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VOLUME a BRADFORD, VERMONT, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1874. i'dh.d lit J:, NUMBER 2. e ... BUSINESS K0 ARDS. BRADFORD. BUN! V. STANTON, I TTITOK AND l'l!ULI8H Ell O XJ the Bradfohd Opinion. Rates !of ad vertslnt: furnished uMioUeatloj. Hu cuts ou inside pmiM, Job printiiij( done jmniptly, EATON & CO. I TT ARDWARE, IRON.' STEEL, fOAL, n. Nails, Cutlery, Seeds. Glass. ll.lliu Coidaiie. Wholesale end Retail. Minn ht . , t PBICHARD ft UAY. ' IORGIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY dO( 'Oout's Fiirulihlne; r)oxU, Uuti and Caps ooorios. Teas, Salt, I" inn, fork, Lard Country Prodiioe, Main Street. '.'-; OKfN OAMBKLL. JK. A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW X. Maiie ana Selli'ltor in Cliaucory. ' 1IKAUFIIKU iSKASM JIAIH1J, T C. WHITCOMU, LEADER) L. !R. Mc xti uunee, uera, ATusio furuisbed at MUtSUUftble CtttlM. K. H. ALLEN. i TiIIOTOORAI'HIC. AUTIST.. AND DEA IT ler 1b Kteieosooiies and Views. Albums, and Picture Frames. Frame for Wreaths of aU klndi Kilted to Order. No. 15 and lb Hardy's IluiUllntr, a. L. BUTLBR. I 1ARLOR, CHAMBER AND KITCHEN Furnitiiro. Collins, Caskets, Rouen. Clips Plates, Mimical Iiitruin.'U te, &o. 1st door eouth of Trotter House, Main St. n. H. TTARTlINrt. 1H7ATCI1 KS. CLOCKS. JEWELRY. T V Siieoturlos, Stationery, and Yankee Not tione. Watches unu Jewelry repaired' aud wan mi ten. roatumco niiuuing J. A. IIAUDY. CLOCK St WATCH MAKER, JEWELER Until inn. and Dealer iu reliable Wut shea Work Office near bit Ueaideuce. Established Wetober IS'.1". : ROSWKLL FAKNHAM. A TTOllNEY St COUNSELLOR AT LAW Lib. Master anil Solicitor iu Chancery and jPonaion and Clulm Agent. ; I J. B. ORMBBY. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.. ROOMS formerly occupied by J. N. Clark, Den- tint. Special attention paid to Female diseases ema diseases ot tne lungs. H. STRICKLAND. ' RON KOUXDEtt MACHINIST, AND Mauufai'turcr of Agricnltural Implements. 0. E. PETERS. ! IVERY STABLE. GOOD TEAMS FOR mulled at reasonable i.riccs. Stable at Hsideuco, Main St., O. P. CLARK. ' RY GOODS, GROCERIES. HARDWARE A.J Flour, Salt, l'aper Hangings. Hats, Caps, ud Country Produce Main Street, DR. J. N. CLARK. I kENTISTKY. ALL THE MODERN I H urovoinents iu the art. Uouuis No. 11 Id 13 Hurdy'i Building. J. A. WAR KEN. A DIES', MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S J Hunts, Bones, slippers, aud Rubbers, 'sty. Thick Kin and Calf Boots. Best uuuli- Lowe M prices. Jlnek Store, Main St., J. H. JONES, M. D, rOMOSOPATHIC PHYSICIAN ! AND f-M. SnrKuou, Otfhse at Residence. 1st Door 011 til ot Hank. B. T. PILL8BURY. CJT0VE8, TIN WARE, IROM WARE, woodeu Ware, c. Mum St., C. H. CURTIS. VTEAT AND PROVISION MARKET. LU. Meats, Fish Vegetables, all fresh and ieo. ltiweiuuiit. Main St., C. C. DOTY, AGT. f ANUFACTURER OF DR. DOTY'S Celebrated Mandrake nit.t.efN.Flaviiriiio' Extracts aud Essuucea, &u., at Wholesale nit Ketuu. E. S. PEASLEE. IVERY STABLE. GOOD TEAMS FUR I Dished at all times, aud ut reasonable Dri es. Stage to and from Depot. Apply ut Sta le Oflioe. rear of Trotter House. Also. Stable ft Newbury. A. A. BoWEN. iriLOCR. GRAIN. MEAL. PROVENDER. P Shorts and Bags, sold at the Lowest Mar- ot prices. Mills at the South end of Brad uril Villuge. J. M. WARDEN. TUNE WATCHES. CLOCKS. JEWELRY. I. Silver Ware, Spectacles, Cutlery, Kevol- vie, r niuij' UUUlli duu iip'B. ruilifuiur Ut ention given to Repairing Fine Watches. nice w. u. Telegraph Co. H. E. HABBIS. fROTTER HOUSE, BRADFORD, VT. X Coach to and from all passenger trains. by aud night.. W. H. CABTEK, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, BRAD- ford, vt. Utttoe at his residence. Vari lus Medicinal Compounds, of loug tried exoe teuee, and of modern improvement ; prcpur 1 by himself, kept constantly ou hand for ie oenent 01 tue sick ana tame. MISS CHARLOTTE NELSON. EACHER OF PAINTING AND DRAW- iiig. Room iu Acadoniy Building. I L. D. LIVINGSTON, ERCHANT TAILOR. ALL WORK IfX warranted to give satisfaction. Cuttimt one for others to make. EAST CORINTH. L. P. FOSTER. trOTEL., FLOUR AND GRAIN MILL Al Best of Flour aud Graiu constantly ou auu. S. THOMPSON. 