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THE JOURNAI* Published every Thirtday Afternoon AT ST. CLOUD, MINN Office—Corne W A A ad el S EDITOR AND PROPW«TOB.. suDScniP,ri*»N TW0 10HM PAYABLE IS ADVA?™. ST. CLOUD, Copy WW Ve «ont «,«(:« to the gett« 1 5 0 0 0 S w!«"»«• 374 6 00 6 25 S u»o. 0u» 600 800 175 .. »tt toft 14 00 18 00 2250 30 0O 37 60 4500 T{00 Sid *»o A3 .. I 7W ua5i*oo por a "SIS*!— •*«'0«~U 8. Strwigett must v»J tory reference*• Satisfactory References furnished. rllnSO-lf A S E N E D.,C.M 11 14 00 2250 30 00 36 00 4000 5260 7500 13500 noo iaw i«»o T60 7 00 1200 U0O 25 00 4000 •2250 30 00 5*00 0 re JOB I 2 tlce, in tke bestatyle,,»»* in« don. In Jish, »nd wwrwited to glte s»» 5 OSOAB TAYLOB A A O N E ST. CLOUD, u. L. ooaooa. f£ A W MINNESOTA GORDON & COLLINS, A O N E S AT MINNESOTA- r»rttt.Ur attention *£_r A •O «ATS. CHA8. Sher- eij«i»in« Coanties, vtt.s \as, b*»e, Benton, Morrison, Todd, vo Msweagali*, Pope and Mc«»*r? HAYS & KERR, A O S A A W ST. CLOUD, MINN. 00tt on Wmahiagto* Awetuu—,/•rmsvls} Moore $ Kerr'i. Mwin o. UMU. wit. s. nooai HAMLIN ft MOORE, A O N E S A. A W ST. CLOUD, MINN. Office OTer Edelbrock's Store. J. S. RANDOLPH, ATSOKHET AND COUNSELOR AT LAW ALEXANDRIA, MINN, CHARLES B. HOWELL, (Late of Me General Land Office,) A O N E AT A W O I I I CO., MlHH. Special attention to oases coming before Loeal U. S. Land Offices and the General Land Office, Pre-emption, Homestead, War rant, Cash, Sorip, Town Site, R. R. Land Grant and other land cast* attended to.— Collections made titles examined taxes paid for non-residents, &c. Y3ICIAN .SURGEON & ACCOUCHEUR ST. CLOUD. MINN. Alden'sBrickbnilding.WasMngtonivenn Residence,Richmond Street opposite Wright's Fer Ixamining Sorgeon for Pensions. Regular cake hoars 10 to 1 and 2 to 4. *9 W. M.BURCHARD, M. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, (Successor to Dr. W. T. Collins,) Offiee over Pickit ft Abbott's Dry Goods Store, 8T. CLOUD, MINN Night calls at the office will be promptly attended to. n29 CHAS. S. WEBER, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, ST. CLOUD, MINN. Offiee en St. Germain street, 3d door east of Catholic Church. Office hoars from 10 A. H. till 3 v. x. WM. R. HUNTER. S I I A N AN1 SURGEON, MM CLOUD A A jr 9L9WD MlNjf CHARLES H. ALSOF, CIVIL ENGINEER AND DRAUGHTSMAN, (Late with the Northern Pacific R. R.) Lands Surveyed, and Flans and Specifica tions for Buildings, Bridges, Ac, carefully prepared. Office over Pickit ft Abbott's. O. E. GARRISON. CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT, ST. CLOUD, MINN. Having had twenty years' experience— en in Government survey,—I hope to give atisfaotion In all branches of Engineering. Pine and other Lands entered and taxes paid for Non-residents, and full descrip tion given from personal examination. Offioe over Smith ft Herbert'* .Store St. Germain Stree. Maps of Stearns County for sale. 9. WM. MULLIKKN. PIMHE ArMULLIKEII, REAL ESTATE AGENTS Opposite U. 8. Land Office, ST. CLOUD, MI N Will bay and sell RIAL ESTATE on com mission. Looate Land Warrants and Agricultural College Scrip. Pay Taxes, and transact all Businesscon neeted witk Moh an Ageney. v8n44-ly VA N HOESEM & WTCHELL, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, ALEXANDRIA, DOUGLAS Co., MINN. A Sell R*»riiUteoDcommission, Pay Taxes for Non-Be$id*ntt, And attlaot and locate OoTernment Lands •ro thtn with oaih, lorip or warrant!. WL. XI. BANK OF ST. CLOUD. OJUtfMAL BANKING AND EX CHANGE BUSINESS TRANS ACTED. A S I E LAND WARRANTS, College Scrip & Foreign Exchange BOUGHT AND SOLD. a A on a Office open from 9 to 12 A. M., and 1 to 5 H. St. Germain Street, St. Cloud, Minn. J. G. SMITH. Cashier. St. Cloud, Sept. 16, 1867. yl T. C. McCLTJRE. IB .A. nsr IK: IE IR,, AND LICENSED DEALER IN a a W a A a a a S a O a in a Instate. Collections and Remittances promptly made. Taxes paid for iron-residents. Also, gent for tho sale of PASSAGE ICKETS to or from all the principal GERMAN, ENGLISH AND IRISH PORTS. Office on Washington avenue, one door south of the Central House. v7n44-tf UTHROP & KINNEY REAL ESTATE AGENTS, GMHWOOD, POPI Co., MINN. BUT AND SELL REAL ESTATE ON COMMISSION, Pay Taxes a any part of the State, Select and Locate Government Lands for Others with Cash, Scrip or Warrants, Make out Homestead and Pre-emption Papers And Abstracts of Title, and buy and sell Conntj and Town Orders. n26 GO TO METZROTH'S For the BKST SUITS, BR3T OVERCOATS, BEST HATS, BEST CAPS. BEST GLOVES And the best of everything you want in the wayof Clothing or Gents' Furnishing Goods. The Finest Cassimeres, by the yard or piece, at low prices. ALIRGESTOCKOFBOY'SCLOTHING Suits made to order from the best goods and in the most fashionable styleo. J. W. METZROTH. St. Cloud, Oct. 5, 1868. v9&ll-tf J. E. WEST, General Insurance Agent, Represents the JE N A", Of Hartford, Conn. A O Of Hartford, Conn. Also—Life, Accident and Live Stock In surance Companies. Office in WEST & CO.'a Book Store. O. f. DAVIS. L. CLARK. CLEARWATER MILLS FLOUR & FEED STORE, DAVIS ft CLARE, Dealers in Floor, Feed, Grain and Agricultural Implements. Cash paid for all kinds of Grain. Washington Avenue, St. Cloud, Minn. v!0n44-tf SMITH & HERBERT, DIAL IXOLVSIVILT IN BIGOTS, SHOES, and Leather. Boy of them and S.A.