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HO'STETTER, flember of the Royal College of Surgeons ’ V England, . Mills. RICHMOND_IIILL. l-y Qppoeite the Eight i Julie 9, l8tiv5. DR. JAS. LANG-STAFF, ILL generallv be found at home before ‘ half-past 7 i..m. and front 1 to 2 pm. Richmond Hill, June. 1865 1 ) JOHN M. nan), M. 0.. COR. 0F YONGE AND’ CQLBU'RNE STS., THORNHILL, ~ Consultations in the office outh mornings of Tuesday‘s. Thursdays and Saturdays. H to 10, I, m, ETA” consultations in the office, Cub. p _ _ _ d’ftu‘r‘iafifi’fffiii’rw . :rsor*’"'“" “""' """ e 'tjzt'w circus. JAMES _M. LAWRENCE, Llerk of the 3rd Division Court, CONVEYANCER. AND COMMISSIONER IN THE QUEEN’S BENCH Office opposite ii. RAYIIOND'S llOfl EL. Richmond Hill. ~ 9801“. Mortgages, &c.. drawn up with neat- ;eea and despatch. Richmond Hill, June 9. 1865. l M. TEEFY, ESQ, Notary Public, COMMISSIONER IN THE QUEEN’S BENCH, couvamucau. AND DIVISION COURT AGEHT, RICHMOND HlLL POST OFFlCE. GRElEMENTS, Bonds, Deeds, Mortgages. Wills, No, the, drawn With attention and promptitude. ’l‘erms moderate. Richmond Hill. June 9. l8b5. I CHAS. C.’ KELLER, TTORNEEY - A'l‘ - LAW. SOIilCthHI iii Chancery. Conveyiiiicer. Sm. Office in Victoria Buildings. overihe Chronicle otlice, Brock Street, \Vhitby. Also a Branch Ollice in the village of Ben- verton, Township of Thorah, and County of Ontario, The Division Courts in Ontario. Richmond Hill, and Markham Village regularly attended. _ Whitby" June 2. 1865. masonic arms motel, GEORGE SIMSORI, Proprietor. TABLING for Sixty Horses. forage. Loose Boxes for Race Horses and Studs. Monthly Fair held on the premises. first Wednesday in each month. Agency as usual. Richmond Hill. June 9,1855. 1 Mi'l'ctiitci. no U an : AURORA. AVID McLEOl) begs to announce that he has Leased the above Hotel and fitted it up in a manner second to none on Youge SI, where he wi‘likeep constantly on hand It good ,aupply of first-class Liquors, the. This house possesses every accommodation Travellers can desire, these who wish to stay where they Can find every comfort are respectfully invited to ,put up at this establishment. Aurora. June. 1865. Carriage and Waggon MAKER, DERTAKER 610. &c. 6.1:. Residenceâ€"Nearly opposite the fest Office. Richmond Hill. June, 1865. 1 'Wh'fie Good Posy Ma/\'>r V MVVW~J \. ‘Nxfi/'W\NWV‘J NEW SERIES. ’9 RICHMOND HILL AND'YONGE ST. GENERAL ADVE mMflcfi ‘â€"~’-\/‘/\Il\ \M V “ Let Sound Reason weigh more with us than Popular Opinion.” 17. V01. VI. No. RICHMOND HILL, F ulnar, ws RTISER. , WNW/W TERMS $1 00 In Advance. viioie No. 277. NOTICE- LL PERSONS indebted to the Estate of the late John Langstafi', of the township 0" 02 ofMarkham. are notified to pay their debts to the undersigned only. And all persons having debts or claims against the said Estate are no- 30 ml title d to present the same to the undersigned forthwith. All personsaara hereby notified not to pur- chase any of the Mortgages. Notes. or securdies ofthe said John Langstul‘l‘, from any person or persons whomsoever, " GEORGE McPllllJJPS. ' GEORGE W ELURICK, VExecutors of the late Johti Langstaff. Richmdud Hill. June l2. l865. l-tf LUMBERING: AB AHAM EYER BEGS respectfully to inform his customers and the public that he is preparod to do PLANEING TO ORDER, ln arty quantity. and on short notice. Plotted Lumber, Flooring, &0. Kept on hand, SAWING done promptly ; also Lumber Ton gitcd St; Grovcd At the lowest possible rates. Saw Mill oit lot 2.5, 211d Con. Markham, 2; iiiillcs eastof Richmond tlllt by the Plank Road Richmond Hill. June 26, lafid. 4-ly STUMPING MACHINE FOR SALE 2 Subscriber offers for sale. one of Johtt [IE T A bel's 'snpei‘ior Slumping Machines The machine has couplings enough to stump an acre without moving. This machine will be sold cheap for cash. or short credit will be given by furnishing approved joint notes. Applv to EDWARD SANDERSON. Lot '20. 