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#:4 I ' ' ' *l ^ALREft. SS-aa s '<*< kept on l>rtcst possifcfc fcshinglcc ojjy I only TO eeafe. J tten ii, ^ |vr delivered t knd Milton, cwr t Milton P.O. MILLKftj r IBS 'toUito lI.So.3^ Whole No. o-i j ACTON, ONT., THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1877. 'bi: $IX$* CAli.D*. YY i C- V.sC. Or nla*'.*- of Trinity ciLi-r?,-'Mpmt>fT ii! 0.vaa#of rivysiotans | i>Bl aonwon*- Otlice si)4 KiMdonco-- K.'crioS- Stmrt, M-Tos-. in llu'- luuxe JCc\S occapieil l'-v l;- ^"'^ ** . I "[^I'lK.lP uueai> FbR THE MILLION aii____________________________________________ D"~ R. R. MftfllUlW. rl'llVsi- c-.aii. SunwiM;. ,*i-.,a>: i;i-u,-v-.vo i ol- >,-Noff V.ojfc.a^ujr.vluivt"1 iK Vb'luriu v\yW#. O.v.-.a.la. Con-ulwtou <\aYs- Tuej*y* :inl PHilAyt. f.-v>it\ ii'a. m. I'll 4 * m. KeiiJoci'o-West Uowrr. street, JiTJS- B. 5s S- NtGKUN secured IIKXDEUSOX, Convoy, r. -*i--. iilMi Aeon; C:maii;i swariegivrA. - l*.-ils. Moripvp * m^^t proi^M-.! :wa:4v, pr.vm otjy eorr.-ctty gjij on rnwii ihU' ti'rms. \lonev-vo kaaii o:> 'M^rsaiico :soourltj-. Oilleo (j;sjow Ho-aw, Aoloh. JD. M 1T1IESOX. Attorney- t al-Lavr, SoiU*:Vor fca I'h itli'iTy, Ac. iVn-' (.".Trior of Mali\auil Church SViiet-v Georgetown.; j -*----------: -------. rp w.'.coopEk,.!, f Provincial Xiantf Surveyor and Civil Engineer, (ljuelpli. Order* by mail proiuply iiiiorMetl i". Bog to .-umotHiec IhM they liav I thy services of a First-Class Baker, .iiii\ that their Hakint; business is now in f>-.U operation,-in the promises owned by All's; ll:u.iiix Bread will ho delivered daily- at the I houses in the village and vicinity. tea' Ca&es, j . Pastry, Bviii9i"&o.-, - made in'jthe very best maimer, and kept ! al\v:iV3 .iin hand. ye<'dt an.l lro^h. In. ' till kunl|s o'f t'onfectioiiery, Biscuits, Ohovso. i^e. . -The p|itn!ha;TO of poi-t:uHy -<olio;.roii. LIVING TOO FAST,'!"51- lov?no *!* J could' not l "I don't know, -but I didn't keep my thoughts | about mo,.and I seem to have the command of lay 1 om and Ming Bor^ha b'oat^us badly, faculties." ^ Confessions of a Bank Officer. CUAPTJiR II. ^ .Ml'SS LILIAN OlIPHANT'. n. How could I look Tom Flynn ia tlio.fnco lift or what I had done, or permitted to bo done I Ho had boon .tny competitor in thdraco for tho situation in tho bank, and pro bably would hiLVe obtained it if my ( But ISlis3 Lilian attributed our mis- fortune to ill-luck, and etuilcd as sweetly as over. I may as . well hasten to the catastrophe, and do' claro at once that I was deeply and irretrievably smitten, ns I had in tended to bo from the first. Sho wiis very kind to me, and seemed to look with a favorable oyo upon mo ;i but I could not, of course, the public is res- Jl> PPJLEBE '& snnsox, u'v^.t'-LiW, S,^ o:-voyjioers, .c. W N. .lot.i I B. &. K. XIOKL1X. rb.^ft'JSTtv. W* LVIDLAW. Barrister, A::..r:)oi--i:-l.air s.::-A:or ia Caaneory, .tr. .- > :. ^ Hjini*.'.o::. !-i . KK sir...-.; ..M!..:i;:i. M?i,f;r,,:. 1 ra-i; ..:" t>. \V.V*n\iib-;:i a-.vlO.lr Lii.t- luV v^ a-.t.-..^ a: i:---'-" -....."-" ffa.Friviiyo: tart vre. s ACTOX, ..i:i ^-'lU.-o' TXE^BYl. DRAKE, CLERK 4TH DIVISION COURT, GorNTY C'F HaLToN. know whether she would require j- i i ovon a bigger, man than ' the diB- undo had noij - whisnoral thei old | count olo^ of lho port nlntL slwulor m the rars of Mr. Bnstle-. Nationftl Bank< : : bach, the present It w tnuvtlna | j j f t, fc - - , , fc plan had or.S,imtefl with Captain , wUh tho mQst j^^ ^^ j soon I might see her again, but I ascertained where Halliard, but I consented to.it, u, klMJW not bow to say the very least. . I could have prevented him .from carrying it into o[>eration. I could have protested in tho strongest of terms that thero was no truth in tho story, arid that 1 would not take tho placo if it wero procured for me by such a base saorilicq of honor and integrity. I did not do so. If I proU'sted at all,- it was so faintly" that ' my " "ii she went to church, and I went there tho very next Sunday. It was cloudy, and buo did not uppoar. I was .Bad and impatient. It seem ed to rue that I must see hor ngain soon, or 1 should do some desper ate deed. I tried to invent an excuse for calling at her father's me regard the infamous deed moro for Tom was niv friend. , i house on tSunday eveniinr, but my iworhUv-iniiuled unco only regnid- ji , t , . , p.V-t.. uijjontuty fuilud mo. I dropped in eii it as a piece of " buncombe. It , . rr< . -ci i 'ii i r .,." x- t l.')0 Toin -Flynn, and tulkod of is not tor me to blame bun, tor I . .i-_ 1 t -. m- ^' i> i. t ... ,, - ' ,.: notlurig but Lilian Oliphant. I nivselt as etinaliy" trinity ol : ., . j 1 J -s - -!. _ j hoped ho would tako the hint, and K111 5 > | propose to call upon her that even- ... , ,l. "'"! ig, but ho woulld not: in facfe ho not the clorions triumph which' lr -J -* ' 'i - ' was going to a prayer-meeting, and A;e=i eiTxrn, :r.rn Wa-.