(I.e Eioga Oriounk %gitatot: Is published every Wednesday Meoining at $2 per year, invariably in advance. • COBB: & VAN GELDER. • . [P.O,VANIIELPTI. y .001111. 1.,..3? - vmlnrxx.sx.xsr4 CCN was or MINIOII,,OR LUIS, MAKE ,O.4IBQ6ARE 5,,. of S,frei, 1 In. 3lus. Ins. 3 Mon. 0 Aloe. IYear , ; ; --- , 1 „,,,e, iTill, F , 0-, 0 1, 7 0-,5 $5,00 TT:10, $12,00 Spot roil 2,00 3,00 4,00 8,00 12.00 18,00 11,01001....... 10,001 15,00, 17,00, 22,00, 30,30, /.0,00 v o a,' _ I 18,00' 2.0,001 30,001 40.001 60 001 00 00 Special Notices 15 cents per line; Editorial or: heeal 20 cents per line. MASONIC. a:.:4 I:A LODGE, No. 317, A, Y. 11., meets at their Hall over Dr. Roy's.drug storo, on Tuesday evening, on or 1,1 a tho Full Moon, at 7 o'clock P.M. TVOOA CHAPTER, No. 194, It. A. M., meets nt tho Hall, en Thursday' CW.lllll'l4, OLI or before the 4'1411 neon, at 7 o'clock P. M. I tvu COUNCIL, N 0.31, R. .4 S. 111ASTIOS, moots at tiny Hall, on the 'third Friday of efteh calrudor mouth, at 7 o'clock P. at. 11 AGIITON COMMANDER]', No. Di, of KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, and the appendant ordelm, nicetm;at the II dl.on the first Friday of each calendar mohth, at 7. "'deck P. ht. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. ‘VILLIAII U. SMITH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR„ AT LAW vormice, Bounty and Pension Agency; Main irenl Wellsboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1868. 6ARIZETSON, fOliN EY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Notary Public and Insurance Agent, Bless hurgt Pa., over CaldurelPs Store. UEO. W. MERRICK, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. mile() with W. 11. Smith, 1 . 1 q., Main Street, o pposite Union Block, Welltiboro, P. July Li, 18118. W. D. 111EILBELL & CO., IiOLESALE DRUGMSTS, and dealers in ;Tali Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass, Perfumery, Paints and Oils, Ac., Ac. I.2urning, N. Y., Jar,. 1, ISOS.-Iy. Wq.sos WILSON & NILE , f6 - .ItiNEWS dOUNSELORS AT LAW, Firsi door front Bigenoy , o, on thu Avenue) Will httond to business entrusted to their care the counties of Tioga and Potter. • \Volts-bore, Jan. 1, 1868.. • JOHN I. MITCHELL 11r11iNBY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, ‘Vellsboro, Tioga Co., V. • ciaini Agent, Notary Public, and Insurance cut. Bo will attend promptly to collection of , on,lon, Back Pay an& Bounty. A: , Notary Ldle ho t.tkos acknowledgements of deeds, ad misters orths, and will act as Cam mi:sioner to hike teFtiniony. 2A4..f.OfTice over Roy's brug Store, Pluming Agitator Oftice.—Oct. 30. E 367 John W. Guernsey, IfORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT: LAW. Mug returned to this county with a view of asking it his permanent residence, solicits a •hare of public patronage... All business en gaged to his care wjll ho attended to with \ pallidness and fidelity. Office 2d door south fE. S. Farr's hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa. qept.26,'66.—tf. • GEORGE WAGNER, A ILOR • Shop tiret door north of L. A .Sears's 'shoo Shop.-Cutting, Fitting, ant 1: °pair jog done promptly and woll. • WellAoro, Pa., Jan. 1, 18118.-Iy. JOHN ETNER, AIOR AI‘TE CUTTER, has opened a shop n Crafton street, roar of Soars & Iterby' :,hoe shop, - Where ho is prepared to manufacture gar moots to ordor in the most substantial manner, and with dispatch. Particular attention paid to Cutting and Fitting. March 26, JS6S-ly Dr. C. It. Thompson. • [WELL:31:10114)(1011 PA.] , ti 11 attend to Professional calls in t} villagtk of Wellsboro and elsewhere. ()Me° and Rositioneo on Stoic 51. \ 2.11 door on iiio right going En4t• Hilo° I.i, lalitl. 11.1C0N,, late of Lilo Alai airy, nth r looc.Y.o) ,,,, Aliiiite`blvilii!;": , 'kit , a , " 1 " 1 , I.T thn pi•netife of nn,lieon• an.. gory , o , n fi ow' tt diqtato n van tool , 040n.2; it 1110 l'eninty i‘nlipt Hotel W hen tilt any pact of Lilo Slate lu nonnullation, or .nil operations. No 4, Union Block, Ili. ii. \1',11,,100 . 0, I,ty Wm- P. Smith, ~ (Avt- 1 ,1,E, Pa. Peosioa, liouoty, l nod In oicanoo Agent. Com toun ications i..etet to the ihove address will receive prompt, ttention. Fermi; mollerato. jail 8, 1 SliB-13 j Thos. 13.pryden. t ItyKYOlt fi, DR A F.I'M N.—firtlere left at room, 'L'ownsend tlutpl, Wolislmto, dill , teet withiprompt attentinn. !)a7.-tf. E. OLNEY, )EALER in cr.oclis JEWEpRy, A PLATED WAltE,Specttaelce, Violin Stringf., Mantqieltl., Pa. Watolies and Jew ett.p neatly . repaired. Engral tug d o ne in plain 1:1141i-11 dad Ilerman. 11:-upt67. J y, I lairclres - siii , - tri• -..100n..ver Willcox it har,iiers Store, Wells ' i., P,,. pa r tiodar attention paid to Ladies' 4.4•6ltiing, Shampooing, Dyeing, etc. l raids, (D, sirielies on hang and made to or ' 11. IV. DORSEY. .1. .1011 NSON. C.. L. WI LCOX, ner Y OODS of nil Itinclq„ . 11.1r,lwaio I V Luke° Notions. Our assortment is largo oi I n c.o store in Union Block. Call gvniloman.--rnly 20 I SO5-1 y. PETROLEUIVI lIOUSE, rA., OEM:ME A 110 y laolul conducted ~11 the pi i neiple tiro end let live, fur the ae, , olunim.hti.li 01 ,he -t - HAZLETT'S HOTEL, II n( 7 A, TlO (7 A e 0 1 t7 NT Y, I' • A • I stablingl i att.iiilieil, and Il an attentive line always in at tenth - oleo . Ii• W. 11AZLETT, . . . ,I'tl priclor. • HILL'S HOTEL, rt E IA) Itorongli, Tioga C.,. , Pti , U. Hill, Proprietor. A new an.l I, uhling with all the inotlorii iuipr.iveincnt. `,t 1111111 easy drives of thube,t hen ling! a rut It-h -ie: grquit t ls in Northern Penn'a._ Coev,leyan, et , Terms 'wider:. le. 5,18t18-Iy. - • Virdkec %V 11"4sNd 111141.kISE, ,Glaine;l, Tioga County, Pa. lORAC - 01C. VI O .IINI I I,VEA, 'Phi:, it; now bllit,d keil-ed within diu need , S ut the 6e t ti.ihing and hunting pounds -in Nui th ern l'.•nniylvania. N. pairui 11111 be spared rt t;l.•.te.t..)iiiinudation 1.1 pleasure seekers:Led tho t r Lveting [Jan. 1, I StlS.l n r l l-3E." (1-`'lt/I 2 Af. SNARS, PnoPrtIETOl AATIIEIth: ddieinus Ice Cream, nen,.li Ut' V feetlonary, all hinoB of fluits in Iheir %Laqnn, a nice dish of Tea, Calico, or Chocolat°, ud OyFterA in their Keaton—ear bo had at all i•erfed in the be,t Next door 1.0 Iti.lierts )8, Ilailey'm Ilnidnate Storn, Main Str.t. Weihliare, ISO. • :tu(l Pen:ClLin Agency. Tj A t tr. riq 1111 PI It tl4l!'"'lt t. . ‘ g I ..1,1 1):2s. Gliotti leg on band I. oi all I Str) I .1111 piepared to firweelllV 1 , 11. 