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HIS OWN LIFE STORY.
Caily le'iteminiseences. Given
to the World.
TELL1N1 PEN PORTRAITS.
The GIett.: - Philosopher's Inner Lite
Unfolded.
SituultLt ,LTAly with its appearance in
England v.: aeve the " Reminiscences" of
Thomas Ce :aele,, a fact due to the enter-
prise of CI ries Scribner's Sons, who
received the proof sheets from Mr. Froude
as fast as teev left the English printers'
hands. Mr. iaroude, it is known, is the
literary extaetor of the late Mr. Carlyle,
and as sate: :a the manuscripts came into
his posses -eel alio made arrangements with
his Amerie.. publishers for the " author-
ized " eiit: of the "Reminiscences," of
he i le editor.and for which he is
faid the sa • rates as an American author.
in the sun. .1'r of 1880 -Mr. Carlyle placed
a colle„ction of manuscripts in Mr. Female's
hands, of ealich he begged him to take
charge. Tie ee-eusisted of letters _written by
his wife to himself and to other friends, -
with !Inane eetes in his own handwriting.
In these reee. uscripts was as much of his
life as Carle le cared that the world should
know, and iltere is certainly as much as is
needed to "brain a full knowledge of the
man, both aqan author and as a husband.
The esseetial part of his life was. in his
works, which mil can read. "His object,"
Mr. Female tells us," was rather to leave
0. mentaneet to a singularlygifted woman,
wiloehad she so pleased. might have_ made
a name for, himself, and for his sake had
. voluntarily. sacrifieed ambition and. for-
tune." And this object has been success-
• fi6.11y accomplished. No one can read this
• tribute to his wife by this unhappy . great"
• man without tears. His devotion -during
_ her life, and his wretchedness afteeher.
death, make One of the meet touching. pic-
tures the pee has- ever painted,
.• • The a Reminiscences" are of his -.fa r,
• James •Carivele ;Edward Irvine; theiamodS
THE LAST PEEsENT To HIS FATHER.
The last thing I gave him was a cake of
Cavendish tobacco sent down by Alick
about this time twelvemonth. Throughlife
I had given him very little, having little to
give. He needed little, and from me ex-
pected nothing. Thou who would'st give,
give quickly. In the grave thy loved one
can receive no kindness. I once bought
him a pair of silver spectacles, of the
receipt of which and the letter that aeCOM-
pained them (John told me) he was very
glad, and nigh weeping. "What I gave I
have." Ile read with these spectacles till
his last days, and no doubt sometimes
thought of me in using them.
NoT DISAPPOINTED IN eneamens.
0,nce, on a memorable Saturday, we
made a pilgrimage to hear Dr. Chalmers at
Dunfermline the morrow. It was on the
inducting young Mr. Chalmers as minister
there -Chalmers minimus, as he soon got
named. The gt.)at Chalmers was -still in
the first flush of his long and always high
popularity. "Let us go and hear him once
more," said Irving. The summer afternoon'
was beautiful -beautiful exceedingly our
solitary walk by Burntisland and the
sands and rocks to Inverkeithing,where we
lodged, still in a touchingly beautiful man-
ner. (host, the schoolmaster, one Douglas
from Haddington, a, clover old_ acquaint-
ance of Irving's, in after years a Radical
editor of mark, whose wife, for thrifty
order, admiration of her husband, etc.,was
a model and exemplar.) Four miles next -
morning to Dunfermhne and its crowded
day, Chalmers maximize not disappoint-
ing; and the fourteen Miles to Kirkcaldy
ending in late darkness, in rain and thirsty
fatigue, which Were cheerfully borne. '
BITTED AND BRIDLED BY nespeesee.
