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MJioKNU & h S. BCSfXS iJ-AJlDS !<? HEAP ItKEAD ri"-L^;&^A,^;FOR TpE MILLION \\ . c. r ri^IW'ffe, MoriilnT-^l Colleiii1 of r hy s i c la tvs ; and Surgeons.. Office and Kosldeuee j Kre'led^6 Sttoot, mton\ in the house : .ately ocenpi#J l,J' !* Little, Ksij. D? R. MORROW. Phvsi- _.an. Sur^ooa, Ac, ol Hollevua Cot- I<"KO,!>'<.' V6rk,al*oUrnvltttc ol vwtorlo cJle*<s Cinaihu. i.\vn*uU:uU> n days ToMoayiana Frih\js.Trom ,>n. m.j'iu p. m. JiwlJeaoo-Wos; liowor street, Acros. B. & E. MIOZLIKT- Beg V announce* that they'll at fc secured tlift 'sefvicufi. of a First-Class Baker, f Before. J\ HEVD-EKSO.V. Convoy- ' ami tlmt their R IJt auocr, AC, ulso .\sonl Canada .m :*t.rprop.iroi neaily.'pronmiy. correctly by -Urs. Banna. king business is now in tlio premises ow nod aai oa raawi iblo terms. iUanor to Lint oa Mortgage security. OlUee Ulasgow House. Acton. Bread will In houses iu the v delivered daily at the llage and vicinity. JD.U.VTltESiOi, Attorney-' "WeddinR CakeS,,Tea Cakos, *o. ,osr>?-contetor.Main hud churcul Pastry. Buijs, &C., sttteu, Qorg*to^n,.; . 1 - -j ' rp vr. coopEit, .: j Provincial Land Surveyor and . ^ Civil Engineer, Guelph. Order* by mall promptly Hlteutleiito... WM. LAILA:Wt tSiirrlster. .At:or'ncv-:it-l:aw Solictor In rftsjicery, Ac- <>;n.-e*: Hamilton, U> K'r>* street; Milton. Main street. Trie Milton OtHr? will lv under the tn ma 'a*at "f l>. V. CimpbeK. an 1 Mr I 'law will a'.tn4 at tae "Mikoa Urn oa Frl\ly ofva^n vset. made in tie very best palmer, ami kept always on h.tnd. good (and fresh. A so all kinds of Confectionery, Biscuits, Cheese, &c. The patronage of tho public is res pectfully solicited. B. 4.E. .<elon."Toll. 29. 1S7C. NICKL1N. H ESRT L. DRAKE, pps, Molas- 1, KVrjiCur U Ra? Oil. \mns, etc. httc f Lead, " : ?A. f tea, Starch1 / ion. L Washing latches,rtc. pceef I Japaii 'tosd ira idi cents n >atlieri m- r lc8t.;iw*e?r: IE 4.S0& IJISrE-l.VfE AG EXT. CIKim,; A;eni fjr tb Nf ^rc^iit'.!.e an4 H';itrlix. Al'. b'J^i'.iess f>ii;rvi>ie.| u> nl~ eare wi.l he if!:llTuMy att^ntK^i i<x .ortico at X>ny" Boiitlore, >?'.:ek'h. Orcier? liy mall aitre^s^ to tju-fpii or Dom l'o^l LHIlce will receire prompt atlvuti ^n. il. L. Dr..\KC TDITEaTS forVlNVESTIOXS P*ten: ^ ar.i:i;e-'r' or no etiar-^e- Seriil *;loa tqa year*. HKN'KV-, <tj".I^T, ' >:t kV.rJ Calm-la, MecT-mlcJu En^ine-.T, So't'eUor of Pa B The Acton Plow Co. i i - , An icutiufnctiirinR tb celebrated STEPHEN SON PLOWS, my .VKicunoit. " Ti(i\t> thou thy neighbor I" 1 om mute, Ho livcacixia thy way, - . And plays upon the Oarniau flutd So'iiio twenty hours a day. , Onliiiiri do not waste fny lalir, , Nor oven try-to love-my nuighbor. " Love thou thy noighbor!" Lam dumb, &ho lives next door to me ; A single dauio, with y'cara 6'^rcomo j Her n^e is forty " Ah 1 it were Barely foolish lahor "For mo to try to lovo my neigbor. " Lvo tliou thy neighbor J" Hcavou forfend ! He hath of gold galore, t --'" Aatd at usurious ratu-duth lend Mo small Bums of his atorej And wherefore should 1 squander labor Or wasto my.lovo on such a,neighbor? " Lovo thou thy neighbor ."'ijvay,-not no; :. This were too rmich to nsfc:: My heart with lovo is all ag^w, But litulc a happier task. Ah ! not in vain my | heart li.ith sought her ; You see ? I love my neighbor's daugh. tor. LIVING TOO FAST, OH THE Confessions of a Bank Officer. AMI The 'Boss' Gang Plow payipgtellor haa disappeared. yVm-b not you tho vmying-toller, Putey l" ._JSUo fcuddonly ceasod to call ino Chi'irles, as I tincl instructed lior to do. Evidently elio knew niore tbun I wialiod her to. know. I took tho newspaper. It was dated about a week after our departure from Boston^ Tho piirngrjiph ururt it was rumored that thoro vrns a heavy de falcation in tho Forty-ninth. Tho paying-tilling had been missing for a. week. That was all. It Was inorely an item winch Nome indus ttious reporter had picked up; and the particulars had not yot been publibbod. Doubtless the dotec- tives were looking for mo. With tears in..lier^oyeH Lilian again demanded an- oxpluimtion of the paiagraph. "What could 1 SAy? They keep ' "Pi' a iu .' t: U on h'r.tid, ; all kind? o: Repairing1 on auJ r.!so cAso hinds, of Lathe Work" an<l