THE TIMES NEW BL00MFIEL1), PA., DECEMltEIl 0, 1881. however, ho received a note, by band, from Mrs, Hamilton, asking him to call aud see lier at the Black Swan hotel. He happened to he Juut going out when the note readied lilin, and bo he thrust It into his pocket not without a certain feeling of tenderness at the eight of the dainty, delicate characters and took his way into the town. He did not go very quickly, though , he called at the florist's half-way, aud bought a flower for his button-hole a white rose bud It was. He met some people that he knew and staid to chat with them. But dawdle as he would, he came to the hotel at last. Every one who has heeu lu York knows that It Is not very far from the cavalry barracks to the Black Swan. Colonel Cotherstone went into the hall and asked for Mrs. Hamil ton. "Was Mrs. Hamilton at home." ."Certainly. Would the gentleman step this way V" And so they led Mm up stairs aud ushered him Into a room where, seated by the fire, was a lady a lady with wavy golden hair, with soft blue eyes, and two little white hands outstretched to greet lilni his old love Mary Stuart. "How am I to thank you V" shecrled. "I have tried for all these five months to And out what my boy was doing. I couldn't persuade him to come home, and I have been so unhappy about him." "Has he never written to you V" "O, yes ; every week regularly. But I did not know that he was In York. His letters came from London ; aud the only address was a London postofllce. He Bald he was not in prison, hut he couldn't tell me any more." "No, he has not been in prison," Col onel Cotherstone answered, smiling, as he thought of the near shaves he had had in that respect. "I didn't quite understand your let ter," said Mrs. Hamilton presently. "Why should he be ashamed of the pro fession he has taken up too much ashamed even to tell me what It was 'i Why should behave any restraint placed upon him ' Have the other olllcers so much restraint V "My dear Mrs. Hamilton, your son has enlisted,'" said the Colonel kindly, wondering at her ignorance. 'IHow enlisted 1"' "He is not in my regiment as an offi cer," he said. "What! My boy a common soldier?" "A private," corrected Colonel Coth erstone gently. "Yes, that is what he is." "My boy," cried the little woman brokenly, "my boy, Hamilton of Gleu barry, a Boldierl Does he have to groom a horse, pray ?" "Certainly." "And to do stable work V" "Yes." "Does he have to salute you ?" "Of course." In spite of himself a smile broke over his face. "I hope that is not very hard for him." "Not to you," she said impatiently. "No one would mind saluting you, of course; but the others! You don't mean to say he is obliged to put his hand up so" with a ludicrous imitation of a salute "to all the young subs, to the riding-master even." "He certainly has to do so," answered the Colonel. "Hamilton of Glenbarry salute, touch his hat to a riding-master !" ejaculated Mrs. Hamilton. "I tell you it is ab surd, utterly absurd !" "Whilst he remains in the ranks It must be done," said the Colonel, smiling still at her vehemence. "Then he shall not remain in the ranks !" she cried. "How soon can I have him released V" "Will you take my advice," he asked, "and leave him for a few months, or un til I advise you to buy him offr1" "You would do what is best for mei"' the widow faltered. "You know I would," touching her hand for a moment. That was a great ad vance for Colonel Cotherstone ; but the old influence was strong at work in him. "I don't know why you should be so good to me," she said rather forlornly. "I behaved very badly to you, and yet" "Yet what V" drawing neaierand tak ing her hand. "I was so unhappy," she said simply. They were both standing on the rug ; he, a large, fine, upright figure iu gray tweed ; she, a dainty thing In purple velvet, looking absurdly young to be the mother of Private Jones. "Why were you unhappy ,and when?" ' he asked, possessing himself of the other hand. "When you went away; and and because I" "Welly" he said eagerly. "Because you" "Because I loved you so," she said, - hiding her faoe upon his breast. If Colonel Cotherstone'e dream of love was rudely interrupted one-and-twenty years before, when, on that June rnqrn ing, Hamilton of Glenbarry turned up so inopportunely, he made up for it when he found his little love at the hotel with the slgu of the Black