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William Bearisto, Esq., 0 gy mmerside,

en O'Neill, Esc ur lee Sb — 5 Linkletter Road,

Richard Reid, aq, Alberton, Mr. William Callaghan, Miminegash, * Lawrence Hogan, Hope River, Nicholas Conroy, Beq., Tignish, . Mr. J shu Doyle, Skinner's Pond,

Egmont Bay, Wellingtoa, Miseceuche, Priucetowan,

Jose) Arsenault, Esq., Mr J. H FitzGerald,

Onesime Gaudet, Esq,

Mr Jorn Breen,

y 16 Thomas Laughlin, Esq. Lot 16, Me Bennett MeLellan, Iudiaa River, M. McKinnon, 8ea., Baq., Let 14, Michae! Kilbride, Esq., Let Il,

South West,

West Port, Campbelton, Lot 4, Crapaud,

Mr. Peter Hughes,

Patrick MecLetiao,

Thomas O'Connor,

Joho Kelly,

Hon. A. A. McDonald,

Mr. Geo. A. Haghes, George Forbes,

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Cardigan Bridge,

7 , , Wm. P. Lewis, Little Pond, Lot 56,

Mr. Donald MeDonald,

. Ee-et Sinnott, Meret.

. Mclutyre, ou ¥ Hee F Kelly, Fort Agustus, Captain Joha Melatyre Fairfield,

Pairick Griffin, Esq., St. Andrew's,

Mr. Ronald MacDonald

(Garahelis.) Pisquid, :

Anthony Met ‘ormack, E-q . Q St Peter’s Bay, Mr. Simon Bulger, vaeph McAalay, Esq., Black Bush, Af ctmen art, jaar as Red Port, Lot 46 Dagaild McDougall, Eve , Dundas Lawrence Peters, Esq, Rolle Bay, | Mr. Angus McDonald, Goose River, i J. C. Uaderhay, Esq,., Bay Fortene

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CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, OCTOBER Li. i869

having to advise the Public, may speak free.’---Euripides.

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BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE COMPANY, | FIRE §& MARINE. Fifteen Shillings. per annum, half in| HEAD OFFICE--Corner of Church & Court Streets, Toronto.

| Capital and Assets upwards of Deposited at Ottawa

G. P. RIDOUT, Esquire,

T. W. BIRCHALL, Esquire,

TMPEBUL FIRE

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Sudscribed and Invested

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$105,000 deposited at Ottawa for the Protection of Policy holders, in conformity with the New Canadian lusurance Law.

Hanover Fire Insurance

Paid Up Capital, | Surplus,

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Total Assets, Ist July, 1869,

Fenton TI. Newbery,

Ch'town, Sept 13, 1869.

and Fire Insurane

PETER PATERSON, Esquire

INSURANCE COMPARY OF LONDON!

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

MARINE RISKS taken on HULLS, CARGOES and FREIGHTS at moderate rates con- | sistent with the hazard. FIRE INSURANCE effected on every description of Property.

All Policies issued immediately on application, withou: reference to the Head Offices. For further particulars, rates and couditions, apply to

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- A : $500,000 = - - $59,000 ~ - Governor, ~ _ Dep’y Gov., -~ ~- Maeneger.

Capital, £1,965,000.

Company of New York-

$400,000 319,006

$719,000

Gen:ral Agent, (Next door to the Telegraph Office.

QeM YORK LIFE ENSURING

TWIATY-FIVE Y&SAR

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Strictly Hutual and charges only Cost of Insurance.

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SYS'EM OF INSURANCE ORIGINATED) BY THIS COMPANY.

Ifyou wanta Life Policy, choose Experience, Abiuity& Success,

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TOTAL CASH ASSESTS... .s0-620-+>+e20ee

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Twenty-fourth Annual Report, January 1st, 1909. INCOME POR THE YEAR. ....4- +--2- +++ DIVISIBLE SURPLUS. ......--+2+--------

Policies issued during the year, 9,105, insuring'$30.765,947,00 IS FRANKLIN, President. WM. H. BEERS, Vice-Presilent & Actuary, WALTER BURKE, Manager for Dominion of Canada. Blank Forms, Tables of Rates Reporis and all information can be had at the cftice of

AMERICAN OTSTBA GALGON, Queen Street,

Opposite W. R. Watson's Drug Store

Best of Lignos Always on hand.

