The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 17, Ligonier, Noble County, 19 August 1875 — Page 1

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CITIZENS BANK | .' T ’B o 3 B B , . LIGONIER, : 'INDIANA. . 2 80, Tl ‘LJ . s R Vada N I o 3 - First-Class Notes Wanted. © - STRAUS BROTHERS. . M. M. RITTERBAND, Notary Publi¢. Ligonier, Ind., May. 6, 1875.-6-26 53] Foe TR AR e Y i JAMES M. D!L‘NY-, : Attorney and Counsellor at Law. - ‘Office in the Court House, R {LBION, - = 2o+ o= IND. 815 sy | L. COVELL, : Attorney-at-Law & Notary Publie, ~ . EEendallville, Indiana. . ° Oftice in the See]cy‘ls"n)ck, west side Main Slru“ctv. T DLW, GRERN, : . F2s y n Y Justiceofthe Peace & Colection Ag't, = ()ﬂiceuseli\)il\] Story, Laudon’s Brick Block, - [AGONIER, - -- INDIANA. ¢ > T lﬁl}. \'{\_\'(‘,,\ElP,‘ S ATTORNEY AT LAW, . Ligomier, 3 =7 Indiana. Special attention given to collections and-convey-ancing, and the writidg of deeds, mortgages, aud contracts. -Legal business promptly attended to. Office over Jucobs & Goldsmith’s Cash Store. 9-50 G DT e - . . £EVENE FRIMAN, * Attorney at Law & Notary Public, Office over Gerber’s Ilardware, Cayvin Street. . : : Tigonier, Indiana. iy danuary T 1875987 B T Y 0 KB KNISELY, - ATTORNEY AT LA W.: . LIGONIEE, - -' - INDIANA. pe—Office on second floor of Lancen’s Block. 7-2 C WM. B. McCONNELL,' - Attorney a,t-La,W and Cir- ~-~. ‘cuit Prosecutor, Office in ‘the Court House, Albion, Ind. .All pro-{essional-business promptly and aatisfactorily attended to. ‘ 9-39

CL . ALBERT IBBANTA, Juatice of the Peace &Conveyancer. : LIGONIER, INDIANA. Special attention given to conveyancifrg and collections., Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawnup, and all' lezal business attended; 1o promptly and accurately, Office over Straus & Meagher'sstore, : Frl , May 15 1873 15-83 HI., WARKESAN, ) y - , ’ i * suranceAu’t &Justice of thePea InsuranceAr't &Justice ol thereace, s KENDALLVIMLE, INDIANA. | Ofice with A. 'A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. = Will receive subscriptions to Tue NARToNAL BANNER, DR. R. DEPPELILER, ‘ | UROSCOPIC AND ECLECTIC | P Y STCIAN. ‘Office over Canningham’s I)rx)g Store, east side ot Cavin Stréet, ligouicr. Indiana. . ) 10-2 J 'STURGIS, . , J o PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, : ; WAWAKA, IND, ‘ Both night and day calls promptly attended to at all times. 10-3mé . G, W.CARR, : Physician and Surgeon, . _LIGONIER, - = - - - - IND, = Willpromptlyattendall calls intrustedto him. Oftice and residence on 4th Street.. | ® Gl v s e eM. RL bl ! - . W.CRUM, . - ‘. - | ,N = B . Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, . IT\'l)L\N;\. ) Office, first door north of Jacobs,& Goldsmith's .Szore, on Cavin street, where I may, be found at all hpurs, except whel absent on professional bus- | iness; "Mayi2th, 1574, ::: . ; : J. M. TEAKL,. ' DENTIST, Rooms over L E. .{’lku‘s Grocery, i Corner of Main and Mitchell Streets, : opposise the Post Ofllce, KendallyiHle, Ind. ¥ All work warranted .<R - : + Kendallville, May 1, 1874, ° ; ‘- .M. A. MOYER, . Q’ (Successor to W. L. Andrews,) : SURGEON DENTIST, " KENDALLVILLE,INDIANA. LIQUI'f) Nitrous Oxide Gasadministered for the “painless extraction of teeth. All work warranted, Examinations free. g Oftice, Second Story, Mitchell Block. : i 8-14-1 y 7 a. GEANTS, . Surgicaland Mechanical Dentist, : LIGONIER, - - INDIANA, 0 5 . Is preparedol e i todoanything i&f " © * intheiriine. A HE (ﬂ;"; T A succesful pracG e tice of over 10, : I*s;“‘:’ yeaTs justifies CENaa s »1".:-:53 him in sayiug N £ - that he. can, \=% i T gl;,veentxresatTR & N 0 '- .+ isfaction to all R 255“ P ' who may bestow their patronage. ¥ Officeonedoornorth’ of Kime’s, Cavin St. ’ - : S S TEEGARDEN HOTUSE, Laporte, Indiang. ' V. W.AXTELL, <. :- : | Proprietor. Laporte, April 5. 1871, £ - - TBSTOP AT THEER KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. . _NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. 3. & M. S. R. R. Dépot, and four squares from ths G, R. R. R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the principal businesshonsesofthe city. Traveling men andstrangers will find this a first-class houre. Fares 2 per By o © J. B, KELLY, Proptietor, Kend” 'lville, Aug. 3.1870.-14 i 3 fres PHILIP A, CARE, T AUCTIONLEER, Offers his gervices to the public in general. - Terms moderate. - Orders may be left at the shee store-of - P. Sisterhen.. i = e Ligonier, January 8, '73-37 " P : S LIRS DEALERINMONUMENTS, - Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES. S g LIGONIER, IND. . - ‘ Apri112,1871.-50 - e GONOQBD & CATAWBA WINE. We kéep'constantl}‘un hand and gell i i lar ‘ : : sm‘;af-l quantities; to suit cust(jme?s}nrp’e. % Wine of Our Own Manufacture, Pure — Nothing but- the Juice of the Grape. ¢ . By ; SACK BROT Ligonier, July 3, 171.-tf by + Winebrenner & Hoxworth, - : + . HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL . PAINTERS, . Grainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. - _ Shop near corner of Fourth and, Cavin Sts., oppo--2 © gite Kerr’s Cabinet Shop. ﬁ Ligonier, - - =~ - Indiana, . ' B.R. SHEFFER, : S ot House Painter & Grainer, 1s prepared to do all work in his line'in first-class Barsts style and at reasonable rates, - : ~ GRAINING MADE A SPECIALTY, p and execated in exact imitation of the natural * wood. Examineour work. -Sho) on Mitchell St., - rear of Baker’s tin-shop, Kendallville, Ind. . [6m6 A i kNI A o St S . “THE PHENIX TILE MACHINE. 1 oot 2 = Irhnu“mrzdw‘m.mudﬂumm 2 . 2. SRR Llt s driven by the power of two e i Ssl Yorses, 1t deffvers tile st (e two opposite ends : o of the machine. 1t may be converted into . R~ i e = . Bir i z a‘ﬂ ﬁhmmmu I SRR - PSee Th W e o dor. T i L HA ~ to Stes e e s - TR e | O e CRANDLER S TATLOY ©|, ,ALL XINDS e, =?[ 3 iR § ,_’ KR & ; v KFORBALE AT THIS € ; ==

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BANKING HOUSE g ) - QO B ) : T SOL. MIEXIR, ‘Conrad’s New Brick Iho,cii,-“LIGONIEH,'II\;I)"NA_. . Mouey loaned o lorg alh,d’shurt"tixlr'm. L Notes discounted at reasonable rates. . ' ‘Maonies received on Uup«»it and interest allowed on specified time,. " - . : 2] Exchange boughtand sold, and Foreign Drafte drawn on principal cities of Earope. B-2 o TOTHE FARMERS: | V’XYOU will please take nolice that I am still u.n-‘ gaged-in buying wheat, for which I pay the highest market price.. . ST If you do not find me ou the street, .call beforc selling, at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s ]}rl(~k~1 Block. g ) FSN SOL. MIER. . Ligonier, Indiana, May 7}!_l, 1874. -1 f i ~q - . SACK BROTHERS, . l = . ) L e ) oo i Bakers & drocers. . CavinStreet, Ligonier,lndiaca n

