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Vol. 3.

i Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Thursday, December

19, 1867.

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le Market

Summers
Summunsips, December 19,1867.
Oats per bush - ---- . 2s 98
Barley per bush -----*°-- * > 3s Gla ds
Potatoes per bush ----- Is Od
Turnips per bush +++ >>> 10d a Is

10d als

; by Tub --
Butter per lb by 9d a 10d

Dara por Wb eae seat:

‘Tallow yer lb. Oda 10d
Eggs per doz als ny

Beef perlb - -
Mutton per |b
Pork per lb by carcass
Geese each -- -
Flour per bbl - -
‘Oatmeal per cw
Hay per Ton -
Straw per ewt. -
Pine Boards -
Spruce Boards -

2d aod
84d a 5d
Is Gla?
56s a GOs
16s a 18s
60s a 70s

Charlottetown Market
Decempen 19, 1867.

Ada Gd
Sd dd

» Beef (small) :

Do. by quarter : - - ddad
Mutton - : - - aol add
Lamb per Ib. - os 34da dd
Butter - - - - lida Is
Do. by tub - - - 10d Is
Cheese - : - - Ada 7d
‘Tallow - * - - Oda 10d

8da 9d

Lard - - - -
Wlour 1b. - . - oda Bad
Oatmeal 100 1b. - - lisalss
Esgs - - - - Vda ls
Dotatoes - . : 1s Oda 2s
Turnips - - : - ldd
Barley - : < - 83 ads
Opts - : - - 2s 9d
Boards (Ilemlock) - - - 4s
Spruce * * - <- ds ns
Pine - - : - 7s a 93
Shingles - - -

Wool - - : - : (
Ilay - - - - GOs a 70s

- Is Gd a 2s

Straw ewt, - - ( ;
Homespun - - * 5s Gl abs
Sheepskins * * 9d a ls
Calfskin Ib, - - - - hd add
Hides Ib, - - - - - 44d

Basiness GQards,
BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Corner of Queen § Water Sts. Charlotietown

President—Hon. Danie, Brex an.
Cashier—Witiiam Cunpann, Esquire.
Discount Days—Mondays & Thursdays.

Llours of Business—Fom 10 a.m. to 1 p.m,
: fi 2 p.m to 4 pan.

UNION BANK,
Grofton-St., Queen's Square, Charlottetown
Peosident—Crarins Parurr, Esquire.

* Cashier—Jamus Anprnsox, Esquire.

Viscount Days—Wednesdays & Saturdays.
Hours of Business—Lrom 10 a.m to Lp m.,
» from 2 panto 4 pi,

SUMMERSIDE BANK.
Central Street, Summerside, 1’. B. Tsland.
President—Hon, Jonn BR. Garvinen.
Cashier—E. L, Lypianp, Esquire
Discount Days—Tuesdays and Vridays.
Notes for Discount must be in before 11
o'clock on Discount days.
Yours of Business—10 a, am., tol p.m.,
from 2p. m., to tp,m.

DR. McNEILL,
Physician & Surgeon,

Resiwence—At George. Garret’s, Esquire,
Stanley Bridge.
Vea ADE A,

New London,
Jan 24, 1867.

DR. PRICE,
Physician & Surgeon,
Ovvicn—At the Sumaurstps Drug Stone,

next door to Bank, Central Street

SUMMERSIDE, DP. B. ISLAND,
October 12, 18¢

KITSON GASEY, MD.,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHEUR

formerly Assist! Surgeon in the U. 8.
Navy, offers his jonal services to the
peoplo of Summerside anc vicinity. Tle can

be consulted at his office, over the Store of
Green & Schurman, in Summerside.
June 13, 1867. tf

WILLIAM M. HOWE,
Attorney-at-Law and Notary
Public.

Sr. Enranor’s. .P. Bi. Isnann
FRANCIS LONGWORTH,
BARRISTER AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAMW

p= Oflice—PAVILION HOTEL.
(next door to the Hon. Joseph Ilensley’s.)
CHARLOTTETOWN - - - VP. E. Island.
Co-Partnership Notice.
FYMLE Subscribers hate this day entered into
CO-PARTN AS JARRISTERS
and AT'TORNIES under = the
name, style and firm o:

OFFICE,—O'MALLORAN'S BUILDING,
Great Groner Strret.
GEORGE ALLY,
LOUIS IL DAVIFS.
Charlottetown, Oct. 18, 1867, oot 24

Business GQards,.

