ADvERTIstNetitA.TES:' • 81. Imo. 3 mos. 0 mos. Iyr. One Square, . 1.62 1.73 600 QM 10.00. Two Squares . . 3.00 3.60 aeo moo mum Three uquarce . 4.60 6.00 8.00 10.03 3380 Six Squares, . . . 600 16.01 25.00 40.00 Quarter Column . 'MOO 2603 3600 KM Half Column. . 15.00 Mtn 80.00 One Column . • 21.00 60.00 80.16 MOO , Professional Cards $l.OO par Neu per year. Administrator's and Auditor's Notices, $3.00. City Notices, 20 cents per line Ist insertion, IS cents per line each subsequent Insertion. Ten lines agate constitute a square. • ROBERT IREDELL, Jn., PUBLII3IIEI4 ALLENTOWN, PA Bhp Goobo. 6 6 SUDDEN CHANGE." WILL LOW PRICES INFLUENCE YOU? OLD TIMES AGAIN IMMENSE REDUCTION IN PRIC.EB THE OLD CORNER Just opened an enormous STOCK OF SPRING GOODS, I= liITYLN, VARIETY, AND LOWNESS OF PRIOR shall and cannot be surpassed rair Competition defied with any other Establishment °Wade of the larger etties.jEj SPACE WILL NOT PERMIT OF NAMING much an im mense dock of good., but let it suffice to nay that we have the moot COMPLETE annortment of Ladle.' Drona ooodx, Drone Silks, Poplin., Wmb., lialmoraln, Bonne Furninif leg Qoode , Ladle.' Cloaking Cloth, Mon'. Wear In Cloth, Cannimeren, Ac., and everything that kept in aFI RST CLAES DRY GOODS STORE In ondlone variety. Ido not "QUOTE PRICES" an note° hounen do, but will guarantee ASTONISIIING FIGURES. The alfferenCe In prices of good. to-day, nod a month ago, In really painful for (hone who have boon caught with large clocks on hand at high prieen, bat an that in not the anon with me, I shall as heretofore make the OLD COR NER THE GREAT PLACE OF INTEREST AND HEADQUARTERS for the mewe to get their good.; at tho LOWEST MARKET PRICES I fully realise that no permanent sucrose WM be achieved sinless the promises bold out by advertisements aro found. to be fully sustained on a visit to the store. Nor can It bti a largo emceese without scrupulously reliable and fair dealing at all times and uniform courtesy to ovary custo mer, and the endeavor to make every buyer a constant dealer. All I ask is simply to decide by tactual Mai whether or not It Is to your advantago to become a mono mitt Respectfully Yours M. J. FRAMER, "OLD CORNED," OPPOSITE THE EAGLE HOTEL april 14 GREAT REDUCTION OF rnicss WOOLEN GOODS. LARGE STOCK Or FANCY SPRING CASSIMERES, FLANNELS, JEANS, CARPETS, ,t,C In consequence of the abundance and over clock of the above Goods In the City Markets, they cannot at present Do disposed of except at a loss to the manufacturer and many Woolen Mills aro either closed or working on half limo. Under these circumstances, wishing to keep his mill running, HENRY GABRIEL, MEM ALLENTOWN WOOLEN MILL, BIM OF BOUM SHYSITII lITINET. ' Having a largo and Roo dock of the bed atylos of Panay Casalinden (or men's and boy's wear, as ales a variety of other Woolen Goods and Carpets aultablo for the season Ina desired in every household, has concluded to RETAIL =I WHOLESALE PRICES Ma entire atock of Woolen and other llooda, among which are several hundred places of ALL WOOL DOUBLE AND TWIST CABSIMERES, FLANNELS, Of all grades, and at prices greatly reduced. Also a splendid assortment of INGRAIN, LIST, RAG, AND OTHER CARPETS, A low u6O cents a yard BAL1101:1AL SKIRTS, at 73 teat., WOOLEN CARPET YARN, Al coltott: Bent cin Dilly reduced to DO slut.. BED.OOVERLETS, All kinds, White or Fancy, at greatly redneed prices. CASH It CI S. or those haying Wool to oxalises°, will certainly And It to their Interest, la examining the Idoods at hie house or factory, whom ho ban fitted up seroral. rooms for ahowing tho same, and icspactiully invites the Public to call and Judge for then:melees. A Tory eolect and fall assortment of Linen Handkerchiefs for Ladies, Gents, Allen. and Boys' wear, and at un usually low Baur.. Laces of all blade, an Crochet, Valencia, English and Barmen Thread and (Winn., Banal and Imitation, Cluny, Black and White Silk lace.. he. Pins Linen and Lace Collars and Cuff. In all atylee, Pique Braid, Daisy, Dimity, Magic and Corentry MIL Sings Empress and Metternich Frilling., &a. A large and moot select stock of Linen and Nottingham TlM...Toilet Hate, In sets, at if cents. Loon Jaconet Edgings. 3 yards at HI, 21 and 30 cents. Puffing,' and Shined Munlins. Plain Linen. and Linen Shirt Fronts. Handsome and cheap Etnbroldered Infant Waists. apr 14.1 y 1115 HOOP SKIRTS. 11151 S TREWING OF FLOWERS. • • - •• HENRY GABRIEL, ALLENTOWN WOOLEN MILL, South End of Seventh. Street, Alleetows, Pa OEM WM. T. HOPKINS Hu Removed his Manufactory and Salesrooms to NO, 1116 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Where his "Own Mako& of Champion Hoop Skirts, en pecially adapted to First-close Wholesale and R dal ewlll be found to embrace the most extensive assortment in the Union, and all th e latest and most desirable Styles. Shane... Louth. and Silos, 2. 24, 24, 214 yards round of PIMA and Gored Peelers, Walking Skirts, Reception &e.. Trails, 11c., together with over ninety different varieties of Misses and Children's Skirts, all ninety which for symmetry of style, finish, lightness elasticity, durability and real CAea9neu, are nsequaled by any other goad. In the mar ket, and ore warranted in every respect. Shirts mado to order. Altered and Repaired, Wholesale and Retell. Frail lino of Low Priced Eastern Made Shirts, 15 Springs 35 Couto 2011frings i ?eAttst 1 5 13ps o ln i ge, 61 Canto P Z l SlTtlitTE C l " edgirre IV. gitssfe 11 1 e 57 different WT.7110,"°, 4, Vggi,...i,f1.9'.111 . 