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HJ · sudden fierce pain, breaking off in hie doh lo quy. "Of course 1t was a. lie- I t old t01m he was a liar !" The black smith passed his hand O' er his brow and heaved a. great sigh fi om hfo broad chest In a.11 his d reams of t he fut ure ho had prntured Dolly as a. happy wife, but never this- never that a brea.th even of scandal should sully her fair na.me-never t hat her beauty would prove a snare, or t ha.t she would be made t be sport of a.n idle h our, t he playthmg of a man of fashion " If I t hought so, 1£ a.ny one deceived or wronged my Dolly, byHe did not finish the sent ence- ther e was no need, the lower1ng brow, the fl.a.sh of the keen dark eyes, the upliftmg of the clenched fist, all showed tha.t 1t would tare ill with the man who mcurred A<la.m Jarvis's anger. H e went back to the forge presently, but he did no more work, not t hat he doubted Dolly yet, but h1s interview with Joe Smith had upset him alt ogether, for it bad been one of his favorite t heories t hat his daughter should wed the young gardener, not that the gtrl hersE:lf was aware of her father's proi ect. So he put cut the fire, closed the ponderous doors, and went into the house. I t was early, quite a.n hour before his usual advent Sue, the old woman who had hved with lum ever sm ce Dolly was born, and had acted as nurse first, and latt erly as gen eral ser vant and factotum, was superint end mg some culinary operation. She looked up, st !l.rtled at the appearance of the black smith · "La.wk a. mercy, how ye made me iump 1 What's t he matter, or 1s it hungry ye be al ready~ Supper won't be r eady for this hour or so ' " I t s not supper I want," the bb.cksmith answered short ly, let t mg his eyes wander round t he room as if m search of some one ; " it s Dolly-where's t he girl ? ' "Sure n ow she was here a few minutes ago; but she JUSt stepped down t o widow Lt1ne s " " What for ? Why's she gone there?" Adam questioned, so sharply tha.t the old woman looked up quick ly "Its no ha.rm surely she's doing. It16 a dull h fe for the bairn to lea.d, and she's gone for a. bit of gossip, I take it. She'll be back m t ime for supper, no fear." But Adam heeded not the last words nor Sue's wondering exclamations as he "t1t1va ted " himself up a b1l; and finally went out, sa.y1Dg"If Dolly comes in: t ell her n ot to wait supper for me , I am gomg on a matt er ot busmese, and 1t is unsar tm' what time I'll be home," The blacksmith's forge stood in the H igh Str eet Turmog to the right as he came out of his d we1Jiog, Adam we nt a short distance to where t he road divided In t o t wo lanes, as 1t were, the one diverging to the right a.nd the other to the left Thern he pa.used for a second with some degree of hea1ta.t1on in his manner. Almost within sight of 1·1m was widow L~ne's shop, down what w a.11 still considered the ma.in atreet . Should h e go and ascert am if Dolly were r eally t here, and, if so, a.c company her home ? But he dismissed t he idea. a.s qm ckly as it occurred t o h im. Al most agamet his will, a llltle doubt wa.s ri8lng m bu mind. Su ppose she should not be t here ? It might only have been an idle excuse she had ma.de t o old Sue, in order to be able to get a.way with out arousmg sus pic1on . She might ha.ve thou ght her father would not 1nqu1.re for her until the usual Bt1pper hour "Bah ' cned Adam, pulling fiercely a.t his grizzly beard " I t 's t hat idiot Joe as baa put all t:h1s nonsense m t o..my e1lly nod die As if I couldn't t rust my own child t N o ; I 11 not be a spy on her actions, t hough may be the girl s not been 80 well looked afrnr as she ought to have been She's young a.nd ther e s not another a.s can hold a candle t o her for good looks in the v1lla.ge ; an d so- well I m goivg n ow t o do what perhaps I d bet ter have done bofore, though I couldn t a. bear t o put anybody m poor Molly s place, a.nd 1t s only for t he eake of Molly's child that I m a go1ug t o do 1t now- leastwa.ys, 1£ she'll have me, and there's not much doubt a.bout that , I'm t hinking t ' " He ended w ith a. lit tl e chuckle of self congratulation, his brow clearing for the first time that evening. s" the blacksmith went on without any t urther wavering, and finally pulled up befor e a r ed brick house of some pretensions, sta.ndmg back from the roa.d, with a. garden in front fenced by a t hick faurel hedge, Over t he white gat e swung a. red lamp, a.nd that alone, without the brass plate, would have m drnated 1t as being t he r esidence of t he village doctor, llut t he worthy blackomith needed none of his nos trams, a nd, passing the s urgery door, pr o ceeded to t he back of t he house. The neat maid who opened t he door in an ewer to Ada.m's knock did not appear sur prised t o see a visitor , and, without being q uestioned, announced with a giggle t hat Mrs. Maine-who, by the way, was neit her a. mr .uried woman nor a widow, and only re i oiced in the honorable prefix by oour t esywould see him 1n a minute, and invit ed hrm t o step fn, " Whatever