Swan at York. It would be hard to say who was the most surprised at the event which followed, or rather at the announce ment of It. I doubt whether the officers, wheu, the next evening after dinner, their chief announced that he was going to be married, were as thoroughly sur prised as was Ned Hamilton, when, a free man again, he entered his mother's room at the Black Swan ; and I am per fectly certain that his astonishment did not equal his mother's, when she found how faithfully Edward Cotheantone had loved her all those years. Perhaps the most thoroughly amazed of them all was Colonel Cotherstone himself. To the intense amusement of the whole regiment his wife calls him "Eddie."' The young ones say that he grew tired of having no heart, so managed to get his brains exchanged for one ; but if one of them goes a little wrong In duty or any other respect, he very quickly finds out that the chief's brain is as keen as ever it was in the days when he was pop. ularly believed to be altogether deficient in certain internal arrangements, of which a heart was one. The Whisky Question. MEISTEIt SHENTLEMENS :-Py reason uv a letter in der newspa per, I haf peen requested to ockspress meluself on der vhlsky question. As I am der boss mlt a bier saloon, it was youst right dot I Btand oop fur dot peezness. Uv a man vos got a saloon mit himself, I guess he vas know some tings apout triuks, ain't it? I am avare dot lots uv vellers dot vants to save money vas dryin' to runs down der peef ness ; der vas Shon B. Go off, und Su8e Anthony, uud Bar num's circus, und plenty uv unner vel lers but ven I dold you some dings, I guess you vould say, "Bully fer Sauer niilch ! his bed vas level." Der ort to pe a rum schop on every corner in every town, und den peezuess vould pe good. Der vhlsky peezness helps enny town. No matter how dull peezness vas, beeples vlll shpend der monish fur trinks. Dls vas broved efry tay. All ofer New York you can find vorklng mans dot vas gomblalning apout der pay, und bromisin' dot day vould go on some strikes, pecauBe dey don't got some more vages, und yet dose same mens vlll spend feefty cents efry day fur vhisky und pier. Dot brooves dot der liquor peezness vas helpln' drade ain't it? Und dot vas no der vay ; der vas men nyunners. Uv it vas not fur trinking, menny publio buildings vould not been build; dese brlsous, und shalls, und poor hauses, uud Inebriate asylum, und such dings ; und eef dese hauses vas not puilt, vy uv course der meganics vould haf nodlngs to do, ain't it ? Uv you don't got sum rum schops In der town, you vont need no shall, und uv course you don't vant no sheriff, und vat vould der boliticlans done V Uv der vas no rum der vould peen no murders, no fites, no stabs, no licking yourvlfe.no noding fur der newspapers, und vat vould der lawyers done f Ah! mein friend, pefore you run down der rum, you yust tlnk uvall dose tings. How menny heebies vould peen out uv vork mltout liquor V Vy ! ve vould need no bolice, no charity ghomlssions, no Bupehouses, no communists, no notings. Uv you hat no vhisky, vare vould your poys spend der efenings V Vy 1 der vould haf to stay at home, und it vould kill menny uv them to be cast into der same society as dermudders undseesters. Der mudders coald not tell dem der some sholly stories vot der hear mit der saloon ; dot vas impossible. Pesides, der saloon vas uv yuse to der vamily. Uv you haf a son, uud you don't vant htm settln' round der haus all der efen ings, you can yust send him to der sa loon, und he vould not vorry you some more dot night. Iu all dese vays a sa loon helps a town ferry mooch, ain't it ' Und it helps you socially. It peneflts your vamily. It helps your sons to get ockqualnted mit beeble dey vould not oddervise know mitout de saloon. Der vas nodtlngs like bier fur socia bleness except; vhisky. Vhisky vas a lettle ahed. Der vas a time ven two freunds void meet und ockchange der gompliments uv dor tay, und den part. But der sa loon has done away mit dot cold vay of acting. Now ven d wo freunds meet und shake hands' mit demselves, von uv dem vlll say: "Let's haf somedings ;" und dey vlll walk in to der saloon (ter is alvayg von handy), und von veller says: "Vot vlll you take V" Und dur unner veller says : "I vlll take der same." Und by yost douch dose glasses togedder, und say : "Here she goes," und she does go. Den der