41 /Li 1,0 1111 l) s whelk in,. 1,1 , ',heed to ley •Itelatf:.‘e can t .,, inmerliente O. in • 1,% t I , e ir comeinniertti.ito, tl ill he ,indells WiM. WM . M /Tit . 11'1" c ,, •.)eigail•r2 1,1 Still 11.1 N ii.NESS (‘', 1? 'LEY, BO OT AND OoE MAKERS, Or di. Van riilkeuburg's Sture, in lie 1 tut, t il ocettpicil l y Benj. Sccity.. 1)90T5 AND SHOES of all hindi , made in I J,Jlorder and in tho host manner. R EPAIRING 41111 kinds done promptly a I, .1 gG , ) , I. (I ire us a 611. - JOHN HARKNES WM. REILEY. V i r e l lBboro, Jan. 2, Is6B-Iy. VOL. XVI. CITY BOK BINDERY AND BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY, Baldwin Street, (SIGN OF THE BIG BOOK, 2D FLOOR,) ELmip,A, N. Y. - out cl' 'l' 0 . • , Goon As THE BEST, CAnen As Tile CHEAPEST. Of every description, in all styles of Binding, and as low, for quality of Stock, as any Bindery in the State. Volumes of every description Bound in tho host manner and in any stylo or;, tiered. ALL KINDS OF GILT WORK Executed in the best manner. Old liooks re bound end made good as now. XLM(44., JIM lkaa.V,VU I ant prepared to furnish back numbers of all Reviews or Magazines published in the United States t or Great Britain, at a low price, BLANK BOOK. & OTHER PAPER, .0f all sizes and qualities, on band, ruled or plain• BILL HEAD PAPER, Of any quality or size, on hand anticut up ready for printing. Also, BILL PAYER, and CARD BOARD of all colors and quality, in boards or cut to any size. Cap, Letter, Note Paper, ~Envelopes, PeuB, Pencils; I am sole agent for J. 1.1. Nitus Prof. SHEPARD'S NON-CORROSIVE STEEL PENS, ov v.toious SILES, FOR LAMERS AND 0 IIN1I.I.:111:N, %%lel' I will warrant equal to Ould Pens. Thu est in use unit no anistaku. The above stock I will sell t the Lowest Rates at all tunes, at a small advance .on New York price?), and in quantitips to suit purchasers. All work and stock warranted as represented. I respectfully solicit a share of public patron age. Orders by mail promptly attended to,— Address, LOUISI ES, Advertiser Building, Elmira, N. Y. Sciit.2s, 1807.-ly AT 1 . 0 It NEY ,t, goy NsE Loll AT LA W,..Tiogn l'a. 111114... e with C. 11. Seymour, E..q. nttendod to v kit ptoluptnevb. npr. DEALER IN DRY GOODS, Groceries, Hard ware, Boots, Shoos, Hats, Gam nor of Market and Crofton streets, Wel!Ann Pa. Jar). 6, IS6B. Respc cattily annotilwes to the 'citizens of East Charleston and vicinity, dint lie would be grateful bfr their patronage. Wilco at the Stf.re of Cooper :11111 kohlnr. Alai% 2 Itlf 'll9-Iy. Itl. SMITH, having purchased tho hotel property lately oti ned by L. 11. i - itnith har thoroughly refitted the hotel, and eon lICCOII/- 11101bint 1110 traveling public,. in a. superior umuner. Mardi 24th, 1SW:1-1y. ICEVSTODIE HOTEL. sABINSVILLN, Tiogit Comity, 1'n.,.1. R. Demi, Proprietor. Cotivvtiient to tho beta fishing grounds in Tiuga Co. Fi;liing parties acorn inodated With conl•oyaneev. (Jowl entertain ment for matt ttud heat.. Julio 9, ISdt7-tf.• V . ntla.,t,igneil ha; tittcd np the old F611'..“ dry building, near the I:rowery, IVellsbore, and i•-• iielv prepared te turn out fine call, hip, cowhide, and 11:11110:ZS leather. in the heFt, taliilV4l op Allirc.s. Carp paid Al. A. OUR IF. IV”lkhora, ()et. 11, 1865. MI NER WATK INS, PnuPni ETOR si A ,,l l t N il fl o (t,ihtit Hotel, Union ‘% . 1 n i; l , l , , t4 . l .l3 l..ti d i e h s h t t r i r 7 y e tec(l by e I Rill now ready to receive and entertain gneati. The Union Hotel wax intended for a TeiiipPritilre [Louise, awl the Propriutin 1,,1i0v , s it can be Hiutlainedwithout grog. An attenlive ii4);:tier iittenditnro. - Wel ishoro, dune 21,, tht.7. GROCER'' AND RESTAURANT, One door above the Meat Market, EL L 1 11 olt 0 , EN N' A, ESPEOTFULLY announces to the trading public that ho has a desirable stock of tiro corks, comprising, 'ryas, Coffees, Spices, Sugars, Midas:re. Syrups, and all that constitutes a first class stock. Oysters in every style at all sea sonable hours. WellOmro,.lan. 2, 1867 -t f. wmacprz. & LATianor. IN I AIIDAVAIIE, IIION; - ----SpIEL, NAILS, TalTleB, - TE.v_ 1 t 7? E, BEIJING, Sitin CUTLERY, Carriage and riarness. Tritnrnings N. V., Jan. 2,, IS47—ly EAR YE ! HEAR YE 1 III I E;k13, YE ii.ept eon:A•Intl) uu li;t11(1, and furni,lo'd to or kr,ly at hip now atom, 2'l door above Roy' , Bandit] t (Juno 10, 1511 S.) r - iiii Buffalo Platform all ordinary St ' 0 - I for heavy, and counter 1180, may lie Mona at the Ilarilw it ro Store of Wnr. Roberts, Wellthoro. Thwie Scales aro the Fairbanks pat- era a 4.1 have;iw:+tiperior nnywhoto. They are made ila the bn,t tyln anti have taken the premi um at all the great exhibitions. I have the sole ngt•ney for th.3se Scales in "this region. WILLIAM ROBERTS. Wellsboro, Feb. 12, Wig, New Tobacco Store Fnl .F criber lins fitted tip the rooms ad joining, D. P. Roberts Tin nod f . lrove Store and Nile of TO A P,S, (all grades), Pinky and Gianni()) S:11 - (11i INO Ti 11.1 C.' o,Allekillan Tine Cn • OH I; WIN C, and all linds PLUG :1011.A COO, PIPP,S, and the cho 0.111 and see for yoarselvef., W.:P111::'•EL Welkhoro,-Nr,e. ri..ls6s ELK !MN PLA STEIL—We herthy rertify 14 that WO 11:M3 ll3od the Pllkfrr 11111111inetutol by Ch Bernatier, nt ibisiio,orhs on Han, in Unines town.liip. no,l We believe it to he equal if not superior to the 0 I% tta Plaster. David Sniith S M ei , ll rl,k A P Cone' M H Cobb II P. Sliou,ot - ,, , I:ern:mot' , W Darker Asa Smith 2 Strait S 11 Davis A Ibvrt ICinf C Miller Watrons IV,lttnur- LI. Marsh M Smith 0 A Smith II M Pooto J D Strait. P C Smith Jared 'Davis ..11' Zimmerman C L King L L Smith. N. B.—Plaster always on hand at tho Mill.— Price $5 par Con. Nov. 4, 1888. - - • - ,- _ .- . . . . , - -7 7--- -- - 'N „„, , .. .„. -, 4; ,7--------,--- . i • , , . . , ' . - . / .......ka.;..../ . ;., ..' ~' ,u , i`:' - t.' 1 7 et • •4 ,••'. ri••••••••.............:,, . 4 , 1 • 1 . . ' , , , „, . . , , . ' ': . • ~I,• • . S . . , -.1 : ;Or I.'. • ` ' ;'"l• . ' . ' • : .- ,:- i:, . 5..; . 1 ., .' •' 1 , , -, . . .• .1 \\ \ . i •'• --- LIL 1 \ 5...' • ''.. 1: i/• a • ' :' 11 .." • ' ..\ : "..\ ' 7\ : .:\\' ...\ . --'\ '-, • . ' -- •`.