T ERAS; .0 F AMt E'•R • I Si NG'
• • in 00
rat
'Per each kutitlltietit
cT 31e Myer. tisemetits,.
"Legil Notice!' „ •
Oarite
"Dbittikey gl,ti Loa an' Onufmbofc..q
- ,c)py •$ , !)1 ,grig..lo matte• son prl-
YAW Intoroots coup: , PPr.
• Aldi'." '
'loo.kiftlbttlNo.—Our Job Printing Office Is the
l'argelit 'and most 'Complete establishment in the
Jou y.. Four good Presses, and a general variety of
material suited for plalband Fancy work of every
us to do Job Prlntingat the shortest
iiiiibe;itfti On the most reasonable terms. Persons
Id WantOf gulls, Blanks, or anything in the Jobbing
lino, will fled It to their intorestke glee Us a call.
gacal ginfotmatioa.
'U.' S. tbirifaii4firiT
4'relident—AnwA33 LINOoLN, ,
Nice Progidont—AlANNtuso: IfA'efuff,
- 13ocrotory of Stato—Wm.
tlioortittiry of InOrinr—fx6. - P: Vaunt.
f-ocrotary of Treasury—Wlf. P. Vssoo:r000,
Rocrotary' of Way—PDWIN M. STANTON,
SocroEory of Navy—GiomoN :IV F.1.1.E6,
FOAL ,taster GourralloNioomonr BLAIR,
A ttornoy s.ionoral—P;OWAlLD BATES,
Jugtloe of the United S Rtes—lion En 13 TANEY,
' STATE UOVE[tNMENT
' , 3overnor-10nurw 0. Cf., ItTIN,
finern ary of rt.:oo-16d Su Felt
liarreyer Osn,ral—.ll . . BARI,
ditor Oenural-101AC $13.3 LER,
qlret,oruoy 0011er/0— WM. M. EOM:IITR.
40a.1 11 ,ta 0 Onneral—A L
te Prertottrer—litfOrr 11 Montle.
fjliofJu•tac of Chu Supremo Court—OSO. W. WOOl,
WA RD
COUNTY OFFICIIItS
Won Went Judge—llon: darnea 11.0rnbam.
Anso2lz:o Judges—lion. Michael Conklin, lien
fltigh Stuart.
District Aqornoy—J. W. D. ()Melon.
I , ,,,thiw•Ltry—Sa•nuttl Shir.:ounk
Clark nn 1 line .rder :ph rat to l'ornman,
Itoglgtor—Goo W. North.
nitth mhorild—d, Thf,olp.o .
County rro.isar,--lienry S. it it; or.
Conner —Dtvi I :".11th
Count) , Cdm ntAsloodrs—Nliehnol Molt, John hI
!oi, itcrho II 31 cObil
k o y eLl i n ,, , n eu t t i n a t ij oi 1 1 ' ) , r mr Iv Ido , ve— Da l i l e enry Snyder.
Ybygielin to Poor House—Dr. W VV. DAlo.
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EOROUG II OFFICERS
Chief Burg . Andrew B Ziegler.
1134 1.0,11 t, l 111,0 n
TitkV ll ~../(1.11, I —l'; In I. 111111, heart
Toithu t P lusher .1. •5 U. L 1,1.
WiDtt NV., L rr ) I. • t‘r. •... A. 11lit1,-
tart, Jut). It ..Pir,oir, .011 U.
Council, 1. Ca.lll.,rt. hurl. Jo ,
High , 1.1-ti nel It ..rl ilonglablo
Andra 11, Lia.
..1653..ur • lon .tan Is n tdssessora,J no
iblo S. flno tom
13=1
I ‘, “ lolloctor A Itrnd .11.11ititt heart_ Ward Donee
tort,— E 11" C 1 ,.. A .. , 11111.1k. W..L Void, 0. ,
Corniu la, Streut t; ,, t",.nisti.on IPurley 14 Unit,llo4,
Jan. alit of up rester, Ils.vid Smith
A beta 1):114u1r. 31'1,2.11 llolcomb:
Lig4 Lori; —Chas. 13. Uncle, Janica Spnoglur.
CHURCHES
Vlrst Preebyti.ri...tetitorll.lCortiovost angle ocCen.
Ire SLlt'ro. 'tee C way P. Wing Pastor
every Sunday Morning at 11 o'clock, A. M., and 7
O'CiOCK P. St.
Sac;;,, I Vrosbyte ri,,, ur, 1,, corn or of S.utl,
ovor and P.aurret Ntratds Kay. Jt/1111 CBl is, Pastor
Servd•as coaltnence at 11 o'cl,k, A. M., and 7 n'e,ock
I'. M.
St..leh Chu] ob. (Prot Eplaeopal) northeast angle
of Centre Sq.., ltur. .I I' Clere. tle,Loe SOrViieh
• t O'CiOck oil n'elnea. l' NI.
1.1101.1 . .1.1 l;ilur• It. ISedlord, but tv,•on
tnd Le.o.itil, .4.r t 1.1., , ot• Fry. Stir
vices at 11 ' lark A. . acid t I' 31.
11 , 1ortn,1!'llurc.1. 1. , 1111-r. hr tw I`./ 11/111
Dyer all 1 Pit& stretel, : 1 111111d l'a!itur
Sorylo.s.a 1! ..'elo•I‘ A. M.. nti..7 Ii M.
arch 0,1 citAr4o I.l.rttor ut \
and Pitt. >tr q.t... Rev 111./1111, IL Sitt•rlDelt,
tiotvitses At I I Wyk , k A NI.. 11.1117 o'clitt.k I' NI.
3loth Char. h (se ,. .md chnr_..) fl v S. I
Donn In. l'Astor. :irvive, I. Emory M
o'clock t. andP. M.
- Church of :out 1, WeA. ~nr of \Vest St.
and, Chapel Atte). Lev. Lt. 1.. Buck,
at 11 a, en., and tit. p.ro
t. Patrlck's Oath,' ic Church. Pomfret near East pt.
Rev P.t•t.,r Services every other
bath. at 10 n'eln,k. V,spelt• at. IP. )1.
i4eir:rrtn Lotrber l'n•trill. ei.rner • f Prlrlfret. atnl
Bedford sCr.to s. !Lee C. Prltzu, l'astur. :en Ices at
linden I'. H.
o,S.Whon r , Vin4e, In els ,f 1 are necessary the
proper pJriuua are reque,Led L•ILAU) US.
