Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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VOL. XLY.
LANCASTER, PA, WEEK
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For tbe Exumlner & HerulJ. SONQS OF FIFTY TEAES AGO. ••THE OIRL I  LEFT  DEUIND  ME."
I'm lonesome since I crossed tbe hills.
And o'er the moor doth tire me; With heavy thout^hts my mind doth fill
Since flrst I parted with Betsy, In search of some ono flne and gay;
Several doth remind me Of the blessed hours I rass'd away
Wllh the Elrl I left behind me.
•J'he hours I do remember well.
When recollection lakes me; A palu across my breast I feel
Since Ilrst she owned sho lov'd me. But now I'ra golns lo cross the sea.
Tlio heavens nbove may guide mo .\nil send me safe home, back ngnlu.
To tbe girl I left behind me.
Her golden hnlr. In rln'^lets fair
Her eyes like dhiraonds shining. Her slender waist, her curriugo cbiistc.
Left mo. poor swuiu, a pluln',;. Bat let the uight lie e'er so durk,
Or e'er so wet aud ilrcary, I will retnrn safe buck uiruln.
To tho girl I left behind me.
For w'uen I'm standing on panulo,
Kilber asleep or wuktug, 1 loiiKlo .see my love aguiu;
For her my heart is brcuklu;;. Wbon I think of the vow of lovo
'I'he tenrs do flow and bliud mf*; Wheu I think of the virtues und tiie grace
or the girl 1 left behind mo.
A GOLBSN OPPOSTTTHITY.
Uwjiau Wticf tioftiicast wind that .•^wtnil llie phitrorm at- E.lgelielil Jtiniv tiuii, antl none of tliHse who wait«<l for the br.im!li train ojirc-d to lirave it. Tlie little waiting-room wa.s full, anil the (lame from the lire brightened tho room better and shono out upon tho bleak fielils urcuiid \,itU a more cheerftil fc'low lhan the lilo'je of tbe g.ia wbieli the porter had juat lighted. Afier he had done this he banged his arms !iero3» his breast, nml then he, too, went into his room in eoiopauy With ii nnmber of lamps and otber railway aiipiirteiiancc-s, of wbich he took no beed, and drawing a song book frora his luieket, at once became absorbed in Its perusal.
Tbere was one i-xeeption only to those who sought shelter from the cut¬ ting wind, and tbnt was a young man, of perhaps l!vo-aud-twcuty years of age, who, spite of the chilly evening walked thoughtfully up and dowu the long, bare patform. He was a tail, healthy-looking young fellow, clad in a rough pilot coat, u low crowned felt hat, aud he had an air, altogether, as of a worknMin, or—aUhough to many luluds the comparison will convey, very needlessly, uufavorable Ideas—au omnibus conductor. No pretensions, Ibeu, to the character of a "swell" had this, our llist actor, aud no ono who watched him, as several from the AVuitlng-room wiudon-jwonderfullyidid watfili, would liavo taken him for a gentiemau. Jn due time the branch train drew up to the platform, and the young man took his -seat, with others, in a seeond-elass carriage. He pre¬ served tho same grave, almost sullen taciturnity which bad previou.ily char- niterized bim, and on arriviug at the little town whicii formed tbe.termiiius of the bmucb, strode away, wilhout exchanging more than a nod witb sev¬ eral persous who recognized and greet¬ ed him.
In a few minutos he had reached the further side of tbe towu, where some straggling cottages atretched out Into the counlry, all beyond being void and black; indeed, but for one or two fee¬ ble lights shining from the windows, it was black enough wbere he stood. He stopped at a gate whicii openeii upon the road, and hesitated a few minutes <re he entered the gardeu ; at last tbe gate swung baek, and he passed thro'. Instead of knocking at the door, he went softlv to the window, and, altho' the blind was down, tried to catoh a «slln>j>oc. frf tuc luieriui ur tutr luuiu, at the sides of the casement. In this he was foiled; and from that, or sorae other cause, a heavy frown was on his face, which was indeed a hard, plain sort of face, not ill adapted to carry a stern expression. As he stood there, a step was heard in the road; at the noise he turned round, and then the gate creaked again. Tbere was ouly Just light enough to seo a female figure enter the garden, although to tho new¬ comer tbe young mau was distinctly visible, standing as he did just before the lighted window.
"Is tliat J-ou'?" ho said, in a low tone.
" Ves, Paul, dear," replied a very pleasing voice. " [ hurried round to tbe station after I had been to the 'Crown,' but I found the train had come iu."
As she finished tho young mau put his arm teuderly round her and kissed her. The girl sighed as he did so, as though the act had seemed, iu tho place of speech, to convey aome sad intelligence; and then, lifting a primt- livB latch, aho opened the houao door, and Ihey entered. Without the inter¬ vention of any pa.ssage or lobby, tbey stepped into a small, square room, brick-floored aud walls covered with the commonest paper—evidently apoor room, but very clean and trim; alarge, old-fashioned eight day clock the ouly article most appro.iching to a luxury In it; a few common china flgures on the juantel-pieee, and a few prints were, excejitinga row of llower-pots, its only iirnaments. At a large deal table a womau, about lifty years ofnge, was ironing, and the piles of whito, newly- ironed articles of apparel which atood uear her showed aho was ironing for profit. She was so like the girl who now eutered, tbat a stranger need hard¬ ly have waited for the latter to call her •' mother" to guess lh« relationship.
'• Well, Mrs. Purley," said theyoung man, " I am here, as vou said I should be."
"I see you are, Paul," said tho iron- er, pausing to lake tho offered haud; "aud I never thouglit, I am sure, I should be sorry to see you."
" Is it all over, then'?" asked thegirl, who liad looked'Wlstfully from one lo the other.
" Yes, Alice," leplied theyoung man, seating himself, aud placing his bat on the dresser hesido him, "it's ali over wilh me and tbe firm. I am dismissed ; and I don't think tho character tbey would give mo would do me much good."
The girl made uo further remark, but bnalled aboul, while she emptied from a basket some small packets of grocer¬ ies which she had brought In; she then made up tbe collars, cufls, &c., wbich were Just ironed. Into parcels, to go away; but tear after lear ran slowly down ber cheeks wliiie lier faco wus from her sweetheart, who went on to tell tbem the incidents they bad al¬ ready, received by letter.
His atory, however, was very brief, simple, and commonplace, as nearlv all the real trials and eveu agonies of life are when we como lo put them in words. All were poor, very poor. Alice uud ber mother supported ihemselves by laundry-work aud ironing, Paul Hyles had beon Alice's sweetheart for yeara, aud she was ready to marry him whenever he asked her, as he knew well enough. Her mother counselled a little delaj-, until Paul could prepare a home, at least as gond as her own, to take her to; but iu that jioor country wbere laborers competed for work at eight or ten shillings a week, even that was diflicult, for Paul was of no partic¬ ular trade. The vicar of the town bad taken notice of the stalwart young fel¬ low, and of his pretty sweetheart, the latter indeed having special friends in the half dozen daughters of the good clergyman. Through tho vicar's in¬ fluence Paul obtained a place as car¬ man in the large warehouse of his brother, a merchant in London, whith¬ er, full of hope and golden visions, bo liad gono. His Alice was to marrv him wheu he had saved twenty po"unds, which he hoped to do in a year at the farthest; while Alice, poor girl, as girla will do, had abstained from every in¬ dulgence, however trivial—every ex¬ pense, however small, and rose earlier and worked later, to obtain the simple outfit which formed her ambition. But all was cruslied now. Paul had been unlucky enough to offend one of the principal clerks, anephewof oneof the partners iu the flrm, and nothing he could do was rigbt. The Influence of the vicar's recommendatloD kept him in his post a little while, but eventual¬ ly the lll-wiU of bis superior was too atrong, and yet this lll-wlll arose from a very trifling^ cause.    It arose from
Faal's answering In bla own defence when abused wrongfully; he fearlessly and fully vindicated himself, and showed be waa right; but tbe mali¬ cious Mr. Andrew Tolmaine, the clerk and future partner, never forgave bim. At last a package of some value ffta missed, and, wlOioat Imputing dishon¬ esty, tbe loas was attributed.to tbecare- ieasness of Paol. He' was dismissed withy'ss be owne^, a character :wblcb would do Ulm but little good.
As Paul finiahed bla Ineloquent nar¬ rative, and ended with a beavy. West county oath of revenge, if ever time served, hia hearers wept silently, but did not check him. Now, unless these two choose to marry aud live in the squalid poverty that raost of their class around them lived In, and made up their minds to reckon poorhouse as¬ sistance every winter aa part of their income, itseemed as though they could never settle. They bad a long, sad talk that evening, and it was plain that nothing better, at tbe very outside, than laboring at the "oil mills"—tbe only thing like a manufactory near— could be done, if happily even .so much could be achieved.
