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TIME
Er=
Solemn, yet beautiful, 0 Time,
Thy shadowy mantle sweeps
Along the mountaina of the stars,
A . rld o'er the:lower - deept%
The mtisle . of Ole' splie'reii Is tliiiie,—
_The muatc_arthaLama..
And_at thy bidding, concord keep
With these all.rhanging notes of our Hum lolly
Solemn, yet beautiful, 0 time
Thou wallest I • regal worth,
Roaring the myriad sounding marts
And tempioc of the earth :
Thy very mina are but change ;
Still grander trophies rise,
Whore leaser monuments appeared,
Enriching evermore thy last and thoughtful eyes
solemn, yet beautiful• 0 Time
Thy shadowy mantle sweeps
Along the mountains of
. tho stars,
And o'er tho lower deeps.
• Thy ruins are a prophesy
Of still diviner might,
Telling no man thy nose dark grave,
And o'er it, lie for hire, the great Eternal Light
HOMELESS
It Is told dark midnight, yet listen
To that patter of tiny feet!
It is ono 01 your dogs, fair lady,
yyho whines In the bleak <•eld street:—
It Is one of your silken spaniels
Shut out In the 11110 is and the sleet?
igy dogs sleep rearm in 1111.1 r 11110, els,
Safe from the dark neF.s and snow ;
•
All the beasts In our Clinstlan England
Find pity wherever they go—
(Those are only the homeless children
Who are wandering to and fro.)
Lookout In the gusty darkness—
I have Cecil it again and again,
That shadow, that Pita an slowly
Up and down past the window pane:—
It is surely some criminal lurking
Out there in the frozen rain
Nay, our criminals arc nil sheltered.
They aro pitied nod taught and fed
That Is only A. si , der-unman
Whehas neither food nor bed—
And the Me it erlex "sin to ho
And the River cries " sin to be dead
Look out at that farther corner
Where the wall stands blank and bare . :—
Can.thit boa pack which a Pedlar
Ilas left and forgotten there /
Ills goods lying out unsheltered
Will be spoilt by the damp night air.
Nay ;—goods In our thrifty England
Are not left to Ile and grow rotten,
For each roan knows the market va!ue,
Of silk or woolen or cotton—
But in counting the riches of England
I think our poor are forgotten.
Our Beasts and our Thieves and our Chattels
Have weight for good or for III;
But the Pour are only Ills I;nugn,
Ills presence, His word, Ills will—
And no Lazarus lies at our doorstep
Andßlves neglects him still.
(ADAI.AIer. A. PROCTOR
piorellmtmzo.
A NIGHT IN A GAMING HOUSE
BY AN EX-POLICE OFFICER
A little more than a year after the pe
riod when adverse circumstances—chiefly
the result of my reckless follies—com
pelled me to enter the ranks of the Me
tropolitan Police, as the sole means left
me of procuring food and raiment, the
attention of one of the principal chiefs of
the force was attracted toward tee by the
ingenuity and boldness, which I was sup
posed to have manifested in hitting upon
and unravelling a chic, which ultimately
led to the detection and punishment of
the perpetrators of an artistically con
trived fraud upon an eminent tradesman
of the West End of London. The chief
sent for me—and after a somewhat length
ened conversation, not only expressed
admiration of my conduct in the particu
lar matter under discussion, but hinted
that he might shortly need my service in
some other affair requiring intelligence
And rinaution.
-01 think I have met you before," he
remarked, with ^. meaning smile, on, dis
missing me, "when you occupied a dif
ferent position from your present one.—
Po out ailarm yoUrself—l have no wish
to pry unnecessarily into other. men's se
crets. Waters is a name common - enough
in all ranks of society, and I way, you
know," here the c ol.l,suiile deepened into
An ironical expression, "be mistaken: At
all events, the testimony of the gentleman
who obtained your admission to the force
—I have looked into the matter since I
heard of your behavior in the late busi
ness—is a sufficient guarantee that noth
•ing more serious ..than imprudence and
folly can be laid to your charge. I have,
neither right_ nor_inclination to inquire
further. Tomorrow, in all probability,
shall send for you."
, I came to the conelusion,,as I walked
homeward, that the chief's intimation of
baying • previously met mo in another
spheres of life was•a random and unfortu
nate one, as Iliad seldom visited. London
in my prosperous days, and
_atill_nore
rarely mingled in its society. My wife,
however, to whom I, of course, related
the substance of the conversation, re-
minded me that he had once been at,
Doncaster during the races, and suggest
ed that he might possibly have seen me
there. This was a sufficiently probable
explanation of the hint—but whether the
correct one or not, f cannot decide, as he
never afterwards alluded to the subject,
and I had not the sliOttest wish to re
new it.
