The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

-- Thay | J H ' £3 { | _ S FOR 1872 V purple color, moved itself like a living exchanged for the vehemence of gesture - and the frenzy of a madman; amd, dnsad- © dition to. this, there was. 3 lok &f ; trintaph and deep, Jebéfinined porpe his cyes, that, though she didnot compre- hand its meaning, made Grace Willongt.- by's blood run cold. "I knew the Lord would provide a way of deliverance," said 'Joe. "I kfiéw'he would not suffer the little white lamb to + be given over for gold into the hands of * this unbelieving Jew, even as our blessed: Saviour was sold for thirty pieces of silver; but, O my God! I thank Thee that Thou hast heard my prayer, and'thatPhou hast heard my prayer, and. that Thou. hast- brought this mine enemy to my very: 4 hearthstone, that I might 'take him by' the beard and smite him and slay him.' Ha, ha !' Miss Grace, shall I do unto him _ as did David, the son of Jesse, to Golintlss * | of Gath? or shall I hew him to pieces, as ) 'Samuel hew, * Agag, king of the Amalek- | ites, in pieces before the Lord in Gilgl't 'for as the Lord 'liveth, and as thy soul liveth, this man shall surely-die.' " tatixe and (ham American gpg Pion gp + Aldine: I'S Tha Ontario Reformer] PUBLISHED 4 EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, . | WM, R.CLIMIE AT THE OFFICE, TRATED ! ! SIMCOE STREET, OSHAWA, | v1 M( 'NTHLY I' CONTAINS THE LATEST FOR- EIGN and Provincial News, Local Intelli- gence, County Business, Commercial Matters, aud an instructive Miscellany. $1.00 per annum, in advance st workm, t make then? HE On for beauty DO 10s ¥ Henry Wap ------ VOL. 2. NO. 14. ------ 9, 1872. erm s -- Se -------- preached to others, being myself a cast- | their working clothes, some of them with | window, and, with what her sister wonld away.' " | unwashed, smutty faces, stood talking to- have called very unladylike curiosity, * Now, Louis," said Allan 'Richmond, | gether in groups as the friends entered.-- | Grave stole up softly, and looked upon the "must I preach the Gospel to you! How | They crowded around their minister, Joee within. The room was in perfect many times have I heard you tell a con- | greeting him with § noity and rude famil- | order, the uncarpeted floor swept clean, victed sinner--ah, Louis, do you remem- | arity that jarred aflittle upon Louis Thay- | and the bed in the corner neatly made.-- ber those noon prayer-meetings in the col- | er's refined ear: but Allan seemed well ac- There were pictures on the walls, and lege chapel, when you and I labored to- | customed to it, and responded with hearty | dried everlasting, and gay, red coxeomb, gether! --to cast all the burden' of his past | good-will. They appeared eager to com=| in a vase on the mantle-piece. On the sins upon thegSaviour; that if a sinner | municate something, and Lonis withdrew | table were Joe's Bible and hymn-book. perishes not because the merits of Christ | himself a little from the circle, but could | An immense yellow cat, the only living are insufficient for his guilt, but because | hear all they said. occupant of the room besides Joe, was he will not repent and believe. * Don't you | dozing in an arm-chair close to the fire. believe that, my dear friend! Now, leave | OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 1 TEMPLE OF FASHION ! Se Jia N y 1.50 fp ithin six months 2.00 if not paid till the { and of the year. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paul, except at thie option of the vlisher, and parties re using papers without | puwing up will be held responsible for the sub- deription until they comply with the rule. { All letters addressed to the Editor must be post-paid, otherwise they may not be taken from ro Post Office. RATES OF ADVERTISING: Six lines and under, first insertion Each subsequent insertion ERY XP From six to ten lines, first insertion. . Each subsequent insertion... Over ten lines, first insertion, per line Each subsequent insertion, * wien oe wing of eg The number of lines to be reckoned by the space | te th occupied, measured by a scale of solid Nodpareil. Advertisements without specific directions will be published till forbid oT charged accordingly. All transitory advertisements must be paid for | when handed in. Advertisements must be in the | office of publication by 10 o'clock on the Wednes- | ring preceeding their first publication. ants and others advertising by the year iberal disconnt will be made. .- { Poetry. ALICE GREY. { | TY has been BY FLORENCE HAYWARD, Hast thou forgotten the swect, sweet past; Oh, Alige Grey; That dream, which was all too briget to last, Gone, gone for aye; Forever gone, for Time flies fast, Oh, Alice Grey. al STOCKS COMPLETE! 