Nebraska advertiser. (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, April 26, 1866, Image 1
NEBRASKA ADVERTISER . rCH3MD XTIBT TUCilSDAT BT GEO. W, HILL : CO,, advertiser Block.Uain S't Between 1st & 2d, ' 1 V Una column one j tar OaeixaU couaa tee f er to Cl N " . Ooe fuurttil Culanincs-; Jcif , . Zj Oaa eigMii coluca cne j car - ' 1 Od column six ictnths - IZ Oae half eolutsn i rr.onths 23 Oao foartb coJubd e!x tucniLj ii Ooe eighth ctliicn six a cath i 1j One coi amn three tzonlb s " - 35 CI 11 6J CI t; CI cl it 1 2NT. "X Ay r One halfcf luirn tlrte E-cnthJ Onefourth coIoRathrf r.catbi Ooeeij-hlli column three rortts 1 nnnnti.vn ea 3 J i A 3 1 1 1 f 0 F 0 u. C 8 TERM c ri C! 4. AUtransicntalvcrtiiccctJ jrnjtlf r'"l is Sub:riptiuK, mast iovariablj, bo pa inAdvanw rt- j. .j Vrlc. anl Pl.ia an I F.ncr Jb Work Jjiatbsbeit aiyle. and on abort notice. ranee. Yearlyadrerti.-crrcntiqusrierlTl n a.tarce. All kin J of Job.fcot-kandC.-trdr'ir-' ,fcrU. tho best style on hortnoticear:dreaaci.alietirtE- LIBERTY .AND UNION, ON E A N D IfSliPAKABLE. KOW AND. FOKEVEK.' VOL. X BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THIJRSDA Y, APRIL, 26,1866 NO-31, ? i ft MR H i H fly . UC ' V ii- iy Mi i r 1 AVv - i A ... I J 3 I 151' SI II ESS CARDS. "cHAULES HELLMKR, .. m an 1'7 N a'n t 2 doors bile- IT :vnvillo Uoupe, anowHviLT.:: t. - -Ha-r"- hand it f operior F' '.: of I s nr 1 Shrc i !.J ihft b'.'et nutria I rjii a1"- ilj "ir doin- 'pairing ilont with ntnlnest and dispatch Terms On six. fnnn "franz'helmer, Wttgait B orrosm: deuseh's tin shop, WAfiOWS. TiUGaiES. PLOWS.CULTI VITO Ac, ltcp:lic.l. n t-Iiort iiulii'F, at w mlc, M'I arrtilp(l t i Rue i"a'i-fd'-ii.ui. x-13-ru nn 7. F. Sil.WAKT.MI). A.S. IJOU.ADA V, Mt). PHYSICIAKS AHD SBR8EQNS. nuth Ei.'t "rniT f Main anl First Streets x: :i o w x vi k, k cii 11 1 s il a . Ort icn IIot'KS 7 to 9 a. M.nnJ 1 to 2 and fi) to "y3 r. m . I'n.wpTil'c, Nclralia,?.Iy 5th, 1 85--No 3 J, 1 J. EDWARD W. THOMAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, .SOLICITOR INDCIIANCERY, OUrr c-rnr f Main ' Firt Strff fa. BItO WNVILLE. NEBRASKA. 4Uri5.iH.to.cmclt, FJilliiiery & Fancy Goods ilafn Street one door west of the Post Office A upi?rir Fti.vk f tnU anw VV'jtcT UokIs jufi rrccircil. r.vcrjtl-ing in Hie jJiUiinry unc k"to .instantly on h.inl. l)rcsss-M:iVing, ilionnct iiii'jifhi i j; an I TihuLuin done t ir ier. 0jt.bcr, 25 lS.'.j. v'l-ii--2Ty ccxtxALniiuair STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS BOOTS & SHOES Main Street heitvecn First and Second, J. toiTn SOIST, 'J-l21lQ tUs da E) till OFFICE WITH L. IIOADLEV, Corner Muin and First Sirt-eis, vl)-ll-pi-5i MARSH"& CO., Z soCCEiSO.t TO MAKII Si Z00U. VCeaiTal News Agents and Slafeery, I'ost Office SJiiHtlirs?, P.HOWNVI J.I.I NKBltASKA I 1 1 j U iv i i i Inn ( :in I wro ons':int!y ic-iv;i;g i"r-.-h ru' i s f l?i-oVg, IVrioli Stvi:itry. 'J'h ilir! h t i;..ir.:i-', S ho I 15 o'.s : :Vsn Ci. fvc liiinry. t.'jT ,r. loi;t c. nnl ft c!iii::'i -i.liiliin if 1 ;i'k- Irm-. ii.