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"And yet," sai l Mr. Minton, with the kettle in his hand," 1 hardly think I'll let it out to you youngsters; its all against mvselt." Ilarrv Chester's eyes looked eager ap peals, and Herbert said : "O, now, come I say. Mr Minton, vou shouldn't have said so much, vou know ; and then to talk about not letting it out, you know it's so jo ly mvsterious." "\\ i ll," said our cheeny chief, "as N'd here, has treated us so well to-night, "I'll make some return by living to amuse V"ti boys with the account of an inc dent which happened to me some- years ago." \\ e were delighted—l especially so, being the host for the night, and anxious, as such, that things should go 'off well.— We drew up to the fire, glasses were fill ed, and the relics of the contents of the hamper, which tlie dear people at limm* had sent me, were removed. The Novem her winds bowled dismally over the Lon don and rattled at the window as if anxious to join so ph-asant a party. Mr Minton took an approving sip of his hot grog, diew his fingers through his iron grav hair, and began : "In the year fortv-six. I had been some seven years a e'erk in the bank. Our Mr. Ba-kervill 's father was the piincioal then, and a very shrewd, cute old fellow he was, T can fll you. Mr Troutruan was then a elerk, and junior to me, but every one knew tliat be would be a partner some iLy, as lie had married Miss Ba-k' rville. Young bas];erv:)! who looks grave enough now. was a hoy at Harrow, and used, in holiday time, to run in and °ut of the bank, and stare at the pile* ot Sover igns, just as he liked. "1 had had some troubles then, and was looked upon as a grave sedate young man. and, as Mr. Baskerville told my poor mother, "steady a the fund*.' In conse quence of this grav'tv of manner ami character for steadiness, I had been several times orttployed in fifth- mat'ers of a con fidential nature, and mv conduct in these had been approved of One afternoon in tlie latter part of August, iti the year f speak of. 1 was fitting at mv desk with not very mti' hlO d". I had be n think ing a good deal about mv own aff'nrs, and g->na back over groiidd rather painful for me to tread, and was therefore rather sad (hat siinnv August aft moon. Whilo I "Wa* meditating and idly drawing figur - on trtv b'ofting-pad, the bank messi eg.-r came to me. and sa d that Mr. Baski-rvillo wished to speak to nie, I went into his private room and found him seated at his desk, and in an arm-chair beside him sat a middle-aged, invalid-looking man, whoa handsome face wore a peevifii expression that seerrv'd to be permanent. Mr. Ba*k erville said: ' This tnv lord, is tlie gentleman whom I should have the greatest confidence in employing in the matter. The stranger looked at me languidly, arid slightly in clined his head as I bowed. "Bather voting for such work, is lie not Baskerville ?" "No, mv lord, I don't think so. Mr Minton i* grave and steady beyond hi* vear.s, and the firm have very great confi dence in him " ' ■ "Well, 1 will trust to vou, and I think you fully understand all that is wanted.— T would rather not give myself the fatigue of entering into explanations with this young man, if yon think you thoroughly understand what I want." "If you will leave it to me, my lord, I will undertake that Mr. Minton shall re ceive full instructions. Just see if Lord Valdnne's carriage is at the door, will you, Mr. Minton?" "I ieturned with the requisite informa tion, and Ids lordship, alter being carefully wrapped up, took the arm of one of bis men and went to his carriage, "Mr. Baskerville then a-ked mo to shut the" dd >to pive mo full and complete cnr< ciTon?. as how I was to act. It appear* d that Lord VaUl-me find three daughters, Insides several sons. — The youngest of his daughtirs, when just sixteen, had caused great trouble and the bolide to give one cl her brothers hs sons on his instrument. This had been discovered about a year before, and ban given ri>e to great recriminations, and the young lady had shown an amount of ob stinacy and temper which had quite alaitri ed her friends, so foreign was if, apparent ly to her nature. She had utterly declin ed to give up her lover, and had openly declared b r intention of holding any com munication with htm that Opportunities might offer. Under these circumstances, and in consideration r.f her youth, her fa ther determined to send her to. a school kept ly an Knglisb lady do a village