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The Exeter Advocate, 1889-6-6, Page 6•A CHANGED DECIS101\ CIE AFTER. II. It seem staken for granted that, acconeing lo the beet anthorities, and the higheat, or leasb ebe most prevelent feeble= 0 Mete, .SOthing need be eaki. of the hopes, the foam the trials, soccesses, and dieoppointments of ny heroe4 and. herelneawio May get mar - tied. These wha hews been fortimate enough to taste the wedded blies of reallefe, anew how fer this is a sensible rule, and how far justified by the abeence of all exciting opieeeles afteryearde, nowever, we aial begin by adhering to thie rule nretteraosely, only ladioeting the eouree a Racibury'a We for a few year atter hie marriege ; and, it 14 hue fair to hie wife ta start withthe declar• s4lOn that lee was more happy with her than hes exneeted to be. Utiles% was wholly on the girl's title, Redbury had not for a long time the lout lace of the love which viewed, owe Reined to, he her heart. Bue he eere le at lest, and, as a mai would tee, not ne a evemen, 4Aibe gradually ead logieelly to knew aucl modentaads thee 80 loPg be kept her lave, aud she knew or thought she hae his, net pain, no xeceidee would be too nreet for her to suffer or make io his behalf. After realising this, he eeeree4 m knows even beeter ;hail befexe, thee ehe bed mime had hi* /eve. Her earnestnese awl intemity olemiet itightioted him.; ithel atens when be woe away from her, he would picture her zeal= en certain cantle:gee:nice or trylug peaitione, mad the reaalt et these reflections wae rarely faceeneed etteettelaeee on hie pert, Two ,glildtea WO@ hero eo them. enirl and 4 bey. The girl wee Pegatbi Hoed Jr meth. er teed poked it tibary it he would nee liyee to hevo ce:etelneme, After 1;11$:wither; buz he nil ; " N4. dly mother'a mete wee ern pretty ite yeur owe ; so le; i; be Tl,)%0 enly„" With the bay it wee different. Moe Red- rann- wished Mae:eerie ee he .4 Fronde „lobe," lifter her hitebetal, nor brother, and, as it opptered, bee teeher ; hue etre Beilbury wee oaexpetdoilly ;arm. He woe very grew for a white, mere *dot tog thenghtful% laced than gt) bad ever ;mown him or so looga time, elid he would eit end smolt the siteepiag Odd by the hew together, when tide vett wee up:in him. Oe WaS to eta' t ou the eatintry roiled upon the zest one—im came le eod eeid he lied reg. feeered the boy, mut hie nettie woe Co- rti% It heed etrack ;Aim AS Whig a very preety namo. mud he hed beeu reuclutied of ie by a tele he had recent. ly AM; WaS quite mored. at the mad shed a few teem ot vexetien at the idea of her boutifal boy beim; celled by each au oue leudiela mime. MI home tied heard et Cyree 1 SeMy1 oreigieemmelihtt tiame 3 Thee eparn5 1e; bet the znieehtet• "WarS deem Theo wee tee doubt of dew, for $,Farle*whe ebief felling wan um; that ot reading impdett col:Idiocy iu ;my outi, wet wad te the teeletrar, with whom he bad enoasteaeletainle, mid; eatieded himself that Relburyse atetement Wee a true one, so far as it went. Speele qualified it thus In hie own udnd, bat mei nothing evenly : "Ile moat have had some neon for call. Ig the boy Cyril!! Leunceetou, mei for holding Ida Mug= about tho Komi name." Thies redeeted leperle. " Well, I east bad my tongue as quiet es he OU hold hie for a bit, anytime. There is a plihe called letauccatou somewhere; 1 am auto I have hcar a them= ; perbnps ho hal num thing to tio with that place. Attyhow, I shall he likelier to dud out if he does not know exactly what I enepto ; eo we 41411 ace." Te little vozetioa was eon get over ; cud Redhery aud bie nife verged good frieude, when the former went off for hie country round, Bizeinees wm batik up= this izeursion, and tecre wae increasel gen. LaUtyhetweee the partners. A onetime eoure.e of cotvereation was Ittfle Cyr, of whom Spare was quite as ready to talk as wee the fether, and this was not feigned on Uncle Jelinee " peat, as he won reelly fond of both the children. If he bed :my other motive in en. often turniug tho convereation to thie topic, he alweye managed to conceal it under the intermit Le assuredly did take In the young ones, The tour was concluded, and rici success luny, that name plane for dividing the roond and woeltineLr nere completely were diecuseei as the pair returm d to tendon in the beet of tempers with each otleer. Ttey parted at their usual renelezvone, the stable and rearehonee, and, as was natural, Roileury went straight home, or nearly so. Daring the time he had been with Sparle, he had called, on rerarning Lo and ere leav- ing London, at a certain restaurant—a " coffeewhop" it vaq celled in iM neighbour hoed, hut modern to.ste prefers the vereign name—where, ae he had arranged with his friend Mr. Ashwell, such letters of import- ance 38 it might fee. any reason be desirable to sereen from too general a gaze were to be sent. Hitherto, these calls had been fruitless; bat on this night the landlord said: "Yee" Mr. Rodlettry, there ie a letter for you at last; aid any one would have thought you knew it was coming, for it hae not been,here an hour." Rodbury Smiled at this, uttered some little jEst in reply, then carelessly thrusting the unopened letter into his pocket, walked away with anything but the air of a man vvho was expecting important news. This in- difference only lased until he wee fairly out of sight of the shop: he then tore open and eagerly read the note. It was brief, and em- phatic: "Man RoDBURV— Come to rae at once; 1 have 310We of importance for you — news which changes everything. Do not de- lay.