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X.X POST- TO...R.„._!
- A LITTLE STORY FOR CENTLEMEN.
"Pols, poh, pots !" .qusith,Mr. Corpote
, al to Mrs; Pondqit, at whose house he
and his family were spending a social
evening. - "All talk, mfr dear madam,
mere -talk : the s women don't believe it
, themselves. Ask my 'wife, , "ask • my
• daughters, who they are that rule in My
house."
"In inhose house ?" said the soft voice
of Mrs. Ponderit.
Is A. mere •figure of speech, ma'am -a
forni of conveniences for, tax -collectors,
landlords, etc.. Say their hem, if you'd
rather : I know I didn't dare to take it
till I brought them all down from the
country to look at it . Here. Bettypay
duck, come over here; Julia, An inie,
Come here ancllestify that you're 'not the
wasting victims of a tyrannical husband
and father." . e
• Mrs. C. arose with a smile ;the young
ladies shook their naughty curls -and re-
mained at the other end cq the room. Of
course they did, for we 1 all know how
profound and absorbing a thing is parlor
'croquet when you are ;laying it with Mr.
Tillingliurst and young Mr. Ponderit
"Do you hear me ?" reared: Mr. Corp-
oral, swelling with triumph at this 'op-
portune disebedience. "
"-Yes pa, to -morrow," said Julia,
smiling, placidly at him over her gauze -
covered shoulder. .
"Go it alone, papa," suggested' the
skittish yoeng Annie.
" Do you hear that, ma'am ? There's a
specimen of slavish subserviency ! Now,
Mrs's, Corporal, I want you to answer as
if you were under oath: Am 1 a severe
• husband V'
"Am 1 a selfish husband?"
" No." .
• 0
"Am I an uneenerous hu "
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sband ?,
s‘se e t . .,
" It seenis to me, Mrs. • Ponderit, that
you are answered'
«1 should like to rem ik.," said that
lady, "that when I expressed my opini-
on ' •the abstract qiiestioni I had no
idea of making a Personal, application."
" Oh ! I don't like abstractions. Pat
your theories to the test,1 say I, and see
if theystand or fall."
"But I haven't finished my answers,"
said Mrs. Corporal, looking earnestly ot
,
ber husband.
It was a loving, ha1f4tabled, yet de-
terminedlook that she gave him as she .
went on to say : , I
"Firstly, vou are not 1 Seyere, but you
are overbearing; taking for granted that
the heed of the family carries the Erains
of the family, it seldom occurs to you to
-
consult me in Matters of mutual interest,
and so Your very kindness takes the forni
of tyranny ; the very thing I may want
to do or have is less acceptable to m.e for
being imposed upon me at the decision of
another." •
" Really !" exclaimed Mr. Corporal,
taken all abaek, : " I overbearing !
Well !" -
• ' "Secondly," continued his wife,
"you are uot by nature selfish, arid yet
you are inconsiderate -that is to say,
-there are some things that you have
never been taught to consider. • You
...
have been, brought up to look upon wo-
men's tastes, women's plans, and wo-
man's household 'theories 01 rules as
whimsies to be indulged Out of kindness,-,
.but never taken into serious account hi
• deciding your OWn movements?"
." Well, well, ' well !" sighed the be-
wildered husband : "j inconsiderate !"
" Thirdly, you are notungenerous, but
you are unjust : you Will buy me a silk
dress that I do not need, or a set of
jewelry that I Would rather not have; in
fact, you are continually Wasting money '
married -life I have neve , had. a 'dollar
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upon me : aaid yet in ail t e years of our
that did not come in the shape of a
gift" ,
• "Good Heavens r.' cried Mr. Corporal,
rising vehetneutly,ethen sinking back,
overcome, into his chair : "1 an unjust
husband, when she knows that I never
in all my life refused to Open lay purse at
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her desire !" •'
" Whose purse ?" again insinuated the
musical voice of MIS. Pondetit.
"Oh, poh, pot) !--,,her purse if she likes
• it better : the little receptacle which my
wife and daughters find it 'convenient for
• me to keepeewell filled-in my pocket.
Besides. Elizabeth, if you have harbored
this sense of wron'g' for 'se many years,
why .conceal it ? Why •cherish a seeret
resentment - against your husband until
we have nearly reached our silver wed-
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ding ?"