passed bet ween Adam J arvls n d the good t emper ed woman who en1oyed Dr. Seymour's confidence, it must have been sat isfactory, to JUdge from Adam's countenance when, half an h our later, he emerged from the Doct or's h ouse , for he ha.d not t ar ried ID his woomg. H e ha.d told M rs. Maine he must get home to supper a.nd t o Dolly, to whom he was anxious to t ell the news, and ha.d successfully parried all the good woman's endeavors t o persuade him to take "a. bit and sup" m her company. But now, h aving finished t he busmess which had brought him rom home, he felt ID no particular hurry t o r eturn. It was a. bright moonlight mght, t he a.ir a. lit tle keen, but none the Iese pleas a.nt for that-J ust t he mght for a brisk WP.lk A dam never could account for the impulse which led him, m stead of t akmg the direct way back t o the forge, to ma.ke a circuit skirting Oliver's Mount a.nd through the pt w ood. On t he summit of 111 hill where the trees grew thickest some boulders iutted out , form mg bel ow a. rugged precipice, t he sides of which were overgrown with bracken and furze. As he approached t his spot, t he blacksmith's thoughts, which had been oc cupied not unpleasantly wit h the futur e prospect m st ore for him, w er e suddenly re ca.lied t o t he pr esent All around wa.s unusually ca.Im and peace ful- na.ture wa.s a.t rest, Hardly a. breath of w1nd stirr ed the leaves; t he birds had ceased to twitter, not a.n ins£ct buzzed Ill the air ; only Adams heavy t read made a regular thud as he strode along; and then suddenly t here fell d1st1nct ly upon h u ea.r a. ma.n s voice, low and tender a.nd plea.d1ng, answered by a. woman's p.asa1onate sobs. A da.rk cloud had passed oYer the moon, for a.moment rendering allobJeots md1st1nct, but, even before she was sailmg agam m a. sea of azure, t he blacksmith mst!nctively knew tha.t the ma.n a.nd woma.n were none other t han Capt a.m Bnlthwaite u.nd his daughter Dolly, CHAPrER V, The clock in St. J ude s tower was boom ing out nine strokes when a lit tle figure stopped before Dr. Seymour's surgery, and, wit h unsteady fingers, pulled the bell handle. It we.a a mild warm night, a.nd yet, as the Dr. himself threw open t he door, he noticed t ha.t the girl was sh1ver1ng from head to foot as if with ag ue " Dolly J arv1s 1 ' be exclrumed, aa t he llght !la.shed upon her face, and he recogn1s ed, with some surprise, the bl11.cksm1th's daughter. "Come m. Whatis 1t my dear ? ' F or the girl raised piteous eyes t o his, t hough it seemed for the moment as if she had lost all power of utt erance. "ls a.nythmg wrong at home 1 Your fa.ther- " And t hen he pa.used, for his keen eyes sa.w t ha.t the right sleeve of Dolly's dress was stained wit h somethmg dark a.nd red Could it be blood 1 Of course I She herself had re ce1ved some iniury , but , before h e could question her, Dolly, whose glance had fol lowed his, divined his thought s a.nd broke in t remulously" N o, no, ther e is nothing the ma.t ter with me, It 111 t he Capt am- Capta1n Brait hwaite Oh, Doctor "-springing up from the chair 1nto which t he old gent leman had gently pushed her- " he lS dying- m&y be dead even while we are wa.st mg time !" Dr. Seymour regarded t h e agonized face of t he girl curiously ; he, m common wit h the rest of the good folk a.t M1dhurst, had heard rumors of the gay young officer 's at t ent ions to the village belle, "Ah," he said quietly, "but you mus t ell me what h a.s happened if I am t o be of any use t" " It- it was an accident, " stammered poor Dolly, coloring deeply beneath the Doctor's close scrutmy. " H e fell over the edge of t he prec1p1oe in the pine wood. Y ou know t he place ?" interr ogat ively, "Not very well. And you t hink Captain Braithwaite is badly inJured by the fall ? ' " Y es J.here wa.s a great gash on his forehead, and-oh, it was horrible ·" Dolly ended suddenly, covering her face wit h both hands, "Well, well, we must see what can be done. Y ou must accompany me t o t he epot ; I might not find my way easily In t he meantime, drink this," H e had, whilst he ha.d been speaking, poured out a glass of port w h1ch he now pre sent ed t o the agitated girl; t hen he h astily commenced puttmg a. few thmgs t ogethcrlint, bandages, plast er , and so forth ; a.nd, by the time Dolly had dr unk her wine, he was but t omng up hlB coat, "I would have t he trap out," he said , but if my reoollection serves me rightly, the high road does not run anywher e near the place." "No," Dolly answered briefly, "there is only a footpath a.cross t he Mount a.nd through the pme wood · "1hen wew1ll eta.rt at once." As he spoke, the doct or opened a. door that led into t he house , and Dolly, ltke one m a dream, heard him gtvmg hasty direc t10ns m case t here should be a.ny calls on his ser vices d uring his absence The next mm ute he reappeared, and he and his compa.n ion passed silently ont in t o t h e now deserted roadway, for Mtdhuret wa.a a. primit ive place, and its Inhabitants kept ear ly hours, as a. r ul e, Not a. word wa.s exchanged