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+x Et y ++ ..... ro+° -VOL VI BENTON, MO NTANtA, FRIDAY NOVTEI BER , 1880. nNO. 21 ___ ~n~/ý'SN~r Iý'11ýl __- - "t J. A. X.A3 OUSE ttornzy and Counsellor at Law FORT BENTON, M. T., -OT RY'. PULBIHi AYJnD JUSTIO. OF TN. PEA CE. OFFICE: Malin Stroct betweon Baker and S &sh 's Street ,', HIeo 'opa.thic Phyiciain, t:fico in Gibon's Bunilding ';o iovee :rret, OlRT IENToq<.. : MO1BTAA OFFICE HOURS: roan 10 to 13 a.l,l 2, to J and 7 to 9 U.i SHOBER AND LOW3WRY, Attorr ys at Law and Collecting Agenr" .,lekckun Street near Wood street. IL:LEN.A. 31. T. P- t''S Bi. WEAltE. CHtAS. A. . ..AK P. B. Weare & Co. COMMI SION MECRHANT In Crain, Seeds & Provisions _IMONTANA FUI'JIS, IJldeH and W~Yoe a Specialty, g93 Suth WVater St., CMICAGO, : : ILINOIS CIVIL ENGINEERING -AND- SURVEY INC -OF ALL KINDS Accurately antd Promptly Perforate' -BY II. 1P. 1 OLIFE, (Fort Jiegnton, : 'loutana -o for several years connected with the Unite( 8tates Coast survey. The best transit and sola: Icoliipas in the country usedl. lolnesteads, Pre e, gations and Desert Land Entries attended to Charges reasonable. WOOL! I AM PLURCHASING AGENT IS MONTANA For several Eastern Wool Dealers and manufac turers, aad am prepared to pay the FULL MAIIKET PRICE FOR T'IIE WOOL OF the TEIIR1TORY itly Principal. offiee-willbe in Helena, CORRESPONDENCE '0ICITF)0E)D. PARIS GIBSON. PETER SMITH, CARPENTER, JOINER AND 30oat Build- r, Mlail Street, near St. Johu, FORT BEENTON, : MONTAN.A. 'Ig boat butldIng a specialty. , MONTANA HOUSE. (DEIITSCHE IHALLE, ) By" the DaY, Week or EMonth. MRS, LQUISA BECKMAN, ittends and does all the Cooking TERMS REASONABLE. JOH1N *LASS, Watemaker and Jeweler. --FtONT STR .ET Fort Benton, Montana, Repairing of 'fine American alI European watclihe a speciality. All kinds of jewelry manufactured to order. All work warrantef according to ac'reernent. STAR BAKERY, John H. Gamble. PROPRIETOR. MAIN STREET, FORT BENTON, L T. We beg to inform our friends and th. public general;v, that we are now pre pared to supply families or others wit! bread and pastry of all, kinds, which.wse warrant to be first class. ORDERsl DTl1IVtREI. . FL. PC ~. IC~O~LFE,` ATTOR:EY AMD ZOUV..SZWL1a AT LAW. [ rAmodfnttd with ,Snders &1 C1lun, of fle1na1 t, CoL~eotions and Business Promptly At tended to. (rI Yrc'* Front StrI'"".. ';. ''to. ne-xr "-t k' 1 C u M ASSEJ A BULLARD{ AI III Pmn i. aZl~d MIa.ke CoIhceiiski': Oxr al 4 i)irte of thr` 'cirri1ory, CHARLES BRYER'S e+ 0 Lii 8c ~Lii BARBER SHOP! August Beckman, Saddle and Harness Maker, OPPOSITE KLEINSCHMIDT'S; STQRE, FRONT STREET, Repairing a Speciality. j Isaac & Richard Mee. BI .1t;ktlrs & .1Oiia ts R ?AkRIIIi . SHOEING, Etc. (F:>T 1BLISl EDL 1ts`3.), IIiLf6 Nil & 1LTLEAI. Old Agency, MVI. T., G ft!ICIIAND1L&5L Mr fbliY I]. *ti h kp Coistantlt on hand a complete. witsroitelt Of j'.ods suita;bin br ir-tncl: uco:t, 1'reightei's cod t ~I'r c lers. -I The fllghert Marikrt P'rice Paid fol Robes aud Peltr sies. Call al~d e~xazozule our prices bet~or. ~rlutliciias u lsewhere. 1iNeil Itcintyre, BOOT AND S DE MAKEB, FInNT STREET. FORT I3ENTON, M. T. (Opposite Payue's Blacksmith Shop.) USES ONLY T E BE3T MATERIAL. Good Workmanship and Perfect Fits Guaranteed. Repairing Neatly and Promptly Executed. PRICES MODERATI S C. ASHIBY'S Life Fire Real Estate and Collecting Agency. OFFICE: Main St., Helena, M. T. POLICIES ISSUED AND LOSSES ADJUSTED AT THIS OFFICE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COST TO THE INSURED. The rollowing sound and reliable Comp anies are replesented by this Ageucy: IIUTUAL LIFE INSUIl.CE CO., OF NEW YORK. Cash Assets, $88,000,000 F:RE COMPANIES. LMEtRICAN CENTRAL INs. Co. of St. Iouis. Mo., Cash Assets $ 802 114 :ou.:, EXTAL INs. Co. of N. Y. 3 327 772 lose h1s. Co. of New York 6 390 352 1ERUIINTS NS.. CO. of St. Joe, Missouri................ ... 35 1773 'IOENIX INS. CO. of Brook." lyn, 4N.Y ...................... 2 735 654 coTrtsa Coxaact1* IN-s. Co. of aG: ow, Scotland. . S. B. ;76 44 T. JoE F & M. Ihs. Co. of St Joe. Mo .......... .......... . 406 635 vT; P+Bv F.& M. I.N. Co, 8of St. Paii MIina............... 841 900 'Tlaal........ . ...........$ 1b 546 "44 T. E. COLLItte, L. H. HErnsaFi CHAs. E. DrERt, A. HERSiHFIELD FortI enton. Helena. BANK I OF I We Transact a General Bankit Business. Seep current accouni: with merchants, stocki and oth ers. subje:: to be drawn against by check without notice., WE BUY NOTES AND PAY iNTERE ON TIME DEPOSITS. . Make loans of -mro:ey secured by personal dorsement. We hbty atnd sell exchange on the commercial cent er: of the United States. I We will give S e: cia; -Attentloni. the Basin~ess of Nt:rlra and Central Tuits ana, And will make such loans to stock cmen and fa ers as are suited to their requirements. Collections and all other bu -iness entrusted ti will receive prompt and careful attention. COLLINS, DiUE & CO. RECORD BUILDINo. FORT BENTON, M. Liu aOE R. BUCK, WM, i. iUN', ,,U, , e. tuJmOnusiomer. N otay Vebit SUCK & HUNT, Attoraeyat anud Vounselora at La FORT BENTON, - - 3lONTiAN S"OpFscE; Diagonll'ly opposite Co Hlouee, 3. DONNELLY. Attorney at Lay FORT IENTON, n. T, Prompt Attention Given to Collectic INTERN A TIO N A HOTEL, RINDA & 8KLO0 ER, Pro] Corner of Main & Bridge St DTEL EN-A-, M- T , COS OPOLITA) HOTEL. Nos. 37 & 39 Main Stre( tr HE NA, ILP . SOHWAB & ZI MIE RI.A Pr pristors. Centennial Hote r GEORGE V., BEAL, Proprietor, ar.rCt1k') "Is. IAIV 4 (N AT AIT . ,TR' BPUTTE CITY, M.ONTANA. SCOTT HOUSE. MAIN STREET, Deer Lodge, . Mont ana Board, per day,.............. ........... $2.01. Single Ieals, .......................... . S0 SAl S(COTT, Proprietor. H.H. PARCIHEN& CO HELENA, H. T, DRU CS, MEDICINES, STATiONARY, W ALL PAPER, NOTIONS, Etc, --FRESH T. Garden _ ED AT STRICTLY EASTERN GROWERll L CATALOGUE PRICES. ip M. Send for our Price List for 18SO.., Win. JOYCE, E'ashionable Boot & Shoe FI Maker, FORT BENTON, 0 . T. The finest quality of French Calf-Skin 1141 boois'and =hoes made to.order 52 andi warranted to fit SRepahing Neatly Execu.ted. 73 ..untry orders solieited send. prolmrt'y filled. Ss. Hate . Armstrong has leased the Berton Laundry,. and a now prepairod to ento. riandrr )00 wurk ioiutsi ed o her care with adthe `ndn aip - aetch, Particular attention paid to fanily wading. L Poetry. THE STRANGER ON TEhBI~ILL, lBet-ween broad itelds of wheat and corn Is the lowly homne vwhe:'e I Was born :j s ThI. peach tree htans against the wall: And tie woodbiie wanders over allk ! . There is the shttded, doorway still, But a stranger's foot has cr-ossed the r i. There is the ba-ne-and, ai of yore, I can smell the haiy from the open dibr, And sa the busy swallow.; throng, And hear the ipowee's inour~.fiil song: But the stranger comesi -- d ini;:l ooaf- His she:evcrs arC pjied ] a thie-heat+ed roof, mer There is the orCr. `+--t-h very treea Where my chi-ahood knew long h.amr of :as And watched the shCadow momentS: et, 7 Til my life lian~ibib;ed more shade tian sun The swing from the bough still swee.