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Markets.
May 7.
Bs

Summerside

Oats per bush +--+ +0075 7 77 i
Barley per bush - se ee bs Ghia ds
Potatoes per bush teens 2a 3d
ihips wer Niel a6 sire c- 1s 3d
Butter per lb by Tub ----- - Is

Oda 10d

Lard per Ib

Tallow per lb. --- - Od a 10d

VKgys per doz --- : Jou
Boot perlh ----- bd a Gl
Mutton per lb ----- adadd
Pork per Ib by carcass oat nu a

b ttaad thse oe % "

Geese each -

Blour per bbl -- Gas a 70s
Oatmeal per ewt. += >> 18s a 208
Hay por Lone = 2 29 * = 80s a 908
Straw per ewt. -- = +> - - 2s

: 10s

Pine Isuards ---+ <-->:
Spruce Boards -

harlottetown Marke
May 7, 1868.

Beef (sinall) - - - - Oda ad
Do. by quarter - - - Blas |
Mutton - - - - dda Gd
Lamb per Ib. - : - S4da od
Butter - - - - da 15d
Do. by tub - - - Isa lat
Cheese - - - - dda 7a
‘Tallow - - - - 91a 101
Tard - - : - sdadl
Flour Ib. - - - Bla BAd
Oatment 100 1b. - - 208 0 22
Eggs - - - - Toda lid
Potatoes : - - 23 Gla 2s Od
‘Turnips . - - _ 13d
Barley - - - - Bsa Ys
Oats - - - - 3s
Boards (Hemlock) : - - 4s
Spruce © ‘os - 4sa 5
Vine - - - - 7s it 9s
Shingles - : - 123 a Tot
Woo! - e - - Isats 60
Biy - é se - 70s a 80s
Straw ewt. - . s es
Jfomespun . - : bs Gla Gs
5 i - - 2s 08s
Sheepskins : ‘ rat

Calfskin Ib.
Hides lb,
Basiness Gards.
DANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Corner of Queen § Water Sts. Charlotietown
President-Hox. Daxter Brenan,
Cashier —WILLiaAM CUNDALL, Esquire.
Discount Days—Mondays & Thursdays.
llours of Business—Kom 10 a.m, to Lp.m.
from 2 p.m to 4 pam.
UNION BANK.
Grofion St., Queen's Square, Charlottetown
President—Craniis Parser. Esquire.
Cashier —Jaues ANDERSON, Esquire.

Viscount Days— Wednesdays & Saturdays.

Hours of Business—Hrom 10 a.m to Ipm.,
from Z p.mto 4pm.

. é . - - 44d

SUMMERSIDE BANK.
Cen a1 Street, Summerside, 7. B. Island.
Fresteqt—Hon. Jons Rt. Ganvrver,
asier wy T,, Lyprarp, Esquire
Disvouns DRC Tacadays and Fridays.
on ee must be in before 11
Hours of Busing yy a, m,, to 1 p.m.
Yon 2 ,to4d p.m.

~,.

THOMAS e

Boot and Shot Maker,
WATER STRERY
opposite, veen cb Schurmans Store ‘

y &o-4
\

Boots and Bhoes + 9 superior qualit
stantly on hand, and %& «ale cheap.
Bammerside, Jung 6, 1607, ly

Business Guras,

Co-Partnership Notice.
THLE Subscribers have this day entered into
CO-PARTNERSHIP as BARRISTERS
and ATVORNIES-AT-LAW, under the
name, style and firm of
ALLEY & DAVIE
- OFFICE,—O'HALLORAN’S BUILDING,
Great Groncr Street.
GEORGE ALLEY,
LOUIS Il, DAVIES,
lottetown, Oct .18, 1867, ovt 24,
THOMAS KELLY,
Barrister - at - Law
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC, &c.
SUMMERSIDE, - - P, bE. ISLAND.
aug. 9, 1866

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

OP, PLBANOR A dicks bs ISDAND
Di PHIOL,
Physician & Surgeon,
Ovrice—At the Suamwmnsrpe Drve Srorn,

next door to Bank, Central Street

SUMMERSIDE, DP. ik. ISLAND.
KITSON CASHY, MI D,,

Physician, Surgeon & Accoucheur

formerly Assistant Surgeon in the U. S.
Navy, offers his protessional services to the
people of Summerside and vicinity. Tle ean
consulted athis office, over the Store of
Green & Schurman, in Suinmerside.
June 18, 1867, tf

“North British and Mercantile
{NSURANCE COMPANY,
FIRE AND LIFE.

