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>Ue* Il4iplace to 3 f / L -1 -t --- -.. i rKs. 1 te oriBJ to fcr signed ELS, lets 'Also i UNGS. Tl* n* f * ** w*olc >'0 05 } -, BUSINESS CttllDS. B.IOVKW il. B., M. ._ .. o p. .s. -K'lrKltnalp or Trinity -iL*. Momhat oX'oUtRootruysicUns ^aSorrPons. ork-o-sn-.d Uo-idenee-^ ' t.ih>rlok SlN^t. *.i"ros. In -Iluv houso ,-*$ occupied !y K- '-I'"'-. KJ- ' DK. Tt. MORROW, Physl- ctftXk.'tfarjrovwi, *coI llcllevuo Ool- . v v5w^pr*,sfsot.ir*dii.t<^t Victoria rSlA iOAU.iia-- C\uitillAtlon di\ys- Sr.SkjiA'wl FrlJayv tmin x> a. m, IHI ifni KeWenoe-AVesV Bower itroct. w* ut* HENDERSON* Convey- ancer, *e..-%lso- Agenf. Canada _ AMOimro Ccv: \ .'Poeds, MorlRsici-s, ^d"prp*red neatly, VromjHty correctly aod OU' rea.on irde : tcrni*. Monov to i^na an Mortgage- security. Office OlUfO* Hpuse. Acton. tf \ T B- MATHESOX. Attorney- iMW #-----tj^r-, Qqtrgtttrr rn--TJ'fc*neeTj,: vjc, <'(Hoe Corner of Main and Ciiurcti (treat*. <2orsTetowli. T. W. COOi*EB, Provincial Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer, Gu'elpii. Orders by mall promj.tty nttradvd to. *- >-: wil] nnd-*bij :NAB. H :ti: MS ;on. Ien inds,~*SM U Bard TSmel rofSPj liobetbe^f IStore,, A*m [. IVIDIAW. Bnerrister. ,\tvorner.y-,t--L>aw Sollciror In cnry. ^ic.-U/B<se: Hamilton. Ill Knj ure<*t; Milton. Main street. Trio Mt'ton Ofliee wiU b-1 under tlio mans^re- 8ta;'of l>. \V. Caruptvtl.an I Mr. Laid- k- irtil art*nd at me" Hilton Office^ joaFtldsj- areacn weefc. ...TTESEY.li. DRAKE, . RtEi\rE igfjvt. erixpn. Aztnl for the Mercantile niidjVTaterloo. ^AU business entrusted to nl5 e-ire- will bo / filthfully attended to. Office ut Day's Bookstore,, tiuoipu. Orders Uy ;rna!l l^lMtorfU) Uuelpior.Hoou Po^t tfQee 1U receive prompt allenUon. i. . _ S.T^ DRAKE. PATENTStor INVENTIONS extVJiU-">u--ty-mn.I prot-H.Tly t-^c^re^l la C*ti*tii- the UniU" 1 *UiU-* aiij Europe. rorpHsi^i laitruclUTi-. Acntfy So oper- *Uoa;ea yejirs. . HESKV CJK.IST, ... . '__ ^UtrtWxi, CauaJs, '- Uec^vileai Knj^neer. solicitor of P* ' TlTILLitM W.VTU1KS, 1 mfrJtrr}itc llc*r ct Certiaratf* vdy. Rova! A^;OiutTiit-i::.} ; Bcilcess pil^Tite *ud cosGdt-iittnl' .-- TiHw ". thJ Post Uflo*. iHcawllitaffl, M RS. S. r.VBTEJt. tf*eier rMn>lf. Drawlns'aud Frrrh, iL'lmrcli-^ireer, Acton. 0LIVEKl,OZIEE,Hiasicrcr, " A#i'.n. i':it 'Kv-ry do-.'-.-:p;i'>u or H!*tninE actl Si'.:g!i-cn.-TU!C. d'Hie >>n las la-ts'. re't^>'.'.=.i;e u-rru^, 41a ^;i'_l.-fi4C- tlt*3 raaran;ti?d. - i---------- t U CTOS/FLOIE HItLS. I B.AE..VICKLIS', Proprietors. Ploar kzi-1 Fe.ed sl^rav? on hand. "whto- **le an-l reiiti'-: (riur.k: :m;l Clioppmg IMilv. CU for all tinii, of Gr ::u r^UEAP BREAD FOR THE MILLION B. 85 E. N10SLI1T -Bog to annouticr Uiat thcyhavo secured 1 tho services of n Ptirst-Glass Baker, Kn<\ thnt their Baking husinesa h now in full operation, iu the premises i nod b^i.Vrs. Hanna. '< {Bread will lw delivered daily at the houses in the village tuid vicinity. Wedding) Cakes; Tea Cakes, Pastry. Buris, &c, mnde in thevrry l>cst manner, and kept always on hand, good and freah. Also all kind-i of Couioctioncry, Bisouita, .Cheese, ic: The"patronnge of the public; is res pectfully solicitott. '..]-.- B. * E. NI0KL1N. .-(ctoia. Teb. 29. I87G. J AS. MATTHEWS ACTOX, ".: / CLERK 4-TH DIVISION" COURT, "Corjnr or HaXToy. lrr Coavoyaacor, Ccaaaissioaer ia Q. S. .; riro Insuranco Agott, " LUb lusumnco Ajront, Issner of Marrlace Licensee. -Aeent H0&07 to Laos or Sonw- Affont 2oa.troaI Tologrrayi. Co.' So'bts Collcctci on^OcaiaiBaiotL As.& G-oasral Ajc=.t, &c, &c. parties intrusting their hustness With flmcwjll be sstisfartorily <l<xll with. OtSce at the Post Office, Acton. .1- FTHOLLOPE CUAPMAX, __.. JL\l C:tt*elolhc"G.'T. Kai.way Suiln.i.. I ... , Kxceller.tarconin>Ja'.i..n f".