50, sc. 2.1 M i i - u Uj n TUt; wii T1III YSOX- Publisher. jm OIAJME 8. tUUJI KITTELL, Attorney at toOBS FENLON, Attorney at Law, II Ebensburg, Pa. E A 1 e hEOKGE M. READE, Attorney at IT Law, Ebensburg, Pa. l-Uce in ioionnaae uow. ijanz p. TIERNEY, Attorney at Law, Ebensburg, Cambria county, Pa. jg-Office in Colonnade Row. jan24 JOHNSTON & SCANLAN, Attorneys , at Law, Ebensburg, Pa. . t,SSTOX. -n-n J. K. 6CANLA.X, I v - XL'EL SINGLETON, Notary Pub- i lie, Ebensburg, Pa. 3 OJSce oalVii street, west of Foster's Ho- frMES C. EASLY, Attorney at Law, Carrolltown, Cambria county, Pa. jyArctmecturai brewings ana opecin ,:ioai made. jan24 EJ. WATERS, Justice of the ieace , and Scrivener. ..... . 1 l-Olnce adjoining dwelling, on iugn si., btcsburg, Pa. Lfeb7-8m EKlNtviAii, Justice or the 1'eace and Claim Agent. jay Office removed .o me omce xorTnerij -upied by M. Hasson, Esq., on High street, bensburg, Fa. Ul-hm SHOEMAKER, Attorney at Law, Ebensburg, Pa. 1 u 31 "PattkuUr attention paid to collections, joy Oftce one door east of Lloyd & Co.'g ankicg House. . .. jan-l U1UEL SINGLETON, Attorney at J Law, Ebensburg, Pa. OHice on High ifet, west of Foster'3 Hotel. Will practice in the Courts of Cambria and adjoining counties. tof Attends al3o to the collection or claims f soldiers against the Government. jan24 pEORGE W. OATMAN, Attorney at UT Law and Claim Agent, Ebensburg, iabria county, Pa. la?" Pensions, Back ray and Bounty, and its. Agreements, Letters of Attorney, Bonds, neatly written, and all legal business c1refully attended to. Pensions increased, I'u? :d Eaualized County collected. fjan24 1 - - C. VILSON, M. D., oilers his ser- r;ces, as l'hvsician and Surgeon, to the cfzens of Ebensbur and surrounding i Hiring been appoint?d Examining Su rfsn, he is prepared to examine all Pension- s and applicants for rensions who may leed his services. 2T Office on High St., three doors er.st of res. church, in otlice formerly occupied by r. Jones. Residence immediately adjoin- go2ice. jan24-3m S J. LLOYD, Successor of Jl. S. Bunn, Dealer in Cr.EDr.UGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, AND DVE-STUFFS. PERFUME RY" AND FANCY" ARTICLES, PURE W1SES AND BRANDIES FOR MEDI AL VVCPOSES, PATENT MEDICINES, fcc. Also : tttr, Cap, and Note Papers, I'cns, Pencils, Superior Ink, And other articles kept bv Druccista srenerallv. p. . . co o-- - i fiyttctcns prescription! carefully compounded. ymce on .Main Street, opposite the Moun in House, Ebensburg, Pa. jan24 DENTISTRY. The undersigned. Orft.liiAtA rf tViA Ril. more College of Dental Surgery, respectfully -ers his professional services to the citizens f Ebensburg. He has spared no means to oroughly acquaint himself with every im ovtment in hi3 art. To manv vears of per- hnil experience, he has sought to add the npartea experience ot the highest authorities 1 Dental Science. He simply asks that an trortunitv may be priven for his work to j0 its own nraise. SAMUEL BELFORD. D. D. S. raices: Prof. C. A. Harri3 : T. E. 3ond, r.: v: r nnj. a a itn.iir t tt a j'ta, cf the Ba.timore College. 'uauay or eah month, to stav one wifk. January 24, 18G7. LLOYD & CO., Bankers other Securitips v..,i-. i t. i iiowec on Time Deposits. Collection s made ca all accessible points in the United States, a General Banking Business transacted. I January 24, 1S67. TT -M. LLOYD & Co., Bankers ' ' A - . T . rafts on the nrincion.! ritJoo .a c;in "Old for sale. Collections made. Mnn. J received on denosit. navabl on on,4 iaout interest, nr unon tim witd ;nA.r. 11 fair rates. an2i n. ilos d, Frest. ' i. T. Caldwell, Casf.'r. PIRST NATIONAL DANK ; OF ALTOONAi GOVERNMENT AGENCY, DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI- TED STATES. -Trfd Corner vrgiift and Annie Jti., North --i .iuaa, jra. ... Act: nomiED Capital. ........$300,000 00 Aa Capital Paid in 150,o00 00 fUsias pertaining to Banking done on orable terms. " lior!er,nal Revenu Stamps of all denomina n always on hand. mDfU!ia"of SiarnP Percentage, in lion ; 1 be anwea, as follows : $50 to Dd unwarria. A nr .r Ijans I." Military Claims collected. Real Estate l:;ght and sold, and payment of Taxes at-F-:led to. Book Accounts, Notes, Due Bills, fcdements, &c, collected. Deeds, Mortga- PRIVATE SALE 1 The subscriber wjll sell the following properly at private Bale : - One Heuse at Portage Station, on the P. R. R., with . 