The National Banner, Volume 7, Number 37, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 January 1873 — Page 1

THE NATIONAL BANNER, - ' Published Weeklyby | JOMN B. SPOLLE, - LIGONIER,NOBLE CQUNT' /, [ND. . TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION orictl inadyames. oo vil b, 1 .$2.00 z?/"l’hiupa{ertspubliahedo'niheC'ash incii»le, its Proprietor believingthatit is justasright for hvm demand advance pay,asit is’ﬁpr City publishers: ¥~ Anyperson sendifig aclub oflo, laccompaaied with the cash, willbe entitledtdacopy of the paper,foroneyear,free ofcharge. |- A

CITIZINSIIBANIK, - LIGONIER, ¢ INI)I/17' do STRATTS BROTHERS, Receive monie on deposits issue cerlifigates with interest on spepified time; dealdrs in govéernment bonds, gotd anfl silver, Draw dx%ﬂs on New York, Chicago, Toledo, and all KEaropgan citips. Issue pussu_:fe certitfidates to and from all prifcipal seaports in Enropp. Agents for the gale and purchase of real eatate; [also, agents for the Imperial Fire Insurance Co.,{London, Capital $2,000,00¢.~ Specidl attention givel to coilections injtown anfl conntry. Discount Favmers’ and Business paper. |l7 Grbichaftdu uud Paffage - Seheiue, Grbidaftep inallen Thvilen Deutihlagds werden billig und prompt durd) Bolmadti cingesogpit. * Pajfage- Scyeine vonf und nad) alfen Sechidfen Gufopa’s jind ftets Det ung ju paben, Straus ﬂg-roé‘ ! Yigonicr, Iny., Sot, 23, 172, .26 1 : o Leke Shore & Hich.South’n R. R. On and after Petober27th, 1872,crains yill leave StaJons as !‘ollolvs: GOING EAST ¢ . : Sp.N.Y.Ex. Atlle. Bz, Acconi. Chicago....s.... 950 am.J., 535pm..|. 700 am Blkhart..iv.o.< 110 piaci. 985 v d:k 20 (}u5h(m..........]q‘1s- b ien 010 ..{.lk 40 : Miliersburg.... tl%s « .o .'HO:{:O vkl 59 Tdgonier.. ;... 2194 Sl 0L« 01,19 15 pm. Wawaka....... 1206 L HST ..1.1280 | Brimfield ...... 1216 ... 11103 11240 1 Kendallville.,.. 229 . ....1120 ..].1206 Arrive atToledosBo . ... 250 am..}. 510 ; GOING WEST: - v : T01ed0......ur.n1110 am., .~ 11/50 pm..}.11 00 am Kendallville ... 229 pm.... ﬁ.’)‘l am..}. 308 pm Brimtield ...... T 2 44 119108 gLt Wawakal,....; 19088 =0 78110 o ds 340 Ligonier: [c..oay 302 Wi 35‘26 el 3BT Millersburg.... 1320¢ . ... 1340 vods 417 Qoshen ......... 83k ... .-3/08 ... 438 *81ikhart,....... 400 Ahay 00 S4eblo Arriveat ChicagoB 20 i s B 0 vaf< 940 . *Stop 20 minutes forbrealkfastandsupper. ; tTrains do not stop. Ehs - Bxpressleavesdaily both ways. v ; Mail Train makesclose connection gtElkhart withtrains going Eastand West. -~ " CHAS. PAINE, Genﬂigcpt., leveland. J.N.KNEPPER, Agent, Ligpnier.

. ‘ 1 ’ e 8 Pittsburg, F't. W. & Chicagp R. R. ' Fromand after December 23d, 1872, ; GOING WEST. et | No¥, . Nob/ Noji N 0.3. FastEz. Mail, Pac Ex| Night Ex. Pittsburg..... I:4sam 7:loam 9:loay 1 80pm Rochester..... 2:52am §:4oam 10:25uh 2:4opm A11iance....... s:l3am 11:45am I:3opth s:2Bpm Orrville. ...... G:ilam’ Li4dpm B:o7prh 7:o6pm Mansfield..... B:ssam 4:22pm s:ooph 9:llpm Creestline...Ar, 9:2oam 5:1“)1),'[11 s:4opth 9:4opm Crestline, ~ Ly 9:4oam 6:loam 6:oopth 9:sopm Forest. . .......11*054m’ 7:55am 7 55pth 11:15pm Lima..........12:08pm 9:osam 9.15ph -12:17am Ft Wayne,.... 2:4opm 1] :50am 12:05am 2:45am Plymoath,.... 4:45pm 2:35pm 2:ssamh s:osam Chicago ....... 7.50 pm 6:3opm 6:soam B:2oam ’ 3 : GOING EAgT. : NoB, - Nos%, No 6, Nod, ’ ' Mail. Fastßx. Pac Ex| NightEz. Chicago./..... s:lsam 9 20am 5 35pm 9 20pm Plymouth....i 9:lBam 12 02pm 8 sipm 12 50am Ft Wayne....l2:2opm 2 20pm~11R0pfa 3 25am Lima.. . ...... 2:45pm 4 07pm” L ISam B 15am F0re5t......., 4:oopm &§ 08pm £ 27am 6 2Bam Crestline . Ar. 5:35pm 6 80pm 4 05afn ,8§ Osam Crestline ;. Lv.ll:3oam € 50pm 4 154 8 25am Mansfigld .....12:05pm, 7 IPpm 4 43ajn 8 Hham Orrvidlen. .. .. 2:l3pm 9 20pm 6 37afn 11 06am Alliance...%:.. 4:2opm 11;0ppm 8 25afn -1 10pm Rochester...., 6:57pm l;lFum 10 42afn 3 39pm Pittshurg ..... 8:10pm . 2:2oam 11 45pfn 4 45pm Gr. Rapids & Ind. and Cing,, Rich. ¢y st : - & Ft. Wayne R. R. | Condensed Time Card’ Duily, except Supdays., To | _take effect December 15th, "12.] - ‘ GOING NQRTH. - N 0.1.. No.d No. 5. Richmond . . ivlilsiiii s o kl3O 330 pm" Nowport. i, eiinoess 4 Pooasr Winchoster. . .iivsivess V 1 1240 pm 440 ¢ Ridgeville. {iiiituis 106 f¢ 510 ¢ CPortland. ooy, ovesnee vl 134 1 5456 ¢ “Deoabur. icviisiiciniig 5280 1 Fort Wayne, A.... 0.0. e 33 | ¢ Fort Wayne, D......-.. 700 am 340 Kendallville .....coioo, 8150 486 {* ! Sturgis.. i ioocasaii gBl o- G 0 }* £l o Mendoni. .l ciie s AIUOB 28 GAB |f Kalanazoo, A..ce.vio wlllO ** 7T 40 ¢ Kalamazoo,D..oonee.. 1120 442 400 gm 800 am « Montelth.....c.oeass B 0 pm 444 8 843 ¢ » Grand Rapid 5.......... 140 ** 625 |' 1015 ** Howard City........i.. (343 823 1 1218 pm Up.. Big Rapid 5........ [4bs *¢ 980 pt 137 * 1(eedCit{.......‘...;...fﬁ5z 4 e o 1 ‘Clam Lake .ol i iglmon ¢ 830 _GOING SOUTH. ./ N 0.2.: No.g§. N 0.6. Clani Lake:.ioiludiiid 600 ah 1120 am Reed City:...-edivisicd 724 ¢ 1245 pm Up. Big Rapids....... 430 am 805 * 129 Howard Oify... it 530 °% 015 1 ‘243 v Grand Rapid5.c......4 760 **° 1159gqm 500 ** Monteftheiil .o cieick BOR S 14D ) 690 % Kalamazooy A -...ba 950 %% 280 P 700 ' Kalamazoo, D......... 1000 ¢ 6304 m Mendon ..:hicdiildsd LIOOBR P TR I'¢ 2 Stargls ..o Gl ST 8. 5T : Keéndallville ........{--1244pm - 9151 s Furt,Wayue.........f.. TBO A 30] | Fort Wayne. ..o ivadss 200 ¢ ; : Decatur. .. j 2.50; % . Portland:.f..c..cif.. 413 700hm Ridgaville ..o icancid 449 34 7 451 % Winchester.........p .2 80554 = 81414 NWewport:. .. oii i 0906~ Glo] 44 Richmond ,f 628 ¢ 943

