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wbn l,KribOT do " uk oul
nan will babeld able for the suDtcrlptlon.
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The Somerset Herald,
1 Somerset, I'a.
'JflOli.StAi Al-LA M'.
KORflE K SCULL,
f ibU ATTUK.NEY AT LAW,
J Sonienut, Pa.
1 f S EM AI i J"XEV AT LAW.
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Somerset, P
y J 'k'VrOKSEV AT LAW
J oinerMi, l a.
L'u " "M iUUKXtlAT LAW,
L iiomeniet, Penna.
- r-sCHlaXATTOKN tIAlUW.
I J Tu! Alimmolh Block. I"-
. -- . -. nr CI IV
J
05, .!u uroini-Uy mend to aU buslnea
(tsL ,, " vi, advauued on collection
TH fc.-AIxnder H. iloHroth bas
I A v ,.,,7rctlo l In tsoiuertet and
l'uffie' ,;,1 omo. UM.ma.oUi Building.
UK. ...
. .. HAY ATTORN EY AT LA W
rAUEMl b rHA J li,s.,a,rt, Pa., will
' '"of at! -U1MJ to bit Car. With
. . H L BAER, ATTORNEYS AT
uicrnl. P-. ""I practice In Som-
f . . i'liiuuii counties. Ait outine en-
J 'H''' Ul a ill attend to aU busiuew en
s .u)crfi. - .mernjtund adjoining eoun-
..a.,rt ...i . ..!. ........ I- M.ni-
,.! iTTCKN'SV AT LAW
y,rii ;.u
ijXiAM 11. KOUNTZ, ATTORNEY AT
lm. s- mime;, ra., will give prompt atten-
0 tue couutiei. urnce in rruiiintt
t"sK K'"-
1 UUN K. SCOTT,
" ATToKXEY at law.
trwI f. nzii-e in Mauiinoth Bl' k. All
I,. r (Liru.-irJ to tiu care attended to Willi
yrmux and Welitf.
K l FKt'TH KVFPEL. ATTOKNEYS AT
I !.. A" I'Ui-iuc tta entrusted t tlielrfrewlll
Crr:lW iui 'Ulil'lUall) Ktlcuded to.
nfr.' "n tt,l'u tyM itroet, iil'poslta the
jiuUi lhk.
Ji), JLE
ATTohNEY AT LAW.
riatJliidedu.wiilii.n.mjanw.anatideUty.
..I H.-KN k t uLBDKN. ATTOKNEYS AT
. . w ,,u.mcWiCutruieil I" tlitircare
-n.i i-uiicluullv atw-ndrd to.
l.,'ilerill-a- Ipsiairs.
J
A.MES L. vi a II,
ATTOKNEY AT LAW,
mtmt. Pa. OSce. Mammoth Hloi k.ap utalrs.
t::rDre Main Crus M. ColicotJons made, ea-
u,.e 't'afl. 'lUirc esaiiiiucii, auaau ieii:it iusi
lin':euieU U'wilti ruiiUieu aDd Cdellty.
!B.Jl
IKVEVING,
Writing Deed?, ic,
fh' n .itirt.
WUitalK at ("aatlwer a Co.'a Store.
C. F.WALKEK.
AacM
I'llYSICIANS.
DR E. M. KIMMELL & SOX
rn ir their pro!iiiil dervicei" U Hie citj
iu ft ? -Bitrm-l kuj viditiiy. IKie ot the men.
i-r?: Uie Cnu cad ai all tiiD. onUci jtmleMmm
a . .; t'ULl al il.cir olticc, i Mam St.
II1
E. J. K XILLERhai permanentlr Innalad
a tttriin t-T the practice of hlfl tirefftafion.
tt :v"" Cbarlet krlMlner't vtora.
R. H. BCt'BAEER tenien hr tirofeMtrmal
wthertuctf ol itmeraet and rlrln
t9iTC in realdeaea. om aaur weat of the Har
iri Boom.
D
S. KM. COLLINS, KENTIST,
fa. limi Id ( ter HlorK, on rtaira.
at he fan at ail time be found pnr(l to do
.!:.! wurk. tarta a fillinit. rrifulatlna. ei
MU. Ac. Art I Octal teefb ol all klnda, and ot
at material. married. Operation warrantad.
D'
AO MILLER
rnrsiciAXt sunGEoy.
Em re!i!T.: t' S -oth Ben1. Indiana, where lit
ai w ti'Hu!lett It letter or otherwlw.
D
R G. B. MASTERS
n lted in S.meret for the practice of hlf
l mi 0't u-nfler hlf (rpileMtonal errvlr! to
r ol tii and rarri'undiKa coontry: oftice in
't . iiurwntly "crui-ied ly lr. Miller: reatdenec
t.-.i Coil- drove.
Dr. W. F. FUXDEMJEKG,
Laif Resident hnrjeeon,
SMEjb an! Ear iRfinnary,
fixated pemscertly a the
risIZCirsrTE treatscst cf all
"s f ie lye and Ear, hdui
ise :f the .Tose and Threat
wv. M ftsalk leatre ftlrert.
DEXTiSTS.
JtillX BILLS.
DEHTIST.
A h CoCnh A NeB new buildlna:.
Main (Y. Street.
Svmeraet. Pa.
"WlwI. COLLINS,
DKXTIST,
K ' M''err rreaae"! axire. Someraet.
u.'.tw ia otteen yean I hare area tlr re-
nct oi ar.in.-4al teeth in thl .lar.
juii: iun.1Ill( drmand forteetn baa In
!"" enianr icy taollicleo that eaa
r' ' 0( eih at ..wer .iVthan yow
7 u in a0T otiW piaee in thin country
T: aisa s an teeth for and ir
1 I an; pera anouc y ttxwaandi
. r,1n ic'dif t the aljoinliiK awuBtiee that
Mkje ieetni,ir that la not it ulna aal
"7" ? caa fall on me at an? time and get
' a. cnanra.
avt
HOTELS.
DIAMOND 1I0TEL.
TVSTOWX PA.
V.L'"M,:,r K ' weU kaowa boww ha lately
iyf?t "J nrl ren-le.1. with all new
.Z?. ,tr -ure. wbk-h hat na-le It a eery
"1.ti place f.the trareltna .lic
" he nrianwd all tw-vr""-'k
arx pahlle hall attached
p.,.-; aw larjte and roonv taMInc-
'.' iif raa t had at the" lew eat nua
i""'!.a.ayoiru fcAUl KLci HTKK.I'rop. ,
. fc.lif. jiam.iod,
iiuf (Unrn. Pr.
'JR.
DAVIS BROS .
Bun Sign and Fresco
I'AIXTKRS.
jam LIVES PILLS
. ' ar! rrmti. (, the cure ol
t. M-a llnb..
aa a p".i.i
ter
ail de-
lZT aioaaac and liver lor ore Xn1
auli V icr P c
VujTV1 Utw omnpialnt if eiglit year
l fi joiiet, all, i
. . ..ua, j,iet in, rncv. x
a niw i
VOL. XXVIII. NO. 21).
