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And oooqtietisg at length I
HASTI COKOLtrslOHS.
Kb.. Joseph Halstoji began life aa f tannei, and aucoeeded aoweUinhiB trad, .that by the time he attained the age o' fifty yeara he was enabled to retire on th* proceeda of hia industry and the «um re allied by tho good will of hio baainess.- He married late in life a pretty penniles. girl, much younger than himself, and al ter seven yeara almoat uninterrnpted h»p pinesB, fouud himaelf a widower with on. child, a giri, called Clara, after her moth er.   The houae towhieh he had taken I hia young wife, and where he had th. miatorlnne to loie her, became unbeara ble to him alter her death, andhe retirei. to a small rural yillage  in the west o^ England, oalled Crompton Lacy, wher. he aeitled down for the remainder of hi' days in a rambling old fashioned place known as Old Hall, which had, some twi or three centuries before, been the real dence of the lord of the manor, and evet, when its palmy days were over bore no meroua marks of ancient gtandenr am importance in its heavy stone roullioned windows, quaint old porches, with initialt curiously intertwined, and date of a by gone year upon them, and peaked am pointed gablrs jutting out in all direc tions.   But the mass've picturesque olu windows were now almost hidden undei a clustering mass of  the  rioh crimsoi blos-oms of   the japonica, and   the fra grant, waxlike petals of the magnolia, ti say nothing of roses, jeaaaminea and hon eysuokles, that made the old place a per feet fairy bower of loveliness.   The gai" den, too, was one of those old faahione. comminglings of flowers, fruits and vege Ubles so seldom seen aowa-days, bat no. to be despised for all that, where eabba gea grow, aide  b> side with  their rosj namnake, apple trees mount guard ovei the delicate Persian Ulao, and sweet lav •nder, basil, majoram and • whole hoaio! fragrant potherbs jostle the velvety auri oula and gaudy striped tulip,   Such then was the home  in which Clara Halston grew from childhood into girlhood, ano from girlhood into womanhood.
When Mr. Halston waa firat left a wid ewer, with this plaia delicate blosaom or tiz years old, no one would have ventured to predict that she would become the ao knowlged belle of the village, and in fact, of every other Tillage, within a radius o ten miles around. The thin, acraggy chiln had been positively ugly; the slight graceful girl waa almost beautiful; and before she had attained her twentieth year had turned the heads of half the young men in the parish. Nay, so Hni- verral was her away that even Oeorge El¬ liot, the rich .tta<leaier, who had been jilted fall fifteen years before, and had been proof/again^' all atucka of the fair lez ever siao6> laid down hia arms and surrendered at disoretion befoie the all conquering chirms of pretty Clara Hal¬ ston.
It was certainly an egregious pieoe of folly on the part ofan elderly swain like Mr. ElUot, wbo owned to forty, and could be proved to be at leaat five yaars older; but Clara had suoh a sweet, gentle way with her,, and spoke so pleasantly and looked so smilingly upon him whenever ber housakeeping dulies led her to his ¦bop, that the poor fellow once more fell ¦eriouily in love, and many were the .de¬ vices he had recourse to, and many the excuses he framed for. an errSJid to Old Hall, to obtain a glimpse of the objeot of his idolatry, acd perhaps be asked by ber father to taste hia home brewed, when
, I .poor fellow, thtt there bad long been «; .sort'of tacit nnderstsmliBg between her <nd'a htudsome bovuin who lived hot^a stoneV throw off. arid who had beeii born iand brought up as it were, w;ith the ex-' -jifW fat'ffitibh-bfBpwining'^in'du* tiintf Clara Hal'ston's husband. Not thatthere had been any former declaration' made and accepted, but it ha'd formed the theme of conversation so often between the two fathers—for Bobert Chester llkd Clara, had been early deprived of a mo¬ ther'a oare->.that it was. considered quite tt set! led thing by them; and the youth¬ ful couple were sd much together, siid^al* ways upon suoh open terms of affectioziate familiarity and companionship,.that the whole vil.age generally were altogetber of the same opinion; and how poor Mr. El¬ liot failed to interpret theae vatious.signs and symptoms it is rather difficult to ex? plain, exoept on the old truism that lov¬ ers are proverbially a short-sighted race. Whether Hobert ever heard ofhis rival's rash proceedings is by no means oertain; if be did, he treated the whole affair with oomplete indifference, never alliiiliiig ii any way to theformer frequfnt visits of tbe wealtby tradesman, or their sudden cessation. He was not, however, so un¬ concerned on another occasion, which fol¬ lowed very aoon after Clara's firat love affdir.
It was the custom of the villagers at Ctmpton L^cy, who were a harmless, old fishioned race of rustics, and adhered most pprlinaciously to the holiday-keep¬ ing, merry making ways of their ancestor' to celebrate May Day in a manner quite unknown and unheard of in these dege. nerate times. Tbe younger portion of the community, rich and poor, were up with the lark and away to the woods, to gather great brttnches of the budding hawthorn, or to wash their faces in the magic May dew, and to the village in pro¬ cession, to dre^s and rear a tall, towering Maypole, around whicb they all danced in the evening to the music of blind Jar- vey's fiddle, ifthe weather proved propi¬ tious ; and, if not, the largest barn in the village was cleared, swept, and decorated wilh all the flowery spoil they could col lect. A May Queen, too, was not forgot¬ ten, and in tbe year in which I am wri tiog pretty Clara Halston waa triumphant¬ ly elr-cted by the unanimoua suffrage of the villagera.
It was an early and a fine Spring, and the important day brok warm and balmy. A rustic throne waa erected at the upper end of the green, under the shadow of a ^igantic old oak, which had witnessed "Uch doings formany a century gone by Clara bore her honors wilh a blushing lignity that well became her. She gave ner hand to her cousin Bobert for tbe ¦pening dance, t.nd went through it with tbe easy grace tbat accompanied her eve- .-y movement, unconcious that she was 'he object of admiring scrutiny to a -itranger who had just joined the throng, ¦nd who, before loog, contrived to make 'limself known to the flowery queen as a visitor from a neighboring town, who, Iiaving heard of the rural festivities at Compton Lacy, had taken an early op (lortunity of witnessing them. Of course -.he could not refuse his petition for her land in the next dance, and in the coiii^e ifthe evening tha request'was repeated nore than once, Clara acceding withoui aeaitation, quite unconscious of the~heavy iffence she waa guilty of' in the eyes o! lier cousin Eobert, who kept aloof tor the remainderof the time, and even when he -iatv Clara about to withdiaw, eo that, de prived of her usual eacort, she waa fain to .ccept the service of her new admiret, thus affording a fruitful theme of gossip IQ the old maids of tbe neighborhood for ratber more than the orthodox nine dsys vhich such aff.iira a-e said to last.
Tbe next day and the next day passed .way without bringing the offended lover to Old HaU, and Clara was becoming seri- ¦ualy uneasy on the subject, when in one of her daily rambles she suddenlv en- counicred him. The greeting was rather 'iistant and constrained on both sides,but Robert's ill-humor soon broke out in a series of sarcastic inquiries after her new tdmirer, and remarks on the impropriety of his conduct in allowing her to wander tbout by herself in that fashion. Clara's Tuce flushed deeply, though not with an- jer, for she was secretly well pleased to -lee that Kobert cared so muoh for her as to take umbrage at what to her seemed ao slight a thing.
" I don't know what you mean, Ho¬ bert," said she; "there was surely no Qarm in what I did. He was not the only peraon I danced with, and you know I coul'l not say I was engaged when I was not."
" You need not have danced with him ¦10 often," returned Hobert, sulkily ; '* all. the village ia talking of Mias Clara Hal¬ ston and her new lover."
" It ia a great pity all the village has nothing better to do," replied Clara, in- lignanily. " I think you are cot going tny way, Mr. Robert Chester, so I will wish you good morning," and ahe made 1 movemen't to pass by.
" Slop, stop, Clara; don't be cross," Haid Bobert, seizing her hand. "Tou know very well, I don't mean to off.'Dd you; but you must own it's rather trying to a man to see a girl he's loved all his lite dancing and'flining witb a town bred ooxcomb like that."
" I didn't flirt,'^ said Clara, "and you ought not to say so, Bobert."
" Well, well, I won't then," said Hobert, " if you will promise not tb do so again.''- : Then followed the usual coquettish little speeohes on the lady'a part, aod tbe customary vows and protestations on the gentleman's, ending as suoh little acenea dp end, and when Clara Halaton re-en¬ tered faer own home it was as the solemn¬ ly betrothed wife of her cousin, Hobert Chester.