Three days elapsed before I received
the expected summons. On waiting on
him, I-was agreeably startled to find that
I was to be at once employed on a mission
which the most sanguine and experienced
detective officers would have felt honored
to undertake.
" Here is a written description of the
persons of this gang of blacklegs, swind
lers and forgers," concluded the Commis
sioner, summing up his instructions. "It
will be your object to discover their'pri
vate haunts, and secure legal evidence of
their notorious practices We have been
hitherto baffled, principally, I think, thro'
the too hasty zeal of the officers employed
—you must especially avoid that error.
They are practiced scoundrels; and it re
quires considerable practice, as well as
acumen to unkennel and bring them to
justice. One of their moat recent vic
tims is a young .Mr.' Merton, son by a
fortber marriae, of the Dowager Lady
Evertor). Iler ladyship has applied to
us to extricate him from the toils in which
he is meshed. You will call on her at five
J.J . ....clock_thiS alt SLUIQUI=i
of course—and obtain whatever informa.
thm on the subject she nia c be able to
afford. Remember to cominunicate di
rectly with we, and any assistance you
may require shall lie prMnptly rendered."
'With these, and a few other minor di
rections, needless to recapitulate, I was
dismissed to a task which, difficult and
possibly perilous as . it might prove, 1
hailed a's a delightful relict' from the
weary monotony and dull routine of ordi
nary du ty.
1 hastened bottle, and after dressing
with great care—the best part of my
wardrobe bad been fortunately saved by
Emily from the wreck of my fortune—
proceeded to Lady Everton's mansion. I
was immediately marshaled to the draw
ing -room, where L found her ladyship and
her daughter—a beautiful, fair-looking
girl—awaiting my arrival. Lady Everton
appeared surprised at my appearance, dif
fering, as I dare say it altogether did,
from her abstract idea of a policeman,
however attired Or disguised;' and it was
' not until she had perused the note of
which I was the bearer, that her haughty
and incredulous stare became initi; , ated
to a glance of lofty condescendent civility
"Be seated, Mr. Waters," said her la
dyship, waving one to a chair. " This
note informs me that you have been se
lected for the duty of extricating my
from the perilous entangelinmits in which
he has unhappily involved himself . '
I was abullt, to I'ol4, for I was silly
enough to be somewhat nettled ;it the no
ble lady's haughtiness of manner, that I
was engaged un the pUblic se-vice of ex
tirpating a gang of swindlers with whom
her son had involved himself,,and was
there to procure from her ladyship any
information she might be possessed of
likely to forward so desirable a result,
but, fortunately, the remembrance of my
actual position, spite of my gentleman's
attire, flashed vividly upon my mind; and
instead of permitting my glib tongue to
wag irreverently in the presence of' a
right honorable, I bowed with deferential
acquiescence
tier ladyship proceeded, and T, in sub
stance, received the following information:
Mr. Charles Merton, during the few
months which had elapsed, had very lit
erally "fallen among thieves." A passion
for gambling seemed to have possession
of his being ; and almost every day, as
well as night of his haggard, feverish life,
was spent at play. A run of ill-luck, ac
cording to his own belief—but in very
truth of downright robbery—had set in
against hint, and he hied not only dissi
pated all the ready money which he had
inherited, and the large sums which the
foolish indulgence of his mother had sup
plied him with, but had involved himself
in bonds, bills and other obligations, to a
frightful amount. The principal agent
in effecting this ruin was one Sanford—
a man of dashing exterior, and the pre
siding spirit of the desperadoes whom I
was commissioned to hunt out. Strange
to say, Mr. Merton had the blindest re
liance upon this wan of honor; and even
now, tricked, despoiled as ho had been
by him and his gang, relied on his counsel
and assistance for his escape from the
desperate position in which he was in
volved.
The Everton estate had passed, in de
fault of male issue, to a distant relative
of the late lord; so that ruin, absolute and
irredeemable, stared both the wretched
dupo and his relatives in the face. Lady
Everton's jointure was not a very large
one, and her son had been permitted to
squander sums which should have been
devoted to the discharge of some claims
which. were now pressed harshly against
her,
I listened with the deepest interest to
Lady Everton's narrative. 'Repeatedly,
during the course of it, us shc incidentally
alluded to . the manner and appearance of
Sanford, who had been introduced by Mr.
Merton to his mother and sister, a suspi
cion, which the police papers had first
awakened, that the gentleman in question
was an old acquaintance of mine, and one,
moreover, whose favors I was extremely
desirous- to return in kind, flashed with
increasing conviction -across my mind.—
This surmise I, of course, kept to mySelf;
and afte emphatically cautioning the Ia•
dies 'tiff keep out proceedings a profound
secret from Mr. Merton, I took my leave,'
amply provided }yith the resources requis:
ite for carrying into effeet. the scheme I
had resolved upon. I also arranged that
instead of waiting. personally 'en her la
dyship, which might excite observation
and suspicioit, I. should report my pro.
btlettee through the post.
