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GEO. r. TI^TTON , ATTORNEY ATT LAW TenkbantHM-k, Pa JOfiee in Steak's Brick Block, Tioga street ( tTTM. Sfl* PIATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Of- W fice m Stark's Brick Block, Tioga St., lyvdt amnnet-h, Pa. £ 9l m R R. Ai*. W, L|TT|.K AJEJWNkfJ&AT. LAW, Office on ARVEY HKI.Eh, ATTORNEYAT LAW and GENERAL fNBFRANCE AGENT Of fice. Bridge street, opposite Wall's Hotel, Teakhsw nk Fa. DR. J. C. COIWBLW*. HAYING LOCAT ED AT THE FALLS, WILL promptly attend all call* in the line of hi* profession—may he found et Beemer'* Hotel, when net professionally absent. Falls, Oet. 10. 1861. 1) If. -T. C BROKER Co., PHYSICIANS At SURGEONS. Weald, respeotfally announce to the-citiaen* o r Wy eiing that they have located at Tunkbnnnock wher bey irill promptly attend to sfl calls fn the line of Minprofesaion. May be foned t his Drag Stsro when not professionally absent. JM. CAREY* D,— (Gradoate of the g . • 11. Institute, Cincinnati) would reapectfaily eaeoaaea to the citizens of Wyoming and Luzerne Ceenties, that he c -ntinne* hi* regularpr-ictire in the reriawe departaaat* of hi* profession. May ne found at hia oßee or residence, when not professionally ah cat W Particular attention given to the treatment Cwmeie Diaea* entrsnsoreland, Wyoming Co. Pa.—*2n2 WALL'SHOTEU LATE jiMBRICdLtf MOUSE/ tUfIfKHANNOCK* WYOMING CO., PA. PIS establishment has recently been refitted and famished in the fateat style * Everv attention will be given to th* comfort and convenience of those frao patronise the Hooe: T. B. WALL, Owner an! Proprietor. Tankhaanock. September 11, 1861. MAYNARD'B HOTEL, TUNKHANNOCK. WYOMING COUNTY, PENNA. AOH N NAYNARD, Proprietor. HAVING taken the Hotel, in .the Borough o' Tunkhanocck. recently occupied by Kiioy Waraer, the proprietor respectfully soli its a share ol public patronage. The llouSe has been thornughlv repaire-l. an I the comforts and aocomodatiotts of a first etas* Hotel, will be found by all who may favor t wish their oustoai. September 11, 1861 NORTH BRANCH HOTEL, ME9HOPPKN, WYOMING COI NTY, PA We, H. CORTRIGHT, Frog'r HAVING resumed the nroprictnrship of the above Hotel, the nndereigwed will spare no effort to feeder the boose an egntqabls. .place ol eajonrn for <ll who may favor It with ibeir custom Wm H QCRTRIHRT. Jen* "7M 10fi? M. GILMAN^ Vf OILMAN, ha* pennann(ly Wcatd la Tuflk tvl. bannock Borough, and reepectfoßy tendetehi* professional service* to the oitians of this phws sad "rrounding country. ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS FACTION. \~W Office over Tattoo's Lew Office near td e Pos °fK;.ll, 1861. LIME FOR FARMERS, as A FIRTILWER for ssfle at VMRJLOT i u -.flfosbsHwfo Asp, 18,1961- A GENTLEMAN, cured of Nerroo )VeMlit r ji,. torn peteucy, *—* v —Tfi g^i actua'ed by a desire to Lenqflt 9|h<sp e giV|, hnspv tjfiTAS&Rtii WO? used in his case. to profit e ts perience—and possess a Valoable Remedy—wffl rt eeive the same, by return mail, (carefully sealed,) by addressing * ll '* "fofosY is .-iktrnwoT aekaMO JOHN B. OGDON, No m Kimaa Stroel, New Fork. v2—nl—3m - i saseff Se -! FTh Grromd KMPWiSVIMI and at prices to suit pur imjßflsff py • K at 7f K. liowttrJa |M's (torntr. MY SX AMc* SISTV. Whan wandtriagfoaatvaiigar.laad, A strange.sk.i- banding o'er ma, A ad, thought* of.hoymjeAhoykoixl'*.hßn&, A thronging fast, befit repp# j Anil M ihey rise, each friendly tce — Or <aiher, sister, brother— And seek in mind the fond embrace, Come# first of all MT MOTHS* ! A brother's wsftn and iakbfui heart, Draws closely to me erer; A sister's ltiTe'lbejroad the art Of chance orehnngo to sever; My father l * (bra, revered, will rise, Prised far beyond alt ether, Save when I see, with boyhood's eyas, Ip mf mory's glass, Mr KOTHXA ! Earth's other tiee may seein Rail strong; , Loved spirit's roand ate