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AVING purchased the above hotel, and has furnished the Bar with the choieest liquors and cigars. Every attention paid to guests.-- Stages to and from Whitby call daily. ~ Careful ostlers always in attendance. COTTAGE HOTEL, GREENBANK, FEYHE subscriber wishes tc inform the traveling public that he has taken the above hotel, which he has fitted and furnished 1 NORMAN F, PATERSON, » (Late of Miller & Paterson, Torouto ) i ¥ A CORNET 4L1aw, Solicitor in Chancery, y Conveyancer, &c., Beaverton. Office in the building accupied by Dr. Wilson, Simcoe-st. P. A. HURD, TTORNEY at Law, Solieitor in Chan- cery, Conveyancer, Notary Public, &c., sindsay, C. W. . |. FAREWELL & MoGEE, ARRIST; r-Atbor) Solieitor: d B Ni de gficer tu the Post Office uilding, Simgoe | shaw. B. V ,; BR. M'GEE, B. A. CA INELL, = - & MAC ARRISTERS' ami * Auoreys at Law, thr and where the best Rceonimodagion, with careful attention, can always be found.-- Good stabling, enclosed yards, and attentive Ostlers, R. A. MURTA, Proprietor. k, Feliy 13,1866... = 6-ly Jewett's Hotel, KENT STREET, LINDSAY. a 1 Good stable and shed attached, and an attentive ostler always in attendance, Free Omnibus to and from the Oars and Boats, Saintfield Hotel. Tos house being new, commodious, and well furnished throughout, the puhlic favoring him with their custom may depend on finding every convenience necessary to their comfort at- Good Stabling, and attentive Ostlers ANDREW ¥. MoPHERSOX, DARASER, and Attornay-at-Law, Solici- - ) tor in Chancery, &c, i ~ OFFICE--Dundas street, 3 doors west of the . PogtOffige. =o i Whitby, July 4, 198. ARRISTER, Auorney at Law, Solicitor |. | I in Chancery, '&e. Office in the Victoria ! Brockigt,, Whitby. ig i Lynas "ENGLISH, L. L: B,, | Sou 3 , in{ Chancery, Attorney, Uonveyancer, &c., Oshawa. Offi imcoe ] . street, opposite the post office. T 4 CN. viny, _ JD RACTICAL Deatiet, Oshawa, C. W. { Solicitors County Boancil Ontario. Offices: 8 Court House. gear rv i st. C. 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November 21, 1866. , 46 Money to Lend IN SUMS OF $8300 and Upwards, Ata low rate of Iuteresl. FAREWELL & McGEE, Solicitors, &c. 45-2m Oshawa, Nov. 14, 186€, HALF A MILLION Money to Lend. rn II undersigned has completed arrange- is ents, whereby he is prepared to! lend $500,000 of Private Funds, on good mortgage ecurity, at a low rate of interest. The borrow- er can have his own time to pay the principal. Tam also Agent for two of the largest mone- tary institutions in Canada, that lend money from 3 to 10 years, at six per cent interest. No Commission Charged. Silver and: G'reenbacks bought and sold. Apply personally to JAMES HOLDEN, OFFICIAL ASsIGNEE, Notary Busnic, Land Insurance, General Agent, §c., §e. Orrice--McMillan's Block, Brock. Street. Whitby, Oct. 3, 1866. 30 TO LOAN! $100,000. i HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars to Loan ou Morlgage security, in sue to suit boriowers, at a very moderate rate of terest. Apply at Warehouse, to the far-famed Manchester JOIIN HODGSON. {permitted to ehiexter Warehouse Neil Sinclar, , He Vroomanton 32.3 OF TORONTO, O.'W, INCORPORATED, ae 18510 GEO. MICHIF, Esq HON. J. McMURRICH "BERNARD HALDAN, Esq JAMES PRINGLE, Travelling Agent, County of Ontario THE COMMERCIAL UNION 1ly 19 & 20 Corxmir, LONDON, AND 385 & 387 Sr. Paur Sr, MONTREAL, assured, and offers the advantages of a mu- JOIN H. BROWN, Agent, Manchester, BARBER & PYE, T-1y VALUATORS, &C., &C., SHAWA, C. W, A RE prepared to furnish Plans, Details and Specifications, for publie buildings, private ide of every di fon oF fn any style Dragos, orabst Faas af ai bande of aia ston! n mills ary, o don the ih ; L d 1 ding through- | machinery, can be t possible ntal R direc the post Tegvated ah ! % notice, ~ ofiie iran Shicos street, Hurd oor morth | out, Tbe Post Office, i 2 bleagantly situated, ope ee Eve.ia reson] from Manchester, England, | of the Ontario Bank. - "The Omnil calls at' the Hotel, and | Where he has had experience in desighing, sur- -- " 5 es for Uxbridge and Beayerton leave the | veying, and superintending. ; - J 'CH "Voor every morning. zea) ' pecijpen Designs nny be in the Reading wv OWNSHIP "for Reach, Convey-| I3 Careful Ostlers always in attendance, (Room, Oshawa, or Jad on pplication to : ancer, or of the Court of = GEO. ROBSON Hi BARBER 0, A i REVERE HOUSKH |0saws, Ang. 30, 1860. 