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VOL XIV.

cape island, cape may county. new jersey. wednesday. december 2, 1868. .V- . ' ' • ■ — ■' ;

NO. 704.

(Sorwr. i (eaimnii poeil rsv ntu. bw s.»a^*s«ti*s TH J. ml .Ml. Cssls d -lib . SUssW.^ DM vnT I •< TsUUas WDM Xs*srfj. lexrxU u rmlMk>uMt^ifeiMnnM>vl.ak »» Two Httto «iWM .jws. looklscowl w »r. Ik. Dm SkaulSsMbSss — Ulr 1 «M ' Tku. H. i..i aa .«.« lo ■rmramt pnr I ■M. | Tim. Ho bss*s ■) imiUmt It- l—m r./:bij . ■I.U. •nm Bofais^ux sct-ks*. -to tons .-toll : fit <md foufom. ! 4s philosophy off aMhtag — H»b- j ! A . nun <u kit well ; few can writ.- I — 4 rigrjitodtal w« BHto lt«kt | ^ W IT workman new turn, to tlx / left? A wheel- wright. IT nils taad* in art cultivated, j their rtiNly wontifiip out. ^ chair r * discontented man. Tl bright o < absurdity— \ vegrts- ' Ir o Iwiuge of pain makes auacix, ,■ how i ay will make an acre? I " or are a queer chicken," a* the t hen Ktl when >he hatch.il out a duck, t A ActclIED agricultural inquires for dU^tkuw how to plant oora fVoaia ^ hr in. prurcuted from flowing are ( •di'oweU that end weH." That's ' why fa with luall bet are counted I llEgu assumes aira of iflipoctaure ■ •■Utff'tn credentials of lnaigniti- . ItaottT not a golden age that la behind. Vheee la one before, and be i Wit a ortof a throat U beat for a ' linger It aach the high notea with?— A war t oat. A «MA . town la a place where there ( are aoan ougucs to talk, and but law ( heada to ink. ( "On; -a thousand tongues," aa , an urchh marked when Inside! mo- , evbx pig on a i(dt" haa the I cnuolatiot of thinking that thing, may take «turn. i tVltr U fee assessors! taxes thr best ' immVtltjamW^ It. In. nil a feather 4il hart*. ; but pence or mind 1 will mak«i atrew-bed soft and easy. A root. in high life ia like a aaao ' in a bniiott ; everybody appear. Utile , to him, af| ha appear, little tft every- , body. '■ I Ir it Uh four men two day. to eat , a ham. bet far* will lt lake Uuan to , rat a hammer! Ir the :ndlrtduai wl.o perpetrated , the abovsilhidu it sharp, how many i raeora unit 1* sat to make him a , TtlSBC ia a Uelic proverb : "If the < beat mania fault were written on. hie forehead, 11 wmil make him pull hi. t the trifling virtu* taw.atany* good paa- < pie mm, ha Uxitspeerh and proem.- • tinaiian. to deren (mai. ' Tmnam ie no Hjgtau without ohrdi- 1 etxe. Just aa thereout btuo real ofaadl- ' rorewtthautreli-hn. in ahnrt, reflglon ia shsdfearr, aat olxdirucc i« rotig- i i» M tn Mass* at^ll us body. Stop, or partially Mop a Mug, and trouble I '-fttre. feahreyikifcMw fore mak-- ] i r *A» seas Rrjung is favor irfaUnavr j dear. I kanr It dtmat Rns. bat you'll ' * ^ whicl"*r* Later** " Aa, for #£**. faj^r .

hitnliancaii. WHEKE I FOUND MY WIFE, It waa lu the beginning of the winter of 18 — . Month waa ifaomBy, only a • few year, after the ad rent of the Hew Year. On die ensuing day my brother waa to be married. , This waa on event to which we had long looked forward with eager anticipation, fifr Gcorgie Athlon was a my booWilWagtl nocompliebed girl, and F rederick Bockfort waa ooe of the apoat , dreirable young men in tfa country. Miaa Aahton'a tuber', seat waa at - Belloire, fifteen milea from the city of j P ■ and Frederick and I had both been Invited down there to spend the r holidays, at the close of which the wedding Was to take place. f There were do ladies in oar bmily to lecture us on this infringement o! etiquette, and Fred, and I accepted thr . iuvitatlon, and enjoyed a very gay time ofIL ' Aahtoo 1UU wan a dellghtftll place, and there wore tome very interesting ' people in its vicinity, with whom I got ' on famously; but I doubt If Fred, knew ' anything of any of them, beyond die ' fact that so many people were dreadfully in the way of his love-making. 1 For Fred, wu the moat devoted hero 1 you ever saw, and notwithstanding he waa soon to liaw (Jeorgie all to him- ' •elf, it secnird as if he grudged every ' moment which waa not passed in her society. At soon as it wss fully decided at what time the bridal would take place, 4 Fred, hod thr bmily diamonds— which * hr claimed by right of seniority— taken i to Messrs. Golding and Pray, of P , * I to he react. And. oa he was possessed ^ j pf (ho notion that nothing could he | quite good enough for hit Georgia, he i was exceedingly particular about the | workmanship. They were promised " : a week before the 10th of January " j — the wedding day; but whi n lie went for them, none error lu the setting of " I the brooch duqileoscd him, and the I work had to be done over. And the verj beat Mr. Golding could c ■ promise waa, that he should have the I Jewelry on the evening of the Bill, with, ' out foil. " Verne,'" said Fred, to me on the * I morning ol the Mb, " what shall I give n you to ride down to P this evening and fetch those diamonds!' • " "Why not go yourself V' asked I, knowing sroH enough what he would " " 1— that Is— now don't laugh at a " fellow, Verne, for having never been * love, of courw you don't know anything about 1L You aw I don't want " to leave Georgic- thai is nil" ' J I laughed a liUie cynically; fornix months prev iously. I had been Jilted by a blue-eyed