-.-rioo. ;rs' l>s. m.i;!- a l"o-i-o:ai-f nsr / - . ESS; Tear ice. and VE - I of th kind In ' triyiWBKrej Uoos, tmd *** Is, bealuUnliy In elegant *10tn |eU*b. ^ Yrtoe* uon, will" ^ FrW. *"I*2J - ' ir,.y>.. iflpeiytm*: St no |t elotb eT*^ itiuD* of*T 'J " v.: .-*- -$% pkTEVTS fo:"vr.".ifii!v', For i\vr.xTioxs' i.rr-- -r!v -p.^:r,ii . >:'..:-.- :.:'.: K'.ir.-i'.oJ Cct=.=iissi==.cr =. Q. S. Pirc lasTirascc Agoat, ' i:: >i-or i!t;- = I'i\-a.:i':" TVTII.LIA.TI WATIUN*. **rr Harrlasr Urrir% A < rrtrHcalr^ E.^:-=;-l':!y::-ic ;.? j-r.l-.llc.uji'.ittl Issuer of JIarriajrc Licenses Jisul .anticipated, iind I could hardly felicitate niy.self that I 'was to step immejjiatvly into the the enjoyment of u -;sal:iry of. twolve. hundred a year. I coiild not even enjoy the trjiHiiph of being, for oneo, actually ahead, of my fortunate triend. itiilat vou, "i^nlc-v. with all 1 my sun!,".said Tom,, with en thu'siasm. " 1 sl'.oiild liave likeil the place mys-jlf, but I '.am really bi-tter -satistiuil wnli tLe result tliaTi S.CC A?S2.t,' I.-should hayo been if'I had been j successful." ' " You don't-mean that, Tom," I suggested, and fch, "that I was al- fuios-. incapable of giving birt|h to a ; loltv einotii'iri. - - only invited- mo to go with him. -mo. "Then you must come again i.bd redeem your reputation, if youM'eol tl;at you did not do vourself i tice." .- ' ;" "Thank you I When shall como ?" I asked eagerly, "^As soon_a8 you please." "If it -were as soon as I pleased, it would be this evening," I add 3d, with a boldness which absoluitsly confounded mo. . ': j "Do come this evening, than. We can make np a set without a ny othor help." | I' Why didn't she say (something about that bouquet, and fhus enajble me to advance a Btep nearer to the conquest. Sho did not, and I Was \ afraid the five dollar trifle had been placed to the credit of Paul^Jra- lianie. I went tiwuy, but I hasten od to tho florist's and bought nnAth- or bouquet4-price Boven dnlhrs. On the card I wrote, " In memory of a pleasant call. P. G******L" She could not make Grahame out of that. ; Eai-ly in the evening I rang the bell, and was ushered into thfi-par-' lor. On tho piano was my bouq ret, and near it stood Lilian, who, f a 1 entered tho room, was in tho act of inhaling its frugrance. I think1 she blushed a little when she saw ts.liosa or-acrrow". neee :-!"=-. Yet: Co-a-:.- ii^': r.. "ti.i :ta::::ani, M iLS. S. CAIiXEK. &zz-"- SSsatreal Tolcjr'.pb. Go. iD:"bts Ccilsctcl en'. CanTalssioa. Tearher of "- !a-lfi.Dral,ii2 l^mr.-il .'lr-.- rr?nrh^ Ani.Se2.eral Atrcnt, &c^S:c. LiV^iSLOZI'Eii J E.'.a:.-: c.:..i'j.r Lv O A-. ii, t^o nl -;-. r- i iasti'i-er. :i-'.: III-. I Tartios - v.-;U : i '.i.-ait- ...-.It v. '.:i. mr. ir-U- I ' 'Fdii my v,-oi'cl. I do, Paley. I ! was thiiiking tJiis forenoon..that, if' the place fell to me, 1 should re J I proacli myself .fur havi'ng'.stooil in | . voiir.'-way. I rcvev should have I -.felt- just, light about it. N-v I am j j satixfi ii uv i a:n drli'^'.'.-.-d wili I ' 1 thank you, ' ex'PeC* any such m Tgnaiiiiiiity fioiil un\' per.-tm"" in this world;" bub,1 ! comforted mv.M.-!f with the thought man sati^iii-l ; 1 i Mie result." Tom -^ did not A tTdS FLOl'n 5IILL*. 3. E. SICKLIS*, Prorrlotr.-r?- '^e at the I". tl. lace h. TaoiLOPE C1I.VPM.VX, Si"hr and rei.Ui. Gri-: i: D&itr- C^sii lor i*-. iiiu it:, w.'i-" i_'Li' r.'i FJ Practical ^oeSjindsr. he iwollld have til tr, i to llifo, i:e I tii'.lut'c tlifj disappointm i\ ' 1 been as^igiied outri\'ed to 111 which it-tou..! ,'-T>0'*Sl.V HOlSt way Stat fixceitcnt i.cm-iiu.jii:!; i. --fTlh- '.r.-i llaj public. ?i{\j,- C'AMl'BIiLi., 1'r- All Descripitions of Dimliii}; Neatly. Executed. BOHI.VIO>" aOTL, Aetoii, 1 E.