*V-E MLoisnsrr, Bell's Bloek, St. Germain Street. St. Clond. Minn. vllnlO-tf O A S S I (SDOCKSSOR xo a. i. POBTIR, Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Flour, GRAIN AND FEED, Washington avenue, opposite MontanaBil liard Hall, ST. CLOUD, MINN. Good* Delivered Free of Charge. Produce of all kinds taken in Exchange or Goods. apr9-tf M. BECKER, BOOT AND SHOEMAKER. Boots, Shoes and Gaiters Made in the latest style and of the best •took. Good fits warranted. Quality of work guaranteed. EASTERN WORK always on hand for •ale cheap. ALSO LEATHER AND FINDINGS. Shop on St. Germain street, next doorto Roseaber re. Bt. Cloud, April28,1868. vl0n41-6m CITY RESTAURANT. ITP:K,:ES:HC O S E E S SKRVKD OP IN ANT STTLN. Fresh and Canned Fruit of all kinds, Con fectionery, Pastry, Sfc. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Regular Boarders at reasonable rates. LOUIS GOYETTE. St. Cloud, NOT. 18, 1868 vlln!8 A in I 1 8 5 1 R. MARVIN & SON, Importers and Jobberaof GBXJSTJL, GHAA.SS AND EARTHENWARE, SHrer Plated and Brlttannla Ware, LAMPS, TABLE CUTLER1, LOOKING GLASSES, &c., 122 Third, and 29 Robert St., ST. PAUL WILLIAM LEE, IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE M1ALEE IN DRY GOODS & NOTIONS, No. 156 Third Street, S A 7 a S ents with one of the oldest Importing andJobbiag Houses of the East, and having a buyer in the market all the tune, and buying my Goods all for cash, nnesota Merchants will find bargains. alUimestnmTStore. v9nl?-t CURTIS&~NASH WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Shelf and Heavy Hardware, S O E S And Tinner's Stock, 185 Third Street, ST. PAUL, MINN. Livery! Livery! Livery E N A HOUS E Livery and_Sales Stable. My friends and patrons are hereby noti fied that I am prepared to furnish them with EVERYTHING IN THE LIVERY LINE, On the shortest notice and most reasonable terms. Office at Central House. J. E. HAYWARD, Proprietor. NEW LIVERY STABLE. Chas. E. Poster & Co] have opened anew UVEKY, SALE, AND BOARDING STABLE In Hansons stable on Richmond avenue, where they will keey at all times, for the use of the pub lic, a splendid lot of HORSES. BUJGIES & CUTTERS, Which willbe let at reasonable rates. Their stock is all of the very best, and they are confident will be appreciated as such by their customers. Leave your orders for livery with CHAS. E. FOSTER & CO. 8t. Clond, Dec. 13th, 1866. v9n22 HARRISON & CO., North Star Iron Works, MAIN ST., OPPOSITE THE FALLS, S A in Manufacturers of Steam Engines, Boilers, Gang, Circular and Flouring Mill Machinery, Architectural and all other Castings of X^JOIST I m-^-'-r' O A S S E November 23, 1868. nol9-tf STRONG & WILLIAMS, (SUCCESSORS TO R. O. STRONG,) 3 3 5 S a DEALERTShiin Carpets, Oil Cloths, Mat tings, Curtain Materials and Trimmings Upholstering and Furnishing Goods, Win dow Shade Wall Paper, Mattresses Feathers, &c v7n40-ly .G. E A O WHOLESALE DEALERIN Wines, Liquors and Cigars, 107 r*irf Street, ST. PAUL, MINN. MINNESOTA MARBLE WORKS Cor ntr Robert and Eighth streets, near the International Hotel, DESIGNS OF SCULPTURE WORK, Monuments, GraveStones, Mantles, Tab Tops, &c., made and furnished to order. J. S. TOSTEVN. O. Box940, St. Paul. ROORVILLE EXPRESS. I will run an Express Wagon from St. Cloud to Rochville every SATURDAY. Pas sengers will be carried either way for fifty cents each. Packages and freight at the rate of thirty cents per hundred poun Js. I am also prepared to carry either passen gers or freight on any other day, upon no tice. Orders may be left in St. Cloud at the Post office, or at P. Kramer's Hotel at Rockville, at my hotel. PETER LOMMEL, Mail Contractor on Route. Rockvillo, Aug. 17, 18G8. n5-tl E N W W E A OARRIAGEMAKER. A E removed tcmy new shopnear the Bridge, rhere I am prepared to do allkinds of work in the Carriagemaking ine. Wagons, carriages and sleighsmado a neat.and substantial manner at low ates Particularattentionpaidtorepair. v3-tf I N N E A O I S MARBLE_WOEKS! American and Foreign Marble, Head-Stones, Tombs A N 3^coi?rcn^E3si S Furnished to order. MANTLES, TABLE-TOPS, Etc., Etc. N. HERRICK & SON, Cor. Nicollet & Third Sts., Minneapolis. Work set in St. Cloud, without .extra charge. Tll-n29-ly RUDOLPH SCnfflNEMAXX, W-A.TOIEIJM.-A.IKI-EIR,, S a S T. MINN. ACLOUDand GOOD assortment of Watches, Clocks Jewelry always on hand. Galvanizing done. Repairing neat done and warranted for one year. A large tot of Sotctaelesfor sale. X1X13 N A I O N A Life Insurance [Company or TH« United iStates of America, WASHINGTON, D. C. Chartered by Special Act orCongrcstf. Approved July as, 1SC8. CASK APIi'AL $1,060,000 Branch Office, Philadelphia. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, Where the general business of the Compa ny is transacted, and to which all general correspondence should be addressed? 1 E O E. A. KoUlns, Washington. Henry 1. Cooke, Wash. Jaj Cooko, Piiilu. U- U. UJuik,PHiia. *. ltatchloiu Slurr, Phila Mm Ueur^ J.UiuckkjIjloi.Puila. .. E. Chandler. Wash. J{jliUD Uel™». Wash goF. liuwurd iKHlsre A'ewYork uioUe, Uark,Plm a 11. V. iVhnesfo'ck.N. Y. S S S 4 1 Wladel JA\l•it,,Kw.l• »i 42 PWa, President. W"»f»Wgloii, N Vlt0President. «?iV^' und Executive E E E 1-hi.a. Sec',- and Actuary. ^itANLli ^'»i.^.. As8is ""t Secretary w-.Jlcaicui Director. A A S O O A D. W. I S M. v., Washington. S O I I O S AAA. A I I O N I S Rates ot Premium, and 9 S Table's, th" most desirable means of insuring lift vet presenied to the public. The rates of premium, being largely re duced, aie made as lavorablelo the ers as those of the beat Mutual Companies, and avoid al the compUcations and uncer tainties ot Motes, Dividends, and the mis understandings which the latter are so apt to cause the Policy-Holders. Several new and attractive tables arc now presented, which need only to be un derstood to prove acceptable to the public, such as the INCOME-PRODUCING POLl VY and BJsTUJW PREMIUM POLICY. In the former, the policy-holder not only secures a lue insurance, payable at death, I °fiwvireceiveanannUa* *,fliviug oli™ att?r J™.J? n\ S mcome W'l ten per cent, (10per cent.) of the par oj hxepoli cy. In the iaUer, the Company agreel to return to the assured the tota* amount of money ta addiUOn t0 heamou "f his The attention of persons contemplating insuring their lives or increasing the amount of insurance they already have, is called to the special advantages offered by the National Lite Insurance Company. Circulars, Pamphlets and full particulars given on apphcation to the Branch Office ol the Company in this city, or to its Gen eral Agents. B&- LOCAL AGENTS ARE WANTED in every City and Town and applications from competent parties for such agencies, with suitable endorsements, should be ad- E 4 a SStf A A N 8 S VUJ GENERAL ,, a thcir res P»*i™ dis- E N E A A E a E 11 1 E O Wa«hIn8'»».T. Virgaila!' for Maryland, a 8 S Co^^bio, and West) E St. Paul, for A E SPECIAL AGENT, For Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, Headquarters, St. Paul, Minn. J. E. WEST, Agent at St. Cloud, Minn. _____ lylstpl50- MINNESOTA IEON WORKS in a is Iron and Brass Founders '—AND— MACHINISTS. SHOPS AND OFFICE, First Street, corner of Marshall Street. Mill FurnishingWarehousc Washington Avenme, near First Nationa Hotel. Plans, soeciilcations and Estimates On Short Notice. Steam and Water Mills Built on contract and furnished complete with MACHINERY, MILL STONES, MCT AND BRAN CLEANERS SEPARATORS, BOLTING CLOTH. BOILERS, ENGINES, WATER WHEELS, &o. Address all letters and orders I N N E S O A I O N W O S 11n6 MINNEAPOLIS. Store and Lotfor Sale. The best location in St. Cloud for a re tail grocery business. Willbe sold at a bargain. Inquire of C. F. & W. POWELL. St. Cloud, Feb. 11, 1869. »30-tf HOUSE FOR SALE. CHEAP FOR CASH. Possession given at any time desired. Inquire of JOHN R. CLARK. St. Cloud. Feb. 9,1860. n30-lf E N O I WHOLESALE DEALER IN SADDLERY HARDWARE, AND SHOE FINDINGS, AST Bast WaterS treet, MII/lVACKKK. Orders promptly and carefully filledj ST CLOUD, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1869. IN AN O CHVJUCH* Through the chkucel, quaiut and olden, Streamed tho evoning (sunlight golden, M'v iug purple pulpit stair, And tho ngod preacher there Sweet the solemn anthem Bourec', Note on note, and word on word, Kinging through the long defiles Of the dim and ancient aisles. And upon its calm surcease, All the air, with {inbreathed peace, Seemed to gather force, and sway Through the temple, either way. AnJ tho preacher's tones »t length Hi lied in circuit,gathering strength, Swelled mound the lofty nave, Liko Beit-hymn in a cave. Echoing frsiu the wall aronnd, Psalm and prayer, with sweet rebound— r^alm and prayer, and discourse given, l'assed, or teemed to paSF, to heaven. —Clumber*' Journal, [Entere I according to Act of Congress, by Mr JunoQ, Swisshelm, in the year 1808, in theOtticeof the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania.] MARGARET MERLYN. WRITTEN FOB TUB ST. CLOUD JOURNAL, BY MRS. JANE G. SWISSHELM. CHAPTER XXIX. OLD ACQUAINTANCES. There was a press of office work, and Margaret did not feel justified in neglecting the interests of her employ .er to go at once and see further about the progress ot events at The Home beside sbe agreed with Judge Kendon in thinking that the effect of the efforts to remove Miss Ironton would restrain her for some time. She and her party hod