4th Con.. Markham. June 9,1865. l-lm M a p‘i'ém t e 1 : HE Subscriber begs‘ to inform his friends and the public' generally, vthat he has opened an HOTEL in the Village of Maple. 4th Con. Vaughan, where he hopes, by allott- tion to the comforts of the travelling commu- nity. to merit a share of their patronage and upport. Good Stabling. are. ' JAMES WATSON. l-tf Maple. June [865.: W.,,m..um- IIart Inn, RICHMOND HILL. I III“. Subscriber begs to inform the Public that he has leased the above Hotel. where he willltoepcoustantly on hand a good Suppr of firstâ€"class Liquors. &c. As this house possesses every accommodation Tra- vel ers (cnitdosire. those who wish tostny where they can find every comfort are respectfully inâ€" vited to give hint a call. ' C. VAN NOfiTR‘ANl). Richmond Hill. Julio. 1865. l-tf c LY D sun '1‘ E 13 King St. East. near the Market Square. TORONTO. John Mills, Proprietor. Good Stabling attached and attentive Hostlers Toronto, June. ISGS. l-tf Richmond iiiti Hotel! THOMAS COOK, Proprietor- LARG‘. H ALL is connected with this 1 Hotel for Assemblies. Rolls, Concmts, Meetings, &c. convenience and comfort of Travellers. A Stage leaves this Hotel every morning for Toronto, at 7, a.m.; returning, leaves Torouioal half-past 3 p.i;;. Good Sodding and a care-full Hustler always in attendance. th'lllllolld lliil. June. 1865. I-tf GEO. MCPIIILLIPS 8: SON, Provincial Land Surveyors, RICHMOND HILL. C. IV. Jitne7,18fi§. 1 l .i. G o R M L E Y, COMMISSIONER lN QUEEN’S BENCH CONVEYANCER AND AUCTxONEER. Lor 3i. 4m Cos. MARKHAM, June 9.1865. 1-” The Best is Always the Cheapest. r o w Eâ€"l. L’ s CANADIAN SWING PUIIPS' I CKNOWIJ‘TDGEI? by 800 Farmers. Pro- , tessional Gentlemen and others (who have them working in \Vells. varying in depth ,fro'n ll) to 13'} font). to be the EASI EST ; “'O'IKEI). MOST DURARLE. and EFFI- ‘CIE. l l' over offered to the Public. UJI’ Price 60 cents per foot. Noextra charge for Top. I: wry Pump lt‘awranted, Orders for these Pumps adilresssed to C. POWELL. Newton Brook. C,.W,. Will receive prompt attention, June 7, “5‘65. lrlf DAVID EYER, Jun, Slave & Shingle Manufacturer ESII)ENCEâ€"Lot ‘26. 2nd Con. Markham. I on the Eight Mills Plank Road. A large Stock of S'rAvvs and SHINGLES kept constantly on haudmnd sold at the lowest Prices. IE“ Call and examine Stock before purchas- ing elsewhere. Post Office Addressâ€"Richmond Hill. June was l-tf always iii attendance. l ' auto: Signs of Ram. AM'W. ---1 The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black, the glass is low, The soot falls down, the spaniols sleep, And spiders from their cobwcbs peep. Last, night. the sun went pole to bed, The moon in halos hid her head, The boding shepherd hooves a sigh, For, see, a rainbow spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernell. Hark 1 how the chairs and tables rack; Loud quack the ducks, tho peacocks cry; The distant hills are looking; nigh. ’ How restless are the snorting sauce; The busy flies disturb the hint); Low o’er the grass the swallow wings , The cricket, too, how sharp he sings. Puss on the earth with vclvct paws Sits wiping o’er her wliiskcrcd jaws. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And niinbly catch the incautious flies; The glowovorms, numerous and bright, Illum’d the dcwy dell last night. At dusk the squalid toad was seen Hopping and crawling o’er the green; The whirling wind the dust obeys, And in the rapid eddy plays; The fro;.,r has changed his yellow vest, And in a russet'coat is drcst. Though June, the air is cold and still ; The mellow blackbird's voice is shrill. My'dog, so altered in his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast; And soc you rocks, how odd their flightâ€"- They imitate the gliding kite, And seem participate to full, As if they felt the piercing hall. _ ’Twill surely rain, I see with sorrow, Our jaunt must he put off to:morrow. â€"Dn- Jenner.