¢t the ai But the stranger's children are swiaingu the en- There bubbles the shady spring below, With its bulrush brook where the hazel. grin 'Twas there I founs the calmus root,-' And watched the minnows poise asdiht-oit, And heard the robin lave his i_`i-.thi 0, ye who daily cross the sill, Step lightly, for !love it still; And when you crowd tie l01 barn ,av"es, rm- Then think what countless harvest sahe.. Have passed within the scented doer To gladden eyes that are no more. Deal kindly with those orchard trecs; And when your chil lreu crowd their knees, o Their sweetest fruit ,hey sh:ll impart, As it ol memnories stirre:d their heart; To youth!lfl spoirt still leave the swing. And in sweet reverence hold the spring. The barn, the tre's,the brook, the birds, di. The meadows with their lowing herds; C. T 'e woodbine on the cottage wall-.-' My heart still lingers with them all. Ye strangers on my native sill, Step lightly,for I love it still. .-T. Ruchanaa Re1 Sw. ABSENCE. That -hall I do with all these days and hours That mw.st be coun'ted ere I see thy face? Tow shall I claim. the interval that lowers r. Between this time and that sweet time of gri Thall I in slumber steep each weary sense? Weary with longings shall I flee away eto past days, and with some fond pretence Cheat myself to forget the present day? ;hall love for thee lay on myself the sin Of casting from me God's great gift of timal thall I, these mists of memory locked within, Leave and forget life's purpose sublime? I! how, and by what meanus, may I contrive )flS To bring the hour that brings thee back it near? "Iow may I teach my drooping hope to live, Until that blessed time wheu thou art here? I'll tell thee: for thy a "ke, I will lay hold Of all good aims. and ronsecrate to thee, In worthy deeds, each moment that is told, While thou, beloved one, art far from tOe. 'Cor thee I will arouse my thoughts to try All heaven ward flight-, all high and holy atra 'or thy dear sake I will swalk patiently Through these long hours, nor call their tuin pains, So may this doomte time build up in me -. A thousand graces, which shall thus be thin( me, mv lcrra gnus Imno-in r ht allwntt'i ha... ;, may my love an.i logiung nariiow.e ne, And thy d ar thoughts an infli-incidivine. c.-Franci `a"o +Keni'Je. Select¬,d Story. MY FIRST PATIENT. 7Y F. a. GROOM. I.--JIS CLEMENT. A practice is a plant of slow growth; :evertheless, it is planht wvi-h I am go ng to cultivate. I have been a doctor's Itsistilnt long eno'gh. It is hig timle, I Shink, that I had a brass plate andi a red imp of my own. Beside, there is dear dlara to cousider. We have been e lngaged or three years, alnd I am sure that, what vith her grumplly iather and her nagging htelp-mother, she has a bard life of it. Not hat she ever complaihns-she is too patient S o (do that; but I know well enough that oer fairhfulness to me, in the face of many nore eligible offers, sultices as the text for .ndless diatribes o:, laick of common sense, orethought, &c. * I establish myself. The neighborhood is ( new and increasing one, and I am assur It1 of success by thie affable agent who lets ino the house. nm I dare say that imy want of patience is he cause of my isappointmenut. I have teen informed scores of times by my lov ng sisters that I ain terribly impatient and . e mpulsive. Anyway, theinflux of patients scarcely answers my hopes, and the fourth 10 --no, the fifth-day of my residence at Ulpha Lodge arrives, and no one has been so obliging as to fall ill