openly declared that a corrupt con spiracy had been formed against her, and consistency would demand that the children should be made as comfortable as possible to satisfy any one whoespoused, might undertake to pry into the secrets of The Institution. Thus it came about that several weeks passed before Margaret called on Mrs. Granger. She then learned that so far from receding from any position she had taken, in consideration of the rebukes which had been administered to her, Miss Iron ton had a^ sumed all the airs of victory, and that her supporters were more than ever determined to sustain her in car rying out the rules which she hadwaters, adopted as essential in training the children for their proper places in soci ety. It was the old drama of tho Iron Bedstead which is being rehearsed and repeated in families, schools, acade mies and colleges, in public and private Institutions and verdicts, every hour of every day, only that Miss Ironton differed from most actors in greater faithfulness totbe original. She hadMiss lived in the family ot the Hon. Augus tus, had taken the measure of the young Irontons at various ages and stages, had kept a faithful record, and therefore knew exactly how a child of a given number of months should deport himself in order to attain the ac me of perfection, as a member of soci ety. Mrs. Bateman had so forcibly called the attention of the Managers to the total waut of religious instruction of children that Mrs. Granger had made an effort to supply the deficiency, and had gone up on Sabbath forenoon to open a Sabbath school. This Miss Ironton resented as an impertinent in terference, refused the key of the school room, and finally became so violent and abusive that Mrs. "Granger was driven from the field in a flutter and fright, which confined her to bed for the great er part of the week. Miss Ironton believed that the mind of a child should be left free from re ligious prejudice, like apiece of blank paper, to be written upon by judgment matured in the teachings of philosophy. Tho schoolhouso and dormitory above were about to be plastered and finished with a water-tight roof. This had been interpreted by Judge Kendon and Mar garet as physical comfort to the child ren but Margaret now learned that this had been the pretext for sending away Aunt Becky and two other wo men one of them she who had sought to conceal tho cracker, who had been a kind of semi-pensioners in the Institu tion, receiving low wages and doing such work as they could. Their places had been filled by a washing machine and a stout, stolid girl, and as neither could be suspected of spoiling the children, Miss Ironton congratulated herself on the change. Margaret felt that it would not do to leave the children until tbe Annuil Meeting without some further effort to protect them in tho interval, and con cluded that as the property worth two hundred thousand dollars was the great weight on the lever which was crush ing them, it would be best to unite the fears of the Mildway and Ironton par tics in the prospect of its loss. She had promised not to give any publio statcmemt of facts before the annual election and all that was left for her to do was to appeal to the heirs at law, and if possible have a suit instituted for the recovery of tho property. As tliif? was a step for which no one appeared ready to be responsible, she wrote direct to the nephew of Mrs.you Grey, stating the position of affairs, and asking him as an act of common humanity to wrest tbe property left by that lady from its present use as a pris on and slaughter house of orphan children. This gentleman acted prompt ly, sent commissioners to The Home, who reported the statement correct in every particular, and advised Immediate action to dispossess the Association. A suit was entered, and the Trustees du- ly notified ot an action of ejectment. Then Dr. Dreaming caaio personally fjrward, and called to his aid the Hon. Simon Emmut, tho husband of the President of the Association, who le-ments aded in Denton, away down..east, own ed an extensive mill property in Arabia Petrea, and bad recently been elected to Congress. The gentleman from Denton put his shoulder to the wheel with a right good will. He had put his hand in his pocket, contributed lib erally to the support of the Institution, and believed it to be a model for all benevolent Institutions. In assailing it one assailed the reputation of his wife, a most amiable lady, and of her twocontinued: aunts, whose purity of purpose and goodness of heart none dared dispute. The incomparable teacher who wasmust made the target for the arrows aimed in reality at the lady managers, was— was—was! Well, language always failed in giviug an inventory of ber virtues, and BO they were summed up in that one comprehensive sentence, "a niece of the Hon. Augustus Ironton." The "person" who assailed her was