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A VOHUT'B aUXSIION.
Before I trust my fato to thee.
Or plaeo my hand in thine; Before I let thy Future give
Color and form to mine • Before I peril all for thee,) QuesUon thy soul to-night for mo.
I break all sUghtor bonds; nor feel
A shadow of regret; Is there one link within tho Fust
That hold:! thy spirit yet? Or Is thy faith as clear and free As that which I can pledge to tbeo ?
Doos there within thy dimmest dreania
A possible Fultu-e shine. Wherein thy life could henceforth breathe-.
Untouched, unshared by mine ? If so, at any pain or cost.
O, tell me, beforo all Is lost!
Look deeper still! If thou cjur.st feci,
Within Uiy Inmost soul. That thou hast kept a porlion back.
While I have staked thewhole; Let no falso pity spare tho blow. Hot In true mercy tell rae so.
Is there within tliy heiirt a need
That mine caunot fulnU? One cord Uiat any other hand.
Could better wake or still 7 Speak now—lest at some future day My whole life wither and decay!
Lives there within thy nature hid The demon sprit Change,
Shedding a passing glory still Ofall things new and strauge?
It may not be thy fault alone—
But shield my heart ag,ilnst thy own !
Could'st thou withdraw thy hand oue day. And answerJ.0 my claim.
That Fate, and that to-day's mistake- Not thou—had been to blame?
Some soothe thctrcouscloncothus; butthou,
O, surely thou wilt warn mc now!
Nay, answer not—I dare not hear!
The words would come too late; Yet I would spare thee all remorse—
So comfort thee ray Fate 1 Whatever on my heart would fall— Remember, I would risk It all 1
THE SKEIiETON AT THE BANQTJET.
Dr. Graham sat iu his office, his book closed on his knee, aud his eyes fixed upon the street. Tliere was nothing of interest to be seen. A sliglit snow was falling, making tlie pavement ilreary ; but it was Christmas, and his thoughts had gone back to other days, as people's thoughts will go on anniversary occa¬ sions. He was thinking of the young wife he had buried three years and three months ago; ofthe great fireplace in his boyhood's home, and his mother's face lit up by the glow; of many things past which were pleasant; and reflecting sadly upon the fact that life grew duller, more common-place, as one grew older. Not that he was an elderly man—he was, in reality, but twenty-eight; yet, upon that Christmas day, he felt old, very old; his wife dead, his practice slender, his prospects far from promis¬ ing—eveu the slow-moving days dally grew heavier, soberer, more s&lous. It was S'holiday, but he bad not even an invitation for dinner, whore the happi¬ ness of friends and the free flow of tbooght might lend a momentary spar¬ kle to his own stale spirits.
The doctor was not of a melancholy, despondent nature, nor did he rely for his pleasures upon others. He was a self-made man, and self reliant to an unnsual degree, as self-made men are apt ¦ tobe. Histusslewith circumstances had awakened in him a combative and re¬ sistant energy, which had served him well when means were scant and the rewuds of merit few. But there is some'thing in the festal character of Christmas which, by luring from the shadows of our struggle-life the boy na. ture of us, makes homeless men feel solitary; and, from being forlorn, the mood soon grows to one of painful un¬ rest ; all from beholding happiness from whioh we are shut out. On this gray afternoon not the most fasclnatlne speculations of De Bolamont and the hospital lectures—not the consciousness of the originality and importance of his own discoveries iu the field of Sensa¬ tion and Nerve Force—had any interest for Dr. Qraham.
That he had talent and a good ad¬ dress ; that he studied aud experimented many hours every day;that he as thor¬ oughly  understood   his   profession as was consistent with a six years' actual experience as an actual practitioner; that there was nothing ofthe quack or pretender In him;—all this did not pre¬ vent his  rent from being  high,   his patients few, and his means limited. With no influential friends to recom¬ mend and introduce him, he had reso¬ lutely rented a room in a genteel local¬ ity up town, had dressed well, aud had worn the "air" of a man of business, ever ready for duty; but success liad not attended upon his efibrts, and the future gave no promise of a change.   Of this he was thinking, somewhat bitterly; for what proud soul is not stung with unmerited neglect?   Then a deep sad¬ ness stole over hiro at thoughts  of the loss which had come upon his cairly manhood—a loss like wliich there is none other so abiding in strong, wise hearts.   A cloud seemed  to be sifting down and closing arouud htm, which, with unusual passivity, he seemed un¬ able or unwilling to shake off.   A car¬ riage obstructed.his view, by passing iu front of his window.   It stopped; then the footman descended, opened the car¬ riage door, and turned to the oiilce bell. He was followed by his master, who awaited the answer to the bell, aud was ushered into the practitioner's preseuce by. the  single waiting-servant of his modest   establishment.      The   doctor arose to receive his guest, who was a' msn.still younger than himself, with something of a foreign air, and dressed with a quiet richness in keeping with his evident wealth and position. "Dr. Graham?" The doctor bowed assent. " If you are not otherwise engaged, I would like you to go home with me, tp see my sister, who Is not .well. There is no great hurry about the matter, hut ifyou (an go now, I shaU be glad to; tskejrpu.withme.   It will save you a wslk'through the snow."
"He/.knows,", thought the doctor,' " that i doi'not drive a carrlag?;" and- that a stranger, of auch abllity.to iira the moet noted, pisotitipners, should , call upon him^ was a Bonrce of unex¬ pressed surprise snd 8uq>icion. . '''yriiatdoybu think Is.the matter with your. Bister?" he unconcernedly asked, taking his oTercoat-fronL the ¦wttrdcobe.
" b^hatia 'for you £a dMldK jit Is a case' ^f; no - oidiniu;' iihiu^tei—one Which wHli^ulre study." Heltdthe way-mt onoe to the door, as If unwilling to delay, notwithstanding he had at first stated that'noiast^ was neasssary. ".Stejii|iii,'doctor,aiid I wlU giye^ypii jm inkling of the case during the ^Irive, which will occupy, some flfteen,. or twenty minutes."
"In the first place," continued tlie stranger, as tliey rolled' away,' "Iwlll introtltiee myself to you as St Victor Harchand, at present a resldcutof i'our city, but recently from the Isliuid of Maderia. My iiouse is upon, the Fifth avenue, not far from Madison square. My household consists only of myself and sister, yith our servants. I have means to remunerate you amply for any demands we may make upon your time or skill; and I ought to add, one reason for seiectingsoyoung a physician is, that I think you will he the more able and willing to devote more tinie to the case than i^ore famous practition- era. However, you are not unknown to me. I have heard you well spoken of; and I remember that, yvheu you were a student In Paris, you were men¬ tioued with honor by the college fpr an able paper read before the open section upon the very subjeet to whieh I now propose to direct 3'ourattentlon-ineutal disease," he added, after a moment's hesitation.
" A cuse of insanity ?" bluntly asked the doctor.
" Heaven forbid! Aud yet I must not conceal from you that I fear it."
" Give me some ofthe symptoms. In¬ sanity in strong development, or aber¬ ration of faculties, or hallucination ?"
" I canuot reply. It ia one und all, it seems to me. The fact is, doctor, I wish to introduce you to your patient simply OS a friend of mine, so as to give ydu an opportunity for studying my sister's case, unembarrassed by -. any suspicion on her part. To excite her suspicious is to frustrate all hopes of doing anything for her or with her. Can you—will you—do mo the favor to dine with me this eveuing? Itis now only about an hour to aix, and if you have no other engagement, I will do my best to entertain you, and you cau then meet mj- sister as her brother's guest.   Shall it be so?"
