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d A Po 7 Ef ZN 7 CST WOuS nimi. VOL. XI, No. 40. PRINCE ALBERT, COUNTY OF ONTARIO, C.W. THURSDAY. OCT. 8, 1868. [WHOLE No. 560 Te . Tr. xt : En Lb val Yr Th AYF Bh 7.94: T AWY R'S STORY. Ton, a Yow coiled, old fashioned building oJ 7% Link be was wandeti z in hismind, [ 1 looked atthe paper with a sort of vague, pe Butarin Poserher,| Models, So. DD Yrs ns en a BE CT ' » ' re dropped oll as eep, as quiel as a lJamb-- A WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICULTURAL FAMILY NEWSPAPER, I8 PUBLISHED AT THE VIOTORIA BLOCK, PRINCE ALBERT, =u * GYUNTY OF ONTARIO, EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BAIRD & PARSONS, TERMS: --$1.60 per annam, 1f paid within six mouths ; in that time, $2.00. Nosub ®2riplic six months ; and nopaper discontinued untilaliarrears are paid. Ag Letters containing money, when addressed to his Ode, pre-paid and registered, will he at our risk. + RATES OF ADVERTISING. Por each line, first insertion - - -. $0.08 Subssquent insertions, perline - - - 0.02 €1rds, under 6 lines, per annum - , 5.00 Advbrtisements measured in Nonpareil and elarged acording to the space they occupy. lication, withoutspe~ fed until forbid, and wrarged ace 8! isement will he taken ot until paid for. , A lihgral discountallowed to Merchants and others whe advertise by the year or half-year, Anyspecial Notice, theabject of which istopromote te pecuniary benefit of any mdividunl or company. to ie Considered an advertisement, and charged accord ! gly. nT These terms will. in nilcases, be strictly ad- peredto. De constantly increasing importance of the North gofOmariorenderstie publication ofthe OnsERVER y. Ever ating right, and ing 8, it will constantly take the lead in forwarding ralinterests of the county; and in the amount wnd general news given, will be unsurpassed by uuy localpaper publislied in Canada. «- JOB DEPARTMENT. Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Posters. Progrgmmes. Bil Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Check Books. Circulars, Business Cards. Ball Cards, &e | &e., of very style aid color, executed promptly. nud at lower Cates than at any other establishment in this ec Partiesirom nee getting hand bills. anchave them done to take home withthem, J. BAIRD. | H. PARSONS, Business Divectory, Drs. Jones & Jones, PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS, &C., OULD respectfully advise the public that ; they have formed a partnership for the practice of their profession. All calls received at their respective places ot residence will be promptly attended to. G. W. JONES, M.D., R. JONES, M.D., Coroner, Co. Ontario, | Late residence of Dr. Prince Albert. Oakley,--Port Perry. DR. WARE, RONER fo the County of Ontario, Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur, Prince Albert printed Drs. Brathwaile & Baldw PRINCE ALBERT, Physicians, Surgeons, and Accoucheurs. Drs. McGILL & RAE, HYSICIANS, Surgeons, &c., &e. Office and Residences, King street, Oshawa. WM, M'GILL, M.D, FRANCIS RAE. M, B, JOHN BILLINGS, ARRISTER, Atwoiney at Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Public, Conveyancer, ¢.y Prince Albert. Office over 1. C. Forman's Store. . COCHRANE & COCHRANE, | ARRISTERS, Attorneys, &e. Prince Albert office--opposite the Town lal; Port Perry office--over Mr. Bigelow's Store, eter erm Spencer & Ebbels, ARRISTERS, Attorneys, Solicitors, Con- veyancers, Notaries Public, &c. To Hi SPENCER, LL B., | HUBERT L. EBBELS, : Toronto. Pont P © FAREWELL & MoGEE, Blowers Attorneys, Solicitors, Con- O veyancers:and Notaries Public, Oshawa. -- ce, oS dor North of the Post Office sand at Bowmanville, office Mr, Fétter's Block, oppo- site Town all. &. EB. FAREWELL, L.L.n. | RN. M'GEE, B. A. R. J: WILSON, ARRISTER, Attorney at Law, Solicitor in Chanery, &c. Office in the Victoria wilding, Brock-st., Whitby, NORMAN F, PATERSON, (Late of Millar & Paterson, Toronto ) TTORNEY-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, , Comverancer, &c., Beaverton. Office i the g occupied hy Dr. Wilson, Simcoe-st. btm cartoon ---- CAMERON & MACDONELL, Blast 'and Attorneys at Law, Siaiiory County Council Ontario. Offices: