The Tioga County Agitato??!
BY M. H. COBB.
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es. t»» BE¥ A S. F. WILSON,
i TLORNEYS & COUNSELLORS at LAW,
fV will attend the Court! of Tioga, j’Sttcf and
jiillcm'counties. {W 1863..] ,
DICKINSON HOUSI
COR-SINS, N. T. ;
Mvj. A. FIELD T oprietor.
/"I (JESTS taken to and .from tho l-'epot free
\X of charge- • [-J .an. r, ISC3.]
PjEJH?STL?MIA HOCiSE, .
COT’.N'EP. or 3MJS STREET AND THE ''VENUE,
TSTellstsro. Pa,
J. W. BIGONY,
rpHIS popular Hotel, having been re-fittej
X and re-furnished throughout, is now ope j to the
public as a first-class house. [Jan-1 ■lSft 3. J
D. HART’S HOTEL
WELLSBORO, TIOOn CO. FEN If A. .
THE subscriber takes this method to inform
his old friends and customers that ha has re
sume! the conduct of the old “ Crystal fountain
Hotel,” and will hereafter give it his entire Attention.
Thankful for past favors, he solicits- a renewal of the
,ame. DAVID !®ART.
Wellsboro. Nor, 4, 1563.-ly.
iZAAK WALTON! HOf*«E,
Gaines, Tioga County, Fa:
g. C. VER-MILYEA, .Proprietor.
rpIUS is a new hotel located within easy ac-
X cess of the best fishing and banting grounds in
Sortheta Peantylrania, i,o pains will besparedfor
she accommodation of pleasure seekers and-the trav
elling public.[ {Jan. 1863.]
fSL WATCHES, CLOCKS, ASD
JEtrELRTI ,
at BULLARD'S 4 CO'S. STORE, by the
subscriber. in thebest manner. and at r.s low pricesas
tfei same work can be done for, by aby first rate prac
tice workman in The State.
Wcilsboro; July 15, 1863. A. R. IIASCT.
A. FOLEV,
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &C., &c.,
repaired at old prices.
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
NO. 5, UNION BLOCK., - '
Wcllsboro, May 20,1563. ; . .
E. B. BLACK,
BARBER & HMR-DRESSEB,
SHOP OVER C. L. IVILCOX'S STORE,
NO. 4, UNION BLOCK-
Vellsfcoro, June 2i, 186 By • ■ ' ,
WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTEL.
KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, PA. , '•
THE undersigned having leased tbe above Hotel
f'ra term of years would respectfully inform
tie traveling .public that be has pat tbe Hotel in first
:l«#i }rder for tbe reception of guests and no .pains
r.'.Hle spared in tbe accommodation of travelers and
rsfur as the fitnation wiU.arilow,,he willkeyp a fir«t
c' ? Hotel, in all things, except prices, wilch -niil
ic mode*oto. Please fry us and judge for yours^l rc s.
Kc.xrillc, Oct. 19, U64-tf. J. U. M'iRTIN- *
mectts & MEDicisKsi
yO C.VIO.V SLOCK, WELLSBOSOiPA.
F. R. WILLIA&S,
BE-35 leave to announce to the citizen? of; Wells
boro and vicinity, that he keepß.'conatahtly.ou
L-cd all kinds of ... * *-
DRUGS AND MEDICINES, :
Cuemienls. Varnish, Paints. Soaps, Perfumery, .Glass,
Brushes. Puny, Fancy Good?, Pare Wines, Brandies,,
bins, and all other kinks of Liquors of the best
quality. All kinds of • -
PATENT MEDICINES / /.
rich 05 Jayne's Expectorant, Alterative ati<LPills;
Aver'a Sarsaparilla, Pills and Cherry Pectgaly; Helm
t'-U'i EKtraet BacUa, SataaparilU and Kbse Wash ;
Mrr Wicklow’s «Sothing Syrup; Wright's*. PiUs,
nn-I Cbeescman’s Pills’; H.rll’tf Balsam; Rin
iczer’s London Dock Gin: HerricVs Pills aVI Plas
ters; Brown's Bronchial Troche's, &c., &c. &£
Mnv 25.1804-lv. P. H. WILL; IMS.
REVENUE STAIiPS.
JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector <?v Mnns?-
field, has just large lot of ileveaue
s:um<, of rfill denominations, from one cent bgto $5.
Any person wishing Stanps can otaaj office.
:n Mansfield, or of AI. BULLARD, Assistant Assessor,.
it WUUboro. Pj. * , .J<M. PHELPS. .
Minefield, May 2. 18*4. • ' /\ ' I
P. IfEWELI, DESTIST, ;
MANSFIELD. TIOGA COUNTY, PA.,
15 prepared to operate in all tSe improvements in
the various departments of filling, extrasling, in.
icrtmp artih'-ial dentures, de,
Man«6e}d. August 10, iS64-ly.
COWASESQIiE HOIISC. •
THIS llouyo which has been open for convenience
the tiavellng public for a number of years,
lately Ken newly famished througtiout-and filter]
tf io as jr-vjj style as can be found in any country or
c - l 7 lintel. The Proprietor does not hcMtflj*in pay-
w r that there will be no pains spared to f*dd to tfc,o
ccmr.rt of his guests, and mnkfe it a home them.
Taebejtof stabling for teams; and a jsodtj*hostler
in attendance, all of..which can found
one mile oust of Knoxville, Pa. i *-
M. V. PURPLE, Proprietor,
I'wfi'olJ. May 25, * '
’WELI.SBOBO HOTJE:^-
Main Street and the Ave*tUo.) .
WeIXSBOEO, Pa. ' •* tm‘ ’
E. E. HOLIDAY, y/" . /.
Oce of the nfost popular Houses ih county.
Hotel is the principalStago-house in H&Usboco.
sta ?®s leave daily, as follows.: ’ f. _
r,r Tic-ga. at 9<a. m.; For Troy, st,S a.yn.; For
er! o.» Shore evefj Tuesday and Friday ai;2 p. m.;
* : r CynJersport, ivory Tuesday and Friday at 2 p. m.
Arrive—From Tioga, at 12 o’tflock
1 15 From Troy, at 6 -o'clock p.*m. i Fro’Ci Jersey
r -- Tuesday and Friday 11 a. m. ;
f Tae-diy and Friday II a. m- ,
yE.—Ji-nmy Cowdea,' the well-know* hcetler,
*‘jlbe foand on band.
-vellsboro. Oct. 6, 1864-1 y. - J
HUGH YOU3SO,
bookseller . & stationer,.
AS D DIALER in
Clocks. American* English, ,ni Swiss
.Joshes. Jewelry. Silver- Plajted Ware,
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Perfumery, Yankee lisbing
d Flies, and Fancy and Toilet Ari c?es.
SCHOOL BOOKS of every kln<ius *£ in the
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A IARGE ASSORTMENT of Eevonoo' Stamps
of nil denominations, just received atlhe First
of c x of WcUsboro, in the Store
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"e'Uboro, Jfsy 25, ISM-tf.
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SHARPER* BROTHERS,
WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA,, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 83, 1864.
Stlec t|3ottvp.
0 Gen. 6 kinsman loved, but not'enough:
0 tijan with eyes’majestic after'death/
Whdst feet hove foilcd-aloug our pathways rough.
Whose lips drew:imman.breath ! •, '
' By that one likeness which is ours and thine;
By that one natortf which doth bold ns kin :
-By .that high henveh where sinless thou dost shine,
, . - .„Tq draw us, Binncrs,Jn/..
. . '
Hy Tby Inst silencein thejudgmenttiwU; :
.By long foreknowledge, of tbo deadly tree; ‘ : i
_By darkness, by-tbe wormwood andthe gn}l— 1
I pray Thee, visit me.
And dei; n v O Watcher with tbo sleepless brow,
.Pathetic,in its yearning—doign reply :
la there, oh, is there ajaght tfyvt such as Then
Wouldst fake from such as I ?
Are there no briers across Tby pathway thrnst ?
Are there no thems that compass it about ?
Nor any stones-that Thou wilt deign to trust •
Aly bands to gather out ? .
Oh, if Thou wilt, and if such hlisa might be,
: It were s care for doubt, regret, delay—
, Let toy lost pathway go—what aileth me?—
There is a better way.
IVbat though unmarked the happy workman toil; -
And break, unthanked of man, the stubborn clod ?