The J'oung man's tones were. almost beseeching, aud his mauuer betrayed the most intense . solicitude. Quite ready to accede to the request, from cu¬ riosity as well as from a desire to reas¬ sure the youug man, Dr. Graham did uot hesitate to say, " Willingly, sir, if it wili asgist iu a professional kuowl¬ edge of the object of my call."
The change from the offlce to the home into which the physician was introduced was Indeed grateful to the doctor's feelings. The light, warmth, and splendor of the rooms gave to the home an air of tropical sensuousness; aud yet an exquisite taste seemed to preside over all. Though not unfamil¬ iar with elegance, this home of the brother.and sister wore, to the visitor, an enchanted look, as well from the riire richness oflts works of art, as.from the gay, friendly, enthusiastic manner of his entertainer—a manner never attained by English or Americans. Sending word to Miss Marchand that tliere would be a guest to dinner, St. Victorfellintoasparkiingconversatiou, discoursing most intelligibly of Paris, Madeira, the East Indies, and Sotith America, taking his guest from loom to room to show this br that curious speci¬ men of the productions or handicraft of each country. As' the articles exhibited were rare, and many of them of scientific value, and as the young man's knowl¬ edge kept pace with his eloquence of discourse, Dr. Graham was agreeably absorbed.
An hour passed rapidly. Thon the steward announced dinner; but it was not until they wereaboutseating them¬ selves atthe table thatthe patient made her appearance. It was now twilight out of doors. The curtains were drawn and the dining room was lit ouiy by wax tapers, under whosesoftradianoe bloom¬ ed an abundance of fiowers, mostly of exotic beauty and fragrance. It was evident that the young master of the house brought with him his early tastes. " We have an extra allowanceof light and flowers, and a little feast, too, I be¬ lieve ; for neither myself nor my Eng¬ lish steward here forget that this is Christmas. Don't you think it a beau¬ tiful holiday ? My mother always kept it with plenty of wax candles and flow¬ ers."
" It is a sacred day to me," answered tho doctor, sadly, thinking of his lost wife and of the three times they had keptit together, witli feasting and love's delights.
At this momeut Miss Marchand float¬ ed into the room and to her place at the head of the table,—a girlish creature, who gave their guest a smile when the brother said,—
"Dr. Graham is not eutu-elyastrang-1 er, Edith; he was iu Paris when we were there.. You were a child, then.— I wasindeedgladto meet him in this strange^cityi-and'I'meiin that we shall j lie frlepds'upbii a s^tiiting footing, if he will permit it."      .     •'..
It was biit natural for thcphyslciau to fix a piercing look upon the faceof her whom he liad been given to understand was to be his patient, and -whose dis- e.ise was of a character to command his best skill.   His physician's eye detect¬ ed uo outward tokens of 111 health, eith¬ er of body or mind.   A serene brow, sweet, steady, loving eyes, cheeks rosy and full with maiden health, a slender though not thin figure, all were there before   him,     giving    no    indication even of the "^nervousness '> assumed to be so common with young Udies ofthis generation.    E-xquisite beauty, allied with  perfect   health,   seemed   to   be " blush and bloom " all over her ; and the medical man would have chosen her, with professional enthusiasm as his .ideal of. what a young    wonmn oughttobe.   Her pink silk robeodapted Itself to her. soft form as naturally as the petals of a rose to its curving sweets ness.   Only to look upon her gladdened the sad heart ofDr! Graham, the wife¬ less and childless.   He felt  younger than he had felt for years, as thirsty grass feels under the influence ofa, June sun after a mpriiingjOf Biiowers. :His spiritsroscj and. ii.e;-.ta^ed well, :even wittily,—ijetraylng not only :hls varied learning.as a student.and his keeupow- ers of obseEvatlon as aman of the world, but also tbegehtleness and grace which. In hia more active, worldly; life, were too.much put aside.   It was alittle fes¬ tival, in which the dainty disheS,; the ;fruit,and,wuie played but a 8ulK>rdi- jnatepart     ':
Nothing could be more apparent than ithe |)rid^ and affeptlpn with which Mr.. iirarcliiani ijegarded his ^ter.. ' Was ithpre. Indeed, a skeleton .at.this feasli? The doctor shuddered'aa he asked bim- - self the q^iestipn. -AU his ,facilities were piL^^ij[«ct^tOj dpi^.-iand.^prpTe the poijsibUi^i'of iUie' i>i«seti«» pf-'the 'lildebii\yiBi^r.-;;-|3»;^ffJKaiiie8;Tr,OT^ too; keenijr: enllateiil ito,.iie. iriliing to ackiu>wledgtfiifas'«xi8<^«e'#rate,^^^ ibtfckgrounCqf t^lj;e,4iif;-fft^ i^'idsji!; .tp cPme to that hontficad.^t'Yat, evaraad anon, in the midst of their joyousness.
<jijidic,'.dp¥ 'issa'MMill-'yMiii.-' ^.ife^
Szed them upob' his > ilstCT'crftMa,: knd att^ei^resBioh tiroiild Alt «i^ tits p#i< face insccutabie to!th«' wauliful pfayiii- oian. ' With a slightteottonofhlshan^ or'h^d h^, would arres't^Dii'.dliept' the doctoit'sattention, who would .than per- celye Hiss Mairchaitd's iQininpusgld^ce .eiwuMibig intp.a'iMkexpreasiye pf-aa^- ietyand terror^ the glow of her cheeks fa41n{^,Wp a pallor Uke that of one in a,swoon. But, strange!'an Instant wonid change it alt. The pallor, ling¬ ering but a moment, yrould melt away as a mist before tbe suu, and tbe roaes would como back to the cheek again in all their roslucss. Tbe host would di¬ vert his companion's startled attention by gracefully pressing the viands upou his notice, or by some brilliant sally, so scintillating with wit or droll wisdom, as to have brought the smile to an an¬ chorite's eyes.
" I pray you,' watch her! Did you not notice that slight Incoherency ? " he remarked, In a whisper, leaning over toward tho doctor.
The doctor had noticed nothing but the playful, badinage of a happy girl. " I am afraid her loveliness biiuds my judgment. I must see what there is in all this," lie answered to himself, deprecatingiy.
Tbey sat long at the table. Not that auy one ate to excess, though the pomp¬ ous English stewerd served out ono de¬ licious dish after another, including the time-honored Christmas feast requis¬ ite,—the plum-pudding,—which was tasted aud approved, not to wound the Britou's national and professional van¬ ity, biit sent off, but slightly shorn of its proportions-, to grace tha servants' table.
The guest noticed that St. Victor par¬ took very sparingly offood, although he fully enjoyed the occasion. .Save tast- Ingiof the wild game and its condiment of real Calcutta currie, he ate nothing of the leading dishes or entrees. Neith¬ er did lie drink much wine, whose qual¬ ity was of the rarest, being of his own stoek drawn from his father's rich store in hia Madeira cellar. Of the lusciona grapes and oranges whicli formed a leading feature of the dessert, he par¬ took more freely, as if they cooled his tongue. That there was fever and nervous excitement lu theyoung man's frame was evident. Indeed, to the doc¬ tor's observant eye, the brother appear¬ ed more delicate, and ofa teraporameut more highly nervous than his sister.