and need my ser vices. Q The evening closes in cold and gloomy, mnd I sit by the fire and cheer myself by "ending, for the dozenth time, a letter from liara, received by the morning's post. It a brignt, loving epistle, a fit interpreter )f the writer's bright, loving nature. It 'heers and encourages me, and I weave a .lowing picture of the future, when a w.vife's sweet facewill smile at my side, and ,vife's gentle hand will creep into mine, tnd-a ring at the bell, sharp, hurried, im serative. In an instant the fairy visions vanished, and my precious missive is folded out of .ight as my elderly maid enters to inform me that I am wanted immediately. I find, waiting in the surgery, 'a comely young lassie of atbout fifteen. "Be you the doctor, sir?" she says, breathlessly. I answer in the affirmative, and inquire for what purposd my presence is required. "0, please, sir, it's a lady as lodges with mother. She's took ill quite sudden; and, LO please; sir, mother says will you come-at nrce?" "Certainly I Rill. Where do you live?" "No. 3 Pemblioke Terrace, sir. The first row of houses on the right, in the second turning beyond the Bull's Head." "kin "Very well. The second turning, you say. Tell your iother I will be there di :'ectly.' .. "In a few mniiautes I have exchnliged lmy slippers foir 0 ts, have invested myself with ani overco' t, and, followiug'the direc St tions given, i id myself at C;o. 3 Pem broke Terrace. F The girl I have already seen opens the door and copduets me upi stairs. A-In thef doorway of a room on the second floor a v4oman is standing evidentit ly expecting mp. - "I'm so thanikful you've come, sir,'. Is . her greeting 't'for Idon't 'knoR. what to I give a glane around the aptartietls [ outer. it Is a combination of bad itting-room, small, but neatly arran; - tokens of re.nc-emnent and taste are vanting, either . Some b:,o.,o -r'e on, Irawers, a phrstr s!tatue of :io, r ,n the ma:ntel-shilf an-ia c' :i?'' i ographl reli , th' .:·'en:-h - -o w , nckx :-lNr , cheap but t'-':::.!. .My patilnr lies on• the litrI. irin !eh , 's , i,. 1 b:i: t e hn .2lit h l t , I tie her. She i yoil.g, an:! h~ 1-1, ;(: ;:ein ,er y 1g',-loMking inhd- Ite, co"- : (0ac is to cinto .atron' -' i'mX I in-sses of dark late hbiv gr'-d in s;led luxuria nee over the pizll:w. -',h" tre closed, but the long black 1t:n e s w' i he ivory-hued cheeks, ald the ha, i r '. ug outside te h covenrlt i. su I :.vd w d delie'atiy shaped. She i utt-er ly w; :onsciout. Ju.t an o.casLonII t-reutll u'eath is t!he to idgn of life. "His she beein like this l:? : i asi loting the action of herii pulse "More than t`wo oia ' iL d-l-ust a', i.l "HI'm. :la she ben aut of health I "Well, sir, she's been mopey-like c inele she've b-enm with me, aund that's r il six moii ths. But the last few wt die's been very p(oorly, and this mort the called me in as I was a-going di stairs, and she says to me, she g: `irs. TLarch, my head aches so, I thiu 4hall take a rest to-day.' " "She remained in bed sl dajy t, luc ? "She did, als, I bhougit ler up a, ea about live, and she drank it, .tho the wouldn't eat the bit of toast I'd d 'or her. I came up .t thour adtsur, o.ound her like this," "Has she lived well ? Irfs she been a ;ourished ?" ."I don't think slhe have, sir, l~he's ne regular enlough, but I believe s' -ae rpt herself pretty short. She bha oever said nothing. of ceurse, but w )ne's got eyes, one can't help seeing t 'em.'' I apply various restoratives, but i iomee time before they have any eft S