-- ! i i 'A F. SOHWEIER, THE OOJST1TUT10I-THE UH0X-AI2 THE EJIOBOEXEIT OF TEE LAYS. Editor and Proprietor VOL. XL. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 10, ISS6. NO. 7. - ' Only a Sonff. rfs ca'v a fluipiM ballad, Sace t" careieM thronB; C- ere nose that knew the smgar, the singer's voice was tender Awl swt witb love untold; K.y v Uiu- fcrarts were hardened flat it l ft pnU'i and cold. That loanui-s it i r. nf tiie waiW soul-stirring voices LiUs br,,ak for,h and sine." OftMUpi'y I'm' low "-arblins Thn'-i"! f the day. Aid the i'.::! Lusli cf the valleys lntbiuK o tiie gleaming gray. ABJ cue i" a .listaut corner A woman worn with strife Bnlintl:at a nieae f-iffl the gjinna-time of her life. y,ir iVtiu' r. up before her From tiie mist of vanished years; ck, sat in a happy bUndiics. Her eye w-re veiled in tears. TJm when the joi.j: en.l.xl, Aaa buhi the a.-t sweuttuue, lieli-tni-r rose up Miftly And weLton li-r way a.one, Once more to ter life of UlKr at pas-eil; l a; ,i,-r llrart was stronffi lna-tiepravei, hle the siugerl AcJoli ti.a- t'.'Jii lor the sons!" A CALCULATED REVENGE. ciiAri'i:;: I. It was 10 o'clock o:i Tuesday morn j 1 had already l;en at tiie office a couple of hours, haul at woik over ledgers aud day bjoks. They had been niTCoustaut companions for many days pj. 1 was beginning to tire of their eorspaiiy. Bat at last I had discover ed that of which I was in search. I whistled uowu my speaKing-tuoe for Mr. Jenkin, the head clerk of the firm. "Is Mr. Macfarlane come yet?" sir," was the reply, I felt annoyed, lie ought to have arrived half an hour ago. Was it pos sible he had taken fright? I pave orders that lie should be sent to ice directly when he came. I bad been engaged on an important affair tut I believed 1 had carried it ttruuh successfully. So far as I knew bjj examination of the books had been nude without exciting suspicion, but it was dltlicult to 1 quite sure. Half an hour passed before Macfar lane made his -appearance. When he entered the room it was evident that be thought he was about to be repri manded for his tardy arrival, for he be gaa to apologize. I listened to his excuses which I happened to know were pure inveu tions, and then turned to the matter in Jand. "Can you explain these figures?" I isked hiai quietly, opening the ledger it a certain paie. He pave a slight start and then mov ed sio ly forward to inspect the entry. "What is it that requires explana tion?" he asked ' According to the returns which I have received from Frodsham and Walker," 1 replied, "the amount of liloy iu their last consignment does not tally with that stated in your' entry. Moreover,they do not seem to have been allowed the usual discount, though you have deducted it from the sums which you Lave accounted." The evidence wa3 as clear as day. lie could give no explanation. "It inii?t have been a mistake," he said! "We used not to allow the ciscount, and I supixise I must liave overlooked the recent ehange in my icstructioiis." "It's a carious mistake" I observed, It has occurred in the only case in wh.c!i, in the ordinary course of busi ness, we should have no check on your transactions, Pure accident rendered me suspicious, and I resolved to see if there was any ground for my suspi cious,'' He made no reply. "Have you anything to say?" 1 demanded. "Only that It was a mistake," he re iterated. "lam afraid that excuse will scarce ly be sn;cie;:i. A mistake which re sults in a less of 173 pounds is not one that can be passed over." "What Co yen mean to do?" he ailed. "Xaturally. I shall put the whole 2air before rr.y partne s. In the mean time you will remain here till they de cide what steps to take."' He moved a stop toward the door, out 1 had my hand on the bell, and he stopped. "I have told you it was a mistake," hcrepeaud; "but I am ready to suffer tie consequences of it. It will ruin rne to replace the money, but I can give jou half of it, and you can retain the balance by dcaees from my salary." "That i3 iiOt the upual method in which ailzz:eu.ent is treated," I re plied coldly. "Do you mean that you will prase cute me?"' "I have no doubt whatever that the Cm wiiL" "It's no good putting it on the firm," he said angrily. "It is you who have discovered it all. Xo one will know a word of it if yoa do not speak." "You confers :t, then?" I asked. "I confess to nothing except a mis toe. It is for you to undertake the spo:,sibility of treating it as anything sore. Are you going to rum me? "onl you know that if I am arrested ay life is wrecked?" I hesitated. It is a serious thing to "last a man's prospect, forever, how ler he may deserve punishment. He saw ay hesitation, and took advantage of it, "Why do you waut to injure me? "hat good vriil it do you? You know I am the best man in tho whole place it wise to lose me? I wili work as wd as a dozen of them if you will let ne off. You will always have a hold over rac la the future, and if you see nie shirking you will always be able to keep roe up to u:y work. If only you will keep silent! Xo one else knows?" His argument was the worst he could 'ave used; it determined rne finally. I jaw that if I consented to hold my tongue I should bo as much at his Kercy as he is at mine wc should be ccomplices. "It istoo late " I said. "You should have thought of all this before. I have bo choice." jl'ou will seed me to prison, then?" ce I snail report what I hava discov- "Vcry well, then," be said in a whis Pw, "if you do. I swear IT. have my Jevensc! Another couple cf years and 1 should uiake my fortune, now you are octroying everything. Take care!" 'I am not to be hindered from Uo S ay duty by idle threats," I rclort tfaslrose. 