, Tbis little episode seemed sadd«nly to have roused Bobert to the startling fact that others were quite ready to appropri¬ ate tbe prize aa he was, and that it he de¬ layed muob longer, it was by no mesne beyond the bondsof probability tbatsome one else might step in and seciire what he had hitherto considered so completely
By the.mjficli;(^ff'JiilyrJiyii»'ia'i])^. Heas, Knd yiekling- to' the- e«ger'opfpDniiii' ity of her lover, Clin fixed tVe'i^^St^ pi Aaguat for the.wedding. Jt vns ;u> be a *eiy quielj ajfeij";]fot. ti6>v "thaf .ihe litde 'drew near.for.iit. fia^stbn. to give up bu darling to another's care, even althoagb 'she was still to cbnliriaeundor. his roof, bis spirits, already a gdo4 diskl broken by advancing age aiid infirmity, aometimes gave way aitogether, and needed all Cl»- nt's cheerful, loving care and childlike caresses'to reconcile him to the prospect he had onoe looked lorward to with auoh
eagerness.
As'the ihipOrtant'day drew near, Clara found herjtime fully oooupied in prepa- ratiobs' which had been considerably re¬ tarded By the uneipectid olaims of her father's state of mihd entailed apon her. , " You will work youraelf to death, bay dear," he said to her, as after pasaini half tfae morning in rambling ibciat' thtf Jffit-' dan and orcfaard with him; ifae would sit down by fais sid^ and work, with uotiriiiig industry till their early dinner hoiir; '"why do you-not osk Stella Martin over, as she is to be yoiir IJridesmaid,' and get her to help you!"
" 1 don't think Stella would care to do that," said Clara, laughing; "she- was' never fond of work; but, for all that, I can ask her, and she will have time to settle down among us by the time her aervices are required."
She looked up in her father's face with a fi.fttl, almost tearful blush that waa in¬ expressibly tonohing; and the old man, pulting fais faahd on her fair head, mur¬ mured a blessing.
" You are quite sure you are happy,my child?" he added. " You do not repent what you are about to do?"
He lix)ked wistfully in her upturned face, as though he would almost have re^ joiced at an excuse for bidding her tbstay- beside him.
"Repent? Oh, no, indeed, father," said Clara, taking the hand that rested on her head, and pressing it to her cheek. "Is not Eobert all we oould desire ?"
" I hope BO, 1 believe so," replied her father, tboughtfiilly; adding, after'¦ pause, be ought to be, indeed, to deserve such a treasure as my Clara."
" And who   is Stella Martin,   pray, asked Bobert Chester, as be and Clara were enjoying a quiet stroll ia the pleas¬ ant garden
"Sheisan old schoolfellow of mine," replied Clara; "and we have not met for more than three years."
'- And so she is coming to stay here all these long weeks till the wedding ?" said Bobert. " No more cosy rambles in the lingering twilight; nomore getting a word wilh you now, I suppose? Excuse me, Clara, but I oannot help thinking your fair friend will prove a moat intolerable nuisance."
" Wait till you ses her," said Clara ; "and then, if you don't own that she ia the most fascinating little creature you ever saw, I'll never forgive you."
" I shall certainly not own that," re¬ plied Bobert emphatically, " for more reasons than one; in the first plaoe, I uever admire little women, acd in tfae ex t place, a certain fair lady of my ao- nquaintancs happens to have osurp^ that title in my estimation."
A blushing laugfa anda shower of rose leaves followed this pretty loVer-like speech.
" But you ought to like her indeed, Bfibert, if only because she's a friend of mine," said Clara.
"Exactly," said Eobert. "'Love me, love my dog,' your know; so I proinise to do the amiable as far as lieth in me.— And wfaen do you expect tfaig paraon Of perfection, pray ?"
" Either to-morrow or the next day.-^ But, Robert, you inust not speak of her in tfaat way," said Clara, sfaaking her pretty faead vety seriously; "and yoii Busi be very polite and kind to Stellii, becaase she's an orpfaan, poor girl, and has iio brothers or sisters to care for ber, andshe lives with an old aant, who is 'so ci:oas' anil crabbed, that I fear ahe has not a' very bappy life of it.''
" Ab, indeed!" said Eobert, carelessly; and by no means intereated in the do¬ mestic troubles of Clara's favorite friend, he soon contrived to turn the conversa¬ tion into a chancel more interesting to his own feelings. v,
Oo the following day the expected visi¬ ter arrived at the Old Hall, after a long atid.tedious journey, for railways hadnot then disfigured the beautiful undulations of hill and vale wilh their long, straigfat, iron lines. Clara had expected to see a change in her Iriend, but tfae change she did see took her fairly by surprise, and she might have been forgiven had a jeal¬ ous thought orossed her mind of tfae pos¬ sible effect of such a sparkling little bru¬ nette on the constancy of her betrothed The next morning, for some cause or other, Hobert failed to pay his customary visit, and it was not until evening that, after a preliminary knock at the drawing room door, he turned the handle and walked in. A tiny, girlish figure, in a blue muslin dress, was seated in the cush'< ioned recesa of the window seat. A branoh of a rose tree outside, that faad broken loose from its fastening, faad flung itself partly over the glossy, well-shaped head, ita rich crimson blossoms forming, as it were, a sort of flowery coronet. For a moment sbe seemed embarrasaed; then, suddenly apringing up, she came forward with out¬ stretched hands and aslightly heightened color.
" Oh, I know you now," she said, in a peculiarly sweet tone. "jYoa are Mr. Chesler, are you not ?" . Mr. Chester's self-possession was BO oom- .pletely routed by the half-laughing mis chief in those sparkling black eyes that he could only return her frank greeting by a ratber constrained bow, and fae felt excessively relieved wiien tfae nezt mo¬ ment Clara entered the room.
"Oh, Robert!" she exclaimedreproaoh- fully, "howcould you steal in so quietly- and disappoint me of the flodrishing in¬ troductory speech I have been planning
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" Yea,].! litt al^Ve;'^. would tWnk.s^^^^ ahe oontinued, trituupbaDtlyi.': ':¦¦. .. '< ''
" I jciever said I did:think so," replied Robeft;;';p^iii>n'tiy;'" "But, CUra, do oome'fbraribjidl; this room is so intolera¬ bly to^iaiia'atoi**.*' '
V lHtt:siti;^tel&'tf She would like to go," aaid.Clua;' ."I:tiuiik she said aha was tirftd before tea:"
"Oifip'if'&'aj'"la .'the case," retiimed Robert,.."i»."fniiyM',weU alay here. I kneW^how itwould be: ' Tfaere will b« no gettjnj"*-wSrf'*itli yoii nb*-ifasl'aa-I
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Ptirlupa Stella wouldn't mind being left for Jjalf an honr-»r so," hesitated
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."Well, put on your bonnet, tfaen," Boidl^obir^t, ''/abd tell'Ker'we are'gOiiig:" .Clpt'jie^i'ijoiirly- t<>*lir<f-.tbV Vtindbw. ¦,»i d«i't.tiiipil^ ibpiil.like; it;"though, BolMrtii^Mrjiifaei said, iioftly. "She'is 6n|f;|ii|i^^S|"«nTjpeHi tigimk |t:BDlud/.^.''|!0!ia^iTw yoii to' haiir her <ing--)sheisii>gs beanQfoIty,''
'^'bea[iiini^fti0' iia^itiifee^-, but, aftera few tiiinjs5yi'''ihe' g^Jeii' fae sud- denly. recollected an engagement, tfaat fae said must be attended to; and, with a burried good-night.to his betrothed and a oonsbraihed bow to her fair compaion, he took' his'depiartare and fulfilled his 'engagem'eiit"^ ^y.Wi^'^'i'S tip 'tnd doivn befqre hia bwndbo'r, smoking a segar and trying to idbth'e his: baffled spirits.
It w«fat(Bd 'only'i.fprtiiight to tfae wed¬ ding, when'Mr, fialston waa suddenly taken so'ill its to be obliged to keep :faiB bed; T^doictpt'und,there Was iio imme¬ diate datiger.V itJll-it mii^t',be some time befoire fait diwirdertook s favorable turn; aiid,'il^di^'tiieMoiivamsfandaiCtarit'felt thatit'woni^'i« beitro^^^ faer
marriage^ .Sb*liint«d this to Robert, who i'eeeivM^i^faint much more quietly than afaeexpeoted.
" Stella- faas consented to stay longer, tf need^l^'^sfaie said; after a pause.
There was no'ariswer, and her auditor's faoe was compleiely hidden behind the newspaper, in which he'appeared entirely absorbed.
" I am afraid she will be very dull now Iam obliged to be with my iather so- muiib; but yoii must take her out some times, wiii yoo, Robert ?" entreated Clara.
"Oh, yes, eertainly, if yoii wish it," was hisabrtipt replyi still froin befaiiid tbe printed sheet.
Clara felt chilled 'and discouraged, she scarcely knew why.
