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I kissed her baby on Its cUIn
(Jnst when tho norso-mald tamed away) Kissed the dimple sort and swoot—
Like "hers, wbo should have boon nil/May. I did notilss its bright black eyes.
They, had its iUhofii foreign stare: I did not touch that "ruddy cheek,
No'rstrpko.thq^dark'aridcnrllns hair.   ¦
Theruotherjs face,! scarcely ?ec.
For I turn, away my head lii pain From- those soft' eyes and sunny looks.
Sending my'sad thoughts back again To hours when I believed her truo,
•Promising love for evermore; And starlight saw mc set the seal
On a dimpled chin by tlie cottage door.
BompUiues her carriage thunders by;
Froin its careless splash I shrink nslilo. And set my teeth together hord.
Seeing the rich man at her side. I see It now—these toil-worn hands
Wer« iiever flt to clasp her own; Heaven knows I loved her woll enough
TD*'glveher, ifl could, a throue.
I thonght I did the boy no wrong;
Bnt, oh! the bliter pimg It gavo Wheii fleroe his hand. In anger raised,
Struck nt me as If I wore a slave. May's child I   I would have loved It an
Forhgr,and daj-s that miglit havo been. For Aiild Lang Syne, for mein'ry'fl sake.
And for ihe dimple in Its chin.
I take to-ulght my bitter heart ^
Away beybiid tile troubled sen; Its tb^ljig waves moy bring, porchance,
Tiirbtlgh its unrest new peaco tome. Baby; good-bye! I boar no grudge;
Though worldly wealth I go to win. Ho gold can buy the kiss away
I stole from oiTthat dimpled chin.
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"BEIIER. THAN A FAIEY TAIE."
My sister EUeu aud I lived witb my mother, in a little low-browed cottoge, bebind tlie great Livingstone mansion, and formerly siiuated within its very garden gates. Time, and tbe growth of a large eity, had curtailed the once wide boundaries of tbe old estate; and , at the same time put wealth into tbe owner's bands, till it was now reduced to the ordinary limits of a handsome town residenee, standing in its own grouhdsj and the heir to its accumula¬ ted treasures waa little less thau. a mil¬ lionaire.
Though we bad such rich neighbors, we were very poor.    My motber had a large conneotlori of emploj-ers among people who had first seen her under far different cirqumstances.    I hate the term "seeing better days;" hut sbe hart « certainly known happier ones.   Twen- I   ty years liad "vrtought great changes in her fatis; ' She vaS'Sow entrusted witli tbe caie of houses, whose occupantsde- sired to leave them for tbe snmmer, to visit resorts where she once iad shone gayest of the gay.   It was her task to preside over and direct the spring and auttuiui renovations of the rooms in whi^fChe was formerly received a wel¬ come £aest; to m^nd.old laces, to get np fine.muslins, such as she had beeu used to wear, for present patronesses and former friends, to mal^e the count¬ less hems,' and tucks, and ruffles, and embroider the mailifold  garments of children and young ladles, -whose moth¬ ers she jMid played with in her own cherished and protected infancy. This, throngh a series of niisfortunes, not her faijt,' that had turned her pretty dark haiftogray, aiid bent her tall form from its sfraight elegance, without destroy¬ ing iier pure, trusting faith, or injuring her sweet temper. *       Mr.i.Iiiyingstone, senior, dead now some years, had been her father's friend; andirhen adversity overtook the daugh¬ ter, iri the early days of her sadj mar¬ ried life, paid an old debt by Installing her. in the pretty cottage, stili asort of appeiidage to his estate, left vacant by the death of the retired housekeeper, for' whom it was built.   So our little grass plot and bleaching ground, girdled I wifbits beds of bright flowers, that my mother and BUen tended, adjoining his great garden, separated only by a low lattice, and hedge of laurel and Chero- keerqses, from ita fountains,statues, and arbors, its precious slirubs and flowers, brought from many lands;   its long strelob of glittering green houses, in wUch gi»pe8, and pines, and peaches, ripened'throngh snow and atorm, tind against whose walls of glass tropical creepers bloomed and  twined,   while Egyptian lilies opened to the sun, swim¬ ming in the warin, sluggish water of their artificial tanks' bolow.
Air, earth, and sunrise, however are d^fupcratic elements, and their beauti¬ ful ofibpring of plant and flower ^new no aristocratic laws; therefore, it hap¬ pened tbatMr.Livingstone's iloral treas¬ ures used to climb above the boundary Une, or push beyond it, and flourish and grow as luxuriantly on our plebeian side ofthe hedge, as in the ricli beds of carefiUly prepared mould they had left; that the wind brought stray Seeds, float- iiig soft as thistle-down, and planted them in our Uttle garden; and that when the doors of tbe hot-houses stood open on fair and sunny days, our cottage and.ita environs wero filled with sweet perfume from fragrant roses, and balmy with the breath of the Victoria Begia. Withont Intending to steal froin our rich neighbors, we could not help profit¬ ing.by the overflowing bounties oftheir wide domain.
Year after year tiie marble house stood empty and deserted, save for the pres¬ ence of its aged master, and the few servants in whose care it was left, lone^ ly and grand on Its lofty eleviition;. while our little cottage lay at the foot of the slope behind it, full of bustling life, and glad, with childish voices.— Then death was bvBy with both.— We tbriee were left alone, and the stately'oidman,who bad-dealtsokind- ly by my mother, quitted tbe family mansion ipr the family tomli. Of his two son2,'the second lived a desultory bach¬ elor's life in a distant city,, separated bofp. his relatives by some trifling.disa- gremeiili;'^ the eldest died '.abrbad;'^ a VJ^Pffi^TiVl^^'i^one chiiaT:^*6ttl6U^^ dU^pitioh,: ¦ his .eniemiea ',aaid',,;ji'.'tib? pHinyS'<rf"life.' ¦ The ydiing heii apjisr- E!fl!{^,jn,otr£Jiuruto his own lanil'tu'l hfr)£>i&&uiAid;hl8 ediicaUou »-.2viiiu.!..«—a^^^ jj^j^ 'trayeifid extrsii-i
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=4it.Wn9( a'e'il^'"bioclc: lipw—lye (sbnia'ndf Tlelp:seeiiig tlie movcmeuLs in teci'iiccs ind sl3rubbencs,tlie.buslie aiiil coiifti- Blon witliin, pf .welcome to the youiig master. Afterwards .we saw liim many times, sitting at bis study windows, walking in his garden, rldliig or driving liis haridspme liorses, always liccom- panied'by his dear comrade and friend, who had comfe from abroad with him. The two seemed quietly satisfied with each other's society—tliey sought little beyond; although compelled to con¬ form to the duties of their position ; to receive " the world " at home and meet It abroad, as was due to the narae one bore, and the kindly welcome extended tb both by tlie old ft!eii"ds.6f liis family. Of touisp we neyer met oiir laiidlord, save on the one occasion when my motlier, tying iier little widow's bon¬ net of crape and bombazine, sucii ns she had worn for years, over lier soft, gray eu'rls, weut up to tlie great Iiouse tb pay her yearly rent, as she had done ever since his graudfatiier died, taking me with; her for comxiany. Mr. Liviug:- sfdii^ was'Pift'l'the'seryaut'saia j nu* *e were leaving tbe door,when he rode iip —a slight, graceful, geiitlemunly man of sis or seveii-and-twciity—and hear- iug her errand, stopped lo speak to.her. His manners were ulleiiy simple and kind ; tlirougli tlieir clogauce no one could have taken exception to the air of almost sad quiftuess and weary lan¬ guor, wliich I have oflcn seeu sinee in tlie favorites of fortuue—but theu no¬ ticed for tlie fii-st time. Can it be that where fate gives so largely tiie meansj sbe talics away ut tlie same time tlie power ofeujoynient? I thought.