'You will c-id tkey are not idle," he 'auraed. "ni make you reiut this -1 have to wait half my life for I disdained to hear more. I left the room, locking the door behind me. Macfarlane attempted no resistance; be knew escape was impassible. To reach the street he would have to traverse a room lull or men, even supposing I could not have prevented him from leaving the room. An hour afterwards he was given in to custody. When the trial came on there was no difficulty in proving his guni; it also came out that he had squandered the money he had airoro- priated in dissipation, and that he was even a more worthless character than I had believed. I felt no compunction for the part I had played. I had only fullilled my duty. Xor did I anticipate that his threats were anything more than the expressions of the hate which ae naturally relt towards me. He was condemned to two years im prisonment with hard labor. CHAITEU II. The two years passed swiftly by. I had nearly forgotten Macfarlane. The only result of the affair as regards me naa ueen tuat my partners conceived an exaggerated notion of my ability and tact, and reposed greater confidence in me than before. The firm of which I was a junior partner was an old fashioned one. Our business was that of manufacturing goldsmiths, and was a profitable one. However, trade was by no means so prosperous as it had been;in spite of un remitting efforts the income of the firm gradually sank. Oar only consolation was the knowledge that our rivals suf fered even more tlian we did. Personally I spared no pains. I was not by nature a business man, prefer ring the professions to manufacturers, but circumstances having led me to embark in business, I determined to make the best of it at all events. Naturally I was dissatisfied with the recent course of things, and cast my eyes round m every direction for a fresh Geld for activity. At the same time it behjoves us to be careful; more than one firm had recently come to grief, driven into dangerous speculations by the necessity of doing something. I was in the refreshment room at E ust on one day, taking v. hasty lunch ou my return from Birmingham, when I was conscious of some oue looking at me. I turned round and faced a man who seemnd familiar to me. A moment's rt flection and I recognized him Mac farlane. He hesitated a moment and then lifted his hat to me. Almost un consciously I gave him a sign of recog nition. He at once came forward. 'How do you do, sir?" he asked. "I was afraid you would not care to recog nize me." "I am scarcely sure I do," was my reply. I wanted to let him see that I was not anxious to renew our acquain tance. At the same time the meeting had taken me so by surprise that I had not made up my mind to cut him dead. "You've every excuse for not recog nizing me," he said. "My face is a little altered, isn't it?" It certainly was. He wore a beard an l moustache Instead of being clean shaved. His hair was differently ar ranged, his whole dress and appearance were quieter and more gentlemanly thau formerly. He had immensely im proved in every respect. "It is some time since we met," he continued. ' Yes, I suppose It is," I replied wish ing he had avoided the topic, for I felt very uncomfortable, "It is nearly four years," he said. "Four years make a good deal of dif ference to a man, esiieclally when two of them have lieen s;ent in prison." What could I say? It would have beeu insulting even cruel, to say that I was sorry. "l'ou don't mind talking to a Jail bird I hope?" he said with a smile. " l ou need not be afraid of my being recognized; no one but you has recog nized inc. yet I don't think you would have done so if I hadn't fixed my eyes on you." "I should have thought that it would have been you who would have been the first to object to our meeting," I said. "The sight of me can't be very pleasant to you, I'm afraid. He almost laughed. " You're mistaken, 1 am glad to 3ay," he replied. "My oue hope lately has been to meet you. We can't talk qui etly here," he added; "there is such a crew. Could you spare me half an hour? I think 1 can promise you you won't regret if." I wanted to get back to my work, but Macfarlane interested me. I had becii severe perhaps with him in old. I might at all events graut him the small favor of au interview now. . We took a cab to his hotel a quiet ono in a street off the Strand. He had a private room, and he ordered up some coffee. Evidently he was in different circumstances than when a junior clerk and travelor in our firm. "Try one of these," he said. He produced some cigars. I took one; it was in the green condition that Americans love. "Xct dry enough for you," he asked. "It will suit me admirably," I re plied. "Didn't you get these in America?" "Y'es; I only crossed a week ago. I've been there for the past two years or ever since you know what." "I am glad to see that you are not bo itrir mined as vou anticipated," I s?id conscious that the remark was in bad taste. But I was in a false posi tion, and everything 1 said must be either stupid o'r awkward. -"Do you remember," he asked, "the da v when you had me up in your room?" I rememnerea it as weii as us ably. "Do you remember what I said when you wouldn't let me off?" I codded. Was he going to spring some mine on me? Was all this a prep aration for a deadly revenge? Impos gible! He was as harmless looking a companion as one could wish for. "I said teat 1 u ue rcYHiscu u if I had to wait years. Well, I have waited years and here is my revenge. .afin rnn to coffee and cigars, and talking away to you as if I was the senior partner ana you a ci. a -a better revenge than trying .o puta bullet into you and then getting bang- ed.for:t; isn't it? Upon my though, sir, wnen i a.4uo -meant doing you a mischief if I ever got the chance." .uh i am verv e'.ad you have though, better 3 I "arked. truttully Ca2lfaml,besaid. "So far from wanting to servejyoulout for the part you took in the wretched business. Jam tonkfultotbe last degreefor what yon did. I was on the way to rum when vou stopped me; you cut me adrift im my oldtempUtionsand compan ions, and when I teft prison I was free in more sense than one. I went to America and there I got en. You know I have a certain sort of talent even you must acknowledge that?" "I know.you were the best man in the place." I said; "aud we were sorry to lose your services." "I think it was fortunate for you that you did," he said with a laugh, "or in a few years I should have appropriated a good proportion of your profits. 