik (e er. DEALERS IN Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Silrer Ware, Plated Ware, Books, Stationery, Wall Taper, Notions, &c,9 &c. They have recently purchased "MEL ICJCS OLD STAND;' and with increased facilities for business, and a determination to please, feel justified in askinir the con- ...ui: A . t - ... 1 IWU UUI UUUi: Ul LUC U U LU3 L.UIII CIS U 1 1 I ' Lit in iiiiiipi i ii priiimi Ti rii rnm m iinipa f in with Importers in New York and Phila delphia, and in possession of peculiar ad vantages in this respect, they are prepared to sell CLOCKS, WATCHES &, JEW- ELRY, of superior make und finish as well also as of cheaper character, at remarkably low rates. They also keep constantly on hand the best quality of Silver and Plated Ware, Tea Spoons, Cas tors, 'Spectacles, Razors, Pen-knives, Scissors, and all sorts of Cutlery ; Toys of all kinds, Childrens Carriages, Bird cages, Fishing Tackle, Baskets, Guns and Pistols, Lamps of all kinds and Fixtures; Superior Sewing Machines, Clothes Wringers, School Books, Miscellaneous and Blank Books, Ledgers and Day Books, Paper, Envelopes, Pens, Ink, tjc, 5"c Photograph Frames, Wall Paper, Window Shades, and Fruit Cans of every de scription. Lamp Burners altered. Repairing of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry attended to promptly and satisfactorily. Orders taken for Silver Ware and filled with dispatch. Stroudsburg, May 19, 1S64. tf NEW GOODS AT Clrca.Iy Reduced Prices! I WOULD RES PKCTFU LLY AN nouace to the public, that I have just made large additions to my already exten sive stock and am now selling DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, &.C., &c lower than ever. 3Iy shelres are loaded with MESLIXS, CALICOS, DE LAKES, and G IXC HAMS, of the most celebrated makes, my charges for which will prove astonishing to custo mers. My stock of Dress Goods embracing nearly every variety of style, color and fabric is well worth the atten tion of the Ladies, while in :i.OTI3S am CASSIJJERES, both plain and fancy, 1 can offer induce ments to gentlemen which they cannot . - A u.aa a, VVltJ 14 V V IVII forjro without detriment to their finances. 31 y stock of SUA WLS, YA XKEE XO T10XS, &c , is also full, and is offared low. My assortment of Coffees, " Sugars Molasses and Syrups, ual held at a is very complete, and as U: very low figure. I have lots of goods the names of which could hardly be compressed within the limits of an advertisement, all of which will be sold cheap. Ivemember, the place to buy, with the best assuraucc of getting your money's worth is at URODIIEAD'S Cheap Store in Stroudsburg. March 14, 1SG7. A Thing of Beauty, &c. THE SU BSCRIHEU II AS OPENED, in Dr. Walton's brick building, nearly opposite the Stroudsburg House (Marsh's), Main-street, Stroudsburg, Pa., a full line of GREEK, DRIED and CAXXED FRUITS, comprising ORANGES, LEMONS, APPLES, PEAdlES, RAISONS, CUR RANTS, PINE APPLES, FIGS.&c, &c.f which he will dispose of at prices which will place them in the reach of all. lie also designs keeping on sale, a full as sortment of Nuts and Candies, and, in their season, a full line of GAKDC VEGCTAKr.CS, which he has made arrangements to re ceive daily from first haads, so as to se cure the greatest desideratum freshness. He respectfully solicits the patronage of the public. A. C. J ANSON. Feb. 21, 18G7. P110ES1X DHHi ST0BE. DREIIER & BROTHER, (Opposite Jhe Jeflcrsonian" Office,) E L I Z A B E T 1 1 8 T R K E T , S TR O VDSJi Ull G, PA. . Dealers in DRUGS, MEDICINES,-PERFUMERY, WINES and LIQUORS fur medi cinal purposes, SASH, DOORS and BLINDS. All kinds of Pointing Materials, ijamv and Lanterns Burning and Lubricating Oils. r li U ft7- Ph vsir.ia lis1 PrecriDtion8 carel j compounded. O. II. DREIIER. E. B. DREHER. October 4. I860. BLANK DEEDS For sale at this Ollie THE UNION PACIFIC RAIL ROAD CO. Are now constructing a Railroad from OMAHA, NEBRASKA, westward towards the Pacific Ocean, mak ing with its connections an unbroken line ACROSS THE CONTINENT. The Company now offer a limited amount of their FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS . . . ... navini thirty years to run, and bearing an- . ' m nual interest, payable on thefist day of Jan uary and July, in the City of New York, at the rate of SIX PER CENT. IN GOLD, AT Ninety Cents on the Dollar. This road is already completed to Jules burgh, 37G miles west of Omaha, and is fully equipped, and trains are regularly running over it. The Company has now on hand sufficient iron,' ties, etc.,. to finish the re maining portion to the eastern base of the Rock 7 Mountains, 141 miles, which is un der contract to be done in September of this year, and it is expected that the entire road will be in running order from Omaha to its western connect :m with the Central Pacific, l: r ii l -i. . i r tj - I now oetng rajnuiy ouiit c3Mwa.ru iruiu cyic