a low adventuress who had come to Ara bia Petrea in search of a situation as teacher, had been brought to The Home under very suspicious circum stances, had been laid under unheard of obligation by the kindness of Miss Ironton and the managers, and nowthere sought to obtain tho situation adorned by Miss Ironton, and to this end was making all this trouble. The Hon. Simon Emmut and other honorable titled and distinguished friends pi the deceased Hop. Augustus, laid their honest,,honorable, heads., to gether and under a thoiough convic tion of the justice of the cause they and an indomitable Yankee energy, brought such an influence to bear upon Mr. Grey, an ambitious pol itician, that he promised quietude un til the annual election should,set the matter all right. Margaret began to realize the- CONarm rectness of Judge Knox's opinion.— There was great danger of the Associa tion rallying to the defense of Miss Ironton, as the only way to preserve the Association. She was getting into deep and beginning in some sense to feci alone. Many who were most en thusiastic in their desires to have The Home remoddled, were earnest in their condemnation of her accomplishing that end. The good to be done, to be good, must be done in their way and it mat tered not that that way had signally failed, again and again, and gave -no evidence of increased efficiency. The Mildmay party looked upon her andshort'distance Ironton, as the two enemies of The Institution, and of the two shetime,?and the most dangerous. They did every thing to keep her quiet, and used, to others, every effort to put a good face on it, so that the outsiders who hadthat come to know anything of the difficul ty were hopelessly bewildered. Mr. and Mrs. Granger thought her right but rash but all those in favor of a change of managers were glad of her aid in procuring votes and influence. During this time the accounts from The Home were full of fast-thickening horrors and even Margaret saw that vision of the end—that calm face which bent over Peter as be took his flight— and unconsciously sho was living out the resolve of the old Reformer who declared: "God and I are a majority against the world!" With ahead and heart full ot this subject, shortly before the time for the annual meeting, she encountered Mr. Windermere on the street, and almost sprang forward to accost him, saying: "Oh, I am so glad to see you 1" He looked puzzled, surprised said al most stern, as he answered "One would not think yon were very anxious tofindyour friends from the pains you take to hide front them." "To hide from them she said in surprise. "So it appears to me," he answered. "I took it for granted that if you hadmoment?" cot wished to avoid me, you would not have left Mr. Walters' without leaving your address, especially as you expected me to bring you news from home." Her face paled as she looked into his and read the serious displeasure,of his voice and manner,: and her voice was unsteady as she inquired: "Did you ask for me at Mr. Wal ters' "Of course, I called thero to sec you alter my return from the East," "And what account did you re ceive "I saw both Mr. and Mrs. Walters' and neither knew where you had gone." She could not altogether surmount the human weakness which esteems poverty and misfortune as crimes. She therefore hesitated, after feeling that self-justification required a plain state ment of facts Her fvee grew red as her blood could make it, her voice trembled, and ever and anon she threw aside the great tears which would well up as she said: "Then, Mrs. Walters did not tell that after I had helped her to nurse the children, as you know I was doing when von left, until I, myself, took the fever, she sent me unconscious with delirium to tbe common Alms Houso that from thero I was carried to The Home on the hill, and that I remained there until I came to live at Judge Keodon's, first as a govern ess, and now as a copyist in his office She did know part of this then, she does know all of it now, and has per* nutjted you to bejieve I eloped—per haps with a lover," she added with an expression of scorn. They walked on in silence some mo while she beat gently on the pavement with the point of her closed umbrella, and after some time bo re-found plied .. "It is like the story of an old ro mance," "ThereJs no romance," she answer ed, "old or now, that dare tell a story as strange as many that are enacted in common life within the knowledge of Without apparently hearing her, be "Mr. Walters, I am certain, knew nothing of this and Mrs. Walters be a very bad woman." "She is more inconsiderate than wicked I think," Margaret replied "but it does appear strange-tbat she shoul have done as^sbfl did in the mat ter. She was jipjs-kind to me, andgentlemen she is not mean.',. .J know that some tWngg are luisrep'resented to her, butsomething even with this knowledge think it