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.CHAPTER. I. J,
Abouiifivc miles from iho tavern mention
ed in 'Hi a last chapter, stood a spacious
bridk house,' otic story high, with low
eaves extending'wjlhin reach of the ground,
ami tall pointed windpwa, perched along
its jroof, as a substitute for second story
llph'ts. It was venerable',, grey, old house,
which sedrried to have dozed away amid the
great. sliadowy trees which crowded abonl
it.bccom.ing hoary and antiquated, yet re
tainingan air of substantial comfort. Creep
ing vihesftdf'.vari'ous kinds, clambered about
the windows, and in fissures of tho walls,
formin'a a a",n- ral .nvprmur.h-r'l"--'l"""
,n.t sicaling op the trunks of the old trees
whipU. formed the homo 0f raat)y a bird,
who pceped'inlo iho narrow windows, or
mnlmlelljfi one of the topmost b'rapul'ics,
whil,i'weret 80 '"8h a'0'- 'ial 'ts V01CC
a ; fioured forth its song, seemed carolling
,.uway between earth and sky. A se
questered lano, crowded with trees, thai
drooped almost to a rnountea horseman's
head, led from the house to the highway,
whieh-. was at least half a mile distant.
Altogether, it was a rural,. snug, dreamy old
heuse;'and in'lt was one of the snuggest
ro'omv fi(ed(up with little knick-knacks
meiin;those daya -wi'li snowy windows
and bed curtains,1 and a bed as white and,
rnowy as the curtains, fit orjly to be occu
pied., as it wat', by the most beautiful little
fairy of a girl that one s eyes had ever
Tested on, and that was Mary Lincoln.
At about eight o'clock, on the morning
of ihe day succeeding that in which occur
ter, and in tbe small room just mentioned,
sat a very beautiful girl, with glossy golden
hair, engaged in sowing, though it must
be confessed that her eye was more often
wandering through the window, and along
tint deep vista-like lane, down which her
window looked, than fixed upon her work;
for it was nearly the hour atwhich Harry
Blake usually contrived, on some pretext
or other, jo find his way to the house, to
co how shq was, and ask a few questions,
and make a few remarks, the nature of
which was best known to herself. That
day, however, ho was behind his time;but
lill'shc1 felt sure ho would come. He had
ah) nothing about it;.bu( she expected
him as much as if ho had; and was ondeav
filing to seleei one out of half-a-dozen
slightly coquettish ways of receiving him,
which just then presented themselves to
licrmiijil. At fust she thought that she
tun. .1.1 I I .
mn Ntep nun waning lor tier a very
litile timejust enough to make h"im more
glad to sec licr, when she camr; but thun,
ehe should be as much of a sufferer as he;
for, impatient as he might be below, she
sould be equally so above; so sho aban
doned that. Then sho thought of taking
Jer sowing in tho wide hall, pnd of staiiqn
lhg herself on oqp. of tho old soltees which
flarnisked ilssides. and that she would be
'liere-very leisurely at work, and, of course
ouid not tee him until he came up and
spoke to her; or, perhaps, might accidental
ly go out just as he was coining in, '
That, too, she abandoned, and then she
fancied tint she we-uld stroll out and meet
him in tho lane; and, it must be confessed,
that she inclined mora towards this plan
llivti cither of the others; for she had acci-
denlally met him in this way beforejand on
these occasions Harry always tied his
hotse to a tree, and walked with her to (he
house; and although the distance was short,
they sometimes consumed a great deal of
time in going it. and he had an oporttinjty
of saying much which not unfreqnently he
was unable to say at the house; for her
father was almost as fond nf Harry as his
daughter, and had so much to tell him
about his crop, and about this thing' and
that, and so much to ask him, that he snnio.
limes infringed upon time which Maty
thought belonged exclusively to her; and
although she endeavored to bear it chtefully
yet at times she could not help thinking
how snug f nd happy and comfortable the
old gentleman would took if he was only
snoring away in tho easy aim chair which
stood in the chimney con.er, although, it
was but eight oVlock in the morning.
Sho throw, aside her work, and was
RMin fur the rmrnoso nf adnntinir' 'this 'las
- --a i i . i o , t
plan, when she head he dashinc of hoofs
in the lane. 'It's , too late,' thought she
'but I'll keep him awaiting,' .and down slie.