He put aside my mother's little purxe, with a gentle hand, but a quick flush of recollection iu those handsome hazel eyes. " Mrs. Dariiug cau owe tlie Liv¬ ingstones uoUiing," lie courteously said, "tbat lias not been already repaid;" and somehow it was compromised by the housekeeper's seuding us down a large bundle of work, as she had often done before, only this time it was for the young master of the Iiouse. There was linen to be stitched, a vest fo be embroidered, cambric liaudkercliiers, fine enougli for even Ellen's fairy fin¬ gers, to hem, that looked as if tliey were never meant to toucli coarse material.
Mj' sister Ellen was a beautiful girl— I used to tliink so even then, with my dim, cliildish, undefined ideas of beau¬ ty, and watch her, as I sat, book in baud, pretending lo study, in my corner of the parlor, or lounged out of lesson- hours iu an arbor I had made with scarlet beans and Virginia creepers, at one end of our tiny estate—dreaming of princesses in faii7tales,.and heroines of tbe Arabian Nigiits' Entertainments. It was almost as strange to see iier love¬ liness blooming in our little room, as any of the wonders of the story-book. Hour after hour I pondered oyer the beauty of her black lashes, the liquid look of ber eyes, the flowing grace of her hair—liglit, wavy, flossy, dead but not ebpu black—curled about her white forehead, like ringlets of spun silli; the faint, clear roses of her clieeks, thesmil- iiig sweetness of her little mouth, her full and. flexible figure, Iiite a young Hebe's, delicate but elastic, abounding in vivid, healthful life and youth—till I had almost idealized the fair and good young girl, who sat sewing for our joint support.
If my mother's earnings supplied us with the necessacies of life, Ellen's sometimes brought what was to her al¬ most as great, a necessity—the iiresehce of something beautiful. So it befell that oiir little parlor had grown prettier ev¬ ery year, under her tasteful hand. The paper on the walls, the .carpets on the floor, tbe muslin curtains at the win¬ dows—olieap and poor enough of tbeir kind, but fresh and neat, aud nicely harmonized-:—made it lilce a boudoir. There was Ellen's piano, on which she softly played and sang of evenings, when her work was done; there were Ellen's books on hanging shelves and brackets ; lier flower stands, covered with choice roses and lilies and exotic plants, from whicli sbe sold buds or bouquets to the florists; her cages of birds wliich often grew too full, so that the elder pets were seut sorrowfully away, to make room for new comers. Here, also, were her few jiictures in theirsiin- ple frames of dark wood, and the models I from whicli slie cmliroidered every I flower that grew ; aud here her custom-, ers found her wben they came, sitting among tliem—a picture herself of per¬ fect grace and beauty.
We had no,yisitors but these—few ac¬ quaintances, aud fewerirlends. People in our own station of life were shy of us ; those in the rank we had left, were deterred from condescension by my mother'ssiinple.pride and gentle reserve —so we lived alone. Beautifulj refined,' accomplished enough for any position; graceful and good as the faiiry favored maidens in the nursery-tales; ignorant of the world's ways and vanities, my sister grew up to woniaubood within the sheltering shade of the cottage walls, blooming, all unknown if not unnoted, like her own flowers; her one admirer, counsellor, companion—a chubby little scbool-girlwith insatiable appetite, and a curly head full of visions, that found food even in the dull details of dailj' life, in whicii her small experience was. limited to our vine-embowered home, with the lonely inmate, the great house and. its master.
As Mr. Livingstone grew familiar witb his inheritance, one. place above others became bis frequent resort—a beautiful rustic summer-house, covered with climbing vines, at the foot of his garden, closely adjoining our. own, where he and his friends came to read and.smoke, or idle through the sultry August, afliernoons, greatly to niy dis¬ composure at first; for on our side was "my arbor, distantly imitated from his, where, in the humbler shade of clema¬ tis and scarlet runners, was my refuge when driven to the painful necessity of study. It was so' much pleasanter, however, to lie and dream en thorough deal bpard that formed its pnly seat, watching my fair.'sister at her, light tasks andmakingher the central flgure of the- ¦wild romances forever working In iny childish brain] that-it seldom oc¬ curred to iiie to lilcrease my stores of knowledge froip-the unlucky lesson it was my duty to liring there.
Gradiially, "without being -an inteii- tibnal-eavesdropper,'! found greater at- tifactlbns in'my retreat after it had be- coine'the haiint ofthe "young master" and his companion. It wiis not within the compass of my yohiiiful virtues to risiJ'BBd'go-away.';from the tempting feast' t&Mf 'bbn.verpatloii"spread before me, more entbSfllijigfithan the wildest! p£uyVvi8iolie,.«apre!ieateci^Jnjng„than! ihi inost faHntnatJng.of my stoiyrbopks. ¦Whit oountries-.' they i (had - vUUed; to-, gether while we pursued the quiet rou-j
W fitceiglorifleiiiby tbats'o'ftiigli^, an4 was halfataTtlea iviieh'one of my'hid-; iden, .e(>m^nlo«|i'sprite.,,..: ',., '.',. ..'j '.'.I see that she Is beautiful; I know slieisgodd; :'WiU ahy/b^ef tell'me'shfr iKiiot wQriiiy « haiid ab useUmlJa'liir^sp^ ' clsimti
" I know!" sbe'siiftlysaid,^ turning It nptfn hlni'wi'th a smile; and giving hihl iie)5'/,Ulile'haiid. ' He'took it and -kls^d It^.iKith iiliiilrmurb'd sentence wHlch"! did'not H^'ai'l ¦aUfe'hdard'liim, however,
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fetf." Nfuch. that was uidoteUlsrtWe,:*^ me then',.'is phkin enpugh iibw, seen by Hie light of a longer experience and a mature mind ; but I am writing of a child's perceptions, audit was as a child I understood tiien.-
. Mr. Mildmay, the elder of the two comrades, was a well-born clergyman ofthe Church of England; whose only office, since leiiving college, had been tbat of tutor and mentor to his younger frlferid. In many respects hia task was hard enough. He had no fixed evil tendencies to combat, no depraved tastes to overcome; only, a quiet, apathetic Indiflference, a weary laiiguor, a dreamy disbelief, born of his early education, cloudeil the fair face of Mark Living¬ stone's wo^ld. Bred up in the worst school of Continental manneis, by a father whose only idol was pleasare, and who found that pleasure in every form of dissipatioij, he had no faith left in man or woman. Some natures would iiave been seared by this early contact with yioe; his, more refined or sensitive, •was paralyzed and shocked; It was iiiueli tbat'lie retained his o*ri creed of honor, purity, andprinciple—furtherlie did not look. Like a veteran play-goer who is sickened and revolted by the old arts of the stage^ whieh to neophytes seem .so enchanting, be turned away, sated with tlie iirst draught of the cup. In the gay circles of society he found only folly and treachery ; deception in the warm bands offered, avarice in the bright eyes bent upon him; in aii the brilliant shapes of pleasure, a delusion and a snare. His disgust did not lead him into any pf the extremes of religious or moral fanaticism—it displayed itself merely in n calm skepticism, a well-bred weariness of the woild. Handsome, rich, amiable, distinguished atslx-and- tweuty, he had no future and no hope —a stoic, a cynic, a heathen philoso¬ pher, who did not care to live or dread to die. He had had his ideal of manly aud womanly worth, and he had been cruelly destroyed by those whom he knew best, and in whom he trusted most; nothing remained for him but to put away liia useless dreams, to bury his broken idols, and cheat or be cheated iu tho commerce of life no more.
