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The Cxaminer

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WALTER ©. GRANT, |

HILLSBOROUGH STRERT, NEAR |

KING'S SQUARE. |

TERMS. | fifteen Shillings. per anntm, half in| advance

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as Agents for the)

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William Bone Esq. 0 Summerside,

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Ee Suargh Sent Linkletter Road, ! yeebard Reid, Esq, Alberton,

Mr. William Callaghan, Mimivegash, * Lawrence Hegan, Hope River, ‘Lignish,

Nicholas Coarey, Beq., Mr. Jonu Doyle, ‘ Josep® Arsenault, Esq. Mr. J. ul FitzGerald. Onesime Gaudet, Esq, Mr Joho Breen,

Skianer’s Pond, Egmont Bay, Wellington, Miscouche, Princetown, } | |

hi : Let 16, Thomas Laughlin, Eaq aett McLellan Indian River, ST gekie pg Keq., Let 14,

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BRITISH

G P. RIDOUT, Esquire, PETER PATERSON, Esquire T. W. BIRCHALL, Esquire,

UMPERUL FIRE INSURANCE COMPINY OF LORDOM! sn AAUUFAK, —HALIEAK

OFFICES---1 Old Broad Street, and 15 Pall Mall.

Subscribed and Invested

Hanover Fire Insurance Paid Up Capital,

Total Assets, Ist July, 1869,

tawa for the Protection of Policy holders, in conformity with the New Canadian Insurance Law.

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$500,000

Governor, Dep'y Gov., Manager.

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Capital, £1,965,000.

Company of New York-

$400,000 319,000

$719,000

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MARINE RISKS taken on HULLS, CARGOES and FREIGUTS et moderate rates con-.

sistent with the hazard.

FIRE INSURANCE effected on every description of Property. All Policies issued immediately on application, withoui reference to the Head Offices. Por further particulars, rates and couditions, apply to

Kenton IT’. Newbery. |

Ch'town,. Sept 13, 1869.

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General Agent, (Next door to the Telegraph Offise.

VEN YOWK TIPE INSURANCE COMPANYS

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Twenty-fourth Annual Report, January Ist, 1869. Speer een WANE SI RN on. o. < ocb cl ob ncenwnetetonsn painted «.- $1,698,280.20 |

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HENRY A HARVIE, Geseral Agent for P. E. Island. |

Sencar nee

GEORGE D. WRIGHT, CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, DUNNS BLOCK,

QUEEN STREET, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. June 28, 1868.

R, REDDIN, Attoruey and Barrister -at-Law CONVEYANCER, &e. Office: -- Groat Goorge Street,

Charlottetown. (Near the Catholic Cathedrat.)

September 3, 1805. tf

A. NcNEILL, Reading Room Propietor, EOMMISSION MZREMANT AUCTIONEER, Charlottetown,

May 31, 1869,

>T ? BELL’S

TAILORING ESTABLISAMENT

QUE EN STREEPF Charlottetown P. E Island yas SUBSCRIBER takes this mettod of

returning thanks for the patronage with which he has been favorea during the past year, and would respectfully inform his custom- ers andthe public generally, that he is still repared to attead to all orders in his liae of ane with puuctuality.

OUTTING

Partiss desirous of having Garments or Paterss cut, coax be accomodated at the

thor.est notice. JOHN BELL.

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January $,1569.

PAPER HANGINGS 4500 rere rar eis in gros variety. for Sale Cheap

G. & 8S. DAVIES, Lendon House

Apri! 26,1869 HE Subseri! er bas just received fromBordeaux, vii Halifax,— 50 enses Co BRANDY, x “ CHAMPAGNE 5 binds burgundy KED WiNE, 5 ~ Good Graves White WINE,

5 © Pare White Wine VINEGAR,

All ef which are offered for sale at ext emcly low OWEN CONNOLLY. |

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Spring & Summer

GOODS.

Tie ubscribers have compteted, at the

LONDON HOUSE,

their large and extensive Stock of

British, Foreign, and American MERCHANDIZE.