So time went on, and Paul worked as a laborer, and dressed and looked like a laborer, while poor Alice grew p.aleraud thinner; forit was hard iu that quiet iittle towu to earn enough mouey to supply even tUescanty wants of herself and her mother, aud hope W!is nearly goue now. i'rom one great anil common evil, however, she was .spared—her lover (lid not driuk.
fc-nmraer eameand weut andautumn, and with tbe close of October camo the rumor ihat the oil mills would shorten hands, and Paul knew that, being one of the youngest in the aervice, he would bo one of the Hrst to go. Mrs. Parley's strength wtis failing, too, aud .sti thu tiunday walks were very sad ones; and even the idea, which was growing into a resolve, of marrying on tho wretched thirleen shiliings earned by-Paul, was sinking out of sight. What Alice most feared may bejudged liy Paul solemnly swearing, as they stood in the twilight one Sunday even¬ ing, with his haud on the large ilible, which lav in the window seat in her mother's'litile parlor, that be would never enlist for a soldier. Sadly and slowly then tlie days went by.
One evening wblle Mrs. Purley sat exhausted with such little work as she liad done, and Alice had laid aside the fino needle-work whichshe liad been plying all the afternoon, and had com¬ meuced arranging their scant and fru¬ gal tea, a well kuowu step was heard in tbo little garden, and then Paul Hyles eulered. He wiw grimed and black witll his work, of coutse, and wore the loose smoekfrock tbat laborers usually wear. He look off hia cap and passed his hand through Ills hair with the air of a lired mau. He sat dowu in obedience to Jlrs. Purley's invita¬ tion, while Alice looked at him witb a face from which the first finish of pleasure and surprise liad faded, and whicii W!LS now deeply pale. She saw with unerring Instinct, that the stern¬ ness on her lover's features was not Ihe grave sterniH.ss liabitual and natural to him, and this, added lo bis appearing there atan unwonted hour, iLs.snrcil her that hu had something to lell tbem, and she dreaded to hear it. She silent¬ ly produced a third cup and saucer, added oue solitary spoonful of tea to thatalready in the pot, and then, with a tremulous voice said, "Are tbey shortening hands, Paul'."'
" No—at least not forme,'.' said the young man. " Some have goue, but I am to stay a week or two louger."
"Thank God for that, Paul," said tbe girl. " Wbo knows what may turn up in a week or two."
"Ah, you may well say that," re¬ turned Paul. " There's many changes now-a-days, Alice, and I've come to lell you of one.   Look here 1"
With that theyoung man prodnced frcm his breast the outside porlion of a London paper, for it was easy enough ac Eilgefield to get the morning papers down early thesame day ; and thanks to the cheap press, even the very poor¬ est could learn earlier what was pass¬ ing in the great world than the lord of me manor nimseir could nave learued a huudred years before.
".See tbis!" ho exclaimed, pointing to an advertisement in the front page of the paper.
Alice took the printed aheet, and reail —for they were both fuir .scliolar.-i:
"Two hnndred i.ounda reward. Ab- .=ctiiided, nu or about tbe loth Instant, Andrew Lawrence Tolmaine wbo is supposed to have embezzled a large sum of money, the property of his employ¬ ers, Messrs. De Lisle, Tolmaine &. Tol¬ maine, Wheeler's Court, Cornhill. The said Lawrence 'folmalne is fivo feot seveu inches in height, with dark straight hair, small dark moustache, a liglit figure, weara ppectacles, aud bas a large scar on the back of his hand. He Is twenty-three years of age, but looks older. Tbe above reward will be paid to any person giving such in¬ formation as wiil lead tothe apprehen¬ sion of the said Andrew Lawrence Tol¬ maine. Apply to Messrs. Bonuell & Wright, Solicitors, Bedford Itow, or to
the Superintendent of the division
of Police, street."
Ere Alice could utter a siugle excla¬ mation of ama-zeineiit at finding their cliief enemy an outcast and u fugitive, Paul spoke:
" I bave heard all about it," he said, " from Mr. Jforris, lho coachman at tho vicarage; I got aw.'iy for an hour and weut up ou purpoae lo aee bim. This ia uo small allliir. Alley ; ho must have beeu swindling them ever.since he lias been there; yet if both ihe Juuior jiartiiers had happened to be away, Ihe matter* would have been hushed up. I've ofteu laid awake grinding my teetli to think that I didn't knock him down when lie threw me my mouey and told me if I wasn't off tho premises in Hve minutes I should be kicked off; but it la all for the best."
" It bas como home to him heavily, Paul," said the mother. The wicked man may flourish for a while, and the honest may be brought low, but wait until tbe end. Itwill be a aad shock lolhe vlcar, fori believe this waa his favorite nephew—tlie ouly child of Mr. Tolmaiue, who died so voung, just after be waa married."
•' And Miaa Rachel!" exclaimed Alice, •' I pity her very mueh ; ofeourse lie could not expect to go on much longer without some judgmeut over¬ taking Iilm. He must often think uow of bis conduct to you."
Aud so, witb a ualural feeling whieh Uudsa place in tlie hearts of those wbo stand mucb higher lhan tliose wilh w-hom weare dealing, they aaw, in the downfall of their enemy, a special judgment from Heaven for his wicked¬ ness to them, and attributed special re¬ morse to tho man wbo liad probably, forgotten tbe existence of the discharg¬ ed carman.
"it's two Paul, grimly
linndred  pounds!"  said I wish I bad  him  here
at this minute, with no helper but my¬ self, and if lie wasn't in Edgefield lock- uji before tbat clock strikes agaiu "
Jle did not conclude his sentence; but Ilia tightly closed lips, and the tierce, yet thoughtful look he gave at his clenched fiat finished it for him. Mrs. Purley only smiled faintly in re¬ turu ; and after a show of drinkiug of tea, Alice rose with a sigh, and prepar¬ ed to resu me her work.
"Good-bye, God bless you Alice!" said Paul taking her in his arms, and looking, despite his hard features, very tenderly upon her. You are getting pale, my girl, veri' pale nnd thin. But we won't despair yet; you have taught me better than that; and after all, I Hnii there is hope for us."
Thegirl looked Inquiringly aud lov¬ ingly at him; for tbe young ironer lov¬ ed and trusted this laborer as well ss though she had been a lady of high de¬ gree, and he had worn a coronet.
"No, not to-night," he said. But cheer up, Alice; X see a way to our happiness yet; so kisslug her on the forehead, and shaking her mother's hand, be left. " She littlo thinks the hope I have Is in tbe Immigration Commissioners," he muttered, "and that 1 aee she won't have to tend her poor mother long. It's a sad aort of hope at the best."
So he strode ofi", and was that night the centre of aeveral groups who want¬ ed to know all about young Tolmaine, for it had caused quite a commotion in the little town, and Paul, who had known aud quarrelled with the crimi¬ nal, was interesting in a degree only second to the principal himself.
Paul rejected nearly all the liquora pressed upon him, but be had, perhaps, just heated bis brain a little and ao was Impelled loudly to denounce tbe fugi¬ tive, and to declare that it would be tUrf happiest dsy of his life If he conld bnt
dissever bim, and set tbe oolice on bis track. "And^o money," mates!" be exclaimed, bringing bla bony and mas¬ sive fist down upon tbe mahogany bar wltb a force that Jarred every bottle on the shelves, "no money, mind you, that ever I sbould earn iu my life, would be so sweet aa that two hundred pounda for transporting the villaia."
This aentiment of course waa cheered tothe echo, and, for the night, Paul was airdn irillVe town.
Nextweek, aa he had feared, Paul was discharged from the mllla. He wrote to the Emigration Office, and found tliat he waa a anltable person, and tbat there would be no difflculty in the way of hia getting out. He bad, at last, broached the subject to Alice, who, aa he well knew, would go tinywheie with him ; but theu—there was tlie invalid, .•,Iuking mother. Even if some scheme waa devised for lier sup¬ port, how was Alice to leave her'.— They . had no otlier relations in the world ; aud to leave her mother now would be, aa Alice well knew, to leave her to die among strangera. Paul felt tbls too, and did not press his wish.— He seldom went near the little cottage, partly from a dread he had of being aeen habitually loitering about aud partly because It gave him keen pam to .see how Alice would seek to hide tbelr increasing poverty, and would strive to call up her old bright smile oa her face. He grew pale enough himselfln a week or ao, and .sadly he used to face the low hill at the biick of Edgefield—this waa a favorite walk, aa it was so solitary in tliese dark November days. Work waa very scarce—hundreds about that part were half famishing; and although Paul scrupled not to turn his haud to anything, he eould scarcely pay for his poor lodging, and find daily bread for himself.