It is enough, for sacred is the soil.
Dear are.tho hills of God.
Fat letter in its place the lowliest bird
Should sing aright to him the lowliest song,
Than that a seraph Strayed should take the sword,
And sing Hia glory wrong.
An old schoolfellow and a great chum of
mine was one Charley Luwrinco, and his - so
ciety and example Were anything but condu
cive to application. He had £5OO a year of
his own.'and was waiting for a commission in
the army. "Nearly every shilling of my for
tune, past, present, and to come, had been
sunk in paying the premium and stamp on
my'artidles with Sbarpns, Ward, Andrews, i
Co., attorneys, and so yon may suppose that
the companionship of a gay young scapegrace
Uke Charley was not the wisest that a lawyer’s
clerk, on nothing a year, could have chosen
It led me into all sorts ef scrapes and extrav
agances ; and when, after eighteen months of
racketing about town, Charley was gazetted
full ensign in her Majesty’s—th Regiment,
and ordered off to India, I found myself in
difficulties under which I groaned for many
a year. Bat Charley had troubles of his own
at" starting, which prevented hia thinking
about me, : There was a girl down in Devon
shire, where his family lived—a clergyman’s
daughter—with whom be had fallen in love,
and would have married straight off, but her
father, a proud man and devoted worrshipper
of Mammon, had other views for her. and gave
my poor friend the cold shoulder. I never
could see any beauty in Laura Trcgraven, the
damsel in question; and later on knew her
for what she was—a white-blooded little sim
pleton, without a single good quality to make
hef-solf or aiiy one else happy. In Charley’s
eyes, however, she was perfection ; and in one
of their stolen interviews they had vowed
eternal love and constancy ; and Charley car
ried with him to Bengal her solemn promise
never, never, never, to marry another. ', -
Three years passed, and this .brings me to
the time I spoke of when'l began my. story;—
I had just finished preparing a . brief -in a
great patent case we bad for trial in Guildhall,
when in came Mr. Shnrpus with a couple of
deeds in bis hand. . . ..
Ho took the draft and read it, whilst T fol
lowed him in the parchment to see that it was
properly copied. It was a marriage settlement,
whereby Lord Thornhury, a nobleman of scy-'
enfy years of ago and anything but reputable
character, settled §60,000 upon his bride-elect,
and this lady was no other than Laura Tre
garven ! “ Poor Charley I” thought 1, ns I
walked home, “how am I to break to you this
rapture of all your hopes?” And my difficul
ty was not lessened when, a day or two after
ward, I received a letter from him, statingthat
his regiment was ordered home, and bidding
■me wish him joy upon this prospect of again
beholding bis darling constant Laura.
: Sis, months, passed. Tho assizes were on,
and we had several heavy cases for trial in dif
j ferentparts of the country. One of these, the'
! greatcase of Stopperly vs. Moss, was entered
for trial at and thither ! wcnt'hyi the
mail—for there were no railways in those days
—with my briefs and witnesses. - • ' - ‘
. Such a case was that which Estopped the
way” before Stopperty vs. Mobs. A dozen
times it threatened to break down, and a doz
en and one times it got on its weary legs again.
It was a dull, tedious case, and, fur want of
something better to do, I strolled into' the
Crown Court. There sat the Judge in ‘ his I
scarlet robes, with the High Sheriff of the
county by his side, and'before him three pris
oner standing in the dock upon their trial for
burglary. I began to chat with some young
barristers whom I knew, and was paying no
attentions the proceedings, when all of a
sudden I heard the name of Lord Thornhury
mentioned by the counsel who was " conduct- 1
ingtbe prosecution. - I picked up my cars , and
began to listen to' the case. ' ;
It appeared that a day or two before the bur
glary, Lord Thornbury bad returned with hi s
.bride from their Continental, tour, and had ta
ken up his .abode at their, country-seat; that,
in anticipation of the festivities which were to
follow, the whole of his grand family plate and
her-ladyship’s’jewels had been brought down
from bis London bankers; that one of the
prisoners was a discarded servant, who knew
where those valuables were kept; that the
house had boon broken into, and the whole of
the silver; swept away; and that another of
the accused was caught in the act of climbing
down from the roof of an outhouse close to
the place where an entrance bad been effected.