During his first visit to London,. in 1825,
he says :
My own situation was very wretched;
primarily 'from a state of health which
nobody could be expected to undereta;ncl or
sympathize withatud about which I had as
much as .possible to be silent. The accursed
hag " dyspepsia. " had got me bitted and
bridled, and was.ever striving to make my
waking living 'day a thing of ghastly night-
mares. I resisted What T of‘‘.1-1-ral zula
yield eite beste•
-•r Lord .1effraY-, Jane -A. WAIL, F15 -s vng.: peen.
la -le, his beloaaa...-..ana man that. did not . the midst of seine practical - talk
-aa411 bg"°r6 that= l'Ice'wlie.11-:€11Pwilig-rith- Carlyle stops to well over laiti dead wife :
-indiknatianegrouncleOlot so it ever was, •oil, ray ae4r sad, is my soul for
on_the eeese „of right and resiatance . of tato loss of. alaa and., will IQ the pad be, as 1
' wrong: than once has. •he. lifted up aampatp-. alaanoliere oreethre _there is pot
. _hiastrong tax- ceeirta'and-the like liapeefoeeli in „tine werlda.neither person,
before geutlemen,'' {What :he -knete work -or thing goiagoa ip • it that is of arty,
: of highest among men), andreading OordparisOn,"or evelatet all. Death.
-..f•ter.-9/116131 thin4-4e-re4 evOintci feel ahnoet daily in express. fact, deatills
'their deaf l'ear•s-'th° abilt°c° the. One haven atik-have ocatisiontilly a
natural: -justice.- -to. the- convietion 61- all.
kind - of kingShip; ,sorrowful, but sublime,
-whY did welaagh at.theae: thinge while .0..mesi. gectike,.ia the ,feeihrig that that. is.
• We loved.thetia? There:is a. tragic greatness.. s
ometinies the' image of here gone..
andsacreduess in them dew, ,
- . in her ear :of ..victory -.(in .that heautifal.
J-A.RES CARLYEE AND - prit*s-
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----- -The 'More-I:reale-et on it the -more -1 neaSt
- e admire elicasecemplefely:nature had.- falight.
- hinia-h6eveccanpleteliheaVak-deVotecl.te he
_• -worti;-to -the task- ot his -life; and centent
ete let allePase hytaiheedekthet_had not
relation to this.' a ie singular fact,: for
•'eXampte-„,that -though-7- .thail of . enefie
opeunees: meal; -cleaktfesse he- had nevee„
I • helieVe„.- read- thre•e pages of 'Burns!
. poeins. __Not even *lien all -about be-.
eanae: n,oisy. tind. eathusiaetiee the loudest,
• On Liat matter delhe feel it worth while to
reneWeitikiiiveetigatiini Of iteereence-tiike:
7 his face aoWardit. .Thepoetry ho liked (he
did not -caliaite poetry) wee_ teeth" and the
ewiactota - reality. "-Rbapseeipdeed,„could
, - - .
have clone"- nothing' fur - As high a
-:greatuesklaingeover his world over that
Buens----the ever preaent greatness, Of the
Infinite -itself: ISTeither Was ho, Barns,
. , .
. called a reheisygaiiist-theworIkbuttolabor
patiently at his task there, uniting the Pos-."
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- - bible With the; neceesarY to bring out . the
.realeewherein also -Jaye ten :ideate ....Burns.
.eoUld . _not 144,e, aitrava4 estrengthete.d.
"hicii in this-CoUrseatiad 'therefore - was .for:
hini-e-claplienottenort Merely, Neyerurnee:
hacl boon:SO linsy witit• Burns,: and destiny
and. his_oWn: desert badain very d.eed SO
• tarred Itis Jeanie that the good rather'
...avoided; . Yet: it Was not " with_
aversion -that 'My father reearded Burns -
at -woret: with,' indifference- - and :zieglect.
- haee •-"hiard- apeak :ef -mice
•eseelng hire _ 'standing , in Rob- Seat's -
(at Beelefechater aedouht stipere
•''ititeriding: some wor.k).." ale heard-- one sae- a
. 'a•-.There-.i.e•ethe poet .Barne." " .11e...went out
:. tot -oak,. end ..eava-- a !lean with hoots on?
, like a Well dreesed•-, farmer waIkingedoWn
• the'villago on, the opposite..side of the liuria
.