BENJAMIN PETTIGRE W, PROPRIETOR,

« ecco ks a reed, ed with Fresh OYSTERS, 3m

Charlottetown, NB-,— Families suppli Auw 2, 1849.

D2 ane,

OOD TEA, SUGAR, MOLASSES and other GROCERIES, together with

DRY GOODS, &e., &e.,

at the WEST END STORE, Rochford Square.

dune 28, 1869.

HALIAR, AUALYEAX.

rF\HE SUBSCRIBERS havein Stock a LARGE ASSORIMENT of Choieo

Virginia Tobacco,

comprising various Brands and Qualities, viz [<—

NATION’S PRIDE, 6's,

BRIGHT POCKEL PIECES,

AMOKET BARs,

GOLD BAR,

JUNE APPLE,

ROYAL TWIST,

PINE APPLE, 4’s, TEMPTATION ROLL, SILVER CAKE, PEACOCK, 1 ib, } Ib, MAY APPLE, OLIVE, ADMIRATION TWIsT, NAVY, 1 1b, §ib. Zlb., 8’s & 12's

&e., &e,

es allof which wili be SOLD LOW in Bond or Duty Paid,

—ALso—

E (OMPINT:

PRRIBNGE.

a 8 EA

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$12 000,000

Liinentiphn inc Gaile eeees sss eseee $4,698,380,20 gotten Ud ESV 11,000, 822.56 albino’ Sess knee Oe

HENRY A HARVIE, Geueral Agent for P. E Island.

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

QUEEN STREET, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. June 283, 1868.

R, REDDIS, Attornen and Barrister~at-Law CONVEYANCER, &c. Office: -- Great George Street,

Charlottetown. (Near the Catolie Cathedral.) September 3, 1866 tf

A. McNWEILL, Reading Room Propietor,

COMMISSION MA2RECAANE

AND

AUCTIONEER,

Charlottetown, May 31, 1869.

BELL’S

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TAILORING ESTABLISAMENT QUE EN STREET Charlottetown - - - P. E. Island.

‘QXHE SUSSORIBER takes this method of retursing thanks for the patronage with which he has been favored during the past year, and would respectfully inform his custom- ers and the public generally, that ke is still eens to attend to all orders in his liae of ness with punctuality.

CUTTING

Parties desirous of having Garments or eras cut, can be accomodated at the

thorvest notice. JOHN BELL. _ January $,1869.

PAPER HANGINGS

| 4 PIECES ENGLISH ROOM and 450 HALL PAPER, in great variety.

For Sale Cheap

G, & 8. DAVIES, Leodon House.

April 26,1369.

Direct from Bordeaux, via Halifax

i w~- Subeeriber bas just received fromBordeaux,

via Halifax,— 50 cases Vo BRANDY, 50“ CHAMPAGNE 5 bhds Burgundy RED WINE, 5 “ Good Graves White WINE, 5 “ Pure White Wise VINEGAR. wun which are offered for sale at extemely low

ee oa

Spring & Summer GOODS. ubscribers have completed, at the

LONDON HOUSE,

their large and extensive Stock of

British, Foreign, and American MERCHANDIZE.

G. & S. DAVIES.

fae

May 24, 1869.

PHILLIPS & LEWIS, Carpenters & Builders,

HILLSBOROUGH PALE, CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. 1,

Have constantly on handa large stock of WakREN’s Improved Fire and Waterproof

FELT, COMPOSITION, AND GRAVEL,

ind, from a long experience in the use of this

material, can guarantee the laying of the same

iu the moet satisfactory and workmanlike manner. August 2, 1869,

MAKE YOUR OWN YEAST

HOICK NEW HOPSfor ‘family use, in QUARTER, HALF and POUND

PAPERS. For Sale by W. R. WATSON

ity Drug Store, Victoria Building, : Ch’towp September 18. 1368.