rt House. | H. J. MACDONELT.. #L. 0. CAMERON. ~~ LYMAN ENGLISH, L. L. B,, OLICITOR in Chancery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &c., Oshawa, Office--Simcoe street, opposite the post office. C. N, VARS, RACTICAL Dentist, Oshawa, C. W. Dental Rooms directly opposite the post affice--entrance Simcoe street, third door north of the Ontario Bank. JOHN CHRISTIE, OWNSHIP Clerk for Reach, Convey- aneer, Commissioner of the Court of Queen's Bench, &c. Business carefully attended 0. Office--Manchester. = THOS, H. WALSHE. TCENSED Auctioneer for the Town- i ships of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in rth Ontario; Mariposa, etc., in the Connty of oi ; asians Guuningion, Brock, nS ders a or at his residence will be 'panctually attended. Debts collected Can: and. remittances er WALSHE, tho North One tario Auctioneer. Money to Lend TU ornTayMS oF $300 and Upwards, Ata low rate of Interest. FAREWELL & McGEE,. . i Solicitors, ge. Oshaws, Nov. 14, 1866. 45- ? | and renovated, and he is prepared to accommo- "REVERE HOUSE," MANCHESTER ! B., PLANK,.. ...PROPRIETOR. Hig purchased the above hotel, and has furnished the Bar with the choicest liquors and cigars. Every attention paid to guests.-- Stages to and from Whithy call daily. Careful ostlers always in attendance. 8 COTTAGE HOTEL, GREENBANK, YHE robseriber wishes to inform the traveling public that he has taken the above hotel, which he Las fitted and furnished throughout, and where the best accommodation, with eareful attention, can always be found, -- Good stabling, enclosed yards, and attentive Ostlers, R. A. MURTA, Proprietor. Greenbank, Tel\'y 13,1866. Jewctt's Hotel, STREET, LINDSAY. Good stable and shed attached, and an atfentive ostler always in attendance. RUYAL HOTEL, WHITBY, C. W. FTE largest and most commodious Mote! in | Town. A special conveyance to the Rail- way Station. Stages depart from the Royal Hotel daily to all places . Attentive host- lers always in attendance. JACOB BRYAN, Proprietor. DAFOE HOU UTICA 00D accommodations. Careful attention to the requirements of travelers and guests. The bar supplied with the best wines, liquors and cigars Good stabling. J. DAFOE, Proprietor. THE ROBSON HOUSE! LATE SCRIPTURE'S HOTEL, DUNDAS STREET WHITBY, C, Wa, GEORGE ROBSON, - = = PROPRIETOR, ITE Subscriber begs to announce that he has ~ leased the building formerly known a Scrip- ture's Hotel, for a term of years, and that he has renovated and re-furnished the building through- out, posite the Post Office, in the centre of the town, The Railway Omnibus calls at the Hotel, and the Stages for Uxbridge and Beaverton leave the door every morning. IF Careful Ostlers always in attendance, GEO. ROBSON Brooklin House. C. VICKERY, - .. EGS most respectfully to inform the inhabi- tants of the County of Ontario, that he has leased the above premises lately occupied by Sandy Perrie. which he has newly furnished ProPriETOR. date the travelling public. The bar stocked with the choicest liquors and cigars, and an at- tentive ostleralways in attendance. MACKIES HO EL! (LATE BRODIE'®}) Waiton Street, Port Hope. Wir. MACKIE, Proprietor. Centre Hotel, SAINTFIELD, D. CAMPBELL, Proprietor. Licensed Auctioneer FOR THE County of Ontario J. C. PILKEY, Epsom P.O. 6 ne "aN ga Licensed Auctioneer. HE Subgeribet, holding a Licence for the County of Ontario, and the Township of Mariposa, wonld beg to state to Farmers and others, requiring his services, that whatever busi is entrusted to his care, will be prompt- ly and carefully attended to. Charges moderate. Terms, Days of Sale, &c., &c., arracged at the Observer Office, Prince Albert. E. MAJOR. Borelia, March, 27th, 1867 THE ONTARIO FARMERS Mutual Insurance Company HIS Ci is now fully organized and is pre] d to accept risks on Farm Buildings and their contents, country School Houses and Churches. Those wishing to insure and thereby supvort a Home Insurance Company have now an opportunity of doing so either by applying to the Head Office, or to any of the local Agents of the Company. Our rates will be found as low as those of any responsibleMutual Insurance Company in Canada. Head Office--The old Registry Office Build- ings, Brock Street, Whithy, L. FAIRBANKS, Jr., 27-1y Secretary Marriage Iicenses: (BY AUTHORITY.) 