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VOLUME XVI.

CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, MARCH 1«, 1871.

WHOLE NUMBER \£25

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GUESS! GUESS AGAIN! , CHAPTn I. - 'Bosk! my nail re climate. what a tosot you aw 1" Edward Pringleson had Ju»t crossed llif Channel. He WO* twenty four ynn old, and the son of a I-eicoster-ahteo qponly court Judge. "ftVoftefi thought to be a 'good thing tliat the eldest of a large family .hook! ho n girt, ail he t rainsd from In&ocy to act at a deputy slave-driver. But Mr*. Prlnglesou neter regretted the eex of Iter eldeet chll I. "Edward alaraye m eueh a good Itoyl'' When lie wont do aohonl then >n»a very tliuv Mr. and Mr*. Print iesou togan to think tliat jtothap* they bad ineurr«J a.tennhieaoen.1 wapoaMblUty In , wan regar led a* '-the aU uly boy" by llic authut>U<ialandaa"agrlnd''bythe ixMupautmt- NopiMlookanV liberties with Itioa, buwcrrr, and not one tingle acrnjff uqpirpsllo trouble tho parental , cat*- Of the many home conference, held over Ilia career, MM want wae , euro to do wall," wa* lb- invariable nod. if vague. Very comfortable re*uli. | Hut with a high degree at Oxford, Edward acnoj to have exhausted hie i l ucrglee for the time being. Ifcahowcd , no special Inclination for any parenit. , lie did not earc for the law, an the | older Prlnglcaon'i intcreal warn exerted in fltvor o| tho younger boyt; and in- | deed, the Judge wot vary irell content that Edward ahiuld real on hit onra i foe tho preeent. There w.it no two*- | ally for Immediate decision, at lie | hlnkwlf wat a halo man of flfty-fire, | and good for many yeaia. Besides, thrre could ha no auxJmy iboat the ultimate wme of a flrsl-w Lis* man. , Tbo Jndga had beta no ach dar himaolf, and repoael undue confld mi-. In the might of learning. And then Edward | had rather over-worked hlmaetf at | < ixfonl. jutd folk bd ba-i-huncrably iitrncd the right of retting. , Huh nmastrew.-ha wn* lowwplriud, , and hit mother grew anxious. The , family doctor aid, "Send him to Parlt , for a fortnight." Mr*. Pringtsaon , obacrred that H wat to odd traveling ] in Jnnuary ; but ah. wat not listened to, and Edward went to Parlt. And | ivrhapt It wat at good a aigu at hit ( friends (void. have dotted of hit har- j lag enjoy .-1 hit trip, that lie made thai , Win niilM KMHt the climate at he , got Into the train at Folk* tone at b tl I- , port eight o'etook A. M. ] It had bran trying to snow all night, ( and also trying to thaw. The result . waa tlrad by the too. mtlirnal damp . awl universal ill-temper. Am Edward Pringkaon got iuto a r carriage with a Urge balance of tick- 4 m-a Mill in hand, wet through f*h , the January now, and Wired a mot „ tied fore toward the window where tho , dirty down-trala wat frlnlly vtslbl. through .remed gloat. be foil, in-dr-t Una hw cup of mlwuy wat foil The entrance of a widow and a lull* j, girl about two year* old. caused It to £ Hn MUbtMred himself ckwe to the ]. OiribcKdrew, and ereetad a fortification , of ahawla. bMt. and adanl box marked , "Fragile," containing a clock from the Pnlaee Boyal $ poreluwo ha had slow heartily regretted), b itween himaclfaad the Intruders. G , toatesp he h must, a» up went hi* fori int. the op- h poahawat. and tn fire mi-mteabrwat . toPandtm. But be » a vsry h(fat sleeper. 1 :tud very toon became aware that hi. 1 taTwhtepere holding ayu.fliii.Uc p "llaby will look outof that window. " m»nma" said a small b it eoargrile luamius * "li will Irak, the gentlmum. Tlw * yswiired^paUmnan. baby ! Lookout 0 ! j;

aMhur, uteiug the sacred deal box ak as a step, actually mounted on t. the > bridge formed by the stranger", legs to get a better vw w of the prospect. Edward did not lo the least care to to thought «traoTdioarlly polite and ; Eiassuiinxr^l 1 itfied with knowing privately that he ; , was at ready to make one. if it were nec- • ' ctsary.a Mf ooaelto. ffUWcry gal- 1 lan try wn a moatared thing. He would give up hit teat to a lady; hgl " to be would Ida gentleman If he were ; tried. On the present occaalou he was outraged, tnd turned his head toward the mother In resrntmeot. She WV* ' young, tearaly vkler than himself; and the was pretty, loo, but it made no difference to him. It waa a clear , care of injustice. • "Baby, baby, cotno dow n, darllngt cried mamma, "please excuse her, i air. She hat qeen very much indulged . and .be doesn't understand tbxt .ball All thfotauo Edr.nl hud been considering the tmall person on his legs. She wat very tiny, very plump, tod ! htd that perfect thapelrMoeu which la to dellghtflil In a child. Her arena had Mill the infontile cresset at the wrists and tlbowt, and the frequently examined her marvclont Utile hand, and pointed nalU, dripbtying great anxiety about her cleanlineu She had a roguish mouth, which she often pureed up persuasively, and a pair of ally enough, an expression of tba deepest pathos. The reMtltcfEdward .Investigation wa# this ungwer to tho lady: ' Oh! never mind! She docmnt inconvenience me. Let her stay If the At she evidently did likt, bcr mother b* May. Edward bad now to undergo a complete examination. His waiateoat buttons were counted, his cravat untied, and bin collars were turned down. the little intruder betook herself '