L)aS)Ma WO2 'RR c7ILTaItaCM.
"If it should be he . 1 " thought I, as I
emerged into the street. The bare sup
position had sent the blood whirling thro'
my veins with furious violence. "If this
Sanford be, as 1 suspect, that villain Car
don, it will indeed be a triumph—victory!
Lady Everton need not, in that case, seek
to animate my zeal by any promise of
money recompense. A blighted existence,
a young and gentle wife by his means
cast down from opulence to sordid beg
gary, would stimulate the dullest craven
that ever ermled the earth, to energy
and action. Pray heaven my suspibions
prove correct, and , then, oh, my enemy,
look well to yourself; for the avenger is
at your heels !"
Sanford, I had been instructed, was
usually present at the Italian opera during
the billet; the box he generally occupied
was designated in the mmnoranda of the
police; and I saw by the bills that a very
successful piece was to he performed that
evening, and determined , on being present.
I entered the house at I° o'clock, just
after the cOmmencement of the ballet,
and I looked around. The momentary
disappointment. was soon repaid Five
minutes had not elapsed, when Carden,
looking more insolently triumphant than
over, entered arm .and artn with a pale,
aristocratic looking young nutty, whom I
had no dillioulty, freer Iris striking re
serpldance to a portrait. in Lady Everton's
drawing room, in deciding to be Merton.
,My course of action was at once deter
mined upon. Pausing only to master
he emotion which the sight of the olit
.ringLrilitile whose poisormost-folds-1
had been t nvolved and gnashed, iwTired,
pa , ,ed to the opposite side of the house,
and holdlv entered the I x. Carrion's
back was toward Inc, and I tapped hiai
on the shoulder. Ile Outlet' quickly
round, and if a basilisk had confronted
nr, he could -scarcely have exll'hitcd
rrcater surprise. My aspect, nevert he
less, studiously bland and cencilialory
and my outstretched hand seemed to in
vite a renewal of our 16011,h:hip.
"'Waters!" heat last stammered. feebly
accepting iny proffered grasp; "who would
have thought' of meeting you here?"
"Not you, certainly, since 3ou statie-at
an old tricot' as if he were some frightful
goblin, about to swallow y o u, really."
"Ilush 1 let us speak together in the
lobby. An old friend," he added, in an
swer to iNlr. ,Merton's surprised stare,
ill return in an IIISE:111t. "
"\ Veil, n•hut is all this, Waters?" sai(i
recovering. his \vonted .qang fr‘,l",7
the instant we were alene. " I under
stoodlou had retired I . l"ffin among us ;
were in fact—what I say ?"
" Ruined—Mine up ! Nobody should
know that better you."
",‘.ly good lidinw ou de but imagine"--
"I imagine nothing., my dear Cardon.
I was limy thorom 4 .lll) don---done brown.
as is written in the vulgar tongue. But
fel-innately l,!lnVeld 1111l•it!"
Pasiigrovu t, lcnl :" interrupted Illy
old treiluaintani•ti, etrueriy jurrit i oug to a
conclusion, "arid pin are lii., itetr I con
gratulate you, inv dear fellow., This is
indeed a charming reverse ot fortune."
'Yes; but mind, I have given up the
old game. No noire dice-deviltry for me.
I have promised I , :naily never to touch a
card again."
The cold eye of the incarnate fiend--
he was little else—gleatned mockingly as
these " good intentions:' of a practical
gamester fell upon his car; but4e replied,
very good, quite right, my dear boy.
But come, let me introduce you to Mr.
Merton, a highly contracted personage, I
assure you. By the way, \Vaters," he
added, in a caressing and very contiden
.
tun tone, "my name, for family and other
reasons, which I will hereafter CNpla:n to
,yon, is for the present Sanford."
"Sanford ."
"Yes ; do DM forget.. Ilut 011m:5, or
the ballet will be over."
I was introduiNd as an old and esteem
ed friend, whom he (Sanford) had nut
seen lor many months. At the conclusion
of the ballet, Sanford proposed that we
should adjourn to the European Coffee
[louse, nearly opposite, and out we sal
lied. At the top of the staircase, we
jostled against the Commissioner, who,
like Its, was leaving the house. Ile bowed
slightly to Mr. Merton's apology, and his
eye wandered coldly and briefly Over our
persons ; not the slightest sign of recog
nition escaped him. 1 thought it possi
ble he did not know me in my changed
apparel; but looking back, after descend
ing a few steps, I was quickly undeceived
A sharp, quick glance, expressive both
of encouragement and surprise, shot out
from under his pent house brows, and as
swiftly vanished. lie did not Itritiw how
little I needed spurring to gain the goal
be had in view.