Fresh Srea a, Pies, Cakes, &yl ChOiL‘rGr()(_:crivr,l’l'«)‘.'iiiour,Y:"nxkt( Notions, & ! Thenighestcash pricepaid oy Country i‘l'mlg(e“ Mayl3, 65-tl. ) SACK BRO’S. i . ALt ofe o Be S e | ! . Fo o TRN T yes | HKINGSEPFORD'S - COSWIERGEH {2 ° PURE-AND J t FLVER GEOSS STARCE EEEJ%EEQ é}! i S,‘}S ,{_.gi . IFor the laundiy. . | ~ 7 MANUFACTHRED BY ! o OO QY T, KINGSFORD & SON.| THE BENT STARCH TN THE WORLD, ]‘ 2 S . GIVES A BEAUTIFUL FINISILTO THE LINEN| and-the difference in the est between it and com-| mon starch+is scarcely halfa cent for e (l!'(‘lil)!ll‘j‘t‘ washing. “Ask yoar grocer for jt. P! i . S, ) [ K - 1 .:” T Q I - KINGSFORD'S WEGH CORN STARCH, OSWEGO CORN STARVE, . For Puddinzs, Blane Mange, Lee-Cream, &c. { Is original—Established in 18428, And preserves| its reputation as PLRER, :\"rkusm:w—:m_g{‘ MORE | S vEroaTe than gny other articlevof the ¢ | - kind offered, either of thé same } ) name or with.other title. ]

SteveEssoN Macavay, Ph. D., &e., thé highest chenrical authority of" Europe, carc¢fully analyzed this Corn Starch, and says it is a most excellent article uf dictand chemicaland feeding properties is fully equal tothe hest drrow root. b Directions for making Pudding, Custards; &c., acepmpuny each’one pound. pagkages. Hl=3mos. For sunieby all Fiest:Clnss G Deers., TTO "ATEPARD & M i - NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO.’SB YT T ! "'7}'\ T i 1 ]t S R h i . - | L 0 The BRILLIANTSUCCESS of this GraineSaving, Time-Savisg T EIRESUER, is unprecedénted in the annals of Farm Machinery, Ina brief'periodiithas hegome widely Known afl FULL Y ESCABLESIZED, as the “LEADING THIRESHING M ACIIINEY S OO TRy -t AT = %A= | Ty L Sk 2 7 - :Le D O o e vimaaron- | § ) G 1 gt by e e b e - G L - g | B e T e < e FREE R Ry N i PR e 4 ,1@( =D (LS oA MU ,z—-"n"i{i—;q‘??‘i‘—:f; [ et SRS SRS N GRAINRAISHEES REFUSE to submit) Lo tile wasteful and imperfect work of’ other; Threshers, when posted on the vast spperioriil | of this ore, for saving grain, savipg, tic®é, and doing faxt, thorough and economical work, . THRESHLRMEN FIND, IT highly advantageous to run a machine that' has -no ** Beaters,” “Pickers,or*Aptons,"that' hundles Damp Grain, Long Straw, Headings, Flax, Tihmothy, Millet, and all such ditficult wrain aud seeds. with ENHIRE EASE AND SEFFECIIVENESS, Cleans toperfectipn; saves the farmer his thresp bill by extra saving of grain; makes no ** LitterdngsyUrequires LENS THAN ONE-HALF the ususl Belts,; Boxes, Journals, and Gears; casier managed; less répairs; one. that grain raisers prefe toemploy and wait for,even at ndvaneed .prices, whileothermachines are “‘out.ofjobs.” Four sizes.made with 6.8, 10 and 12 ‘horse **Mounted’” Powers, also a speccinlity of Separators alondy” express. Ay for STEAM POWER, and !o‘lnuleh otbher Horse Powers, ~, = ) . If interested in grain raisieg, or threshing, write for lilustrated Cireulars (sext ¥Rrßeg) with full particulazs of sizes, styles, prices, terms,:ete. v ' NICHOLS, SHEPAROG & (O, ‘4.1-"78-¢ow4t-a0w i Dattle Creck, Mich., Local Agents Wanted ! : Co - i 7 ; An Agent Wanied for each ooy 9 t ; ® Town and County i the :rsg e > ‘ - Uneidted States. , .I) i s ! Partic£*desiring to iet = ngents must .\{'-cumpn-“ ny their application bya letter of recommendation as to ¢haracter and ru—';mllﬁ”)ﬂ];} fromand signed by the ‘Editor of a mewspaper published in the town or county for which agent proposes to act.— The agency is to sell the bonds of the Industrial - Exhibifion,.Contpani/, .- - : :

Whole Bonds, 520 Each Vhole Bonds, $26 Each. Half & 10 Quarter “ 3 ¢ . . - “ v ‘v 3 ~ The Industrial Exlnbition Company will farnish agents with circalars, ete., etc. -Each néw'sp:xpcr published in the town where agent 1s located ‘will, as soon as agency is established:be given an ,advcrti‘scnurm, advertising suzh agency and'the company, &nd fully explaining the plang, purposes and objects of the company. Such l{dvcftiscmgrlt will contipue in such papers as Jong.as ngexicy.is successfully conducted. . The Industrial Exhibitionr Company is the first to adopt the plan so long in usediy the European governments of i#sning bonds‘when tbe principal is made sécurq and not risked, bat \\"hex'e there i¥ achance for alarge premium,-an investment of $2O is surd toreturn to the investor-s2i—one dolJar more than cost-—and the holder of a 220 Bond may obtain h-premium either-of §5O, §lOO, 260 500, 81,000, 3,000, §5,000, §lO,OOO, $25,000 or $lOO,000. The interest, which is ordinarily distributed to'all'the bond-holders pro*‘ruta, ‘is in this loan distributed by chance.. The purchaser of a bond knows he will'receive back his investment, with a small rate of interest ‘added, and in consideration of taking this small rate of interest, he-has a chance in the above pamed premiunis, which are simply the distribution of interest on-the whole loan. - ek oy o !

Each bonad participates in four drawings each year, unti} it has drawn'a premium, when it-is sm‘-! rendered.the preminm paid and the bon;d cancelled ‘ The Indastrial Exhibition Lompauny, under a %3 e T 7 special charter, gtanted by the State of New. Yurk. is given authority to issue these bonds. The Legistature of the State; rcéo_gu'izing(he great benefite which will arise from the:succéess of this lenter_prisq,.have exempted all the real estate and property of the.company from taxation and assessments for five years, and has also conferred other great privileges., . : = b * Every American who uhdgratundé‘;he purposeg of this company will, of a necessity; feel'a pride in aiding it t 5 a successfil termination. . - - ‘Each- individual who buys a bond becomes an owner and. an interested party, -and when he views the structure erected with hig money can say, *'l-aided to efectin;our.countrythé most magnificent building the world has eyer seen, a palace which. in wruth, represents the industry, ener;iy ‘a&nd mechanical génias of the American -PCOE:-’!' : : : : . The manufacturers and the inventors.of Amarica are peculiarly interestediin the snceess of this enterprise, for the reason-that that it is to be their honte, ‘where all their inventiors and mannfactures can be exhibited ana sold. : 3 * The building will contain 5,320,000 »quare feet of space. il Ly e * Purchasers desiring Bonds before an agency is a&ublmxe{ll‘ where they reside,. will communicate diuclt’ 'g}l: this officé, from “where hey can be sn e ‘ e e e L : ; ggrﬁes desiring to act as agents or to parchase bonds will address L e INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION CO., _ No. 12 Bast 17th 8t bot. Broadway & sth Ave,, 1010600 NEW YORK CITY. Ghs i B GRS G R R, AT et - Nore—Allm - by draft on Ne w press; orpratsl | i-champespeidbysender,,