1 saw where the chances lay. However I've lately been turning my energies into a more legitimate channel and find it pays lietter, as well as being more comfortable to my conscience. I've no longer a constant . dread or a policeman, and can look every man in the face." We continued talking some time louger; he was an amusing companion, and regaled me with the most enter taining stories of his life in America. At last my business compelled me to leave him, so I rose and excused my unwilling departure. He held out his hand as I went, and I shook it. I did so with considerable satisfaction. I felt an immense relief in finding that the man whom I feared I had irreparably injured had become a changed character and had actually profited through the very experience that might have been expected to ruin him. fc"I'in glad you'll shake hands with me," he said warmly; "it shows that you, at all events, no longer despise me." 'Every one must respect a man who has done as you have," I said. "I'm afraid not at all events, I don't mean to risk it. If you should happen ever to talk of me to any one at your place I wish you would not mention that you have seen me. "I am sure no one would wish to rake up the past," I said "Perhaps not; but I don't want any one to be reminded of it. I don't ob ject to your speaking about it, but no one else shall. I've even changed my name; here is my card." I took it Mr. Charles Farebrother. "If I can be of any assistance to you I hope you'll say so." I remarked as 1 put ou my hat. "I should be glad of an opportunity of making you forget, as far as possible, that we were once on bad terms." "Y'ou are very good; I should scar cely have ventured to ask you to do me a favor. Y'ou are in a hurry, now, I see, will you honor me by dining with me some night this week? I should very much like a talk with you; perhaps it miht result in advantage to both of us." 1 consented partly through curiosity. A few minutes afterwards 1 was on my way to the office. I was careful not to mention that I had seen Macfarlane; his wishes were entitled to respect. At the appointed hour I met him at his hotel. He gave me an admirable little dinner and supplemented it with some of his choice cigars. Not a word did he say which could have reference to our past connection; he was simply an agreeable tost. I was curious to learn how it was he had changed so marvellously in his cir cumstances, but he seemed in no hurry to enlighten me. However, as we s.t chatting after desert, he gradually led the talk up to the reason of his invita tion. To condense his story, it apiared that on leaving the prison he managed to scrape together o3, which took him t9 America. He obtained employment in a small jeweller s store or shop, but soon managed to find a better situation. Instrumental in saving the place from a burglary, he was handsomely reward eda timely investment of his gift turned out successfully, and he found himself in possession of 10,000. All this time he bad been on the look out, and he thought he saw an opening for making money. The knowledge which he had acquired as traveller for our firm showed him that the gold smith's art was not in a high state of perfection in America, especially in the western states. He conceived the idea of buying the raw material and sending it across to England for man ufacturethe smaller cost and greater finish of workmanship in this country amplv repaying the comparatively small charges for freight and duty. The business prospered; he took two partners, who brought considerable capital into the firm, and he was now the head of a flourishing concern. Of course this was intensely interes ting to me. There was evidently a field for further enterprise, of which I knew but little. I once had made In quiries about the American market, but had failed to secure an opening. "I'm over about it now," said Mac farlane, "and one of my partners Kichardson will be over next week. Xow what we want to find is a firm who will do the manufacturing for us at fixed and moderate rates a firm we can trust for good workmanship, and so save the cost of a London agent and place of business, liichardson recom mended Jackson's, but they have serv ed us rather badly, and we have come over to make fresh arrangements." My mouth watered. I f only our firm could get hold of such a job, it would go far to revive our sinking prosperity. My business energy got the upper hand of me, and I dropped a hint tliat possi bly we might come to some arrange ment. "I confess it is just what I should like," he said, "but I was afraid to pro pose it. l'ou are not likely to want to do business with me, considering what has happened in the past." I did not know wb-t to say so I kept silent. "Howeevr, you will keep your eyes open this time, no doubt,' he continu ed with a Jangh. "Seriously, though, nothing would please me more than to have you as our manufacturer; I know your style of work and am sure you would treat us generously. Only I must insist on one thing, should we come to any understanding. There are to be no running accounts between us. We may pay on the nail for all work done, not in bills or checks, but In cash. Unless you consent to that proviso, I decline to carry the matter a step fur ther. I protested against his want of be lief in my change of conviction regard ing him. But he was firm; he would cot leel comfortable unless be put all possibility cf doubt on oar part oat of the question. The upshot of it was. that it appear ed there was an immediate demand for certain work a demand so pressing that there was no time to manufacture to meet it it must be supplied from stock. This, of course, was agreed to. Raw gold was to be supplied at varying intervals, to be made up as directed, and when the metal was not forthcom ing, orders