- t lift ravel- j T3mn *i a | Bflrt ICnlTI OST AOOJON, ONT., THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1877. JOHN JAMKLV8 BBBHON. The minister said Inst night, said lie, " Don't bo afraid of givin', If your life, ain't nothing to othor folks,' Why, \xhaf a tho ubo of livin' t" j Ami that'i what I Bay, too, wifo, ay> It[ "TficTo's Brown, the minerablo sinner^ He'd sooner a beggar M.Htarvo than givo IA cent towards buying a dinner.'1 ' I toll you our minister's right, ho in, But I couMU't'quito dotermino, Whon 1 hoard him givin' it right i\ruleft, . j Just who Was hit by his sermon. | Of'Course-thoro couldn't'be n6miBtnke When he talked of long-winded prnyiri For.Samson and Johnston they sot and , scowled - j At every word ho was, snyin'i; ] And the ministor ho went on to say-, "There's various modes o* cheatin', And religion 's nsgood for every day As it is to bring to mcetin'; I don't thnk mueli of a man. who crivoa The loud Aniens at my preachin , j And spends his. time tbe fx>llow-m' week In cioAtin'-and oTcr-wachin'." j I guess that doao was hittor enough For a man like Jones to swaller. But I noticed ho didn't open his inouthj Not onco iifter that to holler. Hurrah, saya I, for'the ministor Of course: I said it quiet, Give uiTsonro more of this open talk, 1'ta very refreshing diet. The minister hit 'cm every time, ..And when he spoke of fashion, Ami n-nggin' out in bows and things, As a woman's ruling passion, I.couldn't help a winkin' And a nudgin' my wife, and says I "That's you," And I guess it &ot her thinkin', Say.SjI to'myself, that sermon's pat; Birt men is a qttoer creation, And I'm much afraid that tho most of the folks Won't take tho application, j Now if he had said a .word' about I My personal mode of sinnin', I'd .have gone to .work right: to myeelf. And not ait;here R-grjunhV. Jnst then the minister saysj says h.e, " And now I've como to tho fellers Who've lost this shower by using their friends / * | As sort o' moral umbrelltis. "Go home,"8nys he"andfindynnr faults, Instead of huutin' your bjrothers' "Go home," says he, "and wear the coats You'vo tried to fit on others." My wife she nudged, andj Brown ho wiuked, And there was lots o' lookiu' at our pew ; It sot my blood a-bilin', Says I to myself our minister - Is gefctiir'.a little bitter I'll tell him when rmeetin's out that I - Ain't at all that kind of 4 critto: LIVING TOO FAST, D^B^^^^^AH Descriptions of Bindinc Xeatly Executed. De* Hoi*l- 1= aiLt-J an'- m rirsi-ciai-s i:Ti6-VUS lie'- ircrnlturo. Commercial! "TnTellen wl-1 flivl tod occ-ummojatlOJ) 3^ebramodi<iU3 SampieRtxirafir special - *:t*Etion pai i to tli wanl^i of the Lravt-i- UnypauJie^ Bar sappUev.1 _,g-illi Lrie best Ll<inor;.a!i<I rieir=. Wool. S;;ib;lug and >iiitlye Ho^iivrs. TTTM. TIEMSTKEET, - :1 Licensed Auctioneer- ,--j .A cotmi. Books of all Kinds Order. Made to Euliifif? Promptly Attended to. A* tke CoactleR of Weill ngton u.nd 'Hnl- j t-ri. OMffrs i-:t : at the r'xEr., Pm--?. Bisseey St. George's Square, Guelpl Ufflce, 'A.cton, or at'my' r<i!-vK-ncvi !" '-- B RoekTond, -will De promptly aLiei)iJe',-io1 Tsrms reasonable. iiixox M 'PLAMIN&3 MILLS. , J..R- -MITCHELL, : - . - Manufacturer r>f Sash, Doors, ^Blindsl Mould- loss, Door and,Window Frames, Piclcets, f tc.. US' Order? left at the Free Press Office will receive prompt attention. rpRAVELERS Life and Accident INSURANCE COMPANY _ Of Hart lord, Conn. PUuisvj, Scroll Work and-: ifdlcftinr; Done, i-o Order. ^ O" Blinds accents per foot. "tJJ ^11 work 4*Hvered j|i. ^4cton free. Order* left at Seccird :Bros. will be promptly attended to..- .' . .'j imten, June G, 1876.* - 50, iy YP'U'l'Up Ca.*h Capli'il... CojOl A &*els............ SaYplu* for protection Poltcy-h'/iderM....... Deposit irith Dominion Gop- ernmeht. .'............-v v lJfQ.OOO ... scoo.ooo .of '... I,170i855 w AS IX THE EAST- GREAT SLAUGHTER IN L.BATHEB--' At inmiense 'quantities of i leather is be "iR manufactured into harness jor tho' Artillery .UorscSf. tns prices have cinseqnently gone upJ ; XeV'^-thtless s, fe. coo^s: ^ prepared to finHsh ail particles in ,s ths line o .' SoMt*, Sa4dXB7T*nalw, Etc., *t as reasonable rates ar ever. He is a I'^tieal wxjrkrnai^ and ready t fill all orderg as quick^ as good, and as cheap **" All work gnarinteed. "Ea teepatrmg promptly attended, to. 4 good stock:of Harness, Whips, crosUei, Qombs, etcr, always on hand. E- K. COOK. SES? ** Grades 32. ' Tbe Travelers is a STOCK COM- j-PAN Y and writes Life Policies upon I the Low Kata all-cash plan. Nq un- ; certain promises of impossible "divi- dends/'bat a redaction of the pre mium at. the outset; equivalent to a " dividend " in adVance. The Xrav- elers writes Life and Accident Poli cies combined as cheap as most ] Companies write life policies. 