witch of a coquette, and r since that time I had been somewhat bitter npon love and lovers. Xot that ° tlui Wound was more than skin deep, though, for MadgqEarie was not really 0 worth a single pang. "But you will go!'' asked Fred., ' getting impatient. ' Fred, was my wnior by two yean, a j ority. " Of coorre, IT you really wish me lo i' | do so," said I. "That's a good fellow," returned f Fred., patronizingly patting my sboul- j der. " And I hope it will not be long, ' Verne, before you are as happy as I f smoke -a dgpr hj myself,' hut I must ' confess that I felt a thrill of aomaiMug ' like envy as I saw Georgie, fresh and ■ glowing with youth audSmppinew, come out on the Terandah.'knd stand within the shatter of my brother's arm; ' and I sun very sure Uiat aha returned the kin ha gave her. > She was rery pretty, Gcorgie waa; ' and her blue eyes were ftdl of light 1 which nothing hot fore, pure and rem■=asaa«assew.. Ilasaoa aoddW; Uamn, the fcithful I I bad riddea through tin war of " the Crimea, and from whom I had ' never been parted since for any length ' of time. Hasan, at.nd toward me 1 eoiitcwbal in the light of a lady. I do 1 not think half the nam to the world ' their wire, m WeU aa I land ttott 1 dumb beast, who had shared with me so many dangers and privaliena. ' The night promised to be fine; there ! was a nearly (hH moon, and the air clear and freely. It was fifteen ' miles to F , a bard trodden rowl. pretty thickly rettfed, save the stretch 1 of milea arrore Bridewell llretth. ' ^This jrert of the read was fooety; J and thia had been nntenanted. Apart ' of the way across the heath was wood- ' nl, and to thoregiou of Spruce Hollow, 1 dismal run or ravine, the hemlocks and pines grew w thick and dense aa 1 make the place dork even at noon- 1 day. ' I reached I* just after sundown; j jdr, smoked a cigar, and after » trolling ' about a little, went over to GoWitig's. ' The diamonds were 'ready, and so- ' ; perb enough they looked In their new , SBtUaftjUwtBl. fi» «M matter U«y would been superb inaay sMUngs. I felt a little sorry that Frei, ! belug the oldest, had a right to daim tbom for uis Wida— wnodcred vaguely . tf ever I should have a bride, and if I 1 ; did, whether I should buy diamonds ' ! forher -nateoodtoGoWlng'senthirelms- ! . ti^panegyriv^m the splendor of tl« sinee j am not girenTfr^blto^ ' r ■ :,^ua.r -.r^_.

I, going to make his" better, half * rather late Christmas present of some . "C freight Is a tforyviduab*. one," remarked Mr. Golding, as I but* 1 toned the Jewel caac into an inside p pocket In the bgreast of my coat; " quite . so to tempt the cupidity of a highwayman. I hope you are armed." I laughed. " The ago of romance ia orer, Mr. ' " Golding," said I; "and I believe there , I ia some sort of law against eanying ' concealed weapons." " Fuasibly there may be, bat if ' ■ to ride over Bridewell Ilmth with twen- . ty thousand dollars worth of diamonds I , in my pockets, I think I should defy 1 . it. However I wish you, adttfr *lul 1 ; speedy journey.". I had a brace of pistols shout me. ' . I did not care to make mention ' l >f that fact; somehow U always looks ike boosting for one to expose his 1 neaps of defence In that wsj. c Hassan, after a three hours resj, was i is fresh and spiritrel as when taken > , from the stable at Ashton nail, and mounting him I rode slowly out of the city. I felt in no hurry— if I reached ( ' the Ilali by midnight I should be quite •■arty enough, for I am addicted to the » very had habit of never getting to bed j < until the ffiali hours. A couple of miles from P-— iiman ' passed me in a tight cutter, 'driving a white horse. He was well muffled up, 1 but something about tlic carriage of the head struck me n« familiar, and 1 had no difficulty in deciding that It the man I hod teen in the jewelry i * store-. ; » Ho waa hurrying home with the j • to ilia good wife, I thought, and . I I most devotedly hoped the pattern j I would please her, women are so par- r tit ular about trilhs, you know. 1 I rode on U-isurely for Ave milea or more— thinking of nothing particular v — looking with a vagus appreciation of 1: its serene beauty at the white shimmer s of the moonlight as it silvered the | iciclca on the trees, for then- had re- v centiy been a rain, which Jtad froxen ! d I looked at my watch; it waa half- : I: past ten; later by an hour than I had i: thought. I must hurry a liUie. I 1. Hassan the reins, and we sped : b along orer the smooth path like light. \ c We reached the borders of the Heath I and Hassan's speed visibly slackened. * n I spoke to him, but lie did not seem to ; a notice. I: IVc approached tho old bouse before e nu-ntioned, and I was surprised to ob- 1 1 a (kbit light shining from one of f tho front windows. But directly I nmembered 'having lieard that desolate S place had been left to a stranger from r tin- south, of whom nothing was known I — except that he evidently desired to be v rid of the world. j We passed the house at a stow trot, i: anil approached the brink of the long hill, which wound down lo the ravine s of which I have spoken. TJIie wind cut my fore sharp and i keen— for there wiu n sudden change ; in the