This was allethe .-, these- two Men
ever heel -they- Wefe yerSr -nearly -coevals.-
•' I knew Robert •Burns and I. kftesia--iny..
father.," -Yet were you.to -askine which had• .
ae-thegreathr natu-ralfaceilty I Might Perhaps
raatually pausebefore replying.. - Burris lead
_ tin infinitely wider education-) -My fath0 a
- -.fez Whatesonaere al&esides, the"'-eae -wiee
aliaanotrinueicalatterancpe• theether wholly
na.iiiaos-of-action;- sulaservierit-
•'therete....ever, •afaeill. the - men el: ha,ve
eeeen...bas, One •ceine. .personally my.Way--:
in'evhein.the. endowneeidt,fromelature and
• the terepeafrotN'..Orturie were so eitly out
a :OE preeatirfitne... 1have said:. this often
and pattly_line* ite As a man:Of speenine.
:time -had culture ever' -unfolded
rcinkt: haa,•0 gene :Wilde- ana:deeperate -tea
Barite; linthe_waa man of ::_continet:aud
- work keeps' all right. ;What". Strange shape-
': ableeereatureti We,are?
:Jainee'Carlylexparriedtheeecond time,
in 1715, Margaret Ajtken, the Of the
late'Ilionaancarlylee-• •-- a •
Areenaethetate -evetpan of, to me,- the- fait -
est deetecea tLetia at" of. the pioutiathe Inst. and.
was faithful helpinate.to-• hire; toile
:leg merweariediy.at, his -siclg to us the beet
_of •eill • itigthers, .te: Whotie- foe_ body -and
soul, E owe eendlese gratitude. 'By id's
• great eneacy-ehe ise eta left as ahead aud.
centre ta ait all and_ may yet -cheer; ue-Witle
• her picids haertiera --through. Many' toils, ,if
God so please-. --:"1--atathe eldest child, -born.
- 1795, IaSeember aud, trace deeptY in
-,,neyeelftlieeeteartidaer both:perenteetilse
the _iipleringieg and .eiampleof both.; the.
.inheritance of their natirat health, had not
andthe tireo. beat on it too hard.
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death) and as if nodding< to me With a
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apt. sgone, loved one , work -a
little. longer, _if thine .etim
---ThereTsiatileakeileas iniSMY
4_ follow. carest; if not,
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here. ..-Cotrage, courage - to -the '' :;.that
e6enetitnea, asin.thiamoinent;• is'. ineeprese
•silsty beentifel_ .to . and.comes.-nearer to
beineing tears- than. it caleceedid, e *- `7*
Net all the :Sands auct,-,:liotsand-babblieg
• tif ',celebratedscribbling \vomen
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that have strutted aver thee Wert& .in my
tirias •-could, it seetne to, me,. if all healed
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down- and -distilled ;to' epseece, .rentlio one
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3-661.1" as is this atticle; it gives but tifaint
icleaf.Of the chaem of this book. r'S,eldorte
lids the Public been taken so intotlie•confie
cleric°. of a great- men.. •
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CHAMPAGNE IN THE VESTRY.
Singular Divorce Case Brought by the Wife of an
Archdeacon.
Mysterious Visits Paid at Night to the
-Church by Two Ladies—Vergers
and Whiskey.
There has been a sensational case in the
London Divorce Courts. A few 'ilayei ago
Mrs. Edith Wentworth Dunbar bmught an
action for judicial separation on the ground
of the alleged adultery of her husband, the
Venerable Archdeacon Charles Gordon
Cuming Dunbar, formerly of St. Andrew's
church, Tavistock place. The petition said
that while the respondent was there to
conduct service in a very ornate and highly
Musical style he was frequently visited. in
thevestry by two ladies under very peculiar
circumstances, and it was alleged that he
Was in the habit of visiting one of those
ladies at her house in Gloucester place,
Hyde Park. The London _Daily News
gives the. following account of the first
day's testimony:
• Joseph Sharp was the first witness
called. He said he was formerly , the
verger of St. Andrew's church, Tavistock
place, and he used to sleep in the vestry ;
above the vestry was another room, nicely
fitted up; called " the Venerable Aach-
deacon Dunbar's study; . it Was occupied
by the archdeacon, who occasionally Slept
there; some of the choir were in i the
habit of .reinainieg after the services: _Were
over ;- they used to drink and smoke in the
vestry, and frequently stopped until 11
o'clock at night; a Mrs. Blake frepiently
atime into the vestry after the service E4 See
the archdea.cen, and sometimes she went
into his study and was witlathe archdbacon
alone for an hour or an hour and r4half
sometimes witness was ordered Vs 1 her
to remain in the 4urela until the choir had
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left the vestry, and then to send her into
the vestry to the4relideaciai • Witnees
verger for aboaffwo yeta ”.„:1 lt3---- I -
visits weee-.....,-eara.