Established 1809.

TWO MILLIONS, Sterling.
HBAD OFPICES +
EDINBURGH & LONDON.
G. W.DEBLOIS,
Agent at Charlottetown,
Forms of Application ean be had by apply-
ing to Mr. J. Baaenan, Journal Otlice, Sum-
merside.
Charlottetown, June 20, 1867 —ly
ae pees ‘ ~~ Sar
CRAW?FORDS HOTEL,
Wo. 9. King Square, St. John, NW. B
Permanent and transient Boarders accom-
modated on reasonable terms.

CAPITAL:

In connection with the above the subscribers
have opened

|
|First Class Grocery Store

where they will keep constandy on hand,
*, Cora Meal, Provisions, ‘Vea ugar,
sy and all articles usualy kept ina
Grocery Store,
J. CRAWFORD & SON.
May 80, 1867.—1y
' . yy
° * ‘\
Sountain House Hotel.
King Square, (North Side, )
Si), JOLIN, N. b.

The Sabseriber having leased the above
Hotel, and refitted tie same, is now prepared
to accommodate ‘Transient and Permanent
Boarders, nnd trusts by attention to meet a
share of public patronage,

Having also leased the commodious Stable
Ittached, and sectired the services of it caretul
Hlostler, who will be in attendanee at all
hours, travellers will be sure to get satistac-
tion at lowest rates.

JAMES W. TILIOMSON,
Droprictor.

St. Joln, N07. duly 4, 186i—ly
Commercial Hotel,

NEW ARRANGEMENT!

COAGH FARE PAID!

NO FUTURE the Coacu Fane of all travel-
lers from the Railway Station and Stewne-
boat Landings in this City to the COMMER-
CIAL HOTEL, King Street, who minke their
stuy one day or upward, WILL BE PALD by the
Proprictor.
FARE AT THE HOTEL:
TRANSIUNT.
--+§1 00
6 00

One Day
One Wee
PERMANENT.

Ler Week, $3.25 to gt 50
The HOTEL is situated onthe best business
street in the city, and nearly opposite the
Wavintiy. Itis handsomely fitted up and
calculated to accommodate some fifty persons

very comfortably.
Pp. P. HOWE, Proprietor.
St. John, N. B., Nov. 7 ly

“FOUNTAIN HOUSE,”
CENTRAL STREET.

SUMMERSIDE!

FMI subscriber most respectfully returns

his thanks to the public who so liberally
patronized him her tofore in the “Union
Hfouse,” and wighesAo inform them that he
has again openeteup, next door to his old

stand, @

Boarding House & Bar.

of yard room, and excellent

and gommodious STABLING, he is prepared

to make all comfortable who may patronize

tho * FOUNTAIN HOUSE.”

DAVID GRADY.
tf

,

Having plenty

Fountain House,
Summerside, Feb.

DAVID BERTRAM,
Saddle ‘and Larness Maker,”

27, 1808.

Water Street . . +

Look Here.
n, FITCIS GOLDEN OINTMENT i

J. used for all somplaints, that #kin, flesh,
bones and mascles are afflicted, with; with

nosa.- Try it.» .
wonderful success y WT WATSON,

General Agent for I’. B. tsiand.

. Summerside.

Water Street, St

(Adjoining the Shop

April 3, 1868.

ly

Business Gards.

PORTRY.

DANIEL CREW,
vatch & Clock Maker,
Summerside.

i -
of Mr. Jas, Caldwell)

Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired. at
moderate charges and with punctuali'y.

‘A MAN'S A MAN FOR A’ THAT.”
A NEW VERSION, HY CHARLES MACKAY,
L
Amante aman,.” suys Robert burns,
* Por a’ that and a’ that,’
But though the song be cle: r and strong,
Tt lacks a note for a’ that.