—H.A. " This was all; but there was ghite enough in these few words to disturb the reader palpably. With knitted thoughtful brow, he went on until he was within aquarter of a mile of his own home, then, just as he reached the corner of a large street from which his smaller thoroughfare branched, he peused, looked hesibatingly down it for a few seconds, then, as though he had sudden- ly tome to some decision, turned abruptly round and at once struck cff in another freedom eie vela be imagined, his way led him to his friend Ashwelln, and on inquiry he found that gentleman was within. "And never more gladno see any one in InV life 1" exclaimed Aehwell, after a few words of explanation; " although I little expected so prompt an answer to my lettere You must have received it, friend Leunces- ton'— An exclamation and a warning shake of the head interrupted him here. " Yes, I said Launceston, and I meant it," continued Ashwell. " 1 direoted the note to Mr. Rodbory, and repeated the name in side, according to our agreement. Me S for the list time, I hope. Henceforth, you are again to be Cyrus Launceston to me and to the whole world." "delay, what—what has happened?" said Rodbury; rand his face paled, then flushed, while his voice faltered as he spoke. "Your grandfather is dead. I was sent 1 tor by his special request, when it waa plain tinet Us hours were ourebered," replied Ash. well. "He is gone; so you have no cauee to fear ; and, moreover, he had completely for- given you, ae / On empty prove." " But even if he had—which I could hardly believe it any one elm had told me," eaid his frieuel—" even if he had done ace there are other e still more dangerous who know—who had proofe tem 'tee— " Noe a bit of it, my deer fellow," inter- posed Ashwell, aa the ether faltered. "But 1 had better tell you all ebout it; ac, sit down, there—take oee 0 these cigaes—and limn." Mr. Aehwell then entered on a ematuary of what had tranepired of such impertioace to his fried; o pretty leegthy summary too, requiring the beat pert of an hour be ite telling ; but a brief online a his narrative will serve our purpose. Herbert Aelewell and Cyrus Le-anceeton had been playfellores, sehoolfellowe, and Weigle; while the latter, having. once meed Ash - well's We at the imminent risk of hie °Wee had earned the never -failing gratitude of his chum, although he wide light of the !ferric° himself, He waa wont to .say, with a little spice of truththat as et wee the only geed deed, he had ever dime, it echo= out more vividly with him than it worded helm dime with any one else. Both, 1.euncestou'a patentee died when he was young, leaving hire to the are of hie graudiather, a wealthy and in the nude ,a aindly men, bet eratchezy, nasty of temper, emit tyriseutoiel; motet ell 4 Medel eueZediall for A pntili, ited /Well a youth. When Pill- ( dem treetteitut awl ,ere might have dem for Cycrie, it le litipeodble ;Crean he had enough, as he owned, of the family gifte to need a greet; deal of heat eheee ebeentialao and he got ziothlog of them. Prat, he quarrelled with the old men vice lently, roe, as alleh 4 piir would be lialydei quarrel ti hen, AS IlethinZ we gained and much lot by this, the young fellow took to creit mid tried to hoodwiuk Lia haute old reledon. Ireluckdy, he get held of a very bad set; such a omug rune m himself Was ore to get hold of A bad set ; On which the ueed for cratabig end craft incremed rapid- ly In plitio Hagfish, Cyrile wAli a sad youtig fellow, aeldsh in the extreme, disel. peter]. —of couree hypoeriticel—aed wee AeWing Watzegrain ail roiled then even the treilitienal wild-oet. eduele detaii of leia led:levities ie oet m- eowed bete; het it tureed get thee hie greudiether, lithe WAS hilly feureeere yeare ef age, mad held le= more cleaely colder wivich thee the youug inati droire of, ao knew et zwerly alt be woold heve cenceeled, among other tillage sef his bovitog glveopoet. !Aim, bile pXyalge At his grandfettier'e death, mid diet -mated at a rehears rate upon the chauce of his being mode heir to the old meats property. At lest there came an ex. plotters, premeture ou elech aide, ic would seem, for Gyres coald not afford et thie crime to quarrel with, the old man, who on hie pare, bed he but waited for A day or two vvould Wive tweed something well celeuleted tO e4nte 4 breach between teem, Led all elm been eatiefacture. As it W43, tiny flatted ober a etormy in- terview, iu whioh, it wee reported, tho elder struck Ws greueleou acrosa the face with hie no im as TO drew blood. On the next dity hie benkers advieed him that he lied slightly overdrawn hie accouut They had paid his cheque for te thousend pomade, but only out f coati:ley to an old customer. This