hover; And beauty, fapie, and wealth, an t song, May win me for, their lover; But still will memory's m.tgoet trne, Point ever to one other, Investing with hope's brightest hue, That m< st Wved form—mr MOTHKB Then let.the poet tfng.for fame; The misef hoard tkU'treasure; Let warriors win a deathless name, An i'fltl their glory's me <nre; Go, it they wilt, and at the shrine Of proud ambition, smother AJaeb PWbler iwpfflao—pet ay mine Fewer ®k mt uuT^eal - Or wee! or Woe, bowe'er the tide The barqaa.ffpaods o'er life's oeeeu, <• Qophaart tq maw m rtiUaUied -, r unimpaired d*vtion ; Let fortune fail, and friends forsake ; 17T TherWo me apd thera'e.nowtber, $ .. Whose lore ne Japm of tuns can shehri That one 1 She is Mr MOTMMU! In childhood's boar; ipatarer years; FIOIQ life's bright noon till even, She aids oar hopes atlsys oar ftars. And points the pith to heaven ; And if ft sky-born spirit e'er •Was sent to guaOd another, In mortal guise, from yon pare sphere. That spirit it— r-ittff Movagn 1 A LITERARY CURIOSITY. The fbllowinc is one of the most remarkable com positions erer published: l Eyrutssyios.—The initial capitals spell, "My boast is in the glorious Cross of Christ." The utortfr it italic*, when mad £mw,t<p * bottom and from bottom to top, form " The Lord's prayer." Make known the gospel truth*, Our father, king, Yield us thy grace, dear Father from above, Rim OS with heart a which teelinicly can -ing. Our life tbeu art tor erer. Gn-t of love ! Assuage our griefs in far Christ we pray, riiace the bright prince <>t Heaven end rlory lied, Took eU oar saarnc ano hailatced the display, Infant firing first a mati and h n -r.io. jJL ti fttupen iiMius fto-i! thy gr i;e -.. i; power nx+kt ao .wn. In Jesus' name let all the or|.| r< joi<e. New labors in thy heavenK kingdom, own, That Messed kingdom for thy s tints the choice ; Mow vile to rem* te thee is all our err. Enemies ta/% self and all that's thine. Graceless our will, w. live for, ramty, Loathing thy , try fie ing evil in derirn. 41, God, thy will be done from earth to Ueavea. Reclining on the gospel Ist us live, In earth from tin delivered and forgiven, lib I as thyself hut tea h as to forgive, "Unless it* power temptation doth destroy, (furs is our fail tntotb# depths at woe. C irniil in mind, we've not a glurpse of joy Raised against heaven; in us no hope can flow. O give ns grace and lead ns on thy way, Whine on us with thy love an I give us peace, Self and thi* sin which rise against us ilaj. Oh! grant each day oar trespasses may cease, Forgire our evti do els that oft we do, Coiivinje us drily of them to ear shame. Help a* with barrenly bread, forgive us, too, Recurrent lust*, and we'll adore thy name, In thy forgive nam we as saints can die, Since for us ti l our tresspasses so high, Thy Sen, our Savior, bled on Calvary. IFL THERE GROUND FOR HOPEI -• We are often asked, -ay# an exchange, is there any ground for hope of good in the to <urc 1 There is-but it can be peached only h> a change of ruler* The precent "powers that he" have proxrd themselves unfit and un worthy ; the progress of affair* under them, has lx en, and is likely to be, from bad to worce ; they have shown themselves igno r ant and reckless experimenters, vainly sacrificing the and treasure of the nation, to such an Cftent that there i* trtt choice .left, to the pciple, but A RUINED COUNTRY or A CtUXps OF ADMINISTRATION. _— : t AROUTION PiARTV IS A DJSipYAL WL<IAXWAX\O% m s\m u mm OR TRAN CiyiL WAR AND A DISSQLU WP oHONRST QF AMfMTm BRWiJfcUWK.TQ expose THEIR INTENTIONS AND Aft gm.. r fHSIR nEWIftRBBS-v-Atitiwgw dacggOK. —: —- -: 1 <■. . i, , Banmi oM Abe, when the first Denied aboirtiun was part of hits plan y Hojies; old Abu has s.nce made a decree, The war tpnat go on till the slaves are all frae. , As both, can't be honest,')riH some ontf tell • v- ff-m . Kr7 . rr . hour, If hooest Abfl tf§f, he ie tO BPBAK HIS THOUGHTS 18 EVERY MEEB). HCHT,-TbM<rH.. TUMCHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28, 1863. ani£ LOVE AND PKTPK. SV MTCLLIE WILD. " Bhy she was, ehd I thoncht her cold, Thought her pr ad, so l fled over As sea." T -day f have betn looking a a picture of Bretnel Castle. It was builtTW hundred years ago, principally *4 light grey stone, teiw darkened at the buttressei into purple and green, and hi*tiv, by the storms of centuries On the sooth the magnificent gardeps sh.pe towards the • a, which tumbles arid fostts on a rocky coa*t. Westward Is * fine Vit lage, and on the other sides the park stretch es f r mile* away. I know the history of Br.tnel Castle, and sometime I will tell y>U the story of the o*-tgn.ai <>f rch of the pot-traits that hang in the hall -But to-ilav can only relate the e' ry of the w Sling of its pre-eol lord n-t ms- ! er fifty unles north of Bretnel lives Sir Ralpn Preston and • is only child, AmabelT, a brown eyed, *anny hatred girl of eighteen summer* My story opens on the firs' tuofhing ip Miy, a warm uioist morning, and bvputiful. as June. Amy, dressed in white an I green, dsnoi-d till nHo witli the village girls, after crowning the queen of May. Early in the afienvmn there were several fresh rrrivsl*, and Atnv ran to ireet her old friend and playuM'e, Arttnir Morton, younger brother of the haughty young heir of Rothweli Ms nor. What care f"Amy for the Tillage par'y tieh 1 She etndlf d away with Arrtiur, and preuetrffv the woods echoed thi'ir distant laughter Toey rambled about fill nearlt sunset, charting about old times and absent friends. At last Arthur told Atny that he waa going to leave England. " f knew tt before," said Amy. •' Howard told me." ** My brother 1 When did you see hitp " Last week. He came With Lord Bret net. " Then you have seen Robvrto. Do you Hke him, Arrav 7" " Yes ;he is splendid- So says Howard, en says mv father, and to says I" Arthur bit his hps. " He l<N>ks like the pictures of the Rnighta o Saim Q.-orge, with his raven hair, flash ing c\e, an I marble face. But every w>- mm likes a comrn tnding presence, a>d a hp shaded hv a re tU*'ache as dense a* a Cuita*- xor's >f rtie Old Guard." Arthur laugh, d rather *c r>fu lv at Amy. wh *i. watching the changing r*fl.-ction f the jealon* h .y <■• 'he hh pond. She saw a xlendt-r figure, b'rie eye, chest mr hair, hut a sraooih ht> all c-n " n .ar.| come* ■•( age -o in r r l I •, ,v c .me to ak v.m to rid- with '■ lo ritH M .nor," e .... .. I Arthur, in his usual 1 TK* " I hil stay her- u rtil then, tf von !..vite n . a"d are willo g tr accept m\ lusn-hvce " "fb oetrae y..a will stay, Arhor. But vour invitation cones too letv I have pr<>m • d go wi'h L rd Brvtoe'." "I am s rr\ ; you Till le ve no kind Words fir rne to moiroW Why do you not ask why I leave England so suddenly 7" * '• 8.-caus'l lo not believe that ) - ou will go so s-Hin." '• But indeed it is true, Amy. I have on ly a yoi..ger brother's portion, and it will never satisfy me. I must win a name, Amy, r I can never de content. As an artist I hope to d • this. I shall go to Italy, and I can but fail " " My father *ays you were not b-.ni an ar ttat j y.sj can pai it well, but ton Will never lino fame or fortune in Italy." - I shall try." The next day a splendid carnage, drawn by superb horses, drew Roberto and Amy to Rothweli, a distance of five miles. Arthur followed abtvriv *n horseback. Passing by the pmd h- saw a green and white scarf that Amy had-dropped the day previous. He put it m his b>som and ntde on tv Roth weli. No experse had been spared to make the fete iwagniicent. AH the beauty and nufale hlopd Inf. fifty miles around assembled to honor the future Lord of Rothweli. Arthur Was the. merriest of 'he merry yoang men who loved him far better, than hia haughty braihsr. Amy Pr-st on, in a robe of violent silk, aud with pearls em her neck and arms, wee entied by fti) fair ladies, because of the marked attention paid bar by the- yoang Lord of Bretnel. At wdigbt Arthur found her aiupa And . proposed a walk :on lha ter ryoe. "Ja Wiß hri our laat for many months, perfa*pa ytars,"be*#id- Amy em*ened rehMflantly f Roberto had IsPt bar but fiw a moment, and she wa* awak ing his retem. > But Hie allowed Arthur to lead her away, and night aadtlw sttts found themi walking among the early fiewers.