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cyvyl, ` BTVOIIOI5 A nchis,- t C_on- alismy ensue. ' andula'i`."' ' er'curinl'r of Ibo," e stage or Con`- ! . hroni Gleet, nses in :l'"e.?{`-"9.-"ft? ";"..T~..?" .-.,*,'.7:7'."x.'*=r 9 '5' ~ - ms 9, 1,wg.u,.s;; hut ,9n,go-. TI`.h.ere.! I % :h9Y9.,y92,iih f9 \i!i8?if1 LP91ftn:? 1" 9x1min3a '33`ii*8 `J93? V `!n+ 3'59 __.yu I` `V ""Ws b _!1!.in:-~ JQLIICL -VVUUIIIL-ll`; 1.9652 'l\l IUVIJIIV Illll-JO - < `It was Lspmethmg new to see Rosa In tears ;'a;t1d, till 'tl`1e half-hour Was expired, .'Basi1`.c'o`1 1ld"m`>t _di$mihs `her image from his :thought`sV. " `X71-`usn Mn 1-nf;1'I-nan`: in 9119 wxth its miseratile. bits of n-nituie, (hired `of a, turnkey) was comfortably arranged. .When1breaAkfast was over--and it took no long time to_.~des'patch-they joined in `morning devotions, with closed doors; and then B:asil.proc'eeded -to the room of his: temporary employer. 5 i Mr- `T)nnolnn lmn hour! cnmn - Hrnn nn 0 nun bull} livuu. 1 cuuaxuy Ufa ; - Mr. Douglas had_ been some 2 time up : that` was evident from `the heaps of open . books bywhich he was` surrounded-as he satat `his table, with several `sheets of manuscript before` him--his morning s work. Thexoom itself was a shade more untidy. than it had been on the previous afternoon ,9_.nd Mr. Douglas looked jaded and worn. , ' ._ . ` 1 -I191 'BA 1z%RIE,;%0.kW., WTEDNEASDAY, JUNE 6,l_86); CHAPTER Hill!` P081-$9`. xme 1.0: *`bgs.11L_lv:.~ 11,E`:.s._.b.;`;fJ1*;,perhaps;thgt might_ nojt ` `be `fe idr;thins4 of: 1'1-ITIIVV ll: ULIBVHEBIH xuu U1 uuuuruu VPULIIJCI. r;tozdo'butVslt-`gimy hand in my ket and -7 !'it ou . gain full` of: hun Ared-pound In , OUIAI-Mu vs _yv9I- Iv!-FV ,1) u .1. uuxg _uuI.uu_J5 4un`n`H'1ir;"il~ia .-`&f"I'r? vnrI1n.n'a:`fhi:f rn1':-rhf nn'I' ulnu vvuul. UU yU|.l' \`Vi1Ul. \`VlLll IL-2 _ ` Oli, ;said lie, ` you don t understand me. I am: not going to borrow t\_v'o hun- dred pounds, nor two hundred shillings ; it is a place of trust and ijesponsibility to which I have been elected--capital~-tes- _timonials and_ rst _rate interest did `it, cousin Douglas, he ran on,glibly enough -'-_-V`.-but I must [give security for honesty, that s all ; and if youwillonly put your nameto the bond it will be the making of me. . I am going to turn over a new `leaf, you -see,t and settle u down. respect- ably-.i ` And you don t suppose I should ever be tempted to go wrong! ll I ....- ._..L`_-'._L_!__ -D.!, ', .1 "'1'- if 1`; '20: passed J away beforeAI did hem.` _of him with Q, witness; thing worse, it seemed ; for I had a hasty scrawl from him, to say that if I didn't - stretch outia.-helping hand fo him 116: should? V be "ruined'--ruined beyond all h`9pe,sir.` '-He did not say this," mind you , "infso many, o_r`jn`st th ose"words; -but I ` no_o;q*1d_`1sge tha`t`wh`at.he did`evrite- meant . .;t]_txz19"-,_hiig2 Hesked` for in htflntv .- p9nn_`ds,; ap,fooL'as,i;a,cucumber, ant} ' , byrg;mmopostico;;-aii;.'hg`dpomin I.2f}\eJ1i]\nf"hIAirtvivinvlmnnr1in mu nnnlrnl QIIE He had: benalt'.h'is old pranks, or some- n umuvs IL \-lL\aCl.lJ IIQLIDUO ` Nothing: and yet, if you can spare me half an homjof idleness, I won t say go. The truth is, poor Rosa brought me an irritatingyletter`thi`s morlxilug, and I havenot digested it yet. I ll tell you all about it, Mr. Basil, if you will conde- scendl to listen to me. It will do,me good to talk"; and it may do you no l1arn_1 to know a bit of my experience: you have not much of your own at present, you know. V ` * `I).-u-II en...-. .. ....-...,1 11.4 . . _ . .-'.1 1... ........ vu Lxuv Hr 0 `Basil was a good listener, an d he pro- . misetl due attention to the f`ort1xc`onnng. communication. ur\,, .- .-. . c \.IIJ-[Al III ll KJILIQI-[Kill n Once upon a time, that is to say about twentyyears ago, Mr. Basil, Mr. Douglas began, without further prefiice -+a certain cousin of mine, a young fellow of four or ve and twenty, who had been from his" boyl1ood_'a notorious pickle--getting into all manner of scrapes with a facility only equalled by the for- bearance with which he was helped out of them-came to me_ with along face and a penetential request that I would overlook his past follies and stand his fast and never-to~be-forgotten _'iend, by giving him 0, lift, as he expressed him- self`, which would make a man of him. If I would but become security for him to the amount of a couple of hundred pounds, or some such bagatelle.-just us a mere matter of form--nothing more, on his honor--he wouldbe unmeasurably obliged to ,me.s `cc 1' g..a.......'... 1 I.-...L.-..J .......`..-. ... n-:._ __ vunlsuxt Iv\} _lllUr I supposel looked gravent this, as well I might, forito my certain know- ledge cousin Valentine had run through three times as many hundreds in less than two yVeurAs--nobodyo knew exactly how, but gone they were, sir, like a puff of `tobacco smoke; and he knew that knew it. 1::1r 1 u. 1 u. 1 --. -. T ` .ou don t doubt my honor, I hope, said the young gentleman, kindling up at my look of blank astonislunent at his extraordinary request; - ' ,` T nnhr Trnnr nu-Inlannn ';r1`\Pr'Inr|:vr:]1r 3 on uAu.\uuluu.l y Lclilltiblu . . I doubt your prudenc_e immensc-H-ly, I said. ` Two hundred pounds! VVIJO `is going to-lend you two hundred pounds ! and what do you- want with it? ' cu nu. 9.m.:.1 I... m... ,1.-....9+ .....1..'....;.....1 -gvuuy ta sun: 3 ` That s doubtful, master Valentine; thought I; but, after all, I had a strong liking at that time for my poor cousin-, and I had not _cut mywisdom teeth, pert ' haps; at"all event, I promised What he asked, and sent him q` rejoicing: u`IIT..1l;.'mn. -n....:1 ._.