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01 CHRISTMAS TDK
WHAT CAME OF KfLUNQ A BICH CKCLB.
By MAEK LEMOH.
' "Dance with me, Letty Green," said
George Poynter, to a pretty girl with
bluo eves and "hair that shamed the
morn."
Her ample ball dres3 was of the purest
white muslin, fastened at the sleeves and
round the waist with blue ribbon bluer
than her eyes.
"Yes," answered Letty, "I want to
dance with you."
The Linco at an end, Letty tried to
smooth her golden curls into order with
her little hands, and then, opening her
pretty blue eyes to their full, said:
"George Poynter, I should like some
orange."
"es, Letty," said the young gentle
man addressed; "and there's lemonade
and negus and such a sponge cake."
"I like dancing with you better than
any one, Letty," said George, to his pretty
partner.
"Do you? Wliyr replied Letty, her
voice rather obstructed by the sponge
cake.
"I think it is because I like you you
are so pretty, replied the young gauanu
"You musn't say that, or mamma will
scold you, Georgy. She scolds every
one who tells me I am pretty," said the
young lady.
But the words had been spoken, and
from that night until the end of the
Christmas holidays, George and Letty
said they were sweethearts.
IL
Some four or five years had passed and
Letty Green and her mamma were
sitting together under the veranda of
their pretty cottage, working, and talk
ing of a pleasant uav they had spent at
Mr. Poynter's, when Master George came,
he said, to hid them good-by, as ho was
returning to school on the following
morning.
"And I want to ask you a favor, Mrs.
Green, and Lett a favor," 6aid George,
coloi iug slightly.
Mrs. Green would grant it, of course,
anil so would Letty, if she could.
"1 want Letty to ride Rufus, my pony,
whilst I am at school. Papa has no use
for it. and it carries a lady beautifully."
"But to accept this proposal would give
so much trouble."
"Not in the least, Tom that's our
groom saj-s it won't, and papa says it
won't, and I say the same; so please say
you'll use the ony. Straps, the harness
maker, will lend u side saddle."
Mrs. Green accepted George's offer, as
Letty was rather fragile, and pony
riding had been declared to bo good for
her: hut Mrs. Green's income would not
allow of the expense, she said. There
were eop!o who called Mrs. Green a
mean woman, and hinted that she loved
money liettcr than her child.
George Poynter went to school very
beery, because he had made such a cap
ital arrangement about his pony, and he
olten thought, when the weather was
hue. of Rufus. and wondered if Letty
were riding him. George had not for
gotten, perhaps, tliat years years ago
he and Letty liad called themselves
sweethearts.
III.
More years liad passed, and brought
their cliangcs. George and Letty were
alone together in a small book room in
Mrs. Given':i house, the windows open
ing tot iu- garden. George was attired
in deep mourning, and thero were strips
or black ribbon here and thero onLetty's
whiLocircss. They liad been talking'of
death and borrow until both liad become
silent. After a time Letty took George's
hand, and said:
"Dear George, you must strive to
meet your great affliction with a brave
spirit indeed you must.
"I liave I do strive," replied George,
looking away from Letty; "but remcin
licr what has come to me. Two years
ago my father died. A year before that
villain. .Jackson, ruined my father
broke hu heart killed him. O Letty!
what have I done to deserve this? Wliat
can I dor"
"Trust still to the father of tho father
less," replied Letty. "We do not know
why great afflictions are permitted to
overtake us any moro than we can tell
why great good comes to ns when wo
least expect or deserve it, dear George.
You are young, clever, good and have
many friends, and out. who is more
than a friend.'
She raised George's hand to her lips
when he had said this (they were tni"
sweethearts now), and he-"-what could
he do but press her to his bosom, and
kisa her cheek burning with blushes?
Mn. Green had been walking in tho
garden, evidently bus- with her thoughts.
Sho had stopjicd near tho book room
window, near enough to hear wliat tho
sweethearts were saying to each other,
and fcho appeared "to be made more
thoughtful ny what she heard.
When Mr. Poynter was a tlirivingmer
cliant Mrs. Green had been moro than a
consenting party to her daughter's ac
ceptance of George Poynter's attentions
indeed, she liad by" several indirect
means encouraged tho young people to
think lovingly of each other. But now
matters were clianged. Master George,
as ho was generally called, liad neither
houses nor lauds, nor liad ho "ships gone
to a far countrie," and Mrs. Green was
perplexed how to act. She knew tliat
Letty loved her first sweetheart, and
would perhaps love lain more now that
ho was poor.
Mrs. Green was relieved from her per
plexity more agreeably than she de
served to liavo been, as Georgo Poynter
called the next day, bringing with him a
letter from his uncle, rich old Silas
Cliecseman. promising to provide for Ids
only sister's only son, and hinting that
George might by good conduct look to Ik?
heir to all his thrifty savings.
Silas was a bachelor, having been
muyucu in ins youtn. tie then took tu
loving money, and had been a most suc
cessful wooer, as thoso clever Jpcople
who know everylKxlv's business but
their own declared old Silas Cheese
man to bo worth his hundred thousand
pounds "moie or less."
Uncle Silas had also procured a situa
tion for George in the neighboring town
of St. Gaits merely a probationary sit
uation, as cltTk to a timber merchant,
who was ur.dc-r iecuniary obligations to
Silas. Ail thh was very cheering, and
very kind of Uncle Silas, although 3Ir.
Bawk, che timber merchant, was indeli
cate enough to surmise that George was
Disced ia nis establishment as a spy. and
fo watch the interests of las uncle.
