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· TUE MERCHANT AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. c1rcnl11tes largely 1n the Townah1pi ef Da.rliD&' ton, Cla.tkc nnd Cartwright. It 11i1 a. collllllott platform open to the free d1ac11ss1on of all que&tions11L wJi ch the gencra;l public are concerned. TERMS ltHA~{ Steam Job I'rinting Office WEST KING I STREET, BOWMANVILLE Saventy-flve cents per annum, m d v'1.ace Tlle '.Mercha-nt' and 'Obaer· ver, ·$"2 oo. R..ir.I' S OF A.UV .tL.RTIBING coluu1n 45 per annum 1Ialf do 25 '1 QuUrt ter d<.;. · J5 u Tr NUS1~nt aUve1 ti1:1ementa 15 cts per hne first m sect-ion'";'-an.d_J__: pe1 line, each snbset1ttent one Ou~ AND GENERAL ADVERTISER VOLUME YII BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1876 NUMBER hghtly of such engagen1ents,th.ey were never suhJects of Je!iittng or lau~1i111g with her. If not entirely right, she would often suy,they were. too much "ro~g ta be the sul:>Ject of l1._Jest, and1fright, tney were too aae1ed to be laughed at 'Laugh at anythmg else you pleaaP, 1 she lvould say to her compan- XXIV POSTERS, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS CHEQUES, NOTES, HANDBILLS, LABELS, CARDS, TICKETS, &c., &c_ kc., I EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS STYLI" POETRY ====-=====~;=== Never Give Up give up · It n wist.rand bette1 Always to hope tha.u once to despa1r 1 l'hnto off the load of doubt's c&nker1ng fetter, And break the dark spell of t'} 1annical ca.re Never give np 'or the burden may sink [you , l)rov1dence kindly ha.a nnngled the cup , And in all trials and troublea beth1nk you, 'l'b& watchword vf hfe must be, "NeTer {PVe up !" Never give up! The-re are chances a.nd cha.ngns Helping the hopeful n launtlred to one, ,And, through the cbnoe, high '\Y1sdow arrange1, Ever success if you'll only hope on. Never give up' for tht! wu:iest is boldest. Knowing thatProv1denue 1n1ngled the cup, And of all ma.1!.1ms, the bei.t,, as the oldest, ls the true watch"ti.,.d of, "Ne~er $1' e up 1" g1Y"e np ' ':though the grape shot may ratt:Ie, Qr the full thunder cloud over :you burst, S';;a.nd hke a rotk, and the storm or the battle T :i.ttle 4a11 :harm you, though doing their Never~' N~ver GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY! ' 'l11a1ns \Vtll len.ve Bowmanv1lle Station, 8uw~u.n\ ille ttnle. ns folJows (jQ[IfG wzS'i- · ~m GOINO E.AIT DOMINION O:EtG.AN CO'S L>c:i.l'I< J!oxpress .i20, !Expreitj!: Mixed, , 830 i..m. 4 20 P m 1ftxed 2 20 p in ! I oca.l 7 50 P m Expresfll 9 00 p m l Express 9 00 p.m *l1hts tuun. runs every roern1ng of week, ~fond·Yfl exc@t~d. 9 al) a..m - IMPROVED AND RE,M:ODELLED-- CABINET ORGANS~ ... = ..... :z: c cc cc -0 :;;., Dr: BOYLE, < SURG ERY---sr:r...VER STRESIDENCE ON l ARIO 51 REET c .= , !ii: Cl :>:I m ,.., ' < Neve~ :Bov. roa.nv1lle, Jan. 20tb 1 1876 Dr. Jas. Fielding, 1. W. McLAUGllL~N, M Roya.I College of Fhy&1c1a.m1, ~t11nburgb Cot· onet, etc Residence, Uorne1 of Church and Scug6g ~treets, Bowmanv11le Dec ard, 1875 10-tf ...,- ll,,f:F.M:BER O}' '.L'HE ROYAL COLLEGE ll1 of Surgeona, Fmgland , L1cen'tuite of the z ... ... .... :E == ~ _, .., ...... a: ::::» ;:ig ::j = -< l -c: M. B. L.R.O.P,. L R.O.S , Edmborough, >. ffi > ... :z ..... Cl) ::::» cc worst e up ' if adversity presses, · Providence w1at!ly has mrngled the cup .ilnd thQ best counael, 1n all your distresses, Is the stout watch"' ord of, "Nc' er ~1ve up: 0 ' .f{~'[BElt of the Medical Co11nc1l of Ontano !'Tl = ..... = :z: .., LITERATURE. THE BREWER'S FAMILY. Office_ oppo1nte the nark.et. and"thu:.<l door This Compnny has recently been recorganized by the additwn of three of BY MRS -.llJJ. .Ub of 'ra1t's.. Photogrkph1C -Ga.il~ry Re81 dence :--Dutiiiv Street - Night mcesagettDJLY be the most prnct1cal men from the l!'actory of Clough & Wan en 01 gan Co, }eft either at offiee'~_~idence' ., Det~oit, Mich, each takinG an activ;e parti m ,his own partrcuJar deparuRownlannlle, ll'eb~ , · -- ( ELLIS, ! UTHOR OF " WOMEN OJ' Ell GLAND, n &c Un.ll:.tlra1ty of V1c:_tolla. College, Undei .,0-raduate and..Pr.zem.il.n of the Un1ve1111ty; oi ri· ronto,and~ ·l Colle~· qf fh y01c1an· ,..d SUJ'geou... · K1ngsto11 l\1e1nber _Qf t.he College of Phya1 CJ-~DR and SurgJD9:B o~ 'in1Ja1jf, qor1;>ner, &o Rcs1den6e mid, qllice- Market Sqwu.e, Bow" mauv1lle ; G RADUATE OF 'J'HE ROYAL COL )'" lcge o{ PhysHaan11 );i:ngland. and Yictonn men, and are now manufo.ctuung an Organ equal, IL1i1d m many po1ms super'ior to any manufactured m the United 'Stales or Canada Om ce1ebrated ,.'Vex Celeste" "Vox Hum:ina," " 'Wilcox Patent Octavo Conp_ler," CHAPTER VI,i l'~MLEXllY IS Tl<_E iiALL (l ' Cello" or "Clanonet" Stops, "'- Flugl2 H Orn," a ]) u1ce t" "" 1ineJ" , " .