ramento, Cal., during 1670. MEANS OF THE "COMPANY. Estimating the distance to be built hj the Union Pacific to be 1,505 miles, the United Slates Government issues its Six per cent. Thirty-year Bonds to the Company as the mad is finished at the average rate of about 23,250 per mile, amounting to 44,208,000 The Company is also permitted to issue its own First Mortgage Bonds to ah equal amount, ar.d at the same time, which by special Act of Congress are mndc a Firt Mortgage on the entire line, the bonds of the United States being subordinate to them. The Government makes a donation of 12, 600 acres of land to the wile, amounting to 0,0:52,000 acres, estimated to be worth &30, 000,000,rrakingthe toial resources, exclusive of the capital, $118,416,000; but the full value of the lands cannot now be realized. The authorized Capital Stock of the Com pany is one hundred million dollars, of which five millions have already been paid in, and of which it is not supposed that more than twenty-five millions at most will be required. The cost of the road is estimated by com petent engineers to be about one hundred million dollars, exclusive of equipment. TROSPECTS FOR BUSINESS. The railroad connection between Omaha and the east i now complete, and the earn ing of the Union Pacific on the sections al ready finished for the first two weeks in May were 8113.00. These sectional earnings as the road progresses will much more than pay the interest on the Companies bonds, and the through business over the only line of rail road between the Atlantic and Pacific must be immense. VALUE ANI SECURITY OF THE BONDS. i The" Company respectfully submit, that the above statements of facts fully demon strates the security of their Bonds and as ad ditional proof they would suggest that the Bonds now offered are less than ten million dollars on 517 miles of road, on which over twenty million dollars have already been ex pended ; on 330 miles of this road the cars are now running, and the remaining 137 miles are nearly completed. At the preseut rate of premium on gold these bonds pay an annual interest on the present cost of NINE TF.R CENT., and it is believed that on the completion of the read, like the Government Bonds, they will go above par. The Company intend to sell but a limited amount at the present low rate, and retain the right to advance the price at their option. Subscriptions will be received in New York by the Continental National Bank, No. 7 Nassau St, Clabk, Dodge &, Co , Bankeks, 51 Wall St., John J. Cisco & Son, Bankers. No. : Wall St., and by BANKS and BANKERS generally through out the United States, of whom maps and de scriptive pamphlets may be obtained. They will also be sent by mail from the Compa ny's Office, No; 20 Nassau Street, New York, on application. Subscribers will se lect their own Agents in whom they have confidence, who alone will be responsible to them for the safe delivery of the bonds. JOHN J. CISCO. Treasurer, HKW YOICIC. June 13.-3m. MR, AND MRS. NUDGKINS. "John Nudgkins, if you don't stop drinking there'll soon be a stop to every thing." " Don't fret, Tolly Nudgkins, I don't drink morc'n I allers did." " Goodness "Mercy! And 'spose'n you don't ! Hain't you allers drinked enough to kill a hog?" 44 Hogs is brutes, Polly, an' they can't i had surrouuded her at home. As soon as stand what a man can." j tho cloud came she became cross aud pet- 44 1 waut fo know if they be? My gra- ulant; an! when things grew worse the cious, if you don'tcome about ns near bcin j went on to be morose and lyranical. She n brute as anything I ever saw, then my! did not know better because she had ncv eyes are deceptive. Johu Nudgkins, you ! er been taught to do any better. She did are worse than a brute. A brute would ot strive to improve herself because she not do as you do." j saw no occasion; and as for studying the 44 Of course they wouldn't, Mrs. Tolly' great problem of life, it was something Nudgkins, 'cause brutes dou't know that had never entered her mind. She nothin'." j saw her husband going dowo hill going Tolly Nudgkins, as was her wont, star-.from bad to worpe nud she felt that she ted to heap abse upou her husband's had just cause fur all she had said aud head and he, as he had learned it was did. She still worked early and late safest for hiiu to do, was prepared to worked and fretted and scolded woiked bear it weekly; but somehow, just theu , until work seemed almost useless to a different spirit, possessed his wife. She save herself aud children from the poor- had that morningseen her cupboard bare,,ousc and theu hhe faltered. she sent her children off to school bun- KrJ aD raoeJ ana gaunt poverty stared her in the lace upon every hand. For ' the moment she felt sad and downhearted, no wonder that his lect held to the down l aud thus weighed down, 'she spoke in a ward path. He had uever been a hard tone aud manner 