9,009,

NINE THOUSAND

ROOM PAPER! ROOM PAER.

UST RECEIVED at HARVIE’S BOOKSTORE, QUEEN STREET—

Nine Thousand Rolls ROOM PAPER.

Roll, upwards. pen Se a H. AP HARVIE.

May 24, 1869.

H. HASZAKD.

Commission Merchant, GENERAL AGUNT,

AND AUCTIONEER Upper Queen Street,

A. HERMANS,

. ” ’ ’ . Bell Hager, Gm and Tin-Smith,

Borchesicr Street,

(Next to Reading Room Building.)

i EGS to return his thanks to the general

public for the liberal patronage extended to him since his commencement in busincss, and asks for a coutinuance of the same. He keeps constanty on hand

A neat Assortment of

TINWARE, KITCHEN UTENSILS, &ec., &c., &e.

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

Having lately made large purchases in the Cheapest Markete, intended fur House Builders, such ag Gias Fitting, Water losets,

Reh Fittings, &c.. &e.,

Tam prepared te SELL THEM at RATES AS LOW AS CAN BE HAD IN THE CITY, and will fit them up in a good workmanlike style,

To a generous public, | weuld say, that al!

rders in THIS BRANCH OF MY BUSI- ESS will be attended to with Despatch.

A Lot of First Class WATLR COOLERS on

nd.

SAYERS’ CRYSTAL BLUE,

Sold Creaper than ever. Julv 12, 1869 REUBEN TUPLN, COMMISSION MERCHANT. AUCTION EER.

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

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

April 22, 1869. Gm

JUST RECEIVED,

AND FOR SALE

Cheap for Cash, HEARTZ & SON

AVE JUST RECEIVED per Steamer from Britain,a LARGE ASSORTMENT off}

Dry Goods, &e,&c.

And afurther 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 to make quick sales of the same, to prepare room for FA importations. Intending purchasers will please call and examine for themselves.

OWEN OONNOLLY,

Charlottetown, - - - P.EL N. B.—Orders from abroad, and the country,

will receive prginPt attention. ; April 26, 1869,

HEARTZ & SON,

39,000 Havana Cigars,

from $30 to $100 per M.,

among which are Catanas, Partagas. Tigaros, Star & Rosarito ? gd g

Brands. 106,000 German Cigars

of all Grades and Prices.

All orders will receive prompt attention.

COLFORD BROTHERS, 78 Granville Street. April 19, 18€9.

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SPRING STOCK

HARDWARE.

City Hardware Store.

Just received, per Steamer from BOSTON Ship Undine, from LIVERPOOL, and Amphion from LONDON, the best and most suitable

STOCK OF GOW

ever imported into Charlottetown, consisting ip part of: NAIL. PAINT BRUS(IES.

433 bags assorted fine/A choice lot of Paint,

American Cut Nails, Graining, Tar end

Cut and Wro’t Spikes, Whitewssh Brushes,

Brads) and Finishing Biacking, Serubbiug, and Nails, Horse Brushes.

Wro't Nails,all sizes, ‘g), oewakers? as * pk Boot Nails, in coppers Quigts

zine and iron, \Whips »

Horseshoe Nails, Pais bunks? out aia

Pognee Seren aud Belt Seales, from 8s. to 120s.

Wood Screes. }to 4in, |W ire Cloth, all sizes,

Brass Hinges & Screws \Fence, Weil and Mud Digger Chain,

Hemp & Manilla Rope,

Best quality Awerican

Mackerel and Cod Line

Hook and Fishing

Gear,

‘Silver Table Bells,

Hand Bells and Gongs,

PAINT.