un like her to have done exactly aa sheand did." "I believe," be answerred, ."it, is gen erally allowed that jealousy stop* at nothing in seeking revenge "Jealousy she inquired,. "but could have been nothing worthy of the name in this case. The, Doetor and Mrs. Walters' did.appear to'de pend on me a good deal about the children's medicine', but no sane wo man would have be3n jealous about that/'V -'["':/''_ He saw she had no idea of the true 8t*1to Of the case, and after a moment's, hesitation said:, "Hare-you never learned that she believed1 you had met Mr. Walters at a house on Bcechstreet and had written letters.to him which' you would not wish her to see?" She stopped, laid her hand on and stood looking into his face, until the whole absiifdity became apar ent to her senses, when she' burst into a low merry laugh, saying "Met Mr. Walters on Beech street, and wrote letters to him Ob, I can account for the meetings, for there must have been quite a number of them, but the letters are a puzzle. Did shepersonal tell you how she learned of the Beech street meetings "Yes," he said, his face reflecting something of her merriment. "Messrs. Twinzy, Thompson, Summerfield and Yoonderstaun were eye witnesses." "Hum she replied. "It is but a to Mr. Walters' store. The parties'-will all be there at this while I am out I will just go and see-them, and thank you a thousand times-for this infOrrnation. If you care to hear the explanation in company, I will be glad tO"have you come along, if not I will explain to you at another time." "If you will permit me," he said, "I should like to go with you They walked in silence, tor Margaret was arranging her thoughts, getting accustomed to this new vievr of her own life. When they came to the store they passed tj the counting room, through the glass walls of which Mr. Walters atid Twinzy were plainly visi ble. At the sight of Margaret, in com pany with Windermere, Summerfield, Voonderstaun and Thompson exchang ed significant glances, and became very suddenly very busy in their several avocations. Mr. Walters came for ward to meet them with a strange mix ture of his own frankness and a for eign embarrassment. He shook hands cordially, and made the usual general remarks and inquiries about weather and health, when Margaret said "I accidentally met Mr. Winder mere a-few moments: ago',' and learn from him that there is somethiug rela tive"* to' my leaving your house which requires.explanation. Will you please ask Mr. Thompson, M'r. Summerfield and Mr: V'oodcrs'taun to come here a Mr. Twinzy, who sat ou a high stool quite absorbed in his writing, now step ped down, as Mr. Walters came to the doof tO summon the other parties, and Margaret said to him "Have.Mr. Twinzy remain, if you please." The party were soon Assembled, Mr. Walters with an air of one greatly pleased and deeply interested. Mr. Twinzy leaning on his desk, with his head upon his hands, the left foot cross ed over the right, and resting on tho.planations point of the toes, and one hand lying with his pen, had all tho appearance of one who for purely benevolent motives consents to be enlightened on a subject in which he has no possible interest. Mr, Summerfield strutted as became a cock sparrow, Mr. Voopderstaun placed bis hands spread on bis hips and hisIt's arms akimbo, raised his arched eye brows to their sharpest curve, and with open mouth awaited development. Mr, Thompson, with a determined and rather dogged air, staod to see what could be said to unsettle a judgmental ready entered or. his books. Margaret addressed Mr. Walters, and said "I owe you an apology and explana tion. The day before I first went to your house, I saw Mrs. Howard, who lived in the cottago on Beech street at Mrs. Williams, who told mo her history which was a very sad one. I saw her at her bouse as I passed to meeting, and took a notion which you will think foolish that I ought to try to help her to get back into the right path. She was forsaken by every one, and I NO. 38. thought some one should try and help her. So I wrote her a note, and while the children were sick at your house, she sent for me. She was sick, and her physician thought she would not live until-morning. I went to see hor, and her in apparently a dying condi tion. Dr. Catelle was attending fer, and came while I was there. I had seen mother do several things for a pa tient given up to die of fever, and ask ed his leave to try them. He consent ed, and I went to see her every even ing for some time, at the hour he vis ited ber, to get his directionsand opinion You can see Dr. Catelle, Dr. Grigg's apothecary at the corner near her house, aod 3Irs. Mason on Sy tamore alley, who was employed as her nur^e. I suppose I should not have gone from your house to one so darkened by shame without your knowledge, or that ot Mrs. Walters, but I could not make up my mind to tell any