sat,, out of sight of the widow, so that sll
could not see the hew comer, fur she did
not wish Harry 'should know that sho ha'
been' watching for him. The noise of the
hoofs increased, and the horseman dashed
at full gallop fo the door. This was not
like Harry. He generally came fast enougji
alo'nir .the. .roaL.buIdid - not. jralloa. ta. tl
iloor like a madman, It was not 'respect
fill, and she would tell him so; still, he
might be in a hurry. It argued a strong
desire to see her, and thatvas some pajlia
lion. There was evidently a stir below, in
front of the house, and she . even heard his
name mentioned. What could be going on
there? She was dying to know. There
was no way of learning, unless sho wen
to tnc winuow, so as to iook over die pro,
jecting caves of Ihe house; and then she
Bhould.be seen. No, no; she would no
do that. Still the stir increased, and she
caught tho sound of voices in earnest con
versatton; but llarn s voice vas
not among them. She could hold
nut no longer. She drew, a chai
next to the window, and stood on it,
some distance from the glass; but still the
envious eaves projected ?o as to shut out all
view of what was going on below. It was
too. bad! but see she must. She then
went close to the window. But even there
nothing s-as' visible, for the speakers were
close under the house, and not
even the smallest tip-end of the
coat' shirt of one of the.n was visible.
Poor Mary I she stood on tiptoe, and even
on the chair, but still those unlucky eaves
thrust themselves between hor and the ob
ject of her wishes, She went back to her
chair, and sat herself down, wondeting
why they built such ungainly old cave3 and
cornices, which were fit only to annoy peo
ple, and wondering why no one came to
tell her that Harry was there and wanted
her. Ho was uncommanly patient that
day provokingly so. Five ten fifteen
minutes eapscd. There was something
like a tear in her eye, for she certainly was
very ill used. She threw her work from
her, and determined to go down to him. but
to make hi in pay up for his backwardness.
Opening the door, Bjie went to the head of
the stairs, and assumed as careless an air
as if there were no Harry Dlako in the
world, was going down them, when the
voice of her falher.who was standing below
arrested her.
'Don't .come down here, Mary,' said
ho.
Thcro waa something in tho lono of (lis
voice, and his manner, and even in this
injunction, that caused Mary to stop, as if
she did not undorstand him.
Go to your own, toonii my child We
are very busy hetev J
Mary half turned lo go, for she saw that
he was much imitated: but as she did bo,
the name of Harry escaped llcr lips. ,
He is not here, said her father.
Has any thing happened to him!1 asked
she in a faint voice s
Yes, yes,' replied the old man. 'He's
in troublcr but he ii well. Go to your
room, and t will be with you in a few mo
ments. .
Mary got to her room, she scarcely knew
how, and threw herself on her bed, drown-
d in tears. 'He's well thank God for
that,' sobbed she, 'I am sure I'm very
grateful that he's not ill very grateful-
poor Harry in trouble, too, and I, like
a good for nothing minx as I was, have
been thinking all the morning of nothing
but teasingjhim. He, was too good for me,
They all told me so so patient, so kind.
so good-humored and .1 I'll never for
give myself I never will never!' She
buried her face in her pillow, and sobbed
there, until the door opened, and she' felt
her Tailier'a arms around her,
Ho raised her, folded her tenderly to hjs
bosdm, and placed her. in actiair.
'Courage, Mary, courage, my little girl,'
said he, -.in a tone which cetainly was not
a model of what he' recommended. 'Shov
yourself to be a woman.' '
Yes, yes, father. I will, I will,1 said
Jie, and bv way of verifying her words.
she threw' her arms about his' neck, and
wept more bitterly, than before
Come, come' my dear little ,giil,' said
he, in a tremulous voice; 'sit down, and
hear what I have to tell you-'
A a Kfl nribV tin -ifT-i'lu nlapfillln
chair. irjd took her hand , . ,4
If y6u are hot able to listen to me how,
I will defer what I have to say to another
time,''said he,
He probably could not have hit upon
better method of recalling his daughter
who had no small pice of curiosity, in her;
nature, and who just t!)en recollected that'
she knew, nothing definite of the evil which
threatened Harry Blake.
'I can hear it now, father,' said she .ea
gerly'. 'Tell me at once what has hapened
to him, and where he is."
'He has been arrested, and is in prison,'
said the old man, watcking her pale face,
as sho sat with her eyes fastened on his,
and tho (oars still on her cheeks.
'Is that alii' said she, in a half whisper,
'Tell me all why is he there?'
'He has been arrested on a very serious
charge.' said the old man slowly and, by
his manner endeavoring to prepare her for
tho communication he had to make.
'Vill U affect his life?' demanded she, at
once catchi.ig at the heaviest punishment
of ihe law. 'Will it afTect his life? Tel mo
that.'
If it is proved, it will,' replied the old
man,
'What is ill' what is it!' said the girl,
risihg and graping his arms. 'Father, tell
me, I charge you, and on your word, tel
me truly.'
Her father put his arms around her, and
strained her to his besom, and looked in
hor faco without speaking, until she repeat
ed her question. Then he said,itt a scarce,
ly audible voice.
'He stands accused of murder.'
'Murder!, ejaculated she faintly, whilst
her ha nds fell to her side. 'Charged with
murder? Why, Harry Blake would not harm
a worm.'