-__ -_- , ` .'E;1;il;'wrr1-'3:J"s`<;:'<:z;rity was reckoned` good envough, then, for two -hundred` pounds"; :80 I signed the bond, .heard5o_f -cousin. Valentine. and the7yo`ung fellow came southward-7- for at that :time I was `living in the north-wand for a. time I neithcrsaw not unv u. uuuunc gtuu ll] nun ucun Can I do anything else for you, Mr. Douglas 2 asked the young amauuensis, after a- dreary pause. - N-l`|f1'I;1'I(!'0 nut` 111:} 1'` in: nnn nnnvn -I was not certain of ?.his, t11ihkin'g of . --.... -Va1entine s antece,de1;ts; but I said no-` thing. `` ` an1n`rt; -:5 n LIAAJ .-.1..- `L. 'I..__.2.. Irlllll I . `6 The salary is a good one to begin with, pleaded Valentine, ` and is safe to be increased; so you see I shall have no tmptatioh. _ L 'P|1n'f n r`nI11\H"n1 rnafnu 1Yn`I.u-.61.... 1 5\.Ivll\.o& sus tuuvuv _I-V IIIIU DUU cue. . It is of no use, I nd,J Basil, said the author," despondingly. T I see I must give up, and write this down as a lost day. Miserable stuff it is that I have been pumping out the last hour; but_ what is to be done when the machine is choked hp 2` and he paced the room like a chafed lion in his den. 1((`1-._ 1' J- _____AL,'__ ,, n It gether germane to the subject. vvv 1.: avast usuun Ll. .yUl.| I)_lUl1Co ' ' I Is that Van aslde, too, sir '1 inqmred Basil; again stoppmg short in his occupa- tion, at some fresh outbreak of the per-. turbed spirit of Mr. Douglas, .not `alto-V Tl ie nf nn um: I `Hn "R"-mil 37 u-1:11 ` Misetable.se.lf-conceited puppyism, said Basil gravely. It seems rather 9. novelfeature, sir, in the natural history of ldbstexfs. I beg pardon for the inter- I` `ti1ption. `u m. I ma T chi! +L..+o +1.-+ ..... .. .-.;..1.. I lllllulllllo ` Oh! -did Isay that? that arvak only ` ah ejatf:l11ation-a`n aside, y_ou under- stand. >Yes, leave that.out=by all means: we ll start again if you please. ~ TR Qh nain fnn c:r II u'nnn;I-ca rfol.lo::v?A-ii . wuu1u_uU uuul: mun. uuy. ` ` _ -V Aznl to,yvi'ite that, sir .1 hefasked, presently, with delight twitching of the muscles of his lips, Whigh would have betrayed to an observer 9. strong inclina- tion to merriment, but which he was determined to keep down. u 'l`l7..:a.- _.L_;. 1|ll`.. "n `I an 1 -I ucustuuucu LU ACUP uuwu. ` Write what, Mr. Basil I responded Mr. Douglas, stopping in the middle of the; sentencefhe was dictating ito his amanuensis. ` `u 1\n:_-_,1_1_ .__1r --_ , -. 1' - -u ished ~.sl1e_et. 5` `We will set '20 war}; now, if you please. _ A gn fhnu-an} fn wnnvlr i"|-nut 16 '_-.;..-1...- ..- IJUVV 1-1 JUI-I ' V ' Sc: they-set to work ;but- it[was:by no meansjfslear co_ Basil that much work wouldfbe done` that day. Am.T fn 1x;r}n +1.12} 5:. '1 1...`-.`..-1-AJ -bl -IIJVVI _ ., ` Nota chick, sir, _said Macintosh; .`and it.issaid--only I would not have fit repeated tha;t~I aid it-.-lhat the grey `is the; better horse? 1 v - . Well, Mr. Basil, I turned all this `over in my mind; and as \_7aIentine s note-of~"l1and was lying,in my cash-box, I thought I might as well remind him of {its existence. I soon gota letter back, viz :-V-Money `was .very scarce, trade was~ at,Vand I"don t know what besides; hhdw,ew_re,r,` my jconsin ~ sent `me twenty `_pounds,ywith L arpromise to Vpay_,o' the debt by__T.irjsta1inents of twenty poimds, a .year-;- only~,'asV Henrietta did not. anything ofitlw trarisnction, he wished : . me .1`;ot'9' (_3()l'.l`B`.`5'p'O!`id`-8b0lll a.i`t. . I 3 . 1-,x?,1-.1_,-0. _-,_-:_,;,, 1 -.., -_.-- -- ,-----,-_- ..---.- a . __ _'Vgr_y goocf.f Ifdidn t correspond; and for two -yea.rs,I received the pro- mised;Are1nittancesg . .'I_'hei1 they stopped short;?and I,hea1'd nothing more from -Valeh_ti!i:eEfor ve ye`ars..7: Too bad-this, . .l*"f`th6i1ght=;2"but;_ :=1~31adzrc:~w:s:e, alga u.u\-I . ` By the vay, _ said. Macintosl1-that was his name--` isn .t.Valentine Sogand- so a relation of yours 1 . (C 6 nnhr n no-u-min 3 m-n .-I T . C. T .l..,....1,.,`l _'::'3'Has_,1ze any ramiiyz 1 desired` to `knows ` ' 114 'l1'-,A_ ,, ,`I,,'-'l- -',L ,."l `Il',_f,,A_ 1 Fl], owy, LVL nun: llvu uuco It was not long after this that I heard of Mr. Valent-ine s nmrriage, and then that he had commenced business. and then two or_three years passed, and I heard nothing more. One day, how- ever, a person cal1e_d"on me_ on `business, [and---- 11:13 .1 I --I up u . u .- -av u nvlun-nun: UL yvuno 3 z Only a. cousin, said I; for I dreaded to heariof some new exploit o_f Vul`s. `Only a cousin; I` have known nothing of him for some time. I z.-: 17', , I, 9. I, , ..1 I an an- W`\`"`.t`eat1y es Louder`:-b`ridge, sir, said Mr. `Macintosh. `Quite"a1teted from what I have been told he .was in his younger days-just gone to the other extreme, I sl1o1i1d_ say; for between you `and me, he has the character of being close and stingy, as abstemious, too, as an anchorite; but tha.t s nothing to me: "I do business [with him, and he--pays ' ` well, ` 4.; Il',_ L-` ,_,__,n,,,.-I _4n 1 1,-._,_1". VJL llllll IIJI DUIIIW Luulio " You don t know, `then, Mr. Maciri- tosh went on, ` how he has been getting _up in the world lately `l `` ` No, said I: ` how? "` ` \Vh'v, he has a capital good busi- ness--doing a first-rate trade in ; is quite arising man, I assure you. -It was his marrying where he didehelped him or,1,VI_s`uppos_e; but, any way, he is on the right trak now.- _ `(C In .11nAI?q, T I-1;-Artur` U\`1\`IIna\u |lIl\? IJSIIU` IJKLLIQ III} `V I` `- ` Is he steady! .I asked, naturally enough. T . v . ' `gfnnr`I1 nu T.nnr1nn_`\Ln;A4-urn n:u on;r` --, , - _.-_.--_._-_. --- Jv--- Cousin Valentine did not fancy doing t_hisuct'at first; it `would be doubtingf his honor, he pleaded: the thought I ought to trust to that". But I was not quite so simple as, perhaps, he took me to be; and he gave me the note. The next day 1 said `dgood-by . to Valentine, and turned my, face northward again, poorer than I left it by more than a'hun- dred pounds, for the expense of my jour- ney had been no trie; and as to Val s _note of h'zmd-4it was thebest I could get; but I would willingly have sold it for ten pounds. , uh um`. 1-inf Inn... ..r.... 41.:.. 