- - >04 Answar to ‘A. True Love Song-7 Gentle Sir, if you’ll excuse The humble rhyming of my music, And promise you’ll not. be unkind To the effusions of my mind, I’ll tell you now my expectations From all my friends and dear relations. First, my sire is just three-score, And dear ma’ mom to forty-four; But if the truth I needs must tell, I think she's pastthe dreadful L. You ask ifsistcrs I have many ? To this I answer, No, not any. Brothers. 2 . onstage}. Moises. . .. This is, I own, a shocking borer; ' But. soon to this you’d get inuredâ€"e- 5‘ Wltnboan’t be cured 'must be endured.” Then I’ve an uncle, very old; We all think he’s mt stores of gold In some dark vault 0r coll‘cr hid. Ah! think what joy to raise the lid, And gazc upon the glitteringr storeâ€"â€" Sonic thirty thousand pounds, or more I And hear you bless, with joy and pride, The day that I become your bride! Well, then, I have a grandpnpa, W Ito-very angry was with mn’, llccansc she ran to Gretna Green With pit’, when only seventeen; And so he swore he’d ne’cr forgive Dear nin’, our help poor pa’ to live. 1 But kind friends urged, and he consented To see their child (inc) and repented, And once, when very ill, confess‘d He’d left me all that he possessed ; And always gave me pocket money To buy me knicknacks; but, my honey, 1 To spend it so I was too wise, And guarded safe these kind supplies ; And so, in case I fly like inn”, l have enough without papa, But first. I must some Questions askâ€"- Believe me. sir, a painful taskâ€" If I should leave my home with you, 1‘ , .' ( . 3 ' Every "Memo" paid to the l W lll you be kind, and constant too I Say, when we are made man and wife, Will you than guard me with your life ? IVill you nojcalous tyrant prove, Rut love me its yourselfyou love ? If so, comeâ€"you can’t too soonâ€"_ Oh! what a. treat !â€"..'i honeymoon I M ' INFLUENCE OF TEMPER cu I'IEALTH â€"â€"EXcrcise. labor, exposure to wet and cold, deprivation of sufficient quantities of necessary and whole- lsnme food, habitual bed lodging, sloth and intemperance are all deadly enemies to human life ; but luone of them are so bad as violent and ungovemed passions, Men and women have survived all these and at last reached an extreme 03d age; but it may be safely doubted whether a single instance can be found of a violent and irracible temper, habitually subject to storms of ungovemable passion, who has arrived at a very advanced period oflife, It is therefore a matter of the highest importance to every one desirous to preserve ‘a sound mind in a sound body,‘ 'so that the brittle vessels of life may glide down the stream of time smoothly instead of being continually tossed about amidst rocks and shoals which en- danger its existence, to have a special care amid all the vicissi- tudes of life to maintain a quiet posessipn of his own spirit, -.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"- A Steam rope walk has been established at Geelong, Australia. Love begins with a look, (exactly as a. fire begins with a spark. The gentleman whose‘ lips pressed at lady’s “snowy brow" did not catch cold, Why are books the best friends? Be- cause when they bore you, you can always shut them up without offence. A company is forming in the city of New York to insure fidelity in places of trustwâ€" ills cmpital must be large. N. LyudLil EPTEJIBEKQHP, 1865. M II‘ the greatest blessing-«next to, glutamate. l My Queer Passenger. m Well, yes, sir, I have known some queer passengers, and it is not. two years since I sailed with the queercst OI them all., I was then second matc of an lndiaman bound to Bengal, my guccr passen- ger took a liking to me which he manifestediu many ways. He was a'tall, dark man, about forty- five, and wasjust beginning to turn grey. His lace was deeply lined, but [could not help, thinking it was from sorrow more than from, evil. Gentleman shone most bright- ly through his mcin and bearingl and yet, unless when spoken to, bet hardly ever Opened its mouth tel either lady or gentleman during1 the many Weeks he was on board.