- i iiernlly, to lii,-.h i hey invite ihs u-iti'ii f i ln i-wiz n .f Ntinnlia miwity, nini tin v Iiiijh: b Ftfio;. iiiviition t liiiiiirs. Mini fair Ii:;h.p, to in- rit a -haro nf (be publiu p:;rf A.l. M nlJ-ly J. W. UMS. . wviTf.kli:ii, CABINET-MAKER AND OAEPENTER. ?Ia irg ojK'ncd uj pcrin.iiieiitly on 2Iaiix Street One JivirHbirte tliu llsiltiinure Cluthit. Store, prepared to di nil kind fvn:k in lii: lirio in I be trty l.it Hint yle. l'iirli ul.ir Httcni.ie given to 'HiltMrt. r-i; uid BROWITVILLE HOUSE, C0H. MAIN AND 2ND STS nrounvillc, Xcbraska. V7. PEDICOUD, PropiictcY. Thnue has len refurnished und newly Cited rc('urrii.''hcd utidi-r its prcnent entcrpri ng 'i roprictor, who gunrruntee satisfuctioa to nil b j 13 pMroniie hia House. x-ily G R A N T ' S CAEAP-CASn STORE, Vajji Street between First and Second. BROWNVILLE, N. T. ""E luveln store a large am", well selected stock of Boots and Shoes, Finest Quality of Spring Slock, wnicn ns offers for sale CHEAP FOR CASH Groceries of Every Kind, . Su?ar. - Coffee, Tea. Soda, Allspice, Pepper, Candles. Tclacco, Matches, Starch, . &.C.&.C., &c. niinl TUch ner l tbe lowert prices, deter lacd Oo be vudersoio. ' GRANT. rr,,ri!TlIle, Keb., U-33.6m.7,M HIS Wiffl iionsc-SIsn & Ornamental Glizier, Gilder, Grainer, - AM vroii dcuei. h iitknan like manner, end on ttiickly i TERMS. one tooa r. bTorB3otr.vaii hosx RICHARD F. DAIJKET, iiimu AND DEALER I N LAND WARRANTS LAND SCRIPT Personal attention given to maling Location. Office in J. L. Carson Banking House. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.: x14 ly ir-nn JAMES xM ED FORD, CABINET - M AKER AND Corner iJnd and Main Streets, BROWNVILLE. N. T. Is prepared to do All kinds of work in li inline on hort notice and reftjon.-uijo tCTin. 1-fiin RESTAURANT OYSTER SALOON. WILLIAM ROSSELL tskrs tbi method tit infi rminjj the puhlic that he imsjiist o'(ii:ciln MiiiL ttrcct, bctw en and 2nd. 2 z : : h v s v ? s. u. r ; e 1 1 ti a s i t a . a Restaurant and Oyster Saloon. AI.-o, Cnfeclionaricv C;inneJ Fruit, f)ried Fruit, fJpieo .f II kind. Ti-;i,CfiVe, Sugar Tobacco, I'utatoc. sw et I Vtatoei nni everything ufnal'y kept in a retain gincery store. E5T.MEALS SERVED AT ALL HOURS .2 rilliSII OYSTKIIS jc 15-ly AND JOSEPH S II U T Z . j receivid and will eonstnntly keep on hnJ h f;rga nul well selected st-xk of geuuiuo ar ticles in ii iiue. One Door west of Graiit's Store, Brown ville, Nebraska. nLejp.ix-ixxs or Clocks; Withes aud Jewelry done on the ihort- est Koiice. WORK WARRANTED. BrovnvMe, Keb.. March lOtb. 1SC6. J0-25 ly CHOICE LIQUORS. Wholesale and Retail Evan "Worthing:, OF THE y moil BROWNVILLE, ITas Just Received the larpest and best ock ot Lianars srl Cipr ever ofTerel tn lUs niaikct, and will t-c'l tbeuias low as any Uuui-e iu the Territory. IVIIITXEY'S BLOCIi, Iain Street, Brownville Fcb.4.'o4 yly. The undersigned kcp on hand a iare assortment SATTIHET & C ASSIMSRE SUITS For Men and Boy's wear. Also, a large stock of HATS AND CAPS LIH&Wltlffllffi BOOTS AND SHOES Rubbe r Cots, Lcsglns & Blankets, X1x"U.xxls.s and "Vnlisofl. UMBRELLAS AND CARPET BAGS. Gent's Fnrnisbing Goods, Of all kind which we will ?ell C II 12 A P F O II C A S H We purchased our roods since ilie dt cline in the Markets nnd will sell at lu figures. ATKINSON & CO. April 13th, 1S35. 0-30-ly Ayer'3 Sarsaparilla UliiUiilUsiS IiillSU k s-r rri?". . n-""." tiici&fHcais, A. ROBISON, IT MID ffll 1 Mfcia Between 1st &21 Street Takes this method of informing the pullic ihnt he h.i on ha ml a FpUndJ nssurtnlnt cf Ucat'an J L&i'tc'i Hides' and CUlldrens's BOOTS AND SIIOKSJ. EfCa-tM rork done with neatne aad Uifpa'cti Jtcpairing done on short nutise. 