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The Acton Free TIimc II. Xo. 51^-'WhoIc No 104 } ACTON, ONT., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1877. ~*' {91.00 per annum in Advance. ~ flC,T$LVESS CARDS. QUE.VP UREAD \f.S,r1*W^"^,B1ff: FOR THE MILLION nil***. Member otCoHrsjo of I'll) Mdaiis | iid (ureoons. Office and Residence ! rriilFrif* "*trcot, Aitov. In the house -------- U)c7 occupied b: 11- Utile, K.sl. fp. r. morrow, puvsi. B. & E. NICKLI2T If clan, Sjtveo 1, Ac , oj l->llo\ue Col- ,. ^ }> Yori..Rlt.oCrutu,to or Vlotorror U<-g o announce lift tliov ll.lv e securod , OAtiaUi Consultation da\s ne services of k lay* and Friday*, from a. m. tUU ? First-Class Baker, in.t 1 Ut*. Collet*. Tn<.&rar>'l Friday' t Bower street, I AC , u so AgtiU,Ou'niui DHEXDKRSOX. stuv Lift Wsura'u** C\t. PpihH, *a l3u oa Morttfuee security, Office (Half** HoUke, Acton 7* Id i ,lf veura'ioo 1.0. i'oimh MorlcK*. -, prep*r*>d noiil \, pro*n ^uj^corr, ctl> ai on reinhle terras. Jlonm to their Biking business is noM in full opention, in the premises owned 1>j Mr* 11 aim i. Broad will be delivered diily at the houses m the vilhge and >icilntj . JD. SUTHESON, Vttorney- WeMmR Cakes, Tea Cftkes, 4> ^ai-UT, ->iUclt;or In I limoerj, ^ ___ _ _, tt, ITIIoe Corner or Main and Church Pastry, BuilS, <X50., tlrU, <3o rue town. < I _ made in the v ery best mannor, and kept TW COOPEK, , always on hand, good and freah. Abo ^ all kunl* of Confectionery, Biscuits, Provincial Lad Surveyor and ^hl?cse- *c- ClVU Engineer, Guelph. I Tho pitronace of tho public is rci- peetfull} solicited. / of Before. Onien by mall promptly mto'ided n W~^ M. HIDLAW. Barrister. AttomejJ-at-Liw Solicitor In Cmaacory, Ac Office* HimlUon. lit KiM tlree*. I Milton, Ma'n street. The union clfHc* w! i b cnJeT the niannce- nenl of I). "W 0 uupb 11, nl Mr Ls, t- ! will asten.1 u.t tne a rrldy of *a<h srtet. -fcton Feb<.29, B. * E. 1376. NICK LIN ' \1' Co j 0lc_ ' H EMKT L. D&1KE, isscmAirc agevt. erELPn. Aal for lh Verciat!1^ md VVatJ-- oo AJlballnfffcs -nt-r.:t'J to h'- cure w! 1 t>e IllVhfAillJ' attended to. om-e <u li^\-s aooknor., *Julpii. o-iiera h> mu! *idrt*"l lo Garlph or Do in I'o->tUClce wlU reeelTs prompt atiout' n H.L DRKICE ATEVTS^Tor I.WEXTIOXS 4rTc*n>J*.theUnItt?l >tjvt^ nnJ Europr. 4**l#Q- r^ar-itrte* I or no rriirce vtid HP forprla^lJj.* Uon t<a j^r IIKN'W'i u.-J-l i > u c > Jtec1*nlc^' E-clfo"r, v 'ct.or o! tais-i Ura lihiicuan i la, l'u rups, Molas- al, XewCuf il, Kaw Oil, pans, etc. bite .Lead, s and / ices, SlarcHf cos, Ci^prSf s, Washing Iatchesretc. xes Japan and rom 1U cents coiintj. ED BROS. eatlierl OOTS. ON nt of OES ason. best iake^. LOW^T red V** t. AimzL**^' IV riLLIl WiTEilXS, J mrr Mirrlugc llrcn-r- .A < t-i:Cr.-.l Hj Koja' Appointment.) B-iin*is pii,T-u.c f.^ii c n. .it LI i' tt3-s .t *li* E*o-i C'Si o, t.Ienwl .lain, 31 _j----------------------------- Xfc)iVr of Hnilc, Prsirlas ntl Trcnrh, CliT'rch stree*. Act " The Acton Plow Co. Am tn&nufacturini; lh CelobrateJ STEPHEHSOH PLOWS, iKl) Til 'Scss' 6aag Plo-w They keep a ijll stock on hind, and are prepared to do all kmda of Repairing^ on Plows, and also also kmda of Lath* Work <; ! 1 Iron Planing on the shortest notice. i FVs=o call an I c\aciit-e our plows before purchasing elsewhere. AC^KT3 roa Sharp's Self-Dumpins Hay" and Stubble Rake Acton, t\l> 13, lb76. s AT CKOQIKT. How I ruo tho day I jihiyed croqMOt With charming Mabel Gray ; Ah ' alio \i as so fair M ith hor yellow h.nr, And ej ci that flashed my way, I oftlj s oro a lover's oath Tbit true lovo'a vowa would bind ub both. So at her I Ritod, and as ono dazed I >\ andertd through tho gamo ; When hIio neared tho etaka nly hoart did quako, And then, to bido my rfiamc, I mo\ ed my ball ; Bho caw this feat, And quickly said: "Stop, sir 1 You Choat 1" As ehe saw my trick I turned heart-sick, Yot boldly held my ground, Aud uith haughty prulo tho chorgo demed j Then, with a look profound, She said - " Well, then, Bir, ha\ o jour ox\ n \i ay ; I Baw } ou mot o your ball. Good day." Then away Bhe tnrued,- aa though sho spurned Me aa a cho*\t and liar ; And 1 cursed tho game, consumed with shame, And in} heirt was fillod with Iro So 1 lost my lo\o becauBo. 