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I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Henry Clay.
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VOLUME 6.
ymECTORY.
LIST OF POST OFFICES.
Post OJiees. Post Masters.
Carolltown, Joseph Behe,
Ches3 Springs. Hear Nutter,
Districts
Carroll.
Chest.
"Coaemaugb, -
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Ebensburtr.
Fallen Timber,
Gallitzin,
Hemlock,
Jolinstown,
Loretto,
Munster,
Plattsville,
Roseland,
St. Augustine,
Scalp Level, -:
Souman,
Suuiraerhill,
Summit,
Wilmore,
A. G. UrooKs,
J. Houston,
John Thompson,
Asa II. Fiske
J. M. Christy,
Wm Tiley, Jr.,
I. E. Chandler,
M. Adlesberger,
A. Durbin,
Taylor.
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Ebensburg.
White.
Gallitzin.
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Munster.
AndewJ Ferral, Susq'han
G. W. Cowman, White.
Stan. Wharton,
George Berkey,
B. Jl'Colgan,
B. F. Slick,
Wm. M'Connell,
J. K. Shryock,
Clearfield.
Richland.
Wasbt'n.
Croyle. .
Washt'n.
S'nierhill."
CHL'RCHES, MINISTERS, &c.
Tresbyterian Rev. D. Harbison, Pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath morning at 10
o'clock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock. Sab
oath School at 9 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meet
ing every Thursday evening at 6 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal CUuren Rkv. J. S. Lem
mos, Preacher in charge. Rev. W. II. M'Bride,
Assistant. Prcachingevcry alternate Sabbath
morning, at 10A o'clock. ; Sabbath School at 9
o clocic, A. :u. rrayer meenugetc xuuisurj
evening, at 7 o'clock.
Welch Independent Rev Ll. R. Powell,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
:o o'ciock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock.
Sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
rneeunf on tuc iirsi .nonuaj ocmujj ui r-u.u
:onth ; and on every Tuesday, Thursday and
riday evening, excepting the first week in
fiL'h month.
Cihihittic Methodist Rev. Morgan Ellis,
r.iitor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
; ai.j o o'clock. Sabbath School at 1' o'clock.
A. M. Piayer meeting every Friday evening,
a: 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
: 7 o'clock.
Discif Its Rev. W. Llovd, Pastor. rreach
Lg every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
Particular Uaptists Rev. David Jenkins,
pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
3 o'clock. Sabbath School at at I o'clock, P. XI.
Catholic Rev. XI. J. Mitchell, Pastor.
Services every Sabbath morning at 10 J o'clock
2i Vespers at 4 o'clock in the evening.
E3EXSBIRG MAILS.
MAILS ARRIVE.
Eastern, daily, at 121 o'clock, A.
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bestera, '
at' - lti o clock, A.
MAILS CLOSE.
Eistera, daily, at 8 o'clock, P. XI.
Westers, " " at 8 o'clock,- P. XI.
CSrThfl miil3 from Butler.Indiana,Strongs
town, &c, arrive on Thursday of each week,
it 5 o'ciock, P. XI.
Leave Ebensburg on Friday of each week,
it 6 A. XI.
t,The mails from Newman's Mills, Car
ro'.kovrn, ic, arrive on Xlonday, AVednesday
:d Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. XI.
Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays
Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. XI.
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CRESSON STATION.
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COi:TY OFFICERS.
Judges of the Courts President, Hon. Geo.
'Tior, Huntingdon; Associates, George W.
-ley, Henry C. Devine.
i rothoiiotary Joseph M Do nail.
Eejistcr and Recorder James GrifSn.
ShtrifT John Buckl"
Diftrict Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
County Commissioners John Campbell, Ed-
ard-Glass, E. R. Dunnegan.
treasurer Isaac v ike.
Poor House Directors George Xl'Cullougb,
George Delany, Irwin Rutledge.
Poor House Treasurer- George C. K. Zahm.
Auditors Wiliiara J. Williams, Georsce C.
y. Zaknv Francis Tiemey.
bounty surveyor. Henry Scanlan.
Coroner. -XYilliatn Flattery.
Mercantile Appraiser John Cox.
Sup't. of Common Schools J. F. Condon.
PEXSBURC BOR. OFFICERS.
I Juttkes of the react David II. Roberts
AT LARGE .
-arisen Kinkead. . . .
Duratss A. Al Barker.
. School Directors Abel Lloyd, Phil S. Noon,
, D. Parrish,J Hugh Jones, E. J. Mills,
j. Jones. .