abojU fifteen miles trora Brussels, and hoped thftt a year or two of entire change and absence from home would make her get over aut host to Osfend, and thence to Ant we-p. I wa* fir-t instructed to be very finn with Miss Valdane, and was advisi d to avoid anv aft'-mpts at intimacy on her part. I was simplv to be Iter escort, and as far a* possible to relieve her of all trouble. She would expect me, as a letter had been writ ten to Mr*. Slat-T desiring her to send the vou-g lady to Antwerp, under charge of a servant." "Bv jovp though •'* said Herbert Engh-- •hie, would'nt I like a little tiling of that *ort to do !" * " Waft iintil vou hoar the end of my sto re and votl will think differently," said Mr. Minton; "no one like- to be fuoled, and that was what happen- d to me. "I started, according to iny instruction*, bv tbe night mail for Dovej and at one o'clock the next dav f >nud myself at ihe door of fin- Hot -I St Antoine at Antwerp. I inquired if Mi*s Vahlan had arrived, and was a*ked to step up to a drawing-room oii a second floor. No one was in the room when I entered, but in a few minutes a re spectab'e-looking middle-aged woman came in, with an ex press ion of anxiety on her countenance. " Are vou the gentleman from London, Sir?" she aid. "I am." said I "When will it he conven ient for Miss \\,Mane to set out on h.r jonmev ?" " O sir," *aid she, " Miss Valdane is ve ry unwell, and has been obliged to go to bed. This ha* npset all the plans that had b-en arranged, and I don't know what to do." "When did this illness corae on ?" I ask ed. •' Why sir, Miss Valdane seemed verv well w hen wc left-, hut as we got near An twerp she complai ed of headache, and WHS obliged to go to bed directly we got to the hotel. The worst of it is," said she, after a pause, "that I must return by this eve ning's train." "The young lady has her maid, I uuder* ■stand ?" said I. "() yes, sir, fiie is with her, certainly bus site i* young and flighty, and I hav'nt much confidence in her." " Has Mi*s Valdane seen an) medical man.?*' said I. "O no, sir; she would'nt hear of one be ing sent fix.' " Well," said I. " it cannot be helped ; voumu-t return to your mistiess, and I must wait here until Miss Valdane is able to travel " In the course of the afternoon, and after Mrs. Slater's servant left, I sent up nay compliments, t< Mi*s Valdane, and request ed to know I ow she was. " Miss Val lane's compliments, she was so much better that she hoped to be down stairs in the course of an hour " " This was good news, and I immediately tet about inquiries as to trains and hoat. I found that bv having Ostend at half-past three the next morning, tho young ludv could be at her lather's house in time for lunch the same clay. I accordingly made the requisite arrangements, and awaited Miss Vaidana's appearance. "Her maid shortly afterwards came down with a message to know if it would be convenient to me to have nn interview with her mistress. lof course, absented, and directly afterwards a young lady came into the room." ' I bowed, and looked at my charge with some curiosity. Her appearance surprised me. She vias dark, and had large, tender looking eves, but in other respects was by no means good looking, and seemed to want the ease and saroir faire that I should have imagined a girl in her rank of life would have possessed. She was well and hand somely dressed, but was decidedly not ele gant; and there was a want of freshness and youthfulness about her that made her anything but an attractive looking girl She addressed me in a constrained and ra ther unmusical voice." " You are the per—the gentleman that has been srnl over to fetch me ? ' 4 I am. Miss Valdane: when will it be convenient to vou to set out on your jour ney ?" " 1 don't know," she said, pettishly ; " I wanted to see the pictures and the cathe dral. hut I suppose I shall have to do as I'm told." " 1 was instructed," said I." to escort vou home without any delay." "O, by the way," said she, a school-follow of mine and a great-friend go ing with us. She wanted to go home, so we agreed to travel together." How aiiangi-, thought I, that the servant should have made no mention of this oilier pupil. But I suppo>e she was so much engrossed with Miss Valdane s illness i hat >he could think of nothing'else. " 1 was not aware,' said I, "that y6u would have a companion ; but I shall be verv happv to be of use to he-." "I'll call her down,' she said, and going to the door she called, or rasher shouted, "A in", coute down." " She forgeti, I thought, that she is in a crow ded hotel, and not at home. I heard a light tripping st p on tlie stairs, and after some little giggling outside the door Miss Valdane came ill with a very pretty, mis chievous looking blonde, who could not pre* nt the semblance of gravity when she w>s introduced to me. " What on earth are you laughing at, Ann said my charge. "You mu*t'nt mi id me, Mr. Minton!"