----- .. ' ) , -; C ;:: •-:'7- ~' _. , ... . . •Y. 'li : ~1 1 .' - f 4. '' •• - ' - ''' I, • 111 \\ `,-..-.... ..' ' ... ' -'-'`....-. ,••• ._., 0 .; : , , :-__ :'. ' • . .- .1 1 1 -:' 1 1 : . : '' '' ' ' ( .; •7 ' ; '' V. : : :H i - ' •• 1 . --. J...., •, , \I c t 4. ~ , . . , 7.. , ~. ~.. . .. . ...... . , ~. ~ . =1 BLANK BOOKS COMPLETE 'YOUR SETS! STATIONERY, John C. Horton, C. E. KELLEY E. S. Perkins, M. D Sinith'n Hot el, trim: BEM UNION HOTEL E. R. KIMBALL, WATER LIME, lIECULTINIAL IMPLEMENTS, II lINESS SA DDL ES, &J. BA REIMS, FIRKINS, CIILJIINS, U BS, &c., W. T. MATH ER S, wit's! Scales! Scales! cell Brand of ClO-11?S. TO loA1t11114.1?8 I Gea-&-F-L-E • COMFY TO T. L. BALDW IN Et . oo'S TIOGA, PA. and,sco n nico . r.tocli of doods for the Spring. tt, Siiinnier, Trad() ,nch a ILAMICIin I:5DagM 00023 —all styles, colors and patterns— ALPACAS, POPLINS, CAMBRICKS, FRENCH . JACONETS, - ORGANDIES, PEQUAS, VERSAILES, BLACK • AND COLORED SILKS, • d'x., cl•c. BEAUTIFUL SUMMER 511 AWLS, and a largo assortwent to soloctkoto. CLOAKS READY-MADE, AND CLOTH To MAKE MORE, ALL KINDS OF LININGS, ERINOES, TASSELS &C;; TO' TRIM. 'DRESSES OR -SACOUES: —Our ttorli YANKEE NOTIONS r can't be heat. It keeps up with everything the i t Yankees have thought,of so far. HOOP SKIRTS, BALMORAL SKIRTS, CORSETS, &C, h-0 M 11----N I.,ZONLMINAVI too numerous to mention; hut Will say that you will seldom tied so lar g o 0k assortment to select from in a (mutiny store, and clear down to the BOTTOM FIGURE We also keep a largo assorttnent of AEADY-MARE CLOTIIING, in suit, and parts of suits. Should Ivo fail to suit you with ready-made, we have Cassimero, and A.TAILOR TO CUT AND I'l'l' Boots and - Shoes, 111 rtyles and si7ce HATS AND CAPS, STRAW GOODS,. AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS A ,COMPLETE 'LIN E OF C ROC K ERA', WOODEN WARE, HARD WARE, SHELF HARD WARE, NAILS, IRON, Loch :=, Latches, Carpenters' Tools. A U 0 C E Cs GENERA sTnnu , IA Piceh. TEAS arc lower than at any time since the war. Dbl not go to Cuba to buy Haw, and F,ll h ai e atone Oionii. We are agent's for the E. HOWE SEWING MACIIINE P -1- - - \V- - X 11 in , I.=, you want t6lll, - ICJ 4or with drop in SALT, 14111 E, PLASTER, PORK, FLOUR Lime, Cayis Butter tuba, PAL+. Firkin , , and Ashton - Salt to ilay . or ith. All hinds of Farm Produce want ed. PI ioes can't be heat.. . T-11 A N--=K-S' T. L. DALDW IN 4: CO. Ting.,. ;\ ay F., 1869. Wilson \Tan Valkenburg's N o . 2 lJnion Plnck. ig tho plarc ttLrr. , the ci.,‘711 Ire to find TIII4I NEW SPRING STYLES POPLINS, GRENADINES, •LAWNS ORGANDIES, PFQUES, CHINTZS, PERGALLES, DELAINES S: PRINTS, ALL STYLES FACTORY'S, SHEETINDS, BLEACH , ED AND UNBLEACHED MUSLINS. HOOT' SKIRTS, of evers'ilkiieripiton, f)11E;:3,..; MNIIN ti S IsUrVoNS of all kinii:t; al +a do lArgvA an( ,:licapczt a , sorf moot 01 lIHAIIV MAN NAMING ever brought iuto Tio g a County. Remember plaro, call before, pureba,iing. We have rclected our stock . with great clira and notify gentlemen that in LIGHT CASSIMERES, TWEEDS, lAN FNS, FARMERS' SATINS, OAI• TERti, & SUMMER WEAR of every description we can't Le boat Thankful for post patronage, and by strict a teatioa to business we hope to share' a confirm anco of tho sane. WILSON ..t; VAN VALKENBURO ‘Vollsboro,Mity 1880—tf. ' pr. Hs R. Phill‘s 9. .SJITIEW/MC.4I MaNUggVg M II E under2dgned respectfully announces to the citi7ens of Westfield and surrounding coon y that ho is permanently located at this place. ,114.$ is fully provoked to do all kinds of ‘`. IMENTISTICY, in the IliktinA stylo of tlio nrt. gunrenntne.l. Dificn r.vor Scovill's Drug Sture• Fine Pliningraplis can be had nv,er the Drug Store. • it. It. riiirxrps% ll'etfie.l4l, June 38, 1860-Iy. • 100,000 LBS. WOOL WANTED . - for which the highest plea will ho pail at the Store, of June.] (1, I SA9 Chcap. ASTEAM Engine A: Boiler, and all the gear ing for an up and down Saw. ' JOHN R. BOWEN. Wellaboro, June 23, 1869.—if. • k 1 4 4 , • 1.,) z .t 2Llll.Cti Ration c:.1" issii 101.43 X3e.g.traxk., 31.33. G. itztil MN TOLES WELLSBORO, PA., SEPTEMBER 29, 1869 ~Notio' &triter. THE OUESTS OF THE EUEAnIk. Soft falls through the gathering twilight The rain from the dripping eaves, And stirs with a tremulous rustle Tho dead' and the dying loaves; While afar in' the midst of the shadows, I heir the moot' voiees • of bolls Come borne on the wind of the autumn, That fitfully rises and swells: • - • They call and they answer each other— They answer and mingle again— As the deep and tho shrill in, an anthem Make harmony still in their strain; As the voices of sentinels mingle In mountainous regions of snow, Till from hill-top to hill-top a churns , Floats down to the valley below. The shadows, the fire-light of even, 'rho sound of the rain's distant chime, 'Cinnb bringing, with rain softly dropping, Street thoughts of a shadowy time:. The slumberous sense of seclusion, From storm and intruddrs aloof, We feel when we hear in the midnight The pallet: of rain on the roof'. ' • When the spirit goes forth in its yearning To take all its,wanderers home; Or; afar in tlio'regions of fancy,. - Delights on swift . pinions to roam. I quietly sit by the fire-light— The fire-light so brig t lit and so warm— For I know that those only -who lore me Will seuk mu through shadow and storm But should they be absent this evening, Should evpu the household depart— Descrted;l should not ho lonely; There still would be guests in My heart. The faces of friends that I cherish, The smile, and the glance, and the tone, Will haunt mo,wherever I wander, And thus I am never alone. Will those who have left far behind them The jetis and sorrows time— Who Ping the sweet songs of the angels In a purer and holier clime!, Then darkly, 0 evening of autumn, Your rain and your shadows may fall My loved and my lost ones you brinj me— My heart holds a feast with them all. Cx ~eizzr~ra ~« jcauUn . THE BACHELOR'S ESCAPE If ever there was a fore-ordained bachelor that man was Major Teller. Some men were born to old bachelor hood—others have old bachelorhood thrust upon them ; and to the former class belonged our Major. You could have picked him out in a multitude ; if he had been labeled, like an antediluvian fossil, era dried specimen of entomology, there couldn't have been more certainty in the matter. , • He was a dapper, thin little Man, something under five et high, with a glossy black wig, etos y trimmed side whiskers, and costum so daintily neat that he reminded you ( f a shining black eat! Ile took; a Ttirkish bath in the morning , and !a Bus' ian bath. in the evening,.he came ho no to dinner at twelve precisely, and went to bed at eleven at night, his hoots standing at the foot.of his bed, and his stockings at thin - head, and • his wit elevated on the gll.rture, and every ‘hair in the room stands at right angles with ciio v ,, .0, 1 .