41...; 1 Awuouu wuyo W I found him in a plight that went beyond all his former scrapes. He had gotrintoa perfect muddle with his ac- counts`: and, to make a long story short, Mr. Basil; I had to help him out of his scrape, by going next "morning to his employers and paying down the deci- ency in liisnccounts. _ You may say it was the best thing I could do, for my own safety as well as his. Perhaps it was ; but I did it, at all events. u'\x7l..-... 1.... I.......- 41...`- ..-..-.. 1-..... "we, uuu L ulu Air, an an Uvcll|.3a T? When he knew. this V was done, Valentine overwhelmed me with expres- sions of gratitude. He would work the esh off his bones, but he would find some way of repaying me. I should be no loser by.him: no, indeed! And he would never forget my kindness-_-never. `T nnnnnf n}...-A in lnc-n flan Irvlrsn-\t\I7 vy v_uAu u\. 1: wt |.uA5;\;u nu, nIAAuuUDB'%lAG V C]. n ` I cannot afford to iose the money, certainIy_, >I saitil but how do you pro- pose paying me . t ` I am going to be married, Valenj-i tine whispered. If it had not been for this unfortunate occurrence, the wedding was to have come otfwit-hin a month. There will` be 3. little money, you under- stand '; and the old gentleman-o-Henrb etta s father--has [promised to start me in business. So, as I, should have had to give up this situation any how, it does _not much signify; and you may reckon your money as safe as if it was in the bank. A 1`:I- 11 .1 1 ltul unuluulo. I thought he ought to know, and I said -so. ` However, Vu1entine,_it is no "business of mine, I` added; you must .the*money I have advanced foriyou'. manage your own affairs as you think best ; "you must give a note of hand for ur-N......:.. 1.'_1-._;:..,- _'1:.1 .__. 1- ,, ,, 1 - cured -1 ab6`vg- ' '3` Man i. felnls l LILOIIILO I . g ` And the old gent1eman~-whoever \ 11 *1s-d`oes he know what a mess you l have been in 1 I aske . _ Q " , ,, ,,, Q ' /:/f\! ,1` 11 .77 I u.Iu uwuu All I .1 (`A-JA\\'Llo , . ` Oh, of course, said he. ` He knows. there has been a hitch somewlxefe; but 1t 1sn t necessary he should know all the . pa rticn_lars." _ u T n.r....~L+ L`- m...'l.+o.. 1.....\... .....1 1 ;. guy, uuv}, yvapu to >11. uuw, _LV.l.l.v 1JiI.5,lI : Rather, said Basil, who saw that an answer .was expected. f` But what did you say to_.it, sir Z V :6 T .`lm.9+ 1,-....... ....L..s 1' ....:.1 L... ~r _. J w cu. I-U,LIa, D11 3 ,` I don t know what I said, but I re- member. what I thought"; and, to make short work of the story, I got on the coach the next dayand came up to Lon- don to see what my precious cousin had been doing. It`-was not altogether dis- interestedness on my part, you see; for Ihada shrewd guess that my two hun- dred pounds was at stake; and it was not` likely I should throw'another hun- -dred hover-board without knowing_the reason why. T nmml 11:... ... .. ...1:...l..c 41.... ..--...' that--'-and "if it should not be, why, he could mgke my acceptance for the same amount aviiilable, and of course I would not object to that, for. he would be sure to meet the bill when it became due. Pretty cool, wasn t it now,'Mr. Basil? nnfhor ,, ooh : non qrvkn nnvur flan} luvs Old time never seemed to take it in his head v to practice either addition, subtraction, or ~ multiplication on the sum total. This aunt Betsey, afore-named, was the neatent and most efficient piece of human machinery that ever operated in .fortyplaces at once. She was always -everywhere, predominating over and seeing to everything; and though my uncle Iliad been twice married, aunt Be-taey e rule an-iauthority -`had never been broken. She reignedover his wives when living, and reign- ed overhis wives when dead ; and so seemed likely to reign to the end` of `the chapter. _But `my. uncle's lapt? wife` left aunt Betsey atmuoh l ftechilrt ognpnngto 1 glee`; tr'actahle`aub'ect to manage than hadpever` fallen` tovhcr lot~bf0ro.= Little -Edward was : outage,` and 8`brIgl|l8:_l)'._ ..."\'l .'-..',.: -.-.'- .. ` '...-( Now, if you have supposed from all this tri- angularism of exterior that this good man had nothing good within him you are mistaken. You often found the greenest grass under a snow-drift; and though my uncle s mind was not exactly of ower garden kind,still there was abundance of the, wholesome and kindly vegetation there. It is true he seldom laughed, and neverjokctl himself; but no man had a more serious and weighty conviction of what a good joke was in another; and when some ex- cellent witttcism was dispensed in his pre- sence, you might see Able s fac_e slowly relax into an expression of solemn satisfaction, and he would look at the author with a certain quiet wonder, as if it was astonishing how such a thing could ever enter into a man s head. Uttcle Abel also had some relish for the fine arts, in proof whereofl might adduce the plea- sure with whieh he gazed at the plates in his family Bible; the likeness whereof I presume you never any of you saw: and he was also an eminent musician; he could go through the singing [book at a. sitting without the least fatigue, beating time like a. windmill all the utmv_` ' ` _He had, too, a liberal hand-though the lib- erality was by the rule of three and-practice. He did to his neighbors exactly as he would be done by-he loved his God much, but he honored and feared him more; he was exact with others, he was more exact with himself -and expected his God to be more exact still. Every thing in uncle Abel s house was in the same time, place, manner and form from year s end to year : end. -There was the Master Rose, adog after hisown heart, who always walked as it he was learning the multiplica- lion, table. There was the old clock forever ticking away in the kitchen corner. There `were the never-failing supply of red peppers and onions hanging over the chimney. There were. the yearly hollyhocks and morning zglories blooming. around the windows. There was the best room with its sanded oor, and evergreen asparagus bushes, its cupboard, with a glass door,`in one corner, and the stand with the Bible and Almanac on it in the other. There waslaunt Betsey, who never looked any .older, because she _always.looke'd as old as she could ;-she. alwayedried berkcatnip and warm- woodtn the lastol Sept., and began to_ clean the house in the rstof May. .In short this was the land ofccntinuance. _ `Uncle Abel and Little Edward. BY HARRIET BEECXIEB STO\V!