'that was strango to bej;' working man; but he had been eminently lips We " Jobn, wbut are you, coding to? have nothing in the house to eat, our children ain't half clothed, and things are growing worse instead of better. What sort of an example are you settin' to your boys ? How do you think they'll grow up? My soul, John, if you don't stop drinking, we shall all go to the poor house together." John Nudgkins scratched his head. This speech had completely taken him aback. He had braced himself for a tor rent of abase, intending to hear it pa tiently through, and then go and get something to drink, but he had no excuse yet for flight, so he sat still and mute. And the wife, seeing what a strange ef fect her words had produced, continued, in the same strain : " John, only think how much better off we might all be if you would only stop drinking. Do you ever think of it?" " John caught at the idea which had often floated through his mind, but which he never had the courage to preseut to his wife. He caught it, framed it for his speech, and then, with some shrinking, as though he expected the pent up tor rent to lollow its delivery thus presented it V Tolly Nudgkins, I'll tell you what I'll i UO Just as Ion " as you 11 o without lookins a cross look or speakiu" a cross word. I'll iro without drinking a dron of! rum. lucre: l li stick to that l swear 1 will!" . "John NudgkinsJ you're a fool" "Is pose I am. At any rate I won t deny it !" ' And with this, John picked up his rimless hat and started for the door. " John, come back here?" John stopped and looked at his wife. There was anger upon her face, but doubt and perplexity were striving to overcome it. With a mighty effort Polly lifted her self above the angry tide. " John Nudgkins, are you iu earnest?" "Polly Nudgkins, lam." " And will you keep your word?" " I will, as true as prcachin'." " You won't drink another drop of rum till I look a cross look, or speak a cross work?" " I won't, so help me Jerusalem." " Give me your hand, John. There now go-out and leave me alone. The gar den wants wcediu', and you might be do ing that, while I'm fixing up the house." Three glasses of the best old Jamaicn could not have brought such a glow to John's face as did those few words his wife had spoken. She had spoken to him of his neglected garden, and had dona it kindly. He could not remember when such a thing had happened before. John Nudgkins was five aud thirty years of age, and was a house carpenter by trade. His father had been a hard drinking man and profane man, and John had been brought up without any regard to moral or religious education. Very fortunately for him, considering the in- flnences that surrounded his childhood and youth, was naturally kind hearted and honest, so he instantly went clear of any vices that beset his path, but his as sociations were low, and he did not rise above them. Polly Nudgkins had once been Polly Perkins. Her father died when she was quite young died from the 'effects of strong drink and Polly had, been brought up by a hard-working, cross grained mother, who treated her children as though they were so many animals. loving them in her way, but never show- ' that had reached down into his soul hir ing that she regarded them as possessed ' ther than that, a kino word. Aud for the ot tender hearts and important souls. It Polly had good qualities of disposition they had never been nourished by her mother, but her muscles were trainod vig orously, for she was brought up to work. The elder Nudgkins and Mr. Perkins had enccbeen boou companions, and thus John and Polly became intimate in child hood. John grew up to be a good look ing man, and Polly grew up to be a bux om lass, and in time John proposed and was accepted. Some women said that Polly was fortu nate. They said so because John was free-hearted and handsome. They did not know how very far short of making a good husband these qualities might come. The people had said John had gained a prize in his wife. They judged her as they would an ox or a horse she was a worker. -And John and Polly were married. John was free hearted still, and Polly worked. Iiut John did not make any change in his old habits, and Polly brought to the married life the same iufluenec that To John Nudgkins the way down hill was simple aud easy enough. by all his-early education that Inclined way, it is a. ouwiai wuw p iv i v u u v tvuiu uub u u li a eo" comfort at home, he Eought it elsewhere. In fact his home had come ing to be abused for his laziness. He di J" to be a very unpleasant one; and though not think it within the bounds of possi in his sober moments, he was well aware bility for Polly to keep her promise, but that he was to blame for much of the do-Jshc had been schooling heresclf, and vrarf rues tic ill, yet he could not bring to him-'ready for the labors of the day. self to feel that there could be