cheque wae a forgery, and Cyril; Leunceatort elle forger. The old men wits farioal. He paid the cheque, and ect oteained peescesion of it ; hut then he gave !reformation to the police, and actually offned a rewarrifor the culpritti eppreheutioa. This was eo trivial in amount, however, as to savour more of an insult than I. stimulus. It was eupposed that Gyro would endeavour to make his escape to America ; and as he was not stopped at the porta, it well suppond also that tie lead aucceeeed. Anhwei' kept upon friendly terms with the, old man, and by his counsel and by hie unfailing advocacy of Cyrus, who, he always contended, had never bad a chalice to do well, had gradually eoothed the grandfather, who, with advancing years and declining, hoalth, became gentler in his memories of the boy, as he termed him, and a severer critic of himself. He thought that Cyrus must be dead ; but Ash- well invariably rosserted hie conviotion that he was not ; he had stronger grounds for thin conviction than he chafe to confide to the old man; but tbelatter wasveryshreved, and may have divined that Herbert knew more than he told. Be that as it may, when the old gentles man died, it was found that the bulk of his property was left to his grandson, if claimed by- him within seven yeara. The forged cheque had been destroyed in Ashwell's presence ; while the old man had written to the police and had advised the bank, that on refiedon he emir it was probable thee: his erandson considered he had authority to sign in his name; and so there was no erimenality in the act for which he had fled. "So, everything is plain sailing or you," concluded Asbwell, whose narrative, as rcay be supposed, did not include all the points herein detailed. "You are worth a hun- dred thousand pounds as you stand there, besides the house and grounds. All is clear now. Yon can go and take possession fear- lessly. Yoe will look out for a handsome wife, and settle down among the best of them. And then, you know, bygones will be by- gones." "And is such a marriage to be the natural result of my &mere of fortune ?" said Rod - bury, or Latinceeton. "Is it in melt a pod. tion I am m find my happiness ? He spoke with apparent difficulty, and ended with a short laugh, so harsh and strange, that Ash- well looked curiously at him for an instant ere he spoke. "You are a queer fellow, Cyrus," he said ; "but that you always were— "No 1 I shall not 1" abruptly interrnpb- ed his friend. "I am married." "Married 1" The surprise had evidently rendered Ashwell incapable of saying more fel the moment ; but recovering hineself, he continued : "You are married, and have kept ib from me 7 This was nob friendly or wise, Cyrus. 'I should have been glad to know your wife ; 1 might have done more for you, and her"— "And the children,' again abruptly in- terrupted Redbury, as we shall continue to call him. "Yee, you may stare; bub it is true. I have been married lone enough to have two children; and my wife belongs to the tribe of hawxers and cheap isoks—or her friends do." "By Jeve 1" muttered AehweIl. The quick ears of his visitor caught the exclamation, subdued though it was. "1 tell you, Herbert." he went on "that not. withstanding this, sbe is good enough for me, and is a true and devoted wife, accord- ing to her light. I looked upon myself as no better than a fugitive convict, so what did it matter how 1 Jiang myself away. But even that last sentiment le all humbug. .1 mo emthat elm was good enough for me. To keep up my chareeter, I oppose, and to eeeere my marriage being in keeping with the rot of my honourable life, 1 married her ender a false name. To her I are Frank Rodoury, and the is bdre. Bocibiny.—You mieht have expected this from me. --might you not?* "Ste down win," returned Ashwell; "talk oelney, and Temonahly if you on, and tell nla all about this etrange beeinesee" His friend complied; and his narrative mi. dently had the greetest intereet for Ashwell. Now,the latter wee an honorable mama gene - roue and. devoted Weed, as he bad shown often enough. But he was, and had always been, under 4 Sett of glamour er charm as re• gulled Cyrus, whom berated far too highly, and for whom he always made excuses. He believed in him, as celcelated to make a figure in the world if he cculd only get the chance ; and We ededretien, We belief, ren- dered him an =sate adviser when hie friend's lotereste were veseeioned, ; pez- verting his own hew= and truth, fulness into something wearing te very cliffereut aspect. On the few ociasione when, of late yeare, he bed seen and conversed with Ashwell, Bodbury alwaya left him the better for the interview; bet he did not do so on this night. If the eouesel Ashwell had given or rather the hinted euggeratione he had given, for the time lied hardly owe for direot comma on the subjeet, were Snell as Weld pronme an. uogenerem line of eandeet 44 Itedburyes part, fato played strangely and =expectedly into hie heads. He dwelt in 4 small back street, lined with six -roomed houses, deeeet and 014 enough pleeete and his, like meet of the othere, held more thee 04.0 famUy. Ile era Hen