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BaOWNVnXE, NEBRASKA, CatttB?. or Cattlns: and ICakta. ee to r,-Hr a art aotfcte at -ascaMe arlees. H bad Umg cprtce -ad caa -R-arrat sat?t-it. wu at aa sp rest e-ee on Allan--street. at Jrtlir V. Walsli, SroTmville. Xebraslia. B. B. COIiH-APP, 3( Sit t-rer of FINE .1 59 in Street, SrowuYlIIe, ZVebrasiia. drders From Neighboring Towns Solicited. HOMIlWOOp HILLS S3XF?rE-, a -no le2ed to be the best miner in the r TS nrepared tnr GOOD, TOUE ta asv qcantltr. Everr sacl -warranted. . ilyFI-ar is Sir e at all the principal siores In. Brown vfile. nr-i-ru-i-rv Shenn IHils.Ap-- tst.iS75. 7. . bc. Are-- nia- vaa-2ma .. free. "... a-u ". " M ' I . r .. . .AfcM BBL Y 1 iJ i-i Li UP tip Lnr .ilii jjJJiii mum fce sv i GARS PSOrZSSIOTAIi CAHDS. A aSBOE ia . ATTORNEY ATLATT. Office w a "W.T. o?er5.Brews-5e. Nes. L. SCHICK, ATTOE5ET AT -.V. -far-ecnasaedt-: taeGersK i "ncnoge. OP- tffe nt dwor wewaity Clerk's QCSee. Caari ct3e-iJBjn-f.-r9---a-iereBraKa- J &, STTTIxIL, I Attorn ty and Conwelor nt La-f, I Ofi3ce,erKnrsare.r8---a-rHle.3feb. J. BROADT, I Atlontty a.nu uouneiar ai j . t OScererStsto BoBt.ErswaTtlh'efc. iK W. THOMAS, ATToiorE:"r at law. Oaeeiafsa fsctfit r--i overStctz'a.Jwi'etr-rSW: - 3TO--T1" i-rilie "eb. sff tjeogees, i t Attornej'JixidCoiiiiselor'atl.aTV. J T ,t-oni(" entrasM-Itolifcscare Office ta OBttrc Has: 'asse SSd-t ' lag3nwavBe Jrt. A S. HOULADAX PHvaician. Sro and Obstetrician, t Oradaated im ISM. Ied la. BraorsTflle 155. r Special attenww uc w vMcecne a .e I fW!taaClUldreB O-tee.tl m 4tre- TT L- 3IATHEWS. i 'pirrsiciAzr axd s-rgeox. I OficeInCTrInigStare,33istreet.r-3ra- lp SCF AT. CLIJE, FASiaONA-LS cPi BOOT A5ISH0EIi.EXR f CHSTOX WOKailitfr:.itaaF CTarantecd Keptuna? Beany autfl jtromptir . ml " -T if e s eC Bewrnre, 2fA. "- liB ( T W. GIBSON. BLACKS3UTHA5D HOKSi- shok.( Wr: & re-era. raatee . ' First street. etee-3-- A tc, Baswa J. 31. BAXJ LnE(e-r-t 4 Dealer ra lLLkts, Er-sies, xl sr "RiT'nr Tion on hort ot)ce The eele- bc-ietf cxram Otl BUcJcins: fer prwemeg Har- ne.oets.ba.c - .iWysoo an. f-4 laln St., I3roTrETlIle. Jeb. StTDI5AaTS -nbL.fi! rDuil.iuii SXOI2JE. 5cd door east of Poet OSes, BROWAULLE, TfEBRASHA. i Meat . rT fZZ3T In i W krr ..ili1 i f. i&-jw-5--x . r s & r i i j ; ac7 i -r.p. -fmssa 3mm '''fossil i ' : -ss lir"j. 1 isi is. , ---- mte : l c ! s-fc-' i.1 s JS5 -3 A rji Mf"M& It rlfl rgAWs r-K ' L 1 a i t " 55 5U V Y Rf Li i2 T -S,5J co i I w---S!Nt -C-?-rJ-K - rfi - - -- 'JPHTOHUPl HUEBII 3Iain street. Ho- 4z7rpslsty BEowynLLE,XEBRASEA. Imnk" PYerv size or tvl of ptetnre de tred. Ufe-srae pbotorapt5 a specialty Every pain? taken to tv pVeaatn? and be romlng positions. None bnt TXST CT.RS lOB-E- allowed ta Jeave srv saUery- A fall assort mest of PICrCXE FBAMES. of all ytes aad endos an hand. ALBT1IS. OCKETS COI.O$tED PICTUKEB, aa many eer SS& CST-Z-I- jcs PLC Person- wfebtat: PnoiozTap- work done In i the -est tyle. at lowest prices, shoold not Jail to call and gee lor men leeives. P. L ZOOS. aOBIS02sT "Sb i m ti. li-. s &s .5-ar-?- ' t. fz38 J?" ?r ic -E3- i---ss----ga-svs:-"2r ajGy S5 k - ' QOTS AND SHOE C-STOX WORK tTAJD- TO OSDES. Bepairtag-M lye. N.jOf ias et.2rcwr J". z. ioy3 N-HITAK iiil? J Keeps -C-1 -e of BDMlLCBBtanEI CXEVSTANT-T OCT EAN2?. 1 - sixnn rTLlil !K r - ETH y - :5i -. Hfeil i I Sf-- -J " ' E-fc ? T-r TS ) -g j.rni- il-mT im I I im I P fini i S8&Hk yP3K9iB"Cflv- a i j .56 Xaitf StreetrBEaiT-fTTIiE,XEa5,yate yoa." THE worth imtei: OE- "Wlio "Will Save Sex-' CHAPTER XXH Ccntinned.) re- WnMtnfwnr-o'"' "I pave her half the money I had then got and, by dint of much pa- ttenee and more money, became her r.r,rt t.- t--3 T-.r..?Qfl nTir -r-e studied in-a lonely place, half-hut, half-cave, in the depth of a forest. " uiuuoai,faa -ii iiuutreuu.. - -- t.lm nTtii t r T 1 r -l rw faA Trt calls jr had nerves then," he added, with a sign tnas was no. leignea, -wnicn cne most potent of poisons" he touched i his glass "has nnsteadied. "I should like to have seen you, David, tete-a-ieie with the old nn. I wonder the devil didn't fly away with ttsu Dotn. He nasn'c tne cnance or such a haul every day." "Well, I suppose he put it off tiii he could find me with some worse speci men of humanity, in the shape of a lawyer," replied the doctor, quietly "HoweTer that may be. her knowl edge of what bygone fools have term ed the black art filled me with won der. She had Eecrets of poison and antidote, drawn from flower and herb - . ...raf. KinHsH d.nrn a she told me. . - - .