— They taHred of the pen end the present, but nob of (ho fotuve. Moaic floated . out from the hHt i dancing Ind eomtteMOd. M Yoo will daresn tiatf first with wfo, Amy. WiU you not 7" Arthtm aekod .pleasftngTy. 4 *s<fl jhmse pftimmed. apprsaohtag. n You, will oeme to PreatDo Htmse to Aid aae paed byei before- yeu go, Mill you noV Author." - I d $\ ft. 1 can j hftl ahalLaee you to-morrow •': • Mi it. ' Amy dsnceri and aang till midnight. H-r evea wire brighler than usual- and her step lighter. R->berto wa often by her side* and •Le bluahed bepepth hia rnepning glance* and a' Mf •' w<>rjs. But the ,rDged .wWb Ar'Kar, and tsng hia favori'e *orv That nivhf. her turret chamber. Amv cnqld, aep Arthur'* Fin 'osr.in the tptt'n build tng on her left. Hi*. J ! bt bnrned till tbe mornincr t*r grew dim at day: rjawn. anrf he W*tc,hed/or one ®|irone of bj faer. hot ahe taw nothing She felt asleep at sunrise. F->or dfva Isfpr Am# *eti Ar'hnr in 4be ball a* Preatnwff >we; he had mm*..tabid them good bre, for be was gning aseav the next reornfng. I' 7 will m far as *be old aV with von." MM Am*' as.Arthur was leavioe the hone*. Arthur looked nlesaed. Thev Walked alnsrlv in the bright anushine. aerl taHred of the rime when the tree* would east a darker shadow when the op*** wnnld be tal'er and the flower* Would bloaaom nnd-r the hedge rows. Not one Word of the friendehip that had hound there o elooelv in the veara that had gone. If either heart ached the face and ! voice eave no sign. " Y->n will not. see th* roses hloam that vou nlanted a month ago. Arthur " " No, only in dreatnw " " Nov the autumn wood* that you love so well " ' 1 "• M No matter ; T hall not forget them " " N-vf -ih* Oheictman fire*. -#hV will Christmas he to vnnr father without hie fa v rite son. Arthur f' Arthur did not reply. Amy thought hia lip quivered, but it might be fancv. "LYriuwiH be at home on Chris* ma* eve, Arthur 7" ''-Not unless you hid me eotte, Amy." Did Amy fee the wtetfhl, Ireftfiifofl, que* tiotttag gWrttee he ebat upon her aa he as id thi a. ff ahe had would ahe have atsssrered a*hedidf M Unless I hid vou 7 Ymt are not my eer vent, Arthur. You Will do aa f• u please ; hut you know theft no other can ever fIH the place vacant in our hearts and homes-—your father* home end' mine." The word* contained more of regret at hi* departure than any he bid hefir l her utter ; but even they were too mid fur hi* purpose. They reached the >ld nek tree ; Amy paus ed, and Arthur -aid : " G<ad bye, Amy; think of your old play | mate sometimes; and if ym are ever happier than you have been In yearn that are past, -enrl mi- a line across he sea, and I wiH cm gra'nia e vou, and send you my blessing if it i* worth nnyihipe." 8- they parted in tin May sunshine. Arthur walked rapidlv homeward. He di-l torn o Co, thinking that lie heard a voice calling lure ; but if wa* only fancy. Th wrfla - -la, wvh roe" would have kept him in E'tgian I l-r a rime, eager as he VM to see t'te land -f r >ra nice—flu r Daly. He knew that tie *h uld n-vcr be happ- in a ditan* land, far from home and kmlred; but he could brave eve -yt htng for fatn*-. A'aa fbe could not win it as an art.a*; he tn<>fc nations bv his eioqumice if he could stand in his hr >rher't place. He wa* but a youngei brother, yet far nohler and more fltie<l f>>r the tnat'er of he R uhwefl than H >ward. He goew Una, and yet he never envied ht a brother the pneitton fs'e had given him.