held for rooms!, a mite and leili wife routed the other two, mul all had hitherto gime an mitoothly between them. The Man was an muntlene conductor—it meet be eon that the metal ohmage likely to ariae from Redharre attnneatnea to Wealth V/4/4 great end tereptitig—we he was frore ADM A seem deal, ewe on eille pertioaler !ley, elemme'or fete, brought *bout a Towel between the tem wives, CM OM moo and paltry eetee tion of washing or dryhig elothee, as fer as ould be made out In hie mood, a cptarrel an Seal a beefs wae lodultely more galting end.painial to Itailberi then my outbreele srletag froth More important matters. "Why, Blot" be exclaimed, as he threw open the ogee of We little garden and emir hie wife etandueg intim peeeene leading from the inreee deer, which WM wide open, ber fece dolled ecerlet, while she wm exchaug. tug 44 "angry parte" with SOMA aItSULfemo Moe 14/IOW tile upper pert of the imam 4 Be celm, Rao I" he condensed. "Do uou mite youreelf, If Ilre Nithy lam °traded you, the ehall leave." "Leave1 Loewe 1 mooted his wife; her tone was pitched for the benefit of her no - men folvereery. should Hawk the *hold love 3 she ehau go before dinuer-tiate to- morrow, ami 1 will tura her out myself, if nd ono ellie Will do It," "You 1 you 1--eueli a thing *arm 14 retort. od the voice, "It ie more elm yeit dere de, ean show my rezelate for rent ; and you lay fi 'ger on me, or touch anything of mine, and 1 will have you before the megletram— a, thing 1 donee, you are need to, modern." "Come In, Reset Do you hoar? Come im I my ? Redbury, seizing his wife's write. "'Von meat nee to on like this." Buell he had not knownit before, he veto to torn now of bow little even ere omen - toga and commands with arihtfurieted women ft WAX teeny minute ere he could pert the dieputeute, wbose tannage grew hotter, as " him" on either side told; and when at lam he got his wife into her own remote, MeV% seized, as another of count, with a desper- ate fie of cryIng byeterice. It was unfortunate that such a display should Imo occurred =this night. Bodbury had never before emu hie wife at her worst; he *brays knew she was capable of violent passion, but she had not thown it so openly. Twenty-four hours earlier he would hero been offended; angry, no doubt, but he would not have bean so utterly divested and *hooked as noW. Rose was penitent on comlog to herself, and begged her huthand's pardon for the outbreak, Re had not ahown many lofty obaraoteristios since hie =mine, it is true; but for all than flee girl was fully aware that he had been once in a very different !There, and was not likely to tolerate such a display. She was very fond of him too • and this feet shoue etrougly through her penitence, her tears, and her promisee of reformation. In some strange manner, all thie, even her affection contributed to heighten the loath- ing with'whieh Ridbury already regarded his home; but as he was a min to whom deceit always came easily, he asaumed a forgiving mood much earlier, as his wife naively owned, than she had expected.; and she thought him the kindest and beat tem- pered man in the. world. The lodger was forgiven also; Rodbury actually uttered some jeste about the skirmish, and lo all was harmony in the household once more. This was of course gratifying, andhie en aellent temper, after so irritating an inci. dent, was, or ought to have been, gratifying also ; but if Rase had some of the failings of of a woman, she had a woman's instinctive quickness and penetration as well, and a vague alarm took possession of her. She knew not what she dreaded; but she felt almost frightened when in her hueband's presence, and although she had really been a good wife, lied never been so docile and watchful to anticipate his wishes as now. The time had almost come round for the firm—Sparle and Rodbury—to make another start, and the latter grew gentler and fond- er of his childrenti company than was his wont. He had.not been a very attentive father'and even in this change there was the vagte something which was now ever present to Roae. She tried to laugh it off, and spoke to her brother about It; but the experiment did more harm than good, for she found that a kindred feeling was in the mann mind. "There's a change come over him that I can't make out," was his summing-up; "he keeps his affeirs more to himself than he has any need to do; but he has gob something on his mini, I am sure." The very next day after this consultation took place, Rodbury announced with some abruptness that he should not be able to commence the journey with Spade, whom he would join about a week later. To the strong reinonstratuses of his partner, he only replied that he had some importemb business to look after, and that if any loss ensued, he, Rod - bury, was willing to bear the whole of it.' So Perforce the matter was settled, Spark mentioning in confidence to his sister that "if this was going to be the game, I shall not stand numb of la ; not but that I shall be glad to be away from him for a day or twee" If R Aker,- had not married hie sister, 18 18 probable that Spade would have preferred a dissolution