BANKS, ETC.
-:o:
acrset County Bans
CHARLES J. HARRISON,
Vishicr end Manager.
Collection made in all part of U.eUnitau State.
Chance moderate. Butter and other check col
lected and cafhed. Eailrrn and Wertereexchanice
always on hand. Kemlttance made with prompt
nee. Accouiit aollclted.
Partlc declrln; to purchaae V. S. a PER
CENT. FINUED LOAN, can be accommo
dated at thl Hank. The cupont are prepaid In
denomination of M, 1'A 400 and 1.00X
S. T. LITTLE & SONS,
li- 11ALT1MOIIK XTHEKT,
C l'Mlii:KI..ND, Ma.
HATCHES, CIIAIS.
SOW) SILVERU ARC. H1AV0MDS,
AMERICAS CLOCKS, MESCII CLOCkS,
SILVER FLA TED HARE.
JEWELRY, 4c
HOLIDAY PRESENTS I
Watrhc and Jewolry
Ki'pilred liy SkiUrl Workmen and
returned liy l.it rcn Free of Chance. No extra
charge f T Enjcravinic. Oihm1 war
ranted a represented
oet li
New and Elegant
AEPETS!
All Grades.
Low Prices.
DRUGGET SQUARES.
Lignums and Linoleum.
39 Fifth Avenue,
riTTscntc, pa.
Sept U
A n fi fi MONTH ijuarnnteed. 12 a .lay
L'"llliit home niaiie hy the iihtutrii'Ud.
I I I I Capital not required : we will trt
(J J M Myu. Men. women, laiy and rirl(
T make money tater at work for Uf
than at anrthmit elee. The work If liicht and
pleasant, and jucL as anyone can ar r!K)t at.
Th'ewhoare wiewhoaee thi notii-e wnl fnd
ns tttere ad.iresws at onr and pee i.ir themeive.
t'ortly Outnt and termo free. Now in the time.
Tlioee already at work are laying up iarite Fum
of moiiev.
addre-ii TRUE k CO., Augusta, Maine.
Jui.e 11.
TOCtiCA YEAK-crfcitn .) a
lay In your i wn I", alky. No rifk.
W umen do a well a men. Many
make more than Iheamount mated
above. No one can lail to mak
money fart. Any one can do the work. Yin ran
make troin & : to i2 an hour by dcvotlnc your
evening and epare time to the hupinees. It eotF
not IiIiik U try the hnniDen. Nothinc like it lor
money makli v ever oflered before, liuinei
plearant and alrictly hnnoralile. Kealer. if you
want to know all ataiul ihe liet payinir bufir.eM
lie t tire the public, a nd a your nam and we will
aendyoa full partieularfi and private term free :
ample with i alao free ; yua can then make up
pyour miud tor vourfelf.
Addrea tiEtKOESTINSO kCtl.,
June 11 Portland. Maine.
Ayer's
Hair Yigor,
For restoring Cray Hair to
its natural Vitality and Color.
A 1 r e i n p
wliit-ii i at otn-e
a p r c f a li 1 (.
liea'tlir, ami
ft'ftual for jn
f e r v i n i; tin.
Imir. Ftifei! ot
.MV3 r 1 original color.
trilh (fit filots and frethnets of youth.
Tliin Lair is tliiirkemtl, fallinp; hair
chocked, an-1 baldness often, tlionli
not always, cured by its ue. Xoth
in can restore the hair where the
follicles are destroyed, or the irlaii'ls
atroihie'l and decayed. Uut micIi as
remain can be saved for lisoftiim-ss
by this application. Instead of foul
ing the hair with a pasty sediuu iit, it
will keep it clean ami vigorous. Its
occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off. and
consequently prevent baldness. Free
from those deleterious substances
which make foine preparations dan
jyerous, and injurious to the hair, the
Vi'nr can only lienefit but nut haini
it. If wantdl merely for a
HAIR DRESSING,
lKvliiiicj else can be fltind so de-ir-ahle.
Containing neither oil irr
dye, it does not soil white cambric,
and yet lasts long on the hair, pivin-j
it a rich, glossy lustre ami a (grateful
perfume.
Prepa-ed by Dr. J. C. Ayer L Co.,
Practical and Analyth-a! Clirmi.le.
LOWIXL, 3IASS.
m
PERMANENTLY CURES
H KIDNEY DISEASES,
y LIVER COMPLAINTS,
! f.snstinatiftn and Piles. U
tc
ui --i a
t.
PR. B. H. CUtBC.CUwtkHera.Tt, aaya,
. p.nwV .NITII f ' U ft.
e i . I'M. L A W I. M mr.
f nx-ieJ Ilk a rkarm. It fcaaewec awaaT T
1 J MuMM-riUA, aaiaMarmMMMLJ
UAO FAIBCnlU. rf.AJWa,Tt,
aara.Mlilaaraeteeleaaealwa. After alita aw
rear. 4 irea -.ITerto fewa. POea aa4 Oaa
til w II raaiplatalr wre4 aaa."
C a. rOtABON, w-BrtUra, aaya. --
aaefcae waaee fcr aaa aaaa
Wi plrtrl; rarha, a amr lvrr aaa ai.aij
raaaplalaa.
IT HAS wnv?
WONDERFUL HI
POWER. C3
BECAr.SB XT ACTS ON TUK
UTES.TTIE BOWELS AND KID
NETS AT THE SAME TTME.
Baoauaa It eiearwia ttva ayatawn of
th poiaonoua humors ttmt Ocreelopa
KiKldneirand Urtnary diaeeeoa, Bil
Idiiiikiii. Jaundloo. ConwttpattOfw
Pltw. or in Rhaumatiawn, Baurntsla
mn4 r ia Iworejera.
KID EV-WV8T a a4ry reretabla eaav
paaaaaad ran k aaa W aaall pm.lA
Owe aaraar will suka!x j f ir4!elae.
f-f B.r It at IW Dratxtat. rrlea, !..
TrXUAE-EAS33CSCfl, rr.Jatm.
3
BOVABD.ROSE&GO
1500
rJIL
1
mm
T! I I U L
T
Is
TO OUR FRIENDS
PUBLIGEIEALLY !
A. J. rAERCEB, or the old and well
known firm ol
CASEBEER & CO.,
ha just returned from Philadelphia, where he
pure Lapeil alure and well (elected tock of
DRY GOODS;
and a we bur our good
EXCLUSIVELY for CASH
We can do better for Jour
Customers
Than any store in town or county
that dees not.
WE WILL PAY CASH
OR
EXCHANGE GOODS
FOR
Flour, Wheat, Maple
Sugar, Oats, Corn
and Beef hides.
-:o:-
We luvit. all to give
Us a Call an! BscMe far TiieiiiselVES.
CASEBEER& CO.
Sept. 17
JKO. BU'U.
la sen a. an as
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMEliSKT. I'A..
And Real Estate Brokers.
ESTAlil JSI IED.18SO.