073Vitirmrif*M71 1 .':.9 6 R7 1 % Corset bold Supporter., Mr.. Moody ' II Patent "nett-Ad justing Abdominal' . Corsets, French, English and Domes tic Mend:toad° Coracle, end superior Wrench Patterns of Cotell Corsets, "Our Own Make," to which we Invite especial ttention. Complete assortment of Ladles' Undergarments, Livery low prices. GENERAL AGENT far the BARTRAM & FANTON FAMILY SEWING AlAolllPlES.eoperior to any other be fore the public. Fifty-two of these No.l Machines, Price 1103 eooh. no being given away to our customers, in order get them introduced. Every Demon in nowt of " U V . ' In our line, aboold examine. our g 004,1 before_ porches Off a nd Call er send for clrcolao, at our Manufactory and Salesrooma, No. 1118 Chestnut. ED., Philadelphia, Mar 91-3 mos Wid. T. HOPKINS. P - ENNSTLVAN IA HOTEL, COIL 7th AND LINDEN . TB. , ALLENTOWN, PA. Tim undersigned has taken (Me Well-known stand. Tho Hat f. Table and 11k.," Is snng7leil h yr a . lLlVlTtroM l , y Pv_ r ely ifib geontlgt lw ta W ii i towed upon the Wets tom aks them feel at bows tar p 1-'6ld.ff MOWS (117111. VOL. XXIII. WHAT THE PAPERS SAY OF-US! We have good news for our readers this week. Ono of the celebrated Foster Brothers, the great dry goods merchants of New York City, Is coming to do business among us. They promise us a New York stock of goods at Nov York prices. Read their advertisement. It hap the true ring about it. We believe they mean what they say. We welcome them among us, and promise them our hearty thanks If they idle persist In the war they have declared upon high prices.—Allentown Democrat. Foster bad a big rush at his opening on Monday. The whole population seemed to be there to secure the greatest bargains over before offered. Enter prise Is stamped everywhere and ho is sure to suc ceed, though he sells goods at smaller profits than they do anywhere this side of New York. The rush still continued yesterday, continues to-day, and will ever continue so long as people have a chance to get so much for their money. Every thought is of Foster ' and no man In Allentown Is more talked of by the fair sex. Goods sold for greenbacks at gold prices.—Lchigh Register. We advise our readers to go to Foster's for their dry goods.. • They are New York men and will sell you goods at New York prices.—Allentown Pat tie:abate. "I saved seventeen dollars moue Poplin dress I bought at Foster's the other day." So wo heard a lady saying receotly.—Lelitg/t Patriot. Henry Ward Beecher once' told a gentleman to "follow the crowd" if he desired to find his way to his (Beecher's) church. The way to Foster's New York Store Its found In the same way.—lnde pendent Republican. Foirrzn.—Foster has made good his.promises. Ge has most decidedly "revolutionized the Allen town Dry Goods trade." We arc Just finding out what exorbitant prices wo have been paylog for dry goods in Allentown.. Foster actually sells many goods for half the price WO have been paying for them. The crowd at hie store is as great as over, aid of all who have been there to trade we have y' to hear of a single person In any way disapp ntod with his purchase.—Alientown Demo crat. We bear that there has been a tremendous ex: eitement in the Dry Goode trade In AllentoWn, during the past week. Foster's New York City Store, just opened, has been fairly packed waif people. They are selling goods at about half the prices other merchants charge for them. One of two things is true; either our merchants in this locality have been charging us outrageous profits, or else Foster, at Allentown Is selling less than cost. As he says be is making money even at his low prices, we aro forced to accept the first conclu sion, and we think It but right to advise all our people to go to Allentown to trade with Foster—at least till other merchants conform to the new order of things which this New York City Store has es tablished theca.—Carbon Democrat. • We wish to say to our readers that they need have no fear of being deceived by the advertise ments of Foster's New York Store at Allentown. They will always sell as they advertise.—Stating- . ton News. We don't wish to flatter Mr. Foster. We have po " axe to grind," for he advertises with us al ready. But we cannot help saying that ho is ben efiting every kind of business in Allentown. Ile le bringing the people in from every direction. Ills store le literally packed much of the time.—Lehigh Register. On our own account we wish simply to say that every article we sell we warrant to be as low, anti in ninety nine cases out of a hundred lower than it can be bought for elsewhere. IseEIV YORK CITY STORE, IMPORTANT TO BUYERS OF THE " BEE HIVE," THE POPULAR DRY GOODB STORE, 920 CHESTNUT STREET, For many yearn condectod as the PARIS CLOAK AND MANTILLA EMPORIUM" Will offer the coming se.on at POPULAR PRICES FOR GASH, an entirely Nov Stock of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS Including Spring and Summer Prices Ooodn, in the largest Blarlrintlored Silks, Laces and Embroideries, • Linens„White . Goods,_and Domestics. li"lanrltingTr=tiokotte' JEANB, CLOAKS. SACQUES, esc.,ln idle department an unrivalled aesurtinent, at prices from 65 upwards. Including Lama Late Cloalrk Bacquaa and Pointe, and varloun other gouda adapted to tho Popular Trade, which will bo mold at ECONOMICAL PRICES. • Our prices are marked Ia plain figures—au devlatioa. THE " BEE HIVE," insm:i 21.2 NOR= STII STREET, PHILADELPHIA. 11A3113IIRG EDGINGS AND INBERTINGS, Together with a full supply of good. In their line jute' re calved at LEMAIBTRE at ROSS. Plain Plaid and Striped ORGANDIES. " • NAINSOOKS: SWISS MULL. • Tarlatans. Tucked Nalnsooks, and French Manlius. Soft and hard finished Cautbries and Jaconeto. llobinets, Wash Blonds. Illusions for Bridal Veils. . . Lace and Eln moldered Curtain., and Curtain lace from auction, and VERY CHEAP. To the &fends qf Deceased Soldiers: The O. A. IL, loot No. 13, of this city, have appointed the undersigned Committee of Arrangements for this city. to procure s complete and true list of Soldiers, Sailers .d Mariners burled In Cemeteries la and near Allentown. The name and record of each will be engrossed 011 a ROLL OR HONOR, and kept for Intone reference In the ceremonies of Strewing of Flowers on their graves. For the above pulp°so we call on their heirs and friends to send the Name, Rank, Company, Regiment, and Date, Place, and Canso of Death of all such Soldiers, Am to either of the, Committee without delay. The Decoration will take place MAY 300. Committer-W. W. Momently, T. M. Good, R. McAllis ter, U. C. Ruth, 11. C. Ilunsborger. apr 111-td G E°R( AII IF O I L V ZI I FAND PRODUCE COMMISSION &, SHIPPING 11ERCHANT - No. 2L5 South Water Bt., Chicago, EL Xi-Particular attention given to Eastern ehlpmenis 0. W. Butte &Bro.. Chicago; SLeger & Bro.. Allentown, l'a. t Capt. tirdrtme. Centre Valley, Ps.; Wm. Ilackett, Caeltler Benton (Pa. )Bank; Bonnel t Duscnbury k Co., 101 Weat-et., Now York; Bnekonz & Bro.. Bankers Bead r9;. 