• ake visited t
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was
e
atchdeacon in the vestry oftener than al a.
Tette ; the drinking took place on the
average three or feat times a week after
_the services a he never saw a- curate about
-the place ; when witness gave his:eyid+Oe
to Me. De/teen, a. solicitor, he received a W
sovereign, . - -and -- Mr.- eutworth,Mrs.
Dinabar's brother • toldliina previously that
he would be paid if -Lac gave his evidence-.
Reexaminede--Mr. Deaconat :the .ti e
'was. actiuga as .Mr. Wentworth's solicitor ;
lie :received _ the usualeifeeWith his stem-.
name; and that was all the money he go;
he -left the archdeacon's ' church asomd
montns.ago ; the -geptlenian who assisted:
the archdeacon with:the- tiervicerawas Lbid
Theobald Butler. - a
- Heiiret Tyson said that he was an tieblyte-
in St: Andrew's ••cmarcle. in 1t78; ho had
:Oben drinking- going- on- in -the arelideactlai's:
room'. late - at enight., ande he _had Seen ithe-
-.tieehde aeon 4ho- worse for -drink lehe !late*
MM.. Blake eveeyewelteeelie -Weil:0 atoethe-
church nearly. every afternoon; . she Was
therewhenthere were . services and when
there were neeetvices a she often ewont up
into the: ncl arehOeacon's study, the del "Of
which en one occasion he feulooked.; he
waited for sometime, andwhen the door
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Before wo:aan hope: tO fight bohaltnptian
with any ichance of -success we have to. get
rid of the niglat-air" eapeistitieW Like
...dread., of coId. water; .,' raw fruit;etc., it is
_founded, eta that mistruetet our itetireett3
_which_We eWeteatue-eantanataral religion;
Itis probably the -meat prolific eitigle.eause
of inipaired -1.1eattli,vgii_ among .the soiy•ilize4
'Malone of. our enlightened ageatlicingh-,"its
abeurdity- rivalsthe grossest delueion eief
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the:Witch-craft erea The sabjecteon of holy
-teeSan•te-he.eiaaes, could hardly pa ftirtleere
af.Bewate ofetheanight-vvind; _be:sure e,nd
elese your: windows after dark!" ',In other'
words, .beevare of Ged.!_s r'free air ; be
and. infecteyour_luirge with the :stagnant,
-tizetizedaand-offenaive._. attriosphere..ef your
bed -room.. I -In other .. weeds,- bewarenfe. the
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rock -.spring ;1...eticktelsewerage. Is : ;light,
. .injuriceik?- "Ia -there a single :tenable
pretext for such an: idea?.: Shade thu.. day
of ,ceeatien that tarliata been lareathed With
lino:1110y .by Milliensni different..., ahinarala
ea -tender, delipate creature, 'smile -Of them
Lefeeetis laenbe and youne birde'-- The
-retaiet :nigl.*.a.ir of the trepicale forests . is
lbeeittlied Witheinpunity-by our -next: •• relae
„tivee, the _anthropoid ,apeaa-Lthe -sanieapes
that e soon norisY-with. cousumptiOniu the
Ouse thoagh generally well-warin ed.:Minos, -
•-.phere otteur northern menageries. Thous
ands of seldiersahuaters;
every pight. ita ..teuts and -open eheda
:without:the; least. iejaritius- cen_sequencesa
men. in the last -stage of censuniptionhave
recovered :1?-y-adopting.,w.siemi-etivage mode
of: life, and -,eanaping- out -doors but
:the, stOrmiest - inghte. . Is •-itatlie draught
'Yon fear, .Ge the contraet of -temperature..?
,Blaeksmithaanderailreadsconductore, :seem.
-teetliriee under such infliteaces. •- .Dreeiglit?
Have -yanneVer .aden, bays . skating.- in the.
teeth of saiw-stoemetet the rate ref fifteen
. „ „.