*t*eri- Aj^i:e-vvt ^r^jn'-vj-.i-1^ Dair Hot-! is a>s atyl* with no r::rr;t:ur-.. C-.m-e re::.; Trveiier.~ wL.ltt.-jJ ^o < ! :^lc jsuiuo.tt.ii'.JU aai coramolioai sa::ij- .: tt- -.in-. sj-u-.iJ it^ction pai . to lii-"- ^arjl^ >* t ie: Ur- - ei- llts^yauUe, Si-rfuppue ' withtue :.=-t 1 LtTaarsa.-l f'ti ir=. liooi S.abiiDg ci.-j ttealive Ho=:icra. ; Actouni B'j :,U Atti'U U '.in Ruling Promptly Attended to. - 7Vl6rM H.tistk;et, '-ti / ; jLicensed AnctioneerH ..' . .*orti Counties of Wellington are! Ml-! loa. Uriors l-;-t a-, the Kuke Pbj.-s - 'PaBe*. Acton, or at my re^i-Jeuce, iu , Roci wo'rj, will be promptly at'.c-adei' lo. Terms reasonable. ^YpLTOi jPLANINa: MILLS. J. B. MITCHELL, il^iraiadurfer of . Sash, Poors, -Blinds, Mould ings, iioor and Window Frames, Pickets, etc. j^KT^St. Cliiir.-'j's S'| ur.re, (.iuelpt t-" Orders left 'at the Office v. ill receive pronijit rmtif ri:ES atteiitien. rpKAVtilLEILS . Life and-.Accident MSORAHCE COMPANY - Of llartford< t'onn. * ,, I T ,- :- P,i: 2->,P. C'aji- CajAlal._. .. .:. SCOD.Ot Cu-h Aii'.U.. ... : i'.-----i. 4,TJ~>1M 0 0 Surplus for prutrcliun oj - Policy-holder*..!........ J,170;SSo Deposit with JJoMinion Gov- eminent............... 140,01 10 '?FJoinj, SferpflL' Wirk^ and Maicldng -. , : ~Tybi^fcp%Ur. :- n?'xar Blinds J& cents'per foot. "SA. 'I : The Travelers is a ;STOCK COM. ->-' a,-, i PANY and writes Life Policies upon ;^U(.rkd&rwd'iD.-lcWn.i*.. j the Low Kate all.cashj)lan.': Noun- Ordere JeS^kt S^ebrd ^ros. svill be I certain promises of impossible "'divi QBimpflr zbten&e/l to. ;r;r jlfilto^ Jaae 6, 67G, 50-ly i-T^iW^Laa ^FO^t SA.LE. .', The tindersignea have for slie-at their yjHT^a A<fUia a large qnantitj* of. all Ictais of PIKE AND HEMLOCK LUMBER, '.V,*iae, SWagles and Lath. . ^ -jingles. a the best quality' for only 1.80 per eijuare. . j GUMMING MACHINE. -We have just introduced a new >'iftiI?ua Macliine, and ara prepared M"gnml5rafr"or;OroHB-ciit SawsJ ( ', :, BEOW.X & JtALL.i Acton, Dec. 12, 1876. 2-LSm . _^________ > . gENb 25c; to a. P. ROWFLL & CO. *\Sy-York"or Pamphlet of 100 page, . 2t?2t,:to* itbtB of W)nt"y-piiper.,aiid iiMitt6sliowlDgco6tofradvC-rUslne. dends," but a reduction of the pre mium at the outset; equivalent to a {'dividend" in advance.- Tne Travr elers writes Life and Accident Poli cies combined as cheap - as; most companies write'life policies. It is the largest Accident Insurance Com pany in the world* having written 436,000 policies and paid in actual cash benefits to accident policy holders alone over S2,565,000. An accident policy costs bnt,a trifle., No medical examination required. Get a policy and share in the general benefit. j , ^ . ^ C.'F. BTJSSEL.L, !. District Agent, ." ' 33 Adelaide Street East, Toronto. WILSON IRWIN, Special Agent. 1 to my lot ! I should very gladly have be lieved that I ov."clmy good luck to | the,personal.influoncu of uiy unclw, but X was coiitili'iu ho had used; I that old slander lo procure my ap- i pointinuu'f. Tom' left mo after I had promised to meet hiin at Mr. Oliphant.'s in the evening. I wad sad-, and I felt mean. , lie fore the store closed f receive'if [ ollicial notice of my appointment, ! and informed my employers of my j intention to leave them. Tliey did '^iot suy much, and I luunotsni-p t'that they were vory sorry to have I me go. ;I went to ,-nly boarding- ; house, aud dressed myself'with the utmost care for the occasion in tho evening. Miss Lilian Oliphant w;ns a bright vision before ny eyea. I wondered that she had beeii conde scending enough to notice a person so-insignificant as I .yjis. I was thinking only of h^r, rnnd as the happy rno.ment drew near when I was to see her again, Ij even forgot my own infamy towaiqs Tom. Twelve hundred a year ! It was an immense Hum for a young fellow liko me, and; with such a foundation for an air-castle, I pictured to my self a pleasant horhfe with Lilian as the presiding genius of-the place, shedding unutlexable bliss upon my existence. Twelve hundred dollars would hire a hoiise," farnish it, and enable me to live like a lord. If Liliani did dress well, if she was rather extravagatofc, I could stund the pressure with the magnificent sum "which would; be mine.: - I was admitte'djto the parlor -in which the family were. seated. Tom and two other gentlemen weis there, conversing with the young TT\0 BREEDERS, The young 'thoroughbred Durham Bull "Duke of Kent-," bred by Mr. Stone, of Guelph", out of the imported eow "Sultana the 7th "; by "3d Duke of Springwbod," (see 3d vol. Canadian Herd Book) will aery.? cows on the premises of the'uadersigned, lot 24, 1st cod. Ksqaesing. Terms for Durhams .5 ; Grades ^2. -'-. ALEX. WALDIE, E^ciut'iiing, Feb. 1, 1877. 