1 14 .47riZral: k eT7 . 611W4sy jo , b E:Vcf.Zi coma/ Pe.; loaelat oweetland Centre, lows. Ana A NEW BOOK FOR AGENTS! in , CATHERINE n, REECE= and HAREM MICH= THE AMERICAN WOMAN'S HOME; • Or, Principles of Domestic Science. Bolas a guide to Sconontica I, ileaUltrur. peautifk I. cod Christian Boma. Well printed; profusely Illustrated; handsomely bound. A work that will end its way Into every household la the land. Sold only through . Agents . by subscription . Itatelualyo "r A rl iVe:l l d li b t A r t }LiggiVagrgitters: Agents wanted In a very town mitz rot s /or to ° CO., Pn lichen Stay dim 41906010nel fit., Philadelphia. • . • . . ...,.... ...._ 4 . . , . • , . r . •• . .. . . i . . ....., . • • ,raru Goal. F OSTER' S Ormanllo German Reformed Church, ALLENTOWN, PA DRY GOODS PHILADELPHIA, J. M. PROCTOR & CO., SHAWLS OF ALL.IIINDS, J. W. PROCTOR & CO., NO. 920 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA I= ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1869. THE HONEYMOONS Ts it better to look more foolish than you are, or to be more foolish than you look ? I have often heard the question asked, and have al ways been orthe former opinion. And in this I have been especially confirmed by a certain experience at Boulogne-snr * -Ter. I was very young at the time, and Innocence was depicted on my countenance—not scrib bled in pencil, but written in indelible ink, which the ways of the world have never erased. My cottage by tha sea consisted of an apart ment at an hotel, with the use of the table-d hoto for such refreshment as can not be sup plied by blankets and bolsters. I was thus open to the acquaintence of all the world, and the second day of my sojourn found me swear ing eternal friedship with some of the most charming people I had ever met. The Hon eymoons were not difficult people to know. Their forte was frankness. They consisted of papa, mamma, and two daughters. Papa had a kind of "yon-and-I" manner and a style of address which, whether illustrated in that manner or not, always gave you the idea of a slap on the back, Ho had retired from something or other—l scarcely knew what at the time—and in personal appearance resembled a major of the old school. Such as one seldom sees in these latter days except on the stage. He was bluff, and not only seem ed a good fellow at bottom, but bad the more practical advantage of being a good felloW at top. Mamma was more studiously pleasant in her manner, and with no approach to bluff ness. Indeed; she made such pretty little' in gradating grimaces when she met you, and became so playful upon the smallest provoca tion that ill-natured persons might have ac cused her affection. She was a few years younger than her husband, being probably not more than forty, if ladies ever reach such an age at all. They were both very nice persons, as you see ; but it is doubtful if I should ever have found myself an am{ of their temporary ma son —that itito say their private apartments— but for their daughters ; and, when I say daughters I mean one daughter in particular. Their names respectively were Rose and Blanche. I never knew a rose in a family without a Blanche to follow. Rose was the elder. They were particularly unlike in per- sonal appearance, as well as in other things. If Rose's hair was of the agreeable carrot-col or then in the height of its popularity, the locks of Blanche had the advantage of a chest nut hue which can never go .out of Ishion. If Rose was cape after the manner of. the beauties of the court of Charless 11., chasten ed by that of the court of Louis XV.,Blanche had a style of her own which needed no models. If there was a fluttering fascination about one sister, there was something about the other more pleasantly to the point. If— but I need not go through a catalogue. The difference between the two girls may be summ ed up in the fact that while the one was very r likely to take you by storm, the other was al most certain to undermine you. And I need scarcely say which is the more dangerous ag gression of the two. My preference was made from the first, and marked, I fear, in too conspicuous a manner not only in private but in public society. My favnWto tinartianr'the U. 114 vv.o and when I say that Blanche was my favorite partner, I mean that I never danced with any • body else. Only once I gave Rose a waltz out of pique, Blanche having given herself up to a ridiculous cotta-Officier, with only a half pair of epaulets and brains todmatch, before I could assert my usual claim. We had all returned ono evening from the Establishment, where dancing had teen kept gip until the Into hour of half past eleven o'clock. I declined an invitation to give the Honey- moons another half hour of my society, think ing that they might possibly have had enough of it already; and Blanche, poor thing, looked decidedly sleepy. So we all went at once to our rooms. But I was not quite ready for rest; so, throwing open my jaloiteies, I step ped upon the balcony which looked over the port, now lit by a full moon. I then did what most men would do under the circumstances —lit up a cigar. ' I dare say I was half an hour or so thus en gaged, for during the reverie into which I fell a large-sized regalia was burned half-way to the end, and the accumulated ash dropped upon the rail. against which I leaned ; when I became conscious of a tapping at my chamber door. " Tis some visitor," I muttered; but remembering the lateness of the hour, I con cluded that the applicant was only scamp of an Englishman who