The frankneas,  the almost chlldlsli confidence and opan-heartedneas of the young people formed ono of their great¬ est attractions to the usually reticent, thoughtful physician.   He felt his own Impulses expanding under the warmth oftheir sunny natures until the very romanceofhisboyhoodstlrred again, and sprouted through the mould in which it lay dormant. There was ni thing in their past history of present prospects which, seemingly, they cared  to conceal,   so that he had become po-jsessed of a pretty fair history of their lives before the last course came   upon   the   board.    Both were born in the island of Madeira.  St. Victor was twenty-four, and Edith nine¬ teen ye.irs of age.   Their mother waa the daughter ofan American merchant, long a resident on the island;   their father was a French gentleman of for¬ tune, who had retireci to the island for his health, had loved and won the fair American girl, and lived with her a life of almost visionary beauty and hap¬ piness.   Their father had joined their grandfather in some of his mercantile ventures: hence those voyages to the Indies, to South America, to the Med¬ iterranean, in whioh the children were participants.   They also had sp^nt  a couple of years In France, cultivating the aequalntanceof their relatives there, and adding some flnishing touches to St. Victor's education, which, having been conducted under his father's eye by accomplished tutors, was unusually thorough and varied for one so young. This fact the doctor surmised during the progress ofthe banquet, though he did not ascertain the full extent of the young man's accomplishments until a future day.   Nor was Edith's education overlooked.   She was In a remarkable degree fltted to be the companion and confidanteof her brother, sympathizing in his tastes, reading his books, enjoy¬ ing his pastimes, and sharing his am¬ bitions to their utmost.   It was a beau¬ tiful blending of natures—snch as the world too rarely beholds—such as our received "systems" of education and association cannot produce.
Their grandfather had beeu dead for several years; their father for three, their mother for two. " She faded rap¬ idly after father's death—dropped like a ftost-biighted flower," said St. Victor. "They had'been too happy in this world to remain long apart in the next." " You now see doctor," the narrator of these family reminiscences at length said, " why Edith and myself are so unlike. My sister is her mother over again, fair aud bright, like your New York ladles—among the most beauti¬ ful women, in many respectB, I have ever seen. I am dark and thin—a very Frenchman in tflste.K. temneramentjuifT habits."
He toyed a few moments with an orange; then, again leaning toward the physician, he said. In that sharp whis¬ per which once beforo during the even¬ ing he had made use of:   -
" I will tell you all, doctor. My father died insane. We afterwards learned that It was one of the inheritances of his haug'hty and wealthy family. The peace and delight which he had with his wife and children long delayed the terrible legacy; but it felt due at last. He died a maniac—a ra:vlng. maniac. She does not know it. It killed her mother. Imagine, doctor, imagine,' If ybu can, how I watch over her! how I pity! how I dread! OGod! to think that I must detect tiiose symptoms, as I havedone during the last six miibths. i have seen the virus In her eyea to night. I have not breathed a word to her of my knowledge and conviotiona; but I am as certain of it as that she sits there. Lookathernow,doetor—now!" with a stealthy slde-gloneeatthe beau¬ tiful girl who, at the moment, was smiling absently over a flower which she had taken from Its vase—smiling only as girls can—as if it interpreted something deeper than a passing thought.
Itis impossible to describe the strain of agony in the young man's voiee; his siidden papor; the sweat starting from hia forehead; or to describe the plero- liig power of hia eye, as he turned it from the face of his sister to that of his guest. Accustomed as he waa to every ifprin of. suffering. Dr. Graham shr^k from the appeal in .that searching look, which mutely asked him. if there weifi any liopie.
The clear'whisper in which St. Vic¬ tor had sppken aroused Bdljtii fnjioi her revery;.she;flaifel a;giaapea(|.ljpthBBJ>, tiesj sa full:of Bijmdbion and dread, go. Incohirast.'^th' tierhataral suiiily ex- jirrasipii,';tiiat'Mt'jjiras.tB if her fable hatf. snS^Wy: wjidbered,'from that pfaebiid to the thin ifeatnies of the caiewom. woman of flTyr~8lWlUilf rose in her -o^,0tl^^;MX.Vifiic, :n;»d;'si»f gai- .ing fixedly it the two men, .yet sUenii as a statue.
St VietesrasithcflnttoieaoYerhlmT ¦SlJf'iHd'bittrt into a light laiigh-^
ijig!' pip.',i sleiider '.'neclcsd,'. decant^sr, '^, iulei wine, .paisadittQ his. guiset, re¬ marking': I   . ;   .
"Wa are forgettlngthst this is Christ¬ inas nlj^fci S'lu yOtirgl4ss,my'Weid, Wlth'tlds Ylnery'^ie-dtdeBi^iknil 't^r^iHf
'J3ten we wUl both, drink: joyeasly to the Ii|^Itbof my'oVra- darting—my One l^aibviEa—'ttiy ialater.'' ¦".'.:
Hesaldthisso prettily, poured out the wine with such arch pleasantry of gesture, that the color came back to Edith's cheeks; and when the'tivp inen bowed to her, before drinlUng, ahp give them a amile, steeped in melan- olioly, but very sweet and brimming with affection. It thrilled Dr. Gra¬ ham's veins more warmly than the priceless wine.
" After our mother's death," contin¬ ued St. Victor, in his natural voice, " we found ourselves quite alone. We had formed no great attachment to our relatives in France, and, as one branch of oui- father^s business .remained still uuaetUed in'this country, we resolved to come hither. Then, too, we had a longing to behold the land, which was our mother's. When we arranged and closed up our affairs iu Madeira, we sailed for France, where we spent one winteronly. I thought"—with a ten¬ der glance at his sister—" that a sea voyage wonld do Edith good. I was not satisfied about her health; .so I drew her away from Paris, aud, last spring; we fulfilled our promise to see our mother's land, and camo hither.— I am afraid the climate here does uot agree wltii her. Do you think she looks well ?"
The girl moved uneasily, casting a beseeching look at the speaker.
" It Is not I wiio am not strong," she said; "itls you, St. Victor. If your friend is a doctor, I wish he would give a littie examination into the state of your health. You are thin andnervous; you have no appetite—while he con aee, at a glance, tlmt nothing In the world ails me."
Again her brother laughed, not as gai¬ ly as before, but with a peculiar and subtle signifloahce; while he gave the doctor another swift glance, saying to liim In a low voice :
" I have heord that peraons threalen- ed with certain mental afflictions never suspect their own danger."
Dr. Graham did not know If the young lady overheard this remark; he glanced toward her, but her eyes again were upon the flowers, n'hlch she was pulling to pieces. He perceived that her Ups trembled, but she still smiled, scattering the crimson leaves over tlie white clothes.
At this period of his novel visit—just then and there, when St. Victor laugh¬ ed that subOe laugh and his sister va¬ cantly destroyed the red flower—a opn- victlonrushedlntothe physicians mind, or rather, wemaysay, pierced It through^ like a ray of light in a darkened room. Instantly all was clear to him. From that moment he was cool and watctiful, but so pained with this sudden knowl¬ edge of tbe true state of the case that he wished himself well out of that splendid home, back in his own dreary offlce. He wished himself away, be¬ cause ho already loved these young people, and his sympathy with them was too keen to allow him furtherto en¬ joy himself, yet, in all his medical ex¬ perience, he had never been so interest¬ ed with a professional Iiiterest. As a physician, he felt a keen pleasure; as a friend, a keen pain. ' His fiiculties each sprang to its post, awaiting the next development of the scene.