Micltigan Lake Shore Rajil Road. Condensed time'car('i. taking effect Dedy 16th, 72, GOING NORTIL. { £ GOING SOUTH. No. 3. No. 1. STATIO)‘S' Na. 2, N 0.4. 400 pm 8 00am..Kalamazoo.. 950 pm 700 pin 449 040910 ¢ CiManteith. .o 90814 620 587 s 055 % dkHeonn. ... B 28] 537 647 % 11 19 CaMslaßd L doL !t 420 747 * 12 17 pmGrand Hawven, 6 16[** 330 ** 830 ‘¢ 1258 ¢,/ Muskegon.. 535 250 ‘¢ ‘ ; | . F.R. MYERS, ! GenerplPassengerand Ticket Agent. f] . TRY THE NEW ROUTE, Indianapolis, Peru & Chigago R.R 'l‘llF] Great Through Line to INDJANAPOLIS, | - Cinecinnat, Nashville, Memphid, Louisville, Chattanooga, New Orleans, and all goints in the aouth. ' Ask the ticket agert for tickdts via EPRERY BZARE, ROAD. O%;md after January 1, 1872, two {laily Passenaer Traing will leave LaPorte as follows, Sunday excepted: Day Express leaves LaPorfeat 9 45 am and arrive at Indianapolisat 515 p mf The Night Xxpress will leave LaPorte (Saturday excepted) at 11 50 p m, and arrive dt|lndianapolis at 725 a m, | . Woodruft’s New Improved / - PARLOR AND ROTUNDASLEEPING COACHES Attvays on time, .. FiP. WADE; : Gen’lTicket Agent, [ndianapolis e , Cincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R Time Table No. 8, taking effect Morday, the 28th day of October, 1872: | aoiNG soutd, . | STATIONS. GOING NORTH. * Nos2' N 0.4 | 0.1 ‘No,B 530pm11155m a1.....Waba5h....17/00am 200 pm 440 ** 1035 am ,Nor. Manchester, 7}45. *. 310 ** 415 ¢ 955 * |, ..Silver Lake.... 810 ¢ 410 * 335 % 850 ¢ [.....War5aw,.....850 ¢ 510 ¢ 315 ¢ g 0 ¢ L. . Lecsburg.....9]lo ** 540 * 156 -850 ¢ 1, i JMilford..... 930 ‘<6lo * 233 v 720 % ..,.New Paris... 9/50 ** 685 ** 215 %, 700 * |.dp Goshen,ar..lo/10 ¢ 700 ** 210 ..ar Goshen,dp..lols ** 140 % Los Mießart, o 1040 S Trainsrun by Clevelandtime. _ o w A.GW. LLS, Sup’t.

FT.WAYNE, MUNCIE & CINCINNATI RAILROAL _ The ghortest and most direct route to Indianapolis; Close connection with trains on the Colambus & Indianapolis Railway at Muncie. Departure and arrival of trains atf Ft. Wayne: LEAVE, ] ARRIVE. Expre55........, 500amMai1....J.......4 00 pm Ma 11...... .28 15pmlExpress. Lo 088 Y HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, e s(O . LR o i P o -.u.‘:. oo ont g R A ey 4 SRR < : ol A 4:"’?‘ *,/ " f freti $s 3 C §AT T G N ¥ BT N\ 3 Sl £ H Bsov: WD 3!‘ : s o IR .y i 4. ﬁ\;": 5, \H“ iy ‘ i/1 T eST ¥ LN - o v 3 A B A ‘zﬂ: A e 2 R Y T e | | Watchmakers, Jewelers, - AND DEALERSIN 4 Watches, Clocks. J EWELRX, AND FANCY GOODS Repairing neatly and promptly| exécuted, and ; | warranted, | ; Agents for L ‘\ll@ Morrip’ Celebrated : pectacles, G BP~ Bign of th % wateh, corner/Cavin & Fourth atreets, ﬁu‘m s Indian: '.ﬂ | May 3, 66-t1 __ JOHIN GAPPINGER'S HARNESS, SAD DLE. ~ And Leather Establishment, HENDATLVIILE, . | VDAY dowest figt ‘”’%“ B