Iron rianiii'j ^Y ^ILLIAM WATKIXS, on the siior:cst notice, ;By Koyaii\p|oin;neiK.) Co", -iy Helios. rieif? call Sjil before prtrcbasiti cxr.ciino our elsewhere. M as S. CAST'H. tf*-fbcr*TlTutr Draw las andl'rrarli, r Chi>rcU su-eet. Act :i. OLITSBLOZIEU, Plasterer, .ViL.u, J::i- H;er/Je,.Ti;.:ic of nul^i'if an1 U i.ifS-CJs:;i:g ^01;.' f.Sharp's Self-Dumpinc: and Stubble Kake Ac: jn; Feb. 13, 1S70. plows Hay A GTOS FL9C.S" 3IILI.S. ItiE. iCI^rKLZS, Prop:-.::orei KEour ani.Feed always oc hur.il, uri;f-'.e- isi v.tt/1 rt:iiC tirfsiftig 'iui.l Chopping l>i:lr.,: c^ = li 'or all tin ittnf lir ;ir:. ROSSIX HOT St, Ac-ton. GUj-se io itie <3- T..Ka:---w*ry ^rirtiori. Ua; public THui. C-1-M1'B"LL. PrOjrr. i \ . " DOHIMO.V HoiL, Afton, Itibert Agr.evr, , ;;*ro;.rie:or,ThIs ne*. llo:-rl \% ni:*-i up in rir.<t-class *tyle w:itb no- mrnlture. Comniereial Travellers -wil ^nd iro->5t accoinmn IMlon an 1 CDmmoltjasPirapie rtoom)>. rjpectal *.' t-ntiQ:i yix ' to Ubr^ want^ of the Iravel- Un^'Aadle, Bar <".pHp ' vriili l hest I.lqa^rsr. id CiRtrs. Ciaol .S^IibtiL-e and at;ailVe tiosilv-rs. ..' '-' .-". voi: Tin:. ' f - BEST PnOTOGliA?BS in the County, at The;Oatirift ?Let:srasJi C-allcry J-W B. j'u'tr."/ ""^' <ti-1 Ih-lU'hr.i. w .. HEMSTRKET, Licensed Auctioneer COPYING & In ail it.5 l'ranch>.-s, the-art, <I..ne on-the at rea--'.-nal'le rate.H. ,-ils-v a ^pIenoi-,1 ; and Pietr.re frames mnrle t.- carder. A 'c:.'!I'J.-i/..lie;i.Ml convinced tluit tUL1; pho:o:/raph lortest notice and | Mouldings ! A you v.-ill lie he place ty-tet Yours respectfnU;', -. I ,-idtor., Dec. 5. 1S7S. c. \r.-niXL, for the Conntles of Wellington and Hal- trni. Urders lft at the Fhee Pazsi <3r2ce, Aetoa, or at, ray retidelnce, 11ri Koctwo^a, -wiUtje promptly att-eude<';to.' Teras reasonable. ." ' Xp T20LL0PE CflAPMAX, Practical Booklaiader. rpRAVELERS J Life and Accident . INSURANCE GOMEAKY Of liartford. Conn. All Descriptions" of Binding Keatly Executed.' : Account Booki of nil Eiii'U Map; to Order. V" Pald-vp Cash Capital.. Ca-Ji Adsttii..........-.-. Surplus for protection Polil'j'hohlers...... .- - Deposit tr'Uh Uomiuion 'Go: trnmint.............; rtnling ProxxiT>tly Attsntied to. j The Travelers is a STOCK .COM- ----------- i -! . . >. ! PAN' an-d writes Life Policies upon St. George's.Sqiiare, Guepli, the Low Kate albcasb.plan. No un- "_____ , certain promises of impossible "divi- ' dends,"" but a reduction of the pre-' mium at th^ outset; equivalent to a V dividend " in advance. The Trav- i.elers'writes Life and Accident Poll- W' d xk TtP rtcT ' ' cies combined as cheap /as most iKHiutiwi. companies write.life policies. It is "~ i -_____ [ the largest Accident Insurance Com- - _.-__ ^. _,. A.__-'pany in. the, world, having written QREAT ' SLAUUHTE|| 436,000 policies and -.# in actual ^Tf^IKDEItY tstr Orders left at the Free ' Pee Office will receive prompt attention. IN LEATHER. .4b immense quantities of leather is'foe- - ing manufactured into harness for the I ' Artillery Horses, the prices.iafe eonserrueritly- gone up. Nevertheless. E: ST Eb prepared cash benefits to accident \ policy j holders alone over S2,565,000. An 1 accident policy-costs .but a trifle. No i. /<i oook: to furnish all articles in " - Sarasss, Saiiloi, Trunks,' Etc., *t a Teasonable irafces' as ever. He is a practical workmau, and ready *o fill all orders as .g.ifick, -ss i'ood, and as cheap > anywhere else SB. the Dominion. *y All work guaranteed. "CO i_,_- ,'iUfi<urtiuj- promptly, attended to. -4 good titock iof" Harness, Whips, -Brushes, Cemb3,-ete., always on hand. . " - ' E. K1. COOK. Acton, Peb. 20# 1677. JSEND 25c to O.' R. -RQWFIAj & CO. - .W.e7 Yo,rfe. for Pamphlet oflOO naae, conUlnlng llxts of 300(yne-nspnper*, ancl tlBiateBiiliowlD cost of advertising. medical 'examination.' required,' Oet, a policy and share in the .general benefit. - a -^ BfTJSSEliL,, District Agent, 33 A de aide Street -East/ Toronto. WILSON IjRWJN;-Special Agent. JOB PRINTING of all kinds neatly and promptly executed at the FBEE PRESS OFFICE. Xcxt tic Post Office, Mill Street. We wont on board of the steam er and I found our state-rpom. Bo- ing one of the'last engaged, it was not the best on board, though it was a veiy comfortalje