2 acres land; Suitable for a store room or a dwelling. . One House and 90 acres land, on P. R. R., one-half mile west of Portage, opposite the Biding of the Union Mills of tbe subscriber, and at the terminus of the railroad of Whito & Co. One nouse and 2 acres land at Portage, 1 now occupied by Louisa Keepers. A good site for a store. i One Water Power Saw mill, within 10 rods of the P. R. R., one-half mile west of. Por tage, together with timber land, 100, 200, or 30C acres, to suit - pnrchasers. The barns And Louses on the same, cost $1,500 when lnmberwaa cheap. . - - : Or, I wiirsell the whoie tract of 480 acres, with timber enough on the same to run the water mill for seven years. The property has 1,500 to 2,00 feet of side tracks connect ing with the P. R. R. A general Warrantee Deed will be given on ten days notice for all the foregoing prop erty, and possession of all houses, 4c, given on the 1st April next. The improvements cost the subscriber $6,000. . 150 acres of the land is timbered with good Sugar, and tbe land itself is warranted to be as good as any in Cambria county. Three creeks pass through the land, vix Trout Run, M'Intosh Run, and Wright's Run. There is Coal on the land, and any amount of Cord Wood. The location is the only outlet to the coal lands of Burke and the Wm. M. Lloyd & Co. lauds. Two pieces of the land adjoin the land formerly owned by Hon. Thomas A. Scott, known as the M'Coy Farm. One-third the purchase money will be re quired down ; the balance in aix and twelve months. Ten per cent, will be .deducted for cash payments. ' ' - The property will be ecld in preference to rented, as the subscriber has aot time to col lect rents. The house and lot, say 1 acre of land, at Portage, now occupied by Lo'iiftt Keepers, will be sold low if sold soon. v Also, the store room at the same place, with 2 acres land, formerly occupied by Victor Voeghtly sold to him at one time for $725 will now be sold for $600. The former will be sold for $350, cash, or its equivalent. Call Soon 1 WM. It. HUGHES. Wilraore, January 21, 18G7. "7"ALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR T SALE I The subscriber offers at private sale the farm, on which be now resides, situate in Cambria Township,. Cambria county, con tnining about 50 acres, nearly all of which are cleared, and having thereon erected a Two-story Frame Dwelling House, & new Frsme Barn, and all the necessary Outbuild ings. There is a good Orchard on the Farm, and an excellent Well of Water at the kitch en door. Only five minutes' walk from the Railroad Depot. Terms moderate, and title indisputable. Apply to the undersigned on the premises, or address SAMUEL TIBBOTT, apll-tf Ebensburg, Pa. ESTATE OF ANTHONY DEC'D. W ILL, Auditor's Notice. The undersigned, Audi tor, appointed by the Orphans' Court cf Cambria county, to report distribution of the funds in the hands of Mark A. Will, Adm'r. ot Anthony Will, dee'd., hereby notifies all persons interested thp.t he will attend to the duties of said appointment at his office, in the borough of Ebensburg, on Friday, the 3d day of May, 1867, at 2 o'clock, P. M., when and where they must present their claims, or be debarred from coming in for a share of said fund. GEO. W. OATMAN, aprll-3t Auditor. STATE OF BERNARD KARL HEI.M, DEC'D. Auditor'f Notice. The undersigned, Audi tor, appointed by the Orphans'- Court of Cambria county, to report distribution of the money in the hands of Jacob Huber and John Karlheira, Executors of Berhnrd Karlbeiji, dee'd., hreby notifies all persons interested that he will attend to the duties of said ap pointment at his office, in Ebensburg, on Saturday; the 4lh day of May, 1867, at 2 o' clock, P. M., when and where they must pre sent their claims, or be debarred from coming in for a share of said fund. . . apll-3t GEO. W. OATMAN, Auditor. UDITOR'S NOTICE " The undersigned Auditor, appointed by the Orphans' Court of Cambria county, to report distribution of tbe money in the hands of Wm. Kittell, Esq., admr. ot John Reese, dee'd., upon his second account,' arising from the sale of the real estate, hereby notifies all persons interested, that he will attend to the duties of said appointment, at the office of F, A. Shoemaker, Esq., in the borough of Ebens burg, on FRIDAY, 20th APRIL, inst., at 2 o'clock, p. m., when and where they must present their claims, or be debarred from coming in for a share of said fund, aplltd WM. H. SECHLER, Auditor. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. The undersigned, Auditor, appointed by the Orphans' Court of Cambria county to report distribution of the money in the hands of Daniel J. Jones and Sarah Ann Thomas, administrators of John R. Thomas, deceased, hereby notifies all persons interested that he will attend to the duties of his appointment at his office, in Ebensburg, on Wednesday, the 8th day of May, next, at 10 o'clock, A. M., when and where all claims against the estate of the said decedent must be presented, or they will be debarred from payment apl SAMUEL SINGLETON. Auditor. UDTTOR'S NOTICE. ' The undersigned Auditor, appointed by the Orphans' Court of Cambria county,. to report distribution of the money in the hands of John D. Thomas, admr. of James S Todd, late of Ebensbnr?, decd.j hereby notifies all persons interested that he will attend to the duties of said appointment at. tbe office of Wm." Kittell, Esq., in the borough of Ebens burg, on MONDAY, the 20th APRIL, inst., at 2 o'clock, p. ra., when, and where they must present , their claims, .or. be I debarred from corning in for a ibare of said fond. nplltd r. WM. H. 6ECHLER, Auditor. I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT T3A2T PRESIDENTHxsst Cut. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL K-rt Italian ZEctTolo. In the ancient city of Perouse. there dwelt, a long timo ago, a younj? man na med Cassandrin. Every one knew ot his thefts and robberies, and many complaints of him were made to the provost, by per sons whose goods he had .fetolen, yet he always escaped punishment.. But it was in his favor that he never stole or .robbed for avarice, but to be able to show his liberality and bounty to those who were kind and obliging to him. And as he was affable, agreeable, and facetious,, the provost liked him so well that he would not be. a sipgltf day without his company it nappenea tnat once when Cassandrin was sitting at table with him, amusing him with different matters; he told him among other things ot a young man who was so cunning that there was nothing so carelully hidden and guarded tnat ho would not ffnd it and stealthily carry it away. Hearing this, the provost said to him, "The young man of whom you speak is, perhaps, no other than yourself ; but it you can rob me, to-night, ot the bed whereon I sleep, -I promise you, on my faith, to give you an hundred florins." When Cassandrin heard these words, he was greatly troubled, and made answer, Sir, I perceive that jou esteem me a thief, although I am not one, but earn my living by toil and industry, and spend my TJays as best I can. But it' it is your pleasure to destroy me, I am content to obey your will, for the take of that friend ship I have always borne and still bear you." .. Having said this, he immediately de parted, and spent the remainder ot the day in thinking how he could rob the provost of his bed, without being caught. He devised this plan. On that very day there had died a poor wretch, who had been buried near the church of the Jaco bins. When every one else was sound asleep, he went and du up the corpse, stripped off the grave-clothes, and dressed it in his own garments, which fitted it so well that any one might have taken the poor wretch to be Cassandrin himself. This done, he bore him upon his shoulders to the palace of the provost, and mounted with him, by a ladder, to the roof. He then dextrously removed the tiles, and with a is tools made an. opening to the chamber where the provost was lyiDg, xt bcV was not asleep, but heard distinctly all that Cassandrin was doing, awaiting the moment when he would try to rob him of his bed, eaying to himself, "Do your worst, Cassandrin, for I assure you that you shall not have my bed to-night." While the provost was thus waiting, with open eyes and "ears, Cassandrin let the dead body fall through the hole in the roof. . It came down upon the floor of the provost's chamber with such a noise as to frighten him, and believing that Cassan-1 " 1 1 1 T arm naa rauen, since ne saw his gar ments, he blamed himself, and exclaimed, "Alas ! what have I done ? Behold, by my foolishness, I have caused-tbe