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EXCELSIOR LODGE, No. 267, : 1. Q. O B ' Meets every Saturday evening at their New Hall. | L.IL 6REEN, Sec’y. E,W, KNEPPER, N. G. | WASKHINGTON EN‘CAMI’”’NT N 0.89,1.0.0. F. Meets the gecond and fourth Tuesdays in -each . Month, at their New Hall. s H. M. Goonsreep, Scribe. ‘W, K. Wovry, C. P. . Dr. ¥ LANDON, LIGONEER, 7 : INDIANA. Office second floor Landon’s Brick Block, ){()vﬁ bst, ¢RTg. . P, W. (}!IUNI, Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, « =« = ~ Indiana, Office one door southof L. Low & Co’s Clothing Store, up stairg. Mayc?th, 5869, B. W. C, DENNY, M. D,, : Physician and Surgeon, " LIGONIER, INDIANA, : Will promptly and faithfully attend to allealls n the iine of his profession—day or night—in own or any distanee in'the conntry. . ; } @G, W. CARR, | Physician and Surgeon LIGONIER, = - = -~ = = IND., Will promptly attend all .calls intrustedto him. | Dffice on 41.. St,; one dooreast ef the NATIONAL | Basx~Eerofiicc. 3-43 ‘ C. I'AL‘)IITEIE, i i Surgeon and Physiclan, | Office at Residence. : Ligomnier, « = = = Endiamna. T ALSIPARKER, M. D., ‘ MOMBOPATHIST, Office on Mitchel gtreet. Residence on Eaststreet. Office hours from 10t0 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 ». M. KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. );.ay 3, 5875,

| G.ERICIKSON, M. D., Specialattention given'to the treatment of (Ohronic and Surgical Diseases. “flice heute from 10 o’clock A, M. 10 2 o'clock, r. M. Ofliice and. residence¢ opposite the Groes House. /] " KENDALLVILLE,INDIANA. walme Sppioi o e e D . JAMES M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in the Court House, : ALBION, - = = = & ¢ IND. 6-15 CH, E. KNESELY, $ ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIGONIER, & < - s (INDIANA; pEr-Office in Mier's Block, : 7-2 - L. COVELL, ~ Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, : LIGONIER, INDFANA. K Office, over Beazel Brotnérs’ new Harness Shop, e O i L. . GREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Publie. LIGOCNIER, - - - = INDIANA. Oflice second floor*front, Landon’s Brick Block, T D. W. GREEN, i 4 i 1 ) Justicgorthe Peace & Collection AL Offlce with Dr. Lanond, secoud floor Laudon’s Brick Block. - LIGONIER, - |- INDfANA.. 9 T JAMES J. LASH, o ‘ fu»:.vr FOR THE : L . I 1 ¢ Continental Life Tnsurance Company, OF HARTFORD, OQONNECTICUL, ' - 5 Office in the Court Houge, Albion, Noble Co., Ind

- E. RECEMONE, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, - Cavin street, Ligonier, Indiana. - Special attention given x;oconveyanchﬁ; andcollections. Deeds, Bonds aud Mortgages drawn up and all legalbusiness attended to prom.ptlyﬂnd accuratelv. ' 7 May 26th, 1869, WM. L. ARNDREWS, : == Surgeon Dentist. Y TP P Mitchel's Block, Kendallville, Allwork warranted. Examinationsfree. 2-47 . J.M. TEAL, { ‘DENTIS«‘T,. e Corner of Mitchel) and State Sts,, ..\ eee one block east of Post Office, room LYY Y Y Pover the Kendallville Fruit House, &endallviile, Indiana. }39°All work warranted. Keudﬂllville,‘ May 8, 1871. : . A. GANTS, - Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, | LIGONIER," » . INDIANA. ; Lo Is prepared e s . todo anythin§ : e, intheirline. A ﬁy /ﬁa B succesful prac--8 ,haf‘\;;.;,(_s)s,_/ tice of over 10 | Bas SN T .{ears justifies Febiy ,s.\i;':,r,:r" im in sayiu PRCTE el ﬁ“j@% hae ho ons NNS s e P (giveentiresatA = " g LEE R v‘m isfactionto all : AT I, A who may bestow their patronage. g#-Office one doornorth of Kime’s, Cavin St. 5

TEEGARDEN HOUSE, Laporte, Indiana. V. W. AXTELL, : : : Proprietor. Laporte, April 5, 1871. ! BATESIIHOUSE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, i 4. W. WESLEY & SON, - - PROPRIETORS. The Bates House is the largest and most commodious house at the State Capital. Indianapolis, Jan. 18, 1871.-38 LIGONIER HOUSE, LIGONIER, - r iz s o 8 b INDIANA, ' LEWIS & KOBER, Proprietors. : This splendid hotel has passed into new hands,, and hasbeen entirelyrefitted and renovated. Good Sample Rooms. Free Buss to and from the Cars. April 10, 1872.-6-50 : 5

HELMER HOUSE, 9 S.-B. HELMER, Prop'r, LIGONIER, = = - INIDIANA. This Heuse has been Refitted and Refurnished. in ¥irst Class Style. P STOPr AT TFHF B KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. : NEW COMNODIOUS . THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. 8. & M. S. R. R. Degot, and four B%uares from the G, R. R R.— ‘Only five minutes walk to.any of the princ?al business houses of the city. Traveling men andstrangers will find tLis a first-clase house. Fare $2 per da]{. ! J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, * endallville, Aug. 3,1870.-14 el e BANKING HOUSE of SOL.MIER LIGONIER, INDIANA. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought, and Bold at the lowest rates. Passage Tickets to and from all parts of Europe. Collection Department has spécri)al attention, Merchants’ accounts kePt on favorable terms. Money received on deposit, July 27,1870.13 :