EAST WABD. .V 7 .
Constable Thomas J. Davis.' ''
fricn Council J. Alexander Moore. Daniel
I -vans. Richard R. Tibbott, Evan E. Evans,
"mm element.
Inspectors Alexander Jones. D. O. Evans.
JVdye Of Election Rlrhnr.1 T TV
A WU.0,V&.
Attestor Thomas If. Jones.
Attiiant Assessors David E. Evans, "YTni.
r WEST WARD. .
ConfaiJTViiiiam Mills. Jr '
vrn Council John Dougherty, George C
ahm, Isaac Crawford. Fmn;c a 01 "
7er, James S. Todd.
l,Vct0lt G- W- Oatman. Roberts Evans
; of Election Michael Hasson.
Kor James Murray . ;
; rj m" William Barnes, Dan
EBENSBURG , PA. , THURSDAY, DECEMBER , 1864.
Select 3octrn.
Estranged.
BY JOUJf G. SAXE.
Ah well! we are wiser as last;
The charming delnsion is over ;
Your dream of devotion is past,
And I am no longer a lover.
Bnt darling, (allow me the phrase
For simple civility's sake,) .
Don't think, in this calmest of lays,
I've any reproaches to make.
Ah no ! not a querulous word
Shall fall from my passionless pen;
The sharp little scoldings you've heard
1 never shall utter again.
But if in this final adieu,
Too chilly for even a kiss,
I venture a comment or two,
You surely "won't take it amis3.
I'm thinking, my dear, of the day
(Well, habit i3 certainly queer, -And
still, in a lover-like way,
I all you my "darling" and "dear")
I'm thinking, I say, of the time
I vowed you were cha'rmingly clever,
And raved of your beauty in rhjme,
And promised to love you forever!
Forever 1 a beautiful phrase, -
Suggestive of heavenly pleasure,
That rr-illions and millions of days
Were wholly unequal io measure!
And yet, as we sadly have seen,
The case is remarkably clear,
'Tis a word that may happen to mean
Rather less than a calendar year !
Yet I never have broken my vow,
Although I admit that I swore .
To love you forever, and uov;
Confess that I love you no more ;
For, since you're no longer the same,
(Heaven pardon and pity us both!)
.To be loving you now, I proclaim,
Were really breaking my oath !
Personal Qualifies of President
.in co I ii Speecli of Hon. Gd
Yiat d EvereH.
.At a graud banquet; given by the Mer
chants of lioston in honor qf the officers
of the Kearsare, on the evening of the
15th ult., the following was among the
regular toasts :
The Trerident of the United States Called
for the second time to the most exalted office
in the -gift of thn people, may he so adminis
ter the high trust as to receive the support of
the whole country, and restore to the Union
the blessings of a speedy, honorable andlast
ijg peace.
Hon. Edward Kverctt was called upon
to respond to this sentiment, when he
arose aud spoke as follows :
Mr. Ciiairmax: I am highly compli
mented by being called upon to resoood ,
to the toust tn honor of the 1 resident- of
the United States. Having already had
an opportunity in Faneuil i 1 all of paying
a iirateful tr:bue of respect to Caotuin
( able to do it justice, and confine myself to j
ttre specific duty which you have assigned .
nie. Ihe toast is one which l am sure
will be welcomed by every gentleman at
the table, whatever differences of political
opinion may prevail here. You pay this
mark of respect to the President, not as
the successful candidate after a severely
contested election, but as the constitution
al head of the Government of the country,
the supreme executive officer of the Uni
ted States, the commander-in-chief of the
army and navy, and the personal repre
sentative of the people in the family of
nations. In the honors you pay to the
President, you honor yourselves; it is a
becoming mark of respect on the part cf
a people thus to recognize the object of
the people's choice.
This mark of respect 13 never withheld
from the head of Government io England.
Not only at homo in Great IJiitaiu, but in
the world-encompassing circuit of her do
minions, wherever a festive entertainment
13 held, me ncaun ot tue vaeen is m
their flowing cups freshly Tcuiembered."