1 'It is f the largest Accident Insurance-Corn. 1 pany in the world, taking written 436,000 policies add" paid in actual cash - benefits to accident policy bjolders alone over $2,565,000. .An accident policy costs but a trifle. No medical examination required. Get a policy and share in the general benefit. d F. RUSSELL., PistnctrAgent, ^3 Adelaide SltreetgEait, Toronto. WILSOiV lKWIN,8pp<ial. Agent mo BEEEDEKS, The young thoroughbred Durham Bull "Duke of Kent," bred by Mr. Stane, of Qtielph, <rat of the imported cowT'Snltana the 7th "; by "3d Dnk of- Springwobd," (see 3d vol. Canadian Herd Book) will /serva cows .on the premises -nt'the undersigned, lot 24, 1st con. Esqnesing. Terms :For Durharns ieriilri. ALEX. WALDIE. Eiquesing, Feb. 1, 1877. , 31-3ra OR THE Confessiofis of a Bank Officer. " Yes, I remember," replied Mrs Oliphnnt. " I don't bike boarders,, but I was willing to db what X: could for Lilian's comfort and hnppi^ neBS." "You wen.*, madnm; and I was very grateful to you for your con sideration, both to Lilian and to me. You intimatod that it would not be convenient for ypu to take us to board, but you were williug to sacrifice your' own comfort nnd your own feelings to oblige us. I was very sorry indeed tlijtt the cir cumstances compelled us to tresjwtss upon your kindness. Ypu did us a favor for ' which, I shall never cease to be grateful. But 1. did not feel willing to compel you to Biib- mit to the inconvenience of board ing us any longer than was 'aoso- gratitude found a lutely necessary. My compelled! me, when I house, to Ukp it, nnd relieve you at once from all the care and res*^ ponsibility which your self sacrific ing nature had imposed upon you." . " And without even permitting! me tp see the house in which I \vaB to live !" exclaimed Lilian, coming to the assistance of her mother, who Keenied.to be thrown into disorder by my tactics. \ . " I did not suppose it Jvns pos- siLlejfor any one, eveH.Jwith your refined taste; Liliun^'tof object to sue.h a beautiful little house. But I was obliged to hire if on the instant, or lose it _-Another man would have taken it iri less; than half an hour. It is_so near your mother's that you can come to see her half-a-dozen tiuie8| a day, if you please. "But I will never live in that house," protested Lilian; with more energy than I thought the occasion i required, though I could npt help adoring her while her cheeks glow ed and her eyes snapped. [ ._- "Don't say rthat, dear; Lilian. Yoir should endeavor to conform to the wishes of your | husband," mildly interposed the suffering parent. . " Doubtless he has, done all for the best, and perhaps youV will like the house after) all."" - " I know I never shall like it," snapped tbo divine Lilian; -which: WR8 88 much as to say that Bhe was fully'determined not to .like it. " Mrs. OHphant, would you do me the favor to walk oyer to the house with mef I suggested to the affectionate; mother., " No'* I would ratbjer not. I never step between man' and wife/' replied she. with praiseworthy reso- lation, " I do not wislj to Bee the house: - This is an affair between yoriVand Lilian, and it is my duty to be strictly neutral.' .'"But I hope you appreciate my motives f .." I cannot Bay that I do," -Bhe answeretl. " I think a man should consult his wife before ho hires and furnishes tho house .in. which ehe.U to spend! a. great dual moro tiuio than hor lniBband." '"" I wish to Biiy to my readers that I'l heartily endorse Sirs. Oliphftnt's position. A man ought to consnilt his wife about the houso in -which sho ib to spend inoro of her time than he. It ia eminently proper, right and just tlmt he should do bo ; but I beg to call tho attention of the critic to my unfortunate poai- .1 tion. Lilian was an angel (in my ' estimation); her mother was not an angel. The daughter was a mere doll J. am writing after the lapse of years. She was completely tinder the control of- ber mother. ' What I suspected then,,. I .knew afterwards-rthat Mrs. Gliphant intended to have ub aa permanent boarders. Mr. OHphant had long been run ning behind-hand under the heavy expenses of his extravagant family income, or . the two unmarried daughters could no longer hold their position, in society. They triust dress, or be banished by their own vanity from tho circle