-n z , 7 , ,w i l il i'IST"' IV! a trirr i arty - Iv tfelr - Mtlia ,, Teller uname home to the antique, down-town hoarding house, where he had vegeta ted for the last twenty years, and went to his own room to brush his wig for the mid-day meal. Opening the door, lie stumbled over mini obstacle in the way • _,J beg your palrdon, sure,' said the Alajor, turning very red, recov ering Ibis fcoting withpifilculty. 1t• wjth M Patio' ee Pettigrew', ou her hands and knees, cleaning off the oil-cloth at the door. Now the Major was afraid Of 9 Miss Patience—afraid of Itc,r <as 14#3,- - plump lamb fears the gaunt wolf, orLthe tutor feuding robin, the dire serpent. Miss Patience was tall, lean, and sallow, but she cOled her hair, and wore an artificial rose over her'left ear, and sang little whistling tunes to a little spindle legged. piano, and firmly believed that if she, only waited a little she should get married to somebody ! And because the' Major sat opposite her at 'table— M iss Patience helped her, w idowed sister keep house,' and served out the gravy and sauces—and regarded her artificial rose and bear's grease curl with a sort of fearful fascination Miss Patience somehow opiped that she should one day, Cupid willing, become Mrs. Major Teller. . It's of no consequence, Major,' said Miss Patience, recovering her piece Of soap, which had shirmished out to the middle of the carpet. ' C hope your fire isn't out?' _ "Thank _you, nui'arn ; it is very good.' • Wonder, Major,' said Miss Pa tience with a premonitory giggle, why you never get married ?' The Major retired precipitantly be hind the coal-scuttle, and made no re ply- .''You'd be so much more conifortable, you know,' added Miss Patience, wring ing out her woolen cloth, and looking so lovingly on the Major that heretreat ed still further into his kvardrobe, where among the Swinging effigies of coats and-trowsers he felt comparatively safe. Miss Patience hesitated a moment, and in that moment the Major felt• all the agonies of being purSued, captured, brought 'forth, and possibly married before he could get breath to remon strate! But she finally took up her pail and vanished. , ' Dear me, that was a Marrow escape,' thought our hero,semerging from his sanctuary. Some day she will be too much ; for me. Perhaps I'd better change my boarding place. I suppose I couldn't very well have her sworn over to keep the peace, and really, there's no saying what a determined woman of fifty may not do. I'll look out for a new place, to-morrow.' ' Bev me, Major, you have no appe tite,' said Miss Patience, sWeetly, at the dinner table. • ' No, ma'am,' said the Major.' ' Try to cat a little—just to please me, M a je r. ' No, I thank you, ma'am.' Don't you know, Major, that people will say you are 'in love, if you don't eat More ?' smiled the antiquated spin ster. This was more than our here could endure ; lie rose up and left Miss Petti greW victor of the wordy field. I won't go back .to that house if I can help it,' thought, the Major, brushing the .cold dew from his. forehead with a crimson silk pocket handkerchief. Her Inten tions are serious, I know they are.' • And the Major in his innermost soul reviewed the catechism and hymns he had learned as.a child ; trying to think if there Were not some invocations par- Ocularly, sni t to an elderly gentleman in great peril'and perpliixity. But he could not remember anything appropri ate to his particular ease. It's twenty years since l'v,e been in side of a church,' thought the penitent old offender. ! I wish I had gone a lit ' tie more regularly. I wonder if it is too late in life to reform !' For the Major, poor old gentleman, had a vague idea that ' religion' would • be a sort of safeguard against the wiles of his • fair enemy' Deliverance from Miss Pettigrew must be obtained on som o terms or other. . As - Major Teller 'was frantically •ro volving these things - in his mind, he came to a sulden' and involuntary stand-still.' Thera was a'Orowd gather ed in the street—a fallen omnibus horse, or an arrested pickpocket, or some ,other nucleus, round which gathers the rap idly increasing swarm Of metropolitan loafers. Now of all things Major Teller most dreaded .was a crowd, and ho looked around • - nervously for some means of escape. • • An old-fashioned church, with open ed doors and some sort of service going on inside, caught the Major's eye. lle made an instantaneous dart for its huge gothic portals, shielded by inner doors of green baize. Its a good chance to think of some thing solemn and appropriate, and that Pon , of thing, until the crowd gets by,' he thought, settling himself in the corner of one of the softly-cushioned I;ews to listen to the mild, droning voice of the old clergyman. The church was very warm, and the light softened by purple and golden crimson glass, was dim, and the cler gyman's voice rather monotontms, and 'Major Teller was unconsciously becom ing rather' drowsy, when a plump old lady came in and the sexton beckoned him from his seat. But the sermon was over, and people• streaming down the aisle, and the Ma jor felt that he did not, care to prolong the thing and that he had done a very laudable act in coming to church, a►7d— Even while these ideas were passing indistinctly through his brain, ho was borne towards the altar in an upward eddy of the crowd, and felt a gaunt arm thrust through-his. Protect me, Major! oh, save me!' whispered Miss Patience Pettigrew.