-1. Were any of you born in New England, in the good old catechism, school going, orderly times? If you were you must remember my uncle'Abe|, the most perpendicular, upright, down-right, good man, that ever labored six days and rested on the Sabbath. You remem- -ber his" hard weather-beaten countenance where every line seemed to be drawn with a pen of iron and the point of adiamond; his` considerate grey eyes that moved over the objects as if it were not best to be in a. hurry about seeing; the circumspect` opening and strutting his mouth; his down-sitting and up- rising; all of which appeared to be performed with a conviction aforethought; in short, the whole ordering of his life and conversation, which was according to the tenor of the mili- tary order, to the right about-{orward- march ! ichois sand` I plaiii R ('lD.lln i I got what I wanted, though. Val- entine made some wry faces about it; but he took me into his countiu'g-house, and paidpme the` balance of the note of" hand, which I gave up; but not 0. word about interest, which, at the ordinary rate, would have -amounted to forty pounds more, or near upon it. I was satised, however, with getting back the principal, and gave my cautious cousin, at his particular request, :1 receipt in full . of all demands, to prevent future mis- takes, us he said. And then we parted good friends.` i /rf`1, 19 '11! 1\ 1 1 1 | O -,__,___,__ Come in, said Mr. Douglas, break- ing suddenly offin his story. The sum- mons was addressed to an unseen indi- vidual, who had gently tapped at his door. The door was accordingly opened, and a stranger entered, at the first sight I of whom Mr. Douglas started forward in glad surprise. u1r,__ _,,_ , 1 -1 .1 3: ,,___-a - I made a point, therefore, one day, of nding out Cousin Vaientine. . I don't know whether or not he was glad to see me: he said he was; but he did not seem so. At all events, my reception was not so very warm as to induce me afterwards to renew the visit. How- ever, he invited "me to dinner, and intro- duce me to his wife, who was nursing :1 great ugly brute of a dog, and treating it as if it were a child. Poh! it makes me sick to think of it! 0 "W `"'1'*'`" - . You are engaged, said the stranger, :1 middle-aged gentleman, grey-haired, plainly-dressed, and with :1 kindly ex- pression of' count.enance--I` will call again if you are. 1: 1,7,. ,1 . - 1 - 1 r- K) ~ 7 V J 7 V V" " . My dear sir, it is kind of you to come at all, said the prisoner,` grasping his frie1ul"s offered hand. Mr. Basil. you will `excuse us, I an1`sm_'e; we shall see one unqtlier again to-m_orro\V. 7` .1. I.` no. u ..-. __ Basil took the hint and withdrew. He mct his employe_r at the dinner-table that afternopu, and noticed that he was more than ordinarily` cheerful. (To be Czmtinucll.) wished me not. At length,.Mr. Basil,| circumstances altered with . me. I changed my residence-came_southward rnyself'--and instead of making litera- ture: subsidiar to othei engagements, it became my sole support; I had a toler- ably large family then ; it is larger now though ; and I began to feel the want of money. ' [IT `I 0. .1. I 1 ..-..--...D - - u u - o - Iv uvvua My uncle watched him as he ran, first up one tree, and then over the fence, whisking his bush, and chatting as if nothing was the mat- ter.` With a deep sigh Uncle Abel broke forth, How happy that creature is! well, the Lord : will be done. That day the dust was com- mitted to the dust amidst the lamentations of all. who linaw little Edward. Years have pagsed since then, and my uncle has long been -gathered-`to his fathers. but his just and upright V.?it.n' has entered the liberty of the sons of God. `.. e7s;:tha:gootl man may have oginionn which `the hilosaphioal eco_rn, wenkneae of which Ptltet `i)[1'g'll_Il8,I'ljll`i~l6, but death `aballichange ;hi_tn_figx" " " ' _[_\e_1.I,ed,' wile `end te- gnted; . the "b:|'ig_htness pf A G :. .ewri;;to;ovanaua The next morning was the Sabbath, the funeral day, and it rose with breath all incense, and with cheek all bloom. Uncle Able was calm and collected as ever; but in his face there was a sorrow-stricken expression that could not be mistaken. lremetnber him at family prayers bending over the great Bible, and beginning the psalm, Lord thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Apparently he` was touched by the melancholy and splendor of the poetry; for, after reading a few verses, he stopped. There was a dead silence, interrupted only by the ticking of the clock. He cleared his voice repeatedly. and tried to go on, but in vain. .He closed the book and knelt irt prayer. The energy of sor- row broke through his formal reverence, and his language flowed forth in a deep pathos. . which I have never forgotten. The God so muclt revcrencetl, so rnnch feared, seemed to draw near to Lim as a friend and comforter, to be his refuge and strength. a very present help in time of trouble. My uncle arose-I saw him walk towards the room of the departed one--l followed him--stood with him over the dead. He uncovered his face. It was set with the seal of death, but oh, how surprising lovely was the impression! The brilliancy of life was gone, bttt the face was touched with the mys- terious, triumphant brightness which seemed like the dawning of heaven. My uncle looked long and steadily. He` felt the beauty of what he