1U 30 tuun TIPTON & HEWETT, ttorncjis at alD, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA." March 1st, CC. ly. ' Mcclinr of Scliool Examiners Notice is hereby giviu ttat the board of Schoo Kxnminera of Nemaha County, Nebraska, will hold meeting fur the Exntuinnjion of Tcaehors for Siiirt lour.fy, at the i (Tiee f E. V . Thomas in lirowm iile.on the 1st Saturday in every romth between the hours of one and 3 P. M, A indicant: for certiCcates sire required to bo present at one clock, precisely, or they will not be examined. No person need apply at nny other time. Dy order of the Hoard, E. W. THOMAS, Clerk. April 1st, -yly RARE CHANCE FOR A BARGAIN I X Town Property!! TPE undersigned is desirousof selling his nlokof liuildingj on M.iin street lu Brownville, N. T. known ns' Whitney's Phck." containing 'J JStor Booms, respectively lSxcO cndiexSO. One SaVonn 21x60. One Tenpin Alley. 12x30. i'our large Boomi nd Four Bed-rooms on the second floor. Also, one Rood Dwell ing and Ice House on tne ITc raises Terms to suit purchaser. Enquire of j H.J. WHITNEY, or 27 At ''" R.F. BARRET. HOLLADAY & CO., Successors to J. F. MorrU.J Would refiiectfully announce to the Citizers of Hrownville and vicinity, that they havo purchased he I ir ' j an i v jlI-3ilojte 1 stock of AND IHctiiriucB, paints, And the entire stock fromcrly kept by F. Moni?. And ibejf Vi!l keep constautly on hnd everything usually kept in :i 7?S7' CLJSS DRUG STORE. and are .ic-termlncd not to be ufder.'sold for cash OR. 110 LI. IDA will give his personal nnd uc livided Mttention ti thu bm-incss. rcFcriptions and orders rarcfully filled at all hours. WI!IT"EYSUL0BK,MA1X STKEET BROWNVILLE NEBRASKA- x-23 ly fd.nn C9 d C3 Cm w w52 sr. O H 6 rf m w- -4 5 . - IT " S: S. mm " J -1 2. r- P. .a O 0 ae o 5 9 ( O on fa O s o s . 1 5' r-i 3 eS c S3 3 It) CASH BARGAINS !! ! MYERS & JONES, Dealers in . JIM TRUSSES. STOVES, Qncc.iisware & GlassYare, 20V Mm Uclbct. Stli &S1h Streets, ST. LOUIS. MO. t3"CALI.ANDBEEUS.S3- x 19 lmn-p 1 STITCH IN TIUE SAVES KIJfE! I.OI SS WALDTER, Jeat hia post yet, ready tojHsrform ill work,par taining to bi business. House and sign paintingjglariog.and pa per hang ing, etc at short notice, and the most approved tylc. Tenn.eash. Give him a call. Shopoo Main Street, east of Atkinson's Cloth ing Store. He Is prepared to do all X7lTla.it o Wasliiaig W A Ii L COLOR I N vl In the neatest and cheapest styla for caa Brownville, Apil V, ly. 1 I 1 JEW h 1 " lV . f! igp pj t: I I rf) I;; 1 JJ ri f3 OnJ ill : :m 'i1 Frcm the Atlantic Mnntay. COUPON BONDS. An Interesting Farmer's Stoiy ALL IS WELL THAT ENDSWELL. ' PAP? .1 J - , - Continued. 'You wouldn't 1 Then why did ye t She dictated to'you a much as she did to rue; and you scurce opened your head you didn't dars' to tay yer soul was your ownl' ! Yes, I did, I - Yo'J veniur'd to speat once, and she shet ye up qulclier'n lightening ! Now tell about you wouldn't have sot and been dictated to like a tame noo'd'e, as I did !' 'I didn't saycrms noolleJ 'Yes, ye did I might have answered la:k sharpe nough, but I was expectin' you to speak. Men don't like lo dispute with women.' 'That's ycur git-oflf,' fsaid Mrs.'Duck low," trembling with vexation. 'You wai just as much afraid of her as I was. never see ye so cowed in all my life.' Cowed! I wasn't cowed, neither. How reasonable, now. for you te cast all the blame on me !' and Mr. Ducklow, his features contrac ted into a black scowl, took his boots from ihe corner. Ye ha'nt got to go out, have ye?' said Mrs. Durklow. 'I ihouldn't think you'd put on ycur boot? jest to step to the tarn and see lo the hoss.' 'I'm goin' over to Reuben's.' To Reuben's ! - Not to-night, father ! 