had forgotten his room, and was knocking any where on speculation. Satisfying myself with the belief that it was only this and nothing more, I was about to re sume my reverie and my regalia, when the tapping was renewed. •, I have already assured you that I am not so foolish as I look, so you will, I hope, believe me when I add that I am not a nervous man., That a curious vibration, suggestiVe of trem bling, ran through me, I am free to confess ; but remember, I was in a balcony, and the night-air, Nes chill. I had oven doubts about opening the door—a natural response to a knock in the daytime, but not so much a mat ter of course in the middle of dm night, when one is alone, with a solitary taper, and so forth. But before I could quite make up my mind the door opened apparently by itself, but I have reason to believe impelled by somebody on the other side; for there immediately ap peared a figure clothed in white shrouded even to the face, which was almost hidden in dra pery. It was a female figure, or at least gave you the Idea of being such. The air must have been colder about this time, for I felt the vibration already alluded to stronger than be fore: I was about to exclaim Whence came you ?" or to make some equally natural ad dress under such conditions, when the appear .ance Itself spoke, saying : " Jaw, follow me I" it then turned back toward the corrid or, and I dare say I should have locked it out and myself in very effectively, - but I knew the voice.. It was one of the Honeymoon girls—l could not say which, but voices run so in families-so I bad no hesitation in obeying the behest. Approaching nearer, I recognized the dress 'she wore. It was a white opera cloak, Which I must frequently have seen before, for the two sisters were usually equipped in such a garment when out for the evening. But the hood being up, the identity of the wearer was not apparent. However, we want into the cii - fildor togeth er, and I carefully closed the door of my room behind me. There was fortunately a window at ono end of the gallery, through which the moonlight was streaming, so that we were quite Independent of my lamp, which . I had neglected to bring with me. The lady spoke first, as ladies usually do. You must not think ill of mo' for visiting yon in your room," she said hurriedly. " I knew you were up"—this NM said with a pretty little sir of confusion—" for my sister and I saw you from our window smoking your cigar on the balcony ; [trans I have no secrets from her, I ventured, after a great deal of hesitation, to come down and see you. I have so little opportunity of telling you what I have to tell"—I thought this strahge, tizt we were so continually together r —" that I must make the boat ueo Oi wbot timo I can fled." An uneasy suspicion now crossed my mind I said : " But why do you hide your face from me, as ifyou were concealing yourself from a stran- MEM She answered by throwing back her hood, and looking Into my face with aloving glance which made me start back in affright. It was the wrong eater I As she stood there, with her impetuous bearing and animated eyes, the ornaments of festivity in her hair and her decidedly becom ing costume, I might have felt that she was a being to admire ; but loving that was quite a different matter. A lady must have very red hair, wreathe it with very bright Jewels, and get up very early in the morning besides, be fore she can hope to capture a heart given to another. Fortunately I did not, betray my astonish ment in words, or I would not venture to say what the consequences might have been, be ginning probably with the burning down of the hotel. One reason, perhaps, for my pru- dence was that words would not come. At any rate, I let ber run on. " Although our tongues have been silent, Jane," she said, "my eyes must have long since spoken to you ns yours have to mine Your studious attention to poor Blanche, pain ful as it may have been to me at times; has afforded me in my reasonable moments the greatest satisfaction. It has given me strong est assurance of your strength of character; as evinced in your constancy and power of self denial. Who but myself, among each giddy throng, could have guessed the noble self-de votion which animated you In averting the suspicion of the world from the secret of our souls; or, In other words, which impelled you always to dance with Blanche, in order to pregent people from observing our attach- went ?" This was a discovery Indeed. But what could I do ? Iwas alone with her and defense- less. I could only mutter a few words; which must have sounded vey like nequiesence, for elle went on " I come, then, not to reproach, but to ex plain. lam not offended with you, as you may suppose. I understand the signs by which reciprocate my affection. So I say, go on 1113 you aro going" (that was pleasant at any rate), " for it will disarm suspicion, which is more necessary, as papa and mamma declare that they will never consent to the match." This seemed a comfortable way out of the difficulty, and I took advantage of it with my ,usual dexterity; I assured her that .the state of things was most painful to me, but that I would bear up as well as I could, and wait for those contingent days of happiness when I trusted that every obstacle to our union might be removed. I. saw at once that her proud spirit was broken. She threw her arms round me, and wept upon my shoulder. --T-he situation was, embarrassing ; ana I never ten mysena grea ter imposter in my life then when I mustered up courage to give her ,a salute in return, tell ing her; however at the same time, that she must retire to her room, unles she wished to compromise herself with the gorgon, who would soon come to collect the boots. The practical picture which I suggested recalled her to herself. Snatching a ring from my finger, and pressing upon mine another in re turn, she rushed from my—or I should rather say her—embrace. The next instant her light foot was upon the staircase, and I was alone