] C. V.INKS, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES | LIGONIER, IND. April 12, 1871.-50 H. R. CORNELL, Is now prepared to take GEMS of a superior quality. Having purchased one of the great American . Optical Company’s 3 MULTIPLYING GEM CAMERA, Which has facilities for makin% 9, 18, 86, or 72 pic- : tures, all at one gitting, the nation can now be sup‘plied with first-class work at a trifling expense, within thereach ofall, Thefoilowingaretheprices : 7 Pictures f0r.......................8100. 16 it 8 e evasasei avitveyio 1 80, 32 6 88 Aniiessvnin s aiivierns B DO, 70 4 8 iisy b O PHOTOGRAPHS THE SAME PRICE! ' Ligonier,lnd., Nov. 15, 1871. 5 " SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. _ CavinStreet, Ligonier,lndiana, Fresh Bread, Ples, Cakes, &c., oiceGroceries, Provisions, YankeeNotions,&c ; tcash pricepaidfer Countr A P sGy KR

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’GREAT LIB& RALISM ! 1 ey " < | e . LIBERAL PRICES, Strike While the Iron is Hot ! T awas Goots vy the ioad e fne Comnery, oart? DELIVERY WAGON ‘ i Is nsiant]y Btlsv . = | Delivering Goods

Througheut the City. Do not allow iyourself to think there will not be room for you for our, STORE ROOM ‘ S - Is like the IRISHMAN’S SHANTY ! Still room for one more. Comeand : See How IL.iberal g ¥ F AR & : AN » GOOD NATURED Our Clerks are, - . Always a Smile on Their Face, "To think their Proprietors allow them to

Sell so Cheap ! b‘ 7 Wekeep onhand - : A FULL ASSOR.'I‘ME-NT. oF EVERYTI_iING = ‘ To be imd in the . . GROCERY LINE ! We aléo geep on }mné a fu]lieuppliy of WINES AND PURE LIQUORS WE DO NOT" SPECIF; PRICES » : On:vall our : SUGARS,

Teas, Coffee and Syrups ! / On accountof the- i ENORMOUS PRINTER'S BILL, And l"n order to sell éb cheap we must do onr business very : A U : i ;i ~ ECONOMICALLY, . ;3 ' : 7g # g We cannot afford to buy the BANNER OFFICE and hire J. B. Btoll to run it for our advertisement, but come and we will : 5 4 - ASSURE YOU SATISFACTION, i GROH & HIGH.

LIGONIER, IND., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY S. 173,

EveryA Farmer, Mechani(z,’, La‘horer,_ Merchant, Manufacmrer, Lawyér, Doctor--in short, men of every prOfessioh and bus"iness purSuit-Jn Noble county, should be a subswibiggéz 'I‘HE NATIONAL BANNER. PriCe, only TWQ Dollars, payable in advance. [ts columns will alwapfs contain the latest local, general, and po_litical’news of';‘the'jda'y; and nopw wil‘l be spared‘bvy_,\th-e editor to make the Bannel; one of {he most interes’ting weekly publicationé in the State. We ask it as a special fav_or of ;Ouirkl_fri(‘ands to present the merits oftha Garie Banner to such of their neighbors who may not be subscribers, with a view to inducing them to become such now. G %

THE LETTER OF MY DEAD WIFE. a inig ! q My young wife died onthe 9th of January, 186-, giving Lirth to a. daughter, which followed her to the grave immediately after. P ' - How I survived that period and that whirlwind of grief surprises me. I had won my wife against odds. 'I was poor and proud, and when taunted by her fathher with' the words, “fortune hunter,” I swore I would earn an independence and then claimher. . T kept my word. For five long years I labored as only a man urged on to his labor by one absorbing passion can work. For five-long years 1 scarcely saw her, but when myr long work was ended we were married, an(d she made my life happy indeed. | Butrsoon! ch, hew much to soon ! came the great trouble, and I lost her. * ® * # oo g

I resolved upon travel, my medical man advised change of climate, of scene, of people, and of association; mechanically I took my seat one lovely snmmer morning (the 19th of June) in a first-class carriage. en route for Paris, and where afterwards I cared net. : : I bribed tbe guard to lock the door that I might indulge in my own sa& musings without fear of intrusion, and had wrapped myself up ina fanciful security, when Just as the train was about to start, a small valise was pitched in through the window, follewed by ahat-box, and while we were actually in motion the door was unlocked, and a man, jumping lightly over the luggage which strewed the floor of the carriage, subsided into a seab exactly opposite mine. B _One feels almost an aversion towards a new comer in a railway carriage. With what 111-will the passenger at a wayside station is received by the cecupants of a well-liglited and well heated compartment, when the door opens to admit the rush of a piercing wind, a dash of rain, and probably a damp body. o e I was almost sayvage with the. f?th]ess official, and disgusted with the intruder. I felt irritated to a degree that I could searcely account for; and rolling myself into a corner, I gazed steadfastly out into the country, as though an agent for a telegraph company employed 'to count the poles. : : : The stranger, coolly collecting his luggage and divesting himself of'a courier bag which hung across his shoulder, proceeded, with the nonchalence of a Queen’s messenger, to prepare to smoke; and having selected a cigar, and biting off the end, languidly obsezved: : e | ‘‘No objection to smoking ?” } ‘“This is not a smoking carriage,” I re- | plied. . ;) : ‘‘Really.” “T-object!” “‘Really.” There was a cool impertinence in the tone that roused, my anger, and I turned round and gazed at him, : ! . He was a well-built, handsome man, apparantly about five and thirty. His eyes were small and glittering as those of ayrat. ‘His mustache very bushy, and carefully. pointed. -He was dressed in-a grey tweed traveling suit; his gloves were yellow, and in one hand he held a very . handsome Russianleather cigar-case, with the initials C. B. engraven thereon, in the other the unlighted cigar and fusee. o The state of nervous exciteinent under which I labored would have'led me to attempt anything; and although I felt that at any other time I should be physically unequal to an encounter with this man, there was that within me’ that tex.porarily give me a superhuman strength. . “I objeet,” T again repeated, the words oozing from between my clenched teeth. - “Your objection shall not effect my resolve in the least, and I shall smoke.” So saying, he lifted his right foot, laid it delicately across his left knee, and adjusting the fusee, rubbed it deliberately against the dry leather of the sole. The eombustible portion of the match fell off. ““Confound it, the only one I had; I must wait till we get to Canterbury.” . ' I was so eager for a contest with' this man that this was a source of intense disappointment. If I had a light about me indeed I should have presented it to-him for the purpose of bringing the question to an issue. : : ¢I imagine if you tried you would find one, sir,” I sneered. ' - “Can you give a light?” . : - “heannoti . : : © ““Wait till we get to Canterbury, and T’lL smoke you dry as an Egyptian mummy.” (T ghall,” - : i

