Rates of Advertising. One iiu:h,(t-elve iiues or its equivalent in XonfarelJ tyi) one or iwo in-rtioiis, i !,-'); three insertions 2.00. Space. 1m. -. 2m. 3m. 6m. It. Ou inch $-.5 $:t.(K) 4.1)0 S.GO lD.UO Two incuts .".., 5.ik T.tKl 9.(10 15.00 Three inches 5,m 7.00 0.IIU ViJIO 1S.IX) Four inehes..., 7.(mi H.m ll.no 17.00 M.t0 gnartrr Ooluinu 10.00 ! .) 14.IM WUK) J.W) Half column 15.00 1H.00 ttw 3e.fl6 61.OO One colnirii t.u :;.00 41.00 Co.tW 1WU Yearly advertisiinents payable quarterly Transient adveiiiseineutB mast be paid before insertion, txeit where parties have accounts. J,oc:il not ice twenty eeuta a line, and ten cents for every subsequent iusertiou. (,'anuf in tl.e "UutiiueBB Irtrectory" column $2.00 per year for the first to liius, aDd $1.00 for each additional line. the business with Iloskins, Cyrus eame leisurely from the olh'ce of the' latter, up Broadway. It was full of holiday seekers, many of the sttices !in closed, and the clerks and saleswomen in their best attire The Sunbury American Is Pl-BLIHF.! EVF.KY FNiriAY, BY EITL WILVEET, Proprietor, Comer of Tliinl S,anJ J-I'jrf et Squnn, sxxi.rr.Y, pa. : At One Dollar hhI Fitly Coiits j If paid s.ricily iu ailvuuoliJ.T.-.i!' p,id witmutheycir; or 2.00 iu all cs.se when payment is delayed tiil alter t expiralion of the yc:r. No substa'iptiou .li-eoutiiiued j until all rrci.nitrt'M art- p.inl unlens;,at the option of the i publisher. Thse mm auk biuiki.v akhkhku to. Ali new e'tliscriptiou to tile AmerioHii by i-.-hoiisl:vi!i outside of th Cammy f Northumberland, uiiwt be ac companied 'h the L'ah. 'this in made iiec.-ssavy by the diiheultyiifri 'ieel in to'.IiA'.'iai; em-nd subscrii t!:tTlH at a diaiic. 12sta.im&licl In ItSlO. ii:icj; 91 50 IX AOVAXCE. s SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20. 1874. Old Merle!, Vol. 35, No. 31. A WTO If' A citctr: IIALTIMOKE LOCK "In. JOHNSTON, IIOSI'ITAL Physician of this celebrated Institution, has . discovered ike most certain, spc cly, pleasant and ctrectual remedy in the world for ail DISEASEa.OF IMPRUDENCE. Weakness ot tha Back or Limbs, strictures, Affections of Kidtieys and Bladder, Involun tary Discharges, Impoiency, Ccneral Debili tv, Nervoasness, Dvspe.psy, Languor, Low Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of the Heart, Timidity, Tretviblings, Dimness of Sight. or Gidaine,. Disease of the Ilx'ad, TliroHt, Kosc or Skiq, A flections of Liver, Lungs, Stomach or BowcU these terrible Disorders arising from lhc-8a$ry Habits of Youth-rtbose secret and solitary-practice more fatnl to their victims than the song of Syrens to the Mariners of Ulysses, blightir .their" most brilliant, hopes of anticipations, rend'eriug marring", Ac., hnpos Eiblc. YOUNG MEN especially, who have become the victims of Soli tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit which annually sweeps to an untimely grave thousands' of yonng me of the most exalted talents and biiniant intellect, who might other wise hav entranced listening Senatos-witu the thunders of eloquence or waked to eestacy the living Ivre, hiav call with fall confidence. MAttP.IAUE. Married Persons or Young Men contemplating anai-rbice. STrArtSP.f Ph wicul-. U'eaku of Fxocreakvew'oJr Impmetiry), Norifbus Ef, eitability. Palpitation, Organic neatness, ner vous Debility, or any other Disqualification, tjteedily relieved. Z lie who places himself under the care of Dr. J. may religiously conlidc in Iiis honor as a gentle man, and effntidently rely uon his skill as a Fhv hi'lan. ORGANIC WEAKNESS. Impotency, Loss or Power, iiiimediately Cured and full Vigor Restored. This Distressing Atreetion which renders Lite miserable aiid marriage impossible is the penalty paid by tile victims of improper indulgences. Young persons are too apt to commit excesses from not being aware of the dreadful consciences that may ensue. Now, who that understands I lie subject will pretend to deny that the power of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into Improper habits than by the prudent T Besides brine deprived the pleasures of healthy offspring, the most serious and destructive symptoms to both body and mind arise. The system becomes de ranged, the Physical and Mental Functions Weakened, Lots of Proereative Power, Nervous Irritability, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart, j Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting j t' the Frame, Cough, Consumption. Decay and I IVatb. i A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DA VS. lYr-oiiB ruined in health by unlearned preten ders who keep tlu m trilling month after mouth, taking poisonous and injurious compounds, .1 1J ..,.,1. (,m,..Ul.lr Til' UlHVCT.'iV ! Member of the Koyal Collcjre of Surgeon, Lon don, (iruduated from one of the niOKt emiuctit 'ol'ees in the United States, and the greater j nrt of whose ife has been spent in the ho.-pitals of London, Pris, Philadelphia and elsewhere, lias ellectcd some of the most astonishing cures i tiiat were ever Known ; many troubled witti rinir jn in the bead and cars when asleep, great nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sonnds, bashfHlness, with frequent blushing, attended sometimes with derangement of mind, were cured i.'iKiiediatclv. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. Dr. J. addresses all those who have injtirrd themselves by improper indulgence and solitary habits, which ruin both body and mind, unlittin them lor cither business, study, society or mar riairc. 'I HEsn arc some of the sad and melancholy tbets produced by eirly habits 01 youth, viz: Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the Iia kand Head, Dimness of Si-rlit, Loss of Mus cular Power. Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy, Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Diirestivc Kunclions, ieneriil Debility, Symptoms of Cou oumption, Vc. MestaI.LT The fearful effects on the miud are much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forebodinss, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, .Ve., are some of the evils produced. THorsA-SDS of persons of all a-res can now judi;c what is the cause of their declining health, Willi; their vior, becoming, weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, havim; a singular appearance about the eyes, cough and symptoms of consump tion. YOUNG MEN Who have injured th mselves by a certain prac tice indulged In when alone, a habit frequently learned from evil companions, oral school, the cileets of Tlnch are nightly Jell, even when ep, and if not cured, renders marriage impos- sible, and destroys both mind and body, should apply immediately. What a pity that a young man, the hope of his country, the darling ef his parents, should f-ie enatehcA from all prospects and enjoyments of life, by The consequence of deviating from the path oil' nature and indulging iu a certain secret habit. Such rcrsons mi st before couteintdating MARRIAGE, refleet that a sound mind and body arc the most necessary requisites to promote connubial happi-w-. Indeed without these, the journey through life becomes a weary pilgrimage; the prospect hourly darkens to the view; the mind becomes bhadowed with despair and tilled with the melan choly reflection, that the happiness of another becomes blighted with our own. A CERTAIN DISEASE. When the misguided and imprudent votary of pleasure finds that he has imbibed thc seeds of this painful disease, it too often hupjteus that an ill-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery, deters him from applying to those who, from education and respectability, Can alone befriend him, delaying tiil the constitutional symptoms oi ; this horrid disease make their appearance, such as ulcerated sore throat, diseased uose, noetural j pains In the head aud limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on the shiu bouc6 and arms, j blotch on the. head, face and extremities, pro- 1 pressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the pululc of thc mouth or the bones of the nosefaJl ! in, and thc victim of this awful dieae becomes j a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts j a period, to his dreadful suffering, by sending: liim to "that Undiscovered Count n from whenee io traveller returns."- 1 It is a. melancholy fact that thousands DIE 1 victims to this terrible disease, through falling into the hands pf Ignorant or unskillful PKh 'I ENUER3, who, by the use of that deadly Poi son, Mercury, kc, destroy the constitution, and incapiible of curiug, keep thc unhappy sufferer month aftvr uiontji taking their noxious or in jurious compounds, and instead of being restored to a renewal of Life Vigor and Happiuc:s, in des pair leave him with ruined Health to sigh over his galling disappointment. To such, therefore, Dr. Johnston pledges him self to preserve the most Inviolable. Secrecy, and from his extensive practice and observations iu (In; great Hospitals of Europe, and the tirst in t h"is country, viz: England, France, Philadelphia ind elsewhere, is enabled to offer the most cer tain, speedy and effectual remedy in thc world for all diseases of imwudence. DU. JOHNSTON. FFAE, N. 7, S. FREDERICK STREET. 0ALTIVOKK, M. I). Left hand side going from Baltimore street, a few doors from the corner. Fail not 1o observe name aud number. letters received unless postpaid and containing a ?tamp to be used on the reply. Per sons writing should state age, and 6end a portion f advertisement describing symptoms. There are so many Paltry, Designing and Worthless Jmpnsters advertising themselves a Physicians, trilling with and ruiuiug the health of all who unfortunately fall into their power, '.hat Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es iecial!y to those unacquainted with his renuta tiou that Lis Credentials or Diploma always fiang is his office. ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS. The many thousands wired at this Establish ment, year" after year, and the numerous im portant Surgical Operations performed by Dr. Johnston, witnessed by the representatives of the press and many othef papers, notices of which have appeared again and again before the public, besides bis standing as a gentleman of character aud responsibility, is a sufficient guarantee to the afflicted. Shin diseases speedily cured. April 8, 1S74. lv LIMBEIl AMI PI.AMVG .MILLS. ILiid Street, adjoining Phila. v. Erie R. It., two Squares North of thc Central Hotel, SUNBURY, PA. IJIA T. CLEMENT, c I S prepared to furnish every description of lum L her required by the demands of the public. Having all the latest improved machinery for manufacturing Lunber, he is now ready to till or ders f all kinds of FLOORING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS, SASH, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE RANDAS, BRACKETS. and all kinds or Ornamental Scrowl Work. Turn- ing of every description promptly executed.- Also, i A I.AUGE ASSOHTMrST OF RILL LUMREll. HEMLOCK aud PINE. Also, Shingles, Pickets, Lathe, Ac. Orders promptly tilled; and fcbipped by Railroad ir otherwise. IRA T. CLEMENT. .'relii y JOSKJMI S. AK.OM, ATTORNEY-and COUXSELk?JR AT LAW, llerndon, North'tfcouuty, Pa. All business matters in the counties of North umberland, Snyder, Union, Perry and Juniata promptly attended to. ( Consultations can be had in the German and English language. april 17. lSM.-ly. EDMl'ND DAVIS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUNBURY, T'F.NN'A. Ofliec in Haunt's Building, south side of Mar- ket st reft jmte3,'T4.-ly. iW .ti. a.soki:k. ATTORNEY AT LAW ANn corNTT nouciTpn. Office on Front Street below Market, Snnbury, Pm. Collections and all lc;al Imsiness promptly attended to. TAMES IJEAKO. i tf ATTORI Office in Hanpt's building,! .-.r r.. .-r-r.t Smiikurt. i otUhEast Corner Ul ,.VIY-. ...jw... J0 X j Sl'CCIAL ATTKMION Tiitt Tf WLLSCTIONS. pi7.tt; (tfrfssitw;ER. Offii-e with S. Bovcr. Esq., hi Uright's Building, S inbnry. Pa. Auz. ,-'2.,73. l.v. iV. " ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND ACTING JUSTICE oV THT. PEACE. Nevt Door toJudo Jordan's Residence. Chest nut Street, Suubur-y, Pa. Collections and U legal matters prom;'tly at tended to. JEREMIAH SNYDER, ATTORNEY A'l LAW, AND K'TIXi; Jl STU B OF THE FE.tCE Convevancii.g,thecollcctionsofclaim.swrtings, , will mm it to llieir interest to can anu e.x.i.u ur. , and all kinds ot Legal btiMness will be attended this large stock as better bargains can be eci r to carefully and with despatch. Can be co.sult- "d than bnymg from parties 'huckstering Tound ed iu. the English aud German language. )i!n;e fnrmnrlr ocei.oied bv Solomon Mflliek. Esa . dh. positeCity Hotel, Sunburv, Pa. March '."