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> --y/ 6v SLSJJi'vV ,.:.' ~..-,'rt-wT tjJUyvL,U**^J.LAlLj.^VJOm^4rA4 folunio lil.;Xo5n-'TFIioIc.\o.l34'( on t> > ACTON, ONT;, THURSDAY, I JANUARY 17, 1878. mr. it t<>FKSS PUBSsf Is Published IVERY THURSDAY M3BHING, niliE.KY. \Uvi a;: kFree Press Building, 'cASD OF EA2SE Xo\*. Tttr.sts. 1 \ RTED ! I P^IJ'jN all j [i.i who h* "! i hh* drees **se' ! . ! gin thU,d- Js ciuri^ct'tli* . Iver, :wai"ieoar in ioimente "' 'a in Gaij>h. j' ' *! became*- i unequaiiKi.: 1 l"* l' I. ".\r a > .-; -,vi ,i V I .v.- ', ; \\; r. t w.v. 'VI-1 0 -. t -: l jV,'; K.r:-.~ . At tiv* season I lake much picas mo in thinking mv wmwr mis cus lomo"s for tho liberal patronage they have b;-sl.i\Y<\l on mo d'.iiitu tho past year, and would respect fully" solicit :i co:uiau.incc < [' t ho ! SaD.10. ' ! I - . l. ustomors j? \v. <01viULC th.O boSl always quality rolv wir:>!'.\, fii:i:i a,i>i,ak for mi:. an lNcuuivr ov ri;iso>-' uijK. is -riir." I'r.NITENTIAlSV. " l'ir-ehni-god again ; Yes, I jim free, Wit, Wai.lon. hi'i-p ;i place I'm-mo ; I'or freedom n-.oans'that 1 must go On*, in the wiml, and rain-iind snow. To 'i.^llt With hllnijer, .-li:illl(; and cold A onian, eray, and worn and old, To clothe my.'iil' in rag-i Itg.lili, And .-,c'; snaic wretched, narrow don j And after thai what must be done ! Sir. il ? Ilo^' ? Hard lims Jor any one ; To work' is ta her. 1 would try, ,\ the:, A tin- tli I'.l.I. Wat l"or I'll ,- >h:,ie I'.I--. ' thank Ai-.d :'o t The , ri- Wh, ;r ii> ,-rk I 1 ical'il i : a"; owe ! ti-.-v.-..- a'. - o'.s ilea "i r e A-ve.-: - >";--:r. - >> :". 1 '.- i S.--sra-.e..-'..v. .\nv<p ,-.a". N"o-.;e; ts to i>:o-.n v-r- > t -.y indiv.d.ia'orea; -trvd au atlvtni-eine jr.. TMr.^j.:-.'. n.:\,-r:i- lli':o'S!i-ri-i. A". : ivo L_' t ^ -J ^ L I <i rj :- < ol-M-u ; . GAIiZS, CC;j72QIPIl^rY i * . 'l j cS?c, cC^o. i >o orodi: ;,ron except to prompt i;p:iylng monthly ot>>t 'tnois. lt.T. GAU;)\VAV. ^^ 2I3t'IAS T T lid tl ut \\ 111.. r mu-Ii truly to he tree - , he, n a J)!.u-e tor nio hark. lt'.i.^eycu ye: with '.n.l .U-..nU I ly" 1 ea.ee. . he !"ar.h-:i ot n)\- rdeulie ;-. taint, (lie olltl.'.w .-.' ul'ead, 1 1.,-inld. hi. hope.!..-., tivrd - e: iiii to v. :th dreaduil'semnl, !:u'h pri i'll u.ilU el:..'e r.lyi: int. ra I Me lit i am re tin ; ;i\ le .id awav, I said; .ladv hread, r.-. otV h.-lore hi dl- tie oiiee nmri I llu.illt it t.iil Is tli -iv work en j;i/h to d.n H lio .spend liifir weary li I.iko toiling hees iii liii.-v hives And starve at last'; Wh.'n.will That in-vei- 1'rol.e I lie law's i Are i'ih- hv tin' iliou.. anils, In : hands mands \;i irluoas vow salne/'D'oin w^ 1 .)';" o ! in Irii.h :r.t ! oal'.' [J Di 1* l\ai >' ;'i iiv 1 han lie ih man . ml in .' 11 a- I w lie mldiLt tine .. l.t a i in t>7 Gejitlemm, ira,-utrl.' , . rJ the cheap- - just ia ; the re- ". & & CQ. D. '*.-- :.-= ^ - ; J- A V>.. ins Iir mo i 1 ltlij t me .J' n.lan a.I ma: irr C . - -rS r ' i v5, Mei in thft:-'".; ' OiT -Pj.ten: Me-n;iriie:it ," ; itais U i Dro'iia Mai Ui tiki's i j 1 St-re, Mill witches and to order. r-o :ci.< <=> s i - . ': I . .it : I; ,. Tim Bel Ti" "t'-clter t!:e it.ittel' the Than dran in : a-!l i earn i"].. ::ne tiiii-.^' :'e,r nie'; e-, care of me ton well, hulled up in a cell,. .. clean and sleep is sweet, the misery iianmeil 3*reet ; 'i.orii tlit'V ^'.ve u.i line awjiits ;::e v. hen I'm clear ; ilellee We lull.-.* ItCfcp en erjes, and curses deei> ; .Saa?r - rriTZ? t-icrn^r- < iv Itoye.: A:>, ointtn B-tsinesi p.ivale a: .i c 'I -'tSce ^t'; it- o-.l i ton.'. .-nt.)' . . i let- r.tia! OLIVER LOZIEI1. k'ia.^ier.T. A- .n. ..:::. E ,n o: Pia.5-ert"g anJ It-.aith-ca'li:^*}-"?'- ,:i tb'r mi-: r-a-oaable ie.-ia>, -eia S..%:* l.ic- ior. sn-.-ant-^-'h > XV' ch six noi's'i;. i'-to! to-<_- to th- <i. T. Kai-v.