George would have scorned such a posi
tion for all Uncle Silas had to give.
rv
Before wo pass on to the events of the
next few years, we will introduce Chaun
ccyGibbs, a f riend of George Poynter.
Chaunccy hh pat-onvm of Gibbs was
rarely mentioned Chaunoey was a good
naturcd, good for nothing, unsettled,
amusing fellow, who contrived to live a
gypsy kind of life on 200. a year, stead
fastly refusing to encumber himself with
any employment or to incur responsibili
ties more (to quote Chaunccv) than his
Iiat wculd cover. He was a native of St
Gnats and known to everybody in the
town, but he liad no regular abiding
place, as he chose to wander at will, and
George Poynter would not have been sur-
Krised to have received oneof Chauncev's
rief letters dated from London, Pans,
Vienna or Pelrin. He mostly affected
England, however, and London espe
cially in the winter. When money was
scarce Chauncey walked: when he was -I
in funds he availed himself of any cheap
conveyance which offered, sometimes
never inquiring its destination, but
making himself equally at homo wher
ever he was stranded. At Christmas time
he al.vays returned to St. Gnats, and
was a welcome guest at many hospitable
tables in that thriving town, nnking his
headquarters, however, with his old
friend and school chum, George Poyn
ter. He had written to announce his
return to St. Gnats for the Christmas
approaching the end of the two Tears
which had intervened since George
Poynter had assumed the stool of office
at If r, Bawk's, and supplies of tobacco
aftd Utter beer were already secured for
th welcome pocted guest
Ctnmtctry liad a favorite lounge in
hvtfltti. a tobacconist's in an out of the
itt tim ntoborhood of St
Maty Axe.
The proprietor was a beadle, or some
officialof that character, to one of the
companies, and tho tobacco business was
conducted during the early part of the
day by the beadle's wife and daughter.
It was Chauncey'e pleasure to sit on a
snuff tub in front of the counter and
smoke, in turn, all the varieties of to
bacco sold at the beadle's, beguiling the
time, also, with animated conversations
with the daughter, whose powers of
repartee were more ready than refined.
It is not our intention to chronicle more
than Chauncev's parting interview and
what came of it, as slang from a wo
man's lips is our abhorrence.
Chauncey was about to leave the shop
after one of liis long sittings, when the
younger lady said:
"You won't see me again, I expect,
Mr. Chauncev; I'm going to be married."
"You maimed!
"Yes, me; why not, I should like to
know?" asked the lady, a little piqued.
"I'm sure I envy the happy man," re
plied Chauncey. "It's not the Scotch
man at the shop door, is it?"
"Well, I'm sure!" said the young lady,
and without another word she bounced
into the little parlor at the back of the
shop.
"Now you've regularly offended
Becky," said Mrs. Beadle, "and such
old friends as you was and she to be
married to-morrow, and so respectable."
"Well, I'm glad to hear that, said
Chauncey. "Where's the wedding to be?
I'll buy a bundle of water cresses and
strew her way into church as an apology
for my rudeness."
"Oh! she won't want no apology from
you she knows what you are Mr. Chaun
cey; but slic's to be married at 10 to-morrow,
at St Mary Axo's, but wo don't
want it spoke of, as the bridegroom's
nervous," said Mrs. Beadle, in a whisper.
"I'll be there in time," replied Chaun
cey. "I suppose her father will give her
away in full costume, cocked hat, staff,
and all that"
"He will do all things that is proper,
Mr. Chauncey," said Mrs. Beadle, with
much dignity, and Becky at that moment
calling "Mother!" in rather an hysterical
tone, Chauncey was allowed to find his
way out of the shop as he pleased.
On the following morning Chauncey
was at tho church of St Mary Axe a
quarter of an hour before tho time ap
pointed for tho ceremony wliich was to
unite Miss Beadle and somebody to their
lives' end.
hale old gentleman between 60 and
70, perhaps, was the next arrival. Having
maae some very confidential communi
cation to tho old pew opener, ho was con
ducted, evidently in great trepidation, to
the vestrv, and there immured until tho
arrival of tho tobacconist and family
but without tho emblematical Scotch
man. Cliauncey concluded, therefore,
that Miss Beadle liad captivated tho old
gentleman now awaiting his doom in the
condemned cell called the vestry.
The Bcadlo was in mufti, but his cos
tume rtill partook of the splendor of his
oiiicc, and a canary colored waistcoat
with glittering buttons of ruby glass ren
dered him bomewhat conspicuous even
in tho gloom of St Marv Axe. His gen
eral expression and bearing was that of
a tempered indignation, as though ho
were about to consent to the infliction of
some injury which ho could avoid if ho
pleased. A word, a look, might have
provoked him to have torn the license
lroui the parson's hands and to havo
dragged his daughter from the altar,
lie was therefore allowed to walk up the
aLlo unmolested.
Mrs. Beadlu was very lively on her en
trance to the church moro lively, per
hajs3. than black tea and the occasion
warnuiled; but, whatever had been the
stimulating cause of her cheerfulness, it
ran in plenteous drops from her eyes as
she approached tho altar, and must have
leeii exhausted entirely by the end of
tho ceremony. Niobo weeping for her
children would have been a dry nurse
compared with Mrs. Beadle.
Miss Beadle was resigned, as became
her to be at 31. With closed eyes and
dioopiug head she leaned upon her
mother's arm until, with pardonable
confusion, siij released her hand to put
u; her parasol as she drew near the altar.
Chauncey rushed to her relief, and with
some difficulty possessed himself of the
incumbrance, aud as there were no at
tendant bridesmaids the impudent fellow
attached himself to the wedding party,
to he, ns ho said, "generally useful and
to pick up tho pieces."