4 tons Paint,

Best No. White,

Red Lead, Black Paint, Green Paint, |

1 London

Venetian, Ked & Blue} AmericanPatent Rviler Paint, Bushee,

Orange Crome Paint, Brars and Enameled Stew

Burnt Terra Sienna do., Pans,

Egg Beaters,

Clothes Wringers,

Fiour Sifters,

Wire Sieves,

Wire Dish Covers, Blacksmiths’ Anvils, Vices, Hammers and Bellows,

Blister cteel,

Emerald Green

Ultramarine Blue,

Patent Dryers,

Red Ochre,

Extract Logwood,

Umber, mixed and un mixed,

Drop Black,

Metallic Paint,

Giue Carriage Mountings, in Puris Whiting, Axles and Screw Lolts, ehaliac. Malleable Castinge,

Hub Bands, in Silver and Brass.

Dash Centres, &e., Le.,

Taylor & Bros celebrated Circular, Crosseut, Hand and Tenon, Pare

el, Keyhole, an Mili

OIL.

21 casks Oil, in Boiled

and rew Linseed, Olive Oil, extra, Machinery do.,

Eawe, eas OU, Large assortment of Cod aud Whale Oil, Files, of every descrip Turpentine, tion, Black and Brown Japan, Locks, Hinges and

Walnut Stain, Serews, of wii kinds,

Copper Paint,

Pitch and Rosin,

Manders kine Mahogany Varnish,

Few Boxes 1x Tin Plate, Bar Tin and =pelter, Brad’s celebrated Beneh,

Capel Oak do., Narrow and Broad Pule Carriage do., Axes, 3 Quick gold size, Adzes, Shingle Axes

Knotting Composition, &e., de,

100 Boxes Glass, from

7x9 to 36x42, Carpenters’, Joiners’ and Putty, Coopers’ Tools of all 2 tons Zine, kinds, 100 rolls Tarred Paper, gel Wheels and

Stove Polish.

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

A lurge Assortmext of English and American FORK, SHOVELS SPADES end HUES. Garden Tools of every description, Hay EFOKKs SCYTHES,

NEATHS, KAKES

Curieery.—ivory Handled Table, Carving and Descert KNIVES; Eliot's celebrated RAZORS Pocket, Pruning «and Sportmens’ KNIVES Hutton’s Famed British PLATE ‘in Table, Dessert and TEA SPOONS, TABLE and DESSERT FORKS, &c.. &c.

The above is brt a small portion of the largest stock of! Hardware ever impurted into Charlotte town, all of whicb has been purchased for CASH, on the very best terms, and we feel satisfied that we can please the public in price and quality. Please call and examine before purchasing else- where.

BOURKE, GILLAN & Co.,

Successors to

FANNY WOLFE’'S ADVENTURE.

BY SYLVANUS COBBy R,

Fanny Wolfe had reached a point where she was willing to listen to her husband, and admit a female domestic into the family. She had been married eight years—having given her hand to Horace Wolfe when only eighteen—and thus far, with quite a large house, and with three children now lovking to her for care and guidance, she had done ber own werk But the labor had come to be ‘oo much for her; and when her physi- cian at length made bold to tell her that ehe could not much longer bear up under such a burden she gave in, and said to her husband:

* Well, Horace, it may be as well for you to secure the girl you speak of. If she has pleased Mre Gurney, she cannot help pleas- ing me. It will coma hard to give up to another the care of our domestic—’

‘Tat, tut, my darling! Don't flatter yourself that you are to be relieved of all care. You may still assume as much care as you please. It's only the drudgery of physical Jabor that I would have yougiveup. And as for this Mabel Suith, [ inow ehe is a most excellent girl. Her parevts were Irish: but she was born in the town where her mother cow lives, and would never have consented to come here had not Mrs. Gurney told her ell about your good- nees of heart, and eweetness of—~’

‘ There, Horace! That is a quantum sufficit We will bave the girl, and give the experi- menta trial. When do you think she will be here?’

‘Very likely, to morrow. I shall reach Danville this atierrcon, and if she is all ready | as I think quite likely, 1 shail send ber on at once, and not wait to bear her company ; becaure I may not be back before Saturday.’

*O! don'tsay that hubby ! You can come on Friday. Only think—so long!’