PiToti who denlretfl eell.buy or eiehnnire proi
erty. or lor rent will find It to their advantage to
reiciiter the dencrlption thereof, a no chance I
maiteunlef told or rented. Ke&l estate huBlLeej
(rencrally wli I be promptly attended to.
auiclk.
SALESK00MS
Union Square, New York,
154 State Street,
CHICAGO, ILL .
Iff ANUFA CTUBEUS
SILVERF
PLATED
WARE.
Trade Mark for Sjiotins, Torks c
1847, Rogers Bros. A.I.
These Goo1s have taken ihe Cer
tificate of Award whereQer ex
hibited, both in thin and the old
Countries,
And the Mention Britannia Co.
are the LARGEST and Best
Manufacturers in this
line in the "World.
t'Ask your Jeweler for these (Jooils.
April 1
r. r WALKER oi
thin place ha a lot of hi
relftrrated Horee Kakrt
for fair better than evej
and cheap. Any one w he
want one al on'-e, wonli4
do well to arid him
poKial card or in om
way lei Lim know In order to make tare ot stettln
one. a he in hit round ol aellinic mi:ht not hue
all who want rake.
2la -2d
mm WOOLffl HILL,
ESTABLISHED 1812.
Having tern red the terriers of Mr. Wm. H
Kamhan at my Aarntln Somerfc-t county, fur the
n,lr wool tratou, I with to thank mynumerout
euttomert lor p.tt lavirra. and lefwil fur .Mr.
h.mtiart the liher&l pairwnaire enjoyed by my
l mner arent.
1 bare a very larae stock of
1VOOI7E1V GOODN!
of my own manufacture, euotlttinc of
BLANK ETS.
CASSIMERES, SATlXETS,
JEANS, KET ELLA NTS, FLANNELS,
COYEKLETS, CAKPET5,
YARNS, kC,
which I wLh to
TRADE FOR WOOL.
Our Goods are MADE FOR SERVICE, under
By own supervision, and we trfre now, a In the
pan, u give aatitfaetioa and full value tu all. We
will, a usual, rititaU oar euMomers daring the
Summer.
WM. S. MORGAN.
Stanton' Mills.
Aprt
A
lOdlNISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Lata te of John Carver, late' tf Slonjrreek TpM
deceased.
Letter of admlnittrath.n rathe abort eetate
having been araated to the uadertlimed. notice t
hereby given to all perat-M Indebted to tald etate
to maka lmqediaia yniLt ard those baring
ci.in
aatbentiraled for tetUeinert at the late residence
: uf d created In aaid township oa Saturday to
id day ol January, W)
I ABRAHAM CARVER.
JACOB J.hftlt BtR.
Not. 1 Admlniatrators.
"I7XECCT0RS NOTICE.
ii
mat
4 w
tavhMjiiuigMt,vtnet7wpJieoA W6tch to coEicare the time.
letter te.aiitnurvta
I!rT;1
to pretent tbem uulv au heutirau-d lur settlement
oo Friday January loth 1H-0. at the bouta of in
Uecut.ir m It rie.leuM.org. tvmerwt county. Pa.
SAMl EL SN Yl.tK.
Executor.
Dee. 1.
omer
HIM.1 0- THE XAT1VITT.
It wa the winter wild,
While the heaven-born Chili
All meanly wrapt in Uie ru.lc manir lie:
Nature In aw to blin
Had dolled her fraudy trim.
With hor ureat Master oto tyuitatU Ik.
It was no reason then for her
To wanton with the tun, her lutty paramour.
Only with speeches fair
She woo the gentle air
To hide ber guilty front with Innocent snow:
And on her naked shame,
Pollute with sinful blame.
The saintly veil of miiden while to throw ;
Confounded, that ber Maker's eyes
Should look so near upon her loul deformities.
But he her fears to ceae.
Sent down the meek-eyed Peace ;
She, crowned with olive Kreen, came softly
Sliding
Down through the turning sphere.
Ills ready harbinger.
With turtle wing the amorous clouds dividing
And, waving wide her myrtle wund.
She strikes a unlvertjl piat-e through sea itnd
Land.
No war, or battle's sound ,
Wa heard the World around :
The Idle spear and shield wero hiuli up hung ;
The hooked chariot sfibd
Unstained with hosllle blood :
The trumiet spake not to the armed throng;
And kings sat still with awful eye.
As if they surely knew their sovereign Lord
Wa by.
Bat peaceful was the night,
Wherein the Prince or Light
His reign of peace uKn the earth began :
The winds, with wonder whi.'t,
Smoothly the waters kist.
Whispering new Joys to the mild ocean.
W ho now bath quite forgot to rave,
While bir.lt of calm sit brooding on lh charmed
Wave,
The shepherds on Ihe lawn,
Or ere the point of dawn,
Sat simply chatting in a rustic row :
Full Utile thought they then,
That the mighty Pan
Wa kindly come to live with them below ;
Perhaps their love, or else their sheep.
Was all that did their silly thoughts so l:u.-y
Keep.
W ben t uuh mu sic sweet
Their hearts and ears did greet,
As never was by mortal linger a;ruok ;
iJivintly warbled vol-
Answering the stringed noise.
At all their souls in Ml.'?(jl rapture t.-nk :
The air. sueb pleasure loth to lose.
With thousand echoes still prolongs each heav
Euly close.
A I IIK1T.T1AS STORY.
TUE SACKFUL OF SOVEREIGN'S.
CHAPTER I.
THE fcUMMOVS.
A 6uany garden elope Dpon the
southern side of Higbgate Hill ; at its
lower end a delicious tangle of orch
ard, long prase, aad underwood, rua-bet-tiugtd
brier?, and cooiuion ferna.
Hiftber up, the gnarled nod twist
ed old 8pple-treef, thick with froty
fruit, give place by degrees to a ftrip
of trcoeeberrr and currant busbes aud
kitchen greenery ; until there, in their
turn, edged by a high box border,
eweet and gay with waving lavender,
gilly flowers, cabbage roses, eunfljw
erw, hollyhocks, anil the homelier or
der of garden treasures, terminate in
a smooth, well-kept lawn.
Upon this look several windows cf
a quaint, old-fashioned, irregular red-
bricked cottage, partly thatched and
partly tiled ; with honey-Buckle and
many a sweet-scented creeper claui
beriug round the aoglen, and even
going tome way op a little stack of
twisted chimneys; the whole cot
tage, garden, and orchard turround-
ed by an old moss grown wall nhicb,
on the front or high-road aide of the
domain, is bright and odoroo in the
f'P'iog wub overhanging lilac and
laburnum, while, where the antique
iron gateway makes a gap, a great
arch of ivy ixarks the entrance to
this pleasant borne one of those
homes, indeed, which, rural and un
pretentious, might have been found
in many a London suburb a quarter
of a century back ; but which, alt,
have well-nigh disappeared now, since
the overwhelming wave of bricks and
mortar has swept out from the great
city, like the ever-widening eddy on
the surface of a lake when rising fib
or idly-thrown etoce disturb its pla
cid waters.
