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f .., v-:: c i - '** m ^ m X I Telanie II. Xq. 50-Whole No. 103 ACTON, ONT., THURSDAY, JUNE 1877. 1} VSIXKS^ OA liDg. _1C HEAP HllEAB W..&3!&&-.P&&} FOR THE MILLION C*llec*. Mo'^'H^rof CVUei*of iHiysiohuis ' . ^nd J*urreon*. Qm.ce aiul KcsUleiice - yren^Ttct stiom,- ^--ToN^m iho house 1 ~------* aHlj occupied ty li,mtlo, Ki^. ' B. & E, NICKLIN DR. R. MORROW. I'hysi- cian. Sunrcuu, 4o.,o! ltsfllipvue Col- l.Nevr YorS.aisoUraiUinto ot Victoria "cg o announce ha thov have secured :d. Oil;**. Canada. Consultation days Tas>lr*,lnJ KrUlay*.1 from 9 a. int. I'll p. m. Residence; West Bower street, ACTOS-________ "" '| - - i DHKXOERSOX, I Convey- m nncc^ ac, u!s^- Arl*ivt. O.mHota L,li .\<s.irt'\ce Co. IWds. Mortg*iii-s, #a_ prep,\re.l ne:;t"y, prin-.>Uy enovcily ni on re**.intble terms. Money to 1jOii oa Mortgage security. Olllce .Glasgow House. Acton. - ' t" 1>. MATHEsiOX. Itlornev. . al-L,.i\T, Solicitor in fUancefy, *c. -ijfacs Coraer of Main aud Church treats. Oeorsetown. rjV W. COOPER, Provincial Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer, Guelpri. Order* by mall promptly attended to. ho services of a First-Class Baker, and lia their Baking business is now in full operation, in the premises on nod by Jfrs. Hanna. Bread will ho delivered daily at the houses iu the village andvicinity. "Weddinw Cakes, Tea CakGB, Pastry, Buns, &c, made in~the very best manner, and kept always on hand, good and fresh. A so all kinds of Confectionery, Biscuits, Cheese, &c. - __* 1 The patronage of tho public is res pectfully solicited. .4cton. Feb. 29, B. 4 E. 1S76. XICKLIN. WM. LAIDLAW, Barrister. Attorney-jit-L-aw Solicitor in Chaacory, J*. Offlc-s: K:\niiIton, 10 K^ns RtrV^t^ MUton; Main stn?tt. The . MiUoa OSlce -will b* un-Jer the tuauaco- t - K&w&ISt1*- -- JAS. MATTHEWS H E>ET L. DR1KE, rops, Moia*. fpans, rfic,K IJiSCfitVrE IGEVTi srtLPH. I Ani for:t'ii M-'rcinvile and;Wyrf?rloo. ' All Saslaes? -nlru>:evi :o4iis i^re^iU to '-fsl'Ui fully allemWdL.Io. ;UtlVae al.'Day'i t$oolC6Lore, \l-.:eri>n. Oriler^ hy -mall iJ.re5s--l to G.-. -<pu or lx*m l'o.-l UGJco will receive r-roiupl a::entl in. h; L. t)R.\KE. P.WEX-TS for INVENTION'S ex 'e iiVi i.i-ly :i".d pr >vfly >eeun-d i T C Ul t^i i, tlie I* :i:;*_* i SUil'-s uiid Europe. luteal iar.i:ited or no enar^e. Send 'or prim- ; ;a~LIi:e:ion*. ^L.-'neviiioper. atiJU lea years. HKN'HV GIVI-^T, O:; i\va. C:iu:ida, T4ec ^lle.n E:i^ine^r,.So.icl:or of P* ttatsa^l Drau^ii'frman. w ILLIASl WATK1NS, liter HarHaje lIccwm ^t t'rnificsln . vBy Koyal*^. oiiituit-nt.) Bjsinei-i p:lv;fte-"a:'.d;eonrMeiit!al 9 il ih Post u:a'.-i>V ltlenrM"'-inii County iiaiion. ' ;. , ; "| M ES S. CAKXtK. TexcberorMu&lr, Drawlnj; axxl F^enelu Church-*'.rfe!,'Act'>n. ACTON, CLERK 4-TH BIVtSION COURT, COCSTT OP HaLTOK. Coavoy&Ecer, - Coasiissionor in Q. B. Firs InsTiranco Agent, Issuer of Marri.iKe Licenses. A^ozt Honey to Loon or Borrow. Asrsat Mantreal Tele2satL. Co. TIIK T0Sl', INHTIUITV.I). Guard well thy lips ; nono, non can know ' What evils from tho tonguo may (low; What guilt, what grief may ho incurrod, By ouo iucautioua, hasty word. Bo " Slow to Speak," look well withia, To check what there, may lead to sin; And pray unceasingly for aid, Lust unawares thou bo betrayed. "Condemn not," "Judgo not," not to man Is given, his brother's faults to scau ; One task is thiuo aud ouo alono, To search -out aud subduo thiuo own. Indulge no-murmurings, or refrain Those lips so ready to complain; And if thoy can he numbered, count Of ono day's mercies tho amount. _ Shun vain discussions, trilling themes. Dwell not on earthly hopos or schemes Let words of meekness, wisdom, love, Thy heart's true renovation prove. Set God bofore thee ; every word Thy lips pronounco by him is heard ; O could'st thou realize this thought, W"hat care, what caution, would bo taught. " The time ia short," this day may bo The very last assigned to thee j So speak that shouldst thou ne'er speak more, Thou maj'est not this day's words deplore*. LIVING TOO FAST, Confessions of a Bank Officer. bite Leid, >S Icos, Cigars, IVEK LOZSEIt, Plasterer, Bo'bts Colloctei on Gomaissloa A-a Scnoral Agent, 5:e., go. \_/ Ajino, <j:it.