15D at Port Perry. Oi Houss. the Scveoa ARLES. gr 5 HE Ja 23 1867. MONEY cui ry To loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent eres 'LYMAN ENGLISH, Barrister, : Free Omnibus to and from the Cars and Boats, The premises are pleasantly situated, op- | J, Manchester, Feb. 4. 1868, DENTIST! PRINCE ALBERT. PRrorus all Dental operations with neat- ness and dispatch. He has procured Cod- man & Sherifl's latest improved Double jet Spray Apparatus for the Extraction of Teeth without Pain. . V. DAILEY Prince Albert, Aug. 5, 3 « D. Cottingham, FER ENIST, FRR FN BORETLIA, CW By a New Process, Teeth can be Ex- tracted withont pain, at his office. J.D. C. is prepared to exectite all operations connected with his profession with neatness and dispateh. Call and examine his specimens. Single Feeth inserted--parts of sets, or whole s--Cheap, and warranted, UNDERSTAND. --Attention to the Teeth preserves the health. Without teeth in good orderit is impossible to masticate food for the body, and consequently there cannot be good health, If you have decayed teeth, get them filled. If you have any out get them replaced hy new ones. Prices low, and all work warranted, If the work is not satisfactorily done, the money will be refunded. Office hours from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m. Borelia, Jan. 15, 1567. 2-1y English Pink Dental Rubber; New and beautiful Vuleanite Base for Arti- ficial Teeth! GO. D. WAID, . SURGEON-DENTIST, JH xin==t., Tpbrivge. LL Dental operations performed with the itmost gkill and care, warranted to give sat- isfuction or no charge, and at prices which defy competition. Rerenesces.--Rev. Dr. Short, and JI. D. Griggs, Port Tope; Rev. J. T. Burns, Whitby : sould, Esq., and J. Bolster, M. B., Uxbridge PRINCE ALBERI AND MANCHESTER Bakeries! AS the places to buy your BREAD, 4A FLOUR, OAT MEAL, CORN MEAL, SMALL BREADS of every description. First class Coufectionanes. Toys in great variety For Spring and Summer vse; and Fruits in their season. Wedding Cakes made to order He ir also prepared 10 furnish Soirees. Tea Meetings, &c., on liberal terms. CHAS. HISCOCKS. Feb. 13,1867. MONEY! J, GC. PI LK Is Y, : rE undersigned is prepared to loan, in sums to suit the convenience of the borrower, ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY, * [dare venture upon it, (Private Funds) On good Mortgage Security, ata very. Low Rate of Interest. Tle has several Lots of IMPROVED AND WILD LANDS FOR RALE ON EASY TERMS. Apply at the well known Cheap Store of Messrs, R. & J. Campbell, Manchester, to JOHN HODSON, VaLuaror, &c. 5-3m A MILLION AND A QUARTER oF Money to Loan. IE Subscriber has received instructions from a gentleman who has a large amount of money invested in English securities, to in- vest the same for him, in this and adjoining Counties, on good Farm Property, or Deben tures. «| 1 still continue to. represent three of the largest Monetary Institutions in the Dominion, that lend money on the most advantageous terms. 5 Also a large number of well cultivated Farms, and any quantity of Wild Lands, for sale cheap. For further particulars, apply to JAMES HOLDEN, Official Assignee, Money Broker, Commis- sioner, Notary Public, &c, &e. OFFIOF--Second Floor, McMillian's Block, Brock Street, Whitby. Sept. 2, 1868. 34-tf N.B.--Iam also prepared to invest in all kinds of Debentures. Greenbacks bought and sold ; also a "large quantity of Silver for sale. IAS. HOLDEN. WESTERN ASSURANCE COMP'Y TORONTO, C. W. INCORPORATED i. oc criivonrs A881, Capital - - $400,000. wo panier RINGLE, President Vieed Pre Secretary : shawa, Nover der 21, 1866. 