£I'.,t0 "Cremona," and Grand O!,gan St;;p, and All the Late Improvements C&n be o btnined on! y in these Organs. Bowµ:111i nv1lle, }"o.b 24tn. 187b 1 1, _. ' 22 lly , .. ·~iml.l Card. J1 - r ... ·i J. Binghaw,M.D.Jf.R.O:P $.K. and 'Remdenc1:.1-, in D1 ""Hilher'"s ol<l Sta.nu, l:u 1nsk1lleu l\il EMllER OF couma l'l ()]' PHY$lCI lU ANS XND $'!JRGEONS, Ontono. Oi!lc· J·n 27th, 1876 Prof. J.-" Ruse, G RA.DU ATE of l3n.xter University of Music Frl(n~d!!hi_p, Twenty-Flve Differ~ht , Styles, for the Parlor and the Church,' the Best .Material and W.orkmanship. Quality and Volume of tone Unequalled. . ·l PRlCES $50 TO $1,000. Factory and Warerooms, Oor. Temperance and Wellington Streets, Bowmanui/le. ' , Aq·nts Wat1tul in E~·rjj .New York · 'ren.cher of Piano and Organ, cultivat1eu Voice. S1ng1p,:.r, :r.horough Base, Har111011 Compo.s1t1ou, &tr t 41-ly Darlington, Jul,.:..U6th, 1874, County, Senrl for Price List ONT. FOLEY, r R. has]), taksn "but a hce.nse o.s: AUOTLQNEER for tb1s Io wnsb1p uttentLOn ' Aiidresa DOMINION ORGAN 100, BOW0C4NVILLE Also General ' Agents for Canada, for the BRADBURY PIANO Rice &: Barker Agents for tlu. Oount~s of Durham, Victoria, and North and South Ontario, ' Bowmanv1lle,Dec 21st, ~ 1875. Sales 1v11l rece1 ve the Lest .Bow.wa.uv1lle, Feb 24th .._1S7t ly ;it R LOSOOM:BE, BARRISTER AT-LAW, ' !!OLICITOR IN CfIAN9ERY;" .tc ·~ OFJl'IOE,-0..,er McOlung'i .Store s&me fiat J Br1macomb'a Denthl Rooms (Oont10ued ) Nir Crawford had, ;n spite o1 himself, been a silent hearer of the convereahon 1" hwh took place~ between his son and !laughter He would naturally have shrunk from intruding upon their aecrets, but the suhJect it.elf bad nt first appeored to him so pubhc and general, and then when be understood its tedl import, 1t had touched hims· deeply, fhat be absolutely forget ever) thing else, and reuuuned riveted to the spot without the power to speak or-moverema1ned hke one transfixeJ by an arrow, the pain of the wound rendering both re· e1atance and complatnt 1n1poss1blc. ' }ilr Orawtord wu.s pluug~d into au abyss of thought Iluman life, and 1nd1v1dunl respons1bihty, appeared to be opentng out before hta view, and a tota!ly new hghtyet scarcely light, was thro\vrng everythtng arOnud lum into doubt and confusion All was perplei:1ty-a perfrct chaos, in which he saw uotb1ng dtstlnctlyt except wbat hu1 ion had described, with only too much forve and truth-his o"n name blazJncd lD ~·It letter· aliove what l He dared not thrnk .And yet if the thrng itaelf was good, was he answ~rablb fbr its abuse 7 Cert111 )ly npt, any more than the ma.n who makes any other goM and uselul art1cle for its being converted 10.to an instrument of dett.th ' was the article really good ID 1tsell 1 Good of its ktnd, the product of his nlanufactory unq uest1onably wo.s-tl1ere could be no doubt about tbat Then what was its generally acknowledged elf<ct upon socielJ I Was the a~.erage, on the aide of good, or et1l 1, Coµld he look abroad upon English somety, tak1Dg 10 the lowest grades, and say that be thought strong drrnk as a ·whole had stured up and set 111 operation a. larger an1ouot uf 1no,al evtl 1 ...4..nd was not the moral effect of in· ··luably greater 11nportauce than the phy· [s1cal, 'eerng tbnt the phyB1cal good. 1! there were: a.nytn tbJ.S 1netance, could be supplied by 1 othe,1 means, and tn, most cases could very well be ~one without. Even by the sa..llle measuren1ent, and co1uputat1on, it ' ~ ought be ask~d, had strong dr11~k, n.s a whole, be~u productive ID its van0us forms of a larger a.Jnount of ht:a.ltb, or of disease 1 Ho! bad beard \\hat bts own son had said, that eve11 beer, to the tempted arlDk·r, .. as almost, it not quite, as daugeroua as \\ tne, beea~pe it excited a. deellre foll' other kinds of dr1uk, or 101 t·Jo much of the same , and iu his own hearb he kne\v them a.ll to be, in tl\eir actual naLure, so closely alhed,that he q_,red n~t trust hnns~f with the soph1a try of arguing Lha.t beer was really more 1unocent than thos~ ctrin.ks in which there Bo\vmanv1lle, Oct 27th, 1868 ly B~t MARRIAGE LICENSES, l\.fR JOH!\ H EYNON, J,ot 7, 6th ..Gon ,_,_. Hii'.vmg ~old ~~tm;i:'ifi"ifrNET & \)N° DERT A KING BUSINESS to MR W P PRowrn lll. Darlington, f near Bethesda. ChurehT is I WQuld reaoectfu'lly n:.comwend him to- tbeYubhci."ho ha\ e favored me with their patronage duly autbonzed 00 uisue Marnage"'L,icenses. ~tht"laat 'rlurty years, as a Gentleman v. el1 quohtied to meet their wan.ts in the above line of )Jarhn~ton. Nov 19.1874 m8 tf. 1 ti:~d lieltleye that h~ will g1ye the utmost satii~fact10n to all 'Vlho fo.vor hnn with thell" pat- D. E. McMillan, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICI1 OR IN CHANCERY, 001'/Tl'EYANOER, ronage, ~ 1 .. .;! · Respectfully yours, u Jle, R S MANNING NEWCASTLE- ONT_ :>re\H:mstle, Oct 8th, 1875 mpl tf CHANGE .', ' · OF BUSINESS! . ' ; ,, To; fhe Public: F01· the Township of DarVilngton. :fI'M' ng bought out the H. T. PHILLIPS, p~ on1vt a.ttt.ntion gi.ven BUSINESS .