death ot this mac. What. will they say of me when they know that he lies dead in my house ? How guarded and prudent ought meu to be V He. then knocked at the door of his servant's chamber, and having awakened him, told him of his lamentable diSculty, and prayed him to dig a hole in the gar den in which to bury the dead body, eo that th ero might be no scandal about the matter. While the provost and servant were buy about the burial, Cassandrin lethim- -eelf down into the chamber by means of a cord, and having bound the bed into, a bundle, easily bore it away. .When, the dead body had been buried, and the pro vost returned to lie down in his chamber, he perceived that .his , bed was gone, at which he was greatly astonished. The next morning, Cassandrin, accord ing to his custom, went to the palace and presented himself to - the provost, who said to him, ''Assuredly, Cassandrin, you are an adroit rogue; who would ever have thought of robbing mo of my bed so cun ningly as you ?'" . Cassandrin made no reply, but looked as if he did not understand what was meant. - .. "You have done a clever thing," said the provost, "but L wish you to do anoth er, that I may be satisfied of your ability. If you will to-night rob me ot my horse, that I value so much, I promise you be sides the hundred florins I have already promised, to give you another hundred." Cassandrin complained greatly that the provost had so bad an opinion of him, and begged of him not to be his ruin. When the provost saw that Cassandrin refused his .wish, he flew into a. passion, and paid to him, "If you will not do as I say, expect nothing else but to be stran gled and hung up on the walls of the city." ' Seeing his danger, Cassandrin then said to the. provost, "1 will do my best to please you, although it may be that I cannot succeed." .'" ". '' " ;; ; ; i , -And so saying, he took bis leave. ' The provost then called his servant, and said' to him, "Go to the stable,' and saddle and. bridle my horse; then. mount him, and remain mounted all night ; keep good watcn, too, that he be notrBtoIeo away .from, you." . - V ' ; ,7lfe then, commanded another servant that he should keep guard over the palace, aud carefully fastened "all the doors, both of the palace and stable. Cassandrin took his tools, and going to the door of the palace, found the watchman there sound asleep ; and as he well knew the place, he let him sleep on, while he entered the ourt by a secret way, and thence went to the stable, which he entered by the means of hia tools. The servaut was sitting there upon the horse, holding the bridle in bis hand. Going up to him, Cassandrin per ceived that he snored. He then meas ured the . height of the horse, and, going into the garden, he took four large stakes Which supported the arbors, and shamen- ed them. He then returned to the stable. wnere the servant was still sleeping like a stone, and cut the bridle which he was holding in his haud. He then cut the check-rein, girth and crupper, and having put one ot the stakes under a corner of the saddle, slowly raised it from the horse. and let it rest upon the stake. This done, be put a stake under each of the other corners, and so lifted up the entire saddle, while tbe servant slent on undisturbed. He then put a halter on the head of the horse, and led him away. When the provost arose in the morning, he went straight to his stables, expecting to find his horse, and found bis servant sleeping heavily upon the saddle as it rested on the four stakes. Having awa kened him, he loaded him with severe reproaches, and then, like one astonished, left the stable. At his usual hour, Cas sandrin, with a joyous countenance, pre sented .himself before the provost, and saluted him. The provost said to him, 'You deserve the prize among all rogues, Cassandrin. You are, indeed, prince and king among them. But I will still further prove your hkill. You know, I think, Severin, curato of " th9 parish of Saint Gil, not tar from the city. If you will bring him here in a bag, I promise you, beside the two hun dred florins I already owe you, I wiiTgive you another two hundred. And if you do not, give yourself up to death. : r The Severin was a man of excellent life and reputation, devoting himself wholly to the Church, but ignorant of the world, unsuspecting, and easily