Ail this, of courso; I learned later.— At the time I only wondered at the strange doctriues of philosophy I heard mooted, witliout being greatly impress¬ ed by tliem ; rauch more was I moved by the kindly looks and glances that sometimes fell to me, as we passed and repassed near the boundary-hedge, and which, without wprdsorgesture, I sbnie- how understood. There was no child at tho mansion Iiouse; they wonld have liked to fill my bauds witii tho profuse¬ ly blooming flowers; to load my lap witli the wasting fruili of their great si¬ lent gardens, for the sake of tbe little sisters or tbe little lovers they might onoe Iiave had; but their exquisite in- stinctofgentleiiianhood forbade the sem¬ blance ofan overture to the sole protec¬ tor and companion of the beautiful young girl who sat in her place sewing liy tbe lose-wreatbed window, her spft eyes drooped in some sweet; day-dreain as she worked; unconscious of their vic¬ inage or knowledge.
One long, lovely summer day, I had fallen asleep in my boWerovermy usual pursuits, and wasawakened by thevolces of tbe two gentlemen In their shady summer-house dose at hand. Some¬ thing like a discussion was in progress, and I peeped throughmy covert of leaves to view tbem. Mr. Livingstone was lying back in his ordinary, careless, half-lounging attitude, bis handsome head supported on a slender, white hand, his dreaming eyes looking down tiie green slant of turf toward some object in the distance, musing and listening.— His friend had risen to his feat in the beat of argument, and was grasping the iSlcuderpoie upholding the arch, with such energy that I could not help fear¬ ing the fate of Samson's tormentors for its unconscious owner.
"You are quite right, Frank," hesaid, at last, wben Mr. iVIildmay had expend¬ ed himself in vehement admonition, " quite right in one count of your In¬ dictment ; in all the othera, quite wrong. It is true that I have done nothing for my family hitherto, nothing formyself; that my life has been altogether vain idle, and useless; and that you have se¬ riously advised, and I  contemplated, marriage as its only cure.   But I find the vicfes of the old world shamed by those of the new ; tbere Is no folly of its society which is not aped and exag¬ gerated by that to which you hove in¬ troduced me, and I will take no wife from either.   You, who call yourself a son of the church, the flrst article of whose creed should be that we are all equal in the sight of God, have never looked beyond tbem, I dare say; nor I, perhaps, a tittle timo ago.   But since I came here I bave seen what shakes my faith, or rather my disbelief, and dis¬ gusts me with the dark old doctrines I have held too long.   I have seen every day—nay, every hour In the day, calro, cheerful, patient industry, and gentle gobduess; ;a sweet face lighted like a flower In prayer at morning, and bent till evening over ill-requited toil; a pov¬ erty as absolute aa that of any grisetie, andaniuuocencelikeanangel's.   Don't be frightened, Mildmay; it is not the flrst time a Livingstone has found beauty lu these family traits—my father knelt before me, and in vain.   Look for your- aelf."
His liazel eyes glowed, flxed on some distant vision, and both his listeners turned to follow them.   The golden twi¬ light waa melting intp mellpw moon- rise ; a soft, magic glow wiis over all the landscape, overy detail showing distinct and clear as at noonday, but with an indescribable illusory   charm it never hadhefore.   Tliegreatbouse looked like an enchanted castle lying in the silvery light; its dark, oak-ayenue.o; its smpotb, green terraces; its: fouutains, flowers, and arbors; the pale, fair statues stand¬ ing In its garden-walks, glovyed with the latest beimis bf the sinking sun.— Ourown little cottage, on its.lPwer level, the doors and windows all thrb^rn ¦wide to catch the evening air, was pretty enough for a palace of content by tbat light, set like a jewel in its frame of flowers.   A nightingale sang softly in tbe distant aviary, my sister's tufUon blrda responded ; faint perfumes floated from both gardens.   It was a scene of enchaiitinent, and in it moved a fairy queen where my beautiful sister came. I don't know what she had been do¬ ing, but her white, round arms were bare to the dimpled elbows, as ahe flit¬ ted abbut the grass, cutting flowersfor a bouquet some lady patroness had been pleased to order, and turning- the deli¬ cate embroideries that ycere whll<nin(; fbr the aaiiie;, The light eveiitng jwyitd lifted her flossy curliii: > tetidril like, as thoee on the hfead-of the yihe-wreatfaed Babchns^ and kindled 'ti deep bbs^ i.ri.h<er I^B,eye^V^^Ue'4iieU4g;^red dtiea^tug bvetJt«i.^rett3r!!l)Hk.^ :iffiKi}f>ngmi -eafiieBtly^atthe'fimiliar kkTelineaa! ot
,,,','.BelMltifill, indeed!'.'.Bahl<Hri:.Mlld- auff, uDieaaily. "But udliSas ^ypii' 'atfe whoilj' iosi to ali: \yorldlc^ .obnald^W- tlons, hadjrou not better read .your let¬ ter? Telegraphic flespatches are naua^-': Iy ofsome importance, and I hurried to bring you this.   Well?"
Hisgood breeding could not i-estrolu the involuntary question,;orrather..e'x- clamatlon. For a moment there-'had been a sound of crackling and tearing, paper, while the young hdrread the letf- ter; then It dropped'fromhis hand and fluttered to the ground, while his eyes, again looked beyond the laurel hedge tothe figure that still stood rosy in the glow of the setting sun.. I could see both dim-forms from my hiding place, but dared not move to retreat lest my vicinage should be suspected. While I hesitated, Mr. Livingstone suddenly stooped, and picking up tho missive, put it into his companion's hand, who spelt It out slowly by the dying light of the sky.
" Your uncle has been taken sudden¬ ly IU with bis old chronic complaint, and'cannot recover. I have lieen eum- inoned to dravr liis will-; an odder one was never made. I fancied your Inher¬ itance was secured beyond bis Inter¬ ference, but it seems not. You know his dread of baehelorhood, his disappro¬ bation of your father's course of lifo; you must give a hostoge to fortune, in the shape of a wife before succeeding. A summons has been, or will bo sent to you; if you can reply to it that you are married, tho property is yours; ptlier- wlse It goes to your cousin George. Is not eight hundred thousand dollai's worth saving?—A word to the wise, etc-   This is extra professional.
" Thurston." Mr. Mark Livingstone looked fixedly before him as the reading concluded ; his friend handed: tho letter back, and mournfully remarked,
" A sad business; you ought tohave married long ago. I told you so, you know. Eight hundred thousand! But you never cared for money."
" It Is not too late yet, Mildmay," said tho heir, with gradually dawning interest.
" Certainly!"   cried   Mr. Mildma.v, brightening.   " Under the circumstan-" ces any young lady might, and would : but then you say you care for' none of tbem."
He wassluking baek in his seat in despair; but his former pupil rose up gayly.
" We will try, at least," be said.— " Not for the money, Frank, though I should like to keep tbe old estate from going to that scoundrel George—you re¬ member his life at Baden ? But for a nobler and better reason, the which, if I have, I may do some good with it at last. JDo you really think np woman would refuse me ' under tbe circum¬ stances?' Then stay here and see rae plead for ray uncle's fortune."
He leaped tbe laurel hedge with a bound, and came where Ellen stood. Alone and frightened, she hardly turn¬ ed her leveiy little head, though her cheeks were many shades paler even by that dim light. Mr. Mildmay and I, from our respective arbors, watched the scene which followed with surpass¬ ing eagerness. We could not hear the words spoken, but we beheld her final gestures of refusal, and his motion of departure. It wasnot to be borne, and we rushed upon the scene, eacli with a different motive, but a common inter¬ est ; the cleryyman to plead with bis friend, I with my sister.
The flrst had but one answer.   " I love her," he said; and Ellen's dark eyes turned toward  him with a smile, and her cheeks brightened beautifully; sbe could not  but  bo   moved by  hia straightforward, romantic courtship un¬ der the evening sky.   Then came Mr. Mildmay, suddenly converted to the opposition with his mysterious assuran¬ ces that bis pupil would be irreparably alover by her denial, and refused to seek elsewhere;  while I, clinging to her hands, begged her to be grateful to our mother's friend.   It was but a fe\y minutes before, weeping and trembling together, we were alone In bur little cpt- tage chamber, putting on her white dress in a strauge, deathless haste and silence, only broken by soba. Our moth¬ er was absent, gone out of town for sev¬ eral weeks, to take charge of a country- house, whose owners were at the sea-^ side; there was no better advice than mine at Ellen's service; and I bad too lately awakened from my sleep, con¬ fused and bewildered, to know more than that tbe whole Livingstone estate hung in the balance; and to rejoice iu what seemed to me the' moat natural end of the romances I had woven about my  sister's  beautifnl face.    A dozen times in the course of that hasty appar¬ eling she paused Irresolute; but I was clinging about her waist with my en¬ treaties, and the bridegroom already awaited her below.