--"H.-ery.l>crip -.Ion of P'H*Lrii AG 1 S-i-.i^h-Ci'-^'.^-w done oh the ni-^i rL*i^i::i61e l^rra -, i^J saUsfac- lin gUAr.i.n'lfeu. . CHAPTER XIX, A. CRASH IS COI-PEUS. I was worth forty-five bunrlred dollars while Bustumups were quot ed at fifty. Every day, while thoy hung at about this figure, I debatml with myself the policy of sibling, paying my debt, ur.d investing my surjdus in somo ' other concern. Perhaps I should have done so, if I had known of a company-, in which I could place entire confi dence. I missed Cormorin very much, for 1 needed his advice : und j lle"<--e' "w- , . ... ' . .T rlirln't. (V littlu BVirprisort to find that-1 lived in elegant stylo, ns hIio was pleasod to oxproRS it; but tlic.ii alio rogavdod tho Balary I received, which wub doablo what her minis ter had, ub princely in itseH. Sim ple aa was her viawa of economy, Bho did not accuse tuo of extrava gance. Lilian understood tho mut ter perfectly, and was all tenderness and devotion. One looming, after she had beon at our house three days, Aunt Rachel askod me if I knew a- cer tain Squire Towusend, u ' lawyer, whom Uio old lady bud boon uc quuinted with in tho early years of hor life. I had heard of him. Mo was an attorney of the old; school, aud I hoped she intended to muko her will while showus thus, kindly disposed towards mo. Sho> begged me to see tho old gentleman, and ask him to call upon her during the forenoon. ; - . ." Do you see much of Captain Halliard, Paloy 1" iasked-Tny aunt, as I was going out. j "1 see him nearly every day." " I -wonder ho has. not been up to see mo yet," added the old lady. I did not wonder. I had not taken the trouble to toll him that Aunt Rachel was at my hoiHG. "Do you wish to Bee liim!" I asked. " Not particularly. Ho has dono considerable business for mo." "I know it. He did som^ for you while von were sick." "' Did he 1" . " j '_ " H_e mado me, pay the thousand dollars I borrowed of you." " What, Captain Halliard !" ex-, claimed'the old lady, " Ho did." " Why, I didn't tell him to do that." " I know you showed me a power ot attorney from you, aud I couldn't have help ed mvKi'lf if I had \vished to do so j but I paid it, and it's of no cun.su- had come to regard him as an oraclo irr t,!ie mutual- of coppers. Ir looked like rcudni-s-j to sacri fice a stock which uiii^Iit go up to A CTOX FLOl R 5IILLS. B- & E. N1CKLIS, Proprietors. Floor an-i Feed always on band, whole sale aai revai:. Gri^'.ijig and Chopping Uail^. C-'aU 'or all kluJs of tirain. | . ParKesiiitrasting their business with rae will be satisfactorily dealt with. OfSce at the Post OtBce, Acton.. . "DOSSIN HOISE, latcbeat/ >xes |oounty; 1 ^lrJ5 " - \cton. way Suilioii. ElCSllf nt accommoiiiUon for tnetravel- n=e ps^n^ TUui CA-Ul'ltELL. l'roi>r. T\OHlXIOS UOTEL. Acton, /' Hj-*ber[. Agnew. l.-niprienjr,Tius do Howl Is uv.ed uo in lirsi-eufss style -with ne- .furnUure. Comia*H'eial T--5iV:iors vi irir.d^oi'l accomtuo latiou anil commoJloai ^imp:e ftooms. ;speel;tl ft'.fnation pal i n ill" wauw ot tiie iravcl- llng pn /lie,- - Bar >upp;ie.- wilhtne Le.-.t Liquors ai<i Cigars, lioot S-.ublios and attentive rTostlers.. WM. ilEMSTKEET, Ldcensed Auctioneer For the'Coantles irf Wellington and "Hal- ten- Orders 1-ft 2l the KEEK l'UESS , Office, Aclon, oj at my . residence, in Rocfeiro"d, wiiroe promptly attendet' to. Terms reasonable. -_,'"" eighty or a hundred, as the Bully- back hud, and though uiyjdebt worried me, 1 conld not make up my mind to let it go. If I could put ten thousand dollars into my pocket my fortune >.ould be made, for with this num I could operate on a large scale. . There nas no danger of another examination of my cash at present, and I was ___ Becure. But Bustumuj b didl not Jj^ TROLLiOPE CUAPM.4N, Ij advance as rapidly as I wished. : ' . 