hail gazed on; his heart was softened, but he had no words for his feelings. He left the room unconsciously and stood at the frortt door. Thebells were ringing for church, the morning was bright and birds were singing merrily, and the little pet squirrel of little Edward was frolicking about the door. I351-`E? Just lheh his old plgxyniale, the cat, crossed the oor. "`Tliei'e goes pussy, said he,` Oh dear, I shall never play with pussy any mow. At that moment a (leudly cliange passed over his face. He looked up lo his father with an imploring expression and put out his hands. There was one moment of- agony, and the sweet features settled with a smile of peace. and murlalily was swallowed up in` life._ My uncle laid him down`, and looked up one moment at the beaulilul face-.. it was too much for his pride. and he lifted up his voice and wept. . TL- __... _._._ ,, , .u n :- At last myuncle came to the conclusion that I it wasn t in natur to teach him better, and that he would no more keep Sunday than the brook in the lot. My poor uncle, he did not know what was the matter with his heart; but certain it was he had lost all faculty of scold. ing when little Edward was in the case, lltnllgh he would stand rubbing his spectacles a quarter of an hour. more than common, when Aunt Betsey was detailing his witticiems and clever doings. But in process of time our hero com- passedhis third year and arrived at the dig- nity of going to school. Ile wenrillustriously tliruuglt the spelling book, attacked the chute- chisrn, went from man s end to the corn. mandments in a fortnight came home inordiv dately happy to tell his father he had got to Anion. After this he made an-gular busi- ness of saying over the whole every Sunday evening, .st:'inding with his hands folded in front, and his checked apron smoothed down, occasionally giving; a glance over his shoulder to see if papa was attending. Being of a very `benevolent turn of mind, he_ made several efforts to teach Rose the chatechism, in which he succeeded as well as he could be expected. In short, without further detail, Master Edward bade fairto become .1 literary wonder. But, alas! for poor little Edward, his merry dance wassoon over. A day came when he sick- ened. Aunt lletsey tried herwhole llerhariurn, but in vain ; he grew rapidly worse and worse, His father sickened in heart, but said nothing; he staid by his bedside day and night, trying all means to save with affecting pertinncity, Can t you think of anything more, doctor 7 said he to the physician. pA alight convulsion passed over my unole s face. " Then the Lord a will be done! said he. Just at that momenta ray of the setting-sun pierced the checked curtains. andgleamed like an angel s smile across the lace of the little sufferer. He ' awoke from-a disturbed sleep. Oh, dear, oh, I am so sick ! he gasped feebly. His father raised him up in his arms; he breathed easier and looked up -with a grateful smile. I mentor, little blossom never grew on the edge ' of an avalanche. He had been committed to the . nursing of his grandmother untill he arrived at the age of indiscretion, and then my old uncle's heart yearned towards him and he was sent for at home. His introduction into the family excited a terrible sensation. Never was there such a cnntemner of dignities, such a violator of such high places and sanclilies, as this very master Edward. It was all in vain to try to teach him decorum. He was the most-outrageous merry little elf that ever shook a head of curls, and it was all the same to him whether it was Sabbath or any other day. He laughed and lrolicltetl with every-- thing and everybody that come in his way, not even excepting his solemn old father; and when you saw him with his hands round the old man s neck, and his bright blue eyes and blooming cheek pressing out by the black face of uncle Abel, you almost fancy that you saw spring caressing winter. Uncle Able s metaphysics were sorely puzv zled how to bring this sparkling, dancing, compound of spirit and matter into any rea- sonable shape, for he did mischief with an energy and perseverence that was truly aston- ishing. Once he scoured the floor with aunt Betsey s Scotch snuff, and once he spent half an hour trying to make Rose wear her specta- cles. In short, there was no use but the right one which he did not puteverything that came in his ways But Uncle Abel was most of all puzzled to know what to do with him on the Sabbath, for on that day Master Edward seem- ed to exert himself particularly to be enter- taining. Edward must not play on Sunday, i his father would say, and then Edward would 5hake his curls over his eyes and walk out of the room as grave as the chrttechism, but the next moment you might see pnssyscampcring through the best room with Edward at her heels, to the manifest discomfort of Aunt Bet-v sey and all others in authority. $2 50 nbt `paid * within six months. N o. 23. Lrnolsfb ` ,N-Ylii 1e_d vy-t'_s' ` e . plamfo` ~13 ;1 .band_ hi; : ; xlenaiva -1. muo-all 1 v_1i.i :1an`m" _ M 42/107 (The; '8` C03,`? rut-* - ' illuoaji aa L...-.uaxv54_`. ., ..1 OHN F, DAVIES, Accountant, Collector, Gon- veyancer ; Insumnce,La.nd & General Agent; `Commissioner in B. R.., &c., Bradford.` . April 16, I856. - I4 bury, Tecumsetlnlnnisl, and E338. 1LLIA.\[ LAWRIE, Licensed Auctionegr `for Barrie, and the Townships of West Gw1ll1m- 24. , June 13th, 1856. I V l41\,nu| L uu.vu' A.` L . npp_I_v no UJU umcc of Messrs. Holt, Sons & 00., Bill Brokers and Gen- eral Commission Agents, in the building formerly occupied by the Bank of Toronto, Dunlop Street, Barrie. C.W. E?` On the ground oor. - . Nov. 8, 1858. A - 45 H. 1..-uvnimora, Life, Fire and Marine Insur- z -. ance, mid House. -Land and Town Lot Agent, (Jonveyancer, Commissioner in B. R.,_&c., Issuer V of Marriage Licenses.,--Oice, Huron Street, 001- lingwood. , um. 14, 1357. _- .42 , PRO>VI7NG'i;&L INSURANCE c01\1PA$?Y_-.4. Barrie Agency, `George L309-T L`..l ....... .. cm uarh '7 . --, _. vvv |{1l.LI:.