So be used lo patiol for hours this lonely walk, witli melanclioly and sometimes very bitter thoughta ; and thua he had paced one afternoon, just as tbe winler sun waa sitting behind the hills which bouud the western side of the couutry, till he leaned thought¬ fully agiiusl a tree, and looked across the empty, dull fields to the backs of the ecaltered houses ou the outskirts of tiie towu, aud heyond tlietn into High street, where already two jets of ;;a8 were burning in tho large shops. He thoughtof Alice aud her struggles, of bis own sufferings, and contrasted their wants with tho luxury of the large houses whioh frowned from the knolls around, and even with the modest comforts of tho leas pretentious house, uear, growing more and more bitter ns lie brooded. ,
Tho sound of steps close al hand cau.sed him to seek the shadow of a tree, and two persons went slowly past aud took a by-path, whieh led to the church and vioarage, and so through tbe town. One w.xs Misa Ilacliel, the vicar'a youngest dauglit?r, aud the othor—Paul pressed ids band upou his brow, as though he feared ho should faint witb exciieuient—was his hunted enemy. There, disguised by strange clothes, a falso moustache and wig, Wiis Andrew Tolmaine. Ha! bo'was his prizi.—his alone. He suddenly remem¬ bered that just behind him lay some stakes left there by the hedgers, ready for their wnrk on tlie next day ; he dashed to them and seizing the heav¬ iest, stole swiftly, but very atealtbily after thu retreating pair. His eyea gleamed like flre, while lila powerful Irame and heavy club mado him an antagoniat from wliom the strongest inight sliriuk.
Aa lie stole after thetn, carefully keeping them iu sight, he hurriedly debated whether he should take him then and there, orgo lo thestalion aud giveinformotion. Have bim he would, dead or ulive—if deinl, iierbaps tbe better. The wild beast in his nature Wits aroused, and lie hoped that the fugative might resist, that ho might be Justified In killing bim. Should he dash at liim at once'.' No ; Misa Rachel hild alwaya been kind to lilm and to Alice, aud ho would spare her. Tliey turned a coiner; he hurried on lest he should miss them, aud found tliat tbey had stopped at the angle. He was forced to pass them, aud he did so, he heard theyoung lady say, "Uome in fora few minutes."
That waa enough ; he would take him as be eame ont again. So he watched them into the vicarage; and, creeping clo.ie to the house, saw them entera purlin-, .saw liglits brought in, and the blinds drawn ; ho had uo foar of his prey escaping, for from where he stood be could see both doors, the only means of egress from the vicar¬ age. Almost immediately the door by wliich they had entered opened, aud theyoung lady came out alone—yes, out alone—and tbere was his shadow on the blind, as It bad first fallen. Paul gave no heed to her, but waited like a croueliing tiger, for Tolmaine to move. Suddenly a light hand touclied his arm, and tnruiug fiercely around, he saw Mi.sa Rachel. She looked at him very ateadily—so steadily tbat he almost shruuk frora her, for there %v.asadeptii in lier soft eyes that reminded bim of Alice. He strove to sjieak, but the words died away ere be could utter them.
"Why are you here, Paul Hyles'?" said Miss Kachel, and she apoke low, as oue who avoids being overheard.— "You do uotauawer—you need not.— I saw- your face as you passed na, aud I knew tben that all was lost. Du you mean to linger iicre?"
"Miss Rachel," aaid P.iul, and the hoarseness of bis own voice almost startled him. "Miss Rachel, you hail belter go away from here. The work I am going lo do is not for ladies to see."
"Then Faul, you mean to seize my wretched cousin," said the young lady, lu the same hushed toue as before.
"Go away, Misa Rachel, for Hea- veu'a aake 1" said Paul, earnestly, there may be "
"Yes, I know," she said. "You mean to say there may be blood shed— you meau thati-ou may slay the help¬ less fugitive, whose shadow you are watching."
The young lady spoke with the same calmuess with which she had previously spoken, and as ahe pointed to the window, and almost hissed the few worda out, Paul shrank from ber aa he li.td dono before ; then rousing himself he turned angrily arouud, and clutching hia weapon the tighter, faced the window.
"You arereaolved, I aee," .she con¬ tinued, "then, follow me, aud do al ouce the work you are benlon iloing." She moved towards tlio house, but seeing that Paul did nol follow her, she stopped and said "come!"
"itiss Rachel," gasped Paul, and bia voice grew huskier, "you and yonra bave been good friends lo me and those I love a thouaand times beyond myself —let me beg of you, aa a rough and desperate, but not ungrateful man may beg, to go from here. Go from bete, my dear young lady, for I am sworn to my soul, to take tbat man, and lo take him dead or alive. And now dead or alive lie i's mine."
"1 kuow it," she sabl, "follow me and do your duty iuside the houae.— Come, if you tliink you owe mc any gratitude."
Theu,inspiteof hiniself, Paul turued, and half-unconsciously follow-ed her.— Had he allowed himaelf time to thiuk, he might have hesitated ; but, as It waa, he followed her through tbe hail, and straight into tbe parlor, where, leaning his head upon his hand in a very dejected attitude, aat the man ho Bought.
"Riae up, Andrew," said Miss Ra¬ chel, " for your lime has come. This man has seen and kuown you."
With a start and an ejaculation of terror, Tolmaine roao Irresolutely from his chair, aud then sank  down' again.
" Do you yield peaceably, Mr. Tol¬ maine?." said Paul. " For this lady's sake, havo no violence."
Tolmaine looked appcalitigly from one to tho otber without speaking, but the girl spoke for him.
" Y'ield peaceably! Paul Hyles, look at him! The unhappy mau you have captured la far gone iu a disease whicli was never known to be other than fa¬ tal. Andrew Tolmainels dying of con¬ sumptiou. Look at him ! If he could struggle he would be a more worthy prize, but you will get your two bun- dred pounds even for his emaciated frame."
" I am very sorry, for your aake," be¬ gan Paul ; " but of course it'a not my fault. Mr. Tolmaine was never any friend of mine, and I may aa well-"
"You may aa well have the money as any oue else," interrupted Miaa Ra¬ chel. " Then take him. We cannot resist you. I would if X could, for I waa to have been married to the dying man you see tbere, and I waited the time aa patiently and hopefully aa yon havedone. And aapoorAUee bas done. jTbat his career Is blighted, that my
hopes are blasted, and tbat he crouches there without a friend in tbe world but one weak girl, you know, or can guess, as I can."
few men weremoreg.-ncrous in their natures than Faul Hyles, aud as the vicar's daughter spoke, his head seemed to swim, and he almost repented having entered upon the buslneaa, throwing off, however, what be deemed a. weakness, hesaid, " I have been ruined ¦ Miss Ra¬ chel, by this gentleman. He drove me from' honeat employment; I see, thro' him, scarceany means of honeat liviug, unless I steal or beg ; and the reward for bis apprehenalou—which wiil cer¬ tainly fall to aomo one, even If I do uol take liim—will make a man of me."
" Paul," said Che young man, speak¬ ing for the first time, nnd Hyles almost staggered at the hollow sound of his changed voice, " if you wish to have your revenge, and I cau't see why you ahonld not, I canuot stay you. I may us well end my days in prison as else¬ where; for aught I know, they will not bo many ; and they cannot be worae than I liuve had. ' Leave ua now, Ra¬ chel," he continued, as with an effort ho rose to iiis feet, " don't linger here, I pray, or you'll drive me mad."
" Leave you !" exclaimed Miss Ba- oliel. "No, Andrew, not unlil the cell- door ia cloaed on you, aud I am turned from your priaon. Mr. Hyles will not refuao you the support of my nrm as we walk to the police station-you will grant that-?"
"Don't talk to me like tliat!" ex¬ claimed Paul, dropping iulo a chair and covering his face with his hands, "why didu't be keep out of a starving, despe rate man's way ?"
" I-I have uo money now," said Tol¬ maine, eagerly and tremulously, " but I am sure my friends in—"
" Don't be deceived, Paul Hyles," iuterrupted thegirl, "his friends have refused lo do anything for him ; he la penniless ; built may help you If you will accept from me tliese trifles—tbey are worth something." As she spoke she liauded him the few trinkets site wore. "Take tbem," she said, " and in time to come you sliali hiivo more. I pledge my w-ord for that; but let him go. It Is uot to trial you aro taking him, but to death ; it la not a roan, but a corpse yon will trample on."
With one great gulp Paul roso, and lu spite of ills gaunt, harsh face, and la¬ borer's garb, stood a lofty, noble look¬ ing man, as lie spoke.
" It is over," be said, " my mind Is made up, Miss Rachel; fear nothing from me. I forgive you, Mr. Tolmaine, as truly as I hope to be forgiven myself and I sn-ear now that you are safe from me. I win not touch your gold nor your Jewelry, Miss Rachel; ao don'tof- fer them agaiu. Now, cau I be of as¬ sistance in any way 7"
To Paul's amazement, when Miss Rachel, who had been so calm and self- possessed, attempted to speak, she mere¬ ly gave a stifled acreaiu; aud had he not caught her, she would have fallen lo thogrouud, forshe had fainted. Tbey brought hor to lierself; and although very weak, she regained her clearne.ss aud decision.