in the corridor—an engaged man. The meeting next day was embarrassing enough—at least, to me. Nobody besides seemed a bit disconcerted. The major and mamma were as usual. Not a word, not a sigh, indicated the suspicion of a change from the easy bonhomie in the ono case, or the la bored playfulness in the other. Blanche was frank and beaming as over. Was she in her sister's secret? I could not believe it. Rose was outwardly the same . ; but she perplexed me awfully by the expression which she threw into her glances. And she had a talent for ex pressimi which I fancy nobody knew bettor than hell:telt. I managed for two or three days, however, to conduct myself as before in our little ex cursions and festive gatherings, continuing to appropriate one of the girls, and to receive glances of love from the other. These I occa slanally returned ; but in a manner which would, I suspect, have made any person with a respectable sense of the ludicrous simply laugh. It struck me, by-the-waY, as some what remarkable, that the major, notwith standing his insuperable objections to a mar riage between myself and Rose, never made the smallest objection to 'my marked atten tions to Blanche, but seemed to take them as a matter of course ; and in this liberal' view of the case he was apparently Wined by his wife. A month was passed in the same manner ; the season was drawing to a close ; and I felt that a settlement of some kind be come to before we all went away. How I should have emerged from my masterly inactivity policy I do not pretend to say, bad not Rose brought matters to a crisis by grasping the nettle in a very determined way. • It was evening I was alone on the sands. The sun was sinking in its usual manner, and my heart was bearing it company in its usual manner also, when I saw descending the steps by which the pier is approached at low water a female figure whose identity there was no mistaking. She alighted in safety, and bent her steps in my direction. It was Roso, of course. Blanche never ran after me. I only wished she would. I saw as she approached that she had come to make a communication. Business was unusually blended with affeetion in the expression of her face. "My dear Rose," I murmered, "you here alone—" She interrupted me hurredly. "Yes, I saw no other opportunity to tell you what has*. pened, and I saw you from the pier, where I was Waiting for my papa and mamma. Ho— my papa—is more than ever angry at what he knows to be your intentions toward me, and declares that to put an end to the possibility of us cheating him, he will leave for London the day after to-morrow, and take a/I of us with hhn I" I felt considerably relieved by this announce ment, though the idea of seeing no more of Blanche brought with it something like a pang. "Yes," I said, musingly, "it is very unfor tunate ; what is to be done ? I suppose we must make up our minds to hear the trial with patience." "Bear the trial with patience, indeed 1 that can never be. No, I have abetter plan than that—we must elope. My father fixed the day We must be In London a after to-morrow day before him. lam of ago. There will be no difficulty about getting a special license. I have friends whom my father kin:ma nothing about, with whom we could both stay—who would do the proper, you know," she added, with a charming blush, "until the necessary time had elapsed. thud when once wo are married, and It can't be helped, my family will forgive us, as a matter of course." Had there been a shadow QS difficulty in the way I should have had hope ; — *but there was something horrible in the entire practicability of the proceeding. I clung to a straw. "Yes, yes, of course we can do that; but suppose—suppose they stop us, and bring us back ?" My heart lightened at the idea, and I could feel that my eyes did the same. There was Roman majesty in the manner of her answer. " Are we to be awed. by a possibility such as that? What is our love made of if it will not make us dare all?" I felt ashamed at the imputation upon my courage, which Indeed was not deserved ; for had it been with Blanche instead of Rose I would have gone like a shot from a rifled gun with 'all all the latest improvements. But Blanche had never told' me that she loved me, and I was tired of hearing of my happiness from Rose. A suidea siezed me—a sim ple but masterly poWsuggested itself. "Of course, we will dare any thing; but before we take this extreme course I will speak to your father. I will see him to-night, and— and—perhaps I can induce him to overcome his scruples, whatever they may be." I was not afraid of the major, nor of any mnn, but I trembled as I thought of the ex ttnt to which I was committing myself. She met my proposition with an expression of hor ror, and siezing my arm, exclaimed in agitated tones : " As you love me, do nothing of the kind I You know not the man you have to deal with. When roused he is desperate. Cool and pleas ant as is his manner, reasonable as lie is upon general subjects, he is like a tiger when any man makes pretensions to the band of either Blanche or myself; for Ir.; thinks nobody good enough for us." The latter words were said with modest re luctance, and ought to have extracted some sweet rejoinder on my part. But it did not. My ideas were bent upon business. I could do nothing, however, but faintly urge the ex pediency of the course that I had proposed, And, fairly beaten in argument, at last gave up the point. If I was afraid of any body I was afraid of Rose. I could have sustained a pitched battle with tho father ; I surrendered to the daughter after a mere skirmish. In short, the only position I was capable of de fendingbeing thus abandoned, I had no choice but to capitulate altogether ; so, after a little more persuasion of a kind which is a very good imitation of force, I agreed to the elope ment arrangement, with a vague hope of some thing happening to prevent it. do determined was Rose upon running away that I found she bad already taken two places