Summerside
And Western

DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE, COMME

Vol 3

Summerside, Panes Ed

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ward Island, Thursday, August 13, 1868.

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TERMS: CHARLOTT ENO Wy - +> P. EB. ISLAND Phe woly relict,—the kealding lear. chaise that conveyed me drove up to the}or murky rain, until I reached my hotel.

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Summerside Markets.
August 11.
Oats per bush - ---- meeteeee Bs Gd
Potatoes per bush --- +--+ -- - 2s
Turnips per bush - - ls 3d
Butter per lb by Tub 10d a Is
Lard per Ib ----+ dalld
Tallow per lb. - ---- Qdaldd
Eggs per doz -----+-++++-7 od
Beef perlb ------- ere -- Sda 6d
Mutton per lb ----- see 3d add

e--- Bhda Sd
-- 453 a 50s
- 183 a 20s
- 50s 60s

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Business Gards,

BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Corner of Queen § Water Sts., Charlottetown
resident—How. Danizi Brenan.
‘ashier—WittiaAm Cunpaut, Esquire.
Discount Days—Mondays & Thursdays.

Hours of Business—Fom 10 a.m. to Lp.m.
; from 2 p.m to 4 p.m.

Pork per lb by carcass
Flour per bbl - - - --
Oatmeal per cwt. -
Hay per Ton - - -
Pine Boards -- -
Spruce Boards - -----

UNION BANK.

Grofton St., Queen's Square, Charlottetown
Vresident—Craniis Parser, Esquire.
Cashier—James Anpersox, Esquire.

Viscount Days—Wednesdays & Saturdays,

Hours of Business—From 10 a.m to 1p m.,
from 2 p.m to 4 pm.

SUMMERSIDE BANK.
Central Street, Summerside, . E. Island.

Vresident—Ilon. Joun R. Garnier.
Cashior—E. L. Lypranp, Esquire
Discount Days—Tuesdays and Fridays.
Notes for Discount must be in before 11
o'clock on Discount days.
ftours of Bueiness—-10 1. m., to 1 p.m.
from 2 p. m., to4 p.m

THOMAS KELLY,
Barrister - at - Law

AND /
NOTARY PUBLIC, &e.
SUMMERSIDE, + ~ + - VP. E. ISLAND.
aug. 9, 1866

Co-Partnership Notice.

TPE Subscribers have th day entered into
CO-PARTNERSHIP any RRISTELS
and ATTORNIES-AT-LAW, under the
name, ‘style and firm of fp
ALLEY & D,
OFFICE,—O'HALLORAN'S BUILDING,
» Gneat Geonog Street.
‘GORGE ALLEY,
‘ LOUIS H, DAVIES.
Charlottetown,Oct «18, 1867. oot 2d

North British and Mercantile

INSURANCE \COMPANY.
FIRE AND, LIFE.

Established 1809.

TWO MIL ONS, Storling.
| ARAD OFFICES:
EDINBURGH & LONDON.

G. W. WeBLOIS,
' ae dcaced aati

Forms of A tion can be had\by apply-
ing to Mr, J, Bunruas, Journal Ofiige, Sum-

CAPITAL:

|Point Du Chene, Shediac N. B.

Chas, U, Hantotd........4. . Fred.8.Manford.
C. L. IWGHA®DS,
Importer, and plesale Dealer in

i, Head No

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ST. JOHN, |- - - AN
Dec. 6, 1867, /

Wharf,
W BRUNSWICK.

MARKE® STREET,
St, John, N. B.

a Apt pel attention to\the Sale
and Purchase gf every description of Goods,
May 9, 1808.

A. W. ANDRES;
Marble | Worker,

MONUMENTS, TOMBS, GRAVE-

STONES, &c., &e.
AMERICAN AND TrazAaAn MARBLE coy-
stantly on hand.

Can furnish Gravestoves and Monuments ata
less price thin any other establishment in
the Provinces, and pay a duty besides,

da Onvers can bé left at Berrran’s Book
Store and at D, ExMay’s, Esq., Summerside,
or sent to 4 }

‘i A, ty, ANDRES.
Point Du Chene, June 11th, 1868,

~ James Grecnough,
FLO
Commission Merchant,

No 47 Commercial \Street
Corner of Clinton Street -- -\- - BOSTON

R. & W. Ld HUN,

Gommnission Mvrchants,
GENERAL AGENTS' AND
AUCGCTIONERRS.
SALESROOM AND OFFIC!

