ERW : . WEEKLY, OBSERVER.
()RE, PUBLISHERS.
OBSERVER.
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1 7. 1. 1 : 6 1 . M. MOOMK,
• AI I. AND FJIB ST'S
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SI yr), j
A I sill 1411 t rear, tue paper wt
• .1a • proper officer for cul
,~Vr^.n;txc
. make sr, narf
sq oars 3 mnr :hs
on•
us " 9
zoal.le at ylpiulum $9
months, S.a. y months, $ll :4, I
one rear, I.so, G month, $3O. 3
Ihr.—tory •t S 5 per annum
r an i under rich?.
uld other outt•••4, LAU the •bon
Lnn• frequent chants to that,.
cares, paper. and card, for lila
he in pro FM rtion, and the
• tn the teglt,mate buttneas
41.-erusem-ats rwours4l
Irvnente.l la•lf
• male nU onetpt tem-
IRECTORY.
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THING STORE.
trst rolai.tr Rra h
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TIiORNTON,
li•pnda and Mortca
“.• ara•sn. Aire .n
n• r, ,• ••tore En. Ps
110.1 %RI).
, .•••it, Grain,
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.t t.th,.. Ent, Pa 4
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4n: Wean Blork
uite, .Lair. snd
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Pilr2l2lllW A 13-RA21116113.111ENT.,
O N and after Monday, March 23, Paaseager Trains will Mom Erie
1 A 31 , Night Express. Stopping at Westield. Dunkirk,
• Creek, commenting at Dunitak and buffalo
u •loi Morning ['peens Trains for Nen Tort
6 ler A 11, Way Etpremi. stoppiny at all stations, commuting at
Dunkirk and Buffalo with Wa• Trumps FAIL
P It., Ernr.ouie Mail stripping it all ih. t Stations and eon
muting at Dunkirk and Buffalo with h.:Rpm* Tram
for New York
•d.. P H. , Cmcinnati Ernrem, stopping at Westfield. Dunkirk
an I oolilverererk, count-cunt at Dunkirk and Buffalo
with EN pr... Trains for Ness Tort
TVI•SET f r Sale at the 441101 , to the principal eastern and
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WILL ilk MIR &By
VVIIIOVILS•LI GROCRIMI, and dealers to Irsat India. Goods, Powder
or, Cepa, *dotty Fuss, Tobomoso, (Am* ?tab, NI, le., are., No
7, Boosoll Block, State Meson, Eric
• H 011• T. V P FARRAR.,
MEN'ilirr, BARR Jlt 00.
litov FOCTIMIS, Wboks.l and Retial Deas••• to Stoves, Honey
Were me., auto street, Irk., Pa.
la. A. D % %
A lIVASIIT at Ll If, Ofd SW
Erte. Pa.
J. W. DOCGLASS,
Arrokrrr •r I-•rr —Ogles roxaorail to saw baildlegg oast of Stater
Street, no the north aide of the Park, over Clark k kletealf's Ex
change oat*. 83
Jookara Eiciazimixs, Jr.
W•NrllCTVltallt of Boots .ad Shook and Wholesale sad Rawl
drat, to Oak and liernlook Sole Loather, resod' and •merieao
Cad Skims, Morroevo, Lunar, /tisanes, Kips and Splits, Thread
'ain, Con* Late* Lantinp, Galloons, Ribanda, Hammers,
Pincers. Rasp, Tacks, Pegs, Nails, Ise. •wrieao Block, State
Street, Ent. Pa.
J. F. DOWP4II4G.
AT?OIIVICr ♦T LAW .TD JCITICII Or 711P1ACL. Will prostieea 0
t t , e senora Courts of trio Coasts, sad gm peompt wad buthful
atteatkoo to all bosloeta entrusted to his Conch, ettaar u as
A ttorney n? Magistrate. 01Mae to Lavin, Blook , comas of
t. tote and rifib al, ine, Fr.
•
CANAL MILLS, IBM PA.
James U. J AC1116021, Witolooslo owl weal/ Mosollortuoor of
!LOU, CORM, 111 fir IL, MIL L- Ariz), sotAcv, 4c., +C.
Caah pokl fbr 01l blab of Coda. 26
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k L „ A , R .1 11 0. F. t., •11•1 c ol onT i cei k t i otio foe Coo r ee tt e i ta, n ttures g , awl Pub
the flank Log• Offies of X Sab a ford Co., No. ;I, Rood lio:Te * , l 7n a e t ,
Peon►.
Erie, Sept. r. I 5 6. 211,tf
JORI B. BOGERT '
INPoRTER AND DEALER IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
e HARDWARE, I
—AND—
CT_TTIZEIB:,
19 PEARL STREET Awl No. 14 STONE STILIET,
YORK. 30-41
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CO ♦od after Monday, Marc!' Paaainger Tramp .111 Imo
.• follows, via
EASTW
Lear,. Clweellod for Erie at 1110 •. 3:Z/ I' 31. asd 10 00 r
Tl.e 5:00 • r. this will stop at all way stations except Wiedih
11, I/ t.,r. Perry, Unionville line Saybrook. The 10:00 P. s. , trakr
Pip st hdoerrtlle, Ashtabula, Conneaut and Girard mil.
MMMIMM=IMEI
WE'STwARD
tLimp , Express lull lease Erie for Clarsisad al 12.15 P.
ot In: ►t (heart Springteld, Blaenul. , jaktib64.
horiorhli• only.
..;ht Lspreaa lea , * Erie fnr Clevoisuld at 3 30 •. X ,
Tra.n :/0 A. • and Day Rims. 230 r w
Th.. ISu x into will atop at Gerard, Gonowant„ Ashtab•La and
l'ameardle only "h• 10 SO •. r train will atop at all al* war rtat
ti Ins .crept Saybrook, rasoorilla, Perry, Illeator and %%alit%
The 2 30 r >4 train RLL atop at Gtrazd, tombs/ma, Aikhtabala .13.!
I'm Two, Ole only
Tbr t onneaat truss will liar* Cossuroast at 7 15 A. 'vowel stop at
•Il W• 1, St•thlng..
AI: of the DA sough Batas script Westward asamaret at Cteestaa4
wtth t maul for Toledo, t ktsafra,Lolambus, Claewareati, rte., ke.
And ail the through trains going Unsaid eortneet at Dunkirk
svh the Y. kE R. IL; aad at Ballklo with thaw of tire Nets
1.. k teatral and Buffalo and Seer York Clty Raileowta
...Br. off k E R. 8.. I 11 NOTTINUFIAM.
flarcht3,lSs7
1861: -
Buffalo & Erie Railroad.
COUR & EMIG 1111.10111 LN
Qom_imaimming
SPRING ARRANGEMENT.