Commercial Hotel.
NEW ARRANGEMENT!
COAGH FARE PAID!

N FUTURE the Coacn Fane of all travel-
lers from the Railway Station and Steam-
boat Landings in this City to the COMMER-
CIAL HOTEL, King Street, who meke their
stay one day or upward, WILL be parp by the

Proprietor.

FARE AT THE NOTEL:
TRANSIENT,

One Day, --
One Week, - -

- $1 00
6 00

: PERMANENT.
Per Week, --+---$3 25 to $450

The HOTEL is situated onthe best business
street in the city, and nearly opposite the
Waveriy. Itis handsomely fitted up and
calculated to accommodate some fifty persons
very comfortably.

D. P. HOWE, Proprictor.
St. John, N. B., Noy. 7, 1867. ly

CRAWFORD’S HOTEL,
No- 9 King Square, St John N-B,
Permanent and transient Boarders aégom-

modated on reasonable terms, s

In connection with the above the subscribers
have opened a

First Class Grocery Store

where they will keep constantly on hand,
Flour, Corn Meal, Provisions, Tea, Sugar,
Molasses, and all articles usually kept in a
Grocery Store. ;

J. CRAWFORD & SON.
, 1887.—ly

1 . x yy
M 4 : ; 1
Hountain Bouse Hotel,
King Square, (North Side,)
ST. JOUN, N. B.

The Subscriber having leased the above
Hotel, and refitted the same, is now prepared
to accommodate ‘Transient and Permanent
Soarders, and trusts by attention to meet a
share of public patronage.

Having also leased the commodions Stable

attached, and secured the services of a ¢ fal

Hostler, who will be in attendance at all

hours, travellers will be sure to get satisfuc-

tion at lowest rates.

JAMES W. THOMSON,

Proprietor.

St. John, N. B., July 4. 1867.—ly

ROCKLIN HOUSE,
Kent Street, Charlottetown,
SIMON D, FRASER, PROPRIETOR.

Permanent and ‘Transient Boarders will
find the above House to give satisfaction,
Chrtown, June 13, 1867.

alocth American Satel,

KENT STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN.-
JOHN MURPHY, PROPRIETOR,
Permanent and Transient Boarders will
find good nccommodation.

Good Stables in connection with the ftornt,
and a careful Hostler always in attendance.
Cl’town, Feb. 14, 1867. uf

J. H. ALLEN, |
Commission ifcrchant,
And Dealer in Provisions, &c.

MARKLT S8STRELT,

St. John, N. B
bar Gives personal nteenulba to the Sale

and Purchase of eyery description of Goods.
M 1, 1SG7.

HOMAS LiANFORD,
AUCTIONEER

AND

Commission Merchant,

Si. JOIN, N. B.
Nov 1, 1865

©. L. RICHARDS,

Importer and Wholesale Dealer in

British & Horeign Groceries.

i, Head North Wharf,

ST. JOHN, - - - NEW BRUNSWICK.

Dee. 6, 1s ly

~ CARVELL BROTHERS,
AUCTIONEERS,

Cominission Merchants,
And General Agents,

BANK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET.
Charlotletown, - + = = + P.#. Island

GARD
WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,

Commission Merchant,

Auctioneer & General Agent,

WATER STREET,
Summerside, ---------------- PoE. Island.

“WILLIAM DODD,
Commission Merchant,
And Auctioncer,
QUEEN SQUARE,
CHARLOTTETOWN --- P. B. ISLAND

“THOMAS KELLY, _
Barrister - at - Law
AD

NOTARY PUBLIC, &e.
SUMMERSIDE, - - - + 2.1. ISLAND.

aug. 9, 1866

Business Gards,

KIRKWOOD, LIVINGSTONE & CO.
flour, Produce, eather,

AND GENERAL

Commissi¢2 Merchants,
MONTREAL, ------~- Cc. E,

The most careful attention given to the
execution of orders for Flour, Grain, Seeds,
Provisions. Leather, Hides, Coal Oil, and
general Merchandize, — Freights secured and
Insurances effected at lowest current rates.