1 sit alone, and my heart is sad, Oh, Alice Grey; Your love was all that my poor life had, "" We've got Bart Tyler," one said; and Bi vie book 3 ART DEPL t so readily pe] Tever it has been publishersof 7 f their theory Sek recognize and heartily {0 elevate the tone | Foblications, sheets exist and g fre is no market ori © success of THE 3% S direct. proof of the con. MSO vast, and of Such rose his pa ative of his own As a guaran! epartmant, the publi nce during the Comin, i anagement of TH ed to Mr. RICHARD 'ceived assur. he most pop. -§ X ard about 250 fine ing with the number for number will contain a, ¢ Diale paper, inserted will be a 1g fifty en- retailed at to all year- HUBER ar, and will . The pub- 'ueced, at great 2 by Sere en- The chromo > Bid oy pare ed at retail for less f { LDINE and it ed free, with the who pays ron 85.00 - 20.00 and $40, will re- g 11 copies for for a premium. 1 application. irable articles rmaaently, as ence, enclosing ON & CO. v York. 1 i CTE RS l Libra ry;- i ; OF "4 LUMES FILLED WITH E PIANO MUSIC . COLLECTIONS Lights. A ice collection nd Home, Fireside Echoes, ounds, Three Volumes of \ ter ¥, ete and II. of Will 8. caves 1 6f beaut Keiler, nas, OLLECTIONS, Circle, and mes of "(f) Ps An Mus 1 Recreations, 1 tions of moder- Temories, A collection of] an, Mack, Dress. tion of brilli- "1 <ink#l \ 'N, QUEBEC, a NTREAL. Saree RLEY'S LINE, st-Class HECTOR E SEVERN. nded to sail heir friends. Company's SMITH. J.1IN IK ISHIPS, | Queenston and yerpiool ! I I ( 1 ( Dun ( 1 ( Dunnam. 's and Saturdays ! River GFa Steerage. $30, currency. it moderate rates- 1 for their, friends. For to the Company's SMITH, DsHAWA. 153m A. Pusiness Bivectory, WH. FREDERICK WeBRIAN, M.D. M.R.C.8 | 1 UY'S HOSPITAL, LONDON; ENG- | H -LAND. Hindes' Hotel Oshawa. | TW. COBIRN, M.D. P. L., PE YS{CIAN, SURGEON, AND ACCOUCHEUR, Ring Street, Oshawa: R ence and Office Nearly opposite Hobbs 1-tf. | | | ! | Hotel FRANCIS RAE, M, D., PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, ACCOUCH- eur, and Coroner. King St., Oshawa. 1-2 C. 8. EASTWOOD, M. D., MY RADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY { of Toronto, at present at Black's Hotel, Ushawa. 1-2 J. FERGUSON, ICENTIATEorDENTAL SURGERY. Utlive over the Grocery of Messrs. Simpson | Bros, King St, Oshawa. All operations preformed in a skilful manner. Residence in the same building. Veterinary Surgery and Drug Store, ENRY'S BROCK, KING STREET.| Oshawa. Horse and Cattle Medicines of a | superior quality. All'drugs warranted pure. careful Dispenscr always on the premises. - prietor- W. G. FITZMAU RICE, late of Her jesty s 7th Dragoon Guards and Horse Artil- | ery. 1-1y | FAREWELL & McGEE ARRISTERS, ATTORNEYS, SO. LICITORS, Conveyancers and Notaries | Public, Oshawa, South-East Corner of King and | Simcoe Streets, 2% MONEY to Lend: Mortgages bouglit and | old. J. E. FAREWELL. 2 R. McGEE. S. H. COCHRANE, L.L. B., ARRISTER, | ATTORNEY -at-LAW, | Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Public, &e¢ | Office---In Bigelow's New Building, Dundas st, 4 Whitby. 2 { JONN MeGILL, ! ICENCED AUCTIONEER, OSHA-| wa. All orders left at this Office will be promptly attended to. 8 1-2 | r. RB of HOOVER, | Marriage: WHITEVALE. | Issuer Licenses OSHAWA LIVERY STABLE, 2 WwW H. THOMAS, PROPRIETOR eo First Class Horses and Carriages always / on hand ; also, Daily Line of Stages from Oshawa ) to Beaverton, connecting with Steamer at Lind; | Say. 12 . A, A \ RCHITECT, INSUR- | LX dance and General Agent, coe Street, | Oshawa. Agent for the Inman Line of Steamers | to and from New York and Liverpool. REFER: ENCE Messrs. Gibbs Bros, F. W. Glen, Esq 8S. B. Fairbanks, 11sq. f 12 sMITH, PATENT, 4 DOMINION BANK! WHITBY GENCY. | J. H. M CLELLAN Aent B. SHERIN & Co., HOLESALE MANUFACTURERS of HOOP SKIRTs. Best New York Ma- The trade supplied on best teria. WwW terial used. i : Factory -- King Street, East, Bowmanville. ee ». HOLLIDAY, { ROOKLIN, ONT., AGENT FOR the Isolated Risk Fire Insurance Company of Canada, Toronto, a purely Canadian Institu- tion. Also, for Queen's and Lancashire Compan- jes, capital £2.000,000 each. = Also. Agent and | Appraiser for the Canada Permanent Building es Savings Society, Toronto, for loans of money | at low rates of interest. 18-1y | -PR.CARSON'S MEDICINES, | Greatest Public Benefit of the Age | ND FOR WHICH, NOTICE THE | _ Testimonials, (a few of them enclosed in | er around each bottle,) with a numerous, | The Wrap: ; list of respectable persons' names, who testify to the superior qualities of his various Cogpounds, viz: . Lung Syrup, Constipation Bitters, : a Liver Compound, | Cough Drops, Worm Specific, Pain Reliever, | Golden Ointment, &c. | The above-Medicines can be obtained at all | Drug Stores. 