wnither— the moon was clouded. ' n and lh- nlr was ftill of fine iiarticles of 1 snow. A squall, merely, but coming | on at that time of the night a sure indication of rough weather. i I urged Hassan on, but to my aur- s prise, lie absolutely mused to move an t forward, ne hail stopped on tlw ' i brow of U» hill, and there he stood, and immovable. I dismounted c and examined him, thinking he might „ be tick; but no. nothing of the kind induced his singubtr behavior. His Sara pricked forward to a |K>tot. his , neatrils distended, his breath came hanl I , and fast. J tffoke to him. " Hassan— old fellow what is tire „ matter? " , ne looked at me hi a way almost t human, and his tolelligent eye said to f me as plainly aa a human voire could | hare said: , " Matter eniatgh." But t was cobl, awl to a huriy to • and above good natured at being kept there on thr btrak hill able by a horse's whim. 1 mounted, and tried every- , thing to indoiv Hassan to go on. But ( all in vain. I got angry, nod for al- j most the first time to my life I struck , him. Never shall I forget the took ho , turned upon me, for almost stomltn- , neously I had flung myself from hie i hack, feeling as if some apology was , for my brutish conduct. ' • Shame, reproach and sorrow were in the great eyes of my faithful servant, i who hail never bs^ire refused to yield - the mnet implicit obedtenre. It i sremrel aa If he wu ashamed pfnmi loosing my temper, and indeed I I waa more thoroughly aahaoied of my- ' aelf. | What to do I did not kw>w. I did i ( not ndiahUwproaport of wYking eight i milea agabwt a driving storm; if I remained there to tlm rood waiting for i , lineaan 1-' make op his mind to go on, i I should coograi; and if I went to the house near by and put up for the night, , friends at the Hall would he alarmed 1 made one more.efS.rt with Haan, U" " "" "rekw; and flrllng out of •orts grnrrallv, I took hhn by tl» brr- , led him lack to the Hcwih There was a shed at the east end of , the boure. and I took him thither, tethering him by che bridle to a dilapidnted post, which had eviifenUv oore hem used for a bridle ]ain. Hassan whined and rubbed his none j express hi. (aUaCsettan, ' ™yth2^Swwl "rcr hi'"' ^ ' borne Unw el^rd before I brajd ,uy 1 r'o'' 'Tl- \ "U that you. fiaftre?""' ^ 1 f I replied; "I'm , ,wUtai : 'AZ

a not know what to do about admitting e a stranger, but directly a bolt was !i drawn bark, and the opening door re • veoJrd lo mc a girt of about twenty, 1 f with a lamp in her hand. h , I have seen many beautiful women, t „ but never one sn lovely as she was.— h . But ber cheek was pale, and there was u I a frightened expression in her large h brown eyes, which made mmfal like a h , i wretch to my unceremonious coining g B: had brought it there. 8 " Pray, do not be afraid of me," I j h earnestly. "T would die before' b I you should come to harm! " |n . I suppose the speech was cxtrava- d i ' gant, for she looked surprised, and a P r slow crimson crept up to her check, h | msfcing ber n thousand times lovelier. I " Will you com.- in? " said the sweet Is | ' and John will soon lie here." | h I j "You will, I trust, pardon nic for [ ki , ; Intruding, but my horse, singularly lb . enough, refuse* to go on, and it is storm- to i ins so fiercely that I thought I had m ! seek shelter." fo i " Certainly. Where is your horse? " ' lu I I " Under the shed, nc will lie quite ; 1 comfortable." a i | Slfe brought me a glass of milk, nnd j m . fresh bmul ami butter, and, though 1 was not hungry. I could not j B J hem. * Ie Then she opened a door to the right I* j of the lire-place, and put a lamp in my ii | "Tbereisyourroom. Goodnight." I 1 would gladly have sat up nil night I I the privilege of watching the lights 1 to ■ and shadows of her exquisite fhee, hut j satisfied that it was licr pleasure' j V I should reUre, of courw- 1 did so. But »| bad not thought of sleeping. The 1 pi room was small nud plainly furnished. ( ' everything was neat and tidy. a I pat out the light, and. tin -- cl a- 1 '■ i was, lay down across the .foot of the I' '! bed. and fell to speculating over Hn— j ^ ! san's strange conduct. F The storm hod tot-roused, and heat j with savage fury against the one win- j dow of my little roooi, giving tie the ; ^ | bound for the night, nt toast. 1 was 11 j inclined to feel annoyed over my luck, j ■' I but the thought of my beautiful young i ll j made me a little more recon- | '' l^nta. ! n { My greatest trouble was the fact that i I1 friends at home would lie worried ! F about mc, but I solaced myself In the j belief that the storm would \k: reasmi " ^ enough for my failing to get th. re. j would lean, tluit I told put up I' ' i for the night, and rest content. ; " ; 1 think I must liave half dure-d oil' to ; sleep, far din-etly something arouseil , '' me from thr delightful pence in which j 11 had subsided, and the lirst I heard ■ a strange voleo In the next room. , sl A man's voice— somewhat gruff, yet not unkind. " Go to bod, Violet. Why did you n " I thought you would be cold and " wet, nnd tlic tire' would he out." j "Never do an ngnin, child. Joliu " ' ' dear, good night, now, and c I (feasant dreams." ! "Good bight, father," said the soft 11 | voice I hod thought so sweet, but which I siuking to the tender accents of nffec- 1 " Hon, became tenfold sweeter— and I ' then felt sure that aim kissed him. ' '' Then there was the sound of a door j n ! closing, and for a Aw moments all was . I «,ilL I d | Violet had retired. "It is strange where lie went," said n 1 the voice of her father, breaking the silence. "Deuced strange! " retornednyouog- ( ar-rougbcr voire. " I thought we Were ( sure of him! There is no otlier road ( lo Ashton Hall The diamonds were £ rare ones, and Would hive nude the t 1 fortunes of us all! And Spruce JJoi- k ia a lonesome place— and dcafe men i tell no tales! " "flush, son!" said the other.