46 PRE 7 mists of diamond bright rain obscuring the tender green of the spring Jandscape--dan~ delions starring the 'margin of the village street, and early violets just begining to unfold their buds along the edge of the water courses in the wood. It was spring in very deed, and yet I found the little, wood fire in my office not unacceptable, as I sat moodily belore it, ever and anon giving-the hoarfringed logs a mechanical poke. Shall I introduce myself? Maurice Fol- hott, at your sérvice § a newly fledged law- yer, twenty-six years of age, and, as yet quite chentless. Not particularly good-look- ing, but up to the average --not particularly talented. but resolved to win his way, if per- severence and energy can accomphsh it-- and very much in love with Jesey Miller's blue eyes, and sweetpea-blossom of a face ! And Jessy liked me, too, if I might ven- ture fo to interpret sundry sly glances and responeive smiles, to say nothing of the notes that we contrived now and then to exchange, strictly sub rosa, lor Mrs. Miller, Jesey's mother, had always discouraged my suit most persistently, Well, I could hard- ly blame her. Mra. Miller knew the world, and Jessy did not; and a penniless young lawyer is hardly the person to whom a wise mother is willing to give her only child. But then, again, Jessy had promised me to wait, and I felt quite certain, that, in time, I should conquer Fate. Imagine my rurprise, then, on that April afternoon, when the door opened, and Mrs. Miller herself came in, with an eager ex- cited face, and wrappingson which the rain drops yet glistened. ¢ Are you at leisure this afternoon, Mr. Folliott 7 I would like to consult you." ¢ Iam quite at leisure, Mrs Miller. I might have added, as I moved forward the leather covered easy chair, that I wae seldom anything else. Mrs. Miller took the offered seat, and entered at once upon the subject of her viet. "You are aware that mv half-brother, David Powys, is now at the Eagle Inn, ly- ing sick 7? I had heard so, and I said as much. ¢ He came a week ago, or perhaps ten daye ; and his consin, on the mother's side --no relation to me, you will understand-- is with him ; a dark, deep, dangerous man --a man who dg from no method of comprising 1FevIl plans!' I never had seen Mra. Miller so excited before. I merely inchned my head, and waited for her to go on, We were never very good friends, poor David and I, but this time, when he came, he asked a great many questions about Jessy and me, * 1 would like todo something for your little girl,'he said : but thenJessy Pen- rith came in,and David shrank back among his pillows like a trightened child. He ix atraid ot that man, Mr. Follion j why, and wherefore, I cannot tell--and Penrith keems all kindness--but some secret cause of in- timidation there certainly exists. It was only by odds and ends daring the enforced absenca of this Penrith, that [ learned what I am about 10 tell you. It seems that my half-brother war indoced to draw vp a will, leaving all his property-- quite a considera~ ble amount for unpretending people like us --10 Joseph Pennth 3 and now it is the ob- ject of Penrith's hfe to prevent any altera- ton in the state of things. David, however, 18 determined to make a new will --? what irritably, with a quick motion of her hands, as if she would wave my words away ; * that would be totally impossible, with Penrith on the watch. David does not What | want.is this -- that you should make out the will here, according to the instrnetions that he has au- thorized me to give, and then await (he op- portunity, when Penrith is temporanly ab senl, 10 have it read in his presence and signed. Notime must be lost--he knows as well a8 [ do that he 1s dying--and it is|! (Her flushed face. bending across the table, so as to whisper the words into my ear, almost touched mine.) ¢ Very well; I will take down your in- structions." ¢ And how eoon will the papers be ready ¢ To-morrow morning--this evening if necessary.' ¢ Make haste, then ; the sooner, the bet- ter ; we have not an hour of time to lose.' paper, written over on both sides with trem- ulous, halfsillegible pencil marks. I could decipher the words , * Two-thirds of all my property, real and personsal, 10 my bhalf- sister's only child, Jessy Moreton Miller-- the remaining third to Joseph Penrith, my cousin.' ~ ¢ Is this his handwriting 7' [ asked. Mrs. Miller noded assent. I worked dilligently at my task all the afternoon-- wae it not in Jessy's behaif ? or was my industry unrewnrded ; for, when I was lighting my office lamp a hurried knock eame once more to the door, and Mis, Miller rushed in. In it finished ?