-ay S-.a-.io xc^I]"nt accomm^tati-ii f^r i ne t-av ii3"pabiic TEas. CAMI'KEt.I,, Pro; tsot! tlNGft Aftor., !</:or.'i'hh Er_'^ Mi ^ TYO'tllXSftX' HOTEL \J li-.^&rt A-new, i'roi d-^t Hot'ft i.i : ' r^ ':1 fctvi-j witti no- fariofar--. f. T.;aveit---.'ss -^i I l'.r.rl -:o >1 aceo: an t ? tarrr>lif'U>-::niif' Itooi atnatioa pai ! loth" we.nls <ii lin-/ ier,!..c, p.-ir.?up ^ '.i'h.j.. inforui the ie oplo of Acton :nni sur. i CTtS Iiet-ter the Jul! dr.;.[s, free from pain, t-T-iir-.n i-hatt.ere4 ueivea or throbbing l.r.dn : : . IJetter the (;-.;ie:!.'rohcr life Than v-moer city's desperate strife ; itetrer the pri oner's homely fare, ladtt-r the ini-e'ii's walchitil it.irc, 'letter for'me than liberty fo, 'Warden, keip .".place for-inc. tions back Uioro wns noblomon in the fmiiily, hut political dilloioiicoH hud tnkon titlo and wealth from tin; imnie. jEiulyl iii- lifo Hugh Trewavas, lliltott'H father, luul bocotiio agent to-MT. 'MaiiHliold ; a post lio had rotiiiiu'd when Mr. Mansfield died,' leaving a widow'and an only child, it g'nl, 'M lu'iro.Mii to his vtiHt.wo.illli and estate, lluoh TniwavnH had married a. youne; wife, beautiful and refined, but after a fjuw' years their happy lifo waii Woken. Mrs. TroWitviiH died, and lier hn.'-liand bad only hi.s six nioiitbb'"boy to toil for. j No restraint was ]iut upon the intercoiir.so. between" Hilton 'J're- wavas imd Clara MaiiKlield by the proud lady mother of tho' youiifj iii'in-.'iM. If jih,.- thoiiyh of tho matter at. all, she trusted to the inborn' pride of her daughter, ami ot the cold .conteuipt-.slio bad tried so faithfully to iiiiWui her with eonteinpt for ail that was low born or ill bred. Airs. Mansfield would never have thought of.'looking for a princely heart beneath the rough j'loket of the one she , consult-red too far beneath her to mei-it e.yen ' the tribute of a piusiu;,' thought, ; '1'he sea Incizes ttave a. beautiful li'ooiu to-tlie cI.l-i k.s of (Jlara, and Hie sports .lie. .shared with Hilton lutnuicil her limbs raid fj.iv<! ^u.co a'tid.. vi'^or to licr stops.; .Mrs."' .Maiislield read her favorite r.ovi.'ls, entertained'-, her chosen company, and rri^ne'd queen of the Hall, w hile ( 'laiv enjoyed the wild free dom of the diti's. The youii^' oiil was almost ieikless in" her daring tit titiies, and tln> aitej-nonii was-.in her inest ilaiioeroits nlood. -V clu-tei- of llo-.vct-s, fvowbu .in a eieft of thot ioel: below the sur face ofihe eljlls, attiaeted tier at- ;-. ntioti. Shit- upran;.; toward them, out llilt'in moved her hack. ".It is perilous, Clara." he said l.tiriie.llv.eV " Look at the black reck l.eneari . A siii"i!e mis-step and; i " 1 mi) no ci'.v:ii'l,': she laughed, deliatitlv. ' 1 am' not ; mid 1 am q(-i:i.^ to carry tin si blight ihiogs iiou.o . to man ln'ii."., I'efi'iv Vie (wild j Teveti t her she hail sw'iiiit; in-r.si'li' over the preci- pit'ei and, ve-stinjj one foot on a iinr'iow hh.i'lf of rock, l.e'.J'.-ft hand cint3"..o to a frail shrub that had taken root in the sparse earth' era.'ped the coveted blosspm:;. 11 litem,'white -in 1 rigid, stood above" her Wokiiij: down. SiiO shoilk the- iluivci'S above her le-ad. . ' ' id, "I dale do what a boy trembles at seeing done !" tihe stopped hastily in the gay, taunting speech she was making. The treacherous rock under her feet crumbled. undTell ; there was only tlint little swaying shrub to hold her back from eternity. Hilton threw himself upon his face, reached over, caught her up lifted hands in his, and drew her nlowly, iabcH-iously up for she was nearly his own weight, and ho rea lized too.well'sow .much hiuig on the result to he hasty or reckless H.o paused and looked into tbo face of the I oy. ",Or what, father?" Hilton's" facejivas eager, Iiopeful, already he had half divined his fatlicr's inean- ing. " You lovo; hooka, Hilton. I hud thoiight;yn'ui might desire an education. The "proceeds of' that ring will defray your,' expenses at school inay,bo help ,you through college; butjyou can keep it if you choose WWeh shall it lie ?" ' " .Fiitlier !i ltnowledgo before nnylhihgji'lso in this world ! What cart) t -if piy body starve-ho long hh my mind' be fed V Ho it'vfas decidixl. A fori night after JI'|lton 11 -it jBrudley and entered Itlio1 renowned scliool at L> Si.