Merchants in the Lower Provinces will find
it to their interest to forward their orders for
Flour to us for execution, as an extensive
acquaintance with Western Millers, and as
Agents for some of the most popular Brands
in Canada, we can with safety assure them
of every satisfaction.

Remittances against orders when not other-
wise provided for, may be made with Stirling
Exchange, or Gold Drafts on New York.
Drafts on New York being worth usually ang
to a 4 per cent more than on Boston.

Every information as to the state of the
market, present and prospective, given when
required,

Consignments of Fish, Cod Oil, &c., care-
fully realized, and returns made with the
utmost promptitude, or applicd according to
the wish of consignors.

Charges only made for actual disbursements
and Commissions not over those of responsible
ITouses inthe line. Unquestionable refernces
given when required.

KIRKWOOD, LIVINGSTONE & CO.

503 St. Paul Street,
Montreal, C. 2.
February 7, 1867.

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
FIRE AND LIFE.

Established 1809.

TWO MILLIONS, Sterling.
HEAD OFFICES:
EDINBURGH & LONDON.

G. W. DeBLOIS,
Agent at Charlottetown.
ion can be had by apply-
ran, Journal Office, Sum-

CAPITAL:

Forms of Appl
ing to Mr. J. Ben
mnerside

eT f

town, 2 8 orn oe
Important to Shipbuilders
Elocks! Blocks! Blocks!

IF YOU WANT 'LO RAISE TI
Price of Vessels
in England, order a set of those SPLENDID
BLOCKS, which eyergbody is praising, from

* YOUNG'S.
Terms Liberal,

Water-st., Summerside, Sept. 26, 1867.

1!

Carriage Factory
Ilead of Queen Street,
CHARLOTTETOWN.

MPNIE Subscribers beg leave to acquaint the

public that, having entered into a Co-
Partnership, they are prepared to execute all
orders in the

3 TT
CARRIAGY, SLEIGH,
i
Blacksmith Business
‘ ’
and having each had considerable experience,
they are able to turn out a FIRST CLASS
Carriage or Sleigh.
Repairing of all kinds, together with all
other work appertaining to their line of busi-
ness, will be attended to.
Send in your orders immediately
~ PROUD & McCOUBREY,
Queen Street, Charlottetown,
10, 1867. ly

A fc y iN
SAWS,
SAWS! SAWS! !
Sa of the best quality, and at the follow-
ing Cash prices, always on hand at the
manufacture of the subs
CIRCULARS,
Diameter,

Diameter.

36 in. $20 each
82 in. B16 each

28 in, $12.50 each
24 in, $9 each

20 in, 87 each

16 in. &
12 in, $3 each, 4

Mill Saws 54 fect, $5 cach; Duck Saws 28
in. $7 per dozen, seténd sharped.

All orders left at the Book Store of Mr.
Joseph Bertram, Summerside, or forwarded
direct, will receive immediate attention.

A. RICHARDSON & Co.

St. John.N .B. April 11, 1867.y

18 in,
Lt in,

Sl each

DAVID BERTRAM,
Saddle and Harness Maker,
Water Street . . . . . Summerside.
ober 12, 1862

JABEZ HUDSON, —
Authorized Auctioneer,
GENERAL AGENT, &e.,
TRYON, = = = 60806048 Pod

June 27, 1867.

THOMAS FRIZZEL, —

Boot and Shoe Maker,
WATER ATREET,

opposite Gredu &/Schurman’s Store.

Boots and Shoes of a superior quality con-
stantly on hand, and for sale cheap.
Sammerside, June 6, 1867. ly

James Greenough,
FLOUR
Commission Merchant.

No 47 Commercial Streot

Corner of Clinton Street- - --- BOSTON

PORBTRY.

THE DRIFTING BOAT.