in which they moved a circle. -which, con tained husbands. They could not take strangers as boarders, for the house was not fit to accomodate them ; but a son-in-law would sub- mit in silence, while a stranger would rebel. I was a victim. If I proposed house-keeping, my plan would be' condemned,' as another boardingplaco had been al ready- Perhaps I persuaded my self into the belief, under tho neces sities of tho occasion, that I was hiring and furnishing the English basement liouso an a pleasant sur prise to Lilian. If I did, it was a j comfortablo delusion, for .it was really only a scheme to escape from the clutches of my mother-in-law, and to avoid the martyrdom of tny situation on Tremont street. Per haps the reader will forgive me after this explanation. If he does not, it is not the worst of ray errara, and I would thank God most de voutly if I, had no graver sin to answer for. I told Mrs. Olipbant that I had hired a house which was rather bet ter than I could afford; that I had furnished it at an expense which was beyond my means, in order to please Lilian. I said something maro about the " pleasant surprise," and was positive I that no bank officer of my degi-ee hud so fine an establishment. I repeated all I had said ubout not imposing upon self sacrificing nature. But all I sajd seemed to fall flat ujion her ear. She was not touched by my devotion to her daughter; on the contrary she was disgusted with me, as I read her sentiments in hpr face, for Bhe did not utter them. ' I Lilian felt that ehe h^d an able champion in her mother, and she said but little. Still professing en tire impartiality, Mrs. OHphant read me a lecture on the improprie ty of my conduct, frequently inter polating the discourse with the statement that it was none of her business, though, us I had asked her aflvice (which I had not), she felt obliged to be candid with me. Sho and Lilian seemed to under stand each other perfectly, and while tho latter resoliitely refused to occupy the house I had prepared for her reception, the former mildly and often declared that a wiio should submit to - her husband. Lilian knew what to say so as not to implicate her mother in. any im proper reniurks. I think my wife loved me almost ns mucll as Bhe feared her mother.. I am Mire that Bhe would iiavo accepted the situa tion with pleasure, if she had not been under her " dear ma's" influ ence. ' What could I do? I bad well- nigh ruined myself in fitting up the house. I was vexed, and aa the conversation proceeded I. began to grow impatient. - Finally I left the house to. buy some cigars, I Slid, but in reality to find an op portunity to think over my situa tion. I did think: it over,- and I did not buy any cigars, for I -was not allowed to smoke, them, even in the kitchen. Lilianj would yield at- once,. if.- Bbe; could, escape her mother's influence. As it wasy I must fight the battle with both; of them. I walked .across the common,' thinking what I should do, 'Ifrl submitted this time, 1 should not only be obliged to bear the priva tions to which tho piipnants sub jected themselves in'order to main- their social position,, but I " Perhaps the person who want- I The president looked stern when - - .. . ,jLj -r-. - .- .. . ed tho houso you have hired would be willing to take it now, ;and purchase the furnituro you-iave pat into it/'Buggostcd Mr* OH- phant when tho Bubject was re sumed. - Perhaps he would, but my idea just then was that he would pot have the opportunity to do so.' :" I think notj the party witi wanted it would have furnished it at half tho expense I have incurret I," I replied. " i i | ....... " Couldn't you'let! it as a furnish ed houso ?" she added; .,.!','.'.. [-' " My lease does not permit mo to under-let it." -I- " I think it would be crudl' to take Lilian away from her i own pleasant home, when sho wishes to remain here no much," continued Mrs. OHphant, a little moro sharp ly : than sho had yet! spoken. " But, of course, it is none of my business, and I do not wish to interfere between you." j| Aite^ supper, I saw Lilian alone in' our- room. She was as resolute hb h little tiger,; She positively refused to go into-the English basement house, or to; :haye any thing to do with .it. ,'-;>,/H "I think you have insulted jmy mother," she added. ..