to hit face, and poked bcr small linger* into every corner. She wok hold of hit eye-Iashea lo open and shut hit » eyes, ana arranged hit hair In n very novel style. And ha actually .tailed ' at these iudlguitics, for be found it r very pleasant lo hare that absorbed * little face so near his, and those mar- , vclontly soft little fingers touching , 1 him so llgbtly. Sbs tired of arouse- ( r incut sooner than he did, nnd presently J began to clamor for her ' 'paints. " It secrncd she was a great hand at 1 the fine arts, and Edward was obliged | I to gM out at tho next Mation to pro1 cure some water to moislcn the said ' paints and a copy of the IHntirattJ f > load** M« on which to exercise her 1 skill In the Mt or coloring. Ths pie-. { ' tore, of shop, and public buildings ^ ' were soon dlspored of. She adopted , ' t Very broad stylo with tl.om. Some ; 1 of her paints she held in greater estimation than tba real; sort the*' were _ ■ not employed uules. Die picture was a , ' favorite. Other* wore considered very ( ° ordinary tints, and wen generally t ' dashed all orer uninteresting subject* ' without the slightest reference to na1 lure. The (ioveruor (ieneral of India f ' waa painted a deep blue; and a meet- < Exter Hall a brilliant yellow; ■ but foahioua for January," represented ( by three or four surprised looking la- ( ' dies aud an elderly child, requin-d the artist's grava consUlerstion She ' finally consult^ Edward.' ' "What's that!" tho Inquired, point- ^ to one of them. "That's a lady," said Edward; ' her a green gown. Ilalloo! ( ' that's going on to her lingers.'' Aud ( ' put out bb hand to guide the loo busy pencil. "What's that?" said she again. "That's Iter buuneL Let's make ' that red." " Where's the red?" Here Ilia Xow then. Black .hair. * i the black. And now her fare. , ' Boty cheeks.'' Whore's the rosy V1 the .mil per- f sun asked again; aud having been ( shown It, tbe went »u with a vigor that did not promise a long conlinuanceofber exertions. And. indeed t sudden pause vary toon took place wist getting very much bored. ' At this point mamma twgaD to fumble a bag. Edward had foil Impelled 1 open hit, and uow he could uu longer retiat doing to. In lh*t Istg * tsslossirer, which ho wat c»r- ® ring home to hb own little tblers. " I'oov UUb sutoni! they were obliged to content thessssirss with British . "goodfc.;" but he could not regret his gift when he taw how Ughlly it was held byis.—* r— ~e; aod a Utile * nodding to him out of a cab window, Uemmc ooo those memories which * wo stow away Ibr years, ready to bring out and lovingly pore orer again aDd again. " uurm it. Kdssstdq Hew- ua refer, Mta. Utah man. waf,4he widow oitha Bur. AHan " stalman, vicar of Spiki huret, Kent.— She waa of a good family, though a * very poor one, and, tbe Bar. Allan having nothing but hb cowutry-llvlog " worth two hundred pounds a year, tbe been well accustomed to poverty ! all her life. She bad met her husband it» Malta, where tar fcther's regiment " ™ tptartersd, and thaiwmaH place had had a good gureip over the astound- ° ry bor cousin, John Tiwtln, the rirtcsi U prise in tbe place, for the sake of a P poor chaplain. She had taw very happy with ths poor chaplain, and did not trouble tar- „ aalf about doha Tuolin, who bad parted from tar In anger. He had gooe to India, the knew, and was reported " lota boding a gay 111- there, ami !» hr U gaining tmpld promotion. The Hav. Allan riniman dbd. Every " ; in Spikahotat was very kind to hi. £ : widow, but Spikohurel su wt a very ! d : pboc, and aht wwld not iin- on kind wort, Mom-. s.w bml she any | * • idre of living on (be tauoly of others. ■ l' ^sazJS-JsssjsrS' ■■ HHKi

A stead of puriag in theeyes of Spikec hurst as a dewobte sridow with a 0 fattariMa cMkK procreded lo realise a don with a modal wardrobe aud three * ' Mbc had been a great musical perI- 1 former In her Malta days, and had e j managed to keep her powers tolerably > unimpaired, even in the tmapprreia- - ' live drebs at SpikehurtU She was so c fortunate as to obtain the peat of mi1 ileal teacher in two good schools ntkr e Loudoo, sod that of organist io a a church. An ohl friend, who was much J in tar own plight (mioua the three s hundred pounds), was glad lo Join with f; tier io renting a small bona*, which e | offered "Apartments for a SlngU Geuf tlcman; and thus Mrs. Stalman; and ! thus Mrs. Stalman managed to live In l' great rapvctabiUty. r> Id Loudoo tlx yean had pastel more •1 rapidly over Mrs. Stelman's brad tlian • they had over Edward Prlnglaoo'*, ' witn turn that time bad dragged Itself i * away lo unsettled purpose less L lie bad yxa the usual inddonta that ■ ® occur in a Urge tamily grow and do- ' ^ vclop. Otic of the boys had gone 1 ' to sea; soother. Oral to tbe bad, and ' " then lo Australia. Most of the tioys 1 had got into debt a little, but had re- ' ■ dented sod were uow doing Well 1 And (hen his eldest sister, who wat to ' have rondo the grand match In my ' 1 Lord Siiarklin, was met at the very 1 f church door by tho genuine peer, and ! • raw- her Imposture bridegroom shrink | ' ' away, never to return. In all these trouble* Edward's clour | ' 1 bad was In constant requisition. A ' 1 fellowship at Oxford bad procured him j ' " independeuoe, and what wonder if, in . ' ' the midst of nil these dlfihultics, lie | ' had reached his thirtieth year without j ' ' making any mark? At that time came that break which ■ ' is often the lint great shock In a fern- ' I ' ily. Mr. I'ringlcsoo's death was tod- 1 1 den. Ho had sal io kit UUlo court 1 ' and discharged his little duty, and f next dsv that roilrt hsit no III.) I... t day Judge.—

