cbrnnhn dvctiuicv. 0. W, rAIRDROTHEn&GO,, Proprietors. AUBUllN, 1 i NEBRASKA. UP IN THE WOULD. Tho Hunflovfror used to bo n common country fellow Tall and Innk and gawky, with it tint of black And yellow; Tho lovely Lady Lily, heir of a kingly race. Trotnbk-u whon ho stared at her, and turned a way hor faoo. Tho Itoios laughed and noddod, and shook tholr drops of dew "Now roiilly you do not supposo thnt ho would look ut your" Tho prim and pretty Misses Pink stood gig gling In a row, And all Ix.'omiflo young Hundowor wished to bo tholr beau. Tho whlto nnd scarlet HcllyhookR put on an nlr pntlmtlo; Though nmia thoy woron't oonsldorod ospec- lally irsthftla; And oven llttlo Nasturtium was sauuy enough toHiiyt "I am Ixtttor than thnt big eronturo, I can prove It any day." Hut now tho times havo changed, lndood. Tho garden's poor rolntlou 7s at tho vory head and front of modern deco ration. With tho stately Lily, sldo by aldo, In glory ho , appears, On plniiio nnd pnnel, high and low, on scroons nnt jHrtiertu, Tho haughty llowors thnt scarcely deigned to know this pnrvoiiii Now throng his court with nnxlous looks, and beir u word or two. Tho I.lly, smiling In his face with shy itud sweet regard, No more reiuembora whon ho lived, a clown, In tho buck yard. Mr. 1 M. ItiUU, hi I'ouWi'ji Comvanton. TUB LAWYEJISTECRET. By B. Ij. Farjoon, Author of "Broad, Ohooso and Kisses." ClfArTRK IV.-Co.fTiNtiKD. "Because, Mrs. Dulton, to answer you I intiHt first question myself; nnd believe mo, n mini must havo consider able connive who can dure to ask him boU whothor, In this tiresome journey of llfo ho 1ms taken tho right or tho wrong road. 1 confess inysolf n coward, and implore you not to compel mo to bo bravo." He rose as ho finished speaking, and, looking down at his dress, continued: "The first dinner-bell rang a quarter of an hour ago, and behold mo still in traveling costume; tho sin is yours, Mrs. Dallon. Till dinner time, adieu!" Ellinor, loft alone, sank into a gloomy reverie. 'What what can bo tho mystery of this man's Ufo?" bIio murmured to her aolf. " If I dared but no. no! I daro not answer that question." It was difficult to roeognl'.o tho gloomy and bitter Horaco Margrave of half an hour boforo in tho brilliant and versa tile visitor who sat at Sir Lionel's right hand, and whoso Incessant How of witty vcrsijlage kept tho crowded dinner-table In a roar of laughtor. Ellinor, charmed In spito of herself, beguiled out of hor nolf by tho fascination of his animated conversation, wondored at tho extraor dinary power possessed by this man. " So brilliant, so accomplished," she thought; "so admired, prosperous and successful, and yet so unhappj'." That ovoning tho post brought Elli nor a lottor which had been sent to hor town houso, and forwarded thonco to Sir Lionel's. Sho Btarted on seeing tho direotion, and, taking it into tho little inner drawing-room, which was still unten anted, sho road it by tho light of tho wax candio on tho chlmno3'-pieco. She ro turnod to tho long saloon aftor refold ing hor lottor, and, crossing over to a liall tablo, at which Horaco Margrave sat, bending over a portfolio of engrav ings, sho seated horsolf near him, and BaTd: "Mr. Margavo, I havo just received a lottor from Scotland." "From Scotland!" " Yes. From tho dear old minister, James Stowart. You remember him?" "Yes; a whito-hoaded old man, with a family of daughters, tho shortest of whom was tailor than I. Do you corre spond with himP" " Oh, no. It is so many years since I loft Scotland, that my dear old friends soom one by ono to havo dropped off. I should like so much to havo given them a now church at Ac hindoro, utMr. Dalton of courso objoctod to tho outlay of monoy; and aa that'is a point I novor disputo with him, I abandoned tho idea; but Mr. Stowart has written to mo this time for a spocial purpose" "And that isP" "To toll mo that my old nurso, Mar- jarot Mackay, has become blind and uflrm, and has boon obliged to loavo hor situation. Poor doar old aoul! sho wont into sorvico in Edinburgh, after my poor father's death, and 1 entirely lost sight of hor. I should havo pro Tided for hor long boforo this had I known whoro to find hor; but now thoro is no question about tlds appoal, nnd I shall Immediately sottlo a hun dred a year upon hor, In spito of Mr. Dalton's rigid and praiseworthy econ omy." " I fancy Mr. Dalton will