Tr had floated away from the beach and bay,
Out of sight of tower and town,
An empty and a battered boat;
But that boat would not go down,
The morning rose on the waters wide,
And the night fell cold and dark,
Yet ever on with the wind and tide
Drifted that battered bark.

Tho sail had passed from its broken mast,
And its painted pride wae dim;

The salt sea-weed clang round its bows,
Which bad been so sharp and trim.

Where were the merry mites and free
Who had gone with it affoat

We never learned; but the world's wide cea
Wath lives like that drifting boat—.

Lives that in early atorms have lost
Anchor and sail and oar,

And never, except on Lethe’s shore,
Can come to moorings more ;

Out of whose loveless, trustless days
The hope and the heart have gone—
Good ships yo down in the stormy seas,

But those empty boats drift ou! :

They had hearts to suil in the wind’s eye once;
They bad hands to reef and steer,

With a strength that would not stoop to chance,
And a faith that knew no fear;

But the years were long and the storms were strong,
Andihe rainbow -tlay was furled,

And they that launched for the skies have grown
Bat the drift-wood of the world.

(i are

Stlect Hiterature,
aD al 1

A LIFE WATCH.

We do many foolish things in early life.
T did what the world esteems a very fool-
ish thing—marvied for love. Harry and 1
were equally poor, and the affronted world
turned its back upon us. ‘The wealthy
heads of both houses, determining to vive
us leisure to repent after having married
in haste, left us to ourselves, Harry ob-
tained, through an old friend of the fainily,
av situation as a clerk ina mereantile house
in the City. ‘The salary was a small one,
und many a shift and contrivance was en-
dured by usin those days. And yet we
were very happy. Like an obstinate fond
young couple, we refused to learn the les-
son our offended elders set us, and we
would not repent, but strageled on through
the battle of life in the ranks with the rest.
Yes, Iam proud to say that we fought and
conquered, Now that our mansion is built
in the favored locality of the West; now
that TL ruimbje along strects in my
that Lhave trodden onee burder
galoches and umbrella, when the weather
would notsmile, howeyer much we smiled
at Fate; now that, among not a few good
and true and tried friends, many throng to
our gay parties who would not then have
condescended to cross our threshold—now
Lean look back and call to mind many an
incident of our carly life with pleasure.
There is one story, however, mixed up
with those days that is frought with inex-
plicable horror. And that is the story I
have promised to relate. I must premise
that we considered it—in those early and
struggling days—a rise in life when we
took wu small cottage IMaumpstead. It
se, because we had previously oe-
cupied apartments, and one who has not
experionced similar feelings can hardly
taney with what joy we hailed the idea of
dwelling at last under a roel of our own.

We entered into possession of our cot-
tage, and then came our lodger, through
the ready intervention of the Zimes, in the
shape of a lady, anda singular one. We
took her to be about fitty years of ag
She Avas a tall, fine woman, but not ¢
ful because of a remarkable rigidity inh
movements. Iler step was slow, mea-
sured, and dull, endas she trod her foot
never seemed to leave the floor. There
was no rebound, no plinncy in her g
which seemed rather iw statue on wheels
than of a creature throbbing with the pul-
ses of life. Tor hair was thick, but entire- |
ly gray; she avi al it simply and neat-
ly, without ornam: d without a cap,
but also with a total absence of style, Her
fuee was ashen pale and deeply lined, She
came Jate at night in acab, and my one
servant remarked to me how curious it
was that she, being evidently a lady, rode |
outside next the driver, [thought it very
extraordinary, but the fret soon glided
out of my memory as too trivial to retain

tein it. When It say + glided out of

mory,” Tam using an incorrect ex-
pression, It rather slid into some remote,
tnused corner, to be furbished out again
al any distant tine, like the present, when
it might be wanted as one of the small
colored bits that tit into the puzzle of iny
eccentric lodger’s horrible story.

She canie outside the cab, dressed in an

yf ati

jtioa in that,

chaser for her trinkets,

knew that the me.
exhausted, We felt deeply interested in l
our tenant, in spite—perhaps beear

reply, in a half absent, slow, inward tone
pecuiiar to hers ** My name is of no con-
sequence. Whatam I to call you?”

* Kitty, if you please.”