G. & S. DAVIES. May 24, 169.

PHILLIPS & LEWIS, Carpenters & Builders,

HILLSBOROUGH PARK, CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. L,

Have constai.tly on hand a large stock of WakREN’s Improved Fire and Waterprcof

FELT, COMPOSITION, AND GRAVEL,

and, from a long experience in the use of this

material, can guarantee the laying of the same

in the most satisfactory and workmanlike manuer. August 2, 1869,

MAKE YOUR OWN YEAST

“MHOICE NEW HOPSfor ‘amily use. in QUARTER, HALF and POUND PAPERS. For Sale by W. R. WATSON, ity Drag Store, Victoria Building, Ch'tewn September 18, 1868.

9,000,

NINE THOUSAND

ROOM PAPER! ROOM PAPER.

UST RECEIVED at HARVIE’S BOOKSTORE, QUEEN STREET Nine Thousand Rolls ROOM PAPER

3d Roll, upwards. —_ re H. AP HARVIE.

May 24, 1869.

H. HASZARD.

Commission Merchant, GENERAL AGENT,

AUCTIONEER Upper Queen Street,

Charlottetown, - - + P.E.L

N. B.—Orders from abroad, and the country, will receive poor attention.

April 26, 1969,

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A. BERMANS,

Bell- Hanger, Gun and Tin-Swith,

Dorchesier Street, (Next to Reading Room Building.) E EGS to return his thanks to the general public for the liberal patronage extended to him since his commencement in business, and asks for a continuance of the same. He keeps constanty on hand

A neat Assortment of TINWARE, KITCHEN UTENSILS, &e., &c., &¢.

ALL ORDERS in the above BUSINESS will be punctually attended to.

Havin. lately made ijarge purchases in the Coenen Markets, intended for House Builders, such as

Gas Pilling, Water losets, Beh) Fittings, &c., &c.,

Tam prepared to SELL THEM at RATES AS LOW AS UAN BE HAD IN THE CITY, aud will fit them up in a good workmanlike style,

To a generous publie, I would say, that al) orders in THIS BRANCH OF MY BUSI- NESS will be attended to with Despatch,

A Lot of First Class WATiLR COOLERS on

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SAYERS’ CRYSTAL BLUE,

Sold Cnheaper than ever. Julv 12, 1369

REUBEN TOPLIN,

COMMISSION MERCHANT, AUCTIONEER,

AND GENERAL AGENT. Margate, P. E. Island.

REFERENCES : Hon. D. Brenan, Charlottetown. R T Homan, Summerside,

April 22. 1869. 6m

JUST RECEIVED,

ND FOR SALE

Cheap for Cash, HEARTZ & SON

Hi AVE JUST RECEIVED per Steamer from Britain,a LARGE ASSORTMENT ofg

Dry Goods, &c, &c.

And afarther supply expected in a few days by midsummer vessels. The above Goods, along with stock on hand, tho subscribers offer to their customers

VERY LOW,

as they wish co make quick sales of the same, n't to prepare com for FALL importations. Intending parchasere wil! please call and examine for themselves.

HEARTZ & SON,

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Queen Street,

Best of Liguos Always on hand

BENJAMIN PETTIGRE W, PROPRIETOR,

‘A WORK-WOMAN’S FORTUNE.

BY A RETIRED LAWYER.

I was called to the jail in C—, one even- ing, to confer with a clieut whose trial came on ina day or two; and as [ passed the half-dozen cells between the inner door of the prison andthe apartment where my | patron was now confined, I caught sight of the troubled but handsome face of a young woman, who sat leaning against the iron bars of one of the little rooms, and [ haited for an instant to look at her.

Charlottetown, .....-0+++ P. E. Island, | NB:.—Familbes supplied with Fresh OYSTERS, Any 2, 1869, 3m

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OOD TEA, SUGAR, MOLASSES an other GROCERIES, together with &., ke.,

at the WEST END STORE,

Rochford Square. June 28, 1869.

‘W\HE SUBSCRIBERS havein Stock a LARGE ASSORI MENT of Choice

Virginia Tobacco,

gomprising various Brands and Qualities, viz s—

NATION’S PRIDE, 6’s,

BRIGET POCKET PIECES,

AMOKET BAKs,

GOLD BAR,

JUNE APPLE,

ROYAL TWIST,

PINE APPLE, 4's, TEMPTATION ROLL, SILVER CAKE, PEACOCK, lib, } 1b, MAY APPLE, OLIVE, ADMIRATION TWIsT, NAVY, lib, Sib. {1b., 8's & 12’

&e., &., &o.,

allof which will be SOLD LOW in Bond or Duty Paid. —aLso—

30,000 Havana Cigars,

from £30 to $100 per M., among which are . Catanas, Partayas, Tigaros, Star & Rosarito

Brands.