'Ye?, I think I better. He and So- phrony 'il knew we heard of his gitiing home, and they 're enough enclined al ready to feel we nenlect 'em. Have n't ye got someihin' ye can send V I don't know,' curtly. .'I've sfiource ever been over to Sonhronv. but I're carried her a pie or something; and mighty liule thauks I got for it, as 11 turns out !' . Wrhy did not ye say that to Mis? Bes- wick, when she was runnm' us so hirJ about our never doin' anvihin for'cni. 'T wtulJ n't have doa no good ; I .new jest what she'd say. What's a pie or a cake new and then?' that's jest the reply sLc-'d have made. Dear me ! what heve I been doing ?' . Mrs. Duckiow, raising, had but just discovered that she had stitched the paid) and the trousers to her apron. 'So much for Miss Baswick I' sh ex claimed, untying the apron strings. " nd flinging the united garments spitefully down upon a chair. I do wish su:h oiks would mind their own business and stay at home !' - You've got the bonds safe !' said Mr. Duckiow, putting on his waistcoat. 'Yes ; Bui I won't engage to keep'em sife. They make ine as narvous as can be. I'm afraid to be left aione in the h juse with 'em. Here you take "em Don't be foolish. What harm can possibly happen to them or you while I'm away ? You didn't s'pose I want to lug them around with me wherever I go, do ye ?' 'I'm sure it's no great lug. I s'pose you're afraid to go acrost the fields alone with 'em in yer pocket. What in the world we're goin' to do with 'em I don't see. If we go out, we can't take 'em wilh us, for fear of losing 'em, or of be ing robbed ; and we shan't dare to leave em to home, fear the house'Il burn up or git broken into !' We can hide 'em where no burglar can find 'era,' said Mrs. Duckiow. 'Yes, and where nobody else tan find 'em, neither, provided the house burns and neighbors come in to save things. I don't know but it will be about as Miss Beswick said : we shan't take no com fort with properly we ought to make over to Reuben.' 'Do you think it ought to be made over to Reuben? If you do, it's new to me I No, I don't ? replied Mrs. Duckiow, decidedly. 'I gues we betterput 'em in the clock case for to-night, hadn't we?' 'Jest where they'd be discovered, if the house is robbed ! N, I've au idee. Slip 'em under the settin'-room carpet. Let me take em ; I can fix a place here by the side of ihe door.' With great care and secrecy the bonds were deposited between the carpet and the floor, and a chaii set over lhem. What noise was that?' said the far mer, starting. ' i'ThadJeus,' cried, Mrs. Duckiow, is thit you ?' . : . . It was.Thaddeus,mdeed,who, awaking from a real dream of ihe drum this lime, and hearing conversation in the room be low, had. once more cescended ths stairs to listen. What were the old people hiding under, the carpet ? It must be those curious things in the envelope. And what .were those things, about which so much mystery seer.ied necessary? Taddy was peeping and considering, when he heard . his name called. "He would have glided back to bed again.but MrsDucklow.who sprang to the stairway door, was too quick for him What do you want now V she deman ded. . " " . - I I want jyou to scratch my back,' said Taddy. . As he had often come to her with thi innccent request, after undressing for bed, he did not see why the excuse would not pass as readily'as the previous one of somnambulism." But Mrs. Duck low wa3 in no mood to be trifled with. ' 'I'll scratch your back for ye !' And seizing her rattan, she laid it smartly tn the troublsome part, to the terror and paiu of poorTaddy, who concluded that too much of a good thing was decidedly worse than nothing. 