«Very well, then, Kitty, you will have
oceasion to address ine in no other man-
ner than as * Madam,’ or, as you will pro-
nounce tt, ‘Afwam.’” And with that she
gave Kitty a month's rent and asked fora
receipt, ** Money is better than aname,”
she added, in her listless, slow way, mut»
tering to herself, ‘ Wh
them? what is my name

_As it appeared to vex her, and really
did not matter to us, we asked the question
ho more, but spoke of her as ** the lady up
stairs.” She was evidently cecentri
Sometimes she would walk round the ya
den in the twilight, covered with her
gauze yeil,and holding it ina tight, nervous
grasp with a gloved hand, as she did the
night when she came, her eyes apparently
seeking the window of her room with 2
suspicious restlessness, which appeared to
be a part of her eccentricity,

It appeared that the lady’s portmanteau
éentiined only a change of linen, origin-
ally fine mi‘! rimmed with costly lace, but
now most elaboratery but neatly mended,
Besides this, a thimble, scissors. needle
and thread, and the dress she arrived i),
our lodger might have been destitute, Yet
the large, heavy box must contain some-
thing. But though the object of so much
solicitude, we could never discover that
she opened it. It was placed in such a
position as to be visible from both rooms.
During the day she always sat upon it. Jn
the morning, when Kitty took in her ean
of hot water, the lady was ever awake, ly-
ing on her side, with her eyes fixed upon
her precious box,

When first this quiet but eccentric in-
mate entered our house she had with her
a roll of bank-notes and a ease of valuable |

jewels, Although she barely allowed
herself the necessaries af life, the former

were changed away one by one, until at
last, at her request, Harry procured a pur-
at a fair price.
through the intervention of a friend.

The budding of months blossomed into
years and fructified into the secd that is
ity of the past, and we
ans thus procured were

sown in the eter

e—of
om

her strange habits

had been a ft
her last posses: as to become
ofher? What was a woman of her age to
do?

Her ago? That was a question. We
feltsome doubts about her Kitty,

who sw most of her, thouzht she had not
passed so many years in the world as we
t supposed. * She appeared to have
no friends or aequaintances, No letters
came, no visitors called, no post bag was
troubled on her account,

_ Weil! There was that mysterious chest.
Our conjectures and anxieties on her be-
half always found a refuge and a econsola-
It must coutain something.
It was the hope, the Ullima Thule, of our
fancies—the sword with which we cut the
Gordian knot of our perplexities.
“Depend upon it,” Larry remarked,
“the box holds plate—you remember how
heavy it was. Or perhaps it contains dia-
monds of greater value and more in num-
ber than those I sold some time ago.

Our speculations in regard to the age of
the laly were set at rest by the arrival of
the census. Armed with the formidable
paper, Lrapped gently at the drawing-room
door,

“*Come in,” responded the low, dull,
measured yoice,

T entered and explained) my errand.
© Shall T leave the paper with you?” I
sugyested.

“My writing might be— She com-
mene if thinking aloud, and stopping
sublenly upon remembering that she was
no longer alone. Pucning on me her eye
—peculiar gray eyes, that looked as if she
never slept or Wept—she added, ‘ Will
you have the goodness to add the particu-
lars for me?”

* The name?” T inquired, dipping a pen

in the ink. |

“What is yours?” was the counter

question,

** Mary ILlerbert.?

“Write Murtha Herbert, then; that will

do.”

T looked inquiringly,

is a penalty.”

“Yes; but the name is of littl conse-

duenee—tha name of a lone woman. I

I given you a name; will you not
)

You know ther

write it?
IT said no more, but inseribed the paper
as directed. But the appallation was evi-

i dently feigned

* Your age P

eDyeuty-eioht.”