It would be unbecoming, indeed, if hon
ors chcerlully paid, irrespective of party,
to an hereditary sovereign, were withheld
from the chief magistrate of a ereat re
public, elevated to that position by the
voice of the people. The sovereign, who
rules by the right of birth, has come iuto
the world like the meanest of his subjects,
but a civic act like that of this day week,
byTwhich twenty-two '.millions of freemen;
citizens of twenty-two States'associatcil
in one great Republican Union, establish
ed over a territory as vast as Europe, bave
assembled on an appointed Bay, in . their
respective tofrsy cities, and villages, after J
an ardent'eanyass, with allthe excitements
H insiow and Ins gallant associates, I snail I body, but his s-pceches in the senatorial
leave this noble topic to ths gen tlemeti , congress were in no respect superior to
who will follow me, and who are so well . Mr. Lincoln's. I believe the President
a civil war kindling1 ihroQuhout -the
country, and without lutuult, violence, or
the display of military force, have elected
the constitutional head of the State, is a
spectacle cf morjl sublimity not surpassed'
in the annals of the world !
Mr. Chairman I do not asree with
those" who maintain that the idea of loy
alty has no place in a republic. I regard
it, on tbe contrary, as one of the elements
of , the patriotic sentiment, which surely !
ought to prevail with augmeiitei force on
the part of the citizens of a State, where
all government ultimately rests.on popular
choice. . Loyalty, iu fact, iu its primitive
meaning, is leal ty to the law, and as such
sureiy carries with it, as a necessary con-
sequencethe duty of becoming respect, in
their several dogbees, t j those who, on
behalf of the people, make, administer aud
execute the law. On any other oriueWdc.
it would folio-that the marks of respect
1 -r . . . 1
paid to s. Jurcpean king aud queeu were
paid, not to the oSce, but to the persons
of the individuals. Now, though at the
present time the throne of England is
filled by a sovereign lady, who, by all the
womanly not less than ail the quecnlv
virtues is also enthroned in the hearts of
her subjects, Mr. Thackeray's lecture on
the four Georges are too well remembered
not to prove either that loyalty is not a
sentiment which mainly regards the per
son of the sovereign, or if it is, that pub
i: : t. 1.1 1 1 j - .
iv cctiuuiuui iu xjiiiiiauu uurinir two
e reigns to go no further -back
must have been stranirelv misdirected.
But I would not have it inferred, from
these remarks,- that the President of the
United States, in whose honor you have
proposed the toast to which you.. have
called nie to respond, is entitled to this
mark of respect only in his official capac
ity. Now that the struggle ia past, I am
sure that no liberal-minded person, how
ever opposed to him politically, (afld you
now, tir, that 1 belong to "the Presi
dent'.- opposition,") will be unwilling that,
in performing the t!uiyyou have devolved
upon me, I should say that I recognize in
nm a lull measure ot-tne qualities which
entitle him to the personal respect cf the
K-opie, who have just given hiui a proof
of their confidence, not extended to any
ot his predecessors 111 this generation.- It
is no smtll proof of this that he has passed
througli the fcery ordeal of the recent
canvass, and stood the storm of detraction
rorn hundreds of vigorous and hot-tile
presses, and had so little said against him
(I speak now of personal qualities) which
deserves even an answer. There is no
one of his predecessors, not even "Wash
ington, of whom as many and as reproach
ful things have not been, said, unless per
haps it be Mr. Monroe, who had the
happiness to fall uruu i'thc era cf good
feeling," and w"ho was, in no one quality,
either as a man or as a Preside', Miperi
or to Mr Jiiucohu -The President gave
ample proof of his intellectual capacity
when he conte-ted a scat iu the Senate of
the United States with Judge Douglas.
When I f-at in the Senate with Judge
Douglas, I thought him, for business and
debate, the equal of the ablest ia that
to be entirely conscientious iu the dis-
charge ot his high trust, and that, under
circumstances of unparalleled difficulty,
ne 110.1 administered the Government with
the deepest sense vf "responsibility to his
country and his God. Ifc is eminently
kind-hearted, l am sure ho spoke the
truth, the other day, when he said that he
had never willingly planted a thorn in any
man's bosom. lie is one of the most la
borious and indefatigable men iu the
country, and that he has been able to sus
tain himself under as great a load of care
as was ever laid upon the head or heart of
a living man ia in no Email degree owing
to the fact that the vindictive and acgry
passions form no part of his nature, and
that a kindly and playful spirit mingles
its sweetness with the austere cup of pub
lic duty.