It appeared that audi an agent as Paul w-as exactly what was wanted ; somo ono who, w-eoring clothes natural lo hira, which Tolmaine should copy, and who should be the spokesman of the two, wouid enable the fugitive to gel out of England. The vicar, thougli he knew- of his being In the neighborhood, w-ould not seo him ; nevertheless they thouglit—so they told Paul—that if the uian ivaa .safely away, hia uncle would coutribute to his support. All thi^ end¬ ed iu Paul's pledging iiimself to assist Mr. Tolmaine In iiia eacape ; and so, with mauy w-ringingsof thehand,aud teara from eacli of tbe three, he left.
His flrst Impulse was to go to Alice, to teil her all tbe strange eventa of tbe afternoou, and how he had—weakly, It aeemed to him, w-hen fairly away, aud from a mere aentlmeutal influence-al¬ lowed the only chance be ever possessed of enricliing himself slip by. That he should bb annoyed at bis conduct was not wonderful, for Paul Hyles was ouly a man, and consequently uoc capable of the sublime self-denial aud heroism of a woman. Bot he wus amply repaid by seeing Alice's color—seldom had she a color now—come and go again as be spoke, uutll.at last she threw heraelf upon hiiu, aud buried her sobbing lips iu the rough smoekfrock of her sweet¬ heart, wbileabe murmured broken hys¬ terical wocds of commendation and thankfulness, wbich Paul, poor and penniless as he was, prized beyond all treasure besides.
Theu they resolved that ho should help Tolmaine awfty, aud take no re- w-ard from Miss Rachel for lho service —and Paul kept his w-ord. As two working men, engaged ou a Spanish railway, with Paul's provincial tilalect and thoroughly natural manner, even Mr. Tolroaiue's reticence and avoidance of strangers passed off very fairiy lor loutishness, aud tbe pair got on board a Cadiz boat, and Paul left tho unhap¬ py youug man safe ou Spanish territo¬ ry ; theu, with the least possible delay, he hurried back.
Tolmaiue was lodged w-ith au Eng¬ lish family, Vlio were prepared for his illuesa, and probable death, and the outcaat overwhelmed Paul with grati¬ tude, and wrote urgent letters to all his family iu his behalf—but he could do no more. Mouey he had scarcely any; so Paul reached Edgefield a very few sbillings the richer for his excursion. The chief piece of good fortune which befell him was hia being re-engaged at the old milla ; so tbere he worked, a melancholy,  but placid-minded man.
Miss Rachel left the town almost Im¬ mediately, and If her father kuew the share that Paul had takeu in his uepii- ew'a escape, he did not ahow it. Thus three montbs wore ou, and save tbat Mrs. Purley was sinking faster every day, and Alice's home grew poorer ev¬ ery day also, little change occurred lu the humble circle, but at the oud of that time, Juat as Paul was leaving work one afternoon, tlie timekeeper called to him and said, " Hollo, Hyles, here Is a mes¬ sage from the Goveruor that you are to go lo the ' Crown' at six o'clock, and aak for Mr. Smith. It'a no use to look Inqulrlugiy at me," continued the man, " for I know no more thau I have told you."
Of course Paul went to tbe "Crown," and waa ushered Iuto the best room, tiie waiter showing liia amazement at such a visitor. He found, sitting in tbo Iw-ilight, an elderly gentleman.
" I was told to ask for .Mr. Smitli," began Paul.
"Quite right," interrupted thegentle- man; "my namo is Mr. Smith—at least. It ia so in this house. I do not choose, Mr. Hyles—pray be seated— tbat every ono siiould know my name aud my business. Some three months back you assisted an unfortunate young man lo escape from England."
" I did," said Paul, bopiug devoutly he was not getting iuto a scrape.
"Very good," returned Mr. Smith; "and you lost the chance, the certain¬ ty, I may say, of two hundred pounds. That young man was my nephew. My nameia Tolmaine. Andrew Tolmaine, aecond partner in the bouse of DeLIate, folmaiue, and Tolmaine, and that wretched boy was my godson."
Here tlie old gentleman took off hia spectacles, wiped them, aud very delib¬ erately replaced them.
"He is dead, Mr. Hyles," he resumed, "and bul foryou he would have died in prison. I am not inaeusible to your noble conduct, and bog therefore to make a slight return—only a slight re¬ turn, nolhingcan repay you. Rachel!" he called.
Then to Paul's suprise, ilie figure of a girl in deep mourning rose from the shadow of ihe curtains, and advanced towards him; confusedly he look the otfered haud.
'• With my heartfelt gratitude," said the sad voice of Mias Rachel, "pray ac¬ cept tbia."
Paul almoat mechanically took the roil she offered, and then thegentleman spoke.
"Paul," aaid he, "that isthe freehold of Upland Cottage, and half a score of acrea of land wllh It; and I am author¬ ized lo say that your postal the miils will from this day be changed to that of overseer, at a fitting salarv. No, no words: take the cottage as freely as it is given ;and if everyou want a friend aji- piy to me. Asl fancy you contemplate marriage, I must teil yon tbat llie bank here has a hnndred pounds to your credit, which you may ilnd useful. Rachel, we shall hardly catch the train."
Then, after shaking Paul heartily by holh hands, and biddiug him farewell with many kind words, which be could find no language to answer, they left tbe house.
It is nol for me to describe the meet¬ ing that night. Let me conclude by saying tbat Faul never had occaaion to apply to his generons benefactor, who showed, however, that be bad not for¬
gotten him, by sending hlnir Jearly, «: large hamper. .',>'..'•- "   ,
Paul and Alice married, aiid lived a prosperous and hapey^CQOple; :Mli»; Furley survived long endugh-.itd see h«t' firat grandchild; and, as';it Aval re¬ mark, r may say, emphattoally,, that neither Alice nor Faui ever regretted' the day when the latter ttlirew away •"A Golden Opportanl^.": •;' :'rf
A STOET FOE T&iSlXtE FOLKS.
0XCLE JOE'S .STOR\'.
Did you know I was a sailor-boy once? Didn't kuow- it! O yes, I waa. And not only a sailor-boy. but a wha¬ ler-boy. Let me see,-what lam going to tell you happened eleven years ago, and aa my thirtieth birthday lately passed, why, my nineteenth must have given me a call that winter.
We had been all summer cruiaing off the coast of Greenland. It was our third year out, and I was so homesick thot when thoughts of home came iuto my mind I would shut my eyea and Jump up and down as fast as I could, or else run athwart deck, so as not to see faces so plainly,—mother's face, I mean, and the others.
We knew the cap'ri had no idea of staying out another sviuter, and we were expectmg every day to 'bout ahip and stand to the south'ard; in fact, we found out afterwards thut we'd have got the order in thecourse of one more twenty-four hours, if it hadn't been for our coming upon a pretty lively school of whales, which led us a long chase up and down,— but mostly up, aud flnally and lastly into a narrow bay. The cap'n said that sohool of whales beat all his going to se'a. Why, the water was alive with them, tumbling, blow¬ ing, whistling! Perhaps you think whales are seeu aud not heard. Not at all! They make a sort of cry, though I don't know what to call it. Think of something between a bark and a whis¬ tle. 'Tis a curioua noiae. X beard it comingonce right from under the ship's keel, loud and startling. But nothing lo what Jimmy's would be, if he were to grow as big as a whale, and his noise ahould keep aloug at the same rate.
I can rattle ou In thia light and tri¬ fling w-.iy about
"That melancholy bay. Thnt solitary bay,"
where tbe Juno wasfrozeuln, but I can tell you then we wereall heavy-hearted enougli. Frozen in I A abort sentence. The grammar class wouldn't allow It to be a sentence at all, I suppose, but it meant chapters and bookfuls to us ; It meant famine and freezing, and a long lonely w-inter ; it meant good by to dreams of home. One poor .sailor lad, Karl Ludoy, who had left a pretty young bride behind, hid himsolf iu hia bunk, and it was only the captain's or¬ ders that got him out and made him eat. Poor fellow, how-mucli he thought ot his Wllbelmine! All his spare timo was spent iu carving thread-winders and kulck-kuaoks lo take home. If we shot a handsome bird he always saved lho featbera.
It ia curious how- our wishea are grant¬ ed sometimes, and iu a way tliat we liltle expect. Shut up there so loug we grew- lired of the old vessel, and of our¬ selves, and of tbe sigbt of each other, and I remember aaying ono morniug that I should like it if I could not see our ship or any one aboard of her for six moutlis. My w-isb came to pass, and a great deal m'ore came to pasa, for I never saw the old Juno ugain after that day, nor any of her ciew, until one ev¬ eniug about three yeara ago, when I came upon two of our meas, rolling and pituhlug along the Bowery.
It happeued on the moruing I have beeu speakiug of tliat the captain sont off a hunliug party,—some of the crew- were dying for waut of fresh meat,— aud that he picked mo out to go. There were fonr of us in all,—Karl Ludoy, Henry Jarvis, Oglik, and myself.— Ogllk n-as an Esquimaux that we fished out of the w-ater one day. Ho had got Idown oft'to aea in a beavy gale. *We hauled him up over the aide, boat and all. Were obliged to do it in that way, for an Esquimau and ilia canoe are all in ono piece when afloat,—something like tbe man-horse iu tbe almanac- Oglike wasn't .SI) very much heavier, though, for being part boat. Tbose lit¬ tle canoes don't weigh mueli. Tliey are nothing but seal-skin stretched over a light frame-work. It goes over tlie top too, except one round hole, and the mau fils Into that round hole like a "stopple in a bottle."