— ' Pm so 'feared in a crowd, always !' But Major strove to withdraw his arm, but Miss Pettigrew would not let him. They were standing directly in front of the altar, arm-in-arm. The minister, old and near-sighted,-and a little deaf, advanced—probably con cluding that his lien:ices were required. Major Teller's blood ran cold ; he tried to protest, but his tongue seemed paralized. Miss Pettigrew had captur ed him as a lamb for the slaughter, and where was the use of further struggle ! A few words—an appalling brief cere mony—and Major Teller was married to Miss Patience Pettigrew. 'rake tl►e market basket, my dear,' said the gaunt bride, 'and stay, you had better carry i.l►e umbrella, too ! We'll go right home. Old folks like you and me don't care for wedding tours, do we?' The Major looked piteously at his better half, and made no answer. She however, waited for none, but drew him along with a quiet determination that augured ill for the future. `Give me the key to the room, my dear,' said Mrs. Patience Teller, I'd better keep it in future. The Major handed over the key with out a word of remonstrance, and his elderly wife opened the door. We'll slick up things a little,' said Mrs. Teller, bundling the Major's be loved papers together, and pitching his box of cigars out of tl►e window. I But, 'Miss Patience ! What ." .kir.v,iyeiN Wif a." I I1Q; 1.11 rema vic ' guy oi,gars—r---' I don't. like smoke—never did!' ' .11ut what, are you doing will► my slippers?' "Frying 'em on—they tit, me so nicely. Guess I'll keep 'cm, Sempronius! wish you would take all these coats and things out of the wardrobe-1 want it for my dreses.' But where shall I keep them, "Miss Pa—?' ' What did you say ?' Mrs. Teller, I would remark.' ' t )h, under -the bed or somewhere Pink soap, 611?-1 . prefer Castile, Co logne—c«it de "'tondo, cold cream ?. Who'd supposed you were such a dandy, Sempronlus? You must have plenty of money. By the way, suppose you give me the money to keep now, my dear ! ' I'll manage it, a great deal more economically than you'll be like-; ly to.' ' Clive me the money, I s ,,say 1' Major Teller meekly puf his hand in to his pocket, and submissively handed over the purse. Well,. now you'd better go about your business,' said the4;entle bride, and not come home till tea-time—l do dislike men lounging around in •the way forever ;• and don't come back smelling of tobacco if you know what is good for yourself, Sempronius Teller!' The Major crept silently away, think ing how, the last time he crossed the threshold he was a free mail, and now: ' I'm married !' mused Major Teller. I couldn't help it ; it wasn't my fault, but here I :MI, no money, no cigars, no freedom—worse than a galley slave. Sixty years old next month, and—mar ried to Patience Pettigrew !' He walked disconsolately down the street, both hands in.his empty pockets, and his hat tipped restlessly doWn over his eyes. 'A greater contrast could hardly have been imagined thin ex isted between this slovenly, iipedy, wretched looking man and the trim, tidy, cheerful little Major Teller of six hours ago ! He caughta fleeting glance of himself in a mirror belonging to some picture-frame store, as he saunter ed by—it startled oven himself. I wouldn't have known myself,' hi muttered; gloomily. I Well—l'm nm •- ried flow—married to Patience Peal grew !' / Hp stopped at the street coe , H m 1 certain which way to go. But it 6 lie gazed, the bright, steely glimpse of the river caught his eye. All right,' muttered Sempronius, moodily, 'l'll go and drown myself; it's a short way out of a long lane of difficulty. Anything but going back to Patience Pettigrew !' He went down with long, determined strides, toward the shining, bread stream, where the ships lay peacefully at anchorond the little bbats shot hith er and thither and the waves 'sparkled up like sheets of diamonds. All these things Major Teller saw, without mark ing them, as ho made resolutely for the pier. ' Want. a boat, sir?' demanded a sturdy boatman Yes,' said the Major, I want Char on's boat to row'me over Styx Don't know him, sir,' Said the puz Med boatman, but mine is sound an( light, and—' The Major waited to hehr no more but gave a blind, downward jump. Down, down, with that particulai sinisation of falling so familiar to us all—down—until— ' Beg pardon, sir, lint the Church is going to shut up, and everyone's gone. I lope you have had a good nap, sir!' The sexton spoke sarcastically, but in his tones Major Teller recognized 'lope and freedom. He started wildly to his feet. Then Pm not married after all, sex .. • ton ?' Married, sir ! Not unless you've been u►arried in your dreams!' That's it's exactly ejeculated the Major, jumping up, I've been asleep and dreaming 1 Major Teller satisfied the sexton with a donation whose liberality astonished even that, personage, and went at once to the - Hotel to engage rooms. I'll send for my things,' he thought, I won't go back to that house, lest Miss Patience- Pettigrew', should do some- thing desperate. l'in not marrled,.and I don't wan to be t } Lulled!' The Major was right. Discretion is the hettei part of vor—and Miss Pa tieneb Pettigrew remains Miss Patience Pettigrew still! But Major Teller goes to ehurch very regularly;now ! Make it so Plain That I Can Get Hold of It." On the sixteenth day after the battle of Oettysburg I entered the room where a young wounded Colonel was apparent ly near to death. As I entered he was roused from his stupor, and beckoned me to his beadsido, and threw his feeble arms around my neck. Oh, My Wiwi., how glad l am to see you! I was afraid you would rot. come till it was too late. lam too lee ble to say much, though I have a great many things to say to you : you mtist do all the talking.—Tell_ me all about dear mother and sister.' ioon perceived that there was no hope entertained of hi l - recovery, and inquired of the doctor, • . Doctor, how long do you-think he can live?' _ . Not wore than four days. IHe may drop off at any hour.' I . 4 Have you, or has any one, told him of his real condition ?' , ,` No; ove have left that painful duty for. you to do, as we have been expec ting your arrival for several daYs.' As I entered the room with thedread ed message of death pressing; oil my heart, the t'SCS of my son fastened on use. Conic, sit by my side, father. lfave you been talking with the doctor about me:" ' I • C „ 4 , Ilia he tell you ? Does -lie liink I 011111 recover' .There waft a painful lie:.itatkm for a uoment. ` Don't he afraid to tell me just what he said.' ' Ho told me you must die !' 