'They hung at about fifty. I -was Practical IBQOlsl3X31&r. l ^'^ tnat parties were investigating the condition of tho mine, and thut as soon as they reported, the stock wo/ld go up as rapidly aa Bally- hack had done. I wus willing to wait patiently for a week or two, wiille the stock about held its own. j It* trifling fluctuations up and down troubled me, but the parties i, ,, ,-, , , , , .,. ' . . f- ., . fully persuaded in my own mind who worked it convinced me that- , * ', . ^ , , . J , .,, that she intended to make a will, All Descriptions of Binding Jieatly Eiecnt^d. }. 'Account Books of oil Kindt Madt to UrJ<r. I didu|t mean you Ehould pay tlrat money. I shouldn't have cried if you had nevei- paid it. I'll t:tlk with Squire Towusond about it. Couldn't you take caro of iny pro perty-for mo just as well as your uncle 9" '. " Well, I suppose I could," I re plied, rather indifl'erently. " I never liked your unela very well. He is too sharp for the._ I'll see what can be done." :- " I wouldn't say anything about meddling with Captain Halliard, ut present,", I suggested, for I was s-oniewhat afraid of him myself. " I'll see about it; but I didn't mean he should tiouble you about that nionev. He'd no .business to proposed to sell, as I had promised myself that I would on the first ap- puurance of a decline. j " Don't do it," said the operator!.! " Wait threo daya, and you can take sixty, if not sixty-five, for. your slock. If you crowd it upon tho markot at onco, you will drive it down, and cheab youraolf out of twolvo hundred dollars." " But it looks shaky," I pleaded. " The best stocks in the market go up and down by turns. Wait till day after tomorrow, at least." I did wait, because I did .not like to havo twenty-five hundred dollars taken out ^of my pocket at- one swoop. Two days after, I was in. a fever of anxiety about my Bast- utnups. They had gone up and down under the influence of various rumorB, good and bad, and no one cduld foresee the end. I went into a saloon nearly filled with people, and there was a son- fimed jabber of'tongues all around me. Men spoke to me, and ailed mo.by name. I replied ruecl atii- cally, but I could not tell a mouent later who had spoken to-me. . "-But they ate a fraud," said a gentleman, seating himself at the table next to mine. - "Certainly they are," replied the other. " The Ballyhack mint has but they say there is not a particle of tietal on tho Bustumup track n< t an ounce ! The managers of tbis af fair ought to be indicted and sent to the State prison." " Merciful heaven* !" I eja. mlat- ed to mj'Bolf,. *' I am ruined !' " Ballyhack has gone do-cri to forty within half aa hour," added ouo of the gentlemen. ' . - " I heard a man offer Bustomupa just,now for twenty, and people didn't, but ho hiughed at him," added tihe other. :r of attorney "'I don'fc believe they will bring ten.". ._.- |_ "T?robably not. There is not a dollar Of value in them. The thing is an unmitigated swindle." The.jwholo of tho savaga truth was poured into my ears. A. mo ment, later, I heard somo oijie say urolup. etilent a ma- luse I it be illaina made tint the managers of the Bus Company haa found it conv to disappear. I was almOht mac. I cursed my (oily bee had not sold my slock when gan to look shaky. The^ who bad comforted me and promises that I should eo.l at sixty- were simply designing knaves, who had fraudulent!/ worked this stock up to sixty, while there wai! not a penny of real value in it. ' Tho first shock bore heavi y upon me, but I sooii recovered i i some measure from, its effect. t went into the street, and inqui-ed for do it, and'l shall tell him bo when myself in regard to the (JopperB. I see him." I did not intend she should see him at preseni. I went to the office of Squire Townsend, on my way down town, aud deft a message for him to call upon my aunt, I was Ruling Promptly Attended to. Bi^det.v St. George's Square, Guepi lXTOS ' "YT- -PLANING MILLS.! I c3~ Orders left at the Fp.ee Pr.ESS Office will receive prompt attention. s -- " ! lOOTS. iJ. B. MITCHELL, Manufacturer of - <j flash. Doors, Blinds, Mould ings, tfoor and Window 'Frames, Pickets, etc. Plowing, Of; >n. lf~: "'it - fj-:'- i. Scroll Work and Mattlung Dont to Order. ., S" Binds 30 cents per foot. "E .411 work deliveredin ^cton free. Orders left at Secord Bros, will be promptly attended to. ifilton, JuneG,1876, io-ly rpRAVELEES Lifs and Accident INSURANCE COMPANY Of Hartford* Conn. 