It may seeni hardly worth while to no
tice the descriptions which represent the
President as a person of uncouth appear
ance and manners. Uut as Mr. JJurke
did not think it. out of place, in the most
magnificent discourse in the English lan
guage, to comment on the" appearance,
manners, and conversation of the exiled
j-Prench prince?. .! will take the liberty to
sny, that on the on-Iy social occasion I ever
had the honor to be in the company of
the President, viz, the commemoration at
Gettysburg, he sat at table at the house
of my friend. David Wills, Esq., by the
side of several distinguished "persons, la
dies and gentlemen, foreigners and Amer
icans, among them the Ercnqh. Minister at
Washington,' since appointed French Am
bassador at Madrid; and the Admiral' of
the' French, fleet, and that in gentlemanly.
appearance manners, and conversation j he
was the peer of any man at the table. ,; t
of
The most important objection urged
against Mr. Lincoln is that personally he
lacks fixedness of purpose, and that his
cabinet and administration have wanted
unity of counsel. I think I shall olTend
no candid opponent (I certainly am no
partisuu nryself ). if I remind you that pre
cisely the same chargeon ihe same grouuds
might be brought againt Vn'ashington and
his administration. Uuder circumstances
yasily lc-s embarrassing, he placed in his
cabinet and kept there :s long aa they
couid be induced to stav. the two nrditical
j leaders (Jefferson aud Hamilton) not
uii:ieiy ui uiuereui wings 01 me same po-
liticat conuection, but the heads of two
j-rad;cjlly opposite parties. Mr. Monroe,
though elected himself by an almost unun
lmous vote, allowed hi cabinet tj coutain
three rival candidates for the succession,
who differed radically on almost every
political oucstion. It rarely happens iu !
popular governments that any other course
I is practicable in difficult times. In En-
rl::
land, where the thoorv and practice of
parliamentary government have been ma
turing for ages, there has seldom been a
cabinet in which the same diwssidence has
not existed. It does at the present time
in the cabinet of Lo-d Palmcrston.
llut I forbear. The clectiou, in all but
its formalities, is decided. It is due to
both parties to .say that they accept the
result, the one its defeat, and the other
its victory, with moderation and cquaniin-
ity. It b in this spirit alone that our
common country can be cairied through
its great trial. The last hope of the hos-
ti.e leaders is in our division. YY ith ture
indications of a cordial union on our part,
.j i r 11 -it,
"uown ineir icue weapons win drop, or
be wrested from their hands by the indi;
nant and weary masses, whom they have
betrayed mto this desolating war.
Let us, then, Mr. Chainnau, study the
things which will bring about an honora
ble and lasting peace with our deluded
countrymen. It rejoiced my heart the
ether day, at the opening of the Fair, to
be lollnwed on the platform by my life
long friend Winthrop, who filled the same
pi ice on the unsuccessful "electoral ticket
hat I do on that whicfi has" prevailed, and
whoso admirable speech commanded the
entire sympathy of the audience. A fair
appeal has been made to the people, to
which they have responded in terms not
to be mistaken. Let the successful party
continue to abstain from all unkindly ex
ultation, and the defeated from all bitter
partisau warfare. (Jeoeral Grant has de
dared that the Jate election is worth a
pitched battk, not surely because it is a
party triumph, but because it is the trum
pet tone of the people's voice, affirming
the immortal maxin of General Jacks-ou
that "the. Union must and shall be pre
served." Let our brave 'offie2r5, seamen
and soldiers, on the land and on the sea,
feel that they arc striking, not for thij or
that man, for this or that party, but for
the whole country, and when our gallant
guests who now honor us with their com
pany go forth again to ether conflicts and
other triumphs, let them go with the as
surance that they curry with them the
hearts of a united people.
What Mionr IIavc eetx, if it tas
to uk The Xew York Tribune savs there
is a rich story current, whereof the fcub
stance is as follows:
The llebel Stales by secret preconcert
had their Legislatures in session on the
8th of November, ami each of them chose
their quota' of Presidential Electors, . as
though they had uever attempted to secede
from the Union. These electors, in case,
their aggregate vote would suffice to give
M'ClclIan a majority over Lincoln, were
to assemble on the first Wednesday in
December, and formally east their votes
for M.'Clcl!au and Pendleton, sending them
on to Washington in due form, and back
ing them by delegations to either limine,
should that be deemed essential. Then',
when the day arrived for officially counting
the votes and declaring the result, the
opposition of all shades, wes to insist that
M'ClclIan and Pendleton were duly elect
ed, and, if this were net conceded, break
up the session jq a row, and inaugurate a
civil war from one end of the Union to the
other, the present llebellion" merging itself
in the newer and more formidable, Jeff.