There is a wooden Summer-bouse
also In perfect harmony with its sur
rounding?, save that part of its roof
has been recently repaired with a
patch of some bat too new and over-
bright red tiles. estnog snugly n ri
der the shade of a big elm-tree, mid
way on the elope, between orchard
and kitchen garden, k overlooks that
well known view which terminate?
with St. Paul's, dimly looming with
thinmey-stacks, tower?, aad rpire
through the long nne of murky and
durky eky.
A sweet retreat for toil-worn citi-
zetip, or any caring lor the gentler,
simpler ways of life.
Particularly suued as a background
does it teem to the (iguro seated at
the rustic table in the little arbor on
the soft September afternoon when
our tale begins. lie is an aged but
tolerably hale looking, broad shoul
dered man of about seventy-five, with
keen brown eyes, and having that
snug old fashioned aspect in dress
and mien I fitting the retired well to
do man of business, that all who have
anr acquaintance wub Matthew
Hiikman know bini to be. Open be-
fuie biui lies a small memorandum
bjok, in which ha seems to be adding
op some figures; aDd beside him,
with ink bottle and tray of pens, are
few scattered papers. .Now and
then, in the pauses of his calculations,
he strokes his clean, shaven chin, or
toys with his mutton-chop strip of
pure while whiskers, and the quiet
expression cf satisfaction with which
from time to time he looks out npon
the view tells of contentment with
both place and circumstances. Yet
in Lis eye& and ronnd the corners of
bis mouth b rerr close observer might
detect some signs ot waning health,
and there is at times a knitting of the
brows and a raising of the garden
hat which might suggest occasional
twinges of pain passing across the
forehead. The clock of the neighbor
ing chnrcb chimes opt the half hour
past five, and while tie sound dies
away on the delipate air to draws
from Lis fob, by its broad ribbon and
bunch cf seals,
a larze cla lasoioned
Lc is deep la hi. flores
en (oototepa approaching
leads QuwD from the Cottage to IDe
cmn,rL.nM ,i;..rt hi Tto.;
ana casuiy garnering np some 01 tee
scattered papers he places them with
SO t
ESTABLISHED, 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., VEDNESDAY, DEC. 21, 1S70.
a certain air of eecretiveness under
the book he la examining.
"loa are homo earlier to-day,
ueorge," says 3Ir. Jdatlbew Hick
man, looking op toward the figures ot
a yonng mau aud woman, who hau
by this time come within specking
distance.
"A little, air, perhaps ; we have
had rather a slack day at the bank,'
answered the. former, a pleasant, blue
eyed, fair-halred'young fellow, aibeit.
with a nomewaat weak and change
less expressioa of face. Ilia tall hat
and tight-fitting black frock coat,
apart from his remark, proclaimed
him straight from the city.
"I am not sorry either," be resum
ed, stretching himself with au air of
wearinem; "aad I have been a little
disappointed and vexed."
"Ah! how eo?"
"Why, father," quickly answered
the young-woman, as she entered the
summer-house,' and placed her band
Ht-atly on the old man's shoulder,
"don't you remember I told yon that
George wa bopiug to iftt a step
tnrough Mr. Gore's retirement? Aud
now it has been given to George's
junior and, of course, he feels it as
bard."
Well, well, I am sorry for that,"
answered Mr. Hickman somewtiut
vacantly; "but it will come it wLl
come. He's better off where he is,
anyhow, than if he had been in a
Government cflice."
"O, I question that, sir," broko in
the younger mau.
"liut I don't," was the rather sharp
response. "You have at least the
satisfaction of working with a clar
conscieace ; you are not idling your
time in reading the newspaper ail
day, wasting stationery, and robbing
your country, asyou would have beeu
if your father bad got you a post un
der the Govcraiient. You kuow uiy
i pinion of the way Government cili
ces are managed, aad Goverameut
too, for the matter of that. I nave
no patience with the wa&te and reek
less expenditure that go on in all de
partments, while we hard working
lolkd have to pay treble the taxes we
need. .No, Gsorge, I really don't
think I should ever Lave coLsented
to your Jiarrying my Alice here if
you had been a Government clerk."
"Taea, sir, I am very glad things
are they are," said Mr. Gaorge
Woodwya, smiling, whose position in
this family group is thus made evi
dent. "Here, Lily, .come along, here's
daddy," bo went on, as a sweet little
curly-haired girl of about three years
old came toudling down the pith.
ana ran into pti latoer s arm,
"shall we go ia now and have tea ?
and grandla'.her-will come in at six,
won't he i" J .. -
The father, c,rjiug hi. child, then
strolled up to .Turd the bouse. His
wife lingered to say an affecti jL:e
word or two, acid to kiss tenderly and
with solicitude her parent's cheek
He patied her hand kindly, but with
some anxiety, evident in his action
that she should not catch eight of the
contents of bis memorandum book.
Alice Woodwyn was a tall and
graceful woman of about twenty-five,
having her father's eyes and mold ot
features Her profusion of warm,
brown ringlets were restrained in
their evident tendency to fly oat
wildly by a cunningly devised band
of delicate blue ribbon, ending in the
neatest and most coquettish cf bows.
T litre was a rat her sad expression ou
ber gentle Comely face as she j jined
her husband in the little parlor giv
ing upon the lawn ; and as she bunied
herseif in making tea aad arranging
the details of the ample meal spread
upon the snow white tablecbtb, she
said :
"I don't think father seems quite
so well as usual, George; 1 have no
ticed for the last two or three days
soniethinr rather strange about him ;
I feel a little anxious "
"I don't see it," answered her hus
band from tb easy chair into wkicb
he had thrown himself, while danc
inir the little girl upon his knee ; "you
know he is at times somewhat petu
lant in bia manner, especially when
he gets ou the subject of taxes and
the Government. It was a great
pity be retired from his business so
soon ; be has never bten quite happv
since."
'Ab, no, indeed ; but the unhappi
ness began some time before that. It
wes poor dear Tom s ra-b determin
ation to go to sea trial was bis nrst
great sorrow ; 1 mean his first great
sorruw since he lost my dear mother
Mllvlad! onlv to think cf his turn-
g his back upon such good pros
pects, suen a business as my latber s
wes fjr him to step into, besides caus
ing so much grief and anxiety !"'
'tes, he was a great fool.no
doubt," answered the husband; "but
ii's an old story now ; it's no ose
talking of that ; why, Tom has been
away fcr more then ten years, I sup
pose." 'leu. But fattier has never got
over it : he never seemed to take the
same interest in his business after
wards '
"Still," said George, "I say it was
a great pity be gave it up; be is al
ways hankering af.er u now ; can't
cut himself adrift ; as you know, he
is constantly going into the city and
pottering about ; I wonder what he
finds to do there eo often. By the
bye, tha. reminds me, Judkiostold
me that he met him in Lombard
street nearly every day during the
whole fortnight we were away fast
month at Broads! airs ; and be bad
alwuys got his little blue bag with
him. 1 wonder what he dees there.