then, after a brief interval of conuch ;ess, she relapses again into a .tat .oma. ore Hier illness is a protracted one. B ever sets in, and iher constitution i much a general state of collapse that nearly passes into the dim regions of unknowi world. Mrs. Larch is a g hearted woman anrd an excellent inu md tends her lodger with kindly soliciti She is a very garrulous individual stus; Mrs. Larch, and imparts to umm the full :cut of her knowledge of Miss Cleme iutes history. I endeavor sometimes to her confidences,'buti it is an hlmost lra sible task to stop her tongue when oa, e; has commenced running. So perfor become aware of a good many little i S connectedl wmithi Miss Clement's mod, S"It's pitters she paints mostly, sir," - : ris. Larch, upon one occasion ; '"and Sin, o 'en heaautful, too. She pauintetd T ollamy for mue; and, lor, sir, i cout most have salok. to the picter, ittwere iait l 'tal." "Indeed!" "Yes, sir. And she sells the piete ttl eastways sometimes. But I don't bel go- she gets as muach money for thcum as or' ought to for 'ei. She's always at it, t le, I for if she ain't painting, she's a -doing I ged touch it with may clumy fingers." -hat "Ah, I am afraid she has been tr' in her head too much." Not "Tfit's just it, sir. That's just as ient made bold to tell her argain and, again; that she's always answered mie, 'I ust I I Mrs. Larch; and I must work to lI t for Not but that she's a born lady, s you ne, see, sir, though she do work. It's - .hard lines for her, that it have; aum )d is made my heart ache many's the tin sur- sea her getting so pale and thln." lets fI am sure it has," I answered, loi honest woman's eyes are clouded e is tears. nave "That it have, sir; but, you c. by- couldn't say much to her, nor do m and neither, for, for all that she's so ge ents and pleasant, she's a bit proud, as urth ladles often are. They don't like to e at about their troubles, they donit." been "No, they do not, certainly. T ser- Mrs. Larch, 1 will tiy a fresh kin, IHIt(Ulicit. I l(iiI1j a; LIL Ue guVU C(IUIaIl, ny, please, to give her some directly it come's. by "I will, sir, and good-day to you." oinO I I.--TALBor. eter Iy first patient interests me wonder fully--not, be it understood, that there i. Vn a the slightest danger of my falling in love with her. Clara is still the woman of the world to me. Indeed, I write and tell her mne, all about Miss Clement, and her responses are most sympathetic and comprehensive, ed nd utterly free from even the shadow of it of jealonuy. She trusts me-dear girl!-and, please Heaven, I will deserve her trust. I wish to let Miss Clement's friends aelv know of her illness, but Mrs. Larch in forms me that she has none. ays, . "None that I know, °sir; that is to say, no one's ever been to see her, and she uire never talks about no one, and no letters red. ever come to her." vith So we can but do the best in our power and, for her, and leave the rest to Providelnce. e at During her delirium there is one name ever on her lips--Charley; She tosses e?" and turns and moans, and still it is this first constant call for Charley. ond To no other person does she allude. She connects the name with no incident, she you designates it by no term of relationship. "It's right down dreadful to hear hbr !. my exelaimed her faithful purse. "I'd be Iemf glad enough, that I would ,. ifI could find Sthis Mr. Charley and blring him to her. 