‘ There Were some nice people. long that trip; an eminent General and his daughter; a missionary and his, wife and his daughter; three light dragoon ()IIICCI‘S, one of which had 3. Victoria star upon his b;'cast,, which he had won‘ by a deed of heroic daring, though a more deli- cate looking youth itnwuuld be hard to, find. _~ We had been but a short time at sea, when the queer passenger Seemed to have sele'cted me as a cotiipanio'u, Every night he staid on deck during my watch. and it, was not long before I began to think that his mind ,was not all right; an opinion which, I found was shared by his fellow passen-l gers, but on grountlsvdifl'erent to mice. To tlietn his extreme taci- turnitv. his avoidancecf-aliumnsm‘ merit. liis abstraction of manner, his abstaining even ‘trom .reading. wasthe theme of marvel. ” To me, his increasing sitgulariâ€" IV *7 thitgjstarts, when pacing the deck at night, hisl half uttered groans when he and I were gazing into the plinsphoric waves. wore all proof. One nightâ€"git was about six bells - ve two were leaning over the. pooprail talking, Or) a sudden he said excitedly. r ‘ Now, does not that seem like a human face 9’ tWhal, sir 7’ I replied. ‘Good heavens! there it is,’ he said, pointing to a dolphin which, radiant with phosphorus, was swimming about three fathoms beâ€" low the surface. I told hitn what it was, but he muttered as though, not convinced, and after a minute or two, addcd, ‘ You have many things to learn, but you are not prepared for this lesson.’ ' He then walked up and down muttering much, and frequently looking over the vessels side, intent- ly into the water. [felt sorry, for l was convinced that his madness was becoriiing worse and would soon lead to something sad. I kept by his side as much as possible every night afterwards, to prevent. mishap, and although I did so as unostcnialiously as l could, lfound he perceived my design. He laid lllS hand upon my shoulder one night. - Walter,’ said he, ‘I see it all and have seen it. for some time; you will do no discredit to the family you belong to.’ ‘ Family. sir ?’ said I, ‘you can- not know ’ ‘Yes, Rickrnan, I do know. Your Uncle Edward was the dear- est friend of my boyhood. I sus- pected who vou were. from the likeness, and by cross-examina- tions whose drift you did not per- ccive, l penetrated your secret. Hence it was that I took to you so much.’ The old ivy clad home of my childhood, the love-glowing fees of my dear Uncle Ned, the sweet serene face of my mother. the twining gold trusses of my two baby sistersâ€"all these rushed be- rev vforo me with magic swiftn! es, and the tears filled my eyes. on. ‘ You have lhOught me mad ; you knew that others thought it too; and yet you never. 1 am convinced, uttered your suspicions to any one, and this. because you fancied l was somewhat kind to you. In He Went this you acted well, Walter. ‘Bul I am not mad. i would I were ! 30h how different is mine from the \Vlsh of the great. salirist who pray~ ed to God ,ever that his t'CaStll] might be saved. Madness were death, Walter, next to death. It would be impossible to de- scribe theappaling intensity of feel- ing which the deep sepulchral tones oftho voice evinced. tured to stammer form t ‘ Surely, sir, there must be some- thing worth living for.’ ‘ Good night]. he said, shaking hands, ‘you have discretiona and to van 1 will confide something which ought to be known to a few whcnl am no more? He then went below. We were long beealmcd in the tropics; but. at length we got a get on famously. ,Our queer peer senger had not for weeks spoken to e, and i began to think he regret. ted having said as much as he had. Accordingly, through a feeling of delicacy, I kept aloof f:otn him, came up during my watch. Atlust he addressed me in. a vet"; abrupt manner t ’ ‘ Hickman, I am about to relate l Ven-' slope cfthe trade winds. and we‘ pretendingl was busy when he, , stoppgd. a year. Her despondency deepen- ed, and l strove to flatter myself that my approaching departure was Ithe cause, ' Ihad a lovely garden laid out for her, A sidewalk led down to a tasteful bridge of ornamental wood, which spanned a pretty stream; an insignificant stream in dry weather, .but a dangerous stream after rain, In time of flood. the water rushed down \Vllll great velocity. and to prevent the bursting of the bridge. several of the flooring boards were not nailed down. The bridge led into a. park. just beyond which were the stables, and the stables commanded a view of our garden. Although there was thus a short cut to the stable from the house, none of the servants were allowed to avail themselves of it 5 our usual evening stroll was the garden and park, and those were strictly private. I For some days the rain had been fallino' heavily, and our walks were 1 was much occupied. however, by business in the neighâ€" to you my dismal story. Sweat-v by your God that you will never disclose it in my lifetich lsnid that I never would, but he hardly waited to: my reply. and added. ‘ It whl be but a. brief time of reticcncc,’ I could only interprelthcse word-3 it: a, sinister way. and, much moved, I conjured him to throw himself on the Almighty with his sorrow; and to abstain from any act of rasti~ ness. ‘1 know, sir.’ I said, ‘that I am not fit to advise arty one of younag-g. and learning; but i have already lived to see strangely unggl peered deliveram‘es from 'misery and-i’nls’kutuue.’ . He did not seem to host, me, but leaning on the rail he thusbegufi. . l was forty years old when I married her. A severe disappoint- my early life had changed me much. To most persons I seemed cold-hearted and repulsive, but I thought she knew me boiler. Her lather was a, clergyman of small means, and she had four brothers. all in the army. By accident I, met her. Our courtship was very. short. Her father was happy to see his last child provided for, and our wedding was celebrated with great pomp. Two of her brothers wcrc there, and the other two were serving,7 in indie. I took her to our secluded house in the county of Clare, and for a year or more lived a life of happiness such as falls to the lot of few. ,*She was of wonderful beauty, tall, of exquisite moulded shape. with flashing eyes of brilliant blackness. She was much given to melan- choly, which gradually increased after the first year of our union. I then began to fancy that the memo- ry of some old affection haunted her; but she often told mo 1 was the only man she ever loved, and that my well-known learning and accomplishments had long caused ilicr to entertain for me the highest respect, cvcg‘t before she laud seen me. Several timesl came upon her unexpectedly and found he; in tears with an open letter in her hand.â€" On my cutrcatiug her to let me know the cause elbcr unhappiness, ',$~IIC pleaded nervousness, thought of her father's delicate htlllh. and of other family matters which she assured ipc Icculd not enter into. i thought that my manner towards her Was not. demonstrative enough, and indeed no manner could show the boundless depth of my love for her; than I thought that the dis‘ sentiment. But any suspicion of her guilt, any thought that she was not stainless.â€".â€"’ Mr. Aspen: stopped abruptly. wiped prcspiration from his brow, and then proceeded-â€" ~‘Oh why did I not die then? i should have carried in my soul to the realms of hereafter a. glorious dream. But nowâ€".