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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.
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