'There, you. Sir, that's a scratching that'll last ye for oce while !' And givine him two or ihree parting cuts not confined to the region of the ba:k, but falling upon the lower latitude which they marked like so ; many geo graphical parallels, she dismissed him wilh a shap injunction not to let himself be seen or heard again that night. Taddy obeytd, and, crying himself to sleep, dreamed ths t he was himself a drum, and that Mrs. Duckiow. beat him. Father !' called Mrs. Duckiow to her husband, who was at the barn, 'do you know what time it is ? I wouldn't think of going-over ihere to-night ;they'll be all locked, up, and abed' and-asleep, like as not.' 'Wal, I s'pose I mtlst do as you say,' replied Mr. Duckiow, glad of an excuse not to go Miss Beswick's visit having 'eft him in exireemlv low spirits. Accordingly, alter bedding down ihe horse and fastening the barn, he return ed to ihe kitcken ; and soon the proa perouj couple retired to rest. 'Why, how res'less you be !' exclaim ed Mrs. Duckiow, in the middle of the iijht. 'What's the reason ye can't leep?' I don't know,' groaned Mr.' Duckiow. I can't sleep thinkin' o' Miss Bas- wick. 1 never was so worked at any lit' a v a lie thiner. Well, well! forget it,-faiher; and do go to sleep !' 'I feel I ought to have gone over to Reuben's. And I should have gone, if it hadn't been for you.' 'Now how unreasonable to blame me !' said Mts. Duckiow. 4Ye miht have gone ; 1 only reminded ye now lale it VI was Mr. Duckiow groaned, and turned over. lie tried to tcrset Miss lieswick. Reuben and the bonds, and at last he ell asleep. Father !' whispered Mrs. Duckiow, awaikinjr him. What's the matter? I think I'm pretty sure hark ! I heard something sounded like somebody gitting into the kitcken wiuder !' It's your narvousness.' Yet Mr. Duckiow listened for further indications of burglary. 'Why can't ye be quiet and go to shep, as you said to me !' I'm sure I heard something ! Any body might have looked through the blinds and seen us putting you know under the carpet' 'Nonsense ! it ain't at all likely.' But Mr. Duckiow was more alarmed than he was willing lo confess- He succeeded in quieting his wife's appre hensions; but at the same time the bur den of solicitude and wak fulness seemed to pass from her mind only to rest upon his own. She soou after fell asleep ; but he lay awake, hearing burglars in all parts of the house for an hour lon ger. 'What now?' stanly exclaimed Mrs. Duckiow, starting up ia bed. I thought I might as well git up and satisfy myself.' replied her husband, in a low. agitatid voic. He had risen, and was grouping his way to the kitchen. 'Is there anything?' she injuired, after listening long with chilling blocd, expecting at each moment to hear him k nocked down or throttled . He made no reply, but presently came gliding softly back again. I can't ficd nothing. But I never in ray life heard the floors crack so. I could have sworn there wa3 somebody walking over 'em. I guess you're a little excited, ain't ye ?' ' ' 'No ; I got over that ; but I did hear noise!' " . Mr. Duckiow, returning to his pillow, dismissed his fearafot: posed his mind for slurabef. Bat the burden of which he had temporarily re lieved his wife now returned with re doubled force to the besom of the virtu ous lady. It seemed as if there was only a certain amount of available sleep- in :the house, and that, when one had it, the other must go without; while ut the same time a swarm of feirs per petually buzzed in and out of the mind, whose windows wakefulness left open. Father !' said Mrs. Djcktaw, giving him a violet shake. 