--the will, I mean ?' she gasped, breathlessly. ¢ Yes.' : ¢ Bring it, then § now is our opportunity. Joseph Penrith has ridden to Wellsboro,' io send a telegraph dispatch. Oh, make haste, he will be back before we xnow it I" The last adjoration was really rather un- necessary, for I had already put on ny hat, und was wailing for her to exit to lock the office door. * We walked hurriedly through the dew and starlight of the soit April night-- I could almost hear the tumultuous beating of her heart as she hastened along, leaning on my arm. Evidently, her nervous system was wyought up to ite highest pitch. As for me I rather enjoyed: the riovelty .and sudden ness, of the adventure--it formed a variety in;my monctonous life. ¢ Mr. Penrith has not retuned, Ellen M ""Gevegar Acknt. las we orossed the threehold of the Eagle she devaanded of a hard featored woman, gove," apologized Powys abjectly. Mrs. Miler, tossing her head with scareal i surpressed indignation, * 1 wish you a very [¥ 10 Pe #0 near the inheritence, and to mise good-evening I' itatlast! It death | and my poor little Jessy. her tones ; perhaps he did, for he looked curiously at her as he held the--cahdie 10]! ligit us both down stairs, ly arrived at the pottom of the step flight, I glanced back, he was still sanding there, < X thonghttully rubbing his chin. cases in which delays are far from advisa- away with us 7" breathlessly mquired Mrs. I Miller, as we emerged into the open air. could we have had the opportunity. must get possession of il ax soon as possible, and | wil gee that it is properly laid away.' ¢ And you want me to come there and ex- | parted from me at the door ot her residence ; ecnte the document--is that 11 7' her hand as it touched mine was colder than ¢ No!" she an«weied sharply, and some- | ice, night, Maurice Folliont," said che in a low voice, * and you will see that I know how to reward it. Miller cottage in hot haste. at the gate. come. for my Intle Jessy I' last nighs.? ¢ No, ma'am, not yet." ¢ Thank goodness, we are in time. This way. Mr. Folliott ; take care, the entrances are dark." I blindly followed my guide, not withent one or two stumbles, up the narrow stairway, and into a large comfortable look- ing bed room, where eendies glowed, mantle, and a cheerful wood fire Tope the hearth. ¢ la it yon, Mary, and have you brought the lawyer?' demanded a shrill, feeb voice. David Powys lay away among his pil. lows, a yellow shriveled up little efligy of humanity, with sharp, strained features and keen black eyes, that glittered with strange restlessness. I shuddered instinctively as I recognized the unmistakable impress of death npon his face. Mrs. Miller had been right ; there was no time (o lore. At a motion from the latter, I drew a chair to the bedsive, and read over the will in a slow, distinet voice, the keen black eyes on my face the while like burning &pote of fire. ¢ That's right; two-thirds to Mary's girl, and the rest 10 Joseph Pentrith,' he assented eagerly. ¢ Now bring the pen and ink, snd let me sign it; quick before kecomes back.' The pen, being dipped in the dusty hitle ink bottle, was placed between his tremb- ling fingers, the signature was traced, and the names duly affixed as witnesses, when aheavy creaking step was heard on the slaire. David Powys fell back upon his pillows countenance small trial 10 my temper, as I assisted Mra. poor David I' At the funeral, however, a day or two later, onr sanguine expectations were doom- ed to disappointment. The ra of the deceased, being duly . openedwhd pursued by the wary looking little lawyer in charge of Mr. Josepn Penrith's interests, contained ne will of ihe date than that sido i «It is false! false !" shrieked Mrs.Miller, springing to her feet, in spite of Jessy's de- tiring hold. «You are in conspiracy against us--yon ure swindlera--thieves ! What have you done with the will my poor brother signed the very night but one be- fore he died ? Where have you hidden it ? Speak quickly ! I will not be cheated out of my danghter's inheritance !" With moderating words and roothing whispers, I tned to quiet the infuriated woman. « Will you allow me to look over those papers 22 I asked Mr. Pounces ¢ Pos- sibly rome mistake may have