This clesed our conversation. I leaned,] back into the corner of the carriage, an unaccountable hatred against this man evenoming ' every thought. I did not stay to/ reason with myself. T did not ask, Is this trifle of lighting a cigar, worth so much of bad and bitter emotion? I did not admit a ray of hope that, ere:we reached Canterbury, that the vengele feeling should pass away. No; I longed with the craving of a gambler for the.moment. when the game was to be renewed; and no pilgrim ever desired to gaze upon the green stone at Mecca with a greater fever than I did to behold the spires of the grand old ecathedral. ; The shadow- was upon me. The black cloud was looming overhead. : Onward dashed and shrieked the train. Through the medows laden with the pexrfume of the summer dew. Past rivulets sparkling in thegolden sunlight. By villages, toward which, by-and-by the mow-' ers would wend their joyous way when the sun would beredin the West.. Everything looked bright and beautiful, yet I could not share the brightness of the beauty for grief and rage were warring in my breast, and my heart, which an hour before had been steeped intears, was now bathing in the glow of anger. Onward dashed the train; we were approaching the village of D——, where I first met her who was lost to me for ever. There stood the old.church with its ivied tower, the rooks whirling round and about it gs of yore, unwmindful of the time when I used, with bated breath and throbbing heart, to watch her as she wended her way to offer up her pure prayers within its sacred walls. On the right lay——Hall, where I first bathed in the inexhaustive glories of love’s young dream. There the copes where I dared breathe my burnihg hopes. I could gaze no longer; and burying my face in my hands, I gave myself up to one of those reveries during which the hour, the place, the circumstances of my surroundings, were utterly, forgotten, and I wandered b{l herside asin the olden time, and all was light, and joy, and love. How long. this day dream may have lasted, and why I awoke from it untit the train stopped, I cannot tell; but when I looked up, my companion was engaged in reading a letter—an ordinary letter, written upon pink note paper. Suddenly my attention became riveted—cl’eser—-cfoser‘ ~ every nerve in my.bodg began fo tingle, . my heart'gave one mighty bound, for the handwriting was that of my dead wife. An icy sickness crept over me. The small portion that I could read showed. me words that should be explained, words of—to me—unfathomable mystery. I felt as if Ishould swoon, my brain %qgan to’ throb, and for a moment I was almost insensible, Then in a yoice that startled me from ltﬁmkaﬁamwS,l wid: s lokel gy wflod, 013 ey s “‘:@;&m‘m@w shva that et ?? |

| “Youn must tell mie.” ; . % ¥ ‘“You're a coolhand 'pon my soul?” he i exclaimed. ! - A ‘I beg of you to answer my question.” \3“l don’t understand I%’\’l . “My question is”’—and I was as cqol as ice, though my brain was on fire—*‘‘when did?you receive the letter that you are now engaged in reading ?” - . - ““What if I refuse to answer your question,which I consider grosslyimpertinent?” he replied, angrily. = ] . ““You must tell it to me. You have no right toit I’ I shouted. L -*You are either mad or drunk, but whichever itis, you shall ﬁeitheir.' know when I received this letter, nor shall you become pgssessot. of it as long as I can .eentrol my tongue or make use of my same . . ' £ He was preparing to replace it in his pocket, | > B Mine it should be. ‘ T - Without a moment’s hesitation made. -a snatch atit. L . - . He was too quick for me, but, in throwing back his hand to avoid my grasp, his fingers relaxed their hold and the letter flew out of the cpen window. i . We were traveling at the rate of forty mile an hous, VR B ' Houses, trees, hedges and telegraphposts flashed past. : : The letter must be mine., It must be f’egained. - : : Houses, trees, hedges and telegraphposts flashed past. , e The one absorbing idea rushed through my mind. I did not hesitate the tenth part-of a second. S I threw open the door, and stood upon tne step. ‘ Houses, trees, hedges and telegraphposts flashed past. My companion siezed my arm. : Houses, trees, hedges and telegraphposts flashed past.- - - L I sprang foward. - ' , “God save me !” I said. . i A horrible erash ! A million of lights.