1 TIN SHOP. SEOVES, TIN WARE, IRON Waro, Wooden Ware.&e, All kinds of lob work neatly doue. CORLISS St SOGERS. ITVBY GOODS. GROCERIES, BEADY Made Clothing, Hoots at Shoes, o. Largest stock iu Eastern part of Orange ounty. MIHCELLANEO US. H. L. BIXBY. VTEW PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOMS, CHEL f sea. Vt. Open Mondays, Thursdays and laturdays. EDOAB W, SMITH. TTORNKY . COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Wells River. Vt. Oflioe with Judge Ua- erwood. E. L. BOOTHBT. )HYSICUN AND SURGEON, FAIRLEE. - V t. Refers by pertnhwinti to Drs. Carter i Doty, Bradford, Vt , aad to Dr. Frost, anwer, K. H. J. P. JOHNSON. TAH HALL, ELY, VT. LARGE AND J well fitted ud fnr .MWMn.i.iL. Mr n..nM na an ainus ot entertainments. Let at reas- liable rates. C. H. SIBLltV. DARRIAGK TRIMMKR, AND MANIFAC riirerof all kinds of HarnauA. Unir ff done in the best mnm u.iH u. , ... fite Hotel, West Frlee. - r ofily. Brother, niy. Softly, brother, Iu tne words ' Which thy angry toiiKue wouhl say, Keep the sharpest till to-morrow, , Apeak the softer words to-day. Let the nightly iliailowa come 'Twut the BiiKry tliouulit ami word. And before tho curse is spoken let the eveuini; prayer be said, j ft Softly, brother 1 of tin blow , Ready Id thy uirriiised arm, i " Sfrike to day the very (eiitlest ; Let tn-uinrrow do tlu barm, I Iu the tire of thiue eye ' Let a ((leant of pity shine. That the pity which thou luekest Iu thy closet uiay be thiue. Softly, brother: in thy steps 1 On the broad aud Howeiy way, Take the lung aud swift to morrow, Take the short and slow to-day. ; Let no future Kaiu eutioe thee, , let no past success enthrall, , , But let sturdy effort lead thee 1 To the Lord, thine all iu. all. ! Softly, brother) ere the class ', u . 1 f : ....... - U' nl, ..1. if iA j ' .rfl JtZ'i '" ' viif, iiipiiii hit uriinnrowi . Qucnib thy thirst with dew to-day. NotbiiiK cun be lost by wuitiui;, Aud oue day is not so Iouk, Thou may'st liuto tho bowl to-morrow For the evening prayer is strong. Softly, then, my brother, softly, Seek the evil to delay By ilelurrinu' till to-morrow What thy hot heart craves to-day, Aud thou It tiud the prayer of evening, And the solemn hnsh of uight, Will have power of Uod to vanquish, Aud put evil thoughts to flight. WIIlItMr Cheney'K Warning. IT THK 1II1EAKIS0 OP TDK HAM. Hide. I Cheney, ride I For close beside, On a ghostly galloping steed, Is a grizzly shade, iu a shroud arrayed ; Death rides behind thee I Speed 1 Ride well, ride fast, for the die is cant, And the game has been won by Death ; And he Cometh now with exulting brow, Aud a laugh iu his icy breath. And after him two sceptres grim ; My friends I the Pale One suith They are oome with me ; good friends are wo, Destruction I Havoc I Death ! Uiilo fust and well, the news to tell I Fly ! neighbors, for your lives ! If yo would save from a watery grave Yum1 little ones and wives I Fly ! Neighbors, ily ! for the Hood is nigh, It has shattered its flimsy bound ; It is cowing fust as the whirlwind's blast Hark! hulk I to its dreadful sound I So Cheney rode, but the torrent strode With giant steps behind ; And its fateful roar went oa before On the wings of the morning wind. He rode full well, hut the echoes tell Of a wail of deep despair j For the spectrul Three, with murderous glee Were holding carnival there . HOW IT WAS DONE. Wulkiny along Broad street the other day I unexpectedly met Ab bott Drake, a frieud from whom I had been separated for many years. need not say the meeting gave me great pleasure, for we had been mostly educated together, having passed our boyhood at tho same school, our youth at the same col- ge ; but our fortunes were difler- ent. He, born to large wealth, left college to mingle with the world nt home and abroad, while I turned to the profession I had long since made choice of, aud began to work my weary way towards independence. We found each other a great deal changed. Drake lost much of his buoyancy of manner, much of the merry, happy, careless flow of spirits for which he once had been so cele brated among his companions. I was less