Wheu Mr. Marchand waa giving some order to his steward the beautiful girl at his other hand leaned toward him, and also whispered confidentially In his ear; " Dr. Graham, ifyou really arej my brother's friend, I pray you watch hlDi closely, and tell me at some future time ifyou have any fears—any suspicion of—O, I implore you, sir. do not deceive me!"
Her eyes were filled with tears, her voice choked.
The thing was absurd. Its ludicrous aspect struck the listener, almost forc¬ ing bim to laugh; while the tears, at the same time, arose responsive in his own eyes.
A clock on tbe mantle chimed nine. The steward placed on the board the delicacies of the feast,—Neapolitan creams and orange-water ice.
" Edith chooses luscious things like creama,"remarkedherbrother. 'Which will you have, doctor ?   Aa for me, I prefer ices; they coot my warm blood, whioh  ia flerce like tropic air.   Ah, this is delicious!   I am feverish, I be¬ lieve ; and the scent of the orange brings back visions ofour dear island liome," He paused, aS if his mind were again on the vine clad hills of the " blessed isle."   Then he apoke, auddenly, — " Edith, have some of thia ?" She'smiled, shaking her head. "Butyou must.   I insist.   You need it.   Don't you agree with me, doctor, that it is just what she requires ?''
He spoke in a rising key, with a rap- iS accent. Edith, reached forth her hand, and took the little dish of orange Ice. It shook like a lily in the wind ; but she said, softly and with apparent calmness,-
" Anything to please you, brother. I Will choose this every day ifyou think it good for me," '
He gave her a satisfied look.' Tlien there was a brief silence, which their guest was aboutto dissipate with a play¬ ful remark, when St. Victor turned ab¬ ruptly to the steward,—
" Thompson," he cried, " now bring in the; skeleton!"
^'wiiat, air?" stammered the aston¬ ished servant.
"Bring in the skeleton, I said. Do yoi] not know that the Egyptians al¬ ways; crown thieir feasts with >' death's -head? Bring it in, I say, and place it— tiiere!"
Half-rising in his seat, he pointed to the vacant space behind his sister's cliair. -TJieman now smiled, thinking his master jested; but his expression grew more questioning and anxious as the hrigUteyes turned upon blm glittering InanisBr.
M Why am I not obeyed? Bring In the etteleton, I repeat, and place It be' hind my sister's chair. It is in the house; you will have no. difliculty in flnding it. It has lurked here long, I have been aware of its presence these many moiiths—always following, fol¬ lowing my dear Edith—a shadow in hersteps. Too see'how ^^oiingand fair she Is; but it is all' bbUOw-^ashba-^ coiDii<:dusl>! 8bt) does hotiaowot ifc; siie iias nevbr .even: tiimed hex -bead. wbeiS it lurked behind her; biit tdruight' she must make its acquaintantie. 'It ;WiH,ii9t%i>ger lie pnt 6ft Odr feast Is H9^S oviit'fl '3rin{^ It in;' T^'oint^Ui a»d;w» wiUHiOutp it!" • Th^vsliwiirf, *Uh a puzrfed look, titrnid frpiii'oiii^ to ahdtiier of, the: oom- p'aiiy. Mini uikrchiind Iiad risen to her feet,' and 'was' -r^gi^Ing: her biroth«r
alipitl^ palii and^'r^utlou sfjiroped
\ hia gaze iiBsted
^ippn his jifatures; wWi upoii .the-&c»lof St, Vfctor,. until the •yes of the.yPiingman t erPrivetedand afaesifed bythtf doctor's demeanor. JJ' fliisii iiiien dlffiiaed itsel graauallypver Uarchaiid'sipde oonnte lance; iils thin nPstrUs^ulvered, his fl igers twitched and trembled and so^gtft'his.bosom, as if,iii search,.of ^mnatB^R-MJKPncealed there. 'Then -hevlailghtd''6nce. more that short,: nervous liu^ I'sb signlfloaut to the physician's 'Mi8, md cried In a high tone: ' ' ' ,
1'So, Edith, you did hot know that yoB' were going ma ? I did. I've wiitehed ynu night ail 'day this,, long time. Ihaveallalouf been afraid it would, end; as i it. haf -on ChHstmos night ^Thatwas the day our'father tried to mniilCr Our mt her. An anni- yersari?','tlien;we hav to night cele¬ brated. Ha, ha! Amiyou did not know the skeleton waa aws ting admittance to the banquet!"   -
Hia eyes gleamed wi ,h a light at once of delight and with malice, but he quietly added:
"But I shall not ham ybu, you de¬ mented thing, you bmutlful Insanity. There, doctor, did' nS I tell you to watch her—to read heil—to comprehend the subtle thing? So fiiil of art and du¬ plicity ! But look', at her how—now! She is as mad as-the aei;pent which lias poisoned, itaelf with itsbwa fangs—mad —mad! Oh, God! has Iij come to this? But I knew it—knew the skeleton was her skeleton-the bon^* wUhout her beautiful flesh. We bave had enough ofit now. Take it away, Thompson- hurry it away!"
" Appeaif to obey hini. Pretend that yon take something from the room," said Dr. Graham, In an uiidertone, to the servant, while St. Victor's eyes were fixed glaring aud lurid upon his tremb¬ ling, agonized, speechless sister.
The skeleton had, in truth, appeoied at the Christmas feastJ ;
Xiaying his hand firmly on tho young man's wrist, the doctor said:
"Mr. Marchand, you're not,well to¬ night You are over fatigued. Shall we go upstairs?"
St Victor's quickly flashing g07e was met hy thatcieai-, res(>Iut4, almost fierce response in the physician's eye,' before which he hesitated, tlien ahranl:. 'The madman had his maste> before him.
" You are right. I am not well, my head aches; I'm woi'h out with this trouble about Edith, doctor,. Do. you thiuk it hopeless? Shehad better come with ua. I don't lik^:tQ leave her alone with that hideous slmpe at her back,"
Obeying the gentle butflrmpuli upon his wrist, the brother* turned to leave the room, looking buck wistfully upon hi.'v sister. She had followed them with claupcd bauds, and a face from which all youth and color had fled. St Vic¬ tor suddenly paused, gave a scream like the cry of a panther, wrenched himself quickly from the grasp upon his arm, and In an instant his teeth were burled In tlie whlteshouldorof hissiater. But only for an instant, for almost as quick¬ ly 08 the madman's movement had been the doctor's.. One terrible blow of his fist sent the maniac to the floor like a clod.
"Oh, doetor! why did you do It?" " To save your life, Miss Marchand." " Poor St Victorj His fate is on him at last"
Her voice waa calm in its very des¬ pair. She sank d6wn beside the sense¬ less man, liftlng-the worn, white face to her lap, and covering it with kisses. " I saw It, yet I did not think it would come so soon. Oh, God! be pitiful! Hove I not prayed enough ?"
The lips ofthe injured man began to quiver. "Wemust bind him and get him to bed before he fully reeovera," said the doctor, lifting Edith to her feet "Here, Thompson, help me carry him to bis bed."
¦When the maniac recovered con¬ sciousness fully, his ravings were fear¬ ful. It was the malndy of frenzy in its most appalling condition. The extent of the mental wreck Dr. Graham had, for the last half hour ot the feast, been trying to fathom. When he dealt that dreadful blow he knew the wreck was complete; reason had gone out forever with that panther-like shriek. All thatcould.lie done was to secure the maniac against injury to himself or oth¬ ers, and to administer such anti spasino- dics or anaesthetics as, in some degree, would control the paroxysms.