SALESROOM AND
Head of Queen's

April 2, 1868 ly

CE

R.& W. T. HUNT,
Coninission Ferchants,
GENERAL AGENTS AND

AUCTIONEERS.

Wharf.
(opposite the Store of Wm. I’. Hunt & Co.)
Summerside, P. E. Island

The lout who'd shrink his daily work,
Yet claim his wake and a’ that,
Or beg, when be might earn his bread,
Ig not a man for a’ that.
Mt,
If a!l who dine on homely fare
Were true and brave and w that,

Aud none whese garb is * lodden grey,”
Was fool or ku nda’ thut,

The vice and crime Gat staive our ane
Would fade and fail

And ploughmen be as good as kings,
And churls as curls fora’ diat.

and a’ that,

GRANAILLE STREET
SUMMERSIDE, P. 1

in attendance,

This Hotel will alway:
nights in which the Steamer

Summerside, March

ree

Temperance Hotel,

JAMES CROZIER PROPRIETCR.

Permanent and Transient Boarders will find

he kept open on the

arrives

jeaves, for the accommodation of travellers.
2, 1868.—38in

and

It.

You see yon brawny, blustering cot,
Who swaggers, swenra, and a’ that,

And (links, o strony vight arm
Might fellan ox and a’ that,

That he's as noble, man sor wan,

aiure his

As duke or Jord, aud aw’ that:
Me's tutu brute, beyond dispute,

good accommodation atythesabove Hotel. Awl noé wiman for at that
Good stabling, and a care) W/Hostler always : ay
Ive

A inan may own a lurge estate,
Jhive palace, park, and a’ that,
And not for birth but honest worth,

Be thrice aman tor a’ tliat;

Kent Street,

Ch'town, June 13, 1867.

Chas. U. Hanford...
Jan.

HANLORD BROTILERS,

Successors to Thomas Tanford,

Commission Merchants
And General Agents,
11 NORTH MARKEY WHAKE,
ST. JOHN, N, B.,

.. Pred.S.tManford

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

James Greenon
FLOUR

Comer ol Clinton ot

MARKET
St. John, N. B,

CARD.

WATER STREET,

Summerside, ------

LLANE

\

And

QUEEN
CHARLOTTETOWN

BANK
Charlolictown,

oy ae

ST. JOUN, = «

ly

JABE

“DOL

gh,

J. iW. ALLEN,
Commission Dicrchaat,
And Dealer in Lrovisions, &c¢,
Sin b E ,

oi bb.

D,

“GARVELL BROTHERS,
AUCTIONEERS,

Commission Merchants,

And Genoral Agents,

BUILDING, QUEEN STRE )
Island | oY ® brave, active

1p

HARDS,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
Dritish & SHorcign Groceries. |:
i, Ifead North Wharf,

NEW BRUNSWICK.

Commission Nerchant.

No 47 Commercial Street

WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,
Commission Merchant,

Auctioneer & General Agent,

1

Permanent and ‘Transient Boarders will
find the above House to give satisfaction,

PON

pa@™ Gives personal attention to the Sale
and Purelase of every description of Goods,

Commission Merchant, |
Auctioneer,

SQUARE,

ee LO OM Weel Flanders, the disi
Z HUDSON, _ |iizn ot'3
Authorized Auctioneer,

~~ SUMMERSLD

opened a

Is, Bureaus,

Bedstea
yes, Cupboards,

Wa

Picture Fr
Lou.

Cc

Importe:
Furniture repaires

Central Strees Sa maoerside,
Aug 22, 1867

aD}

; Bedroom, Kitchen,

Leaf, Centre and Extension

‘Lables, Sideboards, CheMoners,
What-nots, Stools, Desks.

mee,

otk,

j

es, Settecs,
Cradles,Cribs,
. ke; &e,
Podroom Setts, Matrasses, &e., &e., Ke
d Furniture: put together. + Old
1, and TURNING done. - «4

J. ALEXANDER BOVYER= :

.

Furniture Factory!!