1 strajed From dutj 's path in the gamo I playod. LIVING TOO FAST, Confessions of a Bank Officer. IVESLOZlEIUPlastcrer. HURRAH 1 HURRAH l OLIVE Ks'. >c, UjU ~ n de-T [' . ill <\'e-injt and Hi ich-ci^"'i < do i t-e *n >si re*.o t t ens.- .nt e zeria-, iuj -.atl-l^c- CTOX ILUiS MILLS. ^LJK, Pr<>pri^tc; B & E ST' u acl re. il . Url- liij,' iS'i 1 ^ > kill;. 0su 'or all kluis of t-inln. BEST PnOTOGRAPUS .'1' L8 in the CountTie Or.t2.rio rhet;e: tctou. 5 ct it E0S5JX 1IOISL, C'o^e lo th. if T. r~ w . Cice.l-nl new lm&Ja len ^re etritf-^l U = ipJbllc THUS. UAill'IlELL, Hro^r. DOMINION HOTEL, Acton, Bobeft ' Agn*, "rojrit ujr.Xlils n Hotel Is Ct-oJ up m urst-cla&s Hyle with tw f'irr.l'are. CommercUl T-Rve'le-s ytl 'i<l_-o>-J '.cciiniii. I ilon -aaj conitaoJlou^ *- tmpie Ilo^>m. ^pcclul & nation pal t toth" wanu o( tli_tr.vel- iln pa >li. Bar snppile ' Willi me lx.^1 (.tgaarB jtlwl C ig ir- ucol uib.lug it^d ktienUTQ ttOltkrs. i\r B j'lt'j a/ Fa t ej ii fju'.-t' 'j c J, rash GallerT awl Bi il/atn o 1p . zt(i "\TT1I. HEMSTBEET, Lacsnse^ Anctioneer Tofth? Counties of Wellington and llnl- $gs. vrders 1* ft at the Ki.i yiix^-i SBee, Aeton, or at mr reFbla ice, In Rockwatxl. wlllbeproaipUi atlcinieil Uj. Terms reasonable. TPI TROLLOPE CII4P3I1X, Practical BoolsTsinder. COPYING & ENLARGING In alLiU 1 ranches, in the last stile of the art, d-jJic ou the bhortcat notice and at r<-zu>u iuU_ ratt^. i .II-i i i<plujJia etin-U of Mouldings and Picture, frames kept on hand aud trade to i>rder. . A c-iU ia *+lieit**l and )oa will l>e , COUAlIKut tJiat tlna 11 tilt plucx to get xiW-tUi^ayiixr, \\iura rcopeeotfull}', C. ^V. HILL, vlcton, I*o3. 5, 1S70. " Leave it in the hands b( Tom Flynu. Ho iiill boH tho furnituro und let tbo bouso. There ore enough ho w ill want it." " That 5a not e\on the principal trouble. Tho bank Mill not let mo off without wy giving some notice, bo that tbo otEcera can get another person in my place." " It would bo mean in them to keep you m hen you have a good chance to better your condition " " I think I can manage it some how, Lilian; nnd I foul almost sure that we 6lmll go." " 0, I am so glad !" " But, L'lian, you umit not tell a bingle boul w lit re \ ou aie going, or, iiidood, that you uiu going at nil " - " Not tell any ono ' "Wh) not ?" sho linked, us if it Mould be a great hardship to deprive herself of the pleasure of telling her friends that bhe was going to Paris. "I will tell jou why, Xiliau. It would be dilllcult and dangerous btibincss. I am not sine of the position yet. Suppose I should go to Xew York, und then, after I had thrown up my situation in the bank, fand tbitt the hrm -who mado the partial otlei did not want me 1 I should have lost mj pi ^ sunt place without having obtained nnothei." " That's veiy true. I under stand you perfectly." " If I find in New York that I can have the position, it will bo time enough fot me to resigu my place in tho bank. If I mu disap pointed I have only to leturn to in> juestnt place. If it should get to the ears of Mr, Bnstlebach that I um dolu<4 anything of tbis kind, declared that ho had moro confi- donco in mo than boforo. Ho liked to I soe a young man tako counsel of prudence. I took advantago of bis good nature, to put in my roquoBt for leave of absence for a single day, to onublo me to visit a friend in Albany who was sick. Tbo per mission was promptly granted. I balanced my cash for tbo last time, leaving it thirty-eight thousand dollars short, to account for which I nltorod various charges and credits, and mado sovoral fictitious entries. Tho account wa3 loft Squaro, aud if no paitieular inves tigation was instituted, my deficit might remain concealed for some -time. With tho twenty thousand dollars which I had just appropri ated I left tho bank for tbo last time. CHAFIER XXI. AN EXILE FROM HOME. I was astonished to find that I could commit a crimo of such mag nitude with so little romorso. It is true, tho