·~MR R HAMPTON to sales, &c, on reason· a.ble terms. J3, ¥°ilNI~G, ~d v.:hicb I purpo1:1e carrying on at the I bog®....u.y that I Wlll ·.u~vor to k16t!p -everyth1~g on ]1and tl-nt 11;1 nAe<led 1n tHe Furniture ENNISK/L:f,EN , L1ne 7 - H;,e,v1ng had TEN- YEARS experience in th.e Bowma.n.v1llti Furniture Fat.-tory. and b~Su.les promptly a.ttended to on reaa_onabltl terms. 111!{ appointed Agent to sell for the Company 1n 130'" manvillt! 1 the Pqbhc ctu1 depend upon get, ting the Wm. Barton, Street Bowmanville, _ - BESI FURNITURg1 IN THE PROVINCE, ' I - ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. F Live?']JOOl London, and Glasgow but Small OR 'l1cket8, or infc,r1uat1on, a~ply to .lO l' .... L. at ?a!oderatt r·tetl, by-{i;ing me a. call I lntend 1to SELL FOR CASH, making 1 l-'iofite. W. A. NEADS, Agtnt. 1, 1 , .~"" 1 Howma.nville, .Tune 9th, 1871 tf-30 REPALBilNGKINDS DONE, AND OHARGES MODE~TE was geperally ackno'wledged to 'be danger. "71 U cable in any \vay to sallsfy h1s 1 own o Begs tu return thl\)lka to hlB fuends for'"th~sup pvithe bas rec6r\ied the pa.sttwq yeW"s 1 and ~ § aJJ,1;mtfitun11urpas~ed.JP.anyC1ty111the rovince h< pes. by continued stuct personal a.tttl.J1t.lon tQ ~ btJ,i:nneas, and wo1k1ng at the u.ost reasonable '"' J keep on band, a Splendid lot of Coffins, Sb~uds, et\,: , which 1 an be sent out unon one pri..:;es, to ensu1c a cont1n\1anct: Cif public patr6n, ~oJr·a notice at any time thus meeting tlie·want that emergencies sornet1mes 'Ca nee to a.rise, 1n Jt"ll \\i B is prepared to build houl:'lesii et:c , the counfi.y.' ' ~ , o~ the most inodern style of arcb1tecturt1, J9b O"" .. :Y OUrS, etc., bing -promptly attended to Plans and spec1fi cations .,. 0 ti.tp on apt;llfel..tt1on, on the n10st reu. 1 B U IL D E R' E T W. BUNNEY, c' q, ·, B.A.:"V;XNQ .BOUG~'.1" 1 .A NJCW BEAD~.-, 1 nnnd-pe1haps not well ·b!e endure his awn conv10Uons, ,;\'l,r Crawford, wheu h1' " children had left the ganlen rose hastijy from the celebra.ted 1\iessrs Armstr-0ng'a, of Guel~h, I _,nm prpepared to furnish Funerals with fron1 l. u a seut and ,se~k1na the n1ost retired t!:!!'llll!I t~ I ' e, rnnable 'terms, and of every descnphon Office and Shop Ontario StI eC't, nearly opposite if:r · ..r: Bowmilg;ville Sept 9th. a.o ~"· R 1 , , , 'f no,H.len's Bowmanville Dec - oAth. 187, vr. 'J; 1., ly. .:o ~ E ', ~ c \.. ~ · .,, · 'f ', R · I N~ -G_, , R W. P. PIJ.OWE . part of bis grounds, \li alked b:tckwarda and forwurcta until the time at evening service, h f 'I l when he JOlned ts amt ~a.go.in, va1u y endeavoring to conceal the dbturbed and a'nx- 1ousstate of 1a m11 d 1. hat 111oht ~fr Crawford walked hotne ~ h ' b 1 IV'TI L"Z:' ... ... :.<..L.J.'- \""'+" ' F'Rn':i\Jf\ ,T · i12= l:, ::I E c0Nm1 TIS'Jl ·' L.lrA GENEffrDLBUOIOLNDTERRAO'L'OR $20 ' ,0'00 WORTH OF GOODS ~ \:1-0~ "I 1 "All'Q'e "OI$ wnh the curate, an'L rema1ned in close eon veraation with him nutil 11 lat" hour 11'.ta fo.1nily wondeT'ed at bu1 ahsfuce, so unusual at tuat pamcular t1rpe of the Sabbath, but surnnsed tLat herrnght ba'e some oer10us bueinees with .&tr Gordon , ' Pern.nps,' ~aid Henry,uowlaughuig aa 11 he never hat.la grave tl1ought on the suliJect, 1 per haps he is tryrng to con>ert him from tbe eiror ol his ·rn}o, ancl will bung hl'n home to sup on good ale, and bread and cheese . ., But Mi C1awford WO' very d1ftet'enlly ~ Manufacturer of Sash~ Bli~ds Doors,, Mouldings, and Wm' dow Framesy Witn. or without OcMi11g Wt.th Band Moulds 01 ·thOU11 ._ Reserve,~ at 1ess To be ,S0 Id Wl than Wholesale Prices. I ...,. ha~ 1,.:-lf without · Planing, Planing & M~tchmg, sawing and Turnmg, Ul"naniental PMket8, ~n evei·y variety, and Scroll Sawing, ha )lone who lvere piesenl could fail to observe ,But ~nward~ the clo~e he,recovered himself, The Spung 1mpo1tat10ns' only havmg been completed a few weeks, the ea as to offer up b1a accustomed ~tit1~na S tcJC is ver<' la""e aind· well asso1ted. As it must be soh' w1thm .a with aeeppathosaudsalemmty et en of every deecript1011 t J ~b __ t concluded w1tit a n1ost imprassn ~ prayer, -·given ime that all might he ready to give up a right DONE TO ORDER, band or a rigbt eye ifduti should iequire on the QF SALE :-Und11'r $50, Cash; ove1· $5[1 <our months such a sacrifice. Espec1alh he prayed for SHORTEST NOTICE. TFRM U () edit_on approvad notes. lli~sell, that nothrng m1¥ht be kept back, The Tailoring In O er· d Work, will be continued as usual, during the Sale but an entire and wilhag obedience ren' F. F. McARTHUR. dered, hke that of a trusting child to · hop· on Liberty Street. North of the Eastern House Bowm11nv11le. BownianVfue May, 1875. wl8e and grac10us fathe1. Bowm·nville, July 9th, 1874. 41 If 20th,-. decided -F:----n'"' .- - McARrHUR out oTthe occup.1ed, nnd when he jid return, the ex· press1on of lus cuuu tenance was one of Jeep and eameat thought When he con«omm..~ ducle<l. t~ last rehg1ous services with his j Jannly tb.ntlllgtrt, t his ~01ce "as broken and 0t: Dry Goods OU the - A. Cha.nd C.Lea.ring Sa.le of his Entire Stock. .t. IIay . 