one. ; If, of the multitude on the wLarf, j there was any one who felt an in- I terest in 1110, it could only be a de tective. I was a, fugitive, and I felt like one. While Lilian was ^lOWS I full of life and animated by tho scene, I could not help feeling de pressed. I was bidding farewell to my native land, perhaps forever. It might never' be safe for 1110 to return. I could not get 1 id of a certain sense of insecurity. It seemed to me, after I saw fho men casting off tho huge hawsers that held tin; ship'to. tho pier, that these infernal detectives', must' couie on bpard and hurry we back to a pris on cell in the city from which I had lied. " .-. : Any flurry in tho crowd, ihe nr- rival of a belated passenger, gave rue a pang of anxiety which I can not describe. It was only when the huge steamer was clear of the -dock, and the great wheels begun to turn, that ldared to breathe iu ,ii natural way. But I could not forget the ruin and disgrace which would soon ' cover my name and fuuiein Boston. I could not shut out from my view the horror of my mother when she learned, that I was n fugitive from r - (justice, and that I bad mocked her _^TT , ^,__ I fondest hones. I was. miserable . I for the time, and Lilian rallied me he best style of | upon my gloom}'iijipeartmco. There was u remedy which I hail tried be^ fore for this mental suffering.; Lsav- kiwt on -hand ami ing my wife for a moment, I went I down to the steward's. room, und drank a glass of whiskey. I found that lunch was oil the table, and I conducted Lilian to the ; saloon. I ordartd a bottlet of sherry, and a few glasses of this, in addition to what"'I Lad already taken, soon gave my reproaches of conscience to the" winds for the time. I will not attempt to describe my sufferings, though I appeared cheerful and happy to liiy wife. I cauld not wholly conceal them from her, and she worried me with her questions, anxious to know what ailed me/ , We arrived at Liver pool arAl hastened 6:1 to London, for,;T;wislied to cash iny bill before it ^vas'possible for anything to go wrongi I bad no trouble in doing so. ity sigmituie had already reachedi.the_haiikers, haying come out in'tha tianie steamer, with me. With the gold which I had brought, 1 hadfour thousand five-, btmdred pounds. To prevent any trace be; ing bad- of me, I weDt to another banker and purchased a circular letter of credit for a thousand pounds,.investing the rest in securi ties which paid me about five per cent. ,. r -:*:-' - :-z-'l We spent a month in London, seeing the sights, and j Lilian was as happy as a woman (jould.bo. I had satisfied her that the change of name was rmrely- a -matter:of con venience, and she soon become ac customed to itj " Sho wrote letters to her niother and other friends, and gave them to me to be mailed. I lighted niy^cigar with them. We had rooms at Morley's, but we saw no one^'kiiew no one in the bo-ise, except tbe .seryjtnts. Onb day, af-: ter* dmirer^T ^vent out to obtain; some tickets far visit Windsor cas tle, leaving Lilian. in the room. When I came back I found her in "terrible excitement. She. hitd^a Boston newspaper in her band, which the landlord, as a special fa vor, had sent up tp our apartments.' :- " 0 Charles . and I saw" she had been weeping., '"What does this mean J" . I What, my dear 1" I asked,, ap palled at the tempest which was vising.' ) I " This paper says there is a ru mor of a defalcation in the Forty- N.'nth National Bank, and that-tho / $000,000 4,054.00dJ,I70,SSS : J40,000 CHAPTER XXIII. . I MY CONFESSION. I had -apparently deceived my wifo as far as. it was possible 'for mg to do. If I told hor tlio truth, would sho not spurn mo, caat mo out and despiso me 1 How could sho do less 1 She wus innocent, she woa truo, she was beautiful \ and I was afraid of her. Many and many a timo had I cursed my folly and wickedness in departing, even for a momont, from the straight" path of rectitude, I wondered that I had boen ablo to delude myself into the beliof that taking even a few hundred dollars for| a brief period wir not a crime. Bo-warn ed, O young man, against the first wrong step. While you cheat others, you aro tho greatest dupo yourself. . In tbe excitement of seeing the wonders of London 