The ceremony proceeded with all proper
solemnity, but thero was some associa
tion with the name of one of the con
tracting parties which made Chauncey
fairly start, and then determine to wit
nesj the signing of the certificate, to
satisfy a doubt which had suddenly en
tered his mind.
The wedding party retired to tho ves
try when "Amazement" had ended the
ce"i eniony , and proceeded to sign the reg
isters attesting the union which had just
been solemnized Mr. Chauncey Gibbs
being, as he said, a friend of the family,
.signed also, and there read what had
better lie revealed in tho next chapter.
V.
Any one had only to have walked
down the High street of St Gnats to
have known that Christmas was at rumr!,
Tho grocers' windows were overrunning
with Iusciousncss; tho butchers' shops
were so choke full of beef and mutton
tliat the butchers themselves would havo
to cut their wav out into tho 6treet; tho
poulterers had laid in such stocks of tur
keys, geese and chickens, that Mr. Bab-
bi'.gc's calculating machine could aloen
h.i.e computed them mere human in
tellect would have failed. The window
frames of the houses seemed sprouting
with holly and "the ivy green, and no
doubt but mistletoe hung, kiss provok
ing, within.
Mrs. Green had made every room in
her cottage an anagram of her name, as
it was holly decked everywhere. Nor
wjis the &acred bough forgotten "on
the young people's account' she said,
"though Letty and George had lone
c&ised to want an excuse for a kiss."
George Poynter was waiting the ar
rival of his friend, Chauncey Gibbs. A
glorious fire blazed within the grate; the
table was spread to welcome the coming
guest, for whose delectation a faultless
rumpsteak pie was browning in the oven.
The train, punctual to ite time, was
beard screaming into the station close
by, and in a few minutes after the two
friends were together.
If you are hungrv it is fanfaliring to
listen to the particulars of a dinner you
are not to snare; if you are sated, you
are bored by the recapitulation of dain
ties you care not to touch, and therefore
we will allow the friends to take their
meal in peace. Neither will we join
their after revel when two or three old
cronies came in and made a night of it,
until George and Chauncey sought their
beds fairly tired out with jollity.
When breakfast was over the next
morning, and -Chauncey found that
George had excused himself from at
tendance at the timber yard, he 6aid:
"I am glad you can give the morning
to me, as I have 6ome news for vou that
may, perhaps, surprise and annoy vou."
"Indeedr replied George. "'What
is it?"
"I woulAot touch upon it last night,
although I think some immediate action
should be taken by you or your friends,"
continued Chauncey, looking verv ser
ious. "Pray speak out," said George.
"Oh yes. I must do that, for I have
no tact, never had, to make an unpleas
ant matter agreeable. Have you heard
from your uncle lately?"
"Yes, two days ago principally on
Mr.Bawk's business," replied George.
"My old boy, your uncle never in
tended you any good when he shut you
up in that log house of Bawk's. He put
you there f orhis own selfish purpose and
nothing else."
"Why do you say that? asked George.
"He has led you to suppose that you
were to be his heir some day, has he
''Hehasnoversaidtbatmdirecttenns;
but he certainly has hinted at such a pos
sibility." "Then he's an old scamp, if he don't
deserve a harder name," said Chaunoey,
thumping the table. "Two days ago he
did Ins best to disinherit you. You may
stare, but I saw with my own eyes, heard
with my own ears, that old ragamuffin
marry a bouncing woman of thirty."
"Harrv! Uncle Silas marry!"
"Fast a St Mary Asa could do it to
a snuirseuers tCUgnter;" and then
Chaunccy, to the astonishment of his
friend, narrated what we already know
of the wedding at which Mr. Chauncey
had so officiously assisted.
"This is indeed a terrible blow," said
George, "an unexpected blow." s
"Yes; I am afraid, knowing the hands
he lias fallen into, that he wont have a
will of liis own when a few months have
passed," said Chauncey. "I found out
now the matter came about Old Silas
was very ill. and wouldn't have a doctor;
but a Beadle. 1 call nun cot at luni.
and then introduced hia. daughter as '
nurse. They first physicked nun nearly
to death, and then brought him round
with bottled porter. They told the old
fool they saved his life, and he be
lieved it; and out of gratitude, and the
want of a nurse, he proposed to Miss
High-dried, and married'her."
"This hits me harder than you know,
Chauncey much harder. Poor Letty
and I can never hoiie now"
"Oh, nonsensef replied Chauncey.
"Keep your uncle's secret, as he will if
he can, marry Letty, and let Mother
Green storm afterwards."
George shood his head, and then
said:
"Chauncey, you advise that which is
dishonorable."
"All fair in love, old boy," replied
Chauncey, with a laugh: "and if I were
you, to gain the woman who loves me,
whom I love, I'd kill my uncle."
"Great heaven! wliat do you say? But
I see you were joking. No; my'course
is perfectly clear so far as Mrs. Green
and Lettyaro concerned. I go to them
at once, and tell what has taken place.
If I am forbidden to continue my visits
by Mrs. Green sho shall be obeyed.
Letty, I know, will bo always true to me;
and when I can make a home for her, I
can claim her with honor."
"Devilish pretty speech," said Chaun
ccy," and all right. I have no doubt I
still say, kill old Silas Choeseman, and
get married; or, stay perhaps yes
you sliall write to luni, now that he's
hoacmoon struck tell him you want
to foliow his example, and require ten
thousand jounds to do it"
"I understand this nonsense, Chaun
cey," replied George, with a sad smile.