" You will be eared for, at least," she aaid, dropping kiaaes on my curly head through her teara; " and my mother will riot be poor.   "Come!"
Wo went down stalls. Mr. Living¬ stone stood In the centre of the little parlor, his bright eyes glancing over the tasteful objects around him, a smile of pleasure on his handsome face. His languor, apathy. Indifference, had van¬ ished like a cloud ; he looked genuine¬ ly happy, and advanced to meet us as we entered OS deferentially as if Ellen were, indeed, tbe little queen she looked.
" It Is but fair to remiud ypu once more," he said, holdiiig her: hand in his, and looking wistfully into her eyes, " liefpre itis tpo late, of the double risk 'you run In marrying me. If you do not love me now, you never may; lam older than ypu, .tarnished by years pf experience of which you itnow nothing; ypur life is all iiright and clear, heaven fprbJd that I should stilly it! If you have one doubt, one evil of-foreboding, reject me, in spite of all that has passed, of what may come, and remain the pure and Innocent angel you are!"
But Ellen looked lip proudly, almost fondly, lu hia pleading face, her doubts dissolved, her fears and tremor? all gone. It was notfor her mother'ssakesiie wan¬ ted tP marry him now, but fnr his own. r could aee the flush of generous feeling; dawning In her transparentcheeks.- Hei had fallen among her, dim, dreamy vI-; slbns, in the little garden, as the young Apolio dropped aiinld the sheperdesses ofMount Ida, and ahe loved him as ahe looked. His honor, and his candor, and his gentleness; the'hnmlllty that fear¬ ed, and the love thai dared, won ber iti that moment., " " '
" Yon kluisn already," he aaid^iiin, Btlll tihjgetitig^ tb - Mi-. Mtldm(iy'« frdn- iic.dlaikitiitfffltbi "thal'I- may-ye disinheifited before this'news' ban' r^h my uncle^ and^youj may be, sfter'ail, the wlf^'of a poor lUan: Have ybu test- jsil'ycuf'.deici^bnby this ehrace so like¬ ly t6hapfefi.%-^}iifi}i -at-.ii^'lietoid'yfa take a step tiutt moat be. irrevpci^ble'.':^ !
,'f9ir.^',lpba'iitito"(Jolo'r-came'Irito theifactf .l!ejpni(se^,''inii' thej'' m'bVftJ -awajl-Jtoi-i toilhe'r 'Ibbking^ds if tiie worldWM "SiraSisi!-  Bilt'firstf'ttolte'^a
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'.afadisc:' Bttfflrst'ftfroKe a oreaiiiy- "whlto rose, wiiose blossoming we'hod iiyatbhed for weeks-from its circlet of buds^ ^id put It in her clustering hair Just alive the forehead; then Mr. Mild-- m'ayjbliiW us, arid we went out quietly into' ihe li|;bted street, toward the ohurch in which we all worabipped— the .Livingstones from their velvet- llneii pew Immediately before the chan¬ cel-; we. In a little dark corner of the gallery, kneeliiig behind a railing of commbii^t.wopd.
The; evening lecture was already con- cludied, and the few -iiersons who had been preaeat, 'were leaving the cliapel as' we entered it. Mr. Livirigsliono went forward steadily, my sistor trem¬ bling on bis arius; and met the rector at the' foot of the altar-stairs.
Thb old clergyman hesitated, but lie could not disputethedocumeiit lie held in his hand; and after a few inquiries, bade i^s kneel, and tiegan the service. The clerk and sexton were tbe witness¬ es. Mi. Mildmay. gave the bride aw'ay, and tbegrcibmitook his mother's ring from lits.fiilgerto'put it upon bis wife's. Thronghout, the eereinpuy, I cluiig to Ellen's band, but she was still and mo¬ tionless, though very pale. Wlien it was ended, slie took me in her arms and kissed mc passionately—-and then, for tho first time, she wept, but con¬ trolled lierself as her husband ap- prpaphed.
He presse'd his lips to her forehead, and took tiie rose from her hair, hiding it in Ills breast. His carriage waited at the door; and aftera few parting words with; the bewildered clergyman, wo en¬ tered it. Mr. Mildway left us with a telegraphic despatcb, to be forwarded in hot-baste—his eagerness in this matter being in striking contrast to the bride¬ groom's apathy, which only yielded.at sightbfmy^sister's beautiful iiice.
We stopped at last before the 'f great house;" thecbacbman opened.the door, his master'lifted us out and led us up the steps, through tbe lofty vestibule, aud into the long drawing-room, blaz¬ ing : with lights. The servants were hastily assembled there by his orders ; and taking Ellen's hand, be presented her to them. "Tbis Is my wife," he said, "and your mistress; respect her as such till I return." ^ Blue-Beard like," as he said with a smile, he drop¬ ped his keys into ber lap, and gayly bade us choose which room in the stately dwelling, how our home, should be ours till he came back. He would liave lin¬ gered to show us ail; but his friend had arrived, and was already hastening him. He kissed us both—me on I he lips, my sister on the forehead, and was gone.
We were left alono together in tbe vast, light, silent room, crowded with rich and costly objects—none more beau¬ tiful than Its newly-made mistress, wbo satllkeone ina dream. The keys lay iu her lap where her husband had left tbem, his ring was on her finger, his kiss upon her brow; yet the tiny, gold¬ en clock upon themantle showed scarce¬ ly an hour since she had stood in tbe little cbttage-gorden, "fancyfree," and burdened with no riches beyond her youth and beauty. Her head was drop¬ ping lower In an Irrepressible burst of tears, when I stole into her arms, and putting away her own griefs,to comfort me, she rose up half-smiling, half weep¬ ing still, and hand-in-hand, liko the "Babes in the Woods," we wandered through the great mansion, choosing the amplest and plainest ofall Ita grand ap^rtmente to be our sanctuary till Mr. Livingstone eqme home.
A sanctuary, indeed. It became. The old housekeeper had looked upon us with doubt and disapproval from the first; she soon began to betray the 'se¬ cret aiispicion with which slie viewed hermaster'sstrange proceeding, and our residence there; even I, child as I wos, could not misunderstand her stern aver- albn, and the servants' veiled imperti- neuce. It tried Ellen sorely; sho never cdmplained or showed any conscicus- nesa of their demeanor in their pres¬ ence ; but she used to sit for hours, pale and weary with her enforced Idleness and.passive endurance, gazing fromthe ¦windpw of our little room upon tbe garden she had lately left, as if slie re¬ gretted itspeacefulparadise. Noletters came from Mr. Livingstoue, aiid no answer to those she had written to her rnother; butshe felt it due to her own honor and his, to retain the position in which he had placed her, 'as loiig as it was tenable.
A few days passed, and then some open insult made it Impossible for us to retnain ; and Ellen tied on my bonnet with her patient fingers, and led me down the long stalnvay, and out of the inhospitable bouse tiiat refQsed to own lier for its mistress. Only ohe retainer foliowed—the great Newfoundlanddog, who had been left by Mr.' Livingstone, to our special core, and who thrust his broad muzzle irito ray sister!s slender hand as we approached, and accompa- iiied us into the street and home.