4 22-3m W.BEL.L & Co., GUELDE, ONT. | | ze Medal CABINET ORGANS AND MELODEONS. Pri Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of «THE ORGANETTE," | Containing Scribner's Patent Qualifying Tubes. | Awarded-the only Medal Ever given to makers of Reed Instruments at Provincial Exhibitions, for Proficiency in Musical instruments, Besides Diplomas and First Prizes at other Exhibitions too numerous to specify rida , WE Our Instruments are acknowledged by musici ans and judges to be the finest yet produced. Our latest and most ¥gluable lmproy ement is the "Organette," containing Scribner's Patent ifyi Tubes, the. effect of which are to | ons of the Press, letters ffom prominent business men, Qualifying. Tu power, at the same time | our students are the guarantees of competency and success offered by this College. By nearly @ouble the rendering the tone smooth and pipe hike. I this. wonderful invention we can make an in- strument of nearly double the power of a pipe | ergan at haif the expense, . CAUTION. | As we have purchased the sole right of manu. facturin the Dominion of Canada, we hereby caution all parties from purchasing them elsewhere, as they will be liable to prosecution. We have copyrighted the name of the "ORGANETTE," For our instruments containing this wonderful improvement. Any manufacturer infringing on this copyright will prosecuted. Ilustrated Catalogues furnished by addressing W. BELL & CO., Guelph. We are Now Pre Scribner's Patent Qualifying Tubes for | Beautiful Assortment pared to Show a Very Large and of Seasonable Goods. { (TR 1 OT N > H 1 NOTWITRSTANDING the extraordinary advance .in all classes of Fabrics, my ( i0ods were bought Early, and on such Reasonable Terms as to secure, beyond a doubt, to the Patrons of the Temple of Fashion, all the goods they may require this season at an average of former prices. Our friends are solicited to call at once, and obtain for- themselves some of the special lines now offering, in BLACK AND COLORED SILKS, BLACK LUSTRES, FANCY DRESS GOODS, KID GLOVES, CORSETS, ETC. SPECIAL NOTICE--To all who require to furnish their Dwellings anew, or replenish [the old Carpets, Damasks, Curtains, Oil Cloths, Mats, Rugs, de , We offer such goods winch below their present value. ST Oshawa, March 24, 1872. REWIN, Corner King and Simcoe Streets, Oshawa. 1 3 72. { NEW SPRING GOODS FPYHE SUBSCRIBER BEGS TO ANN( JUNCE TO THE INHABITANTS OF Oshawa and sufrounding country that he has received, and is still receiving, well assorted stock of Spring Goods, at the 4 YS Dress Goods, Prints, Cottons, Poplins, usual LOW PRICES. Coatings, Tweeds, &c. / | Clothing Made to Order on Short Notice | Fl The Usu al Supply ofsGroceries, Crockery. Horses, Wagons, and Anything else You can Think Of | All Kinds of Produce taken in Exchange. B Oshawa, March 23, 1872. J. W. FOWKE | CLOVER, TIMOTHY, CROWN, MARROWFAT AND COMMON PEAS AND {LEY FOR SEED. NEW SPRING GOODS --~AT WM. WII JLARD'S, TAUNTON. Grateful to a generous public for past liberal patronage, I beg most most respeetfnlly to announce that on acceunt of Increasing business he has been obliged to enlarge his store almost as large again, and it is filled, Every Shelf, Hole and Corner! With an Exceedingly™ Choice Assortment of Dry Goods of Every Description, COMPRISING Dress Goods, Fine English and Canadian Tweeds and Cloths of all kinds, Laces, Mourning Goods, Ties, Shirts, Prints (an Shoes, Rubbers, Trunks. excellent assortment) Hosiery, Collars, Boots and Also, a choice assortment of GROCERIES, g&" SECOND TO NOME FOR QUALITY AND PRICE. @&% Call and examine my stock before purchasing elsewhere, CASH PAID FOR SHEE TAUNTON, April 11, 1872. P-SKINS AND WOOL. 53-3m. Ontario Commercial College, Belleville, Ont. THOROUGH AND PRACTICAL INSTITUTION FOR BUSINESS CHARACTERISTIC of the age, where young men and boys can procure an education suited to the wants of the times. The charges are moderate, SUBJECTS | ete., ete. A Staff of Seven Practical cannot be obtained elsewhere, Address, ; | | Those who ean devote a few months to study; those desirous of changing their present occupation iy themselves to conduct their own business systematically, will the risk nothing, the result unvariable, and the opini- and the united admission of hundreds of TAUGHT. Book-keeping--by single aud double entry, Spencerian Penmanship, Arithmetic, Correspondence, ('ommercial Law, Phonography, Telegraph- ing, Railroading, Steamboating, Mechanical and Architectural Drawing, and Experienced Teachers. nts: who have SONS TO EDUCATE; ? somethi re lucrative, or to qualify I HY hat the advantageswe offer 2& Specimens of Penmanship, and. Journal containing all particulars sent free 3 chatge. 8. G. BEATTY & Co, Belleville, | | { = | | "Tis passed away; And nothing now can fake me glad, Oh, Alice Grey. The glory of sunset the valley fills, Oh, Alice Grey. Dim shadows fall o'er the purple hills, Then fade away; The sadness of parting the soft air thrills, Ol, Alice Grey. Come back from the dreams of long ago, Oh, Alice Grey; As I sit alone by the river's flow, Through all the day; Alas we are parted I sadly know, Oh, Alice Grey. SUNNYSIDE, July 9th, 1872, Felections. - AA THE RLV. DR. WILLOUGHBY, HIS ie INE. BY MARY SPRING WALKER CHAPTER " XX---CONTINUED. The hour's ride between the city and Grantley village was taken almost in silence by the two young men. Louis Thayer, absorbed in his own gloomy thoughts, seemed to have forgotten the presence of his friend, and Allan made no attempt to rouse him from his reverie.