as t he t wo walked swiftly on , though the Doctor now and a.gain gave a. keen side glance a.t t he ht tle figure by his side. The st range, dazed expression on her countenance puzzled him It was not grief nor ter r or, but an expecta.nt look, as t hough she were on the aler t agamst a.ny surprise; and she started nervously a.t t he slight est sound, What did she fea.r t o see? W hy did ·he shrmk away from every movmg otiJect BS 1f 1t 'I\ ere a. ghost ? t he Doctor said to hunself wonder m glv, t hough he r efrained from mak 1ng any remark. At length t hat seemingly int erminable walk was n early ended, as they h 11od r eached t he hollow-Dolly had led t he doct or by a 01rcultoua rout e to t he foot of t he rocksa.nd, as they turned a. corner, they came w1thm sight of a r ecumbent figur.i, over which anot her for m w a.ri bendmg "I see some ono is t here already ," observ ed Dr Seymour " It ts only J oe Smith ·" exclaimed Dolly. "He promued to stay with him whilst I ran for you " The D octor's face cleared It was not so bad as he t hought, he had been mieJudgmg Dolly all this t ime, and he hast ened t o make amends "Ah, I under stand' Then you were not alone with the Capt ain when the accident happened, I am glad t o hear t hat." " Alone I · Dolly r epeat ed, t urnmg a. st ar t led and ghastly lookmg face towards him ; then she added quickly-" It was lucky Joe Sm it h was there, for I could not h ave left him by himself, could I ?" She a.eked the question in such a.n innocent childish fashion that t he Doctor s first suis p1cions were msta.ntly a.lfoyed , after wards he remembered t hat quick exclamation a.nd t he look t ha.t had accompanied it A few words of greetmg, a nd th en Joe s tood a.side to enable Doct or Seymour to ex a.mine liis patient s inJur1es (TO BE CONTINUED,) ! Thy Du t y Let !>II the good thou doest to man A gift be, not a debt , And he will more remember thee The more thou dost forget. Do It as one who knows it not, But rather like a vine '.Chat year by year brings forth its grapos, And cares not for the wmo I A horse when he has run hls race, A dog, when trnoked the game, A bee when It has honey m~de Do not their deude proclaim Be silent then, and bke the vlne, Bring forth what le In thee , It is thy duty to ho good .A.nd m..n s to honor thee The question wa.s put by Ada.m Jarn s, the bla.cksmith ,as he took from the hands of the yonng gardener a.n implement upon which hlB skill was r eqmred, and examm ed it cnt· ically "Oh, I am getting on all right, gov'nor ' Ma.ybe you've heard I've got a. place as under gardner a.t the Hall " "No I hadn't heard; but I'm none th e less gl~d now. Y ou're a steady lad-thii.t 's wha.t I always say to my Dolly. 'Joe s a steady lad, none o'your sk ulkers or hangers on at the Gray Parrot , a.nd, mark my words, he'll succeed m life 1· " "I'm sure it s very kmd of you to speak up for me in t hat wa.y, " Joa ea.id, rather shamefacedly ; then, a.fter a. pauee-"And how is Dolly ?" "Right as a t dvet-grows pret t ier every da.y !" declared the bla.oksm1th, wit h paren t a.I p r ide. " But why don't yon come in of an evemng sometimes t o see for yourself ? Dolly d be glad t o see you, I know," he ad ded, with a knowmg w ink. "Do you think so ?" Joe quened eagerly; t hen he went on m a dogged tone-"No, it's no use ; she's fiym g at higher game, and 'ud only turn up her p,retty nose at me," "Nonsense! Dolly knows better t ha.n t oturn up her nose a.t old frie:nd s , a.nd, as for '1gh· game, I don't know what you mean." " J oe stared at the blacksmith open mouth ed. Was 1t possible t hat he did not k now what was the common village gossip, t ha.t Dolly Jarvis spent nearly all her evenmgs in t he company of young Bra.1t hwa1te 9 " Its a. pity, a.nd I thmk mysel' Dolly's a fool for her pa.ms," the young gar dener cont mned, as 1f speakmg to himself "For of course ,, the fellow 'ill never marry her, and A PRISON ROM.ANO E. J n 111nocent ()ouvJe Who " ere H elli for L U"e. STATISTIOS. It has been calculated that the fre.. !UD· ches m New York ea.loons cost $11,S' 1 000 annually T he children of Queen V wtoria. now ,;a £600,000 a yea r from t he purse of the Bn t. 1sh people, T hirty two t housand humming bm killed t o beautify the bon nets of t he fai. were received m a smgle consignment ii.. L ondon not long a.go Notwithstanding free schools and laws for compulsory education t he startlmg fa.ct r emains t hat t here a.r e 2,800,000 voter s m t he U nited States who cannot r ead their own ballots. It 1scommon to suppose t hat a ship loaded with wood cannot smk Yet accord.mg t o t he lat est r eturn of the Bntish Boa.rd of T rade it appears t ha.t durmg the pa.st t hree years no fewer t han 149 ships la.den wit h t imber wer e tot~lly lost, with 457 hves. ,., The most profitable newspaper in th e world, t he London T irnes, is valued at $25,000,000, and the most profitable in Era.nee, P etit ,Jo~irnal, earns $600,000 a year net, although a. dozen years ago 1t was m solvent . The L ondon Standm d is valued a t $10,000,000, the D aily N ews a.t $600,000 a nd $5,000,000 would not buy the Telegragh. In Ireland, according to lat ely published statistics, t he birt h r ate ID 1884 was 24 per 1000 a.nd t he dee.th r ate was 17 5. Both are below the average for t he preceding t en y ears Zymotic diseases caused 7221 deaths, only one of which was duo to small pox. There were 16 deaths from t he latter ID 1883, while dur ing the previous t en yea.rs the annual n umber averaged 335, A rem~rkable stor y of Ionge~ ity In 1750 two brothers, Jonathan e.nd N ehemiah Allen, moved from Sunbury to BNre, The former died at t he age of 92, his wife at 87. Their six children who lived beyond mfancy died a.t 67, 72, 77, 86, 87, a.nd 88-an a.ver age of over 80, Nehemiah Allen, t he other brother, died at 87, his wife at 67. They had four sons and six daughters, who lived to t he following ages 78, 80, 82, 84, 92, 92 95, 95, 96, and 96-an average, countmg the fract ions of yea.rl!I, of 87 ~ . Most of t hem lived m or nea.r Ba.i:re, and were farm ers. Belgium affor ds t he worstexample in E u r11pe of the harm from over mdulgence in alcoholic stimulants. 'r he sale of liquor ha.a been more th.an t rebled m t he last fifty years While t he population has a.dvaa aed on ly from 3,500,000 to 5,500,000, the con sumpt1on of sp1r1t s, wtne and beer for 1881 amounted ID value t o 475,000,000f. Al thoug h the country is so small, 1t cont a.med in 1880 no fewer t han 125,000 places devot ed t o t he sale of mtox1ca.tmg liquors. Ther e was a. public house on the a.vera.ge for every twelve or thirteen grown up ma.Jes, The suicides r ose from fifty four per million in· habitants in 1848 t o eighty in 1880. The lunatics advanced from 750 per million in· habit ant s m 1846 to 14 70 m 1881 «:·NSUJlll"TIGN ()1fRED.- ~n 0 1<1 phyB 1C1!\D, retired from practice having had placed m his hands by an Ea.st India mrnsionary the for mula. of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy a.nd per manent cure ofUonsumphon Bronch1t1s. C11.tarrh, A sthma and all th1oat and Lung .A.I fectlons also a pos1t1ve and radical cnrn tor Nervous Debility and nll nervous Compla.mts, after bavmg tested its woudelful curative powers rn thousands of cases, hns felt i t bis duty t o make it kno" n to lus suffennp;./'elloVI s. Actuated by this motive and a desn e,t," relieve human suffering, I will send free of elmrge to all who deauei t th!srec1pe,rnGerman French, or E nglish with fu ll directions for preparing and usmg Sent by mall by add1 esamg \ nth st1t1np namm~ this paper, · w. A NOYE S H9 A TERUIBLE TRAGEDY. ]3y the Author of ·----------- "THE FLOWER GrnL, " "LOVELY L ADY LYNIIURST,' &c., &c. · CH APTER III - (CONTINUED ) It was not a. very ardent woomg, but t o the girl who loved him no susp1c1on a.s to the motive which prompted t he pr oposal ever oc curred to her, no doubt as to the genuineness 41f his at tachment shook her fa.Ith m hm1 ; true a.nd loyal herself, she mistook the false ring of the baser metal for pure gold, She did not see the expression in his eyes, for h er own were downcast , and a. warmer t1nt tha.n usual ha.d spread over her clear olive cheeks. It was JUSt t he bit of color 1ng need ed, 111nd Captain Brait hwaite thought t hat he had never seen his cousin look so nearly beautiful ; a.nd with the thought came a strange feel1ng of compunction. Dolly J i.r vis was not the only one to wh om he was a ctmg unfairly. His next words however, .gave no 1 J1gn of wavermg m hrn pur pose u y ou will not keep me in suspense, Ger ald1ne," he urged eagerly, as she did no,~ epea.k-"you will give me my an swer now? Then the dark luminous eyes w ere raised to his, and m their clear depths he r ead all he wished even before she uttered the wor ds " Yon must have known Harry, t hatthat I ha\ e a.lwa.ys cared for you, ever smce we were child ren t ogether," she sa.1 d, lD a low voice, "And you will give y ourself to me '" he asked, "Yes," she answered softly . ~ H e had come close t o h er, and, leanmg forward now, he stret ched out his hand and t ook her·, which h eld her bridle, giving it a gentle pressure H is head was bent, and in anot her moment his lips would have touch ed the trembling fingers, but in t hat instant his horse swerved, a.nd he had some d 1 ffi culty in preserving his seat , Looking round t o ascertam the cause of Firefly's unusual ma.nlfestat1on of t emper, he perceived , w ith a guilty start, a lit tle fig ure cla.d in a crimson skirt a.nd close fittmg h ood from beneath which a. pa.Ir of wild lookfug eyes Ha.shed surpru e a.nd pa.in It was only a fleet mg glance he caught, for Dolly, who had just emerged from t he path lea.ding down Oliver's Mount, crossed the roa.d, a.nd wa.s immediat ely lost t o view m the dark dept hs of t he pm e wood. Captain Bra.1t hwa.ite, for no reason but tha.t of an Mousing conscience, t,uat ed that t he girl's brief presence h~d not been remarked by his comp~mon , but he wa.s not left long in doubt on the subJect. " Wha.t a l ovely face, Ha.rry a.T.J d what a q ua.int b t le figure ' W ho is she? ' Gerald~ine cried