in the Folkston boat, which started at eight o'clock next morning; so that, adopting the precaution of getting her boxes convoyed on board the evening before, she foal, under get off before being missed. What can the mere will of man do against such feminine re sources as these? The meeting with Rose almost put out of my head an engagement which I bad made that morning to dine with an old acquaintance, who was passing through the place en route for Paris. I remembered it just in time, and made for his hotel at once. There was no occasion to dress, as it was only a labia-ti'hote dinner There could not be a better man than Markwell, it suddenly occurred to me, to help me out of the difficulty. Markwell was a man of the world. Ile was still young—thirty, or thereabout—but he had the experience of a patriarch in ways of life to which I was a stranger. He bad served since the age o eighteen in a regiment of foot, from which he had just retired with the rank of captain, and in the course of the changes and chances of his profession had graduated in knowledge of men and things, and might have taken honors in many kinds of learning incidental to this sort of experience. As luck would have it, he knew the Honeymoons, and told .me more about theni than I had ever known before. "The major," it seems, had never been in the army, but had held a post in the Ordnance which gave him considerable knowledge of the service, and he was as well known at Malta as Strada Reale. lie had made a great deal of money in the course of his career, not out of his pay, but from commissions of all kinds which he executed for his military connections. Ho was always buying something, and had always something to sell. Nothing came amiss to him from a horse to a walking-stick, and it was whispered—nay, it was almost pro claimed from the house-tops—that he did a great deal in the way of "accommodation" of a pecuniary kind. He had two great objects in lifd—one was to make money, and the other was totrry his daughters. In the latter he had hith to been unsuccessful, notwithstand ing the utmost determination and persever ance. There had been a great:many nibbles; but never a decided bite. There bad been "offers," indeed, but the men whom he know best, and who thought it worth while to visit at his house, were not, as a general rule, good matrimonial speculations. They were mostly in debt, and there was a tendency among them to sell their commissions, if not to get cashiered. Occasionally a susceptible ensign of a better class would be keen at the bait, but he was never safely landed, as I have said. Why in this state of desperation be should object to me was more than I could say. It was decidedly mysterious, and even Markwell could not make it out. My friend, however, hit upon a notable way of getting me out of the difficulty. We dis cussed it well over our cigars ; and after a great deal of reluctanice I consented to carry it out. I returned Lorne in a very vervous condition, knowing what was before me, hut in better spirits than when I had sat down to dinner; for I had hope. The next morning arrived with the usual punctuality of next mornings, and the course of true love (by courtesy so called) promised to run remarkably smooth. Of course I was a couple of hours or so too soon for my ap pointment ; for a man does not elope every day, and the idea of delft' s° makes him rest less and fluttery. Rose tempered her impa tience with discretion. She was only half an hour too soon. Wo met on the deck of the steamer, and a most embarrassing meeting it was. Rose was radiant, : but agitated, and hoped that she might not be carried away by her feelings; for my part, I should - have been much obliged to her feelings for doing me snob a service. Still, she did not forget business considerations, and was particularly anxious to make certain that I had not forgotten my baggage, which you may be sure I had not, for I had no Immediate intention of returning to Boulogne. I was always fond of the sea, but never re garded It with so much affection as I did' that morning, for it was very rough, and by con signing Rose in a helpless state of prostration to the ladies' cabin, relieved me of a great deal of embarrassment during the Journey. My soul is not in the habit of sickening o'er the heaving wave ; but were such its weakness, I would willingly have braved the worst rather than have endured the pleasantest possible passage under the condition of billing and coo ing with that determined young lady. When we arrived at Folkston° our baggage —looked through, of course—was taken to the railway-station, and I, with the object Of my alleged affections, now wonderfully recovered, and Pull of playful little ways, prepared to fol low it. It is a mere step to the train, but we had barely reached the platform when there came a catastrophe for which I was not unpre pared. One of the railway policemen approach ed me, and putting his hand upon my shoulder Bald, "Sorry to interfere, but orders by sub marine telegraph to detain you until party ar rives to make a charge." Rose did not faint, but relieved her feelings' with a burst of indignation which could scarce , ly have been expected from her affectionate nature. For my part, I had the greatest diffi culty in concealing my satisfaction, and pro tested in such an equivocal way against the proceeding as to draw from the lady a wither• ing taunt on the ground of being mean-spirited, and not having the courage of a man. I bore her out, however, in her assertion that I was the wrong person, but without effect ; for the description given by Markwell (need I say that it was Markwell?) agreed exactly with my appearance, and there was no doubt in the eyes of authority of my Identity with a fraudulent mailer of an English bank, in search of whom the London detectives were at that time on a visit to Paris. Of course the honesty which I have already mentioned as inscribed inscribed upon my countenance was to the po lice mind nn additional