grave than I had beeu reck oned duriug our former acquaint ance, yet I am a man of business, and married. We had a great deal to say of the different changes that had occurred to us, and I foun d that, although altered in manner, habits, aud character, w met the same to each other as wa had past ed. It was verging towards eveuiug, (I dine late,) aud I asked Drake if he would go home and dine quietly with my wife and self. I told him I occupied a small house, and lived in an uupretending way, for I had not yet growu rich. lie shook me by the hand, aud instantly accept ed my invitation, and we forthwith set out for my residence. Duriug our walk I endeavored to describe my wife to my friend, aud detailed to a great degree on her amiable qualities aud excellent kuowledge ot housekeeping, when all at once it occurred to me that we were with out a servant. We kept but one. I think if we had beeu unfortunate enough to have had two we should have gone mad. Our maid of all work left ns the previous day be cause we could only giant her four afternoons out of the week for rec reation. When the reflection that my wife was without aid crossed my mind I regretted that I had not set a later day for my friend to dine with me. But I kuew that my wife had intended goiug nut that morn ing to seek a servant, and a faint hope that she might have been Suc cessful in her mission cheered my heart. My wife had indeed beeu fortunate enough to secure the ser vices of Mary Maloney, a raw-boued typo of the Milesiau race, who bad been landed jast thirty days from tho Green Isle, Mary had plenty of good qualities, but amiability of temper did liot seem to be one of the number. She arrived at my house about ten o'clock that tnoruiug, aud baft boon kept busy answering the door boll, as it happened to be a field day among the book canvass ers. "Shure, jiud does this happin (very day T w inquired Mary of my wife, as she answered the suminous of one of these persistent booknieu for the twoutith time. ' ! "1 should be so sorry if it did, " answered my wife. "I never kuew the clrcnmstance to occur before. ' "An I should be sorry, too," re joined Miss Moloney, her face flush ing to a rod glow, "for I couldn't agree to stand this kind o' work : the devil must bo in those chaps, I'nv thinking. It's nodacent way to bo tratiug the dure stips. Lofk at the mud, mam. I've wiped them stips siven times already, au' that's the blessed truth." "I really wish those pests would keep away," replied my wife, as she bit her lip. After a half hour's walk I came iu sight of my home, where I knew my wife was waiting me with a hap py greeting. My heart beat high as I ran up the steps to opcu the door. Putting my hand in my pock et, I discovered that I had forgot ten to take my night-key out with me. I tried the door and found it open, but the vestibule door (which was furnished with blinds) was locked, I was, therefore, compelled to go back and ring the bell. I should have remarked before that I had stopped at the bookseller's and got three or four magazines that I regularly subscribed for. "We'll soon get in," I said to Drake, with a laugh. 1 waited for a reasonable time, and, as the bell was not answered, I gave it another pull more vigor ous than the first. "I'm aftaid," I said, "that my wife is without a servant. You must therefore excuse the style of dinner you will get. " Don't mention it, " returned my frieud ; "but if that is the case, had I uot better come and dine with you another time. I may put you to trouble." "By no means by no means," replied ; "if you are satisfied, I am sure I shall be." "All right," he replied, with laugh. My second ring at the bell beiug unheeded, I rang it again; this time I made the house echo with its notes. Pretty soon I heard a heavy step hurrying along the eutry, aud as my wife's feet were exceedingly small, and her step light, I wondered who the comer could be. The next moment the blinds were turned, and a vicious pair of gray eyes peered out, and the voice of Mary Maloney broke forth as she called up stairs to my wife, "May the divil devour me, but here's a couple more of thim pests as ye call them, Get