-:' yeat'K papsnd. Hilton httfl b'-en six iiionths ni college, and was In'mie on a brief vacation, i Miss Majisfield hud completed lier ediica'tin)i and cofiio "out-,".a wonderfully j uccoiuplislied and beautiful young lady, followed by a train of olistijiiioiis tidiniiern. One..;still |July ijiglit sho' stole away from the revelry at the Hull, and went, us of old, 'to the clitl's ; to. the very spot where Hilton Tre wavas had ii,iv(-d Iter,life. . . (Jluiiiee had tii night tii the' same sitting silejit. in looking oiilj at till: of that by-; iven him lepsiikf ken hint that spot. He. .was the moonlight, set, thinking me day when she hud the heliotrope for a Suddenly it was finnoiiiK:i<V tVit j Mt'H. and Miss MuittdleJtl weioj going to.America. An illness had I attiit'ked.tlie elder lady, and a sea / voyage was recommended-by hurl physicians as. her only; chtmco of recoyery. They had advised Aus tralia, but to this she wbnld not listen ; so long a voyago seemttd to linr bidding farewell to earth. I Hho-resolved to try the efficiency of n! trip to Now York. Tho news reached Mr, Trewavas, among others, and startled him. buck to. England. Mr. Trewa C'oujd he make use of-thiij opportn-' proceeded to New York and " Yon savcij mo "I liiid^tliorJionor."' "And my motlie);.{" -. '.'She is also saved." Tho door opened, and Sir George Trevor appeared. Whatever CJ might havo said by way of thjnlt.*, was-checked by his entrants^'ijiid directly afterwards Hilton; w iiway. A few days later aLvesj from the Capo conveyed/ among other pitKseiigerR, 'Mrs. and Mansfield and Sir fJeorgfi Trem se) p jliss man tin b i.Uis I six yeim4lie lieliotnipc kept All llieso had been l;i pt by, liim as his' greatest treasure Her image had been ever pl'osent with him, spur ring him on to exertion in his studies, making' .every fresh vic- ' ' " stop, a triumph 'distance, ho confessed nity 1 For soino time pasta tain inn!tor of business; had led his presence in America,' leobad been unwilling to devote -ime to the journey. Iti was now the commencement of tho long variation, and, so far, eirciimstaiices were-, in his favor. Ah lie thought of the long and close proximity to Clara Mansfield this voyi go would 'givoHiim, audi of what it might bring about, his heaitt leaped with hope and:-Lib face) flushed as tho blood coursed mori rapidly through his veins; for I ho Hilton Trewavas of by-gone dayi, and tho Hilton Trewavas of to-day, to. whom the highest honors of Ins profession wero possible of attainment, wu.ru two widely dif j ferent men. So it came to pass (hat one day he found hims'-'lf on board a steam er bound for-Now. York, and Mr*: Misk Mansfield were .among tho passengers. :j The. second day of tho voyage tlhey were all on deck at sunset, promenading, laughing, qhatting, niKl, enjoying the fresh ' breeze. More than ever, as M.r. Tfcewavas gized at; Clara Mansfield fj-om a .{91.00'per nnnum in Ac3t-iecc or, i'as UC: Yon Mrs it yon will take me." And Hikoii. Trewavas {cir B animosity fo England/and did'no*. go. abroad. H The undersigned bess leave to i. -j-aar 1^4iO 1 ive Host: w Li'c&nsed Auctioneer rot)not in ' procured neighborhood that he has a magnificent H KA USE. And is prnparsd to attend and con- I duet Func-i'tils on the -horteat notice ! a;/d most moderate-terms. ie eitie, o-t Lirport?3 :.: |ayfinteree*=. * rr- I'^StfiV"' Fr>' ihr. r-v^oos nt '.Vetting'on and il al ien, url-rs t'-'t a:, tlio i::f.r, J'r.n-s - Get".