of partnerehip, es he had never heartily liked the man. This coarse was, however, out of the ques- tion, and so Mr. Sparie started on his round alone ; feeling that there was something in the eir which ooded no increase of comfort to the circle. (TO BE ooNTINIIBD.) • YOUNG FOLKS. THE GRA:TERI:IA GOWN, Nick Nielreori WAS a WolOdellepper. He had lived aose to the forest for many yore- with hie wife eaa children. It was eeklecit Nick went to town or aeywhem elm hooves he had e greet deal of work -to do to keep hie Neatly alive. Wood -hewing • never was much of it pitying Imeleese„ and Nick foaled it no better. But he hevat pew pinked ; ho did the beet he conld in the beet Pumper, awl for the zesthe trusted to kloil Providence to remise hiee and hie wife and children. ' • Niek had now been going Into the woode for twenev,five • years, and .ao he was walking along tide merrileg ba W40 think- ing of that feet more time ono, "1 have worked very herd," he muttered to himeell se he stopped before a beautiful yoang oak tree reedy to take ea hie jecleetand stati operations.i4tain,ga",.144hat Jai aloirote ozerhto hard,"bbe peeeiweed off Seen. But I -4On't thiek there is much chance. Where iihould I get the wormy to keep my. folke heave Without work. But there, lb is 00 080 growling eow onthe de,' Of toy. tweatyfittli eeteivereer,y in the WOchopping line. Providence has stood by nee me Wig, euel I don't: think I eliell be forgotten in the future. Do your day with all your Might, .with all your stresigtht with ell your ability, mid with an =weary -tug !spirit of energy and pereever, son(; that is my motto, eta ,enceess is heeled to follow mine time or ether." By 'We time Nick hs -1 taken hie tap 'coat Of and laid it aud hie het deven in the loeg patio Then he teok.hiss ax le hte betide., mei After leeking at the tree Item -.eve hese to ire crown he gave the drat blew. Thiek. apileters 'dew in oil direetleati ;ma Nig* dropped bit) 4,X end jumped heck from the tree. "What it the matter t" he 4414; "did I not heitrolur?iso aemewheee like the whireing of Weld and listened for 4 few monieute, but 41 mooted to be milete T.dien he eie med. hie teele Belt e had ouly merle Quo more Mow at the tree_ he_n he wee (Ate ppld Again. Thle time he hotel then. words!, "Gee toe out'. Get ine Ant I" "Who is it that ealta there I" Nick asked, who was not in the leaen afraid, "It it 1, the goblin of Bliekingelete r oleo replied. "Bur where are you to be foued "I En in the eek you helm been. hewing , aud I le -dittoed out %memo I wee efeald you might; kill me,' - "Well, tell Inc where I oughtto etellie in erfter to entrieate yen witheut dein you any berm," replied Niek Niekeou. "The axis tee big god teo ahem alto- gpther," now ileid the voiee from the tree; * take yeur potket-knife said atavti cutting the bark Omit 2,feet from the greuud. But he very owlet or you will hurt me." Nick mew took lite keeffe owl be began cutting the bark. Piece by pled, dew out, until at taut begot to a hollow epee, when She voice mettle the treelet out e ahriek thee WM soloed end Terrible all the teoes in the woad !seemed to he ilieken by it. "Now you Imo cut my bend, you old villein of e woodchopper," cried the goblin. Oh, I will Myatt if you are not careful," Poor Niek trembled with feet', bevense be bed often heard of goblins and their cruelty to people. Bat he moil reeked that he wits yet wetter of the altuation, end he need not he afraid of the goblin. "Bolt here, Mr. Goblin," mid NWT* 111! MOSU to kill me whim you get out, I think I vein leave yea where you are and go home. Goodbye." "For grucloue sake, don'ts do thet, my good MD*" hallooed the goblin; "I did not roma what I said thou, but you did hurt to end no netetake. Bat he careful of my beard ; it is Very bong, and It hurts very much 11 100 pull oily 003 01 the hairs out. Now X will tell you something elle. It you g, et me out without doing nm any morslierra I will ;give you a great reward, and melte you the rieliest men in the world." Nick was well satitfied when he hood then and he worked with renewed vigor. In a few minutes tho hole Wail large enough and the Rollie cream out. The woodchopper wee astonished when he view the creature. The little follow was j est 8 inches high, end his appearance Wee very funny. A long cap with a plume at the end hung down over hie back, and hie beard reached down to his toes. Nick looked. much eurprieee when he remembered that this little man had been able to shrleic so loud. "How did you getinto that tree?" &eked Nick of the goblin. "To tell you that would be a very long story to relate. Be it aufficient for • you to know that I have been in that tree twenty. fiye yeara to -day. Yon have got me ant of my long impritomment, and I will give you a reward, when the times ecenes." With the last word the goblin had van. 