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tice, In the beat style, and at St. Paul prices. Print
lag dona In German and Norwegian, as wall aa
Kaglisa. and warranted to give satisfaction.
L. W. COLLINS,
ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.
Homeopathic Physician,
AND DENTIST,
Clearwater,
LAW,*sw
8T. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.
OJUt 2d floor of Bell's Block.
B. O. HAMLIN. D. B.
HAMLIN ft SEABLE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ofiee BMbneVt BUck.
W. 8. MOORS. OHAB. ». KRRR.
MOOBE & KERB,
ATORNEYS AT LAW,BOO
(Offioe over Dawson's Bonk, 97 3d St.)
ST. PAUL MINN.
Will give prompt and careful atten
tion to the business of former clients in
Stearns and adjoining counties. ap 10.
DB. V. FELL,
Minnesota.
Tl5n20-72
E. K. JAQUES,
SURGEON DENTIST.
Roeenberger Block.
SAINT CLOUD. MINNESOTA
D. H. SELBY.
—AGRNT—
Singer Sewing Machines.
Noodles, Oil, Taokers, Bafflers and other
findings constantly on hand.
Office la X. Toboy*s book-store.
8T. CLOUD MINN.
C. SCHULTEN,
and
PHARMACEUTIST,
S in
Prea eriptisns carefully compound
day or night.
CHAS. S. WEBEK, Jff. D.,
HOMEOPATHICPHYSICIAN,
0T CLOUD, MINN
Offioe on St. Germain street, 8d dooreast
of Catholio Church.
.ST. CLOUD
Homeopathic Pharmacy.
HIDICIII C1SIS AID BOOM,
of
in thefamilyandfor thetreatment
HOB8E8, CATTLE
and otherdomestie animals
C. 8. WEBSB.
LeROY GROUT,
I I E N I N E E
AND SURVEYOR,
ST. ctovD, niimictoTA.
Taxes of non-residents attended to
promptly.
Special attention given to Land examina
tion.
Beferenees—
P.L.GREGOBI 8L Cloud.
:•.: H. C. BUBBANK, do.
J. C. BUBBANK, St. Paul.
H. TBOTT, ST. P. P. B. B. do.
Office with P. L. Gregory, Washington
avenue. aprStf
P. METSTftSON,
MERCHANT TAILORS
Shop opposite the Belly House,''
WASHINGTON ATRRTJR,
BT.CIOTID,
Bo
Cuton workdone in the beststyle
BepalrlRff neatly andpromptly done.
Washingtn areaue, next deer to Meter
othsClothint store .,.: n4,.
O. E. GARRISON,
Civil Engineer & Architect,
ST. CLOUD,
HaTing had twenty-two juakV. experi
ence—twelre in Government snrTtying—I
hope to giro satisfaction in all branches of
Engineering. 1 W\ I
Pins and other Lauds entered ant: Uxes
paid for Non-residents, and fall descrip
tion given from personal examination.
Office and residence near the Epiecopal
Church.
Haps of Stearns County for sale.
NOTABT PUBLIC.
.©tiJ,*&?-.9f HINES,
on Washington Arenue,
jj,, j«T, CLOUXMINHEBOrA.
igto
tib,
•18nW
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BANK O SAINT CLOUD
JAS. A. Bait,
President.
5*'Y
fieieral Banking,ixchange, Mi Seal
Istate BatUeu.
a.
SMITH,
Cashier.
BANKING HOUSE
—OF—
THOS. 0. MoCLUBE,
SAINT CLOUD. MINN1S0TA.
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS DONE.
Fanning, Grazing & Timber
a fox S a
NR
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aff
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BTaUBRS OOURTT.
lao.ltT'n. Rf/o.
6 128 88 Meadow Pratri a
ft US 86
MS S3
9 iffl sa
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8
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90 10 Timber.
98 193 81
tow OOTOTT—man, SDUBO
W iHeavy
rums
See. T*n. R'ge
IT 188 86
0 US 86
W A N W it
W W S
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Also, Lands in Otter Tail ooanty, near
Fergus Falls and Dayton. a
The ebovtrdaaeribed laada are No. 1—
Will ba sold CHEAP, and tim on for
part of pnrohaae money if desired. For
partionlnrs enquire at
aprlOtf BANK OF ST. CLOUD.
M. BECKER,
AND SHOEMAKER.
Boots. Shoes and Gaiters
Made tn the lateststyle and of the beat
•took. Good fits warranted. Quality of
work guaranteed.
EASTEBN WORK always on hand for
sale heap.
ALSO LEATHER AND FINDINGS
HShoponSt.Germainstreet,neztdoorto
Book Store.
St.Cloud. April2,1868.
BT.CLOUD
MARBLE_WORKS
JOSEPH HERSCHBACH.
BRAI.RR
Monuments & Gravestones
Alt Contractor for all kinds of
Stone Cutting to Order.
St. Germain street—two door* east of the
Catholio ohuroh. aff
JUST PUBLISHED I
STRAUSS' WALTZES
arranged as
VIOLIN SOLOS.