1-low long does he think I can live' `Not to exceed four days, and that you may drop away any hour.' With great agitation ho exclaimed. Father, is that so! Then I Must die! 1 cannot, Fniust not die! ol► ! I am not prepared to die now. Do tell me how 1 can get ready ! Make it so plain that I can get hold of it. T6ll me in a lew Words, if you•• can, so that I can see it plainly. I know you can father, for I used to hear you explain it to ethers.' "I'w:is no time now for tears, but for calmness and• light, by which to lead the soul to Christ, and both were given. Ary son, 7 see you are afraid to die.' Yes ; I am.' Well, I•suppose you feel guilty ?, Yes, that is it. I have been a wicked young man. You know how it is ill the army.' - ' ' •Nyou want to be forgiven, don't you 'O, yes! that k what I want. Can I he father." ' Certainly 'Can I know it before I die ' Certain ly.' it '``) P lain AL once an incident, which occurred during the school days of my son, ca IMI to my mind. I had not thought of it before for several yea's. Now : a, came back to me, fresh with its interest, and just what was wanted to guide the agi tated heart of this young inquirer to ' Do you remember while at sehon in -r-- you came home one day, and, I having occasion to yebike you, ;you became angry, and jabused tno With harSh language.' Yes, father, I was thinking about it a few days ago, :el I thought of you coming to see are, and felt so badly about, iL that I wanted to see you, and once more ask you to forgive me.' D'o you remember how, after the pftroxymm•of your anger had subsided, you came - , in and threw your arms around my neck, and said. My dear father, lan sorry I abused you so. It was not -YOU(' lON' lug son that (lid - it. I was very angry. Wnn't you forgive are Yes, I. remember it very distinctly.' • Do you remember what I said as you wept upon my neck.' L Very well. You said, I forgive you with all my heart,' tout kissed me. shall never forget those words.' Did you believe me.' • 'Certaittly,l never doubted your word: bid you then feel happy again.' Yes, perfectly, and since that time I have always Hived you more than ev er heroic. 1 shall never forget how it. relieved me when you looked upon me so kindly, and said: I forgive you with all my heart.' Well now, this is just the way to conic to Jesus. Tell him lam sorry' just as you told 'ine, and ten thousand tunes quicker than a father's love will lie forgive you. \Vill hefergive me.' \Vill he forgive you. He says ,he will. Then yen inust take his word for it, just as you did mine.' \Vhy, father, is that the way to he come /a Christian `:" I/don't know of any other.' `/Why, father, 1 can get hold of this. I so glad yOu have come to tell me Ile turned his hea.d upon his pillow for rest. I. sank into my chair and wept freely, for n►y heart could no longer suppress its emotions. I had done ►ay work, and committed the ease to Christ. lie, too, T was soon assured, had done The broken heart had made its con fession; had heard what it longed for. forgive you,' and believed it. I soon felt the nervous hand on my head, and heard the word father' in such a tone of tenderness and joy that I knew the change had conic, Father, my dear father, I don't want you to weep any more ; you need not. lam perfectly happy now. Jesus has forgiven me. I know he has, for lie says, so, and I take his word for it. just as I did yours.' ' The doctor soon came in, and found . . mini cheerful and happy—looked at him —felt his pulse, which he had been watching with intense anxiety, and said : Why, Colonel, you look better.' ' T a►u better, doctor. lam going to get well. My father has told mo how to become a christian and I am very happy. I believe I shall recover, for Clod has heard my prayer. Doctor, I want you should become a Christian too. My father can tell you how to get hold of it.' The colonel still lives a member of the Church of Christ. I was made ‘ a better man, and better minister by that scene, where this dear :1011, struggling with his guilt and fear of death, \mailed to' Jesus and found' the pardon of his sins. I therefore resolved never to forget that charge he made me, in his -e. - - tretnity Make it so plain that I can get hold of it.' Fools and obstinate people make law yers rich. • [Prom the New York Ledger.] SHALL I BEGIN To USE TOBACCO'? Ely 'HENRY WARD BEECiLER A correspondenqolicits our candid opinion, through I' fo Ledger, respect ing the use of Tobacco. WO shall give it willingly. We are not disposed to take extreme ground on the Tobacco queston, although we entertain very positive convictions of the mischiefs which attend its use. As is ustial in all discussions, two extremes are doielOp ed in Inn controversy respeethig tobac co. Ono party regards the use of tobac co as an, evil, an evil only, and that con tinually-;-.it holds that there is no such thing as moderation in evil ; and that the least use of the weed is pernicious, imparing the health and shortening the life. On the other hand,,the advocates of smoking and chewing take the bull by the horns, and undertake to demon strate front the latest grounds of physi blogy, that tobacco is' an article whose use, in due moderation, economizes the nervous force, repairs cerebral wastes, and prolongs life, ,lye shall not take part in the controver'. There are soy,- eral grounds on which we would dis suade young men w ho have not formed the habit of using tobacco from ever learning to use it. 1. It is not necessary to health or to comfort. No one has a natural craving for it. On the contrary, it is utterly're pugnant to a natural appetite. - it of fends the senses and every vital organ. Men are obliged to train themselves in to its use. The stomach, the heart, and the brain all protest against it, and sub- Nnit, at length, only as they would tb any other medicinal agent. That it may become; after long use, necessary Ito comfort, and even to the health, is :eta sing of it only what may be said of opium, of strychnine, and of arsenic, - alit of tvhich are employed for the very sante purpose that tobacco is, viz : to produce excitement. But the need is secondary, artificial, and acquired. No titan in health cares to use tobacco be cause he needs it.. The habit begins in puerile imitation. It is an apish trick. Boys revolt against boyhood, and think they are,men when old enough to copy the faults of an imperfect manhood.