1 Our Oxford fellow could not now Inr ilulge in dreams. The fhthcrwotdead 1 nnd the mother must be kept. Thus ' It was that he came to Loodoo to fill ' a mastership at Duke a Collage- and 1 looking out lodgings, knocked at Mrs. ' Sulman't door. As it waa one ol his ' school days he concluded all arrange1 rot-ate, and hod actually been three ' days In posersaloo of hit rooms with- ; out talug aware of lilt landlady's Identity. ' He was sitting at breakfhst one morniug when ho heart a regular and ' ' peculiar nolte on the stairs outside. ( White pusxling over It a voice call*! from below: "Misa Laura! That am i you a-bat-tledorlng and a shuttle-cockiag again. 1 ' is It? And after all you ma said, aud 1 know you oughtn't to do it. Come 1 down directly, mlaa!'' The voice had become loader at Its owner ascended the ataire, and now ' there followed a sharp sound and a cry or distress. Miss 1-aura wat receiving Ed wart opened his door iu a bnrry. "What arc you beating that child for!'" hn sold to the oggrotaor, who ' wot a very grimy servant. "Why, sire she's been told 'uudredt of lime she ain't to make that uolec, alu't of no use, the won't mind ■ "Do you suppose knocking her about I will do any good?" said Edward, | whose eye# were- angrily observing a ml mark ou the child's wrist where i the servant had clutched her, aud a smrnr on the back of her band I inflicted by a blacking brush. Taking I out hit liandkcrchlel to remsvc this | smear, he noticed the hand, which was I peculiar, more cloreiy. He looked at ■ the child, and with a sudden rxekuna- I Uoit drew her into a room and abut the door. I This unexpected move rather aaton- ' ithetl her. and though the looked Ed- i wart straight iu the ry*. with ado- ' air, there were certain llttte sijpit 1 that slie 1* a* not altogether easy in tar I mind. Edward bad by this time sat- < Uflfd himself that his little heroine of ■ the train stood before him. His first remark was highly diplomatic. Intend- I od to <Hclt a final proof, and ateo to lo- I trod ace a pleasing subject < "Doyuulikeaugar-plutnsnow?'-be f oak ul. i It wa* a complete tuctos. Tta \ child bad a very pliant and expreaaire ' figure. In an instant lit defiant rigid- 1 ty disappeared, and tta approach**! a I thought nearer before answering ' -'Yea,1' in a thy whisper. ' Edward aast down by tta fire, sod I tta leaned against one of bit koec*. ' "Xow." said he. "If I were to find 1 tome ■ugar-plttms what would you ' do?" ' She was a practical pereoo, and »o c inquired. ' "If yon waa la find ttam for me?" "Yaa, for you. What would you do 1 with them?'' i . f "Give mamma tonse. aud Miss Price • tome, and me some." • That evening Mrs. htalautn-recvlrrd 1 in i stag* from tar now hslirer tag- ? ging lo tee tar. This ending in an invitathm from Mrs. Stalman to tea, ^ Mr. ningtaaou osmr down to licr ' room with a packet In hit hand.— 1 The idlow-trarelara recognized each 1 other at otter, sad Laura wat teul to 1 find the identical houbumstere. which ' been rarefktlly preserved. Edward's • packet soon refilled it, aud for the ' teeond tltue U braanse a toad of friend- i ship. I "What am 1 lo do about tar, Mr « PriugteMtu?" the asked, one evening "tta It beginning to be a big gid now and tar education ought to be attended J to. She spells shockingly, and I fear " never will write well. I cannot .pare " time to teach tar, If I were able, and yet I doon Uke scboohs. Wlmt shall 1 " ! do!" j Edward was really younger than 1 Mrs. Stalman, and she wa* beginning a to look up to- hint a. a family umpire. » •rifemH «md tar to school." ta au- > swm*,!.

"You tfrtuk twK? DulW*«foe*a[ s is to team anything I doqft kpow. — | ] . Poor Btea (tta lira mrifoet her I - hands, looting alter tta h Itt JIriEl ill s being no great adsolar. I »fi»>#ite j sure Laura wodW -never mind h' wort 1 1 I : ft wwt'n a«B*lt qoratlo^! r I'riogteson was engage^ - over a pile of examlnatlba pepeflS^tt j Tbe pajticu'ar note-book under hit 1 1 . scrutiny required moch revislen. lit j I r owner, who wrote an nrtldr, sprawl- I I Ing -hand, and signed hi* nam* with > r , irritating' HVglBllity at "W. Payne' j Sbeptart," 'gare the master great t i trouble. Edward agaio • and again [ , shook hit heud orrr Shepherd 'n note i . book, and scored It with marks ol 3it- < I p texture. It was a busy time; as the | could give no farther attention for HuT r , moment to Laura and her education o , At the end of bit term be hurried out « of town for' real and tn tee his mother, < r sad returned In s weak to make out , 1 . the boys' reports. It had become a « t habit with him now to frequently Join ( . tbe circle downstairs in the evening,. . and even to take hit wart there with s him. His first evening was so passed, r "Where's Laura?" he inquired at c ■;Ah, poor Laum!" signed inammx. ; | "I shall never forget tar sorrowful , focv as she went away. 1 have < heeu obliged to act without consulting t you, at I should have liked, Mr. Prin- 1 gkaon. But time pressed. Mrs. f j Welling, the wife of my dear Allan's I j successor lo the Spikeharst living, it s i really a very nice person, sod, on hear- \ IS."."" difficulties, wrote in tta s I manner and offered to take c I as a pupil. She has no children c I of her own, and, as they are not c I well off, win ho glad of both salary f . ami occupation. You don't look I f tested. Mr. Pringleeou. I hope you j I dou't disapprove of what I have s done?" t "Ohdear.no. Of course you have ? the first ngbt Qter Gw 11 ttie woman, t right