1875 tJ ' business, anif wil In~etru:pted b) someunueual e10.ot1on l\hlch I tremu)~us, "h1le h1a utterance was at bn1es ' ' d A ';E'rem.end.ous Bed:o.ei:io· will be m.a e. and full of glory, permitted to those who retired, as usual, to read it alone, this tunu die the martyr's death >Hth the nam· of with no or(hnary interest. Christ upon their hps, ia there not soweThere are few thrngs eo strengthening to Lucy bad, ot course, been e:i.rly 1nade actllmg of the aome glory and the same JOJ our eonvicttona as to firJd that sou1e purpose qu111nted with the strange resolution of her attendant upon a.ll sacnfices naade for his gro\\ 1ng witlnn our uwn m111d>i, antl 'Corfl .. tat her and brother, and to ht:r it chd appear sake-ruade to promote his cause on earth mun1cated to no one, not even to our near8tr11nge ln<lced , althou_gh Jrom reverence -made for lave and gratitude to Hun who est and dearest friend, bas also been grulv .. 1 for one, aud regard for tbe other, she endied and was raised aga.111 for our aalva iog secret1y "Within ..anOtber milla, and that 1one, but not at thnt.' deavorf!d to keep her own op1n1on& in rePerhaps Lucy's scrupulous feehngs on t10n 1 nnnd one in which we have the 1nost euttre ~erve until her Judgment should be more Uns point were in i:iome degree 1nduenced confidence and trust 'l.1 he very act of cast,ing ~- ...... 1 r . ~: ['1'!,· h1ll couv1nced that their new ~ews \\ere Could Mr Ora" ford h·ve shared h10 re by her uot1<>p ot the vul~ar1ty of makrng 10g up all, nnd keepmg nothmg back, when r1i;,:ht lt 11ot .1: :o 'ri-J ,. eonv1need, Lucy was cently awakened Jeehngs with uuy other Jests on such a thenle Iler companions done 10 the trne sp1r1t of obedience to tht! persuaded. Her motbe1 :.M earnestly em· human bern~-especi;illy "1th nny member thought hP.r fastld1oue, they sometimes d1v1ne will, and for the purpose of enter braced the fHnne opio1ons, and the character lbought her proud , but she could laugh Ing upon a great enterprH1e clear from all of h10 o" n family, he would not have borne so !Jeartili at other th1Dgs, tbat they reachly worldly enta.np;lementeJ and ?nth a s1 ngle and habits of her biotbet Henry had Jeep· about with him so heavy a mental burden forgave he1, while 1joining tn what Si.Jc can .. purp~se to d.l right, and nothing Lut r1~ht, ened the 1m prt=sa1on tbat perhaps there aa thnt which now rende ed hlS mghf1 al un~ht be aorne truth in Mr Gordon s argu1 s1dered more enhghtened amusetncnt. bas tu it eometh1ng so 1nvigoraling 1 that tt most sleepless, and his days long seasons of ments after a.ll Thus Lucy h·d certam set apart and seems to r.iothe the tr1etl splrtt 111 a robe of d1'qmetude Had he even been ~ble to But the letter Ever prompt, and confide iu~ o.ny one similarly circum&tanced sacred feelings rE:Servcd for her ~ eug11,i;i;1nent, health and beau_ty, and to rnfuse rnto 1te thoroughly without d1sgu1se, Lucy had with hunself, be might have experienced which she never trifled with herself: no,r taihng powers the stimulus of a new and written to her lover a lull staterot.~t of th"' some reltef But it was imposaLble, l..e autrered others to trifl~ with. It" a happy better hfe case She had, of course, spoken w'tth"th<it tliought, that any one should either under ;men for a man where this is the case with Such occa1noul!I in our experience are hke utmost respect of her father's views, simply, 1 the wimau Jhom he expecµ, to marry atand h!S d1ffic11ltlc·, or sympath!Se 1lJ his lofty rocka ou the mountain's su:!e upon beeau-se they were hts · They bnd ~st. him distress For ,distress tt certainly was, o(so He hecorn~s so closely aoaocia!ed' )".1'h all which the pilgri!T\ mounts to look arou~d so n1neh toadapt,and they were now costing serious a nature, that Ws cl11ldreo, Over· that is JUSt, and true, aad a.<l13irable in her bun, and PO to feel that he 1s higher ·nu n1m so much to carry out, that th&.t cons1d~ awed by tbe senae of shffermg mdrnated by tnind, that hi ts honored, nay, reverenced, nearer to the summit ot his enterprise So eratton a.lone would have ensured fyom her bis countena'nce dnd manner, for some time for the sake ol the poS1t10n he fill·, almo~t w1lb the Cbnstian p1Jgnm when he takea the tenderest cons1deratton \.Vhat, then, 1 dared not wik the c11use. Even... his wife as niuch as for h1mself, alld hen~e perhaps hts stand upon se]f.sacnfice, as an act of was her aston1sbment on receiving i,n reply a.waited in silence the tune when ,she knew he also becon1es invested m her mind w1th duty to his heavenly ~laster He mounts a letter rather thtcklJ interspersed wtth that her husband could tell bet all, rather v1rtlteS wHicl1 he may nevei have posseSsed. with effort, perhaps with paw , but the whu.t Lucy considered vulgar, aa well as nnLucy Crawfol'd had very seldom t!laugbt bOund he makes 1s so much g1un