., Is7::. ly. G. A. KOTOOIIF, Attornev-at4.il w, ' ;eokgiWow, Northumberland Co., Penna. Can be consulted in the English, and German j lanetiairc. Collections attended to in North umberland and adjoining counties. j A1m Aircnt for the Leba 11411 Valley Fire hisu- 1 . ranee Company. - tiibl. j: i 'I' II. I K.ISF, Attorney at Law, -UN- j BURY, PA.. Otlice in Market Square. I I (adjoining the othce of Y . I. Greenoiigh, J-.si.,) 1 ! Professional business in this and adjoining conn- ! ties promptly attended to. Sunbury, March Hi, ls7.-ly. 4 . C. PACKER, Attorney at Law, Sunbury, Pa. November O, 1S72. tf. Sit. ItOYEIC. Attorney and Counselor at Law. Rooms Nos. 'J .v .' Second Floot, Bright's Building, SUNBURY, PA. Professiona ......... I. ..1 .-. jmi.a t.f V.irilil in uiiMiirs uiu uiiiti t'j, 111 Kityj wmii.-. .ji .-. " . 11 1. 1 oerlarjd and adjoining courties. Also, in the . Circuit and Ilstriri Courts for thc Westcin Dis- I triet of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect- ! ed. Particular attAnt ion paid to ces in Jiiink- j mjilry. Consultation can be bad m the nr man language. marJ."."71. II. KAMI' Attrvniev :it Law. SIN Ljm BURY, i'A., office in Masscr's Building! near the. Court-House. Front Room up stairs! above thc Drug Store. Collections made in Nor thumberland and adjoining counties. ; Sunbury, Pa., June S, l. i. O I. WOLVEIITOX, Attorney nt Law. Market Square, SUNBURY.PA. Profession al busiuess in this and adjoining counties prompt -y attended to. Hit. .MASSEIt, Attorney at Law, SUN- BURY, PA. Collections attended to in the counties f Northumberland, Uniou, Snyder. Montour, Columbia aud Lycoming. apllU-O'J S OLOMOX .MALIlli. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office at his residence on Arch street, one square north of thc Court House, near the jail, SUN BURY, PA. Collections and all professional business promptly attcuded to in this and adjoin ing counties. Consultations can be had iu the German language. July27-17-. ti. W. ZIIXIXK. I.. T. ItonRIIAC 11. 7.1 1.; LEU V HO I fit BACH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW; Office in llaupt's Building, lately occupied by Judge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrbach, Esq. Collections and all professional business pr -mptly attended to in the Courts of Northum berland and adjoining counties. Dec. :. 1.171. Or. A. '. CLARK, IN Mrs. Donncl's building, up stairs, above T. II. B. Kase's law office, opposite the Court House, Sunl ury, Pa. Jut.e l'J, ls7L ; tnos. pd. G. It.CA I WALL A OEK. Market Street, SUNBURY, PA. Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, Pocket Books. Dairies, Ac. D's, It. V. M. .MA It'l l , Office in Drug Store, Clement House Block, Office hours : from 11a. m., to 1 p. m., and from 0 to 'J p. in., at all other hours, wheu not Professionally en gaged can be found at resilience, corner of Front and Peni) street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention given to surgical cases. Will vi.-it Patients either in town or country. j Joicls ;uti Itcstanrants. CLE.MEXT IIOI'SE, Third Street below J Market, Sunbury, Pa. THAI). S. SHAN NON. Proprietor. Rooms neat and comfortable. Tables supplied with the delicacies of the season and thc waiters attentive and obliging, j Sunqury, April t!4, 1S74. U1 M H O STATES HOTEL. W. F. KIH IIEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De ' pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to : travellers, and the best aceommodations given. I April 5, 1S7:!. tf Wasiii;tox hoi se. c. neff Proprietor, Corner of Market fc Second i Street, opposlto the Court House, Sunburv, j Pa. May'.'V7o." ALLEC;iIEXY IIOISE, A. BECK' Proprietor, Nos. Si 'i and 814 Market Street, above eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Terms, ii per day. He respectfully solicits your patron age. Janti'7:J. VfATIOXAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS i-N WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd County, Pa., at the Station ofthe N. C. K. W. Choice wines and cigars at the bar. The table is supplied with the best the market affords. Good stabiing and attentive ostlers. Hl.M.MEIS RESTAl TtAXT, LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor. Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, FEN.VA. Having just refitted the above Saloon for the accomodation of the public, is now prepared to 6crvc jis friends with the best refreshments, and fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, aud ull other malt quors. tutsincss (Farbs. W. S. llltOADS. i. PACKPK HAAS T S. ItHOADS A- CO., V itFTAir. nr.Ai.nits of ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A. Office with Haas, Faoei.t vV Co., Orders left at ScasUoltz & Bro's., office Market treet, will receive prompt attention. Country ustom respectfully solicited. Feb. 4, 171. tf. ANTHRACITE COAL! VALEXTIXE DIETZ, Wholesale and Retail dealer in every variety of ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF, SUNBURY, PENN'A. All kinds of Grain taken in exchange, for Coal. i Orders solicited nnd filled Promptly. Orders left at s y Nevin's Confectionery Store, on Third , re(.t rficjeVe prompt atteutioii, and mone t receiptedfor, the same us at the office. CKAWFOKIk IIOI'SE, Cor. Third and Mulberry, business Centre, Williamsport, Pa. D. B. ELSE .v. CO., Proprietor. June ?'. 117". IESTISTUY.5 i In SimjismVs. 'Building, M(Ajt SitarCf : "f prepared to do alii indsoCw orb iwrtaifting j X to Dentistry. ".Ho Keeps cm&$f?.m trftK ! a large assortmcntbf TTetWtlitirrwBtnt ! material, from wiiicliiwfJetat(tr All worK warri'iited'to piffjatisfaiuioji.'or eria the money rewnied. "; - - .. t. . . r W -1 . nlITXnih 17..,..) . st. Moiitb Wash aiidTooih-PoVdersj, - . "kept on hnn His refe s are the numerous patrons frfr whom he hali wofked fof tk1:u twelTe years, v, April 21, 1M.V t : Slmburv. TnHuuirffiliued haviug eonnected the Coal business with his extensive FLOUB & RIX trade, is prepared to supply families with the VERY II EST OF CO A I.. C'IIEA1 FOR C?ASII. Egg, Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain taken in exchange for Coal. J. M. CADWALLADER. gunbury,. Jan. 15, 1870. tf. ' ' Sl,Mtl KY nARRLF. YARD, Fortb Slreel JUelow Slarkot, str x b U 11 Y, PE M - rjlIIE uudersigned ha6 returned from the Ver X mont Marble Quarjits with 5tt Tons of Marble for. .TtoiitufteSBts, tiravo-Stonos, ( lC UOIIUL !! HUUU IlUlTD IlliU I will allow him to sell better stone, for ; le9s money, than heretofore. The best Sutherland Falls Marble, j l which is better than Italian. Rutland is now sold as low as the Manchester. I Those who need anything iu the Marble line, 1 j for Monuments, Grave-Stones, or other purposes, j , i"c counirj. ( ! All lettering will be done in the neatest and , most Improved stvle. W. M. DAUGHERTY. Sunbury, Jan. 11, 1S7J. JOHN NEAU1.EV. 1- W. I'CKHT . .STEAM I'LAIMSW MILLS, MILLERSBURG, PA. XEAGLEV & PEKIIY, Manufacturers and Dealers in ooriug. Siding, Surface Hoards, Lath, Stripping, Shingles, And all kiiJiis of Sash, Doors, Shutters, Blinds Mouldings, A c. Hemlock V White Pine Bill Stuff, and all kinds of Building Material. Stair building and church work a specialty, ! t March i:, lv- ' j i OM.EY. HAOCETT V MATEEIt. DEALERS IN H A 11 D WARE. CUTLERY, IRON", GUNS, NAILS, TOOLS, ROl'K, . GLASS, . PULLEYS, I'AINTS, PUTTY, .OILS, VARNISH, SltOE FINDINGS, i.ETiir.it nri.Tisc, Fishing; Twrkle, Aminitiiiliou. j A lull line of goods at low pi ices. J NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS : i Please call and examine j SlfiN OF TIIK ANVIL. ' 1 SH Market Street, SI .MII KY IA. June .1, 1S74. 