'shed. "Well, but where is my reward!' pried Nick. "It is all very well to say I shall have ib when the time comee, but when will that be ? Oh, you mean little scamp of a goblin, to get me first to extricate you from an oak tree, where you were buried for twenty-five years, andethen to run away :from me be- cause you are too stingy to thank me for it. Ah 1 this is an ungrateful, cruel world. Jaat when I thought that I waft to be made rich, too. Ah, well 1 never mind; let ms continue at my work of woodehopping, but I will be careful not to hare any more to de with gob- lins." Niak now worked away with his ax in a mad humor. He struck the trunk of the oak wibh terrific force, It seemed to satisfy his anger, because he imagined every time the ax hit the tree he was hurting the little gob lin, In a few moments the roots of the tree lay bare, and behold 1 what did Nick find? At the very base of the oak he saw a little bleak ebony box. He picked it: up and he noticed there was no lock bo it. On the top were written the two words : "Open me 1" But the words were spelled baokward, and when Nick looked at :them in read in his mind on nep0 1" Nick never had been very sharp in book learning, and if: never thruck him to try and make some sense out of the words "em nep0." He saw that he did not know what it: meant and he did not trouble any more. When he went home he took the box along with him, thinking it would make a toy for one of his children. Arrived at his little cottage he found one of his neighbors sitting on the doorsteps. .Nick showed hint the little blaok box, told him where he found it and related to him his adventure wibh the goblin. The neighbor was a pretty shrewd old man, and no sooner had he looked at the handwriting on the box when he knew what it meant. He had read it baokward. Butt he never said 80 80 Nick. When he went home he quietly pub theebox in his pookeb. Niok did not nonce it' He was too honest himself to suppose any one else a thief. When the neighbor got into his cottage he immediately got a ohisel and a, hammer and smelled the box open. Inside he found a piece of peper, which was wrapped around a tiny little silver key. On the paper he read • theee lines In the forest by the brook, Where the Silver maple grOWSI YOU will And a little nook That with solid silver time. These lines were signed, "Your G,tate.a Goblin." The Mall at Oneeundersteed ail. He knew where the box cain,e from, and he knew that the goblin who had hem in the oak had in. iendea tide for Nick, tiiiek lea 1004" the htuiri et: rue a canerietill owh bi ey de ran h euzlI Qebmkge ep n tghteo b 91 fxt tfiao: He acordingly wereileto the forest, lie found thelitthe week, jest as he was told, bemde the silver ample tree. fexembeing tee ground, he noticed a tiny keyhole. • He had already put the key bite theholtee he turned ie aroune, =4 he sew the 8bining savor in thenook, when hie hand Waa entidenly ai- reated by the gobliti, "You are met the Men who libereted.hne from the oak tree I" meld the little a1411. The thief then had to confeas thac he got bold of the hoz hoO,ittaa his neighbor Nick could net reed beekwerd. '1V11, you had no beldam to be a, thief* and you certaiely had no right to teke thee box which 13i4 not belong eo you." " I OnA sorry„" replied the man ; "if you will forgive me 1 will go home and tell Nick - eon all about this sliver treasure, and he 44/3 eOlne and get it himself." "No, there ia no BeneSeity for that. Atiy- hove, I do no* betieve you ivould keep peer word. Bat ItOW that you hese found tide editor tresentre, rake ie to year home ; ie shalt he rime' Teen the goblin vanished. The, menet once began. TO fill his pecketa with silver. When they Were Ailed he Meh hie cap, then Ws hattakerehlef, then be tea Of hie PQM and %Mal it OA 4 beg, Bee when W4A Ailed he could not carry the load ; h. wets too hove. So he bed to Jews) POMO haled, fie hurried borne end geve the Silver to hie wife, then he tok the vrlicel- herrow and reterned te the breek. Ife loedeci the wheelberrew To ite eitineet cepa. city before he hire far home. Oe hie way to tile ceetege, however, be bed te cru-, a emelt bridge, whieh led overa 'mem, and wheel lie wee in the center of *hie bridge the horde broke ueder him aed the whoelber. vew, the Over end zhe man felt down iuto the loop. Tee lead had been tee heavy. The men was toe greedy ; 80 wanted toe much, god now he .wasi drowned and he bed nothing et all, le was fortunate fer bit wife alsd childreo that be bail brought seine of the INAS-Are 119;44* mid they were saved front atarvetion. New we will returu t. j,k Niekeon, t weedoisepper. U never misted the lital hie* b.x Atalt Nexe morning he reture. ed te the threat and worked away at chi* plug dowu trees et% hard as *rex. 'SemotIttwo tie wield thiek Awe the gribliu, wed then Mk wield murmur "The world le very ougoisteial. The next gobbet I find la 4 tree Ism to ably there for elt I Cate." After lie lisel ebo ped down ane tree he was aeteniebeil t ilait again e little Meek hex, et the rota. lie peeked it up eget.% mid au the ton them werda oould be read even " Opeu me." Bat thie time the writing wite straight, end not beckward ; Se aNicel kdreeh at one, and of 404110* =der- to"Open you 1 AU right, that is enmity done.' he pu the bex on the ground, toot hie ax, hie it 04o 'stroke ant the box was *meshed. Ilettle Nick found a pleze et • paper mu id areued a beautiful golden key ‚4 5110 hunt workmanship. Nick took the piper and looldug at it close, he sew that It oanteined She following vane ; Ali tba mode ors the mount o golden treasure, k. / Ng INliere golden red is often found Waltiog for your measure. The !alp of paper wakeigued : "The Grate. ful Goblin." Niccoked at the fritin long and intently. 