— f 1 " Walla have ears sometimes. -And I f ' aa>fa* Dq!!fL. ! .daring." ^ "Nonsense, Hartley Inne! " re- ( ' turnol John, contemptuously; "you j ; the henrt of a chicken! You , ' know that wo did not Intend to Idlt my ( '• line gentleman— if he had only submit- ( toil handsomely I'd have I wen the last ' to hurt him. But if he bad not. I j " wouldn't have minded sending bim to ( 1 his last rest, any more than 1 would or , I wringing the nock of a turkey at i i I listened brethlessly to U|U convert _ . salioo listened with Interest, you may , I well believe, since I felt sure that I was , I the subject of it , ll— But how had they obtained their in- | ; formation? That ias the quraUon.- - evidently knew that I wasto past , Spruce Hollow, that night, with the , I diamonds to my pcaresetoo; but how I did they dieomer that fact? Instantly I remembered tho uian I , r arm at the shop, looking at the , , spoons ;remmibrred that he had iistoreil s to my conversation with Mr. Golding, , and 'remembered, also, that he had 1 rifely, past me Just after I had left tin dty. , "Wall," as id the man whom the f other had called Hartley Lops. "It's - all up now. The fellow undoubtedly i saw the storm coming on and pnt np for the night." f "And cheated moot of twenty or j thirl v tboumnd didtors by it. It's - deucod uuluckly fur you, Iauhk for I r calculated on goto;; hahro with you. and y out* half wmild hare settled up' e that itttte fttrgfry allldr wltli Austin. ; r> and youBoUH liave ennie out Into tin g j world agsjn." t| "Trtie, And I am so weary of . j skulking out or thr- «ay of juw j s ' tier. MpraMb ' am almost ready to j _ i go forth, prodaipi ray guiH, and---" ; ! " And get rent to the Slate I'rison { i for life, rfi? lame, you're cowardly! ; I j Think of VVfest How would she feel ; • I to see her father sent to prison? " i •: Jolini there ia o»c *««*« of my life \ »i which you do net knos . Violrab not r^y, child. ' , . -

"'Not your child! I do not compre- • s "She ia the daughter of Geflhre r myixivborei's heat friend. Ou t death-be^ he pave me his child— t then only three yean of age—and I have reared her as my own. She has known another parent, John. I } tried to fldmy 'duty by her. I loved her, and petted her. I have » given her Ml that money could bay, — a has grown up a pure, generous- ' I » girl. Fpr her soke I commit- li I ted that fetal forgery, which has nude ; me huntfid like afox. I had speculated » and involved, not only my own „ property, bet that which had been left h byhcr&lher in my carc. I thought fl I saw a.cliance to save it all. and pay 1 hick what I unlawfully borrowed.— v ( But the whole tiling fiiilcd. Austin y | aware of my turpitude, and you b the rest. Y ou know how I have p I have tried to ^prn bouestly the with which to buv. Austin's si- „ God knows I would lead an „ liouest life, if I could! " „ "Hush, Lane! I believe if you were „ woman, you would cry over it. If* h .Hit prayers of piety, and repentance, s | But don't mind! There will some oll.t r P J way turn up, 1 reckon, though I don't ^ any faith iiiwlu&t g"od peo]ile call , "Don't ask nn- such quratiolis, John, f 1 never think of thai. I believe I am ( i vi'yq" ,7",iy' "r io ^ I phiess afterwanis. " ' ' **" j you give up this scheme of yours. , ] ; t would lu'wrdchcd with iw of I disposition. Spure her. I beg of , | 5 'Cheruml buigh.il ItondlsUy. i " All the devils b low, or tlu- saints ' \ Violet! The littfe hqtuly !. Why. \ j you. Hartley lame. I shall he the : tho right to fold her in mv arms. ! | of the law down upon you without ile- ' ' Iny! A compact is a compact, nnd you . 1 promised to give mc Violet, and 1 : agreed to keep your secret." | I had heard enough to sicken anil . me. The sooner 1 was cfear of , | this infernal den, the better. The t j storm still raged, but tlic wind had ! slackened, and tho snow had changed to stnlsty rhltt. j I stepped softly 'upon tin. floor, anil | j advune.il to tlic window. It .was fast- ! it slipped nut of my bauds with a loud ! click, und instantly J heard an excla- i ' j mc that tlic men were alert. Before 1 ' i could stir a step tile door of my lied- ' room flew open and they both rushed In. A broad red ray of gaslight strvamj out surprise that the younger man1 the one called John-wes the same I J had seen at Goiding's. ; "Hal" cried he, "here is thq bird I | thrown into our very clutches! I j Lane, I shall begin to believe in Provi- j j other, then Chcrund sprang