out of this," she yelled, "away, wid ye ; it's not the likes o' you the missus wants, wid yure dirty trotters all over the stips that I've claned sivin times this blissed day." Abbott Drake laughed until the tears ran from his eyes and although I did not partake of the full force of his merriment, I could not re frain from a smile. - "What in the divil are you grin in' at t " shouted Miss Maloney, the ominous purple rising to her cheeks. "Will ye begone I" Drake was leaning against the wall screamiug with laughter. "Oh, this is too good, " he exclaimed. " I was compelled to join in his mirth. "Divil a bit will they stur," shout ed Mary Maloney, looking up stairs. My wife was dressing and she could not come down immediately. "Ye won't go, ye won't, hey ! " cried Miss Maloney, gazing fiercely through the blinds. I thought the amusement had pro ceeded far enough. So I put on a serious face and began : "My good woman, I am the " Mis Maloney did not wait to hf ar the conclusion of my remark, but the door flew open with a bang, aud she planted herself before me, her face livid with anger, audi her red hard fists placed in an attitude that betokened coming hostilities, ' ''Say that again, ye blackguard, if je dare. I'm yuro woman, am If ttoiry the day that should come to pass. Yure womau t"' j She stood iu the vestibule door, her person taking up so much room that it would have been, , danger- ons feat to hare attempted to dodge. past ner. . aue was exoeeuingiy an- . ni 1! gry, anil the' 'fight" was strengly manifested in her words and attl- room into which I had been usher tude. , . .' . J ed, wheu chancing to raise my head My wife, hearing the noise, hur- ried on her dress, aud now came down the stairs teleru4he cause of tho unusual sensatiftu. flhe first caught sight of Mary Maloney, who soeiug that reiuforccmeut had ar- rived, was uow"spoiliug for a fight", "Uomoon, mam , she cried ; "we'll clear these pests of blackguards out in a jiffy, or me name is uot Mary Malouey." My wife did not at first observe Abbott Drake, who had stepped be bind me, therefore she burst into a fit of boisterous laughter at the sight of my discomfiture; but' the iustant she saw Drake she cou troll ed her merriment, aud laid her hand on Miss Maloney 's shoulder. 'That is my husbaud," she said impressively. "Yure husbaud t " echoed Mary, her eyes opening with astonishment. "Thin why in the divil didn't he say so, " replied the maid. Mary," continued my wife, "I cannot permit such language to be used iu my house by my servants, You must learn to be more respect ful and less profane." Miss Maloney stared at my wife in a sort of dumb amazement. "Uu, let ner swear to uer heart's content, " I said, " if she only ans wers in other respects ; and, now that the seige is raised, let me present you to my wife, Abbott This, my dear, is Abbott Drake, you nave often iicard me speak of him often enough to know who he is." "I am very happy to meet you, Mr. Drake," said my wife, "and re gret the stupidity of my servant in causing you so much delay in get ting into the house," and my wife began laughing. "Indeed, my dear madam,"' said Abbott, "I assure' y6u, if you only kuew the real pleasure this circum stance has afforded me, you would not make any apology. I have a keen sense of the ludicrous, and this scene has aroused in me the love of fun that sometimes I fear has departed from me forever. Oh ! I would love to witness such an act as this every few days. I think it might bring back the heyday of my boyhood again." My wife reascended the stairs to conclude her toilet, aud I took Drake into my office. The lower part of my house was occupied by my office, a small library where we dined, aud parlor. Of course my wife had to superintend the dinner, Jiut women are very adroit at these matters wheu they are to be per formed under adverse circumstances My wife is uot one of those who, to make a parade upon occasion, lessen the comforts of every day life. She has never, since we have been mar ried, set before me a dinner I might uot have brought a frieud to partake of ; nor has she ever appeared be fore me iu a dress she could uot have