*. prietor. suitable accommodation. _W(.)ctober 22,_1s-5s, --.-...-. HOUSE, Orillia. `James Quinn, Prov The above Hoteljhas ample and ,43 1... - .-A..."-uuwru vnnnr M.&RRlvAGE LICEANSES.-- JOHN ROSS, of Suxmidule Station has been oicially appointed to issue Marriage Licenses for t.hat1District, and - will keep a. supply constantly on hand. - October 15, 1858." - 42 ENRY B. HOPKINS, County Attorney, Co, of Simcoe ', Barrister and Attorney-at-Law,` Solicitor in Chancery, Notary I ub1ic,'&c.-OIce n Dunlop Street, Barrie. '- v Match 3. 1858; V I 9 ii 1.6` \(n_- :1 cell. 1Iarsol' ' anyiqg, . ny ppr_ - v am" \ DUISUD .lVUDll`lBU1V' DUUI; Ell DHUCS nusncr, Collingwood. All orders in the above line ananuIu.ctured' under his own inspection, and war- ranted for neatness and -strength. ` ' '1 IIJIJLIIXVI _Dl1lVUl`Jl\:D, IIIUVIIIUIISI. uuuu _Dlll" V veyor and D.ra.ugbtsma.n,' first house East. of the Market, Collier Street, Barrie. v April 28, 1857. _ V I8 ATTON & ARI)AGH, Barristers and Solicitors, Conveynncers. Notaries Public, &c.--.-James 1 uttou,.William D. Ardagh. Barrie, Feb`. 26,1558. ` V 5 AVID DOUGAUS Bedstend and Chair Mapu- factory, opposite the Registry Office, Barrie. Household Furniture of various descriptions ?hconsm.ntly on hood, or made to order. Wood ` Turning, in all itsbranches, excubedo with nentness and despntcb. April 14,1855. - 14 . Crxntsropliiin HARRISON, Depositary ofthe Barrie Branch Bible Society, Dunlop Streot. OHN ELLIS, Litlllogropller Engrover.King Street; West, Toronto. County Maps, Plans of Lots, Invoices, Arms, Crests, on-Plate or Seals, = wih Pretsses. Wedding Cards. . July 10, 1855. _ ` ` - V 728 ` -with it.-Away` "went the letter. and great was ' sionary meetings, so he`ttook=ttie- thin/grand an-atipstIhtih*I%!`*4`*'ief?*!%`!is #"d*`# - th-j:14seres `xmhgdzswassvle - Tm: FARTHING FotJnmt'rtoN.-A little boy once attended a. missionary meeting, and was, much interested with the speeches. When he got home he tried to think `what he could do to.` ' help the missions, and could think of nothing ` that seemed of much importance. He` was -] vet-y young, and he felt that he must live many A J years before he would be able to speak much for this great cause. He was verypoo;-, and i all that he had eeemed worth nothing, as he ' thought of the pounds and shillings of others.`. His whole wealth consisted of a solitary far- " thing which somebody had `given hirni. It was ' a beautiful farthing; but it was only a farthing, and of what use could it be ? At last he te- ` solved to send it to the minister who had most". ; interested him by~`hts speech at the meeting. - The minister had come from London, and the Q little boy tho'nghthe_ had hatter taut the farthing? in o. lettorand send it to him. evfoldedit up f nicely in a piece of .;paper endwrote a letter' - h d I` ht t the gentlemen ongettiugzit. He tv:s.tlte|t`i gtiing to'vioit=Scotland,- to hold tnis-' the letterttviih-ihitni `whrevarlttie {t: o`t.t,a,,. A. ,b ,;.i.: ta`: `I :"Ili re} e tie moghzetviiil rear; _ANSON 8: MACNAB, General dealers iu'Dry Goods, Groceries, Wines_and Spirits, Hard- wiare, and Crockery. . Cash paid for all kinds of Produce. .D.L.SANSON . . . . ......._...........A.MAcNAB. Orillia, 24th Oct., 1859, V 48-ly B1Ul\lVlDL'1V - DIIAMFDUAV, DM.I'l'l3L|il'SJ ALLOY`- neys, Solicitors, &c. OI-`ncs-Western As- .ssux-ance Buildings, Church Street, Toronto, G.W. Angus Morrison, D. A. Sampson. Toronto, November, 1859. ' 45-1y .14 mumzr, .n:weue'r, ac," Degs I0 inxormrme Ill- habitnnts of Barrie and surrounding country that he has opened `business in the above line, and. trusts,.by strict attention to. the wants of his cus- tomers, to give general satisfaction. Melodeons, Flutinoes, &c., repaired. All work Warranled. Duniop St... one door west of Mr. Sanford : Store." Barrie, 5th March, 1860. 10-tf. T S. MOFFATT, Orillia, General Merchant, . Licensed Auctioneer,` Issuer of Marriage Licenses, &c. . ' . V . February _20, 1860. 8-tf [5 published Weekly, in the Townof l3arrie,.every, Wsnnssnn morning, containing the current news of the day, and all matters pertaining to the affairs of the County. Price $2 in advance, or $2.50 if not paid within "six months from date of subscription. ` , Aovsnrrsxnn--Six lines or under, first insertion, 50c. ; each subsequent one lzic. Over six lines,- -7c. or 4d. per line, rst insertion; eachtsubse-' quent one, 2c. or ld. Professionator Business Cards $4 a-year,` $3 for six months, if not more than ten lines. Special contracts can "be _made by the year, or fractions ufa year. Orders to discontinue Advertisements to be made in writing. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. ` Plzmriuc, Booxmnnmo and _RUnIuG done on the premises. The facilities of the Establishment are more completethan any other North "of Toronto, having been carefully tted outiin every particular. - _ . Communications should `be addressed to the sub- scriber, post-paid. R. J. OLIVER. EANDER s. SAUNDERS, Watch and Clock Maker, Jeweller, &c,, begs to informthe in. hnbitanm nf Barrie and mlrrnundino nnnnhm `that 7 `HU RD, Laud Agent. and Stock Broker . King Street West, Toronto. July 10, 1855. , .28 February.` 22, .1 { R1'iDF`.I7l1M(`K U BRIEN, Revenue Inspector, Co. of Simcoe, Dunlop Street. . Barrie, June 17, 1859. 22 \EORGE;ROBINSON, Boot. and Shoe Maker, I nllinnwnnri A nu-Am-a in Hana nhnvn Una [DRRISON &-SAMPSON, Bar1'isters, Attor-. nnv!-I Srilinitnra, kn. nr.