Our mother met us at the door, and took her daughter in hor arms, weeping over her with a mingling of paliri and pleasure quite Inexpressible^ Poor wo-, inani Marli:: Livingstone's fatlier had loved her in her youth; but sbe had taken these pomps and vanities at their just worth, and lei't thein all for what she valued more. I .don't think she. was much moved by her child's. succes¬ sion to them no w; or the chance of their possible loss; she only saw in her a bride whoni no mother's lips had kiss¬ ed, on whose head no father's blessing had been Invoked; and held her dearer for her loneliness and tears. She had but an hour to spend with us, and then went a'way, leaving us alone.
A 'Week went by in absolute quiet.— No commisslpns came—no visitors; we were left in perfect solitude. Formerly we might have received thia interval of rest as a boon, we hardly felt it so now. The house was deadly atill, with ita closed doors and 'windows, save when some stray note from, the aviary above perieimting the silence, set our own blrda trilling arid twittering; and start¬ led my aist0i.as if It'.5yer6 _a. voice from fate. She u8od;tp,lie wakeful and weep¬ ing In our little bed at night, and I could not comfbrt'her, till her cheeks were aa pale as, her. white roses; butshe sat all day witii dropping head a,nd liusy fingers steadily:at work,:unlesa a hasty step came by,' resounding on the phve- rnent as It dreWT'i-near, er a suddbn fpll of corringe-wheelp, jia'rring the ceiling, and made her pause and tremble.
One evening aha.sent me early to bed batl conld notisleep, the air was so hot andStiU, the night ¦«* light and clear; ipi.rpse.'tip and quietly crept but, |ialf- dr4^^i.4«brog^:^be guden ^to; in likVoriteT^ort,' tbe;TU8tio!arboi-.,; Pres- bntl^ the '¦ dbiii niicloaed and nay sister came thronSkit,' a dirii igure;in tlie fragrant du&,,'^a meved abpnt: amo^g heic flptreiB.-. .'Willie sbe. iiogered there. arose-la' bMef cpmmotloii at the i house kWjt^j^^'t^^Mr UiiU'arrived.. ;';J,'iS5w" iier sinpi ^'If atrnck by a'atijdde'n.ariW
-^patient asGiiaeldiSjSlieneithermqYed,- nor>wcpti" I.went!up,t«>I»er,to Dopatpi^ her;' she iliardlyi aes&ied. •.iciuie. > pfri pyr, presenboi) lo-jlieRaatent JI«tnaieSiaii»lk pnt.ai tr«iiibUiiC-J)^ii{PO«>iayi ftj^j laddfao .waitgd. •I|sMiWi«>m[9FfcJ?.'ft loamifg. altt.9>mpias^t^fiil4vJiPf^f^^, ihadleiped the hedge:4i)^jjiji^^.in',hl8, Armaf-^botbiWtf^.Wid^ift(9^-;^inprf napyjii,." more sad;: nidieiglad,'ipi(ore! liappy; iii meeting thaii ejv'eri-.^e bPuld'be. 'He lifted US in tbe^' strong-arriis beyond the thorny barrier he had p^ed,' and led US up to the -" great house '.'-Tr-EHen In her giinple printdress; I with- my bare feet, and wild confusion of array— never,to leave it more. He was not moro trulyits master, now, tiian slie its gentle niistress; and.all who had dared to doubiand persecute, had felt bis just wrath, and were gone. For years it.}ias been riiy sister's happy home; and those. who envy ber lovely arid eiegantempire there and in her husband's heart, can- nptkriow how truly slie deserved, how well sho won it. It was ray home, too, in all love and kindue3.s, till I left it for a dearer one; and my mother's prelty grand cliiiUreu play in tlie grounds and gardens ofthe cottage she would never quit.
Did I noftell you it was better than a fairytale?
A STORY FOE Tjp IITTLE FOLKS.
:';.^:'' '.''jjaAVE^E^SY,,'."   "';;,'';;'
'fSbuie! It's rale nice—ain't it, fath¬ er'?" '
" It'll be no time till she's hero. " Y'e've the tbrutli there,-Bosy. She's smart as a grig, t' ould woman. As sbori as iver she claiis the la.ste cbriierov her eye on Misther Malonts letther, she'll pack her chlst, and sell the pig, and step off ter Ameriky al! ter pnst."
"Itls Monday morn, d'ye mind, yo must bc over to Mistlier Maione's wid it, yb crazy young crathur."
" I'll be aftber forgettin, I'm thinlt- In," soid Eosy, ¦with a comical little laugh, as if It was the funniest idea in all the world.
Then sho nodded her head briskly once or twice, like the sliarp littlo business woman that sbe was, and began gather¬ ing up the inoney, that Iny lu a heap ou tlie fable. She stowed it away loving¬ ly, In the stocking-foot she had in her hand.
-Her father—the grime and dirt of his day's labor still fresh upon him—stood opposite, watching her. His coarse blue overalls and blouse, his heavy, hobnail¬ ed siioes, reddened with brick-dust and powdered with lime, told you at a gianoo what the man was. Only a.common Irish laborer. ¦.,;.'
¦As for Eosy herself, she w^as common too, with rough, red hands, and stubbly hair, of a sandy color.
But fudge on how thoy looked, com- moii or otherwise. We ore to do, just now, with what they felt, on tiiis par¬ ticular Saturdoy niglit, when the last dollar was added to the little lioard in the old stocking-foot, when the slowly- growing, carefully-tended store, hidden for O, so long, in tlie striped woollen toe, counted " three poun jist, to a pen¬ ny," so Eosy's father joyfully said.
Boay lifted her eyes to his, wii;h a bright smile, as she fingered; the last precious bit, and spoke in her womanly way,—
"The tay is a drawin. Ye'veonly timo to tidyyersilf upa bit before I'll bo ready for yer.!'    . ; ;
. " Ye'.rea whole riiine of goold in yerr self," answered herfatlier, fondly. "It's mightily plazed t' oiild woman '11 be wid ye." The'n he walked awaj- to do her bidding.
Then followed the rush and flow of many waters. In one corner of theroom; much sousing and. dipping,, a great quantity of swashing and dripping; you'd-have almost tlipught ypu heard a whale pufling. Perhaps the little fishes, over across on the red-hot stove, tliought so. Anyway, they tried'very hard tojunip outof the frying-pan into the fire, not stopping to think—no, uot one of thom—how their backs wero all scored with the carving-knife, and rub¬ bed in Indian meal in the bargain; while the "fat pork" snapped and sizz¬ led; the "praties" buret their skin-tight jackets in the boiling, bubbling water; and the black crockery "tay-pot" " drawed " so much, that It kept tilting its cover up, and letting it fall down bumpety-bump, steaming away all tbe tinie, like a forty-librse locomotive.
Filially, this come to on end. Hosy, witli her face all aglow with her cooke¬ ry, and Eosy's father, with his lace red- .der than "tlie red, red rose" (becausehe hod scrubbed it uji and dbwn, and side¬ ways, and across the graiu, and every other which way, with a crash towes that had otootli like a curry-comb), sat down to supper.
" I niver thought to fule so yonng-like and after ye mither's wake, Bosy,'.' said he, OS he turned his "tay" Into the sau¬ cer, and blew it with his mouth, to make it cool.
"Whist! me darlint," answered Bosy, her eyes dancing in ber head. "Let us ate, drink, and bo merry as iver we can. I'm that crazy meself that I'm sugarin me bit ov pork, an stirrin me tay with rae knife-handle."
" Ye oan go to school, an be a lady, whin t'ould woman comes, ye bide!"
"" Aji we'll be on the wharf whin the ship sails in, father I" cried Eosy. " I'll know her for shure, without yer tellin ovme. She'll be tall, and straight as an orrer; on me heart is set on her wearin a green cloak, an a cop with a big, wbite frill."
" Foix, but it's jist that way she look'd whin yer mither on me, on the wee speck babby (that waa yersilf, EosJ), started for Ameriky. An a fine remim- brance ye hove, indade, for ye were thin tiiree weeks of age to a day."