— said Miss Manvers ; '' I'iu rather silly, I'm afraid." " Rather silly !" said Miss Valdane ; "he thinks you a little Tom-ford, and he'* per fectly right in a disclaimer to this opinion, >be added, 1 don't know what yon p ople are "oing to do, but I'm going to dine." "Shall we dine at once, Miss Valdane V said I. "and *iivr wo can have Antwerp at half-past K' V.-n. catch tI.T night mail at Os tend, and he in London mid-day to mor row." " Just as von like," said she. " I ordered dmner for three, and that finifiied, the young ladies wont to their rooms to prepare for the journey, " I could hear Mi-s Valdane whist'ing as she pack* d, and I must sav that the young lady's-vollection of tones was very varied, if it was not verv s< leer. " I could not help wishing myself Jtae.k again at the h ink and my hands clean wash ed of my eccentric charge. Miss Valdane embarrassed ne very much as we were leaving the hotel by interfering with the various directions that I gave, and when we got to tlie station she had an altercation with a potter, tliat exhausted all my rather scanty stock of French to set right. Miss Mm vers remonstrated with her friend, but always as if more amu*ed by her vagaries than annoyed. • '*lt is needless for me to detail all the worryiyg events of the journey to Ostend and the voyage to Dover. During the latter, the sea certainly did subdue the lady's spirits, and she lay on a bench on with a stiffish g!a*s of brandy and water beside her, and held ncr tongue. — Mi*s Manvers was a riddle to me, as well i a* her friend. In a great deal that she j said and did, and in her manntrs and ad dress, she showed the education and refine- j mont of a lady, and yet she encouraged rather than subdued l.er friends eccentrici ties.by her evident amusement. "Upon our arrival at Dover, I found that ( the next train to London did not leave for , a couple of hours, so, after giving direc ( tions for the examination of our luggage, j I went with the two giris to the Lord Warden, and ordered breakfast. IL-re j Miss Manvers announced her intention of leaving us. She had friends living at Do ver, with whom file was going to stav, and she would go lo them after we had left, as she wisln-d to see as much of Iter dear Con stanlia as possible." "After we had had breakfast, Consiantia asked m<- to walk out and see the plac \ as she wi-hed to have sotue private conversa tion with hei friend. I acimrd ngly daw dled away a half hour on the pier, and then returned and found that we mu*t start at at once if we wish to c*tch the train The I two girL parted in the most affectionate manner. Miss Manvers se-miug more Htnnsed than ever, at the extraordinary ex pressions of affect on indulged in by Mi*s I Valdane, whose conduct would have bro't down the house in a melodrama. , "We went to the station together, Miss ( Valdan" having left her maid to look after hr friend and come on bv the next train, ! another thing which would have astonished me, if 1 had had anv capacity for that feel i ing left. Upon asking her what luggage she hadj she said, — "Just n portmanteau." "Nothing more ?" said I. "Not a thing." "Accordingly I fonnd a not very largo portmanteau, which Miss Valdane said was her*. "Just see and have it put into our rotn paitnient,"' said she : "and, I say, tell the guard to let us have the carriage to nur se, ves, you're not afraid of me, and I'm sure I'm not afraid of you." "I was going to disregard this last order as I had no wish whatever fur a Me a let" but C'onstantia came up and gave it herself, together with half a crown, which had tlie effect which she desired. "We found the portmanteau under the seat, and taking our places the train started. Not long after she said, — "Object to smoking ?" "No, thanks, Miss Valdane ; it's very good of you, but I don't smoke." "Mind it ?" "Well, no," I said ; "pot much." "I stand blankly at her while sin- tou must work," suid she. "You suiely won't object to oblige a a lady so far as to take tl at portmanteau from under ihe seat, and unstrap it." "I complied, to save further words. She threw l.er keys at me, and said : "I'nlock, aud tlnow open the fatal chest." "I did so, and saw the usual contents of a gentleman's portmanteau.