"Your friendly chaff i3 well meant; but
my case is very serious. And so good-by
for an hour or two. You will find me
here after tliat time."
The road to Mrs. Green's cottago never
seemed so long before to George Poynter
as it did now that ho felt liis fate. Tho
happiness, for a time at least, of his dar
ling Letty depended upon the interview
ho was seeking with her mother. He
was not without romo justification for
the misgivings which beset him. as Jlrs. .
Green liad moro than twice or thrice
casually hinted at what a mother's course
should be to prevent a child "marrying
into poverty. Indeed, she had once told
him, when Letty was not present, how
glad sho was when his uncle's recognition
of him produced such a favorablo turn in
George's fortunes, as it liad spared them
all the pain which she rhould have felt it
her duty to liavo inflicted. The crisis
had only been deferred. There were tears
from Sirs. Green regrets and pity; but
there wero were also cold, cruel words,
which wero not to bo gainsaid, unless
Letty could disobey the mother who liad
loved her all her life, and lived only to
see her happy.
George spared his Letty and her mother
any contest ns to the decision to be made.
He promised to obey Mrs. Green in all
she required of liim; but he promised
Letty also, when they were left alone,
that his love never should change, nor
rhcul.l a doubt ever liavo placo in liis
tlioughts that die could change one tittle
in her !:vo for him. And as lie held her
t o lil L-eating heart not for the last time,
no! no! he toM her how ho would strive
to make a home for both tliat their pro
oaiiuu would he&hoit if a brave resolu
tion could only lind tho means to work
with. And they would come they al- ,
vays did; for had not they been piouiised
ny the one which could not lie."
"Poor heart.! they parted very sadlv:
but a good angel was already busying
himself for their reunion. And such an
angel! Chauncey Gibbs!
"He won't write to old Silas?" Then I
will," said Chauncey, half aloud, when
George had left bun. "He won't kill his
uncle an old fool? Then I will." He
opened the long blade of liis penknife
and trimmed a quill wliich he found on
George's desk.
There were paper and ink, astcay be
supjio&ed, aud there was also the ready
writer, Chauncey, who began:
"St. Gnats, Dec. 20, 16.
"Dear Sir As my friend, Mr.
George Poynter, is unfortunately suffer
ing at this time from a severe blow hi
his chest ('That's perfectly true') I
have placed nivself at his service; and
although 1 sliall not express myself as he
would liave done on the subject ('That's
true again, I fancy') I hope you will
tako the will for tho deed. News lias
reached us here, dear sir 'He'll
like tliat dear sir) that after many
years of deliberate calculation ('No,
not calculation) consideration, you
have discovered tliat man was not made
to live alone, and therefore, with a wise
regard for your own happiness, you have
sought connubial felicity at the altar of
St Mary Axe. ('Very good!' muttered
Chaunccy; 'the name of the church will
show that his secret is known to us.) I
know not whether it is your wish that
your blissful union should be made gen
erally known; but I cannot hesitate (on
the part of my friend, 1 mean) to offer
you my sincerest congratulations, and to
wish you all the happiness you deserve.
('That's true; and I should like to add,
all you are likely to find.') I am aware
that wliat you have done must neces
sarily interfere largely, if not entirely,
with those expectations which you once
or twice ('Sliall I say promised? No')
encouraged me to entertain ('What
would old George say to that?") and
though I descend from the clouds
('Good figure that') to the substratum
of daily toil and permanent anxiety, I
sliall know that you are sitting happy at
your domestic hearth, smoking the pipe
of peace ('It wants something else to
round off the sentence') and and
('Oh. blow it!') rocking the cradle.
"31ay I request if not asking too much
at this blissful period of your life a line,
to tell me that I may add to my affection
ate remembrances an Aunt Choeseman?
"I remain, dear sir,
"Your affectionate nephew,
"For George Poynter"
Chauncey paused. "It won't do to sign
my name, or Mrs. C. will remember it
Yes I have it they never heard the
name of C. Gibbs."
Having sealed and directed his letter,
Chauncey proceeded to post it
In traveling down from London
Chauncey had learned that a projected
branch railway from St Gnats was in
high favor with all the moneyed interest
of tho place; and when he suggested the
propriety of lolling old Silas he liad this
railway in his mind, as on the following
day the allotment of shares was to take
place. Chauncey knew as he knew
everybody Mr. Golding, the banker and
chairman pro tem. of the projected coin-
1any. Without tho least misgiving or
icsitation he called upon that highly re
spectable gentleman, and, after a few
minutes' interview, gave the conversa
tion an extraordinary twist, or jerk, as
thus:
"You've heard of the great windfall to
our townsman, George Poynter, I sup
pose," said Chauncey. "No? Well, per
haps it was hardly to bo expected, seeing
what a retiring fellow he is."
"What is it?" asked Mr. Golding. "He
is a young man for whom I have the
greatest respect I shall be glad to hear
of any good fortune to him."
"And it is a good fortune! His uncle,
you know, was immensely rich," said
Chauncey. "The old bachelor is no more
went off three days ago and my friend
Georgo was long ago his appointed heir."
"Silas Cheeseman goner remarked
Mr. Golding, with a shrug; "a very
money getting man; and must have died
very rich very rich."
"E-nor-mously rich! Single man many
years; no expenses, you know,'' said
Chauncey. "I witnessed the last moments
of the old bachelor at St Mary Axe.
Went off quite composedly after his will
was accomplished. By the bye, it strikes
me yon might secure the interest of young
Georee."