Judkins asked if I could guess at all.
Everybody wonders at him."
"Well, then it 8 a pit everybody
has not something better to do," said
Mrs. Wood wyo. "I suppose that my
father can fro into the city when be
likes, without consulting every
body ?"
"Ves, certainly. $ut now tell me,
A lice, does it never occur to you as
strange ? and do jou never think
w bat it is that can take bio there so
frequently 1 Que would think ycur
woman's ciiriusirj would at lead be
eicited.r
"Perhaps it would be, George, if I
did not love my fiiher as dearly as I
do. He has alwats been to good
and kind aud loving to me all my
life, that I Lave striven never to
cause Lim even the least anxiety if I
could help it, and much more not to
do wbal he dislikes above all things;
and you know there is nothing he so j will never be known ; but certain it is
much dislikes as any pry iDg into bis; that he seemed to have been struck
doings or his effiirs. Therefore l'by the difficulties thet would arise
never appear to take any heed cf hisj thioogi his dying kt'state, and that
going or coming: 1 never even aok
him where he has been, much less
what he has done, because I know he
eo particularly dislikes it."
"Just like you, my dear loving
wife, always stnvmg to make people
hoppy. I'maBtupid blundering fel
low to have asked you; I might have
known all you have said without
your saying ii. Ah, there's six o'clock
striking; let's have tea. Come, Lily,
you shall sit between daddy and
grandfather; be will be here in a
ruinate."
But several minutes passed and
the eld gentleman did not appear.
Then said the mother, "Iluu down
and tell grandpapa that tea is ready,
Lily; he'll be lute "
"It will be. f ir the first time ia Lis
life, then," broke ia George. "No,
sit still, Lily," as the child was about
to move ; "grandfather is half way
Len; by this time, I'll bo bound; he
is now tbe man to break an oppoint-
ment, whether f jr business or pleas
ure; if he bad not been as punctual
as the day throughout his lone: lift?
be would never hiive turned that lit
tle hosiery business ia Cheupside in
to tbo fine concern it became ; no,
nor have made all tL iir.De7 be did
in other ways."
"What other Waysiio yoiiaczn,
dear?" asked his wife ; has to inu'ac
much money in other ways?"
"Oh, of course. Don't yoa know
Alice, that it was be, rind one or two
more men cf his stamp, who kid the
foundation of much oi ojr meet re
munerative intercourse with tbe siik
traJocf China? And though Lis
naae has never been prominent in
the btTtiir, it is said that bo has been
their Ij:ickbcii-j ; if he bad lived fifty
or sixty years earlier he would have
been jiisi sueb a sort of a man as the
old Kist ladiau Directors were.
Ljrd bless my heart! people in the
city wno suo v more oi tnese things
tlian I d j 8 iv be must be worth a iiiiat
of money. He is rather late, though"
went on Wood wyo, af-.er a minute's
paue; "prhps you Lad befer run
and fetch rindfather, Lily ; be can't
have heard the clock." aad tha child
scampered away
I ..l-utr fli.nn-ik tl.1 1 . rtr
open wmao.v.
A few mitutes pasted, and she is
back again, breathless, frightened,
aud sobbing.
"What is the matter, my dirling?
what is the matter ?" crifs tbe mother,
taking her up in her arai.
"Grandpa, grantipa," ga-ps out the
little one "ifrandua wou't 'peak;
grandpa tnmbled down oa tr.ble."
In u moment hu-bsad end wife are
(lying down to :h? siuami.T-h.us.
At a glance tbey s-e that tbe child s
words are true; fr' there, prone
across the tat!o at which be was
writing, helpless, speechless, uncon
scious lies tbe dear kind old man, bis
b.;dy partly resting against tbecbair,
tbe pea still in the outstre.ched band,
as it lies acro's a sheet of paper,
slightly smeared with the last touch
of ink. To raise tint and loosen bis
stiff high white neckcloth is tbe work
of an instant on George's part, while
Al ie banding over tbe disturbed face,
calls loudly for help.
It comes, of course, in time, and
Matthew lliekman is laid upon bis
deathbed ; for he never recovers con
sciousness, and within fiur-and-twenty
hours cf his apoplectic seizure
his spirit passes peacefully away.
For one momeat at the last the
glazed eyes turned with the faintest
look cf recognition to tbo face cf the
loving aud beart-strickea daughter;
a slight twitching cf tbe ruoutb, 83 if
he would have spoken some words cf
farewell, a momentary expression of
anxiety, and all was over
CHAPTER II.
THE DISAPPOINTMENT.
Bevond and entirely apart from tbe
deep sorrow into wbicb the little home
at Hitrbgate was plunged for many
months af:er tte death cf its oldest
inaiate, there was icterworen with
the grief a senee of amazement at the
ob-curi'v inTbich Matthew Hickman
bad left bis affairs ; an amazement, it
may ba said, not limited to theregion
ut Higbgate, where so eld a re.-iident
was, cf course, almost aa well known
is the church spire, but ex'ending in
to many aa lcfliientiRl commercial
circle ia the city.
As may Lave been gathered from
the words cf his son-in-law, Georg
Woodwyn, Mr. Matthew Rickman
was supposed nay, by tbote who
were best icf jrmed, s known-s-to
have amassed considerable wealth ;
yet, except in regard to a compara
tively small sum, no clue was discov
ered to indicate what be bad done
with it, or in what securities it bad
been invested.
, He left no will, aad never seemed
to have employed a lawyer, having
himself arranged tbe disposal cf his
business in Cbeapside and most other
matters. At one titne he had had a
confidential clerk, or head man, w ho
bad been ia bis employ for a Lng
while and might have known some
thing about bis master's affairs ; but,
be too was dead, bad died very soon
after the business passed into o her
bands.
Sacb memoranda and accounts as
were found with Mr. M tttbew Rick
man's effects were couched in term:
so mysterious, and set down in trade
and private marks so obscurely, that
it was evident they were not intend
ed to be understood by any one save
their owner ttat is, wiib one ex
ception, but this is a very notable
one.
Among tbe papers picked op in the
summer-house, af.er the confusion
ensuing opon the sad catastrophe
wbicb happened there had passed
away, was a certain sheet ot foolscap,
wbicb, from the purport of what was
written in a trembling hand opon it
and at the smear of ink across it, ap
peared to be that on which tbe old
gentleman bad been in tbe act of
writing wfcea Land aad brain were
so suddenly paralysed. Whether be
was induced to write what he did
from not feeling well, or whether he
had received suaje prevision cf what
was going to bi tall fciin, or whether
mtrely after Lis own eccentric fact
ion be conceived that the time bad
come for Lim to make some airanr
ments by which those wbo were to
follow him could inherit bis property,!
f 14 H -
he dt-bired in some sort t repair his
error, for thu3 ran the document ia
question :
IIlGIKIATE, Sept., 1819.