,
" Perhaps I ought not to have spoken
here and. now," said Mrs. Corporal, ' in
the presence even of this our nekrest
friend. I have never spoken ibefore, be-
cause I was educated to be obbervient to
my husband, and have la red faithfully
to conquer the sense of h. miliation aaid
the disposition to rebel, w inh I thoug t
peculiar to myself, and corliing from soie
fault in my own character. But vetry
, lately my eyes have been j opened to the
fact that -a large proportion, of the women
in Christendom feel the sable discontent,
which a sense of duty or fear or a dread
of ridicule has 'induced thein -to sippress ;
and. I now begin to think that if we had
allefreed Our minds long* go, the world
-woald be far happier to- .7)
" But I don't 1 believe it," said 141r•
1
Corporal, relapsing into ' indignation.
"A woman who can . get Whatever she
wants for the asking to b unhappy be -
•cause she has to ask! It is unreasona-.
ble-more than that, it's pretty -to be
so anxious about one's postion and per-
, .sonal dignity : one Who Ihas all these
years been.- caied for and .heltered and
guided, searcely allo.wed t5 know, much
less to be hurt by, the rou h ways of the
world. Have I not spared you all care and
• responsibility? - Do I not bear alone
every business anxiety? By `the New
Jerusalem, if I could only live such an
• easy, guarded life, I'd gladly give you*
tray lot, and my independence nce with it."
• " Would you !" said Mils.- Corporal.-
• " I would." . 1
" Very well, we will try it • you shall
be tenderly guided and guarded for 3
week, and if at the end yot plead for an-
other, well." I -
• "Agreed," said Mr. Corporal. "1
say, Betty, in regard to the outside basis
• ness, haw could. you, you know ?"
' "1 will allow you to °stage the busi-
ness, and. to handle mon y in strictly
business operations; but , out of the of -
fide you spend not a cent save what I
give you, and take no step in any way
affectin,g the household interest. • Only
make ail -your wishes knoWn to me."
The evening closed, but the young
folks were (by the merest aecident) de-
layed in their preparations.
"Don't let it detain you a moment,"
said Frederick Ponderit, magnanirnoutr-
ly ; " Charlie and ,1 will see the young
ladies home."
"1 don't know," began Mr. Corporal;
but his wife put her arm through MI;
and drew him quietly away.
"Well, bat mother,", again began Mr.°
Corporal.
" We'll talk as we go along,"' said his
wife, stopping not for a moment until
they were faiirly in the street
"Why, "spiv queer of yon, Betty ! you
know 1 don't want bid: Plonderit to get
so intimate with Annie -a, fellow with-
ont a cent bus what he earns.. But you
didn't give me time to think." -
"Oh, I do the thinkeiigayou know,"
said Mrs. Corporal "and as for being
_poor, I never intend to marry my daugh-
1 ers for money." • .
"Your daughters, _Mrs. Corporal?
Oh ! ah ! I forgot." • k
"W.41, father," said Materfamilias
next morning, "what have you -in your
portemonnaie ?" •
I'm sure I don't know; some fifty
dollars--seventysfive. -perhaps. Why ?"
"Deal, dear,' -that's bad ! You ought
always to know how much you are carry-
ing. Well, -let rne have it, and the key
'of the desk. rn put it with the rest.
Do you want any change r?"
"Change ! why, how can 1 tell_yet ?
and what are you doing with my money?
Oh, I forgot ,.again. All right ; just
lea,ve me ten 'dollars, please : I might
want it -for something." -
"Bless his little heart !" said Mrs.
Corpora!, pulling' his ear, I'll lay any
wager he spends it betere he 'gets home.
Or stay ---1 believe I'll go with you. as far
as the office. I have some business that
" get what J want at the office,"
chuckled. Mr. Cerporal. Hum h I
promised not, though. Whew ! what -
predicaments this may lead inc into
My dear, excuse me a moment • I want
tes cross over and speak: to JacHep-
• burn." s
I He cattle back in a couple of• minates.
"Have you any money with you.? Just
.give nse twenty dollars.' Let me have
the poeket,book."
'Twenty dollars ! What do you want
to do with it ?"
• "Do with it ! Oh yes ; I am going to
lend it to Jack."
'• I guess I .wouldn't do that, 'father.
1 know that'llepbutrn well enough to
doubt if you ever get it hack again." •
;" B1es her pro dent J ittle heart Co rrie„
I'm rather hi a burry."
,1But Materfathilias was not. "1 don't
know whether to let him have it or not`
-Well; if you've set your heart on it,
I'flgive him fifteen." And she counted.
it out deliberately in., ones and twos and
smaller notes, which proceeding the gen-
tleman on the opposite curb -stone watch:'
ed with alively interest. •
Mr. 0. fluehed, choked a little ; then
in silence hastened across with the fifteen
dollars. t'
"Really, my love," said the matron,
on his return, "1 gave you the money
this time because I didn't want_to hurt
yOur feelings ; but I must -say that I
don't approve this promiscuous generos-
ity ; in fact, it isn't generoity-it's weak-
ness. , • Men are so undiscriminating.