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DICKINSON COLLEGE
Rnv liermon . M. Jolittsuo, D. D. Prll4l II and Pro
form, ot sciooro.
1.5%11iun U. I. 'll, 1.1,11,50 r otlured
Science Ind Juratorn Like da-emu.
U 6 7 .411114. A
Greek ant ;Ord) to htnanaltia
anal D ttlllaLia, A. +I., Prole n tr of M tthninat
John K Stays❑ n, A. M., l'r,,fos,o, ot the Latin and
ouch I,tnguages.
ti. sirs haul. LL. Il . I . rntol.sor of Law.
Rev. Henry 0. Cut,,,,u, A. II , Prtnelp.ll the
Gram 0100 i.
John Hood, Afonstaut in the Grammar School.
BOARD OF SCHOOL, DlitEcToits
E. (loratwin. Pro.ideut, Janles .laluiltou, II :+ax,o
R. C. ).% oetward, Homy N.luun. 1111111.11,711
Sdet'y , 3 W. ;by, Tre.h.th - or. Joh. Me,eibtal
Meet on the Iht Alreoley ui each Mouth at a o'clock A
at littueAtion
CUR l'utt.t NUNS
CV11.1.1912 DEP .BT II kNIS. -1'1.4 , 11.1a, Ft M .Honder
son, W 71. Itoetem Cahn .1 1' II Ls:de, and U B. r
Tellers, W. 11, 11.thler Cleric Ull terwoo Mrt.
sen_v• Direetors, st It 11.101-,on, PreAdent
%Voo,ivrard. Sidles Woodburn. Moses Brielter, John
Zll4, W. W. Dale, John U. tlor„ , „ts, Jo..fpli J. Logan,
Jno Stuart, jr.
Fisir Nan! )41.1. 11016 —Vrovi.l.mt. SAmuul Hepburn
Co bier. Jos. C Under, Feller, Abner C. Brlnd.e, Sirs
on ger, Jesse Brown Wm Ku r, .101 n Du map, itieli'd
Woods, John C. Dunks, seer Brenneman, John
Sterrett, Saint Ilepburn, Inroctors.
0.11.101...IlL.1•1 , nI.I.LY it t I Lilo to C ssr —l . roiddent
Frederick I .Vatt, ,e..retnr and TroeSurer. Edwari
Id. 111 ',ln, lota .dent, Lull
trains thrill, ti.nos a ILly A4,0E111110 a thol
K ndar 4rd. lei rem i!irli,h• Sq. nrriving at Car
lisle 521 Cur ,il4ll u.lll A 11
and 2 42. I'. 51. l% es %in:a at 1 .1.27, A. 11 , and 2.55
Id.
CUU,IiI.G ilw OD Ws; Ell CWIPOIT. - Prel.ill , llC. LI.III
- rrwt4tirer, A L. Sp Ill• ler; , 111,11111.4. , . , ...01`,
Onorge Oirect. re, F. Wxt.t.l, Wm. Al. iteetett.t
E. H. 1111 , 11 P. Ilonry Saxton. L. '. Woodward, J. Si
rattou, V. ,nr Lads an I in. 8, (Ina.
SOCIETIE:i
CumhPrinn Stxt Ln14.5 No. Y moots AI
Mpri , pt, Ilnll .on thet 2.2 and 4th Ttu•r.4.,)B e. et
month
St John's Loire No 211., 1. \lm•tx .31 I•l,ury
day of each mow h, nt •Innis 14 11.
Carlisle 1,v14, \ VI I
evening. st Iront'g 16111,1 in
Letort Lo4e No. 63, I. I) ol iI 1' \lents ever
Thursd..y avunh g in I be, in's lieu]
lEEE
FIRE COMPANIES
Tho Union Fire Company wn organized In 1780
House In Lonelier between Nit and Hanover
The Cumberland Fire t_bnpary was instituted Feb
18,1800. House in Badfurd, between Mein en Penn
frat.
Tim Good Will Fire Company was instituted In
TrfaralL 1855. House In Pomfret. mar Hanover
The Empire Hook and Ladder Company was inatitu•
tad in 1850. House In Nit. near Main.
RATES OF POSTAGE
Postage.nn all letters of one half ounce weight or
under. 2 conta pro paid.
Postagi on the Ul IiAI.D within the County, free,
Within tho State 13.conts per 1141111l111). T.' any part
orthn United States, jI cents Postage nn all Iran
4,114 ptpers. 2 cents per ounce. Advertised letters to
be charged with cost of advertising
Ladles , Fancy Furs.
A P
,s all my Pura were
4 a much lower pre
mium than at preeent, I am enabled tcrdlepone . of them
at very;rear erinable prlcoe, ..d.I veld therefore eollclt
call from ray Mends of
Stemetber the Name, Number and Street
• - - JOON
118 Archlit above 7th, Pouth fide. Phila. "
I have no partner, per conneetlou with ail otner,
store In Philadolphia.•.'
September 9, .1804-4 m .•.:
tiIIOTOGRAPII.IO'
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plait 'et;reet,oppiielte the National Bank, In 11,1re..Netra
. ,-; : . • ,
July,24, • .
.k.,
eaR ,..N,... . CO's. well.known MK :0-•
-,, .....EONS 11.1)4.1.141.A510N10U5, Introdo.c4lB the 0A
oCterdal Lie, on evoryinetruniont,
EA.i.1.111k4T.0 A 11L1,11V13 . . .. —, . . .. . •
11.AVEIV& BACON'S eu4 ,
11A.LLTIT;ISAVIS &bo., CoietaateatilANOS for each
pd. a I tthirai daaaation., ..; -. • .., ~. -. , ,1 . .. , ...
ley... Oiof 30,08 Q sold. -
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-, 't
M 1 'IVELLAK:
BM A g ent,
270881.11fth.ntreut,Get.14Aedi-°n° BhllB o
".'urn,
ithitoEol , ATHio. PHYSICIAN
Surgeon .and AccO,tohouy;
gkEiCE at, ,hia residenca ~ t oitt,
.troot; adjoining the Mothoditt March.
y 1 p 18e4,
26 00
4 00
7 00
HIS LEAVING IT TILL CALLED
FOR.