occurred, or ----' ¢ Certainly, certainly ; they are quite at your service.' My researches, however, proved in vain. Mr. Joseph Penrith was undoubtedly in possession of the field at present, and his of insolent trinmph- was no Miller, almost fainting, from the room It was some time before she was soffi- ciently calm, rationally 10 discuss the new and unexpected aspect of affairs. case, temper reason. In her had momentarily eclipsed ¢ They have concealed it somewhere--or as if firicken damb by an invisible hand ; they have made away with it I' she insist- but with the kame motion he hid away the will beneath the bed clothes. ¢ Put them up! pot them up I" he gasped, beckoning to the pen and ink bottle. I obeyed instantaneously, and the next moment Joseph Penrith entered, a heavy |, looking man, with greasy black hair, comb- ed flat over a receding forehead, and a dia- agreeable, simulated smile on his thick hips. | He eyed us both suspiciously. ¢« Company, Cousin David ? forgotten what the doctor said 7° ¢ 1a only Mary, my half-sister, and her friend, come to mit with me while you were Have you ¢ Well, well, 1's natural you should be lonesome, but excitement is very bad for |* yon, very bad! I am surprised at Mra, Miller's lack of discrenon ! "1 am going now, Joseph Penrith,' raid Penrith might have read the exnltation in And when, rafe- | I + Ought we not to have brought that will t "It would certainly have been better, You Mrs. Miller was strangely excited : 8 she t ¢ You have done me a signal service this Good night? So we parted. Two days afterward, I was rent for tothe Jessy met me |! d ¢ Oh, Maurice ! [am ro glad you have Mother does not" feel l'ke herself tus morning. Uncle David Powys died instantaneous measures to asce! might not which I searched the room where old David ed, in accents chocked by passion. ¢ I doubt 11.' ¢ You doubt it ? and why 7 ¢1 was looking Mr. Penrith fall in the face when you first alluded to the will so ately executed, and his face told me plain- ly enough that he heard of it for the first time, with surprise, and not without chagrin und doubt. Depend upon it he has had no and in its disappearance.' ¢ Do you believe that 1° ¢ I do believe it.' ¢ Then, what has become of the papers 7° "It in possible that Mr. Powys may him- self have des'royed it in a fit of delerious insanity ; it de also possible that it may be 1 shall take ain but hey must be secret, and cautiously manag- concealed by his own hand. od, or we shall defeat our own ends.' «Oh, Mr.Folliot," wailed the poor woman, is almost the bitterness of By cautious inquiries at the Eagle Inn, | earned that Mr. Penrith intended remaining n the village a week or two longer. I did not like to wail until his departure before commencing my search ; It was one of those ble, and | resolved 10 watch my opportunity 0 obtain access to the room which Mr. Penrith still occupied. Nor did I have to wait long. The stable boy, my trusty hireling and accomplice soon brought me word that ¢ Master Pen- rinth" had taken the grey mare to go to Wellsboro? for the day. "Very well, Simon; here isa dollar. for you," | said ; ¢ I'll be over in the course of he morning.' Mra. Barker, the landlady was quite wil- Ing to allow me the use of the ¢ big front chamoer for the day. she did not like Joseph Penrinth. She hked me, and Joseph Penrinth was not a popular indi- vidual in spite of his smooth maoners and rlausible speeches, and she was easily in- fuced to promise the profoundest secrecy as 10 my movements. I really think a New York detective have sneered at tha manner in one way and twenty-four another. ed with hideous carvings. ted. ¢ Died I' I had expected rome such development ; yet when it came I was none the less star- So he was dead--the yellow faced little man, with the wonderful, sparkling Leyes, ¢ And where is your mother ?' to see lim die, and has not yet returned. Ellen, the girl, brought over a note from her : this morning, and she wants you to come She drew from her pocket a crumpled | there immediately. Do you think I might go too, Maurice 7" 1 will go at once.' golden hair about, and disarranging the folds of her crimson ehawl--as sweet a little ap- paration as mortal man shall ever see | As + At the Eagle Inn. She was justin time ¢ Better not, my love : it would\only try Jessy watched me from the {inlengute, with the fresh spring wind blowing her for me, I walked on with a strange exulta- tion. There was light ahead. 