100,000 German Cigars |

of all Grades and Prices. All orders will receive prompt attention.

COLFORD BROTHERS,

78 Granville Street.

April 19, 28C9. 1#G9

SPRING STOCK

HARDWARE.

City Hardware Store.

Ship Undine, from LIVERPOOL, and Amphion from LONDON,

the best and most suitable

STOCK OF HkaDWARE

ever imported into Charlottetown, consisting ip part of: NAIL. PAINT BRUSHES. 4)3 bags assorted fine A choice lot of Paint,

American Cut Nails, | Grhining, Tar and Cut and Wro't Spikes, Whitewash Brushes,

Brads and Finishing Blacking, Scrubbing, and Nails, — 2 Horse Brushes. Wro’t Nails, all sizes, hoemakers’ Ink and Boot Nails, in copper, Outfits zine and iron, Whips, , Horseshoe Nails, Fairbanks’ and other

Copper Burrs aud Belt Kivets,

Wood Screws, } to din,

Brass Hinges & Screws

PAINT.

Scales, from 8s. to 120s. Wire Cloth, all sizes, Fence, Well and Mud

Digger Chain,

Hemp & Manilla Rope,

Mackere} and Cod Line Hook and Fishing Gear,

4 tons Pa‘nt,

Best No, White,

Red Lead, Black Paint,

1 Lendon

Silver Table Bells, Green Paint, Hand Bells and Gongs, Venetian, Ked & Blue AwericanPateat Rvuiier Paint, Bushes, Orange Crome Paint, Bra:s and Enameled Stew Burnt Terra Sienna do., Pans,

Egg Beaters, Clothes Wringers, Flour Sifters, Wire Sieves, Wire Dish Covers,

Emerald Green, Ultramarine Blue, Patent Dryers, Red Ochre, Extract Logwood,

Umber, mixed and un | Blacksmiths’ Anvils, mixed, Vices, Hammers and Drop Black, Bellows,

Blister steel,

Metallic Paint u a . : Carriage Mountings, in

Parie Whiting, Axles and Screw Bolts, eballae, Malleable Castings, Hub Bands, in Siiver and OIL. Brass.

Dash Centres, &e., &c.,

Tayjor & Bros celebrated Circular, Crosscut, Hand and Tenon, Pane

el, Keyhole, an bu

21 casks Oil, in Boiled and rew Linseed,

Olive Oil, extra,

Machinery do.,

1 Oi Saws, Tetsiiis Oil, Large assortment of Cod and Whale Oil, ve of every deserip- Turpentine, ion, Black and Brown Japan, |Locks, Hinges and

Walnut Stain, Screws, of ali kinds,

Copper Paint,

Pitch and Rosin,

Mander's bine Mahogany Varnish,

Few Boxes ix Tin Plate, ‘Bar Tin and =pelter, Brad’s celebrated Bench,

Capel Oak do., Narrow and Broad Pale Carriage do., Axes, ; Quick gold size, Adzes, Shingle Axes

Knotting Composition, &o., do.,

100 Boxes Glass, from

to B6x42 Carpenters’, Joiners’ and War, : ? Coopers’ Tools of ail 2 tons Zinc, kinds, 100 rolls Tarred Paper, |Fannner Wheels and Bushes.

Stove Polish.

A few Double Barrle GUNS, a very superior article; Revolvers and Breech Loaders. Ammu- nition of every deseription

A large Assortment of English and American FORK, SHOVELS SPADES and HOES Garden Tools of every description, Hay FORKs SCYTHES, NEATHS, RAKES.

CuTLery.—lvory

Pocket, Pruning and Sportmens’ KNIVES. Huiton’s Famed British PLATE. in Table. Dessert and TEA SPOONS, TABLE and DESSERT FORKS, &e.. Ke.

The above is bet a small portion of the largest stock of Hardweure ever imported into Chariotte- tewn. all of which has been purchased for CASH, on the very bec! terms, and we fee) satisfied that we can please the pablic in price and quality. Please call and examine before purchasing else-

weer POURKE, GILLAN & Co.,

Successors to

Asyuet 3, 1863,

H. E. STARBIRD, & CO. June 28, 1869

er Steamer from BOSTON |

Best quality American |

She shrank away timidly to the rear of the cell, however, end [I bad the opportunity | simply to observe that she bore in her general | contour, the traces of a poor * unfortunate,’ in the usual acceptation of that unfortunate term.