A E it
Paper Copy sent, post-paid, for $1.50 in
boards, $2
Address,
J. L. PETEBS,
,699 Broadway, N. T.
SANGER-FEST.
(The Singing Festival.)
A Collection of Glees, a Songs, Cho
ruses, ate. or
HALE VOICES.
Sample oopies mailed, post-paid, for $1.50
$15 per doxen.
Address, J. L. PETEBS,
699 Broadway, N. T.
FAIRY VOICES.
A Hei Mule Boo for D»j Schools.
Send 60 oents, and we will mall a sample
copy, April 1st.
Address, J. L. PETEBS,
699 Bradway, N. Y.
llH, F. E TOZIEH,
N E €rIiAZIERs
ST. CLOUD, MINN.
ORDERS EIBPICTTIJLLT 80LICITI1.
,:Satiafaotion given, or no oharge.
'I AftsiilijrtlO ,.Si^,b
/J--:
MINR.
•40-ly
VRt
W. HENDERSON.
DealerInand Manufacturer of
Shoes and Rubbers
:L:L
A a
4a ii-.-.\.i
C..F&«Powsll
all
ii!ȣI
SHELE AND HEAVY
HARDWARE,
Iron. Nails, Glass,
BLACKSMITH
«t*
...
AgTicvltnrtl Implomonts,
c..- L,llL
GENUINE
&a
mum PLOWS
MINNEAPOLIS PLOWS.
TIN, CQP3PBB* SBJBBT4B0N WABE.
BarbankftPowoU's Block, St. Germain
ftreat. :-.---^ -^-, -~*-:Crr'
ittifUcJEO f£c$
ATTENTION!
O iv
**j-V?.^t"^*'v--^ "*"'&•
MINNEAPOLIS.
ShaaameaglTsalathlseolnma are thoss of the
laurajaat and most reliable boasea In their tar
eralline* of bnstnsa* la Minneapolis. sum
___
Minneapoli Ba
A O O
I W A
BV00I8S0R TO
BULLARD & MILLER,
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
Cotton and Paper Flour
Sacks, Burlaps,
—AND—
8o Washlagtom Aweeme,
MMNBAP0LI8,: MINN.
I N N E A O I S
MARBLE_WORKSe
G. W. HERRICK,
Dealer in
AMERICAN AID FOREIGN MARBLE,
HEAD S NES
ES.
nieoUat St., a 3 Mad «Os.
MINNEAPOLIS^ MINN.
W«rk set «p In St. Cleid aid Ttetnlty
without Ixtra eiarg«.
BABNAKD & CLABK,
Furniture Manufacturers
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
•The subscribersbegleare to announoe to
their many patrons and friends that .their
aew Factory is now in operation and tha
they are prepared to fill all orders for
PBOMPTLYetATLOWPBICES,
A now price lilt will be issued to the trade
about the first of July, and special efforts
will be made to make their establishment
Headquarters for the Dealers throughout
the Northwest.
FINIW8T0M WORK BONE TO tRDEE.
BARNARDftCLARK.
Factory 4th Street, East side. Warerooms
6 Centre Block.
Tl4n48
Fwtetlotl Tinsmith and Better In
Parties in need of Guttering, Spouting,
any kind of Job Work will find it to
their advantage to giro me a call as I
make this woork aspscialty. n43
II M. GASFARD^
/0iIO
XjA.Gr£«JEL 3 I 2 S A
The undersigned has taken the Hall on
St. Germain street, near the corner of,
efferaon avenue, and has fitted it up in
first-class style. Bis friends will always
find tho best qualities of
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Fresh Beer Constantly on Tap.
J9*Give him a call.
r.'j.ii.i
,m
f€.
tha
I would give notice to my friends
I hare returned to my old stand,
"MUSIC iMtix, p|
en Bichmond arenue, which has been open
ed up in- goodstyle.
a a •.
M.PI8CHEB.
St. Cloud. Dee. 26. 18
Cheap Carpet Hall .of ths
Lsu-ga Itawst OoautavBtly a a
',',i«: Lin •'•'„". ?/X MATBIE8' ,*
8StrMtf -Ftf^'itbuMNto-
M, GASPABD.
St. Cloud. May 1.1872.
J. W. METZROTfl
Has removed hlg
Clothing Store,
'errosira TMonxrsAL Hcjvsa.
JMg^MEZBOTB'S IS THE PLACE.
A large stock of theflnest
CASSIMERES,
BR0ADai»0T$8.
and all kinds 't
Gent's FurnisMng Goods
mUFMETZBOTBs7s THE PLACE 1
GEKTLE MEN'S &U1#S>
made aJT
in the latest
WF¥f TORM LQWDOW ARD PARIS STYLES
PIONEER WAGON SHOP
Manufacturer of
FARM AND FREIGHT WAGONS,
LiOTHf WAGONSfiUGOIES
•A
All work made from the very best mate
rial, and/ally warranted. Prices reason
able. Parties needing anything in myline
wiU do well to give me a oaU.