Don't think I'm scolding, dear; only re-
member another time."
Mr, Corporal opened his mouth to
speak, and fts suddenly closed it. He
would have expostulated; but the words
sounded strangely familiar. Could it be
that he had uttered them , yesterday?
And could they have been as offensive to
her as they now appeared to him ?
Soon after they parted, to meet no
more until dinner. •
After such a meal as would be a triumph
to any housekeeper, the lady i•emarked,
as she led the way to the library :
My dear, I've 'bought you 4 new
-carriage. I've just .cirdered it round to
the window for you to see."
"A new carriage ! Why, Betty, what.
are you thiuking of. when I have -we
hay e -a first-class carriage already ?"
a"Oh, I've made a trilde. The fact is,
there was too much money in that car-
riage. Now this is equally swell made
and comfortable ; the difference is mere-
ly a matter of style ; and I left off. the
coat 'of arms."
• And. that was just the beauty of it,"
said Mr. C., disconsolately. "I'm sure
I don't care for flow in a general way,
-but if I have a vanity, it is my coat of
arms : something so substantial, about
"Ab, I've been thinking it over, and
have come to the conclusion that in this
country, where families disappear in two
or three generations, a coat of arms is
snobbish ; and I never will bring up my
family to be Snobbish. Sooner than that
I wfa keep no carriage at all. Besides,
I have made eontething handsome by the
operation."
"Ha, ha; ha ! This is really drama-
tic," said Mr. Corporal, latighiftg loudly,
if not joyously.- Go on, go on ; 'you
won't catch me takingeoffense at what is
done for my good." And.he betook him-
self to silence and the evening paper-
• that is tri say, to a nap.
•iPa, may Will and I study German
this fall," cried Molly, and the young
est Corporal, bouncing into the room and
whirling like' a cyclone. "Oh, juSt see
what a big cheese I made !-Could you
Make such big ones, ma, when you
were my size ?"
"Bigger ; my skirts were fuller.
Welt now, about this Gernia,n ?" g
"Oh, it's splendid," exploded Molly.
"Maggie Maxwell and Jane Purdy and
Cousin Hal and Cousin ,Tosephine and
Will and me and one or two of Jane's
cousins and one or two o Ma,ggie's cous-
ins ,and they've got a s lendid -teacher
real 6-erman and a lone pipe and related
to the Von Deckels ancl -"
• Poh, poh, poh said Mr. Corporal,
half wa.keneel. by the clatter. 'this .not
g oin4 ilttt oaheesiriedtot
in
• Yigi,rlfsa-th"er," said Mrs.
Corporal. "Finish your nap, dear'it's
a most injurious thing to be wakened
suddenly. Moll. ,v you should be careful.
Now about this German -leis he, young or
old ?"
"Old as Beersheba and bald and a
large silk handkerchief and , meet once a
week and if we study hard till aboat nine
for instance what would you say to a
• little of the -you know -the other Ger-
man to top off with ?"
"1 want a little ef the other German
• too," cried Will, who had just come up,
also bouncing and. explosive. "Pa, may
1?" \
"I'll attend to it," put in ma, quietly
but decidedly. "My son, I wouldn't
keep my hands inMy pockets; it's awk-
ward."
"Dancing teaches young people to be
graceful," soliloquized Willian, audibly.
m regard to the language, if
you are in earnest, and things appear
right on inquiry, I haverit the slightest
objection. In regaid to the other Ger-
man, no,"
"Well, we didn'tmuch think you_
would," said the piling philosopher,
shrugging her chubby shoulders. "Will
ancti just thought we'd try."
. "But it's the language we want," said
Will, :' "really and truly ; isn't it, Moll'
Pole you ca,n't hop worth a cent." .
"Can, too -see here. Oh, Will, let's
you and71 make gays of ourselves, and
pay a visit to Maggie. May we ma ?"
"How about to -morrow's lessons,' pup -
P3 •
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ts "
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- "All but one," replied. both voices ;
and both Young Americas scampered to
the little study -room, *hence proceeded
for Some twenty minutes a loul, dull,
double -voiced droning, followed by a
sudden simultaneous upsetting of chairs
and scuttling,..from the rooin.
• Dining the above discussion Mr. Cor-
poral had preserved a silence only brok-
en now and ;then by a muffled snort.