"O !" cried Eosy again, hitching up her choir with a Jerk, and leaning for¬ ward, with both elbows on ttie table, and her fork, prongs up. In the air (very improper manners, I hope you under¬ stand). " What'il I git Misther Malone to say In the letther ?"
" I was nIver given to larnin, more's the pity," said her father, lopklng puz¬ zled.
'' I'm a thlnkln there's no nade of larnin, falSher,' afther all. It's only to give the flings ov our hearts to Misther; Malone, and a, great scolard like hie can dothe rest, for shure,'.'
'There was a tremble in the little girl's rich brpgiie, as she spoke this, which brought a auspicious sliine to her fatber'^l eyes, that he brushed away with hia shirt-sleeve.
"Ye're right, Eosy," he said. "Mis-- ther Malone—God bliss him—Is an Irish gintleman, an one o v the rale ould sort.'i Mistlier Mo|one (I may as well tell it here as anywhere) was a^ifjgreat'.'gun'l amongst the "Irlshbra."- Trnth'tb iayi he was always ready; with heut and hand, tb befriend his poorer arid more Ignorant cpuntiymen; arid he had prnti- ably sent mere acres pf foolscap abro^ thb ocean,'to the " onld ooqnthijrj^liii thfeflhap'e of "letthers" to. ibmilj^Tela- tlona,dpwri^to^the^sixteenth cousin, bli the female step-motherjs side, than any pther ruin iiyiljg.': ', • .   ;
Neyer'in aii iter lifeibadBusy knbyni her;&thecw>:gsy;imd.ybuing;,]aiidUi^P
jiad^jssed her goiid-liy e, bcliirned back ¦fit(l^Bi dozen'.iiiiie^, once \Wien be 'liad fP.tjputsicTeiiiedoorj^and kissed hbratici Ij^jgg^d iier agaiii iiitdagairi.'  ". ,  '" "
„f,i!Jtican»ii liiip;{f;i1^p^,":sktdh)e';:;"r
oaft'tjiilp .falingjlike ably at thoughts rf)f,.t'onld woiriari." ' '   '
,j;g9sy, ibft atone,', sang " Tra-la-la-la ^hin the, dishes is wasbed, an the beds is I made, 'an the floor swept, an ivery- thirig tidied up,"—she <vas' a rare hand at " tidying up"—"it'll be tin o'clock, tra-la-la-la, an Misther Malone will be at his breakfast, an thin's me time; tra- la-la-tra-la-la-tra-la-la-lu."
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How grand to see a block of buildings going up, little by little, brick by brick, story by story ! How wonderful tiie bustle, aud the crowd of workmen! The carts bucking up, and driving away; lliu stone-cutters chiselling and chixi- piug; tbe brawny-armed men at tbe derricks; tho masons handling their trowels; the long processions of hod- carriei-s, toiling, uiul mounting slowly, •higher and higher, like a string of ants, with tlioir burdens on tlioir books.
This was just what' waa going on in one port of a great city, early oue Mon¬ day morning, while a little Irish girl who had sandy lialr and rougii liands, and whose name was Eosy, was singing tra-la-la-la, and "tidj-ing up" asshe sang. ..
Of all^the many workei-s In oud aliout the' building, there was oiily oiie wild' hod- eyer heard pf Eosj'; ond up and <lb\yii the long, sleep ladders, hernierry " tra-la;la-la" was sounding iu Iiis ears, and his heart was beating time to the ctiild';3 music; so free and easy, willial, that tlie tliought kept rising, "Its t'ould woman tiiat's miiking a b'y ovnie, oust more."
The " contractor" stood below, on the pavement, rubbing his hands, and smil¬ ing up at the big building.
" Everything is working to a charm," said lie; " perfectly, per—" here he stopped short, with"the smile frozen on his lips, and his mouth open, as if para- Ij'zed—for something has falieu just be¬ side him. Tliere waa a fl.ibby heap lyiug ou the stones at his feet, all crushed, and bruised, and bloody. Oue short minute ago, tliis ghastly heap was a broad-shouldered, full-chested man. Only to think of it!
" Wlio is he'?" asked tiio crowd tliat gathered round.
" Ono of the hod-carriers," was the
queen", ji«<,Mi6tliyr Malone, me hbney'.'" • "It's liuiftief Malene," said Eosy, 'Wonderingly.
"It'a t'ould ¦vypman!" ahputed her 'jfather, fliiiging ¦wide the door.
V Ye see," said t'ould woman,—fpr she it was, in the veritable green cloak and frilled cap,—" I had the laste bit ov a forttme left for me in tbe ould coun- thry; and wid Misther Maione's hllp, I made bould to spind it in tbis way; so, let's shake knuckles lively, and have a cup ov tay, and gineral remarks oil round."
"T'ould.woman" was ns smart as a cricket, and merry asa kitten, calling Eosy "the natest jewel ov an Illigent Irisii lass .is iver sho had seen, and de¬ claring, every other miuute, "liow proud she was to flnd her b'y livln like a lord, in tiiia blissid, gowld Ameriky," and cracking jokes witii "Misther Ma¬ lone," till they almost split their sides witli laugliiiig.
But of aii tlie happiness tiiere tiiat day, Eo.%y's was the deepest, for she had the blessed consciousness of having denied herself for charity's sake, and henself rewarded ten-fold.-Our Boys and Girls.
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" Tr.i-ia-la-Za^" sang Eosy, gayer than ever. " It'a tin o'clock exact, an ivery thing's tidied up; aii I'm all drisscd in me biinnet and scarf, an I've the dear old stocking-foot in the neck of me gownd; an I'm jist turnin the kay in the lock, an now I'm oft'; tra-la-la, tra- la.-la-l<i."
She took three stairs at a time os slie went down; buton tlio first landing she stopped.
There was a crowd of men and boys btr- low, that blocked up the entry; she leaned over to seo what it meant.
Tramp, tramp, tramp—four of tiie men were coining up slowly and sol¬ emnly, bending under the heavy weight that rested on their shoulders. Eosy clung to the balusters and lean¬ ed oyer farther. O, the poor child I She saw tbe edge ofa blue iilouse, she cauglit a glimpse of a clumsy, hobnailed shoe, powdered with liine, and reddened witii brick-dust, and she guessed the rest. ' Trarnp,' trail!p, ttamp—neai'er and nearer, every heavy footfall^so it seem¬ ed to Bosj-—crusliing her down, down, down. Still she made no motion. She stood tliere jnst the same, clinging to the balusters, and leaning over like a statue.
The men saw her, and spoke to her in o low hushed voice: " Con you tell us where he belongs? He fell from a ladder, and got killed."
Without a word, Eosy turned and led the way. The men laid their burden on the bed, without removing the cov¬ ering, and looked pityingly at the little girl.
Slie stood in the centre of the room, with black circles round her eyes, tliot were large and wild. And now slie spoke for the flrst time, sharp and quick: "Go," said slie, "and lave me alone wid liim."
Tliey hesitated, and she cried, siiarp- er than before, " Go, I say! Ain't lie me owii—me father? all I've got to love me ? Lave me alone, thin ; lave mc look at him, and spake to him onst more, if niver agin."
She would have thrown herself uiion the bed, but they held her back, saying, " Try and bear it. You must not look at him. He is so cut and bruised you would not know him."
" Wliirjo, whirra!" screamed poor Eosy, struggling wildly, aud wringing ber hands. " Tlie're howldingme from ye, poor kilt darlint; me father, O me father, am I niver to see yc agin ?"
The door opened, and she looked up. Her own fatlier stood before her. Witii one bound she leaped into his.nrnis, and clasped him round tho neck, laughing and crying by turns.
"Don'ttake on so," said lier father, hushing Iier in his arms as if she were a baby. " It's not mesiif at all as is kilt. It's poor Tom McDowd, next door; moy Hiven rist his sowl. Whist now, ocushla, here's his widdio jistbe- hlntus."
Mi's. McDowd come in, with lier apron to her eyes; with pno baby in her arms, and one toddling beside licr, holdlug on to her dress.