— The day foilowtng he left England." Chapter 11. " 'Ti* good to bs marry sod wis# ; 'Til good to bs honest and tra* ; 'Tw good to bs off with the old lovs, Bafois you art on with th* new.'' Amj wandered ab >ut atmmg the trees till night fall. The little maiden of a month ago wa* a haughty woman to-day. Arthur wax very proud; *<> was she. She asked her self the question, why, it Arthur really loved her he did not tell his iove now that he was going away. She could not aaliafy herself on this point. He might be jea'oua, and. if so, why had she never discovered it. "He doe not, he, never did fore me," she Mid to herself, and yet her heart told her that her words were untrue. She reached home at last. Roberto had sent her an exquisite antique vase that he had brought from the East. She foil to mus ing over it, wondering if he intended to trav el agam ; she had heard hia express a d e sire to do so at some future time. If he moat, would be take his bride with him, if be married 7 She thought w hat a fins thing it to be able to call those woods and streams at Bretnel her own ; to be the mistress of the old castle ; to .wander atnotig the cool fountain* in. the brrexy gar dona ; to be luffed to ihpp by the auaicof thy sea. Preetou would be her owo t her father?* death, but it.WM etdy a phso oountry man sion, although thp laodf were broad i but it di<oe4*atify She bed faep. Rothweli evgr iipce beg childhood, and ffbu bud a*eeited it With ; all that fa* grand and ex cellent until she saw Bretfeftl ># fed# hh ff*- <o.-,MUitufioaßoe •NH girt bv<4,W *> the thpt * J&r Awm* JMBlfdW .^#Wrf.oflFber ckuie and tW gnWcft pforr of autumn m seen th* iHjd, hut no letters came from tie wanderer 1 to PreaP'O : House. Amy re ceivni! the visits of Lord Bretnel With pleae ore, yet she lotflfrd for tidings from Arthur Should she Write to him art a sister might write to • brother? No; he did not ak her to write. She wonld wait till she could 1-1 him know with her owtt pen that she waa to be thtsrrets of Bretnei Irff f r *uch ihe wa* certain she should be. Robeito waa a noble, whole souled man, above the ordinary •tamp of manhood, and there Was no mistak ing the intentions of such as he. Site deter mined to wait ant I he proposed for her hand, and then the would ask the blessing that Ar thur had promised The opportunity came sooner than she expected. One in October, when she had return ed from a walk, her father told her that Rob erto had proposed for her hand, adding that he had given his consent if bts daughter's hesrt could go wtth it. '* I <>nce thought that you loved Arthur M >rt>n I hould not have objected, Amy, I for I wish to make too happy; but Lord Bretnel is a more fitting match for you, my child, although I am an old man, and Bret nel is fifty miles sway, yet I can give you to him with pleasure if you can be happy with him He ti wnittng tor you in the gar deh Amy glanced at her soiled dress, and leav ing a kiss on her father's cheek, she went to her dressing room. Two dresses lay side by side—s beautiful ro*e-colpred robe, and a White India muslin. Bbe took up the latter. IT I am to sacrifice love to ambition, White is most fitting," she thought, hslf aloud. "If I knew—if! only knew that he—tlut Arthur loves me, I should hesitate even now." A tiny case lay before her, xnd she look it up. It was the face of a boy ofc" sixteen, and the latfghing eyes looked into hers, the handsome lipe smiled upon her; she made a move ment to throw it from her, and yet she grasp *d it. " I cast him from ma and rejected his love; without words, but be knew it."— She thought how happy she was on the day that Arthur gave her that picture, three vears before, Should she ever be a* light * - , m *1 .f " t . I ▼.