Havine fjr many years been of the
firm opinion that the English people
are too heavily and unjustly taxed,
through tbe reckless maladministra
tion of the finances cf tho country, by
a sc!fi-h and corrupt Govf-rument,
and having in my time more than
amply contributed my share toward
swelling the enormous revenue col
lected fi'om universally large duties
and taxes annually levied, I am de
terrriiud that when I die no more of
my property sba'l pass to the credit
oi tne state ia t:i- sliape ct prooate
or legacy duties. Therefore I have
made no will, but by this rcr doed of
gift 1 make over to my youngest and
best-loved child, Alice Woodwyn, tie
sum cf 1,500, and a like sum to my
mucl mifguiled, but always uiTec
tionattly remeaibered, Bon, Thomas
Kickmau, at presea: supposed to be
fchc-p farming ia Australia; arid that,
further, when it be possible to convey
to him the said sum cf 1,500, 1 re-j
quest that bo may ba told at, the same
ttmo that, notwithstanding tbe grief)
uia waywai-d conduct caused me, I,
ia the.-.e. my las; day s, heartily for
give him, a:;J pray that tbe Almighty
rnav do tne same, and ia the future
tuid'O Lis Toctsteos back to those
paths ct rectitude and obedience
when.;o he has so sadly strayed.
Also, 1 hereby give to my little
granddaughter, Lilian Woodwyn,
the sum of 1,0)0, to ba held by her
parents ia trust for Ler until she be
cf age, or uatii sho shall marry with
their full con sect aad approval.
Thcte three sums in gold will be
fuuod, each tied up in a tepara'.e bag,
and liboled with tbe names of tho.-se
for sbom they are inteuded, ia tbe
small iron safe at my bed-bead ; the
key cf tbe safe (also labeled) is at
tached to tbe bunch I el ways carry
in toy pocket. That my ctiilJrea
only may understand bow the main
b-j
Here tte writing caased.
Tte incomplete word ended with
aa irregular upward stroke of the pea,
which was partly snieored, probably
by the cont-ciiff as the helpless
hand slid suddenly across the pa
per. That Matthew Rickman should
have died worth no more than 4,000
everybody said, was simply absurd;
nay, the-e written directions, this
d:.'fed cf 2;f: call the paper what you
f!f-e clcriy indicated that tbe
writ-, r was goinj on tosaysiaie
tlii&g t.1- ut "tbe main bu '' cf bis
nroperiy. Ali who saw the usfirii-b-ed
wri'ijir were unaaianu's "ia fatir
pretin r "in ;' as the beginning of
the ord "balk," and tbis, frotn the
context, it was q ike natural to c a
clu le would have been followed by
"of my property.'' Cut at the critical
moment the summons had come.
As the momentous seotence hung up
on the pen's point, the fingers guiding
it bad relaxed, and the dictating,
busy, plottiug mind became as mean
ingless a blank as tbe remainder cf
the unwritten page.
Despite tbe most minute search
and icquiry, extending over to cr
three years, as to what the old gen
tleman bad done with tbe presumed
mass cf his weehb, nothing came of
it ; not a sign, not a hint could be ob
tained. It was brought to light that several
large sums at different periods bad
been secretly presented by Lim to
various charities; indications that be
bad constantly bten doing good by
stealth in many directions cropped
up, ail going to confirm tbe wide
spread ooinion that he bad large re
sources to draw upon, but not in the
leas; leading to aa idea to where
those resources were deposited.
The 1.000 dividtd, as the paper
descri'oed, into three portions, were
in tbe iron pafe sure enough. When
the canvas bags were emptied, four
thousand bright new gulden sover
eigns, iu three glittering Leaps, lay
upon the table an aaiazing, dazzling
sight this, truly, t unaccustomed
eyes, but to those cf the experienced
bunk clerk, George Wcodwyn, sug
gesting nothing for the first moment
eo Uiucb as checking by a careful
count the correctness of the amounts;
and, cf course, tbey were correct to
tbe last sovereign.
No contemptible sum either fr
"bumble livers" in content, such as
George and Lis wife were; and it '-vas
with a grateful Lean that he prepar
ed to place Lis wife's and Lis chili's
portion in, as be thougbt, some more
profitable place cf security than an
irou safe.
Siiil, without any mean repining
or covetous feeling with regard to
what they had naturally supposed
they would come into, was impossible
for them to bti&ih tail sense of disap
pointment. The ever recurring ques
tion as to wbt the eld man could
have done with Lis money would in
itself have kept tbis seu-e alive.
Tne ne'er-do-weel renegade son,
Tnoniis Rickman, wbo with all hia
faults was nut a bid fellow at heart,
and very fond cf bis sister, Lad never
entirely broken i ff commu jcation
with home.
His father, in bis anger, bad for
bidden tbe mention cf tbe lad's name
from tbe time he quitted England to
go as a common seaman betre the
mast.
Uut to his siater Alice he had from
time to time written ; and when, by
his lost letter, he showed that Le had,
after a fasti m, managed to make a
start ia sb-tp forming ia. Australia,
with a prospect cf doing well, she
had ventured to put the ltter into
her father's Lands. He read it,
bu: he gave it hack without any re
mark. Nevertheless, it seemed he had not
forgotten it. Tboa means were open
for seodiog tbe 1,500 to Tom with
out much difficulty; and the loving
sister in Going so, we may be sure,
poured cut in the. fulness of her Lear:!
many entreaties that ber brother
would profit by bis father's forgive
nees and geuerosity, and many an
earnest hope that be luight be spared
to return to Lis native isod.
Witbia twelve months of old Mat
thew's death the WcoJwvns knew
that Tom Lad received the money
safely. He wrote :
ft!
T1
Tl!
1,1
WllULr INU. MSb.!d0'Q -Alice scas, aud for a mo-
; merit choked ber otTerance.
i "Toci cot.i?r Lome !"' faiJ Getrge,
"It has come in the very nick cf i "e"'I peanJ.'s !"
time, and by its rcea-s vo i w ill see 1 1 "Yef," answered the wife, "asd
shall coin a" fortune tbat'rhali be larg w':l fca a ':5J or .two te.Sre
enough before I hare done to com-1 Ccria'.raas Day if the ship inakss aa
pensate us all for the lamentabia !ot s j S'-'od rut e.s be expecs. Tbis lot
we sustain through the eccentric aad i -aj pK h7 the mail which tart
mysterious crotchets entertained br!cu" 8 Vc--" was to sail."
my father in all money matters, "Will, well, well, dear wife," said
though I don't despair of year c mia? ! Poor Gi'o.'?c, "be is your brother, fcas
opon some trace yet of the "bulk" ot'j7"-r (i-'ar eJC3 tiD(I beart, we
his property. What I have got, kaow. Such as we have Le fc.Le.il
however. I "shall invest ia this farm- !bcrj; and, think God, no man can
ing basines?, ia which I am a partner
with a man whom I picked uo out
P
here, and who, like myself, h:-.'l no
thing to begin wi:j; but wo sbail
both be rich men in time, and thu,
but not till then, my dear and loving
Alice, yoa will see me in England
again."