'I do believe that sight of him would eure lier, I do." e u This opinion I like.wise share. Bi-t then the how to get at him ? Where to find :bim ef, hese are. the quvstions Iput to my fiP as I proceed homeward after: a late call at ' is Pembroke Terrace. I do not the symptoti S ito t all. The intervals of delirium ar.eet tainly rarer amad shorter, but hbet. .' s.s em she liesin-a sort of stupor; nots)eei San ng, :'sking no queitlon4, and I.akl:, i o suge } 0otice of a-ny one. re no It in m:nifeat that some mental trouble St!h Wic-rs her rc-ove!ry, and of alsl n;' les' ts'l i t-. mti d ni euit to "tm.is-tr . . ;,h:d Spho- ;ise:i.ed;"T to t u Pck from .h` memory a ro:is: p~r":W Raze out the wri,C;n troirbl ti o' th' i ." "4Do will ne:-y g' Wel v:t A raw. .". te wil gradually pine awi,- . 1 ,) Sint ! !i. "'; rouse her somehow. I--lolit: !"' - h... The eainug is cold cud w 'idf, , ,T- b.i: i.';,d bent downli ' ni w: i :.l lrisk ..:t yw mon, tin. iii, trni:g i er I, ke H oa" he returs.: : rut re-ent. i e bet ' og your ptdto-. Why, Tal .ht, it. is soit. non? ly en "Note other, ohi ellow, I was just nulo'vS "arc'in for your abito e. You hang out omiew1here this ocaliuty, don't ou !" `in,1 "C.loan cy." I reply, linki) m arm in is. "Coue alon-g." T. bot is a i ao ulditi of m:'e, and a : late- a':ili: , ,- :o .t. I have l,< e.r _ o1 tim for scone !ime. He made a i-ruaway ,aeve n0h a. while ago, I het.rd and absented nA ii-imself from t: .e circle of his acquaint wteer iaces ever since, 1 am heartily glad to see ruinr titl again, and so I tell him as, after sup dol jeor, we sit and discuss bygone da , , saays He is a good deal altered, though, I find. link j le is a trifle ygpatnger than I am, and the ilver streaks ii hls hair and beard are ?" luite noticeable, whilte y iacs ittre as some iaick as ever tJhey were, i l-oo~lV to uch loug ..aider-'-old, andi haggard, awl thin. He I done -:cos sad beyot0d mneasture, and has a way I r, and fliapsinig into reverie, and beteomlng ut terly oblivious of the preosen.e of rany other p well person, "Does rnot my amppearnece pleasu you?" s paid he demands, with a grim laugh, catcblg she's toe in the act of furtively e'rutin4izgu hims. iven "No, it does not," is my blult rejoiud whe, er. "What, ill the nau!e of fortune, have with you been doing to yourself? Hve you lost any money?" It is He shakes his head slowly. Veiact. "What the? Is-" any thing . rong dioun- with your wife? I was going to say. But :ate of I dou't. Instead I pass the spirit decanter. "Help yourself," I retmtark, cheerily; Brain "atnd if there is any thing I can do for you, is in I am at your service, remember." it she He puffs at his cigar in a moody, unen of the joying fashion, and there Is silence bhe good- t ween us for a space. nurse, "Look here," he breaks out at last, itude. ''will it bother you to listen to my trouble? ta l, is I feel sometimes as though I should go l1 x.- rmad if I don't tell it to some one, and i'v(: nent's got that tmoo0d upon me now.'' stay "Go ahead," I return, lacoutcally. mnpos- "I suppose you know that I got married )nce it something less than a year ago a', orce 1 I nod my head in mute afilrmtation. facts "Milly's father bi:d made a pot of money fde, or ýa the city. He was an ambitions old1 fel low, and riho was his only child. So he says w antid l ri~i"marfry ai tile--a sort of ex ad she change, you see; money one tlde, rank ed i my the other. As ill-luck woul: have it, an ld al- old spendthrift lord a ;w her, and, I sup e that pose, thought heri money would do nicely to fill his empty coffers. Jie proposed t: her father, aiI was accepted