-! ' " Insulted her!" I exclaimed, rather startled by this new charge, which had evidently been put into her brain by " dear ma." ,"She has made her arrangements toaboard us, and now you want, to go away."', / '".' -' __" She hasn't made any arrange ments at all. Not an article of fur niture has been added to the house." " She says she has, and I think ahe kndwa best," retorted Lilian, sharply. " You have spoken to me ev^ry day for a month about furnishing our room." ! I " I think we ought to furnish it." 1 " And pay thirty dollars a week for our board ! I don't think so," ) I replied, and this was about.the first time I had ventured to disagree with her. - . "Mother says: she boards, us cheaper than anybody else would," snapped my pretty ona "Now you insult her for her kindness to u.s." 1 " "I have already Explained my position to her. ' I did not mean to insult her, and I don't think my conduct will beat that construction. But, Lilian, the b'ouBe in Needham street is all ready for us, 1 have even hired a servant girl, who is there now." " I will not go into it, Paley.i If yon wish to abuse my mother,-you can, but I will not. 1 am you have ceased to love me." '-".I have not ceased, to love you, Lilian," I replied, putting my arm around her. neck and kissing her. Then I went over the whole ar gument again, and if I.did not con vince her that I had ;not insulted or wronged her. mother, it whe'be- cause her fears set logic at nauglit. '.' You-will sell the furniture and give up won't you, Paleyl" said she, in her mpBt fasci-- n'nting way. "I would if I could, Lilian, ]but the die is cast. -I-must, go or I am ruined." : Suddenly, in.a fit pf passion, she shook my arm from her neck, and shrunk fiom'me. -, "For the last time, Paley, J say it, 1 will never go into that house." | "I am sorry, Lilian/ I replied, 8dly. You do not aft like the loving wife you have ulwayfl^beeni" 1 "I will not . be' inulted any longer." : - . V.: " Very well, Lilian ; I am going to. move into the new house to morrow." '.* ' ! "What!" exclaimed she, agliast, for she evidently did not believe me capable of such rebellion., " I shall go to ' the new houso, to-morrow, after bank hours.; If yon will not go with me, I cannot help it; and I must go alone." "Do you mean to say that you will desert me ?" gBBped she. .- " Lilian, I will not pretend to say that what I have done is right, though 1 did it to .please you., j Tinve provided you a home much better tWn the home of your par' enta. I have done everythir-'.-J could to make it. comfovtatV-*n." pleasant. I am aorry T J,rt,m* entered that' soiiie against Die. the room, and 1 realized charge: was pending ," I did, siri : It is pot manly iri him to accuse nip q:' {$1.0.0 per annnin in Advance, very if .steal- CHAPTER ! V. A BiJtADOW OF SU8WOION. I had I hot sinned against tho bank: in tpougbfc;word, or deed, and ing simply because I rpfuked to / hire any more teams of hhn.j Since II was married I jh'avo .found it nc- ' ce8sary to curtail i my expcnsjjs.'^ Do not attempt to dodge the issue, sir." ' ;v | r ' I am ready ' ^o, look the: issue I had ndtfeare of the'result of'arir fairly.in the'face/ interview with the president. Y|>u my sorrows related-to my domestio fess it 1'. I difficulty, which was'hardly banish-1 ' I affirm it. } don't.confeps it.' ed from my mind for a moriient, - ' Since you had it, perhaps you though I did try to imagine what J'vill not deem itli.mpertinent in' me , Mr.1] Bristlebaoh: 'cbiild, possibly I want of rne. Whatever pecuniary 'trouble stared me in the face, I had never even been tempted to appro^ priate a, penny: belonging to' tho bank. "I-" - ; ' ' " Mr. C[lasswood, I have Bent for you," saidj Mr. Bristlebnch, sternly. " Yo3| sir; and J am here," I re plied very respectfully. " When did you balance ybur cash last i" . :. f- " Yesterday afternoon." " Did ii come out right V "Yes Sir," I replied witbj^the utmost confidence.'1 - X " Close'the door, if-you please." I dtd so, and though Mr. Bristle- bach did not often .Cake the trouble to spare anyone's feelings, this order looked ominous to;me.. I woiild give all my earthly hopes at this moment for the consciousness of the rectitude jof my ^character which I possessed at that; time.' I shut the