ground of suspicion. It is a maxim, I believe, in the profession that the man they "want" is always the least likely, as far as appearance is concerned, of any number in a crowd, to have committed the of fense. I could not help thinking, by-the-way, that it is very easy to arrest people upon false charges by electric telegraph"; and such •Is in deed the fact. Well, they kept me at the railway-station, which was a bore to be sure ; but I was treated with all the distinction due to a wholesale em bezzler, and the hardship was not very great. I was relieved from one annoyance; Rose was not allowed to remain with me. They.had nothing to do with the lady, they said, who free to go where she pleased. Her disinter ested desire to share my captivity was there fore disappointed, and her sorrow had to find consolation at the hotel:. I must confess that I felt a sentiment of pity at this point, for I had no unfriendly feeling toward her. But a man is not bound to marry a lady merely to oblige her, and self-preservation is the first law of nature. The night-boat brought matters to a crisis— that is to say, it brought over Markwell, ac companied, as I expected, by Honeymoon. had gone to the major and told him what he had done in the interest of the family to stop the runaway pair ; and that gentleman, as we expected, 'oat no time in appearing upon the scene. His object, as he told Maakwell, was to take back his daughter from the heartless monster who had betrayed the confidence of friendship, and robbed bins of the hope of his house. Markwell confessed afterward that ho was puzzled at this expressed determination, but accepted the position, as in consistency bound. The major, however, was too much for us—l admit it in all humillty. He had changed his mind during the passage, and so faifrom taking back his daughter determined to leave her with me. After the way in which I had compromised her, said the outraged parent, there was but ono atonement on my part; and on condition that I married her at once he was ready to forget and forgive. ' Markw• II roared with laughter—it was a little too bad—when he beard this gracious announcement, revealing the nature of the plot of which I bad been the victim. For it then became apparent, as was afterward prov ed, that Rose's mysterious 'course of action had been dictated from the first by the family, and was intended, in the last resort, to'bring matters to their present issue. I was fairly at bay, but made a last effort to escape upon pleasant terms. Markwell, hav ing explained to the police that he had lighted upon the wrong man, released me from my state of durance, without much fear of the ac tion for false imprisonment which he was assured that I had aright to bring. He then took me apart, as a free agent, and consulted upon the future course of action. dly course was already decided. I would appease the major's wrath by marrying Blanche instead of her sister. Nothing could be more agreeable to my feelings, and Markwell decided that it was thebest thing to be done. He was a little ashamed—a great deal more than myself—at the manner in which he had been outwitted, and was glad of a compromise of any kind. So we went to the major, who had retired, to await the result of his ultimatum, Into the re freshment-room, and communicated our deter mination. But this was the occasion only for another disappointment. Blanche was already married. An ensign had put the seal upon his infatuation before leaving Malta, but fam ily fears on his part had counseled conceal ment, and the match was not yet proclaimed. Hence the plot to transfer me to the sister, which had met with such signal success. I should have married Rose out of hand but for Markwell. He made a great- demonstra tion on my behalf, and defied' tho major to force me into the other alliance. So under cover of our joint protests we got safely to London. But we had not yet heard the last of the Honeymoons. I had not been a fort night in town - when I received notice of an action for breach' of promise of marriage, to be tried at Westminster in the ensuing November. This meant business, and as the verdict would certainly have gone against me, I had to com promise for a good round 'sum. It was hard to pay five hundred pounds for my autumn adventure, but it was preferable to paying fif teen hundred and costs—the major's idea of the loss which his daughter had sustained be ing considerably assisted by his imagination. In Ras resolve at least I showed my cleverness; and Markwell agreed with me that It was a master-stroke of policy not to go into court, But I must confess that I was not pleased upon personal grounds. The pain of being deceived by Row I could bear, but it was hard to be lieved that Bkniche had connivedat the decep tion, and I sincerely trust that sheds happy by this time with her ensign. As for Rose, she eventually married an impecunious paymaster, ROBERT IRED - Erffi, JR., Vain an „ffaneg Sob /Printer, No. 47 EAST HAMILTON STREET, UPSTAIRS, ALLENTOWN, PA. . • I= • NEW DBSIONS. • LATEST STYLES. . Stamped Chocks, Cards, Circulars. Paper Book.. Consti tutions and By- H Laws. School Catalogues. Bill Beads Envelope', Letter eade Bills of Lading. Way • Bill., Tags and Shipping Cards. Posters of any . We, etc. , etc., Printed at Short Notice, NO. 21 who lost his commission, published pamphlets about his case, promoted public companies, founded associations for ameliorating most people''s condition but his own, and ultimately retired to Australia, leaving his wife no other resource—why is that aluraydalasf resource ? —but to set up a sehool. When last I saw her she was at Southsea, walking in the rear, with her assistant, of some five-and-twenty pupils, whom I sincerely trust she is bringing up in the way they should go. ' For myself I have not lost my bld belief that lam less of a fool than I look. But some how when I •go over to France I choose tho route via Calais rather than that via Boulogne. —PAWNDRORING.