townnls | me. Ills dull eyes glowed— there was a red spot on cither cheek, and his hot | earn*- quMdy n»4 heavily. Ifc a powerful liaad on my arm; and hough I trust 1 am tiocosrard, I must j confess to an iuvoluntary creeping of) the flesh as I felt, for nn" instant, the ! . k.H-n cold edg.' of the knife which he I from his belt, graze my wrist! "Give me the diamonds in yourpo*- ' session," he said, rapidly, "or I will j murder you." •' And if I give them to vou? what ; ■WfB*- — (. "I shall not kill you. But I shall j bind you hand nnd foot and pnt you | the cellar under this room. Then : shall all leave thU flirevcr, and you ! can amuse y.mtsflf by screaming for help. Perhaps some one may hear you; but aa this ia well known as a haunted houao, they will ail be too ' cowardly to come into the yard. Give me the jewels!" - Quick as thought 1 drew a revolver my pocket, cocked It, and aimed ' it at the wretch's/ head, I sow that face whitened— he had expected no1 thing of the kind, probably— hut be did not relax his hold npon my arm. He hod brute courage enough. " I giro yqu warning." I said, calm- ' " if you make any Ihrthcr attempt ' me, 1 will read a bullet through ' your bndn." Ism.' drew a pistol and took a step toward us. Hli face was pale aa death; | eyes had a wild, insane expression 1 which told me tin man waa desperate. • "Submit!'' he said hoarsely. "It is out your life, hut the diamonds we ' want." " Which you shall never haye while ' " Then ffielfe he cried, and pulled the ' trigger of his weapon. But the pistol f. only snappeil. And. nt tho same .moment a door at the other rod of the r apartment wr.s feung open, and Violet, " in a white wrapper, with lier hair fhll1 ins abining cdri* over her pearly shoulder*, nirlwsfSutu-% room. I'. Lux iuul cocked thrfpostol'agaiu, " and just as the appeared, he again took " j aim at mc. Violet saw and oomure- . i lieuitod, and with a low dy sprang 1m1 | twreri me and him. Thi' pistol wus " i discrargrd, the UlU grawd hep fore- " | head, and six fell to ths IW white and blooding, a ! For a ercood^Iaux gazed on her '! I ghastly face; he threw his hand wildly ll above hi* head. "Oh, Heaven! *' he cried, "I hare k killed her! " rt He drew another pistol, put It to hi. breatt and flmE It was ail dow .9-

quickly thnt I could hardly realide what had occurred until J saw the dead on the floor, and felt John Cherutid's strong hand grappling at my " You shall die now!" ho cried; " not ail the (lowers of earth could save you!" I flung away my pistol, and closed j with him. Wc were both strong men, ! and we were both m deadly earnest.-- ; was the heavier of tlx two, but 1 j the advantage of him in agility. It waa a long, funrftil struggle. . It seemed ages to mc; that his iron bund crushing thr life out of my lungs, before I could work my right hand and wind it round his neck.— I had it all my own tray. I a stiff stock; lu- wore nothing beyond a loose shirt collar. I seized him ; by the throat and liehl on like a blood- | chance for life. " 5 _ ' j ne choked, struggled with almost - supcc-huuian strength to rid himself of , mc, but in nun. Another moment - and liis strugglfc censed; he grew rigid ns a corpse. I no longer felt his hot on my cheek, awl hurriflni by |» the thought tliat I liail lulled huu. I <li sprang to my feet, seized thq lamp, and fa gazed into the,lil.«U-d, distoried fixe, ei Xo, lx was not dead — his heart still lt him secure. When lie recovered he 1 "I and fool, awl having fastened nn <■ end of the cord to a heavy iron staple 1» driven in the wall. 1 turned my attro- •> tinu to Violet. throat awl directly she qwixil her " She bore it brnv. lv eren tliat pan " fiu I thai Hartley fame was not her o " Hut he was always kiwi to me," t; j she said gently, "and I tried so hard ' to love him. Bui there was always* something which held me back. Oh. 1 I am very glad to know that he was ' in thul dreary house ..at illlx first grey ' Mrroks of the morning light broke up ^ 1 John Chcrund had recovered the us.- 1 Uof his tongue, awl oaths lx launched : ' j forth were frightful to hear. I closed ! 1 ' ; the door u[xn Idni. for I confess to a 1 ; i reeling of vague horror a- I remembered 1 1 ' awlfemi- ""* W'"' COI,1|B""1 , [ to have her soft luinds ill wine, and to ' c I j breathe worils of. ifort and nnssur- ! 1 ' | You ran laugh if you like, bui before ' ' : I the long night had passed, I had tkj- ' eid.il an ini|H.rtant quration in my own , mind. II ever I should have a wife. 1 her nana- should be Violet. yT J ' 1 With the first light of dnwt/a |»rty " j nrriviil from Ashton llnll iiy search of 1 ; me. They had become ale Awl at my ! I I I absence, and set forth iiyfp -st of me. 1 s The proper autborititt were notified j ( i of what had occurred/ Hartley Lane | ! B ! was huri.il, mid John Clierund com- 1 . . I suicide only six months after Ills incnr- ! crration. 