worn on occasions of ceremony, Yet our expenses do not, by any means, come up to our limited in but we increase ixuuriea as we go ou. We do not live in the world, but we live in society society that we like, and that likes us, and as similates with us. All this, and more in the warmth of my heart, I told Abbott Drake, over a bottle of my best wine. After awhile Drake began to rally us upon our way of life, aud tried to persuade my wife that in former days I had played the inconstant among our circle of beauties, being foud to admire and fickle to change. I saw that in his then mood it were vain for me to dispute his asser tions ; so, to divert the time, I pleaded guilty to oue serious attach ment, and offered to tell my story. "Some years ago," I said, "when I was a briefless barrister, I went to 1 attend court at the county town of N . I had a fatiguiug day's jour- uey, and was dusty aud , way -worn when 1 : arrived at tho only public house in the place that was diguitl ed with the name of hotel. It was market day. and , the streets fwere I filled with people and wagons." I At this part of my story my- wifls pushed usido her glass of jellej and looked up anxiously iu my face. smiled and proceeded- i ! i "Having ordered refreshment si . . a x sai uown r,o iook over a newspaper which lay upon the table iti the mv BVos fell unon a mirror Ihinh h nncr -mi t1i nru.naiYn wall itAtfu.ta.in two pictures, - one representing a bold dragoon leaping his horse1 over ativer, aud the other the ''Sailor's Adieu," where a mariner, clad iu a tarpaulin hat, blue trowssrs; aud leather belt, was kissiug a woman up0n the cheek, while each of his legs was iu the possession of, two small Bpecimeus of humanity,' who seemed determined that he shoul d not go away. There was a boat in waiting, and the crew (who all had red cheeks) seemed complacent enough to have waited until the young ones thought proper to re lease pappy. before they pulled him off to the vessel, whose sails ap peared in the horizon. As Hooked into the mirror I was struck with horror at my appearance. I sprang towards the bell-rope and gave it a pull.. When the waiter appeared I inquired if there were a fisst-class hair-dresser iu the town on whose skill I might rely. He replied that oue of the finest artists in that line in all Ameriky had his saloon with in a few doors of where I was1 then standing. I always had an aver sion of putting my head iu the hands of a bungler. ; With hasty steps, th en I sought the shop of Mr. Strop, and was surprised to find the waiter bad spoken the exact truth. Mr. Strop was an honor t his calling. He went at my head as only au artist could. When he concluded he smilingly handed me a small glass to survey myself. Mv satisfaction seemed to please him, He was a worthy man, and I shall always hold him'in grateful recollec tion. I returned to the hotel parlor, and began to look at myself iu the mirror that hung between the out ward-bound sailor and the fiery dragon. I was perfectly enchanted with my mien. I was cut and curled in the most distingue style." My wife here laughed outright and Abbott Drake smiled. "The hotel stood back from the street in a large courtyard, the pro jecting wall of which, on each side. preventing any view beyond, Across this court people were con stautly passing. I sat down at the open window to watch them. One group in particular engaged my at tention ; it consisted of an elderly lady and a young oue. The latter dressed in white, with a chip bonnet trimmed with blue. They were in conversation with a gentleman who was dressed iu a velvet coat and a white vest. He had a Scotch cap ou his head and light buff panta- loous ou his well-shaped limbs. He was laughing and talking with the young lady, and she seemed to be excessively amused at something he was saying. She happened to look my way, aud I saw she had a pair of the most heavenly blue eyes I ever beheld. I fancy she must have guessed my thoughts, for she looked away quickly. But that head of mine was a thing not easy to disregard. After a little while she cast another timid glance at the window. Again our eyes met ; she blushed. Oh I good