Davis, Lcc, and Ueauregard becoming
alike lieutenants of M'Clellan.
This story is unsupported by published
facts, and is essentially incredible. We
receive it only as the coinage of sne fer
tile biain, musing aud brooding over what
might have been. If it has a shred of
fact beneath it, that fact must soon become
apparent! and we shall await with interest
its development. ' : '
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Et&-0 rank's X. J., the home of M'
Clellan, gave 102 majority for Lincoln
last year only 9 majority. - c-... ., -
: C Three Ilomau cardinals have died
since spring. !:-;' 'j-1.: rl'-.: '
Lltlivai tJ's .TcniiUatiou.
It was six o'clock in tho afternoon. At
this time the great wholesale warehouse of
Messrs. Hubbard & Sou was wont to close,
unless the pressure of business compelled
the partners to keep open until later.
The duty of closing usually devolved on
Edward Jones, a bay of fourteen, who had
lately been engaged to perform a few light
duties, for which ho received the sum of
fifty dollars auoually. lie was the boy,
but if he behaved himself so as to win the
approbation of his employers, his chanc? cf
promotion was good. - . "
Yet there were some things that rendered
this small salary a trial to him eircutu
sta:iC2s with which his employers were
unacquainted. His mother was a widow.
The sudden death of Mr. Jones had thrown
the entire family upon their own resources,
and these were, indeed, but slender.
There was an elder sister who assisted
her mother to sew, and this, with Edward's
salary, cons:itured the entire income of the
family. ' Yet, by means of untirics indus
try, they had continued thus far to live,
uing st iict economy, of course. Yet they
wanted none of the absolute necessaries 0
life
But Mary Jones Edward's sister
grow sick. She had taken a severe cold
which terminated in a fever. This not
ouly cut nil th; in
J own labor, but nlsc
I from accomplishing
inouie ariincr from her
o presented her mother
accomplishing as much a3 she would
otherwise have been able to do.
On the morning of the day on which our
story commences, Aiary had expressed a
longing for an orange. In her fever it
would have been most grateful to her.
It is hard indeed, when we are obligrd
to deny those we love that which would be
a refreshment and benefit to them.
Mrs. Jones felt this, and so also did
Edward.
"I only wisli I could buy you one, Ma-
said Edward, just as Jie set out for
the store. ".Next year I shall receive
larger salary, and then we shaVt have to
pinch so much."
"Never mind, Ed ward,'' paid she, smiling
faintly, "I ought not to have asked for it,
knowing how hard you and mother find it
to get along without me. ,
"Don't trouble yourself about that,
Mary," said Mrs. Jones, soothingly, though
her heart sank within her, at the thought
of her empty larder. "Only get well, and
then wa shall get along well enough, alter
wards.' It was with the memory of thi scene
that Edward went to the store ia the
morning. All around him were boxes of
rich goods representing thousands of dol
lars in money.
"Oh," thought he, "if I only had the
value cf one of these boxes, how much
good it would uo poor Mary."
Ihe Ionu ua' woro away at last, and
Edward was about to cose the warehouse.
Cut as he parsed the desk of his emnloyer,
his aitentuui was drawn to a bit of paper
lying on the floor.
He picked it up, and to his great icy
found it to be a "ten dollar bill.
The first thought that flashed upon him
was, "how much good this will do Mary.
I can Luy. her the oranges she wants, and
she shall have some every. day. Perhaps
she would like a chicken."
But in a nionent later his countenance
fell.
"It isn't mine," he sighed. "It must
be Mr. Hubbard's. This is his desk, and
he must have dropped it."
"Still," urged the tempter, "he will
never know it. And aicr all, what arc
ten dollars to him. lie is worth a hundred
thousand."
- Still Edward was not satisfied. Whether
Mr. Hubbard could spare it or not, was
not the question. It was rightfully his,
and must be given back to him.
"I'll go to his house and give it to him
this very night," said Edward, "otherwise
I might be tempted to keep it."
He determined to go to Mr. Hubbard's
beforc-he went home. The siht of his
mci. siaicr mimic weaken 111s resolution. 1
and that must-never be allowed. lie must j
preserve his integrity at all hazards.
He knew where Mr. Hubbard lived. It
was a large, fine looking house, on a fash- !
itmable street. He had passed it several f
times, ana wonaereu wnetner a man must
tot feci har.ny who was able to live in such
style.
Without nay unnecessary delay, there
fore, he went to the house, a'nd ascending
the step, rang the bell.
A man servant came to the door.