1 had found some lelief from tho goatlings of conscience, and from the terrors of the future. I was now to, face a genuine trial, not n fear, but a reality. After reading tho paragraph in tho news-, paper, my wifo had evidently measured my conduct by the sus picions she entertained. By this time she was satisfied that I Lad not resorted to so much conceal ment iu leaving Boston loi the reasons I bad alleged. My course was inconsistent from beginning to end. I could easily imagine what had'passed through her mind since she read that paragraph, Possibly I might succeed ia lul ling, her suspicions for the time. I might even argue her nut of them. She was innocence and simplicity, like her father, rather than her mother, and would try to believe what I told her. But what was the use to attempt 10 deceive her any longer] The truth would soon dawn upon her. Yet I had "not the courage to be candid with "her. " .Why don't you tell mo about it, Paley i" repeated she, anxiously, its I turned over the newspaper. " What shall I tell you, Lilian V " Tell'me that you are not a de faulter." * Well, I'm. not, then," 1' replied, with a smile, which I am sure was a very grim one. She looked at me, and I saw her eyes fill With tears after she had gazed at me in silence for a mo ment. I think that my tone and my looks bolied my speed), nnd without heeding the value of the words I used, _thuy conveyed to her the impression that I -was g lilty. " Why do you cry, Lilian V I asked, moved by her tears. ." I don't know. I can't help it. I feel just as though something was going wrong," she replied, covering her face with her handkerchief. " Why, what do you mean, Lil ian?" "Everything looks so strange to me." i' What looks so strange ?" . "That: we should have left so suddenly';- that I could not oven tell dear rua where we were going ; that you-were in such a hurry to reach your new place in Paris, though -we have stopped; a whole month in London. What is the reason . I have no letters from, home?" "Because none have c,ome T suppose. I have not received any," I answered, struggling to be funny. "Paley, you. told me, if you left for Paris, that you should write to the bank .officers, and Vesign your situation. You did hot do' 80. This-;paper., says-.-you. have been missing for a week, arid thero" is a suspicion-. that "your accounts \ are rfot all right. Tell me the worst, Paley. I will try to bear it," she continued, wiping away the tears which filled her eyes. . . i":: I was tempted .to do so. She had been worrying foiv weeks about her letters, and she would continue to do 80 ds long aa we Remained in Europe. No letters -would come ; none. could come. .Her parents and 'lier sisters were ias . anxious f.bout her as she was about them. I could never make peace, on the plan which I bad laid out at borne. My wife would heconie more and more unhappy, ^hd after the facts of my- defalcation had bpen fully, published, I should be still more in dread of meeting some American who "would recognize me, ;As a teller in the bank I was well known to many of the wealthiest uien in Boston. [Under existing treaties,' I could be arrested in most of the European) nations, and cent! back to the scefia of my crime. There was no place of safety for too. T could not iiefi from tho wnfth to come, " What do you suspect, Lilian t" I inquired. ' " I should not suspect anything, if this paper did not eay tlmti your accounts wore supposed tp bo Wrong. I don't know anything about such things, bub this ^para graph Bet- me to thinking how strange your movements werej when you left Boston. I wish I j could believe itf is all right. Wbyj don't 'you go to your place in Paris'? We had to leave home at twenty-four hours' notice, becauso there must be no delay." " We are going next weok." " But you have laid your plana' to travel iu Europe for the next yoar, at least." What was the use for me to at tempt to explain? It was worse than folly. I had told Lil: an. so many stories, without regard to their consistency, that she | knew not what to believe. I was dis gusted with myself.. - " I dpn't see where you got so much money, either, Paleyi," she added. ' " Do you think. I stole it?" I asked, somewhat severely. "I'm - afraid you . did," she answered, with a shudder. " You are 'I" "When-1 think of it, I am really afraid you did, Here we aro in London under an assumed name. All your papers call you Charles Gaspiller. You told' nie you had over thirty thousand dol lars, too." ' j "Should have had more if I had not lost any," I replied, in rather a surly- tone. " Tell me the whole truth, Paley. Let me . know tho worst. If my husband is a " " A what ?" " A defaulter, a thief. Lot me know it," said she with a burst of ngony. "A thief!""I excluimed, spring ing to my feet. . " Don't be angry, Paley." ! " When nvy wife calls me a thief, we have been together long enough," I added, sternly, ' I took my hat, and rushed out of the room. I was nngry, but my wrath was of only a moment's dura tion. I went out into the Strand and walked at a furious pace till I reached the American Agency. I wished to know the wOrst. If I had been published as a defaulter in Boston, I wus no longer safe in London. I wished to see a-file'of Boston papei-s. I had not thought of looking at them before, because T desired to banish my native land from my mind. I turned the folios till I came to the one which Lilian had seen. I read the paragraph again. It was very vague. . It did1 not say that the missing teller was a defaulter ; it only hinted at something of the kind, for tho inference always is, when a bank officer disappears, that his cash ia."short. . I' turned over the sheet "to find something more about thematter. There was nothing else about uae-or the bank ; but as I examined the paper, my eyes rested for -a moment on the list of deaths. Died. -' Iu Springhaven,- 15th inst., Miss Eachel Olasswood, 07 yeara." My aunt had passed away on the verv- day that I sailed from New .York ! How I cursed myself again and again! .If I bad not fledl should'certainly have been able to pay my debt to the bank in a short time, for I was canfident shti had left me enough for this; I had banished myself from home for nothing. I had suffered tortures which no innocent man can under stand or conceive of, and years of misery were still before me. I had made up my mind long before that honesty was the best policy, and! I even had a glimmering conception of something-higher than this. I was sure, I should have been hap pier with poverty and hard labor for my lot, if..',1 could only have been holiest. How I envied Torn Flyrin.l His, piety, which i had derided,' oeeuied to me now,.to be the sum total of earthly joy. I do not believe in cant of any kind, but if ever a nian was convicted of sin, I.was, though I had not yet the courage to attempt 10 retrace my steps. My wife vir tually called me a thief. It Was only the truth ; I deserved the epithet, and more than that. I turned to the next paper. There ,'waa nothing about me' or the bank in. it, and' I continued my search till, in a subsequent issue, I found another paragraph, 'The -' writer was happy to assuve the public that the bank would not lose a dollar by the missing teller. I was surprised at this announcement, for I was in debted - to the bank in the sum.. of thirty-eight thousand dollars.; I 't could notunderstand it. I turned to the stock listsin tbe several pa pers. The shares in" rthe. Forty- ninth had 'been affected by the first paragraph, batithe quotations show ed that they hod been restored ,by the' information .contained in the. second, )-, I concluded1 that the bank had determined to conceal my ,de(icit[to: avoid the loss of public confidence. But -while I iwas trying to satisfy myself with .this-theory a better one was suggested to roe,: My aunt i died- on the. day .of: py'departure. Within the week the Substance, of her :will waa 1 iknown - to Captain Halliard. She'had left, her whole, fortune to me, and it was to be; used in making good the deficiency; in my cash. Of course 1. had no; idea how muoh she had left, but I1 supposed it was enough to satisfy the bank, or. to pay the loss, with the sums- for which my bondsmen were liable. One thing was plain, that, if the bank acknowledged no loss, it would not proceed against me; and I realized that I was safe from arrest while in Europe. I- could find no farther allusion to the missing teller in any of