think a hundred a year too much. Fifty pounds for an old woman in tho north of Abor dcenshlro would bo almost fabulous wealth; but you aro so suporb in your notions, my doar Ellinor, liard-hoaded business men, liko Dalton and myself, can scarcoly stand against you." "Pray do not comparo yourself to Mr. Dalton," said Elfinor, with quiot scorn. "I'm afraid, indeod, I must not," hoansworod, gravoly; "but you woro saving" "That In this matter I will tako no refusal; no pitiful and contemptible ox cusos or prevarications. I shall write to him by to-morrow's post. I cannot got nn imswor till tho next day. If that answer should bo either a refusal or an oxcusc, I know what courso to tako." " And that courso" "I will toll you what it is, whon 1 ro colvo Henry Dalton's reply. But I am unjust to film," she said, "ho cannot rofuso to comply with this request" Tlirco days aftor this conversation, just as tliG half-hour bell had rung, and as Sir Lionel's visitors were all hurry ing off to their dressing-rooms, Ellinor laid hor hand lightly on Horaco Mar gravo's arm, as ho was leaving tho largo drawing-room, and said: " Pray lot mo speak to you for a fow minutes. I havo received Mr. Dalton's answer to my letter." "And that nnswcrP" ho asks, as ho follows hor into tho llttlo room commu nicating with tho conservatory. ' " Is, as you suggested It might bo, a refusal." "A refu8ftll" Ho olovatcs his dark, arched oyobrows faintly, but seems vory llttlo surprised at tho intelligence. "Yes; n refusal. Ho dares not oven attempt an excuse, or invent a reason for ids conduct. Forty pounds a year, ho says, will bo a comfortable compe tence for an old woman in tho north of Scotland, whoro very few ministers of tho Presbyterian Church havo a lnrcrer income. That sum ho will sottlo on her immediately, and ho boihIh mo a chock for tho first half-year. But ho will sot tlo no more, nor will ho endeavor to explain motives which aro always mis construed. What do you think of his conductP" As sho spoko, tho glass door, which separated tho tiny boudoir from tho conservatory, swung backwards and forwards In tho autumn breeze, which blow in through tho outer door of tho conservatory; for tho day having been unusually warm for tho season of year, this door had been loft open. " My dear Ellinor," said Horace Mar grave, "If any ono should como into tho conservatory, thoy might hear us talking of your husband." "Evoryono is dressing," sho an swered, carelessly. " Besides, if any one wore there, tlioy would scarcely bo surprised to hear mo declaro my con tempt for Henry Dalton. Tho world does not, I hope, give us credit for being a happy couple." " As you will; but I am sure I heard some ono stirring in that conservatory. But no matter. You ask mo what I think of your husband's conduct in re fusing to allow a superannuated nurso of yours more than forty pounds a yearP Don't think mo a heartless ruffian, if I tell you that I think lie is perfectly right." L J "But to withhold from mo my own monoy! To fetter my alms-giving! To control my very charities! I migTit for give him, if ho refused mo a diamond necklace, or a pair of ponies; but in this mattor, in which my affection is con cerned, to lot his economy step in to frustrate my earnestly-expressed wishes It Is too cruel." "My dear Mrs. Dalton, like all vory impetuous and warin-hearted people, you aro rathor given to jump at conclu sions. Mr. Dalton, you say, withholds your own monoy from you. Now, your own money, with tho exception of tho Arden estate, which ho sold on your marriago, happens to havo been invested entirely in tho Throo Per Cents. Now, suppose mind, I haven't tho least rea son to supposo that such a thing lias over happened, but for the sake ot put ting a case supposo Honry Dalton, as a olovor and enterprising man of business, should havo been tempted to speculate with somo of your monoy?" " Without consulting mo?" " Without consultingyou. Decidedly. What do women know of speculation?" " Mr. Margrave, if Henry Dalton has done tliis, ho is no longer a miser, but ho is a cheat. Tho monoy loft to mo by my uncle's will was mine. To bo sliarcit with him, it is truo, but still mine. No sophistry, no lawyer's quib blo, could over havo made it his. If, then, ho has, without my consent or knowledge speculated with that monoy, I no longor despise him as a misor, but I detest him as a