- , from ceneratlon to generation, a family of dread inquirers into Mature. tneir only inenc, anajeaioasiy guaru- ed, as a means1 If not of wealth, at j least of power to wreak vengeance I thnt.pnli im!ruT vpneoanee which EErwhen oppoctunitv offers. U ever' wreaked by the slave aairst the mas- ter. the weak asainsc the strons." "T shall not go to Mexico," ' w i observ ed the lawyer, as he helped himself to eheese. "I thought It a pleasant land. mv owh dear David, have taken i ofTthe k4eom ef the peach with a ven- gee nee." "I was a poor devil." continued Ma4yo, "living in a London garret. when the evil fate of poor Charlotte lh YciWkn- vnn fcrvow of thit nest- -.. -.-.v --. - - j . pet Emperor. Maximilian reached me. I bad been ill. and confined to my room, for reasons." The lawyer nodded knowingly. 3T had no difficulty In guein what those recsoas were. "The account of her Illness, of her loss of reason, reached me through jthemedkim of a greasy, fly-spotted ; newspaper, whT6rTriaberiJDroagfC wilh lae pteasaiu -.w-uuipauiui-ut. ui cheese and beer, from a pcblic-hoose. I recognized the work of llexie&n hsR?, and knew that, with her. so deadly 3st have been the hate, there was, within the scope of my knowl edge, no remedy. Had there been, I shoeld have made a fortune, a prince- j ly fortune, isteo of being eventual ly arrested for a paltry debt, at the suit of & eertain iTathew Rockwood. Evidently considering this as a cap- ital joke, the Iawver Iaushed hearti-'. - t . Iv. The doctor, who nothing seemed to disturb, continued to talk and driak with bis usual air of khappy-go-lecky, tke the world as I find k. -T .-.- -a r-sr rrcv rl. TYsr IflVlion . . - , . ----.- j -""-""".seeking the cool shade of the trees. iastrnetress especially vaiue- a rare herb, with rare qualities. An herb to DIOUDCt: UIIC ICiUUiitC ! ucuiu - - !.. f.m It!. nj.-v nf Anfh a ' drug well known to the ancients, be assered arresting all the body's func tions for a time, and then according to the dose given, keeping afterwards the recipient in a sort of drowsy obliv ion a waking sleep. I have seen only twlee the working of such a drag ; the last time was at Brussels, in the person of the unfortunate En-L. Dress.' "Ha!" The lawyer, who was raising his glass to his lips, replaced it uatated on the table. "The doctor, without remarking, or at least indifferent to the effect he had created, went on. "By an aecident, while examfning the herbs In Mrs. Prudence's shop, I eame upon the very drug' that was capable, properly manipulated, of pro ducing a similar effect. It is rare even in Mexleo; it is unknown utterly unknown here. I was delighted at my discovery, without knowing to what end It would so speedily serve. I haged my treasure with a more than miserly fondness, tried experiment; 9L . t t T" .!--. m TT T ilrt aiter epximut, -i i- - "'"c" , there was no astae. ice result oi my labors you have gleaned, Mathew; I bat I repeat to you that, within my knowledge, there is no antidote as yet discovered The two augnrs who cnald not meet withoat Iaaghig might have oppos ed to them a parallel picture of two greater knaves, who conscious of their viliany, blush and only blash before each other. These two scoundrels mutually averted their gaze at the words "no antidote," the doctor emptying his glass, and as rapidly refilling it, while j the lawyer pretended to busy himself with the fragments on his plate. The situation for now both kept silence was an awkward one, when it was broken by a' tap at the door. A note from the lodge ; a note for Mr. Rockwood. Ic was a briefone. "Iam here. Diana.7 The lawyer frowned, hit his Up, thee, smiled, crumpling the note In his hand. "My wifebas arrived." he.sidtad dressingthe doctor. "Ah, charming dady,-i ;I-ongrata- nyr. Kockwood aeemed to care verv little aboat the conzracniaiion, bat said, brieflV, "She'll be of use with Philip. Trie old man makes a Tool of himself and him !" The doctor nodded. "Case of monomania. 