unner veller vlll say: "Now, you must dake somedings mit me;" und dey go droo der same berformance rfiit demselves vonce more. Dot vas so. clapility. Uv you don't get gome saloons how you vas gone to done do, eh t Ven you ask a man to dook somedings you don't vant to dreat him to a coat, or a pair of schuhs, or a loaf uv pread, or no such foollshnebg, do you t Vhlsky onables a man to pury his thoughts. He vill forget all about his hard vork somedlmes fur more ash a veek. It glfti a man a courage In running his haus. Vot vould a man done mltout de trinks V I vos so meek as Moses ven I vos sober, but ven I vos full mlt pier you yust pet your pools der scblldren und der olt voman vos got to Bchump around llfely. Mine vlfe don't dalk pack to me den ; uv she vould I lick her like plazeg. I let her know I vos bo goot a mau as she vos, or some unner yours also. Vhlsky (leaches a man not to pe broud mlt himself. Ven a man vos sober he vants glean glose, und a goot ped, und bleutys uv unner dings. But, ven he vos drunk he vos not so stoock oop. He don't gare vot kind uv glose he vares, uud ven It cooms to suhleeplug,he vould yust so Boon schleep in der gutter as some unner blaces, und he dinks der gurbstoue vos a pillar, ain't it y . Liquor vos healthy doo. I knows me dot. Yust you vatch enny man dot geeps a saloon, und vos not doo Btlngy to trink his own triuks, yust you vatch him und see vot a pig pelly he vos got. You don't vont some pet ter broof as dot, ain't it t Ven I started a saloon I vos ferry skinny, und now der poys gall me "old bloat." I vos gettiu ferry fat. Efry town likes to haf rich men, und der vos no peezness in vlch a man gould got rich bo soon as in der saloon peez ness. Der vos a ferry pig brollt in all all giuds uv trinks. Yust look at some boor yung feller vot vos tending bar. He starts rnt nodlngs, and in a few yahrs he has got chlrts mit frills, uud a diamond pin, und a gold vatch mid a chain do veighs den bounds, and monish enuff to start a saloon uv his own. Look at me. I started a pier saloon after I failed to get rich In the puggy peezness, und now I got no droubles, uud no vory, only to tap a new keg ven the unner one vos vay dry, und rake in der stamps. I am a freund to der vorklngman pe eause dey are a freund to me, und help to support me. Ven der vork mens vos mat mlt der posses dey meet at mein saloon, uud trink pier und make speech es, und say : Tam der pahks und ter rich heebies," und tings like dot. I say bo, doo. Sometimes I vos mad. It vos ven vimmen8 und schildren come here to peg monish to puy pread, und ven I Bay "No," den dey Bay der husbands uud foters spend all der monish here. Vot vos dot der deeznessi1 All vlmmens tlnka uv vos spending monish on dress, und der olt mens must vork, vork,vork, und haf no enshoyment. I slick mit mine saloon. I have a license, und der Government vos back ing me ; nnd Murpho nor der vlmmen's grusade, nor enny unner man can make me stop. Dots der kind of veller vot I vos ! s. A Surprised Minstrel. EMEItSON Is a money-making min Btrel. When he was here, Borne years ago, with Maguire, he made "slathers" of coin, and in his lucid mo ments thought he would take care of some of it. He deposited the surplus in two or three banks, but to the best of his recollection dre it all out before he left the city. He was, therefore, some what surprised last week to receive, through Seymour Locke, the following notice : HniEnuiA Bank, July 10, 1881. Mr. William Emerson : We wish to direct attention to an account at this bank, standing in your name, and re quest you to call at your earliest con venience. (Signed,) . "I knew it," exclaimed Emerson, when he had examined the notice care fully; "just like my carelessness. I knew I had money on deposit some where iu this city, and now it has turn ed up." He was jubilant, almost as much so as Billy Bice was when he got the bogus telegram that he had drawn the first prize in the Kentucky lottery, and scorned his salary for the week, while he invited everybody to drink. He was In no mood for rehearsals, was Emerson, with the bank notification in his pocket; it might mean thousands; and he strolled out on the street, look ing financially strong. Meeting an ac quaintance, and a "solid Muldoou," he said to him, in a nonchalant way : "Will you take a stroll with me ?" " Where are you going t " "Oh, only as far as