the papers. If the deficit was made, good, doubtless iny friends would labor-to cover up my errors. As the matter now stood, the-money in my possession belonged to ine. 1 tried to make myself believe that it was Aunt ltachel'B fortune. But I could not 'wink out of. Bight my blasted reputation, for, whatever the papers said, or failed to say, people would bave their own opin ions about my sudden departure.] I was far fromsatisfjed. ; If my fi nancial record-were explained away, I could not get rid of the conscious ness of my own guilt, which was positive suffering to me. I was convicted of my sin, and I had even prayed to God for mercy under my misery. ' Poor Lilian was suffering quite as severely^ I had left her in an- -ger, and the tears came to my eyes when I thought of her. I hasten-, ed back to the hotel. , "I- found her lying upon the sofa, sobbing like a child. I raised: her in my arms, kissed her tenderly, and begged her to"forgive my barsh, conduct.' " O, Paley.!'how miserable I am ! Only tell me that you are not guilty, and I shall be happy," she said, .'a- " You would hate and despiso ine if 1 told you the truth, Lilian,',' I replied. - ' . " Then it ia the troth 1" she ex claimed, springing up, and.looking at me with something like horror in her expression. I did not'know what; had eome over me, unless it was the conscious conviction of my sin, bub without, definitely resolving to tell the truth, I found it impossible to utter any, more lies. Life aeemed to me' a ihor solemn thing than ever before. "I deserve the worst you can say of me, Lilian." ...-_: ;. "Then you are a defaulter, Paley?" ;. i -but no one knows, it." " Yes, I know, it." ; .,.!.. '; "I wish I could hide it from myself. You shall know all, I-.il-: iun.-:'. ' '. -. ., . ",' But give .back th"5 m.pheyf. I would rather be a beggar and sweep the crossings of. the. streets, than live in. -luxury .oa stolen :mohey." . :., .."Do not.be too severe, .Lilian. The bank 'will not .lose a jdolbu by me. On th|8 very, day that we) sailed from: New York, Aunt -Rachel diedi .: I have no doubt ,hat :she left most,of her property to, ne ; .and.the bank has by this time;! een paid every dollar)I owed it.".. , " That ia some ,comfqrt, but not much. You; have , ,ruined .3 our reputation, iPoor, Aunt Eache ! I wiBh I had seen ; more . of , her. What Could tempt you tp rgo astray, Paley ?" continued my ^fife> the tears coming to her eyes a{ ain. "I was extravagrut, and.lived beyond myi means. I borrci^ed the money to furnish our ht use; and I was otherwise in debt;" -j " Why dfdn't you tell me, Paley ? We all'thought we were mads oi monery." .: -..' "Lhad not tho courage to tell the deepest interest,- occasionally interrnpting me with questions, I told her the whole t^uth.'ll did not' even ^conceal frojn /her, the fact that, I, had. destroyed her pttersV She wept bitterly as she rehearsed tlu3 snfferjiiigs of her parents, end siBters., .. ,.' - . ..... " Let.us .go borne, Paley," .said shoj-when I had finislfed the Joath? some confession. ." I, donvt want to see Europe.till you have intoned for, your fault.". . -. : .'! / .' , " L may be thrown intpTprison, if I go tp Boston', again,"/'Iiug- gested. ',} . -,.)' She daspedme in her arms and wept upon ray neck. If.her heart was bursting, mine was hardly .less affected.. The afternoon, tbe even^ ing, - the night passed away, and still we, wept and groaned Fin bit terness -of spirit in each [other's arms. . The 'clock struck four -in the morning before -we coulq decide wha^ to o]o- She could notj advise me to go home if a.- prison cell awaited me. -I never realized the pressure rif guilt so heavily j before. I never knew my wife till then.- Guilty,aa I was she still ciungjfa> me, and was willing to share my lot of shame and disgraced ; , In the morning hjuis t told her what I iwould do. I woulql .write to. Torn1 Flynn I would confess ray error to ^im, assure' hini <if the sincere penifjehce I; felt, -and be eoverned byj his advice. I did write, page after page, and sheet- after sheet, '/tijl, I had .tjfld." the whole story. . I assured him; every penny the bank or my bondsmen had lost should be paid. I would give up everything I had. i I sent my long letter, wjith an other from Lilian to her friends, by the next mail, und. anxiously wait- (ed a reply, which could not reach me under three weeks. . . [ j(Conclusion next week.) ':r--------T- -" A Good Wtty to Promote Tem perance.. '"".