* \^*to-i. or at in v t^-s-lenov In -Sock-.ro , i. wilt he prompt;y atteudeO to. Tj-c-rms rea-onahle. "p I20LL0PE CiIAP2AS, ^Practical B-ook^ia^?. All Description^ c>r j^Indiit; Xcatly Executed. Cj norua Hoi'*, An<l all kinds of Funeral Furnish. .ings kept in stock, and supplied on the shortest notice. Hat Bands and Gloves supplied when ": .JOII.V SPEKPUT. Acton,-Feh.. l.'J, ItTT. -. i it was a tTair. sunny August. They were out cl ill's, fathoms above the play. She a dark-eyed, tore, every upwai for., her sake; and vet ljo never asked himtlelf wliy this was, or what it. would- end;in; -"'It W'.s so, and he could not help it. But he felt that to'aspite eventually to the. hat].! atf plant Manxi'ieM, the richest heiress iii the country, the daughter of one .of the proudest women in England, was as hopo- -les.i ill aini'las alt attempt to grasp an igntis fat'titis-. . II,. heard' her step ir'-rliilps the thrill at his heart to'.d him, who was com in lie rose ami turned tfr'.v.inl1 her. writing hi-r, pleasure- She might l-et-ogrize him or bot, just as she chose. j She passi-d him" wiih a haughty glance.'_.| .. - | .. He did,; not flinch, but stcod with folded: arms, liis tall, manly (iguvo outiihetl against tho .purple sky, kis face lit up by the y|inng inoouJ, A faint flush roso to licr forehead, i ! . " Is it Ilillon Trewavas V "It: is, Miss Manslield ; : will you not welcome me home 1" . _ She gave Jiim her hand. After ftll,^ old memories still held their way in her heart. i . Some secret audacity moved him to say it. He bent o.ver her head and whispered, " I.have the helio trope ye,.t. Clara," . Her eyes' blntied : Sao sr.atcheii. her hai\d front him as if hia touch stung heP,. to whom von ar. Id 60111 a thiil, her Ilemtm!.! JLcvunl Eu Bulingr Pro: f,f Oil 0, !-. -Ei . ^3-Orders k-ftat ' OSce will reeeive 3UK PACK J X TThe Euhk'c ^3 can buy firi-trc'-a.-s Fij.iso'1 t".L \\ and Oitr/ANs chea;ier of DAN- m IEL F. EiCATTY, Washing. j 'Ohy to i, Xeiv Jersey, than any Jfclr- Lo ;'ot::er manufacturer- in the United ; States- V.'by? Becauso ho sells | only for ci5h. takes .n-o risks rind has .' i ' . j jio. book acccunts'i Every instru- , me*nt is ful'y warranted for six years -i - .,, strictly (j,-st, class, and are sent ------- . . " : I on iron) li to r.5 dtiys' test trial, | money -refunded and freight paid i both .way; hy him if ih,-y are usatis- j factory. Send for Illwsti-nted Ai>- ruuTisr.ii ( ""ataloguo Edition) and , :'--!id testjmonLils from his ptitrona, some of H-Iiotn you may know. . Ad- > L K. filSATTY,' Wash - ^i)::itv S'tuare, Caepi the F;:::n P;:^ roi.ipt altehtioii. day on the . -sea, at c'l, wondor- oiitly beautiful girl of thirteen ; he n tail, stalwart boy, a year her tenior. There was 'u wido. diiier- enc-e in their stations in life'; you had only to'note the richness-oi hi r siik attire, the threadbare scant i- ntss of Ids, to l'-t.-l assured of tha.t. ^o rich man's son would have, been dressed quite so shabby as Hilton Trewavas, and yet, in spite, of the warn out clothes, tho boy, in- biauty of form and .feature, might have been a fit una' for a nobleman. t The children were .chatting gaily together and gathering mosses from the rocks, forgetful of life or sta tion. They had met often thus for tho last SjX years. ' . . Hilton's father was the agent of the_e.st.ite of Clara Alaiistii la's hie.1:- -"bred .mother. 'Their cottage w.is but a short distance from the Hal;, and tho children, in search of aiouseutent, wandered out often to tho clills, and whilcd away sunny j.afternoons in juvenile sports. Hilton gathered for his fair playfellow tha brightest-tinted shells, and in return she brought him musty old books of chivalry and romance fiom the great library at the Hall, which h'e read and re :rg:.