Next door to Mr. Jolin. F. Baker's, and di-
rectly opposite the JouRNAL Office,

TINIE Subscriber would take this opportunity
of announcing to the publie that he has

Cabinet Shop

next door to Mr. John}. Biker's Store,
where he is prepared to manufacture Furni-
ture as reasonably ag any in the business.

He will supply at short notice

.

And Donald herding ou the moor,
Who beats bi nud a’ that,
3e nothing but a rascak boo,
Nor bulf man dora’ that

y.
Tt comes to this, dear Robert Burns-—
The truth is old, nnd w the
“Phe rank i but the guineu's stamp,
The man’s the gold for a’ that 5"
And though you'd put the minted mark
On copper, brass, and a’ that,
The lie is gross, the cheat is plain,
Aud will not pass for a! that,

Ni
For a! that, und a’ that,
Dix gout and beart and a’ that,
That makes the hin
And not his crow
Aud wan with wan, it rich or poor,
The beet is he for a’ that
Who sta
And acts Hie man fora uhat,

ds crect in self respect.

Son Sy,

COLONEL HILSON,

A STORY OF WATERLOO,
Continued.

Tiere was a union of science and skill
requisite to become eminent in the profes
sion Thad chosen, which stimulated me
to be indefatigable iu minute attention to)
oy daty. Dbad many nataral advantages
ist me in achieving professional su-
perioviiy. Twas young, patient and vig
ovous; my constitution unbroken
capable of privation and fatigue 5 n
s quick and powerlul, lL measured dis:
tances with unerring skill; the shell burst
where L directed it, and the ball was pro
peiled with fatal accuracy, Betore Tw
two yerrs in the service my talent w
distinguished by my officers; and,
-forders cae for our brigade to earbark for
Holland, | entrusted with the com
mand ol ,uud promoted to a sere
jeant’s rank.
We landed at Ielvoetsluys on tho Lst of
Mareh, and soon atter joined a junction
with the Austvo-Prassian army, aud iveorps
of Hanoverians and Hes in British
In the battle of the
ras, we were successful,
enciennes, Which fell on the 28th

This opening success, however, was
ory; and Tshall simply say that in
his unhappy campaign Twas a sharer in
ts vietories and reverses. ‘The gallant
luke who commanded was worthy ef a]
nore prosperous carcer Cran that which
he was fated to pass through, A ed
and enthu dastie ene-
my, opposed to able and enterprising offi-
cers, he depended upon heartless fiends,
and operated with urwarlike allies, Par
alyzed in victory, and deserted when dis-
ed, that brave main strugeied: vainly
viinst circumstances beyond his control,
uttempt upon Dankirk,
treat by Furness upon }

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and, after a usele
was obliged to re
Ghent.

Early next April, Pichegrn having mov-
frous cane
paign of OLepened. Jt was, in truth, a
continuation of defeats. Repulsed on the
17th and 18th of May, the royal duke was
driven behind the Aa. ‘Pho French cross-

GENERAL AGENT, &e., i
RYON oy be poe rie the Maes, when all our exertions failed
TEEON, bg + fe 16 defend Nimeguen, which was carried
: June 27, 1807. by assault. During this campaign, in the

field movements and siegos the British ar-
tillery suffered heavily. Poor Hamilton
fell before Dunkirk; the most of my
cartier comrades were killed or invalidad:
I, from a severe woud, was sent home to
Englund, havirg for my conduct been
promoted to the rank of sab-lieuten ant.

J might now have returned. proudly to
my home; for, by my own unassisted ex-
erdons, Lhad made an honorable name,
In taney Lrevisited Hilson Tall and in-
dulged in many a wild conjecture of the
state in Which I should find its inmat

What would be my reception the
Would my father’s. sternness give way,
and nature sissert- her maste antl open
his closed anus to ofter a | igal's wel-
come to his lony-estyanged child? Would
even my tnexpected retury disturb my
mother’s apathy—and how would Eoma
meet me—where was she—that was sho—
was she still unwedded—or, had the in-
dissoluble bond of marriage united her to
Arthur, and severed her front mie forever?