34 § SPRING, BEAVERTON, C. W. 1. PORT PERRY ICEN, "Audtioneer for the Town- HE Subscriber begs to announce that he has a ships of Reach Brock, Usbridgs and Scott | ihe and fied up urobihout. ithe boot of | = og ord. office, and dayg of sale ap- None but the choice ir$ and a : pointed, | a tJ wil kop the ine hi abl wil bo ue: Li Sta bl : Pre - ished hedelisacies of theseason. Care. | Xa 1 V7 @ X tables. Th (Rf asics of host, Doe: | yo ahiea ty| 0 © 'WM. PARKIN; Proprietor. MACKENZIE, rietor. The: publi ays | Benverton, July 27,1864 «+ 8 | Ch sipptiad ik firs lcs ren and THOS, H. WALSHE. COMERCIAL . HE CONFESSIONS, AND EXPERIENCE, OF ~ ICENSED Auctioneer for the Town- AHR anddrelitied Begs to' ""Publised for the benefit daa Cavrion to Voda i 0 , Thorah, Mara & Rama in|' "yu (ken the above well premises | BE A aod, ess abit i Sit In the Donity of Tick have boon yew furnished vated | sine tho the Tix MEAKS OF NELY-CURM- By oie : floe, or At his rosidence will be | DY him, and where tho E dcsomioduln si whothan ened Vinelf afler, widergotug _onuiderabic wilh with careful attention, be found. | quickery. "The anpicait, by ying posage on' his i led to. -Debts collected in Canin' ood stabling, tion, ea ards, and attens | vier, will recive a 'copy fice of charge, fiom the on, or otherwise pd JEL FRmiances | ive Oules. Clacges extremely moderate | A NATHANIEL MAVFAIR, {9:10 Auctionger, ! 28-1y JOUN MILLER, |e.am Brooklyn, Kings Cou, N. ¥, cent ! have fixed it. acter, which firmness tv the voice trembled. Many a woman has sacrificed her happiness to her pride ; take care, for your own sake, how you add to the number!" Had there been any vacillation in Milli- cent Tyrrell's mind, this adjuration wou She perceived the implied reproach upon the vehomence of her char- had wounded her so often-- which had brought her, in fact, to the alter- native against which her lover warned her, Iu strengthened her, however ; it gave fire to the eyes that might have softened, and that would She answered calmly enough : ¢ Ido mean what I say,' she said ; ¢ and I shall not sacrifice my happiness. should not be happy together : you are hard and cold, and I am passionate and head- strong, as you lell me. : deep ; they do not appear on the surface-- they mislesd you as to yourself--they make you harsh and unforgiving to me. Lcould not live with a man who ways watching me to detect and reprove; I should learn to hate my husband in the character of censor and judge. be one fierce quarrel, ever growing fiercer. No, Luke, 1t is because I would have uei- ther of us miserable that I am resolved end our engagement.' Sho stood erect and resolute: it was im- possible to doubt her earnestness. made a few turns in the room; hard and cold us she called him, it was difficu't for tim to speak as firmly as ehe had done. ¢ But you are bound to me," he said at length, ¢ by ties that the caprice ment cannot break : my ten years' lowe, your father's wishes ; you constrain me to say it, Milicant--your own confessions and promises inust withhold not loved me ?" he asked passionately ; 'or has the past been a farce and a Lie?" ¢ If, she replied rcornfully, ¢ your words were anything to me now, | should resent Have I loved youn ?