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JOB PRINTING of all kinds neatly and promptly executed at the ?REE PEESS OFFICE, Next tue Post Ofllee, Mill Btrtct, these were only accidental changes. Though I saw my uncle ^every day, he did not allude to his own- villainy, and I was prudent enough to wait until I was out of the woods before I did so. In tho course of a couple/of weeks, when I had my ten thousand dollars, I intended to resign my position, and then I could afford to express my mind very freely to Captain Hal liard. With ten thousand dollars in my excheiuer, I could go into any business that suited nie, and make money enough to support me in.a style becoming my labilities. I still had strong hopes thut the fortune of Aunt Rachel would be mine. She was now apparently rapidly regaining her health, and I determined to improve my chances as soon as I could. . On the follow ing Saturday afternoon 1 took: Lil ian down to Springbaven' with me, and we both used our best efforts to win her regard. 1 took her out to ride, I read to her, and the old lady seemed as fond of me aa when I WBB a boy. I w,s her only nephew, and it had been often re ported that I was to be her heir, though on what authority I did not' know. I invited her to spend a week or a month at my bouse'in Boston, and she promised'to do so as Boon as she. was able. A rumor that the parties who were investigating the condition of the mine intended to mftke a favor able report sent Bustumups to fift/- five, and 1 was very happy. 1 was worth nearly' six thousand dollars. At the end of anoJher week tho stock went up to sixty, and the balance of worldly wealth in my favor was seven thousand dollars. The game was becoming intensely exciting. Another week or so would realize all my hopes. I should be free and safe. While everything was in this cheerful condition Aunt Rachel sent for me, and 1 hastened to Springhaven, for I could not afford to neglect her summons. She was ready to go home with me, and she accompanied me to my house in and that she had come up to Boston in order to have the instrument -drawn up by her old friend. Everything looked rosy to me, for the old lady would certainly leave rae the larger portion, if hot the whole, of her woi Idly wealth. When I went home in the after noon I learned that Squire Towns- end had spent a couple of hours with Aunt Kachel, but Lilian had not heard a word tHat passed be tween them. Then me Squire had called a carriage, ana they had gone off together. I was .riot very anxi ous to know where they had gone, though I concluded that it was only to the office of her old friend for the purpose of having the will '^properly signed and witnessed. Now, as always before. Aunt "Rachel kept her own counsel. She never told how much she was worth, or what she intended to do.with her property. She was true to her antecedents,, and during the re mainder of her stay she never men tioned the nature of her business with Hquire Townsend., as she in variably called him. She said- a good deal about the worthy lawyer's history, and told stories about liim at school. She was glad to meet him once more before she left the world, but sho did not hint that sho bad special business with Mm. The old lady staid her week out, and. then said she must go home. Sho did not think the city- agreed with her. Sho did not sleep as well nights aB at .Springhaven. Both Lilian and I pressed her to remain longer, and promised to do everythincc we could to make.her happy, but she was resolute, and I attended her Lome, a Week to a day from the time she arrived.' I never Baw her again. During the week that Aunt Rachel was with me, B,ustumups began 'to look a little-shaky. From