"They say Tom is dead," said she, quietly: but it was the quietness of de¬ spair. " Such a good husband as he was, every Saturday night bringing home his week's wages to me and tiie chil¬ dren ; it breaks me heart to think what will become of us oil now. But it doesn't ¦become me, Tom, to be thinking of thot lost, and you lying dead in the room." She took no notice of any ono, ond aat down by the bed, iter apron before her face all the time.
She could not aee the pantomime go¬ ing on. between Eosy and her father; but presently she heard Eosy's voice, whispering in her ear, " It's not much we cau do for ye, but here's this for ye ¦ silf an the childers; "andthen, from out the old stocking-foot, Eosy's pre¬ cious, beloved silver pieces rained down into ber lap.
AD]IIHI.STKATOn'S NO'TXCE.
Estate of Geo. D. Dillon, late of Lau-   caster City, deceased.
LETTERS of administration on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons Indebted thereto are roqucKtod lo makelmmedlato payment, and tliose having claims or demands against tlie Kame will pre- sentthem without delay for settlement to the undersigned, resldlngin Lancnstor city.
CIIAS. M. UOWEI.l,. may 8-fll*-M Administrator.
ADJIINISTBATUK'S NOTICE.
Estate of John Kline, lote of the bor¬ ough of Morletto, deceased. I ETTERS of administration on sold estate J having been gmnted to the undersigned, all persons Indebted thereto, are requested to make Immediate settlement, and thoso having claims or demands against the same, will pre¬ sent them without delay for settlement to tbe undersigned, residing In East Donegal twp. JOHN G. H0ERNE8. may 4-St-2I Administrator,
ADHISriSTBATRIX NOTICE.
Estate of George Frantz, late of Eph¬ rata twp., dec'd. LETTERS of administration on said estate having been grantedto the undersigned, ull fiersons Indebtea thereto are requested to make mmediate payment, and those having claims or dein.inds against the same will present thein for settlement to the undersigned, resld- lug in said township.
SARAH A. FRANTZ. Administratrix, may 4 6*1-31 residing lu Ephrata twp.
EXECCTOBS- XOTICE.
Estate of Christian Kurtz, late of Salis¬ bury twp., deceased. X KTTBR a testamentary on said estate
1807. 1867.
Spring and Summer ClotUng
AS CHEAP -VS THE VERY CHEAPEST
AND AS GOOD AS THE "VERY BEST.'
'pO Oeinonstrato this practlcallT, call imma- L diately at the
CLOTHINO Sl ilBRCHANT   TALWKINO
ESTABLISIlitENT OF
S.   S.   EATHVON,
opposlto Sliobcr's Hotel, Comer North i^neen and Orange Streets, l.ancafiter Fa.
CLOTHS, CA.SSIMERES.COATING.S. VEST¬ INGS, LINENS, Slc. In Styles, Varieties, and Prices, to suit the circumstance of the public; and made to order, for.Men and Boys, In any mode and manner desired,  ALSO,
READY MADE CLOTHINO,
consisting of SACKS, FROCKS, JACKETS, walking COATS, P.AN'rs, VESTS, 4c., suited to all ages and conditions.
Good Suits, of all wool Cassimere j^ot up In good Styles, at 818.00, sa).0O, $25.00. jS.00, NOJX) and S35.U0.
Under Clothing for Spring, Summer and Winter, and Furulsbiug Goods In general, al¬ ways on hand, good and cbeap.
S. S. RATHVON. Merchant Tailor, Cor. N. Queen and Orange St,
apl 20         3m.iB
DRY  GOODS, &C. Old Times Agaiii
TTTHEN you can get DRY GOODS at Old TT Prices.
Now Is your time Ifyou want cheap Calicoes and Muslins at 10 nnd u>^ cents.
Very handsome Spring DELAINES at tho oldprlce.
we have also a ver^' hanilsome stock of La¬ dles' Fine
SPEHSTG DBESS GOODS, SACKINGS, ac. Spring Cottonades, Cassimeres and Coatings
MEN AND BOYS WEAB.
AL&O, a large variety of Hosiery, Gloves and Notions.
Como now for bargains at once at the comer of North Queen and Orange streets.-
aFl.l7-tr-22 ABKAIf SCBEETZ.
JLihavlng tieen granted to tlie undersigned, all
fiersons indebted tberetoare requested to make mmediate payment, and tiiose having claims
ordemands against tliesame will present them witliont delay for settlement to theundersign¬ ed. residing In Salisbury und Leacock town¬ ships.
JONATHAN KURTZ, Salisbury, MOSES E.\nY. Leacock, D.AVID W. KOBTZ,   Salisburj-, PETEB EBY, Salisbury, mayl5'fit*2g     Execulors.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Assigned Estate of John 'Wise <t Sarah his wife, of Lancaster city.
THE undersigned Auditor, appointed to dis¬ tribute the balance remaining In the hands of Robert A. Evans. Esq.. assignee of John ¦\VIse aud Sarah his -wlte, to and among those legally entitled to the same, will sit for that purpose on FRIDAY, the llth day of JUNE. ISCT, at2 o'clock, p. m.. In the Library Room of the Court House, In the City of Lancaster, where all persons Interested In said distribu¬ tion may attend.
SAMUEL H. REYNOLDS, may 15-Ct-2C       Auditor.
ADSIIKISTIIATOB'S NOTICE.
Estate of David C. Sellers, late of West Hempfleld twp., deceased.
LETTERS of administration on said Estato having been granted to the undersigned, all persons Indebted thereto are requested to make ImmedUite payment, and those having claims or demands against the same will pre¬ sent them forsettlement without delay to the undersigned,resldlngin Rapho township. JESSE SELLEliS, may lJJt-23 Administrator
CO-PABTNElUiHIP NOTICE.
THK undersigned havo entered Into copart¬ nership uuder the flrm of A. Bitner, jr., Sl Co., for the purpose ofdoingawholesaleandre- tnll Coal Business. Yard atthe Pennsylvania Railroad aiijoining Bituer Sl Bro's Depot Lan¬ caster, Pa. A. BITNER, Jr..
¦   D. B. HOSTfcTTER, apl 3-3in-20 J. E. RICHARDSON.
1867.        8PRII<r«.       186V.
JOHN dTsKILES,
Corner of East King & Duko Streeta, adjoining Jonathan Sprecher's Hotel, Lancaster,   •
rs NOW receiving his Spring Stock of DRY GOODS from New York soles, conslBtine of over IOO NEW STYLES CALICOES from B to 20 cts.
APRON AND DRE.SS GINGHAMS,
NEW DELAINES,
BLACK AND COLORED all Wool DeLalnes,
Black and Colored ALPACAS—10,60 and 75.
TABLE OA3IA.SKB, GoodBargalns! NAPKINS, TOWELS,   Great Bargains!!
SinRTINQ and FRONTING LINENS.
IOO Pieces Bleached MUSLINS—all the best Brands from 112}^ up.
SHEETING MUSLINS,
PILLO^W CASE MUSLINS, TICKINGS, •
BED CHECKS, Slc., Aa.
Great Bargains in'
CLOTHS,   CASalSIEUES   AND   VESTINGS
Jusl received a large .Stock of French, Eng¬ lish and American Cloths, and Cassimeres fbr Dress and Business SUITS.
Now Ls your ltmi> to get a Cheap Suit Ready Made, or made up to Order at Short Notice.
Call and exam ine my .Stock before purchas¬ ing.
JOHN D. SKILES. Corner nf F^ast King A Dnke Sts., adjoining Jouutliun Sprecher's Hotel,
ninrri-tr-17 Lancaster.
CACTION.
WHEREA.S my wife Fanny Miller, has left her lioiiie withont Just cause, all perh-ons are hereby cautioned agaiust crediting her on my account, ns I will pay no debts of ner con¬ tracting. SAMUEL M. MILLER, may i!-Jlt-27 Strasburg twp.