Turning now to his wife, his face was
perfectly tranquil. ' 4. •
- "'Do you forget, InOther," he said, in
well-medidated tone3, "that I disap-
prove of girls pursuing these useless
studies? I'm not at all sure that it tends
to their happiness, as-"
" E know you're not sure, my dear,"
replied the inatron, soothingly, "and so
I don't think it best to puzzle your brain
with the matter; only have confidence in
me; I'll bring it out allright. Whys my
clearest, sooner than bring 'a wrinkle of
anxiety to that pure brow, I'd. keep you
from thinking: altogether."
kir. Corporal glared at her for a mo-
ment. undecided; then, bursting into a
laugh, took his hat ancl went out for the
evening.
"One day gone," he remarked, as he
walked down the street. " Whew
. !
what a . singular sense of relief comes
over me! I wonder how it Would feel
to be a fly rolled up in a spider's web?
-The thing wouldn't hurt any where, but
it would suppress every where. Not to
act for myself ; not to thihk for myself ;
not to have any money ; but -By -the -
way, Is haven't a cent in my pocket-
book. I must go back and ask for some.
Well, now, it's curious, but although I
know it to be a joke, and a jcke of my
own proposing, 7 can't bear to go and
ask her. Confound it 1 I won't -I'll do
without first." And he ,pursued his pen-
niless and somewhat sullies way.
" Well, my dears," said the mother,
bustling into breakfast, • all beaming,
" I'm' going to give you a treat this
,
morning. Get out your bathing rigs,
and we'll all yun down and take a dip in
the sea before. we go to the epountaips for
the summer."
Will and. Molly looked at each other;
so did Annie and Julia. The first look
expressed: surprise, the second mischief..
'7 Really," exclaimed Mr. • Corporal,
almost upsetting his coffee, "1 honor
your kind intention, but you oughtn't
to spring it upon me 60 suddenly. llow -
do you know It will be convenient? In
fact, it isn't ; I engaged to go With
Joriti.n;, this afternoon to try his new
.ho
"Tut, tut, tut ! you mustn't make
• engagements in that wild. Way without
my knowledge. Bow can I pla.n.for you
if you interfere with the this way' Now
get your -hat and. run right over to Jorkin •
and tell him you didn't .know you were
going to the shore this morning, and don't
be long, dear; I want to take the ten
o'clock train."
"But I am not -al,! I mean, let us
stdp and talk about it. You see, I really
-couldn't go and tell Joekin. that; it would
make me look se foolish." .
• "My, love," said. Mrs. Corporal, grave-'
ly, • " what 1 have dons .1 have done for
the best, and it's childiali . to argu:. about
it now. And it this li title disapPointment
be a lesson for you in the future not to
make engagements without my know
ledge. Don't think I'm scolding dear •
•only remember another time."
• " I'm in for it;" groaned' the head of
the family, taking down his hat- ; " and
this is only the second day ! Can it be
that I have e rer treated her in this way?
Verily-, 1 remember something like it a
year ago. But if I could have imagin-
ed-" •
It took so long to compose his excuse
*to •Jorkin that on his return,; although
every thing needful was laid to his hand,
he found it imposible to be ready to start
with the party, and barely succeeded in
reaching the train in time.
" Jump in," said. Mrs. Corpiral ; " I
have the tickets. Not there I come on
to the next car." • '
• "Here are good seats," •said Mr. C.,
preparing to take them. •.
. "--Next par," repeated. Mrs. C., placid-
ly , and oh he went, feeling like oe horse
with his first experience of the bearing -
r• el'11••GoSdness 1 what are you at now ?"
For no soonerwas he fully ensconsed
ancl comfortable than madam leaned
across and quietly lowered his window.
" Can't yen let me -I mean I want it
open." ,
`• the cinders -are blowine,e• in on you ;
. the wind is on this side. • My dear, you
don't feel in a - right good temper this
morning, do yeti? Never mind, it'll be
all right when you begin to feel the sea:
breeze." ' •
• "'Mother," said the g,entleman•after a
whiles emerging from his paper.
"iVell,• Billy 1"
4410‘ Do yow know, I haven't a cent of
•money."
"Money ?. Oh yes; I gave you ten
dollars yesterday."
" It's gone."
"Gone 1 Oh well, if you enjoyecl
yourself with it, I'm sure it's all right.
-How much do you want now? - . )
• "How much? oh, really -I sup1.ose
you will allow me to pay the bills?" .
"You may, if it would amuse you;
I'll give you two hundred dollars, and if
you want more,7you know 'where to get
it." And madam began counting it out
in fives and tens, •
" Stay," said 'Mr. C., nervously:;
"there's Thompson'and his wife on the,
other side. They're looking at us."