any use in j "Well, John, how do you feci thi trying to get sunshine in where his wife 'morning ?" was. He had been feeling, to use one of his' And so they lived on, both with good own expressions, ''kind o' streaked' but enough in them to have made a happy . thoseAind spoken words, and the smiled peaceful home if they could ouly have' which accompanied them lifted his spirit fouud that good and plucked out the foul weeds of bad education and habit that checked down the better fruit. And so we came to the time of which we write, when the clouds were darkest, i to work, but lie did not work as long as aud when all that was left as a home to;hc had the day before. Towards night ho the . misguided pair was about fallen to came in looking sad and dejected aud sat ruin, aud destruction. We have heard down with a groan. the conversation that took place ou that; ''What's the matter, John'?" and hU' j June morning after the children had gone , to school. John Nudgkius went mt intoj the garden as he had been bidden, aud.it Polly was left alone iu the kitcheu. " Goodness gracious!" The toweriuj: Alps, with their frown- j ing battlement of eternal suow, arose not! i more sternly in the path of Hannibal! than arose the task which she had taken 1 ! upon herself before John Nudgkins. j Uooauess graces! Huw in the world shall I set about it?" And she sat down and thought the. matter over. jss. " I ain't to look cross, nor speak cross. It'll come hard. Rut I'll try it. .1 be - lieve I can staud it. I can stand it ns long as he can. He promised not to touch a drop not A into p. I m blessed if I believe he can do it. I should be asham ed. to be the first to back down, aud 1 won't. We'll' see :.!. i l how long John can emit iiuu uan. Polly washed her dishes they were paor, craeked, mismatched things but she washed them as she would have wash ed better "ones, and set them away; and when this was done, she peeped through the window into the garden, and there she saw John busiTy at work pulling up weeds and hoeing around the tender plants. At eleven o'clock he came in after a driuk of water. " Ry gracious!" he muttered, as he wiped the sweat from his brow.' " It kind o'takes hold of me." Had Polly followed the old bent of her inclinations she would have taunted hitu with being lazy and good for nothing ; but she dared not to do that uow ; yet she j felt obliged to say something, because she ! tnew that the spirit of her promise re quired that she should be plcasaut. "Come into rest, didn't y;ou, John ?" "No, I just come in to get a drink of water, that? all." "Wouldn't a glass of spirits taste bet ter ?" "No, Polly not now. You know I've j made the promise ; and I mean to keep it ; if God gives me strength." The wife's next words were spoken .from the impulse of her heart: "Hold on, John, let me get a pail fresh water that's been standing.". of I can get it, Polly "No," still from the heart "you arc too tired. I'll get it for you." And away she went; and very shortly John had a driuk of pure water, fresh from the well : and when he had drauk it he felt no thirst for anything stronger. Was it the cold water which John had drauk that lightened his hoc wheu he re sumed his labor? No, it was something remaining hour of the forenoon he work - ed away, iecltug that kiudly spoken word lightened his spirits as a glass of rum would never have done. Aud how was it iu the house ? In half an hour Polly Nudgkins was humming to herself a tune au old tune and it was something that she had not done before for a long time. Surely some thing must have occurred to send a ray of sunshine across her path, because such pfople do not siug in tho lowering of gloom. Could it have been the effect of her own kindly word to her hnsbaud ? Noon came and dinner was ready. John came in quite weary, and under the influence of tho new spirit which Tolly l l li 1 II .1- i had called up she really sympathized with him. 1 ho provisions lor the meal was very meager, and if she had followed the habit of years, she would have pointed out the fact, and taken occasion thereup- on to shower abuso upon his head; but! she could not do that now. The hum-; ming of the old tune had so softened her voico that without much effort she kiud ly said "It's a poor dinner John, but it's tho best wc have." j cause ol lear that the other might fail. And John, with nil his good nature a- They kept their promise as the Psalmcst roused by the magic tone of kind works,: would keep t he statue of the lord : bc replicd : J cause "in the keeping of them there U 'Never minJ, Tolly, we'll cat what wo'great reward have to day, and perhaps to morrow we'll j It was Christmas evining. The child have something better. If 1 don't drink ( reu were away in one corner playing with' any n.orc rum 1 shall save in two ways ; the toys, which had been found in their" I Khali enrn more, aud 1 shau't spend