— They are very apt to crawl into man heed through the dirty door of vice. it May lie said that, though there is no minimal craving fer any particular ding, 11,1:e tobacco, yet in a highly arti-, tidal spite of society men crave• stimu butts, and that tobacco. alcohol, &c., if used with rigid nit tderation, adapt themselves as artificial supplies to an artitieial want. That men living under the highly ex citing conditions of modern society need certain stimulants, we are not disposed to deny. But in selecting ono shOuld avoid those which are peculiarly liable to abuse, and employ those which ex perience has shown to be safe: Tea and coffee are useful stimulants. They are not degenerating.. .Whateve4 use to bacco and Wine are alleged to have in repairing' nervous wastes,,tea and coffee will sert.e in like manner, without the temptations to excess_ which go with these more violent- drugs. '. The -habit of using tobacco leads men to vulgarity. I_ do not by any means say that every•nser of tobacco is vulg,ar, or that every one who betakes betakes himself to it will, of necessity, t .•,-,„.,,,,t 0 • t t• Jll.l . 2 .,, tll stter of fac t . users of tobacco grow ind -l iflerent to toe feelings of others, anti habitually keep before the eyes of their companions dis gustful things, whirls true refinement would hide, or suppress. Even brute animals, inoveil by inee instinct, learn Lo hide the excretions of the body. The much abused pig prefers cleanliness.— (.live h hoe pure water' a clean bed, and he will keep himself clean. ltut, whatever rare and polite excep tions there may be, it is undeniable that the users of Tobacco become indif ferent to others' feelings, and shot k the tastes of men with scarcely the con svitatsness or ()trending. '('lie Clymer squirts his saliva as if lie were a liquid artillery man. The smoker carries in lii :4 hair, his raiment, and in his breath the fetid odor of tobacco. To_some the fresh smoke of good tobacco is not dis agreeable. 'Hut the residual smell which lingers in the Ripe, on the clothes, or on the person, is disgustful to every one.- 1 f elm will use tobacco, he should at least thereafter carefully purge and pu rify himself. Hut it have observed that persons who in all other things have gent lent:mly instincts, in the use of to have° seem to loge delicacy and gene rosily. I see a great degree of selfish ness, and of indifference to others' coin Ina and feelings, in the use of this ar tick I do not say that tobacco bruti ies feelings. But I have noticed hat users of tobacco arc, as a class, less easeful of °trending the tastes of others than are their fellows Of the same rank.,l; in life who do not use it. :t. Tobacco has, ;won some constitu tions,ia most deleterious effect, e used moderately. No one - (Ai beforehand tell whether he will be its victim. That it acts upon many as an insidious nerve' poison, leading to dys pepsia, to headaches, to various derange ments of the nervous system ,'seems be yond a doubt. Thousands of persons, after long mulching, have found them selves, restored ,to health, by simply dis continuing tlio use of tobacco. That,in such cases, thehe is an affinity between drinking and smoking,l can hardly be doubted. That, in some cases, cases it leads to intemperance, seems clear. Why should one incur the ,remotest danger, by learning to use a - disagree able narcotic agent that, a healthy luau has no sort of need of? 4. There is an argument of personal liberty and of personal purity ,that, has always seemed to 115 should be sufficient with a generous and halorable nature. The haliit of using tobacco once formed, is well-nigh invincible. Now, no man of self-respect, not, already entangled, should choose to go into bondage, to be come a slave to matter of sensnous en joyment. Viler() is, also, a ieason of personal cleanliness. No man; who habitually uses tobacco - 1401 rniistf he - 0111.-insive to delicate tastes. It is almatter df proper pride for one to be cil[liscions that his person is pure, his skin sound, his mouth clean, his eye cool and clear.— If One is unwilling to wear a filthy coat, how much less should he he willing to carry atilthy person ? Now and then a tobaceo 'user may, by, great care, hide the effects of it on his person. •But in Gtr the greater numberi of 'instances, eve" oloollg well - bred people, one eton at olive see or smell, or both, the Sig" and elliTts of the noisome weed. Wit hardly hope to inthienceanY one on whom the 1 i lit fix/ 4 - We do hope to dissuade some votolg men from forming a habit A-40,4. utterly , neees, a ry to h ea lth :old own fort, in luu , l, i h m ai ,, es is tinwholeSome, which ; • :I ,, i iikes personal : cleanliness, :oldie's One iliVindthlY afienSnOUS ap :,id whieff-changes delicacy and kindness to a selfish indilVerenee to the comfort, a oil con yen ienct4of all who are , brought in contact with us. ' Well, farmer, you told us your wood was a good" 'Ace for hunting; now we've trampeir through - it for three nour4; and found no game.' 3 ust so, Well, I calculate, 119 a general thing, the less game there is, the more •hunt ing you have.' JOBBING DEPARTNENT. Thopropriotorshavostookedthi*stablishme with a now a vario noportmo'n% of and are prepared to execute neatlyand promptly POSTERS, HANDBILLS, OIRCULARS;BILL HEADS, CARDS, PAMPHLETS, 4t0., &o. Deeds, Mortgagos„Leases, and a full assortment of Constables' and Justices' Blanks on band. People living at a distance can depondon hav ing their work done promptly and sent back in return mail: NO. 39. There had_been a good many bur glaries of late, Thomas,' said Mr. Thorn ton, as he wasabout leaving the bank for the day, `and I have been thinking it might be well if you remained here nights for the present—especially as one of the entrance keys is missing;and may have gotten into wrong hands.' I have been thinking the same my-, self, sir,' fhomas answered: can lie on the lounge there, you see, in the . back office, quite comfortable like.' e, And sleep through a dozen safe-ex plosions, most