* hearted again 7 Raising her bead from the picture she saw the reflection of herself in the glass. Shu was surpneed at the be*u<ifsl face before hrr. Her rye* sparkled, her cheek ,wt* flu-bed with a rich rose color, and the defi ant expression ah* assumed as she raiacd her hes 1 was becoming to her faee, she fhought. " H* was too proud," she said, " and yet— and \et- -" She thought of the diamonds that would one lay gleam in her hair, the silky brown hair that she knew to be very beautiful, id the rbe* of velvet that she had seen other* wear, and "he to k up the white dress ami commenced her toilet. Before she bad flu ihed the color had gone from her cheek and the brilliancy from her eyes. Her face wore a look of pain, and she knew that ehe must not meet R >bert<-'s searching eye until she was calmer. She kneeled bv the open window, hoping tlat the warm ffouth wind would give btfok th* bhiua to her obeeK, and fell into a reve ry, from which ahe was aroused by a rain drop that foil upon her cheek. A beefy shower had gathered, end the rain was in creasing She c .old not go to the garden, sad she was about to ring and request Ro berto to wait her in the library, when the post-hoy galloped up to the duor. She Res expecting a letter from her cousin Agnes, she thought a perusal of the usually well filled pages, brimming over with fun, would restore her cheerfulness. She rang the hell. u Are there letters, Estelle 7" 14 There is a letter." 4 ' Bring it up, and ask Lord Bretnel to wait a few moments for me in the library." The letter was brought. It bore a foreign post-mark The sight of the well- tetnember ed hand writing brought the coteted color td her cheek. Breaking the seal she read the following lines, traced by an unsteady band. TO AMASSL. Fair is this laad, dear Amabel, The land of all sly boyish dreams; fiat dearer is my native land, And feirar ar* its woods and streams. I wateh tb* saasbino as it fhHs On many a sbriae of tang and story j And oh! my bean beat* high to #ia • Oae SfmrkleoT thf OMM. flfory. s And yet I sigh- thoa art not h*! Th* boars.go by on Usdsc wipgs; Sometime* I boar your favorite song, And every bell of memory rag* And (beef I fcog to so* your fee*, And fame and fortune, wealth aad power, All tbat I'd h#y tawia ocoorth - 14 barter for my etdea piece , , Beside JOB, Amy, on* short hour.- t dfif asft tetl ffy love Ibr yen, And yet yea fern#*, Amabel j e- Toe rend ttfo my aye., my Hps ■mi OMUuMluvftHsksi 4ft mwell: dm* foyoeg eyes; ft* in the Rom I****• . Yet wbe'R we parted, jo 4 was eold, Nor oraafo*d <Mf wo ti of bop* to me { lad most I pins Iff this w*t land, I '' TftHb onlydreacu <f oftrlfer years. .Thai mffiww flaesftd So* jaitUd fesbod Iftsodsofraffratfql; btMsfftsaml JSt aUef Jjfeform* lasertupra oao hops, one joy— on this, tx ' I I "feIMS ' Amy dropped the caressing verses and took np the miniature. There waa one mer* struggle betereeu lore and ambition, ana the firmer conquered. She dared not meet Ro berto unfit' she had sealed 6tf late, for there was a faacinati h m hie toice and eyed that few could resist. She took op a pea and wrote rapidly "Come to me, Artho ; I have received jrohr letter, and 1 am happier than when I parted with you. Come and congratulate me* C me to me on Christmas eve. AMABEL." Was there hope f but tor br pride rim would hare written—" You are dearer far thaa all the world beside." She sealed the note, gate it into (ha band of a servant, and went down to Robelto and told Rim her heart-changes. She told him everything but that she would have married to utiely ber anibit'n n; for that surely was not all. She was confident that hie love would give place to contempt; but ebe told her story honestly, and be believed her. " I have loved you," she said, " tar batter than I i ver did or ever could love any Che except Arthur. I could have made you hap py, Roberto," " I know