sixty the stock went down to fifty- five in one day, but it invm'ediatiely rallied, and those whio managed it assured me it was only because money was a little tight, and a con siderable- portion of tte stock had CHAPTER XX. TUE LAST STEP. " I bopo you are Needham street. The old lady was been forced upon the market; I what to do, my uncle come into the bank. He was a old-blooded wretch, liut he was afraid of me. He began to talk of eoppors, as, deep, Paley," Said Gapt; after he had stated the question in reference to the copper stocks. " Not very, but I am bitten somewhat/'. .I replied,^trying to loot cheerful, for I couldinot think of exhibiting to the enemy the state of tny.affairs. "Did you own any coppers, uncle 1" "No : not a copper. ' I had some, but I got rid of them," replied ithe wily man of the world, rubbing his hands, to indicate that he was itoo shrewd to.be involved in any specu lation that could possibly miscarry. " You are fortunate." "Speculation-is just as much a trade as any other branch of human- industry. It requires, brains, fore thought, coolness. Novioes should be cautious how they venturo; be yond their debt, for they aro ..al most sure to be bitten. I am sorry you have been trapped, Paley." " I'm not badly hurt, though of course the small loss I have exper ienced must make some difference in'niy future arrangements. And,' by the way, I should like to avail myself of your kind offer." "What was thutr he asked, rather blandly. "You-offered to lend mo money if I was short." Must bo." " I want a thousand dollars," " Of course you mean of your aunt's money J" j"" " It won't make much difference to mo whOTe money if is, if I only get it." . "You shalt have the thousand you paid me on her. account." . -V " Very wtell, sir."- : 1 'He gave mo his check - for the amount, and I'wrote a note for it, payable to my aunt." The .captain wished to ascertain how muoh X had lost by the copper explosion,, but I evaded a definite answer, and intimated that I was bittea to the extent of only a few hundred' dol lars. I had now a thousand dol lars in ray pocket, besides, about a hundred in say possession before. I felt a little easier, though the ter rible pressure of my load still rest' ed heavily upon me. I am not disposed to moralize in this place upon the guilt of my conduct, for really the guilt at that time did not trouble mo half so much aa the fear of detection. I owed the bank eight thousand dollars. I had " tinkered" the books so as to account' for the defi ciency, but the record would not bear a very close, examination. The fact: that I was mixed up in these miserable copper stock specu lations was quite enough to'excite suspicion, for I could not hope that the fact was unknown to the direc tors, a:s long aa my uncle knew it. I felt as though I was living =<jn a powder magazine which might ex plode at any instant. The sligb't- est;accident might reveal the whole truth to Air. Bristlebach. If I should happen to be sick a day, so that I could not go to the bank, my false entries might be- detected.. Even while I was .in the daily discharge of my duties, the president .or the cashier might betempted to examine niy accounts. On the other h^nd, ,1 . might" KP a year or" morie ^.without 'discovery,, though the chances were apparently all against me. If I ran the risk of the future, I should.live in,con stant terror^ofian explosion,. The death of Aunt Rachel, I confidently believed, would enable "m to pay off my debt; and the question was whether, or not I should take the chances of detection until the pos session of her money enabled me to set myself right with' the bank. My aunt's health was bo much Jmprovjed that X. could not reason ably expect to have her money: for some time. In a week, a month, a year but be it sooner or later, it was sure, to come my deficit would be exposed. It might be discover ed while I was at home, or at least before I bad any suspicion" that I was in peril. I should diave -no time to provide for my own safety. X was liable to be Ai-tested in my own house, without any "warning, and then -nothing could- save me from a term in the Statu prison. . The cold sweat dropped,froni iriy brow as I thought of this fearful, contingency. I Bho'uid^not have a moment for preparatipti; an oppor tunity to take the first train de parting from thbVcity ft or .even to hide BiyBelf;in.' tbeljdark'.places of the cit^y, '.Cold' irons, on my "wrists, a gloomy dungeon foe' 'my Wstingr place, with .'the loathing And con tempt of my fellow-men, .were all that would be -.