Head of Queen's Wharf.
(opposite the Store of Wm. T. Hunt & Co.)

Summerside, P. E. Island.
April 2 1808 ly ¥
CARVELL weet ;
A UCTION iHRS,
Commission \Merchants,
And General Agents,

BANK BUILDING,/ QUEEN STREET,
Oharlottetown, - - + = = PK, Island
ROCKLIN, HOUSE,
{Kent Street, Charlottetown,
IMON D. FRASER, RROPRIETOR.

Permanent and ‘Transient™Boarders will
find the above Louse to give satistaction,
ch’ 1 June 13, 1868. Coe a
“POTIN'T "
FOUNTAIN HOUSE,
CRNTRAT STREET.

SUMMERSIDE!

FPN subscriber most respectfully returns

his thanks to the public who so liberally
patronized him heretofore in the ‘Union
fouse,” and wishes to inform them that he
has again opened Ae next door to his old

stand, a \

Boarding House & Bar.
Having plenty of yard room, and excellent
and commodious STARLING, he is prepared
to make all comfortable why may patronize
the * FOUNTAIN HOUSE.”
DAVID GRADY.
tf

Fountain House,
Summer: Feb. 27, 1868.

Temperance age

HE Subscriber has opened a I[guse on the
corner of Water and North Sweet, nearly
opposite Holman’s Wharf, Summortside, where
permanent and transient bourdeys can be ac-
commodated on rensonable terms.

‘The House will be kept open to accommo-
date passengers in the Steamer
In addition to the above he h

EATING SALOON,

where Luncheons and Tempergnce Drinks

can be had at any time. \,
JOHN B. SCHURMANY

ummerside, April 9, 1868. |

PHOTOGRAPHS.
TYVAE subscriber havingAncreased facilities
T and an excellant ligt, is well prepared
to furnish good pictures.)
PHOTOGRAPHS, BERROTYPES, and
AMBROTY PES made to please, at the short-
est notice, and lowest prices.

Call and see specimens hanging at the door.
(CHARLES CLARK.
Summerside, April/2, 1868. 0

HE subscriber has removed his Tailoring

Establishment to the Shop next door to
I. C. Green's, Beq.;.on St. Stephen Street,
where he will be happy to receive the orders
of his customers, and all others who may
patronise him. \

\
Having obtained the § vices of competent
workinen, and increused } weommiedation, hie
V

opened an

i ared to execute all orders entrusted to
par with neatness and despatel, and accord-
ing to the latest | ;
English & American Fashions.
ANGUS McSWEEN,

JABEZ, HUDSON,

? A

Authorized, Auctioneer,
GENERAL AGENT, &e.,

TRYON, - - = A alt Oe 4

June 27,1867. /

"WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,
Commission Merchant,

Auctioneer & General Agent,
WATER STREET,
Summerside, -------- sewee--d PB. Island
Jan. 21, 1868.
DR. JARVIS
Has Removed His Itesidence to the House
(lately occupied by Mr McKinlay)
next to Thomas Hunt's, Esq., St Mleanor’s.
Ile may be consulted @very forenoon at the
ae Store of W.'l. AIUNT & Co. , Summer-
side.
Lt. Eleanor’s, May 14, 1868.

KITSON OASKEY, MD,
Physician, Surgeon & Accoucheur
formerly Assistant Surgeon in the U. 8S.
Navy, offers his protessional services to the
people of Summerside and vicinity. He can
be consulted athis offige, over the Store of
Messrs Green & Schurman, in> Summerside.

June 13, 1867, tf

Barber Shop!

FPMIE subscriber respectfully announces to
“ the people of Summerside, and the public
in general, that hé@has opéned a

BARRER SHOP!

on Water Street, in the room adjoining the
Post Office, where he is prepared to do all
work appertaining to Meprotession, Best
assortnient of |
Hair Oils, Hair Restayers, Tooth
Powders, Dy’s, &e.,
slways on hand 61 i most reasonable terms

Boxes CRYSTAL BLUE also for sale.
‘te Razors carefully pus in order .29
CHAS. OTTO WINKLER.

Summerside, Jan 20, 1868.

lavitation to. Shipbuildets!

3000 BLOCKS, /

Now a DY FOR SALE
AT COSTINS LOCK SILOP,
SUMME SIDE!

HE subscriber si leave /to direct the

attention of SHIP BUILDERS and
SUIP OWNERS, tohis BLOCK SILOP,
where he has now, ang will ‘constantly keep
on hand, a large lot of BLOCKS. of all sizes,
which will be sold at theowest Island prices,
and 25 ver cent, off for CASI.