When I arrived there the vessel was or

the turning of the tide, and, fo piss thre
short time away, LT sanitered iute an
jacent coffee-hous An Trisit newspaper
before me, and I carelessly threw my
yes over its columns,
ed; felt my cheek flush; T bad
courage to perue the fatal pars

— At the Rectory of Ashfield, the lidy of
the Reverend Arthur Hilson, of a son ahd
heir’! The paper dropped fromany hand
—the dream was dispelled, the charm was
broken—Emmit was a wife—a mother and
could I, dave T return 2? No, 1103; home was
now ahateful name; and all there to me
would be bitterness suid disappointment,
[threw mysellinto a coach, and in an
hour was on the read to Woolwich, to re-
join my corps.
It was evening when I returned, and
having entered the barr: unobserved,
[ was lett for several hours in sclitary pos-
session of my apartments, ‘Phe next
rooms were occupied by a married officer,
who had lately returned to headquarters
with his bride, ‘They were both young
and handsome, and, as it was said, along
attachment had subsisted between them,
and that theirs was what the world) calls
alove-match, ‘The partition which seper-
ated our apartments was bus t, and,
tomy astonishment, L heard inds OL
weeping and disty All around me
was still, and I easily ascertained that the
lady was in decp ailliction, and ler hus-
baud vainly endeavoring to soothe her
anguish, Soon ufter, my servant came Co
me, and, ou mquiry Llearued that a rein-
forcement tor the West Indies was draited
from our corps, yd that my rhbor,
Licutcnant Mowbray was one of the ofli-
cers ordeved toy this: sery Hiom the
imperative. command reecived for the im-
mediate cinbarkation of the detuchegut, it
was fnpossible thet Mrs. Mlowbiray could
be permitted to accompany her husband 5
and the well-known insaluurity of Wie cli
mate rendered the chance a desperate one
ol the unhappy pair being again united,
The idea iustantly oceurred to me thid
it was wituia iy power to avert te
salanaty. very climate was
alike tomes and L could reasou with Or-
fando, @ Lf killed, bat one dead) that is
willing to Le so, 1 shall du my trends io
wrong, lord have none to taiaent mes
and tue world ho injury, tordn at thas
nothing.” Without a mmonls dellgera
tion Loponed Mowuiis’s Gory ais Wile,
who Was leaning her head Wpoi iis suoul
ler, started when Lentered, and be res:
ip. burt and wioctilied at aa Titer upon
Whieh, in dug other thin nie, Would dees
been unieedug aud uiapardunapie, dat
When btold bint niy deigrmiiadon, iad
offered to exchange aud Like Wis plier,
dever Were suprise abd rapture wore
marked tian ta tig jeatures of Mow
and his wile dn giowing ben,
poured out his ardeatacniowleds
While she bung Upou any bees and
me her savioui—ader acuverer,
Gently detaching myset woin her eu
brave, f leit tae delighted lovers to thei
happiness; ail, retaniag to my kool,
commenced euve preparadois bor lous |
absence fon t land. dn wiew days aii
ary matters were completed=-niy
shane of surviee with Mowbray Was
effected—and, for the s cond time, T Jett
my ¢ v, with vie hopes, iudeed, oi

lets,

tailed

Bu
mained in those Wahealthy isl nds toviour
years; and although iwice attacked by tae
matiznapt fevers of the country, 1 sure

ivivedto bury my companions. ‘Lie Preach
’ : i
ree

'
is

invested the tort T commanded, but
pulsed them. For this service was |
moted to ® company; and, soon ¢
being velieved by a tt
Iwas ordered home, and with the remaias
of those who survived that fatal eli
landed at Cove, inthe spring of 17

!
years from the time T leitits harbor a
humble reat,

It was on the eve of that politic’ con-
vulsion whieh threntened the dissolution
of the empire, and T vetaurned to the South
of freland. Prom the period Thad lett (he
rountry, to the time of my hunding trom
the West Indies the kingdom bad been a
seene of continued disorder and violence

but things were now hastening to:
and rived but adew weeks before the

insurrection of U8 took place.