31-3m It whs not ,Lilian's church, and I did not wish to go.' It would bo a pleasure to walk on the Common and think of her, if I could not Bee bur. . ' -_' ' 1 did not sleep lml f.an hour that night. I was madly, desperate in lovt; with Lillian, iiiu'I I was afraid that some young fellow with only a thousand a year"iiiijht sntip her tip while I,was waiting to go through all the forms of society in decent and conventional order. I was not to take my desk in the bank till the first d^ry of tho new year, a week hence, and I induced my emphyers to let, me off fiom the la-st four days'service, for the reason that I was so infatuated with.Miss Lillian I could not do anything. I walked; by Mr. tOliphant's house 'twentyiitiines u day, but I had not the pliick to call. On .Tuesday afternoon I sent her a beahtiiul bo.pict labelled " In mem ny of the pleasant evenin . P. G." When 'I had ilono so, 1: happened to think ;tli;\t luie of lny companions during "tho pleasant evening alliuled to was l'u.nl Grahame. It was an awful blunder on my part, for how could she know; whether Paul Grahame or Paley Glass wood was tho sender of."the tlowers,: which had cost me ' fiyo dollars ! On Wednesday afternoon I walk- ad by her father's house seven' times, aud probably I should have passed it seven times uiore, if on" the eighth I had not seen LjlliSti at the window. The stars favored uie. The dear divinity saw me ; sho smiled, sho bowed to me, and I thought she blushed. Whether she did or not, I blushed, and ;the die \*as cast. The thrilling glance the fair being bestowed upon me inspired me with a resolution equal to the occasion. I rushed to the door, and before I had time to change my purpose, I rang the bell. I was admitted. . I asked- for Miss Lilian Oliphant, and was shown into the parlor in which she was seated. My heart throbbed like .the beatings of" the ocean in a tempest, and my face felt as if a blast of fire had swept over it; but 1 survived. I was more than fas cinated ; I was infatuated with the fair being before me. I am free to say that no-such vision of loveliness was ever.realized before or since in my experience. "This is a very unexpected pleasure, Mr. Glasswood," said she, more self-possessed than I was.' " I beg your pardon for calling," 1 stammered. V I'm sure yon needn't do that, for I'm very glad to see you, sir," she; replied, kindly helping me out. ' I.-thought*-- Jt's ii beautiful day, Miss Oli phant." l " Splendid day !" laughed she ; but I saw that she was beginning to be( embarrassed. I-ventured to hint that I had" spent a very pleasant evening at her bouse on the proceeding Friday; andishe was kind enough to say she had enjoyed it very much, and hoped I would call again soon with my 'friend, Tom Flynn, and have another game of whist. "I played so badly then that I " What a beautiful bouqu'et!", Bhe exclaimed with rapture, after; tho preliminary formalities had Lilian offered no unreasonable ob jections, neither did her parents, and the happy day was fixed. Tom Flynn, who had taken my place as discount clerkj in the Forty-ninth National, was to stand np with me.. Somewhat oddly, aa it seemed to me, my good f|iond advised me not to marry, and |ve almost quarrelled over 8ome plain .talking which he did. The die was cast j I would not have retreated if I could. been disposed of. " I am very grateful to you, Mr. Glasswood, for this kind itmiornbruncer." '." 0; not at all; it was the; be^t I cony lind, but it is altogether unworthy." j j ' " Why, it is positively lovely 1 It is beautiful, delicious. My friends are very kind. It was only the other day that Mr. "SGrabaUie Bent me one, but it- was, not iso pretty as this one." , .!'