were to be executed in the usual maimer from metal in stock. The only provisio of importance was that neither firm was to deal with an other as regarded the American agency To this I had no objection. About 11 o'clock we sallied forth together; he of -rel to walk with me part of the way. Happening to pas3 an American bar, he said he would e1hw me what American drinks were like. We had two or three for which Le paid. We then had a cab to. Faddington, from which station I had to start for home. He wanted some fresh air so cace with me to walk back by the paik. He insisted on paying for every thing that evening, so produced a five pound note for the fare, having no change left. Naturally the cabman had cone. Macfarlane would not hear of my pay ing, but consented to my changing his note for him. I made an appointment with him for next day. and returned home immense ly pleased with my evening's work. If things went well, it meant a clear profit of mi.ny hundreds a year to the firm. When I was iu bed, however, an un pleasant idea came into my head. Was It possible? But not I dismissed the thought, which, however, would not be dismissed finally. Was the note I had changed for Macfarlane a good one? I had heard of tricks of a similar kind often enough. Macfarlane hud not made a bad thing out of me if he bad palmed off a bogus note in exchange for my live sovereigns. I got out of bed aud examined it can fully. It appeared all right. I was ashamed of mvself for doubting him. Xevertbeless, I went to the bank of England next morning and had it ex amined. It was pronounced genuine. Judge how ashamed I feltl What, then, were my feeling3 when I caught sight of Macfarlane standing at the counter not two yards from me, filling a stout pocketbook with notes? I tried to slip out unobserved, fear ful lest be had seen the transaction I had been engaged in. But he happened to look up and caught sight of me. My oidy consolation was the hope that he had not seen the business on which I had been engaged. I responded to his greeting and we wai ted away to gether. He had received a telegram that morning from America to the effect that his partner had started for Eng Und. So it was too late to instruct him to bring the gold with him; for the present Macfarlane would be obliged to give his orders to us to le executed from our own stock. Fortunately, he observed, his capital was lare enough to enable him to do so. One point on which he insisted, which I thought unnecessary, if not foolish, was that no mention of his former name should be made to my partners. It was a mooted point with me for some time whether I had any right to embark in transactions with him with out informing the members of my firm of all I knew, but the security was so good, and the transitions so proalable that I yielded to his condition. ciiArTi:n in. In the course of the next few weeks we executed a valuable series of orders for him. He always paid me himself on the delivery of the goods. The pay ment was invariably in notes or gold. Only once did be offer me a check. I took it, and it was honored without question. His partner arrived in the course of ten days or so, and Macfarlane intro duced me, apologizing first for the want of refinement obbeivable in him. "lie's a rough diamond, a self-made man. But he has money and honesty, and knows bis business. As I had scarcely any transactions with him personally, I could not object to his appearance and manners; but I should have put him down as a villain of considerable deep dye had not Mac farlane given him so good a character. Business became even more brisk between Macfarlane and our firm. At I he end of a fortnight the former showed me a large consignment of metal which be had just received. He promised to send it to us next morn ing. The same day we took for the second time a check from him. The reason of his offering it was that he had been obliged to pay on the spot for duties, etc., of the gold. I received it without a misgiving. "I wish you'd come and spend a quiet evening with me and a few others," he said, as he banded me the check. "I have been making some arrangements which I think may open up a new field for bsth of us. Will you come?" I assented. He gave qie an address a new one. He warned me that it was not a swell affair, that the men I should meet were the type of Kichard son. Having plenty of time ou my hands, I walked to their rendezvous at the time appointed, but was overtaken by Macfarlane a few yards fiom the door. "I'm rather late," he said. "I've bad a little business to see to. Come along." lie took my arm, and led the way "by a short cut," as he said, to a house in a street not far from fioho Square. A latch key gave him admittance to a passage at the end of which were stairs up which we clambered. ' Brutal hole this is," he explained "but It holds more money than you would believe. Here we are." He pushed open a door, and ushered me into a large room, almost bare of furniture, and half filled with tobacco smoke. Macfarlane was greeted with words from most of the men, come of whom did not appear to me to be very well disposed towards him. "You're late," said one, with an oath. "Y'es, I know," wa9 the answer. "Richardson, you know this gentleman I believe; will you introduce him?" "Why don't you do it yourself?" was his reply. "I want to look at some samples from the next room," said Macfarlane. "I shall be back in half a minute." He slid out of the looin, leaving me ratter uneasy. The company was an ill-looking one. Even making allow ance for the fact that they ware miners perhaps, and self-made men, their ap pearance wa unprepossessing. "This is the gentleman that helps to distribute," said Richardson to the company generally. "I wonder how much sticks to bim," said one speaker. ' Xot so much as to that fellow n the next room," muttered another with a glance towards the door out of which Macfarlane had departed. A vague fear fell on me. .What did these strange remarks mean? "I dont quite understand jou," I said to Richardson. "Mr. Farebrother asked me to meet you to-night on a matter of business." "Exactly and the sooner we get to work the better. How much have you to account for?" One thing was plain by this time that I had been deceived. I was in a nest of hornets and I doubted if I could escape without being stnng. "if yon will wait till Mr. Farebrother comes back, he will, no doubt, explain why I have come here," I said as quiet ly as I could. "I am at a loss to un derstand to what you refer." "Xo. no," said a tall, cadaverous man. eyeing me suspiciously, "We should like a settlement of thi3 job without Farebrother's putting bis foot "an it. The less we see of hiai the bet ter till we have tone with you. How c.ucli did you get for that last packet if flimsies?" The word was a revelation. I knew it was used to deflute forged notes. . 