- Wc had been married fifteen months when most unexpected r" ws came to me from India. A (ltSlaIll. relative had died there, leaving me a large fortune. and my presence was required in Bengal to arrange important affairs. Finding that vgur ship was soon to sail, I resolved to take passage learly :15 Usual for scvcral days in , secm‘éd have been met .by a meat vrhich Lhad, expéyicact;d..itl.fp)tlisw.. " ,v. , parity of our years precluded a perv I . fcct interchange of feeling and me. and I had time to Collect my- boring town, and 'did not return as successes: I returned one dark, rainy even- ing. just before sunset. Much rain had fallen, and 133-1 crossed lit: bridge on foot. l noticed the stream flowing, whirling and lurpid bc- neath. This was not my usual way of going home, but in consc- quonse ofthc rain, I rode straight l0 timetables, have my horse to the groom, and took the short out, There was a shady summer house in the upper end of the garden, and i observed, to tnysurprise, a man’s footprints along the path leading thither from the garden. The prints were those of a fashionably made . - ..,.. . “fin, it all myself. My plans were soon formed. Early the noxtifiitirning, I rode over to our little ' town, and sent back by my servant a note to my wife, stating that I was- com- oclled to start for Lonpon that mo- ment to make arrangemeptS'le‘» my voyage, and that l should be absent at least a week. I then‘ yvgut to the city of I)â€"â€",.,â€", purchased 1 light colored wig, a large’p'air of green spectacles, apldisguised with a large beard and moustache. returned to our village, where I an; gagcd rooms opposite the postpffiee. There I remained on the watch. A Three days after my supposed departure, my wife’s carriage drove up to the shop kept by the postmas- ter. I’reVious to her entering this shop, 1 saw her; drop a hole: into the letter box. After a few mg: mcnls delay in making purchases, she drove off again. ' Late in the afternoon, a tall dis: tinguished looking man, with a travelling cap, its peak clbsely drawn over his face, entered ~ the shop. i felt this to be my enemy. I saw him receive a letter fr0in the boot ; but my surprise was increas-I edxby coming to a spot where they} [19 0th led‘eto tile "sum. \Vhose foot but hers C()llll(_ K made those tiny impressions? ‘I reached the summer house and there I found my wife. ‘ Good heavens! Caroliuc.’ l cxâ€" claimed, ‘ you out on such a night -:you so tlclicalei” b‘he was shi- vering with the cold. ‘ Who was here I' I said. She shiveer still more, and re: plied. timidly, ‘ no stranger has been here.” V I looked at: her earnestly; her eyes drooped, she was ghastly pale. ‘VVeli my dearesu’ i said. ‘let me tniilllc you well ; you are very imprudent to expose yourself to the damp air.’ I wrapped her large shawl arotiud her; Irom one of its folds there fell a glove. lt dropped from behind. and she did not sec it. I picked it up and concealed it. It was a la- vendcr kid glove that had been worn by a man, I will not speak much of my feel- ings that night. Hundreds of tri- vial things came rushing into my memory, all of them, ,each of them, confirmation, that the worst was true of her. Her dojcctiou, her frequent weep- ing over the lettc:s, were now ac- counted for. [lad she not often and often withdrawn front me in lhe evening, stayed long away and returningovcrladeoed with evcuses. Had I not more than once seen her drop a letter into the receiving box ofthc post office, when she might have put it into my mail bag at home. Had I not seen her start nervously at the slightest noise when seated at twilight in her little sittin,<.,r room overlooking the garden. l She walked into the house before self. [pleaded headache. and re.