The case against this fellow (who was indica
ted by the name of Kicbard Thompson) seemed
to he clear enough; that against hi» compan
ions rested upon circumstantial evidence. One
;of them. named'Arnold, had been seenin com- ]
papyrwith Thompson the day before the buri.
H O -N-O B S
TRUE TO THE EAST.
gWy, prowling about the park, close to the
house, in a Jfispioious manner; and that the
landlord of the inn at which Thompson bad
begh staying swore that a man—whom he af
terward recognized ns Arnold—called for the
prisoner, Thompson, the following night, and
that they .walked out, together in the direction
of Lord Thornbory’s park. The name of the
discarded servant was O’Hara and he had'been
taken into custody in tbc.house of a noted re-'
ceiver of stolen goods at Sheffield, where, con
cealed undersome ashes in the hack • kitchen,
was found a mass of silver plate broken pp
and partially melted, but not sufficiently so to
obliterate the mark? whereby it was identified
as Lord Tbornbury’s property. The wretched
old “ fence” was indicated also ; bnfhe plead-'
ed guilty, and was called as a witness against
his client. Arnold and O’Hara were defended
by counsel, and every dodge that experience
and ingenuity could devise was made use of to
get them off, and to throw all the blame on
Thompson. There was a public path through
the park, where the former ■ had' been seen
taiking.with Thompson: perhaps he had mere
ly asked him bis way. ’ If he bad accompanied
him to the Hall and assisted him in the bur
glary, how came it that he (the prisoner Ar
nold) had not also been taken ? As for O’Hara,
he, poor innocent, was the victim of the old
Jew “fence.” No one had seen him bring
the stolen plate to Sheffield,' Some one else
might have taken it to the Jew’s bouse, and
there was nothing to show tl at O’Hara know
the bad character of that mansion into which
—so suggested’ his ’’defender—he might have
been inveigled ; and so forth, and, so on. But
the jury were not to be humbugged; and af
ter a short discussion found Arnold and O’Ha
ra guilty. They had no doubt about Thomp
son ; had ha not actually been caught -in the
act! This prisoner had no counsel; had ashed
no question of any of the witnesses against
him ; and upon being asked if he .'wished to
say anything in bis defence, merely shook bis
head. “ What will he get ?” asked a young
barrister in front of me. “Oh ten years at
least,” said the friend he addressed ; " it’s a
bad case; but what a good looking fellow the
scoundrel is ?”
The dock at.Yurk Castle is pannelled in at
the sides, and raised a good height from the
ground. I was Standing in sort of a gang-way
there is to the right of it, and could only see
the back of the prisoners’ heads; so when I
heard the above remark I began to press for
ward, out of curiosity to see what sort of a
looking man this Richard Thompson was ; but
my attention was diverted by a rustling of
silks, and the next moment Laura, Countess of
Tbornbnry, escorted by her noble spouse, ap
peared on the bench, and was politely banded
into n seat on the left of the Judge by the
high sheriff. Now, I think that handsome,
well-dressed Women are ornaments in nearly
every scene, (but I c.mnot bear to see them
in a criminal court, and' have no patience
-with Iho morbid curiosity which brings them
there. It was, therefore, with unpleasant
feelings that 1 beheld my .fine lady simpering
in her bridal bonnet, and, composing her silk
en skirts in the presence of the poor devils
who were to find' their way to the hulks. I
thought of Charley, and“ contrasted his fine
manly form and open brow with the decrepid
Jimhs and atary-like features of the old repro
bate to whom : sho, had sold berslf. There she
sat, proud and cold-hearted as oyer, whilst the
Judges proceeded to pass sentence on Richard
Thompson, who was now alone in tho
leaning over the front rail with his face bn
ried in his hands. He had stood up sternly
enough during tho trial, and -whilst bis com
panions were receiving sentence; but now
ho seemed to have broken down. His lord
ship briefly recapitulated the evidence, and ob
served that it was impossible for any man of
sense to doubt that he (the prisoner) was guil
ty, and had been one of the lending perpetra
tors, if npt- the leading one, in that most se
rious crime. It had evidently been carefully
planned and only too successfully carried out;
but the hand of the law had reached the guil
ty parties, “and I should be strangely wanting
in -my duty,’.’ said the Judge, “ If I did not
pass upon yon a severe sentence ;,and the sen
tence of the court is, that yon bo transported
beyond the seas for the term of twenty years.”