" You are not angry with me, Robert ?' sha asked, laying her hands timidly on hia ghoulden.' 'He looked iip suddenly and'tbieir'l|iytti'ibfit. Clkra's was misty with the Itean-afae resolutely strove to keep back. Ha threw down tfae paper, siiatolied'her faahd aiid'pressed it impul¬ sively IpT^islipa. .
Oh^ CUra; you are too good to me, too kind, too gentle I" he exclaimed. "I am not wortiiy of yoo."(
The peat-up tears burst forth, but they were hot tears of sorrow, and the fond soothing words Bobert breathed in her ear sent Clara to faer fatfaer's sick room with a light step and tha joyous sense of ;riiiieWe<i halipineiBs'in her heart. ,, Mr^ Salston'B Teoovery had lieen more Itedious thati'waa expected, and the first ;we<akik'$ipt^ber arrived befbre he was 'prohpuneed fit to leave his room. The day before he was to tske fais accustomed placedowbstairs was hot and siiltry, and towards eveiiing' Clara seated herself at the (Jpett glass door of her own cosysit- ting-rbbm; with her work ic her hand, waiting the return of Stella, who had walked out soon after tea. The extreme heat, ifnd'the fatigue siie had undergone during the day, quite overcome her, and laying down her work, she lell into a sort of dreamy doze from wfaicfa the sound of .voices partly roused her. At first tfaey seemed mingled with her dreams, and she listened even to raise her head; bu' one word, one sentence, awoke faer al- mostas effiaotually as if it had been an electtio shock tbat had passed through her brain.
" I haive tried to hide it; I have tried to oveii^CTe it, StolU; bnt it is iiU in vain. I loveyou,ltella; I have loved you al¬ most from the first Inoment I saw you." Clara waited to tear nomore. With¬ out looking into the room, from wbich siie wits hidden by the deep recess in which sfae sat, sfae rose up softly, and with stealthy footsteps crossed the green velvety turf outside and walked swiftly away down the quiet garden, through the little white gat* that bounded it, and so on, until she reached tfae farthest oook in the pleasant old orchard, and tfaere sfae iank down at the foot of a moss-grown apple tree, and, with a painful, gasping sigh lost for a time all consciousftess in a prolonged fainting fit.
When Clara came to herself, the rays of the evening sun shone full upon her faoe, snd, atill faint and heartsick, she dragged herself tip ai<d cast a shivering, wistful glance around her. She was quite alone, and nd sound could be heard sive the lowing of the cattle in a distant field and tiie shrill scream of the swifts as they , flitted abont far above head. Everything wore tfae oalm peaceful aspect of a beau¬ tiful summer's evening, bat to her tfae very stillness seemed oppressive.
Pale and tearless, Clara turned to re- '^oe her steps. She coald enter the liouse, sbe thoaght, without being seen, by the backway, wfaere a thick growth of evWrgreens concealed the approach to the kitchen-door; but, as she passed throngfa the white gate, the old house dog dashed out of his kennel and sprang the length of his chain with a loud bark of greeting. Tfae next moment a bright figure in blue maslin, tripped lightly tiirpagh tbe still open window and beck¬ oned to her with aiaughing gesture. Clara shuddered, and witli a quickened step passed on ifaroagii tfae kitohen and up
the wide staircase, only pausing xs she did
so to tell the servant, who faad once been
ber nurse, tfaat she bad a bad headache,
and was goingito lie down.
Ana Wthe fn>efable;fi?^#p|»it^ [• at last, and not until morjning.JiP'VuurA brob|r:^by.Bll
IfitHlhto a troubled: sleiepi sorts, eif   misek'Ablg'i
Rpb6Vt,oalJ,edjirmjS^ie72<iS^(al^ aftera long'private- interview with Clara, departed, with his'hat pulled down over his eyes, and looking, aa the bid servant said, " aa if fae meant to go straight away and hang hiaaelf." However, he did not hang himself; but a few daya afterwards it was known throughout the village that theinatoh waa broken off between him and Miss Halston, that afae and faer fatb- eArere going to leave home for a, time, and that Old Hall was to be let.
*'Vf «^, feii;*;^, Wijrr Bla»,» _,.iB»id Stella,. kindiry;'>''it<^M4"donp,gobd'.'i^^^ yoii-kaow:sumIafter all,<who knows what
It was a bright summer's evening, ex¬ actly fifteen years after the' eventa nap- raited in our last chapter. Numerous changes had taken place in- Compton Lacy, and time had not stood still either with the plaoe or the people. ' Mr; Hals¬ ton had been dead several years, but his daughter still lived at Old Hall, and con¬ stant to thu memory ofher first love, had perseveringly rejected the numerous offers she faad since received. She was little changed, and save the silver threads that were bt:coming slightly visible in the smoothly folded bands of faer soft broivn hoir; was almost as lovely aa ever.
Eobert Cheater, now called by the villa¬ gers Squire Cheater, faad recently settled down on his paternal inheritance, having made a large fortune abroad, wither he took himself after his early disappoinl¬ mont. He and Clara were now apparently on aa friendly terms as ever, though tfaere was in reality a painful feeling of con¬ straint between tfaem wfaicfa she at least' could never quite overcome. He hsd never married, but Stella Martin, now Mrs. Hesketh, had been for several years a widow, having wedded a faandsome spendthrift who had wasted his substance, and then, by his own hand, thought pro¬ per to rid her of a worthless husband.
There had always been a coolness to¬ wards Mrs. Hesketh on Clara's part since the fatal evening lhat had so unexpeot- cilly darkened her fairest prospects.— Time, however, and the troubles she had undergone bad oonsiderably softened Clara's feelings towarda her, and sfae had now been for some weeks a visitor at Old HaU, wfaich looked as blooming as ever, wilfa the tangled wreath of fragrant blos¬ soms StiU clinging lovingly around it.— The two friends were sitting, aa of old, in the deep embrasure of Clara's favorite window, with the perfumed breath of ro¬ ses, honeysuckles and jessamine' floating dreamily aroand them. Clara laid down faer work, leaned baok in her chair, and gazed thoughtfuUy out upon the pleasant scene before faer.
hia own; and under tfae inflaence of thU  ¦'! "^f^   " "''"''• '«"« J"" ''8l»t *o mi ferfing; fae soon persuaded Clara to fix nn  y°" ''»<='« f™" whence you came; and I
Would, too, only I see you faave broiigbt
early day for their marriage, after which tbey were to take up their residence at Old HaU, for Clara would byno means cpnsent to leave her indulgent father to
the geranium cuttings I have wanted w long."
She held out her hand for the cattiiiga as sfae spoke, and Bobert presented tfaeni" at once; but as fae was quite consciodii,'ih a very awkward sort of way. It was, in. fact, a long time before he felt' c6m'pliit'»>
tbe comfortleis solitude of lonely old age, apd especially as the house was large enough to accommodate two or three auch families,
i So preparations for the wedding „ere ¦ ^y.^'®*»® "°"**'">^ «P»''''^"S glancas'of
oommenoed forthwith.   Bricklayers, car- '^o^^ slarUke eyes.   Was it on that^ ao.-
pj-nters and upfaolsterera were set to work "'""' '^^ "** caUed Stella, fae wondered.
(oh, rapturous privilege!) fae could  sit: jj gutjome ofthe unused rooms in proper' Ciara was so busily occapied with plao-'
and gare his fill as Clara  bent over faerL-,jg,.     Windows   were  knocked  ott, ing her cuttings in water tfaat she nover
•ewing, or in thebrightaummerevenings,   ^„„ ^gje put in;   delicate new papers nol'C*"! ""« difference in fais manner, and Stittit anawer faim?": But  no -matter.
flitted about the old fashioned garden,   ^,jb old walls look bright and cheerful; '''™ ^^^ ^"^"^ ^'"®'* tfarongh tfae bow-   answer how she might, he could be noth-
tying up her rose trees or watering her'   ' d tastily arranged drapery gave the "'y window in search of a wfaite rosebud | jng to her now.   And, lost in these pain- quaint old window panes an unwonted '?™« *»*•»*» ^"^^'''"^™,*^'*''«^' fal thon jbia, Os
Once safe inside ber own room, Clara threw herself'On faer knees by the bed¬ side and tried to'pniy; bat faer head awaiii and Eer eyea acVed/and, fearful of another swoon, she rose np from faer knees, and after bathing her face plenti- fdl(y,witb.oi>ld"water, lay down on faer bed and tried to tfaink over faer troubles liaXaHj, Bat tbis was not easy, for faer IpTCur'a treachery was too great a shock Sbe.bad loved bim so dearly and trusted faiu so;^completely, that itwas bitter in¬ deed :to.ii*ar him avow his love for an' otfaer, :and. that other a, mere casual aoqnaintaiiiiB.: And Stella—how would
"How unchanged everything seems bere?" said her companion; "I declare I could almost fancy that time had stood still at Old HaU during the last—let me see, twelve, fourteen, aye, fifteen years.