2To answer ing for pets. Pre known people take a fancy to a rat. One of my patients went mad aooat a pi? -would sic lor nours scratcniD-T its Dacs:, ana aiea wnen ic Qieu.- "-J Jest- sa-u -r- ADCooa. nmpaueoirv . xuiuga vvm muv- more bwhuv now jjiaua ia ne. x - the whole business was over" hs added wearily. "Were it to do 'ivu aau:, frvvpr.TTotn i slmnst thm ETpat as - - . ' t-e stase is to wm, i wouia nave no t .... . - . . . fttifc " "Ha, ha I my poor friend, comment- I ed the pittiless and utterly impassible doctor. "Your liver is not right. When you begin to talk of conscience, I know it's liver. I am delighted atf the arrival of 3Irs. Eockwood. You will be Done the worse for a tonic" Another tap at the door and the bent form of Dtiddy Darknoll came into the room. "Diana is here !" he said, address- Ing Rockwood. "lam pleased sbe has come." "I am coins down ta the lodge to see her," observed Rockwocd, some- what ungraeioesly ; adding still more ungraciously "after luncheon." The old man fixed his bead-like eyes for a moment with a fieree glitter upon the lawyer's sulky face, but it was for a moment only. The face re - venerable calm, and the voiee was soft and unruffled. "Ya ne.d not dfeturb yourself. I aui E" -e w . it x -mp. i emphasised the title s though he tasted it, and it savoured well In his mouth. "You can join us when when yoo please." "AH right !' said the lawyer, evi- Gently much relieved -I sha'a't be long. Do the amiable. Daddy, and SIVS ? Saesr.' 1 oa know. 'Yea, I know!" ami with the false smite playiag a boat his thin lips, and ) with the buBched lwtek hunching it self still more, the old man. after a few wrt$ to the doctor, slunk out of the roofii. "Denee4 glad she's come !" said ilathew Roekwftod. resweaing his seat with ratten alaerity, end again attack ing the wine. "A woman's thedevil. they say, and she is well, one of ten thousand ! CHAPTER XXIII. BS. BOCKWCOO AGAIN APPEABS OK TKS SCENE. .The lodge window commends a view of the Abbey, that is to say, a oortioa of it the turreted-roof and clock-tower standing htsh above the efiv()Weli. tre Stro-gly brought out by the flooding reniight. which touches with giHteniag splendor each tall turret and uuaint chimney, the old Abbey seems to ok in the gold- i n ffwht Rnri n-"irtfA Jn thp wnrmth nf toe sun. From the lodge to the hoae stretch es a magnificent sweep at perk land, dotted by groups of trees and pleas ant watpr tiihfrs- Tizv frtitJp nrp- - . -- - ' ' I and der are coursing to and fro, j glancing hither and thither swift as the merry sunbeams themselves. One of those seees to be met with nowhere bet in England. A scene rieh in everything that is supposed to make man happy aneestrial grand eur, domestic comfort, and, above all, wetth ! Negleeted by Its late owner, who cared for nothing bt his horses and dog5f tfae interio of tbe d Ab bey had fallen into decay. Estranged from his son, his daughter a mere child, the selfish man had cared only for animal pleasures, which he had followed like an animal. The brash of a fox had been to him far more than the brush of a Roberts or a Van dyke, and topping a gate or a fence, with the risk of a broken collar-bone, a master of far greater ambition than raising the family nam nobler effort. Sir Hugh by some had been emphatically that we wish it were In oar power to write creature of the post, the hunting rueire oneef those men who, with all their pride of Iin-j eage and empty arrogance of birth, nourish the soul of the groom beneath brea3t of Ehe nobIemailf Iive only to hunt and shoot, tosatisfvthe most selfish way, and, carin for no body bet themselves, ride down all opposition on the pert of their de- pe-daI1: reracrH-Iessly, as, when In pnrsait of a worthless fox, thev ride down tfae farmer's wheat or tarnips. Gazing from the lodge window was a lady. She wore a dark-colored I traveling-dress, bat her hat was flang aside, and her face, overflowed by the sunlight, showed features that