Special attention paid to REPAIRING
H. W. WEABT
Lake Street rear of Montgomery & West'
A A E E
it .-• '•:*?..jr. j..h
GOETTEN & TROSSEN
Offer to the public, at
on St. Germain street, everything in theI
Dne of MEAT, inelqcUng, a
pBVemli. Fori*: a
at as reasonable rates as any stand in ths
Givetttema call and seo for yoursettse?
St. Clond. Feb. 4th, 1878. vl5-n
n.fiv.r ...] r.f"-.F.. j"•' gfaatnaJE
PORE LAKE ICE
We are prepared to supply famUies, he-4
tela, saloons, etc., with pure
ln any desired
livered every
ders with
n47-tf
VOL. XVI. ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA, THUKSDAY* JULY 17, 1873.
,•'
-r.jf.
ST. PAUL.
The names given In this column are those of tha
largest and most reliable honws in thair
several Hues of bqslneasiu St.Paul. J0&
IU
jiL^ ..ii-jj—=i'
'WEBSTER
sr FURNISI
\AKF.ROON1
N o. 2 3 2 Thil
a is it
DAIRY GBOm OF ALL KINDS.
Scad for niuitrated CaUlogBe.
MERRELL RYDER,
K-^'XHK
Manufacturer and Wholesale and Retail
in'
O E 8 A N O A S
Commission Dealer
..r For the sale and purchase of
FDB8, ROBES, SKINS, HIDES, GAME,
.^, ...^.:&p.,,.&o.,
No. 53 Jackso Street, Ut.
Pawl.
•lonistf iiXff
STRONG &ANDERSON
ManufacturersandDealersin
Carpets.Oil-ClothB, Mattings, Curtain Ma,
erials, Upholstery Goods, Wall Paper
Bedding, Window Shades, Feathers, &o
9oi inland itMThlrdgtreot.
B? PAJJL. a MINNESOTA
COMBS BROTHERS,
LEATHEE
S O E I N O I S
No. 280 Third Street,
ST. PAUL MINNESOTA.'
N.B. FITTED BOOT & GAITER UPPERS
v!4u47 ....
QUINBY & HALLOWELL,
.fc-i-s.-j-Siji.
62, 64, 65 and Robert Street,
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.
vl4n47-ly
Importers of
CROGKERT AND TRENCH CHINA.
a in W in a
Gold a China,
•/fi Zm :.". ., to a in a
Sold in sets or separately.
Fine Glassware, Table Cutlery $ Plated Ware.
18 0 Thir Street, St. a
may30-ljr .'
I* YOU WANT SOME OP
BEST LANDS
STEARNS COUNTY,
AT
CHEAP RATES,
Address
vl6-n
Y*sa«t (•."•,
always on hand. ixJ
CUTTERS, SLEDS, &o]
STBAYED
4oe will -be de
Leave or-
Bentity
at your door"
DORR A MARSHALL.
C. BRIDGMAN, ?i&
--r~ .••-• Dealer in
•J the Lowor St.
Post Offioe Box 2234,
Nnw YORK
Cloud Quadrille
The undersigned will furnish first-class
anuio for Bella. Special attention given to
supplying private parties, with from two to
five pieces, as may be desired. Ac*&iji3. I
Charges reasonable. fie
GEO. E. FULLEB. I
St. Cloud, Sept. 7th. 1871.
JVotioe of Dissolution..
ven that.i tho oopart
eehth? ujidwiined
firm name ef¥'0t Bell A Co.,"
is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
J. 0. MoConnell is aloneautnorited to re
ceive money due the late firm, and to re
ifcrnvSrum?-^'*** si*Ado
.••: If JBI JAMES F. BELL.
JOHN 0. MoCONNELLi
Dated St. Cloud, Minn., July 5, 1878.
vvb^oWQMancrjD.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed has been, designated as Assignee of
Peter J. Limperioh, who has assigned for
the benefit of his creditors.
,li"*'i
All persons indebted to said Limperioh
are notified to make immediate payment
K.. -.. Hf F. BARNES-,..,.
Assignee
Dated, St. Cloud, Minn., July 6,1878,
-wm^ssms?
U^DlSTilicY^
Theandersigned hsreby gives notice of
his appointment as Assignee of Charles
Kauffmann, of St. Cloud, in the County of
Steams and State of' Minnesota, ..within
said District, who has been adjudged a
bankrupt upon petition of creditors, by the
District Court of said District.
All persons
to make
To said bankrupt by
NATHAN F. BABNEB,
of St. Cloud, Assignee.
8w
July 7th, 1878.
from Maine Prairie, about the
first of May, a RED STEER, three years
old, large, white spotted, with large horns.
A liberal reward will be paid for the return
of the animal to F- Kimball, at Maine
Prairie, or to the undersigned at St. Cloud.
iJliXJ\ '-^dHNBlLEY.