1 FredN. wife took charge of Violet, ( e j and eight months later, just as soon as ; I could finish the house I was building ' k | for my darling, I relieved her of her 1 , II charge. I In regard to Hassan's extraordinary . I | behavior on that evcntfhl night, I have not a word of explanation. k j ' i oilly TiJlpi? nu 11 lib IVU) UUMltl " j me on to Spruce Hollow 1 should un- „ ib.ulitedly have lost my life, and Fred's „ I wife would have lost her diamonds — j r ' and I should not have met my Violet, j r So you sec tliat llussau Iras played an important part in the history of our o family, and It ia no uromlrr tliat we e keep him in a nice stall, and that our children feed him with sugar plums r and goodies. d Practical people say 1 am an old fool it for keeping a hone whirhjfe, past his >- labor; but I am glad that I can give d Hassan a quiet evening of repose nnd e pence in hi* old age. i- How to raise QcDtOB. — They it can be raised as easily as applet or h pears In the way we shall dewrlbe. There is no secret abont it. Get the p "orange" variety, bee that they are i; entirely free of the borer before plantn ing. Set six or eight feet apart in rich s. soil. Bandage with wrappings of old it muslin, or any kind of cloth, so far ie down in the as possible, as the roots start from near tlx surfnoe. Let this Is bondage run six or e ight inches above the ground; then pile the soil compactx ly a couple of Inches around theband>1 age; then renew this early every spring. D- Fine large golden quinces, rivaling tlx x largest oranges, will bkss your efforts t, annually. il- Should the borer by any means steal ly in ferret them out carefully with a piece of wire. Should they, however, get n, tlx abvnulogf of you, and your trees * become honeycombed, »et oat again e- young trees, so tiiat'by the time the o- old ones are gone the young ones will as he finely in bearing. We have raised *- these quinces in perfection, hut _not Ie caring for the fruit they were removed when about to die from the opcrutkna or j of tlx worm.— GVwsmos-n TiUjrfk. iy I % an Alabaura editor, in puffing a VT i grocery kept by a woman, aaya: "Her , j tomatoes are as red as I xr own cheeks; i ds hroMaifefras bloc ia ber own eyes; and j •O^Wr [xppcr aVhqJ aa her own temper." ^ "v /"■ y

life's lot. ISMWaMUUeOfcorbrlzhl 1 •ball sa sij. let) It tliat Ntfsla mj hoi— Sellghl j is< ^ r ^ in. i powering effecl of a multitude of accor- j ' u.l.im.il to tlx fiisliiuuahfe "quar- ' l.-n. have w. i.U-a ..f the soul and power i of real church music. I'rayer ami . praise! thev always go together, rehall we limy to the Lord nnd receive goml him in re-luni? If a dear Wend ,

..| (.raise entirely by proxy'; So. , son as we may. The dilllrnllfei in the !' ; tinie! a little ntu-ntion to tlx subject. !' will a.-.i«,.|»lisl. the n-sult. Bin this | ^ Thr lllirnioulrt of thr knul. ' rirr. and n« the twlljghi fen hr sal j lx bad rasupfetnl that. Ix began 1 fil l His way along the keys with ' fer. nl fre.ni what ll had ever lai n Is- 1 | fore, lie, forgetful uf liiiuself. went ' I When the duy cihixs thai God's j ' | man's soul, anil lie almll bring nut thnt | 1 r compass, but of which the mind is co- j . | pahfe. then nxthinks Heaven will stop , Hon brought out. not in one. but !n [ kingdom of God's glory. We do not ' | what we are, nor what we are 1 capable of becoming; and we shall not know until we stood in tlx full expe- 1 rience of.it in the pfentitmie and hfess- 1 ' cdnc-ss of our Katlier's Kingdom. 1 A W KsTEluc (wtifogger, while eon- | peace, weing that his case waa going f. against him broke forth in the followt ing indignant strain; "Goou with yer abuse, yerinfrrnal • iQWB'Vl'fal Hhshfe (uutUlk s • you are going to get the case. Well, » mabby yer are; well get it. My client - can't have no justice done him before • this curt. But, sir, we're cuough for > ye, the hull of ye. Me and my client r can't never be intimidated nortynuie ized overieujark that! And, sir, just r so sure th thfc court decides against us s we'll pnl n «*it Of proglinder, sir, and .1 Here he was interrupted, by the ops poslte counsel, who wanted to know e what he meant by a writ of progander. I " Mean? why, air, a writ of proganmnember the exact word, but it's what f will knock thunder otit of your blasted A okrxax in Xcw Albany, Indiana, r Iras what Ix calls a "dumpling clock" r In his window. On its top is a Cat and " jolly looking Teuton, who holds a fork i in his hand. By an ingenious contrivance the fork, at the end of each T minute, dips into a dish of dumplings, I and carries one of llxm to the mouth * of the Teuton, who swallows it with a e choking guegfe and a queer motion of j" his glass eyes. 1- A certain registrar In a certain * town is unfortunately very deaf One » day lately a woman went to register the birth of her child, and lrad to an- '• swer the usual questions. To one — T '• Were you piTsrnt at the birth? " the d ostonislxd woman answered: " I am * the mlther o* the bairn." " But that II is not an answer to my question, ** replied t|ie registrar, were ypu present U at the birth!" " Yes^of courso," she ^ said, " I was there." <i owe thing at a Tuft— "you is may he as affectionate aa you pirate, i. dear." said a wife to lxr husband, who waa find of her and wine too, "and yon may ameHoT wine If yon will; bat :r please not smell of wine and be! aflbe- »; I tfonatc at the aanx moment. I value id your affection too highly to allow you " to disgust mc with It."