"How, my dear air?' asked Mr. Gold
ing; "we are always glad to secure a good
client"
"And with snch wealth!" aid-Chaxm-
cey. you ano snares m the at. unats
Junction to-morrow, do you not?" "
"Yes," repli the banker; "and the
applications exceed anything I ever knew;
tho shares wfll be five or six premium
before to-morrow is over."
"That's your plan, then! Secure him a
thousand."
"A thousand!" exclaimed Mr. Golding.
"Well, half a thousand sav five hun
dredfor George Poynter; rll let him
know whoso influence ho has to thank
for them. You'll be the banker' of his
immense wealth his friend adviser."
"But ho has not applied," said Mr.
Golding.
"But you have. What's a paltry five
hundred to you in comparison to after
gain or to him? He won't care for the
money, but the friendliness of the thing,"
said Chauncey. with a flourish of the
j hand, as though he were proposing the
merest trifle of a sacrifice.
"And you, my dear sir?" asked Mr.
Golding.
"Oh, nothing; I want nothing; and
you may rely upon my secrecy."
Mr. Golding pressed Chauncey 's hand,
and thanked him for the friendly sug-
tion.
Mr. Golding had but one confidant,
Mr. Baxter, who at that moment entered
the bank, and was announced as being
there.
"Do you object to my naming the mat
ter to my friend Baxter? great influence
at tho board," said Golding.
"Not in the least; perhaps he may help
you to make the allotment a thousand,
replied Cliauncey.
"Oh,' impossible, my" good friend," said
tho banker. "Show in Mr. Baxter."
Chauncev's communication having
been repeated to Mr. Baxter, tho diplo
matist thought he liad better retire; out
ho liad not gone many yards from the
bank when Mr. Baxter overtook him.
"Delighted to hear what you have told
us concerning your friend Poynter an
excellent young man, and deserves all he
gets."
"I am sure of that," said Chaunoey,
"whatever good it may be."
"He'll reside at St. Gnats, I suppose?"
"Yes," answered Chauncey.
"And will want a houso suitable to his
new position?"
"Yes."
"Now I am wanting to sell Prospect
House yonder fine garden, abundance
of water and all that would it suit him,
do vou think?"
i Chaunccy was rather posed by this in-
' quify. and'eaid therefore. "Perhaps."
i ' ' t hink it would; 3.500 is what I ask
and could get it, but I dislike the man.
You know Capt Banger? of course you
must," 8aid Baxter, with emphasis.
Cliauncey did not and would not know
Capt Banger.
"He is a troublesome fellow, and I
should be glad if he would leave the
place," said Mr. Baxter. "If Mr. Poyn
ter will buy he shall have the prefer
ence." Chauncey saw no objection to that,
and promised to speak to his friend if
Mr. Baxter would make the offer in writ
ing; but 3,000, he thought, would be the
utmost that Mr. Poynter would give for
a house.
Mr. Baxter paused for a moment, and
as they were opposite his counting house
he invited Chauncey in, and subsequently
gavo him a letter to Mr. George Poynter,
containing an unconditional offer of
Prospect House for 3,000. Chauncey
carefully put away tho letter and bade
Mr. Baxter good day.
Poor George had returned to his lodg
ing when Chauncey had transacted all
the unportant business wo havo recorded,
and not all his friend's good spirits could
rouse luni from almost despondency.
"Mv old boy," said Cliauncey, "you'll
kink down, down, if you show the white
feather in tliis way. You're j-ouiur enough
to work, and like it I never did."
"It id not hard work hard fighting
with tho world, that I am fearing; it is
the effect of this day's cruel trial upon
Ioor Letty."
. And then George told Cliauncey all tliat
had passed.
"Well, vou would bo so hastily honor
able." replied Chauncey; "you had better
been advised by me waited a day or
two until you liad killed your uncle."
George looked at his fnend and saw a
cunning twinkle in his eye; but Chaun
cey baa his own reasons for saying no
more on the subject
George was very ill the next morning
too ill to go to the timber yard; so
Chauncey offered to see Mr. Bawk, and,
if business pressed, to supply George's
placo for a day or two. Mr. Bawk de
clined Mr. Chauncey's services, and was
to excessively polite and anxious in his
inquiries about Mr. George that Chaun
cey thought tho story of yesterday had
reached Mr. Bawk.
It was not so; but Capt Banger had
been to the timber yard to see Mr. Poyn
ter, and had surprised Mr. Bawk by as
suring him that his clerk must have come
into money, as he liad bought Prospect
house at a sum which he (Capt Ran
ger) had refused to give. He had,
however, left a commission with Mr.
Bawk; and Chauncey wormed out of the
timber merchant the following particu
lars: Captain Ranger, it appeared, liad mar
ried a lady with money not always a
desirable exchange for a man's life and
the lady never allowed him to forget the
pecuniary part of their engagement. She
liad taken a fancy the word is not
strong enough a longing for Prospect
House, and the captain liad undertaken
to obtain it; but, being fond of a bar
gain, ho liad disgusted Mr. Baxter with
a tiresome negotiation, and tho house
had slipped from him. To confess this
to Mrs. Captain Ranger would be to in
voke a conjugal tempest; and in his ex
tremity ho liatl come to Mr. Bawk to in
tercede with hi3 clerk to transfer his
purchase.
"Well," said Cliauncey, "George is a
good natured fellow too good natured
and I will undertake to say that tho cap
tain shall liave Prospect House for 4,
000." "Four thousand pounds!" exclaimed
Mr. Bawk.
"And not one shilling less," said
Chauncey firmly. "Tho house is worth
it as it stands; 'but compute its value to
Captain Ranger, and it is cheap at any
money.