-- the sober village of Grant- ped in its midnight slumber, glking in Allan Richmond's study. \ In trying to recall this conversation, Louis Thayer could not remember how he was led to reveal, that night, the whole story of his fall. He only knew that, having told it, with all its sin, and sorrow, and shame, he felt a sense of unuterable relief. And when he dared "to raise his no reproach, no bitterness, or scorn of his weakness; only love, and compassion, and a look of yearning tenderness such as the Baviour might have given when he beheld the young man in the gospel and loved him. Butfor a long time Allan Rich- mond sought vainly to inspire hope in the despairing man's soul. With a peculiarly sensitive organization, a tender conscience, and an inborn love of the truth, and hatred of a lie, he inherited a constitution- al predisposition to*melancholy. any circumstances Louis Thayer would have.been subject to seasons of great men- tal depression; and perhaps a part of his power lay in that unobtrusive, but soul- subduing melancholy, which has nothing repulsive in its character, yet attracts and melts the beholder into sympathy and love. - With this tendency, and his health seriously impaired by too close attention to the labors of his profession, the young minister had fallen into a deadly sin, the heinousness of which was ever before him, for his conscience was not blunted, but rather quickéned into' new life, and kept in a preternatural state of activity by every repetition of his crime. Loathing himself for asin which hé yet had not found strength to conquer, he was the vic- tim of black 'despair. From this state of mind his friénd labored long to rouse him. "Itis of mo use," he replied to the young minister's words of hope. 'You bid a man, who has fallen to the ground for very weakness, rise and run a race.-- You «sk me to fight an enemy under whose conquering power 1 lie bound hand and foot. Allan, Allan, my strongest resolu- tions are broken, 'as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire,' for I have an appetite within me more ravenous than a wild beast of the forest. I am like the man in the old Persian fable, who per- mitted an evil spirit to kiss his shoulder, when instantly there sprang out a serpent, who, in hungry fury, atiacked his head and tried to get at his brain. And, when he strove to thrust it away and tear it from, its hold, he found it was a part of himself, and he was torturing his own flesh. Such a monster have I created and nourished by my sin, and it gnaws me! it gnaws me! I shall feel its pangs till I die. Allan, I have fallen too low ever to rise again." ¢ ¢ A just man fall eth seven times, and riseth up again,' Louis. With God's help, you will destroy the power of that monster, and tread the serpent under your feet." Under "Was I ever that! Was I ever anything but the miserable hypocrite Inow am--'a whited sepulchre full of all uncleanness'?" "1 will not hear you talk 80," said his friend. {| *' You dre no hypocrite. You are a deeply repentant man; and as you preach salvation through Christ to the vilest sinner, so I preach it to you to-day." "If he repent and forsake his sin." "Yes; and of deep and sincere repent- ance there is enough. For the power to resist temptation in the future, you must trust in God. The Master, for whom it has been your delight to labor for many years, and who has owned and blessed your efforts, will not lose you,--no, Louis, he will not lose you in that day." A gleam of hope lit up Louis Thayer's face at these confident words, but instant- ly faded away. "The thought of the little good I have accomplished in other days," he answered, sadly, --" for, Allan, it cannot be that God accepts the labors of such an one as I am now,--gives little comfort to my own soul; and what shall I say to my Judge, when, asking for the talents He entrusted to me, He will demand why I did not do eyes, he saw in the face of this dear friend | "<A just man!'" he repeated bitterly. | | all this wreck and ruin behind you. For- | get that it has ever been. Leave it like a dead corpse in its grave, and do you wake | to a new life. There is work for you to de. | There are souls to save. God has owned f and blessed your labors; He will own and bless them again. Your people reverence dnd love you--."" | "And do you think that is any comfort | to me?" he said, almost fiercely. "Would they reverence and love me if' they saw me | as I am?! Isit not an awful increase of | my guilt that I am continually acting a| lie? Ihave longed, sometimes, to stand | up in my pulpit and tell the shamefu) story, Shall I do it, Allan? Will it bring me any peace of mind?"' "Your sin is between your own sou] | and your God, Louis. Its very secrecy | has prevented it from injuring your fel- | low-men. To proclaim it would be to { bring dishonor upon the church of God, and affect your influence in the future. T| I have felt thatthe hand of Providence | was in this; that God has guarded you, and held you back, else in your reckless- ness you would long ago have betrayed yourself. Your way is not hedged up.