St. Cloud, May 26,1878. mayS^tf/!
TOJtS^LE^
:*u-.
five miles thisside
»M
of New Munich. For
sale ohoap and on easy terms.
Inquire of
^OHjrVA^EBS|,tJ
jun26".2
Kili^^S *?*W6-.
BOUT DRIER.
BT
Don'f'«rl(^l)o»da*H!
Then Is nothlni of happiness, pleasure, or cheer,
In brandy, la whisky, in ram, ale or beer
If they cheeryon when drank, yon are certain to pay
In headaches and crossness, the following day.
Don't drink, boys, don't1
Boys, let it alone I
Turn yourbscks on your deadliest enemy, Drink 1
An assassin disguised nor for one moment think,
As some rashly say, that trae women admire
The man thai can boast that he's playing with Are.
Boy*, let It aloneI
No, boj *, don't drink!
If the habit's began, stop now! stop to-day I
Bra thespirit of thirst leads yon on and away
IntoTlce, shame, and drnnksnuess. This is the goal
Where the spirit of thirst leads the stare of tha bowl.
No, boys, &>»* drinkt
So ri a, so far gone oat of sight,
My strained eyes follow thee no more
Thou to the left, I to tharight,
Never to meet as heretofore.
Tet though the distancegrowsso wide.
We tread Love's circle year by year
We're nearer on thaother side
The farther we are sundered bare.
MYTSTOR*
uxtoimtiWBP*
1
CHAl^Rill.
When 1 kit Sylr/s oabin, the lore
ly dusk which reigned over the earth
when I entered had given place to ab
solute night, brightened only by that
tender, fsurv-liko hutre which we oall
starlight. The air came, with a oool
freshness impossible to deeoribe, to my
feyered cheeks, though magioally Boft
for the season, as I walked slowly along
the path—every, foot of which 1 knew
—that led to a stile in the rear of the
manor-kitohen. It was not strange that,
as I walked, I felt Stunned and bewild
ered. Tho startling scene through
which I'had so lately poised bad pome,
upon me with (he force of such absolute
surprise that it might have crippled,
for a time, the activity of^ even a
stronger brain than mine. The pale,
set face of the dead woman—the face
which I had bent over, and which I
shuddered to remember that I had
even touched—seemed to go with me
as I hurried down the sloping path.. I
could not banish it, nor the flushed
face of a sleeping child with a corn
oolored mop of curls, at whom Sylvy
had pointed sorrowfully, saying, "It's
for him she oome."
a Em him 1 That Kendall might be
given to him, and Boss sent baek to
China 1 Thai was the thought that
came to me like a flash—the first, in
stinotivo comment of my joaioufl heart,
It had been my thought, indeed—
though only vaguely grasped—when I
first heard who the dyinej woman, was.
Does any one think this strange? If
so, let me say, once for all, that, though
I do not intend (God forbid that I
should intend!) to extenuate any of the
thoughts and acts which it is part of
my story,to record, yet it is impossible
for him to judge dispassionately of this
story, who does not remember that a
yonng savage of the South Sea, would:
have had a decided advantage over me
at thst time in point of moral, sooial,
religious, or any other kind of training,
and that I had grown up in such utter
isolation from even, the faintest afiee
tkm that there was scant cause for won
der in tho fact that I was ready to de
fend, at all costs and all hazards, the
iuterests of the sole oreature I had ever
'found to love. ". .^...^J.J^
Of0
... \.
For it had oome to that, A walk
ed down the hoi-side path, I,was con
scious of a wild, fierce desire to keep
these intruders at bay, and to defend
Boss against them—Boss, whom they
had come to rob and to send back to
China I I paused at the stile when I
reached it, and, leaning my arms on
the top, with a soft, soughing musio in
the pines behind, the cheerful lights of
the manor-windowiLin front, and the
great, starry sky overhead, pondered
the problem—what could I do Natu
»j|dly enough, no answer came, Io
stead, even I bad aanaa enough to see
Umki could do aothiog. There was
Sylvy, there was the dead mother, and
there was the living child While Un-
Kendall, who had already exoeeded
the time appointed for ]hia absence,
miKbt reach home at any hour. In
the face of these overwhelming odds,
what hope was there that I—the most
iosignifioant of areaturea-—could find
any means to outwit thorn all, and se-1
oure to Boss his rights,- seriously
considered thorn his rights—whioh
were so gravely- threatened What dif
ference did it make to mo that the
woman and i^e ohild in quoation were
Uncle .KendnllV direct detoendanta,
While Boss was only a distant kinsman
I thought only of him. I fear that I
should have thought Onljfof him if the
whole Decalogue had been arrayed on
the others^.:
Ittwas whdelsUlJstood under the
sUrlit sky. and still thought of many a
wild, impracticable scheme—loth to
enter the House, heoause I bad prom
ised SyWy to bring Bow to her—that,!
wassUrtledhythe,
to her—tha I
tread advancing quickly toward the
stile. -Boss, was coming for me I My
coming
heart gave a great leap
the joy which his coming
me
partly
fwm
brought, but partly also from relief,
foir
I had been nervously dreading his ar
rival all the while I was In ^lry'fi
csbin. That had no high stntiments
of honor myself, I think my story amp
ly proves but still I could understand
Boas, and I felt inatioetively that" all
the ohlralry of his nature would rise
up for that pale, dead mother and her
helpless child, if ho saw them. There-
He had not seen me, and he gave a
great start.