Poor St Victor! So young, so gifted, so blest with worldly goods, his fate w.is upon him, as Editli had said.
From that hour he had but brief res¬ pite from torment Not a gleam bf san¬ ity came from those flery eyes; all was flerce, untamable. Inhuman, as If the life had been one of storm and crime. Instead of peaco and purity. Did there lay upon tbat racking bed a proof of the natural depravity of the creature man, when the creature was uncontroll¬ ed by a reasoning, responsible wili ? Or was it not rather a proof that the mental machine was in disorder, by a distention of the blood vessels and their engorgement in the brain—that cerebral excitement was a purely physical phe¬ nomenon, dependent upon simple, phy¬ sical causes, whieh science some day shall aenne ana skill aUall coantorMt v Happily, the flrelnthesufterer's brain scorched and consumed the sources of his life, as flames drink up the water that is powerless to quench them. Day by day he wasted, and. In less than a month from that night—Christmas evening—St. Victor Marchand's form was at peace in death.
During all thac time Dr. Graham nev¬ er left the sufferer's bedside. Day and night he was there at his poat, doing ail that was possible to alleviate the pain. The skili of a physician and the love of a t>rother were exhausted in that battle with death in ita most dreaded form.
His care was, too, required for Miss Edith. Her life was so interwoven with that of her brother, that the doc¬ tor doubted if she could survive the shock to her sympathies and affection. When the surprise of the tragedy wos over, on the day following the flrst oot- h,ur8t ofthe malady, she told him that f«r months shehad feared the worst Shehad remarked symptoms so like her father's as to excite her fears; yet, with the happiness of youth, the sister per¬ suaded herself that her apprehensions were groundless. His- sunny nature [.seemed proof against the approach of an evil so blasting; and her momentary fears were banished by the very mood of heightened vivacity and excitement which had awakened them. Having no intimate friend in whom to confide, none to counaell ahe had borne the weight of her inward sorrow and dread alone.
At intervals ¦ during Christmas  day, she had observed,an incoherency in her brbtlier's speech, anti an unwontedner- vousness of manner, which had inspir¬ ed her with serious alarm.   Wheu he proposed to drive out, • she encouraged the suggeation, iioplngthat the cold air might restore: him ;tp his usual atate, Uiion hia return with Dr. Graham, he had seemed so entirely like himself, so hapify, so disposed to enjoyment, that she once' more dlsmisBed. every tiiought ^,„„. ... --ji-^, ¦ i ,i;_,>i,. i,:„i..j|, r, iJjofdanger^untllsheoTorh^Bdtiioaharp ihuiAilowaM him.   The.Jfio^,.^,, I^Uanets in whlchhe .ddreased his arose, not In excitement, bnt with com-   guest
"And oh, to thinW)".»ho;criedJ while f; the tears rained down her;cheelc6,-'^fh'at In hia love for me, his madn^''B'hbn'Id, take, the shape pC'jbehpIdlog''^ con¬ ditions oif his own.'brain' reflected.in' mine! Hejtyos aoafrald /harm, woi^fil O'jmpto meT^thoughtju'lpf ;ine"sp'.lpng; as even the shadow of sanity xemaloiedii Dear, detir Bt Vlctor-i*p goodi So,^iil**;; sp^lse!' 'Wiii'ifegflot, \ tlje Vic'tlmr.'.i| it were ilatiBd that" .iiere'iniist lie one,?.'' Tlien lifting her tearful eyes: "Dootcir,. perhaps the poison lurks in my veins, too. Tell me, do you think thereis danger that I,  too, shall one day go
mad?*'        ,
"No, poor child, most emphaticoliy, I do not. You must not permit such a fancy to enter yoiir mliid. As St Vititor said, you are your mother's image aiid counterpart, iu temperament and men¬ tal quality, while he, doubtless, in all atjtive or positive eleblents of constitu¬ tion and temperament, wos his father's refiex.   Is it not true ?"
" I' believe so. My dear father used, I know, to think SU Victor nearer to him than I could be. AVhen togethei-, they looked and acted very much alike. Poor, dear brotlier!!' and again the tears coursed diiwn hur cheeks.
The doctor wus deeply inoved ; this grief was so inexpressibly deep as to stir iu his heuttevery emotion of ten¬ derness and sympathy it; was possible for a geutle-soulcd man to feel. :
" I loved him," hesaid, gently; " be¬ fore I had known him an' hour. His nature was like a magnet, to.draw lovo. Alas! it is sad, wlien the promise of such a life la blighted. I would have given my life for liis, could it have averted this terrible blow from this house."
A radiant, Houl-fiilt look dwelt In her tear-dlinmed eyes. That this man—a comparative stranger—should manifest this interest in her brother aroused all the gratitude and affection of her warm nature.  •
" And I love you. Dr. Graham, for loving him," shesaid, in the pathos of the language that never speaks nu- triithfullj'-—the pathos of irrepressible feeling. Theu she added: " Do not leave ua, doctor. You arc all the friend we l»ave here in this great eity. If you lea,ye US I shall, indeed, bo alone."
"i.Wi.li remain, my dear child, .so Iong,as there is need of my services."
He did not tell her, in so many words, that the case was hopeless; but her eye Was quick to seethe ivasting form and grot^-lng' prpstratlon', which followed each paroxysm. How tliose two faith¬ ful attendants watched and waited for the end! And In tiie grief for the sis¬ ter, the physician's geutleness found tliatroad to mutual devotion, which is sure to open !' ""ro those wlip love and wait Upon a .-omuioii object of affec¬ tion. Th;- i|i''-t;ir and sister became, without ciuii^ciousncss of their real feel¬ ing, mutually dependent and trusting. In less than a month, as wc have written, the skeleton which camo to tho fcaat on Christmas night departed from the house to abide on St. Victor Marchand's grove.
At the next meeting of the Institute, Dr. Graham gave a full account of the case, remarking upon the singular fea¬ ture In It of the madness assuming an embodiment in the sanity of another. From much that Edith told him, Sg well as from his own observation and knowledge, he was convinced that, for months, the young man hod detected every minute symptom and develop¬ ment of his disease in his sister; and had a physician been at hand, he could have tried the Insidious progr^s of the malady in the strength of tlie brother's suspicions regarding his sister. The facts cited to the Institute touched the compassion of the most practice-hard¬ ened physician, when Dr. Graham re¬ lated the strange aud pitying tender¬ ness with which young Marchand had watched his sister, and strove to divert from her mind the madness whicii tainted his blood alone.
iS^BISO.
iil'e'coidiTvhIte snow has faded fast, j JUM itmed nahr is the wintry blast; ¦Wheraerstlthiy. thatoold.dullsnow, 'CUepalftplnk primrose now doth blow, Thp flrs^.of her frail sisterhood.
The rivulet's Icy chains ore burst;
He flows Injoy and peaco at flrst, |l Tl^e^ babbUngsports In meny glee
And sings aloud at being free, 1; .A.^'d whispers to that sprouting grass, '" ^in'e, weave a carpet where I pass."
The violets, tinted like tho sky,
Seem freshly fallen from on high.
And bioom'ln eveiy shady nook.
Fair Spring throngh whose blue eyes doth look
ITpon'tho gladsome, happy earth.
To which sho brlngotli Joy and mirth.