I conclujed the interview with my client in atew moments, and just before leaving him. I inquired :

‘ Who is your neighbor, yonder ?’

‘Tbe young woman?’ he asked ina whis-

er. 2. Yes—next door ’

* I do not know,’ he replied.

¢ How long has she been here ?’ [ asked.’

* Since yesterday only,’ he added.

* What is she here for ?°

*T do rot know that either. I only ob- serve that she weeps and sobs almost inces- }santly, and has in vain applied to the De- | puty, who passes up and down this corridor, {to Jearn why she is confined here.’ | ‘The old stcry,’ I suggested. ‘A repent- } ant—too lute.’

‘ Perhaps so,’ replied my client. ¢ Or it may be a case of oppression, hardship, in- justice—’

‘She certainly is very pretty,’ I added, ‘and really looks too poorly tidy to be a criminal.’

*] have not seen her,’ he added. *‘ Why don’t you speak with her, as you go out? he irquired, suggestively.

‘She shuns observation,’ I said, * and | does not seem desirous to communicate with astranger I! judge.’

* Naturally enough,’ responded my client. * And this indicates that she may not be so | bad as her present position here might lead one to suspect, perhaps ’

* Good-night,’ I replied. T pass out’

And turning away from the young man’s cell I halted egain before the door of the gir'’s apartment, and accosted her. | ‘Good-evening, Miss, I ventured, in a friendly tone.

She was 8 tting cpon the side of her little bed, away from the barred grating. and fot an instant she did not anewer. Then, rising and coming timvuro ely towards me she asked, ina gentie way, * Who is it ?”

‘T am a stranger to you, Miss I answered. ‘T had occasion to ca | upon your next door neig!.bor pro‘essionally tonight. I am his jlegal attorney. I saw you as [I passed, and |—theugh it is not my habit to ds so—lI ‘vould nct resist the impulee to ask you if I jcould be of service to you. Have you any |ecunsel engaged?’ | «No, sir—no,’ she replied, with a sigh.

‘Will you permit me, then, to in-

quire what brings you here?’

« Poverty, and misfcrtune, sir.’ « Not crime ?’

‘Oh, no, sit! On my honor, no,’ she ex-

'e’aimel, with singular earnestness and can-

dor. And then her tears flowed copioasly

as che briefly recounted the circumstances of

ter hard case and present peril

* | dow’: know,’ she continued, ‘ precisely, why I am in this place. Is it not a prison, sir,’ she inquired, artlessly.

* Yes, Miss.’

‘But I have not been acused I have ‘had no trial. I have never been ila court leven, at all.’

* When did you come here ?’

* Yesterday.’

‘Whatare tho allegations made against you ?

* That I cannot expla’n. I do not know, cir. I am very poor, and entirely friendless Iam a seamstress. I have been compelled for several yeare to tuil very hard, sir, to support myself and an invalid yornger brother, with my needle ; and the scanty pay we women command for such labor, as you may know, is but miserable at the best.’

‘Yos,’ I said. ‘1 am aware of this,’

‘ We occupied an attic room,’ she continu- ed, ‘in a remote part of the city, and | bad struggled along, and kept sou! and body ‘together, as well as providing for the needs of my poor brother, until up to a week |ago; when, yesterday morning, I overherrd confused taik in the etory below us, which

was occupied by some rude people—for per-

‘sonsin our humble position eannot choase the lceation where we may ‘ stay,’ you know \sr-and I svon learned that some gocds had been purloined by certain parties sue- | pected there, and the premises were being ‘searched by cflic rs

| ©A portion of the missing goods was found there, and four or five persons were jarrested, as being concerned in the affair I was simply a passing lvoker on at the moment of the trouble, and was astounded, when the others were called upon to ac company the cfficials, to find that they in sisted upon taking me with them.

*] remonstrated in vain’ My poor little invalid brother must starve, if they do not care for him, sir. And all I have been jable to learn, in my extremity, 18, that | ;must ‘gv3 bail.” What is is it to ¢ give bail’ What is it to give bail, sir, if you | please ?’