->. [ w Jersey. au kin-is < : jredi iieat, .-jausage.j and ?| paltry; chc-ap. | eatly n I -u-om-iti v c_:-c u te.l at the CITAS. CAalEItON. i n ' -, *A:toa, &.. 12th IS". 23.3m FI;KK rllESS OFriCB. . it .he Io;t Orflcc 31111 Street. read until his not: dreams and aspirations, vague and sweet, and unreal as the visions of mi opium eater. . The Trewavas family had not always been dependents. Genera- of his strength. He rose to, his feet, lifting'l.er. up with him. For one rnomt-nt, breathless, and overcome try t'.ie'thought of i what she luul escaped, she leiiiiedaeaiiiBt him, then tuniing away she seated herself on a rijck. - -; . ." O Hilton!" she-' cried, pale with tlie terror of her late danger, " Y'ou have saved rue ! what will mamma say ? What can I give for a kf'epsalce to show how grateful I am i and she began to detach the heavv gold chain she wore at her girdle. Th6 boy's face -lushed proudly as he put it from him. " Give me tho buncli of helio trope in your hair," ho said. "I want nothing else." She pulled it out anl laid it in his hand. " You will throw it away to morrow, when it is withered," she laughed. -"Ino! I shall, never throw it away!" .:* ,/ The day was setting in steel-bino cloui'.s ; great) banks of; them -ob scured the setting sun. [From the troubled sea'vast massesjof drench ing fog swept up the ro-ky const, anil settled heavily on tl o land. That night Mr. Trewavas called Hilton into his bedcham he kept his private desl meagre store of books, from an ebony casket with large diamonds. "-There- my son," lie said, " this is the only thing I have to show that noble bloo our veins. . That i.ng be my great grandfather, th icr, where : and his He took i ling set 1 was filled with f Somerset. It cost pounds, and will bring readily more that -half that sum. -I give it to yon. Will you 1 tors-were nobles? 6r- on earth 1 flows in. onged to : duke of thousand speaking }" the said, sharply have .other businesa than listening to the silly talk of a lovesick boy.! Good'night Mr. Trewavas." / Hilton gazed after her as- she hastened away. " The time may come," he mttt- lerecl. ." Yes, it may "happen tltti. she will be glad! to unsay those words'!'.I can wait." - Six years passed again. . Hilton Trevavas Was making; a faint: in the laud. ; On his grad lation he. hud studied law, heeii admitted to the bar in due time, and after two years, was in successful practice, one of the; most rising men -in his profissii.n. . . - ' ' ' Weal thj came to hinr slowly, but fame v.as not clu.ry. Ho ha 1 turned his-attention -and his leisure moments .-to .literature, and-already ranked high as a poet. -, Hisfathei- i was dead.' There was no tie save memory to bind him to the old place at Bradley. So hetravelled, when he. could do so with "benefit, lie frequently met: Clara Mansfield, in the gay!, world. Their old fami liar footing ef eaily days had given i place to a;; cold and more distant ac-quainlaj-.eeship. lie could not forget the i hint he. had whispered c j: l to her respecting the heliotrope that hot. Jjtilv night. lv, Clara's [pride had taken alarm, yet to hiin slio wu.s, and always' would be, the one woman the world coitl.ained. His heart never for pne moment wavered from .its' passionate allegiance. And she? What me it that ;frequent absence of mind, that dreamy look in the beautiful eyes, th-tt constant.'look of sadnesli on tho expttisito face 1 What mefit that sudjen flush, that lighting up of tho features at the first entering tho room ?. Were youth hi.id not made fake-prophecie3 of the glory of hfr womanhood. Her wealth of daik hair rippled away from her broad, white fore head. Her eyes were deep and fathomless as some woodland spring into which the sun never looks; her