Remember those are not the Blocks you
read about which have no Bushing in the
Sheaves, and 2 Rivets where 3 is required.
Parties purchasing Blocks should always
drive out the pins and examine the inside,
as many vessels have been lost in consequence
of bad Blocks.

The fastest vessels that ever sailed from
this Island were furnished with Blocks from
the subscribers Wactory, (the New Dominion,
Vidine, Zuleika, and others .)

ALSO—Ships Wheels, finished with neat-
ness and made substantial. Deck Vlugs,
Pumps, &c., &e,

Reference can be made to Hon. J. C. Pope,

Hon. James Yeo.
“JOUN COSTIN,
Fob, 27, 1808. ly

£3 17s. 64,

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sense Mamily Scwing
se cpa al /
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Simple, Durable, Compact, and Cheap.

The Celebrated Common Senge Family Sewing
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the improvements tat ean well Be combined ina
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Store.
HENRY A, HARVIE,
Agent for P. KE. Island,

Corns and Warts.

are permanently and \effectually cured by

Patent Corn
For sale by
W. he WATSON.

Summerside, April 30, 1868,

wsetown, Jane 20/1068.-1y \

Go kneel as I have knelt,

Implore, beseech, and pray,

Strive a besotted heart to melt,

The downward course to stay;

Le dusted wath bitter enrse aside,

Your prayers burlesqued, your tears defied.

Go, weep as I have wept

O'er a loved father’s fall;

See every promised blessing swept,

Youth's sweetness turned to gall ;—
dife’s fading tlowers strewn all the way

‘That led me up to woman's day.

Go, see what T have seen,

Behold the strong man bowed

With gnashing tooth, lips bathed in blood,
Aud cold the divid brow ;

Go, eateh his withered glance, and see
There mirrored, bis soul's misery,

Co tomy mother's side,

Aud her crusted bosom cheer,

Thine own deep anguish Inde,

Wipe trom her cheélk the falling tear;
Mark her worn form and withered brow,
The gtey that streaks her dark hair now,

Veith faded form and trembling limb,
And trace that ruin baek to hin
Whose plighted faith in early youth
Promived eternal love and trath;
Hut who, foresworn, had yielded up
That prowise to the cursed cup,

And led her down thro! life and tight,
Aud allt ade her prospects bright,
And chain here rinid want and strife,
That wowly thi drundard's wife ;
And stamped on hood'’s b

A unped so mild,
That withering blight,-a drunkard’s child,

Go see, and heur, and feel, and know

All Gatimy eon! hath felt and known,
Then think upon the wine cup's glow,
See if its beauty ean atone ;

‘Think of its favor will you try

When ull proclain—' Vis drink and die.”

‘Vell me “TI hate the bowl.”
Hate isn feeble werd,

1 loathe, abhor, my very soul
With deep disyust is stirred,
When l think, or hear, or tell,
Of the dark beverage of Mell,