--well enough to be pupil, edlprit, slave almost ! I have learned to dread your presence in the height of any innocent eujogment, knowing you would see some fault toblame. | Hard constructions have been pat on all I You have schooled me in every relation of life, in every petty detail of conduct, as il you had been, in fact, my No husband, in fact, shall so schoul me : the wife's position 1s an equal one, and you would degrade it. cried eagerly ; ¢ I have borne much--1I will not marry 'o such bondage ! : said : ¢ If Luke acts thus aga, it shall be. is. | the last time." |The last lime 1s Now come ; snch language. did and was. husband. nothing will move me ! you delude yourself ; you 'love rule and sell to well" ¢ Stop I" eried Luke, interfupting her, ¢ for I can bear no. more: I should be beut in- deed upon my owa wisery if 1 urged you Strange, that we have thus de- further. ceived ourselves--that instead of loving me such an intense -billerness js burfling an What blind dreamers we are !" ¢ I, too, have dreamed,' said Millicent; ¢ you are not alone in your disappointment ; Mr. Forrester, good-bye.' Her attitdde, as she held out her hand, was as firm and stately as ever, but her averted eyes gleamed with suppressed®emo- tion, and her flashed chieeks were wet with He had meant to take his farewell without another word, but @ glance into the proud troubled face of the gitl moved hun with au irresistible yearning. not ehough of noble-heartedness within her, after her faults were weighed, to nsk his But what availed puch Did he not love her with soul and strength 7--had he hope or care your heart ! but it is all over, tears, happiness upon ? calculation ? was of a yon. Have Often ha As for your for the future without her ? ¢ Milicent !" he exclaimed with vehement tenderness ; but a movement arrested the He saw it would be in vain ; that she would be prepared to reject Lis prayers ashe had done kis expostulations. should he subject dignity and love to be words. trampled under foot ? peated more calmly, 'farewell ! able to wish you happiness apait from my- sell.' He held her hand for an moment in a pas- ) How still and proud she He noticed, in spite of him, every point of her beauty, the very nentness of sionate grasp. stood ! ber dress, the braiding knew nol the secret agony against' which, ¢ Milicent,' he Tsha of her hair. her indomitable spirit upheld her. « Can she ever have loved me ? was the bitter doubt with which he Hhuiried" fiom The groom brought round his horse with the same alacrity and re- shown every her presence. spectful cordiality as he day almost for years--his had been a courtship, a Jacob's se spoke lo him in; the same guiet friendly tone ; but he pushed on at a fol gallop, becoming mad speed, as bis thoughtsquick- ened, and thg mau was out of sight, +The gl the park, and was brilliant wit ice--and, Forr a thousand dyes--the ripe harvest-ficlds and distant river burned Your fauls lie Life would Luke No !" she Was there Why alte jnshive flooded b cast the broad tree-shadows unbroken on the grass--the flower-garden enough to satisfy her and console her, if she needed consolation. ~ He might never find one to fill the place she had held in his ten- aclous heait'; but she, whose beauty aud position opened the highest circles, 'who loved society, and was worshipped by it-- what credulous vanity to suppose some sui- tor us worthy and more successful than him- self would not secure what he had lost !-- But was it loss 7 Was not his present misery the ehorter, of sharper, pang to a union' witha woman eo impatient of the slightest control, so cruelly unjust to the deepest and tenderest affection 2 Reversing the cause, was she uot night in her own conclusion 2 It would not do even in the first moment of wrath. He thought of her scorn for all that was mean and htle--her lofty truthfulness--1ihe tender passion of a n utare that was capable of all sacrifice for the being loved --the earnestness and fire of her mind, which ever scemed at the high point of vitality, but occasionally at- tained by others. Misconception, uncon- geniality, and wretchedness there might be but Millicent was etill to him the chlel good on earth. He heard the sound of horses' hdofs, and | tarned abruptly into an opposite path. He | had no wish for companions, least of all for such as Mr, Tyrrell and his little daughter Lilly. When secure from observation, he looked back to watch them, and send after them his last furewells. Mr, Tyrrell's fine face looked brighter aud mors animated even than its went, as he bent down towards his fairy companion. the fragile