*mnm__\Voatnrn AA. @ClgENortl)eru imauce f-1fLIAM SANDERS, Provincial Land ,Snr- mznnr arid D.rmnrht4xmnn_' first hnnsn East. nf f B. CL RK, Licensed Auctioneer and Coni- . mission Merchant, Dunlop St., _Barr_ie. .8 fS1.1roI.T, Agent for the CANADA LANDED CREDIT COMPANY. Apply at the Oice I:-ear: Hnlt, Rm): Xx (`.n,, Hill Rrnlzora and an- TERMS: '$2`per ye1t`_' in advance ; L Busiucss mitertory. VOL. IX, You must not" blame- 'literature, `re- joined the author, hastily. .I know it is the cant `of the day, and has been the common cant of days long gone by, that literature is a starving trade, and that publishers fatten upon authors brains.- You must not believe all that ' said about th'is, Mr. Marsden; and I r one iwill not ungratefully lay the blame `where it is notdue.A ; `f In 'pr;son for `debt. you would say, sit. We1l', I have to thank myself for that. I wa_s.si1ly enough to` fancy I had found a. new cut to competence, Mr. Marsden ; and_-` they that will be rich ,.,. you" _knoW, `fall into temptation and a snare. You have heard of those won- derful joiut-stock companies, sir, of course? V ' ' ` ` -an-.. 1ur-,._:I-__ _L'.,;_._ 3 _ ,, .1, ,,_ 1 u 1 1 "' J "7' ""' " "V ""'~ "'*1"'J"" Mr. Marsden glanced at thevshe'et and returned it. Quite sz1tisfactory,_ he said ; but permit me to express my re- gret that literature should deal so hardly` with its-- UUUIBU 3 Mr. Marsden sfarted as though he had been stun rr~. ` IIAI. T , , 1,,,, ,' `[11 II `I` DUNE I H LIEU: The remainder of the. day passed away rapidly. When night came,'Mr. Marsden had taken possession or his room jointly with Mr. Hare, and was striving to look his misfortunes manfully in A the face; and Basil was walkingothrough Fleet street into the Strand, with aheart somewhat lighter than he would have thought it possible under the circum- stances, Vhad he foreseen_ those circum- stances` a" week ago, He found Mr; Harehell s shop , whereiwere sold gen- tle"men s `stockings, and, gloves, braces and stocks, walking sticks andumbtellas; and therehe found also Mrs. Harebell ' ready to; receive him. lTh_erej wasa sheriff s,o 1cer in the -house,` and Mrs, I-Iarebell feared that the stock in trade, and furniture as well, would have to be sold off f'or"the be u etof creditors; `but she was as cheerful as could be expect- ed, and she had. provided-' a nioevlittle supper for her young lodge:-out of the scanty funds allowed; her for housekeep- ing; and she-had prepared` for`hin1-`a `neat "bed"-room at the` `top=of -the "house, and a soft. bed likewise, ,-with; clean sheets; `and Basil; Marsden--whenl he V had read-a`psalm _ out=of the Bible -which; Mrs. Harebell haadofal ced"1-e'ady. forhirn on=t_he :dressing-tab e, and fsobbed. a few , ' earnest `petitions--laid. his .head;r'm~ the; pillow, and sle'p.,t:Lm`ore :soundl;ythan_~-the `had slept-the:-rnightbe_fore.* A -11'; -3! ____._ LI `LP. {.3}... .J6.4IJAJI al- A(ContinueIl.) _ L I won?`l': ask you to look at "my manu-. vdscr-ipts, the host added ; seeing that I must fain have them" copied before my `brain-work -is presentable to the.printer.- You will judge from what you have be- fore you in print whether you would like your son to be thus employed. 'IH__ 'Il',,.,'I_., ,,I,.,__"I 41.1,- _`I_-'.L _..J > And yet, said Mr.AMarsden, hesitat- ingly`, I find you .,' and then he stopped short. Mr. Douglas relieved him from his embarrassment; ' ' * III\'JLIljIaLIL7 JJI JJI 'LlIJIlIS \I\-ll-lIl)QlIy".7"":.' You neednot tell me any more, Mr. Douglas; I happen tq know something of that scheme. ~ We are fellow-su'er- ets, I am sorry to say ;- and we may as well be fellow-comf'orters, added Mr. Marsden. Basil sh/all wait on you to- mun`-ow morning, and take his` first les- sons in '~life~. rru , _,-,_J,,. _ L`._ J--- _-___,_-,1 Lluvll BDLI I}! so Ah, I seeyou have, sir. VVell, I ~ was persuaded to take shares in one.` of them -the D. B. Mining Company-,--`-. Vnn non/l`nnl fa" `.`lI`It) nnxr rnnra Mu -a-V v u... ...=--v -vv-`-- 1 Basil` was at the irovn-studded door at. nine o clock` on the fo1_lowin'g morning.. It did not seem so fdrmidable 19.11 affair now : he passed quie`t'-]y' thoiigifthe lodge, and quickly through the racket-g1"ound,. `which \vas=less- thronged ihahj `it would 1 _be`ar.i` hour `ox-`two later; 1f_ot- 0_f}m0Bt of the Inmates of --the -Fleet;-jwho had, in -general`, no motive fot'fearlyrris'ing', and T who fou'nd~the' days haugi1_1g'=%heavily ~oh. "their hands, it might -Lha\$'e::bes:1-ffsi;j';V_1or5`V .sung..at that . _ u! n.. n_- .|_-i.:.;_`_ .. {e nigh`. .,hf<)re ; 'azi_d_f}i;e'.._ ma; b,:.ighte.r mi V Jypuuu _ uncut, I13, uuu. 1138!} 4 star -10. .. per.c`eive;...tha.t.. his..\fatli:t i.;9P!1IF}3?i!. 7 the p`reviOlls day uni g . . `Jz',?no ` ` Like the dooi-onri hinre`s; o6't!ie.$*i1itIn.`ir`luetk, ~ ' ` ; Tumed their mdes,nnd their I houldeI'I, u)d their heIV_7;- . Hastenin V-on. then.vhe.o1.xz1c1,.1Lis-_.1`atheJr and Mrqglnlabelltv s,Jcial1L;.!..'.;1r, 6.1*.i1.i.fa!I;8.t-:2 He them_ma Inll min` crush .21 .Mx.;,Tiarbell He joined thm. .h3d-.- . n;i., the nixrh`. before} .9113 Ind `um: troynngg `lay; ` nta`m- calinri,;{`- _v stqlggi ll eveq` And found me. sad and lone, - , Bvthe damp grave made in the orange shade, ` ear my 0! forsaken home; _ ` Yet the spirivs loom will be banished soon, And thoange 3 come, ere long; V . -To woo me away from this cum tons clay, To the glad, unsinning throng. ' ` ` .1"-`or. hand in hand, withn-`white.-robed l knelt by a crystal stream. ` Remembenng not on that hiillow'ed 3 Thu! e er I` hid mortal been. And holiest liopce came walling u In the ush of their opening pri 0, band, 90! _ V Wixen I saw the glow in the angel brow ' Of the mile boy that died. .' In the mootimpale lighg I knglt at nigh}, __}_3y the; siglgiof _n 8133!) mound, . In the moon : pale light! knelt night," ; a By the side`ot' geassy-mound, - Wherevin life : young day they laid dway; ".2 V - . \Ytth the mourners all around. V _ A fairy form; with a heart as warm As e er_throbbt-d in humanbreutg, ; Bntgvearxed of life and its ceaseless stnfe, d down in the grave`, to rest. I heard not the moan of the nightwind lone, As it glided sadly past; . - Or the surge : met as it met the shore, And over the pebbles dashed. ` I cared not for earth, or the songs of mirth, - Breathing gladness, for I knew A 4 In the decpenmg shade of the grave they made That my heart was buried too. ` - ' _ , .A_nd wildly I wept, till at last I slept, .And sweetlydreamedtof heaven - _ l ` That a home savbright in that world of light, To my wee "soul was given ; _ 1 . Thut never a n on the stormy mam ` 0! life would my hark be tossed; That never aguin.:,hould`l lm: in vain_ For the loved and early oat. . ' Twas but a dream--.