We discussed two or three bottles of
wine with gayety and relish, Sanford, es
pecially, was in .exuberent spirits, brim
ming over with brilliant anecdotes and
sparkling badinage.
Ile saw in me a fresh, rich prey, and
his eager spirit reveled, by anticipation,
in the vietury which he doubted not to
obtain over my "excellent intentions and
wife-pledged virtue." About half past
I he proposed to adjourn, eagerly as
sented to by Mr. Merton, who had for
some time exhibited unmistakable Symp
toms of impatience and unrest.
" You will accompany us, Waters?"
said Sanford, as we rose to depart. "-There
is, 1, suppose, no vow registered in the
matrimonial archives against looking on a
game played by others?" •
"Oh, no ! but do not ask me to play!"
"Certainly not;" and a doVelish sneer
curled his hp. "Your virtue shall antler
no temptation, be assured "
We soon arrived before the door of n
quiet, iii4ieciablit.lookiMilionse, iu one of
the streets leading to the Strand; a low
peculiar knock, given by Sanriril, waq
promptly answered ; -then a Pasawmd
which 1 did not catch, was whispered
hint through the keyhole, as we passe l in
We proceeded up ma ifS to the floor
the shutters of which wore carefully elm,
ed, seam intimation .of what was going on
could possibly reach the' street. The ap
'artment was brilliantly lighted, a roulette
CARLISLE, PA., FRIIIAY, NOVEMBER, 28, 1862.
table and cards were in full activity; wines
and liquors of all varieties were paraded.
There were about half a dozen persons
present, I soon discoevrcd, beside the
gang, and that comprised eleven or twelve
well dressed desperadoes, whose sinister
aspects induced a momentary qualm lebt
one or more of the pleasant party might
suspect or recognize my vocation. This,
however, I reflected, was scarcely possi
ble. My beat, during the short period I
had been in the force, was far distant from
the usual haunts of such gentry, and I was'
otherwise unknown in London. Still,
riliestioning glances were eagerly directed
toward my introducer, and one big, burly
fellow, a foreigner—the rascals were the
scum of various countries—was unplea
santly inquisitorial. "J'en responds!" I
heard Sanford say, in answer to his re
iterated queries; and he added something
in a whisper which brought a sardonic
smile to the fellow's lips, inducing a total
change in his demeanor towards myself.
This was reassuring; far though provided
with pistols, I should, I felt, have little
chance with such utterly reckless ruffians
as those by whom I was surrounded.—
Ilay was proposed.; and though at first
I stoutly refused, 1 feigned to be over
come by irresiAalile temptation,' and sat
down to blind hazard with my foreign
friend for moderate stakes. was gra
elowdy allowed to win, and in the end
found myself richer in money by about
ten pounds. r. Merton was , soon ab
sorbed in the chance of dice, and lost large I
- sums, fur which, when the money he had
_bru ugh. t.sz ed, Is e arm
written acknowledgments. The- elfe4ittg
practiced upon him was really audacious,
and any one but a tyro must have repeat
edly detected it. 1. le, however, appeared
not to entertain the slight'est suspicion of
the "fair play" of his opponents, guiding
himself entirtly by the advice of his friend
and counsellor, who did not himself play.
The amiable assemblage broke up about
six in the morning, each person retiring
singly, by the back way, receiving, as he
departed, a new password for the next
CVCC tug
A few hours afterward I waited on the
Commissioner to re pert the state of affairs.
Ile was delighted with the fortunate de•
lod I. had made, but, still strictly enjoined
patience and caution. It would have been
easy, as I was in possession of the pass
word, to have surprised the - Confederacy
in gaming that very evening ; but this
would only have accomplished - a — part of
the object aimed at. Several of the. fra
ternity—Sanford among the number—
was suspected of uttering bit-god foreign
notes, and it was essential to witch nar
rowly for legal eviderrce to re.-thiOr, if - p“.:.-
sible, the property and securities o.f . which
Mr. Merton had been
Nothing of especial inipmtance occur
red for seven or ei 4 la, days. Gaming
went on it-. it-mal every evening, and Mr.
:Merton beeanie, mese, more and more
involved; even his sister's jewe,s. which
lie surreptiounly obtained, to Stich a de
gradation will this vice plunge men alit
erwise honor,ible--had been staked and
lost, and he was, by the advice nil Sanford,
about t i conclude a heavy room Igo on
his estate, in order not only to he clear
of his enormous "debts of honor," but to
acquire fresh means of " winning back"
---that ignis /;duos of all gamblers---his
tremendous losses ! A new preliminary
"dodge," I observed, was now brought
into action. Mr. Merton esteemed himself
a knowing•hand at (Tarte It was pro
duced, and lie was permuted to win every
game, much to the apparent annoyance
and discomfiture of the losers. All this
was precisely the snare into which I had
myself fallen; 1 of course the more read
ily detected it, and felt certain that the
grayd coup was meditated! In the mean
time I had not been idle. Sanford was
confidentially informed that I was only
waiting in London to receive between'
four and five thousand pounds---part of
Uncle I'assgrove's legacy—and then in
tended to immediately hasten back to
canny Yorkshire. To have seen the vil
lain's eyes as I accidentally, as it were,
announced my errand and intention !