Trains run through to 'Wheeling & Pittabnrg
.11 aft, Monda,. Muth Oth, traan. ruu Cad , ,
Ix, 4 excepted. se4roPtlng to the
TIME TABLE.
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1213MENI
ch,e1•1441
Betifvni.
Y1u.:.4.4a,
Havana-
A tyratet.
1. ranee,
Hanover,
ants
Creek
Wellsville
La vorpnol,
Smith s Ferry
Indo•tre
lineheelor
httatistrir
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k 2 3 44 r, . 4-
4
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Lairria
bteubearilla
JeW..do
MEEEM
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CISCO
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Ye Creek
Ilr el len i le.
LteeepeoL
Smith's Ferry
Industry.
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1:31 1544 d
12 sv
11/1. ,
2 .14
Ro,b.sier,
PITTIPrGY
TU.CAKAWAS BRANCH
Train Iravva N. Ptitladelptini 7.4 S • SI, pw•sT at 8 ,50 . Raver
tours .t 9IS Arrives at Bayard at 1020, connecting wait Trani
•n itrain I toe, for Cleveland, Pittsburg nod Wheeling Leaves
tu, ar t at I .ay amfol of Train from Cleveland, Pitts.
sod Wbefitog,) *armchar at 241 r X. Amres at Lova,
at 4 00, and New niladw/phia at 10 r n.
rip N . a n auar r of Cars-betweett CleweLand sad Pittsburg sad
W6eltng and Pittsburg
CONNECTIONS
Thr Train. rogitt.et at Pittsburg with tn. Pennsylvania Railroad
.r Kahl:nor,. N. York and Boston
tt tirtth the •-teshenyine and Indiana Railroad for
. • whoetop. Newark, l olunahas and CiDCIIIIII6/1
it \ avv.i mg • ,th tie Italtimoor •nd ukto Rallroial for Cumber
• Washlo.ri•io and Baltimore ale" with ztea
s ••• Manetta, Part•reim-g and points the Ohio 'River
eve.i.nd with la/. Lake who... and Cleveland At Toledo FL4I;
Ad. f r Niagara Eallt, t anads aol York
Iturlakst.n, Rick la Wad, Da...aport, Galena, Ftsc:k.,
a ....iv, i“ l'ati and the Nemtb Went
up- itekete eau be parobased of the Odle* on tbo (Ape. also at
a p.• prtnrapal T least t otlees or the various octal:wale( }toad&
nr } are as low as ho •ay other floats
, 4p.netowiant 016ev C k P
Clevela.nd .11•rth 6, lU.S7 j
800 1 1 1 13 81, CO.
lICN 3 I'ERItY BLOCK STATE St BETWEEN: 4 th and Pith. gro•
Pe Hare Just returned from the Coat. • Itti • kory. and we,:
•••• stock of Wtot.r Dr. Goods. Gro.o - o. Q•••ns • • nt. Hari
+ and ntkenns. Hain awl top, and a good naionntoent
;I..lnert 1,004 g.
DRY GOODS.
Sat:nets,
Jean►,
Cloth. all shades k goal:tisk
rn k adne'„, colors. Bark Laastmerv,
Fancy do
Blaci Dress .tlks,
Fancy do
Jaenaetts,
Cambrkti,
Diaper
GROCERIES
Reflaed.
sad Pulverised.,
Tsiks—Black sad Gamma.
- .
Kin, Ise* and Laratra Cuffs*, Soaps,
Ore ,tuf.., a a:: k.nds
11•—n , a,
t, • i 14. Cares
arartlr,tl.•,
tir,vro 4 t,eting,
lu.lts
•,:na.¢l9,
ctircki,
1101:190 Xo lsom.
pa,
Klfir.
HARDWARE
A les,
Stso•els,
Forts,
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Mec's "ne Ca:f Boot; Ladore 110 Boohoos,
" Calf "
" Garters
Re... Roots and no Num,* No and C*lf Bootess,
ta.dric s Hear. "hoes, Child's Las Shoes.
HATS AND CA PS
NIL'. Lae eaasunsers Hats, lien s Cloth raps
80. s Wom Hats,
" Plash b nod Caps " C:otb Caps,
MILLINERY GOODS.
Bonnet Satins, Ali aiside - Bonnet Frames,
Frenen Whisker Blond,
Croon tants&
trate Bonnets, Rushes
••• herr ase:stod a 4..4 the arttele see hoop. has the
fa-t t• •I meat seri" class of geode &wee Nero 11011 et
me • farm.*
T 4, :p rat.c ,
P.wket uo
Leh w a,
cu.; and eramttte our stock No trouble to obey f oo ‘ s.
C. , uutry rro4l Ace Willa tY ezobaace, fur etuela the tttiaest
t prices Ire, to allowed.
laauarr 31, 1457
Dreu%nus: emiipumati:--A iar g e wan rises t a'
1 . 1 „r v ab,..., such ss Yuatwl Whild.reab, tiverptait. (*.thaw,
Wtstiow, Coach. Farnham. R.lartb. Crumb, Abase.
'E. I sab.a. flaaugners, Paper Haagen, all eaa be bad chap at
4 11nry ~! CARTE& t Mb).
• • ;up< 1.166.
FLOORING! FLOORING!
ANTI/ D. 904000 fen of good WHITE WOOD sod C[ (TL
L.OII.ING, 144, War.. thiel sad arm it* JO Wawa
•.1 or Piamod YW so kloweoth
Lri Feb J.'l, COMER t lIALLKWY.
To all vacua it matt d mora.
I.*. person e •A. tun, timrsoolves to lig ollaseribm
rah.* Thy \nt. of Book Afermrat,ar• ao•Uloil that wares par
m•M .0 . ee'nr.b• a.st der or 401 aorrt, notes or
aro.u•ti in Amp. qf She Met
I En.. /barb 21. 1 / 1 &/ Sff.3 l / 1 171% MAIM ik on.
I J UST 1112C11 irtp—Asketbair cm& at tyre 11140 Clawdasaili So
w ORM Ilmmot. Mt J.Joawfop upl
T,
e the en Court HOUK.
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113 3 444
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245 10
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110 606
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11 .0 2t,
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11 12. 4 I.
11 16 430
10 85 4 1r
11 45 300
7 DURAND, Stp't,
i:ktictt (Patin).
To the Pint Blue-Bird of Spring
ST S. D. DOW4I.IIItD
tioni pr..tptiet of the scaly 3prinig,
That (men the leaflet!' spray,
Or pouted on It;lit and Ilettorteg snag,
Dont po tr tb. tuneful tar,
Like a pun. bussing on the au,
A roue or hope and love,
.ro sweet, It seem. thu simony more
Thy light was from above.