dishonest man. Ah! Horaco Margrave, you with noblo blood In your veins; you a gontloman, an honorablo man; what would you think of Henry Dalton, if this wero possiblo?" "Ellinor Dalton, havo you ovor hoard of tho madness men havo christened gambling? Do you know what ho feols, this man who hazards his wifo's fortune, his widowed mother's slender pittance, his helpless children's inheritance, tho monoy that should pay for his eldost son's education, his daughter's dowry, tho hundreds that Is duo to his trusting creditors, or tho gold intrusted to him by a confiding employer, on tho green cloth of a West-end gaming-tablo? Do you think that at that mad moment, whon tho gas-lamp dazzles his oyes, and the piles of gold hoavo up and down upon tho restless green balzo, and tho croupier's voico, crying: Mako your gamol' is multiplied by a million, nml deafens Ids bowlldered ear Uko tho clamor of all tho fiends; do you think at that moment that lie ovor supposes that ho is going to lose this money which is not honestly his? No; ho is going to double, to troblo, to quadruple it; to multiply ovory glistening guinea by a hundred, and to tako it back to tho starving wife or tho anxious children, nnd cry: Was I so much to blamo, aft or all?r Havo you ovor stood upon tho Grand Stand at Epsom, and seen tho whito faces of tho betting men, and hoard tho noiso of tho eager voices upon tho final rush to tho winning postP Every man upon that crowded stand, ovory creature upon that crowded courso, from tho great nmgnato of tho turf, who stands to win a quarter of n million to tho wretched apprentice lad, who has stolon half a crown from tho tin to put It upon tho favorlto, bolloves that ho has backed ti winning horso. This is tho groat madnc3S of gaming; that is tho tcrriblo witchcraft of tho fjambllng-houso and tho ring; and that s tho mlsorablo hallucination of tho man who speculates with tho fortuno of another. Pity him, Ellinor. If tho dis honest aro ovor worthy of tho pity of tho good, that man deserves your pity." Ho had spoken with an energy unu sual to him, and ho sank into a chair, half-exhausted with his unwonted vcho menco. " I would rather think tho man, who I am forced to call my husband, amiser, than a cheat, Mr. Margrave," Ellinor said, coldly; and I am sorry to learn thnt if he woro, indeed, capablo of such dishonor, his crime would find nn advo cate in you." " You aro pitiless, Mrs. Dalton," said Horaco Margrave, aftor a pause. Heav en help tho man who dares to wrong you." " Do not let us speak of Henry Dal ton any longer, Mr. Margrave. I told you that if ho should refuse this favor, this right, I had decided on what courso to tako." " You did; and now, may I ask what that course is?" " To leavo him." "Leave him!" hcexclaimcd, anxious ly. "Yes; leavo him in tho possession of this fortune which he holds so tightly, or which, supposing him to bo tho piti ful wretoh you think ho may have boon, lie has speculated with, and lost. Leavo him. Ho can never have oared for me. Ho has denied my every request, frus trated my every wish, devoted every hour of his life, not tome, but tohis be loved profession. My aunt will receive me. I shall leave this place to-morrow morning." " But, Ellinor, tho world" " Let the world judge between us. What can tho world say of mo? 1 shall live with my aunt, as I did before this cruel fortune was bcriucathed to me. Mr. Margrave guardian you will ac company mo to Paris, will you not? I am so inexporienced in all these sort of tilings, so little used to help myself, that I daro not tako this journey alone. You will accompany mo?" "I, Ellinor?" Again tho dark oye lashos shiver over the gloomy brown eyes. " Yes; who so fit to protect mo as you, to whom with his dying lips my father committed my guarilianshipP For his sake, you will do mo this service, will you not?" " Is it a service, Ellinor? Can I bo doing you a service in taking you away from your husband?" "So bo it, then," sho said scornful ly. " You refuse to help mo; 1 will go alono." " Alone?" "Yes; alono. I go to-night, and alone." . A bright Hush motmt&Vjjg- Horaoo Margrave's palo fuco, aiicJ""ivld light shone in hi handsome eyes. "Alono, Ellinor? No.no," ho said, "my poor child, my ward, my helpless orphan girl, my little Scotch lassie of tho good time gone, I will protect you on this journey, place you safely in tho arms of yojr