Bin had becomo, in a measure, necessary to my salvation, and that of my wifo ; but I was only excited, not burdened with guilt, when I did the doed, I bad been travelling very rapidly on the downward road, and in a few weeks I had acquired a facility in. crime which enabled mo to rob tbo bank of thirty thousand dollars without considering anything but peril of being discovered. Fatal facility, which can only be avoided by those who refrain from taking tbo first step 1 I had deluded myself into the belief that principle was only a worldly sense of honor. But I will not anticipate the reflection which were forced upon me after wards. I did not believe I was much worse tbun thej majority ef young men. I certainly did not mean to 6teal w hen I began to tako All Descriptions of Binding Keatly Executed. Life and Accident INSUeAtJCE COMPANY Of Hartford, tonrij Account B&Ls of all Ktudi Madt to Order. Baling Fr-omittly Attended to Bixdzrt St. George's Sgnare, Gnepl O" Orders left at the Free Trees OfEe* will rcecne prompt attention. Paid-uji Caili Capital . Ca-h AiwU Surilm for ] n tfclton Puliry h'jhlm Dcj>osU vuh Dominion Gov ernment . . . . of 4,(^4,000 i,no,szz 1/,0,00'J w AR Iff THE E1ST. fiREAT SLAUGHTER IN LEATHER. At immense quantities of leather is be- m{ mamtfactarecl into, harness for the Artillery Worses, tie prices ha\ e consequently gone up }>e\ crthukss as. is: X* prepared OOOIBI 11 articles in to furi^idh _ the me o{_- *H&bss, SadaieB, Trunks, Etc., at m reasonable rates as ever. He m a practical workman, and rendy to fill .ill orders as rjn.ck, ^s gosd, ana as cheap *s an} *v here else in the Dominion *S" All work gnarac.teed."e:a Hipainry promptly ailtivOd to A (;ood etqck of Harney, Whips, Brashes, Comos, etc., always on hand EX' COOK. -rfcton, Teb. 20, 1677. Tne Travelers is a STOCK COM PANY and writes Life Policies upon the Low Kate all-cash plan. No un certain promises of impossible "divi dends," but a redqction of the pre mium at the outset; equivalent to a "dividend " in advance. The Trav elers writes Life and Accident Poli ces combined as cheap as most companies urite life policies. It is the largest Accident Insurance Gom- pany in the world having written 436,000 policies ana paid in actual cash benefits to accident policy holders alone over 2,565,000 An accident poliey costs but a trifle. No medical examination required. Get a policy and share in the general benefit, C. F. BUSSELiL, (fhstnet Agent, 33 Adeaide Street Kast, Toronto. 'WILSON'lttWIN, Special Agent REND 2>. to G. V. ~ J<ew York, for Pir l'.OWFLI; A CO. "iitnatcb^uowfiigcoKtdfadveruMoE. money from the bank ; nnd e\ en when I found it necessary to fleo ftom tbo anticipated consequences of my errors, I bad a. ceitain unde fined expectation of being able to restore nil I had taken. Tho for tune of aunt Rachel still flitted thiough my mind as the solution of the difficult problem. I left the bank struggling to look cool and inditieront. 1 bowed and spoke to my acquaintances as nal ur- ally aa possible. In two or three hours mole I should bo out of the city, peihups never to see it'again. I could not even go down to Spring- haven to soe my mother probably 1 bud seen her for the last time on earth. My blood seemed like ice as the thought came to my mind. What a wiotch.what a vHluin.uhut an instate I was to strike her in this ciuel manner I Could I have sooner realized tbe unguisb which tbe thought of my mother would cause me, X think it might huva saved mo. I could oveuta proved, it would have boon] in dobt, instead of tiavelhng like better, and I should havo realized a lord in Europe, witb over thirty more than I anticipated. I had thousand dollars at my disposal, long droamed of seeing tbe wondeis ~" '" ... _ of tho old world, and the prospect of doing bo ut pneo hud a powerful influence upon mo. Within twen ty-four hours I should bo on board at tho same' time I should be an oxilo from homo, from honor and integrity, leaving a ruined name and a blasted reputation behind IU0. " How aro you, Paley 1" It was Tom Elyrm. His voice My pride resented his offer and I did not give it another thought. We drove to tho railway station with our two houvy trunks. It was fortunato that neither Tom of a steamer bound for Europo j but- -4?lynn nor any one but tho Oli- ..i .1.