_ and 00 doubt EVlavc done the bpst j -for tar." , "Oh, but dear me!" cried the widow j should be quite uncomfortable IX 1 thought you were dissatisfied. And. , of course you are Mich a judge of tuition! Hot, you tee, I wat obliged to 5 decide, for Mrs. Welling could ouly give mo throe days, and at tbe very ( lost moment I wrote and said the child should go." "Pray, -don't apofogiec, Mrs. MlalI man,' said Bel ward, halMooshin.'. "for disposing of your own child. | Little folk* must learn to spell, I suppore." He did uut look at all happy, bow - ever, and W. Payne Shepherd's report 1 I coming under his consideration, it recti amen Hi. I ' 'Priogtesonl Y.u in so omoihos! • I thought you would at toon have - thought of wearing a widc-awako in ; Loudon as foregoing your Saturday afternoon's walk." The omnibus wat going pott tbe I Temple gate, aud the speaker tail i emerged from that portal and now ; took a teat betide bit friend i "Ah!" answered Mr. Priugleson, , "I have been doing a more extraI ortiuoiy thing than riding in an oiuulboa. Wlial do you think of my ; been to take stalls for this new , piece at tta Lyceum?" "My dear IMngleson! Have you Into a fortune?" - "No," said Mr. Priugksuo, with . rather a perplexed look out Into ; Chancery lane, up which they were i patting; "but my landlady's daughter Just come home fur good, and I . redeeming on old promise. Il rather odd, though. * "Oh! You are getting a young fcl- | at but! It rsOy It Ume you gave to a llttte rash nets. Why. dear . I can remember when you first . wfijjfe to Duke's Collage, and tad those , lowrfltatca, you were like a fellow of fifty-fire. Yet you couldn't have been old, for I consider you a young ".wftny dear follow! I met a man . to-day who made roe foci rather old, . though. At that very time you (peak of there waa a boy in my data named Shepherd— a logy young dog, too, who gave inujwdh'ns trouble. Well, a cart H^oJW^BRrao me at 1 waa preparing ftdWfhn afternood with 'Mr. W. Staphert' ou it. aud in came this Identical fellow. I sboaldn't tare him. He hu (hot up far above aud I am not a short man— and ' a great moustache with l»ag waxed points to II; a thing I hate.— : wu exceedingly civil, but tad aot talking to me three minutes I should tare liked to box bit Odd antipathies one takes, to 1 sure." When Mr. Prlngleton sal by the upp«dte Mrs. Stalman, waiting diooer that evening, he forgot his 1 sorprise which overspread the m^ tiler's free wn 1 1 fiaqiwl Iu Mt u they I watched taura. Her tall straight figure looked wondrrftiDy graceful at the stood with her 1 back to them before a pier-glass, trytbe effect of a rose in tar hair.— watched the band* that to ' to well. Bnt they did not work altogether to their owner's satisfac- 1 tiou. lie could see the refleetinus of ' the (see, with iu distressed eyes and 1 brews, and in a few moments there wu tta unmistakable sound of 1 not very small stamp. "Bother!" tta exclaimed deliberate- > ly. and then turning round with a 1 look, as If the dared remou- 1 stranee, said, "Mamma dear, 1 cannot , make this thing do. " 1 "Well, darling, put H away then," said lodulgrol mamma. < "Yea, dear; but what am I to any to dear old Prtce!" , Mamma, u usual, looked in an a*nuy of doubt at this question; and. : alto u usual, roferreal to Kdwort. I "l*oor Etixa Price gave her the rose, i ITtogltaon. and it would be dread- | ' ful to hurt her feelings? ■ a t

i| "VfttD, Laura," answered tta umpfeo, "it reaolrt* Iteaif into a que. tiou your appearamx-, and Mrs. 1 1 Fftii fertlags, doctn't il?" 1 1 IteOl* blusbed, and hurrying op lo i tb* itaUOfftaas drapers uly put tta , rota la tar heir. Then she came and ■HMD «.» lower chair between tar 1 } raoCSar wad Vricad. This lost could { I llj| llillp trfl :liog that tta mUfltting I I af*4t3 not prevent Laura from look- { very lovely. Patting hit baud over ■ hitftaslWfi, which wu getting bold now-a-days. be breathed a long sigh. ' When they were seated In tta theatre, taunt's absorption wu com- - piste, uor did tar mothsr ofteu take ' eye* from tta stage. Tbo pity : wu "Buy Ilia*," and at tta uiott important points of the itory, Laura's excitement wu so great that tta could * not refrain from clutching Edward's of tta acvne between Buy Bias and the in tbe councll-cbaiqber, when Edward who tad been fidgeting for time, spoke in an energetic whis•j "You tad much better contrive to all sideways. Laura. There it a current of air from the door, and if you can manage to Inhale a little of it, it may correct this abominable atmoaTta idea of thinking of atmosphere or health when such much graver Inwere at stake on tta stage! decidedly shifted her arm away the entreating hand which hod laid on It. and looked tart at the stage with n vcrr obstinate expression. the net was over Mr. 1-rtogle- j took a walk atnut the hoosr to cool both body and mlod la llir course of this walk be encountered one of tta fbw friend* hi' lyd preserved j from early days; Mr. Koldndge bad I married, 'as his *ecaud wife, s j 1 lady, under twenty. He lo- ' slated upon preMuitlng Mr. I'riiigteson hit bride, who wu in a private box. j ' She had attracted rauidcrable atteu- 1 tiou during the evening, and from tar ; . the j