Mr. Bawk pleaded to a stone agent
when he tried to soften Mr. Chaunccy;
and Captain Ranger coming into the
counting house at the moment, heard the
terms proposed, raved like a maniac for
ten minutes, and then consented to be
swindled robbed, for the sake of peace
and quietness.
Chauncey could be a man of business
when he pleased, and ho was now in a
business mood. He therefore trotted off
the ungry captain to an attorney's, made
the transfer, and secured a prospective
1,000 for his friend Georgo by killing
his uncle.
As the day wore on, Chauncey waited
upon Mr. Golding, and found that gen
tleman writing to Mr. Poynter, and ex
pressing the great pleasure it gave him
to hand hini a letter of allotment for 500
shares in the St Gnats Junction, etc. etc.
etc. Railway; adding a hope that tho firm
of Golding, Silverton & Co. might have
Mr. Poynter's name on their books as an
honored client.
Chauncey undertook to deliver the let
ter, and to use his influence with his
friend to make the only acknowledgment
ho could for such disinterested gener
osity. Poor George was very ill at case when
lu3 friend Chauncey returned, and at
first was disposed to be angry at what be
felt to be liis inconsiderate raillery.
"I am serious, old ooy, quite serious,
said Chauncey, throwing Golding's letter
and tho transfer on the table. "I havo
killed old Silas Cheeseman, and there are
some of the proceeds of the transaction.
Open read and satisfy yourself."
George opened tho envelope containing
the transfer, and then Mr. Golding's let
ter. He was in a mist. He thought he
was delirious and had lost his reason; and
Chauncey was a long time making luni
comprehend how he liad come to be pos
sessed of
Profit oa transfer
Profit on 500 she re, premium 5 per tbare.
1,000
Total JdM
and all by killing old Silas Cheeseman!
Poor George was hard to satisfy that
these large gains wero honorably come
by, and when he went to sleep he dreamt
that be had robbed the bank and had set
ProspectJIouse on fire. Tho following
moraine- hmucht a latter from Uncle
Silas.
The poor old dotard expressed himself
so pleased at his nephew's forgiveness of
an act which he had thought would have '
provoked only reviling and wicked
wishes, that ho enclosed a check for 1,
000'and his avunclar blessing.
Was ever another fortune made by ;
suenmeansr
Georgo had all the money; Mr. Golding
begging liis retention of the shares, as his
commercial acuteness might bo dam
aged by a disclosure of the trick which
had been practised upon his cupidity,
and Capt. Ranger was submissively satis
fied, having told his cara sposa that he
had bought Prospect House a decided
bargain.
Mrs. Green would have had to endure
many mortifying reflections had it not
been Christmas time when Letty and
George, and all other estranged friends,
arc willing to forget their old grievances,
and, in thankfulness that such a season
was vouelisafed to erring man, humWy
imitate the Great Forgiver.
JACK TAR'S CHRISTMAS. .
Tho remarks of the Chinese sailor
listed aboard a United States man-of-war,
"Mellee Clistmas, me no sabey he!
so he came down from the foretopsail
yard, where he had been lending a hand
to furl the remnant of a topsau, blown
almost to ribbons by the fierce winter's
galo that was howling one Christmas
morning, and began blowing on his frost
bitten fingers and rubbing them in the
snow which covered the vessel's deck, is
a very good exposition of the practical
side of our universal Christian noliday,
as frequently seen by the hardy toilers
of the sea. Stern necessity sometimes
demands that the work must be
done and the ship made safe
and snug before Jack Tar can
think of bean soap or Christmas pud
ding and other fixings, and not infre
quently, as the sea remembers nothing
and pays no homage to customs, no mat
ter how ancient, imagination of a grand
banquet can alone be relied upon to ap
pease the appetite; as "hot water and
spoons" are very apt to be about all that
can be obtained in the way of a square
meal, and even tho luxury of tho hot
water is often omitted, as the tossing,
restless ship, lurching about from side to
side, makes it impossible to keep any
thing on top or the galley stove, if, in
deed, it be a practicable thing to keep up
tho fires at afi. In such a case tho cud
of discontent, so to 6peak, must be rep
resented, as the song gives it, by the
starboard side or an old sou wester.
Christmas away from home is, how
ever, always kept in some way or
another, even under such adverse cir
cumstances as those mentioned; as a
little something to warm him up is
quietly given to the half frozen man by
some kindhearted officer as he comes
down from aloft, and before drinking he
manages, as a rule, to pull off his cap
and to say "Merry Christmas,'' which is
about all the circumstances of the case
will admit of. Wind and weather per
mitting, however, only the absolutely
necessary tilings are done, and the
Christmas dinner is made as sumptuous
as the paymaster's stores will permit, or
tho foresight of the mess caterer in lay
ing in bomething extra before the ship
left port has provided. The ration gives
more or less variety of things that put
up to keep during the cruise, but Jack
prefers the things that are not made
to keep, and, being proverbially improvi
dent, tho day generally finds him
depending on plum duff as tho grand
piece de resistance, and no matter how
much of tho resistance there may be
about tho compound tho relish with
which it disappears is proof sufficient of
its ability to take the place of other pos
sibly more digestiblo articles. The bags
containing tho sailors' personal effects
are piped up and the men given an op
portunity to overhaul their clothing,
write letters or do whatever the limit of
the slup will admit Smoking is per
mitted outside the daily regulation hours,
and everything is done to make the men
as comfortable and the day as much of a
holiday as possible, having, of course,
due regard for the handling of the vessel.