upon his than interfere on1nv1ted with h1a secret called fot, ridicule She forgot pe1haps a mnch about money, or fortune, in connec- Journey heavenward-not 1or the virtue ol thoughts llttle too soon what bad be~n her own levity ' l!on with her. engagement ' ' She was gl·d th the act , but as it bt1nga him nearer, and In this .manner some weeks pa.esed on 1t not vulganty,in treating the same subject , be likely to have rnodby, becl\Use she hkdd nidke8' his footing more- surr., and gives hin1 The family phyBlcian recommend·d Mr but she did not tbe lea· feel gneved, and Cra'~ford to try cban~Ei of air l A pleasant to spen'd 1t liberall:f,' ·a)?ec1~llj 1n ilo'ing ·an elevation of feehng, and a hre·dtb al almost Insulted, by the tone of the letter. Even now Ill that fl ncy p1ctdrP., for view, too often wanting to those who labor Journey, he said, w.is JUSt the thing he 'good It waa not altogether a. letter exactly to \\anted The who\o ne1ghbor)\ood smd he she thought 1t notbrng els~, which bedather On, enfabgled by a secret reservation at her mind, and 1t came at a sea!;On of facn1ly was \\Orkrng himself to death with h1a pb1l· had d'rawn of their clrcumstances, 1.t bad 11ot -ease or eomfoi-t, or any other advantage to trial, when she thought the writer ought to anthropic labors Lucy alone ventured one entered'into hn v~ew of it, that thir means themselves to have Jalt hunself 1n son1e degree one day so far as to question her father about of Joiug godcl would be! curtailed. ' She had All who remetubcr such moments 1n with them, nnd l!lhould at leaet have spoken th~e ea use of his e\ ideot depresatop _o\.n been affected by wbn.t be aa.1tl onlJ as a their awn exptrience, \\ill uuderl:itand how gravely, if he had no sympa.tbv to off~1 po1ntswere coillparatrvely 1dea bad taken poeseeE>1on of her mind that Womnn-all otlier the father and the son, already described, Locy redd the lettt!r 1iga1n and aga.1n, lnd1fieT-ent to 1her, and tf her father honld it must have to do with h'i.s bus1aess ~oth· d1d not, o.t lea.at duru1g their preeent inter Each t1n1e it ~eemed worse than befo1e~ uud ' fJf ' men only be bioug'ht to look more cheerfully, viow, Jee! the duty upon which they con each t1me her cheek flushed, and her eye ing wa.a more conlmou than to bear there ~eorned to Lucy' bu~ httle rn the world sulted togather ·ither too difficult tor them ·parklcd wlth tbat sudden u;i!ia1ng of 10ofaµppo~ed property suddeulyfirnj10gtbem tu fear !. selves penniless, or worse Jtucy knew veiy to undertake, or too disastrous 1n its cou1::1e d1~uant feehng wh1ch ·be WaR so capable 1 But Crawford was not to bl! restored qu.ences for them to look at 11 steadily anll httle a\Jout money-how 1t came, or how it ol thro~ u:rg u:ito haety ex:prees1ona anawent, an~ she begRn to imagine tb~t pero ta peace of m1nd either by his daughter's even hopefully ~ hich .tall times 1t was so difficult for her hup· htr father's ample means might ID 01reeses, or hytltil' '2.!!Jitt,srepce ~bout monej. It 1s posStble that neither fatiher nor son to restrani some unaceoun.ta hie n1ann~r be fa11tng-bim, He wanted the SJ mpatby ol undeiatandrng "'ould have been etrang enou~h to <lo th1~ Quick, hanghtv n10-.:emeut~, such ne the She long~d aloo to assure him tb,1.t 1f eucb'. anc\ \exp1 i;1ence, ~s well as that of afftH.:t1on , entirely alone, but it now appeared that tOSS!Dg of the letter Olli of her hand eac)i was re;l 1) the case, the calaw1ty would nof and where was such syrnpathy to be found 1 William Crawlor<l Lad been for some time tune she bad done 1ea<l1ng 1t, 1n1g-ht have 7 the chief manH.t:::er of be so great- at all events to her/ as be HJa son 1Vi. tllu.1.m,.now brooding 111 secu~t ~ver the s11rne convJc· reveal1-<d to u.n observtint eve the 1act tbat I < < might Le ·Pl r.bend10g, and wlth her eJ the Qus1nes'- 1 w.ti.~ too closrly occupied to uoaa, which, h~e his father, be had nut Luc) Cra\\ford'R heart lta o. 1iever been 'ery fect1onate heatt full CJf k111d. )earn1ugs to- bold much intercourse \ftth bis father on vcnturr.d to com1nu1ncate to a.uy other hu· Je~plJ CJlltt'rned ltl the engage111ent Hu.d wards bun, she put the Sucst1on rather other suhJ"'Ctti Res1dee \\ h1ch, he was mau being. He now spoke out with the it been other\\ 1se, she would on thl:s u<mas1011 abruptly, by aakrng 1f h1a buswess was du· O!lturally rese1ved nnd tac1turn,.except when clear, lull purpos8 of a mauly heart have been 1nore grieved than vexed-n101e tag badly, or if bis propert} \\II.El in any "ay applied to for inform at1on or ad vice 0 1n 'Let us tree ourselves,' he exclaimed, patnerl than indignant A.