1 KEEP I T II A Ml Y! ! ! I lie iteiiHble family .Meiiieiiie. D' IARRIIEA. Dvscnterv, Cholera, Summer ; Complaint, Crumps, etc., quickly cured by thc use of JARDELLA'S Compound Syrup of Blackberry Root and Rhlt- : barb. An old, well tried remedy, entirely vege table, plea'.int to take, quiek and certain iu cllect ; can be depended on in the most urgent caes ; maybe given to the youngest infant as - well as to adults. It contains NO CAMPHOR OR OPIUM. Il is a pleasant extract and readily taken by '' children. It lias often saved life wheu phi- , ciaus had despaired. Keep it in the house and use in time. All we ak for it is a trial. Don't I let your dealer pul you oil' with something else. , Bay it. Try it. Sold by Drnggi-ts and Store : Keepers throughout this State. Prepared only I by HANsELL & BRO.. " ! i jul!,-P.m 'JO00 Market Stieet, Philadelphia. : ,O0O IX IFTS. i XO IOSTI77xEMEXT. ' A (j rami Gift Concert. 1 A (ilttSD OlrT t'ONOritT . i will 1 jiosuively iiven at Snnliiiry, Pj., in the Indejn ' iltnt WASHINGTON STKAM l"lt:F. COMPANY, m 'i iifi'.snAY, i i:i!1'.i ai:y is, isTi. rilli-H the tieketh are all h due Itutiee will be Id 14 for tliat time, win n : riven ul the tnnt . A full Ilriiwing Certain. Owinc to the Pitme, unil in ooti r to meet the eeneial w i-tl UIiil exjiertalioll nt the ul. he n.l t he tleket-bi litters lor the lull i'uyiuetit ot the tiiliH ui;i:oiinel, t tie man- ae;t-llie!it have rielenumt tl to o-(.oii( the 4 oi,eert mill 1 ira won? tu the date nhoe i tiiteil. The oh.leet of thlH eut.-i ii !e i !. the l-uron- ot se euniiK h Htealn r ire Knijine, uhieh will 1m an advantage to all neiyhlioriiik town aeei-MHiMe l.y rail, trom the tact that it will le an InoV.eiide!it Company. Anil a we have never tailed to itiHchae our duly when calle.t ii) -on, v. e eei tiiluly will lie iil'l.-to :;eeoii,pll. h more j-'oo.I vmiii the aid ot a Htemtier. '1 here in no less .than iiiucteeu lar;;eatnl Mlnaii tonus within t lurt y lulli-H ot rtuhhury, all of which e.ill tie reached liy railroad, thus allordlllf the t.urllitv of aMi-l?i!e j.jiv i l llit-i- i-liu-e. m .-.. thau an tionr'H time ; while at Ihe Kime time our town w ill not i be lllijil'-itected. I ur project licit!;? a lall'l.ihle tilj t.-el e.inli.l. HI that ad the !ic!a-t will be .ll-. .-.! the time aln-ie nunied tor drawing. THE FoU.oWINii IS A LIST iK (itlTS; iw:.r. one gi;ni (iii'T of fi.iHKj ' ' ' Kl) " ' ; linn " " " .".0H " ' ' :iim ' oiit of iuo " loo 10 OiltH of f.Mi.im laum 4H(iittsof j.isi lawn llHIliiltHllf IH.IMI l.tKKJ JiiU Ulttn of 5.ISI l.ono r.o.i i.ilin of 'ion l.mjo l.lKKl (ilils of 1.0(1 1,11110 . 1,:.7 Tot-l K,0(I0 This enterprise is no individual ieru!utioi!, such as hioiscri, lotM aud furniture put up at fabulous priccH. The holder of a micei snful ticket will receive 1im ili"T in CASH. There will lx- 2o,no0 Tickets of Aduiiw-ion to this fun. cet-t, at $l.m .icb. and at the time alove utati d ttie f'l,ll Ml CASH Oltts will lie liloiributcd. PLAN OK IHS'I ItlliPTION. Twenty thou. and lilltntierH, representing and corres potidlnc; with fboe on the receipt isnued, will l.e place:) in one wheel and criiiH e ncioaeil with the tialiicrt of the Preiniutai iu sealed Ikixcm will lie placed ill another. From tlm-e whcflrt, a number and oiie of the alxive liu til ed lUM ilbcd cards will lie t;ikeu ulinultatieomly. The utiiulier ho drawn from the one wheel aecures the pre mium dcitf uaied by th card taken at the game tiina lrom the other. This operation will lie performed by a blind wro!i, and continued until Eighteen Hundred and Filty-Kftvci Premium are exhausted. It iHevideiit that by this procesrt, traud or favortmni will lie impossi ble, tvery person holding a ticket will be entitled to admission into the Concei-t. All ifts Paid ill CASH without discount. Money can be seul for 1 ickeis iu registered letter,, or Post oilice Money Orders, or by Ei pr- at our nek. If desired. Tickets will Is, wdI by Express, C. o. 1. The following nenth-inen haiw kindly consented to act as TruateeH for the above (lift Concert : S. P. Wolvertou, Esq., lurector 1. H. and W. It. It.; tleo. HiU, Attorney at l.aw ; Hon. W. E. Iiewart, ex hicinber of Congress ; W m. I. ireenoiluh, Esij., llirec tor First National liauk of Kntibury ; .1. b m Unas, Esq., ditto; Ira T. Clement, Euinberniau ; Win. T. Oraht, Coal Merchant, Nuiibiiry. The alsive named gentlemen are liighniiuded and honorable men, who would not lend their name, and give Iheir assisiance lo any unworthv object. SAMX S. HF.NIjKICKK, OFO. M. KKSN, WM. II. MM.El.lt, LEVI NKASHOI1Z, I'll I LIP M. SHINOEE, :olnlllittee. All comruuuieationa cheerfully answered. Address, in all case, N. S. ENOEi:, Corresponding Secretary. Sillibnr,, I eyri 'it. IV"4. TIIE SUNBURY AMERICAN f.iJL' ... v r , . T, . 1 Largest and Most Complete Lstab is lmeu . f The IN THIS SECTION. NEW TYFE, NEAT WORK, IMPROVED PRESSES, 4 SKILLED WORKMEN... 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ItT 'Cnrfow Miitt not Kins To-nistil." j " In the tin., of Cromwell, a young soldier, for ! mnstcr ot tIie ,10"so an" lM ""l "?P home oli'ence, was comb-mud to die, and the I 111 onec more, 'out it COllM not. fjtlite shut j time of hH death was fixed "at the ringing of the curfew.'" Naturally such a doom would be fearful and bit'.er to one in the years of his hope and piide, but to this unhappy youth death was doijblv terrible, since; he was soon to have been 1 married to a beautiful voung lady whom he had - ; Jong ov(.() Thc my;wll0 ,0Vi.