When, however, the snips are in port,
and it happens to be one where there is a
good market, all that it affords is brought
off to grace the board, and the scene pre
sented on the berth deck of one of our
men-of-war on such occasions is lively
and picturesque in tho extreme. The
mess tables are screened off with canvas
and bunting, and very often evergreens
are used to complete the ornamentation,
each mess vying with the others to see
which can make the prettiest show. An
extra dollar or two apiece is usually
served out, "to put in tho mess," the
aggregate sum making great possibilities
in tho wav of Drocurine the eood
tilings which are not found in the daily
ration. The tin pot, pan and spoon which
form Jack's cover are made to shine like
polished silver, the mess cooks takin
pride in getting the brightest ofpo)
for the occasion. Some more stylish,
though perhaps less thrifty, messes, get
crockery from shore, which sets off the
table very prettily, and possibly to some
of them seems more homelike and gives
an air of paying a little more attention
to the observances of the day; one might
say, I suppose, a little better relish, per
haps, to the feast But whoever knew
of a sailor's not being ready for a good
square meal at any hour of the day?
Ono who has watched the rush for the
hatchway when the order "pipe to din
ner is given, is quite apt to be convinced
tliat Jack's "stomach is as sharp as a
shark's," and that he "never was in finer
condition for feeding" at any one time
moro than at any other. When every
preparation has been made for dinner
and tho viands set forth, tho officers are,
as a general rule, invited to inspect, and
very often to sample, tho good things; the
captain of tho vessel generally grants the
request for a bottle of beer or light wine
apiece, and in fact most any reasonable
departure from the ordinary daily cus
toms is allowed. In the afternoon, if
the request is made, a large liberty
party goes ashore, and is permitted
to remain away from tho vessel until the
following morning. Boat racing is fre
quently the amusement, especially if
there are foreign vessels in the same port,
and great is the excitement in the inter
national contests. .Prizes are offered,
and as many boats are entered as can bo
spared from the different ships. Water
tournaments, catamaran races and va
rious other aquatic sports are indulged
in, as Christmas is not always in the win
ter season, much of a vessel's cruising
being done in tho southern hemisphere,
and the 23th of December often finds the
thermometer so high that a plunge in the
unuy is uu immense reuei.
Tho great evening amusement is a min
strel or variety show, which brings out
an amusing display of talent that one
would hardly believe possible until he
had witnessed some of the character
fiieces or listen to the fine 6inging often
leard in a ship's company. The original
jokes, which very often spare nobody,
from the cabin windows to tho hawse
poles, are always amusing, and
serve for -many a day after to
hurl at the head of tho poor un
fortunate whoso peculiarities have
been sufficiently pronounced to catch
the ever ready eye or ear of the humor
ist, who lias them carefully stowed away
until come such occasion 'as this gives
him a chance to unmercifully bring them
forth. When "pipe down" comes, the
verdict is that, although away from
home, relatives and the conventionalities
of the holiday season that one's earlier
years have been accustomed to, the day
has been what the morning greeting in
tends it should be a merry Christmas.
Ta ttaVCUkCM Prisons.
A writer in The Chinese Times says of
Chinese prisons that tho amount of ex
tortion that goes on in them ia amazing,
and the warders and others display sur
prising ingenuity in extracting money
from the unhappy prisoners. Tne new
comer almost invariably forgets to fee
the night watchman. The consequence
is that sleep is rendered almost unpos
rible by the terrible noise which is kept
up outside his window all night, and he
speedily apologizes for his forgetf umess
and makes good tne oversight. If the
coolie who cleans out the cell is not satis
fied he collects all the insects he can find
and introduces several hundreds into the
apartment of his victim; who is then only
trio ctkul. to call hia nm iiinaajn tn rnauisf-
t tion to get rid of them again, even at an
wonwMi price. .Many or tne warders
and servants are criminals who have es
caped capital punishment by theomision
of the emperor to mark their names for
death when the list for the autumn exe
cutions is submitted to him.
This list, which sets forth the name and
condition of the criminal andthecircum-
' stances of his crime, is divided into three
parts. The first contains the new cara.
the second those which were not marked
the previous year, the third those which
have escaped marking for two years.
It is said that tho emperor marks about
eight names in ten, and that a man who
escapes once b safe from subsequent
marking, although he has to go down to
the execution ground the two following
years. The list is brought from the pal
ace direct to the place of execution, and
until its arrival neither criminals nor
officials know who are to die, the un
happy victims only being sure of their
fate upon hearing themselves called out
to pay the last penalty. The prisoners
who have escaped are imprisoned for
life, but they have a very easy exist
ence, and as they are employed in the
prison and share in the extortions prac
ticed on other prisoners, they often
amass considerable wealth. London
Times.
HeraeafcoM Made of Straw.
The cart horses of Japan are very cu
rious. There comes one along the nar
row business street of Tokio now. Ho is
led by a rope halter in the hands of a
brown skinned old man, who has a flat
round piece of closely braided straw as
big around as a good sued parasol on his
head. His feet and those of his horse
are shod with straw, and tho straw shoes
are in both cases tied around tho ankles
with straw rope and are made of ordi
nary rice straw braided, so that they
form a sole for the foot about half an
inch thick. These 6boes cost about a
cent a pair, and when they are worn off
they are thrown away.
Every '.cart has a stock of fresh new
Ehoes tied to the horse or to the front
part of the cart, and in the country here
it was formerly the custom to measure
distance largely by the number of horse
shoes it took to make the distance. So
many horseshoes made a day's journey,
and the average 6hoe lasted, if my mem
ory serves me, for about eight miles of
travel. It is the same with the coolies.