- ,= t -i ii L_ phants took it into bis head to " see us off," or tho quantity of baggago we carried might have pro voked inquiry. The train moved out of tho station house, and I fell tbis Dame. It was a French word which probably came back to my memory from my studies av the high school; but I bad foigotten its meaning, though I couldj-iread French tolorably well. When-1 camo to ascertain its signification, I was not a little surprised to find that it exactly fitted my case, for _it means " to waste, to squander, ,to lavish," It was entirely by accident ihat I chose tbis word, and T certainly should not have done bo had I been aware that it covered that I had bade faiowoll to Boston ' my caso so exactly, for ever. I bad my wife, but I startled mo. I would ratbor have ( had sundered all ties with every mot any ono than him, for his very looks seemed to reproacb me, lie might till in} place in my ab- J not make up my mind to doom ber senco don't you ste 1" " I do , it is plain enough." " You can tell ) out mother that you are going away to morrow night, and that possibly I may ac cept a jxjsitiou m New Orleans." V* In New Oi leans J" it won't do to say any thing about Pans jet." I aro soi rv we have to co off in A oit PKIXTIKO of all kinds neatly anl promptly executed nt tho FREE PRE^S OFFICE, Sext Ihe Post OfflcPr-*IHl PIreet. am soi ry we have to go Ihis Wa\ , btu I would iathet doit tbun not ga at all." Leaung Lilian to. commence packing, I left, tbo house with, the intention o'f ixaaing Mr, Brentbone, who had so long been anxious to ha\e my bouse. I found him at his lodgings. I stated my business, .and m-juned if he still wished to obtain the dwelling. " I am Btill open to a trado, I dieted your uncle three hundred bonus for tho hous," said ho. "But I wish to Bell my furni ture." " Very w ell ; if it suits my wife, I will buy it." Tho gentleman and lady were willing, and I accompanied them to Needham street. Jlrs. Brent- bono found some fault with the fur- nituie, and ratlwr objected to pur chasing it. I intimated that I should not dippose of my lease un less I could bell the furniture. He made me various ofleis, but I wus satisfied that he would give my price, and I did not abate a dollar. The ttado was closed, and he agioed to see me at the bank tbe next day, where we were to pass the papers. My landlord con seuted to endorse the lease over to the new tenant. I went to the bank, as usual, tho next morning. Mr. JBrentbono came according to his promise. I gave him the leai-e, and the bill of sale of tho furniture for his check. My uncle happened to come in while we were doing tho business. I told him that my losses tbe day befoie lmd induced me to accept Mi. Bicntbone's offer for my bouso. He commended me for my pru dence, Mr. Bristlebach also ex piessed his approbation of the I economical step I had tuken, and "Ah, how do you do, Tom?" I repliod, in somo confusion. " So you aro going to Albany to night 1" ho dddod. "Yes; poor Whiting Is quite oick V "Wbol" " Whiting; don't you know him 1" " No; who is ho ?" " I know him in tho city hero, and wo weio cronies." Whiting was a myth, but- I had a facility for lying whioh helped me through in an emergency. " I suppoBO you know I had sold my furniture and lease V " No I" exclaimed he, opening his eyes. " Yes. Brentbono takes pos session to-night." " I am soriy for. that, for I liked to go there." " Tho fact isj I lost heavily for mo in cappeis, and I can't afford to keep that bouso any longer." " One must be prudent," said be, mhsing. " I was afiaid you weio going a little too fast. Did you lose much V " Consideiable, for me." "IfI can do anything to help you out, Paley, I will, with tho greatest pleasure. I never hud any thing to do with fancy stocks." " Thank you Tom. You are fortunate. But I must go alon^." _, " I suppose