Mr. Strop ! Presently they walked away with the man in the velvet coat. I poked my well-curled head out of the window to get a last look at her beautiful form. She never looked back. Then I tell back iu my chair, and wished in my despair that I was the man in the velvet coat. My dinner came in. I could have mur dered that waiter for bringing it. I had no appetite. I ate little, swal lowed a tumbler of wine, and lit a cigar. I thought it might console me. "About three o'clock I walked out, my head being full of the chip bounet and blue eyes. Should I ever see them again T There is no escaping destiny. There, in front of the saloon of the worthy Mr. Strop, stood the velvet coated gen- tlemau talking to the old lady and her beautiful companion. I took dislike to that man ou the iustant, The vounr laoy had a scarlet rose lu her hand, which she was medhau ibally pulling to pieces. She shower ed the leaves upon the pavoment, and I cautiously went behind her and commenced to pick up the pet als. Turning about suddenly she detected me in the act. Our eyes mBfragain, and she blushed as redly as'the ilower she was destroying. I quicklygot out of. tho way and went ' and stood by the curbstone Velvet coat didn't see me. Spon velvety coat; lifted hU Scotch cap, aud,, making, a , profound, bow. do parted. I was glad when he went away. Blue eyes again sought mine more uiusues. jusi men u. car riage drove up ; the driver got down and opened the door, and both la dies entered it. Oh I I felt very lonely and miserable. At first I thought of getting lu also. The old lady said something to the driver, he jumped on his box, and as tho carriage started the blue-eyed beau- tv extended her small hand out of the carriage . window, holding the damaged rose towards me, dropped it at my feet. It was the work of au instant. I caught her hand, nressed it to mv lii)S. gave it a fervant kiss, and then picked up the flower and gazed wildly after the retreating vehicle." "Don't don't believe him," cried my wife, interrupting me, and speak ing to Abbott Drake, "There is not a word of truth ; I assure you, it is pure' romance. I never looked I never meant to drop " I interrupted her in my turn, and seizing her hand she had extended in the energy of the moment, I kissed it, saying, "That is the way it was done, Abbott." A Brave Yankee School Mabm. On Monday of last week there was an occurrence on the Harlem Ex tension Ilailroad that is worth re counting. About nine in the morn ing of that day a serious collision a collision between a girl and train of cars was avoided iu a very singular way. The girl is a school teacher and she was on her way to school. Tho train was from Chat ham, ou its way to Rutland. Both met on the trestle work near Brain ard's station. The girl stood still, while the alarmed engineer whistled down brakes and managed to stop the train only when his engine was within ton feet of tho obstruction. The treBtlo-work is thirty-six feet high, and bears only one track. "What do you mean do you want to be killed !" inquired tho engineer. "No," said the girl : "I'm going to school." "Well, go back uutil the train crosses tho trestle," said the engineer. "I can't." sue replied "I'm late now." "Step aside, then." And she steped aside, outside the track and on the edge of the ties But the space was too narrow ; the engine's wheels could not clear her skirts. Her next plan was to sit down, with her legs dangling be tween the tics ; but thus the hoops spread all the wider. Provokiug delay for the engineer; humiliating failure and posture for the school- marm. "Hold on," said she, "I'll fix it I" and then gathering up her limbs and skirts, she stretched her self at full length upon the outer edge of the ties, seized underneath with one hand the string peice to which the rail is spiked and coolly bade the train pass on ! In a inin ute the train moved over the pros trate form without jar or jolt; and the next instant the girl was on her feet, hastening towards her expect ant pupils, before whom she was determined to be "on time," though she disarranged a dozeu railroad time-table. Troy Times. A Nevada man, who was walking with his brother to atteud his wed ding, was astonished by a proposi tion to take tne bride elect off his hands and marry her in his stead. He was equal to the emergency and did so, to the satisfaction of all con cerned. A prisoner, brought up before a police magistrate one morning re cently, pathetically said : " The city is a bad place; the whiskey is stronger than that in the country. 