Tits writer of these humble lines be-
ing a Waiter, and having come of a fami
y of Waiters, and owning at the present
time five brothers who are all Waiters,
and likewise only sister who is a
Waitress, would wish to•offer a few words
respecting his calling ; first having the
pleasure of hereby in a friendly manner
offering the De(lica.;ion of the sortna unto
JOSEPII, MUCh•reApeeLed Plead Waiter nt
the Slamjana Coffee house, London, E. C.,
than which a individual more eminently
deserving of the name of man, or a more
amenable honor to his own head and
heart. whether emsidered in the light of
a Waiter, or regarded as a human being,
do nut exist.
Iu ci,s confusion should arise in the
public mind (which is open to confu
sion on in toy ',objects) rest- eating what is
meant or implied by the term Waiter, the
present It ruble lines would wish to offer
xu eXplana.ion. It may not be general
Iv known tht' the. person as'goes out to
wait...is not a Waiter. It may I n be gen
erally known that the hand as is called
in extra, at the Freemasons' Tavern, r
(he London, or the Albion, or otherwise,
is not a Waiter. Such hands may be
took on fur Public Dioncrs by the bush
el (and you may know them by their
breathing with difficulty when in attend
anc. , , and taking away the, bottle ere yet
it is half out), but such areyytWaiters..
For you can not lay down the tailoring,
or the shoemaking, or the brokering, or
the greemgrocering, or the pictorial pc
riodwaling, or the second-hand wardrobe,
or the small fancy, businesses—yma can
not lay down those lines of life at your
will and pleasure by Hi.: half day ir even
ing, and take up Waitermg. You may
suppose you can, but you can not ; ur
you may go so far as to say you du, but
you du not Nor yet can you lay down
the gentleman s-service when stimulated
by prolonged incompatibility on the part
ut Cooks (and here it may be - rem iraLd
that Cooking . and Ineompatihility will be
Incigtiy found united), and take up
utt
ering. It has been tueertained that what
a gentleman will sit week under at. home
Ile Mil nut Le-r out ut hunts , at the Siihn-
jaw ur ail) tr
Professor of the
what, tlio ittfortuce to be tit aWii I e:-.l)vel.
Ing true 11 atter ttg! luu u.O c be bled
to It. Yull Ulthl t c bt,rii Iv It
Would 3uu know IluW born to it, Fair
Itcader—il tit the u arable leinAle sex!
then learn tram the biographical expert
enee of 011.1 that is a Waiter in the sixl-
tilst }ear ut !its age.
You were eonve)Ld, ere yet your dawn
tug 1 ewers w, re otherwise tkvelope,l titan
to barb ,r vacancy 1,1 your —you
wi.re by sump 'duos
into a viiitty adjoining the Idindat .Nel
s,Jti, Civic and General Dining 'towns,
time to rcceivc h that lhaltlitu,
susienaoce which is die pride and boast
of the British female con.siitui ion. Your
ow, bur %nib warned to Jour lath r Oita
,eit a distant Waite') 111 the pi ofoun .uto
~ecieey ; lur a Waltrehti to be War
led weld ruin the best of 6118111Cose,+—
It is the Same as un tile stage. Ilene •
you, beirr„; sinu,igleir Into Lie poetry, ai.d
that—iu add to the nitlicoon - by an un
willing, grandmother. ruder tire cum
blued rutluer.ce of the smells of roast and
rimier!, and soup, and ga--, and Inuit by
orm, you pit took ot .• ir.test nom ,
, our un wiiiirr2, grandmother SU
wig prepared to caieli you when your
inottir:'r miscalled aid dropped you; your
grandmother's shawl ever ready to stithi
your natural complainings : your inn°
cent mind surrounded by unconi:enial
cruets, dirty plates, dish-covers, and cold
gravy ; your mother calling down the
pipe for veals and perks, instead ofsooth
frig ru with nursery rhymes. Under
these untoward circumstances you were
early weaned. Your unwiiing grand
mother—ever growing more unwilling as
your food assimilated less—then con
tracted habits of shaking you till your
system curdled, and your food would not
assimilate at all. At length she was no
longer spared, and could have beenthank
fully spared much sooner. When your
brothers began to apperir in succession,
your mother retired, left off her Smart
dressing(she had previously been a stnart
dresser) and her dark ringlets '(whieli bud
previously been flowing), and • hunted
your father late of • nights, lying in wait
firr him through all weathers, 'up the
shabby court which led to the- birok-dour
of the Royal Old Dust-I3inn (said to have
been so named .by tieorge the )fourth);
when your father , was Head. , But the
Dust-Bion was going down then ? ' ,aCtl•
your father took but little—e.geepting—
from -a liquid point of vier, Your tooth:
er's object in those was of a ii 011136:
jceeping character,. and you was set on to
'whistie'your father; out SotisOtintes, he
came .out, but generally not. Come or
not however,,all that . part of 'his
ekieteinin,r bleb 'wavunconneoted: with
open Waitering waskepf , cIoSO
.. scOret, i
and Wa9...ticknowleflged by,Yourimother
.:e=a_cilese-'seciet, and you and ,oufttnithL
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001 IN FAREIRA'S
Id Notabllohod F U
manufactory
No. 718 Aroh Street,
ovo 7th, l'hilatiolp to
have now in otore of
own Impbrtittion
id ;I)leittutiteture, one
the Largest end most
iutitul nr lections of
FANCY FURS,
Ladles' Children's
lar in the city.
_Alen,
flue assortment of
nt.'s Fur Gloves and
e:rfiktted ebont the ,conrt, close .aeorehi
both of ion, and .would•seareely thavicom ,
feeeeti in'idetixiituro tbiticin knew your
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A Christmas S ory by Ditkens
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fattier, or that your father had any name
than Diok (which wasn't his name though
he was neVer known by any other), or
that he had .kith or kin or chick or child.