We had hunted the biggest part of the day, witb poor luck, but shouldn't have ib>iig!it of going back empty- handed, ktioK-ing liow the poor sick fellow depended on ua, had it not been for Oglik's giving w-arning of a suow- storm. And sure enough il came upou us before n-e wero quarter way back to the ship. 'Twas a furious, pelting, amothering snow-storm. Wo did our best to keeii togetlier, but Heury jind Karl wandeied away and without m'uch doubt were frozen to tieath, as I learned afterwards tliat tliey never returued to tbe ship. I thought myself fortunate in keeping with Oglik, he being so well acquainted w-ith the country and its auow-storms, aud with Its bears aud other animals. X took it for granted that he would staud by me, as we had alw-ays been good friends, and, be¬ sides, I was one tbat Iielped haul hira out of the water. But X found myself mistaken about his friendli¬ nesa.
Soon as the snow-storm would let us ive tried for lho aliip. But what wua tho uae of trying for the ahip wheu llie sky was so overcast that we had uotli- Ing lo steer by? Y'ou boys think 'tis a niighty pretty thing to ruu aloug ou top of a snow-bank, but I dou't believe you'd want to ruu very far ou top of onu that i-eaohed hundreds of miles, and iu that terrible Arctic cold, with only a littio dried meat in your pocket to eat, and no hope of coming acroas a liviug being, unless beara uud living beings! Exceptlug the dried meat, we had only a pint bottle of brandy, and a little tea, and a few balls of chopped bear-fat, raw, wiiich Oglik brought for his own private eating. This, however, we pul to anotlier use.
For sorae days w-o w-andered about, going, no (ioubt, fartber aud farther from tbo ship. At nigbt we would throw up a • liltle anow hut. Juat big enough to creep uuder ; and to keep ourselves from freezing there, we rig¬ ged a lamp. The Eaquimaux nover have any other fire. It happeued timl I brought with me somo tea for chew¬ ing, in a small tin box, formerly a mustard-box. I emptied tlie tea into my pocket,—there was ouly about two great spoonfuls of It,—and took the box for a lamp, aud Oglik's bear-fat for the oil. What to do fof a wick was a puz¬ zler. But in lifting up my cap to scratch-my bead for an idea,—now I guessyou will never laugh at mo again for doiug that,—I happened to think there wjis cotton-wool under the lining. Tiiis did capitally for a wick.
When our dried meat was gone we w-cre reduced rather low- for provls- inns ; that ia lo say, wo w-ero reduced to notliing. But ono day I w-as lucky enough to kill a fox. The flesh froze and wo cut il offin thin slices, and ate it raw. Baw meat is more strengthen¬ ing than cooked. Besides, we had no convcnieneea for cooking.
At last we came across a deserted Es¬ quimau hut made of stones. Some of the atones liad fallen out, but we man¬ aged to fill up tho holes with anow. Wheu this was done I gave upexhauat- ed. My strength was gone, my' feet were frozen, and but for tbat villain Ogllk, who shot another fox, I must havo starved. I a.ay villalu because, after a few daya there, he went off while I was aaleep, and look my rifle, jack-knife, aud fur mittens. My watch he left me.
How I got nway from that hut has always beeu a myslery to mo.   That an
Esquimau hunter picked me up off the snow, a long way from there, I know. Hut bow did I get so far •?
I can remember throwing myself down in despair to die, then of being waked from sleep by a stone falling from the roof, and of lying there very easy and comfortable and loath to stir. Tbo feeling which weighed me down so was uot exactily sleepiness. It was about one half sleepiness and the other half that numb, prickly feeling \'ou iiave when you hit your crazy-bone.— Only I felt crazy-bone all over! At last the thought flashed across my mind that I was freezing to death.-- Tlien I started up, but couldn't stand because my feet wfere frozen.
I have a confused recollection after this of fumbling about without being aiile to do anything, like a persou in a nightmare dream ; of falling down ; of getting drowsy and. atartiog up again, time after time ; of tying my Jacket alee res down over my bands ; of'creep¬ ing out ttarottgh a long tnnnel into the starlight, and what ta ntber carioas,
of having tbe feeling that I was the only persou there was inthe world.
By this time I was rip "doubt partly or wholly. Insane. I had but one idea, and that was motion. Itseemed as If my bead were of enormous size, and that this idea of-motion were a real person inside of It, wltb power over me. My feet could not bear my weight, andi thougUtthat this person in my brain ordered ine'to Ue dowii and travel by rolling oyer;'arid over along;the anow. Probably, I did so, though for how long It is impossible to tell. Tbe aun must have shown out once, at least, for I either prayed to him or dreamed it. "O, blesaed aun!" I cried, "shine upon me, warm me, guide me!"
After this, X have a dim remem¬ brance of northern lighls, tho moon, the stars, and of feeliug as if I were up among lhem, rolling along the clouda, and of longing to atay there always!
The name of the Esquimau who took me to his hut was Ketme. His wife's hame was Nevvu, and tbey had two little girls, Kapaniah and Myugna, be¬ aidea a baby boy. Tills baby, by the way, Nevvu used to carry in the hood of her jumper, whieh hung at the back of her neck, so that ita head came just above her left shoulder.
When I flrat aw-oke aud found a par¬ cel bf ugly-looking creatures about me, I was iu auch a w-eak atate of mind and body tbat'it didu't matter a atraw to mo whether I lived or died, and I lay there upon tlio "breck"* like a aick child, and took down the bits of blub¬ ber that Nevvu dropped iulo my inouth aa quietly as If had been quince jelly. In fact I did not feel exactly like my mother's own Joseph lor somo days. But when I did come to myself aud lo my strength, O, I had some bitter, bit¬ ter thouglits!
Goiug back to the ship w.as out of the question. For how couid I, with my teuder feet, travel such a long, un¬ known v,-a3' tlirougli that frozen desert, and without guide or compass? Be¬ sides, tiie wiuter night wus shutting dowu upon us. .\h, it w^as pretty hard, looking forward to such a dreary tirae of darkness! Ouly think of the sun setting iu the fall aud not rising till spring! Think of having to walk aljout ail the time In moonlight and starlight! Tliink of living with such kind folks, and no prospect, of getting away! For aught I knew I might have to die lliere and be burled ui> Iu the snow! O, I litlle expected, squat¬ ting tliere in my seai-akins, ever to be turned into ancb a spruce-looking fel¬ low as I am now !
Besides our hut there w-ere tv,-o othera. Nevvu'a cousins, Sigua and Petnetu, lived in tbese. Sigua had a daughter, a grown-uii girl of thirteen, named Sanuuh, asou threo yeara you tiger than X was named Ashunki, aud a baby. Asiiunkl w-as a very fleshy, bra^-o young hunter. At hia girdle hung a great mauy bears' clawa aud fo.x-taila got lu hunting. He had speared his flrat walrus, and tbe tusks w-ere in ills hut. They were a yard long Hew-as making them into the runners of a sledge that would last a hundred yeai-.a. Ivory runners and bone aledgca ought to last, Xshould tliink!
Signo, tho other cousin, bad five boys, all quiet small; their uaipes were Meliek, Anato, Suk Oolooui, and Oraiu- go. Oralngo was a dumpling of a boy, and stood in hisl'nrs,about twofeetliigli by twoanJI abalf across. All the child¬ reu had a irliuuky look, and the older onea too, and in. wonder, wltii Siich baggy, furry clotlies! Meu and womeu, boys aud girla, all wuro trousers auil jumpers.
The men were hunting whea the weatlier would let them. If Ihcj' got nolhing, we went witliout eating till better luck eame. It wassomethlug to watch their settiug off aud coming back, tliough goiug aloug would have been a great deal moro; but my feel wore too tender for that. In fact one of my toes waa iu a vory batl state.
There was some fnn in watcliing the children, for even if lliey only stood still, without doiug the least thing, the ugly little objects looked so ridiculous I couldn't help laughing at them. Tlieir faces were yellow, and as round aa tea-piatea,—thick lipa. Hat noses (as if they'd been stepped on), then two littlo black cracks for eyes, and coarse black hair, cut short off right acroas theeyebrow-.s. Thoirseal-skin jumpera had hooda ou them, that came cloae rouud their facea like an old woman'a nighlciip.
Somelimea, w-hen it wasu't any cold¬ er than forty degrees below zero w-ould be,—suppoaiug they'd liad a Ihermome- ter,—tlieir mothers let them play ball out-doors. Thoir bails were made of moss aud their cat-slicks w-ere walrus ribs. Tbe Esquimau childreu have vacation ali tbe time. Nobody can keep school because nobody knowa how to read. There is u't au A B C in the w-iiole countri', not a slieet of paper ! All the people do ia to try to keeji alive. Thei-e ia n't a stick of wood either. No, not ao much as a shingle ! And that's why tbe cliildren lake ¦wal¬ rus ribs for cat-sticks.