I lore thee, bright nod gentle Wink
That thou hactjar away
Lett seine of torsi-is:hug bless,
A i f bee utifu I to-dar,
Tn sing from yonder .n*nss bank
of summer pit to me,
And :left the cold and dreary North
With tiering*. asset prophecy!
''Tis better thus toeing. *vest Mr&
To other hearts than thine,
Of coming beautr, than to stay
When, fullest glories ahine.
And thou ban ietrned in some far Ay,
That sentiment of beans,
" Tt• twttnr to hntrtna a ttlla•
Than taste of hasslar• ewes "
lion mane • earrsorri heart mill feel
A . ..viral of ou to Say,
Tooehoo hs thy stink:tie naelo,lt
h , narroetti t aro • '
Ihw miry a Lean • sup grow lighr.
Aril sad roe
A r.. 1 stern Ili malt, and brow row brig 1,
Ilegatied ttf" gnef and gloom!
..vet the ft,litses in my breast
Anot•thta balmy morn
13, .n 1 esrth, and the Wythe het*
On coatie hrneses borne
I fun •tng, like thee, .one
That os'ies in my hewn,
A j-rnus ; the 11••,
who.* hAr' , lnger thou •^t
hoicr ntsullang.
Tli F. DEAD SECRET.
1=
CHAPTER XVII.
A■ Old F :lead sad a New Vaimuaa
In il.elariug, p. , alttrely, that the boy whom
she had I.eeti nigging on the moor bad followed
her uncle and Let , elf to the post fowl' of Porth
genua, Sarah kiwi us•tertmi the literal truth.—
Jaeub Lad tr•ektd thew to the lon, bad waited a
little wilt,. ali..u• the door, to ascertain if there
was al . ‘ their continuing their
journey that evening, and bad then returned
Portbgenna T wer t wake his N port, and to
claim his prh , 111'11: I reword
The same night, the housekeeper and the
steward dev-ted them.e;ces t. , the joint produc
tion ot a letter to Mrs Franklind, informing her
of all that Ipfd u Viso-, from the time when
the rtiotor. tirld wade their appearance, to the
time witeu tier gal.!. tier's boy had followed them
to the d t t't• to, Th, .mposition was
plea t ot,) garolsht d throughout with the tlowent
of Mr ito t r:v, and was, by a tweets
airy 1.. qu, nee, .-tig as ,narrative,
anti Itt c-t.fu...1 k -rote - moot of facts
It 1• s.ary to .a) that the letter, w.th
all its lutpt- an I abiirditi• wir• read by Mrs
Franki..od w.f., it' ,lecpt*' Illtert , t Her hus
band tiLd /rrid,r, t.. t. ah ot whom she
commun. at,,l ir- w, 1, a. much amazed
and ~. d try :r a. -be wu. tter.eif Although
the di•oo,. r .I.it, departure for Core.
wail 11...1 ~, t ur ..t,or.ider r• within the range
of p unigiti appear ut Porth.
getion, t a .Jugt, IL toot.ek,2tper had been
a rate u ! 1 11 , t,..ntout1 ruder the influence of
that Id, a. ehe o her ho•bsod were quite
prepare •i 4 'ts .8 -!• eiy uttrrua.ton of trim
nu-pict n v. teteist luta . astoulab.
Ent ut. t. it I, • 11.,. tong the general
lIIIM=BiI
purpor
with
INNIEI
pertlcu.,' - :ern(' t.,1 Uncle
JoNci h 11. I. - • .1.• .1 ,tiollrCloll •
rartt.i ?! • ,• I ' )lit J..:-ph
and the. r• 11 tc. •ut rarier o f th e
I.reign r • . . And hy Lt, ultimate
,zl, :; . p_roceedinga
tout t;;. , Luus, , baffled
tLt In x 'Ff IT. I read auto uud again;
was cri t.. k ••• • h paragraph;
1.1 ,nn ; t , ‘ 'IRr doctor, for the
purpo. t ctn.: •,, Etw tAct- that it con
talurd t.. , Intueaulug w , ,rds to
w h ic h ); ,;„ r aud IL ogtbily
. pr , uuuueed, after
a l, i t, n ;410 o t.. render ct in•
it—lei L. •, t.. t. In wpterioua and bewilder.
leg n. t Lad ever prodoe,
Tho 1-1 -ugge-ticn, after the letter
had tit.. n cacn :i-tde despair, emanated from
ltrisanu •no :•• ii,.• Vtuitt,sed that her husband and
b erm - f Lie t tt.y tug wt. d, a- a matter of course,)
should -tart at use t r wiz, to question
the sc ht- tI .• iroceedings of
31ra .1.. z au t • t ir• I.lu stranger who had
accompali d i•Liniine the premises on
the north -14 .4 the Ii vre, with a view to dia.
cover a c,u r a;ii) at Myrtle Room,
while -sea:- •ti:. IL the memories of
witne••• fix I..tri ttAli adr•icated, however
Cace i„ E ,• itt 1. ca- dt. Mr Orridge
on medice, l'oinkiand had caught
cold l ext. r•• , r , Ita&l y t o t h e air,
firi-t ie 11.1 - r,...in, 3U,1 the doctor refused
to grant Litt rt.ru,issi u c . twee, for at l eas t a
week t,, e, Lit. i; I . ; II r i• tag. r period
The cell o•ci, ensue Ir Fraukland.
lie dt 0,.tre.1 it to I e p. rt, etly clear to his mind,
that tile ~u iy t .131.••• p, neirating the mystery
of al. , Myrtle It r,•ti. 4 entirely on the dis
covery ot t e•mmunicating with
nr• Jet , Ipu 11, th•t the) should
not tr uhie hew:- :a. - ibitik of anything no
, cui su, c ied with t',• ..c,.,rni:;-hruent of this par
pose;
n 4 1I pr 4 'fiat the Pt rvant then in
attetoiaLee on him We-t ‘V,ti-ton—s man who
had n in his ernt•io) went f..r many years, and
wtin, I .brelogeoce could be
ttlor.uihiydateade.l to sent to Pur
-1 is - genii a forthwith, to-tart tile meessary inquiries,
I \ nd t • exlmine tho preen,-e, earefully on the
north side of the boutlo•
dvie, waa tu,uodiat, 1y acted or At an
hour • u t carat r•artcd for Cornwall,
tbor,.u.Aly iti,truer,d us to what he was to do,
and we,i nupp,.cl w1:11 troue . y. in ease he found
i t L., t tuaoy pers , ns in making
the prop , _•ard due course of time
he !IL ut r port t hi< pr cettling, to his master.
It pr,,tLd to 1 , . f a tuo•t do•couragiug nature.