-- | It is open before you. Ask forgiveness of | God, and his help in :the future. Bind | yourself by a solemn vow to touch not the | unclean thing." | '""And if I break the vow! I tell you, | Allan, my resolutions are as flax in the | fire." "Then you break it." | '* And debauch my conscience, and fall | ten times lower than before. | With all my humiliation, I have been i spared this." | "But I believe, Louis, that had you | fortified yourself by a written pledge, you | would have kept it. There _is something in a man's nature, --call it obstinacy, or | firmness or self-will, or what you please; | that | forces him to stand by a recorded public | But, eveir if you break it, Louis, there is many a wan strong in Christian liberty to'day, who was once bound hand and foot by this tyrant that holds you in his grasp, who struggling to rise, has been beaten down again and again by his fierce foe, but has gained strength at last to wound him even unto death. Have you not men in Your church, who have fallen away through some besetting sin of the flesh! You believe they are Christiansy that they have the root of the matter in them, and that they will return to their first love; receive pardon for this and other sins, and be saved at last. '" And, Louis, who knows but God is preparing you by this ordeal of sin and suffering for a peculiar work? I think, my dear-brother, tha', fallen and sore hurt as you are, if by the grace of God you are permitted to rise again, you will be brought into such keen sympathy with the weak, and the tempted, and the fallen, that you can take their pain into your own heart; that, knowing all their weakness, and their grevious temptations, as only one can know them who: has borne them in his dwn flesh, you will go among them, on a level with the lowest, feeling in your in- most soul that the vilest of them is your brother; and you can speak, oh, how earnestly, how believingly, of that blood of sprinkling that availed even for you.-- Will you do this, Louis, or will you lie down and dié for very weakness! --there is no other reason. Will you do this work for your Master! Will you lift up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees! Will you strengthen the diseased, heal the sick, bind up that which was broken, bring in that which was driven away,seek that which was lost, and in the last day hear those words of commenda- tion, ' Inasmuch as ye did it unto of the least of these, ye have done it unto me!" Louis, John Newton was a drunkard,/and Bunyan, and Gardiner, and Headley Vi- cars, and Vine Hall. But they ' are wash- ed,' they ' are sanctified,' they 'are justi. fied in the name of the Lord Jesus." " Before he finished, the tears stood in Louis Thayer's ayes, and his friend felt, as he grasped the hand extended to him, that an earnest vow from a deeply repent- ant heart was registered at that moment in heaven. They shared the same room, for it was a part of Allan Richmond's plan to keep his friend constantly with him; and long after one of them was sleeping as peace- fully as a child, who, confessing his fault, has wept his heart out on his mother's bosom, the other, with hardly less tender- ness than that mother might feel for her erring but repentant son, kept loving watch. During the few days the friends were together,--and by reason of what followed, one of them will remember that visit to the day of his death,--the same loving relationship existed between them. With almost a child's dependence upon the brave heart that sustained him in his weakness, Louis Thayer trusted and clung to his friend; and the other, all the stern- er traits of his character overborne by as constant and warm a friendship as ever man felt, returned the confidence with the watchful care and brooding tenderness of but there is a power within him, vow, | shoulder.) that this was good news all testified by look and gesture. *'Sawyer's done it,and there ain't another man in the club could have fetched it about." " Sawyer's w little feller, but he's a keen one," said pnother. 'He followed Bert over to Wakefield Monday night, where he'd gone to get his liquor. (He can't get a dram in Grantley, thank (lod!) It beats all, the way he's followed that mah round lately. They say he's kept after him for a week, out of work hours; and last night he got him | to promise he'd swear off.