(, hiin ar(ll.nt,y j rttur use(j jicr lltni09l efrort3 to avert I his'fate, pleading with the judges, and even with ! Cromwell himself, but all in vain. Iu her despair 1 she tried to bribe the old sexton not to ring the I bell, but she found that impossible. The hour drew near for the execution. The preparations were completed. The officers of the law brought forth the prisoner, and waited, while the sun ! was setting, for the signal from the distant hell- tower. To thc wonder of everybody, it did not ring ! Only one human being at that moment knew the reason. The poor girl, half wild with 1 , th .'.bought of her lover's peril, had rushed, nn Se), up the winding stairs, and climbed the ladders into the belfry loft and seized the tongue j:dijffhb: bulk The old sexton was in his place, prompt to thc fatal moment. He threw his weight upon the rope, and the bell, obedient to bis practiced hand, reeled and swung to and fro in the tower. But thc brave girl kept her hold, and no sfttiml issued from it's metalic lips. Again aud again the sexton drew the rope, but with desperate strength the young heroine held on. Evory movement made her position more fear ful ; every sway of the. hell's huge weight threat ened to fling her thiough the high tower window; j butShe would not let go. At last the sexton fweqinway. Old and deaf, he had not noticed i thuTthe curfew gave no peal. The brave girl ? descended from the belfry, wounded and tremb- ling. She hnrried from the church to the place i of execution. Cromwell himself was there, and , was just sending to demand why the bell was ! silent. j Slowly England's sun was setting o'er the hi'.l ! ' tops far away, i Filling nil the land with beauty at the close of ; v one sad day, ' Andfihe last rays kissed the forehead of a man j ' and maiden fair, i He with footsteps slow and weary, she with sun- i. ny lloating hair ; He with bowed head, sad and thoughtful, she -with lips all cold and white, j Sn uggled to keep back the murmer, "Curfew must not ring to-night." "Sexton," Bessie's whit lips faltered, pointing to the prison old, With its turrets tall and gloomy, with its walls dark, dump, and cold, "I've a lover in that prison, doomed this very night to die, At the ringing of the Curfew, ami no earthly heip is nigh ; Cromwell will not come till sunset," and her lips grew strangely white As she breathed the husky whisper, "''urfew must not ring to-night." "Bessie," calmly spuke the sexton, every word . pierced her young heart Like the piercing of an arrow, like a deadly poisoned dart, "Long, long years I've rung the Curfew from tthut gloomy, shadowed tower; Everv evening, just at sunset, it has to'.d thu twilight hour ; have done my duty ever, tried o do it just and right, Now I'm old I still must do it, GrleV it most ring to-night." j With her eyes and pale features, stern and white i her thoughtful brow, And within her secret bosom Bessie made a l solemn vow. i She had listened while the judges read without a j tear or sigh, ! "At the ringing of the-curfew, Basil Underwood must die." And her breath came fast and faster, and her i eyes grew large and bright ' In an undertone she murmured, I (.'urfew muot not ring to night." She with quick steps bounded lor vard, sprung within the old church door, Left the old man threading slowly paths so oft he'd trod before ; i Not one moment paused the maiden, but with ; eye and cheek aglow, Mounted up the gloomy tower, where the beil swung to and fro. And she climbed the du-ty ladder on which fell j no ray of light, I Up and up, her wiiite lips saying, Curlew shall not ring to-night. ! She had reached the topmost ladder, o'er her hangs the great dark be!! ; Awful is the gloom beneath her, like a pathway down to bell. l.o, the puuderous tongue is .-winging, 'tis the hour of curfew now, And the sight has chilled her bosom, stopped her ; breath and paled her brow. j Shall be let il tiug ? No. never ! Flash her eyes ; with sudden light, 1 And she springs and grap it liniily ; ('urfew shall not ring to-night." a Oat she swung, far out, tin city seemed a speck of light below, "Twixt heaveu and earth lu r loin) sr.-pended, as . the bell swung to and tio, And the sexton at the bell-rope, old and deaf, heard not thc bell, I'.nt lie thought it still was ringing fair young 1 Basil's funeral knell. Still the maiden clung most firmly, and with trembling lips and white, Said to hush her heart's wild beating, CmiV.v .-liall not ling to-night." ' h was o'er, the bell ceased swaying, and the : maiden stepped once more 1 t'iniilvoii the d.uk old ladder, w here for hun dred years before. ' . Human foot hud not been planted. Tie- luave ! deed that she had done ; Should be told long ages alt. r. as the rays of setting sun, j 1 Should illume the sky with beauty : aged sires I ' with heads of white, j i Long -hotild tell the little children, I i Curlew d'hl not ling that night. ! ! i... ....... i.o. ,..cr,..,...,n h...!.. ...,. O'er the distant hills came Cromwell ; te-sie sees j him, and her brow, ', Full of hope and fuil of gladness, has no anxious traces now. At bis feet she tells the story, shows her hands a'.l bruised and lorn ; And her face so sweet and pleading, yet with sorrow pale an I worn, Touched his heart with sudden pity, lit his eye w it It misty light : 'Go! your lover lives," said Cromwell. "Curfew shall wot ring tonight." CYltl'S FOItO'S TE.M t'TATIOX. A THANKSGIVING STOl! V. I!Y S. ANN IK I KOST. 'You'll be expecting company to-day, sir V Simon Clayton looked over the top of tin; newspaper he was reading, to see his house keeper waiting for an answer. 'Why to-day ?' he said, in a surly tone, as if annoyed at the interruption. 'Why to-day, more thau any other day ? Do I ever have company ?' 'But it is Thanksgiving Day, sir, and most folks have their kin around them, or perhaps you are going out amongst your own relative-, sir?' 'Xo ! I have no kin ! There is no rela tive of mine with whom I break bread ei ther on this da- or any other.' The newspaper screen came between the j from his ears the murmur of the good wo man, as she left the ronm : ! 