Select Biterature,

MY FIRST AND LAST GAME

[conrinvED. }
On the evening of the departure of my
cousins, my mother and I were seated in
the old, shadowy dining room. Twilight
wis mi ng its sombre shades into the
clear beams of the full moon. The win-
dows were open, and the summer air,laden
with the breath of flowers, seattered a de-
licious perfume around, A mysterious si-
lence was abroad, broken at intervals by
the low re stle of the leaves, and the ocea-
sional song of the nightingale.
** Mother,” Dasked, somewhat abruptly,
fdid Captain Stornaway squander away
his wile,’s dowry, or did he lose it in some
unlucky speculation 2”?
[lo spent it at the gaming-table,” she
replicd, in a bitter tone,
* And they are very poor now?” Tasked.
* Poor almost to pennry,” she sighed,
“Poorer than we are?” [ continued,
“What do you wish to infer, Hugh, by
that absurd question?’ asked my mother,
in a querilous tone, ‘ My expenditure
has never exceeded my incoine, and your
own observation wil tell you that I have
enough for all our requirements.”
“And if [ wanted a hundred pounds or
so, I presume it would not distress you to
give mo that sum?” Lasked,
My mother was dumbtounded at my re-
quest, dud answered it by a blank stare of
surprise.
«A whole quarter's income !” at length
she said,
‘That was the first time I eame to know-
ledge of what her precise income was,
‘Tf it will inconvenience you,” L said, I
will not press it.”
“For what purpose do you require it,
Hugh?” she asked, alter a pause.
«To defray the expenses of an outiit
and pas-age to Australia,” [ replied, com-
posedly,—*'Far wh. 2” she gasped.
“For my myself, mother,’ was my cool
answer,
I pass over the scone that followed this
announcement of my crudely matured
plan of self-exile to the Antipodes. ‘The
public mind was all astir at that time.
Wild tales had been watted to England of
wen acquiring fabulous piles of wealth in
a single day at the gold diggings, It was
the old song, to another tune, of London
streets being paved with the precious me-
tal. The mania seized me in an intensely
rabid form, and, after a month's careless
inportuning, [succeeded in winning my
mother's reluctant consent,
Six months after, Leisembarked on the
quay at Melbourne in: company with as
motley a throng as the most imaginative
mind conld possibly depict. My stay had
been only a few days in that city, waiting
for the departure of the teams, when T fol-
lowed the human stream to the gold fields,
Tnto what a murky atmosphere my fanci-
ful palaces all vanished as T returned to
my tent, after my first day’s weary toil,
with as much reward for my labor as if 1
had been cieging in a granite quarry.
Weeks elapsed iuto months, and the stern
realities of my hard, wild life, had through-
ly tamed and sobered me, A year passed
by, and the fortune Thad ventured so many
thousand miles to seek, was still in the
dim, fiur-off {(uture. A less resolute heart
might have been tempted into despair, as
indeed many hundreds were, and returned
home, sick and disgusted; but [ bore up
unflinchingly and doterminately.
1 survived two fevers and a broken limb,
and at the end of five years arrived in the
Mersey, With a tanned complexion, a
bearded visage, a stalwart frame, tull of
vigorous health, and the possessor of four
thousand pounds, What strange emotion
thrilled my heart as we slowly passed up
the river, There were the same gay lit-
tle steamers crossing to and fro; outward
bound ships crowded with emigrants, wait+
ing tor the tide; throngs of busy people
on the quays; and the cheery chant of sea-
men hauling their vessels out of docks
But, let my eye rest where it would. my
old home at the Elms rose palpably before
me. 1 saw it amongst the masts and cord.

City Drug Store, Clvtown,
Dee 26, 1867,

age ; T sal it dancing on the restless waves ;

ifilly adorned with gracetul statues

front entranee. My mother stood expec-
tantut the doorway. ‘I’hére wasa low ery,
along gushing sob, and her kisses and
tears fell fast upon my bronzed, bearded
face. ‘Then we passed into the dining-
room, and her dear old arms nestled round
my neck, and her ire oyes never
seemed to get tired of gazing on my
changed features,

We had both an eventful history to tell.
I gave her, however, only a glimpse into
mine, There was somcthing of deeper
import to me than the recital of my own
past adventureg.

«Ave the Stornaways still in England ?”
I asked.

“Oh, Hugh,” eried my mother, ‘ why
do you mention that name, in this happy
hour!”

“Tas any evil befallen them?” I in-
quired, :

TI fear so she replied; ‘¢ but T cannot
speak beyond my surmises. ‘Three years
ago the captain disposed of his hall-pay tor
acertain amount in hard cash, Shortly
alter, they went to reside in France, but
the last Tetler [received from my sister
was dated from Baden-Baden,”

“How long ago is that?” L asked.

**Nourly two years,” sighed my mother,

“Wes Jane still unmarried at that time 2”
was my next hesitating question,

“O yes, poor child, and likely to re-
main so, I fear,” said my mother, with a
feeble smile,

« Mother,” I said, after a pause, ‘if
Jane Stornaway is still living, still tree,
with your permission [ will make her my
wile.”

“Hugh,” she cried, fairly taken aback,
“what has put that absurd notica into
your head ?” a

“Love, mother,” I laughed; ‘and it
must be good tough love, too, that can fill
& man’s heart with hope and courage for
live years, p: sked as Lhave been with a
herd of men as lawless and savage as
wolves, in whose esteem a human lite was
less sacred than adog’s. But IL never once
swerved from my purpose, because Jane
Stornaway’s image was my star of happi-
ness.”
© But sho may have forgotten you,” sail
my mother,