quite ent husiaat1ca.lly. " I don t r ecollect having ever seen her before ·" "No 7" Harry a.nswered care!easly. " She is not bad looking tor a rustic, is she ?" " She is b eaut1ful-a1mply lovely ·" r ep eated Gcraldme, who might nave wonder ed perhaps at her cousin'd m anner, his as s umed 1nd1flerence wu.s so t ranspatent , ha.d not her own happiness r endered her obh v1 ous oflt. " And you do not know ner n!lme !" " I may have heard it," H arry ret urned evainvely , "but one doesu t k eep a note of the names a.n.d addresses of a.11 the village girls, a.s a rule " "Of course n ot l ' laughed Geraldi>te "Only this one 1s 8 0 unusually goodlci okmg - in.deed, so remu.r kable a.ltoget ber - th ·t 1t would only b· n atural to mdulge one a cur1 os1ty concernmg her." "You forget tha.t is a t rait p eculiar to your own sex," Ca.ptam Braithwaite said, with a shrug, and then, a.nx1 ous to change t he sub Ject, be added - " You will let me t ell my goc.d news at home without delay ; and, Ger a.ld1ne, you will not keep me long without my wife ?' He spoke w1tb feverish imp at rnnce that might have blmded a. more worldly '~om»n t han t he girl l>y his side. Agam t he Bw1ft r ose tint dyed her cheekR , " Y es, yc u may t ell my uncle a.nd a unt ; but t hese are ea.rly daya ~o think of- of ma.rria.ge, ' " I k now whD.t you mean," Capt~m Bra.ith waite re1oi oed, " a.nd I r cspeot your scruples But, Geraldme, forgive me- you knew so ltttle of y our father t hat your marriage fol lowmg so soon on his d eath could not be considered a.ny disrespect to his memory. I shall be io1amg my regiment soon, and the chances a.re t hat we may be ordered on foreign service, and then- " " Oh, Har ry, I hope not ' Y ou must leave the a.rmy at once," his cousin broke 1n im pet uously, " My dear Ger aldine, I think you knowI have made no secret of m y affair s- I a.m a. poor man, a.nd I cannot afford t o live in idle nees for a.n mdefinde penod ' "But I a.m r ich," cried the girl imp ulsive ly "And t here will be no need for y ou t o remiun in t he army, or, in fa.ct, to do any t hmg that you do not lik e, when we a.re ma. r1ed." " But until t hen," Capt ain Braithwaite began, touched, in spit e of himself, by Ger a.ldmo's generosity and unbounded confi dence in himself. "Unt il t h en," declared hislady love bright ly, "you must remain at t he H all, a.nd go on hvmg as you a.re doing now ' The Capt ain sa.w t hen that his game was won " On t he condition," he answered, " that you fix our weddmg-day early ID the ensu mg year . And, after a little further argument, this was a.greed to, When, ha.If a.n h our lat er , Har ry 11sS1sted his cousm t o a.light, he bent h is handsome head imd sealed their compact with a kissthe firat a.nd- how little she gues11ed I- the la.st she should ever receive ftom the lipa of h er bet rothed. With a light hear t, a.nd in a flutter of ex citement and h appiness, Geraldm e passed through t he ha.ll and up t he grand oak staircase to her own r oom, where she indulged in self congratulation over her good fortune ; and it was not until afterwards, in the midst of those dark days tha.t followed, that she remembered that through out t he memorable ride, though Ca.pta.in Braithwaite had asked her, and she had consented to be his wife, he ha.d never once tol d her that he loved her. _ _ "Zounds 1 W hat d'ye mean, talking of my go.I like tha.t, sirrah ? ' cried Ada.m, in sudden wrath " I d have you k now that my Dolly doesn t need to go down on her knees t o get a husband Who'll never mar ry her? I d like to know what y ou mean by your confounded impudence. Not marry herindeed 1 I'd like to see the man who'd make a fool of my la.as ' ' "Well, you've no ca.II t o tur n u p so rough I' r etorted J oe sulkily "It s m ev rybody's mouth, a.nd 1t s w hat t hey all sa.y- he s only pfo.y ng fast and loose with her-else what 's this about the gran d wedd mg there's to be at the H all in t he spring "Gr and weddmg ' Hall ·" repeated Adam t aking off his red cap an d r unning his hand t hrough h is iron gray lo ka 1n a perplexed manner. "Are you daft lad' What a.re you talkmg a.bout ? "Oh you haven't, maybe,hea.rd t hP.t either'" the younger man r eiomed B!lr caatlca.lly, "No one'e t old you t hat Captain Braithwaite is to be married to h is cousm m a. few months ~" "Oh, yes, t o be sure I" Adam said quietly r ecover mg. " I t 's an old affair, 1sn t it~ Not hmg eurpr iamg m that' Imm d how they used t o call them t he little sweethearts when t hey were children " "Oh, you do l Then, after a.ll, even you c11.n t t hmk muoh of Dolly's chances ' Dolly's chances I W ha.t wa.s he dr1viog a.t ' E ven yet Adam did not take in .the other's meanmg. "1 t ell you what it 1s, gov'nor,' cried Joe, fltngmg prudence to t he winds. 