Oh, Clara! fifteen years? Icanfaardly believe it."
" Yea, it is indeed," replied Clara, sigh¬ ing ; " don't you remember, it was on tfae twenty-third of July, e laolly fifteen years ago, wben you came on tbat lost visit."
"Was it?" aaid Mrs.Hesketh,languid¬ ly; "I had forgotten that. By-the-by, Clara, whtit is become of poor Elliot? your first lover you know ?" and she glanced at her friend with a sparkle of her old mischief in her eye-
" Dead," replied Miss Halston, " dead long ago, and tho new railway now cross¬ es exactly where his shop once stood."
"Clara,"said Mrs. Hesketh, after a short pause; "I want to ask yon a ques¬ tion."   And then she .stopped.
" Well," said Clara, " what is it ? I will answer it if I can."
" I am not so sure of that," was the re¬ ply; "but there was something so ex¬ ceedingly odd- about you at that time, that I should really like to know what it was all about."
" I doh't know what you mean, Stella," said Clara, rather coldly.
" Why, I mean when you turned -poor Mr. Cheater off in suoh a hurry," replied Stella. " There was somisthing about you then that I could never make out."
" No, I dare aay not," said Miss Hal¬ ston ; " but I could easily enlighten you, though it is scarcely worth wfaile at this distance of time. Let bygones be bygones SteUa.   It is best so, I feel sure."
" Bnt what difference oan it make ?" persisted ber friend. " You and Robert were the moat loving oouple'possible till one particulai: evening, and the next day without any oause or reason whatever, that I evor heard of, you made up your mind to have notbing more to do with faim."
"Had I no oause, Stella?" said her friend, gravely. "Do you mean to say you know of none?"
"I! No ; how could I?" said SteUa.
" Cau you really have forgotten a con¬ versation that paased between you and Robert in tbis room ?" demanded Clara.
" Between me and Eobert!" echoed Stella. "I don't even remember whether I saw him or not the whole of that day."
"I reoolleot tfae very ^ords," continued Miss Halston quietly, "I can never forget them, they were these: "1 love you, Stel¬ la ; I loved you almost fcom the fint mo¬ ment I saw you."
Mrs. Hesketh bent her head and turned very pale, and said, in a low, almoat in¬ audible voice, "It was not Robert Chester who spoke those words."
" Not Robert Chester ?" exclaimed Clara, starting up. "Then, for heaven's sake, Stella, who was it?"
Mrs. Hesketh looked up in her friend's face, and tbe tears stood in her eyes.
It was one wbo loved me, as he said," she replied; "one who had followed me here to tell me so, and who would bave been my husband if—but no matter," sfae added,hnrriedly. "I cannot bear tu speak of it."
"Ob, Stella," said Miss Halston, un¬ heeding her friend's agitation, " why did you siiffer me to (all into such a cruel er' ror? And I to beUeve it so readily and to treat him so harshly, so unjustly 1 Oh, what a fickle, heartless wretch he must have tfaougfat me ! If you bad oiily told me,SleIIa?"
"But, Clara, you gave no chance of tel¬ ling you," said her friend. "You know you were ill all the rest of the time I stay-^ ed; and I soaroely ever saw you after¬ wards. But what made you fancy it waa Bobert?"
"Idon't kiiow," replied Clara. "Iwas silting here, and had lallen into a doze, for it was a very hot day, and I was tired
,h«r:-tf^,'. flowed the faster^     '
"And li is fifteen years ago," she thought asshe sait before faer dreasing-glasa tfaat night. "He has forgotten he ever carpd for ms, I dare say;" but there was a'soft iioioei in ber heart wfaicfa wispered the contradiction to tfae thougfat, and a faope that perhaps he had not—" perhaps he loved her still;'' and she laid her head on ber pillow with another " perhaps," which afae tried to reject as utterly impos¬ sible, but wbich nevertheless cast a lO- seaie faue over faer dreams when she did faU asleep, brighter tban tfaey faad known for ifaany aday.
'.Mrs.; Hesketh stayed but a sbort time longet/having a pressing invitation from tbe fr^iids^'of faer late faiisband to Spend the remsiinder pf the sammer with them. After her departure Clara felt more lone¬ ly than sfae had ever done before, and it seemed a di£ScuU iiiatter to settle down to tfae liauol inbnotonous round of domes¬ tic oeeupaiion. Sbe who was wont to be always busy, alwaya cheerful, now wander- etl-aimlessly'about the house, becoming daily inore restless and unsettled. This naturally aiffected both healtfa and spirits, and tfae village gossips began to aay tfaat really'Mias Halston was beginning to lose her good looks, and was ageing very fast. Acd 80 the sammer wore away and tfae cfailly October days were beginning to close in rapidly, wfaen one evening the maid servant, who brought in the solita¬ ry tea equipage, said, as she placed the urn on the table, "Have you faeard, ma'am, that Squure Chester's took very Ul f He's been ailing for some time, they say and now agreatLondon doctor's been sent for to come down; but whether he has: beenor cot I can't say.
" Nb, I had not heard of it," said Clara, in a low hurried voice; " tfaere that will do, Sarafa," sfae- added, impatiently, as tfae girl StiU lingered; " you can go now." As tfae door closed befaind the servant, Clara; roae wildly from faer seat and paced up and down the room.
" Ofa, he wiU die'." sfae exclaimed, bit¬ terly ; " fae will die, and I sfaall never see bim. Ob, Robert! Robert!! if I could only own I was wrong! if I could only bear you say you forgave me!"
Then she sat down and tried to oalm herself—tiied to reason herself out of her fears; but all in vain. She forced her¬ self to swaUow a cup of tea, though the very effort seemed to choke her; and then, unable any longer to bear her own vagae fears and forebodings, she hurried from the room, and tying on an old gar¬ den bonnet, and-wrapping herself closely in a large shawl, sfae softly opened tfae door and went oat.
The evening was dull and. cold, and a few drops of rain were beginning to fall, but sfae felt neither oold nor rain, and passed swiftly on into the quiet viUage atreet. Tfaere were but few atragglers about at tfaat time, and she sped on faer way, ungreeted acd uncotioed, tUl sfae reaofaed tfae door of faer cousin Robert's bouse.   Her gentle, trembling knock, was
" And'Bowfar>ew'eU,' dearest! 1 fia' irjr time is not Idng,'^aiidit may comfort you to: khow that I 'loved you to the' last, and that II fully acquit yon of all fickleness tt^wardr me .fifteen-years ago;,.;
. 1' Tpiir old friendi, Mrs. .jreske'tb,.made it all clear to me, but too late—oh, my Clara—too late. Robert Chestsr.
The letter was dated only a week be¬ fore his death, and was received as t mea¬ sage of peace and forgiveness from beyond the grave. Clara survived her consin many years, even to extreme old age, and died amid the scenes endeared to her by BO many pleaaant memories of her early days. Subdued and chastened by the sorrows she faad undergone, she found ber greateat solace in acts of charity and be¬ nevolence; and for manyyears after her death, the grateful villagers would tell bf the good deeds and sore trials of the lady of.Old Hall.
ADUNIBTBAtOK'S KOJICK
1'JM ooaeeqaeDceof thedeatbof BoBiBT .  W.CoLiuitilati) ofConwaU fanun In.tha aoaBtroriMttaa<,ai««t4UafNuiTlTdli.-|ha<nt-
¦t«i4iir3eB4a o( tkaaocfB LHaaoaiB«tutojn>:
OOMPanriacaradhyVortftse'Ott thaCoravUtta: Ul«, vUl haptlt oBjmiaa auaaattha oaee 9t tala Oompany In'LebAnoB, aad Ibe'holda'n ofiald boaat ara r«fiatila4 to prtatat thMa aaaotdlulT to.^AOOB- W«ZDt,8. TrMtnrat of IU (UtiftajTi aa/Unt ti(>MMnti<wll^,lllo/.ilM<,'18<e, . .  : .    '
:Aad tbt imdtttlin'td, rtiadUs la' tat tltr of Watb lagt9u,t>.Q.,%iirist.imitiai.4i^lien el Xdmlatttra- tlcm on tht KtattoF Uu iSiI t09llB,t\f. OOUM AH, 4ettaatiliaUpataoM!t»i|l>tM<:tp taia:ialata;*rr(.ra ^ttttttd to makt payment, and thaae Mviof etaimt, to prtMit atm, dnll aiBkmtleate< sMtkont. dtUr.to JIO JB WtlDLl, b Uhsaea. Fa, who wlU attanil lo the botlntta in myabatauerlfataUui aia not piatenl. td within oBt itar tarn tha 4ala.htatolVthtalaln)anu mar by Uw hamlndtmaiaUbmegt lataMtiuta.