* Securiety for your appearance at court, Mise,’ I replied. | ‘But bow? In what way”

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‘Some friend must recegnize to the authorities in a required sum, to forfeit, should you disappear, or attempt to evade a trial or examination,’ I informed her.

‘For what? What have I dons, sir?’

- That is precisely what I would like now to learn, Miss,’ I eaid. ‘* But if you are ac cused even, you must give the bail, or be detained.’

Her handsome countenance fell at this re- mark, and she said, alter a moments hesi- tation, ‘1 have vo friend on earth to do this sir. No friend to call upon; rone what- ever!’

‘Jt ig late," I replied, * ard a night of rest | will do yon no harm now, Miss. Be of good ebeer. I will examine into your case be- fore 1 sleep; and ac en early hour in the merning you shall see me again. Good night, miss ; and rest quietly with the as surance that I will do what is in my power to serve you and promptly.’

She stared upon me with her great flash- ing eyes,evidently not clearly compreh nding my good intentions ; and | departed with ‘the impression, if she were a guilty person,

Handled Table, Carving and that ebe eertainly was the most innocent two women, 80 anlike each other, so mutual-

Dessert KNIVES 5 Elliot's eelebrated RAZORS, Jooking one I had for a long time seen, On ly antagonistic. : |” Presently the woman came back and Ke

‘my way out I inquired at the jail-office who

she was

| * What number ?’

Deputy, roughly.

| © Number thirteen, south wing,’ 1 said.

| * A woman?’ he added, briefly.

| € Yes, ehe came in yesterday.’ ‘Oh—ah—yes. Ons of « gang o’ shop

lifters. Five on ’em in all. Namber tiirteen

is Mary Howell The rest vive bail.’

| And are all the others released?’ I asked.

| ‘Imcourse they are She'd a gone coo,

‘only she couldn’s give no s’curity, you see ’

inquired the gouty

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I left the prison with an unusually heavy |heart. On forther inguiry outside, I ascer- tained that the invalid boy bad been taken }eare of temporarily; and subsequently I \Jearned the following particulars of this curiocs, but not very uncommon casg of | hardship and wrong.

| O.iver Howell had lived, twenty years _ before, in a fine house in a fashionable quar- ter of the city, in sfluent circumstances. |The fire of °35 beggared hundreds of men of fortune, and Howell among the unlucky /nomber.

He had two children~a daughter and a | crippled son. The mother died, and then the | father. The children were left to the cold | | charity of relatives, who threw them off their hands at the earliest convenient op portunity; | and the girl found herself, at sixteen, alone | in the world, with the encumberance of her sick brother on ber hands, whom she never | forsook or neglected. | After trying various experiments, she ob- | tained needle-work, and contrived to keep | herself and brother alive, in the attic room |of a poor house in an obscure part of the town; and the wo!f had been kept from the | dcor until she bad been suddenly torn from | her garret by the officers, who arrested all ; they could find at band, and was charged | with being accessory to the robbery mentioa- ed.

She had never associated with these persons |in eny manner whatever, nor did she know janything of their character She supposed them to be poor, like herself, and she had no occasion to inquire as to anybody's re- |putation. She had little leisare—beaven | help+her—to look into the affairs of others | But the police seized ber, and she was a | prisoner | Trose atan earlier hour than usual the |next morning, and made my appearance at the chambers of Judge S——. I stated the ease briefly to him, and expressed my sur- prise chat a woman should have been thus de- tained ina prison cell, for eight-and-forty |hours, upon suspicion, without a hearing. He said it was not uncommon. There wasa vast deal of erfme transpiring constantly ; and the innocent sometimes suffered with, or even for, the guilty. Le would give this case his early attention; whith, fortunately for Mary,was soon righted, as it eventuated.

Upon rexching the jail, | found Mary awaiting me anxiously, but evidently greatly relieved in mind, as I gave her * good morn- ing.’

*I am happy to see you, sir.’ she said, pleasantly. * But I have most unexpectedly found a friend, since you were here last night.’

e 1 am glad to know it, Mary,’ I respend- e

‘T should rather say, sir, properly, that he has io nd me, however. And itis one whom I had sux posed bad forgotteu me, long ago.’

‘ Who has called, Mary ?”

' The last person J expected to see, sir,’ ske added, modestly. * I] had not seen him for many months, and had no sort of claim upon him, sir. It was William Edson, a dis carded lover, sir,’

* Indeed!’ Texclaimed ‘ Then you heave one friend, at least. And he appears to be one in your need.’