Oue day wben I waa watching tbem at play, the thought came into my mind, " wiiat would tbese poor iittle things thiuk. If they could see all the toys and games that onr childreu bave ? What would they say to a Christmas tree all lighted !"
I n-as sorry, at first, that I thoughl of tbis, for Chrialmas wasa sort of a subject to me. O, I did try to keep my¬ self from thinking about Christmas. So wbeu pictures came up before me,— for InataucB the picture of my little aister aad brothers taking down their atockingsand pulling tho thinga out, or of mother aud all of them round the dinner-table, or of the plura-pud- diug and turkey,—I shut up my eyes tight, aud ahook my he.id as fastaa I couid. "Go 'way!" I said. "Joe don't want you!"
But my thoughta v/ould keep ruu¬ ning tbat way in spite of me. tSaata Claus sent them, Igueaa, for the sakeof those poor Eaqulmtiu children that never heard even of hanging up stock¬ ings! Andif hedid, it muat have been he tliat put the ridiculous notion inlo my head of getting up a Christmaa-tree for Kapaniah, Myugna, aud the rest. I say ridiculous, because there was n't a tree In the laud, nor a candle, nor a ahop, nor a toy, nor even a bitof twine, suppoaiug I hud presenta, to tie tiiem on with.
But ju.st becauae tlie thing seemed im- ))03siblo I made up raj- mind to set about It. From Oglik, aud from these others, X hail jilcked up Esquimau enough to talk a little, so tbe first thing I did was to tell Nevvu something about Ohrismas day, and why it waa kept. Thon X described to her a Chriat- mas-tree. Slie did not even know there were such tilings aa trees. And w-lien X apoke of their grow-iiig liigher than ber husbaud and her cousins' liuabanda would reach, standing one on topof the oilier, and then described the foresta and the fruit-treea.-alie shook her head and looked at me in an unbelieving wny, aa much as to say, I had better hold my breatli. But the Ideaof some¬ thing which should be a few feet high, something with brandies and lights, and hung all os-er with pretty things for the children,—tbat she understood. Because she was a mother, I suppose.
I began at once lo make my prepara¬ tions, while tbere was some little sun¬ light left to work by. The days grew shorter and shorter, — four hours loug, three houra long, tw-o houra long, oue hour long, half an hour lon j;, till at laat the aun ouly just sho»-ed himself, and then aet, to rise no more until the next spring!
Before leaving the vessel X had found out, frora heariug the captaiu aud raate talk, that tbe uight, wheu it came, w-ould last nearly a hundred and twen¬ ty days. Now aa there la nothing to make daya of wben the sun doean't abine why of courae a "day" meaut twenty-four houra, the same oa iu the arithmetic. I calculated that our huts were rather to the north of the Juno, ao iu order lo kuow or to guess what part of liie darkness to oall Christmas, X reckoned just sixty tw-enty-four hours from the last sunset.
In setting about this funny undertak¬ ing the firat thing to be thought of was the tree. That X made by taking a bear's backbone and fastening to it for branches the spines and ribs' of foxes. For atriuga X uaed the tendons of these animals, aad narrow strips of seal-skin. These last were better for tying tlie branches to the trunk. Bunches of mo.ss soaked in oil I thoughl would do for candles very well.
Next presents. Aud here It must be confessed tbat I was, at firat, really puz¬ zled. For there were Peluetu's flve boya, besides Kapaniah and Myugna and tbe babies aud Sigria's. growu-up
»VHit rnnnlsg i<aand tha Intlda of au Esqal- nura bnt.
NO. 12.
girl Sennuh, and nowhere to go to buy anything.
" But, Joe," said I to myself (I liked to talk Kngliah sometimes), aa I was hopping on my left foot from Sigua's hut to ours,—"Joe, there must be pres¬ ents !" "Yea," says myself, answering back, " I know that, and there shall be presents. Let's begin with theglrls." " Of course,!'said I."
stuffed with moss, atid dressed It ex¬ actly as Kapaniah herself was dressed, trousers, jumper, hood, and all. My needle was a sharp bone, and my thread the tendons of animala. I tore ofl'a quarter of my, pocket-handker- cliief to cover its head with, and to givo lhem aome idea of a white child's faee. X burned the point of a very aleuder bone and drew as delicate fea¬ tures as my skill allowed. There be¬ ing plenty of time In that country, I didn't hurry much, and the face when finished was quite pretty. But it w-as rather a sad pieee of work, for, witliout meaning to, I found myself trying to draw the features of my llttie sister, aud, O children. It w.is 'bad for a poor homesick sailor to bave his little sister's face so mucli in his mind!
When the doll w-a^ finished I hid it away in a liole I had scraped out in the anow under the " breck." For every¬ thing must bo kept private from tbe children. Of course Nevvu had to aee, but I chaiged her not to teil. Some¬ times I u.sed to go off by myself and work in one of tlie littio " haj-cooka," aa X used to call lhem. Our but was made of snow, and waa shaped liko a haycock. The bottom measured be¬ tween three and four yards across, and insthe centre you could stand up straiglit. Tbere wero two smaller " haycocks" which led out of thia, and into one of theae I uaed to go and work, though .qometlmea we aent Kapaulali and Myugna to see their cousins.
The doll waa for Kapaniah. For Myugna I made of anotlier quarter of my jiocket-liandkerchief a rag baby, aud dressed it ill long clothes, like babies at, home. Iu Esquimau land they wrap them up in fox-skin.s. My under-jacket was lined with red flan uel, aud I look .siiuiu of that for the rag- baby's long clothea. Wheu she was finished X laid her ina beautiful cradle, wllicll I carved out of clear,' transpar¬ ent ice. in carving ice I fouud a heat¬ ed lioiie a vei-y handy tool.
Next X made sorae boue beads and strung up a necklace and bracelets for Sennuh. X alao m.ide for her a very pi-etty model of a church, Willi steeple aud tow-era all cut in ice. X missed uiy jack-knife dreadfully. Most of the work had to be done Willi a piece of rusty iron hoop sharpeaed. Someyears before a cask had drifted ashore, and Nevvu'a husband managed to get a couple of the hoops.
Wliat could be contrived for tbe boys was the iiextqueation. Of cnuraesome uoisy tiling or other. After thiuking it over awhile I raado up my miud that Meliek should bavo a drum, Anato a trumpet, Luk a life, and Oolooai a fid¬ dle. For Oalugo, the dumpling of a boy, I rigged a jumping jack.
The trumpet and fife w<;re made of hollow bones. The drum was made of seal-skin, firat wet, then sliaped, and tben frozen. Tlie euds, how-ever, w-ere of bealen fox-skin. For drum-sticks, walrus ribs.
The fiddle was easily managed. I took tho siioulder-blude of a walrus, which waa quite hollow-, and stretched over it part of a bear's bladder. The bridge was the bre.HS'tbone of a snow¬ bird. Tho sLrings w-ere tho Intestines of a fox, aud X made a fiddlestick with a lock of Nevvu's hair, fastened to a strip of whalebone.
But my greatest piece of work was tha jumplng-jack. Tills was mostly of boiiea, looaely jointed together.. For Its bead X .took the head of a frozen auk ;* for its handa and feet, fox paws. X never saw- a fuunier jumpiug-j.iek In my life. Wlimi Nevvu first saw it she screamed right out loud for joy ! I hid it under the "breck" and charged her to keep aw.iy from there, but if left alone iu the hut she was sure to get liold of it aud go to jerking the string. I didn't kuow but I should have to go to raakiug playthings for the fathera and mothera, too! And aa It occurred to tuo lliat they never aaw a horse or a cow-, or a cart, or furuiture of auy kind, I went to work aud put together .some little chairs and tables. I made lhem of bones aud birds. Aud afterwards X modelled a sinall iiorse in snow. Wlien he waa finished I passed a heated bone over the surface, thau gave it a cover¬ ing of fox haIi-3 and froze lhem ou. 1 alao did a cow- in tlie same way. And after trying over and over aud over again, i made aomething wbicli would give them au idea of a carriage, 'i'he horae and cow looked more natural than auy one would suppose. . Besides all these thiugs, X made a lot of marbles for the boys. I even raade alleys, some with red riugs around tbem, aud some quartered with red. The coloring-matter was liver-juice.
The fathers aud motiiera provided aome presenta, for I told them such was the custom In my country. Kapaniah and Myugna had beautiful underwaiats of bird-skin, and i>etnut.i'3 boys all had sleds given tliem by their father, made of blocks of ice, hollowed out and polished smooth underneath. - Tbey had toy harpoons, too, about tbree inches loug.