cluld and darling of the house. The little girl's fair curls danced in the wind as she urged her poney to its utmost speed ; and her soft laugh rang through the clear air as she gained the race they were running, with a suspicion that her trial had been an easy one. Forrester knew how Millicent loved her father ; how Lilly was cherished with more than a sister's heart. It might be an unwoity emotion, but, he thoaght bitterly that evéty good gift bad been lavished upon lier ; that her life was 80 rich, she would scarcely miss one link from the glittering chain 5 and for the mo- ment, selfi-h in his great sorrow, he would have had her solitary und miserable as him- self. Before another hour had Struck, deep darkness had fallen upon this brilliant lot. The stumble of a horses hoof revolutionized life for Milicent Tyrrell. Mer father drew his last beeath in her arms ten minutes after she had been summoned to Lis side--sum- moned [rom one stitfe and agony of soul to another scarcely keener; aud he died in- testate, We must pass over the scenes immediate- ly following : every adverse power geemed at work 10 exalt the sudden ovérwhelming misery lo desperation. The death of her | father to the daughter's heart, in which Le | hail been supreme, would bave smothered lesser: woes, had-nobthe-firsl news ofthe. have We ale to mo- you ve | love | inclination as belore. any complaint or protest against heruncle's tyranny. She perce:ved at once the feel- ings and motives which influenced his con- duct, and she possessed precisely that state of mind or refinement of pride which Would Tiave @nablvd her to" bear the rack without uttering the groan her torturer list ened to Lear. The ugony of her father's death, after her first irresistible paroxysms.of grief, she consumed in silence, as well as the even sharper pang that her sudden fall from wealth and authority to poverty and depend- ence would inevitably produce in such ana- ture. Sharper, not because her love had been weaker than her pride, but it was comparatively easy to bow to the inevitable blow of Heaven, it was mattyrdom to sub- mit to what seemed the caprice of circum- stances, the power of injustice and legal fraud. During this terval she had a still greater trial to undergo.iu the ceaseless ef- forts of Luke Forrester to obtain an ter view with her. The lover she had reject- ed with such decisive scorn in the recent days of ber prosperity, could never receive anything from her ; as for offers of fiiend- ship and service, they would be intolerable to a heart passionate and vehement as her own. Since the day they had pa:tel, even in the height of her misery, or rather stimu- latad thereby, Milicent's love seemed "on the increase ; adding the master-grief of bitter sell-reproach und vain regrets for a future lost forever. The effect of all this meutal sinfe was such, that, as they reach- ed their journey's end, a fortnight after Mr. Tyrreli's death, Mr. Rivington, on looking at Millicent, consoled Limsglf with the re- flection that his two daughters had noting to fear from rival beauty. Mis. Rivington and her two daughters were in a stale of great excitement on the evening of the expected arrival of Mill- cent and Lilly Tyrrell. The laiter, being a child, had little to do with the tremor aud anxiety thatagitated them ; it was ail due to Millicent, the reputed beauty, the im- povenished heiress, the rejected bride. -- Augusta Rivington, as she coquetted with her erape-tiimmings and Jong curls, p'eas- antly conscious how well her mourning at- tire became her, was explainivg to Maurice Halford, ler reserved, ditatory, but assured admiret, how the case stood. ¢ Poor uncle could have settled everything on Millicent, and shiv was always brought up to expect it. Poor gil, it must be a dreadful blow to her. I should teel it my- sell keenly, little as I care for fortune. But then, you know, the property ought to have been ouis before, so that we are getting on- ly our rights after all.' Mr. Halford knew all about it, as it was the one subject of talk in their mutual cir- cles, and bowed gravely