'Di'ir ilo-ir' Wltnf. n nitv ' nd so I 00 I ,-, . , So rich ! lie di-optx-d the paper and looked into the hear!, of the glowing grate fire, thinking of the bank account, the rail way stock, the rows of houses, the western lands, the mine shares, the various invest ments that made his great wealth increase year by year, scarcely lessened by the ba chelor expenses of his handsome house. So rich ! So poor! Xot.oue hand to grasp his lovingly. Xot one voice to wel come him to a family gathering. In his youth, before he had filled his purse, a dark- eyed girl, Minnie Wayland, had loved him and had won his heart, but parents inter fered, dismissed the penniless clerk, and Minnie married a reputed millionaire. Hu mors had reached him of thc ruin of his rival, but nothing definite, though he knew the parents who had taken the true love from him rested under the daisies years as"- Then, stung by the refusal his poverty had brought him, he had resolved to win gold. Through hard work, bitter, self denial, a close, miserly counting of every penny, he bad made the nucleus of fortune, and dol lars rolled into his hands, trH he could laugh at thc miserable sum the AV'aylands had told him Minnie's hushand must se cure'. He married then, and three bright-eyed boys were born to him, and died. Then a golden-liired girl lay in its mother's arms while, the wife looked with dying ryes into thc stern face that had ever been kind and loving for her, and from husband and babe floated into the great hereafter. Thc babe became an idol, growing into a fair child, a tender woman, and when every loving j thought of the father's heart centred in her, she fled from him to wed poverty and degradation- Had it been poverty aione, the memory of his own youth would have stayed Si-j nion Clayton's refusal ; but the lover who sought Laura Clayton's hand was an idler, and rnmor said a gambler as well. Hand some, courteous, well born, he had won thc girl's heart with well-feigned adora-. t'mn, and the loving father who sought to shelter her from certain misery was de serted. Then came the iron into Simon Clay ton's soul, locking every kindly impulse, hardening every feature, shutting out all charity, all gentleness. He had Kent back unopened every letter Itura wrote, and livtid a hermit's life in'thevery heart of the great city of New York. Dreaming of it all over the fire, he was roused from thought by a knock at the door, and in answer to his 'Come in,' a lad entered carrying a letter. A tall, hand some boy of seventeen, with the country bloom upon his ruddy face, and the cut of a country tailor in bis rough clothes, yet, withal, a lad with large, intelligent eyes, a broad, full brow, aud a mouth full of reso lution in its lirm clasp and well-cut out liues. Doffing his cap, he presented Ids letter, and the old man throbbed with pain ful force as he glanced at the signature. It was abricl letter.scarcely more than a note, reading : DeakSimon: I am dying, and I may call you so now ; will you give a helping hand to my son who will bring this to you after I have left this world 1 Five little children lay beside my husband in thu churchyard, but my youngest, Cyrus, my i ' only one, sits beside me while I write. We j I have scarcely enough of worldly wealth to i save me from a pauper's grave, and send j my son to you, but by my old love, Simon, I implore you to help him to obtain em ! pl.iymint. I have been a true wife and a good mother, as far as I could, Simon, yet on my deathbed I know that my only loye was given to me when they parted us, and l will be yours if we meet iu another world, j Minnie. j There was a deep silence iu the room as ; Simon Clayton read the letter, and he was j forced to wait many minutes before his ! voice would obey him to ask : I 'Your mother is dead V 'She died in the summer, sir.' 'Why have you waited so long to come j i,, .. ! 'It took all we had to pay our debts and the funeral expenses,' and I had to work to eain n)y travelling money to come from li litiois.' 'You want employment now ? ' '1 shall be very grateful, sir, if you will , help me to find work.: 'To day is a holiday. You will be my i guest for the present, and I will sec what ; I can do for you.' I As Simon Clayton spoke, he reached out his hand and touched a bell upon the table near him. His housekeeper answered the summons. 'You see I have eampany, Mrs. Crey,' he said, and the housekeeper wondered at the change in his face and voice, lacking all severity, yet so sad. 'You will have a room made comfortable for Mr. Ford.' The woman courteseyed and was gone, and Simon questioned his young guest. His eyes were misty more thau once over ! the straight-forward story of privation the ; boy told, his evident devotion to his moth ! er, who had been widowed when he was j a baby. It was not difficult to see that the I boy, ground down by poverty, had 3'et a ; craving for educatiou, and had profited by i all his mother could teach him. His very j touch upon the books on thc table, bis eyes, ! when they rested upon the weli-lilled book , cases, told the brain hunger better than : spoken words. So before Mrs. Grey call ; ed them to dinner, Simon Clayton was j planning the lad's future as his adopted ; son. i True Thanksgiving fare the kind-hearted : housekeeper had prepared for the unex ! peeled guest, aud Simon Clayton's heart was nearer thankful prayer than it had been for many long years, as he looked at ' the bright, grateful face opposite to him, and knew Minnie's child looked up to him j for kindness and protection Before a week had passed the lad was entered as a student in one ot the city col- leges, living with his new friend. You had best call mc Uncle Simon, 'the latter had said to him, 'for your mother was dearer than a sister to me, my boy,and if the people who hear you think you arc my nephew, leave all explanations to mc.' But the world troubled itself very little about 'simon Clayton's new relative, some of the more kindjy'-hearted hoping he would have eomfor-t in the lad, others pity in poor Laura, whose chance of forgive ness seemed lessened by the arrival of this handsome lxy. ,.,',, r i l our years glided by uneventfully and ppi'.y. .The stern old man seemed to t'e - - 1 happi j new his youth in his intercourse with the j son Minnie had sent to hituhe talented i scholar who was winning college honors, , and who kept himself sinnularlv Mire in i the whirl of the great city's vices I he fatherly love that Simon Clayton had thought buried in the graves of his own boys at Greenwood, sprang to new life and vigor, as Cyrus gained a firm stand in his heart. He kept the boy from the temptations of vicious company by giving him free permission to extend the hospita lities of his home to his fellow students, aud the boy's own refined instincts led him to. seek only the association of gentlemen. Iiis love of