X W!ia quite puzzled to know what to do for confectionery, but soon thought of llie plan of making sugar-plums, hearla, and kisses, of frozen anow, as tbey liave nothing that Is auy more like sugai'. Then for sticks of caudy X used frozen liver, cut iu narrow strips. Hangiug on the tree these looked like sticks of hoarhound candy. X made for each child one mararaoth sugar-plum, nearly the size of a pul¬ let's egg, and spotted it red wilh liver- juice. Tallow t.istes as good to the Es¬ quimau children as sugar candy does to ours.
At last tho time came for my gre;il show-. My tree stood four feet higli, and was not at ali a tree to be despiaed, or even iaugliud at. The branches were stiff, but then Ihey hnd Ihe ad¬ vantage of uot being weighed do«-n by the piesenta. X liuug Iciclea In varioua places; the little church waa placed ou the tiptop at flrst, and raado a very pretty appearance. Afterwards X put that, and the ico cradle willi the rag- baby in it, on the floor under the tree, where thej- would keep cold. I took care not to ]ilaco any of the mosa cau¬ dles near lbe eonfectlonerj-.
Wlien everything waa ready I lot the older people In and placed them just inside the little "haycocks,'' butwith their heads out, so thej- mightseewhal was goiug on. Bigna put her baby in her boot and there it stayed, its head peeping over the top. It didn't seem to hinder her walkimr about at all!
Ashunki and Sennuh crept in next, and tben the children. I couldn't help laughing to see their heads pop¬ ping up one after another. To get in, thej- had to creep through a tuiiucl througb the snow- four yards long, and tben over a hummock at the entrance.
At lirst, there was a dead calm. Tiiej- w-ero too confounded to apeak a word. I said to mj-self that oae look at llio.~e staring faces paid rae forall my troublH; though I wanted uopaj-, forilielroiible was a pleaaure.
The mothers took considcralde pains to havo their children look w-ell, aa I told them that our children usuallj-put on their new- thinga at Chriatmaa.— Some of them had jumpers made of thick, furry bear-akia, white as the drivea snow. Ashunki, the young hunter, gave Kapaniah three fox-tails off his girdle, to ornament her jumper, 'i'hej' bung down lengthwise. Ashun¬ ki was very fond of Kapaniah, and I feel pretty sure that he afterwards be¬ came her lover. Myugna made a fuss because she could n't have fox-tails too, so, too keep the peace, Nevvu made her a bird-skin collA, witll auk claws dangling at the corners, it Is quite common among the Esquimau for oue cliild to raake a fusa because another bas something better. But then it ia pretiy cold n-eather up there!
My tree w-as as brilliant as aaj- tree I ever saw. I won't except one. There were plenty of moss candles, and they did give a splendid light. The icicles glittered and the red spotted sugar¬ plums looked gay enough!
And after the flrst surprise waa over, O, what a hubbub aud what a racket! Old and young Jabbering and grunt¬ ing. No doubt they said "Charming ! Lovely! Perfectly splendid!" or what amounted to all that. But it aounded like " UnKuohubchukquoknaptoklork- mootnaqukumpq!" Now think ofa dozeu going on in this way 1
Kapaniah looked her doll full iu the face, and spoke to It aa if't were alive,
•Ablrd.
andtberi.putlt.iii ber hood, wltb ita facsoverher len shbalder, where her mother carried Her baby. Thia brought down the houae! The older onea were so delighted wltb everything that they screamed and sucked their flngers by turns. Such an uproarious time as it wasi Tbe drummer drummed, the flfer fifed, and the trumpeter trumpet¬ ed ! Tbe dumpling of a chap wltb the i Jumplng-jack, he stood up on the "breok," and there he Jerked the string and granted aud " gubquokgub- bled" tu his heart's content! The ba¬ bies, I forgot to say before, had rattles made of fox-teeth strung rouud a bone ring.
Lastly-, the refreshments were passed around. Great pains bad been taken lo provide the delieaoiea of the seasou ; namely, hears' pawa and deera' mar¬ row-bones. To get theso last, Aahiinki .staj-ed out oae hundred aad forty-f.nir hours! I took great pride in pa.saing round my scalloped cakes, hearts and rounds, made of frozen tallow. My confectionery w-aa received with Joyful screams, and was encored. They sucked it down, licked their fingers, and looked over tbeir shoulders for more. . "Poor things!" thought J.— "Altis, you will never taste anything sweeter than tallon-!" Butthey liked it.
One slight miscliance cast a gloom over the party, though only for a mo¬ meut. Luk nearly got choked bj- draw¬ iug too much bear-meatiato Ills mouth. It is the Esquimau fashion to take a great Junk of meat in liie fingera, und draw It in until the mouth is lull, then biick it oit'Just outaide the lips. Luk didn't stop drawing In quite soon enough. X wiii add, too, ilnit Signa aud lier fainilj' could not eat deer-flesh. A child of hers liad died aome montlis before, aud llieir propiiet said its soul n-eiit into a deer, lo staj- a year ; so for a year deer-fiesh was forbidden.
When all was over ami each family quietlj* asleep in its own Iiut, I found mj'seir wide awake. Cruellj' wide aw-ake, X migbt say. For hard aa I liiid tried bi keep tlioughls of homo away, they did come. So I wandered out into the starlight all alone, turned ray face to the south, and let mj-self iuiagiueall about theni tiiere. I w-"ialied them eacli a merry Christmas, and prayed that they might be kept alive and iu health. Comiug awaj-, I threw a kiss to my lit¬ tle sisiter, uud thought, " Wlio knowa but somo northern gale raay blow il straiglit upou her cheek !"
How did I get away ? O, tliat's quite aniither storj-. In the .«prlng Ashunki dragged nie'aerosa the country in bis ivory-runuered sledge to the open sea. The three families went with ua, for llie sake of the good living to be found there. O, you'vciiever aeen eggs! if you w-unt t.> do that Just travel uorth lill J-ou como to tlie rocky cliir), wliere the sea-fo'.vl lay them liy the acre! It •A'as w-hile waiting there, or rather feasting tiiere, that I got taken off bj- thegood ship Tortiiga. A gooil ship indeed sho  waa  to   mo!—Our   Youug
LEGAL   NOTICES,
KXECDTOR'fl NOTICE.
Estate of George Bowera, late of Para¬ dise township, Lancastercounty, deceased.
LETTERS Testamentary on said estale havini{ lieen Braute<l totheander.^itgned, ail personn indebted thereto are requested tu make ImmediateBOttlemeut,and thotiehtivln^ claims ordemands againat the same ^lil pn.- seut tbem without delny forflettlement to the underalgacd, residing In said townphin,
JaaUfl*tlO]  _^ Executor.
Ab]nNr.STRATOR.S' XOTICK.
Estate of Martiti Fry,  late of Mauor      township, deceased.
IETTERS of administration on Kftld estate J hnving beon granted to the undersigned, all pemonnIndebted theretoaro reqoested to inalte immediate payment, nnd tlio.soliavlni; claims or demands ajiHiiifit tlie-said ileCGdent, will nml;e them known to the uudprslfined, residing In said town.sliip. without delay. Aly ii\t FltY, JauH 0-t 9j- CtiUIlsXIAN- .SHENK,
Ailiiilntstnilors.
Ai>.wivi.sritA'i'oii-s sroricr.
Estate of Ferree W. Eibleman, lato of Paradise township, deceaaed.
TErrER.S of admlnl.strailon on said entale Jhavlng been granted to the uiiiiersiitncd, all persons ludebted theretoare requesteil tomake Immediate payment, and those liavlngclnilna ordemandsai^ainytthe siiine will present them for aettlement to the iindersii-iied. resldiiii; ill Panuilse, Lancasler t-o., I'u.
aU.VH ic. W-IT.\tEK, Janll-It 11 Administralor.
AOJII.VI.STK.ITOU'.S SOTIt'E.
Estate   of   Jacob   K.  Alartia,   late of Manor twp., deceased.
TETrRR-S or aUmlnlslrallon on snld estaio J iiavtot; been granted lo tbo underjill-tieil, ali persons indebted tiierelo aro reqnestetl to mnko immediale p-tytoent. aud thoso liavln;; chiims nr .iemaods a::alnat the same wlli lire- sent theia for Hcttleinniit to tbe undersigned, reshtio^ In said tow-iishlp.
AM03 n. MAUTr.V, JanlSGt IQ[ Administralor.
PROFESSIONAL.
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TUE nAltYsTcxTdfl A YEAU.
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1. \y. ENOLAND,
Pahlisher, Suu office. New York.
laucuster Woolen JTIIlIs.
TQE subscribers kfipp coustantly on haud at their "WOOLEN MlLl-H,North Prince atreot abovo Chestnut, a aeneral assortment of CLOTH, SATINET,
FLANNEL. BLANKETS, STOCKING YARN,
CABPEX CHAiN, AC. Which they will sell for CASH or eiohaut'e for WOOL, my H-tr.2.i GEORGE LEVAN A (V>.
TUOROVOHRRED CAXTI.E
FARM laiPI^EMENTS  FOR SAI-E.