44 he seid, at last, "1 will at Quite go and dud out whether theit goblin has pleyed another Wale on me. I might ais well be fooled twice ea once." He immediately ran towards the *noun- • taim whieli stood not far into the for- • est Arrived there he climbed up the steep meat, end when he got to the welly of the tootle he walked, all around until he found the yellow golden rod growing everywhere. Then lie exanained the wall. In a moment he noticed a smell hole in the weal, %Mobseemed to Leve been made for hie golden key. Patting it In the hole end turning round was rim in a second. IsTiok already beheld the glittering mate of shining gold before him when the goblia appeared. "So here you are, then," he said to Nick; "so you did not give the box away this time. Why did you not keep ;ho ether?" Nick explained to iihe goblin that he did not knolv what the box coutained. "WV did yon not open it 2" "I reon'e ketow." "Well, your neighbor did, though, and he got a silver treaeure. But I punished him before he was able to enjoy it, and he is now dead in the stream. Now, look here' Nick, yen fancied Ahab I did not ntean to give you your reward aa I promised." "Well, it looked like it, did it not?" "Looked like it has nothing to do with it. You should have trusted me, and have a little patience. However, you are a pretty good fellow, Nick, and now here is your treasure. Enjoy it with your wife and chil- dren, live long and be happy , and remember nometimee the Grateful Goblin." Week was now alone with his treasure. He took a good lot home with him, and he and his dear ones lived in the future as happy as happy could be. . There is a droop about the cornere of the mouth in the case of not a few who were ardent supporters of President Harrison only a few short weeks ago. They are dis- appointed biomes° of some of his appoint- ments. Pertioularly sad, in their estimation is' General Harrison's fall in the mire of • nepotism by the appointment of his own brother to a Federal poste They believe that he has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. Againsb Mr. Cleveland not even his most implacable foe could bring the charge of nepotism. President Hearn son s escutcheon has been gained. If he has done nothing really wrong, he has at least not avoided the appearance of evil de he ought to have done. Him Blue Lachrynve. Mr. Gladstone continues to keep well to the front as one of the most conspicuous wonder:self the day. He is such a marvel ' that the longer one gams the more his Iwonder grows. The old man is a phenom neno and no mistake. He is the Moses of , Britian's pelitical life. leis eye enema to lose none of its lustre, nor does his natur- al force suffer the abatement which the lapse of years vvould naturally lead one to expect. His latest proof of versatility and bon camaraderie was in attending a banquet ( given by the "funny fellows " of " Punch." • The "old Man eloquent " occupied the seat 1 of honour, and had a glorious time, throw- ing himself into the spirit of the proceedings with the ardour of a youngster. He told ' storiee cracked jokes and enjoyed himself ( i I thoroughly. What a lesson for manyyoung- stem who are blase and diallusionized before I they are whole luatrums short of being only half hie age. TRAGEDY IN A 2C110011B00)1. Teacher g4hot by lifer eleisband who Oxen Shot Himself. The nttle girls attending the third grade of tho Jefferson. Publio Sehool building in the eouthern per t of Washington, were stand- ing in the !dales of the echeel room at o',3104 the other afterucen„ skeet to bid school goodbye until te-morrow, when their teaelier, Mete Sarah E. Allen, was diet in thetr presenee by her worthieve husband, who tnen killed himeelf. Allen had been, supported °cc tha eareinge of hie wife ae 4 achool teacher outil some time ago, when sbe lab bine on aecount of hie eibeipated habit:* end frequent ABUSE AND 170X4ENCE. He haa annoyed and threatened her several times since she rantled to haYe Anything xnaro to do eeith bine, awl she had bean warned recently to beware a him. Allen hired a Cab and after stoppiny at a saloon, told the driver he wanted top to the Jefferson Sehool buildiega. Arriving there he bede the driver wait lor him, and inuned. letely womb to the rem where hie wife taught, and taltiog one hiarevolver, a email - sized &Watt balidog of n calibre, in the cloak room, advanced towards Me 'AAA deele. The chitdren were the drat to see him, and when they showed, how startled they were at hie appearance, 80 called rne ettein net to tashe Any Oefee Or be Vii`ebbi AllOqt. him** Alleida ;Weal= had. Mean., W444 teent attraeteil, end SUS TO, ROVE, but ber Malawi by fhb asps was UPOe her, 414 loqing. ligw Pito get yee *hem I waste yell • he Oted 5. cleee rouge. the ball takiug effect neer