-left; .-to me-then. Lilian, whom I loved with alkroy sbuL, would be reduced to, despair. My savage mother-in law. would not cease to-reproach her, >aa;; long I of me, should never be cqripelled tolook in upon her husband t'arougb not in varv i t'ie '3ar8 f a .-prison-cell. Before tain.Halliard, *.discovery of the. deficit, I cdiild; _ t___.. ' make such arrangements as I pleas-' (91.00 per anunm in AdvcHr* such arrangements as I pleas-' ed., Afterward^, I ciopld .dc> notb.-. ing. ."It seemecPto me th.m that 1 had not a day qr an hbur to spare. I had decided to save myself from the consequences Of one tremendous error, by plunging, into another. Of coarse I,could riot; Jfle from Boston with; j>nly a thousand .dol lars, in my pocket. I am surpriseld now when I.'oonsider how 4asy- it was for me to think of takinjg froth J tbe bank no lesi a sum thari thirty thousand dollars. I did not now flatter myself that I intended only to borrow the., money, , the ugh it did occur to me that Aunt Eacbel's fortune would, in part, pav my debt. Before I lef$ tbe bank tfiat day, I put in my pocket ten thousand dollars, so that if my errpm were immediately discovered, I should not be. wholly Unprovided-for.' l I went to a broker, where I was nit known, and bought a thousand pounds in. gold, whioh I carried home in a small valise I purchased for -future use., I concealed.th? gold in my chamber ready ibr the final-ruova when I shodld- be re quired to make it. I was intense ly excited by tho resolution I had taken,,and ;my thoughts seemed to more with treicendo'ua rapidity, I bad decided upon the precise plan I intended tofojlow; bufjof c6ui-s, jt'waa -'necessary for me tc -moye with the utmost circumspeclion. I had only a day to spare for we. must leave Boston the nexl even ing. I most .prepare Lilian for a greajt'ebange in her future. 11 must lay thy plans so as not to excite a breath of suspicion in any one^' especially at tli* bank. I had There were two or three tubstan tial companies which were actually producing ni#tal and paying hand some dividends. The other com panies were swindles; and Bustum up was the most egregious mmbug of the whole. I tried to git an of fer for my stock, and found that it would not bring a dollar a share. Indeed, it could not be sold at any price. In a word, the fi\ e thous and dollars I had'borrowed from the bank was a total loss. 1 wiil not attempt to describe the misery into"; which I vas sud denly plunged. If I sold ny stock a week before, I might have paid my debt and had five thou jan'd dol lars left. Now I was a lefaulter in the sum of eight thoui and dol lars. It was -horrible to" Hunk of. There was no possible way, that I could see, to escape the cc nsequen- ee8". What should Idol I went buck to the ban'c and re sumed my place at tho counter, and did my work till the bai k closed, sustained 'by the brandy I. had drank. I tried to devise i ome plan By which I could conceal toy deficit for a time. I.could thin! of-noth ing satisfactory. An exi.mmafion of the uff.iirs at the bank was sure to betray me, I was tempted to commit suicide, as others iave done under the same pressure'i>f guilt. I thought of my wife, and my eyes filled with tears, as [ pictured tho fall to which she would be sub jected. It was ruin to hir as well us to mo. What woul 1 she do, while I was thinking of her.in my narrow cell in tho Sta:e prison? The thought was madness to me. I Bworo this should neve-be.' She should not be the widow of a living man who could not support