Miles an _hour •?, counteract -the*
- e.ffeet of. the-cold:air by vigorous exercise." •
Ts -there no. :ether away of keeping Warm?'
l)oes the mirth:Wind daniage the Lae. lady:
sitting.inotienlesa be the pilot
and -- helmsinaat of La isitorni-toseed vessel ?
-It cannot. he the. in -Clemency .of 'the- Open.
air; -,for„-eVen in 'sweltering: sunaneer nights;
the: ailereet siattla blatiae.d_hy all -pr6a7
tures that -...t;,-rtiev•- the -bree.thef, life; brings
no -relief to the victim of acrophobia-. There-
ite- doubt that fa,milietaavho _have . freed.
-.thernaelveti. irinia the Curee'of ..that super-
stition„,can• liveoutand ont_healthiek in -the
'heaat -of ageeat city:than-ita-slaves on the
airiest highlaed. Ofr-the southern Apennines.
-Dr. Felix L. :Oa:Wald-4:in Popular Science
Montlilyfor-Marclf. • • -
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was opened Mrs. Blake and. the arclideac. n
cite:tie:Out; he had Oben the -archdeacon kiss
•.
several ladies as they were leaving•chur .
.-.Crossesetaartiated- -1le had -eein Mts.._
131eke-in the.church cleaning the .bi•assw,ork
and sweeping the carpets ; witness hid
never been charged.' with pilfering -money
out of the offertory ; the .kissieg,- -he to_
spoken Off took placein the porch. tendthe
archdeacon 'kissed: the ladies all round. -
(Laughter.) ._ _ -- '. - -;
-.William Kew, the verger who stfeeee
Sharpe gave- evidence as to the. reap.=
'and-Mre: Blake being frequently • tege
in the -vestry. -- Ile also gated -that lie
seen the l'arelideaeon-and Mrs. Blake t
worse for driuk•upen Seveial occasions.
- • Cresi-.examined-YritneseWasdeschaig d
. . . ,
etid
her
foabeing drunk,- - - ..
. --William George Boylett eaidthe featne ly
:acted- -as verger anO.• used, to live at the'
church e he. .slept .in :the .vestry. '•• 'Wee:
Foote: frequehtly-gave him neeseages for IE
arclaleaccm,and en one ecoasion when s , e
calledathere he put out the- gee ill the
*arch; - according M.: orders; -._ and shoW 'd
her •up ibto the archdeacon's reeve, wlite
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:they remained alone . tegether for ' tibe, t
tweaty .rniputea; this Sort .of thing hap-
pened almost every Wed.neSdaer evni.e4.;
..witries8.1.4::seete tliO arclicloacoli kiss
ifs-,
.FOoto .,- aboutm- l
_ six-. times a he had fete d
whiskey froapublic oose:fee theii
- r la
deacon; . and ope-•occasion, after ' Mrs.
Foote left; be noticed that abettlie of,
w-hisket Inca ' been: drunk ,-; - Mre:-Foote
visited -the .archdeacon when,: he:- was 11
in
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e Mrs. Edith Wentworth Dunbar, a tal1?'
lady -like person, -, was,. next .eallede She
said:slia was the petitioner =in this - FiUtt,
they: *tors- marriedan the 1.7th. Of October,
18.72, and _they lived together until Jana ye
1879 a Much against her wish her husband
-took the at TavietocIte piece, -:!ii
February, 1878;.her husband. had _ the
entirecOntrol of her ineomeeeptto te . aw.
monthe before' the' separation ;: lib Y,re.i in
the hallit of drinkiaga.gteat deal apluP: u.
orie oCcaeioji he came hotheintoxiCated tie
ho weuld. aet leave .-hiti'Clitireli 'she_W nt
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abroad in18793,1 she was -not acqn'air( , 4
-with: the: balm whiled -hames lieeleheif
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mentiened. ,, - : • . , ' ' -' . . -• !-.. . .
.Cross=examined-In February; 1.879, t y
separated;: thero-vos 0110 child of the ni -r-.
mice named Beattie: about the- custody 'of
Whom a petition was fyledin the It is
Court ; it was_ heard in August-- last i tho,
ArSt person to tell'her of thecircumstanccs
which resulted itt. this suit was her bre r ;
an order was Made by the Master °titlie-
Relliatha,t thecuetody of the child sladald
he- given absolutely to tier liuSbaild • that
Was , be -cause an -offer was. -made lin , 'co. et
that her.husbatid- would live with her again.