They fairly flashed with glee! Ah, San
ford ! Sanford ! you were, with all your
cunning, but a sad, blind idiot to believe
the man you had wronged and ruined
could so easily forget the debt he owed
you !
ME
The crisis came swiftly on. Mr. Mer
ton's mortgage money was to be paid on
the morrow; and on that day, too, I an.
flounced the fabulous thousands received
by me were to be handed over. ,Mr.
Merton, elated with his repeated triumphs
at cry lie, and prompted by his • friend
Sanford, resolved, instead of canceling
the bonds and obligations held by the
conspirators, to redeem his losses.bystak
ing on that his ready money against those
liabilities. This was at first demurred to
with much apparent earnestness by the
winners, but Mr. Merton, warmly second
ed by Sanford, insisting upon the conces
sion, as ho deemed it, it was then finally
agreed that (Tarte, should be the game by
which he might hope to regain the for
tune and the
,peace of mind he had so
rashly squandered; the last time, should
he be successful—and was he not sure of
success h—lie assured Sanford, 'that; 116
would - ever handles cards or dice. He
should have heard the mocking merriment
with which tho'gang heard Sanford re
peat this resolution to amend his ways
when he had recovered back his wealth
4 The day so eagerly longed for by
.Mer
ton and his oonfederates—by the spoilers,i
and their prey—arrjred i , and I Ivaited
with' - feverish anxiety the coming night.
OnAy the chief Conspirators, eight in num
ber, were to be present, and no stranger
1110dr—it' priilege I owed to the
moon Thine le. , a(iy I had jast received
to he 4 , 1 aute.•l to the e , reaut•' tl
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iie :-nre, befbre oommeneing play to
morrow night i t!hat the bonds And obli'ga
thAs you 4hyo. signed; the jewels you
have lost, with a sum in notes or gold to
make up In equal amount to that which
you make the risk, is actually deposited
on the table." Ho promised to insist on
this condition. It involved much more
than te dreamed of then. •
M. arrangements were at length
thoroughly complete, and a few minutes
past twelve o'clock the whispered pass
word admitted me into the house. An
angry altercation was going on. Mr.
Merton was insisting, as I had adviged,
upon the exhibition of a sum equal to
.that which he had brought with him, for,
confident of winning, ho was determined
to recover his losses to the last farthing;
and although his bonds, bills, obligations,
his sister's jewels, and a large amount in
gold and genuine notes, were produced
there was still a heavy SUM deficient.--
" Ah, by the by," exclaimed Sanford, as
I entered, " Waters can lend you the sum
for an hour Or two—for a consideration,"
he added in a whisper. "It will soon be
returned."
" No, thank you," I answered very
coldly, " I never part with my money till
I have lost it."
I An indignant scowl passed over the
scoundrers features, but- he made no re
ply. Ultimately it was decided that one
of the fraternity should be despatched in
search of the required sum. Be was
gone about half an hour and returned
with a bundle of notes. They were, as I
hoped and expected, forgeries on foreign
Ibattles. Mr. Merton looked at and coun
-ted them over, and then the play coin
!
4/cp.._ce d
I As it went on,Josividly'did the scene
recall the evenin g that had se:led' ny own
,
ruin, that I grew dizzy with excitement,
and drained tumbler after tumbler-of wa
ter to allay the fevered throbbing of my
veins. The gamblers were certainly tog
Imuch absorbed to heed my agitation.—
Morton lost continuously, without pause
or intermission The stakes were dou
bled, trebledquadrupled I hisi
,brain was
on fire; and- he played, or rather lost,
with the recklessness of a mad-man.
" Hark ! what's that ?" suddenly ex
claimed Sanford, from whosek'atanie fea
tures the mask he ht,d so long worn be
fore Merton had been gradually slipping.
" 1/id you hear a noise below?"
ear had caught the sound, and I
could .better interpret it than he. 'lt cea
sed.
" Touch the signal bell, Adolphe," add
ed Sanford.
Not only the play, but the very breath
ing of the villians was suspended as they-.
listened for the reply.
It came. The answering tinkle-sound
ed once—twice—thrice. " All right !"
shouted Sanford. "Proceed ! The farce
is nearly played out...