'Its a. cry ing shame tnat I ve been t reated as I h!!.ve been N o one can deny but that D olly wa.s sweet on me once And I - well, loved h er - madly You know you seemed to encour a.ge me too, and I took 1t for grant ed a.II was fa.1r a.nd square between us Oh, I 11 make a clean breast of 1t 1 ' he went on excitedly , " And t hen one day, I - I want ed to kiss her , she- she i ust ur, with her h and and- and boxed my ear s J oe rubbed t hose organs r11efully as if h e could still feel the smart of her little finger s " 'And,' says she, a.a cool like a.s wed been t he gr eatest strangers, ' I'll thank you , J oe SlDlth, to conduct your se'f properly when you r e with me ,' and t hen s he Hounoed off, I was awful vexed , you may be sure ; a.nd, when I came to r e fleet on the matter , I decided there must be some one else " ' Some one else !' repeated Adam abst ract edly. "Yes, some other fellow she c!l.r ed more about - don't you see 7 ' J oe explained, rather impatiently . " And so I set m yself t o work to find out who 1t could be At first I thought twas Tom L ark m s-oh, you needn' t shake your head so wisely '- but I wa.s wrong She didn't ca.r e a. fig for him, no more t han for m e ; b ut, me eye, I was s ur prised when I found out t 'wa.s t he Ca.ptam t ' The rudd y hue on the blacksmith's face had gradually changed to a sickly yellow, as seen by the fitful Ha.r e of the forge during J oe s recital When t he other pa.used, he was hvid with r age. " Tho- Ca.ptaiu ' · wa.s all he said, and from the quiet t one Joe n ever guessed a.t the workings in the man's hear t. " Y ~s, ' he r epeat ed, " Captain Braithwaite - him as iu s gomg t o marry his cous1n I t is hardly lik ely , with all hLS court ing on Dolly, he'll t hrow t he other over for .her," he added vm d1c t1vely. "Oh 1 ' · For Adam had t aken a ste p forwar d, a.nd his bca.wny hand clut ched t he lad's t hroat wh h a. grip t hat threll.tened strangulation, "Liar," he shouted hoarsely- " ba.ss hearted vdhan t I've a good mm d to choke all the breath out of your vile body." Already Joe was growing black in t he face, when, with a. final shake, the blaok smit h flung him from him " I 11 teach you t o come here tJTating to me about my girl, because, forsooth, she sh owed her sense by not havmg a.nythmg to do with a. skulking hound h ke you l ' Joe, who had come in contact with the opposite wall, a.nd had fallen prone u pon t h e eart h, raised himself with some lit tle difficulty, so bruised and sor e was he. W it h · out uttering a. word, he reached the door ; but, when w1thw a. safe d1ata.nce of the in fur1a.ted old man, he turned round t o sa.y"Lia.r am I ? W eli, we'll see l I've t a.ken your thr ashing, it's true , but Ill have my r evenge when I see all decent folks ooutmg you and that fine lass of yours She's- - " But t herehe retreated ha.etily, leaving the sentence incomplet e, for Adam, in t he door wa.y , ca.st upon him so t hreatening a. look t hat he deemed discretion the bet ter part of valor, a.nd t ook a. h urried departure Long after J oe ha.d disappeared from view, t he bla.cksmith st ood there, his stur dy figure t hrown boldly into r elief in the gather ing gloom by the forge fir e, which flickered and flar ed behind He ha.d been in his day as h andsome a specimen of our sons of toil as could have been met with in old England, and even now his massive figure was unbent, aud his bra.~ny arm retained much of its iitrengt h, of which he had i ust given good proof, He might have passed for a son of Vulcan, with his br onze face a.nd dark fn zzly hair a.nd beard. A ha.rd man 11ome deemed him, a.nd his general demeanor certam ' y showed no signi of weakness. Only t o Dolly did he unbend- Dolly, his one ewe lamb, his da.r ling, whom he ha.d denied nothing, whom he literally worshipped-Dolly, the light of his old eyes, the legacy left to him by her young mother, and which he had cherished a.ll these yea.rs, Dolly, who was to bring CHAPTER IV, shame- ah, no ' Joe Smith wa~ a Jealous "Well, and how goes it with you, Joe ? fool ; his Dolly could do no harm , she It's long amce I saw you, la.d. W hat's been would have t old her old father if- doing these days past ' ' "Am I gomg mad i · Adam crfed with Application ls a.bout to be m ad e for the release of F reeman P Cargan, who is now servmg a hfe sentence m the prison of J ack son, h avmg been convicted on periured testimony of one of the most br utal murders m t he history of M1ohlgan Chad es Smith was a well to do farmer, h vmg tn Chesa.nmg township, Sagmaw county. H is wife and a young form be.nd named Morns Alexander mi.de up t he regular members of the house hold Mrs Smith's sist er was mvit ed from New York to vmt a.t Chesa.ning. She ca.me, brmgmg her h usba.nd, F reeman P. Ca.rgan, with her. On t he mght of September 12, 1876, soon after the arrival of the Cargans, t he SmttJi barn was burned to the ground Little was thought of tha.t fact , but by a singular com cidence Charles Smith disappeared on t he same mght, and no t race of hts whereabouts could be ound Suspicion wa.s a.roused, and a. careful search of the charred rums of the ba.rn was made. H alf buried under a. quantity of burned beams was t he skelet on of a ma.n Only t he bones rema.med, and t hese were p artially inciner ated. A post mortem exa.min111t1 on was made of t he re