the right ear awl lowing through the heel. Ile then.tarcet the tot on nimeelf and deed, the ballet entering hie right temple end pamieg through the brela. The merdered wife and the *Weide toll Mgether on the eehool rem deer, hie erm Moque her meek aud the revelver lying OA her eheek. The startle -t, terroroiteieken elsildi en almost oreeted petite, hes; POMP of the mere colleeeed of them tau ler other teacher*, who littn44eied in reatering order. Police end plciene were semmoued, who did everythieg poolble to enake Mrti, Alla* latt meineute foe frella Sbeltogered only torni coitscioue for Same thee eed then ;mated away, tier busliend expiree a few orlinatee efter the arrival of the pelice. !dr.. reeiden name wee; Johnson. Her father, B. W. Jahnifen,,, 11 411/ old and welikuown resident of Weeltiegtere Aboot. thirteexi yeare ege, notelet the edvio ol he felony and Weed*, she lauded )eweld C. Alleu, who emneftem Cherletteaville, Va. Ito wee hEOWSIae 4 worthleee, indeleut low, with no trade or sown of livelihood, brit elm seemed. eo be haarmatta witti hint. Tee inerriage wm an tinheppy one, and Um. Allen fecorieittly mid that the oely bicesitig resulting from lti was the fact that !mums %mu slam to these. She wee e geed itemiser aid was retained in the public+ niggle notwithetand. lug her =snivel and her Iseabzud's drunk. en and viciatiebebtte. She auppetted her husbend until hie abute becemonitolerablo, when she He him. Ile has often been sent tha we:litmus!) for vogrency, and alum he memo into the pireiessiou ole low hundred !lettere *ellen thee age has beea almost comma -tie, in the hands of the police for truneentiem. The fright of tho children in Mrs. Allen's echool co the Kneed of the uproar which fo1. lowed the killing °email somewhat of a auto in the other cchool roomy ha toe build - ug The children thinklogthet a lice had !untold, rushed dome stairs pod moll, knocking over aura another, bun fortunately doing no injury. The fire engines were celled to the epot by ono of the children who had run to the ought° holm. Colliery Disaster Four Lives Lost, Mulish papere jute; received give the fol- lowing pertleulars at the recent colliery SC& Ilene at Swansea :—Au inrush of writer ace meted resulting in the lose of four lives. Tho night shift, 30 in number, went under- ground on llonday. At 131 o. m. throe men, working in a stall near aortic old work - lugs of the Dynevor Colliery, whieli adjoIne, evidently struck a pocket, for 'rho coal in trout of them begau to "aweep " profusely, andbeforo the mem warned by this indica- cion of dangerous proximity of water, could reeoh a place of aafety, the eon' gave way, and the water came pouring in. Two of the men, nurse aud Jenkins, ran a little way and took refuge in a stall on the rise, Griffiths, the other man, ran before the water, but had not gone far when ib overwhelmed him, and he was &Dished. The water coursed down the heading and towards the pit's mouth, making great home with the main level arid Mao bottoot of the pit. After a vehile the force of the water spent itself, and the tor- renb was checked in an old deep and another old working of the colliery. Hums and Jenkins, finding the water had abated, walk- ed out from the stall to tie° bottom of the pit. The news of the accident had preceded them. Thonme Edmunds was at the bottom of the pit, and was startled by the air turn- ing and by a roaring sound. In a minute the water was upon him. The cage, with a laden tram in it, had just begun to ascend the shaft. He made a spring at the carri- age ()latched it, and, suspended by his hands, was drawn to the surface. Edmond's legs were somewhat damaged by coming in contact with the side of the shaf t. Explor- ing parties were soon organized, and the workings were found full of wreokage. All the men but four were rescued alive, The victims are George Griffiths'John Hoskins, Lewis William' s and John Richards. The bodies of the last three were discovered em- bedded in the debris. A lad named Harding saved himself by climbing a pole and main- taining his position till the water bad sub- sided. Another lad was kept out of danger by a collier named Ploton, who took him on his shoulders. "FRE SEAL FISHERIES. A Ripple at Washington Over the Bch,. ring's .8ea Matter. WAstaNGToNt, May 3L—Tho sending of the English flagships Swiftsure and the Am- phion to Sitka, with orders to cruiee in Beh- ring's Sea, has clamed quite a stir in effioial circles. The Government has deoided that Hs interests in Alaska shall be protected. The,United States steamer Adams was under sailing orders for Honolulu on Tuesday, but a telegram has been sent bo Mae Ommandant of the Maryland Navy Yard to detain her. She will go north in company with the Iroquois, and both veseele will leave early In the week for Sitka. The State Depart - men has decided that Behring's Bee is a "mare clausune," and intends to assert dein- inion over the whole north Pacific within the limit defined within the United Statue treaty with Riled% The revenue critters Bush and Bear, and the war ships Thetis, Adams and Iroquois will be on hand to enforce the law f th 4