-- Hollo! thege he is now. Be quiet, all of you." There were steps on the stairs, and two men entered the room, the oue slender and undersized, but with a firm step, and a strong, resolute face; the other tall, un- | gainly, his ragged, ill fitting clothes hang- ing loosely about him, and a look of shame and hesitation on his haggard face. He] lingered, and seemed inclined to draw back; but his companion held him firmly | by the arm, and called out, in a cherry voice, " Here we cdme; boys!" The two walked the length of the room, and took seats near the table. Then every one else sat down; and, after a short introductory exercise, a paper,was produced. The man they called Sawyer; still holding his com- panion by the arm, as if fearful of "losing him, whispered a few earnest words in his | ear. "I dursn't do it," aloud. said Bart Tyler, Then rising slowly and hesitating- ly to his feet, he said again, in a harsh, broken voice, " Boys, I tell you I dursn't doit. I'm afeard I shan't hold out. I ain't got no more resolution than a rag. My head and my heart say No; somethin' inside of me says Yes, yes; and the Yes always caries it. Boys, 1 guess I'd bet- ter not." He was interrupted by cries of ** We'll help you, Bart!" *' We'll stand by. you!™ '* Bart Tyler, you are not the man. to go back on your word now," &e¢ He look {rom oneto-anotherofthe cager, honest faces of his fellow-workmen, and then into the strong, resolute eyes of the friend close beside him. . "TI sign," said he;'* and the Lord help me to [keep it." Ther was a shout of triuinph; and above it all rose Sawyer's cheery voice. " Hurrah, boys! we've hit King Aleohol a hard knock with the * Iron Club' to-night." Then there was sudden silence, for where Bart Tyler stood a moment before, the members df the * Iron Club" saw the pale stranger who had come in with their min- ister. "Friend's," said he, and the voice to which adniiring re Ja had listened was never sweeter in its tones, '¢ friends, will you give me leave to add my name to this paper! 1 want to go with this brother (he laid [his hand upon Bart Tyler's I know what he means when lie calls himself weak. If ever men need- ed the help of God, ,and of their fellow- men, Bart Tyler and I'need it. Friends, may I join your * Iron Club' to-night!' " They heard him with serious, attentive faces, and when he finished - there was a faint murmur of applause; but only Allan Richmond understood the import of his words. He came and stood by his friend's side, as Sawyer had stood by Bart Tyler, saw him write that name, honored and be- loved as it was, close beside that of the drunkard, acknowledging the same weak- ness, the same necessity, and imploring the same aid. CHAPTER XX1. " As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, this man shall surely die." Grace was returning the ne.t Monday evening from her farewell visit to Nurse Bidwell, an old lady who claimed the par- ticular regard of our heroine, inasmuch as, twenty years befure, here eyes were the first that had looked upon the baby face, and her motherly hands the first that had administered to the necessities of the new- comer. A warm affection existed between the two, Nurse Bidwell interesting her- self in all that concerned the young lady' welfare, and Grace repaying her regard by attentions that were exceedingly gratéful to the old woman. And this Monday afternoon,' though the bride elect was somewhat weary--for, un- der her sister's direction that morning, she had wreathed the walls of Dr. Wil- loughby's| old-fashioned parlour with myrtle and evergreen--she would not neg- lect this last piece of attention to her old friend. |Seated close to Nurse Bidwell's chair, and raising her voice to an juncom- fortable pitch, to favour her listner's in- firmity, Grace had spent the afternoon in answering eager questions, and volunteer- ing such information about the " pretty things," |all ready now, and laid away for the | bride's use, as she knew would gratify the old lady's curiosity. -- Then she must drink a cup of tea from Nurse Bidwell's '" chany cup;" and so the hours slipped away, and when at last the withered hand was laid upon the bright, young head, and the tremulous voice said, 'Good-bye, dearie, and God bless you," the short December day was gone. a mother for her ailing child. " There is a meeting of the ' Iron Club' | to-night," he said one evening to his friend. > 4 Shall wego in for a few moments, and see what they are doing!" They climbed a flight of stairs to an un- finished room in the foundry. It was But Grace was not a timid girl, and she had many a time walked a longer distance | alone after dark than the mile between her father's house and Nurse Bidwell's cottage. | It was bright moonlight. The air was cold and still, and her footsteps rang upen | the frozen ground. She walked rapidly, . . ET le of joying the keen, bracing air, until she Why, with such power to rise, I| lighted by tallow candles, and a coup enjoying the keen, ui hy ad ge will stand me_in | lamps on a packing box which served for | came opposite Crazy Joe's cottage. A litle stead to remember that 'I have|a table. A dozen rough-looking men, in | bright light shone from the uncurtained Joe sat at this instrumment--a cracked melodeon, 'which, after long years of ser- vice 'in Dr. Willoughby's lecture-room, had, at Grace's earnest solicitations, been given:to him. It was bright with paint and varnish, and to-night under his touch (he-had acquired in his wanderings, no one knew how, some knewledge of instrumen- tal music), it gave out more