2w 0 ‘OPYRIGUT SECUKED.] ] o ' 1 117 Theberr of theljills !_ < JL : | U/ i < OR - ' Lot ’ L e v,.. 7 s o The ttorney’s £ee. 14 2 By ]‘, ‘ ALFRED B. TOZER, |AUTHOR OF “BoUND .ITAND AND FoOOT f “WHO WAS TO BLAME,” ETC., ETC. . | ) CONTINUED:. | | | 4 , Vo T IE ot Sk [ CHAPTER X.° ~ | . ! ‘A CALL FOR HELP, ; 5 ‘ Eugene found the girls still waiting by (the window when he reached home. e [+ As heentered the room, and seated himIself in a chair, Bertha arose and ‘stood | beside Him. 5 _ : [ Well,” she said, “you see, we had no|thihg‘ hetter to do, and’ so we waited for {you. lam sure, though,” she added with ‘e smile, “ that you don’t deserve any such 'attention from us—dJoes'he, Fanny 27 ‘ ' Fanny made no reply. e 1| Tam sorry you waited,” said Eugene: | “Why 2 asked Bértha. , . “ Because I have been disappointed.” - “You are still undecided then ?”’ . | ! T am.” :

“When will this uncertainty end, Eugene ?” said Bertha, softly twining her arms around her brother’s mneck. ¢ Come and help me coax him, Fanny, won’t you 7" Fanny drew her chair up to her lover’s side. i

i « Ah, my darling,’? said Eugene, ,kissing ‘her, «“I called at your house as I came 'home. I wanted to be sure that you didn’t feel gricved at my conduct this morning. ' You see,” he said, looking up at his sister, {" I knew that I could make my peace with Bertha, when I came home. " But I didn’t want my pet to be thinking all manner of i{erd things -about me, until T _saw her .again. ,By the way, my deayr; Grover sent you wﬁrning‘ by me, that lie intended to otk vou ouf? to-nivht; so you will have to ‘stay with Bertha ™ i -~ We had already made that arrange‘ment, Bugene,” said Bertha.” “T wish he ~would lock her out every night.” PR - BAs it was quite late, the happy little party soon brekeup, and Eugene songht ‘his couch. Although he was thoroushly lexhausted, it was by no means an easy ‘matter for the young man to get to sleep. He was disappointed at not seeing the attorney before he retivedgnlthough he, well kneiw the reasex why the appointmeént had not been kept. - The supposed accident at the office had, without doubt, detained Gray, nntil it wag too late for the proposed visit, but he was disappdinted, nevertheless. Besides clhnting: under the uncertainty regarding the hihmense property, which was almost in his grasp, he was anxious to have the seal of scerecy removed, in order that he might unfold his plans AN Praspects to s sislor Lint Dis bea ot ed. He knew -that in spite of their assumed carelessness, they were worrying over it. ~ . . |

Although the question of accepting or declining .the position offered Eugene, may seem a trivial one to many, it was® really one of creat importance to the little faniily. It Icant comparative inlependence to them. The girls were doubly anxious, beowuge -they feared that Eugene was about tp engage in some uncertain scheme, which could end in 10 good., . Eugene understood thiy and was, therefore,all the niore anxi(_m.s to tell them the real cause of his indecision. - :

Resolving that he would keSp the mattor away from them no longer than the next -day, the young man fell into a trouIlee sleep—a sleep in which’the incidents of the past day, and the protable ones of the next day were strangely mingled in dreams which scemed to have neither beginning nor end. - g During oneé of his wakeful spelly, he was thoroughly stirtled by hearing a loud knocking at the door bLelow. He arose, hastily dressed himself, and, decending the stairs, cpened the door. il F “Is oiiss Clayson here? fasked a voice, as soon as the door was opened, which Eugene had. no difficulty in recognizing as that of Unele Billy. : £ E v cne answered in the aflirmative. “Her brother was taken a bit sick as T came by,” ssaid the old man, “and he wanted me tp stop and tell her. Sheis to go back with me right away.” i “If it is out of your way, I will return with her,” said Eugene. “Is it anything scrious ?”? ) "« Nothin’ to be scared about—only weak and nervous like. He wanted her to come alone, unless Bertha had a mind to—"’ “1I see how it is,” said Eugene. “I will call the girls and get their shawls ready, for I see that it is raining.” “Thé ypoor fellow has worked himself into & fever over that terrible theory. of his,” thought Eugene, as he waited below, for . the girls to make thelr appearanca; “It will be as well, after all. for me to keep away from him until he is better, as the thowght that T cang’+t him at his horrible work, may worry hiu.” : The girls were soon ready, Fanny evineing great anxiety to reach home and learn her brother’s true condition: Tugene kissed them hoth at the ‘door, and was soon alone in the house, while Bertha and Fanny were facing the storm, which, however, had now nearly spent its fury. = . 4 After reaching the main road; the party v ked very rapidly, and were soon at Fan--2.0 residence. I the sitting-room below, Undle Billy detained the girls, by placing his hand against the door. “I told you a < whopper,’” young ladies,” he said, «“ when I said as how young Clayson was under the weathér. He is as well as | am this'blessed minute, but some one else ain’t.” Fanny glanced anxiously at.the door of Ler father’s room, which opened from the sitting-room. < %It ain’t him,” said Uncle Billy, following Fanny’s éyes: “heis well enough. A youngz feller was hurt .last night, and was brought here. He-is up in your brother’s ‘bed now, more dead: than a.lgre. . The doctor. is there, an’ he said the chap wanted nursin’. He thinks you are the best nrrse in the village, cver since’ you saved Mike Rerdcn’s ehild, an’ so I went after you.” Alter this explanition, the girls were admitted to the room where the attorney’s victim lay. “ - »

¢ It was a case of suspended animation,” said the physician, as the girls approached the bed. «“ He lay in a state resembling death a long time, but he will recover with such care as I am sure he will get in this house. See, he has already recovered his senscs; . I have another visit to make; and when I call on my way home, Ishall expect to.find him almost well.” - 5 As the doetor was about to leave the ‘ room, the sick man beckoned for him to come nearer. ~He accordingly bent over him, so that his voice would not reach the girls’ ears. . 1 “You- heard how I was hurt?” Hugh said, in a faint whisper. | “Yes; if I had sezn you before, I could have told your true condition at once.” + “You also know how I came here?” ““Yes,” said the old doctor nervously. “Well, for Mr. Clayson's sake, don’t say a word of this. Besides, I desire to to be regarded as dead, for some days to come. I—" i -“Never mind, now,” said the doctor, “you can tell me the whole story when you are stronger, You are too weak to talk now; You can be saved from a’ long illness, only by the strictest quiet and good nursing. If you do your part, these young ladies will do theirs, and you will be on your feet again in less than a week.”? = | With this, the doctor took his leave, and the girls, Grover, and Uncle Billy were alone with the sick man, who now dropped off into a'deepsleep. | .. . 6 It was true then, that Grover had seen the supposed ,Q%se ‘moving in the bottom of the boat. When the flash of lightning ‘which the two men awaited so anxiously, came, it revealed the young man, struggling {;omfeet. g | “For God’s sake, 'wz g Mw

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in like a"wall again. et “Take ‘the oars, young feller,” said Uncle Billy, arising’ from the seat. «If that man ain’t dead— and he didn’t look like it—l" ain’t a going to let him die theres =~ e, i Grover did as requested, and Uncle Billy, kneeling in the water which flooded the boat, raised ‘the form in' his arms, and placed ‘his hand cver his heart. . “He s alive, as sure as. thunder!” he called out to his' companion. ¢Pull, for your life, we must get him out of this storm.”” 1 - :

- As ‘the boat was near its destination at the time the discovery was made, the old man’s hut was soon gained. Gt “We can’t leave him here,” said Uncle Billy, glancing around the room, which was almost bare of - furniture. . ** We've got to take him to your honse.”” - * Grover agreed,, and placing Hugh on a hand barvow, whicli Uncle Billy frequently used in his jobs,the two men conveyed him to~ Grover’st room, happily withont being seen. :