"Are they ? Pll speak to them di- -
rectly; Thirty, and ten is forty, and
• "Pc give me the port-ruonniae," said
the • gentleman, reddening. "Don't
dribble it out in tbat way. They'll
think I'm an idiot under guardian.ship."
Oh no, said Mrs. Corporal, cheerful-
ly ; "it's done every day to persons who
are not idiots. However, here are two
more fifties. I'm only afraid you'll meet
some ro.ore of your. borrowing friends,
and know what you are with money in
your pocket. Don't think I'm scolding
you, dear; only-" But here Mr. Cor-
poral flounced away.
In time, however, the day passed, and
the next, and on the fourth day the fam-
ily returned to their homes.
" Any letters for me, Nan? said. her
father. •
" Lots for you, dear papa," said An-
nie, fetching them-: "and -and. "-
growing all in a moment flushed and agi-
tated-" and one for ma."
ten- '
1 'a
Miti, Corporal read. it through with
ever-increasing gravity.
"-Did you inow this was coming, ln
daughter" she said, at the end. ,
" Yes, ma," faltered. -Miss Annie. "He .
was coming to you himself, but I felt as
I couldn't bear it, and so I told. him. to
write." •*
"A most important, letter," sanrMrs.
Corporal : "it ii but right that. yoU
should hear it, father." And ma, ad-
justing her spectacles, read as follows :
" ! DEAR MADAM, -Kind. and unify'
like a naeither as you have always beento
me, it is yet almost with trembling that
I come to you now. 1 would fain, from.
cowardice, use a little circumlocution,
but am unskilled at it, and must, there-
fore, say' at once that I am devotedly attached to yank daughter, and 'that she-
mweoltlh, mother.'
,
hat, she has referred me to her
ohertchat ?" said Pater, with a
iittle jump.
To her mother.
"'Dear Mrs. Corporal, you know I
have no inheritance, but 1 am strop
and very rauch'in earnest, aryl Annie
willing to put up with my income, an 1
thinks she knows how to add to it. Art
indeed, I love her as I never loved b
fore. [lie was then twenty-three.]
you. think it best, we are prepared, o
wait awhile, but it is our own convictio
that early marriages are desirable. De r
-Mrs: Corporal, pray beliete that next o
the necessity of being Annie's husbai
is the hope of calling myself your son.
" Yours in great suspense,
g g FREDERICK PONDERIT.
" P. S. -Dear Mr. Corporal, I cou t
uponter. your infinence with Annie's m -
t
" Good • Heavens !=' exclaimed the
head. of the family : " and there are yet
two ,, s
a
id
Annie; piteou ly, •
plead forme. See bow solenfn se looksI!
Do speak 1" 1
"My child," saiti the mother, draW-
ing Annie. toweled. her, "are you sure
• yon -love this young min well enough tb
he with him, if neecl be, in poverty ?"
" Stop !" exploded the father, grow-
ing desperate, "Young woolen, do yo
know that this chick of yours has not
cent to rent a house with ?" •
" He has five thousand dollars,".,sai 1
Annie; "and you know • I have five,
thousand dollars.",
"Five- thousand straws! Do • yon
• think I will allow-" •1
"My love," said. Mts. Corporal, yon
are getting excited : sit down and con' -
pose yourself.' Annie, I confess that
should greatly prefer the husband of my
child to be a little forehanded ; lint, if
' you truly love him, there is no power i
• money, or in the lack of it, that caniu-
fluence me to interfere with your choice.
All I ask of you is to wait a year to test
the quality of your attachment."
" Oh, thanks, mother, thanks 1" and
• Annie, rushed, sobbing, from the roorrh
shortly followed by- her mother. . -
"Aha, my lady," muttered the slight-
ed parent, "what's done in a week ma
be undone M a year. The impertinent
jackanapes ! • I never was treated so;
never treated any one so; • I wouldn't -e -
Good gracious ! 1 did; when I proposr
ed to Elizabeth's father. I did it almost
in that identical. way, and if an one had
told me her mother would be hurt, I
• shoirldn't have known what was meant.
Well, wall, I'll think more about these
things. I had no idea So much could be
• said on their side."
• Half in dread of what the twelve hears;
might bring forth, and. half in joyous
anticipation of freedom, Mr. Corporal
began the -seventh day of his experi-
ment. Through much inconvenience;
chagrin, and a constant sense of mild.
suffocation, as of a lobster sitbmerged in
lukewarm water, he had faithfully kept
the conditions ofhis bargain, and he was
rewarded by finding on the dinner table
a letter after his own heart -or, to speak
with correctness, after the heatt of his
eldest dau,;liter, Julia.