melodious sounds than Grace supposed it contained. He was playing softly, now and then sing- ing a verse or two of a hymn or ballad. -- His peculiar veice, and the words he sang, possessed a charm for the young girl, and, quite regardless of the cold, she crouched under his window and listened attentively. He played a lively prelude, and then, in his high, clear voice, sang these words: -- "King Jesus He was 80 strong, my Lord, That He jarred down the gates of hell. Oh, I could not stay in hell one day-"one day; For heaven it is my home. Hark what the chariot wheels do say do say The Tore wheels run by the grace of God, And the hind wheels run by faith." Here the cat jumped down from his chair, and crossing the room, put his fore paws upon the musician's knee. Joe stopped short in the interlude he was playing, lifted the creature to his lap, smothed 'and carressed him, laying his cheele more than once against the soft yellow fur, uatil, apparently satisfied with the notice bestowed, the cat returned to his cushion. Then Joe resumed his music. . His fingers wandered aimlessly over thé keys for a few moments, then he struck a strain that seemed to please him, for he smiled, put his hand to his forehead, and, after playing a simple air, sang a beauti- ful a air, not one word of which Grace lost, so distinct was his utterance. The song ended. Joe drew a long sigh, and his heat dropped upon his breast, while Grace, hardly relapsed from the spell of the weird melody to which she had listened, still crouched under 'the win- dow in the moonlight, until she heard the sound of earriage-wheels approaching at an uneven, rapid pace. She drew back in the shadow; and, a moment after, two men in a light open buggy dashed by, at a speed that was frightful to witness. -- There was a sharp turn in the road, a little way from Joe's cottage. She heard a grating sound as the wheel struck a pro- jecting rock, then a crash, and, directly after, the sound of the horse's feet gallop- ing down the road. Without an instant's hesitation, she ran to the scene of the ac- cident. The carriage-rope, and whip, and some parts of tle broken vehicle, were scattered abont; and. the buggy, with only one occupant, and the horse rnnning at full speed, was almost out of sight. Close by the sharp, jutticg rock that had occasioned the disaster, a man lay face downward upon the ground. She went to him, and tried to rouse him. He was breathing heavily, but gave no other sign of life. Then Grace looked anxious- ly up ahd down she road, but not a per- son was in sight. "'T must call Joe," she thought; and rumning back to. his cottage, she pushed open the door and entered. Though taken entirely by surprise, Joe manifested no confusion or hesitation of manner, but heard her hurried explanation in silence; and comprehending at once the state of things, took his cap from its nail and was ready for action. He lifted the still unconscious man tenderly in his strong arms, and bringing him into the cottage, laid him upon his own bed. But as he did so, the lamp shone full upon his face, and Joe started back with a cry so wi'd and strange, that Grace hurried to his side. "* Look! look!" said Joe, seizing her by the arm and pointing to the bed. "Be hold the righteous judgment of the Al- mighty!" With a sudden terror at she knew not what, Grace bent over the unconscious man. It was Horace Landon... His eyes were closed, his usually sallow face was flushed, and the thin black hair he kept 80 sleek and orderly hung straggling over his forehead. He was still breathing heavily, but gave no other token of life. "0 Joe, what shall we do!" she said, in great alarm and distress. Rum quick for help, and T will stay with him till you return." 'Hush, hush! Miss Grace," he said, in a strange, deep voice. "We need no help--you and I. The Lord has delivered him into our hands. Twice, yea, thrice have I besought this thing at the hand of my God, and he hath hearkened unto my cry. Stand back, Miss Grace, and see what great things the Lord will do for you by the hand of His unworthy servant this day." He looked with gleaming eyes all around the room, as though in search of some- thing. ) ' What do you mean?" said Grace. His strange manner and wild eyes frightened her more than his words, to which she attached no importance. She knew that for some reason, Joe had con- ceived in his crazy head a violent dislike to her affianced husband; but since her father's sharp rebuke, the dislike had manifested itself in no open expression; and if she had thought of it at all, it was to consider it passed away and forgotten. Bat it all came back to her. The bitter hatred and anger his face expressed, when for the first time he saw this man in Grace Willoughby's company, was in every feature now. The veins in his forehead were swollen almost to bursting; his whole face worked and quivered with passion; and the scar on his cheek, turning a deep TO BE CONTINUED. WHAT HE CAME T0. wa, ww "Spare a copper, sir; I'm starving, said-a-poor, half-clad man tg ge who was hastening wi £2, yr ay streets in one of our great cities one bitter -cold night. 