“No,” said I, “I read plainly by the
last glance of Jane’s eyes that her memory
and heat would remain faithful to me till
death. I would put a holier faith in’ that
glance than in all the uttered vows of an-
other woman,”
“Be armed against the worst,” said my
mother, warningly.
“Phat has been my motto, mother, as
nightly [laid down in my tent to sleep
with a revolver ia one hand, and a knife
that would penctrate a ten-inch board in
the other,” Lreplied, smilingly. ‘* Now,
keep nothing from me, but give me every
articular of their movements since they
loft England.”
My mother had nothing to communicate
beyond the scanty intelligence contained
in the two letters from my aunt, I per-
used them, but they were vaguely worded,
and the second letter bore no address bo-
yond the Baden-Baden post-mark.
T remained at home only three days,and
then started on a wild chase to Germany.
Captain Stornaway’s inveterate passion for
gainbling was the only clue by which I
hoped to trace him. Baden-Baden was
my iirst resting-place, and I stopped theve
a month, Llovked into every face, watch-
ed eyery gaming-house, and passed hall
my nights in those dens of pestilenee, but
in vain. I next visited Lamburg, but with
no better success,. Vinally, 1 searched
every city and town on the Rhine, until,
battled and dispirited, I set out one day for
Baden-Baden,
Tarrived there on a bleak, rainy day
towards the close of November The
gloomy weather scemed to infuse a chilly
damp into my spirits, rendering me de-
pressed and miserable. More than two
months had passed since I first entered
Baden-Baden, and now Lhad returned to
it, deteated hitherto. but still hopetal and
buoyant. Early in the evening I quitted
my hotel, and once again restimed my
phantom chase; the air was keen, and the
rain was falling ina drizzly mist as T por.
sued my solitury way through the dismal
streets, At length I paused before the
door of a large, lashionable gaming-house,
T hud believed that not one of those pan.
demoniums had escaped my notice in my
tormer visit, and yet this one was entirely
new tome, Ascending the steps L passes
through a pair of folding doors, and quic

k-
ly found iM in a lofty apartment,

brilliantly illuminated and luxuriantly fur

nished. “Lhe room was hung with costly

paintings and glittering mirrors, and taste-
ol

purest marble. Carpets of softest pile

caressed the feet, and the tables were over:

laid with massive velvet covers; the air
was heavy with tho perfume ot flowers,

and the harmonious sound of a concealed
orchestra, playing the most popular airs,
lent a magical charm to the scene. I ap-
peared to have come suddenly into the
land of enchantment, and might have rea-
dily imagined that some genii had wafted
me into one of the celestial regions, but
for the human throng gathered round the
tables. On almost every fice there was a
hard, pallid hue, or a feverish flush ; in al-
most every eye there gleamed a hungry,
giaro,"ahd peculiar, nervous twitching
of the muscles was perceptible on every”
lip.

I stood at a roulette table watching the
fluctuations of the game for some time,
until, yielding to » momentary impulse, I
threw a trifling stake upon the board; the
next instant the croupier swept it amongst
his glittering pile 1 had lost. L stake
again, doubling my first amount.and again
my money vanished as betore; L felt irri-
tated and vexed, though not at my losses,
for they were a mere bagatelle, but at the
derisive snvers which my blind faney pic
tire upon every countenance, 1 ventured
a third stake for ten times the sum I had
played tor betore, and an impreeation es-
caped my lips as it Was swept from me,

The games tors evil i ele i),

After hastily fortifying myself with letters
of credit, check book, Gank notes, aud all
the money I possessed in the world, I re-
turned to’ the gaming-house. One burn
ing, thirsting thought alone filled my de-
nies brain, and that was to retrieve my
osses. : :
My foot was on the steps of the house ;
when a low, plaintive voice, sad and wail- ;
ing, struck upon my ear. I paused, look-
ing down, and saw through the yellow
glare of the gas lamp, the white, emaci-
uted face of a young girl, Her eyes were
closed in slumber, her form was huddled
under her wet, threadbare garments, and
her small wasted hand lay open on her
knoe.

“Tor my mother,” she murmured, in a
feeble whine,

There was a refined softness in the voice
and a delicate expression in the features.
“Poor creature!” I whispered as [bent
down and shpped a gold eoin into her hand,
“For my mother,” she again pleaded,
as I closed the thin fingers over the coin
and drew her shaw! further across her face.
Theard no more; but, yielding to my
Alluring tempter, re-entered the house, £
stvode to the board calm and collected as I
then thought, infatuated and mad as T
now believe. At first the tide of fortune
(lowed swiltly in my favor, then it slowly
turned, and on the crest ot every ebbing
wave the Iruits of my five years’ weary
toil drifted rapidly away.