1 wish I hadu't left the country to come here. The country is the best place for a man." OTJlt BOYS AND GIRLS. Mother's Honest Little Hoy, BY JI.'UA A. MATTUH1VS. ' "Oh, see what I have done I " ex claimed Mrs. Chalmers, as with a sudden movement of her hand she knocked down from the toilet tablo before which she stood, a box of sugar plums, which, dressing iu haste, she had not noticed, "Here, Neddie, come help mother, I am in a great hurry, for Aunt Helen is waiting for me. If you will pick up all theso candies and put them safe ly away lu the box you will bo a groat help to me." ' Little Ned was sitting on the floor playing with his blocks, but ho jumped up at ouco at his moth er's call and his busy fingers began to pick up the scattered sugar-plums very nimbly. "Put it on the table wueii it is ready," said Mrs. Chalmers, " and then you and Lilly can go out with Milly. When we all como home wo will have a nice treat out of that box." "Aren't you afraid to leave Ned aloiie with all that candy," asked Aunt nelen, as the two ladies left the room. "Ho will surely make himself sick with it." "Oh, no," replied Mrs. Chalmers. "Neddie wont eat it unless I give it to him. He is a very honest little boy." . ' How good thoso candies did look as the rosy fingers lifted them one by one and laid them in tho pretty box. A sunbeam peening in at tho window struck across them as they lay on the floor, and tho crystalliz ed sugar sparkled like diamonds in the light. "Wouldn't dey taste good," whis pered Ned. "But I mustn't bite one: oh, no ! mutlder said I was a welly honest little boy." But he turned them over and over most longingly, and the more ho looked at them the harder did it be come to resist the temptation to taste oue. "One little one, dess one little one," murmured Ned, taking one of the prettiest into his chubby hand and looking at it on every side. "No, dess two. One for Lillio, and one for me," aud another sparkling can dy lay beside that already in his hand. "Dess two, and dere's such a big lot here," ho whispered. But tticu something else seemed to whisper. "He is a very honest little boy," aud with a great sigh Neddie drop ped tho iwo candies into the box, aud shut the cover tightly down up on them. As he sprang u to lav the box upon the table something lying beneath a chair close by caught his eye. Two more of those beautiful crystal drops ! As he bout over them and saw the delicious creamy substance which filled the centre peeping out from a tiuy break in tho top of one of them tho temp tation was too great for his resist ance. "Dey doss leff deirselves out for me aud Lillie," he said, graspiug them aud thrusting thein as deep into his small pocket as they could possibly be pushed down. "I must go find Lillie, aud give her one. I'll tell her" His hand was ou tho door, but the guilty little heart stood still. What should ho tell Lillie 1 The naughty fingers might steal the pretty caW, dies, but the little tongue had never yet beeu stained by a falsehood, and it shrank back from the cherry lips in dismay at the bare thought of such a thing. As tho boy stood there all trembling and bewildered, the door opened from without, and Milly, his nurse, an old colored wo- man, who loved him almost as dear ly as if he had been her own child, entered the room. "Neddie I Why, bress ye, honey, what, ails ye T" she exclaimed, as she caught sight of bis pale face and statled, troubled eyes. "O Milly 1 I'm 'most a tief ; a wicked, prison tief t and mudder said I was her honest little boy," sobbed Ned throwing himself into her arms. "Who said you was a thief, hon ey t They'd better let old Milly catch 'em," said the nurse, thinking that some one had been teasing her darling. ,. , , ,a "'Twas me said so," faltered Ned,