W, S. FRKHtSN, Adm'r of tbt Xiula of d. W. OOEUAif, citf d. Ltbaneo, Pa.. Dattmhat t9.1864. Qia 7-it-T
JiBQAL NOTICEB.
JfBBBBBIOK TOST,
Tt.
ADSUNBTOBT,
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AUu 6np. for DtTorc* to January Term, lS86. Sq.S.
NOTICE—ADELINE TOST, you kT* litrsDy comtowidkd to li* mad af ]war Id you 8rdp«r .panoli b0for* oor JadgM at laancuter, at ihi QuntT. OoHt of - Oonunon PUat. to ba- bald on t)i« THIRD^ MONpi-Y 0? APBIL, A. D., 3B6a, at 10 o'olock. A. H., to thinr eaow. If aay yoa JiaT«, wby Xhn aald Vrsdtrlok Toat, Bhall pnt b* divorced fiom the bondt of matHmoQT ooBtiaotid with yon
P BMITH, eh«riff. ShtrUTt OSo*. Jan. 17, ISU. jaa 25 *t 10
SATS OF Af SSAIi S^B .1866.
T« the   TaxaMe InliftbltaBta ot Xaacftiter
CsBnty.
PUBaUAiJaitp.iJiftJPto.Tiflionsof the U*» of tUs OodinoBTMltli, tho nadtnlcaid (jomm&iloaon of Laawiwnr'coMy, htroby glr* aotlH totha TAZABLXlUI^AVin|ITP,-.*UUntU.n«pw- tiv* City, Boroaghs aad Tovaiblpa, of tha nid Connty, that tlw JDaya of :Appwl (Tottt tho trltaaUl AM'oumint of IMS, «1U bi btld it th* CommUtlooin^ Oflc*. In tha City of Lueaattr.« thi days foUowlaf, te wit t Tor tha towufalpa of
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J. MILLEB BAUB,')        AlUi Sup. for DlTor«« to
TS. > JannsTv Torm, IBSfi.
JULIA A. EAUB, j No. 108.
OTICE—JULIA A.  RAUB, you
_ , ara hiraby oommaaded to 1)9 asd appoar In yonr proper-parson bafgro oar Jndgss at Laae*star;at tha Connty Court of ComiiOB Pleas, to b* held on tha THIBD UOaSaT OF APIUL, A» I>., l&6a, at 10 o*dIock, A. U., to show eaaaa,If anyyon haTs, why the said .J. UUlsrBaob, shall not be dlToread from tbs hoods or matrimooy contraeiod with yon.
P. SMITH, Bhsrlff, Sherirs Offioe. Jan. 17, 1664. Jan -26 4t 10
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
£Btate of Oeorge Weidler, Ute of Saat Earl towoilupT deeeftseda
rriHE nodcraigDed Auditors, appointed
I to diatribata the balaneo rem^aini; In the hands otb. F. Klnssr and W; W. Elmsr, Exacntor* «f tha last will and tastamantof said daee«Wd, to amoag ihoso Teoally entitled to tho same, will sit for that pniposaoa Thnraday, fabraary IS at 10 o'olock, a. m.. in on* of the ilooms of.the Coort Boobs Lsocuter, whera tU Dertons Intsrastod in the diatribntion may attand. ^ D. O. X^HUUCAlf,
8. P. SBT, W. LBASJAa, jin2IS-*t-nlO Aniltora.
BXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Katate of HoimalL E. Henderaon, late of Salis-
.bnty townahip, deeeaaed.
LETTEKS testameutarj on said estate; haTing b««n grantod to th* nndoxaiffnad, all.
Adamstown,
Bart townahip,
Braeknoek,
CaraarroD,
Cocallco Eaat.
CocaUco Wost,
Colaraln,
Colombia boroagh,
CoasKtoga,
CoQoy,
Olay,
Donagal Sast,
Ddsegal Woat,
Drnmore,
Spbrata,
Earl,
Sarl.Bsit
Earl. Wast
Sllzsbath,
BlIubothtoWB bor.,
Edan,
Tolton,
Hampflild, Baat
Hempfleld Waat
Lampatar, Eaat
Lampatar, Wait
Laoeaatar,
LaasDsk.
Laaeook, Upper
Uttli Brltaia,
Uaahalm,
Vartla,
Hanor,
Hoost Joy,
Monnt Joy boroogh,
Uarlatta borough,
Vanhaim boroagh,
Paradise,
Finn.
Faqnis,
ProTidfaea,
Bapho,
Salisbury,
Badsbory,
Straaborg,
fitrasborg boroagh,
Warwick. Washington boroagh.
VMonday,} Fabraary )S. 1846.
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}>Tusid»y, Fab 14th. \ J
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^-Wadnaaday, Pab. Ifith.
^Tliorsday,,F«b. Ifitb.
:¦ Friday. Fab. 17th.
>>VoBdsy, Fab. 30th.
DR. R. A. WILSON'S TONIC CATHAllTIC
Anli-Dyspepiic and Headaclie
AS A TONIC
3'^BEY tgree with the moat delitats . Btomaeb, ramovla, Katiiaa, Fain aad DablUt, n that orgao, aad throngh \t Impait tona and Hgox to tha whole Djitea.
AB A CATHASTIC, Thar Intosnea mora the laofoz, aod leaa tha aeeanlog pover of tha howtla thaa an, other oomblaatloa U eommon naa.
FOR DYSPEPSIA,
Aad Ita tsn thoosand loeoBTSnlaDiaa, from a alight 1d- dlgeatlon and shallow ahask to aztrsma amaatallon aad dapraaaloa of spirits^ or a ooaflraad oaai* of Kalanaho* ilia in Its most agfrraTatad fbrm^thata PUIs ar« ioiift* dontly ratomia«adid aa a sora sax*. If pabaraclagly ~
HSADACHK OF ALlj SINI)B,
Saah as Bick Haadasha, Ssrroos Haadaeha, Bhaoma- tie Haadaahi,' BUloos Haadaoha, Btapld Haadaeha Obroala Haadaeha, Thnbhlag Haadasha—la promptly nUaTal by thi oiw of thaa* Pllla.
THBY NKyEK FAIL,
Ib ranoTing VAUfllA and EIADAOHB, to wUah lEMALBS ari ao lobjicta
LIVBR OOMPLAINX—TORPID WVBR, Uaa thi puis lo BlUratiTs doaaa for a long tlms, or on¬ tU thi organ Is aroosad.  Intermitting ths ns* of tha nils now and than, la tha bettar plao.
INTEMPERANCE,    *
AByonvwholssoaa/ortonataas toaattoomoch, y sare himsilf a flt of Apoplsxy, 01 other sorlooa toaas- qoenaes, by Immadlataly taking a pill,
THET ARB A FAMILY PILL, And a box shoold alwaya ba kapt In tha hoose.   Thty araagoodPiUto ba takaa belori or anar a hsar^ dinner.
FOK LITERARY MEN,
STUDEHTS, Deileata Femalea, and all parsons ot » dsntar, habits, tha, are loTaloable aa a LAXITITK Improving tha AppaUlalgiTllg TOSI and TIQOB to the DlffeetlTa organs, and restoring the nataral elastle. It, aad strength of tha whole BTatam.
THBY MAY BB TAKBN AT ALL TIMES, With PEBrXCTsafatr.wlthont making an, i:hange of diet: ABS THE ABsiraCI 0,ANT DUAOBSEABLX TtSTI BIHSSBS IT EASY TO ACUUIISTBB THIM TO OHItDBES.
Frnared and sold bTB.Ii. yAHNEBTOOE & Co., Sole Proprietors, Tfi A 78 Wood and 91 ,ottrth atraaU, ntUbvr, Fa.
Sold b, Drofglala and Hedlslne Itealsrs gsneraUy.
Tossdaj, F.b, 31st.
i-Wadaesda,, Fsb. ad.
Satsona Indabtad tharato ara raqnaatad to maka Inun..- lata pajmant, and those hariog elatnu or damanda against tha same will present them for aattlsmsnt to. the nnderslgned, residing In BallsbOT, to-rnshlp. 1.ET1 FOWHALL, jan 32 fit * 10 Execntor.   ;
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estats of Sr. Samuel Biiigw<^t, late of Eatl
townghlp, Laneaater coanty, dee'd.
THE^ndersigned Auditor, appointed to, distrlbnte lha baUaca remaining lo the handa of Solomon OUler, .Administrator, to and amons those legally entitled to tbe same, will alt for that pnrpoBei on Thnrsda,, Februarj 16th, 1660, at 10 o'olook, A. H., atthe ftyer Bonee :ln thevilisg.otNaw Holland,said Earl township, whore all persons ioterested in said dit^trihotloa maj attend. C. S. fiOFFMAIf,
j.nai4t9 Andltor.  '
SThnrsdaj, Feb. 2lrd.