??eryl 1" he said. "Is it possible
this is you I was just coming alter
you. What are you doing here all
by yourself, and what has kept you so
long?"
"I stopped here as I oame back from
Sylvy's oabin," I answered, wondering
a little if my voice did not betray what
I had seen in Sylvy's oabin. "It is so
beautiful I was in no hurry to go in.
Did you ever see a lovelier night,
Boss? Look at that splendid planet!
Is it Jupiter, do you. think And there
are the Pointers and the Milky-Way,
"Yes," said Boss, interrupting my
vague astronomical knowledge. "But
I have oome lor you in haste, Beryl.
Your uncle is very ill, and wishes to
sea you."
"Uncle Kendall 1" I exclaimed. It
was a good thing we were in the dark,
and that no could pot see my start, nor
the pallor which overspread my face.
"I—this }i vary strange. When did
"He was in the house when I readi
ed it twe hours ago,", Boas answered.
"They told me he had arrived about
an hour before that. He sat down in
the sitting-room alone, and when I came
in I found him fallen over with a stroke
of paralysis.*'
"OBoes!". .._
"I applied soma remedies myself,
and sent post-haste for a doctor, who
oame much sooner than I expected.
He is better now—that is, he oan speak
a little, and he asked at onoe for his
lawyer and you."
"Will he die, Boss I asked, in a
whisper.
"So the doctor thinks," Boss answer
ed, gravely.
After that I said nothing more. I
lot him help me over the stile, and
Walked by him in utter silence toward
the house. Sinoe that night I have
never trod that path but I remember
every, turn of it better than I remember
the scenes of yesterday—I remember
every thing connected with that night,
the stars whioh where brightly glowiBg
overhead, the soft sighing of the dis
tant pines, the crisp rustling of the
dead leaves under our feet, the dark
outlines of the house cutting against
the steel-bluo sky, the lights gleaming
in the windows, even the very spot
where Boss put outrhia hand and drew
mine into his arm.
"Why are you so silent, Beryl he
asked. "Did I shook you with my
news And you are trembling all over,
poor little one. Is it with cold
With oold 1 Ah, if he could have
known—if he eould have seen—why I
was trembling In every limb like an
aspen. Bobbery! It was hot robbery
to hold my tongue, to say nothing, to
let the old man dio in- ignorance
and yet—1 clung to him, quivering all
over.
"No—I am not oold," I said. "It
is because I am nervous that I cannot
keep still. 0 Boss, do you—do you
know what Uncle Kendall wants with
me?"
.. "Oan you not guess, Beryl?" Boss
asked, gravely yet tenderly.
After that nothing more was said.
We entered the manor in the rear, and
passed to the sitting-room, where the
lawyer, the doctor, and an old gentle
man, a Mr. Collins, were, comfortably
smoking over the. fire, and talking the
current news of the day. They rose at
my entrance, and, when Boss asked i*
then had beon any change in the sick
man, the doctor answered that theie
was Very little a* ytt, but tho sooner
die business on his mind was transact
ed, the better. Then Boss led me'[
straight into his ohamber.
It is not likely that I shall ever for
get the scene upon which I entered.
Indeed, it has been one of the night
mares of my life. For years I dreaded
to sleep lost I should dream of it, lest
I should see again—as I so often did—
the twisted, helpless figure, the awful,
distorted face Whioh met my gaze when
I crossed the threshold of that room.
My nerves were already unstrung, and
I shrank back piteously, covering my
eyes with my hands—but Boss led me
on. "My poor darling, you must come 1"
he said, in a whisper.
And so I reaohed the bedside—BO I
stood shuddering and gazing into the
harsh old face transformed so hideously.
The mouth was wrenched into a ghast
ly and horrible grin—even the eyes
filled me with terror when they looked
at me. I dared not scream, yet I oould
scarcely restrain the inclination to do
so when Boss left me a moment and
want to the bead of the bed—bent oyer
the lips striving desperately to speak,
and uttering only inarticulate sounds
ionible to* hear. "?P9^1
"Beryl is lierti sir," ho said. "Will
you speak to her? or shall IT*
mmm
ft
ere, my first thought was one of relief
that he had not seen then.
"Boss 1" said I, putting out my band
and touching him, with a soft laugh,
when he earn* to the stile.
t:i
After an effort, there came an an
swer which seemed to mean "You."
Then Boss held out his band to hie,
and I came tremblingly nearer, and
placed my own in it.