!.. " Did he, indeed 1" I fokedj \ ." "How stupid I am! Why it was you, Mr. Glasswood. I inter rupted the initials as those of his -name." . ! Miss Lilian looked upon the floor, and hor chest heaved with emotion that agitated me more than her. I fancied it wai !all .right and it was. I played whist, and tho old gentleman and onje! of tho other daughters beat us w'orse than before. I trumped my part ner's tricks, and put my ace Upon her king. But I consoled myself with the reflection that 8he ijiust be thinking of something- else, or. she would not so often have played the king "before the ace was [out. 'j We played a double game, of which j but we played into each others hands, and won the game in which heatts wi re trumps, if we lost on all. other suits. I ought to have gone hoine at ten o'clock, but I staid till j [half past eleven. I was cordially invit ed to come again, and I may B^y I went again, until my visits includ ed everv -eveniti" in the w.eek, not exceoting Saturday and Sunday, when all but "fiddlers and jfools" stay at home. Before the snow melted we were engaged. On the first day of!the new year I took my place in the bank. It looked to me then like a bed of I have since found it to be ladies, apl of whom were evidently " po&up for the purpose of making an impression. ~ Miss Lilian gave me a col-dial welcome, and intro duced me to the rest of the party. -Mr.j, ,-Oiiphanfc bad heard of- my gooa- fortune.' Ho congralirlated me^and did me the honor to say that I should soon be the cashier of the Forty-ninth National Bank. I yras treated with distinguished consideration,"and without exactly shall hardly dare to try again," knowing why, I^felt myself to be the lion of the occasion. Discount Clerk of the bank, I was a bigger man than any of the gentlemen short, though, of course, I shall be all right as soon as IgetsetUed down." . -' "^ Peekshiith had not a' sihglt ment unoccupied.'f "E.ow provoking!". "It's rather a 'bad sigh fojr a j --It vas. provoking, but I young man to have to borrow CHAPTER IIL GOING TO j HOUSEKEEPING. X was married in the spring, and thetbank gave nie my vacation on the joyous occalsion, so . that I was enabled to make a bridal tour of ten days to thej Spilth. I went to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash ington, and while I distinctly re collect that I j enjoyed myself ex ceedingly, and travelled likfe prince, I can [more vividly recall the. rapidity with which my funds were expended. It had cost me all my salary to pay my board and' to take Miss Lilian to the opera and the balls, but Ijcould not afford to deprive Mrs. |Glasswood of any luxury. j " . Before we started I was "bard 'up," and I tried to contrive so mo- clever expedient by which the bridal tour .might b dispensed with". I suggested to Lilian that the journey - Was not absolutely necessary; that some very " nobby" people staid at home after they were married, j Her chin dropped down as though a ten pound weight5 had been attached ,to1t, and she! looked so sad and- gloomy that I could not think for a moment; long er of depriving her of this trium phal tiiiirch, for so I am afraid she regai ded it.; Of course, T did not hint to her that I could not afford to spend two or three hundred) dollars .in travelling,' for we were! still lovingly cheating each other into the -belief that she was a ppneess and I was a representative! of Croesus himself. ! There was not a dollar to my! credit atthe bank, and I had not a dollar to my credit anywhere else. I was fretful one day, and unguard edly mentioned to Tom Flynn that I was short. The generous fellow promptly offered to lend me a. hundred dollars. I am surprised how that I wjs able i to accept it, but t did, and | he put" my " value? received," intolhis wallet as choice ly as tboueh it had been as good as gold itself. ; But a hundred doU lars, though Tom seemed to think i' would'pay for everything which it could possibly enter intio, the head of: a grootli to procure, was expended iu trifles and before we were ready, to start upon the bridal tour I was penniless again. I?wanfed three hundred dollars, for<frewou,l<JLnot be. safe to start, on a ten-days trip attended by such a helpmate as Lilian with less than this sum in my pocket. First-class hotels, private parlors, carriages, the opera in New York would make large demands upon my purse. I wa rather, sorry that Tom Flynn had offered to -lend nie a hundred dollai-8, for if he. had not done so I should have/asked him to favor me with the loan I now needed." I could "'not ask him after what he hud done. My uncle, Captain Hal liard, was a rich man, though he to get married with," he added with a glance of severe' dignity at. me;^ ' Never mind it, uncle, ft'wgn't' trouble you, then, if It is not con venient,"^ ijreplied in a thoroughly offhand manner, as though"the lit tle favor J asked was of more con sequence to him than to- nje. -"I shall expectHo see you at the house of Mr. Oliphant at ,the..cei emony, and remember the leyee is 11 eight o'clock.'