door, and. took my stand again in the august presence of the - great man he was great to me, if he was'hot'to others. "Mr. JGlasswood !" continued Mr. Bristlebach, sternly. : -' I bowed meekly, to intimate that I was ready to hear anything he was pleased to say. " Your eash is not right." ' "It waa right yesterday, at three o'clock," i! answered. "If it -Was right at three, it was not at five. I advise you, Mr. Glasswood, to make no denials to any statement whidh you know'to be true. You are a defaulter, sirt" [* Trouble^ nerer come singly.' It was not enough . that I, should quarrel with my aDgelie wife, butl must cross words with Mr. Bristle- bach, who wasn't angelic. I might as well find, the deep water off Long Wharf ana drown myself. What would X.ili in say if I did t Would. 8be care 1 .Or would she only be Bhockedt Bad as it was, the affair at the bank did. not. seem half so desperate'a!s the quarrel with Lilian. I bowed my head meekly-to Mr. Bristlebach's charge. I was inno cent, and it did not make much dif- Borry ) ference to me what the president said. ' Under the Shadow, as I was, of a heavier woe than this, it really did not seam worth while to defend myself. I .'.".. , ." I say you are a defaulter, Mr. Glasswoodl" repeated the president, more severely than before. ' ' No, sir, 1 am not," I answered, very ^mildly. " Have you the effrontery to deny,the eiurget"... " Yes, 8 r, I have." " You hive'roobea 'fhe'barik of twelve huidred tfftllarjsy:t least; and howrruch more I don't know." " No, ? s ir; .1 have not robbed the bank.of twelve hundred dollars; nor of oyen a single cent." .. " I am surprised that you. should have -the hardihood to deny the qharge..- Snail I call-on your uncle, who is one!of your bondsmen;?". t "If youIjilease, I do noc object,". I replied ; and I think I should not have objected to any thing. " Perhaps . you will make, the bank good ypurselfl" sneered Mr. Bristlebach. ~ " I dau't owe fJhe bank a penny, sir.. .-...-. " Mr. Glasswood-i sit down '." I sundown, . . " Li8ten,to mo, sir!^;- ' to ;ask where ypujyou-got-.it ?'jeneer- ed Mr. Bristlebach, who, seemed to | be as certain that I had robbed the bank as though he had already proved thq charge. - j - ' XTnder the circumstancesj sir,! ' jahould not deerij^ it itnpertinient,' I replied, coolly; |and,,'under, ihe in fluence of my domeBtic trouble,: I felt rather reckless/ _' Well sir, whlei-e did yqu get it V ' I borrowed it.' j ' PreciBely so.!'- Borrowed it of the bankT. '.:..' ~ :. - I. ^ ." I beg your pardon^ Mr. Bristle- bacbj- but there is o, wido gulf be, tween my premise and your conclu^ aion. I <]id not borrow the bioney of. the iiahk. If I had, Moubt- less the paper I offered would have passer} under your.eye.? :' 'Mr; Glass Wood; your tone1 and manner do not please me.' :| ;' I hope you will excuse me, sir, if I vantnre to aay that the charge yon make against me dotja net please me.'- ' " J . * Will yon tell me of whom you borrowed tho money T. ' | 'With .pleasure, sir. Of roy- Aunt RaoheL' |" looked sharply at me. He seemed to be a little staggered at something, though, of course, I did not suppose [lie beUeved me. : He askejd me twenty questions j about my 1 aunt, all of which I answered.-, with a greater regard for the truth than I. waa in' the habit of paying to that sublime virtue,' t i ' Mr. Glasswood,' your . cash is twelve hundred' dollars short,' I added, ','-:. '.I was not 'ajware of the-fact,* I replied. ' . I " After you went away yesterday, il 'made, a strict examination of your department, and yor^ have Jheard the result.' ' : ;.|' ' I was surprised at the announce ment, and, o course, I could, not disprove the asserttion..' j 'I can jonlysay, sir, that I left it right at three o'clock yesterday,' I added. \ - 1 , 'Do you doubtjmy statement V "Certainly not, sir; but f[ do not understand it. ;- 'The fact that yon had ajthon- sand dollars, or any large sum about you, and that you recklessly exhibi ted it in the dining room of a. hotel was. quite enough! to excite my sus picions.' I ' 'If I had stolen the money, I think L should not havei. been'so stupid aa to exhibit it. If I know > '.' But you did show it.'! j 'I did show it; but itf was not stolen.' .-.