mains, when 1t w as d1scovored that t he body ha.d been hammered a.lmost to a. Jelly before hemg burned. Most of the bones were splmtered mto fragments by blows from a. blunt mstrument The rema.ms were identified a.s those of the missing Charles Smith . All t he inmates of the Smith house were arrested on a charge of murder Suspicion centered upon young Alexander a.nd Mrs, Smith. It was generally k nown that t he fa.mlhan ty between t he t wo had excit ed Smith 's disapproba.t 10n Freeman P Car gan was the fir st to be tried before t he Sag maw C1rcmt Cour t During t he imprison ment of Alexander a.nd Mrs Smith t hey had frequent consultat10ns with t he proseout ing o:ffi."ers, whicb. r esulted m several alleg ed confessions t ha.t freed the two susp ected part ies and fixed the murder en t he two Parga.ns On t he trial, which wa.s at tended with gr eat popular excitement, Mrs. Smith swore that she and Alexander h a.d long con· templat ed t he murder of her husband, but neither of them had t he courage to do t he deed. She ha.d, t herefore, written t o her sist er , Mrs. Cargan, in New York , offering $500 1f t he latter 's husband would come on s.nd do t he wor k . Carga.n and his wife had come to Chesaning for the purpose of mur der, a.nd deliberately accomp'hshe<l t'he ob iect by firat clubbmg the old man t o death and t hen burying his body Alexander cor roborat ed Mru Smit h s st ory. Theee con fess1ons were so conclusive t hat Carga.n and his wife were both convicted a.nd sentenced for life, he t o t he State prison and she t o the Detroit H ouse of Correction For having turned State's evid ence and convict mg the Ca.rgane, Mr s. Smith and Alexander were rewarded with light sontences, the former being sent t o the Det r oit House of Correction for ten years. During Mrs Smit h's imprisonment Su perm tendent N icholson noticed that ehe was bur dened with some secret mental eflhct10n A cancer of the stomach reduced her pbysica.lly Sh e sent for the supenn tendent, u.nd eald 11he had a deat hbed con fession t o make t o him H er death waa so noor that restora.tfvp,s had to be ndmm1ster ed to preserve t he fhckermg spark s of life In d1sconne"t ed but per feo1ly coherent sen tences she stat ed that her entire testimony agamst Cargan and his wife was perJ Ured She a.nd Alexander had been promised a. light seot ence if t hey would give e vidence ~ga.mst t he C11organs W it h t he hope of seemg her children agam she determmed t o swear falsely, and mvent ed t b e story which had sent the Carga.ns t o prison for life. Po.ver s B locl.:.R ochester N Y. 45 A :Man Without a Country. A curious case h1 u been for some time on trial before the F rench courts, and has exmt ed much d1scus8lon a.nd many smiles It is that of a.n eccentric F renchman, who, at t he early 111ge of 33 or 34, was deprived of his liberty of action by a family council; or , in other wor ds, wa.e prAvented from ruinmg himself financially by ha.vmg admimst rators appointed over him This so enraged him that he conceived a. violent preJudice against his fellow count rymen. Dur ing t he remain der of his life he seems to have pa.esed his t ime in mventing measures for annoying his relatives ; and in his will h e expressly stip ulat ed t hat as soon a.a he wa.s supposed t o be dead his 11.dmtnistra.tor should pierce his h eart with a. bodkin m order to make sure t hat he shmdd not be buried ahve; aft er which he should convey the body to w1th1n one mile of the Engll~h coast, a.nd t here have i t cast mto the sea u1 decline to have my r ems.ms repose," said t his ener getic F r enchman, " m the midst of my fellow countrymen, who ha.Ye act ed in an imbecile and idiotic manner m taking awa.y my liberty of act ion when I was m t he prime of life " The ad mimstra.tor guardian 'expressed a profound willingness to carry out the instr uction s m the will, and was even havm g a. small boa.t constructed for t he pnrpose of performing the funeral r ites on the wat er, when t he other members of t he fa.m1ly interfered and brought the matter m to court Befor e the tribunal t he executor a.gam declared that he w,;is rea.dy to c111Ty out the will or t o have t he body of his deceased relative placed in a. vault in London as a kind of compromise The matter ha.s not yet been settled and 1s likely t o become l egendar y. .Perhaps it may lea.d to"some reform of the ca.st1ron reg ulat1ous as to t he disposal of fortunes, reg ulai10ns which may have been very proper in the epoch of the first Napoleon, but which a.re rather antiquated and too tyrannical t o suit the temper of the present generation. Baroness Rothschild gave a ba,ll ui Lon don r acently, at which t he ladies wore gowns of either gra.y, black or whit e ma.terial, the court being now in mourning The effect, though somber, was pec::iha.r and not with out richness. ...... Received in Savmgs Bonk Deparlmentand A oorreapondent of t he P all Mall Gazette call and rnter est al!owed a t cm rent re.tea. N. or w1t hdra.wa! 11ecessa.1y .All depos!tif t ells the story of a plump, prett y litt