reveal ed the remnants of a beauty that most once have been singularly striking. Stern and hard those feature, were, nevertheless; sad the large, lustrous eyes gleamed somewhat too defiantly from beneath the jet-black brows, jast as the mouth was a little too' firmly set, and the jaw too broad and project ing. Yet none but those of her own sex, whose charms were fashioned upon a different model, would dispute Diana Rockwood's claim to be called a beau ty. "And all this will hePEtlip's," she said, meditatively, and speaking tot herself, "as it is Philip's right that it should be ! The man who lies dead up yonder loved me oncs at least he I swore he did ac I was to have been ,his wife. The coward! A' father's . wrath, and he bent like a reed before cne cempeac, reaay to sacrince any thing; and, flrst of all, ready to aacrl ' fice mel He did sacrifice me. and i and brought to his home a fair-haired, sickly toy to usurp my rights, and take my place. How was I to strug gle against such odds to fight a bat tle acainst selfish rank and enormous wealth? I saw the thing was hope less, and, while my sorrows and my pride ate into my heart, I resigned myself to fate for a time I" v ery ecurniui.maeea, was ine e- nrPSSICB Of th htCFh n-niltf f f - -D., .w.. .Mv., ... she spoke the words, and her cheeks took a warmer tinge, which deepened r while It enriched its swarthy hue. "lam sure of Philip ami sure of rEockwood? Why yes; his interests are bound up in mine. That doctor, are bound to us. as we are to them, by the dreary fellowship of crime." She sighed deeply, and turned from the window; at the same time some passing cloud obscured the sun, and all that was just before so full of brightness and promise was now sad - dened by a shadow. I "An HI omen!" she said, yet with ! a sort of contempt of herself for hav- I ing said it." "But come what will, my son is Sir Philip Wentworth, and shall remain so, if craft and daring I have not lost their power." She tvas moving back again, impa- : tiently, towards the window, wben J the door opened, and her father and 1 son entered the apartment. CHAPTER XXIV. TH8 GENT- MEN IN BLACK ARRIVE. All Is bustle and commotion fn the village ofDripey Bridjje. The "awful visitation" at the Ab bey, as gaod Doctor Bowlby every where calls it, is the one subject in every mouth, and the sole occupation of every tongue ; and the inhabit ants ofDripsey if we are to believe their detractors have mouths unus ually wide, and tongues unusually long. "EnrH -Lrfif-a ? n.tr A Ifti . , 1 V wmuaw gapes open &o give or r-cei ve IntilHgence. The streets, whose slum- berine uiet. with the exception of aet. with the ex.ep.Hi or iy. rarely dfaturbed save ila0Sr!I market day by the creakln V. n . -- i w - . T r. a a -t""5 rt -.. ,'. IC n :TI 1U w. J,, bC.-wj - talking at once, wnose ioros ana mas ters,, for the most part, are .. rao T. . .1 fw icllMuiai. ta-niviWfv each one and all being busily engag- :f: ed in attending to everybody'3 busl W.-I.C .. I.?-. T TXT.f !T V... f? fll ucu nak uc wnu. . rv icr u- wi iuc question. iaster an- man seem i. - . T alike agreed upon that point ; and while Farmer Giles boozes in the par lor, Gaffer Hodge fad dies -taoeelf in the tap-room. ISot that death was so rare a visi tant at Dripsey ; oa the contrary, that romantic spots in this beautiful Ens land of ours, invited his presence con stantly by means of bad drainage. stagnant water-pools, aad frasmat "mitii. ".honni thai- nolsAi f thn?r' but never before had the grim rider of the pale horse drawn rein at the Abbey gates, and struck down two victims at one blow. Father and child! The proHd harsh man. who had selfishly isolated him self from the world aad the world's cares, and the gentle girl, who had had aloving heart and a kindly word for all both had been somaaoned. and both had gone. Besides and the element of utter uncompromising selfishness is never more paramount than in the breast of your Arcadian how about their new chief and landlord? "Tbe king is . i dead long live the king!" but if the old king was high and proad (they liked that), be knew their ways, and lived amour them. -He never troubl- ed