in unmistakable acquiescence, as the young lady paused. It 1s shocking to think of' subjoined Mis. Rivinglon, stirring into a blaze the be- fore hot fire. ¢ For just one-and-twenty years my husband has been defrauded by his brother, without the smallest acknow- ledgment or attempt at compensation ; but there is a providence that watches over these things. In spite of their father's robbefy, his children ehall always find a home witli us. ¢ And sisters in your fair daughters?' asked Mr. Halford, with precisely the same i « Pardon me, Mrs. Rivington, but few women would be capable of such magnammity.' Augusta looked np a little uneasily ; but, ~nssured by her sorutiny, said vith. g lie accident bought down Lis elder brother, the heir-ht-lawy and subjecled tb proud defi. ant girl to the bitter humiliation of Ins | maslership, right : the large estates of Roseneath had | been left by an eccenuic relative to a younger brother, on condition he took his name. They weie left entailed upon the male line, but with the momentous saving close, permitting the l-gatee to cut off the entail and will it at his pleasure, if he had uo son, aud a daughter twenty-one years of age. When Mr. Tyrrell died, Millicent wanted a few months of her majority ; and her father, having waited for this event to dispose of his_property, had not even se- cured to his children what property was un-- der his dependent control. Mr, Rivington held no friendly feelings towards his vieces ; he had looked upon himsel! as defrauded during his brother's lifetime, and was disposed to regard his sud- den death as a manilest token of the will of Heaven to give him back his nglhts, He meant to take the orphans to his home, and treat them, he said, as lus daughters ; and had no more sense of his turpitude in seiz- ing thus their expected inheritance, than bas been shown since the beginning of time by the lawless possessors of tho coveted vineyards. Fourtesn days intercourse with Millicent made him hate her ; he wished to bury his brother with all possible pomp and ceremo- ny; but Millicent, knowing intimately her dead father's wishes on the subject, roused bereelf (rom her stupor ot auguish to oppose the idea. Mr. Tyrrell had often said, as they passed through the village church- yard, that he wonld rather lie under its wil- lows than in the ancestral vault beneath the chancel ; and he owed to bis daughter's strength of will and energy of purpose that the wish. was gratified. Millicent bore down her uncle's opposition with a resolu- tion so absolute that he was constrained to "and ted the ity ac- cordingly. Pie i Immediate retaliation, was in his power-- to contract his business at Roseneath to the There was no gainsaying his ii be He x | like an autocrat at Roseneath, laugh, 10 reply to'his first remark: ' I'hope so ; but {hey &ay our pobr cousins temper 1s so difficult, and she las been so flattered and spoilt, that it will not be easy to be very foud of her. She has governed luis really a terrible reverse.' ¢ Itis quite certain she could not be very amiable,' remarked the elder Miss Riving- ton, 1 u slightly undettone, or Luke Forrester would never have jilted her ¢ Hush! my dear," interposed her mother quickly 3 "tas not fair foroue lady to tell such tales of another. Nothing blights a young woman's prospects in society like the reputation of having been jilteds™ The secret 1s safe with you, I am sure, Mr. Halford 7 ¢ Of course, the lady was jilted in the days of her prosperity.' ¢ I really can't take npon myself to say, but [ fear not : Mu. Forrester is not even in that case less dissinterrested than-- excuse me--the sex is general. Portionless maidens are little in demund, except in novels.' 