Perhaps the attraction of this mystery,
combined with your father's having a
camp compartment to himself, behind a
leaky cistern, at, the Dust-llinn—a sort.
of a cellar compartment, with a sink in it,
and a smell, and a plate-rack, and a bottle
rack, and three windows that didn't
match each other or any thing else,
and daylight—caused your young mind
to feel convinced that you must grow up
to be a Waiter too; but you did feel con
vinced of it, and so did all your brothers,
down to your sister. Every one of you
' felt convinced that you was born to the
Waitering. At this stage of your earner,
what was your feelings one day when your
father came home to your mother in open •
broad daylight—of itself an net.of Mad
bees on the 'part of a Waiter—and took
to his bed (leastwise, your mother and
family's bed), With the statement that his
eyes were deviled kidneys. Physicians
being in vain, your father expired, after
repeating at intervals for a day and a
night, when dreams of reason end old.
bminiess fitfully illuminated his being,
"'Fivo and two is eve. And three is six
pence.'' Interred in the parochial depart
ment nt the neighboring churchyard, and
accompanied to the grave by as many
Waiters 01 long standing as coil il sp.!):
the inorniog time from their soiled
(namely, one), your bereaved turn was
'attired in a whitentickanltecher, and you
was took on from motives of benevolence
at The George and Gridiron, -theatrical
and supper. Here, soppoiting nature ott
what you fount in the plates (which w,,s
as it happened, aud but too often thought
lessly immersed in mustard), and on what
you found in the glasses (which rarely
went beyond dribblets and lemon), by
night you dropped asleep standing till
you was cuffed awake, and by day was
set to polishing every individual article
in the cuff , e-l'uolli. Your couch
SaW4IISt ; your CoUntcrpane being ashes
of cigars Here, frequently hiding a
heavy heart under the start tie it oti•
whiteneckankecher Or correctly speak
lower down and More to the left), you
picked up the rudiments of knowledge
from an extra, by the name of Bishop ,
arid by ea:ling platewasher, and tzr.ti
u fy clevflotg your mind with ellidk (.11
liaek of the co: tier box partiti tin.
id such title as pit] used the ink stand
WI ti it %%a-, ~tit 4d . liand,attairted
d and to be ;lie Wbiter that yuu fi•ld
p iirm li
I could wish L.re to oflcr a few re
speclful words on behalf of Ile calling so
long the calling. of myself' and family, and
the writhe interest in which is but to.
often very limit«l. We ale not 12. ,q,,e a l
ly'understood. No we are not. Allow
alle. enough is nit made for us. For.
say that we aver show a lit It! drooping
listlenes.: of spirits, or what might, be
termed indifference or apathy. Put it to
yourself what world your own state of
mind you was one of an enormous
family every merrier of which except you
was.alvorys greedy and in a hurry. l'ut
it to yourself that you was regularly re
illete with annual fool at the slack hours
of one in the day and again at nine r.
an I that the repleter you was the turn.
volaeions all your fellow-ereatnres mime
in. it to yourself that it was your
husiness, when your dipiestion was well
or . to take a personal interest and syni
pohy in a hundred gentlemen fresh and
t' es! k , riy, for the sake of argument, only
a hundred), whose imaginations was giv
en up to grnase and fat and gravy and
we ted butter, and abandoned to tines
tioning you about cuts of this, arid dishes
of that —each of'em going on as it' Idol
and you and the bill-of-fare was alone in
the world. Then look what you are ex .
petted to know. You are never out, hut
they seem to think you regularly attend
every where. What's this, Christopher.
that I hear about the smashed Excursion
Train?" "How are they doing at the
Italion Opera, Christopher?" "Christo
pher, what are the real particulars of this
business at the Yorkshire Ban':?" Sim
ilarly a ministry gives me more trouble
than it gives the Queen. As to lord Pal
merston, the constant and wearing con
nection into which I have been brought
with his lordship dUring the lust' few
years is , deserving of a pension. Then
louk at the hypocrites we are made, and
'the lies (white 'I hope) that are forced up
on us: Why must a sedentary pursuited
'Waiter be considered to be a judgelof
horse fle..h, and to have a• most tremen
demi interest in horse-training and rasing?.
Yet it wouldbe half our little incomes
Out of our pockets if we didn't nate ply
to have those sporting tastes. Iris the ,
saute (inconceivable why!) with Farm
ing equtdly.so.. I am ,sure
that so regular as. the months of August, '
Beptetaber, and,October come round, I
am shamed of myself in nay 'own private
bosom forAhe Way io whet;l make be-,
lieoe to care 'whether or' not the grouse'!
iH strefig on the 'wing (much' their . wiitgi
or dium-sticks either• signifies to 111(5,urr
poOrti41) and whether:. the partridgeS'
plentiful among among the turnips, and whether,
,t o peasants is shy or .r-ttnytiiit4 v
else you pleasti,to mention. Yet ycnimaY
see me,'or boy other Waiter Of my stand•
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CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, PECEMI3EM ,23,.'1864.
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Ling,'holdiog on .by the back of the •tamr.
and leaning . inyer a gentletrian ,with ; li4i
purse out and his bill before him, discus
sing these.pointSitLa eonfidontial_ trine of
voice, as if my happiness in life'entirely
depended on 'em.
I have mentioned our little incomes.
Look at the most unreasonable point of
all, and the point on which the greatest
injustice is done us! Whether it is ow
ing to our always carrying so much change
in our right-hand trowsers pocket, and so
many half-pence in our ccint-tails, or
RO.ether it is human nature (which I were'
loathe to believe), what. is meant by the
everlasting table that Head Waiters is
rich ? flow did that table get into cis.
culation ? Who first put it about, and
what are the facts to establish the un
blushing statement ? Come forth, thou
slanderer, and refer the public to the
Waiter's will in Poetess' Commons on
porting thy malignant hiss I Yet this is
su continunly dwelt, upon—especially by
the screws who give Waiters the least—
that denial is vain, and we are obliged,
fur our credit's sake, to carry our heads
as it' we were going into a business, when
of the two we arc much more likely to
go into it union. 'There was formerly a
screw as frequented the Slanijain ere yet
the present writer had quitted that estab
itshrient on a question of tea-ing his as- .
stsiant staff out of hni own pocket, which
t3J;ew canted the taunt to its bitterest
h iglith Never soaring above threepence,
and as often as not groveling on the earth
it p, tiny lower, he yet represented the
present writer as a hare consul, a lender
of money on mortgage, - a Capitalist. He
das been overheard to dilate to our cos
t ;wets tin the allegation that the present
writer put out, thousands of pounds at
interest, in Distili,eries and Breweries
" Well, Cluistophcr," ho would say
(having grovelled his lowest on the earth
(tail,' a Liniment before), "looking out for
a house 10 open, ell ? Can't find a btisi
'less to be disp,sed of on a scale as is up
io your resources, Lutugh ? To such a
diz,.y precipice of tills& hood has this nits•
reioese,;:ta ion taken wing that, the well
knu and highly respected OLD
DAliLt,s, lung vulinetit at the West Conn
my Mite!, and by some considered the
of the Waitering, found himself
tinder the obligation to tall into it through
.-o tit .ny years that his own wife Cor.lie
II id all U(tlicklililV/1 aid hid) iu bills ca I.