" There the sufferer was properly cared for until the mrrival of the doctor, who was at once seént for,-and who, after dressing the wound in Hugh’s head, and adwinistering a strong stimulant, to provide against his recent expesure, in turn, requested that the girls he sent for; which was dene, as above recorded. el 5 : i ] ' CHAPTER XI. i P THE WILL AND THE CHEQUE. ’ : g ; When Eugene arose, at a late hour, on the following morning, he was surprised to find that his sister had not returned home. " * Poor Grover may bt dangerously ill,” ‘he thought, as he moved about the house, picking up a- hasty breakfast for himself “T will 'pay him a .visit,” he added, “and then for the attorney. T mustnot let an~ other dity o ieey LT los v oaeciding upon somrethin..7 7 4 o . { ) :

“ Aceordingly, after partaking ot such viands as li: Had. ccllocted on the little breakfast table, he turaed his steps in the direction of his fricud’s house. - 5

The usual air, of guict pervaded the place as he drew near, and he found Grover and the girls in the sitting-room below. Grover, looking pale and-ill, was seated in a. large arm chgir before the fire, wrapped in & dréssing gown, while Fanny was paying him those little attentions which convalescents delight in. . ! ; i Although this condition ef affairs was very opportune at the nomeént of Eugene’s call, Groyer's sickness was by no means entirely” assumed. - The events of the preceding mnight, together with his exertions, and exposure to the storm, had not been without their effect on a constitution by no means strong. -He was too muc? of a student, and.lived -too. miuch in doors to endurd such fatigue as the last few hours had brought him. Besides this, his mind had received a terrible shock, when he dis-covered-that the stpposed corpse was moving; and he now thought with horror of the consequence of his bold abduction of the body, had not the friendly rain, and the accident which had nearly covered it with water, brought Gordon to his senses. One stroke of the knife in the localify which it was his desire to examine, would have rendered all hope of ‘recovery in the insensible man, out of -the question. The warm blood would have gushed up around the knifi, and he would haverealized that he was i murderer.- ; i E

“ Ah, my boy ! cried Eugéne, tapping hisfriendlightly on the shoulder, I see you are better this morning. I'had a great mind not to come near you though,” he continuody with a smile, ¥ because you barred me out so coolly last night,” v : “Yes,”? said Grover, with aforced lansh, “if you had been here, it would have been thelast of mé. Don’t youremember when I fell from a wagon once, how you flew around after all the doctors 3}:11 all the drugs in town, and how it t6ok me two duys to get over my sprain, wnd two wedks to get over the effects of the outlandish doses you made me take ?7? :

Both laughed heartily at the recollection. “Bat, really,’” said Grover, ““ there was no need of disturbing you. I was only weak and nervous, and, as father was watching' with a sick friend, I took a notion to have some one in the house, in case anything should happen.” s A Thus, Eugene was thrown cBmpletely off the track, and had not the slightest idea of the real motive his friend had in sending for the girls. ' ; For some unexplained reason, the sick man had again insisted that his rescue from the grave should be kept a secret from every one. ) s

“I want nd one outside of this house to know,” he said, in' a ‘conversation: with Grover. “I am not sorry that Miss Bertha came with your sister,” he added, * for she will lrelp me out with many a dull hour, I presume. You see, like all the rest of the \g@)’ld} I am selfish,”” he went on witha smile creeping over his pale face, “but I can’t help it.. I will try and make amends for all your kindness when I am well again.” “ I pray you not to mention that,” said Grover, ““When I think what a desperate nieasure I resorted to, in order to advance my theory, and how mnear you came to meeting® death at my. hands, I feel as though I'could not do enough for you:” “You should not feel in that way,” was the reply, “ you saved me from a terrible ‘ate, and I can never repay the kind care of your sister and Miss—"" : ‘ “ Wullingford,”” ‘said Grover, supplying ~he name, for Hugh had not yet learned “ Wullingford I repeated the sick man, excitedly. Then, seeing that Grover had noticed his emotion, he added, ¢ I thought the mill-owner had no relatives in this village.”” - ; . . “He had none,” was the young ‘man’s reply. “ Miss Wallingford's family is'not connected with the mill-owner's” “Excuse me,” said the young man, “but I think'l have heard o{ the girl since I have been working in the mills, although she will not remember me. She is the only: child, I believe,” he added, desiring to draw out the young man’s knowledge of t-hle family, for he remembered the attornéy’s strange manner when his full n. ue was mentioned. = : N “No,” was the reply, “She has a brother—Eugene. You was not in his room at the mill, and probahly don’t know him, although he remembered you, when the news of .your accident reached his ears.” “I think ¥ remember the man,” said Gordon, “but I thought hé had %another namé—Robert or Richard, something beginning wirh ‘R, at any rate.” ; “Roland,” sa'd the other, “but he never uses that nune.” s

The siek man barely restrained dan ex. clamdtion of, surprise. ° ; “T'he attorney’s riddle is plain to me now,”” ‘he thought. “I am on the right track at last. And this sweet girl is sister to a merciless, scheming man, who through hig tools, would have taken my life.” “Perhaps you will think it a strange re- ‘ quest,” he said to Grover, “butT desire that this young man that we have been speaking of,should know nothing of my restoration to life. I can’t tell you why, but he should be the last person in the world to know.” 5 At this period in the conversation, the doctor entered the room, and Grover descended to the sitting-room. It was buta few moments before Eugene came in. As the little group sat chatting below, the doctor passed out of the hall dg’or.,' and ‘ Eugene, sitting by the window, saw him leaving the yard. : | “That is. strange,” he said, “Doctor Wilson just passed out of this house. Is there anyone sick upstairs P’ : ‘ ~ “There,’ exclaimed Grover, hastily, “that is another of my tricks : I left the doctdl putting up medicine for me in my room, five minutes ago, and was to see him before he went away. I wonder if ke hasn’t gone off in-a fury ?’’. o } The girls looked shyly at each other as Grover made this-false explanation, but said nothing. Eugene, however, was satisfied, and sagi no more on the subject; b “T must go to town,” he ﬂ)m%A said, rising, “and tiay be detained until noon. Shall I call here on my way back, Bertha, or will you be at home.” e “There!” said Fauny, with assumed indigmﬁg& ¢ you don’t seemi to care about "S 5 e cottng fslows of this s L e e e e

ness, hich t;ikafs so ‘inuch time, are you, my darling P’ Lushingly résponded Eugene. “I will come licre then, Bertha; and T wish you would remain. I may have something to tell you all.” £ After leaving his friends, he at once! sought the attorney’s office, and ‘was’ agrecably disu_ppo;ntqd atfinding himghere, and busy at work Thq door leading inte the rear room, hoyever, was locked. “Gcol- morning, Mr.. Gray said the young min hastily, as hesadwineed into the room, 1 hardly expected to find you here to-day, after that drendful aeeident which occured after I Lil herq lagh, might, . L 3 the bOdy in t;lmt rOON Sdi JN o S " “Is it possible that you haye’nt heard P* asked the uttorney. ] i “ Heard what ! T have but just arisen,” replied Eugene. =~ e The attorney then briefly related the later events of the precceding night, adding, “ I shall ase every effort to secure the detection of the thieves, although the chase after them may be a long one. ' Such outrages ought yet to go unpunished.””’ “Itis a very mysterious|affair,” said Eugene absently. after he had listened tc the story. ¢ Could Grover have had a hand in this work?” was the question that he was turning over and over in his mind. He could hardly believe that his friend would resort- to such questionable means to advance his m&d theory, but he could aceount for the octuryence m-no other wagy. “Pshaw !’ he finully muttered to. himself, “I am not bound to account for the robbery at all, and I will think 'ne more about 1677 o i e ; “You are ready to complete my business this morning, I suppose,” he said to ‘the attorngy. : :