~ tt was, ehe rose such occasion, he had seldom been found ia danger, '!lO\V and tor ever, from this d1sgnst1ng up with great Ctgntty, a:-id, walktog to her wautiDg in tlit> aasislance which he -was able cl,J.1_1.tn wlnch has bound ua <luwn, and dt!sk, took out p... H, 111k, and prrper and· In ap1te of himself, llfr Crawford oould 1 to ~1ve As llnu! advanced, and pe.r b8.pa as cramped our ener1-:u:s, anct made us shacnt) began to VI. rlte, saying l\') herself as ::;]1e did not help sm1hug at the ·rn1phc1ty of th1a the en.res of bus1neas 1ncrensedJ Wilham Ja ....eJ and bes1t11t1ng where \Ve ought to so- 1 He eball at auy rate be free I Wlll 1uqu1ry Craw(d1<.1 bad become a pers~u not easy to btlve been boll, and tree, and stroug I not bold btr:n bouud to a faruily rt-garded What made you tJimk test ' Money I child. 1 ' in op1n1on, or to <lraw out 111to conv~r , of that 1 ' sa d he ' But suppose it was so , ~11t1on .fI1s fairnly thought be had of late h·t· the thought that we must bo p·nder by him as wanting in eom111on fl,ens.e.' f But though Lllcy wrote her letter that suppose, Lucy, \\e should becotne quit~ bec~rn e n1ore than: usually d1il1cult of ap .. iug to the \'tlest appetltt'S o[ tba vile 1 aud 1 poor people, and have to hve in a s1nall proach They even irnag ned 'thatne had, we cannot;;i heJp 1t while engaged 1n tbil:! <lay, she did not send 1t untll the uext By abom1dabl~ tr.ffic If we do good WJLh n'lture slJe \\as ha.sty, and 1mpula1ve · but house, haw could 1) ou bear it1 ' '. ' a~ it 1scall1:d, 'son1eth1ng on lns mind,' one baud, it seems to me that we do harm by the good tramrng ufher parent· she hod 1 Bear it, pa.pa I ' said Lucy .. ' I should bat what tlie burden ~1~ht b~, no one went not mind it in the least, if .only mamma lao far Js to aurnuse, aud still lees to inci,u1re. with the other If we preach up the hen·· learned to practise the virtues of prudence ,, fite of peace and order, and honest industry, and forbearance Reading her letter on the could bo mo.de comfortable ' While pnder this stata of apparent res1 But, Lucy,' Bald her father, looking traint, ~v1lhan1 Cravt ford v.\1s one evenulg our acts behe ua, tu g1v1ng, to those who morning after it had been wr1tten, she saw know n'8t how to abstain, thut wh1cb 1s the pl~unly it would not do Another was ] steadily in bet face, 'how could you bear called into' b1s father's pnvnte study. The to have former fnends meeting )OU with father and, eon iate on 11acb st de oft he dtudy very root of discord, Idleness, and shame.' nndertak"n verv d1Hc1ent in exprt!8S10n 1 if 'Bui what to do 1' a·ked the father. not 111 tenor, a.nd tL1s \\as sent coldness, and not co.ring to assocuate with tu'ble, and lcipke<l ~teachly intO e~eh other·~ 'We are eo deeply imphcated in this matter Lucy waited many days fo~ reply vou 1' tact· Perhaps they iead somethwg theie -sO many interests are involved.-' "h1ch she had expected that her " letter-'-., 'Oh, papa 1 ' exclaimed I... ucy, indignant which enco~raged thern to belie\e that they 'The firpt t\nng we have to thtnk ot,' would coll forth immediately Wb.t could ly, 'do you think I would cat.e a n1otnt!11t underRtuOd each other- that they had each saul William, '10 to do simply" hat is 11gbt, lilUCh i;ilence 1nein 1 She bad spoken very for the culdnes~ of any OLH:: who changed iu beard the i-::une d1~tLnct call of duty, and Having done that, \'fe shall see better how freely of her fathers altered c1rcu1nstances that way '-sunply because we had Jess tbat they had lioth bE-en brac1ug thewselves to provide tor t"h~ conseqUenLes' -mo'te altered bee~use of all tha.t he 1nmoney than before '1 ' for the ·a1ne great co1 t11ct 'Yes/ repl~ied i;1e f~ther, 'bnt we must tt!11ded doing for consc1ence'ssake,aodchie:fly 'Lucy,' said Mr Crawford, \e1y g1avely, No one could l!."\Ve helpPJ l\fr Urawtor<l llut lDJUte others \Ve mul:'lt not ruu1 the that hts purpose might not InJure others. 1 'you know very lntle what the worlJ 1s, J ast then to the sanle ex ten~ tbat h~s son poor men by sendrng them adrift upon the She bad spoken of_ her own mnrnage portion or what human I be1Dgs really are '\-Vdham could help 1111n Yet it seemed \vorld w;itbout 'employment It we arc -a sut'>J~ct \\h1cb she bad never mentioned We must all make some allowance for their impossible 1to hutnan comprehension tbat pr~pare11 fo1 a )tpt~l . overthrow of our awo before, but wh1cb she now entered upon c1retimstauces There are }:'.>etsons whose they could both be 1.n1 mated by the ~ame worldly prospetity, we have no right over wnh the truthtnl s1rnpl1c1ty of a cluld, poatttou, \\hose actual uaefuluese, di:.pends though ta-the sa1ne conv1cL1ons Only that theirs' saying how very swaH it ru uet 13 ln ~:--'-.,.. upon the mon1ed means at tbe1r dtsposalf Mr Cia"for<l bad the firqiest behef lD the ' Father, l ha. e thought of all that,' said pa.nsoo with \.