Edward Pringhaou had several limes ' r turned to look complacently ou the j I Innocent simplicity of hit own miglitor. They were Ml alone, and Mm. | . j Goldridge begau to talk volubly. "I have Ivcn so atnut<->l by a little | u drama over then-. Mr. Prloglesoo, ' ' j indicating an opposite !»>x so far from r ! the stage ttal lad not l»: fore tmtlrevi : I | il* occupants. "That's Mis* Boyle 1 and tar tuammo. A gn-nt Iswuly, ' - you know, and a wondcrfttl rider. ' "Xof'* "Dear uie! Everybody know * them | -knows bcr, at all events. A dread- | ful flirt! They are very rich. Mr I Boyle it the great banker, you know, j - aud she is tta only daughter. There I is a young man named Staphert— In a guvcrment office, I think — who i» 0 lar idea it, that if she rare, for rimy ! 1 one she caret for him. lie is uot in f tta tax now; bo went out just as you crime in hen, and I have been amused r to are how cross he made tar liy I staring at a pretty girl In the stall, r with a rate in \|rr lair, next to a vacant seal— do y.u see?— third row." Mrs. Goldridge took great pain* to . point out taura to Mr. Prloglcsou. I "Ah, yes!" said to; "she is next ; tar mother, and they are with me. r That vacant scat is mine. " Mrs. Goldridge looked a Utile con1 fused at her mistake, but hurried on: "Well, tho It a very lovely girl, and , more than one person has toco look- ! ingat her, I assure you." . Mr. l'risgleson'* spirits were not . raised by this announcement.' and ho [ soon afterward left her. I taura had quite forgotten ttat tta had 'been ooUtdrd. ami greeted him . j with an inquiring smile, , "-What loi-cly hdy is that up j there?" [ "A bride," be autverwl. "A erri tain Mrs. Goldridge." f "A bride!" repeated both bis cotni panlotw In a breath, and tta young . lady appeared to gala great additional Interest in their eyes, until thr rising , curtain held tbera again enctiaiotd. "By-tta-by!" exclaimed taura, at t tbey wore taking tea on their return, 1 "wo never taw Mr. Goldridge. What , Is to Uke?" » I "Mr. Goldridge, Q. C., I, rather , short, -very tit, luu gray hair and whiskers, wears spectacles, It a wid- , ower, aud it tixty," responded Ed- . word. , "You are laughing, Bluebeard, " I said tanra, addressing him by a name . tta had bestowed on him hi tar Id- . fancy. "No, indeed! It it perfcctlv true. [ Why shouldn't It to?" , "A young girl marry a horrible old , man!" said Laura. "I did not toy be was horrible, that "But fat and sixty!" said the. with \ shudder; "besides he mat be huro- , bio to have married tar. ' "Perhaps sto marked him?" suggsated Mr. Prlokfesou. "Then eta Is horrible. She cannot like bim. And then for him to marry again" "I do not south}' people should not marry again il they like!" said Edi wart. "Bluebeard: How dare you toy . such shocking things ! IVrhapa you ' will any next that peopte need nut torefur ouc another when they marry?" "No," said be madiUUvely; "I • drat say that, at aH." "Well, then," said she, triumphantly, "ofcourto Itoy cant core for more than one pcrapti, to they ought uot to . twice. ' ' "You think people ran'l care fir than tare persnu?" Ik inquired. "Of course ttay cau l," she answered derisively. taura thought a good deal about the question after sta went *. tad that shoot it than rm. Edward thought of it too, and walking up to tta kmk-

" Forty Vo," to said to bionelf, ! i sod shook his bead very gloomily in- - 1 deed. CHAPTEU rv. > Mr. Priugleson wrought b'.oisrif up : I to tta pitch of making a formal call on I | Mrs. Goldridge. : I Tta failure of Boy k-'s bauk hod been I j rumored, and Mrs. Goldridge cuter- 1 [ talned him with a repetition of tar • friends' comments on the subject.— ; r What would become of tta family? I People said ttay were utterly ruined. . Mlaa Boyle had better have lowered I tar Jooc a little, and then, perhaps, sta ■ might hare been comfortably settled ' by this lime, instead of seeing Ml tar ' old admirers drop off. as tta) ioevita- - bly would under altered circurai stances. I Mr. Pltagtcwu tad lately mused a j i great deal orer the property of Mrs. j I Stalman and her daughter, and Ifad j r often consulted with himself how it | ■ might bo diminished He had raised j r hit own rent (iu spite of their remon- - sUaucea). hut had uot achieved much i ia doing it. Ills viail to Mrs Gold- 1 > ridge achieved more, by ocltlog him ; ridges. - house in commotion ami eager f-r his 1 srrival. Mr*. Stalman liod kuowu uu * iog tta decease of Colouel Tualiii, who I . had tllfl uoiiiarrud in I mta. uud h»l ' ■ left tta whole of his considerable proi j |wrly lo In* cousin, Mr*. Stalman. a* I j roof (or tbe first, night: 'neither was i I I rest rosl-red to some nf Iu inm.lr. I I for numy a weary night to come. . j Mi. Priugleson lay awake tliat mght J Beswuse it Inrt ttat day ettme to the