her, who could give her notling but a legacy of disgrace. My pride ^rebelled ai I thought of being confined in the prisoner's dock, with all my "former friends and enemies staring at. me. I thought of facing my unsle after be had been called upon pay the bond; of meeting Bnckleton, Shay-- top, and others to whom I had talk ed so magnificently. ] could "not survive the crash. I co aid not Hvb _ _ in dread of tho calami y. that im-! as my wife was a burden in; the pended. While I wai thinking j maternal iome., . . y. hardly twenty-four hours left to complete my arrangements. I com-: nosed myself aa well as I could, anoi| went down to dinner. JiilSan Was as cheerful aa she'always wis when I came into the house, and it: al most started the. tears in my eyes when I thought what she would be if *he worM-kirew the whole truth in regard to my afikirs. s [ " Lilian, thave been unfoirtiinate to-day," I began, as a suiteble.in troduction to the plan I hac torpro- "pose. . - '"** TJnfortuViate 1 Dear me 1 What has happened}'1 .uhe aslce<., drop ping her pretty chin and her knife and fork afthesame time. " I have- lost a good deal of money." .. .'.* Lost a good deal of money.'?". r " Yes, a lai^ge amount.". . "Why, Pateyi" ; }'_ _'. "Don't look so sad, Lilian. It won^fkill me; and wiile I haTe you, I need not complain." "But. how did you Jose it, Paley T I . "By the fall of utocki;" .:' -1 Bhowed her one of the exen- ing papers, in which ^the otirstingj of the coppers bubble was fiully de tailed. She looked, at the [article, but Bho could hot undei stand it, and I explained the matter to her. ; ." You havn't lost all havayou, ?leyJ": .-....': :1 .' : .'f'No, not all, my dear,. Btit/1 diave'.Bometbihg else to, tell you. How. would you. like^to, [live in Paris for a year or twol" . \ . '. : " In Paris !" exclaimed sjhe,Hber face lighting up with pleasure,;. iB, JLilian j and perhaps we:,Diay go 'to other parts: of Burope,!' ,..v .;. . l'-.;-:'.' . -.'" O, I should like it above all things J /t. have always tlwught'if I couldjver go to Europe,!should bo the", happiest woman j in', the- worldi. But what do- yhii mean, Paley 1 You surely do-notj iatund, to ^go to Paris. 1. ' . -' '-' I am thinking of it." :" Are you, really 1" she continu ed, opening her bright eyes bo wide that her whole soul seamed to sbiue. out through them. . , " I am j truly ; but I wan think- ink you would not-be able to go so soon as I should be obliged to leave." . - ' - " O, T would go to-niiht, if I could only go'J'V she, replied: with enthusiusui. " -'. *'.I liave an .offer, or' a] partial offoi:J:.fi'ijiir.i;.:Co.iiC'Ji'ii iiiN'ew York' iuaucii'.l "^Can't Afford It." " Ob, I was bo awfully ashamed of you l" said one American, girl to another as she left' a store tho Other day. "The idea of saving-- right out, " I can't afford it!' Wl y didyou not 'say you didn't like it, 6r that it was not lrftrttreome enough 1 That's what I always do." ;. f VVeD, it was true," replied the other. " I couldn't afford ifi." It was too deaf for!any but a rich per-", son. ^ who had been bo 'J awfully ashamed"~of the other not knowing that shb had blushed^ for a declaration which, twsnty^yeare ago, Her Majesty, jjucen Victoria:, was not-1 ashamed to aiake. "^ " In 1856, a TTrench embroiderer,: Madam Sacyant, exhibited at the- London Universal Exposition, a- magnificent India muslin robe, worked most elaborately in lace ' stitch. it, and asked the price. " Eight . thousand franca,.your Majesty," re-;.- pliedrtbe French woman, with, a courtesy. Eight thousand' franca is about sixteen hundred dollars in -" our money. ~i . The (Jueen smiled and said:: " 18 is too expensive'iTor me. I cannot afford it. Make me one in th same style which you can sell for three thousand francs, and I will buy it of you." T Of course this much more .modest robe .was made for- Hr Majesty. But-shortly afterwards one of our American ladies became the.