lips .red, ripe, perfect; her whole air aiul bearing were full of haughty grace ' ' She was leaning on tlie arm of a tall, ; proud-looking man-; but, though _he smiled' at bis soft no things, she was gazing- out over and beyond, ids range of thought, to the sea stretching so darkly blue and boundless to meet .the twilight: glory. . Hilton Trcwavits stopped hefrjro her just as-ehe disengaged herself from her companion. - " It is tlie same old ocean which wo used to look at -from the cliffs, Miss Mansfield," he said quietly. She was.leaning over the. side of the vessel, looking down in thb water. Sho lifted her eyes, sliutl-! dered slightly, and drew up h.i; shawl. Hilton assisted her. : ' " It- is like going back to my lost, boyhood to aeu you,-' lie continued'.*" ' '-' . - ' - : She-Stopped him with a haughty gesture. Hel-. late companion ;\p- pi-oa-L-hod. He was a stranger' to Alr.:'j'rt!v,-avas,-ituil she introduced ti-.u.ii to each other ""Sir U'-orgt! Trevor, M.r. Tre wavas." TJit-y-'bowed coldly ; :ll_ey :would never :be any better- acquainted., Uhore was nothing in their natures that would assimuhite. After this Miss'Mansfield and- Mr. Trewavas never -met alone,; whether she was'af.aid of her own: strength if brought too much iiv J- Icoinplished his mission XtWiis months before lie nricHMiss Mun'afield met again, and hen it was at tho old piano on tho iliffs at Bradley. .Mrs. Mansfield wals deid tho shock' of -the shipwrp.tl_- lmd proved too much for her, aud die returned to. England ("only to i.ie. Clara had been to visit her grave, and oii'hsr rettin\.sat for a mom:nt on tlio gray,-familiar rock, toliok out on tho wintry sea. liar eyes were still wet : She hrad been wtep i.ng- - K Hilton found, .Iidr thus, tind seating himself besioet her, -diew her heitd down on his shoulder. "C.ara," ho said,." I love you. I defy your 'contempt. I i|an' repeat it to you : I lovo you.' For a-moment it seemed to him that .sue,clung to .him,-then she cast him away and rose to her ft at and when she spoke her voice -ivvas cold and unmoved. \ " On New, Year's eve I am tij> be niari'it'd to Sir- George Tiever. Hilton started up seemed al out to make spjne impetuous spe.chr checked himself, and left" tier. And she threw herself down where he had stood, moaning or t: - " Oh, pride ! pride ! it will b( my death !'- *" - * # # * It was-the last'day of the old year. Hilton Trewavas, a stern gloomy man, was about to bid d> to his native land for a season. He did not wish- to--.brcatbe air of the same country with'Clara, and sho tho wife of anotlfer. " People are different, you khow. some keep their disappoint nent ever at lieart; others, put lierh eternally out.of their reach ir the past. Hilton wished to free -"himself from memory. He had clestioyed everything but the heliotrope, Hind even that should bo sacrifice I, he said, when the ocean rolled between and dien lorig the Cn'.-Skates.. K . " yen-Fee," said my friend 'Ar beit, as he .cut a " pigeon's-wing" .on the slassy-surface :of the rinfe' went off en, one foot and cwme cirt cling i ouiuhon the-other "you see ii js nn rxerciso -which brings all the-muscles into phiy, and must be health}-; In fact-Dio Lewis gays it is-better than ridhig on horseback." It looked so' easy and so nice that I w'nkrd'at.JliR boy wjjo had skates to-hand,/ and he'came ovar.- " That's light, old; boy ]" cHd Albeit as lie sailed- around with -a handsome girl on each tirm, and a lovely bionde hanging to his cotti- tiuls "I'll bet ii1 -lmndred dollars you'll learn all the flourishes with- . in an hour." I was highly gratified at this expression'of confidence? in -uy ability, and I kept hurrying up the boyashe fastened on the sk-ates. The .impndent sauce-box said I'd. better-strap a pillow"ibn th? back of my head before^ I started out, but ' I passed the'insiriii;ition.; by.