- . i '-X think it was; and when I heard of the circumstances, Ijspent hiy afternqqn here in makiujg the investigation. Perhaps yqr -an put me in: the way of verify in<.your statement that you bdrrfjvel the money from your auptf; I shallbe very i^d; -to po^so. My aunt lives in ftiringhjayenj. She will show j on iny1 note.'1.- : | I lister.e " I have -, ,_^ nut-it' la without your ^nowlerJ-^^. If acne'^.CalP0tUoReayear'or yoil will live in^ b ^ ^j so, and then ^o nQ m(W** J . leave it.,.,. 1' . '. : ill not move into it!" said tain must forever be the willing slave,r| ;.^at nigfitinTitter misery' "dear ma.". I could not eijj^^.^ w the thought- If the famij^^^ to live on tough beef ant^j^ { it was their affair r the ^h OTuld not Rtand it.waa thafc j, de. LmI de'lber^d it. Iwent back I cided not to stiffened for anything I to the nc^occl t almost that rr^ heflrt fo ^iuk of oppo8 P^Uian. you. <(I . : uaore bitterly than ever.- X went "out of the house, and Iked'.the streets until eleven -' " :' ' I returned'home. Lilian told, me ever so-many things her mother had| said, and'was>fit-mer thanCerer.. The next, nlorniiig when I went to the bank I felt like a hopele&s mar tyr. .. i - ," Mr. Bristlebach. wishes to seo you in the; directors' room, Mr. Glasawood," aaid the mesBeriger'to I me, ! worked-rthe Cl*se. ^d undei-standl it pe-ect'y- 1 am " formed that tvtee..pr four weeks aco you hi.f'in yur pocket several hundre.H0!1" Perhaps a, thou sand .-ollHijflo'r.'njore, continued j Bristlebach, whose looks si ^oll as his words were intended to carry confusion to my sbuL "Will yon do me tne favor to say whether]found or not' this sjtatement is true!" ' 1-elock Beecher. The'name of .'the great diyire of Brooklyn has not.been iri the'rewa- papera much lately, for.the memory __ of bis troulile'B'.is fading oat gtfadu-: I ally. Whether guilty or. not, Mr. . Beecher has-recovered his pari ially'-.-. lo?t standing. His church iscrowd-^ : ed regularly aB5of-yore,'and- h.8.rev- | ' cent lecture tpisr waa the grandest .--J ovation.irer gEve.ii a ma"n. *Erezy-;.- where his halls' were crowded, peor pie coming' hundreds of miles, to see hiui.'r He stands as-well as he ev^r ever did in'thd popular estimation,' though the loss of friends worries him immensely. Tilton is lestiir- ing in California with no rerr ark- able snecess; Mrs. Tilton is keepiirg boarders with-)' her.'mother: and is '; very poor, Besfeie Turner i3 ent rely - forgottefi, and is, no one ktiowa where, Frank1 Moult on has gone back to his old business, the salt trade, to', re-b^ild his fortunes wilich were terribly irnpaiied by his c hiv- ' alroris standing by his friend, and Carpenter is painting pictures. - Tho great scandal id dead, ac d is ' :' never 'thought-,of-' except' when . divines like Dr. Bnddingtdn refuse: to affiliate vrith Mr. Beecher' as he: ' did last weekl Beecher is 'older than he Afras; ind .has- changed I for the woree. 'His hair is whitefAnd there is an anxious worried'- lpok about his face, which shows that the'trials, of the la'st five years hare told on him. 'But the indomitable spirit of the man keeps him up und he will doubtless' five""longer-, than any of bis opponents who were younger. People." differ as to his goodness-^ no one doubts his ghat- nesa. His ; sermons have the pld favor, though1 he -sees they taken .with many grains of all once by liis hearers. The scandal. hurt Kim,- if it; did not destroy h^m. And by the way who was in it that it did not' hurt. T ' Even if b*8 ;does show: mej yotir note and x isfblly proved that yon borrowed a thousand dollars c f her, that'*"! not explain how yon * aish -jiipperistobe -twelve hundred dol-r lars short.' - "- ;'Perhaps I can explain .tht t "my self, if you -will-allow me to ex imine my. drawfer-yM replied. '. ; ; Just then a light flashed through my mind, andl recalled-itniniudent which had occurred-just after tho closing of.'the back on the preced ing day, I which my private griefs had driven out of jmy head. . Fl uu- iderstood it .all then, and I wis But-, f taBed-that 1 should-utterly corifoiind jdr: Bristlebach, though I w,as at -.' The sum in my pqckef-ljbok wasc brio thousand dollars," i] replied, beginhihg to gather up a jlittle light oh tbe'sub ject.