A Valuable Invention. "* . 'A new apparatus for rescuing #per- ! sons in danger of drowning has recently been introduced by t^e Board of1 Health of Xew York City. The apparatus consists of a bidder with Urong ' ■ . hooks at oqe cnd. io wliieh ia attached I | a long rope, or tlx ladder is to beat- , tactual to a vessel or wharf, or can lie i ( filiated out (o the persdu in tlx water. I Use is also imfefe of a long, tough, slim ; , ash pole with hooks nt one end, quite ! , blunt, and urade .of gnlvaniz.il iron. , These book* can li- inserted into the I , mouth, nose, and even eyes, without j ( danger. A coil of rope is further jinx I j vided, with a large wooden trail at one | , raid, to float il to the party to be res- , rued, oud n drag on the btlxi end. , with lnxks on all sides to crateli the j | body if below the water. This drag j , j uu-lxd. These iixtruiixius are placed ' j under tlx charge of tlx police, who j tlx a(i[inratus. mid are also taught tlx , most ellfeneious uxtliods of restoring I . I water. ""Twenty-four statical*, where i . | tiiesc impfenienls can be obtained, have j , j I sen ratabUshrd. It is stated that of j | are resuscitated, while of those rescued \ J brought back to life tlxdiflbrencc U- ! I ing oceasuiiml by tlx ignorance of tlx . j Health have ndnpted the expedient of : _ ! having tlx (xlui- Ihorouglily trained, ' r | isuli in the uxlli'il of reseue and of!

raunU |'.!T,r!!|1 rt'ra'tral Thi. 1 ' 7" ' ' 1 !' i I "ill" "r. N ' .revet i iu kitefa ii i- t" tavp 1 : littfe nnts temperature: and. meat j " iminerntil in the water, will Is- found ' [fail tlx Norwegian kilell.-n In* fain |] ex(« i.~ fkii-|niig up the lire till dinIxwal'upto i'y' ile'^diiiixTis 'rrai.ly" " ' 1 o-rse lie units «r rielxr irirn.N The : ' fa.x was irarnil to tlx divert slcfe.- ! c«*.ll tl. perfsettntl.— "sec a llccl. ' of aire who .ran hold elxcrfhl convcrri "rt'ii'l nil ' charms; show nx the 1 ; man who is w illing to help, as if the ■ I blush lit Helen mantled on his chrek; show rue i lie mau who would not 1 I tlx villagr thnn 'at I be well dressed . ' j who treats unprotected maidenhood as _ powerful protection of rank, riches nud . i family; show me lx tlint abhors tlx libertine's gibe— who shuns him as the blasphemer and traducer of life mo- | tlx coward, tlx rjdlcufer of a woman's p forgets for an instant the delicacy and 1 condition or class, and you show me a true gentleman, i* IIow to read the clouds.— Soft- '| weather, witli iiuaferate or llglit breezes: 1 hard-edged, oily-looking clouds, wind. v A .lark, gloomy blue sky is wimiy; hut ^ a light, bright lilrn' sky indicates line ' weather, Generally the softer clouds look, the less wind (but perhaps more ' rain) may lx expected; and the harder more "greasy," rolled, tufted, or rugged, the stronger coming wind will prove. Also, a bright yellow sky at sunset presages wind; a pale yellow, wet; and a greenish, sickly-looking r" color, wind and rain. Thus, by tlx prvvafertcc of red, and yellow, or other " tints, tlx coming weather may be fore- ' told very nearly indeed, if aided by instruments, almost exnet. Small inky - looking clouds foretell rain; light scudt, clouds driving across heavy masses, " show wind and rain; but If alone, may d indicate wind only. the Harrisburg Stale Claard in its h account uf the fate Slate Fair, says Joseph H. Brinton, near West Chester, h Fa.. Iius exhibited an entirely new hay a fork. Tlx advantages of this improve,f pient are that it is self-discharging and will carry tbc largest loads to any part of the highest barns or stables— docs ti not straggle and is easily discharged, ie Mr. Brinton has tsro distinct patents ■r ou his really valuable improvement. _ As a young lady was pSMl aground ,r a contribution box at a charityrkts^ she came to a rich man. noted for his lt miserly disposition, and who curtly said to her; " 1 have nothing." "Then take something, " she, replied, exteodM. ing the box towards him; " you know I'm begging' for the poor! " a "weuky hodd" colnddGDc e aatonish.il Has religious world of New York, the other day. Two of the city clergymen preached the same sermon, - word for srord identical, on tho same day. The professional writer, wb» I|e furnisind tlx discourse, was carefesa the men nf fetiera— Type settora.