"Well?" said he.
"Is Mr. Hubbard at home?"
"Yes, but he has only just come in, and
I don't ; think he can see -you," was the
rcplv.
"I am in -his employ," said Edward!
i it. - .
quieiiy, - -anu nave just come irotn tne
store- I think he will see me if you vrili
mention thia to him." .
NUMBER 10.
"Very well, you can come iu." .
Ed ward was left standing in the hall
while Mr. Hubbard was sought by the
scrvaut.
lie came out in a moment, aud looked
at Edward with a little surprise.
"Well," he said inquiringly, has an y
thing happened V
"No, sir," said Edward; "but I picked
up this bill near your desk, and supposed
you must have dropped it. I thought I
had hotter bring it directly hcre.V
"You have done well," siid Mr. Hub
bard, "acd I will remember it. Honesty
is a very valuable quality in a boy just
commencing a business career. Hereafter
I shall have perfect confidence in your
honesty."
Edward was gratified by this assurance,
yet as the door closed behind himand he
walked out into the street, the thought of
his sister sick at home again intruded on
him, and he thought regretfully how much,
good could have been done with ten dol
lars. Not that he regretted that he had
been honest. There was a satisfaction in
doing right but I think my readers will
understand his feelings without any ex
planation. ,
Mrs. Jones brought some tonst to her
daughter's bedside, but Mary motioned
it aw.-iy. thanking her mother fur "her
trouble in making it, but," said she, "I
don't think I could possibly eat it.". .
"Is there anything you could relish.
Mary?"
aid she.
4
hesitatingly, "nothing
that we can :et."
Mrs. Jones sighed a sigh that Edward
echoed..
It was with a heavy heart that Edward
started for the warehouse next morning.
He lud-ncvr;r before felt the craving for
wealth which now took possession of him.
He set about his duties as usual. About
two hours sifter he had arrived at the
warehouse, Mr. Hubbard entered. He did
not at first appear to notice Edward, but
in about half an hour summoned him to
the office,-which was partitioned off from
the remainder cf .the spacious rooms in
which goods were stored.
lie smiled pleasantly as Edward entered
his presence.
"Tell me frankly," he said, "did you net
feel an impulse to keep the bill which you
found last night?"
"I hope you won't ba ofTeuded with me,
Mr. Hubbard," said Edward, "if I say that
I did."
"Telf me all about it," said Mr. Hub
bard wiih interest. "What was it that
withheld you '! I should never have known
it."
"I knew that," said Edward.
"Then what withheld you from taking
it?"
"First T will tell you what tempted
me," said Edward. "My mother and bis
ter are obliged to depend upon sewing for
a living, and we live very poorly' at the
best. But a fortnight since Mary became
sick, and since then we have had a hard
time. Mary's appetite is poor, aud does
not relish our food, but we are not able to
get her anythiug bettor. Wiien I picked
up that bill I cDuldu't help thinking how
much I might buy with it for her."
"And yet you did not take itl"".
"No, sir; itavould have been wroojr, and
I could uot have looked you in the lace
after it." - . -
Mr. Hubbard went to the desk and
wrote a chequo.
"How much do I pay you now ?" La
asked.
."Fifty dollars a year," said Edward.
"Henceforth, your duties will be in
creased, and I wll pay you two hundred.
Will that please you?"
"Twohuudicd dollar? a year exclaimed
Edward, his eyes sparkling with delight.
"Yes, and at the end of the 3"car it will
be increased if, as I doubt not, you con
tinue to merit my confidence." - -
"Oh, sir, how can I thant ycu?" said
Edward, full of gratitude.
. "By preserving your integrity. As I
presume you are in present need of money,
T , tir nrn ; ..i,-,.
Hcrc i a cheque for Gfty dollars -which
you can get cashed at the bank. And, by
the w2y, you may have the rest of the day
to yourself?"
Edward flew to the bank, aud with his
SU(lden riches hasteucd to the market, at
whi r, h rnrW,i
j which place he purchased a supply of
provisions such as he knew would be
welcome at home, and then hastened homo
to announce his good fortune.
A weight seemed to fall .off the hearts
of mother and daughter, as they heard hit
hurried story, and Mrs. Jones thanked
God for bestowing upon her a son whoso
good principles had brought them this
great relief.
And Mr. Hubbard slept none the worse
I that night that at slight pecuniary sacrifice
he had done a kind action, confirmed aboj
in hU integrity, and gladdened a tru;f
gling family.
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