-.";'. ...; , , ' i. ": A thousahd.dollars! Very w'ellj sir! I ani glad you have not the effrontery to!'deny it:' 'Bank officers .in. your situation do' not Usually carry a thousand dollars about with them/f : " I 'do wl en I have it to carry, sir.":'! /'^ :.-.. ..." Don't bi> impudent, Mr. Glass- wpodj' : Wil I : you .deny that this Burn was abstracted from the fuhdB of the brink |!"- '; v ..-. ': " Certainly I shall' deny it, sir. Did Mr. Sbaytop inform yon that I had taken it from' theibehk V ; '" Who said anything about Mr. Shaytop V demanded he, sternly. is and Through the same time in danger of con founding the cashier,';. Buf the was striking nin'e, and it was 'time to open the bank. '.Theife was not; time to count the cpsh i and J did not care tq expose s| little 1 irretrHlarity on the part of tna-'cnHh-- ier, by: telling what I knew. '!'Mr. Bristlebaoh bib his liji looked at the clock, the glass windows; of the directorB room,! he saw r .man, eorae in with ,a. a.-check in.biR hahdj He wasj eridently delibem^gitpohthe propriety of permitting rae, to.dis: charge.my,'duties for the forenoon, We'were one handshort; andj there -w&8;noone to,take myiplnop. " 'Mr, Glasswood, yoii will riot go out of the bank; even rfor;a'mo rnent, j until this matter is settljed-- :Gbte your place, and, as soon as the bank closes,.-wo will count the cash again in .your presence.'-' j | ( To be continued,) I ' ! I Cnnnks of Wisdom. ' j. - Industry is the key to snecees. i A philosopher cannot reason with a chili i, ':. - . i- If yon want Rood neighbors, be one yourself. - , . . j ' Bebt makes soma people rich arid others poor. . . " Trne charity conBiBts moro in doing than in giving. It iB easier & talk information into a child; than iivbeat ifrnorarice out:" ! -When children rule their parentsj it is! tinje to break up noBsekeepinrf. -.;.;- ! Never talk abont yonr neighbors n n- lesa; ypu have sometlung. good to say. "\Ve are ever ready to acknowledge what is right, but seldom ready to do it.. If we can be polite and agreeaole abroad, why can we not be bo .'at home! If everyone depended npon boriosv- ing, -nobody wpiiltt. have anything to lend. . .. .' -' If. you- don't want to go without a" ifirein a etorm, cut your wood iri a.cl< ar day. Dollars are spent for.riseless. clothinf, - where- pennies are spent for useful. knowledge:; . A Tinngry mail needs a loaf of bre id,. rather than a lecture on bad economy, or misfortane. ' . "I - -- Some people talk about jkeGping-their temper ; would, iti not beia good thing if they should lose it altogether. True politeness doe3 not. consist in ^contempt and neglect for-the'.degraiied, .but in trying to-reform -and rechutn- .them. _ ' "'_ I ' J An expensive wife' makes-aipen- sive husband. ,."'": - '" The man at the wheel ha a stern duty to perform!.. ; It is not "good for a man, to be alone; he'must^buy a dog..' I. . An. Irish painter )vriiiDiinbed to an Irish journal that, among other portraits,.he had .1 representation of Death aa large as^life. ; Lord Macauley riiade a rnle to pay all debts within twenty=four hours. Whieb rejninds ns that we : haven't a/Macauley amohgst mi: A Mexicangirl living at Tuscelo . hasi three welt developed- arms. She, can do up. her hair without cramming; hei .mouth' full of haic . Pin.8:,'--" r.' y ' : - .'"' ' v. '-' . A!.-philosopher wjio -went to-a '-church where the poople cane in ivlutesaid.it was," the f-i'slrien thi'i-je for! nobody to go till, everybody got tll'ere,"- ,. '"'! .-.'.. , A man in ?Jfw York, -wishing tor bo witty accosted rri old. man-'.asJ follows : !' You titko all, kinds of. trumpery in your cart, don't -you;]" "Yes, jump in.!" \ - -. .-r - A man outneaV Oswegc has got into trouble by devoting himself too- olosely to a-sewing niaobiiie.. Slie, was seventeen years'old-ard lie was"' nearly forty/; _ . . Those were merry old tljiys'when5 it was accounted the"proiier thing'.'. Tor a gentleman who toqlc snuff from a voung ldy"6 snnff'boi. imraedinte- Iv to exclaim, with a bbw!,-"I-kie-s- youl"- " j ,-i; .- . A remark! of Josft -Billing's : 1: kno ov'people so fond- oy contra-. - dicksliun that it would not surprise me at all to! hear theuy; disputing with a guide board-j&bout the dis tance to 'the next town." ' " I am a 'broken man/' said n : poet. "So 1 "shouldithink,"-was th^. answer.; "for I have seen your pieces." *