At trace of J,a, ph and her companion
h a d b i ei, ,o-i At the p 1..11n of I'ort6genna
In it'. 1,- u LLI Ade in e very direction,
Lut u J luf ruin. iou had been obtained
Pe, pie in t..•.“.y Lif. relit parts of the country
d. dared en ugh that they- bad seen two
p. rsous no,s, r;ug he descrtpttoo of the lady
tti the d.‘i k dr, and the cid f igncr; butwhtu
were c„ el up u to state the direction in
„, t ,•, L ti„.i.g j. wt rt. tract 11114, the an•
co, r- t,,,,.,., 11.11b, ut to Le of the most pot
sit.g au,' co,. r ) d Nu pstus had been
apart !. a u, c• cu Cof money had been
grudg( t i u', Lr,
,h“ r.,.ults of the slightest
vain , I a., i,. „ Who he r !be lady and
the i‘ 1 .-tt , •t, aril, north, ne Dont h i
war h,tt !It 1 . , ,hk and 5 PC rraot, at the
- a it t.• t o‘.eeedtur, could take on
nitn.e.t
rp.r of tttc xactilu.thou of the rtb
r w.• n , t It. r. f•J: ry lit re again,
I DUlliiiift dm-overt-di The
I rer‘ato I.J.t rig 11,,1 rt. it Oivre w. re teroly.
tan f the bower;
sla. .41 II e giuutil li , r 1.., n.og into the drsertrd
garden; right uu for first d....; and eight above
4 that, oil the second stvry Lie bad exambiedmi all
ERIE, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 16,1857,
e,limpareti
!: N th,lse
$1 50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
the doors carefully from top to bottom, and 11:.d
come to the conclusion that none of them had
been opened. The evidence aff , rded by the lad'p
own actions led to nothing. She bad, if the tea
simony of the servant could be trusted, dropped
the keys MI the floor of the ball She was found,
as the housekeeper and the steward asserted, lys
iog, in a fainting condition, at the top of the
landing of the first flight of stairs The door
opposite to her, in this position, showed on in. ri
traces of having been recently opened than any
of the other twenty.one rooms, Whether 0,,
room to; arl§ich she wished to gain access was on.
of eight on the bet floor, or whether be had
fainted on her way up to the higher range of tight
rooms on the second floor, it was impossible to
determine The only conclusions that could he
fairly drawn from the events that bad taken place
in the house, were two iii number. First, it
might be taken for granted, that the lady had
been disturbed before she had been able to use
the keys to gain admission to the Myrtle ROoto
Seeondly, it might be assumed from the position
in which she was found on the stairs and from
the evidence relating to the dropping of the keys,
that the Myrtle Room was not on the ground
floor, but was one of the sixteen rooms situated.
on the first and second stories Beyond this, the
writer of the report bad nothing to mention, ex
cept that he bad ventured to decide on waiting at
Porthgeons, in the event of his muter having
further instructions to communicate
j What was to be done next? That was neces
gorily the first question suggested by the servant's
announcement of the unsuccessful result of the
inquiries at Porthgenna Row it was to be
answered, was not very easy to discover Mrs
Frankland had nothing to suggest, Mr Frank
' land bed nothing to suggest, the doctor had uo
thing to suggest, the doctor had nothing to sug:
gest. The more industriously they all three
hunted through their minds for a new idea, the
leas chance there seemed to be of their suceeosi
ing in finding one At last, Rosamond propo. , -d,
in despair, that they should seek the advice of
some fourth person wha could be depended on;
• sod asked her husband's permission to write a
confidential statement of their difficulties to the
vicar of Long Beckley. Doctor Chennery
their oldest friend and adviser; be bad known
them both as childroo; he was well aequaiiii-d
with the history of their families; be felt a father
Iv interest in their fortunes; sod he possessed
that invaluable quality of plain, elear.headeJ
common sense which marked him out as the very
man who would be most likely, as well as n o w
willing, to help them.
Mr. Frankland readily agreed to his wife's
suggestion; and Rosamond wrote immediate:) to
Doctor Chennery, informing him of eveythiog
that had happened since Mrs. Joseph's first in
troduction of her, sod asking him for his opinion
on the course of proceeding which it would be
best for her husband and herself to adopt, in the
difficulty in which they were now placed By
return of post an answer was received, which
amply justified Roasiziond's reliance on her old
friend Doctor Chennery not only sympathi-,
heartily with the eager curiosity which Mrs
Jaseph's 'engorge and conduct had excited io
the mind of his corrospoodent, but he bad also a
plan of his own to Firopose for ascertaining the
position of the Myrtle Room
The vicar prefaced his suggestion by expr&a.
sing a strongopieioo against instituting any fur
ther search after Mn.ii Josipb Judging by the
circumstances: as they wfre relat.d t him. Le
conaiderel that it would be the merest ws•i.
time to attempt to find her out According,y. Lt
pa sod from that part ~ f the subject at nee.
tirroted hullo,. f t. , the emaideratioo f 1;,0 :u .r,
important question, how Mr and Mr- Fiack:Auel
wet • to proceed IL the etidelo or to di,eo‘,r I .1'
the 111-etc. S the inptter) f Ito M)rfl.•
On the. point, Doctor Cht tinery t riaiht f i
e.luviction of the strongest kind; and lie warn,. I
ito-anemd, heforehatel. that :Ai.; mu-t i spec'
In vt.r) much starprised whtu Le caun• 11,,
statement of it Taking it f.r grant( d that
an I her husband could not hore fiud our wut le
the room •a-, unless they vrt re assisted by E 111
one better aettuaiute I thJo themselves with tri ,
ld local arrangements ( f the intert,r of 'Port!.
gem' Tow( r. the vicar declared it t. be L -
opinion that there Its, only cue individuti ii it r
wie. could afford them the iuformati .n they wail'
ed, and that this person was no other than
moods own cross-grained relative. Aadr'•w Tr'
vertou
This startimgopinion D , ctorChennery -upp. rt
ed by two reasons. In the first place. Androw
was the only surviving membtr of th, r,
generation who had lived at Porthgenus T. , w , r
In the bygone days whenall transaciti ns conuec ci
with th north room• were still fresh iu
memories of the inhabitants of Lotiae The t, • , t
ple who lived in it now were ~rangers who h
been placed in their situations of Mr Frank iau
father, and the servants employed in f mit r
by Captain Treverton were dead or di.per-ed
The one available therefore, wb
collection• were likely to be of any servie , i i me
and Mr. Frankland. was indisputably the hi....ttier
of the old owner of l',rthgenna Toner
I D the second place, there was tbe chance. c‘.. o
if Andrew Treverton'.a memory was n ,t to h..
trusted, that be might possess written or prin., :
information relative to the locality of the t• e
Row By his father's will—which had how
made when Andrew was a y.,ung man just gomg
to college, and which bad not been alt. red at th
period of his departure from England, , r a t a t ; k
after time—he had inherited the choice ('1
lection of books in the library at Portbgenna
Supposing that he still preserved these heirs:uorns
it was highly probable that there might a 1 , -t
among them some plan, or 600:10 deBt.rliql 11 ~1
the house as at was in the olden time, whioh
' would supply all the information that was w.rit
ed Here, then, was another valid r,
believing that if a clue to the po s itiou of ! L.