'ike a flash the whole thing became clear. I had been skillfully trapid in to Ix-ing an accomplice of note-forgera My friend MacfaJaue instead of being a reformed character, was the villain he always had been. He had kept his word. This had been his revenge. Fortunately I did not lose my head. I could see that I was among a despe rate set of men. If countenances told anythir.g they were an unmitigated set of scouudrels. Should I cross them I would repent it. I resolved that the safest thing to do was to pretend that I was the accom plice they supposed me; then, when I . as safely out of their hands, the po lice should soon be on their track. I temporized; I said that Macfarlane known to them as Farebrother had the accounts of what 1 had received. I would step into the next room and ask him for them. This was preveuted by a man lock ing the door and swearing that I should cot leave the room till their demands were satisfied. I listened patiently to the confused uproar of voices. As far as I could gather. Macfarlane, who seemed tho chief of the coiners had taken a con siderable quantity of notes, stating that friend of his was passing them very successfully. After some time had elapsed, aud he had produced very small amounts for distribution, pres sure was put on him. and he promised that his agent should come and himself clear up the balance due. I was the agent, and now they de manded, in no measured terms, sums amounting to several hundred pounds. 1 explained that Macfarlane cad de ceived them; that I had never received the sums. I was rudely searched, and several notes and Macfarlane's check were found on me. The threats be came more violent, I began to fear for my safety, when there was a sudden huiii. Steps were heard on the stairs; the door was rudely shaken and then burst in. aud a file of police marched into the loom. 'Vever bad I seen policemen with f,'h gratitude. I - leaped towards tt'm for protection. I was only just in time; there was a loud report, and I felt a builltt whizz past my . ear. I almost suffered the reward of a traitor for the gang evidently thought I had betrayed them. So agitated and overcome was I that it was some time before I realized that I, too, was a prisoner. However, it was so, but I had no anxiety on that score; explanation would be sufficient to restore me to liberty. I yielded without a protest; thankful enough to find myself under the careful guard of the stern policem in. Little did I think then of what was about to happen to me. I had not reck oned on the calculating vilainy of my old enemy. He had so entangled me in his transactions, so carefully put on me personally tho respousibilitiy of his ne farious transactions, that when I heard my solicitor unfold the evidence against me as an accomplice, I was horror struck. I was a known companion of Macfarlane. I had concealed his iden tity with an embezzler. 1 had passed numerous false notes, taking advantage of my secure business reputation. I even acknowledged to the gang that I had been a partner in their swindling transactions. Worst of all. Macfarlane was free. He bad given Information to the au thorites of the me3ting cf the forgers, and then quietly absconded, whither no one knew. I furnished every particular about him, but all attempts to track him failed, Xow that his scheme of revenge and profit bad succeeded it was easy for me to see how it had been accomplished, and , to wonder at my own blindness in never j suspecting that I was being made a . victim. Having once mit me off my ' guard by professing his gratitude for ' my prosecution of him, be gave me the j note to change with the idea of my ma- king it a test of his honesty. He was j waiiiug for me at the bank next morn- j ing with his pocketbook open to display ' the magnitude of his transactions. He came to my firm because we conld sup- ; ply him with easily convertible goods, , w bich, when melted could not be traced, t The gold, he showed mo was bogus. 1 The check he gave me on the morning , of my arrest was dishonored. Every-' tbiui was managed to get as much a3 possible out of me first, aud then in voivk me in ruin. I I hap almost resigned myself to being round guilty. Judge then of my joy when my solicitor brought me the news one morning of the capture of Macfar lane. It had been affected iu the most un expected way. So far as we know, all the members of the gang had assembled en that memorable night. There was, however, one exception a man named Barker was delayed. He arrived at the house an hour or two late, thought that things looked strange, and found the police in posession. He naturally withdrew. He heard full details of the capture, and then went to find Macfarlane, who owed him personally a considerable sum. Macfarlane was not to be found. But Barker persevered ; tracked him at last, aud demanded his money. Macfarlane refused it ; Barker went the same day to inform the authorities of Macfar lane's whereabouts, offering to turn Queen's evidence, an offer that was accepted. The result of the evidence that he produced was that the jury inclined to the belief that I had been a victim, aud I was