‘Three days! To-day is Wednesday. Poch! You will come by and by so that I shall have to get 2 chain—’

But Fanny etopped bis lips with her hand and with a light laugh told bim that he wight stay a month if he wished. She had no doubt that Mabel Smith would be a sufii- cient companion and guard.

Horaee Woz:fe’s comfortable dwelling was in the pretty village of Exeter; or, we should siy—jest upon the edge of the village,—for be bad bowght and improved a piece of wild land upon a bill-side, which others bad for ycars steered clear of ; but no sooner had he got the trees thinned out, und the laad thoroughly-serubted, and his frame eet up, than people began to wander why they had never beiore descovered that in that very spot was, alter all, the most lovely spot in. the vilege. lLlowever, Horace bad scen it, and be bad reaped the ben fit of his fore- sight. And here, in bie own Louse, he had iived ever since his marrage; and, as we have se n, bis wife had done all the work indoors In the town of Danville, thirty miles dietant, lived a cousin of Horace, named Gurney, with whom he had considerable business and whom, in the way of bueiness, he was often obliged to visit. And it was at his ccusin’s bouse that Horeee had seen the girl of whom he bad spoken to hw wife, Mrs. Gurney’s davgliters hag grown up to be large enough to be'p ber in her work and she had concluded to let Mabel go; and to Hemeace she hed recommended her. Mrs. Guraey bad vieited Exeter several times with ber husband, but Faony Weolte had never visited Danville. She had no time, And tlorace Wolfe was now ready to start spon) his business tuvr, and, as has been intimat ed, intended to engage Mabel, and send ber CB «6 s00n ag Bhe wouid come.

Halt an hour later Fanny stepped back | from her hueband’s embrace, and saw bim enter the coach which was to bear him to the railway station. She watched his loved form #8 Iung as she could ece it, but darted into tue house before the couch had turned the angie which was to hide it from her view; for ehe bad heard eld saying about “ ill-luck to theee who are watched out of sight.’ She was not superstitious ; but she was very casily impressed, and fur her own peace of mind she was obliged to keep off all troublesome thoughts.

‘ Now, Lizzie—you may take Bertie away to play; and Georgie may help you, if he will be good; becauso mamma must go and ao her work.’

These were her three children. Lizzie, the oldest, was six, George was four, and, lictle Berthe wae a bright-eyed, forward tramp, of two years. Three handsome children, and no one blamed Fanny Wolfe for being proud ot them, nor for being unwilling that another should bave a band in their care

The day p seed on, and long before even- ing came Mre. Wolle went around and saw that all the windows were fastened: and over the lower sashes of the chamber wid- dows, which had no fasteners, she drove good stout neils She was too proud to eall upon any of her friends to come and spend the night with her, though ehe was just a grain nervous when ee was thus left alone with her little ones! The night passed away very quietly, and the succeeding day opened dull and lowery, and towarde the middie of the ufternoun the rain began to fall in earnest.

Would Mabel Smith come? At one moment she hoped yee ; and on ihe next she boped no. But at ex o'clock the coach siopped at the door, and a female alighted and dedged up under the piazza, where she stocd while the driver tcok off her trunk, which, et her request, he carried into the hall for her, where sie pxid him her fare

‘Is thie Mabel Smith ?’ asked Mre. Wolfe, with a pleasunt emile. The season was ear'y eummer, and the sun was yet well up, so that the hall was quite light notwith standi: g the rain

* Mabel Smith, at your service, ma'am,’ the newcomer replied, with akward courtesy. ‘ And this ie Mrs. Wolle, I'm sure.’

‘Yes. Tam Mre. Wolle; and I suppose my husband has sent you to—to—’

‘Mr. Wolfe has sent me to ask you to tel! me where the work is, how ye’ll have it done, when ye'll ‘have it done, how much, how little,—to tell me everything enthirely, an’ Ghin you're to sitdownan rest, while j make myself buey and useful. If 1 don’t

vease ye, it won't be because J don't thry.’