‘When I recovered consciousness I found myself in a reclining position, and surrounded by a number of strange faces. I could not realize the situation for some: moments; and when at length my reason began to assert itself: the whole truth flashed upon me. I endeavored to rise, but fonnd so mitch pain in moving that I desisted. - ‘ e ¥ “Do noft stir, sir,” said an elderly man, who was engaged in bathing my temples. “We've sent for a doctor, and we expect him every moment.” = - : * As he was ‘speaking, the medical man arrived. e . He made a caréful examination, and pronounced as far as his judgment went, the bones were unbroken, that a contused cufton the temple might prove troublesome, and that immediate and careful removal and rest would be essential, I listened to all this, and more,’ as the doctor gave his directions to the man who was engaged in repairing the line at the place where I had alighted. He describ-* ed me as bounding along like a huge ball, and that my escape was nothing short of a miracle. ; R ‘‘Here, sir, is his wateh and keys, -and pocket-book,” added the foreman, handing the articles mentioned to the doctor. 1 satup and fervently returned thanks to™ Him whose name was the last on my lips ere springing from the carriage. “‘Five pounds reward to any man who will bring me a letter written on pink paper. It dropped from the carriage right-hand window from Tondon, about half a minite before I fell out.” ; The workmen looked at each other, then ab me, and lastly at the doctor, evidently under the impression that I was raving. “Five pounds, mén! What are youstaring at? Now then, men, stir yourselves! Don’t youwant to earn‘a five-pound note handy?”’ cried the foreman. v . In an instant off they started, tearing along the line in the direction indicated. - “Do'not excite yourself, sir, it is sure to be found,” said the doctor, his finger on my wrist, ¢ Had you fine weatlier in town 27 : - This was to distract-my. attention ; but the good man little knew that my whole life was’ concentrated on the discovery of that tiny pink piece of paper. | G ¢Do not stir, sir; pray do not. I insist on it,” said the doctor, endeavoring to restrain me from rising. o : ~ Ishook him' off; and stood upon my feet, very sick, very giddy, but still able tastandy e /i -

It appeared an age. Ifeltagonized with apprehension lest it should not be found.: ¢ How:long have I been unconscious ?”’ 1 asked of the foreman, who stood respectfully by. : “About twenty minutes, sir.” “Did any train pass up the line, either way, since?"’ ' . & “ No, sit.” - ‘“Then the letter must be safe. I feared that the wheels of the up-train might haye caugﬂt and annihilated it,” ‘At this moment there was & shout, and one of the men came running toward us waving something in his hands:. n ‘‘He has it, sir,” said the foreman, : .The man appreached nearer—nearer ; that for which I had ventured my life, aye, and would again, was mine. I held out my hands mechanically ; with a last effort I clutched the letter which the. ‘breathless navy tendered to me, thrust ‘linto my bosom, and fainted away, = : ‘At what hour does the train start for Canterbury ?” : “Fouro’elock, sir.” = . ““What delay shall I have in Canterbury, 80 as to be able, if necessary, to catch the tidal train?” - a° ““Thirty-two minutes, sir.” L aa ““Can 1 telegragh ?” : : *No, sir. Lord bless you, sir, it’s enough for us to see the wires. A telegram here would set us crazy.” _ - These questions were addressed {y me to the station-master at the B—— station, to which I had been carried by the navvies on an inprovised litter during my second period of unconsciousness. : - My head had been dressed, brandy and water administered; and, although against the strongest remonstranees of Dr. Flethurst, the kind and accomplished physician who attended me, I resolved to push on—to track and follow, if nec®ssary to the uttermost limits of the earth, my companion of the morning, and compel him with a sword at his throat or a revolver at his breast, to explain the purport of the letter of my dead wife, ok : It was undated, - T _ ~ These are the words: T : e s g i “Thursday. - “DEARERT, - % . : 2 Why have younot written? I cannot understand it. You have no ideahow perplexed Ihave been by yoursilence. lam compelled as yon are aware,o be very carelul, lost our letters should be discovered; but I have taken every” precaution. Come at once. I think our lucky star is in the ascendant. 3 : A S 8 = :;f FANX{}F‘” i Thib was the letter, ' = ' The paper was fresh and glossy, but it mtﬁpemmtmbh'*}gs of muoh. In vain I turned it over and over in the hope as to a faint clue as to date; nota soratoh—not a blot. Would it have been. %gg“myxmﬁefw e

I canght myself by gle{thrqat.‘t_:qfﬁhokﬁ back the vile-thought ORds o Could it possibly be some other; letter written to myself in those days when we were surrounded by enemies to our true loves, which had by some remote chanee fallen inte this person’s. hands ?” No ! I could repeat, line for line, ‘word for word, her letters to md, from her first, a simple fluttering in'\*ita%if}n to w dinner: ‘party at her father’s;, ito the last fond: -‘Take cire of yourself, ! Freddy, darling, | for the sake of your wife and baby,” wiitten during Christmas ‘week, when. I was compelled to proceed to York to look after my uncle's legacy. el el _Could I be mistaken in tlie writing 9 Mot . = Do e _ The letters clear, well defined; large as: her bountiful heart. © | _The signature the same. ' The same: odd habit of leaving a margin on the’ left hand of the page, as is the practice of govern-: ment offficials, . o oo S The more T'thought over it, tlie greater my perplexity, the sterner my resolve, . cost what it might, to |unravel thread by thread the mystery which stirfounded the letter of my dead wife, tke nnto a shrond.. And here I repeat, fpr T ‘write the oecurrence ‘according to!the .order of the event, that never, oh,. not for the one-. thousandth part of & second,:did I cast the shadow of a doubtas to the motives of ny dead wife in writing this lefter; "¢ FEY o e PTG o A = AN T N "

10 doubt her would have been to rend the white robe of the-Angel of Purity. With burning eagefness 1 serambled out. of a train at Canterbury, for I was in. agony of pain, and nothing but the intense’ pressure of my mind conld have enabled ‘metomove, o lachen . Of the porter, who assisted mé to alight, Taskede | 07 0 Ty e “Did yeu attend the maal from London this morning 2”7 -« Lel jEe te¥eg sttt oo Rl s 2°Did you see a tall ‘gentlemrn inagray. suit, pointed moustaches, and ‘yellow. gloves 2! | . L oecaiTin ke “I'm sure I cannot sagy, sir ;” then,{tilifnﬁj ing to a brother official, he shouted.: L ‘I say, *Awkins, did yousee a mdil gentleman, yellow gloves, 1-40 WP e - ““The mail always wears yeder gloves,” responded the other. “Yes, I see atall gentleman a talking’to the station-mas-ter,? o e s ‘“Where ig-the statiou-vma’stel';? o T must see him directly,” ol e “This way, sir. Beg piardon, you're: werry -lame ; lean on me; siy,? said thefirst porter, good-natiuredly; as Islimped in the direction of.the station-master’s. office. Yorae S e e