aunt, and answer to Henry Dalton for my conduct. In tins, at least, Ellinor, I will bo worthy of your dead father's coufidonco. Make your arrange ments for 3 our journey. You have your maid with you?" " Yes, Ellis, a most excellent creat ure. Then, to-night, guardian, by tho mail train." "I shall bo read'. You must make your oxcusu to Sir Lionel, and leavo with as littlo explanation as possible. An rcvoir!" As Ellinor Dallon and Horaco Mar grave left tho littlo boudoir, a gentleman in a groat-coat, witli a railway rug Hung ovor his shoulder, strode out on to tho terrace through tho door of tho conserv atory, and lighting a cigar, paced for about half an hour up and down tho walk at tho sido of the houso, thinking deeply. CIIAPTBrt V. FltOM LONDON TO PAIUS. Wliilo dressing, Ellinor gave her maid orders to set about packing im mediately. Ellis, a vory solemn and matter-of-fact person, expressed no sur prise, but wont quietly to work, empty ing tho contents of wardrobes into im perials, and fitting silver-topped bottles into thoir volvet-Tinod cases, as if thoro woro no such tiling as hurry or agitation in tho world. It was a long ovening to Ellinor Dal ton. Every quarter that chimed its silver tones from tho ormolu timo-picco over tho chimney seemed an entire hour to hor. Never had tho county families appeared so insufferably stupid, or tho London visitors so supremely tiresome. Tho voting man from tho War Olllco took hor into dinner, nnd Insisted on telling her some vory funny story about U young man in another Government office, which brilliant anecdote lastod, exqlusive of Interruptions, from tho soup to tho dessert, without drawing nearer the point of witticism. Aftor tho drenrv dinner, tho oldest daughter of tho oldost of tho county families fast ened horsolf and a vory difficult piece of crochot upon hor, and inflicted all tho agonies of a worsted-work rose, which, as tho young lady perpetually declared, would not como right. But howovor distrait Ellinor might bo, Horaco Margravo was not Horaco of tho West-end world. Ho talked poll tics with tho heads of tho county fami lies; stock oxchango with tho oltv mon; sporting magazine and TattorsnlPs with tho country swolls; discussod tho last debuts at Ilor Majesty's Theator with tho young Londonors; spoko of Sir John Horsoholfs last discovery to a .scientific country squire, and of tho nowost thing In farming implements to nn agri cultural ditto; talked compliments to tho young country ladies, and tho frosh- cot May-fair scandal to the young Lon don ladles; had, In short, something to say on every subject to everybody, without displeasing any one. And let nny man who has tried to do this in tho crowded drawing-room of a country houso say whether or not Horace Mar gravo wos a clover fellow. "By tho by, Horace," said Sir Lionel, as tiio accomplished lawyer lounged against ono corner of tho long marble mantlepiecc, talking to a group of young mon and ono rather fast young lady, who had edged herself into tho circle under cover of a brother, much to tho indignation of more timid spirits, who sat modestly aloof, furtively re garding Admirable Crichton Margravo, as his friends called, him, from distant sofas: "by tho by, my boy, where did you liido yourself all this morning? Wo sadly wanted you to decide a match at billiards, and 1 sent people all over tho houso and grounds in search of you." " I rodo over to Horton nftor lunch," said Horace. "I wanted a fow hours thcro on electioneering business. " You've been to Horton P" asked Sir Lionel, with rathor an anxious expres sion. "Yes, my dear Sir Lionel, to norton. But how alarmed you look I I trust I haven't been doing any tiling wrong. A client of mine is going to stnnd ono whit tho less the elegant and accomplished for tho place But surely you're not going to throw ovor tho county electors, and stand for tho littlo borough of Hor ton, yourself!" ho said, laughing. Sir Lionel looked a littlo confused, and the county families grew suddenly vory grave; indeed, ono young lady in pink, who was known by about sovon fair confidantes to havo a slight tendre for tlio'handsomo lawyer, clutched con vulsively at the wrist of a younger sister in blue, and listened, with nn alarmed face, to tho conversation by tho chim-noy-pieco. "Why, how silent every ono has JTl'OWn!" said Iloraeii. still lmtfrlrinrr. " It seems as if