r. ! Laura sulman. s T.1 u. in love for the lire- tltue in • ' c your life at tta age nf forty-two. uud. | e g Irani, km » Uml he could m ver marry ; ' n ral about it. tarhaps lie wa- but Itu i d fsllctl to sleep the better fot il ' 1 i dilfcreut kitid of neighborhood * ' 1 "P-or Eliza I'riec." for tto first time. 1 1 j teemed liksly tu dt*rr» It. i uarue t •t about tta house' with red eyes. 1 < n ! Bluebeard?" Inquired Laura, on. I 1 s evening, as Ik came in from work and | 1 i« found her alone. ' Go away while we ' y move, I suppose?" I a "No. Why should ! go away ' 1 ' ii * "" ' 0 L a ' "Going with you? My drat child, I j « ' have been here a* your lodger. Yuu | 1 I Price."'' f ■ -.'(lltaffivtr, ok dear ' How dim I- 1 fully nod reason*!,; '" said j 4 - Laura, fixing dlaconaoIau-1 mta the I ' : lire. "I never tlioughl o! o '"-fore — , ] "I doo't think I should loo wanted j . you In go to the new house if I c bad." _ -a I She weot away after dinner, mid did j I 0 not eunw down again, saving the was I lacking books; but wtau Mr. Prin- I e glesou posted tar door sta mine out to , a bid bim good-ulgtat, and then be saw -. that' ahe had been crying. | t |y In that last fnrttiight of taunt'* i I remaining at the old house Mr. Ptin- | . gleoon'* walks got sadly neglected.— ' - The hour aud a half before dinner was - - too enticing, and It was "only for a ■ f fortnight," na ta said to himself.— I 1 Toward, tta cod of ths time ta began ■ g to forget that ho was forty-two. , i, ly?" said taura. t "Yea, I shall cotno soon, while 1 , may," said he. "By-and-hvc you i 1 "What do you mean?" • "When you lirglu to gut fashion- t i- able you won't want a rusty old school- i "Mamma, do you hear how craftily t i ta is fishing for a compliment? I shall , . uot make you one, sir. JJuk— wfy?' i you art to come. I mafic you do tfhui , . I pleased in the train wtau I was a , Utile girl, and I shall make yon do , ] what I please still." t 11c went to me them very anou. , I Their house was pretty and fresh, t and ta wat shown up Into a tasteful t v drawing-room, where taura and to r , . mother were titling at u kettledrum ' with a number of strange people, Mr . , - Pringlcaou waa very illy, to be ant , dowu and mechanically rontumcl ■ tea I ( t and bread and butter until peopki. he* . r gun logo, wtau ta rote loo. i "Wail fire minute.," said taont. in , t alow tone. He tat-down very obediently UU the , house was cleared. Then taura shut i r tta door In triumph. 1 , "Now we will ta ouzy " said sta. , „ "Come out of that uncomfortable | choir, you dear old BlucU-aril, and „ | come close to the fire. Oh, mauiroa. | dear! Uot It nloe lo see a friend's Itoc . again? Wo are to Uml of making ' ,. P new aoqualntances," sta ad Jo I look- | j Ing to Edward lor sympathy. - "ily dear child," Interposed Mrs. r Bulman, "what an uugraleful speech. , And alter people have been so i . kind and given you' so many hivtla- „ Uotte!" » "Yea, I know, mamma dear; but it , t status odd for poople to come and are | Ttay didn't core for na wtoa wa were " 1 not rich." - "Ttay didn't know u» ttaa. my r dwsr; trnd now Mrs. lantb ta. Intro dared ttap t" omtuid It fe tftHte a k

f, 1 chaucu two that w. know tar. A I i- moat curlout thing," sta explained to I Mr. Prlnglesou. "An intimate frtend i of poor John Tustin's, in India, who , p saw him a fortnight before his death. > II Sta happens to be a client of tta same solicitor who is acting for us, and so I u Introduced Jierself." ' r- "Very Rrious," said Mr. l'ringle- j r r sou, who had got into a dark corner. I and was re fleet ing that taura looked i I rather Ured. L "If you had conic in a UtUe i d sooner," pursued Mrs. Stalman, "you ,c would h»re met a friend— Mr*. Gold- I d ridge." 1 ■t "Yet,' Interrupted taura. "and we i are very angry ttat you ucver tokl us more about tar. Sta says you I j are a most particular friend of , tar* " *. I Mr. Prlnglesou presently made ano- , i d j ther effort to leave. I Hit was persuaded , d engagement for that rveniug. His , i- 1 inward gratification at UiU arrange- I h I mcnt war aomewlial damped by | 1 1- by tta announcement: "Mr. Shop- j ir "Itrall^ it it to. had of inc.' Hurt | 1- coming yesterday ; but I really couldn't help coming up. as the servant said , j, i to tta dour to ask il l had left an um- < brella here; lull your window* looked j . ,d highly inviting, and it I* Ju»t begin- i t '"Aie Idea <rf your knowing him I „ think more remarkable." said taura, i, with a look into the dark ,orricr where , r* ■ Mr, staplwrt. "I usc-l l« look up lo Idm awfully in those day*. I assure ' 'r paue* very noisily0 Mr. sulonin. I I, under tta influence "t an impulw.

"It is terribly 'wet, Mr Mi.-|d«-rd. j ] j dine with us re /m m«e. if vou|' I are disengaged I hope v«ti will .lay i 1 i i Mr. >!,-'], herd was deligltte-d. ami ' le*l Mr*. Sulman down in high j ' , 1 spirits I Alter dinner neither of the gvolh- i I men teamed roatonMiaoally inclined. • ( sod !«.th retired to tto' drawing-room 1 so »non at tto-y found Mr*. Stalman | ' axamluiug tar arrouut*. An yxeel- I quenUycualitoi Mr. PrmgU-auu to be 1 ofgn-nt arrvicrto Mr*. Stalmaa, who ^ , ; hitherto be luwl always to-un happy to ' ; assist her. To-night, however, when ' ' thought struck him that the ktio»- " ! ledge of arithmetic wat an iooinvtm- J ' | lent knowledge It might have been " | IwUrr to have had some knowledge of r I music; iu ttat case he conic! luiv* sat | by Laura in the hack drawjng-room, could have played her avoui|iaul- ' i he might have made a hotter th.og of ' I It than Mr. Shepherd made of Ids songs' Besides, Mr. I'rlngh-aou had * j not come there to do compound od- 1 melody 1 i Mrs. stalnun's revureutlal u|iiuiou ' ol M r Pringleson remained uoimpairnl, , - and the cominurel to refer all her difi Acuities to him as regularly as ever.— ■ what was more important Mill, seemed to welcome him now-a- » days with almost greater cordiality ! tlrno before. All their old pdtes and ^ cuufidenccs were religiously preaervud. a > j unexpectedly ta might ap- r (icar, whatever she was doing, tbo a!- ' fouqd him oot iu a second. Evcu , i when occupied lnferallzing with Mr. ( Shepherd (a more frequent oocurrew.* than tar older friend literal?, the always smiled at him over her partner's shoulder In a way tliAt all but compensated ^ him for tta vexation of aeoing tar so Mr. Pringleson •* familiar intercourse . with tta Sta! mam soon gave rise to a report which annoyed him unaccount- ( ably. lie had always considered Mr. a Stevens, the solicitor, rather an underperson; but there was not the . slightest doubt of It when that person called him "a sly follow who knew ou which side his bread was buttered, and s who was evidently going io for the rich widow!" This vulgarity was j quite unpardonable. Mis. Stalman " waa a good Ore years older than ho 1 was, and every one knows that, bo- , ween a man and woman of forty, tbo Is deddodly elderly while the ' it in the prime nf life. After all, great many men did niaryy wives who were much younger than' themselves. were people of authority too, ' who stoutly affirmed that tmleos there ( at least fifteen years of seniority ' ' the husband's side tbe matrimonial ^ •hip would probably be wrecked. Mr. ' Prlnglesou thought oi ttaeo liilugs j -ntinutllv. Mrs. Stalman would ( often interrupt Ids meditations by en- [ dra voting to get a conversation wilh f him abont tar daughter's marrying; ton sta found it extremely dlffienlt to inu-rual him in tta enbject. "I eupl***r men ilon't care atom! such things altera certain ago," waa tarwioeso- Q ' lutloo of tbe difficulty. s., no conversation had been bold r ' u(*,u the subject, wtao oot i day Mr. Pringleson called at usual. Only Mrs. Stalmaa was visible. rl "Not at homo to any one elje."said tin to tta servant. Her triunsptouit . made Mr. l'ringleaou look U(ruj-r* oaeily. -d'My dear friend," eta oxiffe with a ra'dlanl smile, "I am io glad you ure cook! I have exported you . everr day for this week pott. I thought . of writing but I didn't know what to ilu. nolle." • "Wall?" a "Well! My dear girl, laffra. la engaged to ta married. -There! Now I a