at once, aind tera-- Milly was ordered to prepare her tro.seasu elieve without delay, with carte-blvcache to buy as she as many dresses and bonnets and gewgaws , tlo'; of every sort as she chose." lace- "But what did she think of bher intended ace as bridegroom?" ard to "Why, poor child, sag entreatedl and Implored her father not to force such a tnyiug marriage upon her. She hat-id him. Sm-ll wonder, el:her. Hc was a thorcugh is I've scoundrel, a wicked old roUe, with nothing 1; but but his title and his blue blood to recom live. amend him: only, nufortuinately, those live.' were precisely timhe recomuuuda:ious which huC t c bid most weight with Mr. LeWis. She a been even appealed to the man himself, and as pud its politely as possible informed bilm rhat she ine to did not wtish to become his wife," "Did he re!eas her from the etgege for the wuent?" with "The mean cur !"'-'l'albot'sr expression is far stronger and more forcible than i e'E I care to repeat--"No. He almost laughed much, in her face, and begged her to name the gentle wedding-day. She was too rich a prise to asreal let slip,' to talk "Where were you all this time tlhen?" '" nmet her for the f1:st time just af.er Thent her engagemeut .ommenced. I was in md troduced to her at a party, and fell head ugh longin love with her. You wouldn't be omse. -stonished either, if you could h.ve seen her. She was the very sweetest and love liest darling in the world. I could tell she was not happy, and when I saw Lord Bel onder- size, why, the reason was plain eniough. I here it meet her pretty often, and fell deeper and a love deeper in love. I dare say I ought to have of the kept away from her, but I did no', I could ell her not. And one day I lost icy head, and poised told her that I loved her." "nsive, "Of course she was much scandalized at low of such an avowal?" -and, "No, she was not. Nothing of the sort.. rust. In fiact, she owned that she liked me, too. rriels I went to her father, and told him the sta e rch in- of affairs, and that I had a good income, and could afford to marry." to say, ."And he did say, 'Bless you, my chil md she dren; may you be happy?" lett~ers Talbot's look is a sufficient rebuke to my levity. e"He swore at me, ordered me out of the dece. house, and forbade me ever to speak to his nm, laughter again." tosses "Did you obey his injucetion ?" is thij I feel the questiou is superfluous the mo ment I have asked it. "I -did, not," he retorts, sharply, '"I e. She found means of doimmunicating with her, ti. she and heard that the marriage was being hip. hurried on; and, to make a long story her!' habort, persuaded her to agree to man elope I'd be ment, Her wedding took place on the day ld find xied, but the bridegroom was not Lord her. Belsize,- and her sole brides maid was a SemUre snuffy:old pew-opener ut then - -. - - III.-Concrlso. - Sbim -? Talbot replenishes hlis glas with a.liberal sef as supply-of brandy and a very scanty allow call - e ance-of water, and takes a good pull atthe iponia mixtilre before resuming his narrative. reem-.e-weient abroad, and Milly wrote to etwe her father, but ll of her letters were re sleep tr . un i..penad.. She frettd abut it, been marlried be:fore, th!t m.. wife was dead, and ) slC th'ere were unhappy ,'oiru- Ssanees conected with t-he-f i.a whano i which m rod s me wiling to Mei r to ur, *laill ,;r_: hP puns h= la:tt' tip to, ^t '' h ee' That was all told her. The details wer I neither ple:.an telio- g nor pleaant hear "'* i ind :We , ~ld tl~'_ trk of c ISFr'°ka ~ r v i-re sh t We:'. wpim I wa ilT aud dMlirioul , uMily opened i It purported i'o be from ).11yh2~ # o me that the sacoutt of her death was fals, She had becu owt of Ergoud, she taid, but d S h had now returned, and had heard of my marriage. She ' ho ob ,o ob m Sand would still continue to kee:p the secret ; provided I gave her a certain um sh im named, and reewed ;ay former aollow :, if-:lt"=y. BIm isWte ivesrvy toK go to 1 paFr- i L anee." i 'i ump ' ! yu h j-I :d ed y°on:.r morati n u )s her owha, I u dlpponse.": 1uaint- I'i o _liem ul o "ehe illy read t- ieter, and, a. o y ap i4 ti was out of:daugi r -ad her.d toage a = ittl. h u for d yoelf, left me." for I s.fina "osh't iee what ' . .e-'se the ato girl .hcould do," e "But, man, it was a lte-a cursed lie1I" S o "Whati was? I don 't { understandd' . died aOpt te dtime my iftrmad~ to speoitpr As 1 Aonas I was able to travel I went to S the place, utd verified every paricular. ai he saw the doctor who adied . ned her, and the to blergyaE- who was with ther whe. r.h : le iedrs g} etii:e of what de1 it±, agg~ iiat ev 1den weqIt and saw hef grave,:" "What th~e deuse, theii, me, the moeany her ig of this precious epistle ... iu- "I t was ra trick got up byi her relations to e to extort money. They hought, situated tbe as I was, I hould not care to make rcloe 1e n inquiries, butl. would pay wha( the), askyo , )ve- And everl had .[ denianded an interoview, Ither o he wa sister ho borei a great re-. l semblance to my deid wife, who was t "I personate her. The lappse of timp rsie and we met they tarusted would aid theni Fi ae arrying out their de ception."l T ud "Rather a clumsy imposition." I gd "Clumsyo ! It was devlish beyond ex-st t pression! Think what it hre as made my .lat poor Milly suffer!" Have dyou had no tidings of her since? . joft. "None--not a word. I have hunted ao. everywuldhere, abroad and ge in England, and a 1 have foud no trice w abteverd." e, "Did she not ay in herti ilettger to yp re la, - o itl ~tliv 4i113 1#i tVi igi 'I 'twoma do '~ : b0 atergood lotoking, aend bd asot efl' Bd~s tiat -hat , inhe inte u nded doing?" n I t oule her for whatShe only .ad she hatried no foalternget tive but to leave me; but thaty well, lyhe should adr 1'vv, and then a rvutiewhid~atin aaotjld criop out ay continue to r ove e as long aes he lived iMy poor M illya ! My poor, poor dahporlingt arrihe Talbot brekstend to grieve."p 'Did you tell Miss Lewis about your n preving hious face on hirri arms, and gebbing moe "Yes. At' Last. I kida her thin. I had i a child been say nothing, simply bwfe was o he de, anothing befittherng erthe occasion occure of - nme to say. He recoved himself prea 'ntly, an d, hi adetaching a loket from his watho it e I c hain, opewas it, antod hand s it to m e. r aur "That is her p ortrait," he plesays.nt r ng I take theltrinket from hin, bend mylrious, tory an heread to ameane iter and see smilinge, at mnd 'se-u tilhe picturened i.mblance of myrpoed to be fparom to buy my first. wife, and, w a written to illfort day tient. ,word Ws e that the account iof ther meathte' a fals, a. a cries, observing my start of surprise. "I know where your wif¢. is," I[ reply.V He ishad been ohis fee in and, she nid, t "You do? WYhere is she?" eral He looks as though be wouald start off" a tended her thenow returned, ad ad heard of my mh a rit dowS and be ratistto , I say, pe, remptorila . S s ;o t o , tu l a rBut I nst go toher a Iwcainsmto her! hie. FoneGod' sake, mane frelme whre allo