le or notrne paynl>le on demand phan of seven, who was on e of t he steerage passengers m a st eamer h eavily laden wit h EXC HA.NGE emigrants for N ew York She had not a and sold and Dr arts issued upon Europe, r elative or friend on board, but was sent Bought Umted States and Canada also Gold,Silver and from some remot e dtetrict 1n Sweden t o United Sta.es Gr eenbacks bo111zht a.nd sold. Chrnago C COLL EC'.l'JONS The poor baby made her J&Urney of four t housand mtles smi ling, happy, findmg a Promptly made nt curr ent rates upon all pari friend's face m every one that looked at of Great Brittain, the Umted States a nd Do her The emigrant women on board ca.red mlmon of Canada. for h er a.e t hough each were her m other Telegr aph 'l'1·a n srers E very morning she came on deck freshly Ma.de for large or small sums on all parts of bathed a.a d dressed, he1 pretty hair braided Canada Thia is especmlly advantageous to under her puckered hood. The English persons hving m Mamtoba or the North west ma.n who obser ved t he universal kindness to a.a it makes the funds a vailable at once a.t the t ho child says, " In a.11 my life I never saw place of payment. so fine a. t hing," For further particulars call at the Banking A story which 1s t old of some German House emigrants might parallel t his Two brot h '.I BRODIE, GEO. McGI LL Accountant, Manager er e, one an 11.b led bodied meoham c, the ot hc r y a slight lad of eigh t een, were steerage passengers in one of t he large Amen ca.n sto..m ers several yea.rs ago T he elder , v entur m g mto some dangerous quarter of the vessel, durmg a s torm, w as wash ed overboard and dr owned H e had on his person t he h t tle store of money and t he t icket s belonging t o both. T he lad, Gott fried, was left a_beolutepenmless a.nd friendless m t he world The ot her emigrants contributed of their poor litt le savings enough to pay his w a.y and s upport him until he reached a colony in Da ARE NOW OPEN. kota, t o which most of t hem a.re bound. H e 1s n ow one of the most mdustrious, energe Stantl ro11merly occupied by tlie l'ost o m ee. t ic men in It. KING STREET, Sa.rcely a. ship load of emigrants comes BC>~nll"..t\LJSTV'X:C..:C.. E . acr oss the sea in which there is not shown the same mutual k1ndness and help There The Gallery IB fir st class m all 1t e ap. Is sometimes in the 111ot of cut t ing loose from his old home, and a.11 past associations, potntme nt s, and furms hed m a comfort which makes a. man cling more closely to able m ann er, T h ere will b e no poor work ot her men as neighbors and brothers ; givmg allowed t o leave t he rooms, a.n d these who and asking help a.s never before. I t is the favor me wit h a call can r ely on be m g bestprepara.tion for ,his life in t he new country pleased here he will stand on a.n equa.hty for mu JE'fl"T he mst antenous process only will ual help and support, w it h men of every na. be used for Phot og raphs tion under heaven. Come in and see m e. Y et after a.ll. are';'.we not a.ll emigrants crossing a. wider sea. t o an unknown country, which we a.II- the millionaire and p auper, the white a.nd the black, t he gentleman and the slave- sha.11 ent er toget her, children of one F ather ? Shall we not, t oo, t ry t o help each other on this our one short voyage ? -........ Helpful THE ONTARIO BANK Contmues to do a General Bankrng Busmeas tsBo wmanv1ll11 Branch D E .POSI T S PHO TOGRAPHY. - - ----HENRY'S New Photo Rooms R. H. HENRY. Announcement is made of the death at the age of 95 yea.rs of Gabriel Emery of Lens, Sw1t zerlancl, H e fought a. Borodino sa.w Moscow burned, was at t he pass!llge o the Beresma, survived the t err1blo reti eat, fought a.t Lut zen and Bau t zen, and was ta.ken prisoner a.t Leipsfo It is estimated that 150,000,000 t ons · of matter m solut10n a.re annually poured by t he M1Ss1ssippi 10 the Gulf of Mexwo, This in 4,000 yea.rs would remove over the whole basin one foot of land. Contments thus wear away by the great rivers, and new ones are formed Abram Hanson, a. negro boy of L'!.wrence, K us , can pick up a. piece of clay and model It 11:1 a. few minutes to almost 11<ny form that suggest~ itself t o his mmd, with a hfe like ncss truly o.stounding. From tho common clay there found in abnndanoe, without tools of any kmd, without mcdela or designs, he forms men and beasts with u. wonderful re a.hty and no incons1dera.ble artistic ta.lent. L EVI MORRIS. the shortest notrne nt the lowest posll.,.-ble rat es, Caskets and Burial Cases ready on short notice !1rat class hearse on ve1y moderate terms Shrouds and Coffins constantly on hand. Fun ra.l cards supplied at once Furmtur e Shop & how Booms - Bounsall sN ew Block ll furniture sold by me IS made by t he U C urmturo Co ofBowrnanvil!o. I do not buy slop furmture und repiesent it to have been ma.de by t he U C F Co of this town. Also agent for the LIQUOR TE.A. for this town and vimmt:v It rn ch eap and as good as can be got in the market. .A. valuable prize given with every pound, W" I am fully prepared to attend Funerals on -B"Y-