you aie in a hairy, bo I will walk along witb you. L don't know but you will think me impertinent, Paley, but I don't want to meddle with your business, in a bad sense. I have been think ing that something was going wrong with you." '* With me V I demanded, not a little stuttled by this candid revel ation. " Going w rong V " I had an idea that you wore losing money, or Unit Boinethmg serious troubled j ou." " What makes you thing so V I asked. " I hardly know ; but you eeein to act strangely; to ho oxcitod or absent-minded. Perhaps you have lost nioio on coppeis than you care to acknowledge 1" " Well, I havo lost moro than 1 body else. __ " I hope wo shall not have to come back heio again next week.," said Lilian, as tho train began Jo increase its Bpoed. " There is little danger of that," I replied. I wna obliged to admit to myself that I might possibly.bo brought back by an officer, with irons on Lilian knew still less of it. Ik; - But if I succeeded in concealing my identity from others, I could not hide it from my wife. If I wad Mr. Gusptller, she must of neces sity be Mis. Gaspiller.- We were not at all fitted to pass ourselves off as French people, for my| pro nunciation had been so.neglected at school, thafl could hardly speak a word of the language with which I was tolerably familiar by the eye. ought to lose." -but who had given me being, who had watched over mo in childhood, who had loied me as none elso but God could love mo, to such'awful agony as the ro\ elation of my crime would cause her. Was tboi e no way to escape 1 I could lebtoie tho thirty thousand dotlai-s. With tho pioceeds of my bouse and furniture- I could make up three thousand rnoie. I was leally, then, only five thousand dol- Iuib in debt-^-the bum which I had lost in copper blocks. The cube seemed not so desperate, after all. I could go to Aunt liuehel, tell her, with the genuine penitence I then felt, whu; a wicked deed I had done. She would lend mo five thousand dollars and I could pay all I owed. My heart leaped with delight as I thought of this remedy. But thon there might bo some delay. Lilian was all leady to btart for New York. It was possible that the deficit might be discovered be fore I had laiscd the money. If it were, I was lost. Still, faither, if I paid the three thousand dollars in my poiseasion into the bunk, 1 bhould not ha>e anything to furnish another house. I should be com pelled to boaid, and very likely the ciicuniBtances would dtivo me back to Mrs. Oliphant's. I Bhuddeuid us I consideied it, I thought of my mother again, and hud ulruost resolved to adopt tho suggestion of my better nutuie, when I was tempted to enter a bar- loom. I drank a glass of whiskey. The effect of sliong diink upon me was to Btupofy my faculties and make me reckless, 1 drank a sec ond and then a third glass in as many different saloons. I forgot my mother then. I was excited, and pictured to myself the delights of foreign tiavel. I walked up Treruont street, thinking of the future. The die was cast, and 1 refused to avail my- .self of tho means of escape which wero open to mo. It was ft sorry day for me w hen I turned from tho road which might have restored me to honor and integrity. As the And excuse 'me, Puley you bavo been di inking." " Only a nipper or two foi a pain which often vexes me " don't do it, Paley. Better I suffer the pain than fall into a bad habit I'm prudent, I know, but I can't help it. I wouldn't have things go wiong with you for all the woild. Aie you in debt?" " Somewhat." " Lt me help you out. With what I have saved myself, and with hat came to me from my father's estate,'I hive about eight thousand dollars. Piomise mo that yon won't drink any moio, and I will let you havo money enough to help you out of debt." " What has tho drinking to do with it?" I asked, rather vexed at tho manner in which he put tbe question. "I am always afrajd that any man who drinks will becomo a drunkurd. Peihaps it is a super stition, but I cannot help it, and you know that the theory is backed up by common experience." " I didn't