them aboat new-fangled plans of! drainage, steam plows (Hodge in hi- ' heart hates steam, except when sing-. ing from the spont of a kettle,) chem- ical manures, and horrors of that sort, What about the new monarch called to the throne? Rumor told strange things about him, that made Hodge's hair stand on end, "as life were in it," .as too often there was ; while Mrs Hodge. like a frightendhen, gathered her chicks around her, and lectured them upon the evil doings of the I town. . A doable bril' It was to be a grand affair, and no expense spared that was a great consolation at Drip sey. The "family" would prove wor thy in this respect, at least, of the the ancient name ; and far and near, for miles round, It was known that hundreds would come to the solemBi ty and show. Bat a few days after the "visitation" and the showmen we beg their par don, the "undertaker gentlemen" arrived from London. Affable gents they were; stately, bat neither proud nor serious; red nosed, and, for the most part, with a Sa vor of ram about them. White-chokered, aad clad la glossy black, they by no means dis dained the long clay pipe and pewter flagon . With thsm came a multitude of huge wooden cases, iron-boend, and of the proper funeral bee ; and these were crammed with feathers, noddin nlames. velvet trapping3, silken scarves, and flawing hat-bands and all the other gorgeoos vanities offhand to month scramble for it during death. We stroll along Street, and halt in the village High front of the inn. Iever did the "Wentworth Arms" do a better stroke of business, even in election time, when spigots are with- drawn and taps ran. freely, and des- Kntte all leglslatioa- to the contrary, when honorable gentlemen are floated into Parliament, as immaculate Got- ernments have been floated out of of- t fice. on a river of beer- Groups of rustics are everywhere talking and swilling, shaking sagely the bucolic head, and rubbln vague ly the hard, bucolic hands. Under the spreading oak. which makes so noticeable a feature in front of the old Ian. several of the "under take? gentlemen" are gathering to- gether. sleek as moles, and placidly smosmg. Tneir conversation par tlh-aa nln. ha itnnitomFflnni)'' tifc.J uvr v buc ilaia . tiuuu ' character, and they barrow and delve wnuetney arinK anc smose. Peter Applethwaite, unusually grave and solemn, stands mending a uct, auu luuiui; aKUiusi. .uc Liuua ui' J- rt I ci- - w. . r In..!' -,n a- -k T the great tree, using his privilege as a (-j , 5;-, j - -- (. freeman, and citizen of the world tofof his doings. said Sir. Cruaip, wink join in any conversation that may be i ing knowingly over his gfa3'"&t Ap going forward. Lt a table near him is seated abroad shouldered, scowling fellow. In the undress livery of a gentleman's groom and the mark on one side of his face points him oat as oar old friend Pew- 1 der Blue id est, Hr. Joseph Bradley. He has been drinking with asteady perseverance for the last hoar and more, and evidently Intends to go on drinking, for two good and sufficient reasons the one, from a natural ori unnatural thirst, which, as it seems, nothing has the power to quench; the other, from the fact that the liquor is. paid for by Mr. Crump, the jovial foreman of llessrs. Hatband. Tressles lond Screwby, the great London firm. who have "undertaken to perform the I last honors" we are quoting ilr. Crump himself "at the Abbey." Mr. Crump, a small person, with a face radiant as the sun's, and as thick ly spotted with pimples, is seated at the same table, together with a tall, thin, and somewhat lugubrious man, his second in command, who answers to the name of Glover. Several farmers are seated or stand-in- aboutglass in hand; some "stock ing" themselves with huge wedges of beef and bread, or bread and eheese, M HC VI CUk CtiJ t X CC 3 UW , I BuBis-see who opens her jaws ex- t . ll . it St- J I pecianiiv. io eioe tneui v itu a. i--w- I Dointed snan. as morsel after morsel dfeppoar5fnJastIHmorecaDaclous - owthfe."sard M,Crump,sip - I Pg his glass of gin and water, and "ladd - einj - the compony generally with an expressive smile, "would be -iwitas x -nnnta can, speas.i g to. ,..