1 remem- bered Mrs. Miller's words of the night be- fore, and felt confident that Jessy would yet be mine. But Mrs. Miller had unexpected news for me when | arrived at the Eagle Inn. The will we had seen duly executed the night before was nowhere to be found, 1 have looked everywhere," she mur- mured breathlessly in m Pennith-- has got a little Jew faced lawyer here, and 1 dare not take any further steps just yet. y « It in probably necessary,' I said, feign- ing a composure I was far from feeling. ¢ No doubt it is with the other papers,. and will be produced afier the funeral, Did-- did he say anything to you about it P'-- with a motion of my head toward the room where the corpse, lay nigid and silent forever. He shped an envelope into my 1 was re bid haif an fin before he died, but 1t was only this.' I glanced down at the paper} it was the same crumpled menoaer 3 3 the half effaced pencil-marks, which 1 tind re- turned ts him with the will. I threw it mechano lly into my. pocket. convenient hiting Fase. wall paper and prol worm eaten base matress needle ; not a square inch of room but was thoroughly and searched. chimney,sorely to tne detriment of my linen, your nerves, and you would be of no use. [lor who knew what nooks and craneys might exist in the wide, old-fashioned flues. Poweys died that day. Matiresses, pillows, carpet, curtains, even the boards of the floor, and the worn cushions of the old chiniz cov ered lounge, were ransacked. I tried the polished bricks ou the hearth, and took down all the books in the dwarfish old secretary book case, to see if perchance the missing paper might be found behind their moldy smelling ranks; or a false back offer a I examined the bed down behind the boards with a long systematically I even thrust my head np the And then, with aching temples and wea- ried out brain, 1 sat down, and tried, all in vain, to conjecture what possible hiding- place could suggest itself to the half deli- ions mind of a dying man. For the other alternative--that David Powys hadyiepented himself of hia tardy act of justice and des- troyed the paper--I was unwilling for a moment to entertain. My hopes grew dimmer and less san- guine ; yet, for Jesey's sake, I could not al- together give them up." For Jesny's sake ! the very words seemed 10 inspire me with new strength and coura- ear, ¢ but he-- |8€* The afternoon sun was hanging low in the heavens, and Penrith would soon be back. I knew that my unavailing task was over for to-day, and with slow steps and weary heart I returned to my office, forced to confess myself temporially defeated. But I would not despair. Was I not work ing for Jessy ? An'T hung np my overcaat on the back of the door, the nail gave way, aud percipitat- ad its burden to the floor. I stooped with a muttered exclamation of annoyance, 10 re= cover ity and pick up a knife, a bunch of door, ¢ he of the document on which hung so vital an interest 7 i * I unfolded it! On the other side asrawl« ed in pencil also, three huge figures--724 1 72.4! What was the meaning of these cablistic characters? They certainly had been jotted down since tne paper was in my hands before, for I could scarcely have failed to notice them otherwise. "724 Was it merely the vagary of a wandering mind? Or was there any im- portance to be attached to the three figures ? I eat down in front of the smouldering loge, which yet emitted a dull Aame and heat in the fire place, to think, mechanical ly turning the paper over and over in my hands. 