animals being discovered, he became the possessor of a line horse. He was encouraged to join a boat club, and Simon himself accompanied him to such places of amusement as he desired to visit. Yet, suddenly risen from poverty to riches, from bitter self-denial to an in dulgence of every wish, from the necessity of bread winning, to the supply of luxuries, Cyrus Ford was not spoiled. With his heart full of gratitude, lie look ed upon all Ms opportunities for improve ment as a preparation for making his own way in the world. He was studying law, and he studied with the thought that his daily biead would soon depend upon his j legal knowledge. The idea of ever iuher i iting any portion of the wealth that was ; smoothing his path in college, never pre- i sented itself to his miud, and his most con stant thought of future prosperity, resting upon his own exertions, was the hopo of one day proving his gratitude by repaying the money spent so freely for him, though he could never by a lifetime devotion re turn the fatherly love and kindness lavish ed on hin. He had heard of Laura Clayton from one of those dear friends who try to poison all happiness by. anticipations of misery. 'You bad. better keep on the right side of your uncle by never contradicting him,' this friend had told .him, 'he was awfully fonu of his daughter, but he never forgave her for marryiog against his will.' . 'I thought his children were all dead,' was the reply. 'Nott all. Mrs. Cameron lives in a little room in Pearl Street, and runs a sew ing machine for a living. She ha3 one daughter, but all the rest of her ch'ldren are dead. Hard lines, ain't it, sewing for a living when her father is rolling in wealth.' 'In Pearl Street !' 'Yes. She makes my shirts, so I keep her address. She is at No. Pearl Street. The conversation left a deep impression upon Cyrus Ford. Once, in the generous impulse of youth, he had approached the subject with his adopted uncle, but he was so sternly, silenced that he never dared speak again the name of the disobedient daughter. In October, when his twenty first birthday came, Simon Clayton led the young man one morning to his library. 'Cyrus,' he said, 'you are a man to-day, aud you have a right to know what are my intentions regarding you. In the course of the next year you will be admit ted to the bar, and I shall make you the agent of my property. Together we will go over all my investments, and j-ou will be able to relieve me of some burden of care, as well to learn where your own pro-pert- will one day lie. For to-day I make my will, and you will be my sole heir. Not a word ! Your mother gave you to me 1 Re my loving son, Cyrus, it is all I ask of you. 'Your daughter' 'Not a word of her ! She died to me fourteen years ago.' The tone was so stern, Cyrus could only bow his head in silence, and register a vow in his heart that his life service should never waver toward his benefactor. It seems a sudden adoption when told in the limits of my story, but, in truth, it was' no caprice that influenced Simon Clayton in his resolve. During four years of con stant intercourse, he studied Cyrus Ford with the close scrutiny of a stern nature, soured by many disappointments, and keenly alive to every delect m human na ture. ti . r 1 t.:., !,.., i...i r . i. . lit: iuuuu iu ii otiuntnLoiiiuv ui uiuiuuu j j r i prok'jee, so unexpectedly placed in his care, no deceit, no time serving, no servility, i An honorable ambition, a resnectful nra- i titude that was Lever favoring nor cring ing, and upright integrity, and a close at tention to the studies that were no child's task for country-bred brains, all wakened the respect of the old man. His love was more easily won. Minnie's son, looking into his face with Minnie's great, tender eyes, moved his heart to affection liefoie the first hottr'if intercourse was over ; and, once given, the affection never wavered, growing with every day's iutereour.se, tiil the gnawing pain of his own boys gone was lost in the love for the son sent to comfort his old age. i Thanksgiving came again the fourth since Cyrus Ford came to Clayton and with it came a sorrow. The tirst time in his life Simon Clayton felt the pressure of physical pain. He had been a model of manly strength during the entire period of sixty years of his life, but some unwonted exposure had brought on an attack of fever that, setting its fangs deep in the strong frame, brought it very nigh the grave. Cyrus had been watching all night when Thanksgiving Day dawned, clear and bright, though the first fall of snow cover ed the streets. The invalid, turning rest lessly upon the pillow, spoke of some un finished business his illness had delayed, and seemed to have his intellect clearer than they had been before during his ill ness. 'I wish you would call upon Hoskius this morning, Cyrus,' he said. 'I want him to understand about the lease of those Grand street stores, before the last of thc month. You have the papers ready ?' 'All ready, sir. But are you well enough for me to leave you ?' Yes. I shall feel better when that is settled.' It was a relief to be out in the crisp, cold air. after the long confinement in a close room, and Cyrus felt light-hearted in a certainty that his friend was better, Surely this attention to business was a good j J ... symptom, and the fever was certainly gone, Mrs. Grey was a good nurse, and there was no psppcial hurry: so, after settling uherincrs. Cyrus was ur vears ago, when lonely to the ;reat . city; when, just before him. a j;irlhurryitig. past wyh a large bundle slipped upon t he : trozcri pavement, ami tell heavily to the i grorfRij. In a moment Cyrus was bending ; over her, helping her to use ; but her ao ! kle fcas sj.iaioe:i, and she wott'd have f.tl- leu again but tor his arm. 'I am afraid you cannot walk,' he said, ' kindly, noting with deep pity her thin gar ments, her pinched features, and the look of pain upon her face. 'I must try,' she answered, stooping to secure the big bundle. 'Lean upon me,' he said, taking the bur-, den from her. 'You cannot,' he said, as the effort to put the injurqd foot down brought an ashy paleness to her very lins. '1 will call a enh ' 'No, no ! I have no money !' Again the deathly pallor gathered on cheek and lips, till Cyrus lifted her gently into the cab that came at his call. 'Where shall I take you V he asked. 