Ininy military profession Twas an eve-
witness to the dreadint events which en-
suid, and was unhappily an actor in nany
scene of commotion and bloodsired
Even at this remote time T recall the
memory of those evil days with pain ; nnd,
though’since hackneyed in deeds of vio
lence and death. b shudder at the recol-
lection of this fatal summer, Tt was in
truth a fearful period—assassination was
perpetrated in the epen day—houses were
ightly attacked, and the immeates, when
tailed in repulsing the assailants, do-
prived ofarms and property. and not un-
frequently of life. “The scaffold) groaned
with victims, and the air stank with un-
buried hundreds, who fellis conflicts with
the military, and, erushed by superior
discipline, perished in idle but tearless
opposition.

‘Lime and absenee had cool: ad the fever
of my blood; TL could not but feel that 1
was inthe land of my birth, snd own a
yearning of the heart towards the home I
had so hastily quitted, T made the neces:
sary inquiries, and found that Sir Philip
and my mother were no louger among the
living. All past severity and unkindness
were forgotlen— my father’s sternnes
the chilly bearing of my mother, t ved

in the grave, and the memory of their
neglect was huried with them,

Although the tie of kindred was nearly
se
re my muive village. Panu
there; but what was she tome? A baviier,

Whore would be the praden

)

tivecn ua.
lot witnessing Arthur's happiness ?
Hit politi¢ to open the seaved wound, anc
again place myself within the dangeron
influence of that cherished object, whor
Feould not sce withont emotion. ie

the eve of sailing; she only waited for
ude
Suddenly I start-
sarcely

fatal, indeed to all my hopes of happiness

'stated to be, Phe Prodiga

fromimy memory, They were now resting |

1, Ltelt an uncontrollable desire to
was

eternal and insuperable, was plied bes

Was | veenried to me

Nothing could have marked the inses
curity of the times more strongly than the
Tunusunl appearance of the Cork coach,
fis double guard was considered instiii«
cient forits protection ; and, apprehensive
of attack, the passengers were armed, and
uty of dragoons, relieved at eneh stage,
wrted us through our perilous journey.

Of my fellow-travell-rs, the one who
Was sented opposite to me attracted my
wticntion, TL is, like miyselt. habited
ina sort of n ry undress; and, from
his sallow complexion and foreign air, I
should have éoneluded him to have been
one who had resided Jong in some torrid
climate, I made some Cforts to iiduee a
conversation, but he was silent, almost
repulsive, and J left him accordingly to
his own contemplitions,

The other travellers were persons in the
bombler walk of life, and avowcdly cue
gaged in trade: and, fora time, their cons
versation was confined to subjects: only
interesting to themselves, With such
dull. companions, to. sleep was my only
alternative; and I prepared to staniber
away some portion of my tedious journey,
But my attention was soon engaged.

found that one of the traders was settled
in Ashiield, my native town; and, with w
little manawement, D learned the singular
‘hanges which afew yours bad produced

: nily.

My father had been suddenly taken off
vy an attiek of goutin the stem ch, and
‘Vom consequently suececded to the tile
andestates, My nother resided with him ;
anid never was an ancient name consigned
to weaker represcutatives than Lady Hil-

a

son and her iuvorite son Sir Thomas,

ite of tray goof his wajesty’s
1 then very different from the binds
velocity of the present day; and the
Padvanced when we reach=
muatdands jeld, and
narrow chimneys aud
Hoare fi
the fovreign-looking travcbicr Je
age, ind turned into an dntrequented
ane, where a prison seem dto have been
wailing for hin; and together they dis-
appeared behind the hawthorn hedges
which flanked the niavrow palaway.
lean but ill describe my feciings when
the coach volled through the long street of
Ashfield, Every object was hi
every house, every Gee Wits Pomenbered,
We pulled up atthe inn, apd the couch:
door opened. Lb looked st (ie ian wiko
assisted me tosuight, and Thiew hin to
gave been an old servant of my lathe rs—
he rosy-chceked daughter of the Taad-

ed the |
from which

the
fretted gables of the old hi

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ford Wits courtesting tn the lall to wel-
Come me, hut nether recoguized me,