‘le is just gome, sir. He is able, and

will farnish the necessary bail for me at once.’ ‘ This is well, Mary, but I think you will have no occasion for it. I have represented your cass in the proper quarter, and I think an order for your release will shortly be here ’

And so it turned out an hour afterwards.

Thad the pleasure of seeing Mary dis- charged, a very happy being, without furtber trouble A carriage waited at the door, into which young Edson p'aced her, and they rode away in excellent spirits.

Mary sought out her sick brother at ones, and under Edson’s advice, she forthwith ex changed her old quarters for more aceeptab'e lodgings It seemed thatalthough Mary had

made pretensions tu her, he persisted in look. ing after her, and had that day made in- quiries for her and learned of ber unfortun- ate misadventure,

He hastened to the prison, where the| young woman quickly explained everything, and he lost no time in getting her relieved— though his proffered aid in this instance was not needed, as it proved.

He, however, again cffered her his hand, and I was gratified at learning, a few months subsequently, that Mary Howell be- came Mrs. William Edson ; and that she proved a faithful wife to one of the best of husbands, though he did find her, at last, in the cell of a jail,

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MYRTLE’S _STEP-MAMMA,

BY CARCLINE CONRAD.

Digby Lawson, a young traveller, being esaght in @ snow-stoum, sought shelter in an o d-fashioned house, whose mistress received him coldly, and conducted him to a smal] dark sitting-room! whose cheerfulness was scarcely increased by the lazy blaze that smuuldered inthe wide fireplace. A small, dark.faced girl, so diminutive in stature that he took her at first for a child sat in a rock- ing chair before tne fire, wranped in a shaw).

¢ You had better go to bed, Myrtle,’ said the woman, as she shoved a clair to the young man.

The girl leaned forverd and looked to- wards the wincows. It was barely twilight of a winter evening.

‘Humph’ she said, with a toss of her smal! cur'ey head, end settled back tc her rocking chair, without so much as a glance toward the stranger, whose gaze ‘seemed drawn towards her involuntarily The wo- man paseed between them, and bent toward him.

‘Don’t mind her, she’s—’ she torched her forehead significantly, anc nodded her bead. ‘I'll get you some eupper.’

She glanced unecsily at the young girl, stood a moment and went slowly out.

Digby Lawson sat and looked at Myrtle.

‘ Well,’ she said presently, lifting a pair of immense black eyes. ‘ do I look as though I had good sense, or not ?’

* As though you had good eense,of course,’ laughed Digby, in his good-natured, literal way.

Myrtle regarded him steadily a moment, smiling « little scornfully, and then said, in a sharp, defiant tore :

‘She may try and try, and I won’t be | afraid cf her *

Digby bad no reply to make to this. He had too gentiemanly instincts to betray bi | direct questioning the curiosity he felt, and so he remained in a puzzled town. wonder- ing what was the relation between these

young man a haughty, half-defiant

discarded Edson a year before, when he had | j

* About three years now,’ she answered, * She’s a great trial to me.’ * Your daughter?’

* Ob dear, no, only ste ter.’ ™ She rose and left him. He fin’ supper, and went back to the si room.

Myrtle was just quitting it, and as she went out she said, angrily, ‘I can’t abide Stephen _ foran hour. I shall never be fool enough to try him for a lifetime, may be very sure of that. 34

She slammed the door after her, aod stood an instant in the rome: facing Digby Lawson, with slender black brows puckered into an undeniable scowl. She seemed about to speak, but parent!y thought better of it, and the

ittle

nod, passed him, and he heard her a moment after run up the Aight of stairs at the end of the passage.

He found his hostess in the sitting-room and a coarse-looking, red-faced fellow was lounging in Myrtie’s chair.

* My sou Stephen,’ the woman explained, and relapsed into silenee.

‘ My son Stephen’ vouchsafed a few sulky attempts at sociability, but was evidently im an i}) homor.

Digby Lawson took his departure the fo’. lowing moruing, without seeing apy one but his hostess, and she did not him to re- main to breakfast, so he went away without it.

The roade were nearly im with snow, but with the sun shini upon him, and such rank inhoepitality bebtad, the young man rather welcomed the prospect. There was a small town a few miles abead, be knew,

As he urged his recruited steed the black, changeful eyes of the girl he bed seen the night befure haunted him.