. .-ReeexamineO-aAt that time she rciacleal
chargee. against ,ber luisbanda' De: Allen
Said. the - archdeacon had told- him _ oh tVia
.separate occasions that if the -petitid 'er
would allow him 6500 a year he would igive
up the custody of the child, and thathis
wife could then go where she pleased[ and
do what she liked.
This being the case for the petitiiinier,
Mr. Waddy for the defence said that( the
respondent totally denied the chil,rges
alleged against him, which were false; and
wicked fabrications.
A TOUCHINO TALEL
The Perfidy of a Faithliass
" Wife.
Mow She Managed a Plot to Get
Husband Back Lb Prison.
At the Central Criminal Court, L01
the other day, just as the jury were I
ning to consult as to their verdict
prisoner, an ex -convict, who had been •
into custody with spurious coin it
Iler
don,
gin -
the
aken
his
possession, was allowed by the judge Jus-
tice Hawkins, to question a policeman.
g the
The following sensational episode heir
result:
"Was it a woman (he asked) who
you the information?" Thee polic
hes,,iAtantsewder,,!
commandedthe judge.
"]t Was," said the officer.
"Do you see her in court?" askeil the
prisoner. The officer looked about vae uely.
a Is that the -woman ?" asked the prit enter,
pointing to a, rather showily dressed w man
with handsome features but a• cold , dis-
dainful expression of face.
" It is," replied the officer.
"My lord," said the prisoner, with a
slight tremor in his voice, " thatiwon.p,n i
my wife I" " ;.
• A buzz of surprise followed the min unce
ment, and the woman turned her head
away from the dock: .
"1 would like to say a few word
lor,dn3;"1.,c,,onvetianueedxttrhae.va7a-rnr. t unexp: °t-
astes i nd
veiyexpetteive habits.: ' I was vfrei
ond of her, and ' did _ all: I 'co! 14
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6 content her, Hetiestly I.could not le. bee
pace with her desires, and. we teak to
lege She we,s withfineineall my cipeeatiC. pa ,
aided in the • Weak, - assisted in 'pass n
he Money. .Wheit :we - Were taken t lii
viclenee Was just as. strong against her ..ae.
against Me.. In answer to qbeetieneil rirt"
guilty and .saiOI to-coinpetted:1* to - 1.0
o .niy -counsel; I was told that if Iple:t4 4:
nie, she would get Off:, I did- -so, and Ae.
Was acqftitted. , 'Wee.. sentenced to seTen
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years' p.eeitil servitude. . I_ served' My ' ull
ime, -areteame- ..back: te ,I.andOn; de et;
reiaea t� Mad an honest life and to rest' re
my wife to tin leanest home; .. It Was
Mee beton Ifound herbut I to obtaii
sin' e -
Work at.50s..a., Week; •I had only -Ole.. ,ted
'all
-to make aeheiv hOme for my wife. E%. ii,
ually I found her. -. _She was living- •.' ith
another mane -His nameis-Foster.' -.- She i - ld
nee -that -elite- had --beenebbligedl, to a .' pt-
bin-assistance:0e eshe -*mild- have stare.' -de
Foktor-Watearf011ow-workrean- of--iniue.._ I -
*as willing to believe all she said .tuid ' to
forgive her. It was a bitter- struggle, bet I
did it.. -. i.Come home,' I said to .her,. ' i .hd
et . beigetietie be - bygones' - She . said i he
etetild not - come - immediately. It wquid
takes. little time to break Off with"Fos e
but she -we -ad do it. ' I Waited; :_tend 'eV
It
week as I received .iny wages I took ...•21. AO
her and gave it to her that 'eheraight li :ve .