-. ;Don1t fail to be there, uncle;" '-.;' ; "Stop!a minute! I suppose if you tneed'-throe hundred dollars, I can let yoa have it," he addied. !, " O,. it'^ is of no 'consequence. Don't trouble yourself. Two jor three<6f my friends wanted/to lend it to mej but I. did not exactly like to accept such a favof outside of the family. Aunt Rachel; I dire say, will be glad to accommodate me.' " Write a note;" Said; he, tether crustily^ as he went tib one of the desks, and drew a check fojr the amount I required. ; I could not j help smiliig.-as Ii wrote, the due pill, to think of the; address with which I l/ad r lanaged ' "" I had / "if i {$1.00 per aunnm in AdYnace I replied. was really, I , when T was ".Whatr she asked broke down completely, present. " I "i was going to say that I .usu- Miss Lilian was very gracious to 'ally play better, but something dis- me, but I bore my honors with j turbed me that-evening, so that 1 tolerable meekness, I tried to avoid I was not myself;" and I fixed, my putting on any airs, and I think I j loving gaze upon the threadbare produced V favorable 'impression, carpet at my feet. _ s We played whist, and Lilian was . "Why, what was. the matter my partner; I did not do'-myself with yon?", laughed the vision of justice, for .I was so fascinated by JovelinesB before me. abed of thorns; though I ' ought j was a calculating and a, careful one. I had been a, favorite of his in my earlier years, and .I", knew he had a great deal of regard-for the honor of the family. I had hardly' seen him since he helped mo into my situation, for he had,-be|en on. a business mission to Europe. Three hundred dojlai-s wa8,.not'h- ing to a man of his resource, and; with some sacrifice of pride on my part, I made up my; mind to wait upon him with my request He would understand the case, and readily see that a yoimg man about to be married must incur a gi-eat many extraordinary 'expBnsea, and it would not be at all strange that he was temporarily", "short." ' I found the-worthy old gentlemen in the insurance office, up to -his eyes in the news of the day. :I talked w^th him for some time about in different topics, about my mother's health ' and the affairs of Spring- havep. Then I rose to depart, in the most natural, manner in the world, though T was rather grieved to' see that, he was not sorry to have me go ; in fact, he returned to his newspaper with an eagerness which seemed to intimate: that I bored him. I; took ufew steps towards the doorJ and then, as though I had foi'gotteii something, I hastily re traced my stops. " By the way, uncle I am sorry \b trouble you; hut- -could you lend me'three hundred dollars for a few weeksl" VV J .'"Three hundred dollars!" bs- fclaimed the venerable Beeker. after the main chance, just as though I had attacked "him in the tenderest yairt of his Ijjeing. . . " The fact is, hnc;le, geitiilg mar- my ease. ; I ad confident i he sun \yent down, he would bare been hard enough to refuse-jne. Possi bly he did not like to pave i le apply to Aunt:Rachel. She was a maiden sister of my father, who hal about twenty thousand dollars; ai d lived with my mother. , Ser inharitance bad been the same fas my father's, but, having no expenses, iiho bad- kept certain lands in the middle of the town till thew increased in value bo that she waVmadeli udepah- (jent. Ab I wished to be her , I had always treated hervdth the utmost ".'consideration. Captain Halliard managed some stijeks for her, and he was anxious to keep "in her good graces. -..'