7.241 Wasit a clue 7--an obscure hint ? And »f so, in what direction did it point ? As I sat there, musing and puzzled the old stories that I had read many times of skillfnl detectives following a mere thread like this 10 success and discovery--of link on link of evidence attaching themselves to just such a tender loophole--came back to me. 7.24. It must be something: L sprang up, with the half-formed intent- ion of hastening back to Joseph Penrith's room at the inn, and recommending the earch I had abandoned by the light of thesa magic figores. But I remembered that it was late ; that for the present my opportan= ity was past, and | sat down once more, chafing impatiently at the forced delay, To my intense chagrin several days elap- sed before I could again obtain a chance at the room within whose four walls, lay, I felt convinced, my future fate, and even then Simon could hold out no very certain inducements. ¢ He's gone away on horseback for sure," said my faithful informant; but how long he'll stay, 1 don't pretend to know. You'd better make haste, Master [olliott, I profited by Simcn's well-meaning hints and once more entersd the low-ceiled room, where the fire crackled on the hearth, and the rocking chair was diawn up before the blaze. It was certain that Penrith's absence was not lo be a long one; all the more necesnity for my improving every second of the time allowed me. 7.241 1 kept repeating the words over and over again to myself. To what conld it possibly have reference? 1 counted the straggling forme on the wall-paper, both I measured feet und inches, seven 1 got down on my knees to connt the strips in ways, the dull rag carpet, and the tiny white threads of the warp. | even numbered the knotted, uneven boards of the flooring ; but all to ro avail. 7.24! 1 counted the various panes in the old fashioned window, and examined the clumsy woodwork of the casings around them. across the pattern of the faded chiniz bed J calculated the twenty-fourth fizure curtains, and the reventh down, and even rought throngh the linings. A supernatural hush seemed 10 enfold the ronm, though which the ticking of my watch, and the occasional snapping of the chesnut logs, sounded unnaturally distnet. My nerves an intensity were wrought np to of which | had scarcely deemed capable. The time was waxing short and what had 1 accompled ? 7.941 Those dumb, relentless figures kerawled by the stiffening hand of death f-- Why would they not speak and reveal their tale of hidden Arabic mystery ? « He is comin, sir, Master Penrith's com- in, muttered Simon in a hoarse whisper, through the keyhole. The old mare has just turned the corner by the schoolhouse, not a quarter of a mile off. I set my teeth together tightly, in a sort of dogged despair. 7.24. - 1 would know what 1t meant. ab In my last desperate glance round the room, "4 eyes fel on the rows of books in tha dwarfed old bookcase, or secretary in the corner--an outlandish Hib sergio i niture, dim with age and deform- piece ol furniture, gorda Hin tory," in ten fat subbed volumes, occopied the second shelf. I had before shaken out the leaves of every book, least any slip of paper should lie perdu between them ; but a new idea had taken possession of me OW. 1 threw open the glass door with its old litle rozenge-shaped panes set in dark wood ; | took out the seventh volume, and turned with deliberate calmness to the twenty-fourth page. : There, secared tightly between the two Jeaves, which were pinued together lay the folded piece of paper we had sought lor eo long and so eagerly. My heart gave a leap as I took it out and placed it in the nner breast pocket of my coat, This, then, acconnted for the Anxiety of the poor dying man to place iu his sister' hands the obscure clue to the hiding place he had found, Perhaps he had meant to speak and explain it ; perhaps in the confe- sed vagueness of the approaching death, he fancied that he had already done so. At all events, the figures had done their work-- they had pointed me to the hidden treasure,, for treasure, indeed it was. I thought of Jessy, with a buoyant, exalts ant thrill; of Jessy, lifted ont of necad, and want, and poverty, and lifted by w.y hand. © Had [ earned her at Jast, my gem 'and pré~ cions blue eyed jewel ? ; ¢I ray Master Folliott," whisp/ared Sirgon n evident pertubation, as he sof ily tried the 's gettin off his howe o; you'd best be quick ! «All right, Simon, emerging, with a bi keys, and a crumpled envelope which had fallen from the pocket. [t was the envelope comaining old David Pow gg mem-~ missing will, RE 00 oranda 'relative lo the rpg up of the 3