The pen actually dropped from my hand
as she said twenty-eight, aud Llooked up
very quickly,

old bavathea gown,
bonnet, and an iuperviousty
veil of the same sombre hue, wh
held about her faee as if that were ase
eret enemy every one was curious to de- |
tect, and she terribly interested to conceal. |
There was a Jarze box upon thetop of the

o

cab. It was of Very old-fashioned make, | remons
and evidently originally designed um ‘tT have given you reason to donbt me,
addendum to a travelling carriage re | perhaps; but Ihave answered your query

tu 4
exterior was covered with leather, bound | with
with iron, studded with nails, and secured | and-tw:

with a big foreign lock, supplemented by |
a clumsy hasp.
owner—old, worn, and of a rusty blac
The great handles clanked as the man liit-
ed it with difleulty and due assi
the ground,

stairs.
so weighty? |
very precious to its owner, for she wateh- |

ed its assent with strained eyes; and judg- |

ing trom the nervous interest she appear. |linguist, a mu
ed to-fake init, Ldid not doubt sho had | the

pind without

}surprised? I:
| Liook like an oid woman’?

| that you

Tt was not unlike its} been the

istance to | flesh aud blood to a thing of stone ?.
It was not easy to get it up you are thus: sell-insmured and sol
Did it contain books, that it was | that you shun our soviet;
It evidently held something | fused all our efforts at Kindness? W

* Nay,” sha

replied, meeting my gaze,
rings her monotonous tone,
tiple uth. Ave you ver
ppose with my white hair

“that is th

* Lean hardly believe, my dear Madam,
not mistaken,” [ ventured to

y.

d to age truly. Tain bat eight.
ity—barely cight-and-twenty.”

Good Heaven! thought], what ean have

nees of your life that

your hair is gray, your face thus lined,

yourself all Dut turned from a being of

and hay

gathered even trom her scanty denials ot
our offers of amusement that she was a
ieian, an artist; and yet
on that chest, nursing

she sat alld

ridden outside to be near her treasure, and | her hands, ov at most adding a dara to
selucted thé time of night on purpose to} her wora linen,

do so. When the box was fairly up stai 3|
she sat dowa upon it and remained ther

portmanteau,

talked about her more than ever,

The census further told mo that she was

10 SA iL , born in the parish of St. Georye, Hanover
Within the cab we found only a small | Square, and was a widow.

Ilarry and I
We

She had given no name when answering | knew that she had spent all the money

to our advertisement, but simply forward- | obtained for the jewels, even on her trugal

ed a stamped envelope addressed to tt Ale | wants.
Kitty, the ser-/rent, ordered uo food,
vant girl, asked if she would take some) what
ton, and also by what name she should her,

pha, Post-offiee, Dover.”

address her,

|

For two weeks she had paid no
We knew not

’, if We spoke; what to propose,

It was Monday morning, and we were| Burean.
* Twill take tea, thank you,” was the scatod at broaktast, when Kitty hurried |—let the whites sufir now de”

is my name to |:
"

to doy whether or not to speak’ to| we ave going to keep it,

lin and told us that the lady up

was
ina fit. Tran up, begging Harry himself
to hasten for a doctor, The rl hat
spoken truly, ‘The fit was not fatal; but

the poor woman lay unconscious for days.
When her reason retuned it was evident
that she was rapidly sinking. The doctor
informed us that she had only a few hours
tolive, There were no friends to sum-
mon; and vain were my persuasions to
induce her to sce a clergyman, to confess
y faith, or acknowledge connection with
ay church or sect. 1 sat by the bedside
I had not quitted day or night since her
illness. After lying quict some time with
her hand in mine, she at list said, feebly,
**Open my portmanteau and take out the
hook.” T took the hey she ofiered, and:
obeyed by bringing to Ler bedside a com-
mon clasped account-bookthe only one I
saw,

**You have shown me kindness. You
have appeared interested in me. I have
yearned to make you my friend, But my
secrets are suchas during life could be
confided to none. I have written them
there for you, Promise me noi to open
that book till Iam dead.”

I gave my word, and, in obedience to
her request, put the book into ny pocket.
‘“My gray hair, my wrinkled face, my
twenty eight years—you will understand
them; will you fvel pity 2”

She was sinking rapidly like asun at
eventide; and I pressed "on her again
my request to read from imy Bible the
words of Oue whose merey and forgiye-
ness were more needed than mine.