They throw away their shoes when they
are worn out, und last night when I was
riding in one of these man power baby
carriages my ostrich like steed stopped,
threw away his 6traw shoes, and went
barefooted. As he did so I watched the
roadway and counted eight pairs of
worn out straw shoes in a single olock.
Frank G. Carpenter's Letter.
saaBO Salaam Fbhlas
This important industry is annually
gaining in volume. The catch this year,
although not as large as expected on ac
count of the delayed fall rains, will be
about 15,000 cases, four dozen cans per
case.
There are five factories engaged in the
business. The largest lias a rapacity for
canning 20,000 pounds of fish per day,
and employs six eeinc3. costing, with
the necessary skiffs and scows, $1,.C0
each, manned by Indian crews. The
packing is done by Chinese, of whom
150 are employed at 1 per day per head,
boarding themselves.
The cost of the fish is $10 per one hun
dred 10 cents each. The average weight
is sis pounds. Single specimens arc fre
quently caught exceeding twenty pounds,
hut the smaller sizes aro more jxilatahle
and more in demand for home consump
tion. They are caught in tho bays and har
bors of tho sound. After running up
into the fresh water streams to spawn
the fish soon lose their flavor.
Trolling for the fish is exciting sport,
and much indulged in. They are gamcy
and fight to the end, but are not as te
nacious of lifo as the bluefish of the At
lantic coast, and are more easily
hausted. Scientific American.
ex-
Dtup at Loaf Usage.
Considerable space is taken up in a
French periodical with the discussion of
phenomena whose genuineness in not
recognized, particularly with Dr. Luy's
experiments upon the action of drugs at
a distance. A committee of the Academy
of Medicine was appointed to examine
the correctness of Dr. Luy's conclusions,
and they find unconscious suggestion to
be at the basis of it all. When the con
tents of the vials containing the drugs
were unknown to those presvnt, the sub
ject also failed to be appropriately af
fected by them. So, again, these pre
tended mysteries fall to tho ground, and
exemplify tho pitfalls of the subject is
well as the uncritical nature of mothci
often adopted by eminent scientists.
Mention should also be made of the fact
that the church has recently entered into
relations with hypnotism by a letter from
the bishop of Madrid, warning his breth
ren against the evils of the now move
ment and placing it in line with the for
bidden treatment of miracles. Science
Maale by Telephone.
While the reception was being held at
Mrs. Dickson's, a gentleman went to the
telephono to speak to a friend in another
part of the city, when ho was attracted
by the sweetest music imaginable that
camo over tho wires. Ho listened for a
while, and said the distance and hour to
gether mado tho sounds as sweet as
seraphs' harps. Atlanta Journal.
The dally tmisumptton of needles In
tliis country is said to be 4.200.000. most
of which come from Redditeh. England.
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The Passenger Department of the
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has issued a neat little pamphlet, pocket
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ut ntai.ifng the democratic, republican
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the addresses of acceptance of Grover
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and an analysis of the vote as cast for
Cleveland and Blaine in 1884. This
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for the above named disease. By its
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Kaow all Xea by these Preseats:
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Sleepers through daily from Denver to
Chicago via Omaha and Council Bluffs
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laaertaat.
Every voter should know that the Un
on Pacific, "the Overland Route," and
the Chicago k North-Western Ry., com
menced Sunday, October 14th, to run
Pullman and Wagner Veatibuled Palace
Slaepers through from Denver to Chica-
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NEBRASKA.
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Address:
M. K. Tciunm Co.,
Columbus,
Platte Co., Nebr.
SOOTTS
EMULSION
OF PORE COD LIVER OIL
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SCOTTSE3IULSION is acinowledgedby
?hysc:a"8 to bo the Finest end Best prepa
ration ia ths world for the reli. f and core of
CCNSUMFTiO?!. SCROFULA.
tSESERAl. DEBILITY, WASTING
DISEASES, EMACIATION,
COJ.DS sni CJtROJJlC COUGHS.
77i jr-.f i.-.-Wy f,r CorsuntpKrtn, and
"c''"!-! "i '(...'. .SLW 'v r,!i Druggists.
LOUIS SCHKEIBER.
BladcsMitti ail Wanoo Maker.
All kiids of ReMirng daie
Skert Notice. Biggies, Wag
ing, etc., Made t order,
aad all wrk uai
aateed. Also sell the world-faaout Walter A.
Wood Mowers. leajMrs, Coaibia-
ed MackinM, jurresters,
aad Self-biadari-tae
fceetaade.
"Shop opposite the " Tatteraall," on
Olfvs St.. COLUMBUS. -m
for an Incurable case of Catarrh
la the naaS by the proprietors of
Ml SAKS CATAUM SEMEN.
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obstruction of nose, discharges falling- Into
throat, sometime proruse. watery, ana acna.
at others, thick, tenacious, mucous, purulent,
bloody and putrid ; eyes weak, ringing; in ears,
deafness, difficulty of clearing throat, expecto
ration of offensive Baattsr: Dreath offensive:
smell and taste impaired, aad general debility.
Only a few of these syatptoma likely to be pres
ent at once. "Thousands of cases result in con
sumption, and end la tha grave.
By its mild, soothing, aad healing properties.
Or. Sage's Remedy cages tha worst cases. 50c.
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Cure sick Headache, miloaa Headache,
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sMIieHa Attack, and ull derangements of
the stomach and bowels. 25 cts. by druggists.
CATARRH
COLD
HEAP.
Try tho Cure,
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Rcstorea tho Senses of T&stc, Small '
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