I had instructed the officers that two
of t'r•ent in plain clothes should present
themselves at the front door, obtain ad
mission .hy means of the password I had
given them, and immediately seize and
gag the door-keeper. I had al3o acquain
ted theta with the proper answer to the
signal bell—three pulls at the handle
communicating with the first floor. Their
comrades were then to be admitted, and
they were all silently to ascend the stairs,
and waiting on the landing till summoned
by ate to enter and seize the gamesters.
The back entrance was also securely but
unobtrusively wa . cli«l
One only fear di-durbed me ; it waslest
the scoundrels should take alarin in suffi
cient time to extinguish the light, destroy
all the forged papers, and possibly escape
by some private passage which might, un
iillown to Ole, exist.
Rousing myself, as soon as the play was
resumed, from the trance of memory 5y
which I had been in some so: t absorbed,
and first ascertaining that my pistols were
within easy reach, for I knew I was play
ing a desperate game, I rose, stepped
carelessly to the door, partially opened it,
and bent forward, as if listening for a re
pction of the sound which had so alarmed
the company. To my great delight the
landing and stairs were filled - with police
officers—silent and stern as death. I
drew back and walked toward the table at
which Mr. Merton was seated. The last
stake, an enormous one, was being.playcd
fur. Merton lost. Ile sprang upon his
feet, deathly pale, despairing, overwheliii
ed, and a hoarse excel ation surged from
his clenched teeth. Sanford and his as
sociates cooly raked the plunder together,
their features lighted up with fiendish
glee.
" Villain —traitor—miscreant !" shriek
ed Mr. Merton, as if smitten with a sud
den frenzy, and dashing at Sanford's
throat; "you devil, that you are, have
undone, destroyed me !"
"No doubt of it," cahnly shaking off
his victim's grasp; " and I think it has
been very artistically and effectively,done,
too. Sniveling my fine fellow, will scarce
ly help you much."
Mr. Merton glared upon the taunting
villain , in speechless agony and rage.
" Not quite so fast, Carden if you
please !" 1 exclaimed, at the same time
taking up aibuudlb.,of forged notes. "It
does not appear,to me that Merton has
played against equal stakes, for unques
tionably this paper is not genuine _
" Dog ! roared Sanford, " do you value
your life so cheap 7" and he rushed to
ward me as if to seize the forged notes.
I was as quick as ho, and the levelled
tube of a pistol sharply arrested his eager
onslaught. Tho entire gang gathered
near us 'flaming with•-excitement.
Merton loOked bewilderedly from one to
-another, apparently scarcely conscious of
What was passing arou- d him.
"Wrench the paper from hind" scream
ed Sanford, recovering his energy. • "Seize
him, stab him, wangle him,! „
"Look to yourself scoundrel !"- I shout.
ed with equal vehemence. '• Your hour
is — conic ! I.ecers enter and do your
duty
In :i.ti instant the room .was filled with
police . ; andsarprised, panic stricken, pa
valyzNl by the suddenness of the CilStaS
trophe, the gang Were all secured without
the slightest resistatie.3, though most of
thein were unitedl y _ and unircltedP off .in
custody. ,
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Three—Sanford, or Cardon (but he had
half a dozen aliases) one of them was
transported for life; the rest were sett ,
tented to various terms of imprisonment.
My task was effectually accomplished.—
My superiors were pleased to express very
'arm commendation of the manner in
which I had acquitted myself, and the
first step in the promotion which ultimate
ly led,to my present position in another
branch of public service, was soon after
ward conferred upon me. Mr. Merton
had his bonds, obligations, jewels, and
money restored to him ; and, taught wis
dom by terrible experience, never again
entered a gaming house.
Neither he nor hiq lady mother were
ungrateful for this service I had been
fortunate .enough to render them.
HOW THEY GO TO BED
The difference,between• a man and a
woman in disposition finds no plainer il
lustration than that afforded at the nap
,
nicht when either of them retires to bed.
The young girl trips gaily up to her
chamber, and with the cautious timidity
peculiar to her sex, first locks the doorsand
arranges the window curtains, sothat by no
possible chance a passer-by or belated noc
turnal wanderer from the pavement can
catch a glimpse of her budding beauty
when en (Us/id/idle. This task comple
ted, she turns on the gas to its 41.111;-and
institutes a general search throughout the
apartment, that she may be sure it does
not contain a " horrible burglar," or "•a
desperate ruffian," in big whiskers and
.rispy-illack—iiitirr--- Curt - 4ul), with--deli
cate little fingers, she lifts the bed va
lance, Tieers'irrto places where even Tom
Thumb couldn't squeeze his diminutive
corporation, and takes a cursory peep into
the half-emptied trunk, nor forgetting to
glance nervou , dy under the sofa, the space
between which and the floor i.i not suffi
cient to contain the ghost of Calvin Ed
son, much less an ordinary robber.