adjudged not guilty. But though I left the court proclaimed to be an innocent man, none the less was I aware that Macfarlane had kept to the letter the vow he had made to be revenged on me. All the Y'ear Round. Ir a passion, like love.grows by what it feeds upon, there is no doubt th wish Is fodder of the thought. Little Thing. The late Daniel Drew, better known in Xew York "Ilncln laniel." the TTPnnwnP1 fat1irwltat an! rrr&it TVianfJ fTOr ' of finance, was always much interested in the young and keenly observant of their habits. Like all self-made men,) he believed in small beginnings, and considered that a bootblack's chair or a peanut stand, if faithfully managed, might be the stepping stone to a future business and a fortuue, lie was always looking for evidences of financial genius among this class, aud nothing escaped his eagle eye. Among other peculiar theories was the one that a boy who had 3ense enough to leave a door as he found it, whether , The wax is thus scraped away in lines open or abut, must necessarily have of varying magnitude, each stroke of something in him that was worth de- the needle laying bare the metal under veloping. On one occasion a newsboy : the wax. After the details of the draw ran into Mr. Drew's office, and on go- ing have been attended to with just as ing out found that the door did not Close easily. After making several in- effectual attempts to latch it he stepped ! painting or water color, the plate as ! It is estimated that 7,000,000 en back, put down his load, and carefully j prepared is placed in a bath of nitric . velopes a day are made in the United scrutinized the lock. Mr. Drew sat acid. In about half an hour it is taken j States. watching him intently. j out and the sections where but light j The piano is the most moral of in- "Say Uncle Daniel," the boy yelled J Hues and colors are desired are recover- struments, being grand, upright and out at last, giving the knob a few pro- , ed with wax. Then the plate is put square. fessional turns, "I can't shut your old ! back in the acid, which has no chemical j Fifty-cents for the round trip of door. It needs taking off and cleaning. ; power over the wax. In a short time ' 60 miles is the pay of an Augusta, Me., Here yon are. Tunes, Herald, Sun Tri-: it is taken out again and those portions stage driver. lunt! Here you are!" .where deeper lines than the first and 0ver eight million females are re- The next day when the lad left again less deep than the second are desired ; ported as emploved in industrial occu with the papers, the gentleman called ' are covered with wax. So the process ! pAtion3 in India! mm iu ins uesK. - guex on uulu mej auiu uaa edieu us way "Say my son," he bejan, "don't you into the copper to the desired depth in think a new lock would be better for ' every part of the plate. The wax cov that door than cleaning the old one?" ' ering the plate is then scraped and "Certainly "Uncle Daniel," the g-' washed off with the acid of turpentine; min responded, "if you can afford it." the entire plate Is carefully cleaned and This bit of facetiae touched Mr. ! examined. If satisfactory the etcher Drew's keen sense of humor, and prac- tically settled the business. "Is there anything," he asked, "that you'd like better than selling papers?" "Is there?" said the boy. "Anybody must be luny to ask that question.!! "Well, what would you rather Go?" Mr. Drew persisted. "Why, I had rather learn how to fix ! clocks when they won't go, and locks when they won't latch, and engines ! when they get cranky, and such things, 1 II bet I could make that old latch o' yourn work like a daisy now, and I ain't never learned anything so far." "Go to work at the lock, Johnny," said the gentleman, "and we'll see." And he did see. Johnny fixed the lock, and after that was apprenticed to a tinker and turned out welL On another occasion a petty theft had been committed in one of the offices con tiguous to Mr. Drew's. A ragged but clean faced boy about eleven years old who attended to the fires in one or two of the offices was accused of being the guilty party. A mob of clerks and officials bad pressed about the lad as a policeman searched his clothes for the missing articles. Mr. Drew stood near, and as the officer brought out two little packages from the tattered pockets one wrapped in the corner of a newspa- per, the other in a piece of tin foil the crowd sent up a Jhout. "Sure's I'm born I ain't got nofhin'," the lad protested. But the heartless spectators only laughed the louder at thistremblicgasseverationof innocence, When the wrapping was tom away a part of a horn comb was revealed. The foil covered a piece of hard soap about three inches square. The voice ot Uncle Daniel was heard at this point. "I'll go security for any lad who car ries a comb in oue pocket and a picco of soap m the other," he said. "Y'oung fellow, don't you be afraid. Shake every rag he's got on," he told the offi cer, "and then pass him over to me." What Mr. Drew said to the lad, who was proved innocent of the crime im puted to him, does not transpire, brf? this bit of soap had more power for good in it than many bars. A boy in hi3 poverty-stricken condition, who would keep himself clean and his hair tidy was bound to make bis mark, aud Uncio Daniel was ready and willing him. 10 i e-P A bright American bov started a ue; nut stand on the corner of Wall and 1 Broad streets. It mensely popular. VUO UtftJ iUlt iICH 3tood on the corner talking to some friends, when a drunken loafer reeled up to the stand, and after making a few i insulting remarks, lifted his foot and sent peanuts and roaster, apples and oranges, tumbling into the street, Xow this was a misfortune to the vender, and Mr. Drew turned to see what the lad would do. To his surprise he found him laughing heartily, as every passer-by, whether well-dressed man or ragged boy, stopped to pick up and walk away with the displaced . goodies. The lad rescued his roasting ! machine, but made no attempt to