'To No., Pearl Street.' Directing the cabman, Cyrus got into the cab, with a face almost as pale as the one beside him. The number was the same his friend had mentioned as the ad dress of Simon Clayton's daughter, aud, looking attentively under the shabby bon net, Cyrus saw that the face, pale aud thin, was yet that of a child of not more than thirteen summers. When the cab stopped before the tall, narrow tenemecthou.se, the young man lifted his charge iu his strong arms, and, bidding her hold fast to the big bundle, carried her to the room to which she directed him. It was a poor room, shabby to the ex treme of shabbiness, with no romantic air of poverty, but the real grinding facts of extreme penury staring the beholder in the face. A woman, pale and emaciated, was stiching upon a sewing machine, but came forward trembling when Cyrus entered with the child. 'Do not be frightened,' he said, gently ; 'it is only a sprained ankle. I will send you a doctor, if you will tell me for whom he is to inquire.' ilrs. Cameron. O Dollie, child ! are you very much hurt ?' 'My foot aches,' the child said ; 'but the gentleman has been so kind ! The work is here, mother.' 'I will send a doctor,' Cyrus said, hast ily putting the child upon the bed ; 'he had better come at once.' As he spoke, he slipped a note for fifty dollars into Dollie Cameron's hand, and left the room before she could speak. It was too bitter. He couid not realize it at once, but the cruel truth pressed harder aud harder as he neared home. This was the child and grandchild of Simon Clayton, starving in an attic, while he commanded their rightful inheritance. Mrs. Grey met him at the door, with a pale, fiightened face. There had been a sudden change for the worse since he had left, aud Simon Clayton was sinking fast. Hurrying to the room, Cyrus found the news only loo true. Eagtrly the dying man welcomed him. He had forgotten all business cares, but he craved the love of his adopted son. 'It is Thanksgiving Day,' he said, when . they had talked a little while, 'the day for the forgiveness of injuries. Cyrus, I would I knew where Laura is to-day. I have destroyed all letters from her, lost all clue to her. She may be poor, Cyrus. She may long for her father's forgiveness. My poor Laura ! I had never crossed her, Cy rus, and she did not think I would be un forgiving. I could die easier if I could tell her that I forgive her.' Cyrus did not speak. Literally he could not. All that those few gasping words implied pressed upon his brain with relent less clearness. Iauia at home, Laura for given, meant the loss of all the fair inheri tance now his own. Do not judge him too hardly, that a fierce temptation clutched heart and brain. There was no active crime to be committed. Only a few hours' silence, aud the vast wealth which he had virtually controled for a few short weeks would be all his own. He could provide handsomely for the widow and her child when he was the heir ; and he was surely better fitted to manage a great estate than a weak woman. Simon Clayton did not notice the silence that fell upon the room while Cyrus wrest led with the bitter temptation in his heart. He was very weak, ami time was short for prayer and preparation for eternity, so the silence suited liim well. But when the very sound of his breathing was audible iu the stillness, he sighed, as if from a break ing heart, 'My poor Laura !' Like clouds dispersed by sunlight, the shadows of evil sped from Cyrus Ford's heart. 'I'ncle Simon,' he said, I can bring Laura to you, if you wish.' The dying mau expressed no surprise. The end was too near for that. It seemed nothiDg strange to him that his strong dy ing wish should be answered. 'You can find her.! Bring her quickly, Cyrus, or you will be too late. But before vou go. j,ive me my desk, - and send Mrs. Grey to me.' 'Shall I open your desk ?' t . I es , I only want my will, .he .is my , ., , ,. -l,,l,i t'vriis ' bn seviil ti efiilmmir iAu,i if this i3 destroyed , she will have her rightful inheritance,' said Cyrus. Shall I lay it here on the live coals ?' 'Yes. God will give me an hour or two more of life. Burn itCyrus, and send at once for Mr. Pearson'.' "So, while the fiames curled over the pajirr that would have made him master of nearly a million dollars, Cyrus Ford started t bring Laura Cameron to her father, and sent his lawyer to the dying man. But few words sufficed to explain his errand. Dol lie was carefully carried to the easy car riage in wailing, and after a long drive the I stately house was ivtielied when twilight was settling ov.t lbs gn-tt city, i It was thoroughly mi keeping with the ! delicate instincts nt' Cyrus Ford's character ! that he sent Laura e.lnue to her lather. while he carried DoliL- into tiie parlor, and made her comfortable upon a sofa. The grave, nale child looked earnestly in his face. . 'Do you live here with-my grandfather ?' she asked. 'I have lived here for four years. I ate my first meal here on Thanksgiving "Day" four years ago.' 'Thanksgiving Day ! We meant to make a little holiday, too ; but I was not paid for the work I took home, and I hurt my. foot. I was not in a very thankful frame of mind before I met you. and yuu were so kind and so generous ! . 'I hope this will be the first of many : thankfui days for you,' he answered. ! Your mother will not leave her homo j again, I trust ?' There was still a long talk before they ; were summoned to the sick room. Here ; the reconciliation had Ix-en' perfect, and ! Dollie was placed in an artu-chair where ' her grandfather could look upon her face, j 'You will trust everything to Cyrus, I Laura,' her father said. 'He knows how all my property is invested. Cyrus, you will be faithfufto my child ?' 'God deal with me as I am faithful to your trust,' was the solemn reply. Before midnight, 'surrounded by those he loved, Simon Clayton died. Not until three days later, when thc funeral was over, did Cyrus know that Mr. Pearson had made a new will, while he was seeking Laura Cameron. By this will he became heir to half of Simon Clayton's estate, the other half and all personal property becom ing Laura's. My story may not end here. Five years later, on Thanksgiving Day, there was a wedding in the housewhere Simon Clay- ton rm.il arwnt rrmnv Ioriplw tanro nnrl tn 1 - j j j bridegroom was the rising lawyer, Cyrus Ford, who wedded the grandchild of his benefactor, sweet DoWp Cameron. i l' fa mil v L;aihe, j tilllkass t lllf.-,l:iy fUI ! lit- catne fiiiudlcss and i
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