-for the mormng came And found sad and lone, - By the damn crave the orange shad` Struiggles ` in Life. Qfinnm or Inn nmuzr. ttetaturt. OF SIMCOE GENERAL ADVERTISER. `.kcf1'Us1v1c]-3 isr1;1gjc1;EA?r,%BUTSIMPLEA 1>R1NcI1>LI}:,_A1~_ID ECRET or sUnC`Ess, ALL GOVERNMENT. UIICUIJUUE . : . _ ~ It `seemed as though Mr. Douglas would never have done. Page after ge ,was._l_led, and no sound was heard butthe violent fr`i<;tion_of ink ai'1d'pa`per. `_ _An angry red spot` was visible'oj1' the. T _writet?s 'qhjeek5 and `his lips were pa.`le_' _ah d tr 4tI,1blil_',.l,"_I3.[>H A: rntly _'with excite- 'f11iet".'. W'.jl_.fi[`_' at 8ngth`*'of this"-.jsilent4 " waitidg`_ `V x'i d Tapgiiehqlgiye,` a.]s0,' that his j presVe1icAe"tnig htT be"ca;i1`sitig"em1Jarr' ass- . Pt.TB9317~PI9P93.'1Ym1d?'`Y'.. III II PIIOUIIO ' -I I ' '. I ` ' More ~ than once, durmg thns tune, R osa:Douglas had visited her. father ;-and on lthese occasions Basil was courteously `dxsmissed while she remamed In con- : ference. I Aauu-_\1 cu aao Once or twice he looked up us a light step passed along the gallery,'as though ..h alf'-expecting the" doorto open; but it did noteopen, and the day mssed away without a visitor.._ Rosa di not come to see her father every day, then,_it seemed. Mao I1 `I7 '1 ITD nnn n-`no rurnnball or] bJ\4\/ 1L\4l )l.I:llIL IFVCI J Mia , I-IICIJ, LII DUCIIIUDH Meanwhile Mr. Douglas proceeded with his Work, splashing the ink in all - directions, impetuously turning over the leaves of one book after another, rising at times impatiently from his seat and pacing the narrow room with huge in the Strand-. - strides,tl1en settling himself again to his occupation; and then breaking 011' from it to disburdeu himself of some comical ideawhich had sprung npin his mind, andwhich, as he could not -commit -it to the `pressghe conded to the ear of his young assistant, Theygot on capitally well together,_lunched` together on some dry biscuits \vashed.doWn with water, and shut up shop, as Mr. Douglas termed it, just in time; to -prepare for dinner in the cotfeeiroom. Basil was better pleased with his morning s- work than;he had dared` to hope; but he was glad wheifit was over; `and, after. spend- ing? the evening in his father s room, he returnedat night to his solitary lodging I,,`IL`l ,,A1,,, , `I `I (ll-I\J >VV.Ul II I Basil was soon atfiwork. When looked into thejmanuscript with which he was furnished, he no-longer wondered that the writer needed an amannensis. = _ Blotted and erased and i1iterlined-one ; letter so much likeanother, and all so unlike the letters of any known alphabet in*Christendom-Basil"contemplated his task with dismay.` He pluckedu heart, however; and. dashed intosthe ti ickfof the engagement. Patienceand perse- verance do wonders; and at the end of an hour. he presented` his employer with a ' fairly transcribed sheet. It -was tedious, certainly ;- but Basil Lthought of . his fatherand his 'SlStl'SIll1d how he i must now look forward to be their sup- port; and this spurred" on his -agging energy. To be sure, his present engage- ment was not likely. to prove very lucra- tive. He had some scrnples; indeed, as to receiving any remuneration when it should be oered. _ Well, looking at it as a labour of , charity to the unfortunate 8.lltlI0l',' it might introduce him to some- ` thing better. In short, Basil" was of that happy temperamentwhich will not suer permanent depression; and before the morning had passed away he had almost forgotten that he was inclosed within prison-walls. n|1nn nv fn-vino La lnnlra 1-rn nu n lirrlaf All IIIIU 5~)I-l|4lll\_.I'C And thus two or three weeks assed away ewithout~n1uch change- `here were some going out, and some coming in ; abut, except that they dined daily at the'co'ee-room ordinary, the Marsdens saw but little of their neighbours. The father closely `secluded himself`. in his room, except when he. took anevening stroll with Basil in theracket-court ; and `Basil was to be found any day between ten and twelve wielding histpen inthe service of Mr. Douglas,vsometimes copy- ing, butoftner, and what he better liked, writing from dictation. Thevmatter of remuneration had been satisfactorily settledeby a peremptory refusal on the part or Mr. Douglas-"to receive assistance gratis ; and thus it -"carne to` pass that `Basil _s Trst earned `-sovereign; the pro: v ceeds of twelve days elabour, was earned in a prison. l\/lrirn * flush` Anna "Rn:-inn Hr-ii firnn Tminnanussxn nxrrunnnvn Aim '1'!!! sroxnr or ms Pnovocmxons. ` V Basil ta ped one morning,at the usual "time,-at. r. Douglas s door. oIt_was opnd Rosa; and, though she strove to conceal them, there were traces of -tears onhher cheeks, and her voice was slightly agitqtedfwhen sheinformed him ii1`a.soft tone that'in half an` hour her Ihthei Jwouldlbe `ready _to,rce'iv`e him. ` T} nin `u:u'innI-Iv-{inn I'1n~nr- On can Dada `in `LE3 IILUIISIILBU _` When hevrethrnedf $9 the: redm `Rdsa wgisvgone, and her father was scribbling may f1iriou'sIy_.' Basil` perceived ghatj it `was a. le`_t'ter,'h'e was w`nt1ng,'and as` Mr. Douglas tobk "o ndticefof his" presence, `except; '_by,a brief" salutation, the youth difetidne` = s'a't dbvqqaiijgl ,v_7a!ita`d _pz_1v1:fe:11tlyVf_`or further 5.1.- .. n.;..'....L `mt- "n.......i.... 1 ; __.