- - i J -., - r atho ," Q.r f What do you mean by satisfacto- . j,f aked Applethwaite, somewhat f - angrily. "Can't see anything satis factory in it." , "Meaning the double burial,1 Mr. Cramp went on ; "an event that sel dom has occurred evea in my wide I professional experience, and I've been In the performing line for five-and-twenty years come next Easter. My father'was a route, and died a martyr! to professional pride.' "How was that ?" asked Mr. Brad ley. "Refused, as also did his associate, to go inside the house daring a terrific storm. 'No he said, I am here to dress the doer, and the door shall be properly dressed. though It was a raininc cats and dogs.' It struck his chest, and three weeks after that he had a 'walking one' all to himself. Yes, gentlemen. I grieve to think, even now, that it was only a 'walk ins: one.' My father, as I have said. was a proad one in his way, aad hisj ambition had been a hearse and pair, j with one or two coaches, and. if pos-i srble, a tray of feathers. He had set his heart upon feathers, bat it wasne to be." Here Mr. Crump uttered a profound sigh, and sought consolation from a sad memory in a gulp of gin and water. "It strikes me," said Mr. Bradley "it strikes me. as regards tbe poor de- Sclent" (be meant defanct), it must make precioaa little difference to him how he's buried. On his baek, read t downwards or "eels up'ards. It must be all the same to him,' "That, sir." said 2fr Crump, with ion seventy of tone, "16 k not given ns to know. If It be permitted us, as I for one believe, to revisit again this . earthy vale, to see, ourselves unseen,' that oar last Instructions are duly per formed as per contract, it must be no slight pleasure nay, it must be most highly gratifying, to perceive that nothing is spared, Ia the way of ex pense, to embalm If I may nse the expression to embalm oar memories in the eves of the bvstanders that is to say, of the world in general." "For my part," pat in the tall, thin man, in a voiee of thorough bass, something like the snorIns of a trombone, "and spekln from hie observation, a good faneral a fust rate one, mind ye often goes a pre cious deal fariaer to put the dead 'an ri-hfc in the world, and make all tbing3 fair and square, than a good life. Why, our firm " "Jac most extensive ia the trade," interrupted Mr. Crump. "Oar firm has names down In their books which obseqaities" (obsequies) "have cost no rtd of mnn?r. their --- z relatives going even as far as real sil- l ver plates and 'andles, which persons. meaning the deceased, have had bat a f their lifetime ; them same relatives no: bit. to saysr taking the rewisiting for grant- ed,ltma be acomfort to the deceased to see these flinty ones compelled to shell out, while -tar must be satisfied : going to tneextentotafoarpeany, v eacwortn ioosec aaytatng but tae : " -ipje ii e ramp wm ren te say nothInr of a five-pan -note eayi-oaden roe whose reputation as cer '"e on noa-expioslve, and aencc serve "em. Tow, as Mr. Crump , a "fast man" so alarmed the quist perfectly safe. J as to the outlay brin-ilc-? its retara somehow, or In coarse they wouldn't I DO J ' -Y St. 91 "Brav-vo ! said .Ix. Crump. "Wnen Crtover dees speaK. tie comes on: stromr. ermt me say glasses round, gentlemen 2 The permission being readily given-, and more gin-ond-water imbibed, the J conversation took another turn, Ir. Bradley having previously demanded of Tr. Cramp whether "sioh talk as real silver coffin plates., h'etcera, was- n'c a sort ot n'alHmv-eve-aad-isettv-, Afnrtin Tltwinass'" Tint lr C.-rnmrx t w assurinc him to thecontrary. his blue . . .-..