My sunournt Covek, lay strong cot pacted
ixare., bore no reseniolince to Uns Wiki
ouith Whose hiscory Was how alist toys
gotten, :
bentered the Hite parlor

andied floor aod Varatshed

* The neatly
clock” Were

just fotad felt thom; and the cower
cupboard fronted ine, with its ill display
ot cracked china and) ange stemuucd
slits Above the chinaey-piece tie

ciligtcs of (ie * Babe he Wood” were
anding inline preservaiion; oftco, when
w boy. have | ou thom with cou,
passion and deligat. There they reclined
mi waxen glory upon a bed of inoss, at
tended by the + gentle redbreast,” which
the cunning artish lsd represented by 4
two-legeed auimal, with tae aad pro-
portions of aw Nottolk uirkey. Oa one
ide, w& tender couple with crooks and
site were suspomted, and uadernenta
was written, Poe Arcadian Lovers, and
on other, a dean and famished yvoutis
Was Spriw t the fecvot an eldev

gentleman, armeyed ina fall bottomed w
and scarlet hunting frock, with
breeches and jockuy boots, Wo fasinuate
hat the seene of this interesting liming
vas custern, an clephant was judicion tis
ntroduced, scratching ove the court
will aeamel’s hump with his proboscis
nd, in golden letters, the su!

s we,

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eet wis

1 declined the offer of retrestime
was lenni ne inst the inantel-pi
vangingiury future Course of © soctuet, when
alow whisporiag beneath the window ine
duced me to look out, Inthe twilight I
ybserved several persons ia deep von ver-
sation, mad ata little distance one or two

(

nmacd men, Who seemed posted there

sentinels, L was soon aware that

t biect of their discourse; and the
sment being Imperlectly disclosed, en-

aolod me to overhear then.

“FAre you cerin,” faqnired: the frst
eaker, “that he auswers the des Hption
yt the stranger?”

© Portectiv. Ifo isa dark sallow man
—his viv mit his hoiht the same,
and his dross ¢) What the lorcipuer

(i

how fortunate! Did any

one remark bet you?”

“Not a Si I y him alight. Tt
strnck ime in an instant that he was the
inan. DT watehed hin through the kev.

i

hole; he seemed in’ deep
uixious to avoid observation.”

Tt inust be he.”

“What's best ta do 2"

“Arvest hia belore any eaanee could
let others seo him, and share the honor
and reward.”
Tages with you,
onee to Captiia Lily
laintae hin belore the ma

elit, and

We'll take him at
md there exe
rate,”
Speak lower—let us tose no time.”
Yhey both vetived; and atter giving
some divections to the seatinels, lett the
iun-yard together,
Short as the preceding dialogue had
been, [ recognized the principal of the
speakers, Ile had been employed in diss’
vipliaing the yeomanry of Ashfield; and,
from the humble grade of wdvill-sergeant,
for esplonage and other secret services,
lind been made a brigadesmajor for that
district, Ho was a fawning sycophant to
(hose in pow vy and a ready toal for the
vigot and oppressov to work with, Tre.
Membered he hat been an object of aver-
sion to poor Sit ¢
hat 1 could disappoint his
Jj avarive, and gaia a sate and ubsuspected
etentres to my cousin's house, by favoring
1|the mistake into whieh the gallant major
-jiad taller. Tt was quite ehear that iny

T still ehing fo the hope that -Emma_ was! member without pain? Still si@niiise Horeign-looking fellow-travellor was) eons
yet free, wid thateircumstanees whieh T} was irresistible-—I wonld risk all weifld foorned, ar suspoet: a to be so, fa some,
vould neither mime nor faney, might still}onee more see Bimota, though QYy tran-jireasonable: Caiisaetions, snd thik © simi-
make ber my own. Restless and miser- | quilily should be broken, and bosom [larity ot dress tid appenranee wonld ,
abloy determined to return to Treland;| bleed anew! 1 obtained, eccoffpyly, aj oxtaraly occasion much cohiusion, While
and, hating obfainted a leave ofabsence, 1) short leave of absence, and ediiqged a | Twas still undecided whether tq announce
set Of for lirjstol, toembark in the Dulin | place in the mail whichepdssed my niuch- | my mine ab ancy, nud prove any identity,
packet, ee ee : loved paternal residence. L ‘the duor wae opened, and Daten, wiiu
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