'Midst purple clover graze the herds; 'Midst frcffli green branches sing the birds, And now the heart, too, groweth gay, Throws olTold sorrows day by day, Aud.pruisea God with gladness rlfo For Ht>rlugand flowers aud earth and life'.
A SIOBY^OB THE ZTTflE FOLKS-
OBiHDMA GAGE'S SIOBT. " Ugh! whata snow-storm" "Oh!   Grandma, come here to the window.   I want to show ydu." " What is it darting ?" " Only look at the spruce tree! Every limb hangs down like agreat white os¬ trich plume."
" And see ! The cherry tree is all trimmed with swan's down, likeNetUe Taylor's uew cloak and hat." ¦ " And the lamp-posts bave white hols on, for all the world like the Bussian Guards of Napoleon in the picture. Look ! the pickels, too, nre dressed up."
"Anil the little cedars have white cloaks trimmed with pearls ; and the statues in the garden have wrapped themselves iu winding-sheets.".
"Oh ! isn't it beautiful, ' beautiful, beautiful!"
" Grandma, do yoii think It's half so pretty in Summer as it is' ih winter ?" asked Ned, looking back from the win¬ dow, his groat eyes allagipw with de- light. For a-beautiful sight was in view from Grandma's room.. Every spray was robed iii fresh snow, and seemed daneiiii; merrliy among the thickly-falliiig' flakes,' that feathered them more rind more heavilj- every ino- mciit. No wonder; Ned thought it so beautiful that no silnimer could be equally lovely.
" What ifit shoiild stay just that way always !"e:iclaiiueilHarry;
" \Vish it would, iofevcr .iiud ever," answered Eniiiy.'.;'.'      .',
"Oh! wouldn't it lie nice, to always have'coasting, and skating, arid snow¬ balls, and fuuj^i	
'¦And never have any I'Mes, or straw¬ berries, nor gVfjeu grtms,.. nor X)rctty laiubs ?" aslcetl Carrie, 'dbubtliigly.
" Xora bit ofplay iii'tlie,. woocjs, or iiuntiugtiiepurplevioletiuthespring?" added. Mary. .      ;,'.,:.' ,„:.;.',,',;,,
"No, no, no!; ,\Ve?,dpn't .ilwai's want snow ;. do we, Grtinilma '.>" '
"I ihiiik not; my darliiigs.    But I will toll you what w^^e'dO; all of us al¬ ways waut". : ' ^ " Oh ! what •>   Teil.us what" V, To bo content "with just what we have."
"Shall I be contented with this hole iu my boot. Grandma ?" asked Charlie, roguishly, which made all the rest langh merrily aud clap their hands.
" No Charlie; that is uot whati meant at all. We should never be content if we ourselves can make things better. But when the good Father sends suow, or raiu, or suushine, or dew, heat or cold. It is best for us to bo as content with it as possible, and not make un¬ pleasant things more unpleasant by use¬ less regrets and complaints, or spoil the pleasant ones by unnecessary wishes or fears.
" Alone in this great city. If you leave me, I ahall be alone Indeed." The words were like an angel's rap upon the heart's door. In his own great trouble—the loss of Uis wife—the phy¬ sician deemed himself afflicted beyond his deserts; but what was his couditioii compared with that of thisyouthful, tender, dependent Wornau, whose loss isolated her from all others ?
No, not all others. After tbo first black cloud of her sorrow had drifted away, she turned to him, whose hand had sustained lier, even when prayer had left her helpless and hopeless- turned to him with a love, with an ad¬ oration, before whioh tiie physician bent in wonder and satisfaction. He drew her to his bosom as something to be kept with all the truth and tender¬ ness of an abiding love.
The dull office has been exchanged for a home that is like a palace of dreams; and Edith Graham, never for¬ getting lier great sorrow, yet became one of the happiest of ail who ever love d.
A distinguished London surgeon has lately taken the lecture-room to reas¬ sure tbe ladies in regard to the "chignon fallacy." He says the "organisms" .ara aoithpp pntnTiinn noreoizo. but only ectezano, which are comparatively harmless.
" No use of my trying to collect that bill, sir," said a collector to his em¬ ployer, handing the dishonored docu¬ ment to the latter. "'Why?" "The man who sboiiitl pay It Is non est," re¬ plied the ct-llfctor. "Then take it, and collect it, sir. A non eat man will not fail to meet his obligations."
"George,'' asked a minister of one of his parishioners' little boys, "where is your sister Minnie?" " Gone to heav¬ en, sir." " What.! is she dead ?" " Oh, no, sir; she went to buy a box of match¬ es." " Why, you said she'd gone to heaven." " WeU, you said last Sunday that matches were made in heaven, so I thoaght she went there."
"Look here, boy," said a nervous gentlemen to an urcliin who was munch¬ ing candy at a lecture, "you, are annoy¬ ing me very much." "No, laiu'tnelth- er," sold the urchin, "I'm a gnawing this 'ere candy."
A swell, while being measured for a pair of boots, observed, " Make them cover the; calf." "Impossible!" ex¬ claimed the astonished boot-maker, surveying his customer from head to foot; " I have not leather enough."
"You would be pretty indeed," said a gentleman, patronizingly, to a young lady, " If your eyes were only a little larger. " My eyes may be very small, sir, but such people as you don't fill theml"
"Now, then, my hearties," said a gallant captain, "yoii have a tougb batUe before you. Fight like heroes tlil your powder's gone; then—run. I'm a little lame and I'll start now."
An insurance agent, urging a citizen to get his life insured, said: "Get your life insured'for ten thousand ;dollars,' and then if you die next -week, the, widder's heart will slug for joy."
Spurgeon often comes out wltii agood tbi^g,!," Brethren,'/ said be,;;"If (jiijd; lii^jc^rr^jUieark'^if^/eoinmittep oo,' Sttva'ABUxBrifa D)y: p{dnlaii itiwonld not iiave been built yet."
" The garden is beautiful, the clear, pure white snow a cheerful thing to to loook upou ; but It would be dreadful in this good country of ours If it would last' forever and ever.'
" Now, let us gather around tbe flre, and Imagine if we can, how the ' crab gatherers' of St. Domingo would stare If they should wake up some morniug and find the green banks of the Ozama all turned to white; tho great tufted tops ot the cocoa trees like white pyra¬ mids up in tbe air ; the tall bamboos, swayiug to and fro, great ghosts, with loug arms ; while the cup of every gold¬ en blossom, or blue morning-glory, should be turned to a white lily ; and the swayiug vines be hung iu gilded chains ; each old pelican flying over the waves with a white ijuck on liis back ; and the lizards all tiausformed and buried under the feathery flakes." " Oh! isn't God good. Grandma, for never sending the snow there ? "
" Yes, my love ; aud equally good for sending the suow liere. I heard a farm¬ er say, the other day, that these great snows were good for the wheat^fields, covering them with a soft white blan¬ ket, and preventing the keen wintry winds from blowing the soil away from the roots of the young wheat, thus giv¬ ing it a chance to grow strong.
" Now for our story ! Shallltellyou of the goats of St Domingo ? "
" Oh ! yes, yes ! thegoats, thegoata!" " Tlie goats of the island are as nu¬ merous as the donkeys. Perhaps there are more of thom, for you con scarcely turn yoursen uuuul vrituuui, a.-.-i..g, them by tho half-dozen. They are smaller than the goats of this country, prettier in shape when young, and seem more lively and playful and quite tame. I guess they are something like'the gazelles we read of.