She extricated herself from him made
something like a step, and had not her fath
er caught her, would have fallen. She had
fainted.
Tho old man hugged her to his bosom
again and again, kissed her lips and cheeks
and called her by namo.
'I knew it would kill her? I said it would
kill her I My own dear, dailing little girl.
Mary, Mary, speak to your old lather !
She's dead I She's dead I'
Fortunately the poise made by Mr. Liu -
coin reached some of Ihe females of tho
House) who better ulidctSloo the mode of
administering to her illnoss. But It wss
not utilit he saw her eyes open, rind the
faint, color once more in her cheek, thai
Mr. Lincoln cduld bb induced to Icavo the
roomi, , '
When she recovered, M ary waS Wilful,
for once in her life. In splfo of rII tial
they could say, she insisted that her father
should have tho horses hambssed to the
waggon, and drive lier Id the priion where
Harry was. They agued and entreated;
they spoke of tier III health, of the, danger'
to hctscjf; but it was idle. She said. tldl
they were all. argainsti Harry; that he Was
innocent; that c declared himself soj that
she believed him, and that go she would
if she went on her bare feet, thai' he might
see that she at'teast, was still, true to him'i
At last they yielded to her linpoitunityi
and she took, her scat at her father's side.
How, unlike the light-licarled girl she had
been but a lew hours before. During .the
whole drive' she spoke not a word, but ap
peared so calm, and comparatively so cheer
ful, that her father kept equally silent, until
they slopped in front of the glomy old
building in which iho prisoner1 was confined
As she entered his room, and caught
sigin of him, site, sprang forward',and clasp
ing tier arms about his neck, wept like i
child ; and he, throwing his powerful, arms
about her, and clasping her to his. bosom
kissed her cheeks and lips in a strange pas
sion of jov- and srief,
I am come, Harry, I am come,' said she
at last. 'I have noi'deserted you.'
Dearest Mary, vsu at least, believe me
innocent?' said he;. in a low .earnest voice
holding her off from him, so that he could
Inn!; in -.-- -" liuuk iclaxillg HIS
held on her waist. c ' '
Yes, yes, 1 do, I do I I never doubted.
it lor a moment, uui u : "Harry, this is
very drtadful very dreadful. What will'
become of your poor little Mary, if any'
harm should befall you? But we 'won't
talk of that,' said she quickly, for she ob
served that her Words sent a sort of spas
modic sihvering over him. 'We won't
talk jOf.it, nor think of it.' I'll come to see
you every day, Harry, and will spend all
the lime I can with you, and we'll be quite
meiry rnd cheerful here ;and I can fix up
your'room and do many little things to
mako every thing neat and comfortable
here; and I'll tell you the news, and will
tead and sing to you Harry,' said she,
placing her hands on his shoulders, and
looking up in his face, I'll sing the song!
you asked for yesterday, when I was vex
ed, and refused. I'll sing it for you now,
dear Harry I will I'll never refuse it
again. Shall I sing il, Harry?. Shall 1,
dear Harry?' A painful sickly smile flick
ered across her face; a single feeble' word,
the. first of ilie song, like Ihe, faint warbling
of a dying bird, escaped her lips, anslje
sank senseless on his breast.
Take her away I Take her away I ex
claimed Blake franticly, holding her out in
hs arms towards her father. 'Unless you
would drive me mad, take' her away !'
The old man seemed stupified, but he
mechanically reached out his arms toward
her; hot Blake again caught her to his bo
som, and kissed her neck, face, hands, and
even the long tresses that lell across her
face; and then reaching to her father, said,
'There go, go; don't stop another instant.'
Mr. Lincoln took tbe frail form of his
child in his arm?, and moved to tho dppr,.
One word, Mr. Lincoln,' said Harry;
one word before wo part. Whatever the
result of this accusation may be, even
though it end in my death I am innocent.
The time will come when I am proved so:
and 0 ! 1 beseech, if I looso my life, that
yon will protect my memory with Mary.
1 he uext instant he was alone; and
throwing himself upon a chair, he sat, with
his face buticd between his hands, until
aroused by the entrance of the lawyer who
had been retained by his friends; and who
now came lo consult with htm as to the
steps roqusite for tho management, of his
1 defence
To be Continued.
CHARLES KAHlER, lilarifcrul for past fuvorj
'tcip?ctfilfr dnnoimcca, ,to his uUrocroufl
friends, nittftlio pllblirf gtfnerdlly, that lie .still con
tinues to&srry bn'.ltie OlidVe buslnes'sin nil its vnrU
oils brancliCfi, ttl his old rland oti the corner of
Mafrld&EaiitBlrectsjlvhcrbliolibpt'Bby lhi lontf
experience in buiincas. that lie is tirchilrci to attend
and execute all orders IH lilg Hud of bUslncus, with
me utmcft punctuality and worinagilike'manncr, a
Cttrtlldt fail td'rdndcr satufactiorf ,to all tlioso who
hilly faVdr Hlnt.w'itlt i .edit. Pdtllculdr attention
paid to' cutting, and gdtfd fits W'afrafited. ' J
rf, D. All kinds df country produce ' taken ul
Sxcjiango fot work, ahd cash wilt,,nbt be jbfuwd.