"Your uncle wishes to ask you,did
Beryl," he said, "whether you are wil
ling to marry me, and to trust your in
terests hereafter in my hands
"Yes, unole," I answered, address
ing the eyes whioh were fastened on
me, and from whioh I oould not remove
my own. "I am willing to marry Boss.
I—I have promised to do so."
Then the distorted lips, the paralysed
tongue made another effort, and after a
minute, wrenched out in broken, gut
tural sounds, the word "Now
I did not understand, and looked at
Boss. He seemed a little puzzled him
self.
"Now he repeated. Then—as he
seemed to catch the drift of some in
articulate sounds the helpless man was
making—he added, quickly: "Do you
mean to ask Boryl it she is willing to
be married now
The eyes brightened and the head
nodded. Evidently this was what he
did mean.
"That is for Beryl to answer," said
Boss, turning to me with a sudden
flush on his cheeks, and a sudden light
in his dark eyes. "I am ready, sir. If
Beryl says yes—*'
But I seemedto ohoke. I tore my
hand suddenly from him, and turned
away—Iaayyes? How oould I, oh,
how eould I It was not the shyness
of a timid maiden which made me
shrink from those tender, passionate
eyes, that close-clasping, eager hand.
God knows I might have been four
score for all I thought of maiden shy.
ness then. It was a sudden, horrible
sense of the deceit that enveloped
lt Wan the memory of the dead woman
end the sleeping child in Sylvy's cab-
I Was Willing to do any thing that
the princely fortune, Whioh that poor
wreck on the bed had scraped and toil
ed and denied himself even the luxur
ies of life to amass, might oome to Boss
—willing even to hold my tongue and
let the sinful soul pass away without
one opportunity to say, "Lord, forgive
me as I have forgiven I"—but all sud
denly 1 felt that my-soul' was stained
by this silence, and that my hand was
hot worthy to touch the one. which
Boss held out to me.
I turned away, and, walking blindly
across the room, dropped down upon a
window seat. Thither, in a minute,
Boss followed me.
"Beryl," he said, in atone in which
pain and surprise seemed struggling to
gether, "what is the matter Are you
angry with me? I know it is hard for
you to oome so suddenly and so irrevo
cably to one whom you know so little
—and I should not have dared to ask
it. But he is dying—the old man
yonder—and you remember he said, on
that first evening, that, he wished to
see us married before he made his
Will."
At these words, I raised my face. It
came to me like a flash,' that every
thing hinged on the marriage. Until
that took plaoe, the will would not be
signed whioh would make Boss master
of Kendall, I looked up with startled
eyes into the face looking down upon
me.
"Don't you think Uncle Kendall
would defer the marriage, Boss?" I
asked. "Don't you think he might
sign the will without—without that
"He might," said Boss, '-though I
should not like to ask it of him—-but I
am not thinking of the will. I am
thinking of you, Beryl. Why do you
hesitate ?—why will you not trust me
Is it because you have not learned to
love me yet Is it because you were
mistaken—out there on the hill this
afternoon?"
"Mistaken I" Ah, if he oould have
read my heart I "0 Boss, Boss," I
cried, "I love you better than anybody
but you in my whole life. I would die
for you, if I could but I—oh, I can
not marry you
"Do you mean never, Beryl 7" asked
he, growing pale.
"No—oh no," answered I, with fe
verish eagerness. "I mean I cannot do
it now—to-night." vhefcMfsq— I
"Why not, if you love me as you say
you do?" t« tpi
"Because—ah, because I am notdelay.
worthy of you, Boss."
"Not worthy l" He smiled as he
took my hands. "My pretty, foolish
darling, is that all?" /.
All! If he ooukL have known what
that "all" comprised 1 I looked at him,
and wondered he did not see it in my
face—surely not the face of a-girl
Shrinking only, because she loved.
I "You said this afternoon that some
one—some other woman—deceived you
once," I said, nervously. "I—O Boss,
I may.be doing the same, for all you
know.^
"You I" he repeated, inoredulously.
"You—with that child-face, those an
gel-eyes? If you swore it, Beryl, I
should not believe it."
"Not you, then but—but some one
else."
"My darling, this is. nonsense I" he
said, gravely. "You are tormenting
yourself about some childish fancy or
scruple—but there is not time for auch
things now, Beryl. Death will not fait
for your decision. It is advancing
yonder very fast. You must decide
quickly what you wjlll do."
im
^"Boi*," said Ij eagerly, "if he died
without signing any will, to whom
would the property go
I "To the heir-at-law," Boss answered,
"that would bo yourself. Why do you
ask he went on quickly. "Do youoabin.*
think that I am urging you to marry
me on account of the will If you oan
do me such injustice as that, Beryl—"
But I interrupted him hastily, "I
not think of it for a2 moment," I
said. I only asked because I wanted
to know—the heir-at-law means the
nearest relation, does it not
"Yes," answered he, looking at me
gravely.
"Then, if there wore others nearer
than I, they would inherit it, would
they not?"
',
NO. 1.