- In the- ' 1 Easy Chair "' of- liar- per's Monthly for July a pujgestion is advanced, wbich is eminently worth considering.: It isnpianew idea by any naeans,: having been put into practical shape, for many years in Britain and found to be quite feasible. It: is this; Itis.TjJotorious that the attractions which the ven dors-of liquors threw around- their business tend to present most subtle" temptations-especially to our young. men. If drinking could be dissa ciatcdfrotn.Lirilliaut and attractive rooms, convenient of access, and flaunlirig their tinsel splendor upon the street like other Wantons aritl decoyers,' hajf the danger to young men would be avoided. They do not especially care to drink. But it is so'easily done und I done in such gay society that befoi-e they aro .aware they are* thralls to an appetite very insidious and fatal. Now why not stimulate temperance by making it attractive? [Why not tight it out~'Qn this line? The writer furtheri/contends (that if a very large part of the mpne'y which i* expended for lectures arid papers and.tracts upon the evil |of dram- drinking weru devoted to 'niaintain ing resorts pleasanter and more at tractive than the corner grocery and the brilliant bar-room, the good cause would certainly ' prosper no less than now. , That would be/put ting the wits of temperance men against the drain interest; . The Coantry Editor. We lovo tolshflke tliffiand-iofa country editoif.^We find; in 'liihi. the true working man of the. land.- H 'works'riot only'with his hands bitt his brains, Under his magic, work towns'grow into cities, blnck- smitha'shops row into foundries ancL'tbe. little'bunch of cottages are 'transformed ii to palatial mansions. These changing scenes go on, and yet .the country editer toilB onfas" he did when his village was in lits infancy. . There is no reward ^for his work other! than the satikfuction ' of- knowing that he and ht> alone wrought the gjorioiis improjremerit, Few know the trials and itempta- tions of- the country, editor:": One day he may revbl in thedaxurianca Of a load of wood, anditl'e next day shiver.in the a,Wnce of fopdl" Her toils on^ nevertheless. He goes pn . building his town, electing ungrate ful aspirants to office, and! give* each citizen a'BhOve up-th4 bill of life, down which he i allowed to snroble. .-..- .: - Therefore, - when Col. : Toosttr comes into our sanctum, we feel as if,-we.-were more honored than if Ben Hill or Chief Justice Bradley had visited ub. We lovei the conn- try editor. And although he is but a trifle worse off in this world'* goods than the poor scribe of the city, we feel.as if he. was one of the' noblest works jof God,, in that he does more For ibis fellow men; and is paid less for it than:. any other creature on earth. Bridge Smith's Paper. i ' . . - . Pearls of Truth. .. Christ is himself tne'biie unanswer able propf of Christianity. Coellie. Tjhe mnre a nfrtu denies himself the more he shall obtain from God. Horace. He ia rich who saves a penny a year; " and htbis poor -who runs behinia."penny- a/year, . I . "- -, . Wickedness resides in the very; hesi tation about airnct, even tliough it ho nbt perpetrated. " "!' Grief or misfprtniie Eeetns to Be in^ dispensiblo to tile developnient of Sntel- ligeuce, energy and virtue. . -1 One good and honest life contains more solid arguments in favor Of Chris! tionity than halta century of theologi cal works. - , He that forccts liis f-rienduia nngrate- rnl.tchim ;_ hat he that forgets his. Sa- vlonris-uiiinerciful to himself.