toU you I feel w relieved. For j a > though it i« very deligblfnl to tee ttam : t! I happy, still I tare never been quite S , easy. Bnt now I know you approve I ' i shall ta as happy at ttay are." | r Mr. 1'riugh-son hod toon balancing \ t' , hi. hxl between UU knee. It (HI off ] tl knees ami he stooped to pick it np, a - and then carried it to a distant table be- - / ; lore autwuring. lie louknl very acr- 1 y I as ho returned to lilt seat, j "Yon have not told me who ta is, , j Mr*. Stalman." d i "Haven't 1? But 1 am so excited ■ and agitated that I am always mtk- * Ing mistake*. Mr. Payno Shepherd; f ! I dare say yon will have guessed." t I "Yes," said he getting upand stroll- d r Mr*. Stalman wn* colled away, aud la t ! her absence taura entered. Mr. Prin- I . . glesou atarted at tta sound of tar valno, I I mid coining hastily forward took both t i her bauds. ''Your mother has told i i | rue." was all he could say. f . "lias she?" cried Laura, the ccdor | r ] coming iolo her cheeks. "And I so j . wanted to tell you myself! I could | not hear tta idm of your bearing it i I I from any one but me, so I would not . Ul mamma write. Are yuu glad, I t "No, dear," said to-. "I am nut I glad to think ol losing yuu. | , | "As if you could lose iue! I will' | . I oot Ml built to to Uot' And besides, . I you niiisl to glad toe-iuse I am mi | I happy. And yuu will like liiin very , li "He wrote Vrrv bad. -xureltra, Uiurs: 1 don't know l.nw I .hall to nblo to , I manage It?" .aid to-, trying, very lianl , Ah' It wa. tart work. Laura ; made no ~-<-ret of tar love, uudglorie.1 I I iu *bowlug ft. f„r Mr. Shepbcnl, , Mr. Pringlmn eoull not look at h>m ! „ for a autUeicully long lime tugetto r lo I ice how much or how link ta might . i to to love Yes. It war tart work . j tu ap|Kur p leased aud Interested, and ' | u. srenrto devote loug hours ol atteu- '

j By -and -by prr|Wrati,,ii* tor tliennirj tin setllrmcnte," said Mr*. Stalman. I I "It term- there will have to to triir- 1 | tro. You will to ouc. of course?"- . i ; Hut here Mr. Pringleson wa* Very I j resolute. "1 would for rather uot J ] abroad. ' I must go, come w lot will " I Tta wedding war to lake plan- lo I I August, nud ta wcnl abroad in July. | bod not tocu iu I'sr,* rlne.- Uml tad first met 1,-iura. Ha went on through <>urmany. pcr(*'limll> changing lo persuade himself ttal Ue tad I done right in leaving uo address to- I hind him in England. »o Uml news | home might tint disturb his [ search oiler tranquility Yet after all . ; Goldridge, who turned H^onetay j at llomburg, and Inquiring after com- j Irtends wllli gnat eagerness. "Well. "saul site, after *omc Mlk; j 1 haw Iran waiting very pnUenUy for you to tell me about the stnlmaus; | and have had no letters. The - . the marriage took place to August I J talicve? Tta day wa. uut fixed when I left, but tta mouth was. " Mrs. Goldridge opened Iter ryes j wide. "Good gracious ' Haven't von scon j '• 7W."' Sta would nut tell film u word, but I conveveil him lo tta lodgings, protho paper, aud iwinted uut au ; nnoan cement under tta head of Mar- j riaget, to which the bride and bridegroom's names were respectively- - Gcraldlne Boyle and W. Payne Shepherd. "You are ill, Mr. Prlnglesou!" I "No, no. I fowl tta beat a little.— I Nothing, nothing. Uow loug have ; you known of this?'1 "I knew nothing of U before I law It in the paper. Only, I heard before loft home, that tta Boyle* were all right again. It appears the failure of their hank was a false report; was after all. confined to -tome comparatively unimportant losses. They actually stopped. ' ' Within four days Mr. Prlngtowm I arrived at Mrs. Stalmsn's house. It I night . "Mitt Stalman is very sick abed, j air." said tta servant, ' and missus is "Merely say I am tare, and beg Stalman not to come down on my scconnt, unlooa It Is quite eonvenffb wat shown iuto the drawingroom, and tta servant lighted one .jet ofga« n each of tbo chandelier* In tbe two room*. Ttay looked very dismal under this aspect, aud his heart ached at tta sight of a pile of Laura's songs, which had been carelessly heaped together by a servant. Tta top one bore he? name, written by Shepherd, aud from a Utile work-basket on tta table a plea- of work peeped oot which sta had town doing Ibr bim, and over .which Edward had often teen tar Tta door upouud uoiaclaaaly. ami tta poor mother came io. Ttay greeted another to alien cs, aud sobbed. Mr. Pringkson rose and pared tta for awhile. "I know nothing about it," lio said ' at hut, "beyond the Cact of the mar- < ,"Oh. it has been such a tad buti- 1 jfm. Such a sad business! I thought J lit first It would have come right if only you bad been here, but now I »ce It waa for tta beoL I am glad It 1 all over"— the tpofce angrily— "for folao and mercenary villain.'' Mr. Pringleson did not by any 1 contradict tar. 1 "He apptared In hit renl character 1 whoa tbey began to Mlk about tba 1