Money without a4ing.Fixiter for -any. -;;At '
last tilie : appointed', a -night • When it he -
declared she would leave Foster.. 1. was to
meet. her at the: cornerof Rathbone plited:
I- did so. She said Foster hadedome it 4,
bine. . ,` I love you -.still,' .slie said; ' bar,
ef
with her and maesa street - or f39-• off,' . Up
that She would go and and - -tell ,...-him -. i OW'
that sho. had made' up -her .mind. to I. ' , vie -
than any other man in a the --world, a nd
would. •never haye left yeti of nay.own r4
Wilt.; hold- -this _until I coine back, ..I vill
only he, n ieW. minutes.. I waitek
alined immediately a policeman came
took 1110 lint) .-. Custody,: I -did -, not 11;
what the paeket bOntainSd iait turned:
gttve
an
iid
-t
ove
out
to, be false silver -c.einagee?" - He pal sea
liefS; .an.d. there was considerable sensa,j jell
in _court; everybody convinced of the tiuth
-of tho. maa's statement, and inipressed by
its Simple and dramatic force.
• 'a I leerned. afterward," said hee." 1
when shc. left; me-71yith that packet itt:
hand -she -went up'..to the first policeman
meta told him where I stood, thatk
I
returned COnViCt,:a coiner of a power_ of; ad
moneY; she knew- it, -. • site *said, becan'e s)I
had tried to pass some of itupoiiher. U hat
is my storyeney, Ideal"•a ' . - -. :.1, I'-
', A pin might have been heard drop W : lie.
the prisoner was making :his statene: nt;
:no -court liStened With almost Ideatli , eg'..s
interest. When he had finished a got aa
half -controlled expressidn of _wonderi0 a
indignation went round andthe Jurylia leed
up: at the judge iraa bewildered and pile fled
4
7-1
halt
44.
she
a..
-," Policemari,"-said the judge. -
lord;",resp.cinded tho offider.
• " Pid this woman speak to you, as
Prisener says -?." - -
a Yes; nay lord" :
et'Aile, d.snagaylord."
-
gave you ati..on as de-
scribed?" . _ • .
,.y `, " Was the packet of spurioussilver
hand, as he sa--Ys?."- „.,
a It was, thy lord." a --
-tpon the direction Of the judge the:
°Ilea Wee acquitted and; those in wart ra -sea
§ubsoriptiou for him. They, iaised_a )out
170rfor him. His story has been fee fie
in everYaletaile - • -
-e
- ' ' , • . . a
The .' marriagearranged to take jlace
betweet Captain Holbech, 6lltleRifies,-aide-
de-camp •lia -General -Luard in Caujida,
eldestson of tlie:Archdeaccin of Cove'. try,
of Farnborough Ilan', Warwickshire, i and
Lady Mary Clay, daughter of Sir John and
the :Hon. Lady ..-WalrenO; - of - 13rad eld,
evon, wa,s*celeleratedonMonday, the - h3th
ult.' - ; . - . : • . - •- ' I.
I
Gilbert, and :Sullivan's . new * rest eti
libretto' is -.a development .of -the-. be Ila
of the " Two --Curates." - " - ' '
TEA TABLE GOSSIP.
- Cold brooks are making firm trout.
-Receipt for steadiness -Where slip-
pery, put ashes.
- The kiss reverential on the young lady's
forehead is not invited by the frivolous
bang.
-The grocer who wan te to do the thing
up brown uses brown paper for wrapping up
sugar.
-Prof. Herrmann's card tricks do not
take well in the state Of Georgia. He was
gambling.
-According to the Syracuse Herald,
March came in like a sheep -in wolf's
clothing.
-He couldn't raise the mortgage on his
building lot, and so, poor man, without
becoming blind he lost his site.
-In Toronto, within the past week, there
has been a large quantity of coal oil seized
for not being up to gravity.
- Every one, it is said, has a mission,
but it seems to be the mission of very few
people to mind their own business alone.
-7" Not this evening" slides. gracefully
from the lips Of the slang -user at present,
in place of "not much," retired.
The tendency of the general markets is
buoyant, and the outlook, from almost all
quarters, is reported good.-Bradstreet's.
-Never address your conversation to a
person engaged. in footing up a column of
figures. There's nothing so deaf as an adder.
---Robinson Crusoe knew what it was to
suffer,away out of the sight of any civilized
human being, and also out of whiskey.