Lhe station-master was absent, but aperson acting for him was geated etigaged In‘weiting, = 2ioh s g 0 ** Did a tall gentleman, wearing & gray. suit,” yellow gloves, pointed moustache, | alight here 2 Tasked, . ./ Masias e “Yes,” without looking up;- " - @ “Did he go on by ‘the train? % “ Yes, " et *“ Did he mention anything abauit a gentleman falling from the carrisige?% '~ . -“He did ;” then looking up—*l beg. your pardon, sir ; aréyou the accident 77 “lambe o iR “ Pray be seated,” '. o las Isatdown, - 0 o) 0 aaann al . S ¥eg vair Ko ‘:lligl,l4:'e<l and gavg me those,” pointing to my rug, umbrella and’ traveling case which I liad “in tlre’ earri-. age with me at the time of the OCenr- . rence, ek e e i - Did fie give you no purticnlarsdP ““He did.” 'Here he referved: to some’ written. memoranda, . and ‘read rapidly. “ He said your manner was very strange, that you objected to hist‘smqking’;,’.z_ihd were very insolent. = H€ said he was reading a letter—that you ‘ask: him for it—that you made a’ grabé atit—that. it fell out of the window—that' you juniped ont after it—that he tried to prevent you, and that he considers you idre insane, ~ Good. God, sir, it was a frightful thing to jump: from a mail train. = How you are-alive to tell the tale is miraculous, and=-" Therethe official broke forth) < and remember; sir, that for any injury: you may lave received, the company 'is not in" any way liable.” : G e i " * What is the gentleman’s name 2’ -, : “I do not knpw, sir.”> " .Nt T lost all pat{gn‘ce. e ‘“ And how in the name of Heaven could: you allow him to go without ascortaining his name ? You shall be held accountable for this gross stupidity and "neglect: -of .duty. By heaven you shallt® = " " .. So brutally rude was I, that I have since stopped at Canterbury to apologize. ~_‘“Be thatias it may, he dashed out ‘of this office to jump into theetrain 27 &iice ‘“Then he went on? 2 =" i iipics st ¥egt gir R Gl et LR S v ‘“Can you tell me where he: was going

“1 cannot. Perhaps the examiner of the tickets might? o~ 5 cord maid o sCan Tsee him@ - iive oot ey “You can,”’ i Lhdheleiea e The functionary in question having been summoned and interrogated—. " o:" “He did remember the "party,” who gaiped his carriage as he waslocking the door. He examined his ticket whilg the | train was moying. - It‘'was a_‘through” to Paris.” L Dbl e e This fvas a clue at all events.- I should be only a few hours behind him, and, unless he was on some mission of life and. death, the chances were in favor of his st-cpbing inPaps, -+l i g - Tao detail my sensation, whilst waiting for the train, and during the snbsequent. journey were to enter into a psychological analysis for which the reader would scarcely thank me; suffice it to say T . reached Paris in a state: of fever, with -a gloomy fear beating at my heart, that T’ should be forced to yield to.its tightening grasp ere the newly-created object of my life dould: be attained, . " -} 5 & i ~ What cared I for the sunliglit of glorious summer moYning ¥y« il e e ‘ What cared I for the heanty of the boulevards ? LR e D e The letter of, 'mydegdkwif_e was lying against my bounding heart.. The'slia(f;;o’f ny dead wife was calling upon me to have the clouds enveloping it dispelled. My whole being was coneentrated . in this one fixed idea, and I was dead to outward influence, as the stalest mummy in the pyramids of the Ptolemys.” - "2 =0 On arrival ab Paris, T made inguiries of the most respectable looking official on the platform relative to the passenger I was in search of. The offieial in question called a sort of council of war of sous officers, which resulted in my being informed that the party in question had alighted from the English mail train of the previous evening, and had driven in conoh Namber 23£ Yo Hotel dn Lonvre; ' Rue Ravely - = o uic e s s ~ If I degire further information I should apply to the Preféect’of Police, --7 . - - In a whirlwind of triumphang feeling T. entered a coach {lirecting !tlie driver to. proceed to the hotel in question—l en- - There was 1o ome. to attend tome; I crawled up the stéps leading to the saloon, sl st B R e Tstopped o waifer who was husrying pasblle " “Did a tall gentleman in » griy suit, ‘pointed moustache, and yellow gloves i | tive here Ist night?” * vSO i Yoo, Monsiour” 08 ¢ - 4His nomo, Hismame?”. | _ ‘“Show me to his room; quick ! quick " | Ty T e Tt ennl e i

eyl B Gl RR R s Phe wiitér prodi.4d Utfolal g : gockgﬁr & _Russian leather a%rem# inprmmished letters, the initixis, 0. B. shons ; ‘lP;'S“iias; ns, t«fk‘xﬂ’ onthmg”hthw **sShow me to his room. Quick! Quick !’ - “Monsieur canﬂ;:o see him. %e am goneout:” o L} T .. ““Where has he éone? Tell me. Here is.a sovereign. Where has he gone to?” ‘. '“ He leave directions mit Gus?ave,_ me tink, - I vill to see,” and the waiter left; ~me in search- of Gustave. e i -In.a moment he returned, carrying a ~ship:of paper, on which was written— . - “If Monsieur de -Crut call upon Mr. -Charles Benson before 10 o’clock;say that Mr, Benson' has igone to .13 Rue—-, . -‘where he will remain until Monsieur de “C. réturns.”. . . ‘Snatching the paper from the hands of the astonishing waiter, and forgetful of my aching frame, I hurried down the staircase—into the court-yard—re-entered ~ the coach, which was still in waiting, and shouted to the driver— e . “Numero tréize, Rue—Vite | Vite!” ; - The agony I endured of mind and body - during the journey .from the Hotel du ‘Liouvre to the Rud —— will never be effaced” from my memory, While I write this the recalleetion of my sufferings is - causing every nerve to _quiver, every joint: to ache. I could nof conceive that DPhysical agony cduld reach so high a ji‘iigch without killing that ipon which'it ol ol G e .