Myrtle Room esi.ted anywhere, Andrew Tree, r
too was the man to lay his hand on it
Assuming it, therefore, to be proved that the
surely old misanthrope was the only person wh
could be profitably applied to fur the rtqu.a .e
information, the nest question was, h o w t, e
monicate with him' The vicar noder-tood pr.
feetly that after Andrew's ioes..usably bear: ~.s
eooduet towards her father and mother, It Irv
quite impossible for Rosamond to address any
direct application to him That obstacle, hos.
ever, might he surniptint , d by making the Leos ,
nary communication proceed tram I) at. r Ct., n
tier) . .. Heartily as the vicar disliked Andrew
Treverton personally, and sir ugly as he di.ap,
proved of the old misanthrope's pritic I.e
was willing to set aside hi+ own autipathie4 and
Ooj.ctioos to I.•‘rye the interests of his
friends; and he expressed his perl,ct readine-s.
if flows:had and her blisbaud appr..ved .4 the
proceediug, to write and r a call blin.e.f to Au
drew's recollects ri, and to ask, as if :t a,s a'
matter of ant curiosity, for inf .rtnati
ou the sul,jeet of the with aide of
l' ring. tins
T , wer, hug. of course, a sped,' r' que s t t o
be ma• acquaint, d with the names by erhurh i t t•
rooms bad been individually In , wn in f eta a r
days.
la making this offer the •icar fraukiy aeka ,w•
bilged th.t be th..tight the charms were very
much agaiust big receiving auy ao,wer at alt,,
his appliaatiou, vo chatter b..w caret.ily be In girt
war,' it, with a view in immuring Andrew's char'
lish peculiarities ll ra cr. r, .c•ru-sderrog tt.at.
io the present pl.ture of affairs, a tqlorn
was better time so hopes, all, he th-itgbt it was
at boss wort& while to make the asseopt, oft the
plan NLic,i Inr had just suggested. It Mr awl
Mis Frauk laud could devise any better means of
.Teuitig commuu:cations with Andrew Trevertou,
or it the) had discovered any new methyl of
their own I,r obtaining the information of which
they stood in need, Doctor Cbennery was perfec
tly ready to set aside his own opinions and to
defer to theirs. In any case, be could only con
elude by begging them to remember that be con
pid,red their interests as his own, and that all
the service he could render them was cheerfully
aria heartily placed at their disposal
very brirfeousiderst ion of the vicar's friend
ly letter convinced Rosamond and her husband
that they bad no choice but gratefully to accept
the offer which it eontaioed. The chances were
certainlj, against the success of the proposed
application; but were they more unfavorable
than the chances against the success of any un•
aided investigations at Porthgenna' There was,
at least, a faint hope of Doctor Chennery's re 7
quest for information producing - some results,
but there seemed no hope at all of penetrating a
mystery connected with one room only, by dint
of wandering blindly through two ranges of room.
which reached the number of sixteen. Influent
ed by these considerations, Rosamond wrote
back to the vicar to thank him for his kindness.
and t,, beg,that he would communicate with An
drew Treverton, as he had proposed, without a
mgment's delay
Doctor Chennery immediately occupied him•
self in the composition of the important letter,
taking care to make the application on purely
technical grounds, and accounting for his annul
ed curiosity on the subject of the interior of
Porthgenna Tower, by referring to his former
ko ,wledge of the Treverton family, and to his
natural iuterLst in the old bowie with which
their name and fortunes had been so closely coo
n, cted After appealing to Andrew's early re.
collections f,r the information that be wanted, he
ventured a step farther, and alluded to the library
d books, mentioning his own idea that there
'night be found among them some plan or verbal
description of the house, which might prove to
be of the greatest service, in the event of Mr
Treverton's memory not having preserved all
particulars iu connection with the names and
m+ of the north rooms. In coneln.ion, lie
tool, the liberty of mentioning that the loan of
au) d .eument of the kind to which he had allud
ed, or thankfully acknowledged as a great favor
cool, rro 1; and he added, in a postscript, that, in
r t.. save llr.irreverton all trouble, a messeh
r would call fir any answer he might be di--
p , ..,.•! ri give, the day after the delivery of thy
letter [laving completed the application in
the terms, the vicar (with man) cuisgiviogs as
to result.) inclosed it under cover to kits man •f
ht,:,nss• to L with directions that it was
to Jcitvtred b) a tru.•twortby person, that the
me•-,.ug r was at call again the next morning t.,
know it tLc•re was any answer.
Thre.. dad. after this letter bad been dispatch
ed I, its d stivatioo—at which time no tidings
t Joy • in had te•in received from Doctor Chen•
ll•• 7% — R /lid at 1.1.1 t obtained her medical
att. teLlut s permissiou to travel. Taking leave
of Mr Orridge with many promises to let him
know what progress they made towards discover
ing the position of the Myrtle Room, Mr and
Mrs Frankland turned their backs oc West
Winston, and, for the third time, started on the
jlurtieT to P..rt hgenna Tower
CHAPTER xvrit.
The Beets.leg of tee Es/
It via• bak.ng da) in the astablishment of Mr.