" IzTerelsgood. news for you, mother,
he announced, :with a burst of triumph!.
"Mr. Alfred Stringer: of the house of
Stringer and Stringer, has proposed -to
eze-for the hand of my daughter. Julia
-My duck, you will be one of the rich-
est women, and belong to one of the best
fatnilies, iu Philadelphia, and 1 freely
give.my consent." _
• " Hold 1" cried Mrs. Corporal, rising
with stern deineanor. " Does that man
have the insolence to propose to mY
daugnter ? • Alfred. Stringer -_a man susi-
)ected of dishonor in business a man
known to be drunk at evening parties
man who has wasted and staled his nai
titre in the deepest flirtations till be iS
thirty-five years old -s -to dare attempt
to gain the fresh heart of my daughter !
Tell hini, IN o' and never ilet me, hear
his na,nie again."
"Elizabeth !" cried the father, aghast,
"you are beside,tyourself ! You cannot
mean what you say !"
" I forbid you., husband, I forbid you,
children, ever to breathe the name of
that man M my house. It is enough ;
the subject is dead." She arose and left
the room.
"There,' soliloquized Mr. Corporal
exultation mingled with his angerl
" Now that she may call tyranny, and
that is just the thing I never would d,c)
Why, she gave me no time th speak, or
eveii to think ! As if either parent could
have a right to give or refuse to give a
child. in • marriage without the coneuv
rence of the other ! It's monstrous 1
And yet -and yet I have known good
'men to do it, and good womea to acqui-
esce in it ; and as sure as I he it never
till this moment struck me as an insuf-
ferable assumption. Well, well, well..
I must overhaul my whole theory, if I,
ever had any, on these subjects. Betty,,
• of guiltanrdairtinosnes.of fun are eevalAned
inequalproportions.
"Young woman," said herfather,
ti,
"whatccare rr
does that jackanapes mean by
this remarkable beginning of his domes -
y" F4.,,h
"Father," dsiadlet,„
id..Annie, laughing and
crm
this evidence in
bla:Dkiadenhlw1 eelNerht's
yt
"A base. forgery, my papa. The fact
is he gave me the letter to read and. held
to you, aud as I was 'naturally working m
mother's 'mterest, and thought you
would tether' not have the _joke go be-
yond the lamily, I said ifothing to him,
but just -copied it, nith a few varia-
tions And oh; fatter and mother both,
I am strong and healthy, and can work,
•if need. be; and you were poor when you
were married. And so," tadded this ir-
repressible young female, "yout know
hqw it is yourselves."
Have your own way replied these
ridiculous parents.: " And now about
Julia; and here; of course, she comes."
In regard' to this ' Mr. Stringer
Elizabeth, you know the pesition
could give otnedaughter ;j and as to the
little reports about -him, there never was
anything verified. • I never found him
more than a little sharp in bueihiess, and
I neyer saw him drunk."
". William," said the mother, " re-
• member that this matter never came to
-your knowledge until yesterday, where-
as knoticed his attentions months ago,
and have been quietly watching and en-
quiring ever since. - You little know a
mother's sympathetic heart if you sup-
pose that suoli a :state of things could,
exist without her, cognizance."
"Parents both," remarked Julia, With
her usual serenity, "to spare you any
further excitement this warm weather, I
will state that neither the great fortune
nor the small habits of the gentleman are
-of the slightestimeotance to your daugh-
ter, Who does not intend to marry him.
This indifference May possibly result,"
contained the imherturbable: young fe-
male, "from what Mr. wener *mild
calia 'priory attachment.' "
A what ?" died the much -tried par-
ents; twain in terror..
• " Priory • attachment party of the
name of ifillinghurst, well known to you
holiest, ,afid sufficiently
ab:etlro_dot3,, sober,
• Charlie Tillinghurst-!" cried Mrs.
0 astounded. "Little Charlie 1 Why,
I embroidered his first trnivsers' ! Well,
he's just the one person I never did think
of in that connection." '
" I 'little know a mother's sympa-
thetic heart,' " • quOted the delighted
father.-Barper's Magazine.
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Cassell's Hou.-4e1o1d Glade.
ASTHMATIC BRONCHITIS OF NINE
• YEARS' STANDING CURED BY
THE SYMP.
•T. JOHN, N. B., Aug. 11, 1869.
MR. J4mss 1. FALows-Dear Sir : I
consider it- my duty to inform you of
• the great benefit I have received • frcta
the use of your compound. syrup of Hy-
pophosphites. I have been, for the last
nine years'a great sufferer from Bron-
chitis andAstlima„ at times so ill that
lot.' weeks I could neither lie down or
. take ally nourishment of consequenco,
and during the time suffering intensely.