one. These seeing me go there conclud ed, perhaps naturally enough, that was wrong and without stopping to inquire, told Mrs. Walters, here was all the trouble." "But when they had told her, why did you not explain, instead of leaving as you did?" inquired Mr. Walters "I think yon were wrong there." To this Thompson audibly assented, and she found th%t both were ignorant of the circumstances of her leaving. After some hesitation,she continued: "Of leaving your house I know noth ing. I took fever and was taken away while unconscious in delirium. Mrs. Walters was, of course, angry and was under no obligation to keep me there during a dangerous illnes=. I was taken to the Alms House, and from there to the Orphans' Home." At this announcement Mr. Walters threw down a paper he had been hold ing, and stepped to a window to look out. Without giving him time to say she continued: "I have heard that I wrote letters to you Mr. Walters, I should be glad to see them. They must have been writ ten in my sleep and I should like to know what kind of compositions I should make as a somnambulist.'"' hisanything, H$ turned, and with the air of one who violently restrains himself from a assault, said "Did you know anything of this, Ed "Of what enquired that virtuous individual, looking the very embodi ment of propriety, and passing his hand over his bro.rn locks. "Of what repeated Walton fiercely, "of Miss Merlyn's illness, and her being sent to the Alms House Margaret interfered, saying it was not a subject of which she complained, and had only stated the iact in neces sary self defence, and added "No one has been seriously to blame but myself. Since my recovery, I should have gone or written and ex-his plained to Sirs. Walters, Where these gentlemen were to blame was in mt inquiring into the cause of my visis to Beech street." Turning to Thomp son she said, !'You are a church mem- ber and have a family, and should have come to mc or gone directly up to the person who met me, chen, like the boy with the "tall white guiding post'you would have found this phin tom of crime a very harmless affiir." "One would not get much thanks for that kind of interference I" said Thompson, knitting, his heavy black brows with an expression of half con viction, and trying to look at Mr. Wal ters' who stood regarding Twinzy with a threatening air, repeating his ques tion as to Twinzy's knowledge of the manner of Margaret's dismissal, that gentleman with an air of the deepest injury, answered in his softest tenor: which Miss Merlyn states, but I felt it right as you were not at home to advise her not to act rashly.' Mrs. Walters I think will fay that I even entreated her to let the girl remain as I under stood sho was complaining ot not being well." Margaret wanted none ol Mr. Twin zy's explanations, and pieferred he should give them when she would not be obliged to hear, so eho s-dd, address ing Mr. Walters: "This gentleman can make his ex to you at another time, what I should like to know now is about the letters I should have written to you.ploy Havo you saved any or them, and where are they "I never heard of any but one,"at was Mr. Walters reply. "Mrs. Wal ters has it and showed it to mc once." hero he made a gesture of impa tience, as if hunting for a word. "It's, oh poetry, and seems to be about clouds, and willow trees and water, or somo such stuff." 3Iargaret laughed at this descrip tion, but recognized what he sought to describe, and said: "Dear, dear, that must be a scrap of poetry I once copied from a newspaper. I lost it from my port folio with several other things while at your house, but conld any one suppose it was addressed to you?" This was a mutter about which he was as much puzzled as herself, but a9 the whole affair was but one of a suc cession of muddle which had kept Mrs. Walters in conversation since- the dayabout they wont to housekeeping, it made less impression on his mind than it would otherwise have done. To haveY her discharged in a domestic tempest, and then learn that she had committed! oil the crimes in the calendar, Anson Walters regarded as the normal stato of housekeeping, and generally dis missed all such matters as "womacs* Postponing explanations, if indeed there would be any from Mr. Twinzy, •*hoia he habitually and contemptu ously tossed ioto tbe wash basket with other domestic matters, he enquired of Margaret ber present circumstances and plans for the future, invited her cordially to visit them, and when she had left, turned to his assistants, gave a general and sharp rebuke for their interference in women's matters, and re turned to tbe invoices as he had beta examining: When Mr Twinzy found an oppor tunity to spc-as to his friends, he walk ed cautiously back and forth across the counting room, picking his steps, clasp ing and unclasping his hands in his own inimitable and timebeating way, drew his