-
p ,ei tewarintim, I.) believed n :
was the IVlii
lii.. grave tin the >ll .u..lt.i.
.1' six pickt,l
X thole acting iet lklll bear,
ail keeping step in a 'willing shower.
without a dry eye visible, and aeoncoutse
ad) inferior to Royally, his pantry and
ittd,zin g s was equally ransacked and
tow for propel ty and none WA, I . wnd
flow could it be found, when, buyund hip
~,tit u n n.!hi> eJtect ion of waking •tieks,
end"' pecker-handkerchiefs
( hieh happened to have been nut yet
osp wed 01, though be had ever been
through life punctual in clearing off his
collections by the month), there WIIS uu
property existing? Suet,, h, wever, is the
fat ee of tl is utovcrsal libel that the wid
ow of Old Charles, at the present hour an
!Innate of the Almshouses of the Cork-
Cutters' Co npany, in Blue Anchor Road
(identified, sitting at the dour of cue of
'eat,' in a clean cap and a Windsor arm
chair, only last Monday,), expects John's
hoarded wealth to be found hourly 1 . Nay,
ere yet he had succumbed to the grisly
fart, and when his portrait was painted.
in oils, life-size, by subscription of the
frequenters of the IVe:4 Country, tti hang
over the coffee-room chimney-piece, there
was nut wanting chose who CUD tended
that what is tel wed the accessories of
such portrait ought to 'be the Bank of
Eoglatid out of window, and a strung box
on the table. And but for better-regu
hoed minds oontending fur a bottle and
screw and the attitude of drawing—and
carrying weir point—it would have been
so handed down to pstetiity.
I am now brought,to.i iho . title of the
present remarks. Having, I hope with
out offense to any qua. ter, offered such
observations as I felt it my duty to offer_
in a free country which has ever domina
ted the seas, Mn the geberal subject, I will
now proceed to wait on the particular
question.
At a tuoment.unus period of my life,
when I was off, 'so far as concerned notice
given, with a House that shall be name
less—for the question en which I took
ray departing stand was a fixed charge for
Waiters,..and no. House as commits itself
to that eminently 1.144.6g1i5h-tiot of-more
than foolishnasa and' baseness shall bead.
vertised a
repent, at. raomentu
- OUR - orisia ,- whenl was off with a House
too mean; , : for,"mention, and not yet on
.With .that,to. whiuh. L have over sines had
the honor of, being..a.ttaehod in the espao-,,
was castiogt about - what
to do'next: - Then:it. were that proposals
Were,made,tp,n,e onbehall'of my present
eetablitihnient:, 'Stipulations . twero;rieces,
i4lllArt.;:allaandations were.neces
saii!on my part'; in the end, ratifications,
beetled ' , on: heat sides . , as I.
entered en-a•
new .career; • • • .
;-
' IVe.hIPN , bipinesi and, .a coffee
ioom'business. Wo aro not . a ..:entral
dining litifness,
*.tti nAnie , liddicia lanicti t l ,"ivitli'itiher fhlt
partidulan, efl edlhrlWly etraelr cut.
T 7,r
eenge'qnetice, when diners drop.in, we
1 kno:Artwitat•to give 'em as will keep 'em
away another time • We' are a Private
Roomer Family business also; but Cof
fee Room principal. 'Me and the 130,i' ..o
tory,end the Writing Materials and
treribeCupy a place to ourselves: ,a place
to oaraelves fended off ttp a step or two
at the end of the Coffee Room, in what
I eall the good old-fashioned style. . The
good, eld-fashioned style is, that whatev
er yeti ! Want, down to a wafer, you must
be alely .and solely dependent on the.
Head Waiter for. You mint put your
self a, neW r born Child into his hands.'
There is no other way in whicka busi
ness tiiitinged With Continental Vice can
be conducted (It were bootless to add
tha(if languages is required ',to be jab
bered and,,Huglish is not good enough, both
families and gentlemen had better go
sennen - hore else )
When 1 began to settle down in this
right-principled and well-conducted
House ,I noticed under the bed in No .
24 B (which it is up a angle off the stair
case, and usually put off upon the lowly
minded) a heap of things in a corner.
I asked our Dread Chambermaid in the
course of the day:
"What are them things in 24 B,?"
To which she answered, with a care
less .
" gomeborly's Luggage."
Regarding her with a eye not free from
severity, I says :
'Whose Luggage?'
Evading my eye, site replied;
"Lor! llow should I know ?"
—Being, it may be :right to mention
a femille of some pertness, though ac
quaiiited with her business.
A. head Waiter or Tail. Ile must
be as uue extremity or other of the social
scale. Lie can nut be at the waist of it,
or aoy. where else but the extremities.
It is for him to decide which of the ex-
t I _li.:LieS
Ott the eventful occasion under consid
eration I maire Mrs Pritchett so distinct
lv to understand my deeision that 1 broke
her spirit as toward myself, then and
there and flu. good. Let nut ineonsist-
ency, be suspected on account of my men
tioulfig 3lrs Pratehett as '• rS an
havii4f;brinerly remarked that a waitress
must nut be married. Readers are re
speodully requested. to notice that vir-.
Va4:ll4,tit. was Dv a waLt S. ' u a;lt.un•
liar maid. .\ ,ila.l /,/ 'y
marrie if ilea I, cur ty 1- ULU
It come, :o li alit Ii ii.
a • e sp. essLe z :, what I ea Lomax ) . ( . .N.
•;r. all I 11,,
altre,s there is • the htu,lt.")
Having tout; Jlra Praielict down
fly pe;_rs ay was eAmntial to the ruin!.
Inipploeb, ut all parties l rtAittek d
to islul iii het,eit.
For iii-tative." I Hay", to give her
lI tie en, oil rav,elent
"1 give )0u illy sacred huts r, 111
Christop answers Pratchutt, • that
haven't me faintest nution."-
But fur the manner in which she tic
IV(' her cap strings 1 slmuld have daub,
ed dui; but in re4pect of positiveness
was hardly to be discriminated from u
affidavit.
'•Theu you never saw hiui ?' I follow
ed her up with.
"Nor yet,' said Mrs. Pratehett, shut
ting her eyes and making as if she had
just Wok a pill of unusual
which gave a remarkable force to her
denial—"nor yet any servant in this house.
All have been changed. Mr. Christopher,
within five year, and Soine.hi..dy left his
Luggage here before then."