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| 7 Aarived at_the Rue ——, the coachman - experienced little ifficulty in ‘discovering No. 13. T alighted, and having in~quired at the ‘porter’s lodge for the obJect of my search, was informed that I should ring at the first door on my right, a 8 the gentleman I had deseribed was visiting the family who resided au prepier, ek %ang the,,liqllzs diréeted: | = il < * Monsieur Benson.” . &, . . Oui, monsteur.”” . . nl e % Peut on.voir3” + el - ¥ Oui, monsieur.” - | 7 - I brushed past her, tried the hgndle of & -door opposite me. ' It 'yie_lde%.' - The “door opened, and T saw— - - | -My ‘traveling eompanion, in the same Bray suit, standing at a window. Beside “him a young girl, his right arm encircling " Lhad enteréd softly, and neither oﬂ them were aware of my presence. - Tiger-like I lay waiting for a spring - \ . Tiger-likelfg{ared at my prey ere I - “burst upon.it. e o . He was talking about me. . ‘““He must have been smashed into a ‘ mimmy.” Tl : e .- The girl shuddeged. - S - diittle did he.imagine thut I stood with‘in three paces of him. e © ““Why did'you nét seize lim, Charles?” ' - They were conversing in £nglish, - - ““Itried to do sd, but ho seemed possesged of the strength of hree ordinary .me?{:‘ He knocked e it the corher of the-earriage like a packet-1 11" e o Boor éreature !l’ Yon - should have given him the letter,” said the girl; com- - passionately. : : i -« ¢ Not if he was geing t° jnmp again, poor: dewxil ! it’s not givirz him much ‘tronble now.” s ' _ .- *“More, perhaps, than: u think,” said .He turned rapidly around.. So did the gHe blanched. Hhe screamed, — L fGood Ged!” he said, and threw his - arm round, as if to protect her. L I glanced at.myseif in the opposite mir--I‘ol‘-’ 5 ~:’ B ¥ %

. Iwag’a ghastly sight, - ' - My hair clotted with bloed ; blood upon iy livid face, and where ‘the dark: ved stain did not show broad streaks of eaked grime:and dust ; my eyes sunk and fiery, a 5 those of a forret ; my apparel in disor= der ; my right hand in my breast-pocket. grasping the letter of my dead ‘wife. ; ;. Epliyed at my own image, =. . L M%Goed God ! osaid he, ““what is the. meanmg of this?/ ; Z L want to have an explanation with you, sir,”” Ireplied. Sl ol " I 'saw he was prepariug for aspring, - ~You - said . i was: possessed of the strepgth -of th-re&%a ordinary men: Don’t try it ndw,” I amarmed.” - ] Sor heaven’s—ake,” sobbed the girl, throwing herself between Benson and me, fdon’t harm him. He has done you no wrong. He will give you money, Take anything you like— everything.” S ~“‘Hush [” - said Benson ,to the girl; “‘there is no danger. I Have only to shout, _ and halfa dozen gens-d’arms will spring 2 into this room.”[ B . o This was brag. e -“I have no desire $o frighten this young lady, and-I apologize for entering thus unexpectedlyinto her presence. My busineéss is with you, sir; and as to your bravado, it's foo absurd.”. e I had brought him to bay. . b . “3What do you require of me? ‘I do not'know you. Youhaveno claim on me. You are laboring under somé terrible de‘lusion.” My name is Benson. ‘I am a ‘barrister, living in the Middle Temple, "London. - If you think to frighten me by ~your threats, you are mistaken ‘in” your man. lam willing to make every allow“ance, on aecount, of the terrible accident -you hiave mét with, and—" .. <

| - He was coming towards the door, I placed my back against it. ; ‘You :don’t leave this room until you “tell me how you came by this.” - Andas I speke I drew the letter from my breast pocket. Thinking it was & . weapon, the girl, with a dashing bravery, | caught my arm, while Benson jumped agide, Db ' - ‘He did not recognize it. S e “Tell:nré how you eame by this letter.” i+ “What letter?”. - " ; *“This is the letter I risked my life to -gain, Thig. is the letter you refused to ' puart with, You see lam not a man ta Pbe turned aside from aparpose. Tell me, :how yonicame by it.” - = - ° o . He seemed intensely astonished, bewildered. : _“Treceived it by the post the mornind Lleft London,” Re repliea. = e T alie, said 1. e - “Istate the truth,” he teplied, . ‘» ““When was it written ¢ B i “The day before I received it.” . “It’s a lie. . That letter must have been | written before the 19th of last January, and it was wriften by the hand of my dead wife.’” ‘ : % ““You are mad,” he said. | ““That letter was written in this house on the day be- | fore. yesterday, and was written by this qui’y,” turning as he spoke, to, the young gk s : S R e ~ “This réady call on your imagination will not serve your purpose. I know tha writing too well ; and by heaven I am nob to be trifled with. There is.that contain ed in it which demands an explanation, and I will tear it from your tongue.” .. | “Oh!lsir,” cried thegirl, “this is indeed ‘my letter; - As I hope for salvation, thab letter, in-your hand was written by me.” - »Trath shone from out her eyes. T fol as if Lhud received ablow.. . . T seized her hand, drew her toward an open Davenport, and, in a husky voice, . #Copy that letter,” JiE - She opened the desk, drew. out a sheeb ~of pink paper, and prepared to write. T watched her as she dipped the pen into the'ink. I watched her as she wrote ‘the first word. . I watched her with un‘erring, unfaltering exactitude. Sh "the"ilett'e'r; copied it as if it were done by & maching, . The same largo letters, tha -same. official-logking margin, the sama -word ‘‘Fannie.” She *&@%&% Trufhfo hereyes, . oo s e DS R R TT e R - I'saw my error, T gﬂ* AT ;g,w” -of the strange similarity in the writing, L ‘had mistaken her letter to her lover for a lotierwrition by iy Ueed wife s&8 e R el e B e SWeR el e Dl S S R R m«%"»f‘