Let me pass over the painful remem-
brance, let me close from my memory, now
and forever, if possible, the ghastly sj-¢c-
tre that stood grinning bofore me as my
trembling hand threw my last coin on the
tuble. stood as if transformed into stone,
cold and rigid, with every feeling withered
and dcad within me. A sudden blight
seemed to fall upon my brain, und T was
several minutes before I could realize the
bitter fact that I was absolutely penniless:
There was a sudden weight at my heart,
heavy and pulseless as lead. With a tot-
tering,recling step 1 turned from the room,
one hand clutching my forehead and_ the
other battling vacantly with the air, Des-
oonding the stair, I gained tho outer door,
and as the cold wintl blew across my heat-
ed brow, a glimmering consciousness of
my late folly came li ¢ a dash of light into
my mind. My voice, which till then had
béon sountless, poured out a volley of bit-
ter curses. ‘Lhen the fair face of Jane
Stornaway seemed to rise before, not with
the old hopeful glance that had been my
beacon in the past, but with a stern, re-
proachtul look in every feature, She ap-
peared to be turning slowly away, with
outstretched fingers pointed to the ground.
TL looked down, und there between us lay
wn open grave.

Suddenly a slight sound, like a sigh of
the wind, swept to my ear, and recalled
me to consciousness; then, as the vision
vanished, my gaze rested on the still sleep-
ing form of the young beggar-girl. Her
head was leaning against the stone porti-
co, and through wrentin the shawl that
covered it a long tress of golden hair
floated in the chill breeze. ler slumbeF
seemed placid, tranquil as death, and the
fitful rays of the lamp above gave a more
ghastly wanness to her features.

Oh, the remorse that sung me, as I
thought of the misery I might have spared
that young life by the bestowal of a  hun-
dredth part of the wealth [had that night
so viciously squandered t

I was turning despairingly away, to
wander [knew not whither, all hope crush-
ad within me, when suddenly the glitter of
the gold piece I had left in her hand spar-
kled before my eyes. My gaze became
riveted to it by some fascinating spell, My
fingers were about to elutch it, when from
her thin, hueless lips, came the sad, plain-
tive wail. ‘* For myimother!? and I started
back as though a serpent rose before me.
Sull the tempter released me not, but
drew me nearer and nearer to the brink of
crime—and what acrime! Henceforth to
walk the world with the strain of thief up-
on my conscience, the paltry robber of
some starving beggar-ebild, And by that
piece of gold might win me back the for-
tune for whieh L had delved and toiled,en-
dured sickness und fatigue, and braved
death ina thousand shapes, And Jane—
she would be mine yet. _T should find her
and bear her back to my mother’s home,
my bride, my wife!

Tno lovger saw the shrivelled, hungry
form, and pinehed face of the sleeping
mendicant; I saw but the tempting picco
of gold in her thin white palm; and as I
gazed, the gold appeared to multiply into
a countless pile. Trvesistibly T snatched it
from her hand, darted through the doors,
anrried back tothe table, and threw the
coin with a wild hap-haszard on the board,
It fell on the number thirty-six, and that
number of golden pieces were handed to
me, Inext threw tor the red, doubled,
and won again, Like one in a dream, with
no forethought, no calenlation, I played
on, each tine trebling the stake, each time
winning. -A mound of gold was now ris-
ing betore me, enciveled by layers of bank
notes. There were murmurs of wonder-
ing voices, and exclamations ot surprise
from lookers-on, Sull 1 threw with the
same reckless spirit, and the chanees of tho
game never fluctuated a single point. All
my lost fortune kept rolling back in one
continuous, steady stream, lope return-
eit to my throbbing heart, and a delirious

eoursed through my veins, With
humor I joined in the peals of
laughter that hailed my success. 1 hurled

bid ‘

sarcastic jeers at the croupier, whose vis-

age assumed an air of dismay. ‘ Lucky
tcilow!’ said a voice behind me, “ you
have won nearly four thougand pounds.”

Four thousand pounds!—the whole ot my
lost fortune,

I stopped, drew the gold and bank-notes
toword me, gave a polite bow to the ase
tonished croupier, cast an exultant glanee
at the bewildered group around the table,
and walked from the room, As I deseend~
ed the stairs my first thoughts were about

nad, ay)

ho portiga, ape lucked, §

the poor girl, whom I inwardly resolved to_
enrich beyond her wildest dreams, Treag”

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