mean that, Paley. You know how much wine was dtank at your party. Never mind that now ; we will talk of it at another time. IIow much do you owe V " Five or six thousand." " So muoh 1" exclaimed he. " All of that. 1 lost just five thousand on Btistumnps," I replied, despeiately. " I had no idea you'weio in so deep as ' that," he added, lookiug veiy sorious. " But I will not go back on myself. I will lend you oveiy dollar I lave rather than permit the world to go wiong with you, We will talk it over when you return froml Abany." We parted at tho corner of Needham stieet, for he was going to the Oliphants to see Mis3 Bertha He offered to lend me money enough to pay my dobts. I could not hot row it of him. I could not place myself under so great an obligation to him. Ho tendered me tbe means of making myself square with the bank ; but then I my wrists, within a week.' I had committed a crimo which would condemn mo to the State Prison for a long term of years, if discovered and it could not be long conceal ed. " Do you really think wo shall go to Europo, Paley 1" " I have hardly a doubt of it." " Then why didn't ypu let me tell mothor, and not make her think I was going to New Orleansl" " I told you the reasons, my dear, and I .hopo you will be satisfied with them," I answered, lather petulantly. *' Don't be cross, Paley." " I'm not cross." Buti the fumes of the whiskey I had drank were nearly evapor ated, and I did not feel right. I could not help dreading something which I tried to define. If Tom Fhnn had suspected that some thing was going wrong with me, it was not impossible that Mr. Bristle- bach, or Mr. Heavyside, badt.been equally penetrating in their obser vations. It was possible that, at this moment, the bank officersfwere engaged in eiumining my accounts and my cash. Any attempt to verify some of my entrieB must infalliably expose me. Even without any suspicion of me, they might, in looking over my accounts, discover thealtered figures or the fictitious items. An acci dent might betray me. Peihaps the detectives were alieady on my track'. Telegrapkio diBpatclies to Now York might place officers at the station in that city leady to arrest me when I arrived. If my deficit was exposed, it would be i impossible for me to take a foreign- bound steamer. My photograph, or at least my description, would be in the hands of all the detec tives, i All these reflections, all these fears and misgivings, are tbe pen alty of ciirae. I was called to en- dure them, as thousands of otheis have been j and those who commit crimes muBt remember thut-these things are "nominated in the bond," that double I in French Had a liquid sound, and I called the word Ga8-pee-ay. It Iwotild be singular that I should bare aiFronch name, pionounced witb| a French accent, and yot not be able to spcaV the language) I was afi aid I had made an unpleasant bed for mysolf. But I determined as soon as I reached Paris to master tbe language.' How could I have the assurance to toll Lilian that her name was Guspiller, and not GlasBwood. I night convince/ her that tho fatter was too commonplace to travel in Europe upon indeed she was al ready convinced of that, for she often, indier lively manner, made fun - of the cognomon. I could assure her that, while I was not to' blame for my name, the word was so inconsistent, absnrd and contra dictory, that it would subject me to ridicule. It was no part of my purpose to tell her I Was a defaulter, an exile from home, a fugitive from justice. It would ureak her gentle heart. Yot I was not sure that it would not come to this. After I had completed all my preparations, I was in her presence with my bill of exchange und my passage receipt in mypocket.j She- was talking with the lady who was going to Havana when I entered. She looked at me, and as soon as she recognized me, she commented merrily upon the change which the loss of my whiskers made in my appearance,- She rose/ from ber chair, bnt her friend talked so futt that she could not at once leave her. I knew how anxious sho was to know the final