Little Mre Wolfe was puzzled and be- wildered. The girl's voice was pitched on a high key at the start, from which it bad varied up and down as ste spoke fast or slowly ; and ele rattled off her worde .with a slight bregue, as though fearful of losing her breath if ehe did not hurry. In form and feature ehe was very good looking, though tbere was a twinkie in the eye, and | an cecasional expression upon the whole | face, tiat betuk~-ned a rough, turbulent! spirit. Fanoy was a keen obeerver of hu-| Wan nature, andehe knew—knew as well! as though she had tried the girl a month—| that she eould never endure her. However, | this was not the tme to think-of that. | She would get along as pleasantly as pos-|

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sible until Horace came hime.

‘ Very well, Mabel,’ she said, with another | of her pleasant smiles, ‘ you may come into | the sitting room and take off your things, and by and-by will show you over the. bouse, and explain somewhat of my system of work.’

‘That’s right, ma’am. When I’ve seen

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

the different rooms, and got the run of

; where I know everything is kept safe ?

brogue. and then the brogue coming pat and

hips, belong to @ yroper woman.

things generally, it’ll be time to come down to particulars, I'll take off my things in the sitting-room now ; but that isn’t my place, you know. But never mind. Ah! here come the pets—the biessings—the rose buds ! Are they all yours, wa’am ?’

‘ Yes,”

‘ Darling, won't you kiss Mabel ?—Mabei that’s goin’ to be so good to you ?’

This to Lizzio, but the child shrank away, and crouched close to her mother Master Georgie ventured up and looked into her face, but sprang away when she would have kissed him.

‘Tbey’rs not used to strangers, Mabel. You will excuse them."

‘ O, certainly. Bless their dear souls, it won't be long before they’il cry to come to mé. I love children, ma'am; and, what's more, ij try always to keep good examples for ‘em.’

Fanny Wolfe probably thought she was speaking truly when she said ner children were not used to strangers; and so she was; but yet she had never seen Lizzie shrink away from a woman before as she bad shrunk away from Mabel Suwitk.

tter the new-comer had removed her bonnet and shawl, Mrs. Wolfe asked—

* Did my husband send a lettir by your hand?’

* No, wa’am.’

‘ Why —how could he have forgotten it? He promised to write, and let me know how he got along on his journey. And there was & matter of businees, too, that he could not inform me upoa until he bad visit- ed the bank in Danville’

‘ Ah-a ah!’ exclaimed the new domestic, as though starting up with a newly found idea,—* I guess [ cum explain it. I heard Mr. Wolfe talking with my old master about writing, and Mr. Gurney told kim bed have plenty time in th > morning. It i'd known that be was intendin’ to send the letter by me, I eculd ‘ave told him that I should be off by the first train, because | nad to stop and see my folks in Lenox When I was ready to start in the mornin’, yer husband was just up ; but he said to me —* Tell Fanny Uli write by the next mail, if Tecan see the bank folk.” He was sorry, maam, and seemed fit to ory; but ye'll get a letther to-morrow mornin’, sure.’

Mrs. Wolfe was more deeply disappointed than she would have been willing to admit, but there was no help for it, and she soon succeeded in putting a smiling face upon it,

‘Now, ma’am, if ye’ll show me my room, ['liearry up my trunk.’

Mra. Viol'e led the way tc the hall, and would have taken held of one end of the trunk, but Mabel would not allow it. She picked it up ae handily as an experienced porter could bave done it, and followed her mistress up the stairs, to a neatly finiehed, and comiortably fernished, room on the atc flocr. The girl expressed herself as highly pleased with her accommodations ; and when she had deposited her property she was ready to take a look over the house.

Mrs. Wolte had a weakness common toal!! wives who are at the head of a weil ordered house,—ehe liked to exhibit it; and she led Mabel Smith from room to room w.th as mach politeness 8 she would bave extended to an honored visitor. The girl had many remarks to make ; and in the course of the exploration che exhausted the whole voeabu- lary of adjectives applicable to the oecasion. The last room on the second floor which the woman of the house entered was one in which she proposed to make no stop, 25 it wae one the domestic would seldom, if ever have occasion to visit.