J
I Fridaj, Feb. Mth,
01ly,HorthWeetWard,>.,n.j.. ».i, «»,i Booth Weat Wardlx"""^' '*''¦ ^"'•
Horth last Ward, >--,j„ -,.  „,, Soath Xast Ward| i "'"»»T, "b. sath.
—At)d at the same time and plaee tha Annaala from tha HillUrj tolls will be held. ^^^
ynt. 8PXBCIB, DATID EIMFnt, THOS. 0. 00LUH8, Jan lMt.9 Ceamlsdonars.
B. L FAHNESTOCK'S
T7-£1 Zl AC X F T7:C» XI
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Eatate of John Killhefner, late of East Earl
tovnship, teceased.
LETTERS of admiaistration on said estate harlng been granted te the nndenlgso-], all persons indebted therew are rsqaestad to make, immediata settlement, and those haTlng elalms or dflman'ta against the same wlli presaot them with^ ont delay for settlemsnt to the andersigned, residing .in said towoship.
DAHlSt B. OUST, jan 31 fit's Administrator.
BOOKS,    STATIONAEY,      &o
mediate settlement, and those having elalms or da. manda against the same will presaot them withont da* lay lor settlemeat to the ondetsigned, residing In the City of Now Yurk. WM. a.THOMPSOa,
Jan 31 fit 9 AdmlnUtrator.
ADMINISTBATOR'S NOTICB.
Eitate of W. A. Q. Thompion, late of the Cit,
Iianeaiter, Fa., deceaaed.
LETTERS of administration on said estate baring been granud to the nnderslgaad. quiCKiy answered oy sne noUSelEeeper.—    ah persons iodebted thereto are reanested to mske Imr
She, kneir Clara in a moment, and re¬ spectfully begged her to walk in.
** I am como to inquire how your mas¬ ter is, Mrs. Armstrong," said Miss Hal¬ ston, sinking into the nearest chair. ** I only heard of his illness half an bour a go-"
" He's very bad indeed, ma'am," said the housekeeper, sorrowfully, "and the doctor who was sent for from Landon to see him, gives no hope whatever. But won t you please to walk into the parlor. Kiss Halston? There's a fire there, and you look very pale and chilly."
"Is he sensible?" asked Clara, disre¬ garding her invitation; "do you  think
EXBCUTOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Tohn Boyer, late of Ephrata town¬ ship, deceased. LETTERS* testamentary on said estate haying been granted to the nnderslgned, sll per¬ sons Indebted thereto are reqaested to make Immedl- tte settlement, and those haying clalmsor deo aods against thesame will present tbHm withont delsj for settlement to the aaderslgned. residing in said twp, BBDBSH ROYEB. JOH.X M. BOVEB, jan 18 OL'O Exeentors.
She paused and looked wistfully across the hall as thesound of voices in subdued tones reached her ear. The housekeeper heard them too, and saying hastily that she wonld go ;ind see hotr he was then, if M!iss Halaton would please to wait a bit, disappeared up the staircase and left poor Clara still sitting in the cold hall. With «neager,loving sorutiny,Clara look¬ ed around her. There, on the wall be fore her, hung Eobert's hat, great coat and hunting whip, and his gloves lay on a table underneath, as though they had been carelessly thrown off only a minute before. Oh, could it be that be would never want them more! In one corner stood an old-fashioned clock, in a carved oak case, and ita regular tick, tick, fell upon her ear with a mournful monot^ ony, almost unbearable in her nervous excited atate. Sbe had watched the hands go round slowly, slowly, till they reached the half hour—half past seven— when a door opened above, and the house¬ keeper, her apron at her eyes, cameslow- ly down the stairs. Clara stood up and advanced a stepi toward her; she could not hare spoken had it been to save her life; hut there was no need ; the mute, appealing expression of that wan face said more than any words could have done.
" It's all over," whispered Mrs. Arm¬ strong, wiping her eyes; " he's gone, poor gentleman."
The poor stricken Clara shivered as if a cold wind had passed over her; then, with one long lingering look around the hall, as though to impress the whole scene on her memory, she turned slowly away, and moved with feeble, tottering steps toward the door.
" Let mo walk with you ma'am," aaid the housekeeper compassionately, for she had not lived severalyears in her master's house without knowing something of its secrets. " Let me go as far as yonr own door; yoa dont look fit to go alone.
Clara made a mute gesture of refusal, and crossed forthelast time the threshold that, but for one bitter error, would have been the heaven of her life.' ¦»¦»»*« It (:¦     »
. Onca more the bright October aun gilds tbe pointed gable* of the Old Ball with fais cheeerful beams. In the old, familiar sitting-room is a lady dressed in deep mourning and wearing a plain closely- fitting cap—hot exactly a widow's oap, bnt very much after the same style and pattern. She is sadly ohanged ainoe the preceding y^ar, for it is so long since Bobert Chester's death. Her face is thin and pale, and her hair scarce retains a trace of its aid flossy hue.
Thoee who hadnot seen Hiss Halston within the lost few months might have been forgiven if they had passed her without recognition.   She has been read-
AUDITOE'S NOTICE.
Eitate of Hary Eell, late of Little Britain
twp., Lancasler connty, .deceased.
TUE undersigbcd Auditor, appointed to distrltinta the bal-noe n.malnii>g in tha hands of William Kiog, aoring Ezsautor of tna abore named decedent, to and among thosa legailj entitled to the same, will lit fnr that pnrpose on Thnreda,,Feb.uarj Stb, A. D., 1606, at II o'clock A. U., In tba Library Room of tne Conrt iHouse, In the Citj of Laneastar, where all persons Interested in sild dlstrlbntioo may attend. A   SLaV.\IAEES.
jan 18 dt 9 D- Auditor.
EIAIMNER MD HERALD
BUILDING. 39   IVORTH   qVEEIV   ST.
0}iTiatziiA,ai OE'z-eaiexi.ta,
AtlEEaFFIB'a S3 Berth Queen Stnet.
E L E G A N~¥ BOOKS,
At BBEAFFEB'B 33 Notth QaesB Strsat.
PBATIE BOOKS.
BIBIiXS.
BYMK BOOKS
At SaiAFFEB'S S3 North 4asen StreeL
JnVENILX     PICTUBI BOOKS,     OAVIS,    TOTS
Writing Desks,
ForUoUoa,
THirELLIKG BAGS,
CONFECTIONS.
B. L FAHNESTOGK'S TEBIIQlIflB,
DaarBlT! Watakasiaah plaaanra In aaraxliix joa that Utirt 1> BO Vannlfnji noir la aaa tbat wa tUak
aquallTOtthaaaWORMDKSTROBEB.   WalutTaaolA
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 lata and Phyalcl    .    .
ou patlanta, and. Kar* b«an valljatlafiad ^Ul ita al>
It'laTsalj at Titall, and with nnlform anwaaa.  Waai* ' tta and PfaralcIaAa, and hava praaolbad It for
Drn^glai onri
fafta.
SAZTOa & BISHOP,
lUiiaa, IT. T.
a L. FAfiESTOCE'S mU CONFECTieRS
Are prepared from the aetlTe principle of hla eelsbm- tad Vermifnga. Thej ara pat op ina nloe and palata¬ ble fbrm, to anit tha taste of thoee who cannot eoara. niaBtlj take the Vermifbge. ChUdren vUl take thscn wlthoat tronble. Hiey are an afisctlva Worm dsetroje' and may be glren to the moat dsllate child,
Praparad and sold bj B. L. ^ABMISTOCS t Oe Sola Aoprletora, 70 and ;S Wood a;d 91 Voarth strae' nttsbnrih. Pa.
Soldby Bmggiits and Uedlelna Dealers generallj ma vll
FHOTOOBAFH ALBUMS,
XNQBATINaS, Baokgammon Boards, BDminoes,
Ohess,
Work Boxes,
POCKET BtOKS,
PBOTOQBAFBi,
Oheokexa,
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Ann Carotheis, late of the City of
X.ancaBter, deceased.
THE uhderoigned Auditor, appointed to diBtribate the halance renuiniog lo thu handa ot U. S. Knrts, to and among thoee legallj entitled to the samej wlil sit for- that pnrpose on Thnrndaj, the Oth daj ofr.febraarj, 1866, at two o'cloct, f. U., in tbe Ubrarj Boom of the.Coort Honse, la tbe Cltj of Lan¬ caater. where all persons Intereeted in said dlitribatlon maj attend. DAKIEL O. BABBK,
jan 18 4t 9 a Aadltor.
AUDITOE'S NOTICE
Estate of John U. GibUe, late of Sapho twp.,
lanoaster connty, deceased.