- tired into my room. She knew that I never could bear the presence of any one when ill, so I was safe from interruption. Amid the whir: ling dance of my maddoned thoughts, no idea of revenge on her had any place. I don‘t believe in the commonly received opinion that real love can be turned 1;]l0' postmastcr's wife, and hastily wall; away. I hurried to the shop,‘ and in broken English. asked if there wasa letter for Herr von She replied in the negative, but I earnestly requested her to look eve}: all the letters. This was in order to gain time to ask a, question oi: IWQ: I inquired who was lliat....finc looking man 'who had first gone out of the shop! She didn’t k‘r‘i‘ow ' 3 he was a stranger. But was not his name on the letter? Oh, yes; his name was Thornton, but he didnlt live in this village. Had he been long in the habit of coming for letters? Not very long: I walked forth in the direction of my home. It was about dusk when [came in sight of the spot where my bliss in life had been. Ovci: the wet, spongy field, over. crumb;- ling fences, through swollen water- courses I had come, but danger and fatigue wcrc unfelt. About hall a mile from the house i saw a horse tied to a fence. He was with herI then. » I"hid myself close to the bridge for a while, until darkness should, conceal mv movements. l‘thei} hurried across and approached the summer house. They were not there. Of course they were in the house then. I was not long left in indecision as to my next step, The window cl her sitting room (it Fr ch 'iudow ’. opened, ards nfme. his’ar ‘thrdlivn around her waist. I heard, I saw’ him kiss her. I heard his impassi ‘ Cood-byc,’ and then with a' Ices step, i hastenedby a, hoe cut to the bridge. ' ' 3 o- I- crossed it, shoved the nits of three planks off their so pert, so that the least weight would tip them over, and walked about ten. yards off, with a heart whose throbs I heard above the angry roaring ot the flood. ' He came. [Io made a few steps along the bridge. Then a wild cry“ a plunge in the torrent. an interval of silence; another cry ‘ Help, help.’ that was all. I was avenged, N0 mortal could escape out of that rocky bound stream in its then, State, . Next morning I sent a note to my wife. ‘Caroline,’ I said. ‘I was close to you when you and be ported last night. He shall come to you no more. [39d forgive you.’ I left at once, joined your ship, and _I know I shall never land alive. Don’t misunderstand me. I shall not commit suicide. But his face z-rtllai I never saw in lifeâ€"is will} the own And so closely is the memory of her entwined with my being, lllS face bears a likeness to bars; but unlike hers it always wears a frown. All will soon be over.’ evening at sundown a man overboard. The ship was going free at. the time, and there was u. still breeze. As the man passed the quarter, or rather as the quarter paSsL-‘tl him, it was plain that he could not swim, and his look 9} horror as he rode upon a ,wave, would have gone through you. Mr. Aspern stood beside me on the poop dock, lie snatched up a life- buoy add wont overboard. A boat was lowered, but it took too long 2;. time. The ship was brought to. There was only two cars in the boat, though four men jumped into her; and we saw that they hardly made any headway towards the floating men, around whose heads hate. I could not hate her, I even ,lhnught with pity of the outer sor- 1row that could not fail to be here in the world forcvormore. But lieâ€"lie escape me! No! How best to proceed ? Shall l question my groom, who must, from ,thc stables, have sometimes wit- ‘nessed the stolen interviews _? N0! the cormorants were sweeping, ltlieir terrible ,bills often coming near them. Darkness soon came on. We l‘burnod lights for the boat. which tat last returned without Mr. AB. lpern and the sailor. There was no doubt they had gone down. This, ,sir was the end of our ,queer pas- in her. and settled all things need- My instincts rcvoltcd at [lip idea orlsepger. lul for my ,wife’s coir fort durin" l a talking to a groom about her, fallen forsfilmlmss) and ‘0 1110 would be, my absence. which was lob-e aboutgngel though she was. 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