deceived. Cas sandrin obtained a priest's surplice which Jell to his heels, and an embroidered stole, UtndV carried. them tQ bis lodgings. Then ne made two pasteboard wings painted with several colors, and a diadem which snone with ereat ltistrp. in thf vpninr 1 . . -V. - - o he went to the place where Severin dwelt, and hid himself in a grove of sham thorns, where ho remained till daybreak. Then he clothed himself in the surplice, put the stole on his neck, the diadm on his head, and the wings on his shoulders, and again hid himself, waiting till the priest should sing his Ave Maria. Cassandrin had just arrayed and hid himself, when Severin, with his little clerk, arrived at the door of the church, which, on eutering, he left open behind him. Cassandrin, who had a sharp eye, saw this ; and whilo the priest was chanting the Ave, he went out of the grove, and secretly entered the church, where, having approached the door, he-stood with a great bag in his hands, and said, two or three limes, "Whoever wishes to go to glory, let him enter this bag." While he was repeating thee words, tbe little clerk came to the sacristy, and seeing the surplice, white as snow, the diadem which glittered like the sun, the wings like peacocks' feathers, hearing also the voice, he was astouished, and going to the pricat, said to him, "Oh, sir, have I not seen an angel from heaven, holding a bag-in his band, who said to me, 'Who wishes to go to glory, let him enter this bag !' - I wish myself to go-' The priest believed the words of -the clerk, and hastening to the sacristy, per ceived one clothed like an . angel, and heard his words. Having a great desire to go to glory, and fearing that the clerk would enter the bag before him, he pre tended to have: left his breviary at his dwelling, and said to his clerk, "Go as quickly as possible to my house, and bring xne my breviary that I have left on a bench in my chamber." When the clerk was gone, Severin reve rently, approached the angel, and with great humility entered the bag! Cassan drin quickly closed it, took off his sur plice, wings, and diadem, made a bundle of them, and. carried it with the priest upon his shoulders to Perouse. -" At the proper hour, he presented the bag to the provost, and having untied it, drew out the ' priest. Severin, finding himself in such presence, and also more dead than alive, knew that he had been mocked, and making a great complaint of the treatment he had received, prayed earnestly that the provost would render him justice, and not let the great wrong done to him pass unnoticed, i The provost, who knew all about the natter from beginning to end, could not restrain, his laughter, and turning to Severin, said, "My friend, my spiritual father, keep silent, and be not angry. Justice shall not fail you. Only have patience. This is a trick such as I never saw or heard of before." In this way he quieted the priest, and putting a purse full ot gold into his hand, gave orders that be should be accompanied out of the city. Then turning to Cwsan drxn, he eaid to' him, 'CaRandrtn, your 18, 1867. roguery is greater even than the fame of it, which is spread abroad throughout the land. Take the four hundred e-oldpn fir. rins I promised you, for you have won meal. im in ruture, live more properly than you have done, for if there come to me any more complaints of vou. T will have you hung by the neck."" Cassandrin received the money, invest ed it in merchandise, and became an enterprising, wise, and wealthy citizen. Arlington ana Mary Cusllf. Arlington is a lovely snot. Virginia. with all its vaunting, can hardlv boast of a fairer domain. From its slopes you look down upon the valley of- the Potomac. Beyond the lordly river, Washington stretches away to its crowning capitol. The creat dome clittera in th omctai air, aud high above it the goddess of liberty holds tutelary guard ever the new ly consecrated land. This is the picture flecked here and there with hrepzv fields, and open wood?, and Boftly swel ling hills which we see from Arlington. As we turned into the old Alexandria road, I thought of something that I eaw not very long ago a letter, the last one written by Mary Custis from Arlington to Robert E. Lee, before she became his wife. The letter of a happy girl to a man beloved and chosen to be the husband ot