answer of -the1 great banking bouse to which I had alluded. Upon that depended the' voyage to Europe. As soon as she could decently do so, she tore herself away from her companion, and sat down on tho sofa -at" my side. , ., " Are you going,, Paley, or not 1" she asked With breathless eager ness. ' la answer to this inquiry I in advertently pulled out the teceipt But"no telegram mocoededmoj' no j for the passage money,'which con detective dogged my steps; and the ! utituted-the-ticket. I did not a! bank had no suspicion that any thing was wrong with me. We went to the Fifth Avenue Hotel on our arrival in the city. I hastened dqwn town after breakfast, engaged a state-room in the steamor which sailed at one o' clock, and procured a better of credit on London for three thousand five hundred pounds, payable to ChurleB Gaspiller, w Uobc pignatuie I left to be forwarded to the banker. I then went to a barber, and had my beard, except my moustache, shaved off. When I enteied tbo parlor of tbe hotel, Lilian did not at fiist recognize me. She was talking to U lady and gentleman n young married couple whose acquain tance wo had made at breakfast. They intended %o sail in the after noon for Havana. The huebjind was about my size, and not unlike mo. Ho wore only a moiiBtache, and for this reason I had saciificed my beard. If any detectives, after a tow days, should- be disposed to ascertain what had become of mo, they would be as likely to follow him to Havana asrne to Liverpool. It was well to be prudent and take advantage, of circumstances. < CHAPTER XXII. CIIAltLKS OASHlLLEU. I had avoided writing my name in the register of the hotel, for I did not wish to leave any lecoided traces of my presence in the eity. It occurred to mo that perhaps Lilian had told her name to her new-made friends, but they would soon be in the tropics, and out of 'the leach of detectives. I logorded myself as very shrewd, nnd J! could not exactly see how it was poanfble for any one to obtain a trncoof me, after the steamer had depaited. t I had given my name at the1 steamer office as Charles Gaspiller, and tho money for my, bill of ex change was to bo drawn in London under this appelation. -I don't at the moment think that it van in favor of " Charies Guspiller," for I was hot quite ready to tell her that I had changed my name. j .- "What is that, Puley?'i she asked, blankly. " I don't under stand it," " Don't you, my dear 1" Why, it is om ticket lor a. passage in the steamer ~to Liveipool," I replied cheerfully, l "This? 'Received of' pharlcs Gas pill-er !'" said she, reading just -what the letters my now name Bpelled. 4 J How stupid I-was ! Why -had I not told her, in Bo many words, that we were to go, instead of do ing the thing it this spnsutional way ? ' that is tbe French for Glasswood," I lcplied, laughing as gaily as my confusion would per mit I don't want Frenchmen in Paris to call me_BoU de> Verre, which myjins wood made of glasi, or anyfchiiig of that *ort. The name is Gas oee-ay, 'and not Gas- pill er." i " But how does it happen that the receipt is given to" yon under this name %" " Because I don't want to be called Glasswood in Europe. But, my dear, wo have no time to spara now, and we-shall have ton du\s of idleness as soon us the steamer sails. So we must not stop to dis cuss this mutter at the ptes>nt time. We must be on boaid at 1ialf-past twelve, and it ia rftoi- eleven now," I continued, with .sufficient, excite- oion t in my mannor tq change the cuirent of her tbouglftt. | "Then -we aie really going'" exclaimed she, oponing'her blight oyos. "Certainly we aro; and going immediately." " Why, I wanted to go shopping in New Yotk, if we were leally going." . i "Shopping? That's ,absuid Yoilc, when they aro on their way to Paris." J * " But I must'writfe a letter to - ^ mothei." "Certainly; you Save time to do that while I speaker acairiage and pay the bill." I procured note paper nnd en velopes for her, and went down, to / .settle ray account at the office. The polite Look-keeper asked mo to indicate .the name on tho register. I