Inquiry of Miss Martin yielded (in the
language of the Bard of A 1) "confit illa
tion strong So it had really and truly
happened. Miss Martin is the young
lady at the bar as makes out our bills;
and though higher than I could wish, con
sidering her station, is perfectly well hr.
hayed.
Further investigations led to the dis
closure that there was a bill against this
I,ll2,gage to the atuount of two sixteen
rix Tho Legg ice had been lying under
the bedstead in 21 B over six year. The
bedstead is a four poster, with a deal of
old banging and vailance, and is, as I
once said, probably connected with more
than, 24 Bs—which I remember my hear
ers was pleased to laugh at the time. ,
I don't know why—when do we know
why 7—but this Luggaga laid heavy on
uiy wind I fell a wondering about Stone
body, and, what ho had got and been up
tu. I couldn't satisfy my thoughts why
he should leave - so tnuell buggageuga i fist
so swab h bill. - For I had the :Luggage
'out within a duy or two and turned it
over s 'and the fhllowing were tne items.:
A black portmanteau. a black bag, n desk,
a dreksing.oase, a brown-paper parcel, a
hat-blut,'aint• an umbrella sttapped"to
:walkitigsticir. It was all very 'dusty and
iittey. l t had our potter .ep to get under
the hod and latch it out; and though he
habitually wallows in 'dust—swims in it
from tuorniug to night, and wears a close :
fitting waistcoat with block ottliiminco
eleevat for_ the I purpogt--:it made, him
sneeze main, and the throat', was, that hoar
with it that it was obligett.to,lie . oooledi
with drink of Alltiopp's draft;
h u trier - got-.-the-better-of—m:
that fastead of having it put , •baek when, it:
was well dusted and waahod with a wet
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cloth—previous to 'Which it was so-cover
ed with feathers that you might have
thotightit was turning poultry,, and
would, by-and-by_begin to Lay--I say, in
stead of haring it put back I . had it oar
ried into one of wy places down stairs.
There from time to time I stared at it
and stared at it till it . seemed, to grow big
and grow little, and come forward at me
and retreat again, and go through all
manner of perfonnances resembling in
toxication. When this had lasted weeks
—I may say months, and not be far out
orie day' thought of •aslciag Miss Martin
far the particulars of the. Two sixteen six
total. She was so obliging as to erract
it front the books —P. dating before her
time-wand here follows a true copy :
1866 No. 4.
February 24. Pon and paper 0
Port Negus 2
Ditto 2
Pon and paper 0
Tumbler broken 2
• Broody 2
Pen no I paper 0
Anch or toast 2
Pen and paper 0
Bed
February ad. ten and paper 0
Breakfitat 2
Broiled ham
gggE , 1
Watercresses 1
Shrimps 1
Pen and paper 0
Blotting paper 0
310550,1 g, to Paternostersrow
and hank 1
Again, when No Answer' '" 1
1 randy 25., Deviled l'ork chop
4
Penn and paper 1
Meaacinn-r to Albemarle Street
and hark 1
detined),
.when No.
Answer 1 6
Salteelair broken 3 6
Large Liqueur-glass Orange
1 6
Dinh : Soup. Flab, Inlet, and
ird. 7
imttl.,l,l East India Dryer 8 0
Pen and paper 0 6
Mom : January 1, 1557. IL. ',tit out after dinner
dlr.rting 1.11,411,nge t be reedy when be called fur it
Never eallo.l
..So fur frOmTlifOiving a Tight upon tli-j-Shb
ject, this bill appeared to me if I may so ex
press my doubts, to involve it in a yet inure
lurid hale. Speculating it over with the
Mistress, she informed me that the luggage
had been advertised in the Masters' time as
being to be sold after such and such a day
to pay expenses, but no further steps had
been tabon. rosy here remark that the
Mistress is it widow in her fourth year. The•
Master w.ts p , S,CbSed of one of these unfor
tunate constitutions in which . Spirits turn
to Water, and rises in the ill starred Victims.)
My speculating it over, nut then only but
repeats diy, sometimes with the Mistress.
-ometimes with one, sometiut .• s with anther,
led rep tothe Mistress's saying to in • whoth-
Vl' at fir-a in jOke ur iu earueSt, or half - joke
:and half earnest, it matter• nut :
Uhri.t,pher, .1 um going to wake you a
hand-ow, tur.r."
1,11 thil; ,11,n1,1 me -t eyo—a lncic
LI e. .y -hr taut t k.• it ill ui ii nt
that if 1 a I•1,.111 tt•I:
'I 1 W , CI 11 11:I vi. (h) t' ::11 by hi.. .
I ts n:11 t r .tit . 1;
I' m.• tt , , lru 11.1 L, AL
!II 1-( ,, 1,!1 , •r, I am g,,,ng y,
h1tti.1,,,r11. , utf,•r
l'at a llnnlo to it nia.itin
'• Look lien•, Run oe-r th©
trticks of Somebody's Luggage. You've
it ;di by hevrt I know. '
"A black p•rtniatt °nu. 1111:1 . 11111, a black
bag. a a dre. , ,,dir_;.d.nise, a brown-pap,r
1,,n.cc1, a hat-box, and un LIM brCI: a trapped
to a walking stick."
'• All just eu tiny were left. Noth
opened, nothing tampered with."
me right, ma'am. All locked but
the brown piper parcel, and that sealed."
The listress was leaning on Miss Mar
tin's des:. at the bar-window, and she taps
the open book that lays upon the desk —she
has a pretty-made hand, to be shore—and
bobs her head over it, and lau,hs.
, " Come," says she, "Christopher. Pay
ins Sum:hotly•s bill, end you shall have
Sumebudf s luggage."
1 rather took to the idea from the first
; but,
It mayn't be worth the money," I ob
jected, seeming to hold back.
That's a Lottery," says the Mistress,
folding her arms upon the book—it ain't
her bands alone that's pretty made: the ob
servation extends right' up her arms—
" NVon't you venture two pound sixteen
shillings and sixpence in the Lottery? Why
there's no blanks!" says the the Mistress,
laughing and bobbing her head again, ''you
must win. if you lose, yip, must win ! All
prizes in this Lottery ! Draw a blank, and
remember, Gentleman Sportsman, you'll still
be entitled to a black portmanteau, a black
hag, a desk, a dressing-case,lsheet of brown
paper, a hat-box, and an umbrella strapped
to a walking-stick!"
To make short of it, Miss Martin come
round me, nd Mrs. Pratohott come round
me, and the Mistress ,sho was completely
round me already, and all the women in the
house come round me, and if it hud been
Sixteen two instead of Two sixteen, I should
have thought myself well out of it. For
what can you do when they uo come round
you ?