-in si-"' lpnt content. " " Now, .then," said Albert, cir cling up with a "dozen Freneh. fiour.isher, "dire-miairi thing is to ha'vo confidence in yourself. Strike right out lik-'oi a pioneer getting a Way from a troop of wolves,-and I'll, bet a hundred to .one you'll, make a skatefi" I s'nuk oift. I struck in several other directions besides out. One foot vent to'the left, tlie other went to the right, and I wbirjed around and sat.down. The blorido yong lady canie up and said that I had made a capital hit," and the other, -two said I was certain to; combine grace,'with muscular-effort" when I got fairly started. I didn't feel much like starting out again, butl bad to do it. Al bert helped -ma, up, said that ho "I .ft'";" I itand the soil which had nourished it. h It was a -dark, moonless light, with prophecies of snow in th 5 air He shut tho door of the cettage where.his. father had died, and Went ot:t -for a walk. He avaided the.path to'the cliffs; he had clos ed- his heart -to all .-drean|s of tenderness, Almost unconsciously he^ turned his steps towird Miijnsfield Hall. It vosu"-up, a gloomy,Jfnassive pile, lighted onlyJcV the red firelight at a single., fviiidowj To-morro-w it would blaze with tlu3 lamps lit to shine upon-her-brid;tl. ~ He paused to turn back, but something led him on through tho deserted gardens, Aip "to tlie broad door, which stood."jar. All was quiet. The guests had retired for the night. ..Only a ! few; tardy servanTs.'were up. It woult| do no harni'to glance within. , He stepped to the door of the jrooui where he had seen the light, contact with his winning presence, luui [)llshed it softly open. He saw or afraid that her pride would give way to the dictates of her heart, cannot be known. Certain it is that she allowed"* him no opportu nity of pleading his cause. The voyage was drawing near, a close. They were neariug the end, \yhen a heavy storm arose, and the vessel was driven far out of her course, and drifted down to the Cape One dark, direful night, in afiite of skill and frenzied effort, the ship "struck the rocks of the lea. shore, an.l parted. A little moment" to rcalizs the dread horror of their situation,only, was left for.ihese oil board. Miss Manslield, pale but calm, was hold ing the ami of-Sir George Trevor..j her friends, shrieking and terrified, stood hear. ' She was not- looking at tho; threatening destruction be fore her, but over her shoulder, with a hungry, wistful something, in her : "P, could -already t&e an improvement in my health, i.-nd he warned rne'to ' shove my feet as I saw him do. I obeyed. , "The left foot shot out, leaving the rigkt some rods in the rear, and in'trying ti even up the race a little, something, struck the ice... It was:myself.- The back of my-head struck first; and there were.five distinct shoc|s beforo the whole of m"y 'body got |down., .Albert sailel np ajnd, saidj ho never saw that 1 eaten, and j the blonde declared her belief that.I was an-old skateir, and was just playing ;off on them. The rink . danced round andr rouiid as I sat ' .up, and .the sinajl boy, who was grinning .sat me, iappeared to my vision Iiko:eiglit or nine small boys witheiglit. or nine grins. " Come, old boy, this exercise will brighten your cheet until your own girl- won't know you," called Aluerh ofi\-'ring to help me up. I war.tc-d to. go baorne arid sit d'o'.vn by the"coal stovffanu ponder and n-9t'ct, but .he diygged me to--' my feet^aii'd tho hloudti wanted to know if" I-.wouldn't please give thein " tlte-Prinee of Wales Bohr- ish." I glanced at ber and triedito smile, and the}- iill eifged off to give me a fair shoiv. : "Cpme,;"*dart right ofT!" yelled -Albert, and I carefully started-;rny. feet out o.'i :iH= exploring voyage1:' They hadn't