save : anything else, i "Why don't you scurry round and pickup some of vour stuff?" Uncle i Daniel asked impatiently, in creation are you laughing at?" "What chance would I have with all those Wall street sharper3?" the lad asked. "I'm laughing to think how everybody goes down sooner or iater who dots business here. I never leal zed before that I was a broker like the rest of 'era." Uncle Daniel saw the point and join ed in the laucrh. Fullers. These workers who formed a very important body of tradesmen in Home, were extensively employed in the same capacity as our washerwomen, for cleansing and whitening garments after they had become worn, an operation which was effected by treading the clothes in large vats of water mixed '.vith urine collected from vessels ex posed on comers of the street for the ptr. lHise. The cloth was then dried and bleached in a semi-circular frame placed over a pot of sulphur, after which it was hung up and had the nap loosened and laid with brushes or with a thistle, from which it was removed to the press, where it was finally smoothed and con densed by the action of a screw. Why wonder at tho convivial habits of the printer? It is perfectly natural that be should like to set 'em up. A School examiner lately asked the following questions of a little girl: ; "What is the plural of man?" "Men." "Very well; and what is the plural of child?" "Twins," immediately re- plied tho little girl. "Mamma," said a little girl, "what is that man doing over there on Mr. Thompson's porch; he ha3 been Kitting on the steps for two. hours and hasn't moved?" "That, my child, is a house painter. He i3 painting Mr. Thomp son's house by the day." ROME RARE ETCIirXGS. Fa'ts about these Treasures of Art and Those Who Make Them. j ' The word etch is from the Greek : and means to eat." "Etchinz in the modern acceptation of the term signifies an impression from a metal plate, the lines in which have been eaten out by aquafortis or nitric acid. The etcher first has a perfectly smooth copper plate. This he covers evenly and carefully with paraffine or other soft wax. A needle or sharp pointed instrument, sometimes called a stylus, is then used by the artist to draw the lines constitu- ' ting the picture he wishes to produce. much mathematical and artistlcal ex- ' artitndn a ia devoted to a. valuable has a plate from which numerous finish ed works may oe prouueeu. ane piate is inke A with the finest engraver's ink and fine Japanese paper is placed upon the plate and by pressure reproduces ior the public the results of the labor of the artist. Such is the process of etching as universally followed to-day," "Who are the greatest of modern etchere?" My dear sir; that would be hard to answer. There are many ootable etch- ers, both in Europe and America, bat on the whole, I think American etchers are leading the world, just as American wood engravers are acknowled to carry off the palm for perfect work. The Xew Y'ork Etching Club has enrolled on its membership list most of the nota ble living etchers. Among them I may mention: W. M. Chase, F. S. Church, Frederick Dielman, Henry Farrer, It. J. Gifford, the Morans (Peter, Thomas and Mrs.), J. E. Xicoll, C. A. Piatt, K. Van Elton, T. W. Wood and Dr. L. M. Y'ale. In addition to these Stephen Parish, Pennell and Swayno Gifford occupy a high place. Parish, Pennell and Piatt are known among artists as : the three strong men, but Henry i ar- rer and several of the others I have mentioned are little, if any, inferior to them. As to the value of their etchings, j their selling price ranges from $3 for a rough sketch to as many thousands for the production of a famous artist. This collection comprises the famous Xew Y'ork exhibitions of tne last three years.' Becky Jones Remembers Him. A lady mounted the steps leading to Ludlow street Jail in Xew York, re cently, and rang the bell. Sho carried in her arm a large parcel, and in reply to tho query of the keeper who an swered the sn unions she said that she wanted to Bee Warden ICiernan per sonally. The visitor was ushered into the office, and when the warden made his appearance she handed him the package that she had in her posses sion, ua it was written in a lady s hnnd: "From Becky Jones for Mr. aud Mrs. Kiercan." i "Tim thus must be a mistake," stammered the Warden. I t f. - n ,amiA Xf iti'.fnan n ! .1 yon tUd Warden here?" asked the laly. I "le?,' ce answered. "Well, then, there is no mistake, was her response. "Miss Jones told give it to yon personally: and I 'oft tho tail official in & bewildred state. .. i Jen Eiernan has cot deserted the army of bachelors, as yet, and as his eyes glanced over the writing on the package he was inclined to believe that he was the victim of a joke. But he mastered np com age enough to open the package, and to his surprise he found that it contained a handsome silver teaser. On each piece the Init ials "51. & M. .." were engraved. Daring her forty-five weeks sojourn in Ladiow street Miss Jones often told the Warden that she would mako him and his wife a nice present. Mr. Kiernan thought her promises were worthless, i i a i j . : a necessary to lnlerm iocky that Mrs. ' Kiernan was a matter of the future. While the Warden was showing some friends his gift he received the follow ing letter. It was postmarked Eallaton, X. Y., where Becky has a comfortable heme: I Xovemp.eb 14, 1883. 