'Hey? what?' arousing from his first souitd sleep. Don't you small sameihing biirnJcg ?' Duckiow snuffed . Mrs. Duckltw snuffed ; ihey sat tip in bed, and snuffed vivaciously in concert. No, I can't say I do. Did you ?' Jest as plain as ever I smelt anything in my life Bat I don't so snuff.scuff 'ret quite so distinct now.' Seems fo me I da smell something, said Mr. Durklow, imagination coining to his aid 'It can't be the matches, can it?' I thought of the matched, but I cer tainly covered ,em up tight . - They snuffed again first one.then the oiher now a series of quick.short snuffs then one Ion?, deep snuff, then a snuff by both together, as if by uniting their energies, like two persons pulling at rope, they might accomplish what neith er was equal to singly. ,'Good heavens !' exclaimed Mr. Duck- low " - ' Why, what, father ?' It's Thaddeus ! He's been walkin in his sleep. Thai's what we heard. Ar.d now he's got the matches and set the house afire I He bounded out of bed ; he went stumbling over the chairs in the kitchen, and clattering among the tins in the pan try, and rushing blindly and wildly up the kitchen stairs, only to find the match es all rijht, Taddy fast asleep, and no indications anywhere, either to eye or nostril, of anything burning. It was all your imagination, mother!' My imagination. You ,was jest as frightened as I was. I'm sure I can't tell what it was I smelt ; I can't smell it now. Did you feel for the you know what?' Mrs. Duckiow seemed to think there were evil ones listening, and it was dtn gerous to mention by name what was uppermost in the minds of both. 'I wish you would just put your hand and see if- they're all right; for I've thought several times I heard somebody talking on 'em out Mr. Duckiow had been troubled by similar fancies ; so, getting down on his knees, he felt in ihe dark room for the bonds. Good gracious !' he ejaculated. What cow ?' cried Mrs. Dusklow. They ain't gone, be they ? You don't say they're gone !' Sure's the world ? No.here they be ! I don't feel in the right place.' How you did frighten me I My heart almost hopped out of my mouth !' Indeed the shoch was sufficient to keep e good woman awake the rest of the knight. 1 Daylight the next morning dissipated their doubts, and made both feel that 1 they had been the victims of unnecessary j and foolish alarms. I hope ye won't git so worked up an other night said Mrs. Duckiow. 'It's no use. We might live in the house a hudred years, and never hear of a rob ber or a fire. Ye only excite yerself, and keep me afraid I should like to know if you didn't git excited, and rob me of my sleep jest as much as I did you ' retorted tha indig nant housewife. 'You began it; you fu3t put it into my head, But never mind, it can't be helped now. Ls, us have breakfast as soon as ye can, then I'll run over to Reuben'.' Why not harness up, and let me rife over with ye ?' 'Very well ; nnby that'll be the ben way. Come, Taddy ! Ye must wake up! Fly round! You'll have lots of chores to do this morning ! 'What's the matter with sny breeches snirled Tad 'Some plagu th: stick to 'em It was Mrs. Dicktaw's apron, trail, ing behind Lim at half-mast a: sight cf which, -and of Taddy turning round and round to look at it, like ri" kitten in pur suit cf her cwn tail, Duckiow b"- i- a leu J -laugh. 'Wal, wal,- riM'aer ! you've , d it ! iVi.sO ciesst.