Uaving ascertaiLed that she is really
lone, she leisurely proceeds to divest her
air form of " the silk and linen conren
tionalities of society." First, she re•
lieves her glossy hair front its thraldom of
pins and combs, and " does it up" more
compactly. Then off comes the little em
broidered collar, and the light' vapory
cloud of lace•she calls her under-sleeves,
_which all the day have been clasped
around her white plump arms by d couple
of India rubber straps Next, the " love
of a spring silk" dress is unfastened in
front, partially revealing—never mind
that - just mow. Then sundry waist strings
and buttoned straps are unloosed, and, lo
what a collapse. A Collapse like that, of
Lowe's big balloon. She stands, like
Saturn, in the centre of rings. There
they lie upon the soft carps•t, partly cov
ered by the linen • undertixens and over
fixens, with no more expression in them
than there is in the bare floor beneath
the carpet. Sits she now upon the edge
of the snowy bed, and begins the unlacing
of gaiters, and the disrobing of tho(e fair
swelling limbs, of the stockings, The pret
ty little foot is carefully perched upon the
knee, down drops the gaiter, off conies
the elastic garter, and the thumb inserted
at the top of the stocking, pushes it down
—down over the heel, and—the cotton
rests besides the prunella. So with the
other foot, only involving a slight change
of position.
There is a happy smile that peeps out
from behind the blushes of her sweet
face now, as, standing before the glass
she places upon her head the night-cap,
aml with a quick twist of her fingers, ties
rthe bewitching bow Then the night
, gown is thrown on, over the frilled chew
' ise, concealing the heaving bosom and
; the fair shoulders in the linen folds.—
Don't you envy that night-robe and the
liberties it takes ? Don't you envy it,
you wretched, miserable old bachelor—
lyou snarling, growling old curmudgeon ?
Then the counterpane and sheets are
thrown back, thegas is turned down very,
very low, and the little form presses the
yielding couch, and the angel rods off
into the world of dream, in which the
handsome moustache of her Adolphus
and his vows of eternal love arc promi
nent—the remainder of the picture be
jug filled with ministers, bridesmaid's,
new dresses, drives in Central Park, and
plenty of " gold galore," or " love in
cottage."
Now, in the room directly above her,
is the great brute of a brother. Ile comes
into it, shuts the door with a slam, turns
the key with a snap, growls at a chair
which happens to be in his way, pulls off
his boots and throws theta into the cor
ner, jerks his "socks" from his feet,
drops his pantaloons on the floor, and lets
them lie there; gets off his coat and vest
by a quick vindictive sort of twist of his
arms and body, unpins and unbuttons his
collar, throws it carelessly, with the tie, at,
rather than on the table ; travels to the
window in his shirt extremity—to let
down the curtain, as if he didn't care a
cuss whether the entire population of the
street beheld his anatomy or not; then
puts out the light and bounces into bed
like a great calf jumping into a pile of
hay—curls himself up, his, knees pearly
touching hie nose, lies so a moment or
two,"turns on his back, stretches his limbs
out, swears. at the tucking in of the bed
clothes, i grunts, gets over . on the other
side, and is—asleep. then conies in the
snoring and snorting.
Isn't there a difference in style ?
GA mßiatio.—Let every-man, avoid all
sorts of gambling as he would poison. A
poor man or boy should not allow"bilo
sclf even to toss up a half-penny, for this
is often the beginning of a habit of
gambling, and - this - ruinous-crime comes
011 by slew degrees, Whilst a man minds
his work, he is playing the be4r, game,
v?ri.l he is sure to win. A gambler never
makes gooiruse of hismoney,.even if he
should min.
, .
ter-The'chairomo.of,a political meet
ing; seeing a rowdy whigwas . raising his
firm to throw a stale egg at hiin cried
out, "Sir, your motion. is out of order !"
$1 50 per annum In advaneii
I $2 00 I 6 not paid in advance
' TIM CROWNED SKELETON.—Aix-la
•Chapelle in ciermany, derives its name
from the tomb of Charlemange. He gave
insttuctions that When he died he should
be buried in a royal position; not pros•
trate as slumbering dust, but, seated id
the attitude of a ruling monarch. He
had the mausoleum erected over the sep
ule,hre of our Saviour at Jerusalem. In
• a tomb within this chapel lie Was places
upon a throne. The gospels, which I
suppose he had often read whilst he was
he would appear determined to . living,
study thoroughly alter lie Was dead. He
directed they should be laid upon his
i kneesbefore him. By his side was his'
sword ; upon his head Was an imperial
;crown, upon his head was an imperial
crown, and a royal mantlo covered his
lifeless shoulders. Thus was his body
placed, and did his body remain for about
100 years. One of his successors re
solved he would see hotel Charlemange
looked, and what had become of his fich
es that adorned his tomb. Nearly two'
thousand years after Christ, the tomb was'
opened by Emperor otho. The skele
ton form of the body was found there ;
dissolved and dismembered ; the various
ornaments I speak of were all there too ;.
but the frame had sunk into fragments,
the bones had fallen disjointed and assun
der ; and there remained nothing but the
ghastly skull wearing its crown still !