Then the convict Thompson raised his head,
and turned to quit the’dock ; and as he turned,
his features were revealed to me. They were
those of Charley Lawrence!
I storied back in amaze and horror, and a
; voice beside roe exclaimed -.
“ Oh, dear, dear, look 1 That charming Lady
Thornbury has.fainted. ‘What a shame it is
, that there is no Ventilation in these courts !
They are really stifling.' Stifling, 1 indeed t
They seemed to die as though they were be-,
ing whirled round in the crater of a' volcano
in active irruption.
Stopperty vs'. Moss ended in a verdict for
dor client; the plaintiff, and I received great
commendation, on my ■ return to town, for
the manner in wbichli 1 bad managed it. I
deserved no praise at all. By some lucky
chance; things went ion smoothly ;■ but I was
all the time in poor Charley's cell, and knew
no more about what was. going on. in court
than the man in the. moon.'..
I was coming from, the of the gov
ernor of the jail, where I had been to get
to see my friend, and he was being
escorted from’the place of detention under
such jstwfully-Changed circumstances; He re
cognized me in-a-moment, turned aside and
sprang, lightly past, me—not supposing that I
knew him—into his cell, which was close at
hand.. I followed, and then be turned round
upon roe, almost savagely, demanding what
I meant by intruding upon him. “Don't
yon think I am sufficiently punished? 1 ' be
asked, in a cold, hollow tone“ without having
the friends I have disgraced coming here to
gloat over mo 1
“ Ob, Charley,” I.replied, “you cannot think 1
that I have come with ‘any each motive; Be
sides, you are not guilty, Charley ; you know
you’re not”
; “ Were you over yonder when I was tried V*
ho ask,od.' 1
; Tea; but up to the very last I did not
knoir it; trasyoa.”
“Have yon heard the Judge say that it is
impossible for any man of sense to doubt my
guilt ?”
“ I did ; but-”
“ But what ?”
“ Charley, you are not guilty. You a
thief!”
A faint smile crossed his face as 1 spoke
thus, but it quickly vanished, and he an
swered gravely:
- “ None of os can tell what we may be
,come; you sea me as I am.”
I had rushed to his side to give him my
sympathy!' to be indignant with him against
the conspiracy of which I supposed him to
bo the, victim^,.and to see him standing be
fore me" thus'coolly, without~one word of
thanks or greeting, explaining nothing, de
nying nothing, but rather giving me tacitly
to i understand that my presence was unwel
come, and he would gladly be left alone—
vexed me, 1 and I replied :
“ You must have changed, indeed, from
what you were, if this is your reception of
an old friend, Charles Lawrince!”
“Hush!” he exclaimed, seizing roe by the
arm. “Never mention that name again.—
Charles Lawrince died the same day that
Richard Thompson, the burglar, found him
self in jail.”
“Do you mean to tell me that you had
act or part in the robbery?”
“A jury of my countrymen have found
me guilty of it,” he answered moodily ; “ is
not that enough V
“ Why did you not write to me? Why
did you not defend yourself ? Why, oh Char
ley—” I stopped, not knowing what to say.
“ What was the nss ?” he replied, in a
softer tone than he had hitherto used; “ I
was caught in the act. What could I say ?”
“ Charley,” I said, look me in the face.”
He did.so.
“Now tell me,” I continued, “and tell
me truly, I implore yon, by the memory of
our old friendship, what were yon doing
that night at Thornbury Hall ?”
“ Go and ask the judge.”
“ N»; I ask yon.”
“ And I will not indnlge your curiosity;
wait till to-morrow, andyou will find all about
it in the newspapers. Confound it, roan ! is it
not enough for one to he tried, convicted, and
condemned to be transported for theiest part
of one’s life, without having a confession forc
ed out of one like this?”
“Then you refuse to tell me the truth.?”
“I do.”
“ it is not true that yon participated in
tbe burglary ?” I demanded suddenly.
He flushed crimson, then turned deadly pale,
and stammered : “ I—you—l—did not say so.”
“But I am sure of it,” I answered; “so
sure that I mean to seek Arnold, and And ont
what you really were together about. He can
have no object in concealing the tmth now,
and then—”
“Well?”