I had launcfied a thunderbolt upon this hospitable hearth, in announcing my visit to tho littlo manufacturing town of Horton. What is it "why is it how is it?" ho asked looking round with a smile. "Why," said Sir Lionel, hesitatingly " the truth of tho matter that is not to mystify you in short you know they, tlioy' vo a fever at Horton. The tho working classes and tho factory pcoplo havo got it very badly, and and the placo is in a maimer tabooed. But of course," added tho old man, trying to look cheerful, "you didn't go into any of tho back streets, or amongst tho lower classes. You only rodo through tho town, I supposo; so you'ro safo enough, my dear Horace." Tho county families simultaneously dijgf u long brentb, nnd tho young la in pink released her sister's wrist. "I went, my dear Sir Lionel," said Horace, with smiling indifference, " into about twenty narrow back streets in an hour and a half, and talked to about forty different factory hands, for I wanted to find which way tho political current set in the good town of Ilorton. Thoy all appeareil extemoly dirty, and now, I remember, a good many of them loooked very ill; but I'm not afraid of having caught tho fover, for all that," ho added, looking round at tho gravo faces of his hearers; "half a dozen cigars, and a sharp ten mile's ride through a bleak, open country must bo a thorough dis infectant. If not," ho continued, bit terly, "ono must dio sooner or later, and why not of a fover caught at Hor ton?" Tho young lady in pink had recourso to hor sister's wrist again, at this speech. Horace soon laughed off tho idea of danger from his afternoon rambles, and, in a fow minutes, ho was singing a Gorman drinking song accompanying himself at tho piano. At last tho long evening was over, and Ellinor, who had heard nothing from hor distant work-table of tho con versation about tho fever, gladly welcomed the advent of a servant with a tray of glistening candlesticks. As sho lit hor candle at tho sidc-tablo, Horaco Margravo camo ovor and lit his own. "I havo spoken to Sir Lionel," ho said, " a carriage will bo ready for us in an hour. Tho London mail does not start till ono o'clock, and wo shall reach town In time to cntch tho day sorvico for Paris. But, Ellinor, it is not yottoo late; toll mo, aro you thoroughly deter mined on this stop?" "Thoroughly," sho said. "I shall bo ready in an hour." Mrs. Dalton's apartments woro at tho end of a long corridor; tho dressing room oponcd out of tho bedroom, and tho door of communication was ajar as Ellinor ontored her room. Her boxes stood ready packed. Sho looked at them hurriedly, examined tho addresses which hor maid had pasted upon them, and was about to pass into tho dressing room, when sho stopped abruptly on tho threshold with an exclamation of surprise. Her husband, Henry Dalton, was seated at tho tablo, with an opon port folio spread boforo him, writing rapid ly. On a chair by tho firo lay his great coat, railway rug and portmanteau. Ho looked up for a moment calmly and gravoly, as Ellinor ontored, and then continued writing. "Mr. Dalton!" "Yes," ho said, still writing; "Icamo down by tho 5:30 train. I roturnod sooner than I expected." " By tho 5:80 train P" sho said, anx iously; "by tho train which leaves London at half-past live, I suppose," sho added. , to be contj.sued. IIow Women Keep "Expense Books." It Is a touching sight to eeo a woman begin to make up her expenses, bavin resolved to put down every cont sho spends, so as to find out how to econ omize, nnd where all tho monoy goes. Procuring a small book she makes a duo entry, nnd tho Monday after tho first Saturday in which hor husband brings homo his pay, alio carefully tears the margin off a newspaper1 and, with a blunt pencil, strikes a trial balance something in this way. " JohnTu-ought mo homo forty-eight dollars and forty cents, and ono dollar and forty-thrco cents, I had is forty nino dollars and ninoty-throo cents, and ono dollnr and nino cents I lent Mrs Dixon is fifty dollars and ninoty-throo-cents but, hold on, I ought not to en ter that, becauso when sho returns it it'll WO down. Tlint wrm fnrli'.iiin,. .ll lars and ninoty-threo cents, and what havo I dono with that?" Then sho puts down tho figures, leav ing out tho items to savo time a process which enables hor to leavo out most of tho Itoms to where a round sum is involved, on tho