- “Yus, yes,” said Gray, “I ‘was working ‘at'that when you came in. You can sign these papers as soon as you like. You will ‘notice, however,” he added, nervously, that I have doubled my fee. I find,” hewent on without seeming to. notice Euigcnc’s surprised logks or to hear his astonished “Doubled it, Mr. Gray!”” “I find that the property is almost without limit, that there may be opposition if the matter }is delayed, an@l that the whole affair is ‘more in my hands than I thought last night.” 1] Y e “T'wo hundred thousand dollars is a very large fee, Mr. Gray,” said Eugene. . It is less than twenty per cent. of the propexrty, Mr. Wallingford, but you can do as you like about signing, of course.”” I refuse to sign!” said 'Bugene hotly. “If Mr. Wallingtord willed his property to me, [ can get possession of it in spite of you, Galen Gray. If he did not, I wouldn’t give you as many dollars as you ask thousands to put it in my possession.” - “Very. well,” said the uttg)rney, coolly, “but when you make up you);{:xlind.to that, you virtually throw a million +dollars over your shoulder; for yolr can never handle a dollar of this -property without my assistance. I'told you trankly at the start that I should, reéquire a large fee. I also told you that I alone knew of the existence of a: will. Have you everseen that will ?- Have you ever heard me say in uny one's presence that there was such o will? - Be (rea--sonahle, Mr. Wallingford. .If you should go out of this effice mow, dnd proclaim broadcast that Mr. Wallingford lett a will and that I haditin my posséscion, aud I should ‘deny it, which of s would be_ believed? You ‘woult\l be an interested party and I would not. The ihole mutter ;amounts to just this: I have certuin knowledge in my possession which no one else else on earth has, It will bring you a willion dollavs. I ask two hundred thousand dollars for it. *Will you givent “This information :you possess,” said Eugene, “must have been boughe dearly. One would think that it was the price of a crime,”’ NS I .

“1 dont want your ‘suppos{iti‘ous, young man,”’ said the attorney, snarply. “Do you accept my terms ?”’. 7 “Yes,” said Kugeng; hesitatingly, “I accepb because I believe that L . n your power so far as the property is concerned. Are these the papers? he asked, wavacs ing to the table. “Isce that you have prepared a blank clieque in place of the agreement.” 4w “Itcan make no difference to you, I supJpose,” said " the attorney, all smiles now that the large fee seemed almost i lis. hand.. “That ends the matter at once, and the bank account in New York would stind a larger draft than that.” : The papers were soon signed and Eugene arose to take his departure. o : “Stay,” said ther attorney. "I will show you the will.”” ‘ i He took the document from an inner drﬁwierfin his safe and held it open betore the young man. With~ the exception of one or two small sums bequeithed to the housekeeper and the servuutgg’ at the house, the whole estate was willed to “Roland E. Wallingford, son: of George and Margaret Wallingtord, who was boru in the village of Fayetteville twenty-four years wyo comet December.”. The will was dated at Boston, but a few weeks beforé the mill-owner's death. g ol L “Lam satisfied,” said Eugene. I suppose all will be arranged in a very few days now.” e e _ A “Your cheque will be good for half a million in less than a - week,” 'said the attorney, blandly, as his visitor passed out.

FaD CHAPTER ' XIL .« o : 'THE DISPATCH. : Eugene went directly to the home of his betrothed after leaving Gray's office. His brain was in a whirl, and as yet he could hardly realize his good fortune. Two days 'before he would have seen a fortune .in a thousand dollars—and yet he had justsigned a cheque for two hundred times that amountsd ¢ Shanty “What will ‘the operatives think?” he mused as he walked along.. I hope they will regard me as theyalways have—as their friend still.. And Bertha and Fanny! How pleased they will be!X They never once suspected what I was jup to,and I presunie they are worrying ©Over that offer at this very minute! And how little need there was of any worry at alli!” : With such thoughts as thesé the young man hastened along, little dreaming of the steps his attorney had taken to secure for himself the large sum he had just, it seem‘ed to him, given away. e et When he reached the house he found the party he had left still in the[ sitting-room. Grover had improved greatlyin appearance during 'his short absence, and his face, which was pale enough before, was now slightly flushed, and hiseyes looked brighter and more hopeful. e When Eugenc entered the room and saw the happy group—when he thought of the glad news which he was now free to tell them, he could hurdly restrain the most extravagant demonstrationsof loy. Checking himsgelf, however, he quietly seated himself in a chair and joined in the general conversation. - s o

It might have been imagination, but he fancied that every eye in the room was fixed upon him as he.sat nervously twirling his hat with Lotk Rands. S “What ails you, Eugene {"} Bertha said, who had noticed his excitement from the first. ““You are acting just as youdid yesterday. Something hashappened, I know! Can’t you tell?” - A “Yes,” said Eugene, “something has happened. A will has been found.”’ ~ “Well, brother mine, how can that affect us?’’ asked Bertha. ° : “It does affect us,” was the reply. Itie a great deal to us—it is éverything.” . “What do youmean, Eu,ene?”? said Fanny, avising and standing by g&: sides “1 mean that the will is in my favor I 7 (“Eugene!” o b ‘ The young man was now the center of an excited little. group, every member of which seemed anxious to be heard above the avalanche of questions which were launched at him. - § s : . “In your favor, Eugene?” v It was Fanny’s voice that Bugene heard first, and it was her inquiry that he angwered: ; 3. i “Yes, my darling, in my favor to the extent of & million or more. I have deelined the superintendency of the Blakeslee mills to assume ﬂﬁ;s,prapnw of the Wale wia his, i excited v, Jow asslamintion i e room. shoyERE MY Sy e ke

- urover and Bertha hoth'started and looked - anxiously into each other’s faces. - %L can’t understand it, Hagene,” said Fanny, who was by fat the most compoéed person in the| roour. . * Why should: My, Wallingford leave his property tolybu.” G .+ I don t understand it myself,” said Eu- | ‘gene, “although Lawyer Gray tried to explain it to me.” - - . s - “Have you seen the will?” jasked Fanny. -“I held it in my hand not half an hour “ago,” was the rdply. o i “How did it read P—the name I mean.” “Roland;E. Wallingford, son of George | and Margaret Wallingford, born in the village of Fayetteville twenty-four yedrs ago come Decefnber.” I don’t see how theye can be a mistuke, do. youp” L He had spoken ag:tin in an elevated tone - of voice, and again a low éxvclamation was ‘heard in the upper voom. | 0 @ - Fauny | glanced | significanfly at “her brother. s | “Abh,” he gaid; I see it is time to take my powdér. I will have to go up stairs, L suppose,” bie added, walking to the hall door. . ; : : 3 ; “Wait,”” cried ’Enggnc.‘ “Excuse me, girls, I want to see Grover alone.” L “Not now, Bugene,” said Grover hastily. L can’t bear to have people looking at mewhen I dose myself. * Besides, I was going for a walk when you came in, and we will go together after I come down.” ; . “Very well,” replied Eagene. “Whil¢ you are.gone I will try and “¢onvince thése | girls that I am not telling them a wild dream that I had last nizht, but a very agreeable fact.” | - When Grover reached the sleepiig-room he was surprised to find young Gordon sitting up in the bed with alook of mingled surprise and satisfaction on his white faee, o ot “I beg your pardon,” he said as soon as. Grover reached bis side, “but I could not help hearing what thit young man saitl. And so a will lias heen found at last! Do ‘you know wno feund it ?” ° { ;. i “Lawyer Gray showed it to Eugene.” “Then he.mustl huve found it 87 “Yes. . But you must be quict; remember that yow are'not to-talk.”” = . -., “I know,”" was tlic reply, “but of course I am anxious about thé: mills being started again soon.' When did the young man learn about the disposition of the propGrEp B e * L “Only yesterday, I think.. The girls say. that he received a note in -the morning which caused him to act strangely.” = ““Gray must have had the will yesterday, then, and Bugene learned its provisions first from him?” 4 Sy “That is the way I understand it.” ' “Will you do me a fuvor ¢’ y ; “Willingly. You know that lam under lasting obligations to you for not dying from the effects of thuy scaking I gave you,” said Grover, with a smile, ! < + “Never mind that wow, my friénd,” said Gordon.. “You did me wgraat favor. [sn’t it strange, though, thet s slight a cuf as | ‘this one of mine has turncd out to be should have produced thejeffect it did? Can' you acéount for it ?”’ [rimse i “Lt was a very strange affair; although thie case, from a mediéal point of view, is no6t an unusual one,” suid Grover, “If the men who pronounced you dead'so hastily had taken a little more pains in the examination you'would never have been left “in: the office to await burial to-day. But you spole of something Icould do for ‘you.”? . “It:is this,” said the other. I want to send a telegram to o friend in New York - who is attendin s to a suit for me.” May I trouble you to write it out, as 1 die--tate 27 : ; S - “Certainly,”’ said Grover, seating him- | self at” the table -where he did his own writing; and which was well supplied with' writing materials. “Shall [ date it?”, . Veg; write just us 1 tell you: } o 4 ¢ “FAvyrrTEVILLE, Oct. 15. «sMRr, FARNswoRTI : —Please attend to the money on daposit, -and _don’t -allow o | dollar tobe drawn, as the matter will be contested. I hereby grant you power- of attorney to sigh my name to all documents | relating to'the case. = = [of _