“ Well,. I. shall beg an interview with the
judge and tell him what I suspect."
“ And what do you suspect ?”
“ That yon were at Thornbnry Hall at the
time the burglary was committed, hot were in
nowise engaged in its commission.”
“ Star-gazing',.l suppose?”
“No ; T you were there to see that false.wo
man.”
“ What .false woman ?” \!
Laura Treghrven that was, Lady Thorn
bnry that is.”
“ Bah !”
“ I am sure of it—certain.”
“ Well, then, look here. Jack Smith,” he re
plied ; “ think so if you like ; say so to others
if you dare ; but remember (his, whatever sto
ry you may get from Arnold shall be flatly
contradicted by me on the first opportunity.
It will only be the word of one felon against
the word of another,” he continued, bitterly;
“ and so it will end. . Better leave it as it is."
“ Charley, you are the noblest fellow in the
world, but pause, I implore you. Think.of the
life before you, think of the sacrifice you are
about to make.”
“ I hove weighed all that.”
ll And to sofeen-bex you will go to the hulks.'
“ Yes.” ____
“ For twenty years,?”/ -
“ Forever, if need be.”
"A woman who jilted yoa !”
“ A woman whom—God help me !—I love in
spite of all.” And here his forced reserve gave
way; his long pent-np emotions burst forth,
and he .sank upon the prison seat, buried bis
face iu his hands, and sobbed like a child.
For three hours I remained there,.expostula
ting, arguing, entreating him to give up his
rash resolve, but in vain. He admitted that
myjsnspicions were correct, but was determined
to play ont to the'last the part he had begun;
Sooner than breathe one word that could com
promise Lady Thornbury, he was preparsd to
end his days as a felon. Six months afterward,
when he bad tasted some of the horrors of his
sitnatfcn, I tried again, and again failed utterly
to move him. At last the time arrived when,
under the regulations then in force, he should
be shipped off to some penal settlement; and
in despair of saving hiin by other means, 1 re
solved to see Lady Thornbury, appeal to her
humanity, if she bad any, and implore her to
save my friend from himself. She had left
England shortly after the trial, having evinced
a,preference for Continental life, and was liv
ing. at Paris, not upon best terms, so scandal
raid,.with her lord. He was madly jealous of
her, and kept her in constant terror of even
personal violence. There were those who said
be had gone boyond threats, while he recom
menced his old way of living. I sought her in
’Paris, and found that in one of his jealous fits
be had spirited her off to Lisbon. I followed,
but found that they had left in his yacht for a
two years’ cruise, and no one knew where they
had gone. It might be to Constantinople, it
might be to Copenhagen; no one could say ex
actly. When I returned to London I discov
ered that the convict ship, -with Charley on
board, bad sailed two. days before for South
Australia.
The undeserved reputation that I bad gained
in thc casc of Stop'perty vs. Moss, procured me
a-prOteinent appointment as managing clerk
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and a promise of future partnership with Shar
ing, Ward, Andrews, & Co.; and business
poured in so fast npon me that I forgot, I am
ashamed to say, poor Charley, when one day,
abont two years after his exile, a lady in deep
mourning was ushered into my private room,
and the first words she said were—
“ Ob, sir—Ob, Mr. Smith, something moat
be done—'do pray tell me what to d<J for Char—
for Captain Lawrince.”
“ Captain Lawrince,” I replied with severity
(for I recognized my visitor), —“ Captain Law
rinoo has been treated as a felon for nearly
three years. It is somewhat late now, I think,
to inquire what can he done for him.”
“Ob, yes, yes,” she cried. "jOst so—it is
so; but yon do not know the life I have been
led. I would have changed places with him
willingly. Look there, and there,” and she
turned np her sleeve, and threw back her hair,
disclosing two deep scars, one on her arm, the
other on her temple. “He struck me there
for no cause at all,” she said bitterly ; “ he's
iften struck mo. If he had known abont Char
ley he would have killed me.”