\hat ha.d lieea ~..tpecV!i And 7 and there are ties a.nd en~agernents wL1ch "orktnR of Providence, so as to over rule \.Yilharn LL have been pooder1ng night this she did under the conv1utlon tli o.t the would be suitable and right with plenty of what 1s apparent e\tl for substantial good, and day upon thIS subject I only wanled whole t:uth ought to be ~ nowg So far ~'; 1noney 1 but far 'rom suitable, an<l scarcely the 6. rmeet behel m the efficacy of prayer, your concurrence , o.ud now let us act tu· she honot_ed her fa.tltt>Y's self sac-,ficv, sh l'e right, without.' and in the goodness and mercy of the dl\r1ne gether' was proud to speak of its cons l'qu~nc~ tn Lucy bluahed crimson, and her eyes dtspensations, in the power also, the111l1m1t relation to h~rsi:>lf It he could &> ~ obl\ ' Not hlisttl y.' fl.ashed for ii moment w1th something hka ·hie power, by winch God is able to turn 'No ; but firrnly, openly, and without retiigu hts prospecte of worldly 1nte.rtst, cho , I l wounded ptlde She knew wliat her fatber darkness into h,.;ht, confusion ~u1to or1 er. a true daughter loJnw, and w1lf!mchmg, or <reserve We ahall not be would be L meant, and 1 \Vitbout uttering tlie name of a.nil despa1r into reJ01c1ng-only for thta, begKars Why, there 1s all your laud, and hugly do t.be same her betrothed hu·band, she burat furth 1Dto tbe father would have felt that what be Had!\ been posstule fur Lucy Crawford the hoUSes., bes]des property invested As a. warm v1nd1calto'n of h1s eh~rtt.Cter, as ex· was about to do waa too d1fl1cult to be perfor myself, I should ha.ve done eJ..tremely to follow her letter, and to look in upon ita e1npt from all eotaid tendenmes, aeclar1ng fo1med-too ha,ra to endure ' J well-better. than well, but for tllose addt amv~l at tbe breakfast table around "hicb that he bad never menl!oned the ~UhJ<ct of A tbr;ll oIJ:wpe <such as " he had seldom t10ns to the brewery which I h·\e been a. large family were gathered-11 family -~ money to her, and that she knew-prnntlve· kl!awn ruibed ·hrough lbe fathe<ls heart as ' mnking W ·II, '"' must ull do the best we worldly in their pretensions, ,and as self .. ly kn·w him to be too honorable and gener: he looked into the face of his &on Wap it can we nan hve, you know, aud hve re- tnduJgent in thetr hal)lts 1 as eithe;r aenstble 1 ous to be moved for a elngle instant, ' by POSSlble tha~ he should be understood here, 01 worthy people ever allo\Y themsel\ es to J , ~pect.aoly too, I have no doubt' such paltry conetdera\tons and met with sympathetic feelrng, '\'her~ it M~ Crawford ehaok his head. .H· look· b1'-she "ould have been rather startled to 1 You need not,' said Mr Grawford, '.ro"h 1 waa !fast expected 1 1' W1th God all tluugs ed with older eyes upon therr position as a witness the ~ffect of what she had Wllltteu into such violent extremes I never charged are poBsible,' he bad said to b10Hrnlf & tLou ~ family. ~ Bllt lua ;on lljen.t oq WJtb. llnabat wttb no other iJea thao. that of spea.k111g a him with anything like meant1.eBE1l.i....ntver, ea.nd tnnes, and nov.·, rousing hunse]f foi s1mpl..,, and honest, and hono_ rable t1uth ed energy even in tliougbt, suspected Lim of unworthy action, he began to speak , I ahqll t.ui:u Jarmer,' he so.ul, and liJ!:Q.· O.t thd real utfjjct of ltetJetter, however, motives , but you know yourself how he 1a I( ap the various d1il1cult1~s oi Ollr mar- ry must Jepend upon his own energies, the Lucy rerna1ued )gnoran:t Happily for her., ctrcumstanced-thnt he is incurring all tl1e tal Lot could be c01;nputed and compared, very foci qf knowrng that be has nothmg sbe did not hear tLe couversat10n which experunve risk of an el~ct1on \\ b1cb, \\ hetb.er perhaps tbat , of sptak·ng woul~ 9n some else wtll do him goop.' took place between the head of the lamly he succeeds or notl 'ruust bring upor;i Jnm occasions Pe found to have l'eq1..11red the u.nd the son on this oceaa1on-ne1ther the · ·But y_our S1'ter 1' aaid Mr Ci:awford, man expend1·ure for winch bis fannly are hy greatest ettort-yes, and the greatest bra.v- ~ first nor the subsequent consultations, when qu1r1ngly no rueans provided Beside$ w.h1ch 1 ) ou ery too "- Cra.wford began to !:!peak with . . lJ r·lat1v·· ,11u'Ah' I see the drfti:culty there,' observ· " " "' matters bad to be d1scussedkoO\\ honor baB qla.1n1s on one side, as well rapid pul~e, and qu1ver1ng l)Ptves, but yet the 1=:lect1on coming on-the marr1ng~ 1 under 7 ed \\ 1! ham ' Lucy ts so etrong in 1ler op as generoe1ty on tbe other, al.Id I am not without the least faltering of resolution , po81t1on too c It will be harol to bear what- theRe new c1rcunL;Sta.nee~, nec~ssar1ly depreptt.red to say that a woruan ean 1 or ought and be spoke l0ng for bis son did not ln ahe n1a) have to bear, an d to be'a.t t h e sa1ne tcrred, with a vast accumulat1on ot import· to, hold by her epga~en1ent with a m~n terrupt him 'V1lharu Crawford uttered tnile t unco:nincetl that)t 18 right I-low ant contigenc1ee nil hang111g1mme11n.tely Jr who C'xpccted ,~a receive a tortune w1~h her no word of d1aeent-110 expression of sur ever, under the greatest d i fl iculties w b ic h relat1 vely upon Luci's 1uarnage l ort1on, liand, when she knows that tbe fortune JS prise e~caped b1n1 1 lle looked l:ltt"Rd1ly into this .!)tlhJect presents~ and I confess tbey are and her future expectations entirely gone· k There were, indeed, 1nany serious con.. his father's facC', hts O\\ n gradually bright not few, I always fall bac Upon the ·ame 'Papa, yqn astonish me/ exclaimed Lucy, ening, until Rt length he silently stretched h s1derat1ons ior the farn1ly to take into a.c.. co11clt1siun-1f we go on as \\Care, t ere Jd the tears starting in htI .