- It is said that robins remain in the
bush all year, so -that it is no wonder they
are seen. occasionally in the vicinity of
the town. '
. -The hands on the Belleville city clock
stopped the other night, being stuck_in th-
snow which 1210 --uuor. Line
e•-aeaea s name into the ice at
yde Park when another skater added
he legend : Pay the bearer fifty million
dollares." •
-A Buffalo hotelbas introduced red
lights ihto its halls leading to the stair-
ways and white lights in the -others. This,
t is thought? will at once show Strangers
he Way to their -rooms at night andaservd
as ,a guide to the _firemen and others in'
6ase of :fire. • • - - -
-The following is recommended as a
tire for neuralgic headache : SqueezAhe
uiee of a lemon into a small _cup of strong
coffee. This will usually afford immediate
did in neuralgic headache. Tee, ortli--
narilY increases -neuralgia: pain, and ought
not to be. usedary persons affected with it:
a --The 51 Thomas Times is responsible
or the atatenient thakMolly Matches, the
notierieuscenfidence map, married a -Ridge -
own -girl a, short time agolie went by the
name of Wells, and the young .woman. is '
Catharine Flight; She overheard 'Mollie
alkiag to enerofhis pals,-andshortly
hurt,
-The oiler makers of .Chiettgoaexeept
hose in • the' railroad sliopsaare on strike
or in advance of 10 per cent on the pre
sent :wages,' The .ship -carpenters and
calkers there have also struck to have
wages raised to-na -day. They were get-
ting $2.175'. _St. Louisfbriekla.yershaye got
§1 a day; • -
-Why do certain booksellers still crowd
their windows with the horrible looking -
remnants of their:Stock of valentines? .No
one is desirous Of laying 111 a steak for next
Valentine's day.._ • These blood -curdling
looking Portraits have Probably been more
productive of nightmares in youthful minds
than all the minee pies of the .Christmas -
. -
season. . -
London -a testhetics " of the languid
attitudes, the drawling tones, the longhair
and the Greek styles, not forgetting dirty
lake and !peacocks! feathers, passionately
adore Ruskin, -who, it is 'Said, went into ,
rapture a when he saw "the Jersey hly• -
The ".testlietiCe" call Ruskin "master"
and they sadly drink tea. But why adore
the lily, who is a very sensitive sod Of
lady ?.
BABY -SLEEPS.,
Let eVery Sonna. 1.4. dattd.-
Baby sleeps ;
•-T4e.enaperor softly' tr`ad•
• Baby sleeps".
Let 'Mozart's music stop. •
Let-Phiaiss' chiSel drop-,
• Baby sleeps ;
• Demosthenes beAlunib;
Our tyrant's how has C01flE-7.
13nby sleeps. '
-In the -- Butter and Egg, Coneention,
held at Cedar Rapids, Ia.; the other day, a -
discussion on . the question:, ar,HOW shall
poultry beadreesedi and pecked - for the
etieteini market?" leemight out the -fact that
Boston -wants only 'dry pickednnd drawn -
fowi. with betideand feet Off, While New
York and Philadelphia, want theirs.withe
heads 'and feet en dry picked and undrawn
marriage sorvoe was in progress it
St. Jolan'_s church, New Orleans- A closely
veiled woman- infant -in -het arms :
walked:up the centre aislejust as tlie Clergy- .
man - asked .if anybody objected to the.
union.; "I' do," said the intruder,
off lier veiLand laying the baby at the feet of- '
the bridegroom. •_ "Here is year child, You -
are my husband. I am lawfully yourevide,
and ..:yenieshelLenot -marry_this_woinan."
She made a furious attempt to attack him?:
but was restrained -by thd ushers, while•the -
bride screamed and - fainted:-: It transpired
that the Wonian was net the .man:e wife,
though -• he had for years:,madeber believe
so by means of a fereed. certificate.
• . ?
LAST WoIlDs.
Of a pliotogyapher-...----.", Now keep very
-still." •. • •
'These of "a dying ferryman--" I'M ,going a -
-over the river.". - -
-
Those cif It dying barber-" ._gelpg to --,
make a lie* dye." •
• Those of a. dyitigWa,talitnaker--"TinOing
to wind tip my affairs." "
- Those of a -dying. shoemaker
through at lard.", -
Those of, a dying baker,--" I'm ,not
knelided:anylonger.7 • .
Those of it dying conductor--.6.NO'return -
tiekets where I'm going." . „•' -
. tra