TNTENDING to change my Elizabeth Farms 1 from stock-raising to dairy farms. I offer at private sale a large bomber of Fat Cattle, Heifers. Calves, many c^ which are THOROUOUBKED—b« sides a great variety of Farming Im-^^^
 n-^^LP'^"4?2»5.'.yi°fpl«»«> call *t the es- SS.vSL?;;*,A^^ffi2»' or wrtU to Mm at
BrlokenvlUe P. O., Lancaater eoon^wPs.
Q DAWBpN OOtEMAN.
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ADMINISTKATOir.S NOTIC'i:.
Estato of Elizabeth Heecher, Jute of tho
City of Philadelpliia,
(Iecoas**«l.
f ETTERS of Adminif-lralion on said ej-tutt; J having been granted lo the utidKrHlKnoiI. all pcrsouM Indohtod thereto ura requested to make immediate payment, and thnso having claims or demands against Hie samo will pre¬ sent lhem forseitlomenf. to the uudotsiKUed, residing iu Coleraine tu-p.
ItOBERT nEYEIt. JiinIR6«t hi;                               AdmlnUiralor. A. Horr .Smitli. cst|.. Attorney*	
AI>niNISTRAT4kK\S Jff4»T«-K.
Eatate  of Anna  Long, hilc of East
Hempfleld townahip,
tieceased.
IETTERS of administration on said Miat-j J having been granted to the nnderal-jued. all persons Indebted thereto are rcciuestcd to mako liumudiate settlefiieut, and Uumh hav- lnt( rlalms ordemauds against tlie samo wtll present them wlthontderuy for settloment ii> the undarsiiiued, residtut; In Kast HeniprioM twp. BENJAMIN JC. LONG. Janl-ja-t9J       Admtulstrati.r.
A.S.*ia«\EK-S XOT3<rK.
Asi<is"<?d Estate   of Nalli»*iit'l ShenU
and ^Vite, "f Conesloga townshijt,
Lancaster co.
NATrTANIKLSriENK nnd wife, of Conc-i- toija f^wnshlp. having bv dt-etl of volun¬ tary aR.**li;nmenl, dated JANL'.\UY tHh. 1S71, asiignod and transferred all their estale i.ii.l enbets to the uuderslKned, ior ihe benent ot the creditors of the aaid XHtbanlelShoUk ; In- therefore gives notico to all persons lndobte.t to said as.ilgnur,.to make puyment Io the uu¬ dersigned without del.iy, aud thu&e havlii^i clalma topresent thom to
CASPER HILI.ER. Aftslanoo. Residing in Cone.'»lnc;H Ceuler. JanU 4191 L.iuc.nster county. iV.
AS.SIG^'EE.<J* WOTK'E.
AsaiRned estate of Jacob r».  Good, of Pequea township, Lancaster co.
riiHE SHid Jacob B. Qjiod having brUoed oi JL voiuntaryassignmentassiEjued all hh^s- taie to the undersigned fur lho beuellt of his creditors all persona ludebted lo him aru requested lo make paymenl wilhout dpiu^-, and those having claitns or demand.-) HKaln-il him topreaent the same to
JOHN J. GOOD. Marllc lwp.
BENJ. EtfHLEilAiV, C"iic»'tOf;a lwp. dee'21 '70 4tW AsslKlip€i
Ar»ITOS:S* NOTI€T..
Estate of Dr. A. D. linllinger, hue o:' Earl twp., Lancaster county, .   decease)).
THE undersigned AudIif»rs.npr'Oltiled io dl =- tr bute the balance remainingin the huud-. of Beniy shirk, adminislrator ofsaid di-e'd, to and among thoso legally entitled lo tbi same, will sit for that purpose on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY iO,lS7I,ut 10 o'clock. In tbe fore¬ noon of said day, in tbo Library Itooin of lliu Ctourt House, In tho City of Lancaster, l':i.. whero ail persons Interested In .said dlsiriixi- tion may attend.        E. G. GROFP.
B. B. FUCKI.N'GKli. JanlS UIO] Auditors
ANSIONJ.i:*.** AOTIfE.
Assigned   Estato  of   Uirich  8lilt*'r.!er
and Wife, of Conestoga twp.,
LanoJister co., Pa.
ULRICH STRICKLER and Wife, nf Cone^. toga townshtp, havlnt; by deed of vuliiri- tary assignment, dated JANUARY Nth. 1^7I assli;ned and iransrcrred nil ilielr estate and effects Irt lho undersiKfed, for the hent-.'lt of the creditors ofthe suld Ulrlch strickler. h%i tlierefore Kive.H notice to all persons Indebted lo Mild asslRnor, to make payment to tin- un- ilernlttn^d wilhout delay, and those having claims to present thom to
8. a. WELCH. Assignee, Residlug In Ctmestoga Couiri'. JanlS -II IU
ASmGXECS* NOTICE.
Assigned estate of C. B. Herr aud Wife, of Manor twp., Lancasterco.
CB. HEKR and Wifo, of Manor township, , haviuR by deed of voluntary a.sslgnment at-slgned and iransferred all their estate aud etTocts to the undersigned, for the benedt of the creditors of the said C. B. Herr, he iherf- foro gives uotice to all persons Iiidebti-d ii> saidaaslunor, to make pavment tothe under- slRued without dolay, and ihoso having claim-. to present them to
JACOB IC. SHENK.
JACOB M. FRANTZ.
AHKltJUftM,
JanlS (It 10] ResUlins hi Mauor twp.
A. Herr Smith esq., Allorney.
EUREKA WASHER.!
rilHlS improved Wash Miichltio Invcuitf-i l*>- X  Boujamin Haud,
PATENTED APRIL '-'(ilh. ISiO.
Haa already atlaluctl such ncrlebrny f-»r its wonderful perfonnnnct: lu tho way of
CLEAN, SPEEDY AND THOROUGH V.'.»SJI-
ING.WITHOUT INJURYTOTHE iiOiHi^.
That little ueed  be hHid ou thai riubJ.jcL
The KOOds beluff placed hi-tween Um ruubtir and bottom, with tho adju.iled pressure, nil that Is required Is to move the cntnU handle one-fonrth  circle  back aud fourth, wlllch causes the ruliber to Klve the properaction to ihegoodH. uud with the ereaierii ease and must   remarkable   rt-sult   by produclu;{ JtiKt  tht*  motion hest calculated \o wash. All who have wit- nesssOfd the openi- lion and performance of this maehiue, have such a high  opinion  of aud uro su ready lu recom¬ mend tho same.tln; two could say  iiothluK  ttnii  would   bo more liatieilnK or eiieouni{;li:>; lhan   tho   uniVLTsnl  :ipprot>iitf{)n freely accorded to it.—"Toaeelsto hetlfve"—We thereftir*; ask ail who ure Interested in laborsavingand trulv vuUmble machiues, lo examine lht:i :<k ono of the  most Yniual>ie.   Fur fiirtbt-r particulars addreirB
TROUT. EBY A CO.,
t.lXCASTER,   1-EXNA.
TbOMo who will avail th.'tnseives of ihid or- portunlty will never reyivi il.
*S-N. B.—Agents wunt.rd In every county toseli theso Machines.
Tho muchlnes can no seen atthe Ilftrdwimt store of stelnmau A Co.. LanciWter. Pa luo « TO
A.   B.  KAUFMAN
AGENT FOR
XUe   OM   Connectfi'nt Sliilnnl Xlfo Insurance Compaaiy.
Surplus over    -    -    -    $24,000,000 \)\\
ALL the proflls are divided among the poli¬ cy holders. The dividends are the largestof  any Lifo Insurance Company.
OFFICE, NO.l EAST OR.VNOE STREF.T. marl.t'69 tf 17 Lancaster. Pa.
iVniiamsport Ctty ISondM Sulc
"lirE are authorized to otTer for salea Ilml-
>V ted number of the Bonds of the ciiy cf WUllamsport at 8J per ceut.. Including ac¬ crued interest.
These bonds have been issued by the City ot Wlllittrosport,lndenomlnatlon8or?l.yo(ii-:ich. bearing semi-annual coupons at lbe niiH of six per cent, per annum.payable In New Yorit on the 1st of Slarch and Ist ofSeptember.
These bunds are exomptjrum all iuunlcip:il taxation, and wilh the inteiest accrutMl toihi.i date, will co(*t but S3, beside thn protlt of 17-^ percent, that will onure tn the holder at ih.:lr maturity. BAIR A SHENK,
feha>-tf-H Bank e rs.
TO AOKIXXSTR.4.TOKS,
GUARDIANS,   ASSfGXEES,     .to.
A PRACTICAL Gnide to Administrators. Guardians, and Assignees, containing full and complete Instrnctions for the settlemenl of estates: together with all the neccMsary forms, explanatlousand directions. rrlc<,31.^t.
J. M. W£fiTnAEFF£R*Sl
CHKAP HOOK STOKE,
Ko. 41 Comer of IT. Qaeen and Orange strceti. apr2U IT S3
,t«MaiMici~j-js.fc