• I have had, at (1 fferent times, the advice
of tweitty;two physicians. *
* . * • The least
exposure to either damp or draughewas
sure to result in a severe attack of my
disease. Finding no relief from all the
medicines 1 had taken, I conducted- to
try your Compound Syrup of 4ypophos-
phites, and have great reason to thank
God for the i•esult. 1 have, in ali, taken
twelve bottles, and now I feel is strong
Mad as wellas ever I felt in my life, and
for the last 3 ear.bave not had one mo-
• ment's sickness and neither does damp-
ness nor: draughthave the least effect
upon .me. Were 1 to waite upon the sub• -
ject for hours, 1 could not say enOugh in
praise of your valuable Compound Syrup
of Hypophosphitee, or give an adequate
idea of my sufferings; .
You are at liberty to make what use
you please of this letter, because I hope
its -publicity May be the means of bene-
fittine other sufferer as much as it has
Inc. 1 reruain, yours respectfully, • ,
• MRS. ITIPWELL, Exmouth St..1
_
TER STOSLICH AND ITS DERANGEMFNTS ;
are the e.onurion cause of most of the Chronic -
Wasting Diseases for which invalids are constant- !
• ly seeking specifics. Whets the food is imperfictly
digested andassimilated the blood. becomes im-
poverished, and all the organs and tissues of the
body debilitated by want of nourishment. This -
general depravity of the ey-stem. manifests itself in 1
some constitutions by disease of the lunge, heart, }
liyer or kidneys, and in oth4s by scrofulous
en-
Iargenient of the glands, eruptions of the skin. ;
ulnere of bone and flesh, spinal weakness, irreseula- 4
rities, exhausting discharges, 50101113prostration,
mental anxiety, neuralgic and ilementie pains, all
of which arise from depraved nutrition. To in-
vigorate the Stomach and perfect digestion, and ;
the formation of healthy blood Dr. Wheeler's Com -
Pound Elixir (4 Phosphates and Calisiasu is of great ,
efticacy stud reliability, being IStratless to infant or
; adult, and prompt and pc:nutrient in its effects. ,
; Sold by John Seatter and IL Ystunstlen, druggists, '
Seaforth.
267
come here. -Why, there I go again ! i . Thomas' Eclectkic Oil,
Why should I call her to me ?-liliza- WTI= TEN TIRES ITS WERiIIT IN GOLD. DO YOU -
. . IT IS OT' .
O
RW ANYTRING OF IT ? i N .
beth, my wife" (sitting tenderly down N Tram you nibIF . ;
by.her side), "can it be possible that 1.! There are but few preproiations of medicine
have made you suffer all three years the
sense of helplessness and subordination
that I have endured. for a week- ?a• -•I who
love you so dearly, I who would give my
life, or ray healtle, or peace of mind to
save yours .S"
"My husband," said his ! wife, with
shining eyes, "1 have never doubted
your love, a.ni I have never blamed you
for what waswamiss in our relations to-
gether. I know how .nearly impossible
it is for us to act, at even to think, in a
direction varying from the current of our
age. But I feel very sure that of late
this current is changing, and I know
that you, with your generous heart and.
keen sense of justice, will be among the
first to take the new direction."
"1 will, my love, I will. I only need.-
• ed to see. And now about these chicks
of ours, what had we better do ?"
At this moment in steps Annie, with a
face in which hope and fear and. a sense
which have withstoecl the impartial judgment of
the people_ for any great length of time. One of
these is Tiro:was' ELECTRIC Ore, purely a prepar-
ation of six of some of the bestoils that are known,
each one possessing virtues of its own. Seientific
physicians know that Medicines may be feinted of
seveiul ingrediente in certain Stised proportions ot.
greater power, and producing effects which could
never result from the use of au y one of them, or in
different eambinatious. Thus, su the preparation
of this oil a chemical change takes plate', forming
a corapomul which could not by any possibility be
made from any other combination or propoitions
of the same ingredients, or ants- other ingredients,
and entirely different from anything ever before
made, one -which produce the inost astonishing re-
sults, and having a wider range of applieation
than any inedieine ever before discovered. It con-
tains no tkohol or other' volatile ileums, tense-
el:Lenny loses nothing by evaporation. 1Vherever
appliqd you get the benefit of every drop; uniem.sie
with other preparations .nearly till the aleohol is
lost in that way, and you get only .she small quan-
titysof oils which they may contuin.
S. N. THOMAS, PHELPS. N. Y.
And NORTHROP & LYMAN, Newcastle, Ont.,
Sole Agents for the Dominion.