-^uffyrtn, -Who has. a heart so. pure but soine ahcleanly apprhensions;keep leets and law' days, and ii 1 sessions sit with medi-." tations awjuL . ': "Vreryfew people go into An. argument: in order.,to. discover the truth of tbe matter. They want to hold .'their! own and ront the en ;my. Hence the jjener- al loss of temper. ' "'. o Let us.pray C:od 'that."he would root ont( of our hearts everything of our own ~ -i-'-- and net ,oxit- ta^rei .witli.bis tree of life bearingjall "! ' planting, ^) i.h?nd!s, the imahher of fruits. " E know I am giddy, and ond of dress and-show, but,I ,w )uld- rather have livedo in an attic, and dressed in calico, tbun had you /run in debt. You always said you had plenty of money, and your sslary seemed to.be more than enough to BHpply all our wan&." " I was! weak and foolish, Lilian Lean see it now ; I could/not I told her nthe whole slory the beginning ito: the end :h(>w I had been thorned by my uucle and by my other! creditors,. and h( w I take had ; been tempted, to money from the bank truth, as I , understood it a 1 time, when. I declared that. 1 not, "at first, intended to rob my employees.1.. ShtflUtened to mfi with A / Peat Field. The Dundas Banner says : On the -fuji'ni of Mr. Joseph Bowman,' at Copetownr u large quantity of, genuine peat lias bee.n:disgovered,.: cohering an! area of, nearly two acres,"and Extending .downwards to an unascertained depth. This peat has and tested by; a number who in ould Erin were handling and burning the genuine Irish turf, and they, one and 'all declare that the ;Cbpetow equal to the best they ever saw in Ireland. been dried of those used to Mad Dogs!*-In view jof tie ap proach of the .."-.dog days," and their concomitant danger- hydro phobia "It should be, remembered that'-a dog that is.properly fed:jand cared for is not; at all likely-to! go mad or become- a public nuisance.. Regu lations should be carefully executed to prevent vagrant curs Jwhicli no body:: owns from roaming about. Nobody should 'be perhiitted. to keep an animal ;wbich is really dangerous, and no one should be allowed to have:a dog that is starv ed or abused." > the told the the bad " Fellow, sinners," said a preach er, "If you were-told tliMt by going to the top of those stairs yopder ^pointing to a .rickety pair- at-une end of the. church) you . might secure your, eternal solvation, I really -believe haidly any of you would try. it, But let any man proclaim that there were a.buu.dved- sovereigns , nj> there fo :.' you1 and I'll be. bound there wot]ld: be a.u'oh a getting up, stairs as you never did Vffafd the crack\ pigeon shot, has absconded from Toionto. ' IVhy is an author a' queer nninw) 7 Because1 his tale comes ;ont of 'his- head." ' Editors never cpnimit 1!suicide. They havn't tls time to wasip for such foolishness. , ' . .. t-^-Hon. John: Yoanj'is PXpe'cted home from the Australian Exhibi- " tionabont th 3 middle of Angttst. - ,; Ah editor, puffing air-tight cof fins,.said : '! :^o.person havingouce tried one of these airtight coffins. will ever use any other." . . . Many h-dijs "give as an', exen'se for irutrrving for money that they seldom find anything else in a mari :" . Never_eiteL:n^mAEr.yin5 a re-! formed "mail, jsaid a wiselittje Chi-, ciigo girl; when I get married it; 'will be to Bome: uian that doesii'.t I neeu"-i'eformitig. . -?~ I Xow is the t|rne for.lovers to get spoony over ice-cream, she takia^Vfew pretty dabs at his vanilla, and he lior- rowing a taste of bSr. chocolat>r-Thi8 process -inspires /confidence in the,- day ' when they wiU be throwiug, Corned beef aaa cabbage across the table..'..... j - 1 : -" / . The rother day a simple child of nature was walking-along the banka of 'river. Suddpnly she said to her corn- ' panion : "Tell me, Vhere does this water go-J" "Into the sea."-1'"-But then why doesl'tthesea.overflow? Ah,. I know why it ia. Beeanse/in'the sea:- there'are so rainy sponges/they Buck it allup."; -: AV philosopher says e'vei-y riiar- fied man'should have:a dog in the- house. A cog will scare off rob-, beraat night, eat up %t*lc.scrips of meat, and wlien you conrehomeout of humor Rnd find J5tq)per;_an- hour in arrears, you can givo vent to your wrath 'ty-kicking the animal '- clear across I be roorn^ .' The occistonal newspaper'war is a nuisance fe: well as nasttnesB.; It, never rises.to the dignity of a; battle or ^he intellectuality, of wit. It invariablj falls into bad temper and low: words; unirradiated by (humor arid sii-casm, and he is apt . to get the best of it who 'htSB^ the largest .and dirtiest rej>brt.ery of slang, the foulest imaglaatiop, the: greatest iserise of irrespbnsihUity | arid the rheaiest heart. " -" !, ' i