her heart and the ruler of her lite, her eventful fate has given to it a touching significance. It referred solely to their approaching marriage and future life, and was full ot love, and hope, and religious faith. The young officer, stationed for the time at Old i'oint Comfort, seemed to be in possession of only. narrow quarters. Yet the heiress of Arlington saw nothing formidable in this, and couuted it no sac rifice to leave the wide halls of her home for the scanty conveniences of a military iortress. "When mother ; comes, why, tney could maKe a bed in the sitting-room for her; and as for a maid, if there was no room, Mary Custis could do without one !" Rare self-abnegation for a Vir ginia heiress. Then came pleasant gossip L 1 11 . . aooui me onuesmaids and groomsmen al ready at Arliugton, and maidenly fears as to how she should acquit herselt through tne trying ceremony, loiiowed and huisb ed with that exquisite humility of love which, always sees in the belovcd-oee the finer good, the diviner beauty, both of body and of spirit, which, humble-hearted, it misses in itself, only to recognize and worship in that other self who is new the counterpart and crown of all true exis tence. She was unworthy of such great happiness ; but, because h9 deserved it all, the blessing ot God would descend i upon their union. Indeed, she felt that they could claim that benediction of heaven promised to those who honored and obeyed their parents, aud sought to do the will of their Heavenly Father. Ou a certain day, she would ride on from Arlington on horseback and meet him at Alexandria. Over this very road came the happy lovers. Far and lair on every side stretched the sunny lands which were their proud inheritance. Arlington Ilocse opened wide its doors to these beloved children. Its patriarchal trees waved their summer welcome. ".The slaves came thronging from their cotta ges to greet "dear Miss Mary" and her handsome young husband. What a summer day for these joyous hearts ! Ineffable as its sunthino shone the promise of their future. It was well for Mary Custis that to her was given no "second sight" to divine the sorrow of a far-off morning. Well that those soft eyes, looking on, did not see these gay old gardens and violet slopes sown thick with human bones, and rurlted with ten thou sand human graves I When alie wrote this letter, in the sweet fullness ot her heart, it was well she could not know that when her hair was white, and her heart old with many sorrows, a soldier would find this letter amid the treasures left in the home from which she was banished banished because the husband for whose sake she dreamed all gracious fortune was to come, was an armed traitor, fighting against the government which had covered him with honor. She was innocent and lovely; but the innocence and loveliness of one could not avert the inevitable punish ment of generations of wrong. This letter, full of all girlish gentleness and love, draws us in sympathy toward lier who wrote it; yet we. look on tbe graves. of our dead beneath the protecting trees of Arlington, and say, Woe to the day when to Mary Custis, or to her children, Bhall be given back the home of her fathers! In a tract distributed by the 3Iormon preachers the following question and an swer occur : "What shall be the reward of those who have forsaken their wives for" righteousness sake?" "A hundred fold of wives here and wives hereafter." Horace Greeley says that the darkest day in any man's earthly career is that wherein he first fancies that there is some easier way of gaining a dollar than by squarely earning it. It is said that a revolutionary patriot still survives in the persou of James Farmer, who lives in Campbell county. Virginia. A Charleston paper thinks all the rights the South obtained by the wtrwero funeral rite?. - - - , - TERMS: 3" I'EIt AXXU9I. I V.OO IN ADVANCE. NUMBER 33. Soincrillle's Quandary. Somerville is a good-looking voun? man, and is well aware cf it. He was in the habit of sauntering into rry room when I was sure to be at mv bnsiMt. combing his glossy side whiskers, and smoking his usual cigrr. Then h? would bore me by the half hour. His talk was of his cooquest3 adong the fair sex. He had smitten Miss Crocus at the Partv laft night ; he had struck an arrow into the heart of Miss La Creme at the Opera ; he was having a staving flirtation with Misa Araminta Delicious Dlumengeld, of Fifth Avenue. - , "Tell you what. Sehreiber," said ho to me one day. "I'm in a ouandarv." "Are you ?" said I; "how did you get there '(" "It's no slight matter, I tell you. I'm going to get married, Sehreiber.' "And who is the happy fair one ?" "Ah, that's the rub. . There's whers the quandary is. There's two of 'em.