lips to tbeir best expression of propriety, turned his head on one side, looked upward like a canary taking a survey of the weather, and remarked "That was very prettily done, very. She has her explanation all ready, and it in iy be all right. I have beard in stances of women of that class becom ing very devoted as missionaries, but how were we to know the object of her visits, and knowing what we did of her previous history,^of course we could think but the one thing. Perhaps she would say that the notes I happen to have in my possession were lost from her portfolio. She knows at least that I could not contradict any state ment she might please to make, for it is due to myself as a gentleman not to expose her, or prevent her securing such an establishment as Windermere can offer/' Thompson felt that her account of the Beech street visits was all correct, but to give up his whole opinion was to acknowledge James Thompson mis taken to a degree quite unprecedented in his history. Both he and Summer field resigned the precious treasure of that rare piece of scandal with a wrcch and sense of loss. To give up anything which could be retained in the shape of acquired knowedge, a received opinion, was a serious trial to both, and so they settled down into the belief of all that was possible for them to believe of the evil opinions they had so long held. While Yoonderstaun would have preferred the entire development of some dark plot against the lady's char acter, Dick was quite indifferent as to who committed a crime, provided a crime were committed. Its value de pended entirely on its magnitude and such complication of circumstances as added unique touches of depravity. To Mr. Twinzy's remarks he repli3d, wag ging his bead in his usual wise way: "I've got cauthing to say agin the establishment, nor agin the girl herself, if the woman was sick, I have nan thing agin her going to see her. If she wasn't sick, its none of my busi ness. If she didn't write that letter to the Boss its nauthiog to me. I've heard both sides, and Imake up my mind, and I say nauthing/' With which sage conclusion Dick got hat, made his usual inspection of that article, place! it on his wondering head and with his usual swinging mo tion, wont to supper, deeply impressed with a sense of the wonderful wisdom of his late remarks. "Of course I felt it my duty as a gentleman to inform Mrs. Walters of What I had at first accidentally seen of S I I the conduct of a person regarded as a I member of her family. Of course I know nothing of the circumstances From the store Mr. Windermere and Margaret walked to see Mrs. Walters, and found that lady with her unchanga ble face, quite ready to talk, and far from showing any ill temper. Just then she was in all the excitement of which she was capable, about a cook who had robbed her store-room, stolen her spoons, and taken herself away. So she was quite willing to receive Margaret'3 explanation, and apology of andafor the visits to Beech stieet. She brought *hQ letter found in Sir. Wal ters' pocket, and when Margaret had told her what it was and of the loss of it and other papers from her portfolio, she volunteered several explanations as to how it might have been abstracted by Kate, Malissa or the children and picked it up and put it in his pocket without examination. Tho difficulty, which had been of such magnitude some months previous as to make her forget all obligations of gratitude tor services which could not be repaid and the claims ot hospitality and humanity, had decreased by distance of time and disappeared behind intervening events until it was a speck, a mere shadow. As Margaret and her friend left the house, he remarked: "It ismy impression that My. Twinzy has been at the bottom of all the trouble, and I feel like threshing him until he will not walk for a week "Hum she replied, "that would be a small business for a man. If I want ed Twinzy well whipped, I should em a clucking hen. Did you ever go into a mirror store, and see yourself looking at yourself from every side and every possible angle Well, Mr. Twinzy's world is a mirror store. His heaven above, his earth beneath, and his waters under the earth, area con tinuation of mirrors, all made and ar ranged for the express purposeof reflect ing Mr. Twinzy and such immediate surroundings as are necessary for back ground to the picture. The creature has never in the whole course of bis life seen anything but his external re flection. To this he goes aronnd through life living and simpering, like a dancing master parcticing attitudes, and one who can feel any real five anger at him must have endowed him with qualities not his own." Windermere laughed at her descrip tion, and said: "I shall neverforget your proposition to set him up in business." "Oh dear," she said "do notlet us talk him. When I met yon to-day, I Conttmwwl Fow*t* P»g«, I