}es 1 I t).lpugbt out h1s hand, unU With a cordial graap of nothing....to be hoped, with our eopvJchons,nc.. couut, eucL as one eon at co1lege1 and another an engagement of lhat krnd-I thought af bis father's gave h11n that silent assurance on bis cunttnenta.l tour, w1tl.J. dau~btere to t thing JI we stop, ~ tbere HI everything to prepttte Jor their appt'aranco in society. th h h fecf.,iori-love-everJthing-' 8 that w at e was saying was: nel er rayge tie hoped from pursh1ng a different course 1 Lucy Cru\1tford no douht was a very anuuhle Lucy could say no more , but leau1ng to bis o\\n thoughts, nor revolting to hte whatcver! tta d1fficult1ea tnay be' gu:l, and would be a trtasurc to any man her bead ou her father a sboulder1 Lurst rnto feelings Nay, more, Hls look aud tnau Thu., the father and son talked long into upon whom sl.Je m1Kht b~~tO\'V her ha.ad , a fit of violent weoprng, wbile he held her uerrconv,eyed tbc intelligence of a fieep and liut t.hat band SlWIJle, and porl101'!.JL'"BB, wa& closely in bus arms, and \\1th such tender cordial S.))'.D,}!ath , y,-a sympathy w,h1eb from ~be n1gl1t the sub1 " ct seemed to have no l1y rio mea ns th e t tetlf3,ure n1os t UEC(l l'd Jllst 'rheir unrestrained intercourse had then, So the letter was v..r.tten, afl:>I r.:.1n· ne·a as 1f she bad been Et1ll {' little child, a char11cter hke u1 tmphes not only apprQ- end this good in tt, that where one \\a.s weak, s1derablc <lelay-writt{n wttn all these en<leavorcd to soothe her by his ca1eases. bat1on, but a hppe,of true au<l eohd l1elp, the other was sometimes strong where one weighty considerations freshly 1mpresseu Luer wRB soon comforted She had at ,vhaf.ever i.;oat 1 nnght be Dl~nessary to them ' upon the wrtter'a 1n1ud , and the eoneewas doubtful, the otherl!aw the way , where <;ttence "aa, that although not by any meous learned to fear nothrng-almnst to feel no· bo.th one wae tinnd, the other wa.s bol<l. And. ~ deficient in e1:press10DR qt affectlo.u, lt v.as th1Ilg pR1n1u1, \\ lnle those a~ms were around Surely "e ove1-eatlmSite~ the happiness of so they helpeU each other tn au euterpr1Be J sta.1uped undesignedly \\ith a. character her , aud even now, when her tather "ent mero sncceso~of what is ger;erally called wh!Ch all who kuow the world and the dearly enough percept1hle to the quick eve on talkrng so serwualy about pnvei ty, she good fortune, And do "e not as au~ely ' by wb1cb 1t waa read 1 Lucy Cra\\ ford mado no exposure of her ;;.·grlete 10 ~gardrng realized µone of its e' 1ls, nor cared, for nnder-est1mate the h·ppmeae of good reaor spmt off the wdorld, "d I 1h fir f th f th as one o no or IDO?JL .,,cu y ID i~ accow· feol!Dga Ol) this aubJect Tbat she wa· de·p more than the pasalug mon.fent1 for anything 1 0 ' es-o at m setting e ace e Pliflhn1ent ly wounded, non~ Yi ho kaew· h1~r coulcl for that did not take her away lrom her paren\a right way-nnd tbat fix.ehd de~ermination to.. . , .11 u. moment doubt By an 1ndiff1lreut pertion CHAPTERIX and her home eacbew Ihe wrong, whic are b oth nec~ssarithe letter might have been read wtthout any Still, as a woman, Lucy Crawford \Vllil in th.e great battle of hfe, where t.be strug· LlG-H'I A.ND A OT ION co119truct1on being put upon 1t tej ond that sensitive in the ext:t·eme on e\·ery point con gle 1a to estab11sb the reign of righteousness I Not IDR.ny lveeke after the 1nterVH"\Y JUat of a. comm.an regard for prudefic e, .1.ll taking necte<l with her 1 be~rothal, which she on earth 1 It 1s not all !Jani even to human descnbed BP takmg place between her foth. an important step But Lucy's heart sup· ' plied her \\Ith a fuller nnd clearer tnterpre regarded as the rnost 1:1acred transacLLon lll nature- nor all bitterness of aoul when we er and brother, Lucy Crawford might have tion, and witbont l'ltavertng Ill her pnrpoee, wb1ch ahe had ever been engaged, ns tl1e say, 1 Thy will be <loµc 1 Nor 1s 1t our been seen in her o(Vn chamber reading a let she wrote a reply wh1eb put an eud to the mo·t tender and the most holy too She Father's good pleasure thnt it ahould be so ter from her lover It had been received engagement ·nllrely, h·tl never been m the habit of apeakmg It, as we believe, there is OJOJ unapeakable, with the accustomed weleome, and alte had (To be Contmuod J NB\Y LIGHT IN '!Hil BALL CHAPTER VIII l . li.tr . . 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