" They are of various colors, and are very useful to tho people ; for, like the ants, they pick up the garbage that falls in tiio market or isjpssed out upon the street,'and keep fat where a pig would almost starve. The little kids are the prettiest little creatures I kuow—pret¬ tier than kittens, or lambs, especiaUy the whiteoues, which are very common and as soft and silky as Carrie's tippet- " Oue hot day, about one o'clock in the afternoon, when the people had gone under cover, as the custom is there in the middle of the day, and the streets were deserted of everything living except the animals—and they were, for the most part, curled up under the shadows of the great stone arches among the old ruined houses—I, like the rest, had lain down on my bed made of curled hair, on the cleanest and whitest of linen sheets, and my head on a pillow-case covered with rich embroidery and edged with lace, while ail around me hung folds of India mus¬ lin as clear and white as this beautiful snow, to keep the mosquitoes from biting me.
"Bomehow I could not sleep; butlay thinking how strange it all was, for tbe people hod told me that Christopher Columbus used to live in that very old castle, and'that my room was the part ofthe gallery where he hod slept I loy wondering and dreaming about all these tiling^, when all at once I was startied by a terrible barking of dogs ; for doga^ too, were very common in St Domingo; butthey were ugly dogs coarae-haired, and thievish, aud hplay, and flghting. The barking was louder and more earn¬ est than usual, so I slip£)ed from under my mosquito-bar, abd Ripened the heav- ii^i^barreiiwliiaowrblliidsthatdarkened niy'room,' to see what was' the mat]ter. ' Just over the way waa ahouse in which
a littlestore of dry-gooda was kept; and, as it stood onn Corner, it had two doors, oneopenlngoheachstreet, and both very near tbe corner. In this store an old nanny-goat, with two little kids, not more than eight inches high and as white as marble, had found a cool place to rest How it came I don't know ; but a half-dozen snarling dogs had dis¬ covered her, and determined to drive her out. But nanny had resolved not to yield her place ; and as they came to one door barking and yelpingatlier she flew at tbem with her short, shorp horns and littie stamping feet, and drove them out. Then tbey bounded rouud the corner, only a stop or two; but nanny was before them, and meet¬ ing the first intruder pitched him head over heels, to the discomfiture of the whole party. Then back to the other door she would spring, to meet the as¬ sailants there, keeping her littie snow¬ balls of kids close behind her all the while, as if she were saying to them :
"' Now mind what I aay. Keep close behind me, and the dogs won't hurt you ; but if you stray away, or dare to go but one yard from me, then the wicked creatures will get hold of you and tear you to pieces.'
"The little ones minded ber, aud kept right at her tail. Oh! liuw she did fight for her pretty children. I never saw a battle between auch unequal combatants so long maintained. Slie would spring up into the air and come down on their backs witli her sharp hoops, butt and toss them with her head, all the time bleating for help with all her might, first at one door, then ul tho otiier, for tbe dogs did not seem to know enough to divide their forces and attack both doors at ouce. Not ouce did she lot oneof them get inside the door.
" I looked ou uutil I could endure 11 no longer, and had resolved to run through the long corridors, aud down the broken old stairway, and drive thera off, when the imiiny goat gave a great leap and came down so fiercely on the foremost dog that he ran away yelp¬ ing and howling witli pain. ,Thcn all the rest followed, the wliolo half-dozen conquered by ono old mother-goat fighting for her two pretty wliite kids." "Oh! weren't you gliul, Oriuidma, that old nanny whipped ?"
"Why, yea, Charley, 1 was. As glad as I am, when I see halfa dozen boys chasing and pelting a poor cat or dog_ when I see llic poor eat or dog get out of their ,\vay. But wliun 60^/3 do sucli cruel thingsl feel angry nt tliem, be¬ cause they know better, and ought nbt to.do bucli wicked tilings; but it is tlie nature of dogs to fight and snarl."
"I wish Iliad one of those pretty whitc.klds."
!'TIiey are very nice pets. Tliey fol¬ low one about like kittens or dogs, play and gambol, and learii to do a great many comical things. Tlio people kill tbem when they arc j'oung for food, and the flesh is savory, and tender, aud sweet. You kuow it was two young kids that .Jacob killed for his mother, which made the pottage that tempted Esau to sell his birthright I never tasted of the kid meat, for thoy were so pretty and cunning I did not wish to eat them.
"The old goats give milk, from which cheese is made, and sonitinics it is churned and makes a kind of butter that is much prized by ihe islanders. The churn is the funniest thing of all. Tbey take a joint of bamboo, two feet long, with a tight cork in one end, then pour in the milk, and cork up tho oth¬ er end, and, holding it in their hands, toss flrst tbe right end up, then the left, then the right, theu the left, as fast as tbey cau, until the butter separates from the milk. Tlie'cheese made from goat's milk is very nice indeed, and the milk is very rich and nourishing."— Independent.
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LETTER-Sofndinlnlstratlon on saitl Estato iiavlng been gmnted to tlie undersigned, all porson.s indebted thereto are requested to make Immediate pnyraeiii, nnd those hftvlns chilms or deinandB ugninst the same will pre¬ sent them forsettlement without delay to tho undersigned, residhm in llnpho township. JKS.SESELLE!li3. may l-Gt-2^  Administrator.
AUniTOH'S NOTICE.
Estate of Eliznbetii Bard,  lale of the City of Lancaster, dec'd.
THE undersigned Auditor, appointed lo dis¬ tribute the balance remaining in the handH of Isiuic Misbler.admlnistratoroi\said dec'd.,to and among those legally entitled to the same, will sit for that purpose on KlllDAY, MAY 'Zi. 18{)7, al 2 o'clock, p. m., in tlie Library Room of the Court House, in tho city of Lancoster, where all persons Interested in said distribu¬ tion may attend.
B. C. KREADY. apr27-lt-23 Auditor.
EXECUTOB'.S XOTIiE.
Estate of Peter Dissinger, late of Epli¬ rata township, deceased. I' ETTERS testamentary on said estate hav- j lug been grunted to Susannah Uisslnger, all persons indebted thereto are requesteil to make immediato payment, nnd those ha\'ing claims or demands against tho same will pre¬ sent thom for settlement to tlic uudersigiied. residing in said townsiilp.
D.VVID KEMPER, apl 20-G*t-22 Executor's Ageut,
EXECUTOB^S NOTICE.
Estateof Henry Greider, late of West LaiUDeter twp., dec*d.
LETTERS Testamentary on said est^ito hav¬ ing been granted t-o Uie undei'slgncd, all persons Indebted tliereto aro requested to make Immediate settlement, and t)ia<ic having claims or demands against the estate of s;ild tesUitor, will make Icnown the siimeto the un¬ dersigned, residing in said township, witliout
JOHN B. KREIDER, E-^ticutor.
Old Times Again
XTTHEN yon can got DRY GOODS «t Old vy Prices.
Now is yonr time Ifyou want die&p Callooes and Muslins at IU and 1'i.y ceota.
Very handsome Spring DELAINES at U* old price.
We have also a very handaome atoofc of In¬ dies' Kino
SPRING DRESS GOODS,
SACKINGS, Ac. Spring Cottomulea, Casttlmeres ftAd Coattnga
MEN AND BOYS WEAR.
AliiO, a large variety of Hosiery. OloTM and Notions.
Come DOW for bBrgRlns at once at the oomor of Nortii Queen aud Orange streeta.
»pl-17-tf-ai ABRAM SCHEKTZ.