The various relics were taken up, and are
now preserved at Vienna; and they have
often since been employod in the corona;
tie,, of the Emperors of Germany.—Dr.
ilassic's• Stim»l, r Rambles.
Toe WOVEN WIN D.—Ohe of the most
characteristic manufactures of India it
the fine Dacca muslin or "Wov'en
as it has been called. So fine is this ma
terial that when laid upon the grass to'
bleach the dew makes it disappear. This
used to be spun by native females who
had been trained to it from their infancy.
So nice was the sense of touch required
for the spinning of this yarn, that they
were constantly waited upon by a retinue
of servants whose duty it was to relieve
them of all menial offices which might
endanger the fine tactual faculty which
lone. practice and seclusion . had bestowed
on their delicate finger tips. Singularly
enough, although the steam eng ine and
spinning machine can produce far
,and
yarn than an/ that the fingers of Ilindeo
maiden ever spun, the English looms, id
other respects, so perfect, cannot weavd
the Daccan muslin. The fine yarns re
quire to be taken back to India to be wo
ven by hand into the flimsiest of tissues
by.th3 rudest and most •piiwitive of all
looms.
A HARD ULT.—Jim ,never made
a joke in his life, yet nu man ever had
more made at his expense. On one oc
casion, while a candidatii for CongresS, he
was making a speech in a country F(11001
11..ase to an audience of country farmers,
who were, as a general rule, very atten
tive listeners. .Jue t; , however,
formed an exception. Ile had been par
taking rather liberally of whiskey straight,
under the influence of which comments j
made in a tone rather louder titan a stage
whisper, were exceedingly annoying to
the speaker. Jim prepared for his grand
effirt. "My ft lends," said be, "1 ant
proud to see around me to-night the hardy
yeomenry of the land, for 1 love the tt,i3
ricultural interests of the country ; and
well may I love them, toy fellow citizens;
for I was born a farmer—the happiest
days or toy youth were spent in the
peaceful avocations of a sen of the soil.
If I may be allowed a figurative expres-.1
sion, my friends, I may say, I was raised
7, tn-ceo I iro rows of enrn !" A pumpkin;
by thunder :" exclaimed the inebriated
Joe.
•AnDt:CCION BY AN OURANG-OUTANO.
—A recent traveler in Borneo relates aq
abduction case which exceeds ie novelty
aoything, which has occurred among the
fast population of our large cities. A
monstrous female outing-outing, taking
a fancy to a poor Murut gentleman whoni
she saw bathing, dragged him by force to
a tree, which she compelled him to climb,
lodged him in a nest, watched him With
feminine jealousy, fctt him with fruit and
palm cabbage, and forced hint to travel
from one branch to another instead of
treading the ground. The tale is a traz
gedy; for the ungrateful Murut not only
ran away at the first opportunity, but af
terwards shot the forest syron with a
poisoned arrow.
The following beautiful thoughts
are from the pen of George I). Prentice i
" There is but a breath of air and a
beat of the heart, betwixt this world and
the next. And in the brief interval of
painful and awful suspense, while tirti
feel that death is present with us, and
that we are powerless and he all power-
il, and the last pulsation hero; is but the
prelude of endless life hereafter; we feel
in the midst of the stunning Calamity
about to befall is, the earth has no com
pensating good to mitigate the severity of
our logs. But there is no grief without
some benificent provision to soften its
intenseness. ''When the good and lovely
die, the Memory of their deeds, like the
moonbeams on the stormy sea, light our
darkened hearts, and lend to the surround
ing gloom, a beauty so sad, so sweet, that
we would not, if we could; dispel the
darkness that environs it."
AN INDIAN FUNERAL.-A correspon
dent of the St Louis Democrat, writing
from Maryville, Kansas, gives a wild de
scription of the, funeral of two Indian
who - bad been murdered in that vicinity:
Ile.,pronounees the ceremonies a .great
denionstration of sorrow. . A largelnunt
her 'of Inclitin,•of all ages, gather - aid.'
round the grave, and cut themselveS
knives;tind ran .pointed_ sticks- throu
their arms and legs, and howled and
yelled-like demons. This is the strange
way that they have of showing how. great
ly they dep ore the: death of any ono of
position ; tin ong them.
' IL is bettor to look round on prlys'y,4i.s
ty tlian back on glory. .
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