"But there are no relations nearer
than you."
"Supposing, though—only suppos
ing—that there were, oould they break
a will after it had been signed
"Not under ordinary circumstances,"
said he. "But why do you ask such
questions 1 Beryl, if you are thinking
that this fortune might be yours—"
"I am thinking that I will marry
you this moment, Boss," I said, with
almost feverish eagerness. "I am sor
ry that I have wasted so much time
but I did not know—I did not under
stand. If it is necessary for me to mar
ry you before the will is signed, I—1
will do it at once. Come—quick
When Uncle Kendall heard that I
had consented to the marriage, he
seemed pleased, and desired Mr. Collins
might be summoned at once. "He
isAlso,
a magistrate," Boss said, ia answer to
my glance. "The legal ceremony is
all that your uncle desires, Of course,
the religious one oan be performed af
terward, if you desire it."
"I do not oare," 1 answered, sincere
ly enough. It would have been strange
if I had oared, considering that at that
time of my life I knew no more of re
ligion than that it was a vague abstrac
tion, of which Aunt Kendall sometimes
predicted (mostly when she was partic
ularly out of sorts and out of temper)
that it was all the comfort she bad, and
whioh was supposed to take people to
ohuroh on Sundays when they had any
fine clothes in whioh to go. I never
had-,*oI stayed at home, and was edi
fied by scraps of cynical atheism from
Uncle Kendall's bitter old lips, whieh
I carefully treasured and pondered up
on.
Mr. Collins came in with the lawyer.
Mr. Kendall had requested him to be
in readiness for such an event (as the
marriage, not the death) ten days be
fore, I heard the latter explaining to
Boss so he had the will drawn up in
readiness for signing, and the license
in his pocket. "The sooner it is all
over the better," the doctor said, as he
turned away from an observation of his
patient.
So, in that bare, ill-lighted chamber,
with the distorted face of the dying
man before our eyes, with the doctor
standing by counting his feeble pulse,
with Aunt Kendall sniffling a little
(purely because it was the proper thing
After the the marriage—after Mr.
Collins had uttered those words which,
even from hit lips, sounded strange
and solemm, "I pronounce yon mantempted
and wife"—there was no rush of con
gratulation and compliment, such as I
have seen since then at weddings,
where love had a muoh smaller plaoe
than with you and me, my poor Boss!
Mr. Collins shook hands and muttered
a few words, the lawyer and doctor did
the same I heard afterward that the
latter described the marriage all over
the country-side as "the most mercen
ary bargain he had ever witnessed."
Aunt Kendall advanced and shook her
head over us. "No good'll ever come
of it," she said. "What's begun insor
row isn't likely to end in joy. I nev
er saw the like of suoh a wedding
all my born days—never!"
in
Then certain inarticulate sounds from
the bed signified to all of us that Un
ole Kendall was impatient even of this
"The willl" we heard him
trying to say, "the will!"
Then the lawyer produced and- read
aloud, this important document. I
tried to listen and to grasp its meaning
—for, was it not necessary that I
should do so ?—but, listen us I would,
the legal jargon was to me unintelligi
ble. I could make nothing of it My
head was in a whirl.. Did it give Ken
dall to Boss Did it provide that he
should never need to go hack to China
again I put up my hand and caught
his, resting on the back of the chair in
whioh he had placed me.
"Boss/' I whispered, as he bent
down, "does it give every thing to
you?"
"Every thing," he answered, quiet-
I/
Then I was satisfied. All that I de
sired would soon be accomplished.
When the will was signed and sealed
in the presence of the witnesses there
assembled, all whioh seemed to me
trembling in the balance but a .little
while before, would be secured to Boss.,
He would be rich and free, and could
oare as generously, as, he pleased—far
more generously than 'that stern old
dying man would have done—for the
boy with the flushed, smiling faoo and
tangled, curling bair, asleep in Sylvy's
I' fijave a sigh of relief, and
laid my eheek softly against the hand
resting so near. It was a very toil
worn band and I remember thinking,
with a thrill of pleasure, that, after
that night, it would never need to toil
again. From first to last, God is my
witness, Boss, I thought then, as I
think now, only of you 1
& After the will was read, the signing
took plaoe. First tho paralyzed hand
of the dying man was guided over the
letten of his name. Than the wit
nesses appended their signatures.
ter this—which I watched breathlessly
—the lawyer gravely shook hands with
Boss. "A very fine inheritance, in
deed, Mr. Kendalll" he said. But
Bora answered nothing. I think ho
felt that these congratulations ia a
death-chamber were out of place.
Then while we still stood grouped
about the bed—watching the flickering
breath come and go, and waiting for
the end—a step which I knew sudden
ly sounded in the room beyond. How
I knew it—how I guessed that it was
Sylvy, who had heard of her master's
illness, and was coming to him—I
cannot tell. I only remember that I
sprang suddenly away from Boss—I
seem to see it yet, as in a dream, his
look of surprise—and rushed across
the floor. With all my haste, I was
only in time to'meet the old woman on
the threshold.