"So be it: I hope ion will not
be disappointed ; it is tir.ie List lack tudo vtLich sen: tbem to sleep tint
began to turn. It" a utile of it came ! m-ri? P-efi-ilj, perhaps, thai
tbis way I should not b -nrry " wanlbi beta tta ciie for a lonif w!.;:.,
tnis way I saouid uot oo sorry, was
George Woodwyn's reroirk when to
had read )be letter.
"What do you meaa ?" inqtiired
Alice. '
"Why, I mean," aaivwe-retl ber Li:.--i
band, "that mine stt-nn to be desert
ing me. I did not intend to toil you
about it, but you see it's r f po u-o
my attempting to keenanvthini-trom
j you ; tbe fact is. I Lave ti:.
disappointment iu the l.iuk ti
j very
day.
There have Lo'.-u
r
oioo-
lions, owing to trie opeuin; of tho
new branch, but I am agiin pi --cd
over. I suppose I shall be lef'tcu'. ia
the cold now till I am ca cid roio.
I'm sure it's very fortunate we Lave
no house rent to pay, for 1 shall get
no rise in salary for years, that I can
see."
"Now, dear, dou't bogia to worry
yourself, please, lVvu in iny ; w e
shall do very wei! cv?a if you do't
get an incea-i?, .ho.jc;!) it is hard for
you; but we shall ulways have toM
roof to cover us, taa-iks t mv ti ar
mother's f.-roigbt in making her
father leave tbis little freehold to me
at her death. At aoy rao wr- cm
never be turned ou-, uf h ;;; ail
home; besides, there will bo dividend
coming ia soon frjia iuiae and Lily i
portion ot dear fa'.ber'-s noay."
"Yes, yes ; 1 know a!! so that ;
not but what I see the chores ii tbe
'Wheal Grydd Copper Mioio.' Cm.
paay' Lave gradually .Veu going
down, and tbey are ; -v five or
six lowr than wli-:i .v e -jjhi ia,
not quite a year ago 1 i inr.-r I u-m
foolish ; but there se?n
i; a ruu
til i's
of bad luck with us
ail 1 meant to say ;
a j more
aoout it." i
Bot a loving wife b.i so- o.-r.sd
perceptions, aod w il - t -i : v .ivioo
tbe state cf ber bu-h i -uiud,
strive be ever so earnn.-tiv 10 t-.l'O it :
and though Alic? '.Vojd.vvi gve
little Ll to the toce io which Grjm
hid referred to th? oitar cf luck oo
tbis occa-ioa, tho first susp-ci ,z th s
be h3d some anxiety which he v
keeping from her was rui-c i ii7 it
This suspicion increased f.fter t e
months, w bea she observed, r;of .'v
that there was a td;nel 1 -,k
creeping 07er her hasnand's kindly
face, but a constaat inclination
on Lia part to refer to tbe ill lack
wbicb Le conceived was besetting
them.
In tbe course, however, of little
more than three years after they were
left alone in their home, a real anxie
ty arose, which touched both husband
and wife more nearly perhaps than
any tbey bad ever felt.
Tne iutle girl Liliaa became dan
gerously ill, and after the fever which
etruck ber down had pa-sed she re
mained ia sadly delicate health f.r
many months.
She bad to be taken to the sea for
change cf air; and what with tbis
and the heavy expenses for medical
attendance (for tbe ii-st doctors in
London were consulted), it was in
deed found that tbeir income was
barely euflicieut to meet tbe heavy
strain upon it. Fori: mast never be
forgotten that though the mother aad
daughter's purtiou, actuating to
2,50 ofo!d Matthew's money, had
yielded by its investment in the
"Wheal Grydd Company" fair divi
dends up to this time, tbey were not
equivalent to the share tbe old grand
father bad contributed to the expens
es of the home, aad which, of cour-e,
had entirely ceased tbrough tbe un
happy mystery ia which be Lad cho
sen to envelop bis affairs.
By way cf adding to the Wood
wyuo' anxieties, news had cjroe from
Tom Rickmaa's veatnre wiih th
sheep farming was going wrong A I
murrian Lad broken o it, by which hei
nau io?t large sum-, while, to put the
fioii-hing stroke to tbeir mi-fortunes, j
tbe dividends from the " V. Leal Gry d 1
Company" suddeuiy ceased, ttitre
bcicg a check ia tne minin? opera
tions. By tbe time, therefore, that the
fifth Christmas after Mr. Rickmau's
death was coming round, we find the
Woodwyns really in somewhat
straightened circomntances.
Still sickly, Lilian Las ilia Autumn
failed to get ber uuai breath of s a-
air; it couid not be afforded, and ibis:
depnvaiioa left Us mark on tbe pallid
cheeks of both mother acd daughter. I
As if. too. to bear cut the adaia that!
.;f ... ...!
gloomy November afternoon, George,
returning from the city more depress!
ed tbao ever. Las to make a clean
ever,
a clean
breast
cf his troublt 8, unable any I
longer to evade the tender qoes-i
tionings and apptaliog looks ct Lis1
wife. 1
"I doa't know what we stall do,
fitArlinc " Via call) . . i.
able mining company, after gradually ! '"Vt bfd
showing signs of decreasing Vrcl body's comfort the whole party
periij.the shares going fte.Uilj i 10 ' th" ,fA f " S
.kk- .v.. V'lwaitb-ui natura' that a certain
,i ... u , . . . , , '
auuuiu Die lusw uuuureus ui your
and dear Lily's money if 1 had
S-)!d
though I ought to Lave Lad tbe
pluck to raise my losses long ago
Lay finally come to each a pass that
everyone in the city says there must!11"' CiJ' "J ."Jl ulrr-un(i
. .f ' : after tbe chaire wero pu.led rcuna
be a call on the shares sot) a. I have i
foreseen this for months, I may say
for years, aad yet I have been such an
idiot I couid not make cp my mi ad
to sell."
"lam grieved tor you, my poor
George," said Alice, "more than I
can Bay ; bnt we must not let trouble
take away ail our hope and strength ;
we need both. And tie should n ot :
forget the dear, bvrigu. days we have;
known now tbat we have to face uc
fhnchiagly many a dark and dreary
one; fori too hare only sad news(
' t- tell. By lb" riiii 'hy post ciruo
, letter frcrn p )or Tom ; te has loa- oil
i every furi;!, of tbo 1,500. Hid
partner has ah.-oon led with cvt-ry-
tting ne eou a lay fc:s tancs oa ; ar.a
we may expect Tom here, bereft of
means, end having worked his way
home (as in Lis happier and younger
days te worked Lis way out), treat
ing aad ensured that with us te will
find comfort and hcerty welcome.
God help Lia and cs! The hearty
welcome he shall have, George, from
i both of us, shall he not ? But anoth
er mouth to feed will be a bor Jea
and my heart is heavy !''
I Here a few quiet tears stole
softly
irj'- us cf thi lov .I
j'Lc.-o w:is ;o r,. f.r
L; bis bu.1!