'Spare a coppér, sir, and God will bless you." , 5 Struck with the fellows" manner and apt pearance, the gentleman replied: "You look as if you' had seen better days. Jif you tell me candidly what Bas" been your greatest filing through life. I'll give you enough money to pay your lodgings." "I'm afraid [ could hardly do that," the beggar answered with a mournful' smile. 'Try, man, try," added the gentleman. "' Here's a quarter to sharpen your mem-* ory; only be sure you speak the truth." The man press: d the coin tightly in his: hand, and after thinking nearly a mi y said: *'To be honest with you, ho: lieve my greatest fault has been in learn« ing to kill time." When 1 wus a young: ster, I had kind parents, who let me do pretty much as I liked ; so I became die' and careless, and never once thought of tH change which was in store for me. "In'thé hope that I should one day make my mark in the world. I was sent to college ; but there I wasted my time in idle dreaming and expensive amusements, If 1 had been a poor boy, with necessity staring we in , the face, I think I should have done bet: ter. But somehow I fell into the notion that life was going to be one continmed holiday. I gradually became fond of wine and company. In a fow years my parents both died; and you can guess the rest. I : soon wasted what little they left me; ands now it is too late to combat my old habits, . Yes, sir, idleness ruined me," irae "1 believe your story," replied the gentleman; "and when I get hom, I will tell it.to my own boys-as a warning. Tam sorry for you, indeed } an, Bt it iy never too late to reform. ~ Come t§wmy of- fice to-morrow and letiing Ary do inspire you with fresh courage?" And gifing the, man another piece of moiiey, and indica: , ting where he could"he found, he hurried away. Never * kill tirve,". boys. He is. your best friend. Use hid well. Don't let it slip through'yotir - fingers when you are young as the beggar did.. The days of your boyhood are the most: precious you will ever see. The habits you get into will stick to you like wax. If they are good ones, life will be a pleasure, 'and above all a success. You may not grow rich, . but your life will be a real success neverthe- less. . : If, on the contrary, you waste yout early years, live for fun only, triflle with your opportunities, you will find after » while that your life is a failure--yes, even if you should be as rich as Croesus, One of the saddest things is to meets man who has let golden opportunities go by him just entering the battle of Jife, yet, entirely unfitted for his position,. He is to be pittied and yet blamed. In this favors ed land pvery one ¢an learn to read and' write, for instance. Bui how often wa 'meet young men utterly unable to write a dozen lines githout making mistakes, Be assured my young friends, it will be a» source of shame to you as men if you do not pay attention to education as boys. The world is full of goad books to read, -- You are surrounded witli friends and rela tives Be warned in time, and coin hap- piness and honor in the future from the in. dustry of the present, and you will not have read this piece in vain. A clergyman said, the -gther day, that modern young ladies were not the diugs ters of Shem and Ham, bat the daughteix of Hem and Sham. >of MagriaGes are most numerous in the LU in M h Bo it was'in Eden; the first marriage was in the early fall, : A grocer had a pound of sugar retGrntd recently with a note stating, * Tdo much sand for table use, and not enough for building purposes." i y 44 ts. A lady asked a clergyman, who was suffering with the influenza, ' My" deag sir, what do you. takd for your cold!" ' Five picket handkercheifs a day, ma'am.' . A lady once d to her doct that she could scarcely breathe. *' Dem't try, my good soul," replied 'the candid physician; "nobody wants you to do it." Two neighbors living in Westchester county had a long and envenomed litiga- tion about a small spring which they béth claimed. The judge, wearied'out with the case, at last said: --*" What is the use of making so much fuss about a little water?" " Your honor will see the use of it," re- plied one of the lawyers, " when I inform you that the parties are both milkmen™ The roaz of laughter which followed * oy- ed that the entire audience saw the point. Tuk Rev Mr. A---- a Methodist min ister in a Western village, observed one hot Sunday that his congregation, with few exceptions, were wrapped in placid slumber. Suddenly pausing in his sermoy he requested Deacon RB. to pass around the plate. The Deacon thus rose ots aie ea tis pooped ""Thecollection hasalready been taken up.' "Never mind, Brother B.," replied minister "take up another, for I Wit te make the congregation pay for lodgings as well as spiritual food." When the seg- ond collection had been taken up the 'con tia gregation was very wide awake, indeed. ' wa,