NOTE.-Electric-fielected and Electrized.
Sai in Seaforth by E. Riekion & Co. and. R.
Lumsden.
a
171 . 18'7t
Irkg Greiit Ft•onalic Itemedy.
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rrITIS invaluable medicine' is unfailing in the
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moderate d1 excess and removes all obstructions
8.11d a speedy cure may be relied on.
To married Indies, it is peculiarly suited. It -will
in a short time, bring on the toonthly period with
regularity.
These Pills should not be talwn by Pcnudes
during the first three months of Pregnaoy, as,they
are sure to bring on Miscaniage, but at any other
time they are safe.
In all (seSiee of Nervous and fpnui1 Affections,
pains- in the back and limbs, fatigue on slight ex-
ertion, palpitation of -the heart, hystmies, and
-whites, these pills 'will effect it eure wium all other
means _ have failed,; and although n powerful
remedy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimony, or. „
anything hurtful to the constitution.
Fall directions; in the pamphlet around esel2
package which shonid be estrefully preserved.
.Tob doses, New York, Sole Proprietor. St1.00and
12:4 cents for p astage, eneloseittoNorthopd;Lpnim,
Newcastle, Out, general agents for the 3)oruiniou'
will insure a, bottle, containing over fiO pills by
return mail.
14---S- Sold in Seaforth by E. Hickson & Co., and
R. Luitteden. 197-8
IIIL
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This TOILET SO pi)ossesses all the well-known\
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• the spread of disease. Price_15 cents per Tablet.
, Victoria Carbolic Salve.
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HARPER'S BAZAR.
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and the journal itself is the organ of the gaunt
world.of fashion. -Boston Traveller.
The Bar in 'commends itself to every member of
the household -to the children by droll and pretty
pictures, to the yeller; la lies hy its fashion -plates
in endless variety, to the provilent matron by its;
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ience. The paper h»s acquireS a wide popularity
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OFFICE -over Strong sk: lsairles•'s Grocery
Store, Main Street, Seafonh. 252
R gIVIOVED. R E MOVED,
M. ROBERTSON,
cabinet-inaker.and. Undertaker,
HAS REMOVED hiss:rare-rooms to
JOlINSOWS OLD STAND,
• Muin-street, Seaforth,
• Where he has on band a superior stock of Fura
ture of every description.
CALL A.LVD S'EE IT.
UNDigIrMaNG.
• Having purchased Mr. Thomas Beirs r-rgAltsz,
ram prepared to attend funerals on the shortest
notice, either in town or country.
Coffins, All Sizes,
Rept conetuntly on baud.
BOA R DIN• G.
TT COLLADAY has leased the large and cora-
"• modious house, on the Salt Works Grounds,
: adjoining the Railway- Station, end has fitted it up
as a boarding-house. Good table and comfortable
rooms. Persons; wishing a pleasant boarding --
I house should apply, as there are it present a fevr
vacaneies. Transient boarders accommodated et
I less than hotel rates. 228
•
-Guilt Pr—Na,
turi
pate)h.
— es t
Pup
pies.
Coro ii
husband's
of his boso
—"
has been c
-the
has necessi
gentleman,
our barn."
om i
sftowi ntleegr e!T., °g"
froze his nil
frost ent
member, h
carry flat
I. _noThlune
and he 311
prattling t
sg4oittlIS
ix hot
1:10v47, w
quite as no
from the
al little ce*
operation.
polite prer
pocket -boo
here."
wIN
taker's
"Every
entered t
had any
the negatl
of th
ewxispesds10:
cause1
furnish
funeral "
hand, At
ed a poker
morist, pr
ociency hs rat
neso
haste.
voi
ed school (
complainil
the•t C[ US1OL1
ee
the
from Ithe
man's buft
cess, they
bil°remeecimns°,ri
throv roel
minl„?, flO
they. r' 1
think ow
in istaken.
we helievi
nut one 1.1
can't etat,
bop, are,-=,
-
A-rclais
in the nei
eeit to n
the jilted
In his
story
acqua
Demlop,
Aiken,
&min r
I Inive
years, bit
aed
the wron
she still
-death, 8731
y exect',
yearly
month, t
she rerns
to revert
It is sti
ceoted tl
money,
• It was,
Flouse,
Nchen one
.-race
-4-nest
,
vided,"
•
said •"
'Jesus ne
evely da
never COti
" Dear,
yon mray
• he does n
Shit
little fell
Wag a kri
frozen ap
night's lo
come—
biro_
plate ;
yield his
Tb ii
hard all
not come,
one itt 3i
tbeehillL
yes,
answered,
bread n
we giyei
or to the'
we give