!t vear
!P-'i3t. L.-t
! stand hers
j aad oau to
i .-bared by
u to1?' i. ,ia tea: v.-a
to'ether wi'.h cae heorl
cad
Hot a thou - j! un-
boaeriw, n;f:;astaa'iiag their
gloomy prospects, this evening cf
bcrt to tea,'': gave to each a for.i-
oa.-t.
! chaiter nr.
t
: run i.vi'k.
Chri.-taas Ese, in tbis tLe eo.-'.
i rucmora'jld cf till years f r the Wcd
I wj u L -u-ehold, tell upon a Suade.y.
j Tbo long-snticipatcd tuts; call ca if. 3
.luur; bau "jtoo aou'-u a trtaign:
previously, u,.J tbe pour drudging
Uaak cieri, unoroiuoted yet s.iva by
u very sii.i ;bi su-p, bad m ttitwitii
jrci', Uiuienltr aud many sucriucts ;
ui ho reiura-.'i to his little homo at
iligbgatc oa ihe Saturday night,
teriiime I tha: at leas; for tbe ntAt
t.vo days ero tuould le driven frora
its doors, ubd that no'.Liag ba: grati
tude to t!:'! G.vcr of ail g ol fur
wtv. was ;
left to bini eh-iuld
Lis Lear..
lu the boit fare Liflubg the s.ea-sjathi-,
crcu:natiaces would allow,
tbou.j'b fil'irj fa." wtort, moybe, of
toe in'oi'i-'toLi of son:e forrrer Cbrist-taa-i
tttKts, bad b'.eo. prepared by th;
ia tfal bou-c Aifo. Tae niicor nor-
liou cf It-
course i.-.
j? tuo kirjal ic-it va-, ot
o bo dreamed cf t.ll the
v. rr ; v
g'e-os tii:.t i'i
iu.U'it.1, ia tLe lr.
oooa Iuwj
Ixli s:t forth by de.
lay bf.erQ',oa cpon the
.iv parlor lcoki'i ;ut
atid gardea, bit hjV
U.:-p a.'lj L
ta.ija ciii .
loo i.i: : ;;;.(
ed, ooo tt-i'
tUo bapo.oe
tb'jlr tr. oij.e
llia.tt u ilcT a f rest! ;
ct sa j a . As far ij
t ru o :u e Ti t w a .i c . n cc r c
&i j'am :-jlu Ul V cl'.-lide'l
tL.Jt, UjtvVT
Le.;oii 10
UrtdOUV
ii' i ::; .-.- ,
uo. . . 0 It ;-ti j
,d toeir
.No iurtli.'" uowj L.iJ l.-ce a teard c!
th-it ctii T looi's.s aid loa-a'j.-ei:'.
c.caiher ; :' .t,e fttroiiy.
"1 coi.il havt? wished," said Geor,r
"tLat po -r Tom c.-ci-l t-o arr.vei
ia Wo.e to eat Lis L'-ri.;!;u i be;:'
Willi u;. 'i'Lcra will be t-sough f.-r
:.i::i; i.r.-d 1 baj Lortily Lopeu that
j he cii'.
i he
;:ii Lave 'co2 ? to Lsr.d,' as
tbo c'ty, ia tiiiie,"-'
t wcrdi bai bar jly c..s-':d Li
OtO, ii.Or tOc liiii.o't ol 'OOiil-
v so 2ec;.--!3ry for stories and
"plays, aa ; wtt-oi cy critical readers
jaa'l i-ad.ences is cf'.ea LeM to be ar
jtideiii iti Lctioti, but. which wben cc-
curnag ia real iifo is considered oaiy
"very tortuaaw," it'i h-M a: tie oit
er gate beneath the ivted crch tl-a0'-ej
with a boisterous peal, aaitwo
minutes '.iter tbe sittmo; room was
dwarfed ia its proportions by tne ap
pearance witbia its walls ct a huge,
broad chested, large litub;,!, weatber
beaten roan, sadly travel staiaed aad
battered as to Lis exterior, bo:, ith
a pair of bright pure eye?, so fail cf
hope aa 1 cheericcss that tbey made
your near; bound a; once with trust
aad joy ; aad they niad cot inly
tho bear: but the whole persja of
Alice Woodwia bound; for, with tbe
rapidity cf lightning, ste sprang
toward him, aad bifore a word could
be uttered ba l flang her arms around
bis neck, and almost bidden Lis
bearded, ccaest face ty the delude
uf kiasts ebe poured upon it.
What p. taliiug aad baad-shakia.',
kissing, again aad again, began after
that! Wbat a succession ct incohe
rent questionisrs aad impoeaibly
constructed answers! What a c gram
matical, voluble sentences were scat
tered about! How there never seem
ed to bi boy iikelinco l ct the pp--frma:;ce
eoaoiag to an eu l aad cuat
ters pbttiin down again I first it
there eve." could Lc a ttrat in -oca a
complication cf snyicgs and d-irj-s
Tom would take tip bis little niece
with so CiU'-a strength of arm and
baud that t:, chili's bead appeared
uuptrsied by the low ceiling; thea
Ce seemed luclistd to treat bis o .v a
sister ia tbe same way; and was not
quite sure but what te woal.1 give
George a Kis: ia Lis 3rms, so eatire-
j ly overcom,; was he by the boister-
ous-iess aad strength ct Lis joy. Nor
was that of tie ott-er three ia tteir
degree I-.ts dem ouatra'ive. Ta-y
bad thoroughly caught the iafectioo ;
and all the tioo;, tbeir eyes were fall
cf tears as tbey coula hold aad
Mrs. Woodwyn's diJa't bold teem,
for they kept running over aad
streaming d wa Ler face, so that you
Wuiil'i have thought a private cata
ract 'vts some Cere a; worz, aad
w a3 only Luldeo froti view by tb
profa-iuu cf Ler browa cnrls, wbicb
now, fairly escapiog tbe bondage ,f
; an
iabo
laits aud bands, were flowing
about ia every uiree
tior.
and getting
u ,x ?aJ T
1" "hii:? we"
.... '. -. ...
nine less ion' wnea c.s utats
shook with laughter, that tbe cocfix
sioa cf appearance was quite .-.
great a.s tiie confusion cf tenia :s.
By degrees, buwever, a little trr.a
uusiitr se; in, and, when every da
iri)ou-it of reactions should f.
njcu-it cf reactions should folio.
n i ... bni.itr tl.nfu Tufa wr a 1 w 'fnm.
:.k
Blames tuu.'itt.cu m.u uic i...
group likely to Lave a depressing i:o
rlueuce. TLe evening, too, begou to-
..!.. : 1 n. . v. r,.c h.'.f hnnr
the fire aad before candles were-
brought the conversation took rato-r
a gloomy turn. But presently Tom.
bringing" his big band down on Lis
knees with a heavy spank, said, while
the ruddy glow of tbe fire which be
bid just stirred showed bis t?w
teaming agaia with smiles:
"Well, it's ro rpiaiag; we
most try and make tbe best of mat
ters. It is true I haven't got a pea-
ny ia
tae world uot a stiver; oat
Continued on the i'.hpzge.