et AL “‘HugH GORDON.””’. After finishing the dispatch Grover read italond. = * s . ' «“That will do,” said Gordon. “You will find the address and some money in one of my coat pockets.” : s Grover examined the coat, which, ‘dfter a thorough drying, had been brought-to the room but a few minutes before, and véported that the pockets were entirely Jempty. o e : «I remember now,”” he said, “your papers and wallet were given iLawyer Gray. for safe’ keeping. If you can remember the address, however, I shall be glad, to supply the cash.? P “T can’t remember the number,” said the other, “but if you address the telegram to Stephen Farnsworth, attorney-at-law, ‘near 97. Nassau street he will be sure to get it.”. - : - o Promising to do so Grover hastened down stairs and the two young men set out for a walk. it : . e i _“lwant to tell yod just what I have done,” said Eugene as they strolled along. “You may think I acted foolishly, but- I held off as long as possible. I.gave Galen Gray two hundred thousand dollars for his knowledge concerning the will:” o . Grover stopped short 'in his ‘walk and looked his .companion squarely in the face.’, . % o “Then, depend upon it, there is something, wrong about the matter,” he said. “I think not,” replied Eugene. He then gave his friend the whole history of the case, and was gratified to find that he at once fell in with his ideas regarding the bargain. - } i “T.don’t see.how you could have done otherwise,” he said.- “Gray‘is evidently a villain and - he was guick. to see his power and use it. “Is there no way of stopping payment on the'cheque until the property is entirely in your own hands? “Would that be honordble P : : . “Honorable! Certainly! Did he stop to think-of honor when he planned to rob you of a fifth of your fortune?” _ “That is true,” said ugene, “but I see no way to head Gray off now.” e Talking ' in this vein the young men drew near the telegraph ‘office and both stood by @ while the message was being Bel.lli!;',tl}ey had only :knowan that the dis-. patch Grover was sending was designed to . accompdish the very end sovght by Eugene how different their feelings would have been! ; ke L

But Eugene considered the matter settled for good and alk” When Grover congratulated him on his gdod fortune neither suspected that the man whom he was caring for as a brother and shielding from the curiosity of his'neighbors had greater reason to cherish in his bosom a deadly hatred for Eugene than any man on earth. Thus the rivals, who were enjoying the same hospitality, struggled—one uncousciously —against the other. = But while one knew every movement of the other, that other was ignorant ¢ven of his rival's existence.,

: CH/TTER XIIT, A PLAN TO WORK ON, ; ‘ - 'When Eugene left the attorney’s ofice he left its occupant in a hLappy frame of mind. - ] “At last the great desire of my life has been realized.” Gray muttered as he walked softly to and fro, rubbing gs ‘wrinkled hands together. “Ina gingla transaction I have doubled thirty fold the savings of a life of toil. Ah! it is’the bold who win the large prizes in life after allf I am sorry, however,” he added nervously, “that my encounter with this tordon terminated so fatally. Still, it is best'ns it is, althotigh I would willinu'v vive half of the gum I havie gained to* ! assured that his ‘blood is hot on wy hiuds.: I hate the horrible thouzht, and still I can’t free myself fromeit.”’ ¢ i L Thus the unhappy mn’s mood turned from gay to grave as he contemplated his sudden prosperity and his mind again and again went over the road by which he had acquired it, : St ' %thofngh it was the- middle of October ;’*ﬁth"nﬂ” ;mi- hy no me;na wumtl%: atmosphere of the o ¢ swemed stifling to Sl ulomey. lilyo ou for s tremp Sk et B n i

and with him turned back into the oftice. ' . “Good morning, Mr. Gray,” said the newcomer clapping the attorney familiarly on the shoulder, “you look as fresh as a daisy to-day! I’spose that little job ¢’ yours last night didn’t affect your nerves any?” “Enough of that,” said the attormey, drawing away from Ames. “Itismy desire that you never refer to th;.i nratter again; we have businessof more import- | ance to attend to.” e “I'hat’s just what I. called to see you, about, boss—the ducats, you know—the 1 rhino !’ : : ; Gray took a roll of bills from his pocket and handed ‘it to his visitor. i - “There is the full ampunt,” he said, and now if you want to earn more I will tell you how to do it.” 2y iy “T'hat’s the talk, mister; square off.” “It is neeessary,” began ‘the attorney, “that ‘the exchange of children I mentioned to'you last nicht should be established beyond a doubt. The young man who —who—who met with an accident here last night must;simply be regarded ag the | son of a mill hand gnd not as Mr, Wallingford’s heir. Do you comprehend ? “I reckon,” said the other with a - broad grin, “That is all easy enough. I would Like to see this .young blosd who tumbles into all this wealth, though.” g «“It may not be as eusy 'as you think,” replied the attorney. “I'he young man expectéd to receive at least a portion of the | mill owner’s property. He doubtless had many friends and acquaintances who undetstood this, for he lived'in Boston under his true name.””’ = S - *#There’s where you's wrong,” intperrupted Ames, “he wias known there ag Hugh Gordon, the same as here.” “hen that is another point in our fayor,” Gray went on.. “But that don’t .alter the fact that he had an attornay ‘looking after his interests: in the case.” . Ames gave vent to a low whistle, ~ “Then his death may be inquired into,” hésuggested. . | T 4 O f v - “I have nothing to fedr from that source,” said Gray. ‘“But we must have our chain of proof complete if the will is contested by the friends of Roland K. Wallingford No. 2.” : N 6 T bsaad Ames.: ; g L - “Well, well,” said the attorney hastily, “think what you like about it, -but ‘don’t fail when the time for action comes. . First, I want to- know if you have ever seen a letter, or any document whatever, written, by Mrs. Gerdon.” e “Youy mean Wallingford.” s - “l mean Hugh’s mother—give her what~ ;ever name you choose.” L ; | “Yes, I huvc. I sent hera note once about a little cash, and she.answered it—and néever senta dime Bt “Is this her writing 77 j b " The attorney handed his companion &. letter taken from Hugh's pocket. =~ . 7' = . Ames examined it carefully -and said that it was. - “I would know it in Egypt by them queer curves,” he explained. '“lt took me three days to read her letter, and it didn’t bring in acent.” .. : | “And this is her signature ?”’ Pl " “I believe so,”” was the reply, and then. ‘he added, to the evident disgust,of the attorney, “you see I can’t deci&ei such weighty matters in a minnit so soon after gettin’ to be pardner i{; this there ‘ law firm.> - (e _“Now,” eontinued Gray; returning the letter t 6 his pocket, have you seen that: ‘estimable wife of yours' since your arrival ?* L : e ol “No,” said Ames. “The old gal never | tvas very affectionate, and I never ‘honor her with a call until I gct short.”’ : “Well, you must see her to-day.” - '_ | Ames drew a long sigh and asked, “what forr” s s . “We must prove by her shat the children, were changed.”? & “Thet can’t be done, mistor 1 o “Why can’t it Le done 7 ; i “’Canse they whsn’t changed.” - ' “You can influcnce her, I'suppose.” “Influence her! No. !” : e “You must do.it. Offer her money, anything.”” o : i