She consented. I read for some time,
and thought the words were comforting,
When she started up, her manner wild,
her eyes starting. *' Look! look! look!”
she cried, pointing with her forefinger and
white-draped arm to the frou-bound chest
- 'look! look! Jook!? and with a low
ery the poor lady sank k on her couch
dying, The struggle soon over, snd
all was quiet,

** Look! look! look!? What had she
seen?’ What vision had far or con-
science, or sudden delirium roused before
her? [know not. I saw only the large,
dark chest in the place where it had ever
ssted—dall, shabby, and cumbrous,

We re worn out and tired, and glad

to retir rly to bed, ITdonot know how
ong IIe and T had been asleep when
we were startled by a heavy n in the
room underneath. Harry sprang up and
seized the nightlight, Surely it is the lid
of the heavy chest suddenly mmed,and
there are thieve: the hou st J,
a3 1 ran after my spouse, lest th night
be danger for ba alone, and just as it
afeeble woman in her nig iy, like
myself, could be any protection, In mo-
ments of sudden fear we do net stay no
reason, but act upon impulse. In another
moment we stood in the double chamber
below. Tt was untenanted, save by tha
dead. ‘The great box stood as I had last
seen it. I tried the lock; it was quite
secure, Weealled up Kitty, and rchead
the house; bolts, bars, and locks were all
intact. Phen we began to son how .
nbsard we had been to suppose that thieves
would slam a box-lid, or make .a noise
loud enough to wako the inmates of a
house had they entered. We cowd not
sleep any more that night, but dressed
ourselves and sittup, watching ; and Kitty
ighted a fire, prepared some tea, and
shared our folly, ‘Lhe truth is, we had all
been fagged and distressed, and our nerves
were unstrung, As for the noise, it was
one of th inysterious sounds never ac-
counted for, but cast among ‘things not ”
generally known,” even to the inquiring
inind of a Timbs,

In the morning the Goetor culled in to
see us, as he bad promised to do, and with
him and Kitty as witnes i
to open the chest or 1
minds of doubt as to w
There might be propert;
no doubt but what there aad pos
ly traces of family conneetions, or fh
with whom we ought to cemmunie:
The key was turned; the lid raised,
The ticking of a bed, old, yellow, and dis-
colored, was folded over the contents,
As we ussayed to remove it, it fell to ff
ments in our hands, disclosing —
Heaven !—stcha si
rested upon,
fainted, and Tar’
me in his arms,

involuntarily caught
ven the doctor blane!
ed, and fell back a stepor two. For there
lay, under the mients df the old tick-
ing, the remains of aman. Little more
than a skeleton, lite more than a heap of
rags, aud more or Jess montdy dust, hid-
den among which was a costly watch and
chain, a set of s' nda dinmond ling
of very great priee—trinkets whose value
would have kept the lady who lay dead in
comfort for Uvo or three years,

Who was this man? and what.the mo-
tive that led (6 this strar inelostre of
his body? Were the remuins those of 1
husband from whom, like Queen Jane,
she could not part? or was it the body
wimurdered man—a guilty lover—an jeal
spouse, Chrust from: sight and cone
at the expense of a life watch? his was
the secret of the eccentricity of the woman
Whohad kept ghastly companionship under
our roof so lone.

LT remembered her book, aud putting my
hand into my pocket pulled it forth; for ia
the solemn hour of death, during the grief
and latigue that followed, aud the subse-
quent foolish alarm of the night, I had
iorgotten it, Closing the lid over the
ghastly spectacle, turning the key in the
lock, and securing also the chaniber-door
was the work of a short time; and after-
ward we gathered in our little parlor. to-
gether, to learn the terrible facts which
tarry read us, and which I copy from the
coutents oi the clisped volume,
(Conclusion in our next.)

Necro Botpness.—When the authorities
of the United States recently went to de-
mand of the nezroes who had ¢
the _farnis neur Norfolk, Virginia, that
they should vacate the same, the negrocs
pat forward to speak tor them a very black
old man whom they called ** Unele Dick.”
This orator said to the auth si" Tho
Indians were the first owners of tho land,
The whites took it from them by fore:
and we blacks togk it {vom the whites,
force, ‘They have no right to it, andi
shall not have it. We tough ;

lor the President, nov

Wo have suffered: |