. I put the check in my pocket with the htmost nonchala-ce, and, again begging, my uncle not to fail to be present at,the ceremony, I left him. It was all right w-_ith me for the present. When I. start ed on my bridal tour I owel about six hundred dollars, whicl I cal culated that I could easily pay off in six months with my i id-eased salary. When wet return id frOm Washington I had barely money enough lsft to pay the hack man for conveying-us to the houss of iny wife's father, . If-I'had not been, so caiftiousto count up my money,, and estirnate the expenses of the return trip, I should have sxbaust- ed my exchequer before wt reached home. When I found I lad just enough left' to] pay these' e spenses, I told Lilian that :I had re :eived a letter which compelled me o return immediately, though we had in tended to stay two days lo lger. - She pouted,'buc'I: told her. 1 should lose my situation "f. 1 did not go back. She thought I might get another situation rati er than break up the pleafijifet exci i-sion so abiuptlyi I told her'tl coiud easily get another situation, bn: it was not exactly pradent to givj up one until the other was'obtained. It almost broke my heart to iross her in anythinar, and if I coi Id have met a friend gopd-nat.urec enough to lend me a hundred .Jollars I to add that I made it so niyself. I knew the routine of bank busi; ness well, though J had much to ieai.n. I tiied to discharge my duties faithfully, and though! Mr. Bi-istlebach, the president, was a hard man, I won even bin approval, ii need-not dwell on this eason of ihappiness, for us I look back upon it, I appreciate it 4 I -could not then. My services were so satisfactory . that when our paying teller was promoted to a higher place in an other institution, I was advt,peed1 to his situation with a>s%ln;'y of eighteen hundred dollars, and a promise of.an additional two hun dred if I proved to be competent to discharge the duties of the effice. My uncle and others we're _ my bondsmen. Never did a yDung man look forward to a brighter fu ture than 1 did. ; Every evening in thej week I went to Mr. Oliphant's andi was treated as one of the family. Dur ing the year I had been paying as siduous court to, my ' beautiful charmer. I spent all my salary, and more than all, for I was in, debt at \ the end ofl this time. I wore good clothes, for I wished Lilian to be proud of tne; I sent her 'bou quets, I took her to the theatre, the opera, the. concerts, and to balls'and parties, a single one of which, in some instances spoiled a ' twenty dollar bill.; I took her out t'c ride, and paid for many costly, sii ripers: But Lilian appeared to love me with all her 'soul, and X was satis fied'. .;-. ' I had found the end of my twejve hundred dollars so. easily (hat Ij dared but my V liioney I inv?en; my excuses as I tvent I did not venture to suggest my t-itire salary would not pay Uie expend cof,.boarding at! either of tho paces she named.' |l-vas too: "weak and vain to tell bertha'truth. I dect ived her. She had no knowi ledge of tire world, no Jexj erience" of tjie value of money, Ipr 1 er poor fathei had actually!ruined himself in a "ain attempt to keep up the style of living he bad" enjoyed in more prosperous days.; Ne'lrlv all his profits went Upon the bicks of his du lighters, each of fwhem had been aught to believe that a-, bus-' band, when . interpi-eted. -was. money. -1 did nothing! to disturb the il! usion. > ^ I ." I think .we' must -find a place to bot.rd for a few ^veeks till we - can gki a. house, and tfien ve will go to hoiibekeepiug," I jsug|;ested. "We must go tohousekeBping if we can't get rooms-afi the bievere, or at Mrs. Peeksmith's," added Lilian. But dear ma will ake us to boiird for a time, and ieally / could not thing of going aiy where else." We went to " dear ma|s," and afterj/; paid the hackjman, /..had j u'st twenty-five cents'deft in my-" pocket. " Dear ma" was Willing to take us to board for a ti ne, un. t dor; the circumstances,! th jiigh it would be a: great ^iiconyeni ;nce to"; her. She would n^t think of tak ing ajnybody else, though 1 be' bad' c lenty 01 house room. ! ventured hint that, as a prudent nan, / shoul i like, to know what tl e terms would be, though really it iid:_not make the least difference tc,nje; in point of fact "Dear ma" did not like'to speak of such things; she was j;oing to take1 us simply as a matter of accomodation;-^ -'r uiider the circumstances:" , 'j-^'f.'course,. Mrs.