-prond possessor of the dress worth eight" thousand francs, which.the Queea of England could not afford. ' - t-wish we were all as sensible as - that good Queen Victoria, who knew, despite; the depth of. her purse,.that it bud a bottom,'and that we -were not so *' awfully ashamed" to make our expenses' match our income. - - Without a Newspaper. -Nothing presents sadder com mentary upon thb present condition of society than tlie large number of families, both in town and country, btit more especially in the latter,. .that subscribe, to no paper of- .slnjr kind. Hundreds and thousands of families are thus growing up utter ly ignorant of what is transpiring in the world around them rigror- ant of the mighty events of the "day. But who can tell the vast amount pf.injury that is being inflicted on the rising generation * dio. . are to take our place in the b isy world-at no distant day growing up without any knowledge of the present, or any study of the piBt,.' this ignorance, too, being imbied into them by the sanction of ti pse Z who should, and'doubtless do, kiow better, did they only think of the in- j u.rious effects of their insane cou *e. Lpt the head of pvery family th ink of thisvand placn in the bands iof those for v/hora he is responsible the means of acquiring some kmw- ledge of-; the indving panoiami in Wjhick .we act ou r different parti i. of course, I expected he would. I could' tiot;face the emergency,, I was determined to/placei-myself it ^ - ilgeut IH" to act ua it: Parii.";:" V: " Accent it; Paley- do accept it. I sliaU borso huppr if I Lan only>:'lhi0 l Xte.UU ..... Jham. Vanovy .go to Palis , " I dou't know certaiidy that I can have the position^ but I am prettiy cohtident, that I can." "-Don't vef-use it, Paley. As ^you, love :ine4 don't.!" ] t "uJut there:are a great many^ difficulties in the way," I jsaggeat- .- 4 / . .;' " 0, never mind the difficulties!" " But wle:must mind thein.":.. '.. " Well, What are they ?'* ! ' ; .; " In the first place we.must go to New York to-morrow night."^L ."We can. do that well; enoujjb. I am ready to. go. to-riighB." . -' ,.- "I can't go and-leave th^s house, beyond the- .possibility - of 'such an and all the furniture, paying the. ayyful crash. I was rosolved-'tbat1 rent while! am gone," ' .^ Lilian,'whatfiiVer sbe 'might tuibk , (To he continued.),.." ^l i Insect PestsL A western ex change snys' tht.t a new and -de structive insect pest has recently 1 made its Appearance in gftrdenn in. town, namely,-"a fly which destroys the tomato plan;.by attacking the - leaveB.' The potato beetle has n ade itBrtppearance ; tbe cucumberbe le, tho small fly Whicli_destroys the. radish, the currant wo,rm,: the .tent i caterpillar, fche! - gridein . fly _ wiich [ makes mincemeat o the rose, and the curculLo, which it the enemy of the plum trees! All i re ^.here,: and carrying on business, re^y actively. Now is the-time fur -he gardeners and farmera to wage wai- against the insect peste, every^ insect' now destroyed being as thousands here*' af^er. The birds will be- found to * lie valuable altiea in this war-; of v ektermination, ' ? A patent barrel factory has been started in the town.of Quelph. An~ exejiange remarks that pressure is being brought to" bear upon the Toronto, Grey, aild Bvuce Railway Comi)uuy by the town ships along the Hue to induce the' Oonipuify to ; chHnjjtt the present 'harrow gauge to thai of the lead- ' ing trunk "lini-s. r It is ; prop'ost-d also to extend the line to Wing- 8 municipalitWB pro mise to the road lilwi-illy*. sh.onld the imp'ovemehts be nader- ! taken. ^ I "_'. "~r~ The Oddfellows of the towhr of. Stratford foiin a very important, portion of thb community. Num- boring 27S, their asseR8rueut,r.ac- cording to tho town roll, amounts to 426,845". Of ' this 309,970 represents tie ussessed- -value of property owied, \>f members,, land ?41fr,875 astessfnerit .of memfcers 'as tenants >r occupiers.. TlUir naagnlficent h uildinjr ifitlaSS^8secLuifc $18,000. Tie total taxes paid |y . Oddfell6ilw8 aa individttsjfi,-anct tqp taxes accrujijig f^om their -lodge property, amaiintS to one-fifth of the town revonuje.; ^