So I paid tlio money—down—and such a
luughing'ue. there was among 'em . But 1
turned the tables on'ein regularly, when 1
said :
My family-name is Bull Beard. I'm
going to open Sombody's Luggage all alone
IP the Seeret Chamber, and not a female eye
catches sight of the contents !" •
I.Vhether I thought proper to have the
firmness to keep to this don't_ signify, or
whether any - &male eye, and if any: how
many, was really present w 4 hen the opening
of the Luggage caul° off. • Somebody's Lug
gage, is the question at ,present: Nobody's
.„ .•
eyes, nor,yet noses. , , , •
What I still loolcat •,niost, in I connection
with 'that Luggage;' is the :;eitraorclinary
quantity of !Ivt;iiing-paper, .written
on!. ,n O A . our, Paper, neither—not the
.paper\chargedln .the bill v 'for we know our
paper-I-so he Must haye•hem alNsiii,l7,s 'at it.- , L---
And,he had ro3o.?,i,illoikiti'writing,pc
`every, where, in every part. and parcel; of, his
luggage. • There•waS writingin his dressing..;
pass, writing in liis hoota,...Writipg aMeng
his altalrlh# l ,sAaJda;:WrAngin'his bat i box,
writing folciell away, down amozig the very
whalehetitwe; fririsinithreit ' '
Hie olotke~ was4i't bud ; irhaCtfieia Was at
'era. His drereing-caSii eras roar—not a
TE*O?-42.00 in Advance, or $2,50 within the year
=EI
partidle of silver stopper--:-bottle apertures
with nothing in .'oni, like empty little dog
konnels—and a •most nearching •deScriptiort
of tooth-powder-diffusing itself around, sit
under a deluded mistake that ell the - plinks
in tho fittings was' dlvisioni in teeth. tis
clbthes I parted With, well enough, to a sec=
end-hand dealer not far from St. Cleinent's
Danes, in the Strand—him as the officers in
the Army mostly dispose 4 their uniforms
to, when hard pressed with debts of honor,
if I may - Judge from their coats and epau
lettes diversifying the widow, with their
backs toward the public. The ,FIRIIIO party
bought in one lot the portmanteau, the bag,
the desk, the dressing-case, the hat-box, the
umbrella, strap, and walking-stick. On my
remarking that I should have thought those
articles not quite in his line, ho said "No
more ith a man'th grandmother, Mithter
Obrittitopher ; but if any man will 4 bring
hith grandmother here, and offer her at a
fair title below what the'th thcoured and
turned ! .—l'll buy her I''
These transactions brought me home, and,
indeed, more than home, for they left a
goodish profit on the original investment.
Ana now there remained the writings ; and
the writings I particular wish to bring under
the candid attention of the reader.
I wish to do so without postponement, for
this reason. That is to say, namely, viz.,
i.e., as follows, thus: Before I proceed to re
count the mental sufferings of which I be
come the prey in consequence of the writings,
and before following up that burrowing tato
with a statement of the wonderful and im
pressive catastrophe, in thrilling in its na
ture as unlocked fur in any other col aci,y,
which crowned the ole and Il,lcd the cup ut
unexp ci.edne-is to overflowing, the writings
themselvu6 ought to stand forth to view.—
Therefore, it is that they now come next.
One word to introduce them, and I My di we
illy pen (I hope, my unassuming patio until
I tin a it up tj trace thi I,2,l,??ln . ys , quelof
on it.
Ile woo a sue•ary writer, and wrote
dreadful bud hand. Utterly regardless of
ink, he lavished in on every, underserving
object—on his eletlc s, his desk, hi, hut, the
handle of his to, , tli-le umbrella, Ink
was found Inccly on the coffee-room cart ct
by No. -1 hil , lo, and two blots was on his
reAless couch. A reforenca to the document
have" given t2111.11%', wilt sh ,, w t ha t on tia•
111011iing, of the thic.l of February, eighteen
he pr..cured his nu less than fifth
p n and paper. To whateNcr d , •111o1 able act
❑ngucen:al,lc compezition h , •
iliac 111:11 , 1'.11I, !1"• , 111 the bay, th, rr
Is no diitibt that the fatal deed wu commit
t ;mild that it eft its evid-n:es inn
too I..rg afterward, upon the pillow-
h:ul pat 110 II , •:oling to any of hi, wri t
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sc. hoot ❑ Ilf•ad. anl whprr, was his llvad
cairn Ito took sue!) th,n4 , into it
we,t.nB, ore hero by do
lit arts; , , u 1 Lugg.l.4t. to W.11C,.
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[To be Continued.]
THE SILENT WITNESS
mum A LAWYER'S DIAItI
I had spent seine years in the West,
in the practice of toy profession, and
was on a visit to toy friends in New En
gland. Anioni„ those who come first on
my list of friendship was Fred Elliott,
and I arranged to visit him as soon as I
could. Fred and I had grown up to
gather as boys; we had entered college
together and graduated together; and
when I commenced the practice of law,
he entered his uncle's store in the ca
pacity of book-keeper, with a good prom
ise ahead. And there was another tie
between us—a near and dear one to us,
who were both orphans, and who had
few relatives living. Fred had married
my own cousin, sweet Hattie Keene.-•
Ile had married her since I went away,
though the event had been upon the
docket a long time before. And thus I
was to meet two of my dearest friends
beneath the same roof
It was just' dusk when the carriage
loft mo at the house which had been
pointed out as the one occupied by MY
friend, and which I at once recognized as
the former home of old Timothy
the uncle of whom I have spoken, My
summons was answered by a light, quick
step on the hall floor; and when the
door was opened I recognized the fair,
fond features of my dearly;roniberod
cousin, She was five year ,older, than
when Laaw her:last, and grown 'to be • a
little more sedate: :In Mot, sho put
on the oharaoMrs-- , that of a
- mother ,ThelMauty,:tho;lifn, -the
the'ittdio ,years had
not gone; but they - .were 'elevated with,
sOftenOd by, !