supposition that they havo already been put down. As thus: "Six dollars and fourteen cents for moat; and ton cents for celery; and ten cents on tho street cars; and a bad five cent piece I got in exchange; and eighty-ono cents I paid tho milkman, who owes mo nineteen cents that's three dollars; and fiftoon cents at church; and tho grocorics tlioy wero either fifteen dollars and sixtv cents or sixteen dollars and fifty cents, nnd I don't remember which thoy wore, but I guess it must have boon fifteen dollars and sixty cents, for tho grocer said if I'd give him a dime lie could give no half a dollar, which would mako oven change, and I couldn't, because tho smallest I had was n quarter; and two dollars and seventy-five cents for mend ing Katie's shoos, which is tho last money that shoemaker over gets from mo; and ton cents for celery no I put that down." Finally she sums up hor trial balance sheet, and finds that it foots up sixty four dollars and twenty-eight cents, which is about fifteen dollars more than sho had originally. She goes over tho list several times and checks it carefully, but all tho items are correct, and sho is just about in despair whon her good an gel hints that there may be a possiblo mis take in tho addition. Acting upon tho suggestion, she foots up the column and finds that the total is forty-four dollars and twenty-eight coitls, nnd that ac cording to the principles of arithmetic she ought to havo five dollars and sixty five cents. Then she counts hor cash several times, tho result varying from ono dollar and forty cents up to ono dol lar and ninety-seven cents, but then she happily discovers that she has been mistaking u two-doliar-and-a-half gold piece for a cent, and remembers that sho gave the baby a trade dollar to cut i its gums with. On tho whole she has como within cight)--six cents of a bal ance, and that, sho says, is close enough, and sho enters in ono lino of tho account book "Dr. By household expenses" so much, and is very happy till sho re members, just aftor going to bod, that she has omitted two dollars and soven-ty-iivo cents for her husband's hat. Chicago Jlcrald. Is Vaccination Safe J Ono argument against vaccination for tho prevention ot small-pox is, that it possibly may communicate other discasss to the person vaccinated. A writer in tho Medical and Surgical Re porter, replying to a physician who thought ho had seen two cases of tho kind, gives the following conclusive facts: Mr. Mnrston, an English physician who had performed more than fifty thou sand vaccinations, had never scon an instance of any othor disease thus com municated. Similar testimony was given by Dr. Lees, whoso experience was equally extensive. Dr. W. Jenner, who had some thirteen thousand sick under his care, had no reason to boliovo, or even to suspoct, that in any case disease had been com municated by vaccination. Dr. West had treated a still larger uumhor twenty-six thousand with a liko ex perience. Against tho two cases referred to above, tho writer in tho Reporter men tions tho case of a woman who de nounced a physician as causing hor child's death tho child having de veloped scrofula not long aftor its vacci nation. But subsequently she lost un othor child by scrofula, though sho had refused to havo this child vaccinated. Dr. Martin, of Boston, of forty years' professional experience, says: "I havo never had a patient dio in any way that could be directly or indirectly attributed to vaccination. I havo never had tho slightest reason to suspect, in a single instance, that vaccination had in any way impaired human vitality, but havo seen sovoral cases in which, besides pre venting small-pox, it was tho means of carrying off certain trivial ailments and of improving tho general health of the patient." Youth's Companion. Tho greatest run by tho steamship Alaska in her quickest trip was 194 miles in 21 hours. This is not equal to what was accomplished boforo 18.10, tho clipper-ship James Bainos having mado 4-20 milos in 21 hours. Tho Flying Cloud, Mr. Lloyd's most celobratod ship, onco mado 374 knots, or 433 miles, in 21 hours and 25 minutes. N. Y. Herald. The Paterson (N. J.) Polico Magis trate lias decided that the members of tho salvation army aro a public nuisance, nml tho enptain and lloutonant have boon fined and warned to desist from singing and shouting on tho streets. X 2 5 v r J