‘This is my husband's private room,— the library, we call it. There i no need of stoppiag bers, as be seldom allows even myselt to touch his things in the way of cleaning up. [He takes care of the place himself.’

* But I'd like to look in ma’am. Oh! 1 do love to look at books. It looks eo much lke @ gentleman, Ah, ye can always tell a great mind by the books that feed is. Upon me eoul, but this is nice &n’ tidy, inthirely ! An’ thie is his desk, where he writes ?’

* Yes.’

‘An’ this iea safe, ien’t it ?—an iron safe?’

‘Yes That isewhere be keeps bis im-

portant books asd papers,’

‘ And a gracd idea it is too. Dye know I | always feel a deal safer myself in a house like it. Aad what an illegant desk, to be | sure,—with the littl holes an’ the drawers, an the lockere, an’ the nice place for writin’. Ah! it ien’t for the likes of me to envy you such a nusband ; but I never see a woman with such, that I don’t feel justa little pang down oder my bosom.’

Wiubei leit the dewk at length, though she spent almost as much time in admiring it, as she had spent in all the rest of the ex- cursion. But Fanny thought it all right. In fact, she was rather pleased with the en- comiums the visitor had bestowed upon her husband 8 taste and habite,

W ben it came time to prepare supper Mabe! Smith did not offer to assist at the cooking depariment,

‘ I want to take one fair look at your way of doing your work,’ she said, ‘and then | shall have a rule to follow. When I’ve seen you do it once I shall never forget. Every housekeeper of taste and judgment has her own system, and she don't want any Bew system introduced,’

This pleased Fanny, so she went on, and got supper ; and when the meal had been concluded, her domestic helped ber to clear away thethings. In the evening she would have calied Mabel to come and keep her company in the sitting-room ; but the girl preterred to eit in the kitchen.

‘ You can feei that I’m witbin call, ma'am, if you want me; but I'm used tothe kiteben, and I'd better taka my place in the bogin- ning, and then well know who's who. I know my p!ace.’

Fanny went back to the sitting-room, where she very soon began to prepare Lizzie and Georgie tor their bed, and while thus en gaged she asked the miss why she bud been so shy of Mabel,

‘Cause I don't like ber, momma. But she kiesed me out in the kitchen. and I tried to get away, and she pricked my face just as papa docs when he kisses mo. I didn’t know that a woman's face could be all prick- ly like that.’

Mre. Wolfo wae startled. What did this mean? She questioned the child closely, and the little one persisted in the aseertion that Mabel’s faee had pricked her ‘awfully.’ And now the litle woman began to analyze that curious voice—now high, now low—now smooth, now rough—at times almost witbout

marked. And the twinkle of the eye; and the peculiar expression at times upon the face. Good Heavens! what was it?

® Hark!

«IfI can do more for ye, ma’am, I'll goto bed ; for J m a bit tired after my joursey.’

© You can go. Mabel

Never did Fanny Wolfe give a keener glance trom her two eyes then she gave ber new domestic during that momentry inter- view; and it satisfied ber that there was something wrong about the person claiming the name of Mabel Smith. The hair did not mateb the comp'exion, nor did the build of th shoulders, or that neck, or thase She eat

still until she hati heard the inter!

oper ascend | fo the attic obamber and elose th

e door, and

~ ate

then she azose and went out into the hail, where a hanging lamp was burning. Upon the stairs close in to the wall, and so situate ed that it could only be seen from that one As soon as Fanny saw it she remembered that she had seen something drop from the do- mestic’s mde while the trunk was car- ried up; but at the time she had been ia baste to keep up with the light which she bore, ~ since then she had not thought of it until now. But now ske slipped : stairs and picked it up. see It was letter. A letter addressed t6 ber. seif, and in her husband's hand. With a quick, quivering step she returned to the sitting-room. The letter had been opened and was sadly soiled, and the paper was crampled and torn as though their had been some etrife over it. excited woman spread out the missive and read. First there was & page and a half of love; and then came an account of his journey, end then

followed ; ‘As I must finish this to send by the wtoaclose. I

hand of Mabel, | muet dra know you will like the girl. She will meke herself handy, and you may turn the cook over to her charge without fear,