THE undersigned Auditor, appointed to distrlbnte the balance remaining io the hands or Jacob K. HoffmaD, AdmlolBlracor, to and amoog those legal! J entitle ^ to the same, will pit for that pur-
SosB oo Saturdaj, Fsbruarj lltb. at» o'clock, a. m., as iHoiBoeinthe borongh of KUzibetbtown, where all persons interested In said distribution mnj attend. SaMUl^'i. EBY, iai 18 « 9   0 Andllcr.
CHIIDBEN'S   BOOKS.
AMEEIOAN B, S. BHION,
AMIBIOAH TBACT SOCIZTT HETB0VI3I BOOK BOOM, UABTUSS, IILTON'B, Ae., Ae., Ac, BOOKS.
Tha abore Firms pabllsh ths largest and best assort ment of Children's Booka in the Ooantrj.
We hare many Standard Worka which we will sell at reaaooabla rataa.
Ef- Anj Books not on hand win ba ordered and fur¬ nished at tha lowast price.
CsU and sae at
SHBATFEK'S, dee IJ tfl tr 82 North Queea Stroet.
"?Tom San to Beeiaheba;"
TUE LAND OF FROUISE,
as It now appeara; InclQdInjr a dsscrlptien of tha
Bonndaries, Topogrmphj, Agrlcalture. Antliiattles,
OlUes and praaent Inhabitanta of that
WONBIBFDL LANB,
With Illnstrationa o. tha rismarkabla Aeeoraej of tbe
9acred Writers, In thalr allnsioas ta their
Natlre Oonntrr, and with MAPS   AHD   KiroBAVINOS.
ILIAS BABB t CO'B, Book-store,
dec U ill a
ADMINISTEATOE'S NOTICE.
Estate of Osorge Oobn, late of West Hempfield
township, X.anC88ter ooitnty,dec'd.
LErJCcRS of administration on said estate bsTlng been granted to Ibo nnderslKned, all pteone indabted thereio are requesled to mate Imme¬ diate aetUement. and thoao haTlog claims or demands against tha sama will praaant tbom wlihont delay for settlementto tho nnderalgned residing In said twp. . ,,.. = HEHBT COPR.SHEtFEE, Jan 14 ei.B  /l,iml,i,i„.„r.
HOTICE.
IETTERS Testamentary having been J granted to the undersigoed bxecutors oi Samael •et, lata of the borough of Btraabarg, Jeceastd, all persoas indebted tithe said decrsBed, will mako pay¬ ment Immedutelj, and thosa harlng claims present the same oulj autBeuticated to Samuel P. Sowor, one oi the said Eiecators, residing in the said bciough
JA.MliS S. URuWN. ,     ,, „ . . SAJI'b. P. EOW EB,
i^li'i'^ Klecatirs.
out, having enough to do juat then, for
my father was still but weak and poorly,' ing, or trjing to do so, but the book lies as you may remember; and I heard '-open on her knee, and her glance isof- voices. And then those words I Oh,! tener tnrned to an open letter lying on Stella, I shall neyer forget itl I never 'the table at her elbow. It is not a recent Ou>- toned TMttessIy on   thought of looking.   I made sure it was   latter, fbr it looka worn and slightly die-
AUDITOE'S  NOTICB. Estate of Christian Bomberger, late of Han¬ helm township, lanoaiter connty, deo'd. 'I EE undersigned  Auditor, was ap-
9 Delated 10 distrlonte the bafasee remalologla the haoda of Jacob Kohr, Jr., administrator of said daee- uent'e estata, to and among thoss legallj aotlUed to the eame, therefore take notiee tbat thej will alt for th t pnrpose on Taesday the 7(h daj of Pebmarj, lESd.atS o'elock,?, M„lo the Librarj Boom ofthe Court Honse, fn the eltj of Lancaster, whera all par- rona intereated in aald distribntioo majaiuad,
D, W. PATTEEaOH, iJaa II et S Auditor.
ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE.
Estate,' of Jonathan E. Boland, late of the Til
lage of Bew Holland, Issoaster coanty.
Pa., deo'd.
T BTTERS of administration on said
'Mi eatato hariog been granted to the underslgnsd, all persona indebted thereto are retiuested to make im¬ mediate sattlemaat, and tfaosefaarlogclalrasor demanda sgaioat the aame will preseat thsm without delaj fiir settlement to tha nndersignad in said Tillage ofNew Hollaud, Laaoaatar connlj, Fa
OtKHEUnS F, BOLAND, HENRV B'lLAND, Jan II dt • 8 U Admlaistrators.
THE AMEBIOAH BOY'S.
BOOK   or  SPOBTS   AHD   QAUBS.
A repoeltorj of la and ont-door amnaemants for Bora and lonth—Illnatratad with orer
SIX HDNDEED EHOBAVIHOS,
THB BOrs OWN BOOK—EKIeoded
A Oreat Varletj of HOUDAT PBESKTrS, for aala ^r  B. BAEB 4 00, Bast King St.
FINANCIAL.
liancaster Cotmty Bank,   i Lanoaster, Pa., Dec. 26,1864. /
NOTICE is hereby given, agreeably to Section 3 of the Aet of Ihe Oeneral Asaamblj of Ihe Commonwealth ofPannajiTanta, aatltled an " Aet enabling tba Banka of tha Commonwealth to beeome Aasoeiatloae for tbe parpose of Banking nndar tha lawa of the United SUtaa." approved the ¦Ji.i daj of
The peculiar taint or infection wliich we call Scropi:l.\ lurk;* in the constitutions oi muiUtudos of men. It eitlier produces or is proiluccd by nn en- .feeblcd, vitiated statf :of the blood, wherein ^that fluid becomes in¬ competent to sustain 'the vital forces in flieir ¦vigorous action, and 'leaves tho system tu
  fell into disorder and
decay. The scrofulous contamination is ra- liously catiscd by mercurial disease, low living, disordered digestion from unhealthy food, impnro air, filth and filthy habits, the depressing vices, and, above all, by the venereal infection. Whatever be iU ori^n, it'is hereditary in tlie constitution, descending *'iJom parents to children unto the third and fourth generation;" indeed, it seems to bo the rod of Hiii who says, " I will visit the iniquities of the fathers upon their children." Tho diseases it originates take various names, according to the organs it attacks. In tho lungs. Scrofula produces tubercles, and finally Consumption; in the glands, swellings which suppurate and be¬ come ulcerous sores; in the stomachy and howels, derangements which produce indi¬ gestion, dyspepsia, and liver complaints; on thc sidd, eruptive and cutaneous affections. These, all bavuig thc same origin, require tho eamo remedy, viz., puriflcation and invigora¬ tion Of tho hlood. Purify the blood, and these dangeroua distempers leave yon. With feeble, foul, or corrupted blood, you cannot have health; with that "Ufe of the flesh" healthy, you csnnot have ecrofulous disease,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is compounded from tho most efi'ectual anti¬ dotes that medical science has discovered for this afflicting distemper, and for the cure of the disorders it entails. That it is far supe¬ rior to any other remedy yet devised, is known by all who have given it a trial. That it docs combine rirtues ttuly extraordinary in their effect upon tliis class of complaints, is indispntably proven by the great multitude of pubucly known and remarkable cnres it lia.1 made of thc following diseases: Eillg's
£vil, or QIandnlar Swellizigs, Tamers, Eruptions, Pimples, Blotchei and Sores, Eiyiipelas, Bose or St Anthony's Pire, Salt Bhenm, Scald E^ad, Conghs from tabercnlons deposite id the In^, Whits Swelling Sehility, Iiropsy, Benralg^ Syniep^ or Indigestion, Syphilis and Syphilitic Infections, Hercnrisd Diseases,
""emale'Weaknesses, and, indeed, the whole
Angast, A. D„ isiilhat Ihe stookhordera of ibaTAB^ I scries of complainta'ttat arise from impuri^ reTch^^!S^'?,tLT.iS.''.l'Ji;St':J.u«  '°f '"' ''"^-   Minnte reports of individual
prooured the Anthorltj of the Ownera of mora thaa
two tblrda of tha Capilal Stcek to make the CartlleaU
ratioired thereof b j Ike lawa of tha Dnilwl Statee.
.    „ ,., W, L, PJIPBB,
dec wets Caahler.
TBEASTTBT DEP&BTM£CTT.