-. -fiw;.: i tinted visage assumed a tnoegntrol t expression, a reflective feok, bat quite I , untinged with melaacbely. f LJ ? n - Z X -t ? xica wihi eflii, -III uuugi-; t onet. We in London hear of plenty plethwaite. "He ras hit pre". , heavy last Derby-day. and there's a certain little villa up Brampton way, f which issnppoed to cost some man- ey. If report speaks tree." and fr. Cramp, who bad evidently imbibed too much of the juice of the juniper, winked again, "this, most unfortr- nate affair at the h'Abbey- has been a ! very fort'nate one for him. I should ' think the Jewish gentlemen would h'illumlnate on the h'ausplcioos oe- caskm." "Sir Phiiiu isn't no Baronet o f mine,"sswere Peter Applethwaite, busy with his net, but ever attentive to what was going oa around him. "I'm at no man's beck and call I eats my dinner when I can get It, and when I can't I goes without it. When I pats on my hat I covers all my worldly posseaaio-s, 'xcept old Rum maser, there, who's pretty nigh as k: independent as I am ; and if I have n't the-gratification of 'coming back," as you say. to see any ef yoe gentle- men. DeriormlBcr over me. x. saaci have the satisfaction of known. I always stood upright, and never ? wore a livery.' Hiseye. though namttialiy. had wsndered to the groom, and Mr. . ". ..a i'. i -. "Some of your betters have done l , r.i? . .I no -, cc ., j a umc uvc, f yoo are. I don't think, to so a waga- boadi-ing abot the country -- i 1. Tl" a " uLnT: ia& vour neseat a respectable ffl. Tr ,k ?2 L'cItbes!" iTlEr Applethwaite grinned. . -T ot.. K. IfV, T .,, U.a Abjittb,c unnun .l irw c .. Ab said, ''so much a the chap Lb at's In them." Blue. Well. I ain't ia love with von. if that's wha tyoe mean," answered the unmoved Peter. "Aad If yoe was to fall down a wefl, I think I should finish my pipe afore trying to get you out." As matters were growing warm, Mr Crump briskly Interfered . "GenrJferoen. I be chat oar meet ing upon cfeis met pleas I should say, nainfei occasion shall not be dis turbed by any ah, ahem ! IHtle quarrels. Another glass at my ex-1 sense? Reallv von mast; I wlttl t take no refusal." As a refusal was the las. ta lag dreamed of, the glass was brought, the grocps drew closer together, and t the conversation became more geaer- al. "IiUnnoa!"saida very oW farmer with hair as white as snow, bet cheeks lika aa aetu&ia apple. "Beea theer? 2"o, not I ; and what's more I never mean to go. I've no opiaioa j owae-r, aad shall be Habie for all dam of it, fr my part. My fey ther. who ' ages wale- seen dr shall coiit. as theer once, called it a dreadfal mean place wide aad straggling, all limbs and no heart, like Gurnet's oak which casts nought but shadr, and has a traak as holler as a dram." "There's no place like it !" growled Powder Blue, ia reply. "For my part, I hate year blessed eoentry, where a man caa't scratch hie ead or his elber. bet everv h'eve's nooa him. Grass and flowers is all werry pretty to them as faneies them ; so is the bards ; bat trees, I afo.h'zbo-ii-ate! We eockin't do very well without themsaid Appietawarte, who seemed to take a specialldelight la aggravat "?-. Air. rjraQiey. way, waere I should we find wood for oar ships thoegh, for the matter or .nat.mostf - " them, now-a-days, are iron oar' scaffeidiags, aad, whfofe may later- jerB. -?ow. wben meaad my g -j--est somepeople more, oargaMowses ?" --- to Washia-aoa. ia th. id Mr. Crump saw the brooding storm and again made a diversion. "Gentleman, we mas, take thing? we find 'em. Everythiag has its as uses, even adversity, as I think the poet says, though I have no wish to try it." Thfci sllhiiy coe fused, bat weH in tentioned, speech on the pert of tbe little man had the efiecs of restoria- good-hemor, just as aa opea carriage - and-pair drove past. It had three occupants Sir PbHipl. Wentworth, Mr. Mathew Reck wood, and the London doctor. AH uncovered as Shey recognised the Baroaetj bat tbe respectfsl sahxie me. wub no return irom mm, tnoega it did from Messrs. Rockweod and -latyan. i-e aiag back in the carrisze. his chin Een upon his breast, bis eyes fixed vaguely apoa the object before him, his features contracted, ashy some Internal spasm, his complexion of a dull leaden hee. it most be owned that Sir Pbip i maternity al Dripsy Bridge Tne assemblage gathered together before the old iaa bad but one thortt Lwhlcb. severaL-xpressed in word!. i "He do look more-likes corpse thaii I a living- man ln saki ons. Aaotber job before long, I should sayl" whispered Mr. Crump to His j business associate, and with a keen eye to the interests of the firm h&so well represented. ."I never saw a man look more- ,skeared." observed Peter