-5;' day!' . .f'. ' 'I do declare !' said ..'ir.T ti - '', Tu J- Mrs. D. mortified 'I can't, for ihs lif-3 of me, see what tlfcre i- so funny abaut i;!' And she hastened to cjt short TaJJy'a tail and her husband's laughter with a pair of scissors. After breakfast the Du'cklot3 set eff in the cne-horse wagon, leaving. Taddy to take care cf the house during their absence. That each felt secretly tn easy about the coupon bonds cannot bd denied ; but, after the experiences if tha night and the recriminations of th? mor ning, they were unwilling ta acknowl edge their fears even to them-:?! v 03. ar.J nuch less to each ether " so th? precioui papers were left hidden under the car pet. Safe enough, ia all consclen:; '.' i;d Mr. Duckiow. ' k 'Taddy ! Taddy ! now mind I LUs. Dacklow repeated for thi twentieth time. 'Daa't you have th3, housj, and don't you touch the raatcie3 nor the fire, and don't go to ransack'cg the ro$ci3 neither. You won't will ye ?' ' 'No'm acswered Taddy, zso fcr th3 twentieth time scarcely resolved, all the while, to lake advautae of their ab sence, and discover. If possibly what Mr. Duckiow brought hotna last rjh: in his boot-leg. The Ducklcws had intended to show their zeal and affeciioa by making Rau ben an early visir. They were ' some what chagrined, therefore, to., fia J sav eral neighbors already arrived to pay their respect3 to ihe returned soldier. The fact that Miss Beswick was among ths cumber did not serve to heighten their spirits. 'I've as good a notion to turn round and go straight home again a3 ever I had to eat !' muttered - Mrs.' Duckiow. It's too late now .said her husband, advancit.g with a show of confidence and cordiality he did not feel. 'Wal, Reuben ! glad to see ye ! glad to seo ye: lnis is a joytul uay 1 scurce ever expected to see ! Why, you don't look no sick a3 I thought ye would ! Does he, mother ?' Dear me ! said Mr3. Djcklow, her woman's nature, and perhap3 her old motherly feelings for their adopted son, deeply moved by the sighi of his chang- and wasted aspedt. 'I'd no idee he could bo so very, so vero pah and thi n ! Had you, Sophrony ?' I don't know what I thought said the young vife, standing by, watching her returned vj Iunteer with features surch arged with emotion deep suffering and sympathy, suffused and lighted up by love and joy. I only know I havu him now ! He has come home ! He shall never leave me aram never!' But wasn't it terrible to seo him f - brougnt noma so r wnispered , r.lrs. Duckiow Yes, it was! Bat. ch, 1 was as thank ul. I felt the worst was over ! end I had him again ! I can curse hir.i cow. He is no longer hundreds of miles away, amcng strangers,.where I cannot go to him though I should have gone long ego, a3 you know, if I could have raised the means, and if it fiada't been for tho children I I Mr. Duckiow would have tried . . ""i . ... to Help you to the means, and wouli. hive taken the children, if we bad. thought it best for you to go,' said Mr?. Duckiow 'But you see now it wasn't best, don't you ?' Whether it was cr cot, I don't com plain. I am too happy to-dav to con plain of anything. To see him' home again ! But I have dreampt so often that he came home, and awoke to find it was only a dream, I'm half afraid now to be as happy a3 I ought t 0 be Bj as happy a3 you please, Soi-hrony! spoke up Reuben, who had seemed to be listening to Mr. Dacklo.v's apologies for not coming over the night before, while he was in reality straining, his ear to catch every word his wife was saying. He was dressed in his uniform and ly ing on n lounge, supported by pillows. To be continued. . .