I settlement*. He wauled more meoay j the trustees would oBbw, Mr. .Stevens waa row angry ahowt X. At feast I think that wu IL At a"! he- told Drat Mr. fikmna and then me. that he cook! not carry oat marriage on tnch teres*. Howwol I leaving me to break It to her. myfrieod, tny frtend! I wanted ! j sadly, then." "How is the now?" •Very ill; bnt, thank God! out of J danger." JM Many would hare total tar if tbey might, snare fivwv cariosity, soma from kindness; bnt only, one pet ere admitted to gov bcr. Day after '• Mr. Pringtosou sat long hour* with tar. They never spoke of Uw trouble, and often eat silent; but those were the moat precious boors lu Laura's fife. "Oh! It is a wonderfbl thing to taw (Hoods!" sta said ouc at dusk, as he tat by tar couch. Mta added, at tta kitted hit hand: "I to comforted when you are here; I seem to understand so. Some- . times I think you must have known "Ye*, dear I-xuta," ho antwere-d. a vcrr low voire "Neither yon But the questions tliat remain to be propounded arc, whether tta really And if the had deceived herself in sup(Hrviog tliat she loved that shallon slu- undeceived herself? Guest! A* for Mr 1'rlnglcsou; that to did ! ' not love twice, and that ta never trial I do it, ran to slated on oath. Anil yet ta gut married, uil.tnislftlU.flliin- > self In thai wis, , as ta had town. If I hi had Iran k-*s ml.teu.tAil ofl.inneir . wliulll might to- bare married even • I before ta *a« lilmwlflu tta dla«- and 1 j HhiihI' ta was forty-two? Gocm! And I j whom did to nn,st^hq|ipily marry

MtscELhtfrr. * Tta pe-pic to Vvnnaiiy will tvgn t '• to bear thai, ju*l as limy bate got " . their Empire fixed up and ukely in ' .q- iaiAu, the whole thing it to to ? Sp-ikil by Kiug William abandoning jit. A hose company in New Orlcau* 1 J ha* elected him a uieuitor; and, ala I tiiuugh lie will to a great lost to Ger- ' to the New (Irleaiu Fire Department. We think »r kt him uow-that stern " old mail, dcoralrel with bis tra-kettlo talinel. .lauding mi Uie t-,|> rouud ,,f a la, 1,1, i . dragging up ih< hoa< aft. i ' j him |*iuitiug tta iiozxlrai tin fiauiee. , cuuugh! There i* something grand' ! stoul this llotanvoHvru family. If | ; would set fire to H^every week. . j perform. r | ter *,n*ou will be over until Sepfarm- ! to r. Probably there it no phenomenon . in Nature which it more curious. In- • h-retliiig and inexplicable than tta I | impulse w hich leaches tta oyster that , it is not fit for food during a certain *•'00011. and iuducea it to stop coming , j t" market the very first day of tta | month* that have no "B" in them.— L A uian who contemplated that cold, flabby, passive thing called an oytter. w ould think it impossible that toch a ( . creature possessed sufficient intellectual ability to enable It to decide which , j mouths have and which have not the _ I letter "B" In their us met. But Jura u I is the hart, indisputable fact; and, . while we accept it at a promise of tta j capability of the oytter for higher | development—perhaps into a house- . | hold |wt and a Joyous companion of : mau— wc ore filled with awe at the \ uiutcmptstiou of that instinct which . | leads tlisJe dumb animals to observe ,, to implicitly tta laws of tho universe! Truly, the works of Nature are wot,- , dcrfttl. K suae time ago wc rood au urliulc ,f which described how a doughnut oxplodrel in a Wisconsin kltcheu, aud . badly injured a mau who was standing by tta stove wtttehlng it cook. Wo 1m - mediately brgun a scientific InvetUgal; | tiou into the explosive qualities of , : dnughmrt*,aod, tlteratevkoorelaborale aod costly experiments, wo have surcueded In making a potent tubma- , ; riuo doughnut which Is destined to revolutioolto naval srorfore. It It por- .. lieubrly adapted to harbor defence. „ and we are now negotiating wilh the Goverument for a contract to tiring a quantity of them on a wire which will . ho stretched dear across the mouth of ,t Delaware bay, for the purpose of ohc serving tta effect on the first vessel ,( that attempts to t-nmc In. Wc hare d calculated that ooo doughnut -of sub- ,, marine kind, of coarse— will blow a v forty-gnu frigate from tare to Kansas O srithout change of cart. Secretary L ltobetoo will tuptriuteod tome furth- r « cxperiroeate with this discovery at tta [, Navy Yard cm Wednesday next- If r Uie weather It fine he will take otic r oT our snhroarirsD doughnute lo each hand aud diva deep enough to enable , Idm to fix ttam to the bottom of a vre- ; ncl. after which a man will be teal dowu with a box of parlor-matches to touch them off. Tho experiment will be strictly private. No reporters will permitted to go (briber than tta end of tho wharf, at tta Secretary prefers to dire alone. If our (briber . investigations are nn em— fill, we expert to be able to offer to oor counr 'try rery socp_ | red-hot doughnu' which will to scrrieeahte for M!dfcr< to oaray aroond tn tfeetr pocket* t>, throw at the enemy. We renturv w prophecy ttat if Ukm Imptoremeniin daateuotin smtftteof war are amta , posalbfllty.