Apple- jthwaite; addiato-himaelf, mentally. "That chap, all young as he is, has go, . a somethincr on hlsmindaslwoaldn. have on mine, poor devil as lam no. nor t&ho master of Weniworth Ab- l rr pflje. Tti RaM nothine- bnt ' ----jp --w hi? Quick eve had cansrht a restore ftf Reckwood's meant for him alcce. and which he. aioie. understood. Wltu a I nva ready &df& he paused only to toss- dawn the-Hquor remain--Ins in his glass, then with a. scrly adieu to the company, shambled off. taking the shortest nmte to the Abbey. TO BE COMlMJED.j THE -EfF DOS LaW. An Act To prevent sheep and ether domestic animals from being killed by dogs. Be U emteUd y ike Legiikttttre. of ike Stele of iV 'ebrttzka. - Section 1. That the owner or own ers of any dog or dnjrs haltbe Jla&ia in an actio- for all damages tf may accrue to any person or persona, by reason of such dog or dogs killing. f wounding, worrying, or chasing any sheep or other domestic animal be longing to such other person or pers ons ; and the damage dene may be re covered In any court having jurisdic tion of the 3mocat claimed. Sec 2. If two or more dogs, owned i by different persona, shall kilt, chase. wound, or worry any sheep or other iimp;tk snimal- snoh rwr-nr sriaM bejoiall 6evera- -& for all dsmnw done kv rwH i k a i Sef 3 Thf rTTTTTMrrwW anh-rfelpa i ,. , .. . . otany county, city, town, or town- ship," sbaU have authority, by ordl- .. ,.., mtaMAmt r- properMrnal or record of " ww r ra- a -- a . . -iw i . ceedi-gs of seoh munietpaiity, to im pose a license tax of not mere than five dollars for each, dog, on the own- t " .. i tfc ,- t " o- """ w "" be paid under such regulations as shall 1 be provided by sc ordinance or rea- m etlniAr, Sec 4 Anjfperson saHkelt-o right to kill any dog; found dongany damage aforesaid to any sheep oc do mestic animal, or shall have jest and reasonable ground to believe that sach. dog has bees killing w sanding, chas- j lag. or worrying such sheep or ani- raal.j3nd nonaction shall be maintain ed fersaeh. killing, Sec 5. It shall fee the duty of eve ry owner or owners of any doror dogs , to secareiy place upon the neck of seco dS or ss. a good and sf2.cfen collar, with a metallic plate thereon, oa Wnicfa shall be plainly inscribed i the name of such owner. It shall be I lawfa' for any person to kHIaajr dc I -- running &i. large, on whose neck there is no collar, as aforesaid : aad no actios shall be mJarfoed for such killing. Sec 6. very. person whoh-H ' harbor aboct hJs or bee pcelse-? I colfarless dog for the space often , days, shall be takea aad held as the See. 7. The owner or owners of aay dog or og3 who shall permit the same, to ran at large gar tea days af- j ter tais ae shall take eSeot. withoc. sach collar as hereinbefore described J being secareiy placed bbob the neck of such dog or docs, shall be t deemed I gallty of a raisdenwaaor, and fiaed ia any sum net exceeding tweatv-Sve 1 dollars, whiob, when collected, shall t be paid to tbe coanty treasurer, for the benefit of the seheol fund of the I ceenty ia wbicirtae fine was ips- ed. LawsyJ ' ex4ai-ed old Gcasy Ceoa, , feai- QD f-.-a tbe Der whl ch sha i WE3 re-ding, here I see that thes- are ivwrifcnrPmpj--h. j r f . ---,-., -, . . Eaves and his wife at WWtrds Tav- DimeoTatie dava. wbea Glaerai Jaok- , -, . j gon .., p-pent. thev .rave as ealv j Qae chamber between es aad that was 8ae tfae M yaer kiad f0 woader times is hard V A SRh street man wet home aboat - three o'eiec Tuesday mrsig, and I asiag his umbrella for a bIUard cce, ! mTTiftfeati h: 5HrSr- 'rlfe rF aJrr L pai sad sank late a sweet slant ber. He has since ex plained to his wife, that women caa have no idea how the eares of besl aess will sometimes affecc a m a" braia. Wbea asked by a young man who coateraptated emigration what he tbooght of Texas as a place of real- ? M .t. Wade 7 iniaii . oas rage aad shoeted: "If I owned Texas cad beCJ I woold aot hesitata j e rent Texas aad live in theoiher pj-ec" ! -.-..-. fc l -t saki taat a smaH -caattcy o That was a wise man who- cat a big hole in bis baza door for bis eat. and, a ISEsaR oa e for her kJCten. -f t- -i:MiKJ-J"a''-ilK!ft4in r i Tiifr- -i -"if