the bank the Hi hernia Bank, I believe they call it. I'm going to see about my account there;" and he straightened himself up, and moved his hat to a more rakish set on his head. "Yes, I'll walk with you. Come along." Emerson and his friend accordingly dropped In at the monetary institution on Montgomery street, both feeling like bl-metallio twins. "I have called," said the sllver-volced William to the teller, "in answer to this notification. My name is Emerson. " "Ah, yes," said the man of money. "Your account ; it has now been stand ing for gome nine years. Of course, you wIhIi to close It." "Certainly, I wleh to close it. What Is the balance to my credit V" A leisurely turning over of gome ledg ers, a quiet talk iu an undertone with Borne of the other bank officials, aud then the answer came : "Twenty cents." "WHAT I" almost shouted the as tonished and dismayed Emerson. "Twenty cents," repeated the quiet and gentlemanly teller. "Will you re celve It and close the account V" "Yes." And then he murmured, sotto voce, "Arejyou there,Mo-rl-ar-l-ty?" while his friend turned to the window to hide a smile. "No holeB in 'em V" queried Billy, as he received his two short bits; "no mu tilated coin." . "All right," said the teller, with a laugh. "Sorry it is no more ; but so it is." Emerson looked at his two dimes, and said to his friend'Let's divide for luck." "Won't you take a drink on this occa sion V" asked his friend. "Thanks, no; I think I think I'll go hack to work. They are waiting for me at the theatre." San Francisco Call. The Widow's Revenge. A CERTAIN French marquis, prom inent in affairs of State, had paid his addresses to a blooming young widow under promise of marriage; and the day for the happy union had been set, when from some cause whlchhe did not care to explain, he declared the match to be broken off. He would not be mar ried. ' " Well, well let us part friends, at all events," the fair one said. " Give me one more happy evening and I will con sole myself, as best I can." To this the recreant lover assented, and, in company with a few other friends, he sat down to a sumptuous feast in her salon, and wit and jollity ruled the hour ; and more than once during the progress of the feast the marquis almost repented him of his recantation. "Here la happiness to us both, for all the time to come!" the beautiful hostess exclaimed, at the same time lifting two brimming goblets, one of which she gave to the marquis, keeping the other, and raising it to her own lips. He followed her lead without hesitation, and the two goblets were drained. Within half an hour from that time the marquis felt a sensation of nausea, und his lips grew pale. Thereupon the widow sank back in her chair with a groan, and clasped her hands over her heart. "Dear love!" she Baid to the marquis. "We drank a pledge of happiness for all the time to come ; but not for this life ! O, no ! False man I the story of your life Is told! We will die together I You pledged me In a cup of mortall pol O! OI O!" You may imagine the' consternation The marquis was taken to one sofa, and the frantlo hostess to another ; then two celebrated physicians were sent for; aud, as quickly as possible, the work of saving was in operation, stomach-pumps, and antidotes were resorted to; and, ere long, the widow appeared to revive ; and she put up her hand, and begged them to desist, she thought she should do well enough. Meantime, the marquis was in agony, willing to submit to anything that might save his life. They pumped at his stom fijh until they had almost pumped away his life, and were debating what next to do, when the widow burst into an up roarious fit of laughter. She laughed until the tears rolled down her pretty cheeks; and finally, when the physi cians were about to take her In hand as a lunatio, she cried out : "O ! it Is too good ! It is charming ! Did you think I would be such a fool as to kill myself because he would not marry me? O, no! But I owed him just a little a very little, revenge for bis in constancy; and thus I paid him. There was no poison in our cups." And so the marquis did not die ; but it took him several days to reoover from the e fleets of the stomach-pumps and emetics ; and it is doubtful if he ever quite recovered from the stigma of that evening's entertainment. 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