Tre:‘ • Non. when the messenger intru-t
-r Chennery's letter, found his
way tv t garden d rof the enttage at Bay.-
.\}t, r Le had rung thre,. ticu-s, Le b,ar.l
DEE
ff n ~ t her mile of the wail, r , ,ar-
Inc o blot t the bell alooe, and aaltiog whu
•,1.4 I ci
but the devil he 'rioted
••A tier I r Treverton," said the mess
r, cerc•u•ly backing ass y fruco the door
while he -poke
Chuck r vtr the wail then, and he off with
sh•wt re i the gruff voice
iii..sebger obeyed bulb injittletlons lie
. k. tudde,t, elderly wan; and when Na
iire twat d up the ingredients of his dispo-ition,
lal i it.y of resenting injuries wan n,)t among
'
C'
Imm
t..IL
, L r
Tt„. 11.1.10 with the gruff voice—nr, to put it
in p mu , r terms, the man Shrowl—picked up
tti.• wtighed it in his baud, I take: at the
a d n o., . 11 11 arloi an expres-t,u t coutemptti ,
vuri soy to lu, bull-,trriir's eyes, put it in
a - 1,_4.1,:et, and walled round 111,1)
t tt, itteacti entrance of the forest.
b. apart ue.co which would probably Lave
b.• the pantry, if the hoax had belong
ei ei‘ilis, , .l tenants, a hand mill bad b• en set
up, a• tut moment when Stir ,w 1 made Lis
wa) t. , this r.row, Mr Treverton was eugaged in
a—, rting his independence of all the mrilere in
Etiglan , l, by grinding his own corn lie
I irritably to turning the handle of the mill.
wl • )rvant appeared at the door
• Wn tt . you come here fur?" Le asked
11 1. TI t.... a .ur 1- ready, I'll call for you
It) . • I, •'s I aeu other uftoer than we can
I. , r . r i3cs on you, Shrowl, but I
I .•'s ai)s• a tai,.:i..r. in the whole rang. ..1
t, aii , u. tw r. • any animal as ugly as man? I
•aal - a CV, tbla uauruiog, on the garden wall, rod
ch,r) w•u-ta t a single point in which you would
I. ar c 'caparison with Lim The cat's eyes were
•ur• art niuldy. The eat's nsxe was
- ra .urs 14 crooked The cat's whi.kers
w• r ei..an—)WlTS are dirty The cat's coat
ioru—y..urs hangs about you like a sack
I t u, Shrowl, the species to which
r•.l sr i I b.. u 2, is the ugliest on tlic whole
tae. co anon Don't let us revolt eacu other
1.. r .ti g in c ,mpany any longer G) away,
) .0 w.srst, lutlrucest freak ut Nature—go
El=
••••rowl listened to this complimentary address • tunes f rat . . .•;1 ot the t -sic., odd volumes
wt.ii •tu a-peet of surly serenity Whets it had • - if f .0-. odd volumes of plays
rnnM I.) a u end, he took the letter from his hv the 1-". •-•teali books of travel,
wai•tc at pocket, without condesc e nding to make ho k- o: get m n h k.i of J r-te, books of 0111111.•
lie was, by this time, too thorough rai rs. t el•-• t •T, rt., turned Up in quaint
ut his own power over his master to • an•l rapi ! voce"-oot.; bit o' book cootainiug on
arr.ti the smallest importune to anything that 'l3O ••F'..rthjvno• Tower,"
317 Ire; ertoo might say to him - rewarded tt e s•a-elitoz, •nduory of Shrowl for
"N .w you've done y..or talking, stipplae you the 6rit• •or.s e or bad sat himself
take a 1..0k at !bit," said Shrowl, dropping the down no tI e 6 r
carele-cdy on a deal table by bia tower's 11-fore r' to " P' 4 "": 1 1 and Con
-.ld , ' "It isn't often that people trouble them 'ending at. .1.1.-.ot rumu'ation of literary
se:, •to ce...el letters to you—is it' Who do hitt:thee. h I c •,.• 1 r,,/ a little with
u thtt,k it ,'toes from? I wonder whether him- lt, whet:l.r ri be come easier
3ur o.••'•' ua . took a fancy wri•e to yA? It an I m •r.• nod urn he had yet de
vr pit lb the papers. the other day, that she'd vised WM klb!, 111 , way . 2r Jith the scattered
t a sou •!).1 heir Open the letter, and bee if mace of v.• um— veto I. %.e' P'lll4ltled to be es
it'. nn tae.' Ifinn to the dm truing The thing amtn^ 'rue re-tt.t .• h.• regetvi• us was, that
wooldu't be c , mplete withont• you; the company •it uI he lr-• r efus'',e `u biro, if be searched
w mid he sure to want your einittog face at the • thr.oul. tha ho k. 111 • I ti.ri• of the room indif
tah,e to maze 'em j•iliy Ju3t let me take i f. ren•lv, rtits I - "1 them dely
etltel t' 'I.-- owl, while you go out and get a by th..r z • - in;" 1. all the largest
st.,•r too:, Ttle sou .4411 ezp-cts a mug. •. b . I •ti wt• •!. u, .1 rs• .trim them away
ytt ko and hi. hurce ezpvc•s half a gum. t h• r prOcet ! I .!' nix' large-t, sod so
All•I ' we's ad your fortune What ,;,ao,, ou until Le c.w• at lot roue pock
a...1r, to 11111, ILC three iouoceut creature et volumes Accornit.gly, he c rare! sissy an
1131 , 1. y: It's shucking to -ee you pull rag ary .titer morce. eleutit oar be will, and
f e l,r .11.1•, over the Itoter Lor .rod: then, IfaUst.,llg •i%,r !to: •kv co.nly ac if
wore all your natural affection have got e hey ever, co ti..ito on a P . tested
t field li,ked out tip, I tri„eat of all the volumes
••It I ..n:y thew wb.'re to lay my hand on • th.t lay ..0 the 6
sag I .I C , ill It too y••ut iofcrual mouth:" cried It was au alias. sor..wl turned over the maps
\lr Tt•verton. ••Ilow dare you talk to me ' reflected, shook hi. it. ad. a nd via teed the g o t
dtk. ut niecc? Y.. 0 wretch: y. u know I bate owe to the ewe tilt. .?are which he had cleared
ur her tlholbel'o sake. What. do you mean ' doer to the wall
by harping perpetually ots my torture? Sootier j The pelt target book was a segnilievedy
than leave it to the play-unrest's child, I'd eves bound coollesuun of engraved portratut of deeds.
ari% r•i , )
leave it to y ,, u, and sooner than leave it to you,
I would take every farthing of it out in a boat,
and bury it forever at the bottom of the i.e."—
Venting his dissatisfaction in these strong terms
Mr Treverton snatched np Dr. Cbennery's let
ter, arid tore it open in a humor which by no
means promised favorably for the swims of the
vicar's application
lie read the letter with an ominous scowl on
his taco, which grew darker Ind darker u he got
nearer and uear, r'o the end. Whee he came
Lo the ',ignition bus humor changed, and be
laughed s.tririonically. "Faithfully yours, Rob.
ert Chennery, 'he repeated to himself "Yes!
faithfully mill , . if I humor your whim. And
what if I d - ot't, pa rsonr' He paused, and look
ed at the letter again, the scowl reappearing on
his face as ho did so. "There's i lie of some
kind lurking about under these lines of fair
writing," he muttered suspiciously. "I am not
one id" his c.ingregation: the law gives him no
privilege of imposing on esc Wbat does he
mean by makthg the attempt?" He stoppel
again refl-•i. le tked up suddenly at
Shrowi, a n '! • ,Id r
'•flaie y.,11 hi tilt. ris,o fire yet!"
an.werel Shrowl
Mr Tr• xvonel the letter for the
third Cole ~lowly tore it in half
acid tossud th, two posses t.vvr contemptuously
to his servsht
t!,.• flr he said. "And if
you w-ttat r, r.. It is for yvu Stop!" he
added, aft , t St,rul‘' ha i picked up the torn letter.