1 Mr. Kiernan: Yours of the 21th was received. I at on:e ordered the package to be deliv ered at 70 Lndlow street, cot hearing I ' have written to my friend, Miss Linn, ! to see the cause of delay and see it de iivered herself that I can depend upon it reachen 70. Please do not let tho re porters pat it in the papers, excuse those hasty linee. Itemeuber me to Mrs. Kiernan. I saw a few days ago, it has made me feel sad that yon have lost my friend Mr. Murphy by death. How ran it be possible, if true, that he could go so very sudden. He appeared very well when I left dear old Lnulow-street Jail. I forgive Lawyer Scoot for taking me to conrt for standing np and fight ing for all their. As ever obstinate, Beckt Jones. i P. S. Poor Ward, I feel very sorry for bim. If I could of went instead of him I would of went willingly, b. j. ! The scruples against matrimony main tained by the Yarden have vanished within the past two days, and he is de termined to find a Mrs. Eiernan in order to make appropriate use of the gift from the only woman who was ever known to hold her tongue. "Less bibles and better beds" is what a Boston drummer wrote in a hotel bible in Grand Rapids. "Jons is very kind to the poor, said Mary, "but, after all, it may be more for the sake of praise than doing good." "Look here, Mary," said her husband, "when you sea the bands of our clock always right you may be sure that there isn't much wrong with the inside works.' ! NEWS IX BRIEF- Prince Leopold has written a waltX Nearly 21,000 public lamps in Pans. The Empress of Russia is a con sumptive. The Pennsylvania railroads employ 70,000 men. Coal has been discovered near Eagle Pass, Texas. Fall River will have a 830,000 Ma sonic building. South Africa has loC2 miles of rail road in working order. -Louisville. Ky.. has had I went J- two murders in 1SS0. i Some 30,000 children are living on canal boats in England. ! Sixteen members of the French Senate have died this year. I Ouida's English publishers gives ior every DOOK sne writes. The Helmstedt Museum contains the rings with which Luther betrothed and wed his wife. A bag containing 11000 ia dimes will be about the size of a medium-sized ham, it is stated. A single copy of the first edition of "Pickwick" was sold in London the other day for $140. Rochester, X. Y. has added "pump kin pie socials," with literary exercises to her society events. A former citizen of this country named Garate has taken out naturaliza- . tion papers in Mexico. The price of a youne eiraffe is from 52,")0O to $3,000, and of an old one from 513,000 to 523,000. The estimated population of China is 403,213,152, or 203 souls per square mile throughout China proper. San Jacinto, CaL. has fifty flowing artesian wells. The first well was put lown a little over a year ago. Cable lines are all the rage ia Kan sas City. The Council has seven appli cations for franchises under considera tion. A Buffalo man who has spent 3000 in boring for water hasn't got a drop yet out of his deep hole ia the ground, Mr. F. Marion Crawford is about to publish a new novel his fifth or sixth which is entitled "A Scholar's Romance." At the Leipsig University the first prize in natural history has been award ed to a Japanese student for a zoologi cal treitise. An international exhibition, both agricultural and industrial, will be held this winter at Xicc There will be an art exhibition also. Brooklyn public schools, as shown by official reports, are attended by over jOOO more pupils than can be fairly ac commodated in them. Fenny cups of coffee, three-cent Slows and five-cent steaks and chops are features of Xew Y'ork Italian res taurant bills of fare. An inventor ia Paris, it is stated. has succeeded in producing a paper so incombustible that lire will not even ;iiter its appearance. A lady who was introduced to the Grand Dufce Alexis at a ball in Louis ville has been crazy ever since, imagin ing herself the Duke's wife. Eighteen hundred and twenty per sons have committed suicide at Monte Carlo within the past eight years. They were all victims of gambling. Four sons of one or Ohio's ablest lawyers, who were marked out by him for great careers in law and literature, are all on the road as minstrels. Baron v. Schoeler, cf Corpus Christi has for a pet an immense snake ot the anaconda species. It is perfectly docile o far as the Baron has yet learned. Over 10,000 women aro engaged in the shirt and collar manufactories at Troy, X'. Y, and the pay-roll of oue concent alone averages over $1000 per lay. . Patrick Shea, of Holyoke. Mass.. drank a wineglassful of undertaker's embalming fluid a day or two ago sup posing it to be whisky, and died shortly tftcr. The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company have not been killed off by railroads. They have just built forty new boats and are improving their pro perty. To a tcn-colama report of the pre vious day's proceedings of the Buffalo City Council, the Courier the other day tacked tho 3atisiy;ng line: "Conclud ed to-morrow." -Tho total quantity of meat brouzht into the London markets in Xovember was 20.121 tons, of which 13 tons were seized as unfit for human food, or at the rate cf .003 per cent. A 13-year-old girl, who is perfect in other ways, but who Las simply Uttle blue spots that puff out Slightly where her eyes should bo, is said to bo living at Amherst, Portage county, Wiscon- s.n. -After a wedding ceremony per formed at his residenco recently by Kev. Frederick Baylis Allen, of Trinity Church, Boston, the groom slipped into his hand a coin that proved to be a nickel five-cent piece The seasonable announcement Li made by the Hemplnll (Texas) Repor ter, that it wili take turkeys, chickens, ggs, nutter or a nice, iuicv venison ham in payment of a year's subscrip tion. A three-pound child, born a month agu, 13 interesting Grand Rapids, Mich. Sixty bushels of pamphlets, adver tising a patent medicine, were received in the Boston l'ost-ofhce List week, and were found on examination, to contain also a circular advertitiug a Kansas lottery. Miss Ellen II. Arthur, the Presi lent's daughter., is President of the Children's Christmas Club, of Wtsh- ngton, a l organization whose object is to provide poor children with food. clothes and toys at tho holiday season. The German Army Horse-buying Commission have this year bought ia 413 markets 7034 horses, at an average of $170. The highest price paid was ?330; the lowest $73. Six thousand six hundred and thirteen are three-yeai- oids; the rest o.ucr. x -$ v : i I i a I-; m ill;-: ! ! I .it.: il ) (-' i! , !f;l
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