likely, arid never lose a snore.' . Never fear sir; the stirring - of a mouse wakes me.' take this revolver, then; suppose you know how to use it ?' . - Thomas hoped he did ; hoped he nadn't been four years in the army with out learning that much. And so Thomas was loft on guard, and the riehbanker, who had outstayed all his clerks thi4 evening, took his de parture. _ Mr. Thornton was a'widower,. having an only son, whom he had set his heart 'on marrying to a ward of his, a •young heiress, whose fortune had lost nothing under his Management, the fruits of which he Would have been loth to see reaped by a stranger. But Mary Burton had a will, as well as a heart -of her own, and - naturally felt that the former was entitled to some share in the disposal of the latter. She esteemed Edward Thonrton, but she both loved and esteemed Lawrence Ridgeley, and that made a mighty dif ference. As for the young men, they were both her adorers, though Edward knew his suit was hopeless, and had long ceased to press it. There was even a warm friendship between him self and his rival. They had been class mates and companions in the days when Lawrence Ridgeley's father was a prosperous merchant, whose son was little likely ever to be under the ne cessity of earning his bread, as he was now doing, in the position of a hard worked clerk in the banking house of Abel Thornton. That gentleman, we have said, had. set his heart ou the marriage of his son to his ward, and he was not slow in discovering that Lawrence Ilidgeley was a serious impediment to his plans an impediment which he would have gladly removed without being over scrupulous as to the means, for ho was a hard and cruel man to those whom he conceived to stand in the way. 'Before Lawrence Itidgeley left the 'bank on the evening in question, he receiVed direction fromi Mr. Thornton to meet the latter in his library, after ,tea, to assist in the preparation of some foreign correspondence to go out by next day's steamer. The young clerk was on hand at the appointed time. He wrote, at his em ployer's dictation, whenit became ne cessary to . the further progress of their work to consult soine' papers, which Mr. Thornton remembered he had 'left on the desk in his private room at the bank. - JOB AND CARD TYPE AND FAST PRESSES, TEACHERY SELF-PIINIISHED As there was no getting, on without the absent' piipers. Ridgeley offered to go and get them. Mr. Thornton ap peared pleased with 'his promptness, and apologized with unusual civility for accepting the offer. Lawrence at once set (int • on his 3 - 11> wa,w I, , niting at a crossing for the next street car, when Edward Thornton accosted him : ' Which way so late?' • ' I'm going to the bank,' , said Law ience, for a package of papers which your father wishes to consult to-night.' Aim, that reminds Me—l will save you the trip with your, permigsion. forgot 3 pared ' them,' this afternoon which I will need in the morning ;—so if you will tell me where the papers aro to he found, I will do your errand and mine at the same But I could firing youi parcel.' ' You would never be able to find it, or to know it if you did ; the worst - possible hand at descriptions and direc tions. So give me the door-key, and tell me where the papers are.' ' They are on your" father's desk,' said Lawrence, handing him the key ; and just then a car was passing, which Edward hailed and entered. Nearly an hour would be required t go to the bank and return, and LaNi -- - renee infinitely preferred a stroll in the bright moonlight to passing the time in Mr. Thornton's sombre company. A short walk brought him to one of those beautiful squares which here and there, like oases in a desert, relieve the monotony of his peopled wildernesS. The walks 'true now quite deserted, and everything was still, save the mur- mur of a fountain whose dancing spray as it sparkled in ithe shimmering light developed a series of tints, varied as the hues of hope and changeless only in kauty. - All lovers aie poetic. - No Wonder, Then, that Lawrence Ridgeley, tinder the enchantment of such a scene, sat and dreamed away an hour before he had thought well began. But the striking of a clock recalled him from his reverie, and -he knew it was time to return to his employer, who, he feared had already been kept waiting. Mr. Thornton met him with ri lower ing and sinister look, in which a tinge of disappointment was visible. Well have you brought the papers? You have taken your time at least.' ' I have not been at the bank, Sir ; Edward—' Mr. Thornton'; face was like marble. 4 Edward! AV ;Mit of Edward?' he ex claimed, frantic with excitenient. Lawrence briefly explained .how it had happened that EdwardlAutd gone to the hank in his stead. Simple as was the recital, the liLtener seemed paralyzed at, it. Hl ) clutched at the nearest object for sup ort. Then recovering himself with a - desperate effort, he rushed toward the door but before reaching' it his steps were arres ted by-a violent ringing of the bell. 4 Great God !' he cried, 'it is too late!' And he sank shivering into a seat, and Covered his face with his hands. Lawrence opened the door, and a stranger presented himself. , ' Can 1 see Mr. Thornton'?' he in quired. .. Lawrence coo (t neted Mtn to his ',ern ployer's'presence. ' I bring you sad news, Mr. Thorn- ton.' Tait the messenger might have spared himself the trouble of telling it. None kneiv better than Abel Th6raton that the snare which he had spread for an other's life had proved destructive to that of liks child. lie licciintended that Lawrence Itidgeley, enuring the bank al an - Mireasonable hour, without knowing any one was on watch, and consequently taking no care to inn nominee himself, should bo fired, upon and slain as a burglar. Everything had worked as lie had planued, but the victim was his own son ! Insanity is a boon when it - brings for getfulness of ills too grievous to be borne; but not such- is the insanity which now comigns Abel Thornton. to a maniac's cell. tlbastly visions of his crime are ever present to haunt his waking, and still more hoilibly to tor ment his sleeping hours. Which is the worst, to execute a man's portrait or to burn his effigy. II LI
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