told him I had not written it. I had wound my handkerchief around my right hand, which I held up to bim, and deolaied that I was un able to~ use a pen. He was kind enough to ronder me the service himself. " "'C. Gaspillflr," I added, whea he war ready to write. " What is it, sir?" "C. Gaspiller." He wrote " C. Gaspeare," and I was /entirely satisfied. "'Three dollars, Mr. Gaspearorn said he; and I gave him the amount, though it was ono dollar more than the regukr charge.' I was confident that I was leav ing no trace of myself here, * A/ carriage was-ordeied for rae, and my trunks were loaded. I went up for Lilian, and found 'hat sh had finished her letter. She gavo it to me to bo stamped nlid mailed. I took a Btapip frofei my port*- monnaie, carefully adjusrtjd it upon the envelope, and puttbe letter in m^r pocket. Of course I wot npB stqpid'enough to mail it, since it would betray my secret to tboso who conld not see the necessity of keeping it, " This is very sudden, Paley," said Lilian as the carriage drove) off. "Sudden? Why, I told yoii-this was the way it would have to be done, if it was done at all," I re plied. " I know you did. Won't dear mo-be astonished when she loads my letter V' "Piobably 'she will be," I answered ; but I thought she would be astonished, long before she read it.- ( To it tont'mutd.) Excessive Shade. ' There can bo little doubt thajt many dwelling houses are rendered unhealthy by excessive shade, Man bi strangely prone to extremes. While some houses look bare and naked for want of tree surround ings, there are others that are Imiied in dense masses of foliage,; that admit no ray of sunshine. To make matters worse, wide -\eran- ,dahs are added to the thick shrub bery, bo that the dwelling is "never penetrated by the cheerful, health- diffusing sunlight. Not unfrequeHt- ly there aie dutk green venitian blinds, and thus by a triple guard of trees,' verandahs und blinds, tbe sun is effectually excluded. _ The same sunshine that is necea- sary to vegetable life is just as in- disponsable to animal life. With out question, tho chinnic unhealtbi- uesB of somo families is mainly attributable to lack of spnsbine. At great expense, arrangements have been niude to keep out of tie house as an ^nemy that which is^ jone of the bst filends of the" in-* mates. The custom is a Aery common one of closing doors and windows on hot da}8, keeping outside blmdh shut, and inside one.b down under the plyu of thus induc ing coolness. But H is the cool ness of a prison or a cellat, fatal to life nnd liberty. Sometimes it is urged that sunshine fades the car pets, or mais the fancy-work orna ments in which tasteful house keepers delight. But better be heulthy and cheeiful with bare floors and tin ee-Ieggeo. stools ttran sickly in the midst of splendor and elegance. We could easily cite , cases of hub'tual delicacy and 6W ease in "households, tlie cause of which is to be found in absence of sunshine. Hut it is well nigh im possible o convince people of the truth in regard to this matter. What is cheap is undei valued, and what is costly is overrated It is very much as Baron Rothschild explained by an unintended pun, the reason why people hunker after venison, although mutton is tetter meat. " People prvf> r VHt is dear to vat ik aheap " '"Snn'ihine W cheap; Venetian- blinds!, beautiful cm tains, carpets, anil p.nilor orna ments are deai. ijmisUine is com mon^ and cjin be hud by the million, while the ai tides that cost money can only be had" by the few. -Strange that we. should be at so nlnch trouble nnd exg>ense to rob ourselves of priceless blessings that we enjoy in common with every body, and that we should be willing to sacrifice so great a boon^us health. for the sake of ostentatious show. London Advert iter. Bhould bo a bdggur, five thousand know how I happened to select i Ladies never go shopping in New kady : " And put just a tint of carmine on the cheeks but not_ too much, you know.4' Photo grapher ; Exuctly, madam. I per fectly Understand, about b^s iwucb, as you have on now," <-i I I- \i