"If an) ,to• here to morrow morn
ing to a•k • .u•kr, tell them I gave you
the letter t eh- fire with, and say that's
the atisw,r illate words Mr Treverton
return,d to tip nil, , and began to grind at it
again wi , h a grin or malicioui satisfaction on his
haggard facc
Sttr.cv! witimrew at, the kitchen, cloned
the duor, sn , 3 plvolng the torn pieces of the
letter tcig.2th r uu r',.• dre..ser, applied himself,
with tip. ir.ktnratlOU. to the business of
reading it 11'l..” he had roe iilnwly and eare,
fully thruu„,:i. ;t, ft,cu tLe address at the begin
ning to tio• !tame at Ili , ' end, I.• licratehed refire.
Lively fur a hit le whtlr. ur ht 3 ragged neglected
beam.,t it • 1, -, tor up earefilly and
•
pu• tt 111, , Ft. ck• t
'•l'' rvire an ‘.l,erl - -k at it, later in the day,"
te.r.lag off a piece of an
new,pat•er 1,2 L. the tire with. "It strikes
ms, ju-• ti; pr ttiat there may be better
thine. d .u, w.•t, :e , •er than burning it"
ure; flow taking the letter
, •ut of hlq rlek. t ;,ett-n, until alt the duties of
L ii••• i !! f r day bad been duly per.
'inin ~t t. - hr., occupied the morn•
ing tc making owl baking the bread, and patient
ly t o .1, b.; t , o7t a't , rward4 at digging in the
stitch - 'll g3rl , it. is wad fur o'clock ID the afar
u U•-f . - 1 .• f • ~:to- tif liberty to think of
hp; u-,v.i , •• :in • to venture on retiring in
to so:ltu i, c‘itli to.• ..bject of secretly looking
oVcc tt.e ,e't( r Pglui
A Sec 'O4 p ru-I' D ts•or Chennery's un
lucks apt , t Trt verton helped to
confirm Stir- et in 1..4 ro.o,lUtiOn Dot to d estro y
the r \Vito gr.!• t pains and perseverance,
and much in,-:i• tral s r4tching at his beard, be
contrivc,i , make illinself master of tbrewsdia•
tinet pints in it, wh:rh .d out, in his estima
tion, us p).e.••s.ng protnioent and serious impor.
toubc. Tu. nrst point which be contrived to
r,eJr y ui 4 mind was, that we per
. zn• •I a int • ~f 11)hert Chennery
was d •••••• .• exam,u,n,g a plan, or printed
act•tonn• ,f i•, • o side of tlii interior of a eel.'
14iu ,•••I ! • 0•••• lu Coin:Asti, caned Portlageciais
T r"I u • , i.d Jii,Aired to resolve itself
Int- , r t u, nusry believed same
••••u,:h 1 , : so, ~ r• pr,u• , •: a.•ts .on' might be found
am tug r et • ..0 tno .ks bel,,ugtog to Mr.
Trevvr• n intr I to.; tit we , . that this same
R 'her. C a-•,111•; r the loan of the
pLn r - i•tt n rat the greatest
far...r4 :1 I : c , •if,•rre on him Nle-lita.
tin!! nII • ; ,•• :.••, rye exclusively
fisr_ ! .11 „ • ci t ow l Interests,
that it might
,u pecuniary point of
view, I , pasta • iv place him
-ej ' is 'Leri ebeunery by
-• • • ati,rirrz his master's books.—
••It tni ; rt• I, w •:••1 1:1%.• 1 and cote to me, if I
manse. I , it, , ::.:nrowl, putting the
hater toick r . .1. t ;:zito, and ascending
title -tar- rl, t the lumber rooms at
c I t f r,••••
ru• • r - r ta• In number. were en
tire y tt it a r tort•rd all over with
ti •• ra - • • k- which had once
idurn• I :I • I ‘• N o•-t-..-jenna Tower Coy
end with In-.. ••: I I!T rt•l In all directions
Au'l p ,r, lay husdreds on
laundre I ..• • f their packing.
ca_ses a- e ,*• •• .• of tt,eir tacks into a
cellar Ar • • .talents would
have tn..' • :tly In onaotir equali
iv o f - r i • with 111 Klern publica•
' t•I r • 'xi, the beauty of the
bin t t' •• l uct vr , rtr cnel Into this
1 VrAtlaiem Shrowl now
wan I •re I. ' • tifi I:, th ,- supreme self posses
.; 11 • f izr. • . 1, , - a , cl , re* , lutely for one
.r ' k. w,ti, L ~:her light to direct
, • . rof OJ , LW.) guiding
.L Fa r llising got them
-
..tt,:, 1,.. vicat object was to
•ear,:t : .1•, -it the first
t. uuu :r«l6 of volumes that
at ar L. I. tc 1-, f,r the time being,
: - u- -s :it lIft; and there be
now .1 i -t t In , • two atties, dug.
ged t r TOT u I
'0 Cl/ 1 1 ,21 ' it! •
11 oor, an • •
'ha: ;A, art -ei
SEM=
1),:. W , •;. ‘t ,r
yr, r 1.. 1'
tirw fix
ug. will], his feet
c qui.irtably ou the
• ovtr an the books
..f tom. Old vol-
B. F. SLOAN, EDITOR.
geisha characters. Shrew! saluted the distia
gaisbed characters with a grunt of gothic diseps
probation, sad carried them off to keep-the *Alai
oompsny ast the wall.
The thi rdlargest book lay under fevers' oth.
ere. It projected a little at one end, and it was
bound io scarlet morrocco. In another position
or boozed in a qnieter color, it would prob.
ably bare escaped notice. Sbrowl drew it out
with some dilficulty, opened it wit~ a portentous
frown of distrust, looked at the title page—and
suddenly slapped his thigh with a great oath of
exaltation. There were the very., two words of
which he wu io search, staring him in the tape,
as it were, with all the emphasis of the largest
capital letters!