IJloomabUrg, Ucfc: a, 1812i 32:
LECTURES ON ENGLISH tifiAnlMAR
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of lectures q'n 13. Grammar! .Consisting, of 36
lectures for the benefit of such Voung persons ad
have nut an opportunity ijf attending ecllool in the
day tlmcj rind who are destrous fat becoming c
qualntcd with the nramrnar oflho English language.
Threo lccturciJ will be delivered each week, on suclt
cvcnirigs as may be, most suitable. Those desirous
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ai cimcr 01 me priming oiuccs in uiuuuiHuuig, ui
tho subscriber, in order to, conirhcnce a early aJ
possible.
fllootnsburg, Nov. 10, l'842.-i-38.
IS hereby c'iveri, tha yc have this day bought &t
Constabe sale, as the properly of Isaic Bussi
tlio following property; to ydtj -one red Roane
Mard, onc sctt of harness and Collars, one Sled,
twenty-seven . acres of Rye on the ground, thrctf
acres of Wheat on the) ground, ohe'l'Iough, and
one Hafrow,and one tw horse, Wngffon and have!
left the same in tlmposesaon of the said Buss, dur
ing ournlcasurejand lorWJahy pprccffj taking them
from himI(.cilhcr .by purchasi, ;or qth'crwise', without
our consent. '
Ui&J.UAZAnUS;
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IS Ilcrcliy given ta all persons, that' Lhavrpur'
cUancJ at IvnelMv,, crUj iji-tl5 piopcrly fit
ilarman Lemon, ,onu brass manUc'oIajpk, one shgat;
and one acre of wheat irfllle 'grouifijjjand have left!
tho same' in his possession during- rnilcasurr.
JAMES, l..LEjf.ttJJV.
fDcc.(9, 1742.; - - ;
NOVICE
stand 31,00, one book case $5,00, one cookinc
stove 55,00, one slcigh.510,25, twijjctls of harness"
J0.00, one lot of lumber t,00one l!caureiu'?6,00,
mid havo left, tho same in his possession .during my
pleasure, nnd hereby caution all persons 'fiot to
take it from him cither by purchase or otherwises
without my consent.
UEOKGE L. KLlr
Dec. 8, 1813. 3a'
WIIERBAS, the Honorable Elms Lrvu,
I'residentof the Court of Oyer and 'J'cr '
miner apd Gcnrril Jail Dclivciy, Court, of Quarter
Sessions of tho l'cacc.and Court of Common Picas
nnd Orphans' Court in tho eighth judicial disirict,
toipposcd of tho counties, of Northumberland,
JUnion, Columbia and Lycoming; and tho Hon. .
WilHahi lionaldson and George Muck, Eh
quues, Associate .Judges hi Columbia coUntyavp
issued their precept; beaming ilate jlio 1st day of
Dec. hi the year of our Lord ouo thousand
eight hundred and forty-two.and to mo dirccted,for
holding
Jl Court of Oyer and Terminer, and Gen
eral Jail JJclivrry, ueneral Quarter
Sessions of the Peace, Cunmion Pleas
anil Orphan's Court. ' "'
' 'IN DANVILLE, in the County of Columbia
on the third Monday of January yieSt,1 (tfcihg tho
lOt day) and to continue two v?eks i - ,' . r
Notice is therefore herhy given to
tno Coroner, the Justices of, the Pface, and Con
stables of tlio said county of Columbia, tha they
be then and'thero in their proper persons, at 10
o'clock, in the forenoon of eaij jay( jle;r
records,' inquisitions and other remembrances, to
thoso things which to their olliees nppcrtain ta
be dope, And thoso that are bound by rccognij
fcances, to prosecute against the prisoners that arci
or may bo in the Jail of said county of Columbia,
are to bo then and there to prosecute against them
as shall bo just, Jurors aro requested to be punc
tual in their attendance, agreeably to their uoticoi.
Dated at Danville, tho ICtli day of Dec in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty-two, and in tho C7 year
of tho Independence of the United State
of America.
JOHN FRUIT Shclff,,
aiiEiurr s uitice, uanviuc,
Dec. 16 1813.
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Stone Coal.
I Afl TONS Superior Quality Qm foresaid
IS hereby given, that I havc.pyrcjiascd as iui
property of William Vaui, one niarlllo 'ctock
lor S3,2i5. 'one corner cubboard S3.C24',' o'nnwash
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