so stockings that morning, while tho hus much foolishly." :band aud wife sat by the cheerfully bUs- As Polly Nudgkins heard these works ing fire. she asked hcreself, if she had her hus- "I declare, Polly." cried John, tie re band's welfare in her own hands ? Ae flcctiou of the ruddy , blare upon l!is had not only that, but with his welfare, plamp face giving him very much theap tho welfarn ol'.heiesclf an I his children ? pearauce of u blush, 4 if folks sdiouM se-i; Dut he would keep his roinUc ? us action so, they would thiuk wo Wai" And a still small voice whispered with- two old fools ! jQ . j "And who cares if they do," exclaini- "Keep your promise aud bote for the cd the wife iu reply, at thofamc time giv kest ' ' ing her husbaud a hearty smack, "lull' On the following morning" whon Jtdin you, John, wu commenced to be good, an" awoke, he heard hU wife at work iu the loviii', an happy so late iu life that we'll kitchen, and when he had dressed him- have to hurry up if we expect to get auy self he crept out like a culprit, expect- wheres near our full, t haic of cuuiujaJ up in a moment. 'Ry glory !" he cried; shaking himself.- feel first rate." He ate his breakfast and then went out wife came aud sat down by his side 1 IIy, I m afraid you'll have tO'ivif up j The wife was startled. She was just' jbogiuing to dream of peace aud comfort: : Could it be possible that the half formed' fabric was going to tumble to .pieces "John ain't you going to keep your for-' uicr promise." 1 Oh, it ins't that Polly. God knows I- wani 10 ao an l can, dui i am wcaK ana ifaiut. I can t work as I mean to work. I have drank ruiu so long, aud drank so much, that it pulls me down terribly to ; break IT as I am irini? now. It will taktf ;uic two or three days, perhaps a week, to get strong again, uud iu that time I can's wori. I'm ali of a tremble Oh you Hon t know iiow weak 1 am, .V rr j ''No uo !" cried John vehemently, "I" uou t waut any such thing." "Then what do you waet?" asked the wife earnestly. "What can I do for you?.'" The husband louked up wondcringlyj Polly," he said tremblingly.; "I mean to keep my promise; but can you keep--yours if I ain't able to work ?" There was much of fear so much of praycrfuluess in the fuiutiug mau's look as he spoke, that the wife felt her heait warmed toward him as it might have warmed toward a suffering child. His face wa3 a mirror upon which she could read all his thoughts and feelings. He. wanted to succeed he wanted to conquer thee nemy, and ne wanted help. He knew his weakness, and he feared that in the hoar of his sore distress, his wife's kind ness would fail him. She read it all all this and much more as plainly as could, be spoken. At that moment she coubJL not, had she tried, have spoken harshlyT When he came to her so humbly and be seechingly for help, she could not cast, him off, aud it cost her no effort to put her arm arouud his neck and say to him: "John, fear not for me. I will keep my promise if you will keep yours ; aud if weakness and sirknes come upon. you. from your drinking I will be a good kind nurse, and help you all I can." And then John let his head sink nponT his wife's shoulder, and there he cried like a chili. This was a new experience to Tolly Nudgkins; but it was a very sweet one. How her heart softened and melted bcucath the infleuce of those tears ! sof tened and melted never to grow. hard and callous again ! Who would have thought that the woman had such a heart ? Ayc, who would have tho't it wheu herself did not know it? The capacitiesof the heart arc like some of those rare capacities of mind, which may not manifest themselves until some wondrous emergency calls them to uiu ngni oi uay. .Many and many a- ; poor wayfarer of earth has ploded darkly ana wearily over ule s rough and ru i road, outcast and forsaken, degraded i ided and- denounced, sinking at leugth iuto a dis hotioTod gr.tve, who had a rich mine of wealth iu his own heart only the veiu was never struck, and the heart waa'tk was never brought to the surface. John Nudgins became very weak, and his limhs shook as though ho had tha' palsy ; but it did not last a great while. At the end of a week he was quite strong,, and Mr. Wainwright who had hcad u the reformatory movement, came unto 'see it. ne eouid lure nun upon a building j that he wished to eret as quickly as sible. Help was very scarce, and it l . : Ml.l. v as pos- almost inipossidhle to obtaiu house car-- penters at any price. John went to work at once, and his wa ges were more than he had thought of asking. The summer passed aad John kept his promise, ana Polly hers. From the keeping of John's promise came neat a ness and thrift to all outside ; while from- the keeping of Polly's promise flowed peace and comfort within. And it had come ito pass that neither kept the promise be ir
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