'A libel!" whispered Augusta softly. ¢ Why don't you tuke up the gauntlet for mankind 22 But Mr Hartford was in a muse, and did not hear her; indeed, he heard noth- ing lill a sudden movement announced the guests were come; then he rousad and looked about him. The room. bad a very pleasant aspect, with the glow of fire and lamp reflected in every opposing point of glass and gilding, and heightening the 'warm tints of the pictures on the wall, and the rich flower-painted carpet under foot. [t was thick set with all kinds of fantastic couches, if the travellers were weary; und on the table was a dainty repast, ready spread, to tempt and g.atify the appetits it hungry ; and then with intense anxiety in the faces of aunt and cousins--could the welcome be mistaken ? Mrs. Rivington and Aogusta hurried down stairs 10 meet the strangers; they were 60 long in returning, thay lleanor said she would go and see if any! ng was the Ys matter; and almost involuntarily, moved by an unusual curiosity, Mr. Halford fol- lowed her. ' Milicent stood in the hall, giving, in clear calm tones, some instructions respecting her luggage ; the greetings had no doubl been exchanged, for Mr. Rivington was stood 'a little apart, watching their kids w aman. Her atm pressed closely to her side her hutle trembling sister ; otherwise she would have no erect, and was turned towards the light. Mr. Hartford was a sensible man, but he. had a great shortest possible space of time, and huny weakness for beauty ; he was an absent oue, bustling up stairs, and his wife and daughter her lace . LF ) . 0 ; dat ge LR Sd Pram) - = 200 AGS To a m-- " os ee ned en i re --- 'VOL. X , No. bu PRINCE ALBERT, COUNTY OF ON TARIO, C. W., THURSDAY. FEB. I4, 1867. [WHOLE No. 42g TE ---- a - i a a a po a. - " i y > -IWndant Ah . H. Burnham CK Q in the unmitigated light ; the far-off hills, the sisters back with him to their new |too, and stdod and gazed at Milicent, igng- Gis Hnkurio het berher, CLERK THIED DIVISION cov MA LE S HOTEL, MILLICENT ! crowned with woods and dark in shadow London home, He would have been better rant hat his mistress's eyes were upon ; +. +A WEEKLY : Off + , RT, (LATE, BODIES, IN: TWO CHAPTERS--CHAPTER 1. |8hut the noble English landscape in--shut | pleased had Milicent expostuluted on the him, Nery pals and worm lo fig Joo a < POLITICAL ABRICULTU L 55 ove Me, Higslow's Store, Walton Street, Port Hope. wp, in the lands of 'which Milicent was heiress. | subject ; but her character upheld her from con a Rig an Nig els An 3a } Rab RA y PORT PERRY, C.W Ww. MACKIE, Proprietor. ¢ You cannot mean what you say Milli- | She loved riches and luxury--oh, she had ian of feature, the fineness of outlive was unimpaired. There was no extran help; her hair, of the beauty of which much had been said, seemed to have been carefully concealed ; but the slealy. mark- ed line of the broxs, and shade of the ashes; Minted at colour and character. These points were patent to all her observ- ers; but only one carried the Seruting deeper, and detected, in spite of the carefdl selt-possession, the latent expression of the deep-blue eyes--an, ocgasional scintilation of passion and recklessness that touched him, together with the sudden dilation of the delicate nostril, the quiver of the deli~ cate lines round the flexible mouth. Mr. Riviugton stopped short at the head of the stairs ¢ Girls, take your Cousins up stairs, if they have finished their ordeis,and help them to make haste down to tea, for we shan't stand on the ceremony of wait- ing. What, Halford, my dear fellow ! How do? Alwdys glad to see you. No need to introduce you to Milicent Tyrrell--you know who she is." . ¢« But I shall feel obliged if you will Ict Miss Tyrrell know who I am,' said Mr. lalford, smiling, wv order to mollily. the roughness of the other's speech. Mus. Rivington introduced him. Mili- cent, who had not condescended to rotice her uncle's sult, bowed in a stately un- conscious way, and stll holding Lilly's hand, followed Angusta to a bed-room. Thera was no fire 1 the spacious, cheer- less apartment ; they had had a long journey, and the child was benumbed with cold. "Milicent hesitated what to do, and fixed a keen, asking gaze on Avgusta's face j her cousin had oflered ber services in_ a careless way, and they had been de- clined ; khe now leaned listlessly over the mantel-piece, but the attitude alone whs languid--she was watching every imove- ment] of Milicent with intense