travelled over six inches before they got ahead of my body. T reached out for something to support me, clawed around, and the.back of'niy head dug a hole in -the ice. 1 thought the roof of the rink had fallen in, and that twenty- eight tons of boawls and shingles ho one. Sti.l ho went on, and sat down in a grat arm chair, before a warm blaze- For a moment, bo strid to hims3lf,.lie would sit in tho chair she had recently occupied, gaze into the embers sho t, iud gazed into. . " . = Some one rosefroma sofi at the jlli,d struck me in a heap, but I was other end of the room;, he started, deceived. . - I up, an apology on his liy;)s, for his j "You struck an aiivhuhble or . audacious intrtisisn. you'd have-mode a splendid show/" _. SJie._rt:jivas*Clara bridal-Fobes, but in-sable vestments,. _"Tl*e blonde said that.! had come '. and destitute of ornaments, caine \ within a. hairts breath of^cutting;dne toward him, looked up into his of .th6 ^riindesiljonrishe^. known eyes, and let hei- white hands rest I on ice, and-they wanted me to try oil his shoulders.. . once hiore. I;told 'em I had to go . ^Hilton," slie said nt:Aitat, her to" a funeral, and tha1 I would be eyelids drooping, her. cheekjs. crk- back-in-'half an hour.lbut it *asno son, " have T offended past for-1 "se> - . "iveness ?'" ; i '"' ' "See how easy it is," exdasmtftl 1 .'fi- Ho did not'answer ; only looked ilt herL I will let the truth ey ]tun_ J J0he Y pride antl would see ove having a battle " It m so, for on his upproach- t ! as f i-ard ! 1 not. Tlio expressiqn died, out ; as f you-all'along, -but pride en Hilton Trewavas looked tow hor) for an instant'their eyes niet j in. that moment he knew lie was beloved with a wild fervor even equal to.his own. -, Then ihcre wtis a dull plunge, a wild shriek of agony, and the water swarmed with struggling human beings. Tho world had grown dark .to Clarii, bat sho felt herself -borne up by ^somo power beyond her own upward and onward through - the billows, till her feet touched the firm shoro.of the.Capo. to being my ruiri'. ' Thank last -I have clean hands n,n heart I T have dismissed Si Trevor, and, title to. you, speak, ve lovikl ne nigh God; "at 1 a pure George true to myself, .1- caa( . aside all wonianly- modesty. and shame, and tell yoiri"' .that I love yon.", "..Clara," he said," is this thiiig true 1 Ie all that at an encl between you and that ni'an 1" ' '~- '! All all," sbe.wliisper^dsoftly, '! forever." ; , .- Hilton Trewavas prefaM her more closely to him, and left his Then into the light and warmth e>f if;,,st \yarm kiss upon her lps. j a flshei'S cottage, and when they J 'She-had found her haveUWrlast, cop it tOjing her the light and tho [lush j [, i iniehos out of tti: mi' ar.ces- would (tie awav: and a cold, tirond ' .!, n.^nnii i, .oi iT in l.,i,',r. show the world that your ar.ces- woukl (Ka away,'and a cold, proud ' Ehe opened her eyes and sa i ".. word-wotld be his greeting. ..ton-.Trewaviis. Hil- j^ei '* ered pride. -.He.gathered licr in Lis Albert, as he ]iusKed- out aruls swung one leg around." ;- t I puslied out and swung one leg. I couldn't pull ii buck. I'uied to, "' tihd yelled to Albert' that I'd giv biui a bundled dollars to grab m>. He was too late. 1 clawed and waved and tottered and , fell, and when I came to .my senses r; again Albert said, that' if I would ; go through the-same performance every day-'for two "months, he/d warrant me that I could eat aluvu- di-ed hot biscuits, per day and nawr havo a'touch of dyspepsia.' .1 am in bed yet, and a'frieiiil has : written this from dictation. The[d6ctor says that two ribs on .the left side are fractured, the_pil lar hone is broken, tlis JKttres ',)! one olijp'.viiaa lu.'d aril the:spina.'-. arms. i but he!"i5j faboring'awayin hope".'. .Jiiendiitgi.nio up byjprimr.