He listened for a moment to assure himself
that his master wu not moving in the house;
then turned to the first leaf of the book with the
intention of looking it over carefully page by
page, from beginning to sod. The first lest was
a blank. The second leaf had so inscription
written at the top of it, in faded ink, which cow
Wined these words, and initials: ''Rare. Only
six copies printed. J. A. T." Blow, Lio the
middle of the leaf, was printed dedication: "To
John Arthur Treverton, E.q , Lord of the Ma.
nor of Pothgeons, One of His Majesty's Jew
tire of the Pesos, F. R. 8 , he., he., he., this
Work, in which an attempt is made to describe
the ancient and honored Mansiou of his Awns
tors." There were many more hoes, filled to
bursting with all the largest and most obsequious
words to be found in the dictionary, but Sbrowl
wisely abstained from giving himself the trouble
of reading them, and turned over at once to the
title page.
There, indeed, were the all important words:
"The Riskily and Antiquities of PoRTHOUNICA
Towns, from the period of its fist erection to the
present time; comprising interesting genealogi
cal particulars relating to the Treverton family;
with an inquiry into the Origin of Gothic Arch
itecture, and a few thoughts on tbo Theory of
Fortification after the period of the Norman Con
quest. Ily the Reverend Job Dark, D D , Rec.
for of Portbgenna. The wit•i!e atinned with
Portraits, Views, and Plans, executed in the
highest style of Art Not Pahli.fi. d Printed
by Spaidoelt & Grimes, Truro, 1734 "
That was the title pag., The at at le-t' eon.
mined an engraved view of Portlig”cioi Tower ;
from the west Then Camel serer.! ;yips, de.
voted to the origin of G .Chic architwure. Then
more pages, explaining the Norman theory of
fortifications. These were toIIZC , del by another
engraving—Purthgenna Tower, Iron the es! , t
After that followed mor , r.a.liug, under the title
of the "Treverton Family;" and then c.itne the
third engraving—Pothgeoua Towtr, fr. , to the
north Shrowl paused there, and dioked with in.
terest at the leaf .pposite the print. It only
announced more reading still, about the
erection of the mansion; and this was succeeded
by engravings from faculty p .rtr itts to the gal.
lery at Portbgeoua Plac , og his left thumb be
twee° the leaves to mark the p..c , S.tr,twi im
patiently turned to the end of the te,,k, L.) see
what be could Mel there. Tia• I.,rt le.t.froutata ,
ecl a plan of the oath garden; arid on the a' st
leaf—turning backward—was the very thing
described in Robert Chennery's lelter 4 -a plan of
the interior arrangement of the north aide of the
house!
Shrowl's first impulse on making this discove:
ry was to carry the book aw.,y toz ' •
SUS .00s or•os et, .• , preplestury
to
secretly offering it for sale, when the messenger
called the neat morning fur an auswcr to the
letter. A little reflection, however, convinced
him that a proceeding of this sort bore • (linger,
ously close resemblamt to the act of tnievicig,
and might get him into tr .üble if toe person
with whom he desired todeal otiose to g' the:Joel
the ceremony of asking him any pre,taiiniry
questions touthing his right to the %Lonnie which
he wanted to dispose 91 The only acerustive
that remained, if the idea cf pcwsessing Limself
of the book were abandoned, was to tuake the
best copy he could of the plan, and to traffic
with tbar, as a document which the moat acre-.
pulous person in the world need not ii,pftate to
purchase
Resolving, after some c3nsilerati t under,
go this trouble of making the copy rattier than
ran the risk of purloining the book. Sty, w I gale
down to the kitchen as softly 29 h' r • took
(rein one of the drawers of the dr au old
stamp of a pen, a bottle of ink. and a crumpled
half sheet of dirty letter paper; au I re•uruel to
the garret to copy the plan a 4 be te-: cu•ght It
was of the simplest kind, and it o..etip .1 but a
small portion of the page; yet it pre-e:4l-2d, to his
eyes, a hopelessly involved ant intrt,:ate appear
ance, when he now examined tt f r iLe -,e•and
time.
The rooms were represented by row. swell
squares, with 311;13eS neatly print, i ins them;
and the positions of doors, staircases, and pas s s.
ges, were indicated by parallel lifleg of various
lengths and breadths. After wu.•h
frowning, and pulling at his beard, it cceurred to
Shrowl that the easiest method of c 113.Lig the
plan would be to cover it with the letter p4per—
which, though hardly ball the sir of the page,
was large enough to spread over the engr-icing
on it--and then to trace the lines which he saw
through the paper, as carefu:ly as he cou:d, with
his pen and ink. He puffed, and sti..rteti, and
grumbled, and got red in the face over la. task,
but he accomplished it at last—bating certain
drawbacks in the shape of tilo•s sal swears—in
a sufficiently creditable manner, tb. o at. pod to
let the ink dry and to draw h:s br•eth freely,
before be attempted to do anything more
The next obstacle to be overcotbe, coopisted in
the difficulty of copyiok the names of th 4 rooms
which were printed insiike the squares F .r.n.
'lately for Sorowl, who was one ot t I.e
of mankind in the uso of the pen, 11,.L , ' of lb.
oames were very long. As it was. he found the
greatest difficulty in writing Orin in aufficieudy
small characters to fi iato the •quir.. O ne,
name in partienl.r—that of Tu. M t., Rooui—
presented combinations of le , lers. in f toy word
"Myrtle," which be tried his pitt.,nee and his
fingers sorely, when be ato copt• d t.. reproduce
theta... Indeed, the result in ibis ca-e, when be
bad done his best was so tllegth.e, ecin te e bls
eyes, that be wrote the word uc. r agatu ie larg.r
characters at the top of t he page, mai c t,d
it by a very wavering line with the WO trt 011'l h
represented - the Myrtle Rom. To i.
dent happened to bun in other it st.ne.., and
was remedied in the some ray. the iept
of the names, however, be succe. d J t.. nee; ,pd
when he had finally cotoplgted the '
Imoricripii in, by writing the wie t • 1 :au f h e
North Side," his copy presentee!, Diu
a more respectable appearance tlohi might hate
been aotieipated Atter sa is poc Lilt. If of its
accuracy by a careful tiouspariwp of it eiti, the
original, be folded it up aloil wit D. et .a•
nery's letter, and d•paited it in k. t
a horse gasp of re&f- i aud a grim coil:. of s.itis
factioti
The seat wonting, att gar n J ..,r of the
cottage presented it. If 4.0-J,S , . put , I • .), to the
totally. ors a-pest of r ta'sd.Ui Los' .'ab rj ;
sod use of the bare p nos Ls i the .1.1%..e1,4g, of
Wag eatbenished by the figure ..1 Shr“.l, who
leased spinet it easily, with his 4 gr cr.—red,
his heeds is his pockets, and 1:;•1 rp•• to his
toroth, lookisi oat for the return of the up ...ea
ger who had delivered Doctor Cheonero letter
Ns day before.
((ONtinasid.)
NUMBER 1.