,and blended into, that noP
•ble character.' i At first she did not-know
_me but when , f culled her llatt`lOa'S'
used to in old times, she caught-me by
the hand,. antrln a,monent more both •
hot soft, white - arnits, ,i were arennd my.
neck., 'was. a awei ule - ixt heart
and -soul,-4124 ,wlth: a sister's. love :she
greeted.me.. , , „ ,
We 'went into the pa'rlor'' where an "an.
tial lamp wiaalready,l24rning niign the
o%4re-o:ibis:van& Where, fire 'Was ,re-
i Slain g a genial NOartath 'from tbe; pc4- ;
iShed"grate—for it was autumn, and the'
arertiny were Trite cool. Upon a chair,
`nt4i'• by - the Cage, oy ore
three years, playing •with-therfiChtf-iii
namented inlidle of iticieiftig'-ftilrsts; while
upert the carpptWas tilglecininiteljthild,
-not yet able tolialk with safetyrengaged
in tumbling abet& alitige' marten . mut/.
And' these . were 'Thitile'S
es -bright and beautiful thingsras „ ever
madetnusie in an earthly:home.
_Sitts*d
them
.that I was Uncle Ent:it:Ai. • - Shit had
neither hrOthei niiesistor, so I ;f4‘d
to be aiit tinede r her children.
Where •hati I, been?,, What,. hat ,/
been doing?. How ,had I been ? Wait
married'? Did I ever Caen to bet
and a hundred more - queitionStief,likiti
chtracter were ShoWeied
fore I kad time to ask any
By-and-byFrod came in. Theriiiista - a
Cloud upon hiS : fscp when he enteied:titn
room.. saw it very:piainti; - : -brit •3iie
wife hnitried to his side; and' kissed On
andwhispered in his 4r,,and itt a, :tie.
merit he brightened up ; and when :he
greeted me, and held my hand antliat:tit
me upon the shoulder, he, appearpd4he,
same warm and genial spirit.4Ctiitittt
At tlre tea-table lie,asketi after my
fortunes in the distant • home I "liao,
sought; and when I tPld him-I. bateite
ceeded beyond my most sanguine ekpett--_ ,
tations, and that material wealth vas fast
accumulating for me, he was not only
pleased, but intimated that such , Itusi•
ness and such prospects would suit hire;
I laughed outright at what I censit; ,,
ered the absurdity of this last idea.: 'lt ,.
would do very well, I told bibs
follow, with only his two hands to. help
bun, to get off into the Western wilds+
but for one like him, with an indepen
dent fortune at his command, to think'
of such a thing was simply rididulOVS.
lle smiled as I spoke, and turned 'the
subject of the conversation.
NO. 51.
Within an hour after we adjourned to
the parlor, I was sure something - had
gone wrong with my friend. He tried
to be cheerful, to talk of our old pranks,
and to laugh and juke as in the days of
our youth, and, as a last resort, endeav
ored to arouse himself by caressing his
sweet children. But it would not do—
I had seen to much. Hattie succeeded
better than he did, and yet, as the eve
ning wore on, I could see there was a
heavy load upon her heart as well.
At length the children were abed, and
the mother soon filluwed them. Iplain-
Jy heaid her sub as she left the room,
iu . a smothered groan, whi•h could not
e,cape me, burst from her husband's
umuoi pited up the coals, and
took two or three turns across the floor,
ancr which he returned and sat down
aimmg
II," he said, his face all wrapped
in gloom, • pi:rhaps you th.uk 1 act very
.y.'
" 1 t li.nk something i the 'natter with
you," 1 returned. "Something must
have g.ifle. wrong."-
'• You' arc right sorne'Eng has gone
wr 1.11 C.,et.," he adile 1, a shud
der crept over his frame, a storm has
banit upon wu, Ivhieh is U u..n !"
lie spoke this t4o nail
,tead:iy that 1 knew there Forno
ell weaning to it; and I ask... h:m if
o lee h s troab:e. OF ouurset
w,u.l ,e,,1 iuc. Lle was ausdous to
nut. fdr «•us not only one of, his
.•, 11 . .1.'11 1,, but 1 was a lawyer and
!snow," said he," that I went
w,tli thy uncle Timothy.
When was in-trrie , i he made me come
and lire in his house; he put the whole
0.-tabii,litnent into our hands, and then
Lvurd d with us. I had no money--not'
d ; but when I had served him
one year a book-keeper, he gave . me
good share in the business. Three - years
ago he died, leaving me an estate ,of
about sixty thousand dollars."
"Ay," i replied, as my friend came to
pause, "1 heard of all that." ,
"'1 here was no will' left, or at lee,et,
such was supposed to be the case; audit.
all came to me, as I was the only blOort
relative living. . Uncle Timothy had one
brother and ono sister. He Married'
when quite young, but hiS wife
without issue. His sister married a man.
named Isaac Staffer. This Staffer bad
one son living by a former wife, but ha
never had any children by , my
He died at the end of two years ? leavink
her no means, and she found a home
with her brother, taking her stepson with,
her. In time she died, and . the . boy.wo
le 1, in my unole's charge until.ho was
twouty-ono. So much fur the sister. 4.:.•
The brother married, and had ono
and the child was myself. You kittinv,6f
My parents. My father
,diecl
was a mere child, unti, mytxl.44l: 0.94.-1 -
before I was graduated. , $o you
was the only representative of Uncle,
Timothy's blood." •
" Certainly," I said, and.of court() the
whole proporty.felt to - you!'
" Yes,"•he•roplied; - ' and it 7ap`, giy'
‘: •
to nio, and I took possession, andolinnO .
a flonriShinglMAine&:s. - Upon the qtrength
. theropfl have entered nocietynytd
sponsible offices have been put upon Inc!'
"Nell," said I, as nij
,rriend patpectc-, ,
again, what has happonezi to disturb all
this?" .7 ; • ' : • .ir
" toll yon,'•' Ito - Lroturnod - , - ..starth*;-:
from
• a woody rovorio into whi . oh
fallen. 'rQu.r 0 P 1 9 1111) Ff
and Undo . Timothy•onoe.had, Oetriova
fiilling. out ?"
". Yes," I told. `II 'have some •reel •
once tion of it; but that 'was a good Mani;
years ago: We :were boys:then.
years",' -1"
7 65 PL eiir
s aid IFYedirbilt.Tol99Plber it, vffirY4
'for I, rocoiloct how, badly it, , made lAye2l/-
mother feel, ;.lia,,estrangetuentibetedi
for sOme years.E and duringtharthniethn: l v*
titternoss: Vnifetr64
deehired,tint:, l & wow :Babe 0
. 44 1 4" ( ''
•1 •
more' ido-in 4( 1
tlrius brother; and under_
j antaucla on Fourth ridge.)
,n: p him
4 e ki 4 Ri r-
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