‘You may send me by express, five thousand dollars of the new Kive.twen bonde. That is—send me tem of the five. hundred dollar bonds. They are in the lower drawer of the safe, the key of whieh hange on alittle hook directly over the aren in one of the pid oles, The

ey of the safe is inthe a ight-hand small drawer of my desk, esd ‘the ee that drawer, you know, I keep hanging on a hook upon the inside of the crose-piece, at the bottom of the writing-board, just where the left — of my chair touches as I sit at my work,

‘ Be sure that you dothe bonds up carefully and direct them plainly ; and also take a receipt for the sewe from the Express Agent. The rest of the bonds will be safe to remain where they are. Government securities are firm and good. Ae ever, and forever,

Your husband, Horace.

Mrs. Wolfe read the letter through twice, and then bent her head for study ; and ere long she reached o solution which § was the true one :

Mabel Smith bad started from Danville with that letter. Somewhere on the way se bad been intercepted and overcome, and the letter taken from her. How it had tae Me the secret of the contents of the letter had been dissovered—or where, oF under what circumstances, the girl bad been attacked, Fanny Wolfe did not cave to think vbout. I: was enough that a man, in female guise, was im the house, and that he hada full knowledge of the whereabouts of her busband’s money, as well as a knowledge ot the means of getting at it. This was plain aod simple—a proposition about wh-ch there could be no possible question. The man was at that moment in the attic chamber, and she was alone in the lower of the house with her three children—the baby asleep in its cradle, while Lizzie and Georgie stood by the table, ready for bed, but only waiting for mamma to go up steirs with them.

Little Lizzie wad bear very anxious to know what was the matter with mamma, what made her look and act so fanny, but she haa been hushed inio quiet by the promise that she should know ail about it jast as soon as mamma knew.

What should the woman do? If she weat up stairs with her children, the rob. ber might spring upon her from h's hiding place, and kill her, and perhaps kill ber little ones too, for she had read of the duings of such men, and she knew how reckless and murderous they could be.

And could rhe leave the house to call help? Of course the interloper would not allow her to make a movement without his knowledge, ifhe could help it. From his position in the attic, with hie shoes remey- ed, he could creep along the halie as ho pleased without ser knowledge ; and haps at that very momept he was lar near the head of the principal staircase

As we have said, Mr. Wolfe's dwelling was on a piece of land which he had bimee!f improved, and his nearest neighbor was not far (rom eighty rods, or quarter of a mile, dietant; anc yet they seemed to be directly in the village, es their home was upon an abrupt eminenes, looking down upon the

| white cottages nestling in the vale.

What should she do? She must do some- thing very quickly, or she would have no streng:h left. And then how long might the robber delay his operations? Perhaps he meant to wait until all others were sound asleep, and then attempt to get the monsy without doing further mischiei,—only being prepared (0 silence any one who might be unfortunate enouzh to interrupt him.

Mrs, Wolfe iooked out at the window, and found the rain still falling. Like @ flash came the thought, and the resolution. It was her only hope.

* Lizzie, will you and George ba good, and look at the picteres, while mamma down cellar and fixes ber cream? You won't wake up baby.’

The sight of the great bound volume of pictorial papers, and the of havin it all to themselves, would have loniaanded much more than their mother required at their hands; and as soon as the book had been spread out upon the table, and the chairs arranged, Mrs. Wolfe ste care- fully cut into the kitchen, and removed the fastenings from the back door. But she did not venture out that way. No—that was only for ingress on her return. To the but- tery next, where she closed the door behind

her, aud then opened the window. Once out upon the wet sward she crept al

under the fruit trees until she oll detent the fence—thence out into the carriage-way

—and then she flew. The rain, the w the gloom, were a8 nothing; but sustained by & power that was born of love for others, and guided by a vision whieh saw death in failure, she eped on as she would have sped by clear I'ght. n