1 hat won't work-” : “Then frighten her.,” - - : e © L will tryy but I don’t believe it -will do any good.” S ! o “Can’t you se¢ her to-day ?"* . : “I'm afraid not,”’ was the reply... «“Why?. You ;are not mfraid to meet , her?’ = 5 : : “No, but I can’t get in.’ Py . “Al! you have to make use of the secret . passages I’' ° . : - Ames started.” - . “Who told you abont that? You have" made good use of your time here, I reckon.”’ ' The attorney sniiled. g e ¢ “When did you ‘arrive here ?”’ he asked, 'as a new feature of the case presenteditgelftohumn,. ot Ll T s sebnstmight? - O : : *Not before gl (o ; L “Not before.,” - 3 . “Did you not visit the secret .passages yesterday afternoon P” ' ‘ S “No; 1 was on board the tiala tien. Why do you ask 2" A “Because this ﬁu;h Gordon-‘gained entrance to them in some way, and [ thought. _that he might have followed you and thus learned their whereabouts.” i | . Ameés expressed his,_surprise in anotherprolonged whistie. : e " =ln the secret passage!” he ejaculated. . “Then his mother Knew there were such passages and told him of them !” : “Do you tHink he could have made himself known to your wife, gained her sympathy and thus learned of their existence from her?” . i e Awmes langhed, i et ' “She never found the ppssages herself,” he said. “You see she hadn’t the nerve to - hunt them up herself, and she never told - any one that'there were such passages for - fear of making her neighbors curious.” : . “That settles another point,” said, the’ - attorney. It is certain now, that he did not tamper with the housekeeper.” I want you to see her to-night and, by some Iw+ us, cause her to assent to the story of . tiic fungeave were just discussing. . Will | you o it 24 s bl e e " “I'm your man, but how much will; you give if everything works right ?” e “T'wo thousand dollars.” i e “i «t won'tdo. I want an even flve" “thousand,” said the other. oo . “Well, you shall have it,” said Gray, not feeling in a mood for' haggling with his ‘ tool about the price: .*:But if things ‘don’t work you won't get a cent.” o “We'll talk about that little mattor afterwards,” said Ames.« | I regret to leave - _you, my. fine feller,” he added, “but I -have business of importance to - attend to,” saytng which he stepped to the: door. R LR : S ifas J‘ “Let me warn youagainstone thing,” said | the abtorney following him, “you must not.. not drink until this matter is settled. You _might ruin everything if you allowed yours self to get under the influence of liquor. }' Bo careful what you siy about town; and, keep'away from your ‘drunkén chums for - - a day or.two. Will you promise to do H.his?”“. b e o e i “Can't you let a fellow have a/ }drink; now and then to quiét his merves ?” asked ‘ the other grafly.. » = . W ~“Be careful,’ repeated Gray,” one glass too mucl¥ might spoil all our plans.” = - ~ Ames gave the requived promise and left the office. © After 'his departure Gray " sat down at his table to write: The stirring events of the last two days had caused his regula® business to be sadly neglected, | and he now worked with a will for some ‘ bomis, not stopping even for his noon- day . meal:. ! ] ey - “One of his first acts was to write a lot- | ter of directions to a correspondent in New. Yok, engﬁsing the cheque given by Eugene. “You will at once see the importance of having the cheque cashed }h,ka; first minute it can be done,” he wrote.” “Keep it in readiness, and when I telag\-kph to you proceed to the bank without de'ay, in-" struct the officers to transfer the currency into bonda wnd got & roceipt for tho special deﬁoa,ih; MEAaRMa 0 e He sealed the letter and went out with it ~?I”{’ e ;“;%ﬁ,wgnﬂnm*w mﬁéﬁ%@ﬁﬁi mallforlpw York,. . 0 g - Atw« net Engeno. After il S e T e shouh s L sobamil R S U SIS G s S SR T W NN GO )2

-and acknewledged. Tt wane fiﬁxé.eﬁéﬁg e Bheme v i tel ~“That will doubtloss be done: to-day;”. said Gray. “The will lift for the county seation this last train, Of ‘course it will simply be a formality, as there can “be’ ne JOpposifion™ “pis - i s i i sy ;ho’pe» 80, slid . Eugene, and, -after some further conversution regarding the handling of. the property, the’ opening of work at the mills, &e., the tivo men S (TOBE CONTINDED), - - ' ~ PETER AND JACOB. In ‘tlhl‘éil';:r\l'll.ii'e‘ty“_“lo ’l-‘yilil.‘d‘ the Truth, © Bhey-furn Their Attention’ to - § et e B(ig‘i‘n-ﬁjnn{:."ﬁ i ; PEiR--Good evening, bf;bt ler Jicoby T am-glad indeéd o meet you agaifn & oo S e Jacos—Thank. you; brother Peter. I have done a good day’s :v\‘\_'oy,k;' and thiought T would call around:to Layvea friendly ~chat < with you,—beliéving: that while the body is’ enjoying rest, the mind might profitably and beneli{, cially e exercisad: o 7 o urs

[ ~ PreTErß—Spoken Jike unto a philosopher. What shall be. the subject-~ ‘[. ‘will we resume our formmer diseussion ? . JAacoß—No, I'think not. - Thatis, T ~don’t think we ought to hold on to - just-one line of argument. - You and I have talked about the Sabbath ques-“tion-eonsiderably; we have botlh:eited Bible anthority iu abundance to substantiate our-positions. ~ And yet we are not nearer togéther than we were “when we firsttodk up the subject, - - v"PJ«irr,En—'eTli'z‘mt is true. But, pray, * what shall’ we discuss this evening ¥, | - Jacos—Well, I have been thinking “the” matter ‘over, and have. about ‘reached the conclusion that we qught tb;cox’n‘lmin(fe with'the bégin‘ning. A you well know, the erection of a house ought -to be begun -with the building ~of a foundation. - So it.is with seriptural arguments—tley ouglit to have a solid: fglxnda‘,tfiq'lx. I fiud that a ma‘jority. ot péople who ' talk for and : :Ig:lil§st “the Sabhath- have mno: real foundation laid for ghe faith that is - within them. © They Ligye 1o system- - ati¢ argument for their éheo ries, They. ‘mix things wonderfully, and in a very short: time find : themselves so completely befuddled that they know not whattodo orsay, "2 R L