- btoiant; / understand you, hand '/ a & very . grateful for the sacrifice ysu pro pose.' inako ; butit isalw lys well to have.things clearly set firth," I replied, mildly. "'Certainly it is., ./.always be lieve in having things in bliek and %yhitt.; I suppose it would cost yoti t.ffy dollars a week to lioard at Mrs. Peeksmith's; but i.shoulcL- not think of charging yo 1 that," she continued, wi.th a-beitevolent smile 3 " (.micious ! / should ho je not/'. I m'qntjilly' ejaculated, for 'at the Beacon j Street house |the , soarders walk^d'lbn Wilton carpets! looked out through windows decked with velvtjt draperie"s7 slept upjini joae.- wdodi bedsteads, and ba 11seven' courtJes :at dinper, while !Mr. Oli- phanps house was an j old one, its furniture worn out ah'd dilp pidated, itt carpets threadbare, I md .'the fare-4-when they had po ex tra com- pauyJ '- boarding-house. ! Ii J hadL not lov-. ed iiilian with all my ;soul, / should. haveideemed.it a charity to. take 'her"qfftjv}r' parents' hands ^ As it. was/jsb'e |was cheap at any price. "Whatever you say will be all ' rightJ;" I replied. ' ' I an getting a haad'sbme salary now, a id /; am willing to pay a fair price : " J. thinkthirty dollars a week* woiili be.no more than thi cpst to us. Of douirse Jtdon't ex >ect you might have been spared tl e annoy-1 to pay anything near what it would ance. I met ino such frfend, and jcost (it Mrs. Peeksmicb:s.': we went on cheating each other as ( WheW ! J. could board att a house pot ^hink of getting ma rried; \ ried In theife 'times is an 'expensive iiy iprorhbtipn decided . me.': luxury, and 1 find myself a little before. ' It was stupid in ne to^do so, but I had not the courage to telf her that I was. not made of money, and' I permitted her to believe that my pockets \ 'ere still well lined. ..':'* We returned home,:-but on the way I was obliged to prei end that I was: sick, in order rto save the expenses of supper ' ab j^rd the steamer. We had dine! at four o'clock, and though it wa s :absurd to eat again at six,, Lilian Wanted to see wvho were at the tables ; but my pretended illness..sived soe, and, what was more important, saved the two-dollars for the hack Eire in Boston. ' ji ; * - " What shall we do when we get home V asked- Lilian; ss we sat that evening in the: cabin of the steamer. , " We shall live on lov( for years to come," I replied,; with enthusi asm. ".Of ccfurse, we shall do that," she -added!; but thought s ie dicTnot seenj to, be exactly p]ease 1 with'the diet.' "Shall we board or keep house?" -^ . " " Which do you prefei, my dear Lilian V I asked, for tJiongh we had discussed this -qiiestiori befpi-, she had not been?:.jhS to make np her mind. " If we can board at'tl e Severe House, or at. Mrs., ^eek imith's in Beacon sfreei, I-' would rather board* '., ; ' It would not be poss ible to ob tain audi -rooms ps would suit H8 at the Revere House,it ihis-season of the year ; and I-heard a gentrle- inan in Washington say that Mrs! aimrt^ had to. along. that only one grade below Beac m Street for twenty. / exjiect'ed sie would i say ten, or at the most fiieen dol lars, but, poor }'.dear'ma i" I sup pose she needed the rjaone ?, to deck out (he next dtiughtet for the sacri fice.- \T could not objeict. , /t, was all in the family; but /tktermined , to find5 aJ house Iwith! ail possible di.spitch. ii I went to the Jbankj and took! my pjace. I flatter myse)f tl at-J" |was ismait, for-/ won the apnobatioa of e'tu Mr. Bristlebach. I o^ada,, no -.mistakes. 'I was liot -nervous. Whun I drew my montl ;s salary ofone hundred aud fifjty dollars] all but ibo^t twenty'dpllai-8'if it wjent in to the purse ofi " dear i.ua," (for board which would halve jeen high ut den. dollars a'^welnk. Thongh Xiilinu comnlained of the nccomoda- tion she said nothing;about house-- -- keeping. / m^de some inquiries," i an'dTfound /^could board setter, jfor1 , halft.th'e priea I *a^ p lying. I ' Ither^said 5onie,thirjgabou engaging rooms.i nea.rer to >the. bi^nk. iVIy.; dear) wifeprptested.^ She could :iot jleave "dearm'a's,'! whjere -she l.ad^ all tueicomforts of a homi,- and was' -iii ber own" family, /i'sa k that (he was la party to the - swir die ; ^hat: " dekr ma" had instructed^ her seljiat to djo and what to. say J (To be continued.ll. 'I- B axter was on ojie occasion, broiight before Judge Jeffries.. "R.chard," Said the' britid ehief- ' ' ce, " I see a-roguo! in thy fuce.'^ lad not known befprf," replied" "I Baxjter, rbr, that icy face Wig a mir-