When be reached the vil be mads soms inquiries, and learned that woman whe bad entertained him in sach loath fashion was named Phebe Andros. She had bees housekeeper for Myrtle’s father, and Le, s great invalid, had been so won by her qualities as nurse, that he had married ber, aud dying soon after, had left her guardian to his daughter and her large property.

Myrtle, it was said, was to marry Stephen Bird, her step-mother’s eon.

Digby’a informant wondered some at the girl’s taste, but did not intimate the

of any unfair influence bemg exerted upon her, und he rather stared wher the man repeated what Phebe Andros bed Listed as to her intellect. He bad never beard of anything of the sort, though it had been observed that Myrtle was greatly

and went out seldom

Digby Lawson went his way, but the further he progressed, the more vividly rose before him the small scornfal face of Andros, aod when he thoughs of her ea the wife of Stephen Bird, it was with an odd thrill of repugnance.

Businese recalled him, after a little, by al. most the same route, and he al his course a few railes for the sake of passing by the Andros mansion.

Ile bad no very sufficient excuse for call. 2g, but he found it difficult to pass. The sight of a face atone of the sitting-room wiedowe which nr ea ira bim.

He got off his horse, went slowly the path to the house, *

The face disappeared from the window, and itself at the door before he hed time to knock. It was M ‘a, but it bad grown thinner to h and the great black = e'rcled with shadows seem- ed to bave absorbed all the vitality of the smail tender frame.

‘ Miss Myrtle,’ he ezclaimed, ‘ ere you ill 7’

She laughed. ‘If I am, my disease is named Stephen Bird. Have you come back, sir, to test the tender hospitalities of my step- mamma ?”

‘I was passing, and seeing your face at the window, thoeght I would call a few moments. Aren't you gomg to invite me

in ?’

‘Not Ll. I shall be locked up again, if you come in.’

‘ Again 7”

‘She nodded. ‘ Step-mamma turned the key upon me when you were here before. That is nothing uncommon. who have such limber tongues as mine have to be locked up, step-mammea eays.’

The mockery of her tore and look wus something indescribable. She had the air of one goaded tod speration. Digby noticed that her little hands, as she held them close- lv clasped before her, trembled with nervoue- nees,

He looked at her anxiously. ‘ Miss Myrtle,’ he said, ‘I may be presum but it seems to me you are in trouble, Yoa have spoken to me with a frankness for which I may be indebted, both to circumstances and

our whim. But it appears to me that you Lage spoken out of a full heart. I should like to be of service to you.’

The dark face lighted electrically, and clouded again

«I don’t know Low you san,’ she said gioomily:

* Tel! me just what the trouble is,’

She glanced over her shoulder. _

‘It sa wonder step-mamme 1s not here before now. I bayen’t any trouble bet Stephen Bird,’ abe sa‘d, jarringly. «Hell

be the death of me, if I live long enough. ‘Do they want you to marry Tr She nodded, . ‘And you won't ?’ ‘ And I won't, most emphatieally?

* Have you said so)*

‘ About twenty-four times aday, for the last year.’

+ Why don’t you ran away ?

* Where would I run to? ‘very body is on her side.’

‘Tam not. Will you marry me, M that is, if I give you satisfaetory of respectability ?°

Myrtle shrank a little, and ber face turn ed acarlet, bat she said simply :

‘I like you; I did from the first. It

would net very hard to and be for ever free of Bird.” ini ‘ Be at the gate at dusk. I will

come by in @ carriage.’

Myrtle gave him her aed os it, and west in, jast in time to interoe atep-mamms in he hall. Bat ske nae from the back part of the house, and had seen nothing.

At dusk Digby Lawapn drove slowly past the Andros gate. lt swung wide ae he did so, and Myrtle ran oat.

They were married within a few houre, and the intensity of the chagrin and amage- ment oa Suplen es and hie mother would impossible to portray.

Myztle had to weite little. for her perty, which was under the control of her step-mamma for & of time, but she got it all at last, and oddly enough, never re- gretted ber hosty marriage.

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him to come ont to supper. | He followed her to the kitchen,

she put him to the table and her expression | was 80 eager, ber eyes lit up so unpleasunt- ly, that the you g man resolved jowardly that she should obtain no information from him. He shrugged bis shoulders significant- ly. , How long has she been thie way? Burn 80?’ he asked with a sympathetic air,