interest. «1 cannot--na, I cannot stop to complain and ask/a favor from her," thought Milicent. ¢ Lilly§ I could better die than beg for you." She took off the heavy cloak and bonnet, smoothed the fair head, and then kueeling down before the little one, began fo chafe her frozen foet between her hands. On looking up into her face, she perceived Lally was erying--notiin a childish, fretful way ; her tears fell quietly, but large and fast. It was the one thing crushed under the rush of the restrained agonies and emo- tions of-the day. She clasped the child in her arms with a ery of passion that staitled Augusta lo her very soul; aud then throw- wg herself upon her kuees, still folding Lilly in her strait embrace, burst into such an agony of weeping, that at length her cousin was moved. « ¢ Milicent, don'tery like that. - You will be very happy with us; we will all be very kind 0 you.' Milicent's bonnet had fallen off, and her dark hair in massive corle swept over cheek and throat ; the fuce was raised as in appeal against her fate--how beautiful «he was in spite of tears and pallor! Augusta had been bending over her, her hand resting on her shoulder ; but she sud- denly drew back from the caressing posture. ¢ Had she been less beautiful, I would have loved ter. A presentiment of trouble' seemed to haunt her. ¢ Calm yourself," she said coldly ; "and try and come down to tea. Ofc more, can | help you, orshall I send our maid ?* Miliceut was striving to master herself. Sha was not a stranger to such a conflict. and she succeeded row. ¢ The last time," she said, rising and diving her teais, ¢ that you shall sve me so weak. We want vo- thing thank you ; we will join you almost immediately,' 5 fe Whar liey dnforéd.iffe rom, _somp. ten minites futbi, thers Was oo. cent late emotion, Mr. RWI Kked up from his meal, . ¢ Come, girls," he said graciously ; ¢ come to the table: [ am sure you must be half-siaived Aud now, one word, Miliceut, now | have got you home. [ don't wish to be unkiyd to you, and I would rather we all agreed with one another. Your cousins are willing to treat yon as a sister, provided you ure disposed to keep your temper in check--othorwise, that temper will be your run. I have put vp in the old house with more thau I ever bore from any woman ; but in my own, rement- ber I ain master. Fur the rest, to end the subject for ever, if you miiry, I'shall give you a younger daughter's portion.' Milicent's lip had curled, and her eyes kindled, during this speech. At its close, on perceiving her uncl's look of self-com- placeucy, she raid quietly. ; ¢ Iam sorry I cannot be grateful ; but it is impossible to give me my own, or to unite the characters of defrauder and bene=- tactor.? Mr. Rivington turned pale with hate and anger. A confused murmur of indiguatian rose from "his wife and danghters. The former could not find adequate words for his feelings. A woman's wrath is more facile. ¢'T suppose, Miss Tyrell," said Mrs. Rivington with a sneer, *you and ybur sister have a choice of asylums, as you hisk ours so soon ?' 4 - Milicent was rising up. At that moment, she was reckless of her fate : wild thoughts of seeking some refuge from tier present degradation, howeverabjeet, and laboring at some employment, however menial, that would preserve bare life 10 both, possussed her mind, She threw a mental glance into the field of sinfe--the huge city that was roaring outside the windows. It 'was appalling ; still, she was equal to itl, A restraining hand pressed her arm,; she shook ya impatiently ; then her, eyes fall' on ily. alo fifa Mr. Hartford's mind was prompt. « He intervosed quickly : : «The poor little one youder gots nothing to eat, and she is to cold and tired to enjoy ivif she did. Mine isa warm seat, Miss Lilly, and [ have a stalwart koee, if you not bi big'to sit upon 2 © mE It produced its effuet § for - herselfy: no hardship but would be prefe to, her esent position ; but nt might killh Mligent sat down in silence, me strength to bear " she. " for no slave is'boand meen (ConcLuxED } Ron AE ZL. os i Rs aH, re Hz =