it, Amabel, I knew it. T can for give you the pain you have caused me, for I love you still, because you dd not under stand Arthur and human nature coapled with pride, and yourself least of ail'. I could not have made you happy —but no more of this, f shall leave Rowland ; when 1 return we shall meet as friends I trust. ile grasped Amy's offered hand, and leav ing a kiss on her flushed brow, was gone in a moment, It was years before Amy At* him again, and when they met, dark-eyed German girl sat at bis feat and sang an l£n gliatt aong that brought the colof to Amy's cheek. "It is his favorite aong,'.' beautiful Wins. She little knew, why. Chapter ill. " Ring, Christ Bass balls, ring astrity, Uj. Willie has has ratarnad to stti'' . Christmas eva came and with tt Arthur/ rimy met as they bad parted, without i Word or a sign of love that was in their heaMT; M 1 knew that yocr would send far tac arid Arthur, in a tantalizing tone. c M I shall send you away whm-Sl have amased myseif with you, nt do Bartd." Bario was a Greyhound. • " r * " f hear that you have nji-cted I/onf Bretnel." "It is true. Have you' won fartfe cs-air artist ?" 1 ' Not jet." " You never will." " I fear not, Amy. I shall stay iaßngiand if you will let ne.,' " As yoQ please." The day following Arthur told his while absent, his love and pride " You eould not understatid such tova ad mine," he said. "It was unselfish, for 1 could have given you up to Roberto, or any other who could have made you happier with out causing yon pain by a declaration that could result in nothing but coldness between cs who had been friends so long. I saw that yon was ditzVd, bewildered by ihe attentions of Roberto end that yon was blinded by am bition I knew that you admired Roberto, and I feared that yon already loved him. ■ If you eared for me my absence would test your •Action and mine. I wanted no divided hekrt." u lf you had told me this I should have bade you stay." M YOB (tare no sign of Imre, of regret even,* or I could not have held nty peace." " I wse proud, Arthur." 44 So was I. I cannot blame you." ithen the June leaves rustled there wee a wedding in the church Where Amy was bap tised m her infancy. Vdry fair was she m her white rbbfcs as she etood at the altar be* sidy the manly form of Arthur Morton. Three years after the bridal, Howard Mpr ton wae laid in the mausoleum of his ances tor* ; and not long after Lord Rothwell wee laid by his side. Arthur succeeded t<? his fine estates, and years afterward took his spat in Parliament. There he won the lame, the distinction he craved in his boyhood. Rvea Amabels' ambition was satisfied. ANOTBBK TBMALB SOLOIUh The police of Manayunk arrested, a few days sinoe, a small lad, for wandering about the streets, who gave the name of Chas. Mar tin. The youth stated that he bad, volun teered his service with a captain of a compa ny, sod had been at the seat of had just retnrned, having had a severe attack of typhoid fever, and had come home to re cruit his health. He was committed to the House of Refuge, but hp wae still mffenng from tbe malignant disease he Was sent to the Pennsylvania Hospital. After being ad mitted into this institution tbe norif who bad charge of him discovered that the youth was a girl. Upon the detection of her yv, tbe girl aaid that her real age was fourteen years, the Laving stated, when taken opt that she was but twelve years of age, hi or der to carry on the deception. Gp to the hOtrr of her admission into the Hospital oo one ever dreamed df this poor unfortunate creature being a female. She resided hf Hooks county, and during bar sojourn in the army had pasaod through seven or flight bat tles, daring which time she acted as a ser vant, and performed all the dotiee o£ one ha that position. : V, 9..-* I . nil ife VOL. 3, NO,
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