—There were the neatly-folded shirts, and brushes and shaving tackle fitted in here and there, vis ion* of very gentlemanly-looking garments, below, boots guiltless of the feminine foot, and, in tact, nothing whatever that ought to belong to a lady's wardrobe. I was real ly rather pleased than otherwise, and said : ou've managed to bring some one else'* portmanteau." "No, I haven't, you clever man ; I'm rather given to foreign customs, aff -ct what you, you mas* of propriety, would consider eccentricities im my costume. However before I make the requisite changes to fit me tor meeting dear papa, let me tell you a li'tle story, as you seem in want of amuse ment. "Your clever people in London, backed by the wishes of Lord Valdane, sent yen over to Antwerp to bring home that noble man's refactory daughter,whofit was hoped, had forgotten Iter disgraceful engagement. Give me those halmora!s,wil! you ? Thanks. You. accordingly, bring a very clever young man and an admirable accountant, were of course eminently fitted for the work, and were*!hen-fore chosen to do it Just see if you can find a blue-striped lian nel shirt among those. Thank*, llargit over the arm of the seat to air. Well.vour nob'e client wrote to the schoolmt*tress what would have been a more pleasrtnt let ter, if it had not been quire so dictatorial ; and he also wrote to his affectionate daugh ter. congratulating heron having recovered from Iter little attack of love, "and saving something disparaging to the poor lover, who wa* in America. If von will take that coat and trou Well,those thing* under it, and hang them to the roof, the creases will cone out. You won't ? that's rude, and not proper conduct to an unpro tected woman. But, to continue mv storv, as I see you are getting resiiess, Bv a wonderful chance this forlorn damsel saw her unfortunate lover shortly after she got papa's note. She sliould'nt have done it, hut she did. They put their heads togeth er. they'd done that before, but they did it in a marker now, and they made up a little plan. The young ladv went down to Ant ) wi rp under charge, and she got so p >orlv as they neared the station, and her head' was so had, and Hie had, oh ! such a pain : here, and ah ! such a twitch there, that to, bed she must go as soon as she reached the hotel The elegant aud polite escort arriv ed, aud was met by a domestic whose face showed longitude, if her attractions did not admit much latitude. Bv the wav, where do you get boot-laees ? Look at this thing, broken off in tlie middle. Well, the the maid told her story, asd the youth lis- j tened, and then home goes the maid, leav- ■ ing the youth in sole charge. Shoitly afterwards down comes Miss Valdane, re covered and charming, introduces Miss j Manvers, more charming still. They dine , this beautiful trio, and away they go The advantage of this apparatus is, that vm , hang up the glass like this, and then you ! can shave at leisure. See what a good 1 latin r this makes. Well, our three Graces arrive at dover, and then dear Miss Man vers makes her bow, and the other pair of tii'tle-doves go off together, only,—and now. plea*e attend, for I come to the point ! of the story —only Miss Valdane, for whom : Mr. Minton was sent, and over whom he was io exercise the tenderness of a parent with the authority of a guardian 'does not accompany that gentleman to London.' "Tfien who arc you ?" I almost sbriek- H i. TERMS, S2 QO PBH AKTNEM "Felix Arne ; and now, my good fellow, the farce is played out, and 111 take otf this trmfrpery." 1 '1 fell back in mv seat.arid watched,with • lizzv braiu, the i-ht-dding of tho feminine and assumption of ma>culineattire. "You infernal rascal !" at last I said. '•Now I'm not going to mind anything yon say, for I dare say you are rather hurt* The thir.g was well arranged and answered capitally. You can tell yourf employer that it's no s< rt of use making any further fuss about me. I was mtrrh d to his daugh ter some months ago, but did not intend it to be known yet. only his precipitancy al tered matters. Some day we'll tell him how we managed it. Wo determined to have some fun out of the gentleman scut to fetch Mrs. Arne home, and, as he had been so good as to pay both our fares back to England, we