-' . "Don't commit bigamy, whatever you do," said I. "Stuff! Of course not. But I don't know which of the two girls to marry. They are both dead in love with me, sure. There's Ellen Sweet, you see ; she's the first one. A lovely creatur, and the mo?t heavenly temper. I love her as bad as can be, and she loves me like anything. I would marry her to-morrow if it wasn't for one thing; she's poor. If she had anything at all say ten thousand dollars I'd let MissGoIdegg go without a sigh. But there it is ; Miss Goldegg is heiress, they say, to not less than one hundred thousand. She's got a devil of a temper, though, and that makes i bad. She's dead in love with me, Sehreiber in fact, people talk about us; and I do wish I could love her, but I can'ti Whenever I try to think tenderly about her, up ri ses the vision of Ellen Sweet's innocent and lovely face, and-by George, it's enough to drive a man erazy! What in the fiend is a fellow to do in such a quan dary as this V . "Why, if it was me, Somerville,! sho'd certainly marry the girl I loved, if I married at all. But, could you support her if yon had her?" "There it is again 1 I couldn't support her in the eh style of life I'm accus tomed to, at all. W e should have totak rooms at a second-rate bJarding-house, and I should have to go to work in soma blessed place cr other, aud be steady, and all that, you know which I couldn't stand." "Well, then, marry the rich one," said I earnestly; "I'll agree to bo satisfied, if you will." "But I don't love her I I shall be un happy I know I shall such a temper as she's pot 1 If I could only marry her money, and Ellen Sweet's soul and body," continued Somerville, rising and walking about the room in great distress. And then he ran over the whole subject again, alter the manner of his kind. Finally, I gave him my advice soberly : "Since you ask it, Somerville, you shall have it. Go and marry Miss Sweet, and settle down to a contented life. Chango your habits, and become a useful member of society instead of an ornamental one. The man who truU' loves a woman will bo content with any lot that leaves him peace, a good home, and her. I really think, my boy, that Buch a woman a? Miss Sweet might be the making of you." "Well. I'll think about it," said he, ai he sauntered out, combing his whiskers thoughtfully Noxt day I was honored with another visit. "I've made up my mind, Sehreiber," said he, pressing on his kids. "Ah I" "Yes ; I've decided in favor of Miw Goldegg. I'm going up there now this very afternoon. She loves me, you know, and that's a good deal, tho' I don't love her. Put her money in the balance aud it's a settler. ..-lit revoir." At an early hour on the following day, Somerville sauntered into my room. : "I'm sorry I did it, after all, Sehreiber." "Then you proposed V "Yes, and, now that it's all over, I wish I had taken your advice. She wouldn't have me, Sehreiber." . "You astonish me !" I cried with gentle sarcasm. "I feel as if I had wronged poor Ellen," he continued, dismally. ' "I never ought t3 have allowed myself to be untrue to her." "She need never know it, Somerville. It's better as it is, old fellow ! For your sake I'm sincerely glad of it. Now, bo a man; marry the girl you really love, and be happy. I shall have hopes of you yet." "I'll do it," said he ; "1 11 offer myelf to-morrow. By George, I'll do it to-day ! Good-by, Sehreiber.'-' He went out whistling. Late in the afternoon, my door slowly swung on its hinges, but no one entered. Looking sharply, I. perceived a pair-of eves gazing through the crack at me. "Is that you, Somerville?" said I. "I am here, Lagardere 1" he responded, in a theatrical tone. "Come in," said I,' . "or shut the door' The door was slowly closed; it opened again, and Somerville put his head in. . "jSA wouldn't have me, cither," said he. I haven't seen the fellow since.'- J 4
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