ESTRAY NOTICE.
STRA'YED, or broke out of the Bani^-j-ard, early on tlie morning of the ICth Inst,, FOUR —             STEERS, average live weight about 700 Ids, each   ;'.hree of them were red, and one red and white spotted.    Any person taking up .     'nfor ' '¦
said Steers and giving 1
   Ainuation tn tbe sub¬ scriber, who resides about one mile southwest of White Horse tavern In Salisbury township, will be suitably rewarded.
THOMAS W. HENDERSON. Pequea Post Ofliee, Lancaster county. Pequea, May 18th. 18«7. my •22-;lt-27.
MISCELLANEOUS.
niVIDEND.
FiR.'JT Natioxai, bank OF .STBAsnuiin.   1 May 7th, 1807. J riiHE Board of Directors havo this daydeclor- X ed a Dividend of Five per cent, clear of tax¬ es, p.iyable on demand.
K. M. Eberman, m!ii'S-Jt-25 Cashier.
DIVIDEND.
FiBST National Bank,   \
 ¦{¦S
'IlHE Directors of this Bank have declared a 1 Dividend of FIVE DOLLARS   Per -Shore,
payable to Stockhqiderson demand.
'^                             ^    HORACE RATHVON, my la-3t-20 ^ Coshler.
Lancaster, May 13, ISbl riiHEDlrector.< of this Bonk hove declared
OPKXiiva
AT No. 20 E.\iiT KING STREET,
4   very desirable and full line of
SPEING GOODS,
Consisting In part
Select shades Dress Silks, Fashionable I'inid      do Black and Figured    do Plaid India do perfect.
New iHpring Drt.'ss Goods, .'jtcel Colored Poplins for suUs, Organdies of new styles. New Style Spring Chintzes.
AfaU lino Wool DEL.UNES, new shades, for
Spring.
Handiioiue ling Blnck and Colored ALPACAS.
,M0H.\111S at all prices.
Staple Housekeepiug Goods, a fall assortment
W'hitcGoodsand Linens,n very houdsomeline
11ANDS0.ME LINE OF NOTION.S.
L.\1>1ES'CLOAKING CLOTHS i SACQUlii.
Suiiieting new and very desirable.
Gknt'sand Youth's
cloths and cas.simeres,
full assortment of uew designs,
CARPETS IN GREAT VARIETY.
We have Just recieved a very large variety ol arjKits, und we will .^eli tliem at Real Bar- goins.
C^rjKits, und we will .^eli tliem at Real J
'18. WALL PAPEHa!
DIVIDEND.
LANCASTER CotTNTV NATION.VL BANK, I
Moy 7,18S7.       I
THE Directors hove this daydeclared a divi¬ dend of SIX Per Cent., clear of U. S. Tax, payable on demand. w.L. PEIPER,
my 15-3t-20 Cashier.
Bnilders, take Wotice.
rjlHE undersigned has secured the right to use
J. L. LANDIS'
UNION LIFTING JACK, and Is prepared to raise and repair Bridges; raise, move, or repair all kinds of Buildings at short notice by contract, or hire out Jacks to others for that purpose. It Is estimated that one man can raise 05 to 70 tons of weight with one ofthese machines.
JNO. D. BORING,
apl27-Cm'23
Laneaster Po.
ii^irfeil as iie'ii^iArfh'e'n when Monday inornlng came,' and lie
•" •:: I ¦¦   !   ¦¦ •/ ¦,. ; :.,   1
" It's hard, father; but we did right —didn't-we?" said Eosy, after the two were left alone.
" We did that, an all through yer begginso hard, too," answered her fath¬ er; "bat ye'll niver know how tough it was to give up t' ould woman's comin."
",Shure, it was not aisy for me ayther. Sich a dale as I've dramed, and dramed, ov seeln granny, ye-can't tell. It's the thruth, — and more's the shame, — I didn't dare kape me eyes on the money, for fear I'd be snatchln ov it back agin. But I did the right, father; I'll niver be sorry for that."
" Ye're a braver gal nor yer father, an ther's for ye," and he looked at her admiringly.
"Be gorra!" This was iu the very ,broadesl of brogues, from outside the door from the entry. This is a grand place ye' ye brought me iiit er. As thrue .a% jrelive, here's rale glaas;wlhdia8,and rale \cooden floors.  . Eali, it's fit for a
FOR SALE.
AGOOD FOUR HOUSE BEVEL POWER. It will be sold cheap If applied for soon. SAMUEL HESS, may l-tf-23 Hess' Landing, Lancaster.
WALL PAPERS 1
Suitable for Parlor, Chambers, Dining Rooms, Halls &c.
STASirEP Gold, Plain and Fioitbed,
Fine assortment Gold and Vklykt,
OIL SHADES.
We have opened tlie largest assortment, and
of new designs, of Oil sliades direct from New
York, in tile city, at all prices.  Hollands and
Oilcloths by piece or yard, all colors and widths.
TABLE AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, full assortment
0ur8prIng.Stock is full and complete In ev¬ ery department, nnd we would coll the atten¬ tion ot Buyers to examine our stock before par- chasing, as we are determined lo sell oa low as
any iiousnln thecity.
BREN^
apl20
NER & HOSTETTER. tf-21!
FAHNESTOCK'S JTONPAREII.  CHEMI. CAt WRITING FI.VID.
IT will not clog the Pen, and Is eqnal In every respect to the best foreign fluid In flowing and permanency, and does not coi rode pens or paper.  For sale at
CHA3. A. HEINITSH'S. Apothecary,
1867.       SPRIKQ.        1867.
WENTZ   BEOTHEES, No. 5  East  King  Street,  Lancastor.
/~1 ALL attention to their largo stock of SPRING aOODS,\
Which they ofl'er at;
Much Eeduced Prices I
DBESS UOOD.S
PORTRAIT OF   HON. THADDECS BTEVEirS.
AGENTS WANTED.—Thesuhicrlbcr Is hav¬ ing engraved on steleby one of the hestar- tists In the United States, a portrait of HON. THADDEUS STE'VENS, taken from a photogroph by the liito Chas. 'VV. Eberman, which Is jwiknowledged to be the most accurate and llfe-Uke picture which has ever bean produced of thlsemlnontstatosman. The Portrait will be of Cabinet idze, and m the very best style of modem art,and will be ready for delivery in the course of the coming sum- mer. The price of tha picture wlU be J5, or mounted In a heavy gUt or ¦walnut flfame }ia
Agents are wonted in every county or district Inthe United States to canraw for Ui»woifc to whom territory willheasalgned, and llberai commissions allowed. Femona who have not on'opportunity oftubAcrlbiagtdagent&or eon-' vassers may send tbelr names, directly to the subsorlher, with dlirectldns for* tner delivery or the picture. • ¦ :i; , r-   .,¦,.;
J. E. BABB,BookseUer, apl 17-221     No. 6 East Kiiit! St., Lancaster, Fa.
of every description.
Particuhir attention Is reqnested to onr stock of
CARFETSI   CASPinBI!
Our Carpet Room Is full and compl«t«.ln a large Stock of CARPETS at mnch—
Bednced Prices.
HOUSEKEEPERS—new and old—wHI do well by exarolnlDg onr stock.
¦«nanH5 BBoa,_
No. 5 salt Klnff Street, mar2r-tf-19 IvMajtr.
BLACK MOUSE HOTEt.
THE subscriber Informs his jW^ds and tlie nulilic generally, that he hat t*keii,powes- slou of thi sS^orse Hotel (form?rff^pt bv- George Horting) onllorth Qneen Street. linc^.To. TbB^^nMhMbeenMmgletely finovatcd ond no effort will he sMied »wn- dlr all gnesu oommrUlilii.; asSaWit jnd i^uhiT boarders ¦wlU be aoconunodatedat reo-
»Ta?Swj|- ¦     ¦¦    CHAMBER YUOTT.