. PETER--Consent! You have hit. ’ the nail squarely on. the head. T any | ;'-m_nrej than ever fasto‘nisli ed that a‘m_im who - gives > utterance to. sueh good ~sense as you have this' evening should: - be deeeived and misleéd by the. false prophets” who are insulting “inteligenfe Ly illustrating religion: and christiafity by means of pi&uréls of hideous beasts, and ‘who are striving to lead us back inte darkuess and su- | perstition. ol T s L FAcaß ~'lL"»utr. “tut! T odo 'x\'isll' you “could control that'tongue of yours. I didn’t come here to reprimand mnor to’ be reprimanded. If you want to dis“cuss points of -seripture: he. , good enou ah to spare me from these abominable I"el‘lectio‘n_s-!'E Pk e - PerEß+DPardon me, hrother Jacob.. I didn’t wish to-hurt your feelings in the least; but it does:somehow rufile ‘my temper’ when . 1 _think .of these -false prophets.. “ Now, brother Jacob, “let’s take mp asubject. .~ 7 Jacoß~The. wisest maxim of the ‘wisest philosopher of the wisest pagan nation of antiquity was, “know ‘thy“selft This wise maxiny is inculcated by all the Prophets and Apostles of “all therages, of Revelation.: Our origin necessarily engrosses the first chaptey of self-knowledge; anfl here the Bilile begins. Recognizing: this precious vol_ume ‘;'i's‘ the only oracle on thé history of man’s creation; viewing it as con“taining the: whole ‘sum total of all “thit mortal man can know of hi§ ori- - gin, we must necessarily turn to its - pages for information and light. ' - PETER—WeII said, brothér Jacob: et us, then, turn our attention to the ~creation of man. After God Almighty “had formed the heavens and the “earth, and_fitted the latter for the. ~abode of :that ereature for whom it was made, hie proceeded with singular deliberation to create ‘this:mest au“gust of all the creatures of th is vast “empire. . When suns were to be lighted, and all-the hosts of the heavens: “and the earth marshalled, he was pleased, - without ‘a preamble or, preface; to command “them into Dbeing; but ivl)en'fs'fn£l,v the sovereign of this gl pﬁé,_ '\'\_'ia_as{'i_to;' be‘ifash-i_m{ed, he p:ﬁise’s,v and rgtiij?s'rvqi‘t_l;‘ig himself for a model, ‘and makes his own image thie grand “archetype of ‘man: e builds hisbody from the elements of the éarth. ' e gives him asoul or animal life in common wi{.)l';xlif the animals created ; “but he infuses into him from himself “divectly, without any intervention, a ‘pure intellectual principle. So‘that _man stands eréct,one béing possessing | body, seul and-spirit. = - . - [ Jacoß=~We -understand from this “that the body. of man (Adam) was as -earthly as that of any other creature, only of t!}me “delicate and ‘pxqmsitq“ ~organization, lis sonl oranimal life, _whieh gives him all the passions, was like “theirs, save that it was not the. governing principle; but at the head: “of all,: iand abeve -all, his intellect or spirit was enthroned, which ‘placed ‘him incomparably above every ‘other inhabitant of the earth. Thus Adam “stood ‘a triune: being - (three in one), having _a body, a soul, and . spirit, _ench of them perfect in every respect, ~and perfectly unitéd and subordinated _in onme sublime constitution. The “spirit enthroned in the head and as the “head, the soul resident'in the heart, | ~and not only animating, but energiz-, ing the whole body, in perfect ‘obse- - quiousness (a ready obedience) to the intellectudl departmert. e e R o NS S Gl O ig R R s R i i e R e

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J the soul .has its"passions and affeced tions; the body has its organs and | their functions. In man, redson and | all intelligence belong to thespirit, to~gether with volition in its primary character. |Allthe passions and affec- | tions belong to thejsoul, and are identi- | fied with a 1 imal life.;x alithe appetites | and propensities strictly belong tothe ; | body. But §o united are these constit‘uents of mdn that what one does the | others dolikéwise. ‘ln short, thereis such a combination of enérgies that ‘the whole spirit, soul, and body, move in, perfeet: concert in all’ those: acts -which are properly ealled human. = - . Jacos—As farras human knowledge * extends, man was the most perfect creature in fhe univérse. ‘He wasthe . last, and if Wwe may judge by the regular gradatio of,_.all'the works of creation, as narfated by Moses, hb was the best work of God. Being:in his yery ‘nature .soci@l, and requiring co-ordi-nate beings|for the gratification of his powers of ¢ ymmunication, God created a co-ordinate being of the same endowments (Eve), but oE.;st;ill more delicate.’ organization. ° i Pl - PETER—Correct, b.rdot'he,r Jacob. A male ‘and a female, possessed..of one common ngture, mutually dependent . on each other, for all 'the h_’igl-lerf- en- ! joyments of that nature; in the crea- . “tion, ingeparably a'llie'df to ?eaclx'o,ther;' ; and reciprgeal in-all -their wants, de- - sires; and njoymcnis,glinish Lile pic- | ture of prij 'igi\:e‘ })lifs"s’in' man’s originad state. Thus was man created and circumstan¢ed; and after the intelli-. ‘gent, pure, ind happy pair were intro- ) duced to eagh other, God their creator ‘led them by his own. hand into the '_garden’ of Hden. Bl e Jacos—We léarn from Moses that - “God conversed viro voce with Adam and Eve, 4nd they heard his voice ‘without a ftrémor or a fear, Adam was soon able to give suitable names to all the aninmals around him. Ev- ° erything whs happiness and bliss—not a wish uncrowned, nor a desire ungatingd. L 3 ~ PETER—That is, before passi'onﬂled,‘ : Eve to a viplation of God’s injunction ~ Reason was dethroned, passions gained the ascendancy-—passion usurped the government. Disorder and confusion was the natural result. . Man {éll through the triumph of passion . over reason. From being the'son of reason, he' became achild of«passion ‘and the slave of appetite. Guilt, - sliame, fear, and all their horrible ret‘inue, now invade his peage and overwhelm him in ruin and despair. There is no regaining his forimér" standings the controlling power is lost. Tn this miserable - plight he was called to ' judgment, and the sentence was executed. Exiled from Eden, and from:. the approbation of ITeaven, lie, by an . “net of merey, is respited, and becomes’ “wi pensioner under a small aniuity, until his physical energies should be worn out by'the conflicts of reason and passion upon his- animal life.— Thus, by a law of nature, natural death became necessary. A

. Jaconp—llaving thus reached a satisfactory coneclusion as to the origin of man, I would suggest that we now proceledi to the consideration of the various ages respecting man’s religious refations. I undersfand.them to | be Scy.ipt-urally: dis.t;inguished into | three; and: these may be fitly styled ;° the Patriarchal, the Jewish, and the | Christian. ~ The Patriarchal continued from Adam to Moses; the Jewish, from Moses to the Messias; and the “Christian, frem the Messias till-now; and is never to be superseded by anr other. : et fr A 0 PereEr—Quite correct. It must he . “understood;. however, that religion is; one and the same thing in all ages: of the world as respects its dist-ingu'i'sh-’ ing .character and design. And a good - man has been essentially. the ‘same sort of a being in all ages, and under all the' instituted acts of Teligs ion which have ever been preaclied . by divine authority. Faith, or' con-. filence in ‘God’ according to the de‘velopment of his charaeter, hasal wajy,s'l Deen' the basis and’ conttolling prinei-) ple of all religious homage, A good | man has ever been the man who paid a just regard to all the -I'9l"atlollsiilx > “which he stood to God and man. The principles of all true piety @nd humanity are as invariable as God him- i self. - But the development of the divine character, and of all our relatjons to (iod and each other, has been progressive, and not consummated at. onee.! Like the path of the just that shineth more and more unto the per- A fect day, has been the'development of i 3 'the character of God and the ‘extent = of human relations and obligations.— ! ‘Thus the Patriarchal age was the starlight of the moral world; the Jewish, - age was the moonli’gpt; the ministi‘j‘ «of -the Harbinger the twilight; ‘and . the Christian age thessunlight of the moral world. ¢&l te e [ JAcdhß —Are you quite certain that this gradual and progressive exhibjtion of spiritual light can be h,:u'mori-v‘ ized with a strict interpretation of di- - yine teaching? Can you tell me why those things should so_be? vt T ‘ - PeTER—Ask the heavens and the ‘earth why at one time the stars only - “are visible; at another, the moon; and it another, the sun. - Ask the earth ‘why there is first the tender germ; ‘next, the vigorous shoot; next the opening blossom; and by and by,M ‘mature fruit. Of one thing, you must admit, we are certain: that the distriLution of the globe into oceans and ¢ontinents, into islands and lakes, into.~ Aifferent latitudes and climates, into ills and valleys, mountains and iatns; the you: Into sesearn, oe S s or_different g‘gm*ﬂ’ﬁ@i, L ;x. E;«ﬁ% e to giving bl iturnl and ol L il S s i e »oﬁ‘* £ V“*‘*J‘“’“f‘ ik s