1867.        SPRITtTG.       1867.
JOHN dTsKILES.
Corner of East King & Duke Streeta,
adjoining Jonathan Hprccher'8 Hotel,
LanoHmer,
IS NOW receiving hiB Spring Stock of DET GOODS from New York sales, oonBlstUtg of over IOO NEW STYLES CAUCOICS from 10 to
20 cts.
APRON^AND DRESS GINGHAMS.
NEWDELAINEB, BLACK AND COLORED all Wool DaLalnea, Black and Colored ALPACAS—10.50 and 75.
TABLE DAMASKS, Good BargftlBs I NAPKINS, TOWELS,   Great Bargains!!
SHIRTING and FRONTING LINENa
100 Pieces Bleached MfSLINS-aU the b«t BraiivU fruiii Ity up.
SHEETING MUSLINS,
PILLOW CASE .ML'SLINS, TIGKIN08,
BED CHECltS. Ac, &c.
Great EAVpains in CLOTHS,   CASSlMEUlSi   AND   VESTINGS
JustrecoIvodahirgt'Stftck of French, Eng¬ lish and Amerli-an Cloth.s and Ciiyslmorys for Dress and Businerts SUIT'S.
Nowlsyourtlmutog^taCheap Snlt Ready Made;or made up to Ordr-r at Buvrt Notice.
Call and examine my Scock before purchaa- ing.
JOHN P. SKILES, Corner nf Kast- Kim< & Duke Sta., adjoining Jonathan Sprecher's Hotel,
mar 13-tf-17 Lancaster.
April 17, 'tiT-GL^i;
EXECTTOK'S NOTICE,
Estate of Margaret Roland, late of Earl township, deceased.
LElTERSTcstamontftry onsald estate hav¬ ing been grauted to tlie undersigned, all pcrKons IndouLed thereto, are requested to make immediato settlomen t. und those hnving claims or demands agaiust the same, will pre¬ sent thom without delay forsettlement to tho undersigucd, residing iu said township.
HENRY A. ROLAND, apl 17-Ct-22 of Earl twp,. Executor.
NOTICE,
To the Heirs and Legal Representatives of A. SL Xaumau, Iato ofthe Borough of Marietta, Lancaster County, Penn¬ sylvania, deceased, "irou arc hereby notified that by virtue of an X  Order of tho Orphans' Court of Lancaster County to mo directed, I will hold nn Inquest to divide, partor value tho Real Estate of A. M. Naumun, dec'd., ou Saturday the first day of June, lSt.7, at I o'clock, P.M., at the Publicf House of Lewis Houseal, In tho Borough  o Marietta,   Lancaslor  County,  Pennsylvania when and where you may attend if you think proper. J. V. FREY, Sherim
Sheriff's Oflice, Lanc'r.
April 15,1S57. apl 17-flt-2J
EXECUTOR** NOTICE.
Estate of Daniel Miller, late of Earl
township, deceased, y ETTERS testamentary _on said astate hav;
1 j Ing beeu granted to the underHlgnccI all
fiersons indebted thereto are requeated to make mmediate payment, and those having claims or demands against the same, will present them lor settlemont to the undersigned, resid¬ ing In Upper Leacock t-wp.
JOHN ZELLERS. Sr.. apr lO-at-2I* Executor.
EXECUTOIUS' NOTICE.
Estate of George Keller, late of the City of Lancaster, deceased.
LETTERS testamentary ou said estate hav¬ ing been granted to the nnderslgned. all peraons indebted   thereto  are   requested  to make immediate settlement, and those hav¬ ing claims or demands against tho same will present them without delay for settlement to the undersigned, residing In said city. C. KELLER.- GEO. B. KELLER, apl 10-21-8t Executors.
OPEXIX6
AT No. 20 E,\ST KtNO STREET,
A   very (lefllrnblo nnd full line of
SPRING GOODS,
Conslfftlng In pftxl
Select Slimlcn rtr...**silks. FiuiliIoniibI« I'liifii      do niockandrlKurcd     tlo Pliua India do porfMt,
New.«TprIjij5 Pri'Hi* Goodu, auiel Onlorel roplUiH for BulU, Urgandies of nt-.v styles. Now Stylo .spring Clilntzon.
AfaU lino Wool DEf..\rSES, new sUodes. tor
rtprlnK.
HandHoinn ling BIn{>k nniX Colored ALFACAB.
¦MOHAH'..S lit all prlieK.
Staple Ilon-spkeeplnt; GixkIh, a full assortment
'VVUl tc Qoodsund Llucns, n very handjuime line
HAXaSOJtB I.INEOPHOTIONH.
L.VDIES' CIXJAKIXU C1.0TH3 &. aAC<lU£S,
Someting new and very dealrablo.
Qest's and YotTia'a
CLOTHS AND CAS8IMEBE3,
fulla-ssortmentofnewdcMlgns,
CARPETS IN ORKAT VARIETY.
We Imvejiist reoiovetl n vory large variety of CiirpGt.H, und we -will sell tliem at Real B«r- gahiK.
W.\I.L PAPEI«!   WALL PAPEBS I
Suitable for Parlor, Chambers, Dining Booms, Hall.s Slq.
STAalPED O0T.D, Pl.AIN AND FlOPBED,
Fink A-*doin'ME>T Oold AJn> Vxi.VKr,
OIL. SHADES.
Wc have opened the largest assortment, and
of new designs, of OU Hliuden direct from Mow
York, In the city, at all prlcos.   HolUndJi and
Oil Uiotha by piece or yar.I, all colors and widths.
TABLE AND  FLOOR OIL CLOTHB, full nssurtlnenl
Our Spring Stock Is full and complete In er- ery department, nnd we would call the attan- tlonot Buyers to examine onrstock beforepar- choslog, a.s we aro determined to sell aa low aa
any housii In the city. 	
BRENNER Sl HOBTETTEB.   .
npl20 tr-2t
AGCOUMTS  OF  TBVST  ESTATES, *a
THE acoonntsot the foUowing named Estates win be presented for confirmation on MON¬ DAY. June 3,1887 : Christian Demmy's e3tf.t«, Heury H. Knrtr,
committee. 'Peter HoU's estate, Jocob Btim, trustee, fllary Brlnton's eatato, Rebecca B. Hood, com¬ mittee. Hannah Brlnton's estate,   do.     do.        do Phares Good's estate, Henry Burckhart trus¬ tee. - . Jicob Charles' estate, Jacob Seitz, trustee SamuelShrood'a estate, Martin B. Harnlsh,
oommltteo.   . Wm. Trostol <!: wife's estate, Jacob Gete and
Cyrus Beam, aasignoes. . ...
,>   .,.       .      ,  r.^      y^- ^- BEAR, Proth'y. Prothonotary's Omce, Lancaster, May 1,16*. may 4 «-21
1867.       SPlUSre.        1867.
WENTZ   BROTHERS,
No. 5  East King Street,  Lancaater.
/^ALL attention to their lai^e stock of
SPRINO QOODS,
Which they offer at-
Much Reduced Frioeal
DBESS GOODS
of every dsacripUon.
Partlcnlor attention)» requested to onr stook of
CARPETS!   CABPETSII
Our Carpet Boom U full and oottiplet* In a large Stock of CARPETS at much- Reduced Prices.
noUSKKEEPERS—new nnd old—wUl do wen by examining our stock.
WENTZ BB<Oe_ No.6Ea«tKlnK«S«at, niar27-tM9 iJinoutra.