(COXfOLTJDBD NEXT WEEK.)
FBOM DETROIT.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
DBTBOIT, MICH., July 7th, 1873.
EDITOR JOURNAL—The weather
is very uneven. Awhile ago it was
too dry, and the woods in northern
Michigan were burning up. For a
week past the heavens have been open
ed and the floods have come, and no
one longer complains of the dry times.
awhile ago people said, "The cold
winter lingers along time in the lap
of spring and is even sitting in the lap
ot summer." Now the complaint is
just the reverse.
AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN.
Capt. Ward, of one of the boats on
Detroit river, was brought before tho
Police Court the other "morning charg
ed by an Irishman in his employ with
assault and battery. The latter swore
that Ward knocked him down and
choked him so he could scarcely speak
since, and held him down for half an
hour. A relative of the Irishman
swore that he heard his relative scream
a half mile away, from the effects of
the treatment from Capt, Ward. But
other witnesses swore that the Irish
man was insubordinate, and all that
Capt Ward did was to gently correct
him. The Police Justice found the
prisoner "not guilty," whereupon the
Irishman was very wrathy, and said he
would appeal that case to High Heav
en. The question arises, How many
Detroit attorneys would be allowed to
practice before that tribunal
SMITTEN, DOUBLY SMITTEN.
A young man who has resided in
Detroit less than two months, has, dur
ing this residence, been on the hunt
for a wife. He was refused by two
lasses outright. The third promised
to marry, but her big brother inter
fered. The lover mourned twelve
hours and started out on a new track
and last week was married. At pres
ent he seems so happy that bis feet
scarcely touch the ground as he walks,
to do) in the background, and with the but possibly the old story, "Marry in
may come true.
NO RESPEGTOR OF PEBSONS.
lawyer now and then rustling his pa-haste*eto.,"
pers, Boss and I were married. Surely
a ghastlier bridal never took place!
Surely a bride never stood more utter
ly and desolately alone atsuoh an hour!
I did not think of it then, however.
Never having known oare or love, how
could I miss it 7 I had Boss. That was
enough for me. O my God, that would
be enough for mo, I am often tempted
to think, even within the gates of Thywas
paradise!
In one case, at least, the law is
shown to be no respeotor of persons.
By a law passed last winter by the
Legislature of Michigan the Superior
Court haying jurisdiction in the city
of Detroit in civil oases, was organized.
The first case before this court, Hon.
Lyman Cochrane Presiding Judge,
tried last week, John J. Bagley,
Governor of Michigan being defendant.
The plaintiff sued for amount claimed
for a job of plastering done in the
Governor's house. Tho Governor at
in defense to recoup damages
for the imperfect manner in which he
insisted the job was done. But the
Governor was defeated, and as his pos
sessions are large, the plaintiff will get
his pay, unless the case is hereafter
reversed upon appeal or new trial.
PERSONAL.
Gen. Lather S. Trowbridge and CoL
John Atkinson, who served faithfully
and gallantly in Michigan regiments
during the war of the rebellion, beat
their swords into law books and their
spears into "briefs," having since the
war resumed the practice of law. The
firm of Trowbridge & Atkinson do a
large business, as they certainly de
serve to for their .ability and fidelity.
Col. A. is also a newspaper man, own
ing a oontroling share in the Detroit
Daily Union. Gen. Trowbridge was
a class-mate of Hon. W. S. Moore, of
St. Paul, formerly of St. Cloud.
THE FOURTH.
Most of the people of Detroit cele
brated the Fourth of July by making
excursions out of town, while the peo
ple outside flocked into the city by
thousands. One Englishman began to
celebrate on the third, and only got
through on the fifth. His celebration
oonsisted in drinking frequently to the
health of the Goddess of Liberty. I
fear some ot the natives celebrated more
than one day, C.
—The Shah of Persia, the first of
his race to make the European tour, is
now forty-three years of age, and is de
scribed as looking much younger. He
is about medium height, and rather
spare of person his complexion is
rather lighter than what appears to be
the type among his companions, and of
a somewhat different color. Most of
the members of his suite incline to a
sort of copper shade, like that of North
American Indians, but the Shah might
easily pass for a light mulatto. His
features, however, and especially his
month and eyes, have nothing which
resembles the negro. Both are small,
and the eyes are very bright and pierc
ing. When looking closely at any ob
ject, he generally wean spectaoles—
not the eye-glasses of civilization, but
the genuine, old-fashioned spectaoles
suoh as our grandmothers use. The
portraits of the Shah usually give him
a smile, or rather smirk, whioh he
does not have. When at rest, his fea
tures are thoughtful, almost sad and
when walking about examining objeots,
his appearance is that of an earnest
intelligent, and patient student.
—Mrs. Sally S. Farroll, appointed
Postmistress at Covington, Ky., to suc
ceed the late Jesse B. Grant, goto a
Af-1 salary of 98,400 a year.