could not do less than pro vide liim with company to town. Will von play a game of billiards with mo wnile I wait ior the next train to Dovet 1 1) >n't say so, if you rather not. Tickets t That gentleman has mine, guard Ta, ta f Sony you've no time for a game; best love to papa-in law." And taking his poatinan teau. he. sauntered down the station. " !o\v I got rny story told at head quarters I don't know, Mr. BaskerviHo tir-t frowned then smiled, and finally roar> d, 1 entreated hira to keep my fail ure from the other clerks, and you tkreo lads are the first who know it." '•Did you ever hear anything more about them ?" said I; "Yes; it was not such a very bad affair, aft r all. He was a gentleman by birtb, and some uncle of his, delighted at having an II inOrable for a niece, left them some money, and I believe be settled down as a country gentleman Lord V. has,however,l understand, never forg-veu them; and now boys, 'Home sweet Lome." I thanked our good-natured chief for his s'ory ; and, when we met the same morn j ing at a later hour, we youngsters could i scarcely believe that the grave and sedate i gentleman, who looked ps if "money arti [ cles ' were his only literature, was the same , who had been the hero of which he himself j was also the relator. DIED or GRIEF. —A touching incident , is r. luted as having occurred in Milwaukee, i Wisconsin, lately About two years ego I Mr. Stran-burg purchased for his child, six j years of age, named Will e, a young New ; fenuidland dog, also called Willie. The I two became very much attached. About [ two months aco the dog WHS run over by the team of Mr. S., and injured .so.serious ly that it was found necessary to kill him. The grief of tlie child was inexpressible. He cried it ccssantly, and called continual ly for his companion. The father, to quiet his grief, had the dog's hide stuffed, hut it sati-fied tbc child only for a day. Every effort was made to all" y the little fellow's sorrow, hut without avail, and in about a week he died from pure grief. ' 4 . j ! ■* ft! The Baltimore Police Commissioner have wisely determined to appear by couo scl before Governor Swann, but have uu*. wisely ,assumed the position that he has no jurisdiction in t lie case. The glaring incon sistency of.such a course clearly indicates the weekness of the peasant officials, and shows how little confidence they have them-. selves in the attitude they have taken.— Governor.SwM.iin is .determined to do bis wh-'le duty in the premises, and in a few days we will have a peaceful solution of the vexed question. In the meantime, let our li ulical fri nds keep cool, and the cause of justice will be unimpelled. Franklin Abetting; au Elopement. The celebrated painter, Benjamin West before he became known to fume, fell in love with Miss Elizabeth Sheiwell. West WHS poor, the Shcwell's were rich. Ste phen Sliewell, the proud brother of Eliza beth, desired her to marry another suiter, which she refused to West wa- for bidden the house, hut Elizibeth continued to meet him, and they were engaged to bo married The obstinate brother kept his sister un der lock and k<-y, ti I West sailed for Eu rope to prosecute Ins studies Miss Shs woll, however, had promised to meet him in any part of Europe and marry him as soon as Mr. T. i.nfortned her of his abili ty to maintain hoi*. The patronage which West met in Lon don -oon justifi d him in sending for Miss She well to fulfill h r promise. lie made ' ariangements for her to come ir. the same | vessel that eonveved his request to her, and ; also arranged that his father should accom- I pany her on the rovaae. Miss Shewell prepared for her departure; j but her brother again confined hei to her I chamber. In this state of things the late' j Bishop \\ bite, rWn about eighteen years jof age, an \ Dr. Franklin, fifty nine years iof age, when the vessel WHS ready to sail, | procuied a tope bidder, went to the Cap tain and engaged him to sail soon as they | brought a lady on board, took old Mr.. IvVet to the ship, and went at midnight tot Stephen Shewell's house, attached th lid-, der to a window in Miss Shewell's chamber, got her out to the vessel, which sailed ft I few minutes after she entered it. Mr. W. wa* in waiting for Miss Shewell when she | arrived in England, and they were soon I married, September 2, 1785. X3T no proof of temperanec— a man with his hat off at raHnight explaining a lamp post the principles of his party. ~ VOL. 6 NO. 14.