' A Cur iosily of LWrrature. how MILES o'KILEY wbwt*. c«aVEN *S FBtSOE LIVE UWDAVB IX VIXB DATS. ; It fa asserted that the book entitled i Prison Life of Jefferson Davis." nn<1 ] purporting to be tlx work of Dr. Crawas written in nine days hff the Gen. C'. G. Hslpiix. Tlx above [niragraph ingoing the roimdsofthepressasanltmof strange 1 i Tlx book our readers will rwnauber, I came out in New York soap" the j release of Mr. Davis on bail from his at Fortress Monroe. It I tlx sensation of the day ana ex- * cited deep interestfor the fauyrnx prisI onsr, whose story of life it summed to I give. While it stirred tlx hearts of | the Southern people, of whose lost cause Ix was the official head, it awakened ! tfa. curiosity, removed the prejudices and enlisted the sympathies of the ' Northern men in behalf of one fallen from high estate, a weary, feeble captive, who y.-t challenged admiration for 1 the equanimity of liis bearing and the i aeconipUshnxnU of his utiud. j Our readers will he astonished to , 'j leuru that the statement is true, and . that this popular book over which an i much of feeling, of iudignation, pity, I I interest und admiration has been crea1 j ted mid t-x|*'ndcd, U a work of imagi- ' tlirends ol* filet. ^ Soon after the admission of Mr. r Davis to hail, Craven, tlx surgeon of the I«sl, went to New York, where hr r met his quondam messmate erf the same ... 0' (Ixni'ml Itslnine Tills llterarv Stafl". General literary

friend .imgratufatod him forthwith on ■ tlx opportunity lie had to immortalise himself in print, and at tbc snmo time make money, by a liook on Jeff. Davis. idea seemed txw to Mr. Crnmi, and he said it was iinprncticuble/Hld. pi... asked him where were his notes. ~ , replied Ix had none nnd rould not ' j , .hi it." "Then," said Hnlpiix, "Give I I will write iii your muitr, and we will j ' Craven funiislied three letters of Mrs. Davis t.. him. and some uoi.s ' i written ou the margin of a Herald, by Mr. Davis, touching the points lx de- \ -ir.il Beverdy Juhnsou to make in deI fending him fix treason. This was all At tlx rvqip'st of Gen. If alpine. Craven also made out a list of the officers of the |sist, ami tlxir days forgoing on I duty, and other little drlaifa of tlx { post and garrison" and of Mr. Davis. I oiliers. General IMek Taylor. Ile pumped tlxm ns to Mr. Davis. Ida , i also, in n gurd to leading southern , jiuen. nnd Mr. Davis' relations and , I fil ling- toward tlxm. fu. A Philadelphia publishing house . now advertised that it was soon to put I forth a life of Davis ; and Halpine saw tlx importance of anticipating this publication by his book, lt was nr- A i ranged in Now York to get it out iraf ni.dialely. He agreed to fomish the - [lublisher forty pages of foolscap man - - u-cript daily. And he sat down to - write— and wrote forty pages daily for f nine days, when the book was comr pleted— tie' web of his fertile brain and : accomplished mind. t The book was of great service to Mr. i Davis ; nud Gon. llaipine's share of i tlx proflts was *97,000 last March, i when tie eommunicatod to us the above ■ fuels from hfa own graphic and cloe qucnt lips. 1 This fa one of the curiosities of litere nture. and illustrates the talents of the e man who could so plausibly manufuc- - lure, out of whole cloth, tho " Prison i Life of Jeflcrson Davis," with his pris vote views and opinions oonceruing r men and things. — Ckarlutm ilercar/, 1 Oct. -a. ■ A Sew Jersey Prophet. the atlantic coast to he visited bt eatlth tptakeb. Professor Thorpe, of Nebraska Coleruption, he told a number of genllemen at Hudson City, N. J., that eartiilt. quakes on this continent would speedily ls follow, lie told them, and refers to them for corroboration, that a vast ,r mass of thr crust of the earth under tlx West Indies, having by some means |l become detached, had fallen into the lt burning mass below, and had given ,. rise to tlx dfaturdances in .St. Thomas ' and vicinity; that the shock had sent ^ rolling eastward an irreafatihle, ai,r though sluggish, ocean of fava, seeking LW a vent; that tho eruption of Vesuvius was the next cffort.of the wave of msl- ... ten Are, and that the various outlets of j. tlx globe — especially on the line of this „ wave— would necessarily give similar '. tokens of its arrival. He especially prrdictcd that Calcutta, Australia and tlx Sandwich Islands would feel 11. one ts after another, and that Ran Francisco ,-s would feel it next In older. Hfa pror, dictions having been fttily verified, ly Mr. Thorpe now asserts that the earthl- qiutkc-produeing ware fa still moving id eastward, and srUl yet be felt on the rt Atlantic coast; A. THE Catholic 'telegraph contains the u following table of church statistics la the United States, aa furnished by Rev. Henry B. Smith, D. D.: s ' Si d- Dutssiuiarara m oSm iw Making the total of communicant* ■llt.aOO, or a Uttie more than oce-lburth of the whole population of tlx United *" SUtra. Thus about three-fourths of Z our population, or M,OO0,OOU, make no y profession ofChrisliauity. The article goss on to shew that although Cathoiiu are at 'the head of the Hat in the 2 number of cm^amairartia^vrt to: Ulfin cxces* of them,