—During the summer months the business of the pawnbrokers, though good, is not by any means pressing. The laboring classes are then, for the most part, well and profitable employed, and if it were not for rum, idleness, and real misfor tune—such as sickness—there would be com paratively little for "my uncle" to do. As winter comes on, however, ono source of em ployment after another is closed, expenses in crease, while, curiously enough, miscellaneous crowds with slender resources flock in from the country. In this city the stream of peo ple from over-sea furnishes a never-failing supply of business to the pawnbroker, and these people seem to hold off wonderfully un til the approach of cold weather. Then, how ever, his shelves begin to fill up. All the ear ly summer they grow thinner, as ono pledge after another was redeemed by those who once more found a remunerative demand for their time and labor ; but now oven the rapid ly accruing "forfeits" do not make room enough for the fresh offerings. Bits of jewel ry ; furniture ; clothing of all kinds ; relics of better days ; odd mementoes of far away lands beyond the sek; articles of domestic use be yond mention—or unmentionable—all is fish that comes to his net, if only it have a market value, or, in his opinion, a reasonable pros pect of ultimate redemption. Hardly an article is offered upon which the pawnbroker is not begged to advance "more" but his trade har dens him, and he invariably decides in accord ance with what he considers his own interests. These, be it understood, prompt him to loan as much as he safely can upon each item, for a forfeit is by no means an invariable profit. He sees before him, all day long, and all the year round, the improvident, the reckless, the vicious, the victims of unutterable misfortune. It is not his fault that he becomes hardened, and yet he fills an important and useful place in society—a place that must and will be fill 0. STODDARD, in Harper's Maga zine. —A Fmn SzonY.—The following, of our new Secretary of State, is not without point to those who know that gentleman and the refined hospitality that has always charac terized him. He had many sessions with his counsel, And neither of them could see any way out of the difficulty except by a lawsuit. Finally a thought struck him, and as it did so he jumped from his chair so violently as to overturn it, struck 'his heels together twice while in the air, and slapped his thigh so vio lently with his right hand as to raise a blis ter. " Eureka l" ho shouted. 15 cioncta lebrijvv, • surprised at the demonstration. " I have it," replied the Knickerbocker. "I will invite them to dinner—my opponent and his lawyer. You and I will do the ho nors, and if we don't bring them to terms there is nothing that can." The dinner was given, and worked to a charm. The affair was settled without re course to the law, and Mr. Fish and the other party wore over after the best of friends.— DRAWER, llaper'a Magazine. A BOLD ANBWEIt. Soladln, a Sultan of Egypt, having seized the estates, and confis cated them to his own use, of Neste Eddeir, on bOMO trumped-up pretext, thought that he could do no less than educate the heir whose property they had been. One day he ordered the young prince into his presence and , de manded of him what progress he had made in his Koran. • "I am come," replied the youth, boldly, to the surprise of all who were present, "to that verse which informs me that , lie who devours the estates of orphans is not a king, but a tyrant." The sultan was much startled at the spirit of this repartee, but after some pause and re ,collection, returned this generous answer : " He who would speak with so much resolu tion, would act with as much courage. I. restore you to your father's possessions, lest I should be thought to stand in fear of a virtue which I only reverence." --BMW:M.—Since Rhode Island's Boa nerges began to thunder so vociferously, a good story has come' out in'relation to his mar riage. It seems that Bishop Clark was sum moned to follow him to Washington, and there wait his pleasure before tying the matrimonial knot. Finally the great event was consume ted, and without receiving any fee the good bishop returned to his labors. He was of course somewhat surprised that be was not at least reimbursed for his expenses oftravel and resi dence at the Capital. The story finally leak ed out, when Mr. Sprague's agent at once came to the Bishop with a chock for $l,OOO. This the Bishop refused, on the ground that it was too much. "Oh, no," said the agent, " it is probably what ho would have given you if he had thought anything about it at the time and he will be glad when he learns that I have taken care of the matter." —TARING THE PooL.—good conduct at Sunday school seems to be differently reward ed in different localities. In a certain Epis copal church in San Francisco, for instance, each scholar that is in his place before open ing school receives a ticket for Punctuallity. Our Correspondent having, as was his habit come early to school one Sunday, observed a class of six or seven boys, aged from seven to twelve years, all of respectable parentage, throwing dice for who should win the punc tuality ticket. Ho stood aghast at such de pravity, in such a piece, on such a day—es pecialy when one urchin roared out : "Sixes I I've won ; give us the pool I"—DnA.wrs Har per's Magazine. —A latiy whose husband possesses consid erable wealth, returned from abroad with largo quantities of objects of art, rather pro miscuously chosen, and in despair stood con templating her Parian groups. • " Oh, Jack I" exclaimed she at last, "what shall we do ? There are no nicks for our stationery!" —A. Western farmer advertises a fhgaclous wife, who, ho says, "has left Mtn just as his summer's worklis beginning, notwithstand ing ho has had the expense of wintering her." —Wittier's poems sell better In France and Germany than the works of any , other Amer ican poet. • • '
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