Then she told me her miserable story. It
appeared that —lacking courage to tell poor
Charley of her falsehood, and the approaching
marriage into which she had been, lured by the
dazzle of a coronet, she had written to him np
to the time of his departure from India ; that
having landed at Falmouth, he rode to her fa
ther’s house, and there learned the truth ; ‘that,
actuated by a mad desire to see her once more,
he had betaken himself to Thornbnry Hall;
that having seen her* in the grounds, and not
daring, for her sake, to approach her, he wrote
a wild, desperate litter, imploring her to see
him once more, if only to tell him that she was
happy, anji if she were ,hot, to fly with him.
By ill luck he entrusted this letter for delivery
ts the man Arnold, who was prowling around
for hia own purposes; that he received from
him her answer, in which she accorded him a
last interview in the balcony of her boudoir;
that she bad parted with him there about one
o’clock : that the alarm of the robbers was not
given till three; and that np to the moment
when she heard him sentenced as one of the
burglars, she never suspected but that he had
departed and returned to bis home.’ The fact
was—as I afterward found—that whilst press
ing her to fly with him, she had torn herself
from bis side, and retired without bidding him
farewell; and that be bad waited, hoping that
she would return, till the alarm was given and
be was captured.as before described. It also
transpired that a servant in the house was im
plicated in the robbery; tljat the plate was
quietly slipped out of a sidedoor, and that the
window near which my friend bad been taken,
bad been brokep only as a rose to avert suspi
cion. But after all. the moat information that
Lady Thornbnry gave me was that her brute
of a husband was dead, and that she could now
disclose what would save poor Charley.
"Well, to make.a long story short, I took her
strait off to the office of the Under Secretajy
of State for the Home Department; and after
a deal of botheration and red-tapery, a free
pardon was accorded lo Richard Thompson;
that is to say. Her Majesty was graciously
pleased to pardon an innocent man for having
been wrongfully convicted as a felcqi I But the
result was that Charles Lawrince came home,
was ro-instated in his regiment, and—”
“ And married Lady Thornbnry?” eagerly
demanded little. Mary.
“Dm—no,” replied Smith; “but ha never
married any one else.”
A New Wat to Get a Wife. —The Cleveland
Herald says that a man stepped
into the Infirmary of that city last Sunday the
16th and said he wanted a wife. The Superin
intendent was rather staggered at so novel an
application, but finally, as the fellow appeared
very much in earnest, and begging him to “trot
out his marriageable stock," asked the women
in the institution what they thought of it. All
declined to consider a question “popped" in
that unreasonable manner but one, who had
rather unpleasant antecedents, She was trotted"
but, and the fellow thus addressed her 1 “I have
got seven acres of land out here ia Berkville,
five cows, a fat bog and a daughter, who will be
married on Monday. 1 don’t want, to lie to
you I shall give one cow to my daughter, hut I
have a heifernbout ready to come in, and then
you will have five cows-all the same. All I want
is three meals a day cooked, bnt you. can eat
between meals if you are hungry and three
meals a day ain’t enough. Now if you want to
hitch up, say so.” The “ blushing fair one"—
that is, she would have blushed if she could—
“said so," and and Jones left them to settle tb
details of this novel engagement. The happy
swain promised to be back early next morning
with a license. And he kept his word. The
marriage so strangely “got np” was duly and
legally completed.
To Remote Ink, Grease, and Acid Si
Ink spots are easily removed by dissolving
oxalic acid in water, and applying the solu
tion. .
The spot most be washed off with clean wa
ter as soon as the ink disappears, or the acid
will destroy the fabric.
Grease spots are removed by applying ben
zine; coal oil, turpentine, or any essential oil.
Tbe piece of goods mast be exposed to the
son, hung up to the stove, or still better apiece
of brown paper laid on the spot, and a hot-fiat
iron put on until tbe essential oil is evapora
ted, and with it the grease spot.
Acid spots are removed by applying an alka
li, such as aqua ammonia (spirits of hartshorn),
potash, lye, &0.. The acid will disappear at
■once, and the original color be restored.
Bclwer thinks a roan’s nature is shown by
the way he shakes hands; that he may have
the manner of a Gbesterfield, and smile “very
sweetly, but yet may chill or steel yoar heart
against him tbe moment be shakes bands with
you. But tfaerej is, he says, a cordial clasp
which shows wftrth of impulse, unhesitating
truth, and even j power of character—a clasp
which irecalls thj> classic truth, in the “ faith
of the right band,” '
>ots.—