OreiCB or CoxrrmoLux or ran Cvntuor, >   WaaaHoiok, Dao. 30, ISO,}
"VSTHEEEAS,   By satisfactory  evi-
y.j deoea preaented to the andarslgnad. It haa been made to appear lhat "TBITIBST NATIONAL B tNK OF HUDNT JOT," in the boroagh of Uonnt Joj, la tbe eooAlj of Lanoaatar, aad State of Penasjlfaaia, haa been dnlj orgaaiaed undav and aooording to tbe requlreaeauof tha AetofOoogreaa eatitled'*An Aet to £rOTlde a Natioaal Oarranaj, aeenred bf skpladga ef Dnited Statea Bonds, and to prorlde for tile elrcnla- tloB and redemption thereof, approved JaneS, IBS4, aad haa eomplled with ail tfae ptovlsloBS ef aald Aet rcqulrad to be eemplled witb before eomaencing the bualBSes of fiaaklag ander aald Aet,
Now therafore, I, HCaa McCDLLOCE, CemptnUer of the Ourrenej.do herebj eertuy tbat "TBB VIB8T NATIONAL BANK OP UODNT JOT," in tha Borough of Mount Joj, Ib tha Coutf J ef Laaeaatar, and Stata of PenoarlTsnlA. ia anthetlsed to aommaace tha basi* neea of Banking nndar tha Aet aforesaid. In TestimonJ wher' of, witnesa mv hand and seal of
OfBce thia SOth daj of Deeember, ISM.
SSeal of the Comp- > troller of the    ( Onrrenej.       )
nVOH KoCCLLOOH,
Comptroller of the Currearj.
jaa II Im • S
ADMINISTRATOE'S NOTICE.
Estata of Tohn H. Sherts, lata of Paradise township, deeeased.
LETTEBS of administration on said aetata baving baea graated to the nnderalgned, all i^raonl Indebted thareto ara r^iiueatad to maka im- mediate sattlemaat.' and thoaa having clalma dl damanda againsttha eame will presant them withont delaj fbr aettlement .to the naaertlgned, residing ia aald'twp. JOHR 8. KENKiGT, jan II at 8 AdmiaUtrator.
BSTATB NOTICE.
Estate of John -Daveier, late ot Ijtneaster
township, dee'd.
LETTEJIS of administtBtion on said eelate having been granled to the aOderalgnad all persona indebltwl thereto, are requeated to aaka ia-' mediate aattlameat, and thosa haTlog elaima or de- manda against the same, will praaaae tham wlthoat dslaj for aattlamant to the aadaralgnad, raaldlrg la Laooaster eltj. JACOB K. SHALtTia,
BBDBEN DaVILEB. jaa 1 et 7 Adialnlslratora.
OWIutioai.    ^ _     . ,      . -  ,, o o-    - —»«D ..U.O .,.   nc    ». .   .—.. .™- - ...	
On one of these occasions, not finding  Jpeot of picturesque cosiness.   A com- culled from her geraniums,^ the Utte'jjgr l^ »n(J (il,(j^^ colored, as thougti from constant use; but
Cara at home. Ml. Elliot left a letter in  f^ruble room on the first floor was set  ?»^«"'»'.™ eHe"? what he thonght no* j h,i Vcfi]^ ^f tjst^tti't^^ Andthen I crept from the room, for my: her eyes rest lovingly on'one ahort sen-
this hands ofher f«thep,;offering to pre aprt for the sole iise of Mr. Halston him-^ °f .f'''"^nd.                                            Iher litBW-tiW^'stii'w^ only thought was to-get away out pf hear-i tence.-thongh she already knows it by
hfrftlifelongintcMtiiii&mselt and the-idf. and the one immediateiy below it, .   "Isn't ahe lovely, Bobert!   I  cotii jhtfidffuiitw* ii'btfpii KBd jgo to'lted;   ing as fast as. I could.   And to think it   heart, but itaeems to do hop good to rtad  KdTlS "aaWerteatTaid^iSie^VaviaiiaiaSrS dai
fl,^jngt««'bn»inef8, which, to h'a om ing-to the gardisn by foId!ng.g!sw!,;.«earoely help e^^ming so irheii ?.fia»:«|jj?»r'wf^^^ jt-^ver and over again, u thotigh Bhe . g^'f^J'IgSSiJtS^SdKSSL^^g*'^
fr««W«priw,im4".4iiwyA»h.e.kjndlyhut  <^^ ; CUrobiariedher face in;hep;iuuidkar*i feared to find it a dream of her own iin«-i *"'«^               '     ?^?^?            " 4*&tMrdMUii*de'-Hs did-aotkaen'r  i^adaughter'iowBprivatsju
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE. XiUt* of Vhrleh StrloUer, Ut« of Bapho
tiiwnsMp. 4*ciasad. .T ETTEBS pf ^ Admihiatiation on sud
JLieatate Jii>viiz.bMa iniiited tathaiadsslixal, all persoiia Iodebted> thennoAira lettaeetdd to aiake lo^
TT. S. Special Income Tax. 'I 'EB List of the Special Income, Five
I per cant Tax, for ISO, haa Ihla daj baea reeeived bj tbe undersigned, and all parsons are herebj notl¬ fled lhat the aame moat ba paid at hla oIBce, No. 20 N. D'lke street, in the oitv of Laneistar, on or before Frldar, Febraarj lOlk, 1«SJ, aa aftar that daj Tea far Cant, will ba addad to the amoant of the same. All sums not psld at that lime will ba ooUected bj due ptoeeM of law aa soon aa posaible.
A. H, HOOD,
jaa IS Sto 0 CoUector.
lianoaater County national Bank. Jasoabt 12,1866.
3^HB Birectors have tbis day oalled in the remaining instalment of Yive doUara pax ra 00 tha capiul atoek of tbia Baak to be paid in OS OP befcre the Mth daj of rebroarr Be»t,
W.L. fKiritB, jaulSldO Caahler.
HI
oUef-aiid f^ly sobbed,''
y gination.   The words ran'thiu:
:ju4<t«7
BOOTS ASS SHO^
FOB the best Boots, eo to BBIBBMAB'S, 'W. Slag
roz the beat Wonaa'a Shaao, ge ta
BMBMiAjrS. W. Mag Slwal.
for Ua beat OkUdiaa'a Bhoaa, go to
nnuufrs. w Has Stmt,
la tke sMt KoiiKlaUall,n to
Kianuips, w. Kiw suaai.
Ise wok Ikat wUl ast rin, n la
¦SJUnUAII^ W.BlBcMnM,
fac Beots tkat wfll aoilatU watat,« I*
nniKurs, w.iiacsinat
n la waat at Beets tWSkoee.aota
.; ¦nmun.'ir.xiafSkMt
VN^MylalkaMal^O' _„pu|p,'" ,
: reports i cases may be found in Atee's Ahkbicas Aljianac, which ia furnished to the druggista for gratuitous distribution,'wherein may bo learned the directions for its nse, and somo of thc remarkable cures wliieh it has made when all other remedies had foiled lo afford reUef. Those cases arc purposely taken from all sections of thc country, in order that evcry reader may have access to some onewho can speak to him ofits benefits from peraonal experience. Scroflila depresses tha vital energies, and tlius leaves its victims &r more subject fo disease and its fatal results tlian are healthy constitutions. Hence it tends to shorten, and does greatly shorten, the. average duration of human life. The Vast importance of these considerations haa led us to spend years in perfecting a remedy which is adequate to its cure. TUs wa non- offer to the public under the name of Ateb'« SABSArABiLLA, althougli it is composed of ingredients, some of which exceed the best of Sorjqpariiii in alterative power. By it* aid you may protect yourself from the suffer¬ ing and danger of these disorders. Purge out the fonl comiptions that rot and fester in the hhjod, purge ont tbe causes of disease, and vigorous health will foUow. By its pecu¬ liar virtues this remedy stimulates the vital functions, and thue expels the distempers which lurk within the system or hnrst out on any part of it.
'We know thc public have been deceived hy msny compounds of Saritqnrilta, that I promised much and did nothing; bnt they I will neither bo deceived nor disappointed in I tbis. Its virtaes have been proven by abnn- B dant trial, and there remains no question of I ila Borpaiaing excellence for thc cnre of the afflicting diseasea it is intended to reach. Althongh under thc same name, it is a very different mcditunc from tmy other whicb haa been tieforo thc people, and is for more ef- fectoal than any other which has ever heen available to tiiom.
CHERRY PECTORAL,
The World's  Oreat Bemedy tot Cougha, Colds, Incipient Con- anmption, and for the relief of Consumptive patienta in adv&noed stages of the disease. This has been so long used and so uni¬ versally known, tbat we need do no more than aasure the pubUo that lU quahty u kejt up to the best it ever has been, and that it niy be relied on to do all it has ever done. Prepared by        Db. J. C. Avbb & Co., Praetieal and Attalytieal ChemitU, Lowell, Uai*. Sold by all druggists every where. Ibr aale Vf jg^jjijg ^. HinnTSB'S,
.'¦o.u last KUs Street, AalaUtkoSngiMsialMHalsr. iIao,li^ daejer laiUMMaTcirrtun.        ,  JUr «•*•»«<•